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Newspaper
Monmouth Herald
Location
Monmouth, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
7
A legislative plea listing six core justifications for expanding the Oregon Normal School at Monmouth. It cites rising attendance, inadequate funding, a condemned training school, the need for more teachers, inter-state spending comparisons, and the goal to maintain high training standards while enlarging capacity to meet state demand.
The Oregon Civic League affirms confidence in Oregon public schools and pledges support for their improvement. It cites elementary schooling as the foundation of education, notes a shortage of trained teachers, and urges establishing a standard normal school or teachers' college to raise instruction standards.
H H Grady of Eugene announces a new valley chain with F R Weatherbee as president and J O Holt as manager. The firm plans stores in Independence Monmouth Dallas Corvallis Salem McMinnville and other valley towns focusing on groceries and items priced from five cents to a dollar with openings about sixty days away.
Students celebrate library upgrades including new doors reducing noise and creating a quieter study space. Miss Macpherson is thanked for overseeing the renovation with the model library reserves enhancing the main quiet area.
The Delphian Society elected new officers at its first winter term meeting. President Bernice Schultz, Vice President Bernice Stewart, Secretary Ruth Bryant, Treasurer Catherine Grant, Sergeant at Arms Alma Wilson, and Reporter Mary Cavach were announced.
The Ladies Home Journal biography traces the Mormon movement from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and finally the western frontier. It notes forced sales of properties during Missouri departure, neighborly thrift as a fault, and early tithe practices shifting to centralized control under the leader. It ponders how single strong leadership might boost agriculture but harm individuals.
The passage contrasts city manufacturers and rural farmers and suggests a cooperative approach as a solution. It notes a dealer advertised a product at a low price, then withheld supplies when customers sought them, highlighting tension between producers, dealers, and buyers and imagining how farmer cooperatives might reclaim profits.
A dialogue about how life resists rigid patterns and the charm of human unpredictability. Characters Mary and John recall a lively, sometimes comic set of encounters and a woman who defies tidy theories. The piece argues that attempting to fit life into a fixed recipe yields not pleasant results.
The Normal college basketball team defeated Pacific 16 to 12 in a rough fraternal league game. Nelson, M. Ray, Baird, McGowan, Condit led early attack while Egleston Beck and Rowe paced a strong second half showing. Bain strained a rib early, yet the squad earned praise for their performance.
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