The 1959 Wrestling Court was created as a promotional stunt by then OSC Wrestling coach Dale Thomas. The court members posed for a series of publicity photographs taken by Hise Studio in Corvallis. Some of the photos, such as this one, were picked up by national news organizations including the Associated Press. Another of the photographs appeared in Life magazine.
OSU’s top administrators gathered by this Rolls Royce outside of Education Hall (now Furman Hall). From left: Milosh Popovich, Dean of Administration; Robert W. Chick, Dean of Students; Robert W. MacVicar, President; Stuart E. Knapp, Dean of Undergraduate Studies; David B. Nicodemus, Dean of Faculty; and Roy A. Young, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies.
U. G. Dubach was Dean of Men (far left), Kate Jameson was Dean of Women (fourth from left, wearing glasses), and Herbert T. Vance (far right) was the head of the Secretarial Science department.
In front from left to right are: Cliff Crandall, Lou Beck, and Morrie Silver. In back from left to right are: Red Rocha and Evland Anderson. This photo appeared on the cover of the March 1947 Oregon Stater.
Oregon State’s Blue Key chapter was established in 1934 to honor male students with strong academic backgrounds and who demonstrated “superior leadership and unselfish commitment to others.” Faculty included in this photo are Dean of Administration E.B. Lemon (middle row, left), Dean of Men U.G. Dubach (middle row, third from right) and Assistant Dean of Men Dan Poling (front row, second from left).
This image shows some of the preparatory and college level students enrolled at the time. The 1872-73 college catalog lists ninety-eight students at all levels, including twenty-six “agricultural students.”
Herbert L. Jones (left) and Alfred Taylor were two of four recipients of the first Ph.D. degrees awarded by Oregon State. Jones studied physics and Taylor studied zoology. The other recipients were Karl Kremm (chemistry) and Clarence Burnham (soils).
Scabbard and Blade is a national collegiate military honor society founded in 1904. The OAC chapter was established on April 17, 1920, and has included members from the Army and Navy ROTC detachments. For many years OSU’s Scabbard and Blade society hosted an annual Military Ball. Arnold Air Society, the Air Force ROTC honor society, was formed at OSC in 1951.