Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-07-18
Rf0tNTs MIDSUMMER MEETING
An Athletic Field will be Secured, and
Each Student will be Required to Pay
500 Per Term into Athletic Fund.

An Athletic Field will be Secured, and
| Each Student will be Required to Pay
500 per Term into Athletic Fund.
The midsummer meeting OF
the board of regents of the 0 A
c was held in the Office of Presi-
dent Catch at the college We'd
nesday afternoon. All members
were present except Regents Geei
and Church. The governor Is
out with a party of mountain
climbers, whose destination is
the summit of Mt. Adams, while
Mr.. Church has just left the hos
pital after a severe illness.
Little, outside of the regular
business routine, came before the
board for consideration. While
no time was wasted in idle dis
cussion, nearly FIVE hours were
consumed in reading and discuss
ing the reports and recommenda-
tions of the various officers OF the
board and faculty, so detailed are
these reports and so carefully are
they considered.
The report of President Wealth
erford, of the board, was a con-
else review of the condition of the
college: The grounds, number
of buildings, their value and the
purpose for which each is used.
The total valuation of the prop
erty of the college in Benton
county is nearly $4,000 Pres
ident Weatherford said that the
school year just closed was the
most successful in the history OF
the college. The institution has
already accomplished great good
for the state, but whatit has done
is but a moiety of what it will do
in the future. It has passed the
experimental stage. Concerning
the Eastern Oregon experiment
station, Mr.. Weatherford said
that order had been brought out
OF chaos by ]. H. Leckenby, and
that the station will eventually
be of great value to the people of
Eastern Oregon. 1t will be neces-
sary, however, to expend consid-
cradle money to put the station
in proper condition. To do this
an appropriation of $40, 900 will
be required. Of the former ap-
preparation of $1o, 900, $3.50
has been expended.
The report of the treasurer
showed that the income of the
college for the past year had been
$86, 566.73, and the expendl-
lures had amounted to $86, 374,-
81, leaving a balance of $Io1.91.
In his report, President Catch
stated that the total enrolment
for the last school year was 48o.
Of this number, 32r were men.
Investigation has shown that 80
per cent. of those who have been
students at the college return to
the farm and the workshop. Re-
ferring to the dormitories, Presi-
dent Catch said that credit was
due Mrs. J. B. Horner for the
excellent success attained in the
management of Cauthorn Hall.
The expense of board at that in
stitution had been $2.43 per week,
and at Alpha Hall ST. per
week. The report called atten-
ton to the vacancy of the chair
of music. Miss Philbrick, the
former director, had indomitable
energy and great organizing abil-
ity. This department can be
made self-sustaining. The de-
partment of English is now
equal to that of any agricultural
college in the country. The
recommendation of the president
that a fee of one dollar per term
; be collected from each student to
be used for athletic and other
purposes, was the subject of some
discussion. 1t was urged by
some that the amount was toe
large and should be made to read
one dollar per year. The presi-
dent pointed out the inequity Of
this arrangement. The student
who was in college but one term
would be required to contribute
: as much to the athletic fund as
the student who had been in at
tendance for the full year. A
resolution was finally adopted re-
quiring each student to pay tee
, of one dollar per term to be aseo
for athletic and incidental pur-
: poses. This is practically what
, was requested OF the board in {