University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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-l i ,!, if .Em 55 E ,gg if. ,131 ,sa L., . ,t 4 all, , akiilf Q33 . , ' 3332 31:55 .4 7 at A sg, ml if fi , 11 li 7 ssl J ,Jr lf ' 0 The General Progress of the University By STRATTON D. BROOKS President of the University of Oklahoma HE UNIVERSITY has made progress during the year in many ways, all of which may prop- erly be said to lie in two broad fields. First, the University is doing more for the Stateg and second, the State has la greater coniidence in the University. Manifestly the first of these is the direct 3'1 '1:,,- L, fiiilg cause of the second. In order to receive the 'F' +L--i .-- confidence and support of the citizens of Okla- homa the University must conduct itself in such a way as to merit such confidence and support. To this task the best ener- gies of the various schools and colleges have been directed. The visible improvements, such as equipment, apparatus, books, museums, and the changes in buildings and campus, are all minor in comparison with the hearty co-operation and virile energy with which the faculties have entered into the real work of the University. Nor have they been alone in loyal and effective service, for among the student body there has been a spirit of industry and a growth in ability that augurs well for the future state, with whose destinies they will have so much to do. ' -It is most encouraging to know that the efforts of the University have been promptly recognized by the citizens of the State. There are on every hand signs of growing friend- ship and increasing interest accompanied by promises to assist in making the University of Oklahoma an institution second to none other conducted in states conditioned similar to oursL , t : 2 Ml!! MA'-: S N Q lg! A T' le -1 r ,,,iv.j5t,l-. if 'vp , ,,,.. ,-,..,f,,,.,3,. .,,.. ,V r V . M 3.-emma-gm'it,fg-Mg. f V fl 37- ' '-I fs 5 ,Q . V: V Q A . Y , fr. .. , - -':,jEl f,l', it , Y ,N A Vi So' v . 4 .w My Njfs 5'-gl .wir f-...ag i?'i'5fi'?r,gf'i W4 .- l'fQ34n:,,g:f' rf- 141514 ,L zvpifi, . .- lk , 'N 'sg ' 'wx X frm. qu tl J' , . Qiibfiz' . '31 Q effeigks is-v'fr:a.4a, ri . t5'vz-- , 1 :Wrqgsrl ' I, . r -fivfv , fP' ggi xii? .W V W, Y AN X, X- l A 1 mu 2 i s sf -ff: .5-7' ' . x J KJ is +R f Q ' . -V -'fi wi ' ri --' ' 1.1.--4 '15 Y , 7' l' 1 'f Raw' . ' e K. -, 1521 Q ,,,, , , 535 , 3. 'Mli,n-'-dsf? 3?-EWS fwsly' , ' rg-,si 1 91 71fl'1v:f' -,F - A--ISL-7' .-511 4 il l 'Yen f 3 ' -Y 1 -X . tv ,X ul Q. ' N Wbfaq, -rg! N-Wd-f. ' ' 41 ' -- P qgqlvxt, N yiizwiiijkg Hflffi- 5- 114 K w , E-,?,1,3 JL4 v ,. ai V' L. :Q faiil PUNK r ,SA P 5 -2 f ,- '- -' .L mf'--gg: 0,5 f , -- f. lg, if ':,,f,1, .. fig. ul nk -e 'fi'QS 3'f ifJff aA fi ffs'f,2f-659.-N-tisgifh . f, -1.3 gf- :,g.'1:-- 4 I-,J Wglj , .,,r,v. ld-' .tim-.f.-'Zu ,' 'f-f Q., i2.iifii'viR f3i'.mr.ii ll

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