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Rh It carried, but by a small margin. The opposition succeeded in getting a special meeting called to reconsider the vote. This time the victory of the school party was decisive.

Work began at once. The building was erected, and in January, 1878, school opened in the Central School House, of which the citizens of Eugene were justly very proud.

Our survey is practically completed. With the erection of the new building and the adoption of the policy of educating all the children of the town in it, old things had passed. There was no longer any need for private schools in Eugene, and they abandoned the field. At last educational interests and educational effort were unified.

JOSEPH SCHAFER.