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Willamette University History Dates Back to Early Pioneer Days WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY HISTORY DATES BACK TO EARLY PIONEER DAYS First Graduate, Who Got Diploma in 1859, Is Emily York Moore. Now Resident of Portland-Establishment of In­ stitution Result of Service on Ship Lausanne in 1839, When Jason Lee Makes Plea for Oregon. ?res. 7/:1 Ocz&chJ A.:;- Rev.~ T, ~/kr. He.L.oo.ffec/ .b? .The 6"();-r A L.r:/eLon!? M,:.ft-er /Or The v.n~ver.,-~·&y B';y FRED LOCKLEY, stttute was formally (ransferred to the rnHE first g-raduate of the Wlllam­ M.ethodist Church. Although work was· l.f. ette University, Emily York Moore, well unoier way on the building of the Oregon Institute when Rev. George j lives in Portland. She graduated ...~...;:t"''?"__.~ .. ·-·· Gary, who had been sent out by the ....~~~··if• in 1859·. Recently she told me of the rnissiollary board to close up the. work ~arly days of this pioneer school. To go of the Methodist mission to the Indians, Pres /5&y~ Z?P back to the very beginning of its his­ offered the Indian Missloh Manual tory takes us to a Sunday service Labor School at Salem, which had cost ner, · Edgar B. Piver~how familiar those nan:es are. V{e know t;h&m best aboard the ship Lausanne, October .25, $10,000, to the trustees of the Ores-on lnstltute tor f4000, the offer wa5 ac­ a.s Sup·reme Court judges, ediiors, ora­ l839. The "Great Reinforcement". was tors, Congressmen, attorneys, physi­ coming out to help Jason Lee establish cepted. The first board of trusteea were .J11son Lee, David Leslie, Gus­ cians, teachers or capitalists. the. Methodist mission In Oregon. Rev. tavus Hines, J, L. Parrlsfl, L. H. Judson, Class of 10 Graduates in 1866. Gustavus Hines preached a sermon to George Abernethy, Alanson Beers, One of the largest classes ever grad­ the missionaries and laymen which was uated from tl\.e university was the class in . the nature of a celebration of the Hamilton Campbell and Dr. J. L: Bab­ cock. of 1866, of which Samuel L. Simpson, hundredth. aJ;J.niversary of the founding Miss Chloe A. Clark had come to Ore­ the poet, and Henry H. Gilfrey, the of Methodism. No religious service ill­ gon aboard the missionary ship Lau­ reading clerk of the United States Sen­ the Methodist church is complete with­ sanne with the· Great Reinforcement ate, were members. There were 19 in out the taking up of a collection, so to tea6h the children of the mission, the class. Jason Lee announced that, as a fitting aries, so when the Oregon Institute Wlllamette Univet·sity's new school memorial of the occasion, a collection opened , its doors in the Fall of 1844 year has started off under auspicious would be taken up to found a school in she was installed as Its first teacher. circumsta.r,ces, both in Interest and at­ ,the Wlllamette Valley. She was. no longer Miss Clark, however, tendan ~ e. Rev. Carl Gregg Doney, Ph. 1 These pioneer missionaries to Oregon as she ha<i. married Dr; W. H. Willson, D., LL. D., the new president, Is great­ proved they were willihg to .back their who was secretB.ry of the· board of ly please<i. by the outlook for the fu­ convictions with their cash. Although trustees of the Oregon institute. ture. From the frame building' and less than ZO families wore represented, 'rhe school was taken under the wing the single teacher of 70 years ago the the collection amounted to $650. And of the Oregon and California Mission university has , grown to a stately so, as their ship was speeding south­ Conference of the Methodist. Church group of buildings, with .a larger fac­ :Ward toward Cape Horn, the Sandwich and this ,organization some years later ulty than there were students. In the Islands and the mouth <Jf the Colurnbta. appointed Rev. F. S. Hoyt and Rev. early years of Vte . university's history. the foundations. of the Wlllarnette Un't- Nehemiah Doliloli!l tet~.ebers of the Ore• verslty were laid. ' gon Institute; On' January 12. 1853. First SJte on French prairie. the Territ(,rlal Legislature · gave it a OHIO SOLID FOR BURTON I The next · step occurred when .Jaso!\ new charter under· the ·name.'of th" Lee held a meeting on January 17, WiUamette University, 'Wtllls Decision to Stay Out of Ract• 1842, at his horne in what is now called Rev• .F. S. Hoyt First President. North !?alem, .hut . which . _w,as . ,pvm na.Ued With P.leal"ure. kno~ as. Che}'JteJ,ceta, ~o dfllouiis ~la:nti ot~~~ . c \\~ ~"-·· 'Jfd?< for the proposed seho(ll. A committee the;;ti~el:t.e 'Univeril~ first )iettfo<ilst Episcopal . conference COLtrliBUS, 0., Nov. 6.~Ex-Senator consisting of Dr. J. L. Babcock, Rev. following , the obtaining o( the' charter. David Leslie and Rev. Gustavus Hines Rev. Hoyt contltmed as president till Burton will carry a solid delegation was appointed and they. announced that 1860, wher. he was succeeded by Presi­ fro.m Ohio to . the Republican National a meeting would bff held on FebFuary 1 dent '1'. M. Gatch, who resigned In 1865' convention next Summer, it has been to further consider the subject. At the and was succeeded hy Rev. J. H. Wythe, learned. Governor Willis has decided meeting on February 1, 1842. it was< who served two years. Rev• . L. T. to forego his own Presidential ambitions decided to select a site, raise additional Woodwar-d was president for one year and wi.ll throw his support to Mr. Bur­ money and found a school. Rev. Gus­ • and was succeeded by Rev. Nels'on ton. It is understood that the Gov­ tavus Hines' suggestion that it be Roundil, who served till 1810, when ernor will be a candidate for renom~ called the Oregon Institute was adopt­ Professor 'J'. M. Gatch returned. inatlon, and will be practically unop­ ed. The committee on location selected The cornerstone of the university posed. a site on French Prairie. building had been laid 011- July 24, 1864, Governor Willis is expected to issue This was ab".ndoned In favor of and on Octo)ter 21, 1.867, the bullding, a statement along these lines. Mr. Bur­ Wallace Prairie two and a half miles though not quite completed, Vl'as · occu­ ton has already been informed of his north of Salem. Subscriptions were pied. Dr- Gatch remained as presi- intentions. T!Je Republican leaders and taken Until the original sum had been dent till 1879. • state officials express themselves as increased to $4000. On March, 15, 184Z, The first class to graduate from the greatly pleased at this adjustment of a constitution and bylaws for the Ore­ university, with the exception of Emily rival ambitions, which it had been gon Institute were adopted. Article 1 York Moore in 1859, was the class of feared would weaken the state, both of the constitution stated: ~ • 1863. The1't were 12, in the class, six at the convention and in the campaign. "Whereas, the Oregon Ins titute is de­ young men and six young women. The One result of the adjustment is ex­ signeu not only to promote science, but grapuates were Thomas H. Crawford. pected to be an announcement of the morality and piety; therefore this in­ now a n ,sid.ent of the Oddfellows' candidacy of ex-Representative Ralph stitution shall a1ways be. under the· su­ Home, of this city; Francis H. Grubbs, D. Cole for the Senatorial nomination pervision of .wme evangelical branch John c. Grubbs, Cojln T. Finlayson, against Pomerene, rwho, it is conqeded, of the Protestant Cburch." John B. W~do, Alva McWhorter, Em­ will be the Democratic nomitlee. If The constitution continued: Ily N. Belt, Angeline Robb, Nellie J. Ggvernor Willis had held to his PreHi­ "This institution shall be an aca­ Stipp, Mary . McGhee and Lucy A. M. dentlal aspirations, Mr: Cole bad ex­ demical boarding school as soon as Lee, the only daughter of J:.ason Lee, pected "to be a candlda{e fru: .Governor. practicable; and whenever it shall be the founder of the school. In the Senatori!J,l primaries he is likely deemed expedient by the proper au­ To look over the list of the alumni to meet the opposition of Harry N. thorities to make it a univers!ty it of W!Ilarnette University is like look· Daugherty, who headed the Taft dele­ shall be so constituted. The primary ing over a copy of "Who's Who in Ore­ gation 1n 1912, and is known to have Object of this instihrtion is to educate gon." Among th.e naines best known been awaiting a fayorable opportunity the children of white men; but no per­ arc Professor T. H. Crawford, for 11 to test his strength for the Senator­ son shall be excluded on account of year,;; City &uperlntendent Of Portland ship. color, p1 ovided their clu~racter and schools; John B. Waldo, C. W. Parrish, qualifications be such as are required Sylvester C . Simpson, Presley M. Den­ Woman Is Champion "'pplepicker. in the bylaws of the institution." ney and F'. r,. Willis, all of whom are Gontrlbutors Receive Voice. attorneys and all of whom graduated YOUNGSTOWN, 0 :,. Nov. 5.~Miss Su­ more th'l.n 50 year:s ago. san Eve!'ett, of Hubbard, state cham­ Any person who 'contributed $50 was pion appleJrower, · demonstrated her allowed "a voice in all business during J, K. Buff, c ., H. Hall, J. L. Carter, W. A. ·cusick, B,·. F~.. Bond, William Gallo·­ ability as a'n applepicker on the farm t.is natural life." Any person who con­ of Norman E.
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