Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24

benefit of the best possible teaching
The country schools particularly arr
in need OF trained teachers. The sup
ply is not half equal to the demand
At least one additional normal schoo
is urgently needed in Oregon"
BY w. j. Kerr, president of the
Oregon Agricultural college: 1T IL
my judgment that as soon as prac
ticable when adequate funds are
available, three good normal schools
should be maintained in Oregon, one
in the southern part of the state
one in the eastern part of the state
and the one at Monmouth, Since
the people of Pendleton are initial
ing a measure for the establishment
of a normal school at that place,
it will give me pleasure to support
this measure"
Monmouth President Approves
BY ]. H. Alderman, president Ore
gon Normal school, at Monmouth:
Il have fully made up my mind to
support the measure. | will say,
however, that this does not carry
with it the support of the board of
regents, but only my individual sup
port, and the influence that / may
exert as an individual in favor of it. :"
BY the County School Superintend-
ents of Oregon
Resolved. that it is the sense of
the county school supeFintendents Of
the state of Oregon, in convention
assembled, that the best interests of
the schools of the state demand in
creased facilities for the training of
teachers, and that we, therefore, en-
dorse the initiative measure to es-
tablish a normal school at Pendle-
tom"
~. C. Sturgill, president County
Superintendents' association; Lin
coin Savage, secretary. Committee
S. E. Notson, Morrow county; o. c.
Brown, Douglas county; H. j. Sim
mons, Wheeler county; B. w. Barnes,
Washington county; ]. Percy Wells,
Jackson county"
Mrs. Charles H. Castner, president
Of the Oregon Federation of Wo-
mans clubs: believing that the
time has arrived when it is neces1
sary to make additional provision for
the normal training of our public
school teachers, and that the great
distances of our state make it ad-
visable that school be located in
the eastern section, therefore most
heartily endorse the location of said
normal school at Pendleton."
By Mrs. George W. McMath, Port
land, Ore; Recognizing the need
Of additional normal schools in Ore
gon for the training of teachers, |
take pleasure in endorsing the con-
stitutional amendment providing for
a state normal school at Pendleton."
By A. j. Mills, president of the
First National bank of Portland: 81
have always believed that there
should be two normal schools in the
state of Oregon, one on each side of |
he mountains. The long distance to
.ravel and the expense make it i'm
possible for one normal school to
adequately serve the whole state.
shall be pleased to do what l can
20 aid in the establishment of a
school at Pendleton to serve the peo-
,le of Eastern Oregon"
BY DR.. Charles ]. Smith, Portland,
Oregon; "The schools intended for
he instruction of our teachers should
lot be confined to one community or
me geographical division in the state
VI Oregon, largely owing to its size
md the expense of transportation
rom the remote parts of the state
o the one normal school at Mon
mouth, in the western part of the
tate, consequently it becomes the
luty of the state to establish schools
n other geographical location and
'ventaully in all geographical loca-
ions in order to accommodate the
,reat number of citizens who desire
education of this kind and who in
urn teach our children"
Eliminates "Log-Rolling"