Buildings included in or around the quad are the Bandstand, Agriculture Hall (now Strand Agriculture Hall), the Dairy Building (now Gilkey Hall) and the Library (now Kidder Hall).
Linda Courtney was crowned the 1956 Homecoming Queen by OSC's student body president, Chuck Addicott, in a ceremony held in the college bandstand. It had been decorated with jack-o-lanterns and skeletons, keeping with the "haunted" theme. Homecoming and Halloween were celebrated simultaneously in 1956.