Timeline
- 1890 - Brass band organized in November; students had to procure their own instruments.
- 1892 - Cadet Band played at first school athletic event, an all-school intramural "Field Day."
- 1893 - Cadet Band played at the first school football game, held in Albany, Oregon.
- 1901 - Self-sustaining Department of Music established.
- 1914 - "Hail to Old O.A.C." is written by Wilkins.
- 1917 - "Carry Me Back," is written by W. Homer Maris.
- 1919 - "Carry Me Back," is adopted by OSU as the Alma Mater.
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