As I Remember: Lyman Bennion

Interview with Bennion, who served as faculty in the Cal Poly Animal Husbandry department from 1938-1967. [00:00:10] "As I Remember" Introduction [00:00:24] Bennion asked about the year and the circumstances in which he arrived in San Luis Obispo [00:00:49] Bennion discusses how he heard about Cal Poly [00:01:46] Bennion shares information regarding the vocational agriculture program at Cal Poly [00:02:06] Bennion describes where he lived on campus, "The Annex" [00:03:01] Bennion talks about being a trainee in agricultural education [00:03:18] Bennion discusses the education level of the students with whom he worked [00:03:48] Bennion talks about forming a basketball team [00:04:36] Bennion discusses his training in Red Bluff [00:05:29] Bennion describes his experience at the agricultural education training center [00:05:45] Bennion discusses going to Salinas in 1932 to teach and coaching athletics [00:06:29] Bennion describes working in the agricultural extension program in Salinas and going to work in Merced County as a farm advisor [00:07:34] Bennion talks about returning to Cal Poly in 1938 [00:07:59] Bennion describes changes to Cal Poly's programs he observed when he returned [00:08:42] Bennion discusses the objectives of students in the agricultural program [00:09:21] Bennion describes the project program [00:10:51] Bennion discusses group projects and rationale behind them within the agricultural program [00:11:55] Bennion talks about the purpose and development of student participation in fairs [00:14:03] Bennion discusses his students competing with top breeders and feeders in county fairs [00:15:16] Bennion describes the impact that the war had on enrollment in the early 1940s [00:16:39] Bennion describes his experience as part the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association and the establishment of a Thorough-Bred Breeding Unit at Cal Poly [00:18:04] Bennion discusses obtaining stock and building the facilities for the program at Cal Poly [00:19:23] Bennion discusses students entering the thoroughbred business after graduating from Cal Poly [00:20:04] Bennion talks about limitations faced in breeding horses as a result of the war [00:21:21] Bennion talks about the men who were instrumental in establishing the Thoroughbred Breeding Program at Cal Poly [00:22:38] Bennion describes the obstacles brought about by the war [00:23:48] Bennion discusses the victory at Great Western in Los Angeles [00:24:42] Bennion discusses the expansion of facilities and land since his first visit to Cal Poly [00:26:14] Bennion describes training in the cow-calf operation [00:27:12] Bennion discusses the development of the feed-mill, slaughterhouse, and commercial feeding unit [00:28:44] Bennion talks about the increase in managerial positions on growing ranches in the 1950s [00:29:53] Bennion discusses graduates going into fair management work [00:30:39] Bennion discusses employment opportunities in high school agriculture teaching [00:31:20] Bennion discusses the success of students in the animal husbandry program [00:32:02] Bennion describes the trial and development program on the bulls for commercial cattlemen [00:34:10] Bennion discusses the process of grading and auctioning off the bulls [00:34:45] Bennion describes the size of the department at the time in which he retired [00:35:40] Closing Bennion's interview with the chant of a bull auctioneer [00:36:15] "As I Remember" Closing