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101. Women's polo team, circa 1931
Women's polo team, circa 1931
Description
Team members included Ruth Whepley, Lelia Beggs Robertson, Doris Shaver, and Billy Losse
102. OSU Marching Band on the sidelines at a football game
OSU Marching Band on the sidelines at a football game
103. New stadium campaign
New stadium campaign
Description
Two students donned "This Stadium Unfair" signs and paraded through Bell Field as part of the fundraising effort for a new football stadium.
104. OSC students demonstrating synchronized swimming
OSC students demonstrating synchronized swimming
Description
The OSC synchronized swimming team was known as the Seahorses.
105. Members of the OSC synchronized swimming team performing a routine
Members of the OSC synchronized swimming team performing a routine
106. College greenhouses
College greenhouses
Description
This greenhouse complex was part of an expansion of college agricultural facilities that began in 1889. Standing on the right is George Coote, instructor in horticulture. The Administration Building (Benton Hall) is in the background.
107. OAC students on the steps of the Administration Building
OAC students on the steps of the Administration Building
Description
Harvey McAlister, known as "Pap Hayseed" while a student at OAC, is seated in the second row, holding an open book.
108. Cadet officers with sabres in front of the Administration Building
Cadet officers with sabres in front of the Administration Building
Description
Line of cadet officers at parade rest with sabres. Columns of Benton Hall in background, stucco wall finish dates photo to after 1899. The uniforms in photo are of the pre-1908 style with soft campaign hat designs. Belted tunics with unexposed buttons. Possibly on graduation day waiting for commissioning.
109. Portrait of James Davis Fountain
Portrait of James Davis Fountain
Description
Fountain was a member of the Corvallis College Class of 1871 and was from Jacksonville, Oregon.
110. View of the back wing of Alpha Hall, looking to the northeast
View of the back wing of Alpha Hall, looking to the northeast
Description
View also shows the water tower and Mechanical Hall. Alpha Hall was constructed in 1889.
111. Campus scene, circa 1910
Campus scene, circa 1910
Description
View to south of Armory (McAlexander Fieldhouse) and Gymnasium (Valley Gymnastics Center).
112. Pioneering horticulturists gathering at OAC
Pioneering horticulturists gathering at OAC
Description
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.
113. OAC cadets engaged in military drills adjacent to Agricultural Hall (current Furman Hall), 1905
OAC cadets engaged in military drills adjacent to Agricultural Hall (current Furman Hall), 1905
Description
Drill was part of the cadets' daily routine. During inclement weather they drilled in the Gymansium and Armory (upper left of the photo).
114. Professor Theodore Beckwith in the bacteriology laboratory
Professor Theodore Beckwith in the bacteriology laboratory
Description
The Bacteriology Department worked closely with other OAC departments, such as Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry, on Experiment Station reserch projects. Beckwith served on the OAC faculty from 1912 to 1919, and later served as chair of UCLA's Department of Bacteriology.
115. Margaret Snell, 1895
Margaret Snell, 1895
Description
Margaret Comstock Snell, M.D., was appointed the first professor of Household Economy and Hygiene at Corvallis College in 1889. Snell came to begin the college's program in household economy and hygiene -- the first in the western U.S. She trained as a medical doctor at Boston University, graduating in 1886. At OAC she incorporated aspects of her medical training into the curriculum, teaching "people how to stay well, rather than treat them once they are sick." Snell retired in 1907 and died in 1923. Three buildings at OSU have been named for her.
116. Horticultural Products Lab equipment, circa 1920
Horticultural Products Lab equipment, circa 1920
Description
Cider centrifuge; cider press and filter.
117. Co-ed Cottage residents' mothers during Mother's Weekend
Co-ed Cottage residents' mothers during Mother's Weekend
Description
The mothers are standing in front of the fountain in the courtyard of the building.
118. Corvallis College students and faculty standing outside the college building
Corvallis College students and faculty standing outside the college building
Description
This photo was likely taken soon before the college moved to its new location on the college farm.
119. Women working with rodents
Women working with rodents
120. Baby Bob
Baby Bob
Description
Baby Robert Whealdon Rowen and Grace Johnson. Bob was the 6th practice house baby. Bob is 1 and a half years old in the picture.
121. Peter Doudoroff portrait
Peter Doudoroff portrait
Description
Peter Doudoroff was a professor for the Fisheries and Wildlife Department. His focus was water pollution.
122. Engineering Faculty in front of Apperson Hall
Engineering Faculty in front of Apperson Hall
Description
Front row: (left to right) Dearborn, Cockerline, Albert, unknown, McMillan, Wooster. Back row: Feiker, Nichols, unknown, unknown, unknown, Starr
123. Road grader
Road grader
Description
Front view of road grader moving soil in a burned over area of forest (Tillamook Burn?)
124. James W. Groshong
James W. Groshong
Description
James W. Groshong was an English professor at Oregon State University for over 30 years.
125. Godfrey R. Hoerner
Godfrey R. Hoerner
Description
Godfrey Hoerner was Chief of the OSC technical assistance team at Kasetsart University in Thailand from 1955 to 1959.
126. School of Forestry sawmill
School of Forestry sawmill
127. Herbert Baumel
Herbert Baumel
Description
Herbert Baumel was a professor of music and director of the OSU Orchestra.
128. Box stall adjustment
Box stall adjustment
Description
The box stall adjustment to the swine pens served as a makeshift parasitology laboratory.
129. George Wilcox Peavy
George Wilcox Peavy
Description
Portrait of George Wilcox Peavy signed "to Paul M. Dunn, a very worthy successor." George Wilcox Peavy was the first Dean of Forestry from 1913-1940 and president of Oregon State College from 1932-1940. Peavy founded an arboretum that would act as a laboratory for forestry students.
130. Smokejumper and equipment
Smokejumper and equipment
Description
The smoke jumper was part of a session on "Smoke jumping" put on by Ray Schenck of the School of Forestry.
131. Columbus Day windstorm damage
Columbus Day windstorm damage
Description
Columbus Day windstorm damage, 1962. On Columbus Day in 1962 (October 12th), a severe windstorm (75 mph sustained winds) moved inland from the Pacific Ocean and caused $50,000 damage to the OSU campus. Fifty-five trees were destroyed and another 43 were damaged including many in the Memorial Union quadrangle as shown here.
132. Park picnic lodge, possibly constructed by CCC crew from Camp New Benson near Bridal Veil, Oregon
Park picnic lodge, possibly constructed by CCC crew from Camp New Benson near Bridal Veil, Oregon
133. Withycombe House
Withycombe House
Description
The former James Withycombe Home was donated to Oregon Agricultural College and was later used as a Home Management House.
134. Computer Station
Computer Station
135. Computer Station
Computer Station
136. As You Like It theatrical production
As You Like It theatrical production
Description
This production was done outdoors.
137. Women weighing food
Women weighing food
138. Students holding babies
Students holding babies
139. Science Building fire.
Science Building fire.
Description
This building was later Education Hall and is Furman Hall today.
140. Sun behind the trees
Sun behind the trees
Description
Despite the darkness of the sun in this 1930s print, it is neither a negative print nor an infrared print. The effect was made by using a long exposure, effectively 'burning out' the portion of the exposure where the sun appears.
141. Entrance sign to McDonald Forest
Entrance sign to McDonald Forest
142. Clara Storvick and Margaret Fincke
Clara Storvick and Margaret Fincke
Description
Margaret Fincke became the head of the Foods and Nutrition department in 1944. Fincke served as Acting Dean from 1948-1949 and 1963-1965.
143. Research Forests aerial view
Research Forests aerial view
Description
McDonald Research Forest. Photo used in the College of Forestry's 75th anniversary publication, 1981
144. Portrait of Walter F. McCulloch
Portrait of Walter F. McCulloch
Description
Walter F. McCulloch was Dean of Forestry from 1955-1966. During WWII, McCulloch was Assistant State Forester of Oregon.
145. This image is called a colortone print. Colortone prints are made by applying dying chemicals during or after processing to change the color base from silver.
This image is called a colortone print. Colortone prints are made by applying dying chemicals during or after processing to change the color base from silver.
146. This image of Houts' Ferry was taken in the 1920's. If you look closely at the print and compare it to other black and white prints, you can see the painting-like softness that makes the colortone print (P95:172b) so visually interesting.
This image of Houts' Ferry was taken in the 1920's. If you look closely at the print and compare it to other black and white prints, you can see the painting-like softness that makes the colortone print (P95:172b) so visually interesting.
147. Old stall in the Veterinary Medicine Dairy Barn
Old stall in the Veterinary Medicine Dairy Barn
Description
The old barn stall had no heat, sink or water and only one electrical outlet. It served as the only surgery facility.
148. Seal pup
Seal pup
Description
Even though it is black and white, this print shows how the pup seal's fur acts as natural camoflague when the animal is ashore, the conditions under which it has the least maneuverability and agility.
149. Shepard Hall
Shepard Hall
150. Shepard Hall
Shepard Hall