Ava Milam Clark served as Dean of Home Economics at Oregon Agricultural College/Oregon State College from 1917 until 1950. In this lecture, Clark discusses her personal philosophies on life and the early history of Home Economics at Oregon State. Subjects discussed include Chinese home economics development; home economics at OAC/OSC, 1899-1950; William Jasper Kerr and Ellen H. Richards.Digitized from an open reel audiotape held in the History of Oregon State University Oral Histories and Sound Recordings (OH 003), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.