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A Photographic History of Oregon State University

A Sea of Umbrellas, Parker Stadium, ca. 1971

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1. Students Haying on the College Farm, ca. 1890 Students haying on the college farm, ca. 1890. One aspect of student life at OAC in the late 19th century was the requirement that agriculture students work five hours per week on the farm or in the garden during fall and spring terms. According to the 1890-91 college catalog, students received no pay for this work, but the “labor will be made instructive as far as possible.” During winter term, students worked in the mechanical shops. This photo was taken along the southern boundary of the original college farm. Sitting on the farm implement and holding a haying fork is E.E. Wilson, Class of 1889, who was enrolled as a post-graduate student in 1890-91. (P25:1288)
2. Class of 1904 “Flunk Day” Celebration, Spring 1904
3. Students and Faculty Assembled in the Administration Building, ca. 1905 Students and faculty assembled in the Administration Building, ca. 1905. The assembly hall, sometimes referred to as the chapel, was located in the middle of the second floor of what is now Benton Hall. In the first few years after the building was opened, the space was used for chapel services, which students were required to attend. It was also used for general assemblies, as well as lectures and musical performances. This area later became the library reading room. (P16:699)
4. Junior-Senior Football Game, December 4, 1909
5. Waldo Hall Reception, ca. 1910
6. Volleyball Game South of Science Hall (Furman Hall), ca. 1915
7. Residents in the Margaret Snell Hall Living Room, ca. 1925
8. Local Business Exposition, 1929
9. Benny Beaver, 1939
10. Marian Stebbinger Playing the Chimes, 1947 Marian Stebbinger playing the chimes, 1947. The chimes, located in Benton Hall, were a gift of the alumni association and could be heard twice daily. In 1957 Oregon State raised funds for a carillon, which was installed in the Memorial Union. For many years the carillon has chimed out the Fight Song and the Alma Mater at 5:00 p.m. each day. The carillon was automated in the 1990s with a digital sound system. (HC 726)
11. Students Sunbathing on the Roof of Snell Hall, ca. 1962
12. A Sea of Umbrellas, Parker Stadium, ca. 1971
13. Winners of the Six-Kilometer Homecoming Fun Run with Benny Beaver, 1983
14. Campus Recycling Crew, 1992 Campus Recycling crew, 1992. Recycling and other sustainability issues have been part of OSU’s campus culture for many years. During World War II, OSC students regularly participated in scrap metal drives and recycling of nylon stockings – materials badly needed for the war effort. Today’s Campus Recycling program was established as a part of Property Management Dept. in 1979, and originally focused on paper recycling. Campus Recycling’s current program is very comprehensive, and includes paper, metal, glass, plastic, cardboard, batteries, and computer/electronics recycling, collection of compostable food waste and packaging material, and educational events to inform the campus community about sustainability and waste reduction. (P57, Accession 2006:046)

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1. Larry Bielenberg, ca. 1975
3. Shirley Lagastee, Winter 1975 Shirley Lagastee drives around a defender to the basket, winter 1975. Lagastee was OSU’s leading scorer that season. OSU split its two game series with the Oregon Ducks, winning the second contest in 97-32 blowout. Basketball became an intercollegiate sport for women at OSU in 1972. Lagastee was a four-sport athlete at OSU – she also played field hockey and softball, and was on the track and field team. (P57:4937)
4. A Sea of Umbrellas, Parker Stadium, ca. 1971
5. OSU Antarctic Station, 1974 OSU Antarctic Station, 1974. OSU oceanographers studied Antarctic under-ice water temperature, currents and salinity as part of a National Science Foundation research grant. The four-member team lived in one of the ten feet by twelve feet huts in the photo; the other served as their workspace. In September and October 1974, the crew experienced air temperatures with a wind chill of more than minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This photo first appeared in the January 1975 Oregon Stater. (P57:4948)
7. OSU administration, 1973 OSU administration, 1973. OSU’s top administrators gathered by this Rolls Royce outside of Education Hall (now Furman Hall). From left: Milosh Popovich, Dean of Administration; Robert W. Chick, Dean of Students; Robert W. MacVicar, President; Stuart E. Knapp, Dean of Undergraduate Studies; David B. Nicodemus, Dean of Faculty; and Roy A. Young, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies. The car may have belonged to G. Burton Wood, director of the Agricultural Experiment Station and a collector of classic cars. (HC 1496)
8. “Beemer for B&T Senator” campaign sign, ca. 1972