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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1929)
PAGE TEN Thm O2EG0N STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning. Jan Z. 1929 Salem Has 18 Members of Graduating Class; Students Active in 0. S C. Affairs 534 Young People Finishing at Corvallis; 489 To be Given Bachelor of Science Degree; .. . Men Greatly Outnumber Women OREGON STATE COLLEGE. May SI. Salem ! represented byj IS of the S3S graduates of the class of 1929 completing work for degrees at the 60th annual com mencement June 3. Of the total number being graduated, 489 will receive the baehelor of science de tree. 23 the master of science de gree, and 22 the degree of phar maceutical chemist. Men outnumber women in the graduating class 336 to 198. though the latter are scattered among seren of the 10 degree granting schools of the college. To get the bachelor of science degree here, students must not only com plete four years of studies but must maintain an average grade of 80 or above. The result is that those in the graduating class are only those who have survived a four-year "weeding out" process that has eliminated the lesa de termined students. Miw Fltta Home Kc Major Home, economics ta the one one school in which no men ma jor, hence the 96 graduates this year of which Edna May Fitts is one, are all co-eds. Two main cur ricula are open to students in this school, one leading to commercial pursuits or teaching, and the oth er to home making and general citizenship. Miss Fitt ha3 had work in household administration, foods and nutrition, home econom ics education, clothing and tex tiles, and Institutional economics la addition to the liberal studies afforded in other schools of the college. As 75 per cent of the young women of the United States are married before they are 30. considerable ; emphasis Is placed on training for the homemaklng career. Forestry is a calling growing In popularity and that Is the school from which Thomas ChUds and George Pepoon are obtaining their degree, being two of 25 to finish the four-year course this spring. Oregon has an area of close to 23.000,000 acres good for noth Ing but to grow trees. Lumbering Is now the state's major resource and a real demand exists for train ed leaders in the technical phases of forestry evelopment la tha fu ture. These men have had train lag In forestry, logging engineer In gand lumber manufacture, with opportunity to major In any one of the three. Through a co operative arrangement with the federal government many students enter the forest service as under-1 graduates and later enter a regu lar position in the department. Active on Campws Both Childs ,and Pepoon have been active in campus affairs. hop nf XI Slema PI, national honorary society in forestry and Wastina. local so cial group. Pepoons's activities were more in the field of sports. ia- h u athletic manager of the Forestry club and chairman of the sophomore Olympics. He is also a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. national social fraternity. Charles Nusbaum and George Blinkhorn are two of the 41 grad uates this year in agriculture, one ef the 10 degree granting schools of the college. Many agricultural graduates continue in advanced work and later enter research work, become extension special ists, marketing specialists, enter 4-H club work or agricultural teaching. Reduction of agricultur al registration fill over the country following the farm depression of the last decade has left the sup ply of trained agricultural stu lanN klnor thn Hpmand in this broad field. Nusbaum Very Busy in addition to the regular clasa work, Nusbaum has also been In campus affairs, having been a member of Alpha Zeta, national honorary society in agriculture, jEJpha Delta Sigma, national ad vertising honorary society, the Oregon Countryman staff, student agricultural publication, and Sig- Toa Cam ma social fraternity. He j!$s competed in the Withycombe club stock Judging contests and as won the Alpha Zeta scholar-1 ship cup. . - Blinkhorn has 'also been active la cam pas affairs. He is a member of the Barometer staff, the rifle team. Y. M. C. A. cabinet. Oregon Countryman staff, beside going ut for track and cross country. He is a captain of the reserve of ficers training corps and a mem ber of Sigma Phi EpslloBr, natkra t social fraternity. Lola Schuls and Philip Varley re receiving their degree of B. S. In pharmacy from one of the strongest schools In this field In the west. The school includes va model drug store, the first of lis kind established In the United States, which nerves as a labora tory for actual drag store nrolH leas. Every one of the It gradu ates this year had to taka the -afcate- pharmacy examination as jaart of his final training, and suc- eees in It permits practice In any t '44 states without. farther teats. ; Uany of the graduate of this .school go Into ths medical profes- Salem Grads at 0. S. C. slon. become commercial chemists or become drug inspectors or an- aluts or enter related fields. Mf Scholx Honored Miss Scfful has also been act! a m 4 - ive in campus affairs, aeinr a member of Rho Chi, national hon orary society In pharmacy, the Bearer staff, secretary of the Pharmaceutical association and Snell hall council, women's dormi tory. The school of commerce, fa which Margaret Smith. Ruby Dra per and Kermet Thompson' hare taken their work, is the largest In the college in point of numbers and is represented by 120 in the graduating class this year. Of these 82 are men and 38 are wom en. These stude? - have had work in business admial tration, econ omics and sociology and political science, with opportunity to ma jor in these or in seeretarlan train ing, commercial education or ad-r vertlsing and selling. Post gradu ates are now employed in a great variety of occupations ranging from specialty salesmen to man agerial positions and commercial teaching. Miss Smith Leader In addition to the regular class work. Miss Smith has been active In campus affairs. She has been on the circulation staff of the Ore gon State Student Directory and is a member of the Temenids or ganization of Eastern Star wom en, and Kappa Delta, national sorority. Miss Drager has also been ac tive in campus affairs, .serving on the Greater Oregon state commit tee and on the staff of the Beaver, annual publication, the Orange Owl, humor magazine, and the Oregon State Directory. She is a member of the Art club and Alpha Xi Delta, national social sorority. Thompson is another, student who has been active in campus af fairs. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsllon, national social fra ternity, the co-op managers asso ciation and the Memorian Union drive. His sport interest is in base ball and basketball. He was also on the freshman-sophomore Olym pics committee. An engineering course was chosen by Ezra Dieffenbach, Carl Walker. Kenneth Schellberg, Bur rell Mitchell and William Rehfuss and they are now five of 116 grad uates In their class. This school trains men In civil, electrical, me chanical, engineerinr and indus trial arts. Dieffenbach and Walk er choosing the mechanical del partment, Schellberg and Mitchell the electrical department and Rehfuss the mining engineering department. Their training has led directly to the various, fields of public work involved in the fu ture development of the country especially the Pacific northwest! The curricula they -have followed was developed according to the standards of tha national engin eering societies, the first two years of which are devoted to ba sic courses and tha it f mnra - . .. . v " "I y V: Li. From ton to bottom, left to rizht. First row Margaret Smith and Thomas Childs. Second row William Rehfmsa, Clarence. Adams, Alvin Burton and Charles Nasbaam. Third row Kenneth BcheU berg, Edna Fltta, Lola Sennits and George Pepoon, Fourth row Philin Tartar. Carl Walker. Babr Dracer and Howard Page. Bot tom row Ezra Dieffenbach, Barrel! Mitchell, Kermet. Thompson andTfoorge Blinkhorn. " Th eomnallliir aoDeal of chem ical engineering attracted Howard Page. Clarence Adams ana Aivin Bwton, and in this thty have ob tained their derrea. being three of SO to complete tha course this year. larger percentage of grad uates from this school than any other on tha campus go on in graduate study, many former graduates now being In Tale, Har vard, Illinois and other famous graduate schools. Chemistry Is the source of some of the biggest in dustrial revolutions aa well as In dustrial romances of the modern age and still hold untouched pos sibilities, according to scientists. Upwards of 7 billion dollars are Invested la business undertakings more or less dependent upon chemical products, making oppor tunities large for service in tus field. work. Pag has been attire on tha campus. He is a member of Theta XL national social fraternity, the Associated Engineers, ana partic ipated in freshman debate. H was a member of the Beaver Knights. Both Burton and Adams hare been leaders In campus affairs. Adams, who Is a transfer from Willamette university, la a mem ber of the Associated Engineers, the Chemical Engineering society and tha Orion elub, local social group. Burton is president of Bux ton club, local social organization. Unemployment Situation Is Noted In Salem bo tanned a tim -between nay and grass, la the language of the stock men. The season Is late. Ia a little while the Job will be hunting the man. and the woman and child, too. But the Salsa T freo employment office last week had 142 men and 34 applying for work. women and was able to send only 1 of the men and firo of th woman to Jobs. There la an unemployment alt- j In addition to the regular el ass nation here yet. It Is what may , A Graduation Gift that will - Last a Lifetime ft - ivv? Ih-rrXtea u&' f$ -4H - T Fill?- lpr -3 -w t --fr H ; Hf nfJ ' applications. Many graduates this year wore selected for advanced work and training with some of the leading corporations of the east. Walker to be Engineer In addition to the regular class work, Dieffenbach has taken an active part In campus affairs, be ing editor, of the Oregon State Technical Record, student engin eering publication, a member of the American Society of Mechan ical Engineers, and the executive board of the Associated Engineers, and a member of Beta Kappa, na tional social fraternity. He la a member of the American Legion, seeing foreign service in France and England. Walker has also been busy in campus affairs. He is the treas urer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Asso ciated Engineers, Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary society, Tau Kappa Epsllon, na tional social fraternity, and Is a major la the reserve officers training, eorpa. Shellberg and Mitchell hare both taken a major part In school activities. 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