This image shows some of the preparatory and college level students enrolled at the time. The 1872-73 college catalog lists ninety-eight students at all levels, including twenty-six “agricultural students.”
Corvallis College as it appeared in about 1868. It was located in the center of the block bounded by Fifth, Sixth, Madison, and Monroe Streets in Corvallis, Oregon.
Back row: Mrs. J. Fred Yates; Mrs. Frederic Berchtold; Minnie Lee (Mrs. J. B.); Mrs. Grant A. Covell (Mollie); Mrs. W. A. Wells (Josie); Mrs. J. Offin Wilson (Lulu); Pauline Kline. Seated in chairs: Lura Keiser; Mrs. M. S. Woodcock; Miss Margaret Snell; Mrs. M. M. Davis; Isabelle Horner (Mrs. J. B.) Seated on the grass: Martha Fulton (Mrs. John); Mrs. A. Zeifle.
The Finleys' first home home in Corvallis (known as the "Nest in the West") stood on Van Buren and 5th Streets. The Finleys are standing on the upper porch, with their son, Ernest, and a niece. On the lower porch are Rev. Lowell, pastor of the Corvallis Church, and his wife, right; Mr. Osborne and daughter; and Rosa Jacobs. This photograph was published in the June 1930 "Oregon Stater", page 8.