This view shows several early campus buildings, including (from left) Waldo Hall, the Armory and Gymnasium, Agriculture Hall (now Furman Hall), Benton Hall, and the Mechanical Building (now Kearney Hall).
Photo shows the Domestic science band that gathered for the Agricultural fair at OAC. Clara Wallon is 5th from the left. Verso includes handwritten message.
Shepard Hall was constructed in 1908 and was funded entirely by students, alumni, faculty, and friends of Oregon Agricultural College. It was built by the Young Men's and Women's Christian Associations to provide facilities for student organizations. It was named for Clay Shepard, a 1904 OAC graduate, who first proposed such a building and raised most of the funds before he died in 1906. In 1940, the State Board of Higher Education purchased the building and renovated it for the Speech Department.
Back row left to right includes Keene, Dyer, Tubby Wolf (with black hat), Keck. 2nd row (kneeling) includes Phillips, Poff, Carroll, Teddy Reed, Moore. Front row includes Merv Hortoa.
Fred Luse graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1909 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. During his undergraduate years, Luse held positions in several organizations including YMCA vice president, Associate Editor of the NW Journal of English, and Captain of the ROTC Company G. Following graduation, Luse served as a YMCA secretary in Fresno, California and Chicago, Illinois.
Front row (L to R): Willibald Weniger; Thomas Mooney Gardner; Gordon V. Skelton; Grant Albert Covell; Henry M. Parks; and Mark Clyde Phillips. Back row (L to R): C.L. Knopf; Earl Vincent Hawley; Samuel Herman Graf; E.P. Jackson; William McCaully Porter; Herbert Edward Cooke; and Wilford W. Gardner
OAC faculty from left: Charles Arthur Cole (Horticulture), Edward Ralph Lake (Botany and Forestry), Farley Doty McLouth (Art), and John A. Bexell (Dean of Commerce).
Francis Edwards Neer, from Pasadena, California, attended Oregon Agricultural College for four academic years (1910/11 - 1913/14) and graduated in 1914 with a B.S. in Agriculture, specializing in Horticulture. He was a member of the Gamma Delta Phi fraternity and played on his class football team. Lois Katherine Wilson, from Salem, Oregon, attended OAC for 3 years (1911/12 - 1913/14) and graduated in 1914 with a degree in Domestic Science. She and Francis Neer were later married and lived in Salem.
Postcard depicting the OAC sophomore football team, 1909. Postcard is annotated: "I tried out for a short time, but some bumps and bruises put me out of competition. W.E.M."