Mark Clyde Phillips, a lifelong resident of Corvallis, was born February 10, 1877. He entered Oregon Agricultural College in 1892 and studied mechanical engineering. He played on the 1894 and 1895 football teams. Phillips received a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering degree in 1896. The next year he was hired as an instructor of mechanical engineering at OAC, and taught until 1947. He also served as superintendent of the college heating plant from 1910-1947 and superintendent of the physical plant from 1937-1947. Phillips was a member of the Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He married Mary Alice Crawford in 1922; she died in 1961. Mark Clyde Phillips died in 1965.
Oregon State Beaver Rose Bowl football team arriving at the train station to play against Duke University. Front left: Gene Gray; Lloyd Wickett; Boyd Clement; Coach Lon Stiner; George Bain; Leland Gustafson. Standing on steps in rear: Warren Perryman; Bill Halverson.
Rally squad members. Standing: Sally Jo Mallicoat, Sophomore; Gregory Lee Hawkes, '65; Janette Delores Lummus, Sophomore; Robert Earl Varner, Sr.; Janet E. Hall, Jr.; Thomas Joseph Wilson '65; Myrnella Wick "Meffie" Meyer, Sophomore; Seated: Barbara Kay Crosby, Jr.
Frederick Earl Price was an Agriculture Engineer for the Agriculture Experiment Station, and served as dean of the School of Agriculture from 1950 to 1965.
Jack McDermid was the Superintendent for the Sherman County Experiment Station from 1946-1964. McDermid was an Extension agent from 1943-1944. A new variety of soft white wheat was named after him.
Official door opening of the Memorial Union during Homecoming on November 17, 1928; Readers from the left are Tony Schille, 1922; Warren Daigh, 1919; President William J. Kerr and Cyril Brownell, President of the Alumni Association.
View of campus buildings. From left to right: old dorm (1917 war); Poultry Building (formerly Horticulture); Brooder House; Cauthorn Hall (later Kidder, then Fairbanks); Farm crops (later became Agricultural Engineering); Peck Residence (Wilson moved from Bandstand area); Forestry Building.
Poultry Building with Marys Peak in background. The building was located across from Kidder Hall on the corner where the men's dormitory was later built.
Members of the OAC quartet: 1st tenor John Fulton; 2nd tenor Professor Berchtold; Pianist Ora Spangler; 2nd bass Harley. R. Clark; 1st bass Will H. Bloss.
Picture shows dance contestants Marsha Fowler '68 and Jim Martin '66. Standing in back are Dianne Conn, Mike Aldrich, Gail Boersma, and Dick Alexander. The contest was held during the Junior Class Dance in the Commons. Picture ran on P.1 of the Dec. 4, 1964 Barometer.
Class of 1966 Junior Class Carnival with Dick Ossey, Robin Holmes, Dan Johnson, and Delores Lummus. Picture was used in the April 9, 1965 issue of the Barometer.
Composite cyanotype photograph of Oregon Agricultural College buildings. Buildings shown starting at the top left are: Mechanical Hall, Fairbanks Hall and The Greenhouses. View of campus with Benton Hall in background. Women's Center Building (Station Building), Alpha Hall, The Farm and Benton Hall in the center of photo
Memorial Union building site sign with J. K. Weatherford, President of the Board of Regents, Robert Davis, student chairman of the Memorial Union Committee, and B. F. Irvine, member of the Board of Regents who spoke later at the Dedication.
Started out being Agriculture Hall but was later known as Science Hall in 1909 and eventually became Education Hall. The building was built in 1902 and designed by architect Charles Burggraf of Albany, Oregon.
Picture of a second cutting of alfalfa. Plants on the left show growth without Borax added to the soil and the plants on the right show what growth has occurred with borax. When soils have a borax deficiency, a "yellow top" condition develops, especially during the dry season. The plants are part of the Experiment Station soils program experiments.