Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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FRED N. I OX La Grande, Oregon ELECTRIC A I, ENGINEBRINO First Lieutenant Co. li. Engineering Association, I resident Orator) and Debate, President Zeta-gatheun Society. A would-be athlete. A star on the '08 Junior team. Obtained a timber claim by great perseverance. Noticeable feature: his age. FAYE ROADRUCK Irrigon, Oregon HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE Pierian Society, Debating Team, Vorwarts, Champion Casket bat I Team in Ml. Imitator of Susan B. Anthony. Habit, trying to push in, but will overcome this in her old age. Motto: Make the world brighter for having lived in it. BENJAMIN H. GREENHAW Portland, Oregon MINING. Zetagathcan Society. Miners’ Association, Manager of Athletics. Star on Track Team. Every one knows and likes “Benhaw. Can make a hole in the atmosphere like a scared “coyote.” Is a confirmed single man. EDWARD D. THAYER Rainier, Oregon ELECTRIC A L ENG INEERING President of Zetagathcan Society, Engineering Ass'n. Y. M. C. A.. Lieutenant-Adjutant First Battalion. Takes great interest in the metallic filament for the incandescent electrical lights. Quiet and serious by nature. Has few teeth left. WILLIAM Y. FARNSWORTH Logan. Utah MBCHANICAL ENGINEERING President of Vorwarts, Engineering Association. This lad hails from the land of Mormons. Has a record as a pole-vaulter. Has acquired the habit of twaddling, is a handy man to have around.

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THOMAS R. SLEIGHT Oregon City. Oregon M EC H A XIC A I. EXGINEBRI NO Amicitia Society. Engineering Ass'a. Lieut. Co. F. Is as “Sleight” in general makeup as he is by name. Never “Sleights his studies. Believes the fair sex are fit only for “stratagem, treason, and spoils.” DAVID MACMILLAN Sell wood. Oregon M EC H A X ICAL EXGIXEERIXO Philadelphian Society. Captain of Company I. engineering .4 ssociation. Square like a box. Has girls scattered over all the country. Will either locate here or at Oregon City. Has a great architectural imagination. GRACE E. STARR Corvallis. Oregon HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE Clionian Society, Vorwarts. Modest, conservative, and constantly studious. She shines by day as well as by night. Has caused many an O. A. C. student to specialize in Astronomy. RALPH S. MILLN Oregon City, Oregon MINING. Amicitia, Miners' Association, Business Manager Barometer, Lieutenant and Quartermaster First Battalion. Is a model young man. Never throws books in the library. Isa typical Innocence Abroad.” Has a preference for red hair. RUPERT WALL Early. Oregon ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Jeffersonian Society, Engineering Association, First Lieutenant Company D, Editor-in-Chief of N. W. Journal of Engineering. He always has a smile that some day will win him a cook. Admits that the moonlight walks on College Hill are exhilarating, especially from an astronomical standpoint.

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RALPH r. THOMPSON Heppner, Oregon CIVIL ENGINEERING Civil Engineering Association. Captain Commisarg. Always sleeps in the “Judge’s” Class. His affinity is getting (l’+)‘s. Always looking for an easy job, or a soft place to sit down. HOWARD W. TABER Sheridan. Oregon ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Engineering Association. Short in stature, quiet, and a noted bachelor. A book worm. Has fixed views and aims. His grievance is “what cannot be cured must be endured.” GRETA I. GRAY Corvallis, Oregon LITERARY COMMERCE Feronian Society. Does not believe in anything “fictitious.” Her motto: “Don’t deceive; be honest.’’ Does Greta curl her hair or is it natural? Never knows how to get an “A” although it is her desire. WALTER WAGGONER Corvallis, Oregon PHARMACY Philadelphian Society, Pharmaceutical Association. Likes to take girls to the “Rink” on Tuesday evenings. Of all the Waggoners that ever wagged, Walter’s the one that can handle the “Krag.” MARCUS STRUVE Pendleton, Oregon PHARMACY Pharmaceutical Association, Mandolin and Guitar Club, College Orchestra, First Battalion Sergeant-Major. A great violinist. When they ask where you were horn. lad. speak right up and proudly say, “Deutschland.”