The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-11-25
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE NOTES.
AN INTERESTING BATCH OF rrEns FROM
THAT iSstirtrIaN.

A ba,letia ia ie rriet referring to the
teass of small fruits and vegetables, with
hints on their cultivation, also giving dircc.
siena for the treatment Of old orchards.
TIE carriage drive up the avenue to the
college building will soon have sha'se trees
planted along les entire length.
Ia The department of chemistry considera.
he work is being done. Soon investigations
of the Oregon cattle foods. will be carried on
aaa in connection with the botanical depart.
mens viii iaelado Che native grasses, c!overs,
and forage plants,
| During the past year over 800 specimens
iaAve been added to The museum.
Daring, last summer the physical labora
tory was doubled in sizs to Accommodate the
Increased number of students in that work.
| The department has been employed for
some time in investigating the typical soils
of the state preparatory to more complete
survey later on.
| The fall term closes on December 23l.
! The Websterian and Ciceronean literary
societies will soon meet in debate, a gold
medal being the prize.
| Mr.. w. F. Ready has organized class in
shorthand. 1t now contains quite mum.
lber of students and will probably 60 on
increasing.
Prof. Coote will send 50 varieties of chrys.
anthemums to Salem for exhibition.
There have been Eat students enrolled so
far this term, an increase of about 80 over
this time last year.
| The Columbus day collection amounted
to more than S35. Some of the work done
by students in the college will be exhibited
at the worlds fair.
A large number of reference books have
been placed in the college chapel fer the use
Of the students. The college library now
. contains over 2700 volumes, exclusive of
periodicals and papers.
The meeting held last Sunday in the eel
llege chapel under the auspices of the Y. II.
C. a., was largely attended by both stu
dents and townspeoplc, there being at least
3 $50 persons present. The exercises opened
with song by the audience and a prayer BY
Rev. W. G. Kan.ner. followed by.an anthem
!. sang by the choir OF the Christian church.
A musical selection was played by the col.
llege band, followed hy well rendered
vocal 500 by Miss lie Thompson. Presi
: dent Campbell, of the state normal school,
was then introduced by President Bloss in q
:; few well-chosen words. The subject of his
very interesting address was .'The Work Of
!; the World" President Campbell explained
how some students merely drift through
!. school without auy fixed line of work ahead
or any object in view, They seem to think
!. that there is nothing for them to do in the
work of the world. Before President Camp
t ball finished he made it very plain that
there is unlimited work not onlysfor stu.
!. dents but for everyone. In the lines of sci
ence there is much to be done; the world
b stands now only on the threshold, aud has
Only tho promise of what science can do in
the present inventions. Ignorance is what
= stands in the way of tho developments OF
science. For example, many deaths might
e be avoided each yeor if people only under
istood how to treat disease, so these deaths
{ are really sacrifices to ignorance. In the
germ theory science has done much and has
e probably ssaved many lives, but there j.
much yet to be accomplished science will
probably soon find way to successfully
combat fevers and infectious diseases, but
there is still great work in the world along
these lines, as science has many unbroken
fields to explore. Then there is the work
of bettering the material welfare OF the peo.
ple, both morally and socially, We should
raise the general standard of living. We
should begin our life training early, as is
shown by the triumphs that are being won
!. every day by persons scarcely out of their
teens In home life there is much to be
done, by making the homo more cheerful.
We must do this largely by example, as
the example of one person will influence all
around him. The home life on the farm is
the best life and is far brighter and better
than the city life. Il is the work of the
Oregon agricultural college, not SO much to
SOIL or what is the crop for tie farmer to
; raise as to teach students the epjoyments of
a wholesome country life over that of a
crowded city. There is a quotation of
Emersons that would be appropriate here:
1--WE reach the high rounds of the ladder by
grasping the rounds of duty which lie near
est our hands," Our duties in our home life
are our near duties and if we do those duties
day by day we will soon reach the high
duties of the world. Pres. Campbell is
a rapid speaker, is very earnest--and his re-
marks were received with rapt attention by
til entire audience. On Sunday afternoon,
Dec 4th, Drs Stratton of the Portland
university will deliver the address,
] Children Cry for Piteher's Castorla.