Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-12


was well handled, receiving 80 much
favorable comment that we feel she
will yet crown the oregon Normal
school with success
The assembly periods this semes-
ter have been very entertaining as
well as profitable. Two members of
the faculty, Mr.. Eyenden and Mr. os-
tein, gave practical addresses. Mr..
Evenden's subject was, "The Psych-
ology OF Failure" and Mr. 0stein's,
"Orlentation." The first member of
the senior class to appear in assem-
bly, was Miss Stark, whose Grafton,
art Education was an inspiration
to all and her appeal for the intro
duction of the beautiful into our
practical lives was most helpful Mr.
Seymour, superintendent Of Polk
county schools, visited the normal re-
Gently, and expressed his interest in
what we are doing, and told us Of the
interest Of other schools In the work
of the Oregon Normal school. Mr..
Starr, secretary of the state tax com
mission, was most interesting
speaker in assembly. He gave a
lucid explanation of the system Of
taxation, its laws and methods.
However the chapel time has not
been confined to the purely practical
and educational matters. The reli-
gious side of life has been presented
to us by Reverend Gueffray, of the
Evangelical church, who spoke on
Success" and by Reverend Hilton,
Of Forest Grove. Mr.. lIoltons sub
ject was "a Voice or an Echo" MP
Darby, vocalist who is assisting
Reverend Hilton in the revival SER
vices here, entertained the assembly
with two solos Miss Elizabeth Fox,
student secretary Of the Y. w. c. A.,
visited the normal recently and
talked to the girls at the regular
meeting of the society. Several new
members were added to the associa-
tlon roll and a pleasant social hour
followed A most instructive talk on
the effect Of alcohol was given one
afternoon by Mrs. Scoyille, repre-
sentative of the W. C. r. L. From
this account of the various speakers
at the normal, 1t is evident that
every student has received something
in the way of inspiration or practi-
cal knowledge.
The department of music under the
direction of Miss Harlan is doing
splendid work in many ways. The
Glee club were guests of the teach
ers at Dallas, and sang at the insti-
tute which was in session there. The
students of the normal are planning
to give the musical comedy, Pima
fore" In June and al are working
hard to make this performance
successful example of what musical
training can do. Miss Harlan has
not confined her interest to the Glee
club and Normal orchestra, but she
] hoe ,ruo ptsod m orohaotra Prnn, tho
children in the training school, which
entertained us in assembly one morn
ing, and won much praise and adj
miration for It's work.
The Lyceum course has been well
patronlzed by all We have had two
concerts recently, The Dudly Buck
company gave varied entertain
ment, calculated to please all, and
the Gamble Concert company pre-
sented most excellent program,
The work Of the yiolinist being es-
pecially worthy Of mention.
There has been play as well as
work at the Oregon Normal school,
these past few weeks and the social
functions have been most enjoyable,
In the way Of play, was the hilarious
farce whicl the juniors gave as their
class program, These juniors were
no respectors of persons and stu
dents and faculty were carlcatured to
the amusement Of their friends. The
Normal society gave dancing party
on the evening Of Washingtons birth
day and It was said to be the most
successful party of its kind, this
year Two afternoons were made
pleasant by the meetings of the Entire
Club club, Miss Brenton, the art
teacher told us Of the art galleries
of New York city at the first Of these
meetings, and one Of Shakespeare's
historical plays, Henry v1lI was the
subject Of the second
That the functions of the Normal
school are always up to date was
evident last Saturday evening, when
the Delphlan Literary society enter
talned the students and faculty az a
st. Patricks party The decorations
Of green and white paper festoons
and quantities Of daHodils were as
beautiful as the entertainment was
unique We were all taken for a
trip on the ST. patricks Laughter
4 Smiles railroad and visited the
way stations, where special stunts
/ were given nv different cnlleena md