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1. Marine Corps ace Capt. Marion E. Carl
Marine Corps ace Capt. Marion E. Carl
Description
Carl graduated from Oregon State with an engineering degree in 1938. He was the Marine Corps' first ace in WWII, credited with 18.5 kills in the Pacific theater. He also served in Vietnam and as a record-setting test pilot. The photo is inscribed "To my old friend -- John."
2. Student Health Center reception desk
Student Health Center reception desk
Description
Second floor area where students were received into the infirmary.
3. Student Health Center's new reception area
Student Health Center's new reception area
Description
New reception area was part of the 1960 addition to the facility
4. McNary Hall and Cafeteria
McNary Hall and Cafeteria
Description
McNary residence hall and cafeteria nearing completion, Summer 1963
5. Dean Francois A. Gilfillan viewing a herbal written by Francisco Hernandez between 1570 and 1577
Dean Francois A. Gilfillan viewing a herbal written by Francisco Hernandez between 1570 and 1577
Description
Published in Oregon Stater, April 1961, page 7.
6. Willi Unsoeld
Willi Unsoeld
Description
Willi Unsoeld exhibits a rappelling position. Unsoeld earned a BS in physics at Oregon State in 1951. He helped to establish the OSC Mountain Club. He taught religious studies at Oregon State in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1963 he became part of the first group of mountain climbers from the U.S. to scale Mt. Everest. Unsoeld died in an accident on Mt. Rainier in 1979.
7. Tennis team with coach B. T. Simms
Tennis team with coach B. T. Simms
Description
At that time the tennis courts were located in the northeast corner of the Memorial Union quad. Simms is in the center of the photograph, and team captain George Speros is on the left. The 1932 squad went 3-2, defeating Willamette University twice and Reed College, but losing twice to the University of Oregon. The Home Economics Building (Milam Hall) is in the background.
8. Women field hockey players
Women field hockey players
Description
In 1929-1930, Oregon State offered physical eduction classes in field hockey, as well as intramural competition. This image was taken in the library quad. Agriculture Hall (now Strand Agriculture Hall) is in the background.
9. Sorority Rush
Sorority Rush
Description
Rush week -- women participate in activities at a sorority party.
10. Dean Francois A. Gilfillan holding the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, and showing an engraving of Nuremberg, Germany
Dean Francois A. Gilfillan holding the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, and showing an engraving of Nuremberg, Germany
Description
Published in Oregon Stater, April 1961, page 7.
11. Dean Francois A. Gilfillan viewing an ancient clay vessel
Dean Francois A. Gilfillan viewing an ancient clay vessel
Description
Published in Oregon Stater, April 1961, cover.
12. Fernhoppers banquet
Fernhoppers banquet
Description
Former OSC forestry faculty member T. J. Starker and Harold Gill, a classmate from 1910, at a fernhoppers banquet.
13. New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon governor Mark Hatfield and Oregon State College president A. L. Strand at Parker Stadium, Nov. 1959
New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, Oregon governor Mark Hatfield and Oregon State College president A. L. Strand at Parker Stadium, Nov. 1959
Description
Rockefeller, Hatfield and Strand were watching an ROTC review during the halftime of the OSC-Stanford football game. Rockefeller was in the early stages of his bid for the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. According to the December 1959 Oregon Stater, "President Strand welcomed the dark horse presidential hopeful to the stadium while the Beaver band played 'The Sidewalks of New York.'"
14. Francois Gilfillan viewing a Sumerian clay seal
Francois Gilfillan viewing a Sumerian clay seal
Description
Dean Francois A. Gilfillan viewing an inscription on a Sumerian seal that is 45 centuries old. He is using the book to aid in translating the inscription’s characters to German and then to English.
15. Men eating in the Quonset hut cafeteria
Men eating in the Quonset hut cafeteria
Description
This cafeteria served Hudson and Central Halls, which were two temporary dormitories constructed immediately after World War II to accomodate the large growth in Oregon State's enrollment, especially among men. This quonset hut eventually became the Naval ROTC armory.
16. Governor Douglas McKay and Bozo the Clown (Pinto Colvig) at Homecoming
Governor Douglas McKay and Bozo the Clown (Pinto Colvig) at Homecoming
Description
McKay was a 1917 graduate of Oregon State and served as its student body president. He served as governor of Oregon from 1949 to 1952, and also served as mayor of Salem (1933-35), state senator (1935-1949), and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1953-1956). Colvig attended Oregon State in the early 1910s, and became well known as the voice of several Disney characters.
17. OSC coaching staff, 1936
OSC coaching staff, 1936
Description
Front row (L-R) -- Grant Swan, Amory T. "Slats" Gill, Jim Dixon, and Hal Moe. Back row -- Carl Lodell, Lon Stiner. They are standing at the entrance to the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall).
18. Varsity golf team, 1930
Varsity golf team, 1930
Description
Oregon State Agricultural College's varsity golf team included ___Wey, Robert Taylor, Robert McCook, ____Fitzgerald, and Walter Manville. Coach Tony Sottovia is on the right.
19. Sorority Rush
Sorority Rush
Description
Rush week -- Jean Saubert (plaid skirt) and other OSC women wait in line to visit a sorority, September 1960.
20. Newman Club
Newman Club
Description
Newman Club members pose outside of St. Mary's Catholic Church on Fourth Street. Oregon State's Newman Club was established in 1917.
21. Women tennis players
Women tennis players
Description
Women tennis players on the tennis courts located in the Memorial Union quad. The Home Economics Building (Milam Hall) is in the background.
22. Pearl Horning greeting the All-American hockey team at the Southern Pacific train station
Pearl Horning greeting the All-American hockey team at the Southern Pacific train station
23. Sadie Hawkins Day on the Oregon State campus
Sadie Hawkins Day on the Oregon State campus
24. View of the Library quad, looking west
View of the Library quad, looking west
Description
Buildings included in or around the quad are the Bandstand, Agriculture Hall (now Strand Agriculture Hall), the Dairy Building (now Gilkey Hall) and the Library (now Kidder Hall).
25. Dean Francois A. Gilfillan holding the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, and showing an engraving of Nuremberg, Germany
Dean Francois A. Gilfillan holding the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, and showing an engraving of Nuremberg, Germany
Description
Published in Oregon Stater, April 1961, page 7.
26. May Day celebration performers
May Day celebration performers
Description
A May Day pageant was one of OAC's traditions in the early 20th century. The queen and king of this May Day celebration were Marie Cathey and Charles Watts, seen in the center of the photograph. The pageants were typically held on the lawn to the southeast of the Administration Building (Benton Hall).
27. Ray Dodge running at Multnomah Field in Portland
Ray Dodge running at Multnomah Field in Portland
Description
Dodge attended OAC in the early 1920s. He participated in the 1924 Olympics, where he finished 6th in the men's 800 metres, and the 1925 Pan American Games. He also ran for the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club.
28. Student reading the Orange Owl edition of March 1921
Student reading the Orange Owl edition of March 1921
Description
The Orange Owl was a college humor magazine published from 1920 to 1928 by the Orange Owl Chapter of the Hammer and Coffin National Honorary Society at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC). The magazine includes humorous and satirical pieces as well as cartoons and pen sketches created by students.
29. OAC Vigilance Committee, 1921
OAC Vigilance Committee, 1921
Description
OAC's Vigilance Committee consisted of sophomores who instructed the freshman class members in the traditions of the college. George "Gap" Powell is in the front row (kneeling) in the white shirt.
30. Dormitory room in Waldo Hall
Dormitory room in Waldo Hall
Description
Waldo Hall opened in the fall of 1907 and contained 115 dormitory rooms. The pennants, photos and fish netting were common decorations of the era.
31. Junior-Sophomore football game in the snow
Junior-Sophomore football game in the snow
Description
The game ended in a 0-0 tie.
32. Interfraternity party at the Kappa Sigma house
Interfraternity party at the Kappa Sigma house
33. M. Lowell Edwards in front of Edwards Laboratories, Inc, circa 1962
M. Lowell Edwards in front of Edwards Laboratories, Inc, circa 1962
Description
Miles Lowell Edwards graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1924 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a co-inventor of the first artificial heart valve.
34. Cadets on lower campus in OAC formation
Cadets on lower campus in OAC formation
Description
Also depicted are the residential area southeast of campus and (far left) the school buildings that were in what is now Central Park.
35. OAC cadet band
OAC cadet band
Description
OAC's band at this time was part of the cadet corps and male only. It was directed by Harry L. Beard.
36. OSC boxer Dan Hawkins
OSC boxer Dan Hawkins
Description
Hawkins was the Pacific Coast middleweight champion in 1942. Boxing began as a minor intercollegiate sport at Oregon State in 1937 and ended in 1942 with the outbreak of World War II.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. New OAC Armory under construction
New OAC Armory under construction
Description
A new armory was built to replace the 1898 armory. The new armory was touted as one of the largest in the country. The building, designed by architect John V. Bennes, is known as McAlexander Fieldhouse today.
40. Rock climbing on Dad's Weekend
Rock climbing on Dad's Weekend
Description
Dad's Weekend is an Oregon State tradition that dates back to 1934.
41. Hui-O-Hawaii Club members promoting an upcoming campus luau.
Hui-O-Hawaii Club members promoting an upcoming campus luau.
42. John Witte
John Witte
Description
John Witte was Oregon State's first All-American wrestler, finishing second in the heavyweight division at the 1952 NCAA Championships as a freshman. He also played football, garnering All-American honors twice, and led the Beavers to the 1957 Rose Bowl game.
43. OSC Mountain Club members climbing Mt. Rainier
OSC Mountain Club members climbing Mt. Rainier
Description
The OSC Mountain Club was established in 1947 to promote and sponsor skiing and mountain climbing activities. In addition to outings, it also organized instruction classes, films and lectures. One of the founders of the club was Willi Unsoeld, who became one of the first Americans to scale Mt. Everest in 1963. This photograph was used on the cover of the December 1950 Oregon Stater.
44. Dale Story running barefoot at Bell Field
Dale Story running barefoot at Bell Field
Description
Story led the OSU cross-country team to the 1961 NCAA championship – OSU’s first team national championship. He was also the individual medalist, defeating six future Olympians while running barefoot (his trademark style) in subfreezing conditions. Story also ran track as a long distance runner, and earned All-American honors in Spring 1962 in the three-mile run. This photo appeared in the April 1962 Oregon Stater.
45. OSC rooks picketing in support of a new football stadium
OSC rooks picketing in support of a new football stadium
Description
The two male students, marching in Bell Field, are wearing "rook lids" and sandwich boards reading: "This stadium unfair to students, alumni, visiting teams, fans and prospective athletes. Your contribution will help build the new stadium. Ask me for a pledge card." Construction on Parker Stadium was completed in 1953.
46. Aerial view of Adair Air Force Station
Aerial view of Adair Air Force Station
Description
Photo was used in the Summer 1960 issue of Oregon Stater.
47. Baseball and track fields
Baseball and track fields
Description
Home Game
48. Gary Moore
Gary Moore
Description
Photo used in the April-May 1960 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 3. Gary Moore lettered from 1958-1960. From Gig Harbor, Washington, Moore was an honor roll student.
49. Syl Johnson, OSC pitcher
Syl Johnson, OSC pitcher
Description
Syl Johnson pitched 1955-57; from Portland, Oregon.
50. Al Leher
Al Leher
Description
Al Leher, played from 1962-1963 and was from Roseburg, Oregon. Photo was published in the May-June 1962 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 5.
51. Gene Hilliard
Gene Hilliard
52. Baseball players
Baseball players
53. Senior Baseball Team
Senior Baseball Team
Description
Perhaps the senior class team for the Class of 1911. Note "Eagle Creek" and "Springfield High" jerseys.
54. Steve Clark
Steve Clark
Description
Steve Clark played 1962-1964, from Springfield, Oregon.
55. Walter Williams, Coach of San Jose State
Walter Williams, Coach of San Jose State
56. OSC Baseball team
OSC Baseball team
Description
The date for this team photo is not given. Note there are several Asian American players on the team; one of them may be Ralph Takami.
57. Bill Rudzik
Bill Rudzik
Description
Bill Rudzik played from 1958-1960 and was from Roseburg, Oregon.
58. Baseball lefthanded pitcher Al Guidotti
Baseball lefthanded pitcher Al Guidotti
Description
Photo was published in the May 1956 Oregon Stater, page 10. Guidotti pitched from 1954-1956. From Oakland, California.
59. Unidentified baseball player
Unidentified baseball player
60. Norb Wellman, pitcher for Oregon State
Norb Wellman, pitcher for Oregon State
61. Unidentified baseball player
Unidentified baseball player
62. Baseball players
Baseball players
63. OSC coaching staff
OSC coaching staff
Description
Coaching staff: Ralph Coleman (Baseball); Paul Schissler (Football); ??; Bud Kearns; A. T. "Slats" Gill (Basketball); Bob Hager. This picture is from 1930 or 1931, the only years that Coleman, Schissler, and Gill were simultaneously head coaches.
64. Grimm Mason
Grimm Mason
Description
Photo published in the May 1961 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 5.This is the wonderfully-named Grimm Mason. He played 1958-1959 and 1961.Mason also played football.
65. Jim Ruggles
Jim Ruggles
Description
Photo was used in the May 1955 Oregon Stater, page 7. Jim Ruggles played from 1951-1955.
66. Spectators watching a baseball game
Spectators watching a baseball game
67. OAC baseball players
OAC baseball players
68. Coach Ralph Coleman
Coach Ralph Coleman
Description
Coach Coleman is shown receiving a wreath of flowers for 20 years of coaching. Coleman played for the Beavers in 1918, as didhis brother Ed in 1924 and his son Ralph Jr. in 1952-53. After trying minor league baseball, including stints with the Portland Beavers, Ralph returned to OAC and became the baseball coach in 1923. He coached from 1923-28, 1931-32, and 1938-1966, 35 seasons in all. Photo published in Feb 1960 Oregon Stater (page 7).
69. Moore catching behind the bat
Moore catching behind the bat
Description
Otto Moore played 1908-1911
70. Coach Fielder Jones
Coach Fielder Jones
Description
Only four years after leading the Chicago White Sox to the World Series championship, Fielder Jones was enlisted to coach the OAC baseball team. A salary dispute with Sox owner Charles Comiskey led to Jones' departure from the Windy City and he came to the Pacific Northwest to look after timber and land interests. Coach Jones traveled back and forth between Portland and Corvallis for team practices and games. Jones eventually went to St. Louis to coach the city's entry in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915. He was also coach of the American League St Louis Browns from 1916-1918
71. Max Meyer
Max Meyer
72. Dan Luby
Dan Luby
Description
Photo was published in the May 1959 Oregon Stater, page 8. Luby played in 1957-1959. Hisfather, former major league player Hugh Luby,was still playing and coaching in the minorleagues in Salem and Eugene while Dan was at OSC.
73. Bob Christianson
Bob Christianson
Description
Bob Christianson, first baseman for Oregon State College. Christianson played from 1948-1950. Photo was used in the May 1950 Oregon Stater.
74. Cecil Ira
Cecil Ira
Description
Photo was published in the March 1962 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 13. Ira pitched from1961-63, and was an All-American the latter twoyears. He signed with the Chicago Whitesox and played minor league baseball. Ira was elected to the Oregon State Athletic Hall of Famein 1991. Ira's coach at Portland's Franklin high school was Gene Tanselli, who played baseball for OSU from 1949-1951. Tanselli succeeded Ralph Coleman at OSU, coaching the Beaver baseballers from 1967-1972.
75. Gene Bates
Gene Bates
Description
Gene Bates, 1st baseman from Vale, played at Oregon State in 1958. He signed with the Cleveland Indians for a reported $35,000 bonus. Photo was used in the summer 1958 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 8.
76. Leon Akers
Leon Akers
Description
Runner is Leon Akers, OSC third baseman. He was out. Akers played at OSU in 1950. Photo was used in the June 1950 Oregon Stater.
77. Doug Stahl
Doug Stahl
Description
Photo published in the May-June 1962 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 5.Doug Stahl, 1962-1964, from Portland
78. Baseball game - Junior Flunk Day
Baseball game - Junior Flunk Day
79. Ralph Coleman and the Parkers
Ralph Coleman and the Parkers
Description
Photo was taken at the dedication of Parker Stadium during the Homecoming game in November 1953. From left to right: Ralph Coleman, Mrs. Parker, and Charles Parker.
80. OSC Coaches at Sports Banquet
OSC Coaches at Sports Banquet
Description
Left to right: Slats Gill; Lon Stiner; Jim Dixon; Ralph Coleman; Grant "Doc" Swan.
81. Don White, pitcher
Don White, pitcher
Description
Don White played 1950-1952. He pitched on the 1952 College World Series team.
82. Bobby Buob
Bobby Buob
Description
Photo was published in the May 1955 Oregon Stater, page 7. Bobby Buob was the pitcher for the Beavers from 1952 to 1955 and played on the 1952 College World Series team. Buob was from Union, New Jersey, and was part of the "Kasberger Pipeline."
83. Unidentified baseball player
Unidentified baseball player
Description
This appears to be Jerry Exley, 1956 team captain. Exley played 1954-1956. Photo used in the Fall 1956 Oregon Stater.
84. Brian Bailey
Brian Bailey
Description
Photo published in the April 1962 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 8.Played from 1960-1962. From Edmonds, WA
85. H.H.S. baseball team
H.H.S. baseball team
86. OAC baseball team
OAC baseball team
87. Leon Criner, Pitcher
Leon Criner, Pitcher
Description
Leon Criner played 1959-1961 and was from Canoga Park, California. Photo published in the May 1961 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 5.
88. Jack Stephenson, Oregon State catcher
Jack Stephenson, Oregon State catcher
Description
Stephenson played 1952-1955.
89. Former OSC baseball players
Former OSC baseball players
Description
Former OSC baseball players: Bill Cloyes ('30), Orlo Bagley ('28), Glenn Elliott ('45), Rod Sims ('40), Dick Henzel ('31), Russ McKennon ('32), Bert Babb Coley ('23), Billy Quayle('30), Rick Ericson ('50), Tom Eyman ('42), Jim Jenks ('27), Wes Schulmerich ('27), Bud Keema ('33), Red Ridings ('26), Robert Thompson ('25), Howard Maple ('29), Fred Lewis ('38), Bob Ohling ('48), Allen Anderson ('47) with Coach Ralph Coleman. Photo was used in the summer 1956 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 11.
90. Jerry Droscher
Jerry Droscher
Description
This is Jerry Droscher, captain-elect of 1960 team. Droscher was an all-Region 8 (NCAA) player. He played 1958-60. Photo was published in the Summer 1959 Oregon Stater, page 7.
91. Ralph Coleman, Jr., Ralph Coleman and John Thomas
Ralph Coleman, Jr., Ralph Coleman and John Thomas
Description
Air Force Lt. Ralph Coleman Jr. ('54), OSC baseball coach Ralph Coleman, and Lt. John Thomas ('53) meet in Tokyo. Ralph Coleman Jr. pitched for the Beavers in 1952-1953. Thomas played 1951-53 and was the catcher on the 1952 college world series team. Photo was used in the November 1955 Oregon Stater, page 11.
92. Football leaders
Football leaders
Description
Left to right: Football assistant coach Guy L. Rathbun; Captain George A. "Gap" Powell; and Coach Dick Rutherford.Rathbun was the OAC baseball coach in 1922.
93. Frederick Walker - OAC baseball coach
Frederick Walker - OAC baseball coach
Description
Frederick Mitchell Walker was head coach in 1911. Walker pitched for five different teams in the major leagues in 1910, and 1912-1915. He was known as "Mysterious Walker" in his playing days.
94. Freshman baseball team
Freshman baseball team
95. Bill Oerding
Bill Oerding
Description
Photo published in the May 1961 issue of the Oregon Stater, page 5. Bill Oerding played 1959-1961 and was the pitcher. He never lost a game until his senior year. He was from Roseburg.
96. Tom Hartung and Rod Moore
Tom Hartung and Rod Moore
Description
Photo was used in the Oregon Stater, January 1964.
97. Slats Gill with Lon Stiner and 2 other men
Slats Gill with Lon Stiner and 2 other men
Description
Slats Gill was the Beaver basketball coach and Lon Stiner was the football coach.
98. Norm Monroe
Norm Monroe
Description
Norm Monroe was an OSU track athlete.
99. Haircuts
Haircuts
Description
University of Oregon students being given mohawk haircuts. Photo was used in the Oregon Stater in December 1954.
100. 1951 Rally Squad
1951 Rally Squad
Description
Rally Troupe from left to right: Steve Croley; Bob Reeves. Ken Austin is Benny Beaver.