1933-1934 Football team. Front row: Charles Woodrow "Woody" Joslin, Adolph Schwammel, Clyde Devine, William Tomsheck, Harry Field, Victor Curtin. Back row: Vernon Wedin, Harold Joslin, Norman "Red" Franklin, James "Pierre" Bowman, Harold Pangle.
Francois Archibald Gilfillan was officially appointed as the acting president of Oregon State College in September 1941 after the resignation of President Ballard; however, he had been serving as the chair of the Administrative Council and carrying out the president's campus duties since October 1940. Ballard led the college through the uncertain months that marked the beginning of World War II until August L. Strand's arrival in October 1942.
Front row: Nick Walter, Kenneth Lane, Whitley Davis, Owen Aydelott, Dean George W. Peavy, Orelin de Hegy, Fred Ramsey, Ted Rainwater, Bill Manlove, Sam Miller. Back row: Frazer Sehlegel, Axel Lindh, Jim Iler, Dick Kearns, Voudis Miller, Al Smith, Glen Voorhees, Bill Ruhman, Alan MacCready, Elmer Miller, Ralph Van Wagner.
