Baseball diamond, first athletic field, 1892-1893 (on the right) and lower campus view near what is now Jefferson Street. The Experiment Station gardens are on the left with the Court House, Central School, old Corvallis College are also left of the walkway.
A group of women students gathered outside Benton Hall. Of the 336 students enrolled at OAC during the 1897/98 academic year, almost half (151) were women. Women have been students at OSU since its establishment in 1868.
First row (bottom) L to R:?, William H. Bloss or Ed. Bryson, Pres. John M. Bloss, and ? Gellatly?. Middle row: ?, ?, ? Delia Gellatly?, ?. Top row: ?, ?, Ed Wilson, Dorothea Nash or Delia Gellatly, ?.
Oregon Agricultural College cadets lined up for morning inspection. Now known as Fairbanks Hall, this building was constructed in 1892 as a men's dormitory and was originally named Cauthorn Hall. 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.
This was the Women's Basketball championship team from 1898, the first basketball team at Oregon State. Team includes Fanny Getty, 2nd back; Dora Hodgins, 2nd forward; Leona Smith, 1st back; Inez Fuller, 1st forward; Blanche Holden, goal thrower; Lillian Ranney, center; Bessie Smith, captain and guard; W.H. Beach, coach; and F. W. Smith, manager.
Photo of John M. Bloss in the college greenhouse. John McKnight Bloss was the third president of Oregon Agricultural College from 1892-1896. Bloss was also the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Mental and Moral Science. During his years of presidency, the school colors were changed from navy blue to orange and black and intercollegiate athletics were formed. Bloss was also the first president to encourage women to study agriculture. The first school annual, The Hayseed, was created.