Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-05

expressed esteem and IN a few well ehos-
en- words he bade farewell TO the depart
ing seniors.
The principal feature OF Thursdays
/ chapel period was the final tryout be-
tween the three contestants elected by
7 the student body: one of whom will rep
resent the o. n. 5. in the hope of win
ming one of the five places in the inter
collegiate contest which occurs az Cor
wallis iii the near future. An three ora
tions were good and the judges found
it difficult TO make a decision. Miss
Radabaugh was given. first place. Mr..
; Hopes second. and Miss Tounsey third
The normal has succeeded at last in
securing the consent of the school
board of Independence TO the use Of the
children of the lower grades Of Inde
pendence public school for training
school purposes. A contract has also
been made with the Mountain View
school by which the children of that
school may be used for the training of
teachers who wish to specialize in rural
school work. Including the school chill
/ dren of Monouth this will give the
nc~rnal school about 500 children for the
business of teacher.training.
At the beginning of the second sem
ester Monmouth high school has an en-
rollment of l02 students 1t has lost
two. who completed the course at the
mid-year, and gained four who We're
promoted from the training school.
Miss Sellers, q student of the normal,
and teacher of experience, has been
engaged by the high school to teach the
new freshmen class. This latest addition
making five teachers for NJ II. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 2. Cornwell returned
Tuesday evening from Mill City, where
Mr.. Cornwell has been working in one
of the large sawmills for several months
past.
Miss Katherine Gentle. who has been
teaching at Woodland, Wash, is having
vacation as her school is closed on
account of sickness.
Miss Gladys Evans and Miss Gaynelle
Shore, who graduated fro high school
this mid-year, have entered the normal.
The operetta, "Prineess of Pop:
land.' which was scheduled for Friday
and Saturday nights, has been postponed
and will be given next Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, in the high senool
assembly room.
Mrs. Stitt returned Sunday from her
several weeks visit in Portland.
The Monmouth hotel has again
changed hands. Mr. L. V. Macken, who
has been running it for several months
+. has disposed Of his interest to Mr. I
, b. McKinnay, who will take charge
soon. Mr.. Macken prefers the moving
picture business and besides managing
the Norm theatre here he will give s
show at Airlic now and then.
A delightful chatting dish party wa
given by Miss Radabaugh on Saturda,
evening at the home of Miss Mabe
: West. A feature of the evenings en-
tertainment was Miss Vests narartiv,
of her experience last fall when TIL
, Bear became stranded on the Californii
coast. Ga
Miss Bessie Barnicotts viii leave 70
her home in Portland soon after tn
operetta of which she is. director, j
gwen. She has been contemplating
E trip to Europe i'll the near future.
The Parent Teachers meeting has bee
postponed on account of the operett
I which will be given on Tuesday night
$ which is the regular meeting night o
the association.
i The Woman s Civic club met in reg
lAar session on Friday afternoon an
+ discussed important work which it i
G hoped may be accomplished this year.
I DR.. Price reports the arrival of
pound boy at the home Of Mr.. and Mr.,
w. w. Newman ON Sunday afternoon.
Paul Riley is having a new floor lai
in his kitchen. The work is being don
by Floyd Mason
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Guthrie are el
joying a visit with their daughter an
her husband, who are here from Corva
lis to spend the week end.
A movement is on foot among tn
Odd Fellows to purchase piano fc
use in their hall here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elba Ebberts went [
Portland one day this week.
Mrs. Nichols and little son arrive
here one day this week from Omaha, N
braska, for month s visit with Mr.
Nichols parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joh
, Howell. Mr.. Nichols has been employe
by a stationery firm in Omaha but h;
been advanced to a position in Ne
York, where his family will join hi
in few weeks.
Mr. 4. t. Evans, who has been veI
i'll with pneumonia, has been move
downstairs but is still very weak, n,
\ being able to walk at all yet
Miss Alice Scott has been sufferir
from liberated eye-lids as a result
using her eyes too soon after havir
the measles.
. Mrs. Orval Butler is very low vii
pneumonia.
4 Mr.. P. O. Powell went to Salem to a
I tend the meeting of county creamel
managers; the object of the meeting WI
to come to some agreement as to Il
. selling price of cube butter
/ Dean Alden, of the Willaette unive
a sity, addressed the faculty and studel
Z body Of the normal Friday mornin
4 taking for his subject ~ Historic
Lies. The talk was both interestil
and instructive. According to Mr.. Aid,
: many historical /" facts" are not fac
A at all and our histories are in nesa
revision.
A one-day session Of institute W
a be held here next Saturday, Februa
10, for The teachers Of Polk coun
y and some other schools outside of Il
B county. Regular school work will
carried on, with the critic teachers
z charge. There will be no school ON Il