Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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cniNTinim . o ° o By H nailw Son. Sentinel for untolil years! Silent Peak that, tovr’ring, hears The mystic music of the spheres, Chintimini. Sentinel, thy age-lit ken Compasses the mighty span Since G(»l wrought universe for man, Chintimini. Summilted in snowy sheen, Garmented in living green— Thy rolling’s craft of 1 (and unseen, Chintimini. Towering to meet the stars, Hoi meted in sun-made liars. You bafHc Time, and scorn his soar . Chintimini. Spartan-like, rock-girt and grand- Silent, massive, stern you stand And guard the pass, ’tween sea and land. Chintimini. (iu.iriling there for human weal, Lurid lightning l olts reveal Thy smile when leaping thunders peal, Chintimini. Standing loft on mountain wall. Near to God, anil watching all,— Thou hidest time till mountains fall, Chintimini. Watching still, though tempest-torn. Watching still, though struggle-worn; Thou’lt watch till resurrection morn, Chintimini. Silently let thy ward goon, Steadfast now as when begun. Thou’lt duty do till time is done, Chintimini. 1»UI Kasi c Kara fl.i Sentinal, Oh would that men Might of thee one lesson gain Then human life were ne’er in vain, Chintimini.

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 .. Iv Prof. F. BcrchtoM-. o N tlx- «™i i«|eof Fifth street, in thecitv of Corvallis, south west of, ntnl diagonally across from the courthouse Urn tlx- block of land U| tn which stood, old and weather lieatcn, with utility a crack and cranny in its aged-stained walls, a spacious building with a large entrance and |uainl old hell-tower, that iiHil to sway and tremble with the weight of the •winging bell when set in motion by the tall stern-faced preoeplor with martial mustache and reverent, flowing I ward. This building with its -acred associations to score of Oregon men and women ha now vanished from sight, gone to make room for more modern structures. No longer may those who spent happy, joyous, fruitful days, months, and even years within it walls come lack and behold familiar scenes or perchance meet well-known face . Everything is changed, the very trees that used to afford shelter from the scorching rays of a sumnx-r sun and whose spreading branches were the silent witnesses of incidents now long |ast and forgotten, have been cut down and their place is known no more. The old Corvallis College, for such was the name of this building, was a landmark in it- day. Standing there, the only occupant of a large block ■if land, in a ijuiet part of the residence |»rtion of Corvallis, with what was then considered ample room, it was admirably adapted for the purjsisc for which its founders intended it: an institution for the dissemination of higher education among the youth of Oregon. Corvallis was considered then, as it is now, a very desirable place for the location of such an institution, luting eompamliv.ljr free from all objectionable features, in n health- ful locality, and easy of access l»th by rail as well as by water. The institution was established bv, and stood tinder control of, tlx-Methodist Church, South. Karlv in it history already it scents to have shown a strong vitality and is reported to have done excellent work. Indeed,one nerd only glance at the names of its earliest graduates to find that report amply confirmed. A prominent cause, undoubtedly, of the u| crior material then emanating from this institution was the method of government in vogue at that time. The authorities believed that the ‘‘perfection of government consists in teaching others to govern themselves.” A strict su|X-rvision was exercised over all students, particularly minors, and the citizens were warms) to be on their guard respecting tlxse. Says a rule in one of tlic early catalogues of this institution: “All persons are forbidden to trust a minor without the consent of his or her guardian.” Other regulations, almost as vigorous, positively forbade tlx- festive Sophomore and others of his fellow- tudonts to play at cards or billiards. Ilow the modest, timorous Freshman must have trembled when, upon having attaiix-d the proper age, he was ‘(N |uired to sign the laws before entering the classes.” His guileless, untutored mind probably conjured up visions of tlx- parental rod when hi unpractieod hand falteringly recorded the name of a scion of one of Oregon’s historic families. What k«cn transient agony, what throe of mental distress must have come to the mind of the huxi m, comely lass; what a sad, mournful expression must have crept over her placid features when her eye, examining the pages of the catalogue, suddenly and without premonition encountered the prohibitory law that Young ladies Isarding in the village or vicinity will not ! • permitted to receive the visits of young gentlemen without the written