Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-22

The Honor Guard girls of the Oregon
normal school have been making excel.
lent use of about one and a half acres
OF the school campus by planting pota-
toes The girls, themselves, expect to
do all the work and it is indeed pleas.
ant sight to see the patriotic spirit of
the teacher shown in this way.
On last Friday the normal school was
visited by Superintendent r. L. Kirk.
of Springfield. He was accompanied
by several of his teachers and members
of the teachers training class. The
normal school always appreciates such
visitors.
The literary societies of the normal
school held most interesting Joint
meeting last Monday evening. A Sc.
lection by the Girls Glee club opened
the meeting. This glee club is com.
posed of the members both from the
Delphian and Vespertine societies. Next
came an instrumental solo by Olga
WIckberg and vocal solo by Mrs. Ma.
bel Robbins, with violin and piano ac.
compartment. After the close of the
joint session, the Delphians met in the
assembly room to hold short business
meeting during which the roll call was
responded to by toasts with Miss Par
rott as toastmistress. Following roll
call Miss Grace Parker gave the poem.
music on the Rappahannock which an.
pealed strongl ly to the patriotic senti-
ment of all hearers. Next came Anatole
Frances "The Man Who Married .
DUMB Wife, Its extreme success is
due to the splendid direction of Miss
Agnes Carter. Much honor is also due to
The Misses Elliott and Steinberg Tor.
thelr fine interpretation or the man and
his dumb wife, Others who appeared in
the play were: The Misses katherine
Schunesen, Perkins, Mathews, Ester An.
derson, Cellers, Beutgen, Ruth Wilson
Paethe, Marcy, Gaffney and Frcda
carter. At the conclusion of the play
the audience listened to a brief sketch
OF the work of Fagore, the modern In.
dlan poet who has gained worldwide
recognition by Alice Stennick. Then
came the funny "Rooster Drill, - under
the direction of Mrs. Sacre Just before
me critics report of the program bv
Miss Parrott, which concluded the pro |
gram Miss Morrison gave an informa-
tlonal review Of important current ey-
ents OF the past week
The Evangelical church of Mon.
mouth last week held most in.
tereSting conference, Bishop Laurence
H. Seager, of Naperville, Ill., being the
central figure, although Rev. F. NJ. Fish
cr, the local pastor, and Rev. H. Scbuk
necht, presiding elder Of Portland. was
managers. There are something like 30
ministers of the Evangelical faith Of
Oregon attending the meeting.
The Polk County Christian Endeavor
convention met in Monmouth last Satur-
day and Sunday About 25 delegates
were in attendance. Miss Mckinney
president of the local society, called the
meeting to order and Rev. Elllins wei
coined the visitors. Miss Woolev, tho
county president, made the responsive
talk' MIR. Chairman, state president,
gave splendid talk on the "ATiIHon
Campaign" Mr.. Grader, of Portland |
gave an interesting discussion on c, Il,
expert work and answered questions
which were asked him. 1T proved to be
most profitable convention and tbe
spirit of Christian fellowship prevailed
in every service
Clares Powell was home from O. A. c. \
the past weekend, visiting relatives
and friends.
Among the soldier boys who came
home from Vancouver barracks on a 36
hour furlough last week end were Chad
Newhouse, Stanley Evans, Birchard Van
Loan, Harold Olson, Grover and James
Hinkle and Douglas Parks.
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Mrs. II. X. Ostrom, who has been visit
ing in California for past weeks will
return home Tuesday.
Clarence Daniel local O. A. C. stu.
dent, has enlisted as government on.
gineer and left Monday for Kelso.
WASH where he will receive training
by means of forest work.