The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-08-10
CORVALLIS rs CITY
OF VAST INTEREST

Because OF the interest the oregon
Experiment Station and the depart
ment of horticulture of the Oregon
Agricultural College have taken in the
development of the fruit industry of
the Hood River valley and because of
the annual large attendance of local
boys and girls at the great state col
lege, Hood River folk are probably as
well acquainted with Corvallis, the
home of 0. A. c., as the population of
any county in the commonwealth. o.
A. c., is name so frequently heard
here and so often are faculty members
and experiment station officials among
the apple growers of the valley that
most local citizens. even though they
have never been near the thriving Will
lamette valley city or browsed on the
great campus. think they know all
about the town and college.
1t takes a journey down into the
heart of this great Willamette valley,
with its 5000. 000-acre agricultural en-
plre, to get real comprehensive idea
OF the magnitude of the landed wealth
lying in northern Oregon between the
Cascades and the Coast range or to
know from personal touch the import
ance of o. A. c. or the progressive
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lis, among whom for nine months each
year nearly 1900 of our own boys and
girls and those from some 38 other
states and Is foreign territories and
nations reside. A leisurely visit to
the campus of 0. A. c., strols up and |
down its wide avenues and an inspec-
tion of its lecture halls, laboratories
and workshops will cause us to read |
with an upHa~cfo udipn fho folIautper
foreword of recent booklet issued by |
the college.
What charm and color the old fa-
miliar campus gave to our college life
What memories it stamped upon the
parchment of our minds
Like mirrors, men and women re-
1ect their surroundings. Mind and
body give back the impressions of the
immediate environment. The Greeks
grew beautiful in the midst of natural
beauty. The Italians, under limpid
skies and In clear, soft atmosphere,
developed genius of line and color.
The New Englanders, on their stern
and rock-bound coast, evolved a char
acter OF relentless and substantial no.
biity. The people of the vast plains
acquire a freedom and breadth of
movement unknown, and often uncon-
genial, to the dwellers in more crowd
ed quarters. Aspiration clings about
the mountain top, and majesty inhabits {
the drapery of the shore.
"A college campus often becomes
the dearest remembrance of a life
time. Like home, it calls to the mag :
ination of the youth who has once J
learned to love it, and through all his i
a n hal hrfr
of recollection. With the change of =
season his heart goes out to it; and in =
times of annual reunion his steps turn q
toward it as the sailors toward the T
sea.
''The Oregon Agricultural College /,
has beautiful campus. Though only 1
years have passed since the {
knoll VISA selected and the cor n
nerstone of the first building was laid, !,
those years have been rich with the n
that make a campus inter- n
ssting and with the changes that give q
It dignity and charm. Honest sacri- n
ices have made its acres precious. Il
The losses of two wars have sanctified n
t. Dramatic crises that have threat q,
.ned it's existence as a campus have +
cared up noble champions in its de- q,
'ense. And thousands of students. v,
having blessed it by their best en- r.
ieavors while they lived here, have o.
gone forth from its gate q
ways defeating their lives to the pur- 4.
)oses for which it stands and the ideals
t has taught them to uphold"
A visit to this great seat of learn
ng, which is by no means Just a COW
ollege, as so many, who have no real ly
inf wuff 20 1ttpo
purpose, seem to think it, should be ar
AIKEN by every citizen, and more es- ia
'ecially by those who are taxpayers. be
In earnest, close study of the history ar
f q. A, c., will reveal that il is one uE
f the leading institutions of its kind ce
n the nation. and that its affairs have
een administered with exceeding
economy, despite the onsalughts that
ave been made in recent months by y.
emagogues scouting to arouse antip. vi
thies and secure votes of the unwary.
The 18th annual convention of the er
)regon State Editorial Association was de
ecently held at Corvallis. 1t was fe
aally an 0. A. G.. affair, for the visit
1g newspaper men were billeted at co
nell Hall, a magnificent new woman's of
ormitory, and the sessions of the co
leeting were all held in the college 26
brary. The visitors were dined and on
eted at Waldo Hall and in the banquet tn
pom of the Domestic Science building. Fl,
hey had an opportunity to move for de
time in the college atmosphere. ba
Iany of them inspected laboratories of
nd shops, COW barns and poultry tiff
ards. They saw how o. A. c. com alb
ines practice and theory. They began S4,
realize why it is II center of learn eil
x that inculcates a higher and more l4t
,rviceable form of citizenship. They wi
'turned home determined to help fight ne
5 battles. dis
Corvallis owes much to the state at ths
rye because of the circumstances ga
at have placed one of the nations
'eatest colleges in its confines, but Au
, citizens of the state realize this the
ore keenly than do these selfsame the
)rvallis people. When one stops to at
We analysis to the situation, it will cas-
seen that the task, for a compare int
Vely small city, to keep pace with an Osi
of higher education Of the bill
agnitude of o. A. c. naturally pre- or
nted some problems in local taxation fol
d finance. Corvallis citizens were Ho
nehciaries of the huge annual sum 7
ent from state appropriations and by ous
ldents, but they might have been the
fish they might have taken as much sou
was available and have given a min ous
um in return. This was not the No
rvallis way. The town, without os- EFT.
ltation but in a substantial manner mo-
s built along with the college. 1t is can
: second fastest growing city in Ore Co.
n. its population now reaching 5000. :.
Corvallis has no slums and the for -
m element is conspicuous by its alb '''I
ice. most of the residents being na- =.
e Americans of the better class. In '";. !.
iition to the usual business enter ~
ses, there are IL churches. four of 'He
sah kuf1Trrmc. a .