Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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—3 Rb( Cordley Beneil Peavy Ziefle Milam Smith Jewell Rogers Hance Langton Patterson Deans Instruction in scientific agriculture on the coast began at the college in 1873. Dr. A. B. Cordley, who joined the staff as entomologist in 1895, has served as dean since the depart- ment was developed into a school in 1907. Commercial courses, which were offered at the college even before it received its land grant in 1868, were organized into a school with J. A. Bexell as the first dean in 1908. George W. Peavy was made dean of for- estry when the former department of forestry became a school in 1910, courses in the sub- ject having been offered for four years pre- viously. Regular four-year work in pharmacy was not established until 1907, though the de- partment had been organized since 1898. Dean Adolph Ziefle, who came to the col- lege in 1914, was made dean in 1917. The first training in home economics in the west was offered at the college in 1889 by Dr. Margaret Snell. A steady development which has made the school an outstanding one in the country may be attributed to the leadership of Dean Ava B. Milam since 1911. Whenthevarious service departments of the college were organized as a school in 1918, Dr. M. Ellwood Smith, who had served in the department for three years was made the first dean of the new school as well as director of the summer session. A department of industrial pedagogy de- veloped, with the enactment of the Smith- Hughes act, into the school of vocational education in 1918. Dr. J. R. Jewell came to the institution as dean in 1927. The school of engineering had its beginning in 1889, the first in its field on the coast. In 1927 Dean hi. S. Rogers, who had been head of the department of civil engineering for seven years, was made dean of the school. Mining was offered as a four-year course in 1902 for the first time. Dr. J. H. Hance took over the reins as dean in 1928, having been consulting geologist and engineer to the state of Illinois. With the reorganization of the two physical education departments and the health service into one school in 1929, Dr. Clair V. Lang- ton, formerly head of physical education work for men, was made dean of health and physi- cal education. The Reserve Officers Training Corps is headed by Colonel H. R. Patterson. 20.

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;ageamiB!aB ? :.ani|,j{;. i ■ Dean of Men ' s Message Difficulties were challenges to the men and women who blazed the unbroken path later known as the Oregon Trail. The prospect of hardships, suffering and even death, made the project only more commanding to those whose objective was not only a bigger, freer, more wholesome life opportunity for themselves, but also the establishment of a great oppor- tunity for a nation and a civilization. They did not pose as heroes. They did only what real men of their time naturally did. They felt the call in the opportunity and in the need. Why should they give heed to difficulties, hard- ships and dangers? We are the benefactors. We live in com- parative ease and luxur y, and yet if the civiliza- tion they made possible is to come to full fru- ition, possibly even to endure, great prob- lems must be faced and solved. Magnificent frontiers — social, economic and spiritual — must be opened. Does the thrilling example of the Oregon Trail pathfinders intrigue us? Are our spirits attuned to hear the call of oppor- tunity and need? If the call comes, will our equipment and courage be equal to the demands? Dean U. G. Duback Dr. U. G. DUBACH Dr. KATE W. JAMESON Dean of Women ' s Message When we read the story of the Oregon Trail, we are inclined to think that the frontier has passed and the days of pioneering are over. This may be true in the physical realm, but not in the realm of education. Every woman who has enjoyed the training for practical living, for homemaking, for child care, given by this school is actually a pioneer in a new field of education. Let her go fearlessly on teaching by word of mouth, by conduct, and by quiet influence, the value of such training. She too will meet any difficulties and be misunder- stood, but of her we can truly say with the poet: Because the road was steep and long. And through a dark and lonely land, God set upon her lips a song And put a lantern in her hand. As a pioneer of today, she will in a sense then complete the great work begun by her forbears of the Oregon Trail. (Mrs.) K. W. Jameson 19.

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»» Jensen Jardine Maris Reed Departmentdl Hedds W. A. Jensen was executive secretary to President Kerr at Utah State college, and when the president came to Oregon State in 1907, he brought Mr. Jensen with him to continue in his former capacity. AFter acting in various positions with the United States department of agriculture, James T. Jardine resigned as superintendent in the forest service, where he had become a nationally known authority on grazing and range problems, to become director of the college agricultural experiment station. This work includes the directing of the research work at the home station in Corvallis and the eight branch stations advantageously located to cover the varied agricultural conditions of Oregon. Mr. Jardine was specialist in re- search and graduate ork on the land grant college survey for 1930. Paul V. Maris has also just completed work in the land grant college survey on which he was specialist on extension for the United States commission of education. He served as state county agent leader for Oregon before he was made director of the extension service of the college in 1920. This service extends Lewis Smith the benefits, advantages, and available infor- mation of the work offered by the college and the United States department of agriculture to those in all parts of the state who for any reason are unable to come to the college. Upon his graduation from the college in 1911, E. B. Lemon was on the faculty of the school of commerce as instructor in the de- partment of businss administration. In 1921 he was made registrar of the college. Lucy Lewis has risen to her position as head librarian by climbing the proverbial ladder to the top. She came to the college in 1911 as cataloguer. She was made assistant librarian, then reference librarian before being ap- pointed to her present position in 1920. E. M. Smith, like Miss Lewis, has risen within his own department from lower posi- tions. In 191 5. he started as purchasing agent for the business office, later he was chief clerk, followed by the appointment to assist- ant manager. Now he controls the destinies of the business office as its manager. The department of publications was estab- lished in 1912 by Edwin T. Reed, its present editor, who came to the institution from Moor- head Teacher ' s college in Minnesota where he was head of the English department. «21»