Demands Submission of the Normal Question
Weston Oregon March 2. Clark Wood urges the Oregon legislature to reconvene in special session to resolve funding for state normal schools. He argues the schools deserve fair treatment and criticizes graft claims, noting Eastern Oregon and Monmouth normals support, while local Weston efforts fund three acres and a brick building.
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Experiment Station
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Small normal schools urged for broader reach
Presidents from Maine to New York argue for many small normal schools. They say closer contact with teachers aids practice teaching and education ideals, with proximity increasing pupil access and stimulating communities.
Mahone Defends State Three Normal Schools In Oregon
Portland Oregon February 23 In the opening session L D Mahone argued the state must keep three normal schools but acknowledged budget limits. He urged paying contracted salaries to end of fiscal year before voting on Senate Bill No 254 and letting voters decide the future of the institutions. He cited Massachusetts limits and the need for trained teachers for an efficient public schooling system.
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Belive
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Peace to 18 Ashes as Eastern Oregon Normal School Lays Untouched
The Weston Leader reports on the desecration and decay of the Eastern Oregon State Normal School site. Sunlight streams through broken windows onto an empty assembly hall. Statues of Minerva Lincoln Sappho and Pestalozzo overlook silent busts and deserted halls. Chandeliers hang from decayed beams as the scene of desolation stands unfinished.
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Weston
Eastern
Oregon State Normal School
Minerva
Lincoln
Sappho
Pestalozzo
Oregon normal school log-rolling accusation misspelled
Vague claim accuses the Oregon normal school of log rolling but provides no concrete instance of vicious or harmful legislation to support the criticism. The passage emphasizes the lack of specific examples to back the dispute.
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Oregon Normal School
Uy Are
Fall of Oregon Campus Claims Iconoclasts Undo Great Work
A lament over the Oregon senate actions destroying a once thriving campus. The text laments decayed main building neglected without caretakers, empty facilities, and a once vibrant intellectual and musical life reduced to gloom with bats, owls, rats, and roaches claiming the halls. It condemns the destruction of years of effort by political foes.
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Redwood
Aurora
Oregon Senate
Oregon's vilification of state normal schools debate
Ashland Valley Record critiques The Oregonian for years of misrepresenting Oregon normal schools. It argues the editorials inflamed taxpayers' distrust and claims tied to legislative logrolling and political maneuvering. The piece questions motives of Portland politicians and other state factions in shaping funding outcomes.
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Ashland Valley
Oregonian
Oregon
United States
Washington, D. C
Portland
Willamette Valley
Portland Telegram
Bowerman
Senate
Ways and Means
Oregon Senate Appropriations Battle Over Normal Schools
A critical look at Oregon state funding shows the Senate approving large appropriations across the state while critics claim key normal schools were spared. The column denounces actions as harming Portland and pushing through projects like a second insane asylum and a Cascade boulevard, framing it as partisan manipulation to please the "Portland lust" and the Oregonian’s stance on normal schools.
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Oregon
Second Insane Asylum
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Crater Like
Scalp Bounty
Salem
Oregonian
Harvey Scott
Billiken
Ayer Pushes Two Eastern and Western Oregon Normal Schools
The East Oregonian argues Regent Ayer now backs two normal schools, eastern and western Oregon, after previously supporting a single Portland area school. It criticizes past opposition, notes eastern Oregon needs trained teachers, and urges provision for normal instruction within two years, warning the issue will recur.
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East Oregonian
Normal School Board
Eastern
Western
Oregon
Dame Ayer
Portland
Eastern Oregon
Weaton
Pendleton Academy
Pendleton High School
Cost per student dispute over normal schools
Enemies of the school claim the cost is $1000 per year per student, but figures show about $75 annually. Senator Smith argued on the senate floor that normal schools cost far less per student than university students, highlighting a wide discrepancy in per capita costs.
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Smith
East Oregonian
Ashlands View Of The State Normal School Question
A Portland Oregonian excerpt by F D Wagner argues for the three existing state normal schools Weston Monmouth and Ashland and condemns the legislature for undermining the regents plan. The piece decries graft allegations, political manipulation and calls for a public vote to choose the normal school policy and location.
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Ashlands
State Normal School
Union Farmers Demand Special Legislature Session
Farmers in Umatilla County linked with the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union urge Governor Benson to call a special session to restore state normal school funding. Union No. 6 and 7 members, including F. W. Benson, denounce the recent cuts and press for ongoing support until a permanent funding solution is found.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon Ia
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative Union
Farmers Union No. 6
Benson
Farmers Union No. 7
Umatilla County
F. W. Benson
Oregon
Farmers’ Union No. 7
State of
J. H. Price
W. A. Barnes
D. C. Kirk
Advertising Oregon in Salem Capital Journal
The piece mocks Oregon promotions by noting senate actions such as abolishing normal schools, creating a state institution for consumptives at forty five thousand dollars, and closing teacher training while opening eastern asylums. It criticizes a marriage license health check and deplores funding for armories, horse racing, salmon hatcheries, and inflated offices as vanity projects to advertise Oregon.
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Oregon
Salem Capital Journal
Senate
Graft Allegations Stir Normal Schools Leaders
East Oregonian notes accusations that heads of departments at normal schools, including Monmouth, have accepted salaries far below living costs while performing crucial work. Professors offer to work the rest of the year for 76 dollars per month to help students finish, revealing a claimed contrast between sacrifice and charges of graft by some as the strongest educators are labeled grafters.
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East Oregonian
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