Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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THROUGH the 1938 edition of the Beaver, I wel-I come the opportunity of extending my greetings to all Oregon Staters—those who have finished their work at the college and who are taking their place in the active life of the community, and those who are preparing themselves at this time. Each and every one of you can perform a valued and valiant service for the state and the nation by carrying abroad with you the ideas and ideals gleaned in your college work. They are the ideals upon which our American form of government was founded, and upon which its continuance must be based. GOVERNOR MARTII We are beset with contradictory and antagonistic ideals that are predicated on the premise that a democracy is ineffective and cannot solve its problems and cannot protect itself. I call your attention to the splendid record made by this nation toward winning of the World War. That was the concerted effort of the people under democratic government and an effort that brought victory to the Allied arms, in the contest with autocracy. Our nation has grown great under democratic government and it will grow greater. But we must cherish the ideal and be prepared to defend our national principles with as much vigor as our forefathers exerted in creating a nation governed for and by the people. 18

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FACULTY PERSONALITIES

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IN a student body of four thousand two hundred wholesome red-blooded young men and women with earnestness and purpose everywhere in the air, happiness ought to abound and become a well-nigh universal habit of mind. The conditioning of student life at Oregon State College is unique —nowhere are to be found finer opportunities for those elements that are the warp and woof of real happiness—albeit 70 per cent of the total earn part or all their college expenses—nowhere in a similar student body are there settings in which the practices of everyday living are more stimulating to fine manhood and womanhood—more inspiring to character and idealism. But the student in control of his thinking processes creates the habit of happiness. It is HE who establishes the code for everyday living and action. It is HIS selection that chooses the worthy, not the unworthy—the wholesome, not the tawdry. Oregon State College men and women may establish this tradition of happiness. Their code may become an espousal of— Contemplative progress, not cynicism and fault finding Selective action, not rowdyism Beauty, not cheapness Friendly emulation, not envy Cooperation, not feudism Originality, not slavish imitation Character, not cleverness Inner satisfaction, not gratification. Each student citizen may be a builder of this cult of happiness for his alma mater, should he make his habits of thought for four years fit such a code of ideals. ’ 19