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1. A female student posing during the OAC Spring Pageant
A female student posing during the OAC Spring Pageant
Description
The Spring Pageant, normally held in conjunction with May Day, incorporated skits and creative dance in celebration of the onset of Spring.
2. Arthur B. Cordley
Arthur B. Cordley
Description
Arthur Burton Cordley joined the faculty of Oregon Agricultural College in 1895 as a Professor of Zoology and Entomology. He became the first Dean of the School of Agriculture in 1908, a position he held until his retirement in 1931. Cordley worked as an entomologist at Michigan Agricultural College, the Vermont Experiment Station, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture before moving to Oregon.
3. Hector MacPherson, Sr.
Hector MacPherson, Sr.
Description
Hector MacPherson, Sr. (1875-1970) taught Economics and Sociology at OAC from 1911 to 1926. Later, as an Oregon legislator, he co-sponsored the School Moving Bill, a failed proposal that advocated for the consolidation of OAC and the University of Oregon, and the relocation of other state-funded schools. MacPherson was the father of Hector MacPherson, Jr., a farmer and state legislator known for his major impact on land use law in Oregon.
4. Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling
Description
Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1922 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. A giant of twentieth century science and a peace activist of international consequence, Pauling is Oregon State's most famous alumnus. He remains history's only recipient of two unshared Nobel Prizes (Chemistry, 1954; Peace, 1962).
5. Mary Strong Kinney
Mary Strong Kinney
Description
Kinney was an important suffragist in Oregon who served as president of the Astoria Women's Suffrage Club in 1912, the year that women in Oregon were granted the vote. She later served in both the Oregon House and Senate, and was a member of the Oregon Agricultural College Board of Regents.
6. Ruth Nomura in Japanese costume
Ruth Nomura in Japanese costume
7. Lindley Bothwell, yell leader, circa 1927
Lindley Bothwell, yell leader, circa 1927
8. Martha Henderson Gross with "Old Mill Stones" monument
Martha Henderson Gross with "Old Mill Stones" monument
Description
Martha Henderson Gross is standing with "Old Mill Stones" monument. "The first mill stones or burrs were used in this section of Oregon. They were originally quarried in France and shipped round the Horn from New York in 1850 by a sailing vessel. In 1852 they were hauled by ox cart from Portland to King's Valley and there set up and operated as one of the three first grist mills in the state. There were in constant use for over 60 years."--from legend on base of the stones. The mill stones were later installed in Avery Park. They were hauled by team and wagon from Chambers' Mill in King's Valley to the old Pioneer Park around 1925.
9. William Jasper Kerr on Memorial Union steps, circa late 1920s
William Jasper Kerr on Memorial Union steps, circa late 1920s
Description
William Jasper Kerr was chosen as the sixth president of Oregon Agricultural College in 1907 and led the college through a twenty-five-year period of tremendous growth in numbers of students and faculty, academic and research programs, and physical facilities.
10. Adolph Ziefle portrait
Adolph Ziefle portrait
Description
Adolph Ziefle served as the first Dean of the College of Pharmacy from 1914-1940.
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