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.
Left to right: Stephano, a drunken butler; Adrian, a lord; Gonzalo, an honest old councillor; Francisco, a lord; Prospero, the right Duke of Milan; Alonso, King of Naples (behind Caliban); Caliban, a savage and deformed slave; Miranda, daughter to Prospero; Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples; Trinculo, a jester; Sebastian, Alonso's brother; Antonio, Prospero's brother, the usurping Duke of Milan; and Ariel, an airy spirit (above).
Foreground left to right: Prospero, the right Duke of MIlan; Miranda, daughter to Prospero; Ferdinand, son to the King of Naples; sprites. Background, left to right: Juno, Ceres, and Iris.
Left to right: Alonso, the King of Naples; Gonzalo, an honest old councillor; Adrian, a lord; Francisco, a lord; Antonio, Prospero's brother, the usurping Duke of Milan; and Sebastian, Alonso's brother.
Dickey won the pole vault at the NCAA Championships, clearing 13 feet, 9 inches. He won the PCC Northern Division title in 1951 and was the PCC co-champ in 1952.
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.
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.
USFS photo #370680 The deflector that the men are installing is firmly anchored in the stream and is then covered with sod. The enrollees are digging under the farther bank to form a hole for trout shelter. The deflector will narrow the stream, thus increasing the speed of the flow of the water. The area in back of the deflector will all fill in.
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.
Ava B. Milam came to OAC in 1911 and was appointed the Dean of the School of Home Economics in 1917, serving for 33 years. She was primarily interested in the study of home economics within Asian cultures. During WWI she was appointed as the Home Economics director for Oregon.
Hundreds of OSU students, along with students at colleges and universities across the nation, participated in National Moratorium Day events. Approximately 600 people marched from the MU quad to Central Park west of downtown. Other events included lectures and discussion teach-ins at the MU, a debate in the MU ballroom that drew 800 attendees, and an evening lecture by former United States Senator from Oregon and outspoken Vietnam War critic Wayne Morse.
Alice L. Edwards was an instructor in Zoology and Entomology at Oregon Agricultural College from 1909 to 1915. She later bacame the the Dean of Home Economics at Mary Washington College at the University of Virginia in Fredericksburg, a position she held until her retirement from academic life in 1951.
The sing began in 1936 as a part of the college's homecoming festivities and was held in the MU Lounge. In 1951 it was opened to include sororities, moved to Gill Coliseum, and became part of Mom's Weekend in the spring.
Plot on left fertilized with flowers of sulfur at the rate of 100 pounds per acre, producing a very heavy yield and dark green color. Plot on right not fertilized, showing very poor yield and light, yellowish color. Antelope Clay Adobe soil.