Originally annotated as "$20,000 gift given to student loan fund by: Nellie A. Shaver, James D. Shaver, and Delmer Shaver." Nellie Shaver gave the gift in honor her husband Delmer Shaver, and son James, who was a student in logging engineering at OSC. James drowned in the Marys River his senior year, February 28, 1926.
William Cullen Bryant, from Woodburn, Oregon, attended Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) from 1902 to 1905. Bryant studied mechanical engineering, but did not complete a degree. He lived in Cauthorn Hall, the first residence hall for men at OAC constructed in 1892. Bryant was an educator and lawyer and served as superintendent of schools in Sherman County, Oregon, for 3 years. He was born in Nebraska in 1875 and died in Moro, Oregon, in 1931.
Donor's description: "After the rally. The girl in the group of five on the right and looks like she is carrying an envelope is a girl I dated a lot - Ruth Hahn" Labeled as F-7.