Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-27
Living Conditions Discussed
at Monmouth Normal School
lCapital Iournal sneeial seryiee.l


keep normal students. was held ON Tues
day afternoon Tor the purpose OF dis
eussing the question of living eondi-
tions Dean Todd met with the ladies,
and in her report she stated that she
had received many communications
from parents throughout Oregon ex-
pressing their approval Of the care and
guidance given their daughters while
attending the normal school. She also
stated that the board of regents expect
to set standard for living quarters of
students who board in homes OF the
town and that the requirements will
probably be that the house must have
running water, bath and indoor toilet,
that the windows be screened, that
rooms be furnished with clothes closets
and that where light housekeeping is
done, one room be used for cooking and
another for sleeping. The price to be
charged for room and board was set at
from $5 to $3.50. Miss Todd urged
that any one expecting to keep students
during summer normal to hand in their
names very soon as the list must be
ready by the first of May TO send out
to inquiring students.
President Ackcrman is spending the
week in California visiting several of
the normal schools Of the state and
studying conditions, plans and type of
work done in each institution for the
purpose of comparison with the work
being done at the 0. II. s.
Mrs. George Hug Speaks
On Friday of last week the students
and faculty were favored with talk
by Mr.. George Hug, superintendent of
the schools of McMinnville Mr. Hug,
having achieved success in the line of
teaching, spoke from q wealth Of ex-
perience and was heard with interest
and profit by all present
Prof. NJ. S. Pittman addressed the
student body Monday morning on the
subject of "Scmc Phases of Education
al Evolution" He spoke of the fail.
ures i'll our system, of education, of our
modern methods and of the slow but
sure progress we are making and of
the final achievement we may expect.
Former Resident Visits.
J. L. Murdock, formerly of Mon
mouth, now of Yamhill, was in town
this week shaking hands with old
friends. While here he gave out the in
formation that he, together with John
Palmer, Peter Curry and others expect
to start creamery at Kelso, Wash, in
the very near future. These are the men
who a short time ago tried to start
creamery at Dallas, but for some reason
failed to make il 90. They have en-.
gagged Guy Schieble as butter maker
and he will leave in about week for
that place.
Mr.. Schieble will fbe remembered as
having taken second place in the re-
cent buttermaking contest at Portland.
His product competing with that of 81
other buttermakers, the cream being
taken from the regular run received at
the Monmouth Cooperative creamery,
being an average product.
Local and Personal.
Mr. II. S. Portwood returned the first
of the week from Douglas county, where
he has been looking up prospects in the
business line. He says the county looks
fine and prospects are good but has
nothing on old Polk.
A very pleasant party was given last
Saturday evening by the Misses Kath-
leen Stone and ATayda Huber at the
nome OF the former.
The Priscilla club was entertained
last Saturday afternoon by Mesdames
Pittman and Evendon- at the home of
the latter. The house was appropriate
ly decorated for a st. Patrick $ afafir
The program was of the st. Patrick va.
riety. Refreshments were served and
all the ladies present enjoyed the aft
eTnoon.
Mrs. T. P. Gilmore is quite i'll with
some kind of throat trouble.
Mr.. Effert has moved his barber shop
into the room next to Walkers store
which has recently been remodeled for
the purpose. Miss Nina Cornelius will
move her millinery store into the room
vacated by Mr.. Ebbert.
A masquerade ball was given in the
normal gymnasium last Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. Mckinney, landlady of the Mon
mouth hotel, was called to Portland last
Sunday by the serious illness OF a
friend
Mr.. and Mrs George Boothby have
been enjoying a visit with their daugh-
ters, Mrs. r. +. Derby Of Eugene, and
Mrs. w. d. McCready Of Corvallis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Bowman left
last Sunday for eastern Oregon. Ben
Pollan and Ted Buchanan accompanied
them and will try their luck there this
summer.
A box social was held in the Norm
theatre building Friday night. Mr..
Mackcn kindly entertained the people
with five reels Of moving pictures, aft
er which the boxes were auctioncd off
by II. H. Sickafoose. The highest price
paid for box was 80, and the lowest
$1.25. The neat sum Of $45 was realized
and this will be turned into the high
school athletic fund for putting the
track in shape for the boys and fixing
tennis court for the girls.
A meeting of the "co-operators of
Monmouth vicinity was held on Satur-
day afternoon in the Norm theatre
building for the purpose Of discussing
the cooperative warehouse question.
There was good attendance and much
interest manifested. About half enough
stock was subscribed which is consider
ed good beginning and it is believed
that the plan win succeed.
On Monday night at the regular meet.
ing of the Odd Fellows, two candidates,