William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
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)
Left to right: Cora M. Stone of Frster; Annie Blacklaw of Lebanon; Myrie Connet of Lebanon; Mrs. A. H. Parrish of Sodaville, and Mrs. M. S. Bellinger of Berlin; Mrs. Nevin McCormick of Waterloo; and Mrs W. C. Skelton of Tennessee.
The Lady of the Fountain was a gift of the class of 1902 and constructed shortly after graduation. It was the second class gift presented to OSU in school history and was located on lower campus, just to the west of the intersection of where Madison Street today crosses 9th Street. On January 21, 1929, the statue was found destroyed.