The 1943-44 OSC Band poses on the steps of the Memorial Union. Band director Harry "Cap" Beard is on the far right of the front row. The membership of the band was composed mostly of ASTU students.
Harvey L. McAllister, known as "Pap Hayseed," graduated from OAC in 1897 with a degree in agriculture. He served in the Spanish-American war and then worked as a farmer in Lexington, Oregon. Thomas Edward Palmer was a 1900 graduate of OAC in electrical engineering and served as the leader of the cadet band his senior year.