The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-15
WAS DEDICATED
Many Distinguished Visitors Came
An Afternoon of Banqueting and
SpeecheS.

Many Distinguished Visitors Came
An Afternoon of Banqueting and
Speeches.
The college was the theme OF
many a complimentary expression,
public and private, Wednesday af-
xernoon. More nice things were
said about it than were ever said in
the same length of time before.
Public men in public speeches her
aided its virtues Private citizens
from all parts of the state admired
grounds, buildings and equipment,
and expressed their admiration in
words.
There were more men of note,
too, in town than have been in
Corvallis in many a day. There
was Governor Geer, and Congress
man Tongue, Congressman-e1ect
Williamson, and Senator Fulton,
President Campbell of the State
University, and State Superintend-
ent Ackerman, Senator Crcisan of
Marion, and Senator-elect Miller of
Linn, Senator Kuykenda11 of Lane,
and President Weatherford and ex-
President Apperson of the board of
regents, and many another legis-
lative factor, past and present. Be
sides, there was B G Leedy, master
and A 7 Buxton, lecturer of the
State Grange, II B Miller, consul
to China, and for a year president
of the Agrie ultura1 College, J M
Church, banker of La Grande, and
well known public man, as well as
large numbers of distinguished
farmers from everywhere.
The occasion was the dedication
of Agricultural Hall. The build
ing is to house the farmers de-
partment Of the college. It isto be
the seat of experiment in agricul-
tura1 problems. It's to be the
chief and only home of instruction
in agriculture in Oregon. It is the
place where young men who seek
to bescientifc farmers of the future
are to be instructed. These things
formed the key note of speakers
themes and visitors admiration.
They turned the thought in the
direction of that well known TACT
that Oregon is a leading agricul-
tura1 state. They evoked the
statement that she buys carload
every day in the year of products
that she herself ought to raise, and
the new Hall and the instruction
it is to facilitate were pointed out
as evidences that methods must
and will be changed.
Those who came to the dedica-
ton, were all banqueted. Busi-
ness men closed their stores and
shops and offices, and met them at
the trains. Corvallis ladies pre-
pared for them and served to them .
a luncheon that elected praise at (:
the hands of every guest. Of the
more than 700 people who sat down {
1t the tables, every one was filled
to the uttermost and sent away
With blessing. {
The banquet was in the basement /
story of the new building, The ,
-oom was decorated in a way that
brought praise from every lip. The
imitation of an autumn scene was so
perfect that one guest declared he !
,ould see sunshine and frost on the Z
caves The frost was e1ematis in s
ertwined with vines of wild black /
perry and festooned from column {
% column about the room. Twenty {
snow white tables formed the un- t
lerground of the pretty scene, and 6
ixty to eighty ladies and maids q
n pretty gowns lent color to the t
prospect. Autumn leaves, and vines e
md punches of grape further adorn- t
d the tables and lent added charm g
o the OCCASION The high reputa- /
ion of Corvallis ladies, established t
n many past feasts to the public, +
lid not suffer by this latest effort. '
The visitors came in sections, t
he first on the westside train at IS
loon. It numbered a hundred or c
nore, and was. headed by Senator
fulton, prominent candidate for c
United States senator, The other c
eetion arrived on the regular Corr b