The county experimental hop yard recruited Oregon State College coeds for a quick job of hoeing. Left to right: Alice Root, Mary Lou George, Marie Hansen, Ruby Carlos, Shirley Young, Margaret Eefsen
“Equipment of a Northwest Ice Machine Company at work in the Food Products Industries Department at Oregon State College. Frozen foods for experimental purposes are being kept in this unit at zero degrees Fahrenheit.”
Left to right: John Andrew Bexell, Dean of Commerce, 1908-1932; Harrison Val Hoyt, Dean of Commerce, 1931-1938?; Williams A. Schoenfeld, Dean of Agriculture, 1931-1950; and Arthur Burton Cordley, Dean of Agriculture, 1908-1931.
Graf and Gleeson demonstrate the strength and durability of a wood beam using the Engineering Lab's "nutcracker." Today the Engineering Lab is Graf Hall.
Members of Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary society, performing a stunt near the Memorial Union. The west side of Agriculture Hall is in the background.
Blue Key was a national honor fraternity for senior men. Included in the photo are Robert W. Henderson (front row, third from right), E. B. Lemon (second row left), Francois Gilfillan (second row, second from right), U. G. Dubach (second row right), and Percy Locey (back row right)..
This view shows several early campus buildings, including (from left) Waldo Hall, the Armory and Gymnasium, Agriculture Hall (now Furman Hall), Benton Hall, and the Mechanical Building (now Kearney Hall).
"The bands' last assembly at the dedication of Corvallis Brewery building in 1887. From left to right: Loren Mason, cymbals; N.P. Briggs, drums; driver of band wagon; E.A. Milner; White; Ed Anderson, clarinet; L. Wilson; Dave Irvine, horn; Jess Houck, alto; Wayman St. Clair; J. Mason; N.R. Barber. The back of photo has handwritten note ""Hunt's Brewery, north on 2nd street at the corner where the U.S. Post Office now stands. The Blacksmith....next on the right was Manual .......restaurant, the small white building at left stood where Montgomery Wards Building now stands. Opposite the Brewery stood Corvallis first grocery store, where the Huston Building (now being remodeled) has stood for many years."""
Class members included Rosa Jacobs (front row center), John B. Elgin (front row right), James K. Weatherford (top row right), Thomas C. Alexander, and Alonzo J. Locke.
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.
Burkhart was a member of the Corvallis College Class of 1871 and was from Lebanon, Oregon. He was elected as the Alumni Association’s first vice president after its founding in early 1873. He also served on the college’s board of trustees in 1887 and 1888.
Taken during the visit of Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey. Included are James Withycombe (seated far left), E. R. Lake (standing center with hands in pockets), James Robert Cardwell (seated center with white vest), Dr. Bailey (to Cardwell's left), and A. B. Cordley (to Bailey's left. Also in the photo are OAC station chemist Abraham Lincoln Knisely and horticulturists E. L. Prince, E. I. Smith and D. M. Williamson.
Originally named Cauthorn Hall and was later named Fairbanks Hall. It was constructed in 1892 as a men's dormitory. Women lived in the dormitory from 1912 until the early 1930s, when it was converted into a classroom building. The building is now home to the Art Department.
These gardens were planted across 26th street from the original Snell Hall (now Ballard Extension Hall) in the present-day location of the Hallie Ford Center.
After a distinguished career with the Oregon State College Extension Service, Frank Llewellyn Ballard was appointed as the college's eighth president in 1940. He served less than a year because of illness and returned to the Extension Service administration. Ballard was the first OSC alumnus to serve as president.
Reginald Heber Robinson was born in Michigan in 1886 and earned an A. B. degree from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon in 1909. He completed an MS in Chemistry at the University of California in 1912 and did post-graduate work in chemistry at Columbia University in the summer of 1914. R. H. Robinson joined the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station in 1911 as Assistant Chemist and served as a researcher with the Experiment Station until his retirement in 1951. According to an article in the November 2, 1951 issue of the Barometer campus newspaper, he was considered the nation's foremost authority on agricultural spray residue problems. He published extensively and produced more than 75 scientific publications and bulletins during his career.
John B. Swadelnack was born on August 4, 1856 in central Texas to Frank and Mary Anna Swadelnack. After attending Whitman College, Horner enrolled in Philomath College, receiving the BS degree (1877) and the MS degree (1879). He also attended Willamette University and received AB (1885) and MS (1887) degrees. In the 1880s, he taught school at several places in Oregon. In 1891, he began a teaching career at Oregon State that lasted for more than 40 years. He wrote several books on Oregon history and literature as well as numerous articles. He married Isabelle Skipton on September 5, 1880; they had two daughters, Vera Delle and Pearl Alicia. Horner died on September 14, 1933 in Corvallis.
From left to right: Lon Stiner, Jim Dixon, Harold Moe, and William McKalip. Alonzo "Lon" Stiner served as head football coach at Oregon State from 1933-1948, following a four-year stint as assistant coach. He compiled an overall record of 74-49-17 and was undefeated in three bowl game appearances. Jim Dixon, an alumni with the Class of 1926, later served as assistant football coach and head wrestling coach for his alma mater. Dixon Recreation Center is named in his honor.
Eddy Elbridge Wilson was born in Corvallis in 1869 and was a student at Oregon State when the school was still known as Corvallis College. He graduated in 1889. Later an attorney and bank executive, Wilson was heavily involved with numerous campus and community organizations, as well as the State Game Commission. He twice served on the OAC board of regents -- from 1906 to 1915 and from 1924 to 1929. Wilson died in 1961.
The shop was located in the 1889 section of the original Mechanical Hall. This, along with other shops, served as the labs for students studying mechanics and mechanical engineering.
John Fulton (Class of 1892), who taught chemistry at Oregon State for several decades, is standing, center-right, wearing a cap. F. L. Washburn taught zoology and entomology classes in the 1890s. Many of the zoological specimens in this photograph later became part of the collections of the Horner Museum.
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.
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.
Steward attended Oregon Agricultural College in 1917-1918 and 1919-1920 and earned a BS in Agriculture in 1921. In 1921, he became a faculty member in botany at the University of Nanking in Nanking, China. He and his wife, Celia Belle Speak Steward, were appointed as educational missionaries by the Methodist Board of Missions. He returned to the United States for several years in the late 1920s to complete AM and PhD degrees in biology at Harvard University. Steward spent most of the 1930s and 1940s in China and was interned at Chapei Camp in Shanghai from 1943 to 1945. He returned to the United States permanently in 1950. Albert N. Steward was appointed by Oregon State College as Associate Professor of Botany, Herbarium Curator, and Associate Botanist for the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1951. He held these positions until his death in 1959.
Theta Sigma Phi is a national professional society for women in journalism and communications. Oregon State’s Alpha Eta chapter was established in 1924, replacing a predecessor organization called The Scribe. The national organization, now known as the Association for Women in Communications, allowed men to become members in 1972.
Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Milne earned an A.B. degree in Mathematics from Whitman College in 1912 and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1913 and 1915. He served on the faculty of Bowdoin College from 1915 until 1918 and then spent one year working with a group of mathematicians at Aberdeen Proving Ground. In 1919, he returned to Oregon as a faculty member in mathematics at the University of Oregon. In 1932, he became head of the Mathematics Department at Oregon State College, a position he held until his retirement in 1955. Milne was a pioneer in numerical analysis and computer mathematics and was known around the world for the "Milne method" of solving differential equations and for his three textbooks and many technical papers. He continued his research after retirement and was awarded the OSU Distinguished Service Award posthumously in June 1971. The Milne Computer Center was dedicated in his name in April 1972.
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.
A pioneer in Oregon oceanography, Wayne Burt was the first director of what is now OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. He is recognized as the founder of OSU's oceanography program.
Homecoming parades in the 1940s and 1950s were held in the evening and included floats with students banging pots, pans, and anything that would make noise. The parades were banned and revived multiple times.
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.
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.
The building was constructed in 1941 to accommodate KOAC's increase in power from 1000 to 5000 watts. It was designed by OSC faculty members H. R. Sinnard and Grant Feikert. It is located on OSU's Hyslop research farm on U.S. Highway 20 between Corvallis and Albany.
August L. Strand was president of Oregon State from 1942 to 1961. During his presidency, Strand took up flying, and took his first private solo flight on September 19, 1947, twenty-nine years to the day after his first solo flight as a United States Navy sea plane pilot in World War I.
Paul Petri was the Head of the Music department at Oregon State University from 1924-1947. Lillian Jeffreys Petri was a faculty member in Music during this same time period.
Zelta Feike Rodenwold was Director of the Home Economics Extension radio programs. Rodenwold became the first female editor at the Barometer and founded the "OAC Alumnus" magazine.
College Folk Club party on Washington's Birthday. Sitting left at the table is Mrs. Dubach. Standing in back: Blanche Hammel, Lura Keiser, Mrs. J. B. Horner, Mrs. Ida Callahan, Mrs. R. H. Dearborn, Miss Helen Holgate. Middle row sitting: Mrs. Ida Kidder, Mrs. Gertrude McElfresh, Mrs. J. A. Bexell, Mrs W. F. Gaskins, Mrs. H. Scudder, Mrs. Springer, Mrs. W. J. Gilmore, unidentified person. At urn is Mrs. W. T. Johnson. Sitting on the floor on far right is Mrs. R. R. Moore.
Arthur Bouquet was a 1906 graduate of Oregon Agricultural College and a faculty member in Oregon State's Horticulture Department from 1909 until his retirement in 1950.
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.
This was the bookstore’s first location in the Memorial Union after it opened in 1928. It was on the ground floor, where the Trysting Tree Lounge is located today. The bookstore moved to the new east wing after it was completed in 1960, and remained there until the Beaver Store opened across from Gill Coliseum in late 2013.
The Army Specialized Training Program was implemented at twenty-two universities during World War II to help meet the increased demand for soldiers trained with technical skills.
Better known as Bozo the Clown, Vance DeBar (Pinto) Colvig (1892-1967) studied Art at Oregon Agricultural College until dropping out of school in 1913 to perform as a circus clown and on the vaudeville circuit.
The building was designed by architect Charles H. Burggraf and was completed in 1907. In addition to serving as a women's dormitory, it also included living quarters for single female faculty members and housed the domestic science department.
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.
Helen Julia Cowgill was born 1 December 1881 in Springfield, Illinois. Cowgill came to Oregon in 1890 and graduated in 1913 from Oregon Agricultural College with a BS degree in Domestic Science and Art. After teaching Domestic Science and Art at Harney County (Oregon) High School at Burns for one year, she began her career at OAC in 1914 as Assistant State 4-H Club Leader with the Extension Service. In 1916, she earned a second BS degree in Home Economics from OAC. In charge of the girls' 4-H work, Cowgill wrote many of the 4-H Circulars used by girls in their 4-H Projects. She became known as the "Mother of Oregon 4-H." Cowgill took a year's leave of absence to complete her Masters Degree, which she received from the University of Washington in 1931. She was a member of Phi Kappa Chi and the Epsilon Sigma Phi, serving as treasurer of the latter organization in 1943. Cowgill retired from Oregon State College in 1947 and was awarded emeritus status. In 1954 Cowgill was selected as a "Woman of Achievement" by Theta Sigma Phi, and the 1957 4-H Summer School publication 4-H Absolutely was dedicated to her. Cowgill died in Corvallis on 15 May 1959. In 1965 a tree and bench on the university campus were dedicated to her memory.
Marian Field was an art instructor at Oregon State College from 1942 to 1951. Field was born in 1885, in Oakes, North Dakota. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art from the University of Oregon in 1930 and did graduate work from 1931-1933. From 1929 to 1933, Field was also an assistant in the university's art and architecture library. Before coming to OSC, she was head of the art department at the University of North Dakota from 1905-1909. She also owned and managed an art shop for several years. She published “Oregon Trees and Shrubs in Winter” in 1937 and “Outdoor Living and Learning” in 1938. She was brought on to work at Oregon State at an annual salary of $1,750. In 1946, Field was promoted to assistant professor and an annual salary of $3,000. She retired in 1951.
In addition to classroom and lab work, OAC students studying entomology in 1890 were required to do fieldwork during their third year. According to the 1890-91 college catalog, “each student will, under the instructor’s direction, learn how to work with insecticides, and will be required to carry on experiments to discover the best means of preventing insect ravages.”
Nathan Fasten was born in Austria on December 4, 1887. He grew up in New York City, and graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1910 with a bachelor of science in chemical biology. Fasten studied at the University of Wisconsin as a graduate student from 1911 to 1914, earning a Ph.D. in 1914. Fasten came to Oregon Agricultural College in 1920 as an associate professor of zoology and physiology. The next year he was promoted to professor and department head; he served in that capacity until his resignation from Oregon State College in 1944. He later worked as Chief Scientist for the Washington State Water Pollution Commission in Seattle. Fasten authored many journal articles and books. He was a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fasten died in Seattle on September 19, 1953.
Cauthorn served on the college’s board of regents from 1888 to 1891, and was chair of the board’s executive committee in 1890 and 1891. He also served in the Oregon Senate from 1883 to 1891. As a regent, he spoke before the Oregon legislature in order to secure appropriations for OAC, including $25,000 in funds for construction of the first men’s dormitory. After Cauthorn’s death in 1891, the dormitory was named Cauthorn Hall in his memory. Two subsequent dormitories have carried his name.
Coming to Oregon Agricultural College in 1908, Arthur L. Peck served as a Professor of Landscape Architecture until his retirement in 1948. Peck was also chair of the Fine Arts Department and directed the planning and supervision of the Oregon State campus grounds. Peck is credited for introducing formal education in landscape architecture to the western United States. He died in 1962.
The 1907 football team achieved what few other collegiate teams ever have been able to do. It was undefeated, untied and un-scored upon. The team was coached by Fred S. Norcross (back row, right), who had played at the University of Michigan under renowned coach Fielding Yost. Norcross coached the 1906 through 1908 teams, compiling an overall record of 14-4-3. Among the team's six victories in 1907 were wins over Willamette University (42-0), Pacific University (49-0), the University of Oregon (4-0), and west coast powerhouse St. Vincent College (10-0). OAC traveled for the first time to Los Angeles to play St. Vincent on Thanksgiving Day, and with the win, secured the Pacific Coast championship.
Sarah Finley was the daughter of a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Despite health concerns that precipitated the Finleys’ return to California in 1872, she lived to be 89 years old, passing away in 1937. Finley was a leader of the suffrage movement in Sonoma County, California. Thomas Houseworth & Co. was one of the leading photography studios in San Francisco in the 1870s and 1880s.