East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-07-19
2, s299 $50; 1928 y330,925. 1919.

~, $29935 1898. }330,sz5; 1919
"a. s53G.400.
Building Appropriations.
Data as to appropriations for nor
NAL school buildings and improve
ments during the pas six years is
tu be found on page 55S, bureau OF
education report for 1914 The fig
ures are as follows:
Idaho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ll4,0fJ
Oregon ......'.......-''. l'oVO
Washington ............. 462,Z90
California .......,...... l,553,2l2
From the foregoing It will be seen
that compared with neighboring
states Oregons expenditures for nor
NAL school purposes have been ridic-
ulously small. Idaho with a popula-
ton Of 1896 4O7 compared with 1884,
23g population in Oregon, has regu-
larly been spending over twice the
sum this state has devoted to nor
NAL instruction
Universal Criticism
The situation in oregon is such as
to cause universal criticism from
the teachers, principals, superintend-
ents and from educators In the states
higher institutions VI learning. The
need Of action TO improve affairs is
recognized as imperative and it Is
the concensus Of opinion that neces-
sary step will consist in the estab-
lishment of a normal school for east.
ern oregon. On October q, 1915,
the teachers Of Gillian, Wheeler
Morrow and Umatilla counties, as
sembled in a joint institute. adopted
BY unanimous vote resolution call
ing for the establishment Of a state
normal school at Pendleton. In De-
cember Of the same year, the State
Teachers Association representing
all parts Of the state, assembled at
Medford, passed a resolution urging
an eastern oregon normal school and
likewise a normal for southern ore
gon. 1t was in answer to these re-
quests and numerous private sugges-
spirited citizens and organizations
throughout the state that PendletoA
citizens have initiated the measure
now upon the ballot.
Eastern Orcgon's Needs.
The necessity for a normal school
in eastern oregon arises from the fact
students will not go long distances az
considerable expense to secure nor
nal instruction. The number of quail
/ flied teachers is always greater in
counties adjacent to normal school
than in counties far removed from
such school
Conditions in oregon testify TO this
statement and the principle is rec
ognzed ny the federai bureau Of ed
ucation. Bulletin No. 19, (1916)
deals with the subject on page o. un-
der the heading Few Normal Gradu
ates In Sections Remote from Nor.
NAL Schools"
The above mentioned bulletin treats
of the location of new normal schools
(page 23) and advises that a schoo
be located in the most conveAien
railroad center IN ihe area 10 De stIN
ed. and in town large enough t
provide more than adequate practice
teaching facilities Severe criticism
is made Of the location Of norma
schools in towns too small to proyid
advantages and environment
students Go Elsewhere.
The long distance from eastern
oregon to Monmouth, together will
the overcrowded condition in th
Monmouth normal have caused man
eastern Oregon students to seek in
struction i'm the Washington and Ida
, ho schools. 1t is estimated by count
superintendents of eastern Oregon
that 200 students from eastern ore
gon are enrolled in washington anC