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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1915)
TTIE SUyPAY OltEGONIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 15. 1915. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IS RESULT OF SMALL BEGINNING fc v. U II i! I ft 7 i3 - , 1 i t I I I " ' ' ' I "if- Ill 11 rsr- . -vi1? -V fcgftfi j 11 V v Vt- '-v, ,.'V?e j '.y v, j- o fail ilTwMipi J 3 k. - J-H 1 1'- . f " . ' t A ?Jtg&, JL.UUL. ; 3 JSJ 4 f 1 " 'J OCucenU and (.""eft! matte vecwzs o r pttr-'V . - 5i ' x. - -yuPLt' 0i 1 '( 1.1 ).Y rpri t'A Via : fa 7 if.-.kJJ.. , W?3tafl4S 1 rf'T.? .t S L'.r Animal rtuidnndry Cass U--- Watchi BT RAXSAU. HOWARD. IT u nr th baisbt of tb foot bmll Htion. Ult Fall, that tb writer Tlalt4 tba Orason Aricul lural ColUca. after an abaeoca of mora tbaa ! 7ara. It u nearly o'clock la taa avaalBa; and dark and cold and drUalj. arban tba botal bua clattered down the main atreet. But area at Ibis boar there could be no mistaking the t Corvallla waa a college town. The atreet waa crowded with atudeota. a aart of whom were doing- an energetic "erpentlaa" aiong the llshtcd pave ment, accompanied by tbe uaual con course of ycUa. liut toon tba crowd melted away. It waa study bour. area for those wbo ware enibiulaaUe enouga to coma out . on sack night. In order that tba town aad the student body might be treateo to an "Ag-g" demonstration. ' Those la the agricultural department were proving to tba world that they ware not one wblt less loyal to tbeir chosen profession than were the "engineers' and tba "horta." wbo had demonstrated oa previous nights. Likewise tbe "boosebold sciences- bad been out In src oa tba campus earlier In the evening. I'p toward Uia campus gleams of light came from practically every win dow. Dormitories are provided only for tbe women students, and at night Cor vail Is la really a blve of "oil burn er,' as goea tbe old expreasston. which Is a little stale In this day of gaa and electricity. Cerwetlet la Frae-tle-lag. In tba dlataaca a lone cornetlst waa practicing bugle calls, probablr down Ja tbe great domed cadet armory. One large bouse waa brilliantly lighted and a frat reception. Impromptu or other wise, seemed to be In progress. A broad cross section of light In tbe stately administration building. In tbe center of tba campus on. the brow of College H1U. proved the " book worms" era gliding or worrying their way through selected aes of the 40.OO4 and more books and pamphlets In the col lego library. To tbe left a few patchea of light in Science Hall Indicated that certain re search students were "plugging" lata In tbe "labs." Vba girls "gym" was dark, though the bulletin boards, seen a little later, everywhere pummeled In tba fact that a pro-football game rousement of the student body waa to be staged thcra th following night (Krldar). the posters pleading "For the lv of Mike Get Out and Root We Can Beat Doble." But football waa not th only thing on th bulletin bo&rda. In fact the most red-hot. hair-raining notices were not football at all. "War In America." one of thm began, and continued: "O. A. C versus U. of O. and allies. "If you want to debate or learn to debate, enlist now. Every man Inter ested flll out and deposit card provided at oratory and debate box." Uela Beat Oregon' la Flee, SUU another Hashing dodger fea tured this slogan: "Help Beat Oregon." further admonishing everybody to "Com Out Try Out for th Varsity Debating Teams." It was shortly before tha general state election and It was announced that: "Students wbo will vote may secure sample ballots." and a further announcement proclaimed that school will be dismissed on elec tion day. "Farmers week." between semesters, waa announced: a Lake Mo hawk peace debate: certain thesis prize offers; literary society programme; receptions and special lectures. However. It la during tbe daylight hours, between t and . that th cam pus of tba Oregon Agricultural College breathes Its true spirit. The remark able growth of the college during tbe past 10 years, following lis new Inter pretation of some of our state educa tional needs, baa so transformed the campus that the old-time graduate la lost and bewildered. He will recog nise a few landmark buildings, but the larger buildings, "ins quadrangle.- the Inclusive unit plan of constructing broadly for th future, are all new. Every department, each corner of the cam pus, represents a specialized Ideal of service. Kor example, the ideal of service to womankind and the home. The old-time college course waa planned primarily for tba male stu dent and often th female preaence waa merely tolerated. It remained for th land-grant agricultural col leges, in carrying out their precedent smashing educational programme, to recognise that tbe average woman, as oils planet at present rotates, normally fits Into a rather definite realm of world service, at least nine women out of every 10. , Cradnatea la Deaaand. Th agricultural college haa-. long frankly recognised that woman's pres ent normal sphere is chiefly as presid ing genius In th home and that chil dren are a natural product of every normal home. Today this new educa tional viewpoint la ao generally popu lar that all of th graduates of tha home economics department of the ag ricultural colleg are In great demand as high school and public achool teach ers, at preliminary salaries of from !7i to $100 a month. It la recognised that not all women have th opportunity or th deaira to complete the full four-year degree course In this department, so a special one-year "home-makers" course Is open to public school and high achool grad uates. In addition a alx weeks' Sum mer course Is offered for teacbera; a four-weeks' "short course" la conduct ed during mid-Winter; a one-week course Is open to all during "farmers' weak" and night classes are conducted for women living in Corvallls. Th Oregon Agricultural Colleg rec ognises a paternal duty to a,ch of tbe 600. girl students. Tbe completion of a college course Is a physical as well as a mental accomplishment: hence each girl student is given opportunity for at least two searching physical az. aminatlons each year. Following the first health test corrective gymnastics are prescribed to strengthen any bodily weaknesses. Each girl is expected to learn to swim and it la related that they take to the swimming pool amaz ingly. The gymnastic classes and the out-of-doors gamea are designed to In terest every girl. Nearly all women atudeota llv, either at Waldo Hail or at Cauthorn Hall, thus gaining many social advantages and material conveniences. The girls of Waldo Hall have Instituted a plan of self government. Stndeat Body Self-Geveralng. Th entire student body of the agri cultural college. It might be remarked at this point, la self-governing. The student council, comprising IS mem bers elected from. the different classes, enforce rules and regulations adopted by the student body. The student council has suspended or fined or de manded public apologies or otherwise disciplined the several students tried and found guilty of disregarding the student body prohibitions against smoking on tbe campus, the us of In toxicating liquors, hazing, eta The students issue, from student headquar ters at 8hepard Hall, a number of pub lications, including the semi-weekly Barometer, the annual Orange, tha monthly Oregon Countryman, the Stu dent Engineer and the. C-P (Commerce. Pharmacy) Journal. - Besides tbe different associations in the interest of athletica. local and in tercollegiate oratory and debate, prac tically every collegiate department on the campus has Us special social and study club. Alio a number of Na tional honor fraternities and social fraternities have local chapters on tbe campus and atudents from definite sec tions of the state and from other states have their own special organisations. The largest and the most imposing building on the campua la the four story Agricultural HalL with Its north agronomy wing and Its south horticul tural wisg. The agricultural depart ment of th colleg ! closely re lated with the State Agricultural Ex periment Station work that Dean A. B. Cordley also serves as director of the experiment station. The agricultu ral department naturally includes some of the most vital instructional and re search work of the college, summaris ing 10 different departments, which In clude agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, horticulture, poultry husbandry, veterinary medicine, agri cultural chemistry, bacteriology, plant pathology and entomology. Some of Work Noteworthy. Some of the work of the school of agrfculture has been so noteworthy In the entire world of science that the department now ranks with those of tha three or four leading agricultural colleges of the United States in the number of graduate research students. Tbe graduates from the department are in such demand for teachers, experi ment station workers, specialized scientists, county agents and managers of large agricultural enterprises that the demand cannot be met. . But it is realized that only the few can take the four-year degree courses and the specialized two-year graduate courses. Hence six different one-year vocational courses are open to public school or high school graduates who wish practical instruction in general farm practice, dairy production, dairy manufacturing, livestock husbandry, horticulture or poultry husbandry Then Winter short courses of four weeks are offered respectively in agronomy, animal husbandry, horticul ture, dairying, poultry husbandry and crop pests. Also Summer courses of six weeks are offered in agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, horticulture and poultry husbandry. In addition there are "Farmers week" courses and this department aids the extension division In carrying the col lege to the farm and the home, through its movable schools, its popular bulle tins and Its correspondence courses. The engineering department of the college also has a vital relationship to state development. The mechanical engineer is trained in the practical and the scientific knowledge of steam and gas engineering, the designing and the manufacturing of machinery and labor saving devicea - The electrical en gineering student, after two years, may specialize In electrical railways, the supply and contracting business. Ulu mination or. wireless telegraphy. The civil engineer is naturally the pioneer of material progress, surveying, de signing bridges, constructing. The highway engineer is preparing ahead of that-time when Oregon will enter into its promised and needed era of permanent road construction. Tbe irri gation engineer will be called upon to aid in the reclamation of the 3.000,000 or 4,000.000 acres of irrigable land yet remaining In the state. Value to State Cited. The vast practical worth to the state of the college courses in forestry. In commerce, in pharmacy, in mining and in the training of teachers in the industrial arts, should not be over looked. The business side of farming and marketing is most important. Tim ber represents one of our greatest state resources, and we need trained foresters and scientific lumbermen. We have a vast wealth of mineral re sources, hence the need of assayers and mining engineers. The high schools, the public schools, even the country schools, more and more de mand teachers trained in the indus trial arts. Tbe Agricultural College has an other practical value to Oregon. It is attracting students from other states, and many of these students are re maining. For example, three students came from the University of Illinois to do graduate work, and two of them remained. A Boston merchant searched over the entire National educational field and selected the Oregon Agricul tural College. The boy came, and todoy the parents own one of the finest or chards and country homes in the Hood River Valley, Last year, from a total of 4176 students, which Includes thos enrolled for Summer schools and Winter short courses, 57 came to tbe Oregon Agricultural College from for eign countries: and 486 from other states of the Union, including four from Alaska, 41 from Idaho. 143 from California and 133 from Washington. This new Industrial vocational edu cation, so popular today, as proved by the Oregon Agricultural College, was not achieved without a long struggle. According to the old-time educational view, colleges existed largely to in sure a certain Intellectual polish and culture, which could not be gained without rubbing in generous propor tions of Greek and Latin and the like. Farmers Leaders In Reform. The old eduction held its ground with wonderful tenacity, but the reac tion was inevitable. Among the leaders in this educational reform were the farmers. An Illinois State Farmers' Convention, in 1852, classing them selves as representatives of all cul tivators of the soil, artisans, mechan- t A t-i.Vi an. " 'HAmnnriArl the l.o auu . i same privileges and advantages In edu cation as our prutcB&iuiisi CLI1I cn enjoy in theirs: and w admit that it is our own fault that we do not also enjoy them." The final resolve was to "take immeaiat measures tor in establishment of a university, in the State of Illinois, expressly to meet these felt wants of each and all of the industrial classes of our state." This resolution, and a host of others that originated In the '50a and '60s, pummeled the ears of Congress. Th result was the enactment of the Na tinnni la w rhroucrh -which- the land- grant state agricultural colleges came into existence, the law being approved by President Lincoln JulyS, 1862. Ore gon was awarded, as Its hare pf the National endowment fund. S0.000 acres nf innH Thit OrcEon Lecislature ac cepted the land.-but was slow In - (Concluded on Pace t. Column .)
