The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-02
COLLEGE NOTES.
Remember the contest tonight.

Senator S. Huston, of Hillsboro, delivered
a very interesting lecture at the college last
Sunday. The attendance was very good.
A lecture will be delivered next Sunday,
probably by Prof. A. E. Yerex, of the Will
lamette university.
The castings for a six.horse power engine
have just been received by the mechani ca
department. The remainder of the engine
is to be constructed by the students of that
department, principally those in the fourth
year. This engine is intended to run the
printing Office, so that it will not be neces.
sary to run all the othor machinery when it
is not needed. This work will certainly be
very instructive to the students.
No game with Multnomahs tomorrow.
Wednesday evening q party of college
students surprised Miss Kate Buchanan.
The surprise was complete, for Miss Kate
was getting ready for church when the stu
dents came. very pleasant evening was
enjoyed by all.
The cadet band is thing of the past.
Financial embarrassment was the cause OF its
suspension. For several. years the cadet
band has furnished music for many enter
tainments. 1t is not generally known how
this band originated, but it is known that
there was a band and that the college owned
| the instruments. 1t is not known how
these instruments were obtained or how the
boys learned to play upon them, and in
| view of these facts the following short his
tory is published:
| On October IA, 1891, a number of stu.
dents met at Students hall and organized a
band A constitution was adopted and
officers elected. The question of purchasing
instruments was discussed and it was de-
cided to see if the college would not furnish
! them. The board refused to give any assls-
tance and it was decided to obtain aid by
subscription and by giving an entertainment.
A petition was drawn and presented to the
| faculty, and a subscription paper was circu-
lated among the people of Corvallis. From
the former was obtained $40 and from the
latter $50. A very creditable literary and
musical entertainment was gwen which
netted $40, making their entire fund $50,
which was insufficient and the boys went
down in their own pockets to the amount of
$66. 80. This amount, $l56.S0, was deliv-
cred to Prof Shaw, who was to purchase
| the instruments, which were bought with
the understanding that they were to be
college property. Considerable improve
ment was made and by the close of the year
the boys did very we'll and furnished music
for drills, ETC., whenever called upon.
When school opened last September quite
number of changes were made. All
seemed to take interest in the work but it
was clearly seen that the band did not
make the progress it should, SO each MEM
Der was taxed one dollar a month to hire an
| instructor. For short time improvement
was made but the financial strain was more
than the boys could stand. One by one
they failed to pay their dues and it beacme
necessary to suspend work entirely. The
college cadet band will probably never be
reorganized under such circumstances. The
boys who last played are possessed of very
unusual talent, and If a set of instruments
were furnished and an instructor hired by
the college we would have as good band as
any college in the state.