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Delta Upsilon fraternity’s 60th anniversary celebration invitation, January 1982

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1. Literary Societies Picnic, May 30, 1910
2. Class reunion attendees, June 1926 Class reunion attendees, June 1926. Class reunions became popular in the 1920s, and were often planned to be close to commencement. This reunion tent hosted members of graduating classes from 1904 through 1907. They were viewing “old time pictures and mementoes.” The alumni included (from left) A.G. Bouquet, Anne Ewing Wayson, Harry Auld, Minette Phillips Espy, Phillip Gearhart, Madeline Nichold, Sam Graf, Fred Roth, Floyd Rowland, Harold G. Rumbraugh, Letha Rickard Porter, and Fred Ewing. The Golden Jubilee Reunion, the Alumni Association’s primary reunion, brings together members of the graduating class from fifty years ago. (HC 1102)
3. 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)
4. Delta Zeta Sorority Members on a Jeep, 1943
5. Oregon State Housemothers, ca. 1950 Oregon State Housemothers, ca. 1950. Greek houses and housing co-operatives employed housemothers, who served “in loco parentis” for those living groups, acting as administrator, supervisor, social coordinator, and sometime confidante. One of the most famous housemothers affiliated with Oregon State was Florence Kincaid Naismith, widow of James Naismith, who is credited with inventing the game of basketball in 1892. She served as housemother for the Delta Delta Delta sorority from 1941 to 1947. Housemothers also had their own organization – the Resident Hostess Club of Oregon State College. It was created in 1948, and the members met monthly to discuss common issues and problems at the living groups, and to plan social events for the residents. The club had a close connection with the Dean of Women. The club disbanded about 1968. (P25:2715)
6. “Beaver Machine” Homecoming Display, 1951
7. Oregon Governor Tom McCall confers with OSU symphony conductor Bernard Gilmore, Feb. 12, 1969
8. “Beemer for B&T Senator” campaign sign, ca. 1972
9. Delta Upsilon fraternity’s 60th anniversary celebration invitation, January 1982
10. Wilma Mankiller with the Officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988 Wilma Mankiller with the officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988. The Native American Student Association sponsors the OSU Powwow. Mankiller, third from the right, was the chief of the Cherokee Nation, a position she held from 1985 to 1995. She was on campus in the Fall of 1988 to lecture and attend the OSU Powwow. She returned to lecture again at OSU in April 2007. (P94, Accession 97:100)

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1980s Keenan Ward
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1. Crop Science Building, 1981
2. Judy Spoelstra, 1982 Judy Spoelstra in action against Montana State, 1982. Spoelstra played at OSU for two seasons, 1982 and 1983, earning Kodak All-American second team honors in 1983. She led the team to the 1982 Women’s NIT title and an appearance in the 1983 NCAA tournament. Spoelstra returned to OSU in 1995 to inherit basketball head coaching duties from her former coach, Aki Hill. She coached the team for ten seasons, compiling an overall record of 133 wins and 158 losses. Her teams played in the 1996 NCAA tournament and in the WNIT from 2001 to 2004. Spoelstra received the John R. Wooden Pac-10 conference coach of the year in 2000, and was named to the OSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. (P57:6979)
3. Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, ca. 1988 Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, ca. 1988. Opened in October 1988, it contains a smokestack from the 1909 heating plant that serves as a solar heated air return for the building’s heating system. The building was renamed Owen Hall in 1999, in memory of Professor Thomas Owen, chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. and Dean of Engineering from 1990 until his death in 1997. Today it houses the School of Civil and Construction Engineering. (P3, 1989 Beaver Yearbook photos)
4. Wilma Mankiller with the Officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988 Wilma Mankiller with the officers of the OSU Native American Student Association, Fall 1988. The Native American Student Association sponsors the OSU Powwow. Mankiller, third from the right, was the chief of the Cherokee Nation, a position she held from 1985 to 1995. She was on campus in the Fall of 1988 to lecture and attend the OSU Powwow. She returned to lecture again at OSU in April 2007. (P94, Accession 97:100)
5. Women’s track coaches Will Stephens & Joni Huntley, 1981
6. Delta Upsilon fraternity’s 60th anniversary celebration invitation, January 1982
7. Winners of the Six-Kilometer Homecoming Fun Run with Benny Beaver, 1983
8. Karl Van Calcar, ca. 1985 Karl Van Calcar running against Washington State, ca. 1985. Van Calcar, who ran at OSU from 1984-1988, was a five time All-American for Oregon State – three times in track and twice in cross-country. The 1500 and 5000 meter runs and the 3000 meter steeplechase were his specialties. He won the steeplechase at the 1988 NCAA Championships – the last Beaver to win an individual national title before track and field was eliminated. (Photo by Mike Shields, courtesy of OSU Athletic Communications)