Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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W » P w % 2 « 0 ] Burch Colt Pease Irvine Callister Slarr Wauek State Board of Higher Education OFFICERS Hon. C. L. Starr Dr. E. E. Lindsay Hon. B. F. Irvine EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Hon. C. L. Starr Hon. E. C. Sammons Hon. C.C.Colt MEMBERS Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce Hon. Herman Oliver, John Day Hon. C. C. Colt, Portland Hon. B. F. Irvine, Portland Hon. C. L. Starr, Portland Hon. E. C. Sammons, Portland Hon. Albert Burch, Medford Hon. E. C. Pease, The Dalles Hon. F. E. Callister, Albany President Executive Secretary Treasurer Term Expires 1 940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 The state board of higher education, estab- lished by act of the legislature in 1929, re- placed the former board of regents as the governing body for each of the state institu- tions of higher learning in Oregon. The board, composed of nine members, includes one alumnus of the state university, one of the state normal schools, and one of the state college. They are appointed by the governor with the approval of the state senate, a new member being appointed each year for a nine-year term. The board has full authority to reorganize the work of the institutions under its control so as to eliminate unnecessary duplication of equipment, courses, departments, schools, summer sessions, extension activities, offices, laboratories and publications. «17.

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His rugged dignity of frame, Imbued with fiomely grace, Lit up with kindness,and became A radiant and holy flame That blossomed in his face.

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■Ng UHtuuH 5 M ' 3 Dr. W. J. KERR Dr.Willidm Jasper Kerr For 24 years Dr. William Jasper Kerr has ad- ministrated the affairs of Oregon State college. When he came to Corvallis in 1907, the only buildings on the campus were the administra- tion building, the chemistry building, the old gymnasium, and a wooden dormitory where the dairy building now stands. The appearance of the campus today is ample proof of his untiring efforts to make the institution one of greater significance in the educational world. He has built the college from a school of little importance to one now recognized as among the three best agricul- tural colleges in the United States. It was he who visualized the plans for the new build- ings and their locations, and saw to it that his vision was made an actuality through legisla- tive enactment. In addition to his services to the state of Oregon he has received nation wide recognition for his activities as president of the Land Grant College association, vice- president of the National Council of Educa- tion and a member of the national board of the y. M. C. A. A few years ago he was awarded the degree of doctor of science by the University of Idaho. President Kerr s Message The traditions of the Old Oregon trail are among the most heroic in North America. Two motives actuated the immigrants to Ore- gon — the lure of the Willamette Valley as an El Dorado for the homeseeker, and the patri- otic purpose of settling the Oregon country for the United States. Between the old home land of the pioneers and their new dream land bordering the Pacific, lay a virtual wilder- ness — vast, uninhabited, unexplored. Their struggles and privations in breaking a trail across these barriers of prairie, desert, and mountain, tell a story almost unparalleled in picturesqueness and grandeur. After a cen- tury we begin to get a full perspective on the significance of their great migrations. They developed, in fact, a region so fortunate in climate and natural resources that a distin- guished authority. Dr. J. Russell Smith, of Columbia, predicts that here, in time, Ameri- can civilization will reach its maximum. In this Northwest, continues Dr. Smith, I antici- pate that, man for man, Americans will eventu- ally realize their achievements — in science, literature, and arts. A splendid destiny. But it will not come of itself. Only the courageous leadership of the rising generation, ins pired by the example of the pioneers, will bring the Oregon country into its magnificent heritage. WILLIAM JASPER KERR President Kerr, in Study rl8.