The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-02-03
NORMAL ENDORSED
AT MASS MEETING
HOOD RIVER WANTS THE NORMAL
The One School VIII BE Invited Here
Monmouth Supporters VIII
Ask for Money.

Hood River believes that the state
of Oregon should maintain one nor
NAL school and Hood River will In
vite the state to locate that school
here. Such was the burden of a re-
solution at the mass meeting held In
the opera house FL idsy night.
The mass meeting called by the
Commercial Club was welt attended
and the Hood River band was there
to enliven the occasion. President
Charles Hall was the chairman OF the
meeting and the first speaker was
County Superintendent Ernest c.
Smith, of the normal school CON.
nittee OF the club. Mr.. Smith ex.
planned the normal situation as il
exists today In Oregon. lie told OF
the constant strife which had existed
beween the institutions when the
state mainaiued three SCHOOLS. The
state was dissatisfied with the results
it was getting tor it's money and the
last Legislature considered a bill to
have but one normal school bat final
ly ended In doing nothing and max.
ing no appropriation. The result 10
that Oregon now has no normal
school at all.
After Mr.. Smiths explanation the
meeting was opened to general
discussion and the speeches we're
limited to one aud a half minutes.
Prof. h. +. Coad spoke of the fact
that the normal students would re-
oeive training as teachers In the
local schools, saying that for a
normal school of 1000 students there
should be that many scholars Ia the
schools to which they had access.
K. ii. Hartwig spoke Of the fact that
every state maintained good normal
schools aud that Oregon should main
tain high educational standards by
good Dormal. lie said that any
disadvantage arising fIom the use
Of the schools as a clinic for mex.
perienced teachers would be off set by
the tact that they would be guided
by expert educators ......
1t was suggested by one of the
speakers that the existence of the
normal school here would mean death
to local high school but that a train
ing school for teachers would be better
than high school. Prot. l.. b.
Gibson was of Ithe opinion that the
influence of higher institution here
would be stimulating to the high
school rather than result in closing
1t. A. |. Mason In his speech believed
that the normal school should be
establ ished at Corvallis Ia conjunction
with the Oregon Agricultural College
and the experiment station. lie said
that the sehools OF Oregon required
700 new teachers annually and that
the normal school would probably
have at least 1000 students. lie did
not believe there wereHenough scholars
In the Hood River schools to furnish
a field for that nun ber of students.
j. l.. Carter, state representative
and formerly superintendent OF the
schools at Salem, expressed himself
as being against three normal schools
was too great. lie stated that his
experience as an educator had led
him to believe the normal schools
did good work aud he thought that
the normal teachers who had served
under him did better work than those
without the training. He believed
that Portland contained too many
things TO distract the mind Of the
student to be q good location for
normal but he said that the beautiful
scenery of Hood River weuld be an
inspiration to the students. He says
that when the teachers In training
are zbeiDg handled by competent
teachers no harm will result to the
public schools used.
K. Ii. Shepard spoke Of the great
benefit Hood River would derive
from normal school II there was to
be but one. Among the other
speakers we're Frank A. Cram, Truman
Butler ana Charles L. EARLY. The
resolution which was adopted by
the meeting follows:
"Resolved, by the people OF Hood
River In mass meeting Assem- bled,
that the State OF Oregon should have
but one normal school, and that the
State is invited to locate that school
at Hood River.
BE 1t further Resolved, that the
Commercial Club OF Hood River 10
respectfully requested to put this
question before the people of the
State and proceed In the matter as
IL sees ut. "