The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-03-01
HIGH SCHOOL
MASS MEETING
FIVE DISTRICTS ARE FAVORABLE
Want Districts Consolidated and High
School Built-DiStinguiShed Visi.
tors Address the Audience

school districts in the valley reported
favorably on the project of consolida.
tion. The dissenting district was
Crapper, the report from there being
that the residents of that district
feared an increase in the expense of
running the district and also that the
transportation of pupils could not be
arranged satisfactorily
State Superintendent Aekerman was
again here to speak in favor of the
project, as was also President Camp
bell of the State University at Eugene
aud County Superintendent of Schools
Neff.
A meeting was held Friday night
at Frankton, at which whatever oppo-
sition there had been to the consoli
dated district was dissipated by those
who we're present to speak on the
question.
The meeting was called to order at
10 O'Clock in Artisans hall by @. ii.
Vaughan, secretary, who announced
that f. 9. Sherrieb, who had been
chosen chairman of the meeting, was
unable to be present and Prof. Wiley
was selected to fill the position and
stated that the meeting had been call
for the purpose of receiving the re-
ports of the committees who had been
appointed at previous meeting to
canvass the various districts and dis
co er what the sentiment was in re-
gard to the consolidation plan. He
called for the report Of district No. :
lrst-the Frankton district
M. II. Nickelsen then read report
from that district showing that it was
he sense of the meeting which had
oeen held there that it WAS Unani-
mously foI the consolidation. MIR.
Nicke sen explained that the report
lid not express the sentiment of the
whole district, as there we're some
who we're opposed to the movement.
He said, however, that when the mat
ter was explained more fully to them
he felt quite sure that they would be
in favor Of it. He was opposed to it
at the start, he said, but was now
heartily in favor of it. M. Il. Noble
from this district also said that he
thought whatever opposition there
was at Frankton to the consolidation
could be won over.
The report of the Pine Grove dis
trict was next made by Mr., Mason,
who stated that out of canvass of Az
residents of his district be had found
Is for consolidation and Is against.
But explained that out of the Is in
opposition II he thought we're still
open to conviction and said that even
l II it WAS found that the two upper
districts, mentioning Odell and Crap
per, we're against it he thought the
object sought for could still be ac-
complished by consolidating the
lower four districts, which he was
quite sure would be in favor of it.
/ He then sked whether man and bis
wife who both owned property were
entitled to vote ON the scho PROPOSE
tion and was assured by the chairman
that they we're. 1t was developed by
questions from Mr. Mason that heads
of families are also entitled to vote
and that in case where the wife
owned the property, she was entitled
to vote rs a taxpayer and her husband
also as head of the family. Mr.. Ma
son then made few remarks about
the transportation feature of the con-
solidation, saying that if it was moi
include in the proposition he wanted
il understood that he was against il
and would work against it, He wal
assured by Supt. Ackermqn that il
was included, who also said in answer
to question that one vote would
cover both propositions, and that thu
transportation feature would stanC
until it was rescinded by another vote
Secretary Vaughan read the repor
from the Hood River district whicl
was to the effect that all those whit
had been seen in regard to the matte
we're unanimously in favor of it.
A report was received from Odel
to the effect that 80 per cent of th
residents there we're in favor of it ant
that when the transportation matte
was explained they would all be in ia
vor of 1t.
Mr.. Ackerman then spoke on tn
matter saying that as far as thu que
tion of increased taxation was con
cerned he thought that he would b
quite safe in say ing that instead of in
creasing the levy for school purpose
that it would result in tho end in
reduction. The system, he said
which it was the intention to inaugu
rate would do away with sewers
teachers, fact which would probabl
take care of the expense Of transpor
tation. He demonstrated very praC
tically what an all around benefit tn
consolidated district and high schoC
would be to the valley, and answere
number Of questions in regard t
the same satisfactorily. The stronges
feature of Mr. Ackerman's aTgumen
was that with one executive head t
superintend the whole district, th
schools would be brought under re
gime of systematic instruction tha
could be reached in no other way.
addition, the pupil would have th
b nefit OF nine months schooling a
against seven or seven and half now
He also said that with high schoC
established here So per cent Of pupil
who reached the eighth grade woult
probably receive a high school educa
tion Whereas, if there was no hig
school the percentage who would cor
tinue in school above that grad
would be very small, and that the tax
payers of this community and other
. similarly situated owed it to the rii
ing generation to give them the bes
educational facilities that could be OF
: tanned.
4 As there had been no report froI
the Crapper district, and Mr.. MC
, Curdy, who was one of the committe
from that district to ascertain whf
the sentiment was there, had arrived
be was asked how that district stood
and said that in a house to house cal
vass he had found about 40 again
and 4 for consolidation, and didn
think the sentiment could be changed
/. j. X. Galligan, one of the 9th,