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A Photographic History of Oregon State University

Benny Beaver, 1939

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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. Members of the Class of 1902 with Their Class Gift, the Lady of the Fountain, 1903
3. Class of 1904 “Flunk Day” Celebration, Spring 1904
4. 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)
5. Junior-Senior Football Game, December 4, 1909
6. Waldo Hall Reception, ca. 1910
7. Volleyball Game South of Science Hall (Furman Hall), ca. 1915
8. Residents in the Margaret Snell Hall Living Room, ca. 1925
9. Local Business Exposition, 1929
10. Benny Beaver, 1939
11. 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)
12. Students Sunbathing on the Roof of Snell Hall, ca. 1962
13. A Sea of Umbrellas, Parker Stadium, ca. 1971
14. Winners of the Six-Kilometer Homecoming Fun Run with Benny Beaver, 1983
15. 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. Men’s Fencing Class in the Men’s Gymnasium, 1930. Men’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)
2. Theta Sigma Phi Members Performing a Stunt in Front of the Memorial Union, 1938 Theta Sigma Phi members performing a stunt in front of the Memorial Union, 1938. Theta Sigma Phi is a national professional society for women in journalism and communications. It was created in 1909 by female journalism students at the University of Washington. Oregon State’s Alpha Eta chapter was established in 1924, replacing a predecessor organization called The Scribe. The national organization, now known as the Association for Women in Communications, allowed men to become members in 1972. (HC 1182)
3. William Arthur Jensen, ca. 1930 William Arthur Jensen, ca. 1930. Jensen (1881 -1945) served as executive secretary for presidents Kerr and Peavy and was a member of the college’s administrative council. He came to OAC in 1907. After President Kerr was in an auto accident and needed nearly a year to recover, Jensen served as the de facto president of OAC during Kerr’s hiatus. The campus gates were dedicated to Jensen for his strong support of WPA art projects on campus during the 1930s. (HC 258)
4. M. Ellwood Smith, ca. 1932
5. Benny Beaver, 1939
6. Dedication of the Chemistry Building, December 2, 1939 Dedication of the Chemistry Building, December 2, 1939. President Peavy (front row, right), Governor Charles Sprague (front row, center) Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter (second row, second from left) and members of the State Board of Higher Education attended the dedication of the building – one of a handful of buildings built at any public higher education campus in Oregon in the 1930s. Board member Beatrice Walton Sackett is in the front row, left. Linus Pauling (not pictured) was also at the building’s dedication. (P16:733)
7. View of the Library Quad and West Campus, ca. 1930
8. Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939
9. Professor Earl L. Packard Examining a Fossilized Sea Turtle Skull, ca. 1935. Professor Earl L. Packard examining a fossilized sea turtle skull, ca. 1935. Packard was a paleontologist who came to OSC from the University of Oregon in 1932 as a part of the consolidation of the School of Science at Oregon State. He served as the Dean of Science from 1932 to 1938, as chair of the geology department from 1932 to 1950, and as director of OSC’s Research Council from 1932 to 1946. (HC 1038)