Pacific University - Heart of Oak Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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The Library in Summer

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Mb 1 Viva 7fea , . To an ever-increasing body of people in this Pacific North: west, the name of Pacific University means that factor in their lives which has been the inspiration, guide and leader to their sev- eral planes of success. Not only to those who have at one time or another been in direct contact with her material qualities, but to her scores of friends, the iiSpirit of Pacific Universityli has come to mean a wonderful constructive power in the building of char- acter. ' It is said that good must necessarily thrive among beautiful surroundings, and so, one need only take a glance at the scene of operations to assure himself that Pacific University is surely an ideal place in which any young person might spend those four important years of his life. Pacifids students are pleased with an onportunity of showing to others the beauties of theircampus, for Pacificls is a campus laid out with room reserved, before a town tho,t of crowding in around it. With its broad expanse of green, the great oaks and firs lending themselves to a continuous l pattern of light and shadow, giving hazy glimpses of the dull red of Gabled Marsh Hall. it is a picture worth the seeing, to all ob- servers. But to Pacificls old students, what memories it recalls! Here the iibee-treefi and there at the base of the oak a the old stone bench. while farther on, the petrified stump that marks the site of theolog church where tiGrandma Brownt in 1847 started her orphanage for some twenty adopted children; an orbhanage that was destined to become a university after years of labor by men like Harvey Clark and Dr. Atkinson. More and more as Pacific grows, her loyal ones are realize ing that her growth has always been, and must continue to be at the price of personal sacrifice. To President Marsh, who, for twenty-five years put his whole effort into the developing of Pacific University, is due great honor. Handicapped by a lack of funds and a country so sparsely populated that students must be few, it was not an easy undertaking. It was he who at three dif- ferent times made trips to the East and gathered together suf- ficient'funds for the construction of necessary buildings, and for the small salaries of the instructors who labored with him. All of this he did without a salary for himself sufficient to meet the needs of his own family. Perhaps it is well that one of these buildingsenow the Sci- ence Hall-remains to us as a reality of the past, serVIng to keep before us the fact that we too, must work for the betterlng of l s 7wenfy-lWO l .

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7he7z'eamfc J: ,- this institution Whose influence has had its effect upon so many lives. The building modernized With the best of equipment, aside from its history in the development of the school, bears record of the numerous struggles and final victories of ambitious iipre- medicsi, over those ever-to-be-remembered dog fish sharks. To him, Who at one time frequented the second-floor laboratories, those more noticeable records on walls and ceilings suggest to his memory, the knowledge obtained. thru experience, When from time to time, some promising young iichemi, engineer determined to iisee for himself, and literally raised the roof With its results, Since 1894 Marsh Hall has been the center of all activities of the school. From the days When Tualatin Academy held a place Within her walls, and the library occupied a part of the third floor, until the present time, there has always been room for any- thing that came, whether of a serious nature, or just a jolly-good- time. If a large gatheringein Brighton Chapel, if smallereper- haps in the Association Room or one of the four Society Halls. Select groups still iihang outii in the Index room, 'or cluster them- selves about the radiator corners of the lower hall. Even the fire- place of the outer office attracts its group upon occasion. Jim, Helen, Margaret and Tom still continue to leave their names and decorative tastes displayed in relief upon desks and chair-arms, and absent-mindedly trace inked designs on the writing supports of recitation benches. It was a discouraging disaster When in 1906, Herrick Hall, the womenis dormitory was destroyed by fire. But to 100k for the- silver lining of the cloud we mightialmost call it fortunate, for in 1907, a much larger and thoroughly modern brick building was reared in its place to become the home of the Herrick Hall family of girls-as it continued to be called. The after-dinner iisingsi, before the boys retire to their rooming places, and the fire-place group, just before iiblinksii t0 iitalk it over, continue to hold their charm. One even hears Whispers suggesting that history repeats itself in riads upon sources of supply and midnightiifeedsf To be sure each spring brings its regrets that those Who have, dur- ing four years, become a seemingly indispensable part of the fam ily, must leave, but it is reassuring to know that fall brings its number of neW girls Who will surely in their turns have earned a right to be proud of their places among the alumnae Who have preceeded them. . The spirit of a school and her athletic record, are to a great extent dependent each upon the other. Realizing his fact, and the need of physical development as 'a means to a better mental development, a gymnasium was in 1910 built, Where rain or JYmet'eerp i. -. 'ii 7wenty-iwo