The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-23
ORGANIZED NOW.
A Flood Of New Students They Come
b From all QuartersThe College.

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From all QuartergThe College.
! Organization of classes at the col
1ege is complete now, and recita-
tions begin this morning. Though
more than 200 new students
are on hand, they have already
learned the routine. and are able to
find their places with precision.
For 4S hours the 80 members OF
the faculty have had their hands
| full in passing upon the credentials
of new applicants, in assigning
them desired places m the various
courses,and in bringing order out OF
chaos. Four hundred young
people, threading their way through
the labyrinths OF preliminary or
ganization makes buzz and hustle
next to terrific. The spectacle.
when all are in motion, seeking
this professors room or another's,
getting Endorsements of matricula-
ton cards. entering their names on
the rolls in the, registrars Office,
and performing the other stunts
necessary TO admission is most in
teresting to an observer 1t fills
the corridors, the Offices and the
stairways OF the administration
! building to the utmost, and the ov-
erhow spreads 10 Mechanical Hall
and and Agricultural Hall. The
movement. during the opening
hours is incessant as the hustle of
bees. The storm centers in the.
registrars Office where enrolment
takes place, and in the presidents
Office where. doubtful questions
relative to admission are passed.
upon. The clerk Office, too, is al
most equally overrun. for that is
the ante room to the executive
throne, and is the place where the
financial and other matters are
disposed of. From these places.
the streams of young folks radiateI
to the various departments. form
ing an intricate system of which
those who have never seen it, can
form but little conception.
The college buildings are full of
new faces. A little Eastern Ore
gon neighborhood that sent three
new students last year, returned
its little quota this time with six ad
ditional applicants for admission
Lewisvi1le. Polk county, did a.
similar stunt, in sending new people
Jackson county hurries in a con-
tingent of husky young men,
among whom is one that stands
six. feet two in his stockings,
Some of the old counties that have
stood SO well by the Institution in
past years, are fully as loyal as ev-
er this year. and Linn, Marion and
Polk, YamhilI, and even Washing
ton have large delegations
Scarcely less loyal are Clackamas,
Lane and Douglas The percent.
age of new students is not yet
known, but it is no falling off, It'll
may be greater than at any time
in the past Figures are yet i'm
possible, because of the herculean
work applied to the task of getting
organization complete without loss
Of time
OF the vacancies in the faculty. |
there are either temporary or per-
manent supplies on hand, and ev-
cry class is in motion. Clare
Catch Wheeler is temporarily atI
the head of the art department, |
while permanent supply made
necessary by the resignation of
Mr.. McLouth can be secured. Mrs. |
Wheeler formerly held a similar
position in the. University of Wash
ington.
In the woodwork department, !
Mr.. Jackson, the well known ath-
lete, is organizing the classes. He
has always been markedly profci-
ent in woodworking, and is able to
carry the work along with his
studies.
In the department of German
and history, from which Miss
Chamberlin has a years leave of
absence, Prof. Schmitt is the sup
ply. He is highly educated, and is
a man of fine ability and extensive
w. o Trine, who is
director, vice J. B. Patterson, re-
signed, is to be in the gymnasium
on the 1st OF October, and all the
students look forward to his COM
ing with pleasant anticipation.
All the signs indicate a bigger
college than ever this year. If the
final enrolment falls below 600,
hose in fullest touch with the sit
nation will be disappointed.