Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24
Normal Arguments
For and Against

The following is the argument 10
and against the proposed Pendletol
normal amendment which will be sub
mitted to the voters at next fall
election. The arguments presented
are the official arguments ant
should be studied and compared care
fully. Every word in them wa'
weighed. every damaging fact omit
ted and every seductive promise in
serted. Supposedly they present the
summing up of the arguments fol
and against the Pendleton normal;
PendletOn Normal
affirmative argument submitted
by the Commercial Association of the
city of Pendleton, and others)
The constitutional amendment val
idating the location of 0regon's edu-
cational institutions and providing
for a state normal school at Pendle-
ton is corrective, constructive meas
ure required by the urgent needs of
the state.
The value of the valuation clause
rests upon the fact the original con-
stitution of Oregon specifically pro-
vided that all state institutions
should be located at the state capital.
The State University, Oregon Agri-
cultural college, Monmouth Normal
and the Ashland Normal were located
in apparent violation of the consti-
tuition. An amendment passed by
the people in 1908, corrects the mat
ter by inference: but does not do so
in specific terms. The amendment
now proposed will set at rest all
question as to the constitutionality
of the present locations of the insti-
tutions referred to. The step should
be taken to save the schools from
possible litigation over this point.
Strong Endorsements
The measure proposed by the
Pendleton Commercial association
and others, has the approval and
support of the states leading edu-
Gators and representative men and
women.
The following endorsements of the
measure have been given and are
published by permission:
BY James Withycombe, governor
of Oregon: THE public school is the
bulwark of our civilization. School
efficiency depends upon the teacher
and the normal school is the poten-
tial factor in the preparation of the
teacher for successful work.
Oregon is unquestionably in need
of more normal school work and
Pendleton is the logical place for
school of this class in Eastern Ore
gon. The local schools of Pendleton
offer excellent facilities for practice
teaching, and the general environ
ment is good.
THE movement is worthy of the
support of every citizen of the state"
By J!A. Churchill, state superin-
tendent of public instruction.: "Ore-
gon's greatest need for its rural
schools is the teacher who has had
full preparation to do her work. Such
a preparation can best come through
normal school training.
81 trust that the voters of the
state will assist in raising the stand
ard of our schools by establishing
a state normal school at Pendleton.
The location is central, the interest |
of the people of Pendleton in educa- I
tion most excellent, and the large |
number of pupils in the public
schools will give ample opportunity |
to all students to get the amount of
teaching practice required in a stand
ard normal school,"
BY P. L. Campbell, president of
the University of Oregon: Every
country child, as we'll as every city
child in Oregon, ought to have the