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12015-09-22T20:17:21-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896562914image_header1843742015-10-28T22:01:38-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29A major step forward in Oregon State’s ability to provide and “promote the liberal and practical education” called for in the 1862 Morrill Act was the 1959 establishment of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, which was able to grant degrees in each of those divisions. The creation of this school was a key factor in Oregon State’s achievement of university designation in March 1961.
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12015-10-05T22:30:34-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Zoology Lab with Museum Collection, ca. 18922Zoology lab with museum collection, ca. 1892. John Fulton (Class of 1892), who taught chemistry at Oregon State for several decades, is standing, center-right, wearing a cap. F.L. Washburn taught zoology and entomology classes in the 1890s. Many of the zoological specimens in this photograph later became part of the collections of the Horner Museum. (HC 1157)plain2015-10-07T23:10:44-07:00HC1157_museum_Benotn_hall.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T20:25:09-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Surveying Class, 19072Surveying class, 1907. Surveying courses were part of the curriculum for engineering, agriculture and forestry students. Mechanical Hall (now Kearney Hall) is in the background. Students learning modern surveying techniques are still a common site on campus, though for several decades they have included female students. (HC 607)plain2015-10-07T23:11:27-07:00HC0607_1907_civil_engineers.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:38:37-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Students Working with Farm Equipment in the Farm Mechanics Building, ca. 19123Students working with farm equipment in the Farm Mechanics Building, ca. 1912. The building featured space for demonstration and operation of heavy farm equipment, machinery for testing farm equipment, and included a wide variety of representative machines. The 1914-15 college catalog stated “all of this expensive equipment is available to students in Farm Mechanics in the regular and short course work.” This building is Gilmore Hall today. (P47:1)plain2015-10-23T21:03:22-07:00P_47_1.jpg44.566452, -123.280541Class Sessions Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:16:57-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Examples of Furniture Made by Industrial Arts Students, ca. 19151Examples of furniture made by industrial arts students, ca. 1915. OAC’s industrial arts program was designed to prepare graduates for teaching manual training at the elementary and high school levels. The curriculum included courses in cabinetwork, woodworking, pattern making, forging, foundry practice, machine shop, and shop drawing. (HC 601)plain2015-10-28T20:16:57-07:00oregondigital_df70cb884.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:20:54-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Dean Ava Milam and Graduate Student Caroline Chen, ca. 19271Dean Ava Milam and graduate student Caroline Chen, ca. 1927. Chen, who was from Peking (now Beijing), was one of the first home economics graduate students from China to attend Oregon State. Milam developed strong relationships with many Pacific Rim countries, including China, Korea, and Japan, and many students came to Oregon State because of her work in those countries. (MSS – Ava Milam Clark Papers)plain2015-10-28T20:20:54-07:00oregondigital_df70c0661.jpgMSS – Ava Milam Clark PapersKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:18:58-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Rockne at OAC Summer Session Coaching School, ca. 19271Rockne at OAC summer session coaching school, ca. 1927. Rockne is wearing the leather football helmet. To his left is OAC football coach Paul Schissler. The fieldwork part of Rockne’s class took place at Bell Field. In the background are the Forestry Building and Men’s Gymnasium. (HC 22)plain2015-10-28T20:18:58-07:00oregondigital_df70cc17c.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-08-20T20:48:11-07:00Larry Landis with OSU Digital Publishing9d087289d46d0c9b0a147e7761e40d9b5f746896Men’s Fencing Class in the Men’s Gymnasium, 1930.8Men’s fencing class in the Men’s Gymnasium, 1930. The college catalog stated that the physical education department “offers every man in the College an opportunity for wholesome participation in nearly every branch of recognized physical activity.” Those activities included swimming, boxing, polo, rowing, wrestling, fencing, tumbling, golf, cross country, speedball and playground ball. This photo was taken by Howell’s Studio, Corvallis. (HC 818)plain2015-10-07T23:13:22-07:00HC0818_Mantle_instructor.jpgHarriet's Photograph CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-28T20:22:53-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Book Orders for Veterans Ready for Distribution in the Memorial Union Ballroom, ca. 19471Book orders for veterans ready for distribution in the Memorial Union ballroom, ca. 1947. These books were ordered for returning World War II veterans. Many of OSC’s programs for returning veterans were coordinated through the Veterans Guidance Center. (P25: 2836)plain2015-10-28T20:22:53-07:00oregondigital_df70cm19c.jpgOregon State University Historical PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:35:14-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Teaching in the New Wing of the Home Economics Building, January 19543Teaching in the new wing of the Home Economics Building, January 1954. This new wing and remodeled parts of the existing building provided students with a wide range of facilities, including food, nutrition, textiles and home furnishing laboratories and spaces for family meal service instruction and food demonstration. (P 82:42 #1574)plain2015-10-23T21:07:29-07:00P82_0042_1574.jpg44.566487, -123.279125Gwil Evans Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:36:47-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Associate Registrar Eva Blackwell Prepares Diplomas for Commencement, 19632Associate registrar Eva Blackwell prepares diplomas for commencement, 1963. Blackwell (Class of 1924), worked in Oregon State’s Registrar’s Office for more than forty years. When she retired in 1965 she had worked in that office longer than anyone else. OSU still maintains the tradition of handing out each graduate’s actual diploma at the graduation exercises. (P82:65 #2794)plain2015-10-07T23:19:42-07:00P82_0065_2794.jpgGwil Evans Photographic CollectionKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
12015-10-05T22:33:39-07:00Keenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29Art Student Making a Lithograph in a Print Making Class, Fall 19692Art student making a lithograph in a print making class, fall 1969. Art and several other social sciences and humanities subjects were approved as majors in 1966. (P3:2952)plain2015-10-07T23:23:44-07:00P3_2952.jpgBeaver Yearbook PhotographsKeenan Ward2cdcd8d7f43837000f1c46b62b720aeba303ca29
