Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-10-28
STATUS or STATE
NORMAL SCHOOLS
Three Provided For by Law
but Are Closed for Lack
OF Funds

" iu"a ScuCoib. Ine state Sen
ate at the last session refused 20
pass any Of the many different ap.
propriations passed by the House Of
Representatives and the Board OF
Regents had TO discontinue the three
sehoola In the absence Of funds. The
Board OF Regents had closed the Nor.
nal School formerly operated at
Drain, in June. 1908. and recommend.
cd 10 the Legislature that Il be dis.
continued. The Legislature OF 1909
abolished the school and made an ap.
preparation covering all the states
obligations In connection Herewith
The bill was introduced In the House
by the Douglas County member whose
home Is at Drain and the Legislature
made the necessary appropriation and
abolished the school unanimously
without opposition.
There are separate initiative ap.
preparation bills--one for each Of the
schools on the ballot for November
5. 1910. and any school receiving
majority OF favorable votes cast for
its bin. will be opened in due course
Of time by the State Board Of Re.
gents.
Should the voters fail 20 make an
appropriation for any of the three
schools they will remain In statu quo
and the legislature j ext January will
meet the Normal School Issue again:
Should another effort be made to
locate one Normal School at Portland,
or In any city where there is no
State Institution" at the present
time. the constitution requires that
tho Legislature must submit the Is.
sue 10 the vote OF the people before
such institution can be located. In
this event 1t will be November, 1919,
before the people can legally estab.
lish the location. and II will be Sep.
teHber. 1913. before a school could
be formally opened. In the matter OF
locating State Institutions" at points
where they are not already located,
the customary initiative petitions do
not obtain. The Constitution requires
the House, Senate and Governor ap-
proving to refer the issue to the peo-
pie.
The Board OF Regents OF Normal
Schools" was created by the Legisla.
ture of 1908. and consists OF nine mem.
bers. the three pembers of the State
Board of Education being ex-officio
members and six members are ap-
pointive None OF the members OF
the Board are residents of a county
In which is located a State Normal
School. the State University or the
Agricultural College. This Board sue.
ceeds a Board of Regents for each
school.
The Board of Regents of Normal
Schools was expected by the Legisla.
ture to investigate all the conditions
of the State Normal Schools OF Ore,
gon, and make recommendation 10
the succeeding Legislature for a per-
manent State Normal School policy.
The Board among other measures ap-
pointed committee of competent
educators as a Board of Visitors who
made a professional examination OF
all the schools and. made their report.
The Board, previous to the meeting
of the Legislature in 1909 made a
report recommending three Normal
School system for Oregon, the three
schools to be located on the proper.
ties of the state In the separate and
distinct localities, the Willamette Val.
ley. Southern Oregon, and Eastern
Oregon; Monmouth. Ashland and
Weston respectively. At the meeting,
all members of the Board save one,
Regent w. B. Aver, OF Portland, sign
ed the recommendation. Regent Aver
was undecided as to how many Nor
NAL Schools should be established,
and where the sites should be locat-
ed. Before the Legislature convened
he submitted to that body an extend
ed report covering his views on the
subject, the tendency of his opinion
being against the present sites and
favoring one or two at some points
not definitely located. Other than this
the recommendations were unani-
nous.
This disinterested Board OF Re-
gents labored faithfully to evolve
satisfactory State Normal School Sys-
TEN for Oregon, and in order to have
the Legislature pass upon the Boards
recommendations upon their merits
without suggestions or nersonal work