The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09
LAKE RESIGNED
AT MEETING WEDNESDAY
AF rERNOON OF BOARD
! OF REGENTS.
Purchase of Hogg Tract for Col
lege at Cost of Six Thousand I.
Dollars Ratified by Board
S-Other Corvallis News,

Dollars Ratified by Board
Other Corvallis News,
The resignation of E. R Lake.
who has been professor of botany
and horticulture at the college for
the past six years wad present
ed at a meeting of the board of
regents of the Agricul tura1 College
Wednesday, afternoon. The resig-
nation was accepted. and is to take
effect at the end of the current col
lege year. The executive commit
tee was authorized to select a sue
cessor.
The action OF Prof. Lake is un
derstood to have come as surprise
to both his friends and the men,
bers of the board, He is one of the
most energetic as we'll as one of the
most capable educators in his line
in the country, and the severing
of his connection with the college
is much regretted by his friends.
It is understood that at present,
Prof Lake has no definite plans for
the future
The announcement by the build
ing committee of the purchase of
the 20 acres of land known as the
Hogg place, and the ratification of
the committees action by the
board, was one of the features of
Wednesdays meeting The. price
paid for the tract is $4,000 At
one time the board had an option
on the property at IS. 900, but was
without means at that time to
make the purchase. The land ad-
joins the college farm on the east
and south. and its east 1iue is the
boundary of the city limits on the
west. A portion of it is in use at
present as athletic grounds and is
ultimately to serve as parade aud
drill grounds for the cadet battal-
ion. The tract is a desirable ad.
dition to the college farm
A resolution requiring the
publication in the catalogue
of list of text books was adopted.
The same reso ution provides that
in case local dealers will not supply
students with text books at list
prices, the president of the college
shall secure them from publishers,
Or others.
Another resolution declares it to
the purpose of the board to hold
instructors responsible for an alb
normal number of failures in class
es, and directs the president of the
college to take cognizance of and
investigate such cases.
The sum of $I5o- each was vote d
to Prof.s Covel1 and Clyde Phillips
for extra services in connection with
the construction of the addition to
the heating plant, and in other
lines. The action was recommended
by the building committee under
whose direction the service rem
Serea.
There was an extended discussion
of the fact of the comparatively
small attendance of girls at the
college as contrasted with the atten-
dance of boys, and of the causes for
the condition. Statistics were quo
ted to show that. formerly the at.
tendance of the sexes was about
equal. but that in recent years while
the attendance of boys has shown a
remarkable increase, there has been
but little growth in numbers of the
other sex. Various speculations
were INDUCED in but no action was
taken. 1t developed that there is
a general sentiment on the board
for the erection of Woman's Bull
ding with better accommodations
than the present, and it is likely
that such a building will be the
next to be erected on the college
campus. A sentiment in favor OF
asking legislative aid for such a
project was expressed.
1t is probable that the college
will accept the request of the mana
gers, and maintain and prepare a
growing exhibit on twelve, acre
tractatthe 1905 Fair. The matter was
discussed at length by the board
and was finally referred to the ex
ecutive committee. The genera
sentiment was very favorable to ths
plan. 1t was agreed that the show
ing that the college would be able
to make would be first of all highly
beneficial to the whole state of Ore
gon, in that it would present in :
compact form the resources of tn
state, and give Eastern visitors op
portunity to observe at glanc
something of what is possible il
the climate and soil of Oregon. A
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