Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-01

The veterans present include
Jack" Horner. of the Agricultural
Colleges County Superintendents
Bunch, of Coos; Denham, of Benton;
Robinson, of Multnomah; Londis, OF
Umatilla; Beether, of Lincoln; Presi-
dent Briggs. of Drain; Prof. Davis,
of Portland high school. and Prof.
Heritage, who used to sing at State
Superintendent McElroy's county in
stitutes.
Opened With Music.
America was sung with a vim,
that was both national music and
prayer. Geo. f. Chamberlain, a man
who began life in Oregon teaching
school in Linn county, was intro
duced by President Mrs. Dimick as
the most popular man In Oregon"
He made one hard hit, to-wit: That
those most brilliant in schools and
colleges were often the greatest fail
ures in the practical affairs of life.
He cited instances from General
Grant at West Point to his own ex-
periences, to show what the dull stu
dents, who couldn't show off, scored
the greatest success. He said the
highest trained teachers should do
the work with the lowest grades. He
would reverse the present system of
putting the highest-trained and the
highest-paid teachers in the high
schools, and would give the biggest
pay TO the primary teacher. Those,
he said, who devoted their lives to
teaching the young should either be
paid sufficient salaries to enjoy
competency in their old age, or be
given a pension when no longer able
to perform professional duty.
Prof. Heritage sang the recitative
song of Silvia from the opera err
nani," entitled THE Wretched Man"
II was the opinion Of the crowd that
Heritage could sing like a he night
ingale.
Mrs Clara II. Waldo was next in
troduced to talk on "How a Teacher
May Lead a Country Community.
She told OF a girl who went out TO
teach a country school with a third
grade certificate. after completing
the eighth grade, who admitted she
had never read a book in her life.
Mrs. Waldo also convinced her hear
ers that a woman is capable OF maxi
ing herself fine platform speaker.
She has good delivery, a stately pres
NOR that won repeatedly the ap-
plause of her audience. The coun-
TRY people were just as bright as the
city people. All they lacked was the
opportunity for greater social inter
course. The school could furnish
this. Parents meetings, lectures,
entertainment. more points of social
contact were the need of the day. IL
was an age of pictures and newspa-
pers. The cooperation of the
school and grange, where mothers
and sons, fathers and daughters went
together, was needed In all commu-
mites. She took a fall out OF Gov
ernor Chamberlain, who had not ex-
actly boosted higher education. She
said the farmer needed the best
kind of scientific education. and the
more highly educated the farmer be-
came the more ready he was to vote
for a man like the governor to fill
some important Office. CLaughter).
She closed with a strong plea for
the union of high school with a man
ual training department to prepare
them for teachers. That system
would keep the young people at
home longer. and electric lines would
transform the face of the whole
countryside.
Afternoon Program. /
This afternoon Compulsory Ed !
ucation" was handled at the church J
by Miss S. b. Chamberlain, w. Il. /
Harmon. II. e. Dewey and j. II. Ack-
erman, state superintendents of Ida
no. Montana, Washington and Ore
gon. respectively. Also an address
by VIM. Y. Chancellor, on "Genetic
The department of superintend-
ence held a session at the high
school. Also the departments of sec
ondary and higher education.