Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-19
What Stunt. Hyatt of Sacramento
Saws OF Oregon


Following Is taken from "A Trip
Through Oregon" In the October Ore
gon Teachers Monthly and shows the
impressions n stranger gets of edu-
catlonal conditions here:
Education In Oregon and partlcu-
larly In higher public education has
been in curiously backward state
all these years, although Washington
TO the north OF II and California 10
the south are both singularly pro-
gressive. This backwardness is man.
Tested by low salaries for teachers
$50 TO $40 month In rural schools
by short terms OF school and by
scanty, meager appropriations for
high schools and colleges. II Is not
cadsed by lack of high spirited lead
ers or progressive school officers: but
bv an unsympathetic public opinion.
The people are prosperous and COM
Portable but do not believe much In
higher education. particularly they
combat higher education at public
expense. So the yearly allowance
for the state university has been only
fifty or sixty thousand dollars; ap-
preparations when made for this and
for the four state normal schools are
often withheld for n year or two and
must be fought through at every
point. by referendum and every other
way possible. Even now some OF tho
state normal schools are starving
slowly to death. without money.
they areobllged TO reduce expenses 70
zero polnt and live on nothing. The
townspeople take mp n subscription;
the students pay stipend; the teach
ers donate their imaginary salaries In
the cause: and so they hang on ~
teeth and toe nails, hoping for better
legislation. 10 Is worthy OF notice
that theolder and richer parts of the
states were settled from the southern
states away back In war times; II Is
jocularly said that Prices army was
disbanded here. The south has al
ways been backward In education -
wherefore. this unfortunate island OF
publlc opinion away OF In the con-
tinuous woods whore rolls the Ore
gon. Interesting isn't II? And illus
trates the great fact that we can
only advance as fast as our people
that In all our educational progress
we must take our people into our
confidence and carry them with us
else the advance doesn't progress.
Every one OF us. even out In the
smallest country district must be
working on the minds OF his people
getting them 10 see the right things
In the right way. That l. the price
OF better things in democracy.
In the face of the above opinion OF
an outsider II Is not folly for this
state to abandon anv OF the schools
Il now has for training teachers, ON
THE THEORY or SUPPORTING
ONE LARGER INSTITUTION, when
II has never decently equipped or
supported those IL now has2
Where could our larger normal
school be located that would accom-
modate 900 students as the three
will accommodate WITH A DECENT
EQUIPMENT?
Why has the one large normal
school not showed up before. and Is
Il not boosted now just before the
legislature organizes 10 help captnre
that organization FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES, MORE OR LESS POLLTI.
CAL?
Oregon needs the three normal
schools RIGHT WHERE THEY
ARE. Oregon needs a big we'll
equipped teachers college at the
state university. Oregon needs the
one-year normal course at the higa
schools.
Oregon should get out OF the back
woods condition In the preparation
OF school teachers.
The people should not be STAN
1eded into warfare upon educational
installations FOR ANY But REAL
REASONS.
OUR WARFARE SHOULD RE
rOR BErrER RESULTS. BETrER
CONDITIONS. AND BETTER
SCHOOLS.
This cannot be accomplished by
tea~'ng down what we have hut ny
improving the service and develop
ing a system that Is the outgrowth
Of environments.
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