A successful Oregon businessman and politician, Henry B. Miller served as the fourth president of Oregon Agricultural College for only eleven months. The Board of Regents chose Miller, a member of the board since 1895, to succeed John M. Bloss.
Dignitaries at the 1924 Civil War / Homecoming game include Governor Walter Pierce (center, arms on rail) and OAC President William Jasper Kerr (to Pierce's right in picture)
The photo shows Dick Fosbury winning the PAC-8 Championship in the high jump in his sophomore season at Oregon State University. His winning height was 6 feet 9 inches. The PAC-8 meet was in Eugene, Oregon at the University of Oregon.