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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1910
GREW WITH THE STATE
History of the Oregon Agricul
tural College.
MARKED ERA OF PROSPERITY.
Beginning at a Small Danominational
School, It Hat Become On of tha
Foramoat Cantora of Learning.
Malntaina Twenty-six Departments
Fr Scientific Induatrial Training.
Ita Advantagaa Ara Opan to All Per
aona Fraa of Charga.
The celebratlou of the quarter ceu
tennial of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege at Corvallis on June 14 lend par
ticular significance to the history of
the Institution. Ita growth, which has
ao closely paralleled that of the state,
haa a peculiar luterest 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 ixmring Into the state.
The tendency of the time leaned to
ward agricultural development and In
tellectual advancement.
To this disposition of the period the
Oregou State Agricultural college owes
Its existence and present locution in
part. In 1S!2 congress appropriated
80.000 acres of land for the support of
an agricultural college, with the con
dition that the college be in operation
by 1Si7. Under this net a denomina
tional school of the M. E. 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 Corvallis was
St? '
ONE PHASE OF INDUSTRIAL
tben a mere village, that the frame
structure which housed Corvallis col
lege served also for a time as a public
school building and meeting house and
that all grades from the primary to
tlie academic department were accom
modated. The Southern Methodist
church came into possession of the
property iu 1hi'5. Forthwith Uev. W.
A. Flnley was chosen president, with
Professor Armstrong as assistant. The
two composed the faculty. This was
the beginning.
This, then, was the institution and
such the conditions prevailing within
Its precincts when the legislature of
Oregon offered to locate with it In
deed, to designate It the Agricultural
College of Oregon. Therefore in 1SW,
It appearing that "unless an agricul
tural college Is provided by law at this
session of the legislature the grant by
congress will be lost," etc., the legisla
ture of this state passed an act offer
lug to designate Corvallis college as the
agricultural college of the state, and
the board of trustees of the college ac
cepted the donation of the state. Two
years later another definite step was
taken In the form of an act which per
manently located the agricultural col
lege at Corvallis.
The faculty now numtered three,
Lr. 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 one of the test In the
nation at that time, yet it has been
likened to a course In pharmacy with
the pharmacy left out. It was a good,
strong course In silence and mathe-
I
THE CHEHISTST BUILDINQ AT THE 0. A. C.
tuattcs, and It made good, scholarly
men and women. It served Its purpose
well In its dy. and the mathematics
and science, like so many letters of
the alphalict. have since spelled out In
full the courses introduced later In ag
riculture, agronomy, horticulture, etc.
From this embryonic stage the
growth of the agricultural college has
been phenomenal and particularly dur
ing the lust few years. There came a
change In the ortlce of the executive
In 1S7J. but not until 1SJ do we Unit
the first emphasis by the authorities of
the peculiar character of the institu
tion as uoted iu the election of a train
ed agriculturist to the chair of agricul
ture and chemistry.
In 1SS5 the church voluntarily relin
quished Its claims on the funds of the
agricultural college, ami the state, as
suming control, proposed to relocate
the college at Corvallis on condition
that a brick buiUllug to serve as a col
lege building, to cost not less than
$-D,000, be erected by the citizens of
Benton county on the agricultural col
lege farm previously purchased by the
board. Corvallis rose grandly to the
occasion. The sacrifice required for
the erection of the building -the pres
ent adiuiulstratlou building was so
heavy at the time that It came like
their very hearts" blood from the tuak
era of the college, but it came.
In l'v'vi the then "agricultural col
lege" as such ceased to exist, but in
Its stead was born the Oregon State
Agricultural college. How fitting then
tint this decisive point In the develop
meut of the institution should be cele
brated at this time: The infant of
twenty-five years ago has become a
potent educational factor of today. A
few comparisons of Its past and pres
ent scoh and usefulness to the citi
zens of this state will be apropos just
here. The first graduating class nuni
bcred three; the class of 1010 will in
elude approximately 130. The faculty
from three in lSt',7 has grown to nine-ty-two
In into. The proud old "ad'
EDUCATION AT 0. A. C.
huilding, born a quarter of a century
ago, now has seventeen descendants.
From the four courses then tuught-
namely. agriculture, mechanic arts.
household science aud general science
have developed twenty-six thorough
ly equipped departments, which offer
scientific training in us many branches
of Industry us well as an education of
culture and refinement. Teu or twelve
years ngo only a limited number of
students could take advantage of gra
tnitous Instruction at the Oregon Agri
cultural college. These came from each
senatorial and representative district
f the state. All others paid tuition
Today any person may avail himself
of the opportunities offered at the Ore
gon Agricultural college free of charge.
From twenty-three students in 1H07
the enrollment has grown to over 1.510
In 1010, Including representatives of
eight different countries and several
States of the t'nion.
Program of Exareiaea.
The following Is the general plan of
the commencement and quarter cen
tennial exercises of the Oregon Agri
cultural college:
Frl'lay. Juro- 10. p. m., aenlor play.
Saturday, June 11, 10 a. m., class day
exercise a.
2.30 p. m., reunion of atufint societies.
:!0 p m.. Junior promenade.
Sunday, June 12, 10 a. m., baccalaureate
eermon.
1 p. m., i"tudnt exfretsfs.
7 p. m.. union mating all churches.
M'inday, Jun- 1.1. 10:30 a. m., quarter
centennial exerrlnes (historical).
2 p. m., alumni turnings rm-etlng-4
p. m., president s reception.
7 p. m., alumni reunion and hamiuet.
1 p. m., Mudent exerclHes.
Tuexdav, Juno 14, 10 a. m., quarter cen
tennial exercises.
2 p. m., commencement exercises.
4 30 p. m . military parade and pageant.
7 p. m., official college dinner.
WOMEN NOW
IN PUBLIC EYE
Philadelphia Society Woman Wins
Fame as a Jockey English Girl
the Painter of a Wonderful Pic
ture A Teacher of Bahaism.
V V 7HETHEK this world Is be-
W coming a better place for
women, or not Is a matter
of opinion, but certainly I
woman Is making her presence felt '
more and more as the days go by. !
A Woman Jockay.
To be a woman Jockey Is perhaps
the latest ambition of the gentle sex.
Of course from the big races women
are barred, but several women have
riddeu at county fairs, aud the smart
set have held races of their own where
the jcx'keys were unhampered by the
limitations of sex.
Miss Emily Itandolph, the daughter
of I. S. Randolph, a Philadelphia mil
lionaire, has won Just fume as a crack
rider both In the gymkhanas held at
Lakewood every season and at a re
cent race meet held at Aiken, 8. C.
She entered the five-eighths mile race
aud held her own gallantly with the
other contestants.
Miss Itandolph rides cross saddle
and wears breeches and a long man
nish coat. Most of the crack women
riders, by the way, have discarded the
sidesaddle.
Rival of tha Chanticleer Headdrsaa.
Mile. Marie Kethore, a Parisian dan
cer, is responsible for it. Several
smart young women who pride them
selves on being up to date had revolt
ed against the domestic character of
the present barnyard modes. They
wanted something more piquant and
daring and expressed their views in j
Mile. Uethore's presence. Promptly j
the clever little woman evolved the
snake headdress, at which all Parl is I
now amazed. First she Introduced a '
live snake into her dances and wound j
it Into a charming Russian turban
effect over her reddish locks. Neit she
had an artificial snake made in the
most becoming colorings and wore the I
same at a smart restaurant. Now the
demand for artificial snakes exceeds
the supply, and the colorings belong
more to an antl-prohibltlon nightmare '
than to natural history.
Never mind! Anything for novelty!
A Seventeen-year-old Geniua.
She Is Miss Phyllis Campbell, who
recently painted a wonderful picture
MIHH rUTLLIS CAMPBELL.
called "Vice and Virtue." Art critics
say she will have a great future. Miss
Campbell is an English girl, the sister
of Marjorle Kowen, who wrote "The
Viper of Milan."
Expounds an Oriental Religion.
Miss I.aura Clifford Iiarney, daugh
ter of Mrs. Clifford Harney of Wash
ington, is an authority on Italmism,
the oriental religion that has lately
come out of the east. Miss Harney,
who Is young, pretty and rich iu her
own right, has astonished scholars by
the depth of her researches. Ilcr grst
book. "Some Answered Questions,"
was the fruit of two years spent by
her In Persia sludylng the eastern be
Hcf. Her next book is entitled "(iod's
Heroes" and deals with the Hub and
a beautiful disciple oi his called Qura
tu I "A in (Consolation of the Eyes).
Quratu 'I 'Aln Is the eastern Joan of
Arc. She was Incidentally a social re
former and a pioneer emancipator of
her sex.
Miss Hartley, besides being a most
gifted authoress, Is a sculptor of no
mean ability ami an adept In the art
of bookbinding. Her books are editions
de luxe, thanks to this knowledge.
FRANCES WARD.
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HOOD RIVER REALTY COMPANY
Office, Corner Cascade Avenue and Second Street
Phone 34 2M
Trade
Three fine residences in city
for country property. What
have you? See us quick.
We have several buyers for
good improved tracts. List
your property with us. Don't
care for exclusive rights to
sell.
Look
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CCPRC5P0NDEWCC
SOLICITED
This matter must not tx reprinted with
out special permission
A whole lot of farmers will be pull
ing off the remarkable stunt of husk
ing two crops of corn in 1010. This
does not meaD that conditions have
changed so that they are producing
two crops a year, but only that they
got balled up In their husking opera
tions last fall.
Statistics which hare been compiled
y the department of agriculture at
Washington contain some Interesting
figures relative to exports of farm
products during the past sixty years.
They show that these exports, consist
ing chiefly of cotton, grain and grain
products and packing house products,
have Increased In value from an aver
age of $150,000,000 a year In the five
year period from 1851 to 1855 to ar,
average of $875,000,000 a year In the
period 1001 to 1005. while In two sub
sequent years, 1007 and 1908, they
have exceeded In value the above av
erage, totaling $1,000,000,000. The sta
tistics show that the Increase In the
volume and value of agricultural ex
ports has far outstripped the Increase
In the country's population.
High School Girts Mutt Swim.
Boston high school girls must lenrn
to swim. The school committee has
handed down the dictum that all pu
pils above the first grade, unless In
capacitated, must, beginning tnis year,
seek the public bathing places In the
city Hid suburbs and, under the eyes
of the swimming Instructors, master
the art of swimming.
These Instructors, who will be the
regular bathing masters appointed by
the city or state, will sign a certificate
provided for the purpose by the di
rector of hygiene In the schools, which
will be accepted by the school board
as proof or me nonny oi me siuoeni
as a swimmer.
The school board will then award
one or two points, as the occasion may
require, which will be counted toward
the final graduation marks or the pupil
Wanted
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lurrxi
Clearing
We care for orchards for
non-residents. Clear, Plow,
Plant. Care for and pick
your crop.
Up Our Bargains
Cfiurcri notices
Christian Science
Christian Science Society holds ser
vices at the reading, room No. t! Iiiiv
I'lson building, Cascade I venue ti nil
.'!rd street, Sunday 11 a. m. Wednes
day evenings at p.m. Open dally
from '2 HO to .1 p.m.
Riverside Congregational
Kev. W. C. (iilmore, pastor.
Worship and preaching; at II a. in.
iraded Iiible school 10 a. tn. Music
by ijunrtet choir, .Mrs. t . II. Sletton,
director. Young People's meeting,
!:1.'. evening; service 7:.'l'.
Unitarian
Kev. II. A. MucDonuM, pastor.
Regular morning service at the
Cnltarlaii church at 11 a. in., Sunday
school nt 10 o'clock. Vesper service
at 7:-'t0 p. in.
Kver.vbody is welcome to both the
Sunday school and preaching services.
Christian Church
A. .1. Adams, pastor,
Regular services each Lord's lny.
IJIblt! school at 10 n. in., sermon at
11 a. in. and 7:4."i p. in. Christ bin I'.n-
davor at i::HI p. tn.
A cordial Invitation Is extended to
all to attend any or all of these ser
vices.
Methodist Lplscopal
T. II. I'onl, pastor, Residence KM
State street. At home every forenoon
anil Thursday afternoon.
Sunday services: Sunday school at
10 n. tn.; preaching, II a. tn . and
V00 p. m.; Kliwortll l-airtie. 7:KI t.
ill Prayer meeting Thursday even-
lug, 7 :'!! o'clock.
United Brethren
J. R. Parker, pastor.
Regular services each Sunday as
follows: Trenching at II a. in. ami
7::!0 p. in. Sunday school at 10 a. in.
a. in. Young People's meeting i:. p.
in. Midweek prayer service every
Wednesday night, at T::i0. The pub
lic generally Invited to all services.
Snap
This week. 1 1 Acres on East
Side. High class. No waste
land. Plowed and ready to
set, for $4000. On main
county road and near station.
Bargain
The best JO acres laying out
of doors in Hood Kiver for
45,000. Over $10,000 In
come this year.
ROSS, RICHARDS
& Co.
Confections and Hazelwood
Dainties
Complete Line of
Bristol Steel Rods and
Fishing Tackle just received
Cor. State aod 4th Sis.
Opposite Open House
Christian Alliance
( '. K. Perry, pastor.
Sunday school at 0: 1.1 a. in. Pub
lic services at II a. in. and 7:.'KI p. in.
Prayer meeting Tuesday evening at
7::i0. IMvlne healing; service nt '.V.'ta
Friday afternoon; Young people's
iiii-etlng at 7::, Children's meeting;
Saturday afternoon at .'I o'clock. A
welcome for all.
Later Day Saints
Reorganized church of .lesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints.
Sunday services: Preaching at II
a. in., Sunday school at :i p. in. Re
liglo Literary Society, ti p. in. Prayer
service Thursday evening, 7:'!0 p. in.
All are Invited to attend these ser
vices. In the hall iu the Chapman
building on the heights.
Belmont Methodist Church
II. ,1. Woon, paxtor.
Services next Sunday a. follows:
Sunday school HI A. M.; Preaching
service 11 A. M. I'.venlng service
I'. M. I'.veryone welcome at all ser
vices. Baptist
Rev. .1. R. Hargreaves, pastor.
Sunday school 0:50 a. in. Preach
ing at II a. in. and 7:-'l0 p. tn. Young
People's meeting; at 7 o'clock.
Tlit regular weekly services are
Young People's meeting Tuesday
evening, mltl-week prayer meeting
Wednesday evening, Ladles AM so
ciety Thursday afternoon.
COMMITTEE GOT $3000
FOR PUBLICITY FUND
Slllinlleil With automobiles ehrlit.
soliciting commit toes went out Into
the valley Wednesday ami secured
t.iHM) for the Commercial Club's pub
licity fund. All seel Ions of the valley
were Included but several of the com
mittees were unable to tret over all
Ill, pfci' miimi. ii. in r,m nil iiifii ri.
second trip will be made by several
of them and the Held completely covered.