Washington State University - Chinook Yearbook (Pullman, WA)

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T HREE DECADES ago, the State College of Washington had a small faculty of fifteen or twenty instructors, a student en¬ rollment of a few hundred, four or five college buildings, and an inadequate income. Today it is one of the largest land-grant institutions in the United States, with a faculty of two hundred, an enrollment of thirty-five hundred, twenty-five college build¬ ings, and a sufficient income to enable it to offer sound courses in many fields and to maintain high standards of scholarship. A college growing in numbers would in the end become a menace to society if its graduates did not appreciate their respon¬ sibilities as citizens. We must not forget that the size of a mob does not add to its intelligence; in fact, as a mob grows in size it becomes more foolish and more dangerous. The worth of the State College of Washington will depend in the future, as it has in the past, not upon its size, but upon the efficiency and char¬ acter of the individual student. A college graduate should be able to do three things: First, he should be able to bear his own load in life—to care for himself and family. And yet he is a colossal failure if he ignores everything else for financial gain. Second, he should realize that state and federal laws are the basis of civilized life and he should respect these laws and de¬ mand that others respect them. Finally, the college man must devote time and energy to the service of his community and his country. Such service may lead to prominence and leadership, and the whole world may ap¬ plaud. Again, he may live an obscure life and be able to serve only a restricted group. In either case, the college graduate has been true to his college ideals, and in both instances, he has the satisfaction of rendering devoted and worthy service to his fel¬ low men. The leadership and example of such men justify our hope that education will continue to be the basis of both our prosperity and our stability. — Page 1 9 —

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Professor O. L. Waller has been in con¬ tinuous teaching service at the State college probably as long as any other man. He re¬ ceived his degrees from Hillsdale College and studied law at the University of Mich¬ igan. He was admitted to the Bar in Mich¬ igan in 1 886, and spent several years as Superintendent of Schools in Dexter, Mich¬ igan. and Colfax, Washington. He affiliated himself with the State col¬ lege in 189 3 as Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering, taking the Vice- Presidency in 1909. During the summers he is in charge of irrigation Held work for the United States. In 1908, he was a delegate to the con¬ ference of governors, and at the present time he is Secretary of the Columbia Basin Sur¬ vey Commission. O. L. WALLER, Vice President S ERVICES of the State college include more than service to its students, more than service to the State of Washington, more than service to the West; it means service to the world. There are several ways in which a college can do this: First, by the dissemina¬ tion of learning to young citizens: second, by adding to the total useful knowledge of the world; third, by increasing the productivity of the world in all industrial and commercial businesses, so that everyone in the world can have more and better of the best that life has to offer; fourth, by bringing greater culture to our civilization through the youth of the country. — Page 20 —