The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-18
WAS DEDICATED
Many DISTINGUISHED Visitors Came
An Afternoon of Banqueting and
Speeches.

The college was the theme of
many complimentary expression,
public and private, Wednesday af-
ternoon. 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 day. There
was Governor Geer, and Congress
man Tongue, Congressman-elect
Williamson, and Senator Fulton,
President Campbell of the State
University, and State Superintend-
ent Ackerman, Senator Croisan of
Marion, and Senator-elect Miller of
Linn, Senator Kuykendall of Lane,
and President Weatherford and ex-
President Apperson of the board of
regents, and many another legls-
lative factor, past and present. Be
sides, there was B G Leedy, master
and A 7 Buxton, lecturer of the
State Grange, H B Miller, consul
to China, and for year president
of the Agric 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. 1t isto be
the seat of experiment in agricul-
tural problems. It is to be the
chief and only home of instruction
in agriculture in Oregon. 1t is the
place where young men who seek
to be scientific 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 we'll known tact
that Oregon is leading agricu1-
tural state. They evoked the
statement that she buys a 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-
tion, 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
at 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
room was decorated in a way that
brought praise from every lip. The
of an autumn scene was so
perfect that one guest declared he
could see sunshine and frost on the
leaves The frost was c1ematis in
with vines of wild black
berry and festooned from column
to column about the room. Twenty
snow white tables formed the un-
dergrourd of the pretty scene, and
sixty to- eighty ladies and maids
in pretty gowns lent color to the
prospect. Autumn leaves, and vines
and punches of grape further adorn-
ed the tables and lent added charm
to the occasion. The high reputa-
ton of Corvallis ladies, established
in many past feasts to the public,
did not suffer by this latest effort.
The visitors came in sections,
the first on the westside train at
noon. It numbered a hundred or
more, and was headed by Senator
Fulton, prominent candidate for
United States senator, The other
section arrived on the regular Cor