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1. A tailoring class offered during Summer Session at OAC
A tailoring class offered during Summer Session at OAC
2. Students working in the Secretarial Science lab
Students working in the Secretarial Science lab
3. Evelyn Burleson with students in her civilian pilot training course at the Albany Airfield
Evelyn Burleson with students in her civilian pilot training course at the Albany Airfield
4. Civilian pilot training at OSC
Civilian pilot training at OSC
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Pictured at center left is Evelyn Burleson, instructor of civilian pilot training. Oregon State offered civilian pilot training to men and women in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The training took place at the Albany airport.
5. Nancy Dewey on the beach in the East Indies
Nancy Dewey on the beach in the East Indies
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Nancy Dewey was an alumna and a corporal in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps who served as a cook for a WAC detachment in New Guinea during World War II. She was later employed by the State Department and stationed in Iran, among other locations.
6. Promotional photo of OSU coeds posing in a room full of straw hats
Promotional photo of OSU coeds posing in a room full of straw hats
Description
The hats promote the Ford Caravan of Music, which on this occasion was sponsoring performances by The Lively Ones, the Serendipity Singers, and the Oscar Peterson Trio on February 4, 1965.
7. Marian Stebenger playing the chimes
Marian Stebenger playing the chimes
Description
The chimes, located in Benton Hall, were a gift of the alumni association and could be heard twice daily. In 1957 Oregon State raised funds for a carillon, which was installed in the Memorial Union. For many years the carillon has chimed out the Fight Song and the Alma Mater at 5:00 p.m. each day. The carillon was automated in the 1990s with a digital sound system.
8. Cadet band member Eileen Morency Eason
Cadet band member Eileen Morency Eason
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Eason broke the gender barrier to become the first female member of the cadet band. However, by 1935, the band returned to its male- only status. Co-eds formed their own band in 1937; this band merged with the cadet band in 1946. The basketball pep band did not allow women members until 1973.
9. Jeanne Hetherington posing on the tennis courts south of Weatherford Hall
Jeanne Hetherington posing on the tennis courts south of Weatherford Hall
Description
Jeanne Hetherington (1921-1995) attended OSC from 1940-1941 before transferring to the University of Washington. She later moved to Hollywood where, using the name Jean Heather, she was a feature performer in eight films. Her most prominent role was as Lola Dietrichson in the 1944 crime film Double Indemnity.
10. OSC students performing in a dramatic production
OSC students performing in a dramatic production
Description
Pictured at left is Jeanne Hetherington. Jeanne Hetherington (1921-1995) attended OSC from 1940-1941 before transferring to the University of Washington. She later moved to Hollywood where, using the name Jean Heather, she was a feature performer in eight films. Her most prominent role was as Lola Dietrichson in the 1944 crime film, Double Indemnity.
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