Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-10
Monmouth News

Capital Journal Special Serviee)
Monmouth. April l0.-Last Friday
was junior class day at the Oregon
normal school, and was certainly eele-
brated in truly gala fashion. At a
very carly hour citizens were wakened
from their peaceful slumbcr by the in.
eessant ringing of the normal bell; sky
rockets were sent up to herald the
dawn of this great day. At chapel time
the class. 2T0 in number, marched in.
headed by their class eolors and eaeh
wearing cap Of purple and white
The class song, composed by Carl
Moore, junior, was then sung with
much enthusiasm. The main feature Of
the morning program was q "See Orc
gon First stunt, the scene being q
railway station, with q great number
of students, all apparently bent on buy
ing tickets to Oregon, aud all very
happy in the prospect. After lunch Ore
gon was "seen' in beautiful colored
pictures; also some comic phases OF
school life were shown. A lovely dance
'The Spirit of the Westr was a de-
lightful surprise, also the agricultural
TUE luAA WIN AAS tntl7
ry wedding. These and many other mum
bers together with the jolly songs and
yells, created a happy mood among the
audience. At the conclusion of this pro-
gram the revelers were pilotcd to the
gymnasium where they were entertain.
ed by a ukulele orchestra and were
served wit hiee cream cones, under
the shadow of Mt. Hood. The class is
justly proud of the successful eonsuma-
tion of their plans and of the pleasure
dispensed by their efforts.
Senator Gill Spoke
The normal school was hoAored last
Monday morning by the presence of
senator ]. II. Gill of Portland who
spoke during the chapel period on the
subject of Indian Life Along the Co
lumbia, and illustrated the talk with
his own original drawings. He made a
comparison between the ingenuity OF
instinct of the aborigine and the intel.
ligence of the civilized white of today
and set his audience to wondering
which of the two were really the more
independent or able TO cope with the
battle for life if placed i'll Robinson
Crusoc position. The principal thought
CLEANED from this most interesting lee.
tme was that it would pay US to con
Ieentrate ON the fundamentals of life.
Parent Teachers Met
A very interesting and worth while
meeting of the parent teachers assoei
alton was held Tuesday evening in the
training school auditorium The attend
anee as usual was splendid, standing
room being scarce. The most important
feature of the meeting was the culmi
lnation of the movement to procure ar
appropriate work of art to place at the
entrance to the training school Mr.
Gentle, whose lecture last summer
raised a goodly sum for the purpose
chose a statue of Lincoln as fitting
gift. This was agreeable to the associa
tion which voted to order the statue a
once. The statue is a duplicate of st
Granden s at the entrance to LineolI
park, Chicago, except that the chai
is omitted. A deficit of $ll to make NJ
the $50 which is the price of the statu,
was made up by donations IN a few mil
utes. The following program was theI
enjovcd: singing Of patriotic songs by
audience, led by Miss Mary Randall
violin solo, Gertrude Rodgers readinS
The Baptist Sunday school picnic
I by Fannie. Stcinberg; song by littlt
folks Of first and second grades; son,
Little Tin Soldier by pupils of TIN
seventh and eighth grades. Prof. But
Ter substituting for Pres. Ackcrman
gave most interesting talk.
An Interesting Debate
Debate, Resolved that high school
should not be co-edueationa,. The mali
point proved by Helen Scott of the af
firmative was that when boys and girl
attend the same school the boys WASTED
] half of their time and according t
statistics high school student IS tim
is worth $40 per day; therefore eacl
boy wasted So per day and the finan
cial loss was more than enough to mai
tain separate schools. This debate wa
given last week at the high school an
the affirmative was given the decis