River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-03-06
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coRvALLIS-..THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE.
BYE. S. REED

Corvallis, the county seat of Ben
ton county, Oregon, is a beautiful
little city of 5000 inhabitants, To-
Gated on the banks of the William
cite river which is navigable to this
point. A branch of the Southern
Pacific railway runs from Portland,
one hundred miles north, to Eu
gene, forty miles south, passing
through this city while a branch
from the main line that runs through
the valley ten miles east passes
through here and terminates on the
coast at YaQuina. The city is fine
ly situated on plain with wooded
hills in the distance. Wide streets
and large blocks give the town
roomy, expansive appearance.
Most of the buildings, both in the
business and resident sections,
give the impression that they have
been but recently built, and the
modern aspect of architecture and
the absence of the ornamental trees
of much size deepens this impress
sion. 1t is evidently new town,
town of live people, for we saw no
graveyard in the city or its suburbs.
One who has lived in the east,
where near every populous center
there are cemeteries covering large
areas white with countless thou
sands of monuments, will be struck
with the absence of these cities of
the dead as he travels in the far
west.
The State Agricultural College is
located at Corvallis. This is a big
institution, and in practical results
in securing the greatest good to
the greatest numbers the most
important establishment in the
state The college is dedicated to
the great work of dignifying and
elevating the industries, of uniting
learning and labor" 1t aims to
inculcate an appreciation of the
| fact that labor ennobles while it
enhances values. II equips young
men and women to accomplish
more readily such results as will
Tighten the burden of toll while
adding to the yield of the field,
Frightening the home and reducing
the cost of production.
The college owns about FIVE hun
dred acres of land for it's site and
experimental farms. Forty five
buildings are required to accom-
modate the several departments.
Some of these are big, imposing
structures. All are of modern ar
chitecture, substantially built, con-
veniently arranged and furnished
with such appliances as will best
secure the required results.
The faculty at the present time
consists of l34 professors. These
taught last year in one and another
of different lines 1858 pupils, of
which 1865 were young women.
Every county in the state sent
young men and women to the col
lege and there were represent atives
of thirty-six other states of the
union and eight foreign countries
among the students. The college
comprises such schools as Agri.
culture, Commerce, Domestic Sci
ence and Art, Pharmacy, Engi-
neering, Physical Education and
Music. Some of these schools COW
er large field of subjects, as for
instance the School of Agriculture
includes the Departments of Agron
ormy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy
Husbandry, Poultry Husbandry,
Horticulture, Veterinary Science,
Bacteriology, Agricultural Chem
istry, Zoology and Entomology,
and half dozen others. The wor k
in these includes College Instruc-
ton, Research and Extension
Many of these subjects are still
further divided for the better facil-
ity of investigation and instruction,
as Horticulture is considered under
the heads of Plant Propagation,
Orchard and Garden Practice, Flo.
iculture, Landscape Gardening and
half hundred other divisions.