Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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HbCjC. vhAV N Cramer Dunn McCalBster 1 Reynolds Holsate Alumni Organization The Oregon State Alumni association con- sists of about 7700 graduates besides ex- students who are bound together by the in- terests of the Alma Mater. The Alumni office in the Memorial Union building is the hub around which this vast group is centered from year to year and from all parts of the world. Forty-two alumni clubs function in the United States and territories to keep alive the Beaver spirit with meetings, parties, and pro- MARK D. McAllister President ■ grams of varied nature. These clubs enable the alumni to keep in touch with the campus, renew valued friendships and cherished memories and gain contacts with alumni of every generation. The Oregon State Monthly, edited and published on the college campus, is the me- dium of contact between all clubs and mem- bers. Since its formation in 1875, five years after the first class was graduated, the associ- ation has grown until it has a large group of life members and a trust fund of over $11,000. Each spring the senior class takes more in- terest in the organization and benefits of alumni membership and a greater per cent de- clare themselves as interested alumni members. Efforts are being made to give graduates unable to attend the main campus events an opportunity to hear about the activities through the radio. Many programs are pre- pared especially for the interest of alumni, former students and friends of the college. Plans are under way for a more extensive alumni program in the coming school year. k22.

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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»

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BS-cPwasKKjw™ ' ® ' ' -■.. ■r-. yuLumt AAV I - inwiMiHiwenr -Tj];j-iiiniinTtimrn Wilson Riley Reynolds Clark Cupper Porter Alumni Activities Alumni activities throughout the year are varied and yet chiefly hinge about two major events — Homecoming in the fall and the class reunion in the spring. Extensive preparations are made for Homecoming weekend, letters are advanced, luncheons arranged, special ar- rangements are made for the paid-up alumni reserved section at the big game, and this year a most elaborate and entertaining alumni banquet under the direction of Chuck Stidd of Portland was arranged for a crowd of over 500 enthusiastic alumni in the ballroom of the Memorial Union building. The Coffee Dan style of service was maintained and strictly in- formal entertainment was prevalent. The ball- room was cleared for a dance after the ban- quet. Registration and general interest in the weekend marked it as the most outstanding event of its kind in the history of the college. Unusual effort is expended in making the spring class reunions equally as impressive and memorable as the fall Homecoming. The Dix plan, whereby classes of consecutive years gather back on the campus, is followed. In this way, husbands, wives, brothers and sisters find it more convenient to come back together. This year the reunion classes were those previous to 1881, the classes of ' 81, 84, ' 85, ' 86 and ' 87 in the first group, 1903, ' 04, 05 and ' 06 in the second group, and 1922, ' 23, ' 24 and ' 25 in the last group. Besides these two major events the associ- ation is responsible for the game broadcasts from radio station KOAC in the fall and the rally programs. Also considerable work is being done in cooperation with other campus projects in an effort to bring to the school the most desirable high school graduates and in advertising Oregon State college. E. C. ALLWORTH Secretary .23.