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Title
E.B. Lemon Oral History Interview (3 of 4)
Description
The third installment from E.B. Lemon’s interview series gives us insight on the landscape of Oregon Agricultural College during World War I. The first noticeable change to him was that enrollment numbers were down because so many male students were deployed into the armed forces. According to Lemon, a large number of the military men never saw much action, rather it was more military training. The majority were housed in campus dormitories and came to OAC to train in a special program known as the Student Army Training Corps (SATC). After the war ended, a good number of these men remained and were integrated into campus life.
The conversation shifts at one point to the effects that the State System of Education brought to institutions. In Lemon’s estimation, it was difficult for Oregon because, while changes were tearing apart the previous status quo, it also brought a time of building up curricula, among other things. Then president (and later chancellor) William Jasper Kerr managed to keep OAC together and from Lemon’s account, was aptly suited to the task.
The conversation shifts at one point to the effects that the State System of Education brought to institutions. In Lemon’s estimation, it was difficult for Oregon because, while changes were tearing apart the previous status quo, it also brought a time of building up curricula, among other things. Then president (and later chancellor) William Jasper Kerr managed to keep OAC together and from Lemon’s account, was aptly suited to the task.
Creator
E.B. Lemon
Source
Horner Museum Oral History Collection
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
March 20, 1979
Contributor
Jennifer Lee
Format
digitized audiocassette
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
OH10-lemon-eb-19790320
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Jennifer Lee
Interviewee
E.B. Lemon
Location
Lemon residence, Corvallis, Oregon
Original Format
audiocassette
Duration
1:15:10
OHMS Object
Interview Format
audio