Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-06
0. A. G. Notes.

III. w Craven has moved into his
property northwest of the College.
Fred Houston, 'O2, is lying at the
noint of death with typhoid fever,
q aion, Oregon
The barber shops have been busy
lately, since the Major said that
short hair was a part of q military
mans makeup.
The literary societies are having
their pictures taken for the special
edition of the Barometer. Be sure
and get one when they come out.
The government inspector, Major
Lee Tebinger, who was to have in
spected the battalion May 5 will
not be here until some time next
week.
Prof. Johnson is still down with
rheumatism and unable to attend
his classes. It is the first time in
years that he has missed a class on
account of sickness.
Otto Herse has moved into the
Jensen property just north of the
College, Mr.. Jensen and family
having moved to Southern Oregon,
where he has claim to attend to
The freshmen class in "Breeds of
Stock" are now judging and scoring
the stock on the College farm. This
work is preparatory to the trip they
are going to make through the Viii
lamette valley to visit the best
herds of cattle. s
There is going to be a box social
at Mrs. Howard's residence on 9Th
and Adams street. A number of
College girls are making baskets
and of course they each want a boy
to buy it, So be sure and be there.
A good program and lots of good
things to eat.
The ass meet will be sure to
take place next Saturday afternoon
It will be much closer since Coates
has left. The juniors think now
that they can win over the fresh
men. But the freshmen are still
very confident. Come out Satur-
dav and encourage the boys and be
entertained by the best meet of the
season. -
The prospects for an athletic
meet with Eugene are good. We
can easily win over them if the
boys do the kind Of work they did
at Portland. However, Co ties has
left US so a few points will be miss
ed. He also tried to induce Smith
son to leave and to that end drove
over from Albany in the night.
But he was not successful in his
project as Smithson is still with the
team.
The interest in the science of
pitching horse shoes is getting quite
intense among the people who fire.
quent Cauthorn Hall. The way a
certain young man appears every
evening after supper in his shirt
sleeves with two horse shoes in his
hani ard defes the whole company,
as did Goliath of old, shows that
1t is a subject that will soon be de-
manding attention which it rightly
deserves.
Mr.. Tate, lecturer for the A. O.
U. w, gave one Of the best talks
that has been heard in the chapel
this year, when he visited the Col
lege last Wednesday. He said,
"Be worthy to occupy the highest
position that the nation can bestow,
then it is is not so important
whether you get it or not. But
be worthy of it." And then he
said that the one thing that is
necessary to the young man or
woman starting out in life is self
respect. If you would have the
world respect you learn to respect
yourself.
Major G. B. Harden, when asked
by President Catch in chapel one
morning if he, ever thought it
strange that the strongest and most
healthy-looking boys were the ones
that were sick the most, said that
he had noticed it very often. He
said that to some it might seem
very strange that the strong men
were so sickly while the we ,k-look-
ing men were always well, but he
knew why it was He said it did
not hurt his feelings to have them
do that way, but he did not like to
have them deceive themselves by
thinking that they were deceiving
him when they handed in such ex-