Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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OSU Archives photo ft 967 The late 1920's even saw the popularity of theatrics. These students powder and pluck their fellow student's faces. A 1927 Art class sketches under the close supervision of their instructor. Some OAC women participate in an OSU Archives photo U 491 experiment in Coeds in Mechanics. Some women in 1918 fought the stereotypical image that insisted mechanics were men. A student of Mechanical Engineering observes the settings of a machine. In 1907. Mechanical Engineering was the first professional degree granted by OAC. • A C A D E M 1894 1994 I C S 21

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THE EVOLUTION OF ACADEMICS The School of Secretarial Sciences offered women a practical education The School of Secretarial Science has for 32 years shaped the students to l e valuable assets of industry-particularly for their secretarial and accounting services. Under the able leadership of Dean Herbert T Vance, students are trained with modem equipment. Secretarial Science graduates have great opportunity to adjust promptly in the business world through the many types of work available in business and professional offices. Radio shorthand contests and the annual state typing for high school students are conducted by Phi Chi Theta, honor society for women in commerce. Women who have a grade point average of 3.0 or above are eligible for membership in the society. Beai'er 1941 OSU Archives photo 946 These OAC students compare and record data revealed by a 1920's botany lab. 20 A CADE M ICS 1894 1994

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George W. Peavy is the namesake for a few OSU facilities. Peavy led Oregon State Agricultural College from 1934 to 1940. President John Byrne milks a cow during Ag Day’s in 1990. Byrne began his presidency in 1984. Keilh Rude OSU Archives PI :I William A. Finley was the first president of Corvallis College. He was president from 1865 to 1872. President August LcRoy Strand was President from 1942 to 1961. OSU Archives PI :59 OSU Archives PI .81 22 P RESIDENTS 1894 1994