The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-21
NEW SCHOOLS
ARE DEDICATED
LOCAL CONTRACTORS ARE BUILDERS
Audience at New High School Auditorium
Last Night EnthuSeS and Pride in
Model Structure Evidenced

Model Structure Evidenced
Hood Rivers new brick high school
annex and the new model brick pri-
mary school, the latter named for Ma
thaniel Coe and wife, the founders of
Hood River, have been completed,
thrown open and inspected by the
school patrons of District No. 3. The
new buildings were formally dedicated
at meeting held last night at the new
high school auditorium, where one of
the city's most enthusiastic audiences
was assembled to hear the addresses of
congratulation. A new sense of pride
was manifest in the faces Of the stu
dents of the different schools, and the
enthusiasm of their children was reflect
ed in the expressions of mothers and
fathers. The meeting was character
ICED by general feeling of gratifca-
tion.
Those participating in the formal
program were: Miss Lillian Brock, M.
P. Warren, Geo. A. Wuest, Mrs. W. F.
Rand, president Of the Parent Teacher
Association: DR.. C. II. Jenkins, chair
man of the school board; Prof. Nc
Laughlin, city school superintendent:
Prof. Critics, principal of the High
school; Floyd Wright, president of the
high school student body; j. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of edu-
cation; Prof. Gibson, county school su-
perintendent; Mrs. Pauline Miller
Chapman and Mrs. c. E. Coffin. Rev.
H. A. Macdonald pronounced the invo-
cation.
Experts in primary schsol construc-
tion. who have visited the Coe primary
school. declare that it is a model in
every particular. The new high school
annex. it is declared, will enable the
school to become doubly efficient in the
departments of industrial education
which it will house.
Hood Rivers pride may be displayed
in her local builders; for both new edi-
fees we're erected by local contracting
firms. Stranahan & Slavens built the
high school annex, while Frederick &
Arnold were the builders of the Coe
primary school. Both firms of builders
are to be congratulated on the excel
lence of their work, and the structures
will endure as monuments to their
craftsmanship.
1--WE have something of which all of
US in Hood River will be proud for
years to come" says Dr. Jenkins, "but
best of all, at least the most gratifying
to US who urged the construction of the
new buildings, is the general backing
we have had from the people of Hood
River. AS soon as the bond fight was
over, even those who opposed US on
h hnh ind nd
their support and encouragement, and
today one hears the new school struc-
lures spoken of practically unanimous
ly as Our schools.
TOO much credit for the good work
done In the construction of the new
schools cannot be given Prof. Nc Laugh
lin and C. J. Crandall, of The Dslles,
the latter our architect. Mt. Crandall
worked faithfully to the end that we
might get just what we wanted and
needed. We gained much through the
generalship of MIR. Crandall and Prof.
Mclaughlin.
One of the men of Hood River who
worked the hardest and most conscien-
| tiously for the new school buildings
was Frank A. Cram, chairman of the
school board at the time of the election
on bonds. Accordingly MIR. Cram can
take just pride in the new school
structures.
IL am glad," says Mr. Cram, that
we have accomplished our aims. 1t is
gratifying to US who were on the school
board to know that our work today has
the approval of the patrons of the dis
trict. We have got our moneys
worth"
"We are wonderfully pleased with
the new buildings" says Mrs. Alma
Howe, who IS serving her second term
on the school board, "and now that we
have better facilities we are going to
have better schools. take an equal
pride in the two new school buildings.
for they both fiji need. Before have
finished let me express an appreciation
of the work of MIR. Cram as a member
of our board at the time of the cam
paign to secure the new structures.
MIR. Cram studied the needs of the city
schools and he put in his best efforts
for the new schools because he sincere
ly believed there was a need for
them"
E. o. Blanchar. the new member Of
the school board, elected after the bond
election, says
81 have watched with interest the
construction of the school buildings.
Our contractors and architect. Mr..
Crandsll, all have done good work.
Mr.. Crandall has shown his skill as a
designer of school buildings and he
,, gave the construction work his closest
attention. The people of the school
district may well feel that they have
received full value for their money.
Hood River county, proportionate to
; population, is now equipped with
school buildings that will compare fa.
vorably with any section of Oregon"
: Prof. Mclaughlin wishes to announce
a change in the program as published
last week. 1t was stated that at the
public literary program to be rendered
tonight at the high school auditorium,
only students and alumni of the school
, would be invited. The invitation is nov
: extended to the general public. Stu
I dents under the eighth grade may at
tend the meeting provided they.are &C