The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-03
IS PRESIDENT-EL
of O A. C-Things About Him
ri Succeeds DR.. Catch in July.

A new president has been elected
for O. A. G. He is the man who
has been for seven years at the
head of the state agricultural col
lege of Utah. He is DR.. W. J.
Kerr, and his administration there
has shown growth and develop
ment of the institution Identical with
that al, o: A; G. during the admin
istration of President Catch. In the
period the attendance has more
than doubled. The College proy erty
has doubled in value and the ill.,
stitution has taken on character and
potential influence in the. state. In
like manner, all these things have
come opass during the 70 years
that DR.. Catch has been at the
head of the Oregon institution, and
the growth under both men indicate
thattheC genius for expansion! that
has been in order at o, A. G. will
continue under the coming admin
istration. +
r. DR.. Ken is, 43 years Of age, Isl a
graduate Of the University OF Utah,
and of Cornell, University at Ithaca.
New York. He was in Oregon a
few weeks ago, and spent an after
noon in; Corvallis, q He(is still p1e es-
ident of the Utah institution, but
will resign at the end of the college
year to accept the presidency at
Corvallis. He is man of fine ad.
dress, of much force and aggres-
siveness, of rare tact, and accord
ing to all accounts, an executive. of
conspicuous ability. His recon-
mendations for the place include
unreserved Endorsement by the best
people in Utah, and the leading
scientists of the West. BENJAMIN
Ide Wheeler, of the University OF
California, President Bryan. of the
Agricultural College of Washing
lton, President Smith, of the Agri-
cultural College of Michigan, agri-
cultural experts in the government
service at Washington d, G. aud
many other eminent men high in
the field of scientific education
placed written endorsements of the
highest order in the hands oflthe
|OAC board. The president of the
board Of regents Of the agricultural
college at Utah, who has held the
position for 17years, in a letter esF
Inmates DR.. Kerr to be, ID his be-
lief, as good a college; executive as
there Is in thess country. Judge
Goodwin of the well-known Salt
Lake Tribune, the leading news
paper OF Utah and a public man of
wide celebrity, characterizes him
as a man 'ief conspicuous ability,
of exalted moral character and a
man of pure motives, lofty citizen
skip and with as. broad a view Iot
human, life as any man in the Re-
/ public.p DR.. Talbot, head of the
Methodist Mission in Utah, and
who recently attracted attention by
notable lectures in q Portland. in q
letter to the board, charac. erize:
him as a college executive of n ats
ability and one who during his resi-
denee there has been an ally :ans
4 factor with the. rnoblest and ,bes
forces ain' the life 4 of Utah. ,s'Th'
pastor of the First Congregations
, church is equally commendatory il
his endorsement as are many othe
leading citizens of that and othe
!, states. 81
DR.. Kerr has written a treatis'
J J on applied science in two volumes
which Is now in press by McMilla
Z & Co.., Of New York. He has tech
nical education along the line: G
{ engineering courses which are s.
: large factor in the work at o. A
G. This, along with technical ir