Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of History
First Advisor
Michael M. Passi
Date of Publication
1973
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Department
History
Language
English
Subjects
Oregon Laws, Ku-Klux Klan -- Oregon, Educational law and legislation -- Oregon, Public schools -- United States
DOI
10.15760/etd.6295
Physical Description
1 online resource (68 p.)
Abstract
The Oregon School Bill of 1922 would have required all school age children to attend public schools. Beginning as an initiative measure sponsored by the Scottish Rite Masons it was passed by the voters in the general election in the Fall of 1922. Shortly after its passage representatives of private and parochial schools began a court battle against the bill which ended in the United States Supreme Court. Affirming the decision of a lower court it declared the Bill to be unconstitutional. While public interest in the Bill was great during the campaign, it soon dwindled and by 1925 the School Bill held little interest but to historians.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25743
Recommended Citation
Recken, Stephen Louis, "A reinterpretation of the Oregon school bill of 1922 : the concept of the common school in progressive America." (1973). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4416.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6295
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