This parade was probably in honor of President Teddy Roosevelt's visit to the city that day. Seventy-five thousand people lined Portland's streets to see the president and watch the parade.
Harvey L. McAllister, known as "Pap Hayseed," graduated from OAC in 1897 with a degree in agriculture. He served in the Spanish-American war and then worked as a farmer in Lexington, Oregon. Thomas Edward Palmer was a 1900 graduate of OAC in electrical engineering and served as the leader of the cadet band his senior year.