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SUPPLEMENT TO
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CORVALLIS
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7WIDS77VV7ER EDITION,
Vol. XXXIV.
CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1897.
No. 19
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
The Most Richly Endowed and Best Equipped of Oregon's
Educational Institutions.
A Magnificent Industrial School. Mechanical, Agricultural and Household Economy Courses. The Story of its
Growth and the Wonderful Opportunity it Offers Young Men and Women to
Obtain a Practical and Useful Education,
ITS LEGAL HISTORY.
The Separation of the School from
Church Control,
BY. HON. M. L. PIPES
The outlines of the history of the State
Agricultural College are known to the
older residents of this county. The
purpose of this article is mainly to refer
to the litigation by which the Agri
cultural College was transferred from
the control of the Methodist E. Church
South to the State of Oregon, and fin
ally established at Corvallis.
When the act of Congress in July 2d,
1862, was passed, appropriating the pro
ceeds of public land, of ninety thousand
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to dissolve the compact existing be
twen the Board of Regents of the Cor
vallis College and the State of Oregon,
to take effect at the close of the then
present scholastic year. The Com
mittee started a subscription, but the
public interest in that scheme being
lukewarm, it soon became apparent
that the plan was hopeless, and at the
Legislative Session in January, 1885,
the Committee made a formal tender to
the Governor and Legislature of the
State, of the Agricultural College.
Thereafter, in February, 1886, the Board
of Trustees of the College authorized
a deed to be made to the State authori
ties, of the College Farm. And the
Legislature, on February nth, 1885,
passed an act acepting the tender, and
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acres, in Oregon, to the establishment
of an institution wherein agriculture and
the arts and sciences should be taught,
it found the State of Oregon without
equipment for conducting such a school.
, Oa October 2th, iOS, tb&-Legislature
of Oregon, througn the influence
of the members from Benton county,
passeu au act accepting tne gut 01 tnc
(jenerai uovernment, and provided mat
tne Corvanis College snouiU be tem
porarily tne Agricultural College 01 uic
State. Corvaiiis College vas ui incor
porated institution coiiuucieu unucr inc
auspices ot tne ivictuouist ii. nuiui
iouin. It at once accepted mc uuijr
imposed upon it, and tnerealter, on c
tooer 21st, l0, tne '.Legislature passcu
anomer act, permanently tocaung uic
Agricultural College ' at Corvams, auu
designating and adopting corvains Col
lege as the Agricultural College ot tne
State of Oregon.
In 1871, a small farm, consisting ol
sixty acres, on which the college build
ings are now situated, was purchased
by popular subscription and donated to
the College for the purpose ot an Agri
cultural College Farm, to be used in
connection with the College lor experi
mental purposes. Tnerealter the Col
lege had a useful career, and, under the
presidency of Mr. Arnold, became one
of the leading institutions of learning in
this state. Among its Alumni are men
prominent in the professions and public
life.
For many years, however, the fund
from the sale of the public land was
small, and the agricultural and mechan
ical functions of the College were nonu
nal rather than real As time went on
there grew up a feeling of antagonism
in the State to the College, because
of the fact that the public money do
nated for the benefit of the whole State
was expended to support a denomina
tional school. The controversy contin
ued betwen the opponents and the
friends of the College for some years.
establishing the College at Corvallis,
provided the citizens of Benton county
should erect upon the College Farm
brick buildings to be completed on or
before January 1st, 1887.
fn-tlie succeeding- turtt-ytars-'it popular
subscription was made, and the present
main college building was built, and
the Legislature at the session of 1887
permanently located the College at Corvallis.
In the meantime, however, the au
thorities of the church in the Southern
States determined to revoke the action
of the Oregon Methodists in sur
rendering the College to the State, and
at Albany, at their conference, Septem
ber 10th, 1885, passed a resolution pur
porting to rescind the action of the Day
ton conference, claiming that same was
unauthorized and void. Under the di
rection of the church authorities, the
Board of Trustees thereafter sought to
revoke the action of the Board in mak
ing the deed of the farm to the State.
and authorized a lawsuit to set aside the
deed and maintain the former relations
between the church school and the Agri
cultural College. This suit was brought,
and. Hon. George H. Williams was em
ployed by the cliurch people as coun
sel. The Board of Trustes of the State
defended the said suit, and at the next
term of Court, a demurrer was sustained
by Judge Bean, then on the bench, to
the plaintiffs complaint, and a decree
was made dismissing the suit. This,
however, was appealed to the Supreme
Court, and on November 22d, 1888,
the Supreme Court reversed the decis
ion of the lower Court, and sent the
case back for trial. The principal con
tention by the defendants in that suit
was that the appellants, who were mem
bers of the Methodist Church, Joseph
Liggett being the first named, had no
interest in the subject matter of the
suit, and had no right to bring the suit.
The Supreme Court, however, held, up
on the facts stated in the complaint,
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Quite a number of the influential mem
bers of the Southern Methodist Church
realized that the usefulness of the Col
lege under that management was great
ly impaired by this feeling, and from
time to time made propositions in their
own conferences for surrendering the
control of the school to the State of
Oregon, but these propositions were not
carried. In 1884, however, the confer
ece of the church, at Dayton, Wash.,
passed a resolution, the substance of
which was that a Committee should be
appointed, with authority to collect a
subscription of $25,000.00 to build a
brick building for the use of the Col
lege, and in case the money could not
be raised, a Committee was authorized
that the appellants were members of the
Methodist Church, and as such were
entitled to bring the suit in their own
behalf, and in behalf of all of the mem
bers, and that the farm was held by
the Corvallis College in trust for the
said Methodist Church.
The opinion writen upon rehearing of
the cause by Judge Lord intimated
that the church had no interest in the
farm, because the deed limited the uses
of the farm to the purposes of the Ag
ricultural College of the State of Ore
gon. Thereafter the defendants answer
ed in said cause, and it being then at
issue, and the then Judge of the Circuit
Court of Benton county 'having been
of counsel in the case, it was, by consent
of the parties, transferred to Multnomah
county, and was tried before Hon. E. D.
Shattuck. After a voluminous testimony
was taken, the Court, considering the
law and the facts, decided against the
State and in favor of the church. The
case was again appealed to the Supreme
Court by the State Trustees, and, on
October 5th, 1892, the Supreme Court
reversed Judge Shattuck's decision and
upheld the deed which had been made
by the church trustees to the State Trus
tees. This case upheld the dissenting
opinion of Judge Lord in the former
case, and held that the Corvallis Col
lege Corporation could hold this prop
erty independent of the church.
It had been contended by the plain
tiffs 'that the action of the Board of
Trustees in authorizing the deed to be
made to the State was invalid, be
cause the session of the Board was held
without notice to all of the members of
the Board. One of the members lived
east of the mountains, and at the time
the meeting was held it was impossible
to notify him on account of the snow
in the mountains, but the Supreme
Court held that the deed was valid be
cause the action of the Board had been
afterward ratified in June of that year,
by a full meeting of the Board, and,
further, because their action was only
a ministerial duty, which they were re
quired to perform by the direction of
the. church authorities, as indicated at
the conference at Dayton in 1884.
That decree ended the litigation, and
established the right.of the State of Ore
gon to conduct its own Agricultural
College. This is merely an outline of
the history. The litigation caused great
public concern, not only in Benton
county, but in the State. The question
was much discussed 'in the newspapers
and in- legal circles: ---;- .--
Many of our citizens, will remember
the long and difficult struggle to raise
sufficient money to build a college, in
order to . insure the location of it at
Corvallis. Many meetings were held,
committees were appointed, and sub
scriptions were' solicited all over Ben
ton county. Tne write! we'd lemem-
bers that at a meeting held at the Court
house the reports of the committees
soliciting subscriptions, that every dol
lar had been subscribed that it was pos
sible to get, and it seemed then as if the
College was lost to Corvallis. At that
juncture, Mr. Wallace .Baldwin, then a
citizen of Corvallis, arose and stated
that it would not do to give Up the
fight; that the money must be raised,
and, after a few words of encourage
ment, others followed in the same line,
and the solicitors were again sent out
and the subscription was a success.
The writer of this has not thought it
proper to mention the names of citizens
who were prominent in these matters,
lest by,, omitting some it might be
deemed an invidious omission, it will
not be deemed, however, improper to
say that the leading spirit in the College
matters at home here in Corvallis and in
the Legislature, of which he was a
member, was Hon. Thomas E. Cau
thorn, now deceased. No history of the
College can be complete without his
name. During the controversy and af
terwards in the Senate, his energy and
influence secured the State recognition
and support, which has placed the Col
lege upon a firm foundation and se
cured for it public favor.
The influence of this institution upon
this city is great; not only in a pe
cuniary sense is it an advantage, but
the moral and intellectual atmosphert
of the institution spreads and envelopes
were made, and the subscriptions were
several thousand dollars short of the
amount required, and it was then stated
by one of the persons who had been
the people. Modern progress more than
ever depends upon improvement in ag
ricultural processes and in the mechanic
arts. This feature of this College,
therefore, makes it perhaps more im
portant to the future development of this
state than any other institution of learn
mg. 1
The principle also established by the
decision of the Supreme Court is im
portant, and will be important
as long as time shall last. The
complete separation of the church and
State is a leading principle in the
American Government. Notwithstand
ing this principle, however, for many
years a leading institution of the State
was controlled and its policy dictated by
an ecclesiatical organization. Not only
that; but this organization was itself di
rected from its headquarters in a dis
tant State. This principle was wrong,
and none the less so because the mem
bers of the church were good people
and because the conduct of the Col
lege was, in the main, able and en
lightened. Now that the bitttraess of
the controversy is past, it will be con
ceded by all good people that even under
the administration of the church the Col
lege was always a good influence for
the people of the county and for the
State of Oregon. However, the con
flict was an irrepressible one, and th
final result inevitable. Surely the people
of Corvallis and Benton county are to land.
be congratulated upon their wisdom in
securing the College to be located in
Corvallis, and upon their public spirit
evinced by the public subscription which
secured it.
There are many incidents in the his
tory of this litigation which it is pleas
ing to remember, but the limits of this
article forbid more than this sketch.
Resources and Equipment of the
College Discussed by the Secret
tary of the Board of Regents.
HON. W. E YATES.
All funds of the State Agricultural
College and the experiment station in
connection therewith are controlled and
expended by the board of regents of
those institutions. This board is now
composed of the Hon. J. T. Apperson,
president; W. P. Lord, governor; H. R.
Kincaid, secretary of state; G. M. Irwin,
superintendent of public instruction; W.
M. Hilleary, master state grange; T. W.
Davenport, Wallis Nash, W. P. Keady,
Benton Killin, Samuel Hughes, J. M.
Church, J. K. Weatherford, treasurer,
and W. E. Yates, secretary. There are
three separate funds to be expended, not
considering appropriations heretofore
made by the "legislature of Oregon for
buildings ami grounds, which are gen-
ITS BIG ENDOWHENT.
erally known as the Morrill fund, Hatch
fund and the interest fund. The Mor
rill fund this year is $23,000; the next
year it will be increased $1000, and the
next it will reach the maximum of
$25,000, at which amount it will continue.
The Hatch fund is uniformly $15,000
per annum, and has been since the en
actment of the law creating this fund
by congress in the year 1887.
What is usually designated the interest
fund is the money obtained as interest
from loans of money realized by the
state from sales of Agricultural College
lands, amounting to 90,000 acres, under
the act' of congress in the year 1862.
The purpose of and uses to which the
Morrill fund may be applied is explained
in the law of congress creating the
same, as follows:
"That there shall be, and is hereby
annually appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropri
ated, arising from the sales of public
lands, to each state and territory for
the more complete endowment and
maintenance of colleges for the benefit
of agriculture and. the mechanic arts
now established the sum of $15,000 for
the year ending June 30, 1890, and an
annual increase of the amount of such
appropriation thereafter for ten years
by an additional sum of $1000 over the
preceding year; and the annual amount
to be paid thereafter to each state and
territory shall be $25,000, to be applied
only to instruction in agriculture, the
mechanic arts, the English language and
the various branches of mathematics,
physical, natural and economic science,
with special reference to their applica
tions in the industries of life, and to the
facilities of such instruction.
"That the sums herelsy appropriated
to the states and territories for the
further endowment and support of col
leges shall be annually paid on or before
the 31st day of July of each year, by
the secretary of the treasury, upon the
warrant of the secretary of the interior,
out of the treasury of the United States
to such officer as shall be designated by
PRESIDENT THCS. M. GATCH A. ML Ph. D.
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A Brief Sketch of the Well Known and Very Capable
Educator, who is at the Head of the College.
Dr. Thomas M. Gatch, recently elected
president of the Oregon Agricultural
College, at Corvallis, is of old American
stock, his father's farm, in Clermont
county, Ohio, on which he was born
in 1833, and upon which he worked un
til he went to college, having been in
the possession of the family since 1798.
He was educated in the Ohio Wesleyan
university, graduating in 1855, with the
degree of A. B., after which he took a
course at the Lane Theological Semi
nary in Cincinnati. He emigrated to
California by the Panama route, and
proceeded to the mines. While there
he became quite ill, and upon his re
covery accepted the chair of mathematics
in the University of the Pacific, at Santa
Clara. In 1859, he was elected to the
chair of ancient languages of Willamette
university, and the next year was elected
to the presidency of that institution. In
August, 1865, he resigned, and the fol
lowing five years were spent in Cahfor
nia and Portland, Or., where he was
principal of the old Portland academy,
many of Portland's leading business and
professional men of the present time
having been under his tuition at that
school. From 1870 to 1880 he was again
nresident of Willamette university. He
was a member of the state board of edu
cation from its first organization until
he left the state. In 1877 he was elected
mayor of Salem and was re-elected in
1879. While at Salem, he was elected
president of the territorial University
of Washington, but declined, and was
elected the first president of the Univer
sity of Oregon, at Eugene, which he also
declined, but later accepted the profes
sorship of literature and history in the
latter institution. While at Eugene he
was solicited to take charge as principal
of the Wasco academy, at The Dalles,
and remained there until 1886. In that
year he made a trip to Europe, visiting
schools, and the universities of Oxford,
Edinburgh and Heidelberg, and visit
ing the homes and haunts of the literary
men of the Lake school and of Scot-
In 1887, he was again elected
president of the territorial University of
Washington, and he reorganized that
institution into the state University of
Washington. He served as its president.
upbuilding the school with great suc
cess, until 1895, when, at his request, he
was given, a professorship. During the
time that Professor Gatch had charge
of the institution its enrollment of 168
pupils in 1887 grew to over 500, and
that notwithstanding the preparatory de
partments had been cut off; and this
has been his . record elsewhere. The
degree of doctor of philosophy was con
ferred upon him by the De Pauw uni
versity, and he holds the first life di
ploma issued to teachers by the states
of Oregon and California. Among the
"old boys," as he calls his students, may
be mentioned Judge O. N. Denny, ex-
United States consul to China; Richard
Williams, ex-member of congress from
Oregon; C. B. Bellinger, judge of the
United States court, Portland; the late
Frederick Schwatka, the Arctic explor
er; George W. McBride, senator from
Oregon; Judge J. N. Stratton, of Se
attle, Hon. John B. Waldo, ex-chief
iustice: Judge H. H. Hewitt, of
the third judicial district, and a host
of other substantial men all over the
coast. Few men hold the affection of
their students as does Professor Gatch.
In the management of the different in
stitutions that he has been connected
with he has evinced exceptional business
ability, yet he is first and last a teacher,
and delights in gathering his pupils
about him in the classroom for instruc
tion in the principles of every-day life
that shall ultimately make of them up
right men and women. He is proud of
his profession. His patron saint is
Arnold, of Rugby, the teacher of Tom
Brown Huehes. and the beloved of
many a man of note and scholarship
It is his wish that the faculty of the
great English master for inculcation
within "his boys" of a spirit of fair play,
a love of learning and a strength of
character may fall upon his shoulders.
the laws of such state or territory to
receive the same, who shall upon - the
order of the trustees of the college im
mediately pay over said sums to the
treasurers of the respective colleges, and
such treasurers shall be required to re-1
port to the secretary of agriculture, and
to the secretary of the interior, on or
before the 1st day of September of each
year, a detailed statement of the amount
so received and of its disbursement.
"That if any portion of the moneys
be diminished or lost or be misapplied,
it shall be reported by the state or terri
tory to which it belongs and no portion
of said moneys shall be applied, directly
or indirectly, under any pretense what
ever, to the purchase, erection, preserva
tion or repair of any building or build-ngs-
"An annual report by the president of
each of said colleges shall be made to
the secretary of agriculture, as well as
to the secretary of the interior, regarding
the condition and progress of each col
lege, including statistical information in
relation to its receipts and expenditures,
its library, the number of students and
professors, and also as to any improve
ments and experiments made under the
direction of any experiment stations at
tached to said colleges."
The purpose of the" Hatch fund is
manifest from the. law of congress es
tablishing experiment stations as fol
lows: "That it shall be the object and duty
of said experiment stations to conduct
original researches or verify experi
ments on the physiology of plants and
animals; the diseases to which they are
severally subject, with the remedies for
the same; the chemical composition of
useful plants, at their different stages
of growth; the comparative advantages
of rotative cropping as pursued under
a varying series of crops; the capacity
of new plants or trees for acclima
tion, the analysis of soils and water, the
chemical composition of manures, nat
ural or artificial, with experiments de
signed to test their comparative effects
on crops of different kinds; the adapta
tion and value of glasses and forage
plants, the composition and digestibility
of the different kinds of food for do-'
mestic animals; the scientific and eco
nomic questions involved in the pro
duction of butter and cheese, and such
other researches or experiments bear
ing directly on Jhe agricultural industry
of the United States as may in" eacli
case be -deemed advisable, having due
regard to the varying conditions and
needs of the respective states and ter
ritories. - '
"That bulletins of progress shall be
published at said stations at least once
in three months, one copy of which
shall be sent to each newspaper in the
state, and to such individuals actually
engaged in farming as may request the
same, and as far as the means of the
station will permit.
"That for the purpose of paying the
necessary expenses of conducting in
vestigations and experiments and print
ing and distributing the results above
described the sum of $15,000 per annum
is appropriated to each state out of any
money in the treasury proceeding from
the sales of public lands, to be paid in
equal quarterly payments to the treas
urer or other officer duly appointed
by the governing boards of said col
leges to receive the same.
All this fund must be expended in
exnerimentation, except nve per cen
tum thereof, which may be used in tnc
erection, enlargement or repair ot
building or buildings necessary lor car-
rvinff on the work of such station
"It shall be the duty of each of said
cttinns annually to make to the gov
full and detailed
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renort of its operations, including
statement of receipts and expenditures,
a copy of which report shall be sent to
each of said stations, to the commis
sioner of agriculture and to the secrc-
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tary ot tne treasuijr
States."
The purpose of the funds.arising trotn
the sale of agricultural lands under act
of 1862 is substantially the same as tnat
above stated describing the object of the
Morrill fund. , '
The biennial reports of the state offi
cers of Oregon, of December 31, ioyo,
show that there is the sum of $137.306 36
to the credit of this fund. The interest
of this money loaned at 8 per centum
enures to the use of the college annually.
which, if collected in full, would be
about $10,000. Thus the total of funds
under the management of the board of
trustees to be expended this year is
about $48,000. These moneys are all
paid out by the treasurer ot the ooaro,
by check upon the bank after bills for
the several items of expenditure are
audited and allowed by the auditing
committee of .the board. These bills
as allowed by the auditing board are
annually examined by the finance com
mittee of the board in detail, and have
alwavs been approved by the committee
Receipted bills for the expenditures of
these funds are kept on hand subject
to inspection. It is creditable to the
board of regents that all of its reports
of these funds, have
been approved by the authorities in
In addition to the above-mentioned
fnnHa nf the college and station, the leg
islature of Oregon has at various times
appropriated moneys for the purchase
of grounds and erection of buildings
WHAT IT TEACHES.
The Three Courses of Study. The
Faculty. Expenses of Students.
It is perhaps not strange that a very
large majority of Oregonians are ig
norant of the magnitude and scope of
the work being accomplished by the
Oregon Agricultural College. The col
lege is not alone 'great in its possibili
ties, but it is capable of accomplishing
and is now accomplishing magnificent
results.
Hardly a visitor views the extensive
apparatus of the college and watches the
hundreds of students at work in the
various departments, tinder the direc
tion and instruction of able and careful
instructors, without expressing aston
ishment. People know in a general way
that there is an agricultural college lo
cated here; that it is well attended; has
a number of professors; and they sup
pose that something is being done with
Uncle Sam's liberal endowment. There
their impressions end. The experiment
station, through its bulletins and farm
ers' institutes, is better known.
The college is . in fact worthy the
princely aid extended by the general
government. Certain matters in connec
tion with the school that have called
forth criticism from the public have
been remedied by the wise action of the
taining the engine-room, heavier ma
chinery and blacksmith shop, is two
stories, and the new addition is three
stores. The hall contains a 40-horse-power
engine, 50-horsepower boiler,
wood and iron working machinery,
blacksmith shop, dynamo, etc.
The freshmen are instructed in wood
work, Mr. W., D. Prichard, a first-class
mechanic, having charge of this branch.
The chief idea is to teach the students
the use of tools by having them make
various articles from exercise drawings.
The machines used here are the turning
lathe, band saw, jig saw and planer.
Students are also taught the use of
hand tools.
The second year class takes up black
smithing and the study of mechanical
drawing. The students make tools from
exercise drawings, learn to temper steel,
etc. A practical blacksmith has charge
of this department.
The third year students are occupied
in the machine shop, working in iron
and steel. They learn the use of the '
turning lathe, drill press and hand tools.
They work from exercise drawings.
The seniors continue their junior year
work. Usually the fourth year class
builds some machine. The class of 1893
built a dynamo. The following year the
seniors built an eight-horsepower en
gine, and the class of 1896 made two
wood turning lathes which are now in
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CHEMICAL LABORATORY.
board of regents, and the ' institution
has entered upon a new era of usefulness.
At the head of the college is Thomas
M. Gatch, whose name is in itself a
tower of strength. Professor Gatch
brings to the institution an extensive
and mature experience in educational
work, a mind that is both learned and
practical, splendid executive ability, and
a coast-wide reputation as a successful
teacher. The hundreds of his former
students scattered throughout the stale
give hearty testimony to the splendid
qualities of the new president of the
Oregon Agricultural College.
Equipment and Funds.
The college has 185 acres of land im
mediately adjoining the city of Cor
vallis. . The campus is a beautiful piece
of ground containing 35 acres, and
worth over $30,000. The main college
building was erected by public-spirited
citizens of Benton county at a cost of
$25,000. This building, the chemical
laboratory and conservatory are in the
campus proper. The mechanical hall,
ladies' boarding hall and the dairy build
ing are in the plaza adjoining. At some
distance from these are the barn build
ings, and still further stands Cauthorn
hall, the young men's club house. These
buildings, together with the apparatus
they contain, represent an outlay of over
$100,000, and the entire tract of land is
worth over $50,000.
The college receives from interest on
its land fund about $8,000 per year. The
Morrill act provides this year $23,000
from the general government, and the
experiment station receives $15,000 a
year under the provisions of the Hatch
act. The article of Hon. W. E. Yates
secretary of the board of regents, which
appears in this issue, discusses at length
the school's financial standing.
The teaching force is 22 strong, be
sides a number of assistants.
Ul Kivuiiua ,
and the citizens of Benton coutnbuted
enough money to construct the admims-
...: K.,;M;nr nt a COSt of $25,000:-
so that now the amount of land owned
by the institution is 183 acres, and the
!V1" value of the property, lands
in) oniiinmpnts is $100,000.
Tlio financial condition of the college
is excellent, and the institution has a
bright outlook.
use. A course in electrical engineering
is to be added this year. ;
The whole mechanical department is
under the direct supervision oA,Pro u
fessor G. A. Covin. He is well equipped
for the work' and gives splendid satis
faction. Professor Covill graduated
from Cornell University in 1886 and dur
ing the following year was an instructor
in that institution. Later he accepted a
position as instructor in the mechanical
department of the University of Min
nesota, and in 1889 commenced the
successful service at the Oregon Agri
cultural College.
Department ot Agriculture.
This department is of the most direct
interest to those engaged in farming and
those who expect to follow agricultural
pursuits. The head of this department of
college work is Professor H. T. French,
who is also the station agriculturist and
directs all the experiments in this de
partment. Professor French has been
connected with the college for eight
years, tie graduated trom ine ivncin-
gan Agricultural College in 1885 with
tne degree of B. S. For the next four
years he was employed as an assistant
on the Michigan college farm and dur
ing that time took a post-graduate
course. The institution conferred upon
him in 1889 the degree of master of sci
ence. Professor French is attentive to
his duties and many of the experiments
conducted by him during his connec
tion with the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege have been of great value to the
state.
Four years are required to complete
the course in agriculture. During the
first two years a regular compulsory
course, including four terms in black
smithing and wood work, is prescribed
for all agricultural students. After this
time the student can select his indus
trial work and may make a specialty of
horticulture, dairying or stock-raising.
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Course ot Study.
The institution is a mechanical as
well as an agricultural college. There
are three courses of study offered, the
agricultural, the mechanical, and the
course of household economy. The
student is given the practice with the
theory. Young men and women who
wish to fit themselves for mechanical
and agricultural pursuits or for home
duties have a splendid opportunity of
fered them at the Oregon Agricultural
College. In another column Profes
sor F. Berchtold, dean of-the faculty,
gives the courses of study in detail.
The Mechanical Course.
.Mechanical hall is a very large build
ing. The original brick building con-
Besides the regular course in dairy
ing, stock-raisings and .stock-feeding,
soil, cultivation, etc., the student has
the benefit of all the station experiments
a practical education in themselves.
The college farm contains 145 acres of
good land and is well equipped with
barns, machinery, stock, etc.
Department of Dairying-.
This work is connected with the de
partment of agriculture, and the course
of study and practical work in butter-
making, under the direction of Profes
sor F. L. Kent, has assisted in making
the agricultural course very popular
among students.
,'The dairy department was established
by the board of regents at their annual