Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-06-17

lid work OF such a man as President
French cannot be extended over an
institution with 500 students when
this state is so badly In need OF
trained teachers. Well, some day
he -chool may grow to those pro-
portions.
To show the territory from which
the school draws students II Is of
interest TO read the names of the
graduates:
Mnhelle Allen, Pendleton. Or;
0llvh Mae Blair Young's. Or: Sadie
wholly Blair, Young's. Or; Harry
Nmll Blevlns, Cove. Or; Bertha
Mildred Booth, Walla Walla, Wash
rheodcre Foreler, Woodburn. Or;
Helen Heath HAYS. Tillamook. Or;
Daniel Ira Hopkins, Weston Noun
'ain. Or: Augusta Hutchinson. Jo-
seph. Or; Frank Leroy Laughrlge.
Arlington. Or; Inez Olive Maxim.
Enterprise. Or; Kate Elena Plxton.
Cove, Or: Elvlna Mae Rieden. Pen
ileton. Or: Maude Fadette Sher-
man, Athena. Or; Chester Eugene
Somervllle. Malakwa, II. c.: Edra
Nevada Smith. Alicel. Or. Edith In
lila still. Milton. Or: Ethel Flor
ance Todd. Tlllamook. Or; Daisy
Minnie Waddinghom, Weston, Or
+. Mac Walker, Milton, Or: Rose
Eta Woodell. Summerville, Or; /
Mary Zurched. Enterprise. Or.
Manual training has been made
prominent at Weston, and Is In line
with the demands OF the schools all
over the state. We take pleasure
In copying the following statement
OF the fine work done from the Wes-
ton Leader. and adding our endorse
ment OF the high praise given Mr..
Mather, n fine old-country mechanic
In charge OF that work:
"Of late years additions have been
made TO the plant OF the Eastern
Oregon State Normal school with n
careful eye to their usefulness and
value. The school now has a great
deal to show to those who care at
all for educational AFFAIRS. Perhaps
the most interesting place of all Is
the room In the boys dormitory de-
voted TO the department OF manual
training conducted by Mr.. John
II is not large room, yet
several hours may be profitably !
spent therein by the observant Wis
Itor.
Prominent educators who have |
visited the Normal have always been |
attracted by this room. The sloyd |
exhibit therein is said by those who !
ought TO know to be second to none |
In the Northwest. The different |
Joints alone. made by the boys from |
their own drawings. are remarkable |
specimens OF amateur handlcraft |
Each boy has made a score or more |
Of these from the variety of patterns |
offered. The girls make bread |
boards. Swedish mats and other ar
ticles OF household utility. The |
principles OF the join
ers craft are taught in a practical |
way by a fine old English gentleman
who Is past master In every detail |
Df his profession.
During his 80 years or more IN
he United States Mr.. Mather has
been connected with many leading
He introduced Swedish
'loyd at the Independence Centen-
lial In Philadelphia In 1875, ani
has taught manual training at the
pennsylvania university, the Penn
iylyania institution for deaf and
Dumb. the Scranton. Penn, Oral
school. the Iowa State school for
Mates, the Boys and Girls Aid So
'iety of California. the Institution
or Care and Training of Feeble
Minded and Epileptics of California,
! similar school at Glenwood, Iowa,
he Y. NJ. C. A. at Salt Lake City.
he state Deaf and Dumb school of
owa and the Weston Normal.
Two fine educational exhibits OF
wood work made by Normal students
lave been framed. one OF them show
ing joints In particularly artistic
lesign. A handsome registration
lesk made entirely OF Oregon wood.
polished, was presented
o the school by the boys in Mr..
class"
Jamel Oscar Russell. formerly of
'olk county. and graduate of
iOnmouth Normal. will probably be
dded to the faculty at Weston and
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