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consequently wen? necessarily ofa tentative nature,ami if tlwrourw of study, a reproduced below, appear unusual, « |illy arranged, or incomplete, it niuia l«e born in mind lluit it takes time and experience, and a great deal »f Itotli at that, to develop anything of real |K'rmancnt value. The course of atudy adopted i a follow : Fnwr Vkak -First Term.—Chemical Physic , Inorganic Chemistry, Structural and Physiological Botany, First five book of Davies Legendre. Second Term. Organic Chemistry, How Crop Grow. English Language. Third Term. Qualitative Analysis, Detection ol the Alkalies, Alkaline Earths, Systematic Botany, Excursions and Collections, English Language. Sboono Vkak- First Term. Qualitative Analysis, continued, Detcc-tion and Separation of the Elements, Chain Surveying and Mensuration, Geometrical Drawing, General Principle of Zoology.—Second term. General Principles of Geology, Vegetable Economy, How Plant Feed, Topographical Drawing. Animal Physiology. Third term.—Geology of Oregon, Vegetable Economy, Entomology. How a faculty of three, one of them sltouldcring executive burdens, managed to distribute this course between themselves and carry it along with their other work i somewhat hard to understand. One delightful feature, agreeable alike to student and professor, must have been the ''excursions and collections” of the Spring term. With what ineffable longing the students must have looked forward to the days of the week when they were | ermitlvd to leave the narrow confines of their dingy room and quafT in copious draughts the balmy air a they roamed through the woods and meadows in soareli of flowers, bird or beetle. Have ever sound valid reasons I wen advance-1 why this particular feature disup| -ared from the modern college curriculum? What a boon it would l e to the pale-faced, anaemic youth with stooping shoulders and hollow chest! What a “lesson not in books he might learn from the white wonder of the apple blossom, the fragrance of the new-mown hay, tlw billowing of the grain under the wind of June, accompanied by a chorus of hallelujah from the bird and insect world! The year 1 72 shows a change in theodiccnf the Executive. President Finley retires and his place is taken by one who was to guide the affairs of the institution for two decades: Years of incessant labor, unremitting real and momentous change . Associated with Pres. Arnold,thenew incumbent, who in addition to his executive work taught Physics und Languages were Rev. J. Emery in the chair of Mathemati -s; Prof. II. McN. Finley, principal of tin- prc|«aratory department; Mi-s Clara A. Watt, teacher of French and head of tin- primary department, and Mrs. Alice X »bit. head of the depart- ment of music. This staff of. assistants was increased or changed as necessity dictated. Not until about the year 1 S2, however, do we find the authorities emphasising the peculiar character of the institution by the election of a train'd agriculturist to the chair of agriculture and chemistry; and while the study of practical agriculture was enforced upon students by the regents ever since April 12, 1 71 and » small farm, where practical experiments might liecar-ried on, bad lieen purchased by them, it was not till now that proper and needful attention could la-given this important branch. The farm above mentioned consisted of thirlv-fivc acres. It constitutes the present campus and doe not appear to Is as valuable a the original purchasers suppovd it to lie, much of the portion east of the open ditch being low and unproductive. The price |inid was ♦1500. There was then on this tract of laud a neat dwelling house, (then standing on the site of the present administration building and now used by Prof. Cootc), a rather ancient looking barn and a good orchard. There were then twenty-srvon young men taking the agricultural course among whom was the present chief legal advisor of a very large corjswalion. It must have been interesting to see him uncover the brown earth and watch tlw early struggle of the grass to lie green. Nothing appears to have occurred to mar the pleasant relations then existing in all departments, and this institution moved along pleasantly in the even tenor of its way. Its annals during that period are brief. In 1885 the church voluntarily relinquished its claim on the funds of the Agricultural College, and the state,resuming control, propo- d to relocate the college at Corvallis on condition that a brick building, to cost not less than 20.000. Is- erected on the Agricultural College farm to serve as a College building. The condition was complied with, the citizens of Benton county rising nobly to tin- task. August 17. 1887 witnessed the laying of the corner stone, and a year later the board of regents, as then constituted, were able to take charge of the building. A new faculty was immediately apptinted, at its head the veteran educator President B. I- Arnold who la-Iwred assiduously and ably until the very day of hi taking off. Jan..T), 1882. anunexspectcdand untimely end. During thefouryearsof bis incumbency the attendance had more than doubled, increasing from ninety-nine in 1888 to two hundred and eight in I8S»2. President Arnold w.i followed by President J. M. Bios of Kansas, from 1892-1886; President II. B. Miller. |H .W-I897, and Pres.Tho . M. Hatch from |« 7 to the present time. The faculty, front three in 1 70. lu grown to
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