Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-03-14
TWO FROM CORVALLIS.

Q. A. G. Furnishes two Mem
bers of the Recently Organ
lied Oregon State Academy
of Sciences.
Last month the details were
completed for the establishment
Of an Academy of Science with
in our state and its organization
is due to many phenomena of na-
ture with which Oregon abounds.
Here is a great field for investi-
cation, and to one of a mind suit
ed to the task there is ever in.
creasing interest in the work of
unraveling and unveiling The.
thousands of mysteries which ma
ture has bequeathed to those who
inhabit the Pacific Northwest.
Leading men in science, repre-
senting the foremost educational
institutions in the state are band
ed together to investigate some of
these natural wonders, and are
known under the title Of the Or
egon State Academy of Sc ences.
Their field for labor is as unlimit. !.
ed as it is interesting and none
of thosefwho have started on an
era of Investigation will live long
enough to see a thousandth part
of the various mysteries cleared
up.
The botanist is afforded an al
most unparalleled range for the
study of fora and fauna. Al
most all kinds of plant life are
before him who cares to investi-
gate. And here are some of the
greatests forests known to man.
The geologists and mineralogists,
too, have world of interesting
problems to solve. Scientific study
will not be confined to Oregon
alone, but will cover the Pacific
Northwest.
The various tribes of North
American Indians, with their
strange customs, mystic ceremo-
nial rites and ancient savagery,
fall to the ethnologist. This is a
fascinating task. Where did they
originate, and whence came they?
is the question. Are they in
digenous to American soil or did
they come hither by way Of
Berhing Straits and for centuries
roam the Eastern plains at a time
when the earth was young and
Portland's site was the bottom ot
| the sea?
A strange animal life, unknown
flora and fauna, birds and beast.
and fish of the air, field and wa.
tiers, are here for study. Anirna'
and plant life of former centuries,
the fossil beds of John Day, vas
4 mountaia peaks that were at one
time active volcanoes, al united
1: provides perhaps the richest fell
| in the world today as the scene 0
action for an academy Of science
/ Success to the promoters of thi
| society-the world is theirs, bu
i we will all profit by their discov
cries.
In a recent write-up in the Or
egonian the several officers AM
trustees OF the Academy of Scienc
were made known and comment
ed upon. Among those are Dr.
James Withycombe and Prol
Cordley, both Of OAc, and well
known to readers of the GAZETTE
We consider it fitting to reprin
? excerpts of the mention give
these prominent men, as follows
sArthur Burton Cordley, MS.
! the second vice-president, we
!. known as the biologist of the O.
: egon Agricultural College recei,
/ ed his early training at the MicI
8 igan Agricultural College fTol
K which he was graduated IN I88
8 with the degree Of B. S. He r
: mained at his alma mater tw
: years as instructor III zoology
: then accepted a position as il
structor in zoology and assistal
entomologist at the experlmel
station OF the University OF We
y mont, resigning this atthe er
S.Iof the year to accept posltie
ort as assistant entomologist of Il
8, United States Department of a!
I riculture at Washington, D. c.
p Since 1895 Professor cerdlt
has been in charge Of zoo'os
. and entomology at the Orege
Agricultural College, and is al