Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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PROFESSOR GKOKC.K V. PEAVV

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PROFESSOR GEORGE WILCOX PEAVY Connected with the growth of every institution of learning, no matter what the scope of its teachings may he. there ties a story of strife .and of endeavor of some one who has struggled with Spartan persistence to build up. from a small beginning, a strong working force for the education of those entrusted to its guidance. If this may l e said of an institution as a whole, it must also he said of each of the departments of learning that make up the scheme of education of the institution. Phenomenal as has been the growth of the Oregon Agricultural College, from a few buildings and a small faculty to one of the largest of the land grant institutions of the United States, yet it' rise is no more remarkable than is the rise of the Forestry Department from a class of a few students, studying Botany and Forestry, to the present course, in which are registered over fifty students. The secret of the development of the Forestry Department may Ik stated briefly: It is. Professor George Wilcox Pcavy. A man eminently qualified by years of experience in the Federal Forest Service, lie came to O. A. C. to undertake the work of establishing a Forestry Department. He received his master's degree in Liberal Arts at the University of Michigan. For five years following he was principal of a High School, where he taught History and Economics. It was while teaching that he became acquainted with the importance of National forests. So iihhucd was he with the future of American forests that he re-entered the University of Michigan and two years later received his Master's degree in Forestry. Professor Pcavy then entered the Federal Forest Service, acting in various capacities that took him to nearly all parts of the country, during which time he traveled several thousand miles through timber lands. Later he was made Inspector of Forests in California, with offices at San Francisco. He had just completed his seventh year of active service when he was selected to head a newly created department in Forestry at O. A. C. Under his never-ceasing efforts, the department gained in strength. So earnest was he in his endeavor to advance the interests of the work in bis charge that lie early enlisted the attention of loggers and timbermen of the state and pointed out to them the importance of establishing a great school of Forestry, where men might lie trained to care for one oj Oregon’s most important industries. In every movement for the betterment of existing conditions and the solving future problems. Professor Pcavy will lie found actively engaged. Not content with simply confining his work to his immediate department. Professor Pcavy interests himself in other activities of the college. Faculty and student' alike have learned to look to him for assistance in problems whose solutions require diplomacy, tact and judgment that will stand the test of time. As chairman of the Student Affairs Committee. he has the difficult task of arranging student activities upon a basis of absolute justice to all. A firm believer in. and a ready sympathizer with, the students, he has come in close touch with them, and they have learned to seek his judgment in all weighty and important matters. A man young in spirit and in action. Professor Pcavy has the opportunity before him to gather further laurels in serving O. A. C. A cheery nature, ready wit. and clogged perseverance are his—these, with an unselfish devotion to his work, spell success. Jo Sorenson.