Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-14
MONMOUTH ALUMNI
HOLD GAY REUNION
SChOOlday HauntS Are Again
Visited and Association
Elects LYDIA Bell Pres.

Monmouth, Ore, June IA repre-.
sentative body Of Oregon Normal school
alumni; gathered in Monmouth yester-
day, renewed acquaintanees, viewed in
restroSpect former school days, visited
the historic campus and other favorite
spots, inspected newer and bigger
institution, then chatted, frolicked and
feasted on the top Of Cupid's Knoll,
west CT the city.
A program was presented, and to
conclude day Of active merrymakmg
big banquet was held in the Normal
hall last night. Alumni members began
to arrive in Monmouth Monday.
When the student body held its last
chapel in the forenoon 90 were present.
More came at night, and the trains
yesterday added the final number to the
deles cation. The alumni first viewed
the city of Monmouth.
cupid's Knoll Attracts Visitors.
On the campus, which not many
years ago contained but one building,
were seen numerous objects OF inter
est from old school days Several
tablets which have been placed in the
brick walls of the main structure, in
accordance with a former custom, were
stimuli to recollections. Before IL
o'cloc!; the visitors were on Cupid IS
Knoll the historic spot, where as stu,
dents they spent hours in study and
in play,
At the annual business meeting at
( 2 O'Clock in the afternoon LYDIA Bell,
IA, of Monmouth, was elected president
of the association. The other officers
for 1917 are: Charlotte Crowley, '13,
of Monmouth, first vice.president;
Marie Smith, Is, Of Monmouth, second
vice president; Anna Wood, 'l3, of Mon
mouth, secretary; Mrs A. H. Craven,
'l3, Of Monmouth treasurer.
A plan was adopted under which the
alumni, numbering f,4OO, will be or
ganized into smaller county groups.
Graduating Glass introduced.
President j. H. Ackerman, of the
Normal school, introduced the 1916
class Of l6S graduates at the alumni
program tonight. +. S. Evenden,
'O6, received them. Ivan Wood, presi,
dent ct the class, made the response. :
Armilda Doughty, 'S3, one of the first
three graduates, read paper on "Our
Civil Responsibility to the Immi.
grants Educational Conditions in the
Philippines" " was the subject of the an
nual speaker, j. Dean Butler Presi-
dent Evenden, of the alumni. spoke
on 90 Ideal Builders Late this aft
ernoon the alumni attended the
I"Qucen's Masque," the senior play.
NJ of fpla =. ,-s.t I
yates Of the Normal under the old
regime. They experienced days when
Improvements were sow. Then the
future Of the teaching profession as
a life work was uncertain. The ex.
pense Of training ran high.
Normal School 33 Years Old.
Some of these alumni participated
in the big barbecue of June, 1911. at
which throng of state people gath.
cred in Monmouth to celebrate the re.
instatcment Of the school here, the only
state normal school in Oregon, after
its doors had remained closed for
year.
These participants viewed today the
results Of the new era. They saw a
| large campus with four new buildings
added. They were guided through the
new $4,000 state training school on
the new addition to the campus; the
operation OF the new unit system of
teaching was explained
The Normal school is passing its 33rd
birthday. 1t was established in 1882
after the legislative assembly early
in that year acted upon demands for
teacher training and passed an act
creating the school A pioneer institu.
tion here, known as the Christian Col
iege5 was taxed so heavily for operat.
ing expenses that it discontinued its
own existence and granted the entire
eamprs Of buildings and lands to the
state.