The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-04-09
PICTURING THE MINUTE.
The Unseen World Under the
camera at the O. A. c.

One of the most important though ur1-
obtrusive departments of the oregon
Agricultural College, is that of photogra-
ply and engraving. The name hardly
suggests the real work of the department.
The experiment station has to deal with
many forms of life, vegetable and ANIMAL
that are too small to be seen with the max
ed eye. By means of the microscope
these denizens of the unseen world are
made manifest to the organs OF vision
and their forms and actions can be
studied. Prof. E. F. Pernot, who is at
the head of the photographing ana en-
craving department, has charge OF the
work of the station.
The minute animal or vegetable as de-
veloped by the powerful microscope can
be photographed. Indeed the camera Is
a great aid to science and more so per-
l,aps to the disseminating of scientific 1n-
formation. The use of the camera III PIC
| turing microscopic objects is called pho
tonlicrography. In this work the Oregon
college is far ahead of most of the SINH
lar institutions of the United States.
The engraving department is a neces-
sary supplement. All of the illustrations
mostly half tones, of the bulletins and
other college and station publications,
are made in this department. Prof. Per
not has photographs of all the college
buildings, of healthy aud diseased vege-
tation, of harmful and beneficial para
sites, of germs that help and germs that
destroy-in fact, everything that IS nec-
essary to be photographed i'll connection
with the station and college that can be
photographed. He has also made several
hundred stereoptican slides for use III IL
| lustrating lectures at farmers lnsti-
tutes.
Prof. Pernot has the Freshmen class i'll
drawing during the first two terms OF
each year. This year the class has been
large and was divided into five sections.
He begins his instructions with lectures
aud, later OH, the students commence to
draw from models. At first, their work
is very crude, but as their powers of OBJ
SGINdllOH die uCNOlOPSo anu WIN eAANAA
experience i'll the technique of the art,
Improvement is rapid and, in some in
stances, remarkable. Some of the stu
dents display extraordinary taste and
ability in drawing and it is unfortunate
that the course in this branch can not be
extended. The limited knowledge ac-
quired in drawing, however, is of great
benefit to the student throughout his four
years course of study, as it aids him
materially in many of the other
branches.
Prof. E. F. Pernot has been i'll charge
of this important department since its
establishment by the board of regents
some six years ago, and the thousands of
persons throughout the state who are re-
ceiving the station bulletins, will endorse
the boards action. In the dissemina-
ton of scientific information designed
for practical use, illustrations are almost
ton council have been greatly helped i'll
giving to the public the results of their
experiments, by the use of the excellent
engravings furnished by Prof. Pernot.
Previous to coming to Oregon, Prof. Per
not spent eight years in New York and
Philadelphia, fitting himself for the work
in which he is now engaged and for fif-
teen years has made photography and
photo-micrography speciality He is
thus we'll equipped for the varied and
Oregon Agricultural College and is max
ing for himself and his department ma
tional reputation.