Oregon State UniversitySpecial Collections & Archives Research Center
History of Commencement
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1923 Oregon Agricultural College's first honorary degrees were conferred to James Knox Weatherford (LL.D.) and Clara Hamason Waldo (LL.D.).

Commencement crowd, ca. 1924. Families and friends of graduates crowded into the Men's Gymnasium (Langton Hall) for commencement exercises.

(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)

Procession of graduates forms in Memorial Union quadrangle, 1928.

(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)

President's reception, 1930. President and Mrs. Kerr congratulate graduates at a reception in the Memorial Union lounge.

(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)

1935 First Ph.D. degrees were awarded.

Advanced degree graduates, 1935. The first doctoral degrees (Ph.D.) were awarded by Oregon State College in 1935.

(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)

Coed graduates gather outside Women's Building, 1935.

(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)
(Harriet's Photograph Collection #492)