Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Mint L « on Lcwrt S«itK R«d Department Heads William A. Jensen was executive secretary to President Kerr of Oregon State when the latter was president of Utah State college until 1907. When the president came to this college Mr. Jensen accompanied him and continued to serve in his former capacity as executive secretary. Erwin B. Lemon was made registrar in 1921. Before he had obtained his former position he had previously been instructor in the department of business administration in the school of commerce. Mr. Lemon graduated from Oregon State college in the school of commerce in the year of 1911. Lucy M. Lewis, head librarian of the Oregon State library, has held that position since 1920. When she first came to the college she took over the work as a cataloguer in the year of 1911. It was not long until she was advanced to assistant librarian, then to reference librarian, and from there she reached her present occupation in the library. Paul V. Maris, director of the extension service of the college, received his appointment in 1920. Before he took over this work he had previously been the state county agent leader for the state of Oregon. The extension department gives available information to every portion of the state, and to those persons, who for any reason are unable to come to the college, who desire knowledge of work offered by the college or by the United States department of agriculture. Edwin T. Reed established the department of publications in 1912 at Oregon State and is its present editor. Before he came to the college as organizer of the department of publications, he was head of the English department at Moorhead Teachers' college in Minnesota. On the campus, Mr. Reed has been active on publication boards and has been in direct contact with the students through this work. His office is a general clearing house for all cuts and photographs used in campus publications. Edwin M. Smith was recently made manager of the business office of Oregon State college. In the year 1915 he had started working in the office as a purchasing agent, and from this capacity he rose to a higher occupation as chief clerk. Not long after, he reached the position of assistant manager and from there to his Ewe Sr t««fv present status in the business office. 18

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ADMINISTRATION 8«» ll Hoyt Cor flty S So ft! Id Dean of Commerce Dr. Harrison V. Hoyt, dean of commerce, came to Oregon State this year filling the vacancy left by Dean J. A. Bexell, with a foundation of academic, practical business and school administration experiences. He graduated from Purdue university. After his graduation from Harvard Graduate School of Business he was associated with a New York firm of industrial and production engineers. He holds the distinction of having the first and only doctorate awarded by the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was connected with several other large industrial concerns before coming to the college. Dean Hoyt has served in various capacities for these firms including such positions as business organization specialist, personnel director and counselor, systems and accounting advisor and administrative supervisor. This type of experience fits him admirably for his position here as dean of the school of commerce since he is head of the department of business organization and management as well as administrator of the other departments including economics and sociology, secretarial training, political science and commercial education. The new dean comes to the college with the highest recommendations from his former associates, with special commendation from Dean W. E. Hotchkiss of Stanford university. Dean of Agriculture Dr. William A. Schoenfeld, dean of agriculture and director of the agricultural experiment station, came to the college in 1931, taking the place left by Dean A. B. Cordley. His past training and experience began in 1910, including teaching, research and extension service work with emphasis on the economic or business side of agriculture. At the University of Wisconsin he obtained his bachelor of science degree in agriculture in 1914. His master's and doctor's degrees were obtained at the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He also spent some time as a student at the University of Berlin. Dr. Schoenfeld has a varied experience in the many phases of the nation-wide agricultural situation. He was for two years western representative of the federal farm board and for five years northwest representative of the United States department of agriculture, with headquarters at Portland. Thus he is able to combine a national point of view with an intimate knowledge of conditions and problems in Oregon. The office of director of the experiment station was combined with that of head of the school of agriculture for the first time this year, as a result of the resignation of Director James T. Jardine, who is now chief of the office of experiment stations at Washington, D. C. .17 J

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Aluoni Alumni Organization The Oregon State Alumni association consists of approximately 7700 graduates, and also includes all ex-students retaining contact with Oregon State college. The main office of the association is in the Memorial Union building, to which alumni business is directed from all parts of the world. The organization is divided into 35 alumni clubs, whose function it is to further the interests of the Alma Mater and to keep the Beaver spirit growing. These clubs are formed merely as social organizations and through parties, meetings and programs help the alumni to keep their contact with the campus, make new alumni friends, renew friendships with their fellow class mates and gain contacts with alumni of every generation. Other clubs have the purpose of interesting prospective students for Oregon State college, and still others carry out an educational program that affords the alumnus an opportunity to be informed of many new achievements both in science and art. The Oregon State Monthly, official alumni publication, serves as the link between the grads” and the students. It now has a large subscription list which includes many far corners of the world. Since its formation in 1875, five years after the first graduating class, the association has advanced steadily to its present position of unquestioned value and accomplishment until, in fact, it has become one of the real, potent factors in educational circles of Oregon and the west. Each spring the members of the senior class take a greater interest in this organization and benefits of the alumni membership, and a large per cent declare themselves as active alumni members. A cross section of Oregon State alumni reveals them in leading roles in the fields of home economics, engineering, forestry, mining, teaching, agriculture, and as businessmen, physicians, public officials, bankers, journalists, athletes, attorneys, managers, manufacturers and the like. The ratio of men and women among the graduates is two to one. For those graduates unable to attend Homecoming and other special events of the campus, efforts are made to give opportunity to keep in contact with the organization through radio broadcasts. Programs are prepared with the special view of informing friends ... » , || , | , | ANNtTIt C.KAV . ? or the college about alumni and campus events. Pr«.a« t .19