Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

Page 25 text:

©©£ © ©IF El HARLES David Byrne, secretary of the l Higher W L came to I South Dakota State college in 1929 to bc- C. D. Byrne come professor of Secretary . ,. journalism at Oregon State college. After serving in this department for three years, he was appointed director of information for the state system of higher education, and in 1934 was appointed secretary to the board after acting in that capacity for some time. For the past two years, Mr. Byrne has also served as assistant to the Chancellor of the State system. H Irvine Olivo rtuc Cillnrer Simmon Sector Rnhl Ijj fjHE State Board of Higher Education, which 11 controls the activities of six institutions— Oregon State college, University of Oregon, Oregon Medical school and three normal schools at La Grande, Monmouth and Ashland—comprising the Oregon State system of Higher Education, is composed of nine members appointed by the governor of the state. 'I'his board was organized in 1929 when an act of the legislature resulted in the unifying of the control of all state institutions of higher education under one body. The board has executive power over all major problems of the six institutions. All expenditures, including building programs, general maintenance, supplies and salaries, are handled by this body. They also determine the curricula for the six schools and approve all staff appointments. Willard Marks of Albany is chairman of the group. (i9)

Page 24 text:

 W REGON State college is to be congratulated upon the service it has rendered the state and the people thereof in the period since its inception. I am mindful that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the federal and state appropriations for a 90,000-acre land grant for the school, and also the 50th anniversary of the founding of the agricultural experiment station. In the intervening years, the college has established a tradition of faithful service that has won and will merit the admiration of our people. However, we must all look forward to the future, and I feel confident that the college will meet the problems yet to arise in the same fine spirit as in the past. Governor Charles H. Martin General Charles H. Martin Governor of Oregon GOVERNOR Charles H. Martin of Oregon consistently sustains the State Hoard of Higher Education in all its prerogatives to insure a highly efficient ministering to pertinent needs of the state through the State college and the other institutions of the state system. Characteristically abrupt in expression, he believes in placing responsibility squarely in the hands of the administration. He has helped to expand the functions of the State college since his inauguration by approving legislative acts providing funds for the Squaw Butte range experiment station—26,000 acres of inter-mountain arid lands. He served two terms in the House of Representatives of the United States Congress. His 40-year record in the United States army brought him the rank of major-general and the Distinguished Service Medal. (iS)

Page 26 text:

Dr. Frederick M. Hunter Chancellor of Slate Syitem oj Higher Education INCE Dr. Frederick M. Hunter has assumed the duties of chancellor of higher education in Oregon, a high degree of unity and harmony has been noted in the administration of the six state-supported institutions. Eastern schools have shown a definite interest in the new education program, and Oregon is being considered an example by other states. Always popular and genial. Dr. Hunter has had wide experience in higher education. He came to Oregon in 1935 from the University of Denver, where he had been chancellor for seven years. He was formerly superintendent of schools in Lincoln, Neb., and Oakland, Calif., and a prominent lecturer at Columbia university and at the University of California. While a Nebraska undergraduate he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an intercollegiate debater and an all-western guard on the football team. OR 75 years Oregon State college has been teaching the youth of Oregon high ideals of life and emphasizing the applications of scientific knowledge to the varied natural resources of Oregon. The leadership of 19,397 alumni and ex-students presents a defense of higher education in Oregon that is unanswerable. If Oregon is to maintain its place in the Empire of the Northwest, it must continue to utilize the agencies in its educational institutions for the nourishment and re-creation of the forces that can lead our democratic society to highest achievements. All great civilizations have come through the intellectual leadership arising from such institutions. Frederick M. Hunter (zo)