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Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Wall
Dedicated to law enforcement officers in Oregon, the granite wall stood outside the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) Building on Western Oregon University's campus. Each May, in recognition of National Police Month, the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training hosts the ceremony to honor officers who have given their lives while serving the citizens and visitors of Oregon. The text on the wall reads "With the rededication of the living to the principles which guided these dead we give meaning to their sacrifice." Originally in front of the former Oregon Police Academy building (now the Mark "Ted" Winters Math and Nursing Building), the wall was moved to the new DPSST facility in Salem in 2006.
The image has three trees with yellow leaves in front of the black granite wall. On the wall is lists of names and the text "In the Service of Mankind." Behind the wall is the Mark "Ted" Winters Math and Nursing Building. -
Carol Pickering Memorial Tree
This American Sweetgum tree was planted in memory of Oregon College of Education graduate, Carol Pickering, who died in an automobile accident November, 1975.
The tree was "originally planted at the north end of the field hockey field, which is where the weight throw complex is now. When Stadium Drive was built in the mid to late 1980's, we built two new softball fields which is where they are now. We moved the tree again to it's present location. So, the tree was planted, then moved twice. All through this the tree has thrived," according to former landscape supervisor, Ron Cooper. While there is no permanent marker, Cooper notes that the original wooden plaque said "A Sweet Gum for a sweet girl." The tree is now located one the softball field west of campus.
Pickering graduated from Oregon College of Education in 1975 with a B.S. in Education. She played both softball and field hockey. One of Pickering's former teammates, Sherry Adams designed and burned the letters into the original wooden plaque.
The image shows the tree on the other side of the chain-link fence next to a red scoreboard. -
Marci Lynn Pahl Memorial Tree
Marci Lynn Pahl was a junior at Western Oregon State College studying elementary education. Pahl was a transfer student from Chemeketa Community College in 1992. She was killed in a car accident in January, 1993. In her memory, a flowering 'Thundercloud' plum tree was planted in the Landers promenade.
The plaque reads "In Memory of Marci Lynn Pahl Sep. 22, 1971 to Jan. 11, 1993 She gave the gifts of love and laughter." -
Oregon State Normal School Plaque
This plaque was a gift by the 1908 classes. It is a marble slab that is seven feet by two and a half feet. It reads "Oregon State Normal School" and has the dates 1882 and June '08. Hon. George W. Hawkin of Dallas, a friend of the school cut the marble and donated the work to craft the stone. It was originally placed on the outside of the Campbell Hall bell tower, and now it is on the north wall in the south stairwell in Bellamy Hall. -
Oregon Rivers Sculpture by Thomas Rudd
This sculpture by Thomas Rudd is located on the west lawn of Rice Auditorium. -
Oregon College of Education Plaque
This plaque was a gift from the graduating class of 1961. It used to hang over the fireplace in the Student Center. Now it hangs on the wall of the Den downstairs in the Werner University Center.
The plaque is made of brass and is in the shape of a circle. It includes the text "Oregon College of Education" and the date 1882. Also included in the design is an eagle with its wings spread at the top of the plaque, an open book at the bottom, and Campbell Hall in the middle. -
Japanese Camellia Tree
This tree was a gift from the Japanese Ambassador during his campus visit in 1990. It is located on the north side of the Administration Building. -
The New Grove Plaque
The dedication plaque is located at the southeast corner of the new grove, bounded by Ackerman Hall to the north and McArthur field on the south, the New Physical Education Center to the west and the Werner University Center to the east. The plaque details the history of the grove, both old and new. The grove began in 1867 and was located south of Campbell Hall. Most of the trees were destroyed in the 1962 Columbus Day Storm. South of Bellamy Hall a few trees, the last of the original grove, remain. Beginning on the tenth anniversary of the storm, Alumni, friends of the college, students, faculty, and college staff began the new grove in the location it is today. -
Neal W. Werner Memorial Plaque
Neal Wayne Werner was an integral member of the Western Oregon State College community. He began his presence at WOSC in 1980, creating murals around campus. In 1982, he was promoted to Coffee Shop manager at the College Center. By 1984, he was promoted to Associate Director of Auxiliary Services, and in 1987, he became Director of the College Center. His constant dedication to make the College Center the "heart of the campus" won him the honor of 1987 Staff Member of the Year. "With Neal, the students always came first." Neal W. Werner was killed in a car accident in 1988 at age 35. The plaque is located on the south wall of the Werner University Center main entrance. -
Aspen Mural in Valsetz by Neal W. Werner
This mural was painted by Neal W. Werner, who, at the time, made murals around campus. Later, Werner became director of the College Center. The mural is located in a stairwell in Valsetz Dining Hall that is not open to the public, but many student workers and Valsetz staff still enjoy it. It depicts a forest of aspen trees along the walls and ceiling.
The photograph looks down a stairwell. The white tree trunks around the walls reach up so the tops of the trees continue up onto the ceiling in greens and yellows. -
Todd Hall Dedication Plaque
Jessica Todd served as Dean of Women, and was fundamental in making the dormitories "beautiful and inspiring places to live." Upon her retirement after nineteen years at Oregon Normal School, the board of higher education named the women's dormitory, which she oversaw, after her as Jessica Todd Hall, in "recognition of her superior ability and service." -
World War I Memorial Plaque
Beneath the millstones, located between the north tennis court and the northwest corner of the west wing of Bellamy Hall, is a plaque. The plaque dedicated the tennis courts to the memory of the men of Oregon Normal School who enlisted for World War I. The funding for the tennis courts was provided by "students, faculty, and friends of this institution." -
Millstones
Located between the north tennis court and the northwest corner of the west wing of Bellamy Hall are two millstones. These stones stand in nearly the same place as they did when they were placed on a pedestal behind Campbell Hall in 1925. The millstones are there to commemorate the hardships and sacrifice of the people who first settled the Willamette Valley. The stones were made by a man named Medis Vanderpool, who used the millstones in one of his mills in the Parker district, southeast of Monmouth. Also on the pedestal is a plaque dedicating the tennis courts to the men of Oregon Normal School who enlisted for World War I.
The plaque reads "During the early years of our nation's history millstones like these from the Vanderpool Mill in the Parker district of southeast Monmouth, ground grain for the white settlers." -
Students Register for Classes in New PE
Students queue in line to register for classes in New PE. On the back wall are figures of people doing athletic activities and the words "Go Western." -
Students Sign the Sidewalk
A female student holds the ankles of a male student as he carves his name into wet cement. Other people can be seen in the background also signing their names. This is part of the annual tradition where new students sign their names on the sidewalk. -
Reverend John E. Murphy Memorial
Reverend John E. Murphy was the first minister of the Monmouth Christian Church. He was a founder of the university and collected money for the college as he rode from county to county as a circuit rider. He donated ten plots of land to the school in its beginning. The plaque is located in the triangle of trees formed by the tennis courts, Old Physical Education, and Bellamy Hall. -
Corner Stone Marker on Maple Hall
Maple Hall was constructed in 1913 as the college gymnasium and dedicated in March of 1914. The cornerstone, reading "AD 1913" is now nearly hidden by a large rhododendron. -
Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Tree
A Kwanzan flowering Cherry Tree was planted in memory of Sharon McAuliffe. McAuliffe was a teacher from the East Coast, who was also a participant in the NASA Teacher in Space Project. She and six other crew members were killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986. The tree is located on the west lawn of the Cottage.
The plaque reads "She dared to expand the horizon of education. In Memory of Sharon Christa McAuliffe A Teacher and the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger January 28, 1986." -
Selma Leinwand Memorial Tree
An Italian Cypress was planted in 1989 in memory of "Western's first lady," Selma Leinwand. She was married to Gerald Leinwand, who served as President of Oregon College of Education and Western Oregon State College 1977-1982. The tree is located on the lawn between Rice Auditorium and parking lot A, near the outdoor stage. -
Erratic Granite Boulder
This large block of granite is a relic of the glacial period from three million years ago. Many of these erratics were ice-rafted down the Columbia River from floods caused by the break of a glacial dam in Idaho about ten thousand years ago. In 1905, the rock was moved from the west to the campus by wagon. Now the rock is located in the northeast corner of the garden in front of the Natural Science building. -
H. Dale Harp Memorial Bench
This bench located between Hamersly Library and the Old College of Education building was dedicated to H. Dale Harp after he passed away in 1993. Harp served as president of the executive council of the associated students in 1954.