Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-22
AT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
The 1856 Catalogue Published an0
Ready for Distribution.

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formation concerning this pioneer
educational institution and Is worthy
of the most diligent perusal OF any
one who expects to attend coiiege
next year
The following items are taken from
the calendar.
1896.
September 10. the first term begins
September q, Theological and Law
departments open.
September "a, Medical department
opens.
November 23, Second term begins
1897.
February 8. Third term begins.
March 81, Commencement college OF
medicine.
April 10, Fourth term begins.
June II, Commencement.
September IA, First term begins
Vacations, One week Christmas
and all legal holidays.
The faculty of last year was re-
elected, without an exception, and
the work will continue with even
more enthusiasm.
The following is taken from the
catalogue concerning the Oregon in
sttute:
'eThe reinstatement this year,of the
old name "Oregon Institute" to desig-
nate the university Academy, re-
calls the fact that the Oregon Insti-
tute preceded Willamette University
and was the stock upon which the
later and larger growth was engrafted.
The Oregon Institute was conceived
on board the good snip Lausanne, "
the Maylower of Oregon Puritanism,
on the Centennial Day of Methodlsm,
October 25, 1889, upon the Atlantic
ocean. Jason Lee said, 1--WE will have
our centenary on shipboard and apply
the fund to the starting of school In
the Willamette valley" The fund
raised on that memorable occasion
amounted to $3.50. The missionaries,
out OF their poverty, bequeathed In
their self-sacrificlng act and In their
unselfsh lives a priceless heritage to
posterity. The Oregon Institute
never had by succession or otherwise
any connection with the "Manual
Labor School" connected with the
Oregon Mission for the education and
Chrlstianization Of Indian children,
and established in lS34-5. The Ore
gon Institute was designed for the
education of white children, Miss
Chloe A. Clark coming expressly for
that purpose. The first session began
in October, 1874, under u constitution
and bylaws adopted March 10, 1912.
This delay Of three years before OPEN
ing the school was due TO the sale Of
the buildings just erected, and before
occupancy and to the purchase Of the
new Mission school building from the
Missionary society together with the
lands included in the present uniyer-
sity campus--a most fortunate delay
when we consider the advantage Of
the present location and its influence
in successfully evolving the idea OF its
far-seeing founders.
A new method of grading has been
adopted by the university. The man
ner of reckoning credits is to count
rs one credit a recitation occurring
once week for year; study re-
citing three times week for year
will count as three credits. The
number Of credits required to be
earned before graduation in any uni
yersity will depend upon its system Of
reckoning the credits to be allowed to
any study.
Three more chairs I'm the medical
department have been filed: o. d.
Butler, NJ. d., professor OF Obstetrics;
j. l. Hill, NJ. d., Of Albany, profestor
of genito-urinary diseases, syphilology
and diseases of rectum; l.. l.. Row.
land, NJ. d., #, r.. S., Emeritus pro-
fessor OF physiology, will lecture on
special subjects. Salem now has n
well.eQulpped hospital that is at the
disposal OF the medical students. Sew
eral complaints have recently been
made concerning the careless man
ner in which the dissecting room Of
this department has been attended
to. 1t is reported the building is not
kept locked up, while within are to be
found not only'skeletons but partlydis-
sected bodies. We hope any further
such complaints will not be necessary
The enrolment at the university
last year in the literary department
was nearly 200, while the total'enroll-
ment Of the school In its different de-
partments nearly reached the 500
mark. The prospects for large at
tendence during the coming school
year are thought to be quite flatter-
ing.
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