University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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3n memoriam Thomas Condon, Professor Emeritus in the University of Oregon, departed from this life Monday, February II, 1907. For the third time in its history the University has stood by 'the bier of one who laid its foundations. Its first president, I. W. Johnson and itsiirst Professor of Mathematics, Mark Bailey, had gone leaving inheritances of faithfulness to duty, integrity of char- acter, and respect for learning. And now again the University has been called to say a last farewell and pay tributes to one known and beloved by every alumnus from 1878 to 1907,1Thomas Con? don, its revered Professor of Geology. , In 1876 when Professor Condon was called to the chair of Geology he was hfty-four years old. He had long been in the Christian ministry and his tender heart and warm sympathies, faith in his God. and his fellow men had made him a rare teacher of truth as he found it revealed about him. . From his boyhood nature had been to him a book to be read as a revelation from his Creator. His father was a stone-cuttef and he early learned to search in the strata of theiearth for hidden . records of life and beauty. And so he collected shells covered away in the cliffs by the seashore, fossils along the river beds, leaf impressions entombea in rock, and the teacher of Hthe good, the true and the beautiful,H in character, became also the teacher of nature. ' And then when this man was in the fullness of his powers the state of Oregon called him to aid in establishing its new Uni- versity. And both state and University were blessed in the re- sponse he gave. He came with h1s love of youth and his love of nature, with his reverence for wisdom and his inspiration to im- part knowledge 'and character. Every student from that day when he gave his first lecture surrounded by the fossils thatyielded to him their history, to the recent day when he quietly withdrew to the comfort of his fire- side, found in his classroom a new acquaintance with iiower and tree and rock and a new friend and companion in him who stood before them. Thousands of students in Oregon have been blessed in the influence received from this friend and teacher. They have been inspired by his simplicity and faith, to search for truth, for God and His righteousness. I9

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aha.....-.--..-aa-v.v A . Che iOIIege of Siterature, Sci: ence, anb the Arts Graduates in this college receive the'degree of Bachelor of. Arts. This department while offering some courses which might be termed purely cultural, also offers many directly preparatory to- professional lines of work. Full four year courses are offered in Latin, Greek, German, French and Spanish. ' Students desiring to study law or medicine, can select such. studies as will enable them to anticipate one or more years in the- professional schools and which at the same time, may count as- credit toward graduation. This is especially valuable, as many law schools and medical colleges now require a college degree as a. condition of entrance. The courses in History and Economics are especially valuable to those intending to take up the study of law. ' To those desiring to enter into the field of journalism, courses strengthened by special work in English Composition, Literature, a etc., are offered. A course in Education is offered to those intending to teach, giving close attention to methods, organization and other questions- of vital interest. especially to those aspiring to high school work. Courses valuable to those desiring to teach languages, science, history, or mathematics are offered. For details etc., see cata- logue which can be had from the Registrar.