Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-13
Monmouth News
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hSIcdutlit CuWpdHf HAS uOushb tuO
stock in the V. +. Daniel Dry Goods
store. The Miller Mercantile company
is large business firm and owns large
stores at Dayton and Newberg, Oregon.
The back part of the store building will
be greatly enlarged where a general
line of groceries in connection with dry
goods will be kept. The company ex
peets to install stock of goods which
will be second largest in the comty.i
Mr. E. c. Cole, former manager, will be
retained by the company.
The Parent Teachers association of
this place held its regular monthly I
meeting ON last Tuesday Afternoon in
the assembly room of the new training
school building. The attendance was
really record breaker for the season
and the parents and citizens of Mon
mouth showed themselves to be greatly /
interested in the education of the train
ing school students After the regular 1
business session fine program was
rendered by the students which consist !
ed of orchestra music, songs, marches |
dramatizltions and several folk dances.
Every child in the school took part
which was q very notable feature Of
the afternoon program. After the
children s part of the program was over
President Alderman of the normal
school gave most interesting talk in
which there seemed to be an appeal to
those present to work for bigger and
better normal school After the meet
| ing was adjourned the visitors were
taken on town through the building
and as this was the first view for many
L great deal of interest was shown
when the different departments were
! inspected. Many said they had never
seen such fine school building so mod
lernly equipped No doubt the training
school students now have more convent
ences and accomodations in the school
than their parents ever nad during
their school career.
The students Of Monmouth high
school spent most of Friday afternoon
in cataloeing and indexing the books
of the high school library.
Miss Hawley, the commercial teach
er in the high school was called to Cor
wallis last Wednesday night where ner
father had suddenly died. Miss Haw-
ley's classes did not recite on Thursday
and Friday
The Inter Collegiate Oratorical asso-
citation holds its meeting tonight at the
Oregon Normal scnOOl Miss Laura
Bell, of the Normal school is president
of the association and has worked very
enthusiastically for the success Of the
Imee,ing. After the meeting there is to
be banquet for the members of the as
. sociation in the dining room of the dor
mitory and everything promises to so
off smoothly.
The De Moss Concert company will
Eappear in Monmouth at the high school
auditorium next Tuesday, March II, at
500 p. m. under the auspices of the
Monmouth high school. The De Moss
company is a very well known COM
pany and mas Travelled all over the
world.
The seniors of the normal school
were represented in chapel last We'd
nesday morning by Miss Sara Ruggles
She gave a very interesting account OF
"Current Events in the School Room.
The Old Home Singers will appear al
the normal assembly hall on Thursday
March l6 and is reported to be the best
, musical treat for the normal scdool this
! season. Each member of this group i,
an artist of great ability and they sing
not only the new songs but the old ones
- as well.
e The ladies Of the Christian churci
b are making plans and arrangements fol
Egiving big dinner in the basement OF
a the church on May Day as great crowds
n gather in monmouth on that day to Sc,
$ the exercises given by the normal anC
training school students.
l. Several of the faculty Of the norm J
h school and a number of students at
! tended the play, "Peg o. My Heart
a lat Salem last Saturday.
The literary societies Of the norma
- scnool have selected "Peg o. NJ,
4 Heart" for their annual play to be Civ
3; en- on the evening Of March 24 in TIN
normal assembly hall.
Mr.. Pitman, of the normal, spoke a
g a parent.teachers association meetln
n at Sylvan, Oregon last Friday night. II
# reports the session as being one full o
:. interest and enthusiasm.
4 The "Athena Society which is Ia
" girls literary society in the hig
>. school announce an open meeting to b
" given on next Thursday, March l6, Il
" 500 at the high school building.
program is being prepared by Mis-
Grace Parkers section Of the societ
y and the girls have worked very cnthI
siastieally to make their program
success.
y About seventy-five people came /
, on the morning train to hear the stat
j. oratorical contest at the normal tonigl
y, and he boy. Of the training school me
them and showed thcm to the homes
which they had been assigned. Man
IN more were expected on this evening
" train.
,y Miss Mari Meyers, the normal scho,
rs contestant in the oratorical contes
h. gave her Grafton before the student
e. in chapel last Wednesday. Tao schot
showed their splendid enthusiasm b
singing songs and giving yells and e.
eryone feels sure that the normal sehO,
will be well represented in the contes
NJ Miss Myra Butler, the head Of II
domestic science and domestic art d.
nj partments of the normal has been veI
ID busy getting her domestic science room
o. in first class condition, but now 81
ii. feels that her department is as good Z
n. any on the Pacific coast.
a. Mr.. Stone, who was operated on ft
\. appendicitis, is improving very fast an
is able to be about again.
III Miss Clara Anderson Of Portland hi
" ~ been doing stenographic work for NJ
a " o. Boots during the past week.
=, The Athena society of the His
NJ gohoo1 o,vo u,adn ntoug FIR hoviug