The Orange Owl, March 1922 ~ Oregon Agricultural College humor magazine ~ Oregon State University, Corvallis ~ ephemera

Title: The Orange Owl, Vol. III No. 4, March 1922 [Oregon Agricultural College humor magazine]

Author: Clement J. Sharkey, Editor-in-Chief

Description: Staple-bound in card covers. Previous owner's name at top of front cover. Some light discoloration on a few pages; contents generally clean. 28 pages. 12 x 9 inches. One institution copy located on OCLC (Oregon State University Libraries).

A scarce copy of Oregon Agricultural College's humor publication, The Orange Owl, which ran between 1920-1928, published by the Orange Owl Chapter of the Hammer and Coffin National Honorary Society. The magazine included humorous and satirical pieces as well as cartoons and pen sketches created by students. Five or six issues were published per academic year beginning with volume 3 in 1921-1922. As many as 3000 copies were printed and distributed on campus and in the Corvallis community. The purpose of the magazine was to promote creative talent among students in humorous writing as well as cartooning and sketching. The magazines include poems, jokes, short humorous stories, satire, plays, limericks, cartoons, sketches, and colorful covers. All issues include local and national advertisements. Some material was reprinted by College Humor and other college comic magazines around the country and the Orange Owl also reprinted exchanges from college comic magazines published by other chapters of the Hammer and Coffin Society.

In 1922, the original owner, John Sanford Beakey (1899-1947), was a member of the Daily Barometer staff (as the Portland feature writer) and was studying civil engineering.

Binding: Staple bound newspaper
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Orange Owl Club [local chapter of the Hammer and Coffin National Honorary Society]
Place: Corvallis, Oregon
Year: 1922

Keywords: collegiate, college, humor, 1920s, Oregon State College, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Hammer and Coffin National Honorary Society,