Left to right: John Andrew Bexell, Dean of Commerce, 1908-1932; Harrison Val Hoyt, Dean of Commerce, 1931-1938?; Williams A. Schoenfeld, Dean of Agriculture, 1931-1950; and Arthur Burton Cordley, Dean of Agriculture, 1908-1931.
Members of Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism honorary society, performing a stunt near the Memorial Union. The west side of Agriculture Hall is in the background.
After a distinguished career with the Oregon State College Extension Service, Frank Llewellyn Ballard was appointed as the college's eighth president in 1940. He served less than a year because of illness and returned to the Extension Service administration. Ballard was the first OSC alumnus to serve as president.
From left to right: Lon Stiner, Jim Dixon, Harold Moe, and William McKalip. Alonzo "Lon" Stiner served as head football coach at Oregon State from 1933-1948, following a four-year stint as assistant coach. He compiled an overall record of 74-49-17 and was undefeated in three bowl game appearances. Jim Dixon, an alumni with the Class of 1926, later served as assistant football coach and head wrestling coach for his alma mater. Dixon Recreation Center is named in his honor.
Paul Valenti (1920-2014) was integrally connected to Oregon State University for more that seventy years, beginning with his arrival on the Oregon State College campus as a student athlete in 1938. A member of the Beaver basketball squad during his undergraduate years, Valenti later served as freshman baseball coach, freshman basketball coach, head basketball coach and head tennis coach, spanning a time period from 1946-1970. He continued on as Assistant Athletic Director until retiring in 1982, and remained an enthusiastic ambassador for OSU until his death in 2014.
John Finley Hinds, known as "Ol' John," ran a shoeshine parlor in the Memorial Union during the 1930s and 1940s. He received letters, pictures and samples of foreign money from Oregon State students, alumni and faculty from all around the world.
Standing in the third row, third from right (uniform number 46) is Rich Brooks, who later went on to coach the Oregon Ducks football team as well as the NFL's St. Louis Rams.
The large number of returning veterans after World War II created a severe shortage of student housing at OSC. As a temporary measure to alleviate part of the shortage, the college utilized part of the former Camp Adair military training cantonment to house returning veterans, many of whom were married. The Adair Village housing, which consisted of 326 units, opened in Fall 1946.
Albert Davis Taylor (left) was a Cleveland, Ohio, landscape architect who developed Oregon State's 1926 and 145 campus plans. August L. Strand was president of Oregon State from 1942 to 1961.
Homecoming parades in the 1940s and 1950s were held in the evening and included floats with students banging pots, pans, and anything that would make noise. The parades were banned and revived multiple times.
Eason broke the gender barrier to become the first female member of the cadet band. However, by 1935, the band returned to its male- only status. Co-eds formed their own band in 1937; this band merged with the cadet band in 1946. The basketball pep band did not allow women members until 1973.
Jeanne Hetherington (1921-1995) attended OSC from 1940-1941 before transferring to the University of Washington. She later moved to Hollywood where, using the name Jean Heather, she was a feature performer in eight films. Her most prominent role was as Lola Dietrichson in the 1944 crime film Double Indemnity.
Arthur Bouquet was a 1906 graduate of Oregon Agricultural College and a faculty member in Oregon State's Horticulture Department from 1909 until his retirement in 1950.
The Associated Women Students (AWS) organization was established in 1924 for the purpose of furthering the educational, social and cultural aims of women. It served as an umbrella group for Oregon Stateโs womenโs living groups, honorary societies and clubs. AWS sponsored a variety of activities, such as war bond and stamp fundraising drives during World War II. The Dean of Women served as the organizationโs adviser and liaison to the collegeโs administration. The AWS became inactive in June 1970.
Jeanne Hetherington (1921-1995) attended OSC from 1940-1941 before transferring to the University of Washington. She later moved to Hollywood where, using the name Jean Heather, she was a feature performer in eight films. Her most prominent role was as Lola Dietrichson in the 1944 crime film Double Indemnity.
Ava Milam Clark was the Dean of the School of Home Economics for over 30 years, and through her frequent visits abroad, was instrumental to the development of home economics in multiple countries.
This was the bookstoreโs first location in the Memorial Union after it opened in 1928. It was on the ground floor, where the Trysting Tree Lounge is located today. The bookstore moved to the new east wing after it was completed in 1960, and remained there until the Beaver Store opened across from Gill Coliseum in late 2013.
The Choralaires were OSU's premier vocal ensemble for many years. Founded in 1950 by Robert Walls, Chair of the Music Department, the group performed throughout Oregon and internationally.
Wrought iron gates for the entrance to Oregon State College were constructed in Portland under the supervision of O. B. Dawson as a federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and completed in the late 1930s. A successful campaign was conducted in the spring of 1940 to raise $1500 for installation of the gates; the gates were installed at 10th and Madison in 1940 and dedicated in May 1941. In 1953, the gates were moved to 11th and Campus Way. Formerly the president of Oregon State College, William J. Kerr was retired by the time this presentation was made. Seated to Kerr's left are E. C. Sammons of the State Board of higher Education; Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of the Oregon State System of Higher Education; and Albert D. Taylor, who developed Oregon State's 1926 and 1945 campus plans.
This parade might have been in 1938, not '39. In addition to celebrating the beginning of the conference baseball season, the parade was also an opportunity to campaign for student offices. Upward of 200 vehicles were said to be entered.
Photo was used in the 1944 Beaver Yearbook, page 189. Front row: Bill McCluskey, Robert Churchill, Frank Roelandt, Andrew Frahler, Donald Bower, Kenneth Johnson, Raymond Oberst. Second row: Don Cecil, William Frazer, Victor Brown, Jr., Mack, Schieble, Larson. Third row: Robert Ohling, Meier, Elmer Weimer, Dewaine Galloway, Walter Kirchner, Coach Ralph O. Coleman.