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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1925
Page
4
An Oregonian editorial urges action on teacher training within public schools. It notes repeated defeats of normal school plans, cites historical votes, and argues politics cannot be avoided in public education solutions while calling for a workable statewide plan and bypassing paralyzing stalemate.
A poetic scene unfolds at night with a mockingbird singing from a high perch above a telephone pole and barn. Moonlight, mist, and quiet Ozark valley set a tranquil mood as dewdrops fall from Balm of Gilead trees.
The letter urges expanding and upgrading Oregon's teacher training at Monmouth rather than creating new regional normals. It notes Monmouth enrollment growth, compares two and four year programs, and argues to keep two year courses while adding a parallel four year option. It emphasizes fiscal restraint and the state’s need for efficient teacher preparation.
Prospective settlers gain vital information from yearly boom issues and ads. Newspapers earn praise for enterprise in producing editions that aid newcomers, with notable examples from the Coos Bay Times Corvallis Gazette Times Salem Statesman and the Oregonian.
J B Jackson, longtime Pendleton newspaper publisher, visited Pilot Rock correspondents to drum up business. He crawled under a house to speak with residents, collected a subscription, and noted people often spend time under houses. He later became Portland Journal proprietor and died last week.
J. B. Landers argues for expanded training for elementary teachers beyond current four year courses. He notes high schools are adequately served by state university and college, but insists elementary education requires equal rigor to improve early instruction.
The author questions ten branch normals and criticizes board direction while noting no opposition from Oregon Normal figures in Monmouth. They suggest popular approval for new normals in Pendleton Ashland The Dalles or Roseburg and urge maximizing development of the Oregon Normal School under President Sanders.
In a London edited journal from 1802 Lord Holland chronicles Wordsworth’s visit, noting a dull social scene and a river of aristocratic talk. He describes meeting Wordsworth as pompous and canting, labeling him a poet of a new ranting school during a fashionable evening.
In a comic sketch on London life, a Rothschild figure drops a penny outside The Albany on Piccadilly. He searches vainly as the coin rolls into a grate, then muses on the fleeting nature of wealth, while a petty theft distracts him with a water break.
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