University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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'14 Sooner chairman of the department of geographyg Dr. Elmer L. Lucas, professor of geologyg Dr. Ste- phen M. Sutherland, assistant professor of ge- ographyg and Dr. George G. Huffman, profes- sor of geology. The Oklahoma exhibit was landscaped en- tirely under the direction of Robert H. Rucker, OU's supervisor of landscape and grounds. Rucker wanted to create a physical environ- ment of a park .... 'i This was achieved with fantastic success, and Oklahoma spent less money than any other state exhibit at the Fair. Raymond Moon, assistant foreman of land- scape and grounds, stayed at the exhibit all summer and kept the gardens and grounds in top shape. The Oklahoma exhibit became a haven of rest and shade in the very middle of the hustle and bustle of the Fair.

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1 ll 1 X l lf. . if 1 'ff c lx I 1 X y N 1 D f ri' Wap The 1965 Sooner yearbook is dedicated to Oklahoma's exhibit at the 1964-1965 World's Fair, and to the work of so many of OU,s stu- dents, faculty, and staff members whose efforts were largely instrumental .in making the ex- hibit the tremendous success that it was. Their achievements reflect the great spirit, pride, and burning desire for growth, recognition, and ad- vancement the entire student body, faculty, and administration of the University of Okla- homa possess. The students in the above picture, Larry Lucas, Kent I-Iatley, Roy Harris, Corky Butler, Len Clayton, Dick Self, lerry Sanders, Ioe Kas- parek, R. N. Dunagan, Bruce Hickman, and Danny O,Brien, were OU,s guides at the ex- hibit. They were chosen, along with additional E965 student guides from other colleges around the state, after a thorough screening program based on grades, personality, appearance, ease with people, interest in, and knowledge of, the State of Oklahoma. After they were chosen, they began a rigor- ous indoctrination program in Oklahoma's ge- ography, geology, culture, points of interest, industries, and vital statistics. A four-day tour of the state was included to give the students firsthand knowledge of what they would be showing visitors at the exhibit. Members of the staff and faculty who were instrumental in the choosing of guides and in the orientation program were David A. Burr, assistant to the president for university rela- tions and development, Dr. Iohn W. Morris,

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,.. A A TYPICAL SATURDAY NIGHT finds OU 5 li-T?:ffQ , I' .ff V I il ludenls campaigning for Hue Ugly Man on Campus lroplwy af 'rlwe annual Campus Clues? Carnival. v ,QQ K' --an Ax HARD STUDY SESSIONS musl be sprinlcled willw frequenf breaks, and i'r's really no? foo lar from +lse library lo 1-he Union Terrace Room. l l fy, N,