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1. T. Y. and H. H. Hsiao
T. Y. and H. H. Hsiao
2. OSC student members of the Army Specialized Training Program in a physical conditioning drill in the field south of Weatherford Hall
OSC student members of the Army Specialized Training Program in a physical conditioning drill in the field south of Weatherford Hall
Description
The Army Specialized Training Program was implemented at twenty-two universities during World War II to help meet the increased demand for soldiers trained with technical skills. Physical conditioning was a required part of the ASTP curriculum.
3. OSC student members of the Army Specialized Training Program marching through the Memorial Union quad
OSC student members of the Army Specialized Training Program marching through the Memorial Union quad
Description
The Army Specialized Training Program was implemented at twenty-two universities during World War II to help meet the increased demand for soldiers trained with technical skills.
4. Nancy Dewey on the beach in the East Indies
Nancy Dewey on the beach in the East Indies
Description
Nancy Dewey was an alumna and a corporal in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps who served as a cook for a WAC detachment in New Guinea during World War II. She was later employed by the State Department and stationed in Iran, among other locations.
5. Marian Stebenger playing the chimes
Marian Stebenger playing the chimes
Description
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.
6. Navigating high water during a flood on the OSC campus
Navigating high water during a flood on the OSC campus
7. President George Peavy and the OSC Administrative Council
President George Peavy and the OSC Administrative Council
Description
The Administrative Council was established by the Board of Regents in 1908, soon after President Kerr assumed office. The council advised the president on administrative and policy issues. It consisted of the president, the academic deans, director of Extension and other top college administrators such as the registrar and deans of men and women. This may have been the last meeting of the Administrative Council prior to President Peavy’s retirement. This photo appeared in the 1940 yearbook
8. Delivering fuel to the Steam Plant
Delivering fuel to the Steam Plant
Description
This delivery truck from the Corvallis Lumber Company unloads wood chips. The lumber company’s mill was located at the confluence of the Marys and Willamette Rivers in Corvallis, and its mill waste was an important fuel source for the college. Wood chips, which also arrived by rail car for many years, were used as fuel for the steam plant into the 1970s.
9. Weatherford Hall as viewed from the southwest
Weatherford Hall as viewed from the southwest
10. The Beef Barn on fire
The Beef Barn on fire