in Vancouver and the remainder in tame meat, cattle, lumber, labor, wheat, or cash, according to the choice of the donor. . . ."When organized it was not denominational, but within a short time it was taken over by the Methodist Mission.... It was the intention of the founders of the institute that it should ultimately be raised to the rank of a college. This purpose was carried out in 1853, when the Oregon Territorial Legislature granted a charter to 'Walamet University'. The Oregon Institute continued to exist, but it became the preparatory department ... of the University ... The first class from the college was graduated in 1859."
Willamette Spring Song
There's naught could be sweeter!
Like mists by sunlight melted,
The clouds of trouble flee,
And all of life seems gladness.
At just a sparrow's trill,
Or glimpse of maple blossoms,
Our hearts with rapture thrill.
We conquer without fear;
And sweet the hours of evening
When college friends are near.
So gathered here at twilight
Amid the shadows long,
Soft notes of youth and springtime
Are mingled in our song.
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PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
In the fall of 1849 at Forest Grove a charter was granted by the Territorial Legislature "for a seminary of learning for the instruction of both sexes in science and literature, to be called Tualatin Academy." Its first principal was the Reverend Cushing Eells. In 1854 it became Tualatin Academy and Pacific University. The academy was dropped in 1915.
In an address, Cyrus H. Walker told the Oregon Pioneer Asso-
