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.”
Present day Benton Hall once served as the administration building for Oregon Agricultural College. The original Mechanical Hall, which burned down in 1898, is pictured at right.
