Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-17
BUSINESSMEN
TO SUPPORT PAPERS
College and High School
Publications Defended by
School Heads

Carl Gregg Doney, president of Will
lamette University and John w. Todd,
superintendent of the city schools, met
last evening with the members of the
Business Mems League and discussed
the proposition as to whether the High
School Clarion and The Collegian should
metaphorically fold up their tents and
go out of business to save the business
nan the expense of advertising, or
whether the two papers were really
worth while and were of benefit to the
city.
After it was all over, the Business
Mems League went on record pledging
its support to the two papers and to
the maintenance of the High school and
Willamette University.
DR.. Doney spoke in part as follows:
81 think Willamette University is of
some value to Salem, and to the bust
ness men of the city. No college in the
country has a better paper than the
Collegian. 1t has a circulation Of from
1900 to 1000 and is sent to the high
schools throughout the state, to the
alumni and a number of the citizens of
Salem.
at is the best advertising medium
the University has. Advertising in
the Collegian is not a gift, as merchants
get value received. There are dozens
of families come to Salem each winter
on account of the University. / note
that in the reports of the Commercial
club, no mention is made of the Uni
versity, excepting that we have $50
students. The Commercial club letter
head says $50, yet we have 3S2.
All the money we get is spent in
Salem excepting the few things we can
not buy here. If your organization will
get behind us and not throw rocks,
more people will come here"
Wants Campus Fixed Up.
Hal D. Patton said that the mer-
chants were loyal to the University al
though some thought the High school
Clarion and Willamette Collegian could
be, dispensed with. Mr.. Patton thought
the campus was a disgrace to the city
and had heard some very unfavorable
opinions about it. He thought the
grounds should be kept up just like
those of the state house. He said the
merchants were not knocking, but just
wanted to know if the Coliegian war u
necessary part of the University.
DIR. Doney acknowledged that the
campus was not as pretty as it should
be, but they had only $4,000 a year to
run the University. Not a professor
was receiving the salary he ought to
have, DR.. Doney said, and yet he did
not dare go in debt to fix up the
campus. There was one way-and that
was to cut the salaries of the teachers
or to collect money from the citizens.
eve asked Mr.. Wallace and Mr.. Park
to let us take water from Mill street to
get water for the campus, but they
told us they did not care to establish
a precedent" DIR. Doney declared. eve
thought once of digging a well, but it
would cost $500 to lay the pipes and
$500 a year for the water We just
couldn It afford it We need a dormi-
tory for the girls, and if the Com
mercial club a Y the need for a fine
campus is greater than the needs of the
young women, it would have great
weight with the trustees"
High School Point of View.
John H. Todd, superintendent of the
city schools spoke on the school
system, explaining that in the present
day it is much more complex that a
generation ago. By means of charts, he
explained the present system of hand
ling the school in order that no time
may be lost, either by the teachers or
pupils. Under the present system, he
explained how the pupils did 81 per
cent more work than under the old
plan. Besides that learned from books,
Todd explained that the boys in the
manual training did practical work in
keeping the ten school buildings in re-
pair. Also how the girls in the domes-
tic sewing work not only learned how
to sew, but to do practical work for
themselves. In the commercial work,
Mr.. Todd explained how the students
were called on to do practical wor% for
the school board, and actual work in
his office, besides the accounting for
the ten school buildings.
Aware of the fact that business men
in general know but little of the actual
working of the school system, Mr.. Todd
insisted that the men visit the schools
a few hours, take a chance at the Ii
cent lunch and really see what the sys-
tenn is like. W. H. Hamilton thought
the idea of visiting the schools a good
one.
Now instead of asking the Clarion
and Collegian TO get off the map, O
resolution was unanimously passed by
the League giving both papers its sup
port and recognizing their worth to tina
community
And thus ended the first conference
between the two leading educational
institutions of the city and the Bust