The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-11
MIDW'NTER MEETING OF BOARD.
President Catch Resigned, but Invited
by Board to Remain in Faculty.


Milton Catch as president of the
college was teldered the board of
regs Its at meeting held in the
presidents office Wednesday night.
The resignation was accepted to
take effect at the annual meeting
to take place the coming July.
By unanimous vote DR.. Catch was
Invited to accept the chair of ec-
onomics end civics, which he has
filed during his encumbenoy in
the presidency. The invitation
was extended after several address
es connendatory Ct the work of
DR.. Catch as president, and of his
extraordinary record as an educa-
tor.
No notice was given by the re-
firing president of his purpose TO
accept the unanimous invitation of
the board to remain in the faculty,
but it is believed that he will do so.
He was recently elected to a fellow
ship in the Carnegie Foundation,
with a retiring allowance of 81. .oog
a year, but as it involves a COM
plete retirement from active work
IS an educator, veteran of more
than 50 years in the field, still
vigorous and active. is not likely to
desire lapse into required id'eness.
The chair of ciyics and ecouomio-
to which DR.. Catch IS invited. he
has filled during the ten years be
has been president of the college,
and the subject is one in which he
is a versatile and exit aordinar-
lily attractive lecturer. No step
were taken for filling the vacancy
in the presidency, beyond the fac,
that adjournn eut was taken sub
'ject to the call OF the president ol
the b,ari. A mec ling will prob
ably transpire she tly after the ad-
journment of the legislature.
The legislature is to r. asked TO,
$125, 900 in appropriations. The
sum was voted unanimously. There
were experssiors of regret by the
board members that 50 large sum
should be asked for, but there
seemed no other alternative. The
shops are no longer nor no better
equipped now with student at
tendance of 500 than when the en-
rollment was 800. There has been
no enlargement in more than ter
years, and the erection Of new one
story shops on the northwest corn
er of the campus according to the
plans prepared by Prof. Covell will
be provided fqr if possible, and
| the Mechanical hall building be
given up, to class ICONS ano
Laboratories entirely.
| The fact that $50 to 200 student.
are unable to gain adm,ttance te
chapel exercises because there is nc
room for them is another lack of ia
cili,y that the board is attempting
to meet. An addition to the Ad-
ministration building on a plar
not yet adopted, is proposed. A
new barn together with the provis
ion for the purchase Of more GROUND
are also involved in the request fo,
state aid.
| The other work of the board
Injecting was largely routine. A re
port from the executive COMMITTEES
s}showed that the Union experiment
tstation for the past 1S months ha
lbeen conducted on profit of $500
1.-The receipts were, $3,6l7, the ex
lpenditures IS. SEQ and 81 500 wortl
of seed grown on the farm is OF
hand. The station superintendent
row is Robert Withycombe of Cor
Wallis. ssHis salary was recently ad
vaneed- to $12oo per year on &C
count of his very meritorious work
| The showing in grass experimen
at the station is represented as ex
ttraordinary. tti 'a III 1850
/ RIESSED APE THE pOnR $40