The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-13
RESERVE WA||LATPU
FOR PUBLIC PARK
WHITMAN STUDENTS AND FAC
ULTY VISIT SITE OF THE
OLD MISSION.
Movement Started to Make Mission
Ste Public Park-Greeks Defeat
Sophists on Diamond.

Reserve the Wa;ilatpu mission site
for a public park" was the theme of
nearly all the addresses given at the
annual pilgrimage of Whitman col
lege to the scene of the first set
tlement in the American. northwest.
which took place yesterday.
Never before was there such inter-
est in the historic spot as was mani
tested at the picnic of the college yes-
terday. Owing to the untiring efforts
of Professor w. d. Lyman, the pro-
gram of after dinner speeches were
somewhat more elaborate than here
tofore and everyone of the speakers
had something to say of value, and
movement to revive the old Whitman
farm site for a public park.
The special train left the o. r. & n.
depot at $50 and arrived at the
grounds at 10 a. m. The crowd as
sembled at the foot of the monument
where President Penrose in a briei
address, told the story of the settle
ment and massacre, and pointed out
the places of interest connected with
the mission. He said that it was
matter of regret that the monument
association did not own the site of
the Whitman farm, which had been
worked by Marcus Whitman and his
associates, and after him by Cushing
Eells, when he came back to Waiilatpu
after the Indians had been driven out
of the country. The only part of the
site that was not in private hands
was the seven and one-half acres that
were owned by the association, and
upon which the monument and graves
of the martyrs stood. One of the
survivors of the massacre Mrs. JACOBS
of Portland, was present yesterday
and after Dr. Penrose had finished his
address the old lady pointed out some
of the scenes of her early girlhood.
She told how the valley looked before
the trees grew up as they are now
and when the Walla Walla river ran
close to the site of the mission.
Leaving the hill upon which the
monument stands, the picnickers pro-
ceeded to the grounds. The big event
of the morning was the baseball game
between teams representing the
Greek and Philosophy departments
led bv Professor Todd and Penrose'
respectively The score stooo 10
4 in favor of the dead language de-
nartment when the call for dinner put
an end to the sport. In spite of the
fact that the philosophy department
utas unheld by the varsity battery
Rorleske and Schmidt, the Greeks
with John Stone in the box and At
thur Morgan behind the pat the
Creeks were too much for them
After a splendid luncheon under
the trees, the speakers were intro
duced by President Penrose: the
toastmas ster of the occasion. hIuse"os
ellis, 'O6 spoke for the alumni, CIV
ing the views of the eastern people
toward the new Whitman movement
..I-ba vim and energy with which the
movement is being pushed astonishes
the staid people of the New Engiano 10
states. and they seem to think IL Is
q sort of fantasy" said Mr.. Gill1s.
Acting President L. F. Anderson
spoke as the Representative OF tne
faculty. He related early incidents OF
the Old Whitman with which he was
familiar from boyhood. and spoke IN IN
terms of the neglect that caused sens eme
ste of the old mission of Marcus
whitman to remain still in the nanus
of private persons. when it was the
most historic spot in the whole hoi ~
west