THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL", PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, WAY -.24,". 1003.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; THE WORK IT MAS DONE
Alumni Composed ? Men and Women.of Note WLo Have Played Important Parts in the Progress of the Community--Numher of Graduates of the 1 1nstitution Exceed , One Thousand
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By a ' University of Qreiron Graduate, at the 'Ifnlverslty of TOretron. Hrhn
At tuts Hm sktri th unnronrlii- you come to their town you Immediately
:r f. i belong to them nd they all outdo them-
tion bill for tl) tniveralty of eelye; Jn making you feel that you are
, Oregon U dividing the' voter of one of them. And when you have been
the aUU into those who there once yot are always a Vnlversity
. ; . . . . of Oregon supporter and you feel that
favor and thos who oppose the you are a part of their Institution. Once
proper sustenance of such an instltu- a friend of Oregon, always a friend pf
tion, one may read with Interest an M- Oregon."
university ar asked to show that tha It la doubtless this feeling of fellow
Institution Bas dons anything for tha ship, thia ,one-bl--famy'
elate they point with pride to the; imparted to the Oregon
proud of the distinction won by her men
attitude that na women in Ine east. Keports nave
. , come aaln and again from the large tn-
i students trie stitutiohs where Oregon students are
partment of commercial clubs to con
at Princeton, one at Cornell, one at Ohio Blder this advantage.
Wesleyan. besides fellows and scholars i"" ,mk,,a irle,f rM"m- ofT whBt
at Columbia university. Yale. Tale Med- the Oregon graduateg have done. In the
Jcal. Wisconsin, Bryn Mawr, Wellosley. S"',e J "heral arts there are about
Northwestern, Chicago. Rush Medical 0 graduates, this exclusive of the
Harvard, Johns Hopkins. Clark,, unlver- f?,d"at"8 music, rnedicine and law.
slty and others. , which would bring the number up to
And as for the practical value of U7. Ortheae mafiy have made their
these students, a few brainy men scat- homa In Oregon and have taken prom
tered through the leading educational i"ent Pa.rt 'n public affairs. One of
communities can oo more loon in aa- .."""""-. ".."
The .university is the beginning. College presidents have utatlon for solidity of work and purpose, dents. There Is an assistant
f ONTARIO HOUSE LIGHTED WITH NATURAL GAS-Demon-
stxation, Tkat Tkriving Oregon Town Has 0 titer Resources Than Those of Soil S
alumni. lnese, tney-. leei, are ineir oualltv that has made them marks of htfullnr fhetr claminji nnd mrrvtnir out of Ornirnn'a ronrennntatlvAn and thn ntj1 cither In ih ruiit a
t7rltte; t'e-"8Wf,"'m'n comment to their accomplishments ii the brilliant promise they made hereln students as a body are acquiring a rep- scholarahlp department by Oreg
the people of the state, , , , ,
'J ins inriuence nas not oeen -TJniy
through those who have received marked
-honors thougn there are many or moae.
Many students have gone from Oregon
to reflect . credit on their trawin
through their serious work In another !
field. But through, those who are, not ,
mentioned when the roll of signal hon
ors Is culled; through the many Jflio
always go ' from any Institution and
carTy out their 'life's work quietly and
unobtrusively, whether It be In a home ,
or In a humble, little school room:
through ' theae unglorlfied ones whose
names are forgotten by the majority, the
bigh ideals, the loyal spirit, the sturdy
manhood and womanhood which are the
lensons taught at Oregon have made
themselves felt through the years that,
they have come In contact with others. .
The meu and women who hava taught
at Oregon have been such as could not
fall to Impress their characters upon tha
young people with wnom they came in
. contact. Think of Dr. Thomas Condon,
one of the grandest men God ever cre-
atrd,- who was known and loved from one
end of the state to the other and who
was called the "grand old man of Ore
. eon." He left the stamp of his beauti
' ful character upon every student of the
hundreds that attended the university
during his lifetime. He smoothed many
, difficult paths tor the young people and
taught them by his life and example
that only the good is worth while. He
. did - more than any other toward
f1 ralghtenlng out the religious problems
that arose in the young people's minds
with their first Insight into science
i which , to the untutored mind seemed
(.-'ItZliltillllK WIIH plhiu leUKlUUH 1MUH.H.
He it was that taught by his large
praep of the eternal mind that the petty
questions that were disturbing petty
theologians were after all but a mere
jiyle Issue and that the everlasting prin
ciples of the universe remained un
changed throughout all the controversial
arguments.
Spirit of Self Education.
There was Professor Samuel Edgar
McClure, who during his brief life im
bued many a young man and woman
with the spirit of solf sacrifice and no
ble endeavor that'characterlzed his own
life. ;: He had struggled with hardships
and won for himaelf all that he had.
There was. Dr. John W. Johnson, the
first president of the unlwrsitv. who
bid underneath a blunt, outitpoken ex-
t rior one of the largest, kindest of
! carts, and who typified sturdy man
lijvid that had fougnt against odds to
win wlHtt he thought worth while
There J.weriUand are others. Professor
Mark Bailey, a fine old man of the old
wnnei; froiessor iueua Clay Carson
sent statements west of the high rank Moat of tha large colleges are repre- vertislng Oregon and Its resources-to institution and spoke often of th 1n-
y or m the the kind or people Oregon wants than
Oregon stu- sny amount of distributive literature, verslty as the late Judge Arthur U
nt professor It might be well for the publicity do- Fraer. ' th class of His eu-
" i , , . , ' cation was acquired with hard work
r ?s-3k v ' : - -
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mmm r 'V uiitr -j ritf &3ss
(1 lid of an Immense underground 1 , Vil HI " . " AM ,'ir5
J vat -of petroleum. For seven jE-- --T"TI 'i" ! e , i M i ?tk OK
ii' xv'rir"' ?w ii ' v Mkvk ii n
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rVl li ' ..Jttr .-tiV:i.''- SV ,:r:" ., r -. prema court f Waahlnirtoa alnca l00;
Ll v ilftA 4 """"TfSV" r,av!d Howell has died at "Stroud In- oorge W. Dunn, (1888). of Jaekson-
KaI V- A -' v4!ll- " ... v --MifviWlrV? firmary at the age of 102. He worked ville, county Judge; Horace -McClure.
IT l I YH .;t!vrT: -itv ' rrMr VfAYl' " tm" ln Stroud diatrtot all his-nite.),-. formerly. manaRlna-. editor t of
rVAJ I r. - Si 4V As- V' A tv11"', , - - -'"e. being employed on . one for be- the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, now prl-
M I ' t ' ' - i . . . . tween 60 and 75 years.' He attributed vate secretarv at Washington to Sena-
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but to those who are eaaer for -learn
lng and willing to work for It the uni- '
verslty extends always a readv and
willing; hand. After completing his lit
erary course there he read law and
worked steadily upward in his profes-
u u ne Decame juage or tne circuit
; In the Fourth ludlclal district.
position he held from 1898 till the
time-or his death a rew months ago.
He was made judge of the juvenile
court of Multnomah county at Its estab
lishment some years ago and his sincer
ity of .purpose and seal in the work
of helping erring youth won him dis
tinction npt only throughout the state
but over the country whereby he was
given a vice-presidency In the natlenal
organisation. The number of children
who voluntarily followed his funeral
procession on foot testified to the chil
dren' own regard for him.
Among the Graduates.
Among other graduates who have be
come prominent ln public affairs ln the
state are Judge Robert 8. Bean of the
first class ln 1878, who has been Judge
of the supreme court for the past 18
years and has been a member of the
board of regents slae 1 883 and pres
ident since 1899, one of the most active
and loyal regents of the university:
Frederick W. Mulkey of the class of
1898, who followed up his literary
course with a law course at the New
York law school, took his LL. Br de
gree In 1899 and won distinction as
United States senator for a short term
at Washington- In place of Senator
Mitchell, deceased; Woodson T. Slater
(1883), of Salem, supreme court com
missioner; L. J. Davis, (1S8S), a law
yer and present mayor of-Tnlon; Law
rence T. Harris, 183. of Eugene, who
took his LL. B. degree at the Uni
versity of Michigan, was speaker in
the house of representatives ln the ses
sion of 1903, and has been circuit judge
of the Second judicial .dlatrict since
NTARIO, Oregon, is located on the
ltd of an Immense underground
vat of petroleum. Jfor seven
years nature has been . pounding
nt the door of the thriving" east-
' 1 1 (, Ti u t iim ijut-u zimny UI inp women nt , . m . . . j - -
Oregon With the highest idoals of wo- "regon y ior aanmw ..u
manhood, an Presldnt P. L. Campbell now within a- short time derricks will 2J
.- .-..i..-...6 io oe erfctea ana wens turn, anuuw iot
resting application to h. wrw' T-"; neatest oU excitements In j. the miauie
with his cheerfulness in the face of ad- weJ wU1 wUho"t O0"",1 Sft-V
i-rtij ,' 1 1 aw uunc, wrnani, mnre than - -, . a
any one force to draw the students ItS mou field U clear,y evidenced In the vi-
eiher as into one great family Wired clnit' of Ontario and particularly with- &
with the same nuroose. fl.Vi.lr lZ. ln the limits of the city Itself where saft
ns a-Bixecir. iiii? uwuicu
eame seal.
for many mont
And It U-. through: the lives of such nteht and day from natural gas wblch
instructors, who do more than merely flowed from an abandoned shaft sunk,
tench the students their branches of for the purpose of securing artesian
learning, who feel that the highest water. '
mission Of. tn teacher is to impress Seven years ago, while . A--' F. Boyer
i:pon the students his character, his was drilling a well in his backyard, he
li s and t lead them, te the highest narrowly escaped being blown to pieces
ambitions; It is throush such men and bv an explosion of natural gas ; he
women ttiat the. studenU and alumni of brought about himself. The well had
the university have gone out from their been sunk to a. depth of 259 feet when
rooms. Into, the world to impress Byer dhreovered 1. strong current ema-
rrs"' AnPrit Js'thro,! L S S " he .haft BeWelng he
wherever an Oregon man or woman la USu U8rh "Jll "lntntlv
Mnnd there , also - is found not it over the '.opening. . J-Mtly
of the
10t there was a terrific explosion. Boyer
'-. wb MAwn kaif wnv across .me .vara
1V&1 imnhrlAi.
f H itlon and its interests but an iini ,Pa" 610wn hr way across ir.V yru
i ...i.u.- it. n-u!:.- ii f-n'P amt his hair and whiskers burned from
t, of purpose there that is the hl With the exception of these
.".trf-nrth of its graduates, a spirit of marks and severe burns on -. his , face
lovaltv nnd priile that spurs a man to n'1 mrBs he escaped uninjured. .
io credit to the institution- that haa' ( Boyer at once began the arrangement
mothered him.' -. Vt tanks' to hold tha -supply of fuel
It is thl spirit that makes people 'hich Portlanders begrudgingly. pay for
wonder at the little college in Eugene. .' "t tlie expiration of each .month. In-a
Mt-n who come from far larger " lnsti- shed in his .yard he has half a dose n
tin mark the spirit of brotherhood, steel receptacles and pipes from these
ri 'i f.ithail coaches nd athletic train- fun te the bouse, where ,11 iras burners
.ik ri-iI. professors alike remain after light his borne, leaving a supply for the
ii I ,i ---t yuar bounune of the ioveof the Bhs range in the kitchen, all four burn
." ;' t,f!n. wni 'h Is transmit :ed to them, era of which send forth bountiful flames
! mi t;d4! said recently In an ad- at the same time the deceit Webba-chs
i.rnK. "iu'sy take hold of you at once are buralng- in other rooms. . v-,
i.. LlZr?Jj?.A artiiS , .t f. y: Lewis R. Alderman, (1898. former
if.mp i K.drlH,nff I.0ro,,V TU y county superintendent Of schools In
Ji" n,1fi hls .w? ff0.rt"- h?:haa iugene; Phllo Holbrook . Jr., (1898),
closed negotiations with eastern oilmen county surveyor for Multnomah county;
( and within a few weeks drilling will Charles V. Gallowav 1899), of Salem.
: .begin within a short distance of the state land agent; W. B. Diilard, (1900),
well which furnishes him a supply of . county school superintendent for Lane
county; C. N. McArthur, 1901), attor- s
At; half a docen places in Boyere ne . la .Portland and Republican nom
yard gas escapes, In a slough 100 feet J? for the state legislature; Dr. ,E. P.
from the house "gas bubble! rise con- ?,eaZy' "' cotinty .v physician for
tlnaallv to the surface of the water and Multnomah county; Allen H. Eaton,
the gas within tm ignited ? the state leg-
uponfappltcatlon of match" l??" .;ril!S .t'-
. Flsewhere throughout the city of On- state railroad commission; Bl B. Beek--J?.
lm,Inr conditions are encountered, mah.' (1884). -and - Whitney L. Boise,
It is stated that more than 40 wells (1880), prominent lawyers and men of
which have been sunk by residents of public affairs here in Portland; Dr. Fred -'
- the place send forth gas currents, and - J ZelgJer, (1902), city physician of'
In .Bpvere well, as Is the case with Portland. - - , i
, many others, a separator . is necessary 1 ' j r"' '
K-fEuf 8.t '5 fater ?'" eouS fluid Others on List. ' '
berore it can be used for domestic nur- i
poses. , ' " To thl list might , be added a list .
The presence of natural gas Jin prac- of those who have taken equally 1m
tically every well which has been sunk portant- part in 4 other . communities.
strataTnf hnSSSti.0' u'trranean There are Judge Charles B5. Henderson,
; 5W4MWft '(HMv r? war in"-
which will be under ww Yn n(1i.i -!5 ena state legislature In 1896, has been
vie nity within a Lw we?k? it 2 circuit Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial
- unllkelV That the -ctt- wm witi?-"-i district of Indiana since 1906. and Is a.
. petroleum irushers. than wa. wltnessi Ie""n-"" v,.B.lle? 'JC?.UJK?,S.S
4- . in theJ.eadlong rush for Beaumont and n"iT m old" tYes. 2
uiner lexaa points a few years ago. v.. che8ter F. Miller. (1882), superior Judge
Ow . -. . ' ' - , - o - of Columbia, Garfield and Asotin ooun-
&jk Lived Simple Life; Reached 162. ties in Washington; Wallace Mount. .
for several years superintendent of the
Blind School In Oregon, now superin
tendent of the same Institution In Illi
nois; Dr. W. Carlton Smith, (1896), of
Balem, for several years physician for
the state institutions there; Fred Flske. ;
nmt or Eugene, sneriir or iane coun-
his longevity-to simple food, hard work
ana no worry. .
7 ' 'tuat Theory." v.
Srientistshear my deduction - - j ,
Of a problem of botany deep:
The. sermons of Jark-tn-the-Pu.Jplt :.
jrus UiO wiuo-petaiea poppies 10 Sleep,
sfew York:-Sua.
tor Samuel H. Piles: Owen M. Van-
duyn. . (1897), of CaldwelL' Idaho, pros
ecuting attorney, whose name came to
the front in the recent Oovernor Steun
enherr murder case; George Washing
ton Gilbert, (1899). who was secretary
to William H. Taft When he was civil
governor of the Islands and' Is now
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