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_005195753	Wooten, Dudley G.	Remember Oregon	1922		.txt	text/plain	5664	161	45	Of course this de- ceived no intelligent observer of the situation, for it was universally recognized that the motive of the measure was to destroy Catholic parochial schools, and that in this de- termination the fanatics supporting the movement were willing to sacrifice all other private institutions. It was called on the official ballot a “Com- pulsory Education Bill,” notwithstanding Oregon has had for half a century an adequate and satisfactory system of compulsory education, under which all children between nine and fifteen years of age must attend the public free schools, or private schools that maintain the same standards and teach the same studies as the public schools, subject to the inspection and supervision of the State authorities.	cache/_005195753.txt	txt/_005195753.txt