Speech Communication DepartmentRecords 1918-1996 1930-1975

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Speech Communication DepartmentRecords 1918-1996 1930-1975

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The Speech Communication DepartmentRecords document speech instruction at Oregon State University; speech,debate, and drama activities, especially during the 1920s through 1950s;and the activities of Earl W. Wells as a faculty member and departmentchair. Speech courses have been taught at Oregon State since itsestablishment in the late 1860s. The Speech Department was founded in1920; Earl Wells was department chair from 1952 to 1962.

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Oregon State College

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech Communication.

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Dramatic productions began at Oregon Agricultural College in the 1890s; the Mask and Dagger Club was formed in 1912 "to encourage and promote dramatic work". A theater program was formally established in 1920 as part of a new Public Speaking and Dramatics Department (now the Speech Communication Department). Dramatic productions were presented at the Majestic Theater in downtown Corvallis and a small theater in Benton Hall until 1950 when a campus structure was remodeled into the Mitchell Playho...

Wells, Earl W. (Earl William), 1898-

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Oregon Agricultural College

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Oregon State College. Dept. of Speech.

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Oregon State University. Dept. of Speech.

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The Department of Public Speaking and Dramatics was established in 1920, as the first Speech Department in Oregon, and grew quickly during the 1920s. When higher education in Oregon was re-organized in the early 1930s, responsibility for speech degrees was transferred to the University of Oregon and several faculty moved to establish the program. However, the service department at Oregon State continued to offer courses in debating, extempore speaking, oratory, voice and diction, an...

Oregon State Agricultural College. Dept. of Public Speaking and Dramatics.

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Delta Sigma Rho

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Delta Sigma Rho. Oregon State College Chapter.

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Mitchell, C. B. (Charles Buren), 1886-1955

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C.B. (Charles Buren) Mitchell joined the faculty of Oregon Agricultural College in 1920 to head the new Department of Speech. As department head, he established and developed the dramatics and forensics programs at Oregon State. More than 200 plays were produced under his administration. Mitchell retired in 1952; the College Playhouse was renamed in his honor as Mitchell Playhouse in 1961. Mitchell was born in Lebanon, Indiana, in 1886 and earned degrees at DePauw University and the University o...

Oregon State university

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