Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-09-21
MONMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL.
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MONMOUTH NORMAL SCHOOL.
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School. whitewater, Wis., Critic
teacher.
olive Louise Davis Estate Normal
school, Ypsilanti, Mich) Critic
teacher.
Grace NJ. Davis Estate Normal
School, Greeley, Colorado) Critic
teacher.
Ruby Shearer (oregon Normal
School) Critic teacher.
Katie Dunsmore, clerk and regis
trar
John Scott, head janitor.
A fine dinner was served by the
ladies under the grove planted by
the hands of some of the older gem
Grafton that still live to enjoy this
day of triumph for dear little old
Monmouth" as Col. Hofer called it
in his speech.
The Dedication Exercises.
President Ackerman opened the
exercises at the Chapel with an ad-
dress setting forth the history of the
normal school and its functions in
the educational system. He said
manual training and domestic sci
ence courses would be added next
year when the new Monmouth High
School would be fully ready for oc-
cupancy.
Senator Miller, of Linn, spoke on
behalf of Governor West. He said
the only indictment of the public
school system that was possible was
the lack of trained teachers. That
was the purpose of the normal school
to remove this objection.
Predicted New Era. =.
Col E. Hofer of the board of nor
NAL school regents responded for the
board and congratulated the people
of Monmouth on the final establish
ment of their city as the training
ground for public school teachers. 1t
had always been considered an ideal
place for such an enterprise. Them
was a moral Christian atmosphere in
the community and a strong environ
ment for culture. He spoke Of the
new era of Industrial education that
all teachers must recognize. The
| teacher must no longer be a mere
| textbook theorist but doer of things
as well as knowing about them. The
natural sciences of the future must
| be correlated to the needs of a bet
ter equipped citizenship for the
home.
Addresses were also made by
President Kerr and Prof. Ressler, of
Monmouth, Assistant State Superin-
tendent Carleton, of Salem; County
Superintendents Smith and Seymour,
Representative Powell of Monmouth
and Prof. Butler of the faculty.
Many friendly greetings were read
from members of the alumni through
out the state
Notes on the Normal.
The Monmouth High School is
nearly completed. 1t is a perfectly
modern building of light pressed
brick with scientific heating and
ventilating systems. There is a fine
large assembly room and all well
lighted.
President Ackerman has built a
beautiful new house on the motor
line and has made himself a perma-
nent citizen of the community. He
is popular with the people and CO.
operates with them.
The librarian, Mrs. Jacobsen, has
been for some years making a spec.
ialty of library work. She says in
Minnesota where there are free
school text books, the children take
better care of the books than where
the families pay for them. The care
Of the books at the school becomes
important.
Monmouth has public library as.
sociation and a fine start for a Ii.
braray. Two rooms were donated
and furnished with mission furni
ture at the home of the college Ii.
brarian, who is a progressive public
spirited woman.
Principle Gentle, of the trainin9
school, has been at the head of the
Plattville Training School for years
and comes to Oregon with his fam
lily of four boys.
Miss Gertrude Wilcox, of Welles
ley, is the head of the girls physica
training department, and will trail
teachers in physical exercises, games
: and athletics.
Miss BrentOn, the art teacher is az
enthusiast for combining manua
training and art.
Miss Harlan, in charge of the de
[ partment of music, is a fine pianist
: and makes a speciality of training
teachers for teaching public schoo
music.
: Prof. Ostein was city superintend
: ent of Bandon and has become
3 recognized authority in his line o
mathematics.