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. Auttia't Future Czar.
A pretty story has been published la
the St. Petersburg newspapers . con
cerning Russia's future czar. Seeing a
picture of the Italian royal children
vlth a Slclllub cart In a foreign illus
trated Journal, the little fellow, with
the aid of Lis nurse, wrote a letter to
the king of Italy, whom he affection
ately calls "Uncle -Vittorio.", asking
him ; for a similar cart on bis next
name day. "Uncle Vittorio" responded
nobly, and soon a cart and donkey,
with harness. arrlTed from Italy,
WELSH FEELS CONFIDENT.
Britain Balievaa He Will Have No
' Troubla Oafaating McFarland.
:, Freddie T. Webih - England's light
weight champion. Is so confident of de
feating Packey McFarland of Chicago
at the National Sporting club of Lon
don the night of May 30 that he has
announced , his Intention-of meeting
young Josephs,' the ' British welter
weight, champion. Id a bout for the
tatter's; title.,. As a matter. of fact
Welsh has already laid claim, to the
welterweight title for the reason that
he whipped Josephs in eleren rounds
at Mountain Ask; ln Wales, last. July.
Josephs was not the welterweight
champion at that time, and, besides.
Welsh won on a. fouL Since then Jo
sephs has beaten the recognised title
holder, while Welsh has secured clear
right to be called lightweight cham
pion, baring received Lord Ions"'
belt r ' '
Friday-Sato'day, May
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GREW WITH THE STATE
History of the Oregon Agricul-
t lira I rnilona
MARKED ERA OF PROSPERITY.
Beginning aa a Small Denominational
8ohoot, It Haa Become One of the
.... Foremoet Centere ' of Learning.
Maintains Twenty-ai Department
For - Scientific Industrial ; Training.
Ita Advantagea Are Open to All Per
sona Free of Charge. ; r ,
.; The celebration of the quarter cen
tennial of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege at Corvallis ou June 14 lends par.
ticular significance to the history of
the Institution. Its growth,"; which has
so closely paralleled that of the state,
has a peculiar interest at this time.;
The origin of the college harks back
to the sixties, the beginning of an era
of prosperity and industrial develop
ment in the history of Oregon. ."Home
seeking" rather than "gold seeking"
people were pouring into the state.
The. tendency of the time leaned to
ward agricultural development and in
tellectual advancement.
To this disposition of the Deriod the
Oregon State Agricultural college owes
us existence and present location in
part In M802 congress ttpproptinted
80,000 acres of land for. the support of
an agricultural college, with the con
dition that the college be in operation
by 1807. Under this act a denomina
tional school of the M. K. . Church
South : already existing at Corvallis
and known as Corvallis college, was
charged with the management of . the
agricultural college.: Just here it is in
teresting to note that Corva 111 wa
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ONE PHASE OP INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AT 0. A C
then a mere village,, that 'the' frame
structure which housed Corvallis col
lege served also for a tijne as a public
school building and meeting house jand
that ' all grades from the primary to
the academic deportment were accom
modated. The Southern Methodist
church csme Into possession of the
property in 1805. Forthwith IlevJ W.
A..Finley wns chosen president, with
ProfeHnor Armstrong as assistant The
two composed the faculty. This was
the beginning. . . v ' ... ..
! This, then.' was the institution and
such the conditions prevailing within
Its precincts when the legislature of
Orr-Ron offered to locate with It In- few comparisons of Its past and pres-det-d.
to designate It the Agricultural ent scope and usefulness to the cltl
College of Oregon. Therefore' lit 1808, ens of this state wlll.be apropos Just
It appearing that "unless, an agricul- j here. The first graduating class num
tural college is provided by law at this, bered three', the class of 1910 will In
session of the lcalslatwrj the ftrniit ij dnde jlPprosliTifltfJy .1.3(L Thejaculty
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c6"ngresswlIT bFTost"" etc the legisla
ture of this atate passed an act offer
ing to designate Corvallla college as the
agricultural college of the state, and
the board of trustees of the college ac
cepted the donation of the state. Two
yearc later another definite step was
manently located the agricultural col
lege at Corvallis. . ''-:...
The faculty now numbered three,
Dr. Joseph Emery having been elected
professor of mathematics, and these
three It was who arranged a two year
course of study and distributed the
work of it among themselves to be
carried along with executive burdens
already shouldered.
The agricultural course of two years
as outlined was ouo of the best In the
nation at that time, yet it has been
likened to n course In pharmacy with
the pharmacy Vcf t out It was a good,
matlcs, and It made good, scholarly
men and women. , It served its purpose
well In Its day, and the mathematics
and science, like so muny letters. of
the alphabet, have Bince spelled out In
full the courses Introduced later in ag
riculture, agronomy, horticulture, etc.
l-'rom this ..' embryonic . stage ; the
growth of the agricultural college lias
been phenomenal and particularly dur
ing the last few years. . There came a
chauge In .the office of the executive
in 1872, but not until 1882 do we find
the first emphasis ly the authorities of
the peculiar character of the Institu
tion as noted in the election of a train
ed agriculturist to the chair of agricul
ture and chemistry, ; ; ; . :
' In 1885 the church voluntarily relin
quished its claims on the funds of the
agricultural college,, and the state, as
suming control, proposed to relocate
the college at Corvallis on condition
that n brick building to serve as a col
lero building,- to cost not less than
J-JCOOO, be. erected by the citizens of
Benton county on the agricultural col
Irgoi farm prejdousjyujvhjisei by" the
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board.; Corvallis rose grandly to the
occasion, i The sacrifice required for
the erection of the buildingthe pres
ent . admlnUtratloii , building was so
heavy nt the time that it came like
their very hearts!, blood from the mak
ers of the college but It cume. ,: .
. I 1885. the then "agricultural col
lege" as such ceased to exist, but In
Its stead was born the Oregon State
Agricultural college. How fitting then
that this decisive point In the develop
ment of the Institution should be cele
brated at this timet ' The Infant of
twenty-five years ago has become a
potent educational factor of today' A
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from tBTee in imu niroAvirf5EIae-ty-two
In 1910. The proud old "ad"
building, born a quarter of a century)
ago, now has seventeen descendants
From the four courses then taught-
namely, agriculture, mechanic . arts
hoUKAhold arloiu and vnual aAtaiwu
have developed twentyslx thorousrh
ly equipped departments, which offer!
scientific training la as many branches!
of Industry as well as an education ofl
culture and refinement Ten or twelve
years ago only a limited number ofl
students could take advantage of gra-
tultoua Instruction at the Oresron Aarri
cultural college. These came from each
senatorial and representative district
of the state. All others paid tuition
Today any person may avail himself
of the opportunities offered at the Ore-j
gon Agricultural college free of charge
From twenty-three students In I8i
the enrollment has grown to over 1,5001
In 1910, Including representatives ofl
eight different countries and several
states of the Union. : .
IN THE VAN OF PROGRESS.
Oregon College Championa New. Ideas
" In Education.
Very few people of the state who!
have not visited the Oregon Agricul
tural college during the past year real
Ize what a great institution has been
established at Corvallis or In any way
appreciate the "Interest which ' It af
fords to the visitor by reason of. Ita
beautiful campus, splendid buildings
elaborate equipment and broad scope
of activities. It was in order that the
people of the state might have an op
portunlty to visit the Institution and ad
the same time enjoy the privilege on
hearing addresses by soma of. the!
most prominent men of the day, listen
ing to splendid music, viewing the
elaborate pageants and enjoying the
spirit of the occasion, that the qunrtcr
centennial celebration was planned.
. Another reason tor celebrating at
this time Is the significance which al
inches to the struggle which the col
lege has successfully passed througli
during the past twenty-flve years. Aw
the champion and instrument of a new
idea in :' education it has met with
strong opposition and coped with every
form of obstacle that It is possible to
Imagine. Bat a better appreciation of
tho value of technical education seems
now. ,'to' prevail In this country, and a
clenrer.-understanding of the scope of
the work Of Ihls .college and Its close
relation to the industrial development!
or mis commonwealth seems to bel
well, established q thv state , with'
the establishment pf these two condl
tlons a distinct period in the history
of the Institution is closed. v
, During the ''next ''quarter'' century"' It
is saf to predict that- the ''Institution
will do a more wonderful wort than
in the past twenty-live years and that
It will become a powerful factor In
every phase of the state's . develop
ment. Freed from the opposition which
often frustrated its efforts in the past
it will take Its place In the van of the
progressive movement in Oregon '
Evidence of this fact is hot wanting.
Thousands of acres of waste land are
being - converted into grain , and . hay
fields; great orchards are 'springing up
everywhere; better road are in the
making; great stock farms, breeding
splendid animals; are established' . lu.
large numbers; : the; poultry : and the
dairying Industries have Increased and
Improved,, and In all the Influence of
the college Is a powerful factor.
. Now Germ Deatroyer. '
'..rrot&aot E. P. Gorham of Brown
university plans to sterilize meat,
milk, fish and every other food prod
uct In Vhlch disease germs exist and
to destroy these germs simply by pass
ing the food products under a ray of
light.' t' I'rofcssor Gorham -. has been
working on his. process-In secret for
some time and auuounces that he will
make known hla discovery and method
of applying It within a few days. He
Indicates that the ultra violet ray plays
a great part In his experiments In his
laboratory at Providence, n. I. -
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