University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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i i K Dr, J. Herbert Hollomon, inaugurated in October as the president of OU, brought to campus the concept of the university community. Hollomon Becomes OU President In the first inauguration ceremony held at OU in 42 years, Dr. J. Herbert Hollomon be- came the eighth president of the university on October 18, 1968. Events held in conjunction with the ceremony included an academic pro- cession to the South Oval for the inauguration, an inaugural celebration concert by the Uni- versity Symphony Orchestra and a major pro- duction by the School of Drama with a guest director and a guest star. With the intention of defining the future goals and purposes of the university. Hollomon initiated an extensive research program during his first year at OU president-designate. Findings of the various committees involved in the program were compiled and released at the time of the inauguration. In addition to conferring with students, faculty, alumni and state citizens, Hollomon spent the academic year before he assumed his duties as president in visiting other colleges and universities across the country. He did this in an effort to acquant himself with the problems of higher education.

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Bartlett Initiates Q Bringing Oklahoma college graduates back to the state by providing them with jobs is one goal of a program initiated by Governor Dew- ey Bartlett this year. The new OKlE pro- gram which stands for 0klahoma, Key to In- telligence and Enterprise, is designed to in- crease pride in the state by stressing the pro- gress made in Gklahoma since statehood. OKIE' Program A former state senator. Bartlett also has been active in civic work and the oil business. He has served as a director of the Tulsa Coun- ty Chapter of the American Red Cross and as a director of two independent oilmen's associa- tions. As Oklahoma's nineteenth governor. Bartlett is the second Republican to hold the top ofhce in the Sooner State. Republican Governor Dewey Bartlett formulated his OKIE plan to foster pride in Oklahoma and rejuvenate the states economy. E

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dditional Building Funds btained As chancellor, Dr. E.'l'. Dunlap is the ehief administrative ollieer of the Oklahoma Slate Regents for Higher Education. Members of the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education are Exall English. John J. Valer Jr., Goodwin Broaddus Jr., Mrs, ln 1965 the State Regents for Higher Edu- cation recommended to the legislature a 10- year building program to satisfy the needs of higher education in a period from 1965 to 1975. In the first phase of the program. which began in 1965, OU has gained the En- gineering Center, Rupel J. Jones Theatre and Dale Hall. Money for the second phase of the program has been allocated with a large por- tion of the S99 million going to OU and ap- proximately S26 million going to the Medical Center for improvements and construction there. A state regents' recommendation for up- grading admission requirements for state uni- versities went into effect in June 1968. To be admitted to OU or OSU, high school seniors must now finish in the upper half, rather than upper two-thirds, of their graduating classes. Another significant action by the state re- gents in the last year included approval of a program for a doctor of philosophy degree in information and computer science at OU. Jewell Dilmars, Clyde Wheeler, Dr. E.'I'. Dunlap, Donald S. Ken- nedy, William T. Payne, G. Ellis Gable and John Cleek. il i gas S55 Q f wi! ' if dsl: