University of Central Oklahoma - Bronze Book Yearbook (Edmond, OK)

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With the decade of the seventies came the end of the Vietnam War and the return to more traditional values. School became a necessity to those seeking higher economic status and the increased income so necessary to combat the new enemy of inflation, which was abetted by the APEC oil cartel and the energy crisis. Central State University is once again on the threshold of significant change, not in enrollment numbers or new structures, but in the educational nature of the institution. Having long prided itself for its quality instruction, low student-instructor ratio and a personal attentiveness to student needs compared to the larger univer- sities, CSU is now expanding its academic degree offering. CSU now offers twenty master's degrees, ten of which have been re- quired in the past five years. Hopes are high that it will soon be able to of- fer its first Doctor's Degree in Business Administration and in Special Education.

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The first students with a Master's Degree in Teaching were graduated during the summer of 1955. Though the enrollment at Central State had climbed steadily following World War II and through the fighting in Korea, it was during the decade of the sixties that the school's population suddenly exploded to new heights. And with it came an un- precedented burst of new building construction on campus. First came the Mathematic and Business buildings, then East Hall and West Hall dormitories. In 1963 the new Administration Building was completed, and in 1964 the first 71 units of the Broncho Apartments were opened to married students for low-cost housing. In Ianuary of the following year, Central Cafeteria was added between East and West Halls, while later that same month the Broncho Field House was dedicated with Wantland Stadium. In 1963 Central State became eligi- ble for Urban Renewal assistance, and under this Federal program, the campus was enlarged to over 200 acres. In May 1967, the new Max Chambers library was finished, and the Home Economics building was put into service. Completion of the Liberal Arts building came in 1968, followed by Central State's Safety Education Tower and Driving Range, one of the most complete units in the southwest, in 1971. The 1960's was characterized as a period of student revolution throughout the United States, fostered in large part by reaction of the young against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The Central State campus remained relatively stable in face of Watergate and rebellion against the establishment, though the discontent of the period was reflected to some degree among students and faculty alike. Even as this was taking place, Cen- tral State made another important change in its history - on April 13, 1971, it became Central State University. Central States Administrative Council includes fstandingf, Dean Lucille Patton, Dean Dale Mullins, Director of Library Services Iohn Lolley, Dean David Hart, Asst. Vice President Larry Williams, Dean Bi Fisher, Dean james Perry, Dean Frank Finney, Asst. Vice President Barbara Ryang Iseatedl Director of Public Relations Ioe Park, Vice President Dick Mitchell, Vice President Patrick Cassens, President Bill Lillard, Vice President Alvin Alcorn, a . Asst. to the President Carl Reherman, and Exec. Director of Central Alumni Assoc. Iohn Skip Wagnon. ll 3 X if wi Hi il SE 5 I l i 3 t 1 it Q

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