board and room in. Women's Dormitory, approximately $4.00 per week; books from $5.00 to $12.00 per year. Students often rent rooms and do light housekeeping, thus reducing the cost of living to a very low point. SELF-SUPPORT. Seventy per cent of the men attending the University during 1907-8 were either wholly or partly earning their own way by work in the summers and work done during the college year. Eugene is a rapidly grow ing town of 10,000 inhabitants, whose citizens are friendly to the University and take pleasure in affording to students the opportunity to earn their necessary expenses. The work available during the session consists of janitor work, typewriting, reporting, tutoring, waiting on table, clerking, clothes pressing, odd jobs, etc. The Y. M. C. A. conducts a free labor bureau, which is at the service of the students. The demand for student help is usually larger than the supply.. REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY. A unit means a study running one year (thirty-six weeks) five times a week, with recitations forty minutes long. For entrance to the freshman class, fifteen units will be required; provided, that conditions amounting to two units may be allowed, if the applicant's work is otherwise satisfactory. Units. 4 1 1 History, Greek and Roman, and Mediæval, with special reference to England, or American History and Constitution Physical Geography *Physics **Latin 13 The balance of the fifteen units must be made up from the following: The University has adopted practically a free elective system of undergraduate study, with a major requirement not to exceed one-third of the one hundred and twenty semester hours necessary for graduation. The only specific requirements, besides the major, are four semester hours of gymnasium work, and two year-courses in some language other than English. REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION. The degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon students of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, who have been in residence *Beginning September, 1909. Physics is required. **French or German may be substituted for Latin as an entrance requirement in the Engineering groups. at least one academic year, and who have secured one hundred and twenty semester hours of credit, exclusive of physical training; but the degree of Bachelor of Science may be conferred upon students conforming to the requirements enumerated above and electing majors in Natural Science or Mathematics; provided, that written request for this degree be filed with the Registrar of the University at least thirty days before the date upon which the degree is to be granted. THE GRADUATE SCHOOL. The Graduate School in the different departments adapts its work to the needs: 1. Of those desiring to fit themselves for higher positions in the work of education and who as preparation for this work seek to specialize along definite lines. 2. Of those desiring to utilize the opportunities offered by the University to gain greater proficiency in other lines of professional activity or public service. 3. Of those competent to undertake research problems in any department of study and to be of service in the advancement of knowledge. Provision has been made for the publication under the auspices of the University of the results of especially meritorious work of this kind. The University now offers the following advanced degrees: Master of Arts, Master of Science, Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Mining Engineer. PUBLICATIONS. The University of Oregon bulletins are published monthly. They furnish definite information in regard to the current work of the University, including the_results of special research undertaken by the various departments. They are sent free on application to the Registrar. The Oregon Weekly is published each Monday during the college year by the student body of the University. The paper is devoted to general college news, and aims to keep the students, faculty and alumni posted concerning the every-day happenings at the University and neighboring institutions. The staff consists of an editor-in-chief, with two associate editors, and a managing editor, with two assistants. The various members of the staff are elected during the second semester of each year. The University of Oregon Monthly is a monthly magazine published by the student body of the University. It is confined to literary articles written by students, alumni and other persons connected with the institution. The aim of the Monthly is to arouse and cultivate among the students practical literary ability; and also to serve as a medium between the University and its alumni. For catalogue address Registrar, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. HON. GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor of State.. HON. F. W. BENSON, Secretary of State. HON. J. H. ACKERMAN, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Salem . Salem Forest Grove ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE. WILLIAM JASPER KERR, D. Sc.. ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL. WILLIAM JASPER KERR, D. Sc.. JOHN ANDREW BEXELL, A. M. . Portland .President ...Registrar Financial Secretary President .Director of Experiment Station Dean School of Agriculture Dean School of Engineering and Mechanic Arts . Dean School of Domestic Science and Art Dean School of Commerce GENERAL INFORMATION. COURSES OF STUDY. The Oregon Agricultural College offers the following courses of study, each of which extends over four years, and leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science: Agriculture, including degree courses in Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Bacteriology, and Entomology; Forestry, Domestic Science and Art; Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering; Commerce; and Pharmacy. In addition to the above degree courses, the Board of Regents has provided for the following elementary industrial courses, which are offered for the first time during the school year 1908-1909: Two-year course in Agriculture, Forestry, Mechanic Arts, Domestic Science and Art, and Commerce. During the school year there are also offered the following Winter Short Courses: A ten-week course in Dairying; a six-week course in Horticulture; a six-week course in Mechanic Arts; a six-week course in Domestic Science and Art; a six-week course for forest rangers; a twoweek course in Creamery Practice; a Farmer's Week, and a Summer School for teachers. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. The Oregon Agricultural College is a Federal-State institution, and is in harmony with the spirit and policy of the best land-grant colleges in the United States. While it is under the immediate supervision of the State, it receives its support in part from the Federal Government. The purpose of the College is to provide, in accordance with the acts of Congress by which it was created and under which it is in part maintained, a liberal, thorough, and practical education-an education that will afford the training required for efficient service in the different branches of industry. The distinctive technical work covers the three great fields of production, manufacture, and commerce. Special attention is given to the application of science. All the practical work in the laboratories, in the shops, in the orchards, and on the farm, is based upon scientific principles. While the industrial or technical work is emphasized, the importance of a thorough general training of mind development and culture is recognized in all the work throughout the institution. The object is to meet the demands for a broad and general education, supplemented by special technical training. The work, therefore, covers a broad field, including technical courses along the different lines of agriculture, forestry, engineering and mechanic arts, domestic science and art, commerce, and pharmacy, with the necessary training in the basic subjects of mathematics and the natural and physical sciences; and also the general training in language, literature, history, and civics, which constitute an essential part of a liberal education. The College aims to bring its advantages as near to all the people as possible; to provide a liberal, thorough, and practical education. Special emphasis is placed upon the importance of practical training. and the application of scientific principles; yet the disciplinary value of education is kept constantly in view. It is recognized that the man and the woman come before the vocation or the profession; and in all the work throughout the institution the object is to develop high ideals of manhood and womanhood, to foster all that makes for right living and good citizenship. ATTENDANCE. The biennium ending June 30, 1908, marks an increase in attendance of more than fifty-seven per cent; and the number of entrants coming from other institutions of higher learning, and from the high schools of Oregon and other States, is much larger than ever before. The total number of students enrolled in the College was, for the year 1906-1907, 833; and the attendance, for the year 1907-1908, was 1156, representing every county in Oregon, twenty different States, and two foreign countries. The registration for the year 1908-1909 is yet incomplete, but the indications are that the enrollment will reach 1400 or 1500. STUDENT LIFE. The solution of problems relating to student activities and government has been left largely to the students. The President and members of the faculty, in so far as possible, exercise only an advisory supervision. This policy of student self-government affords splendid training in selfcontrol and community_government, which is so essential to American life and citizenship. The voluntary and effective abolition of hazing illustrates the operation of this policy. It has brought about a strong, attractive, and wholesome student life. Students are encouraged to participate in the various lines of student activity, such as college journalism, oratory and debate, and athletics. Expert supervision and assistance makes the work in these fields both attractive and beneficial. STUDENT EXPENSES. Tuition is free. An annual entrance fee of $5.00 is charged; the fee for entrance to the Winter Short Courses is $2.00; a diploma fee of $5.00 is charged upon graduation; an incidental, or student, fee of $2.00, payable at the beginning of each semester, is required of ali students. Nominal fees are charged in most of the laboratory courses, varying from $2.00 to $10.00 per year, depending upon the course pursued and the kind and grade of work being done. Room and board can be secured in private families in the city of Corvallis for from $3.00 to $4.00 per week. Many students by clubbing. or by renting rooms and boarding themselves, materially reduce the cost of living. Waldo Hall, the women's dormitory, will accommodate about 250 girls. All women students, unless residents of Corvallis or otherwise excused by the President to live with relatives or friends, are required to live in Waldo Hall. The Hall is in charge of the Dean of the School of Domestic Science and Art, who, with three other instructors in that department, live in the dormitory that they may guide and influence the lives of the students. Room rent costs $5.00 per semester for each student, and table board about $3.50 per week. Cauthorn Hall, the men's dormitory, accommodates about 100 students. The Hall is conducted on the club plan, and room and board costs about $3.50 to $3.75 per week. FACULTY. The faculty has been enlarged and strengthened to meet the demands of the increased attendance. Some thirty additional professors, instructors, and assistants were added to the instructional corps of the College at the opening of the College year, 1908-1909, which makes the total membership of that body seventy-eight. GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. The College grounds comprise 224 acres and occupy a slightly elevated and undulating site partly within the western part of the limits of the city of Corvallis. The College campus covers about forty acres and is tastefully decorated with both native and exotic ornamental trees, shrubs, and herbs; while the 160 acres used for the College farm is so platted and planned as to meet the demands for the various lines of work, and still conform to the general scheme of landscape embellishment. |