Story led the OSU cross-country team to the 1961 NCAA championship – OSU’s first team national championship. He was also the individual medalist, defeating six future Olympians while running barefoot (his trademark style) in subfreezing conditions. Story also ran track as a long distance runner, and earned All-American honors in Spring 1962 in the three-mile run. This photo appeared in the April 1962 Oregon Stater.
Paul J. Schissler (1893-1968) was head football coach at Oregon State from 1924 to 1932, compiling a career record of 48-30-2. He later coached professionally with the Chicago Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers football teams.
The two male students, marching in Bell Field, are wearing "rook lids" and sandwich boards reading: "This stadium unfair to students, alumni, visiting teams, fans and prospective athletes. Your contribution will help build the new stadium. Ask me for a pledge card." Construction on Parker Stadium was completed in 1953.
Photo shows Weatherford Hall, Bell Field, Waldo Hall and Cauthorn Hall (tower on left in the back.) PMA note: Given the angle this picture was shot from, those must be the IM fields,not Bell Field in the foreground. You can just see some of the Bell Field grandstands on the right side of the picture. The Cauthorn Hall referred to is the original Cauthorn Hall, now called Fairbanks Hall.
Coleman Field has been OSU's only home field since varsity baseball began in 1907. It is the longest continuously used field in the Pacific 10 Conference and one of the longest in the nation. The field was also used for football practice when Bell field (left) was the football team's stadium. Although the baseball diamond had been known as Coleman Field since the 1940s, it wasn't formally given that name by the University until 1981. Photo was published in the Oregon Stater, November 1949. The OSU marching band also used used these former practice fields.