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 was ettablldied in Oregon* We may be laid now to be tiving m a new world of manifold inventions. Hence those who were enabled to succeed without superior educational advantages before die advent of this era of science would find themselves laboring under disadvantages at the present time; for the requirements have bcome so exacting that they can be succeisfully met only by trained minds. • It was fortunate, therefore, that the tiyatem of popular education

f which the ahna mater of Oregon high schools represents was

established so early in the history of our state, when secondary education was in danger of becoming the possesdcm of only the favored few.

University of Oregon Law School Qrganiied. The Portland law department of the University of Oregon was organized by Richard H. Thornton in 1 884, with a two-year course of three lectures per week; and in 1906 the course of study was extended to three years. In pursuance of a policy of consolidation of the different departments of the University, the board of regents (April 1915) decided to discontinue the law school at Portland and maintain a law department on the campus at Lus^ene. Here a tlnee -year course is given. As two years of college work is required for entrance, the student must perform at least hve years of collet^e work belorc obtairiintj the degree of Bachelor of Laws; and six years of work is required for the degree of Doctor of i^aws.

Northwest College of Law. Upon the removal of the

^- University Law Department to Eugene, several members of

the former law faculty, with other able lecturers and practitioners, continued to maintam a law school at Portland under the name of the Northwest College of Law, offering practically the same course of study as given by the University.

Salem Indian Training School. T.oeatiou (tntl .\'<n}h\ Salem Indian Training School is located at Chemavva, which is five miles north of the Oregon capital. The school was

first established by Captain M. C. Willdntoii, U. S. A.» at Forest Grove in 1 880» and known as the Forest Grove Indian Institute. But in 1865, it was moved to the present site, which was named Chemawa, an Indian name meaning **Our Happy Home"; and the school was officially called the Salem Indian Training school. For a number of years in honor of President Harrison, it was officially known as the Harrison Indian Institute. It is now officially known as the Salem Indian Training School.

The tract of land on which Salem Indian Institute was built consists of 450 acres, which at that time was a wilderness. However, the place has been made beautiful by suitable improvements, among which are fifty buildings which have been erected for the comlort of the Indian school children and the employees of the institution. The school has an attendance of about 600 or 700 pupils from nearly every western state and Alaska. It is supported entirely by the governn^ient, which makes an annual appropriation of more than $100,000 for its maintenance. The Salem Indian Training School offers an academic course covering ten years. Instruction