The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-02
PROF. MCLAUGHLIN
FAVORS PENDLETON

To the Voters of Hood River County:
One of the measures you are asked
to vote upon at the coming election
is the establishment and mainten-
ance Of a Normal school at Pendle-
ton. Extensive affirmative arguments
are given in the voters pamphlet is
sued by the State Department and
considerable argument pro and con
has appeared in the Portland papers.
Our local papers have presented edi-
torials in its support and paid ad-
vertisements have also appeared in
them supporting and opposing the
measure. The movement has been
endorsed by all of the leading edu.
Gators of the state, while the opposi-
ton has come entirely from Weston,
Oregon. Locally very little has been
said regarding the measure and 1t
seems best to call attention to 1t
again lest someone in doubt will vote
mo" And there is likely also to be
an adverse vote in certain sections
that will not be benefited by Nor
NAL School at Pendleton.
The state needs a second Norma,
because We need trained teachers |;
the business of teaching our boys and
girls is too serious a thing to be en-
trusted in the hands of unframed
people and there is already a greater
demand for professional training
than the one Normal at Monmouth
tan meet. At the last summer ses-
sion there were S24 students regis
,ered at Monmouth and 500 is as
many as can be Accommodated. There
are no actual counts obtainable but it
is safe to state that at least two or
rhree hundred persons of Oregon are
attending Normals in Washington,
California and Idaho each year who
should be spending their money in
Oregon and securing training that
specially fits them for Oregon
schools.
The Oregon Laws requires teach
ers to have taken a period of profes-
slonal training before they can take
an examination to teach and the op-
portunities for this training are not
being afforded in the state at pre-
sent. We are just entering upon an
other extensive period of develop
ment which means an influx of many
people, more schools and more
teachers. Your vote should be de.
cided by whether you want our boys
and girls taught by teachers who are
trained and especially fitted for the
work or by the unframed teacher.
A Normal was formally located at
Weston in Eastern Oregon and the
Weston people are opposing this
measure on the grounds of unneces
sary expense, as the state already
owns a plant there which they say
is worth $4,000 when fully equipped
Just how much the plant is worth al
present is not stated. 1t has not been
used by the state for seven years
and the last building was erected IL
years ago. This plant is now leased
by the school district at Weston for
their schools, as the abandonment OF
the Normal left the district without
equipment for their schools, and NO
doubt could be sold to that district
for its actual worth.
One of the necessary requirements
for a successful Normal is an ade.
Quate number of children in the com.
munity in the grade schools that
serve as practise rooms for the Nor.
NAL students. Weston has five rooms
in its grade schools while Pendleton
has %. From this standpoint Wes,
ton is an impossible location for a
Normal that will give service to the
people of Oregon even if the state
owned plant there worth 100000
| trust that you will vote Eyes" on
this measure and give to the state
and especially to Eastern Orergon
this much-needed school.
J. o. Mclaughlin,
City Cupar;ptapdo,t