Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-14
GroWth of O. A. c. Work
I. Extends Into Many Fields

(E. 7. Reed, College Editor.)
/ The transparencies on view with this
exhibit represent scenes in each OF the
three grand divisions Of the Oregon
State Agricultural college; namely, Ex
tension Service, Experiment Station and
Resident Instruction. The greater num-
Der of scenes will be those on the col
lcge campus the buildings, lawns, walks,
and drives. Pictures of student frolics
\ viii be intersperced with pictures of
student activities in laboratory, shop
and field. Cadet reviews win succeed
4 athletic meets or the procession of the
black robed seniors. Buildings in their
winter and summer settings, in the quiet
of vacation or the brisk stir of crowded
class intermissions, decorated for occa-
sions, and Illuminated for evening shows
't-you will see them all, by groups and
singly. And as the panorama passes
before your mind, recollections will be
freshened, and enthusiasm will be kindl-
4 ing in your breast for the State college
u that YOU are helping to support, and
in which you have permanent invest
ment.
E ~ NOu Will uOuDtltsS want ~ KNOW
something in the way of history and
of prospect that the pictures cannot
tell you. What has been the story of
this Oregon institution of higher learn
ing? Who is responsible for its growth
and its policiess What is its aim and
its course of study! What are its stu
; dents doing, before graduation and af-
tere What has the future in store for
,lit9
Sketch of the College.
The Oregon Agricultural College is
the outgrowth of the land grant act
of 1862, which set aside in each state
certain tracts Of government lands to
he devoted to the support of an agri.
cultural and mechanical college. The
first funds available from this act in
Oregon were given to Corvallis Col
lege, an institution supported by the
NJ. f. church, South. In 1885 the
church gave over its control to the
supported and controlled entirely by
state and Federal authority
5 Up to 1906, the year before Presi-
. dent w. j Kerr took charge of the in.
stitution, the total enrolment of stu
dents was SS3; last year it was more
than double that figure, amounting to
9 1914. exclusive of winter short course
+ students; this year, with an entering
c class of 739 on September 20, indica.
tions point to an attendance of 2000.
2 In 1907 the faculty numbered 45; to.
day it numbers over $50.
; In 1907 the graduating class number.
ed d6; in 1915 it numbered 249, and in
1916, $3.50.
In 1907 the college plant consisted
of three buildings of brick and stone
and five wooden structures; today there
are II substantial buildings of brick
, and stone used for Institutional and Ia.
| boratory purposes, and in addition an
r equal number of farm and service build.
, ings.
In 1907 the experiment station con
sisted of six departments, all located
at the home station; today II comprises
10 departments at the home station and
seven branch stations located in differ.
| ent parts of the state.
| In 1907 the extension service was
not yet organized at the college; today
IiN comprises IL departments. with a
staff of upwards of 80 members serving
all parts Of the commonwealth.
In 1907 the college owned 224 acres
of land in and adjoining Corvallis;
, today it has $40 acres of land.
These facts attest, in measure. the
material results of President Kerr's
dynamic administration of the col.
lege. Progress in other directions can.
not be measured in terms of length and
breadth. But progress has been made
nevertheless, of the most constructive
kind-in raising the standerd of schol-
arship, in improved qualifications of
members of the instructural staff, in
the enlargement of the library. labora.
, tory. and teaching facilities. in the es.
, tablishment of student self government
and body of worthy student traditions
, and in fusing the efforts of all depart