University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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of these subjects and are competent to suggest ways and means to persons inter- ested in the development ofthe state. In its broader field of activity the University is elevating its standard among like institutions of the country. By such practical work as the University is now doing the state is receiving additional returns for the money expended that fully repays for the support given, to say nothing of the splendid results attained in its direct educational work. pf? Z P 'wm.,.,, 31

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u ffl' 9 Some Dalttnblc ltcscttrcb The University is demonstrating that its usefulness is not to be confined to its curriculum. lt is beginning to show that educating men and women and prepar- ing them for active places in the state is not the only realm of usefulness open to an institution of learning. In return for liberal support by the state the University feels that it has a duty to perform for the commonwealth aside from the strictly educational. This feeling has caused research work to be taken up by members of the faculty through which the progress and development of interests vital to the state may be aided. Professor Youngs bulletin on Tendencies in American Road Legislation published this spring, is an example of the help the University may give its state in solving the larger problems of government that enter into the field of every day life. and activity. This bulletin gives an exhaustive review of road legislation in all the states in the union covering a period of fifteen years dating from 1889 to 1904. By this careful review the foundation is laid for effectual and systematic road build- ing in Oregon. V In another line Professor McAlister is contributing valuable material to the state through his bulletins on the water power of the McKenzie and Santiam rivers. Professor lVlcAlister, assisted by University students, made the surveys that fur- nished the data for these bulletins in the summer vacations of 1903 and 1904. Some results of the surveys are given as well as numbers of suggestions as to the most effective and economical methods of developing the power of these streams. These bulletins represent the careful work of men who have made careful studies 30

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