Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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THE Oregon State Board of Higher Education, which on July 1, 1929, replaced three former boards of regents and the board of higher curricula, governs activities of Oregon State college, University of Oregon, University of Oregon Medical School, Oregon Normal School, Southern Oregon Normal and Eastern Oregon Normal school. Directors must be citizens of Oregon, are appointed by the governor with Senate consent, and hold office nine years, one retiring each year. The Board controls all records and accounts, all property, all funds, all appointments to the faculties, all curricular allocations and all relations of the sev- 20 BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION eral institutions to the legislature and the public. Inaugurating its new program of higher educational development on July 1, 1931, the Board has exercised full authority in reorganizing the work of all institutions and establishing a unified program to eliminate duplication and promote coordination throughout the state system. A chancellor and a secretary serve the Board respectively as chief administrative officer and recording agent. Board members are: Willard L. Marks, Albany, president; E. C. Pease, The Dalles, vice-president; Herman Oliver, John Day,- F. E. Callister, Albany,- Beatrice W. Sackett, Marshfield; C. A. Brand, Rose-burg,- Robert W. Ruhl, Medford; E. C. Sammons and Walter E. Pearson, Portland. Frederick M. Hunter is Chancellor, Charles D. Byrne, secretary. L

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IN a student body of four thousand two hundred wholesome red-blooded young men and women with earnestness and purpose everywhere in the air, happiness ought to abound and become a well-nigh universal habit of mind. The conditioning of student life at Oregon State College is unique —nowhere are to be found finer opportunities for those elements that are the warp and woof of real happiness—albeit 70 per cent of the total earn part or all their college expenses—nowhere in a similar student body are there settings in which the practices of everyday living are more stimulating to fine manhood and womanhood—more inspiring to character and idealism. But the student in control of his thinking processes creates the habit of happiness. It is HE who establishes the code for everyday living and action. It is HIS selection that chooses the worthy, not the unworthy—the wholesome, not the tawdry. Oregon State College men and women may establish this tradition of happiness. Their code may become an espousal of— Contemplative progress, not cynicism and fault finding Selective action, not rowdyism Beauty, not cheapness Friendly emulation, not envy Cooperation, not feudism Originality, not slavish imitation Character, not cleverness Inner satisfaction, not gratification. Each student citizen may be a builder of this cult of happiness for his alma mater, should he make his habits of thought for four years fit such a code of ideals. ’ 19

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iESIDENT PEAW WITHIN the covers of each Beaver is a record of an Oregon State year. Thirty-two years ago the first Oregon State annual ventured timidly on the campus. In contrast with today, what a campus! The Chem shack, Apperson hall and the old Administration building the principal instruction buildings. Two dwelling houses between the band stand and the museum building, then the Armory. Old Cauthorn hall, now Kidder, a men's dormitory out in the country. Alpha hall, housing forty young ladies. Board walks, and mud walks and no walks. No paving anywhere. Student body of eight hundred; faculty, thirty-six. Women with mutton-leg sleeves, but without cigarettes. Men with long hair and fuzzy whiskers. President Kerr, man of vision, vibrant with energy, just on his way. Looking across the open spaces, from the front campus to the west. Visioning a great educational institution, dedicated to the service of a growing state. A man to make dreams come true. Patient, determined, diplomatic. Yielding only to move forward on another front. He wrought a great work. Oregon State stands as a record of his achievement. So here we are in 1938! Students, more than 4,000; faculty, more than 434. Oregon State, an up-to-date, going concern. Touching the lives of men and women in every nook and corner of Oregon. A powerful, creative instrument of service. Ours to carry on!’ 21