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COMMENCEMENT: A GLANCE BACK A look at the first woman graduate A young lady made a remarkable history in Corvallis College, what is now Oregon State University. Alice Eudorah Biddle, became the first woman graduate from this institution. In 1870. she was only 16 when she received a B.S. Degree in Liberal Arts. Alice was one of the first three graduates of OSU. The two other graduates were James K.P. Currin, 26. and Robert M. Veatch, 27. Alice was bom February 2. 1854 as the eighth child to Maria Evans and Benjamin Robert Biddle. Alice finished her education successfully at Corvallis College and went through Commencement on June 29, 1870. At the commencement. Alice read a paper Progress of Mind.” Alice’s success in her school brightened her family, since they believed in the importance of an education. Six months later. Alice brought more gcxxl news to her family. On December 8, at the age of 16, she was married to 25 year old William Walter Moreland, her former professor at Corvallis College. Years later, the Morelands moved to Oregon City, where he then practiced law. More than a hundred years have past since Alice graduated from Corvallis College. Although people sometimes forget the past, Alice’s bright success in her education will never fade away.m Michiru Kobayashi An endless line of students walk past Archives photo P82.6S Weatherford Hall to the 1950 commencement ceremony. • COMMENCEME 1894 1994 N T • 29
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Clcvia Pccry of the Class of 1909 dons a cap and gown for graduation. Peers' was one of many women that paved the way for future generations of OSU OAC women graduates. Students enjoy the 1927 President s reception for seniors, which was held in yard east of the President’s House. Standing at far left is John Andrew Bexcll, School of Commerce Dean. OSU Archives photo U 388 ® return )tiitr 9rirnlhtrnl ulleae to to wto-in tWr irftn 1 |U , mt Onntm ’ ■ fbt MaU Uir» .if »»dlirT Equation Vutnr ihr nltwiiti w il lv.M M Bn tuatmmntMwn at Ibf Ahni.iilr.itwr fMMil. IM etntttttb bii Jfliiitrrft 3ht« ilramer tolto- l|a thr t »tr •in p.i» r tbr ti.iimii.itu'nn rr mrrd Ihrrrfpr. tbt 0r »rr faibrbr wl tomti in tmnmr with .ill Mir I5i«hl Vrnnlrjr .mb txw-r Mirmntto jpprrtimnm «u- tm . fc, to— - — — «i-i — OSU Archives photo 492 OAC’s diploma from 1931 resembles the contemporary design of the OSU diploma. Graduates, family, and friends gather for the 1915 commencement in the Men’s Gym (now Langton Hall). OSU Archivrs photo 492 28 COMMENCEMENT 1894 1994
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