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								OAC Professor of Bacteriology Theodore Beckwith in his lab, ca. 1913. The Bacteriology Department worked closely with other departments, such as Dairy Husbandry and Poultry Husbandry, on Experiment Station research projects. Beckwith was a member of the OAC faculty and chair of the Bacteriology Department from 1912 to 1919. He authored several Extension and Experiment Station publications. He later served as chair of UCLA’s Department of Bacteriology. (HC 949) 
								 
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									Canning Berries in the Horticultural Products Canning Lab, ca. 1920 
								 
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								Canning berries in the Horticultural Products canning lab, ca. 1920. The second floor of the Horticultural Products Building included this seventy-two foot long canning room. An addition to the building in 1924 provided a new space of nearly 2,800 square feet for the canning lab and included two complete lines of canning machinery. (HC 936) 
								 
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								School of Forestry Tree Nursery, 1925. The School of Forestry established this tree nursery soon after the Forestry Building (Moreland Hall) was built in 1917. In 1925 the nursery contained nearly 100 species. Many of the trees in the large grove south of Moreland Hall are remnants of this nursery. (HC 849) 
								 
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									Brush Mower Developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939 
								 
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								Brush mower developed by the School of Forestry, ca. 1939. Practical labor saving devices, such as this modified truck made into an early “brush hog,” were important research projects, especially during World War II when Oregon experienced a severe labor shortage in both industry and agriculture. (HC 849) 
								 
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									Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster Work with OSC’s Cyclotron, ca. 1954 
								 
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								Physics Professors David Nicodemus and Richard R. Dempster work with OSC’s cyclotron, ca. 1954. Nicodemus joined the Oregon State faculty in 1950 after receiving his doctorate at Stanford, where he worked on establishing its cyclotron. During World War II he worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and participated in the detonation of the first nuclear device at the Trinity site in 1945. Dempster came to Oregon State in 1944 after earning his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942. While at Cal, Dempster worked in Ernest O. Lawrence’s Radiation Lab. Lawrence developed the first cyclotron at the University of California in 1932. (P25:2888) 
								 
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									Biochemist Wil Gamble in the Lab, ca. 1965 
								 
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								Biochemist Wil Gamble in the lab, ca. 1965. Gamble came to OSU in 1962 and joined the faculty of the Chemistry Department. He became part of the newly created Biochemistry and Biophysics Department when it was established in 1967. Gamble’s research focused on atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis. He won College of Science and university awards for his student advising work. (P82:203) 
								 
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									Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968 
								 
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								Researcher in an entomology lab, Cordley Hall, ca. 1968. Entomological research at OSU dates back to the late 19th century. (P55) 
								 
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								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) 
								 
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								Dearborn Hall, ca. 1950. Constructed in 1949, it was the home of OSU’s electrical engineering program for many years. It was the last of three interconnected buildings on Campus Way; the others were Batcheller and Covell halls. It was named for Richard H. Dearborn, head of the Electrical Engineering Dept. from 1914 to 1934 and Dean of Engineering from 1935 to 1944. (P82:430) 
								 
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									Dean of Forestry Paul M. Dunn Observing a Pinecone, 1950 
								 
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								Dean of Forestry Paul M. Dunn observing a pinecone, November 1950. Dunn (1898-1988) was OSC’s dean of forestry from 1942 to 1955. He was instrumental in OSC obtaining the 6,200 acre Adair Tract from the federal government after World War II. A large portion of this tract became the Paul M. Dunn Research Forest. Prior to coming to OSC, he had been dean of forestry at Utah State College from 1931 to 1938. After leaving Oregon State, Dunn worked for the St. Regis Paper Company until 1968. He was a 1975 recipient of the Society of American Foresters’ Gifford Pinchot Award. (HC 200) 
								 
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								College Playhouse, ca. 1951. The old armory and gymnasium building was converted to a playhouse for Oregon State’s excellent theatre program in 1950. It was renamed Mitchell Playhouse in 1961, in memory of C.B. Mitchell, longtime chair of the Speech Dept. and director of the theatre program. The building was used as the playhouse until 1990, when fire safety concerns closed it for that purpose. In 1992 it was restored with gift funds from the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, and reopened as the Gladys Valley Gymnastics Center. (P16:814) 
								 
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								Chemical Engineering Building, February 1957. The building, designed by Portland architect Herman Brookman, was constructed in 1955. It was named in 1986 for George Gleeson, Dean of Engineering from 1944 to 1970. (P82:17 #2154b) 
								 
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									Teaching in the New Wing of the Home Economics Building, January 1954 
								 
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								Teaching 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) 
								 
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								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) 
								 
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									Freshman co-ed with new campus street signs, fall 1953 
								 
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								Freshman co-ed with new campus street signs, fall 1953. This student showed off the new street signs that were installed on campus. The signs were orange with black lettering – the inverse of today’s orange on black street signs. (P82:64 #1473) 
								 
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									“Beaver Machine” Homecoming Display, 1951 
								 
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								“Beaver Machine” Homecoming display, 1951. OSU’s Greek community has been a major participants in OSU’s Homecoming festivities for many decades. On of their traditions has been the creation of signs and displays in front of their houses -- some of them were elaborate feats of engineering. (P125:1) 
								 
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								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) 
								 
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