University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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770 . IOHN STRA UB Qean of the College of Literature, Science and The quts, who has been with tbe University since the be- ginning, whose counsel has always been timely and good, who has given a lifetime in the ser- vice of his ttboys and girls,,, this volume is respeetfully inscribed. '

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the hearts and minds of those fearless pioneers who crossled the plains with ox-teams, braving the dan- gers of the journey in order to found an empire 0n the Jwestern slope of the American Continent. Undaunted by their isolation and limitations, desirous of securing for their children suitable educational facilities, they founded in the Willamette Valley those splendid missionary colleges that made possible later Oiregon,s highest educational institu- tion-the University of Oregon. The writer desires to acknowledge the debt which the State owes to llOld Wil- lamette, and to nPacific University, and to IiAlbany Col- legeh and the other denominational colleges of the State and t0 the noble men and women who at so much self-sacrifice taught in them. But they were denominational colleges, and sectarian interests or division prevented them each from getting that mutual support that was necessary to build up a great insti- tution that could take rank with similar institutions in the east. Gradually there arose a demand for an institution that could call to its support all the citizens of the State, regardless of religious or political affiliations. Accordingly, about forty years ago, the Legislature of Oregon, following the example set by older states, determined to establish a State University, and agreed to locate the insti- tution at Eugene, provided the city donated a plant to cost not less than fifty thousand dollars. Eugene, though at that time containing only a thousand inhabitants, accepted the offer undaunted, and its citizens enthusiastically began the work of collecting the necessary sum. Men of small means repeatedly gave more than they could afford, laborers offered their labor, farmers brought in their stock, and it was sold to pay for the material in Deady Hall. The story of the hardships and the self-deprivation of the people of those days for their University is a pathetic one, full of inspiration. We who are now reaping the benefits should not be per- mitted or desire to forget them and they are mentioned here iilest we forget? But few of the actors are left. Judges Walton and Thompson, W. J. J. Scott, A. W. Patterson and others have passed on, having done their work well. Tw0+ quEGONiS educational institutions were conceived in