Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-07-05
DR.. KERR.
What They Say of Him in Utah
A SPLENDID Record.

A Splendeo RECORD
An eloquent testimonial to DR.
Kerr. OAC's president, appearsl
editorially in "The Rocky Noun
tain Farmiug," !" a paper publish
ed by the Utah Agricultural
College and edited by men who
have been associated with DR..
Kerr in educational work. The
paper says: -
s'President Kerr of the Utah
Agricultural College has accepted
the presidency of the Oregon
Agricultural College which was
rendered him unanimously by the
Board Of Regents Of that ins,i;u-
ton. He will assume charge OF
the Oregon institution on July +.
: The success of : the Utah
College, under the s admin
istration of President Kerr,
extending over seven year
together with strong endorse
ments Of leading citizens OF this
state and Of prominent educators
of other states no doubt appealed
strongly to the , Oregon board
and decided the election in his
favor. The Oregon Agricultural
College is located at Corvallis In
the famous Willamette valley, In
western Oregon, some niuty
miles south Of Portland. The
college Is conducted on broad
basis. It has between eight and
nine hundred students in the
different courses offered, includ..
ing Agriculture, Domestic
Science, Civil, Mechanical, Elect
rical and Mining Engineering,
Forestry, Commerce and Phar-
macy. A fine farm of 224 acres
belongs to the institution and is
used for experimental purposes.
The last Legislature provided a
fund of some $zoo, 600 for build
ings. With the assurance that
comes from Oregon of united
| support for President Kerr in his
tlabors there can be no doubt that
| the Oregon Agricultural College
| has a bright future before 1t.
| In leaving the native state II
| must be a source of qualification
| to President Kerr as we'll as te
Ievery friend of the institution
that the Agricultural College Of
utah stands on a higher plan'
than at any other period OF 1t:
history. 1t has been growing II
influence year by year. Student
have been coming in yearly in
creasiug numbers. The rum
Der Of students studying agricul
ture is over seven hundred pc
cent greater now than then
. domestic science shows splendi
!, increase. Farm buildings, nc
} including these used for instrut
: ton purposes, have been adde
4 to and their value is now fot
= times that at the beginning o
It his term Of Office. According 4
a report of the United State
I Department of Agriculture, tt
E college ranks among the first
# number OF agricultural studen
d on a basis Of farm population
d the Utah College, having Of
It agricultural student to every 80
le while the average of all the othe
b is one student to- 200 Of far
le population. Through the 1ibel
t. support given the institution :
p successive legislatures, and at
10 time when appropriations mea
er more of sacrifice to the peol
tx than they do today, the insti'
ton in buildings and equipms
tor experimentation, as vel,
in organization, ranks among
best in the country. Preside
at Kerr, in a recent address at c
lid iege chapel, expressed his hi
ds appreciation Of the loyal supp
'ce he had received from the peo
:. ~ of the state In his work, 9
- ;a- hoped that support might
No continued to the institution
". the future.