Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-02-01

teachers, for we feel confident that the
public generally recognizes the nor
NAL school as an integral part or our
common school system and that lts
work is vital and necessary TO the sue
cess of the common schools in the
state. This it is believed is the exper-
fence Of every state in the Union and It
is the conviction .Of educators every |
where without dissent.
The Oregon State Normal Scnooi
was established at Monmouth in 1872,
and since that time has given to the
state a teaching force Of some 500 or
more trained teachers who have been
credit and an honor to the school
and an important factor in the deVel-
Opment of our common Scnool system.
1t is a fact known to the educators OF
the state and should be more widely
known than it is, that there is scarcely
grammar school anywhere IN the
State of Oregon in which there IS not
some one or more trained teachers
who were educated for TINS work IN
the Oregon State Normal School at
Monmouth, Oregon. At least 30 per
cent of the graduates. OF TINS schooi
have, at one time and another, been
employed in the common schools OF TINS
state, and have given to these schools
the efficiency and training Whlcn am
Div has repaid the state for all of the
expenditures it has made on account
of their education.
Tax VIII Raise $27, 900 Annually.
AT the present time the supply OF
| trained teachers must be sought from
among the graduates OF normal scnools
| of other states 1t is well known that
| the demand for efficient and trained
| teachers in the common schools OF the
state is greater than the supply
The State Normal School at Mon
mouth, oregon, has a valuable plant
now idle. This plant is owned py tne
state and it is believed that it should
be permanently maintained. To this
end a committee appointed by the
| Alumni Association, consisting Oh
Judge George III Burnett, of salem,
| oregon; Hon. John c. McCue OF Fort.
/ land, Oregon: William ID. Fenton, OF
| Portland, Oregon; Professor Arleigh
| Hampton. of Pendleton, Oregon; j. V.
| "a Butler and Ira c. Powell, OF Mon
/ mouth. Oregon has drafted bill Tor
an act to be submitted the voters OF
the state at the next regular election,
1 on November 8, 1910. The question is
to be decided by the voters OF tne
the experience of this school shall be
lost to the state or whether reason
able appropriation of permanent
character shall be made to maintain
/ the school at this point. The amount
of the tax will be Approximately $2f,-
900 per annum.
"a bill to propose by initiative peti-
tion a law to provide for the perma-
nent support and maintenance OF Inc
oregon Normal School, at Monmouth,
Polk County Oregon.
Section 1. For the support ana
maintenance of The Oregon Normal
school. at Monmouth, Polk County,
Oregon for the payment of salaries
!, of its teachers and employees; to keep
the buildings. grounds and other prop
erty thereof in repair; for the purchase
\ of additional land for the campus
thereof, If necessary; for the construc-
tinn ton Of buildings and additions to the
same so far as necessary; Tor the pur-
chase of library books, laboratory sup
niles and apparatus, and for the pay
ment of necessary incidental eXpen,
ses, there is hereby levied an annual
tax of one twenty-fifth of mill on the
dollar upon all the taxable property
within the State of oregon.
Money to GO to One Fund.
"Such tax shall be levied and collect
ed as other taxes are levied and col
, lected. and the fund arising therefrom
shall be paid into the State Treasury
: and kent separate and apart from
: other funds, and shall be known as the
Monmouth Normal School Fund, ano
shall be paid out only on warrants
drawn Dy Ine oecISlaty "
the State Treasurer against SAID Iuno
: and under the supervision and direc-
tion of the Board of Regents and their
> successors in office. If any portion OF
$ said fund shall not be used during any
I fiscal year, the balance remaining shall
be carried over until the next year anc
added to the fund for that year, anc
the Secretary of State is authorized
and directed to audit and allow al
claims otherwise payable out of sucf
:, fund, regardless of the date when con
= tracted. n, =
It Section 2. The oregon Norma
Oregon shall be controlled, manages
and maintained by Board of Regent
e and their successors in office, appoint
e ed by and with the authority conterre'
, upon them pursuant to Chapter io
:, of the General Laws of oregon ME-
): in the office of the Secretary of Stat
=, UNahrnorv OK 1907 ~