Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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Students try their feet ot the BCF rollerskoting porty, Coach Orlond Hotch instructs his intromurol teom on the finer points of flog footboll. The ottitudes of most Bocone students, teochers, ond odministrotion ot the stort of the yeor seemed to be mode up of stubborn optimism, mixed with o degree of uneosiness os to the future of the college in the long run. Attitudes ore sometimes more importont thon focts, ond it is conceivoble thot the body of people who constitute Bocone in 1963 will come through with octions ond decisions which will help to insure o strong successful future for the college. E S President Poul V. Moore ond Roseonno Spinks chot or the onniversory porty for Roy ond Alice Spinks, Opening 13

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55 Years at Bacone Sitting together with sunlight streoming in through the windows of the weoving clossroom in Lucy Peters Holi, the spirit ond vitolity of two people, who ore very much o port of Bocone's history, shows in their expressions os they recoil their eoriy doys ot the college. Fifty-five yeors, four children, 14 grondchildren ond eight greot grondchildren ogo, Roy ond Alice Spinks come to Bocone, when Mr. Spinks wos offered o job os mointenonce engineer ot the college. Our friendsjolse with us obout thot, sold Mrs. Spinks. They soid we were still on our honeymoon! Alice ond Roy Spinks rnet ot the Sherrnon institute in northern Colifornio, where they both ottended high school. Mrs. Spinks, on Apoche, originolly come from northeostern Arizono. Mr. Spinks, o Korok, is from Eureko, Colif. The Spinlss hove seen the college's enrollment ronge between 125 students to over 400. They hove olso seen mony of the buildings on compus os they were being built. They hove seen the groduol increase of non-lndion students. Focus Bud Mosley S A 'E 5 2 Roy Spinlcs hos worked to keep the compus in good condition for over holf o century. 14 55 Yeors or Bacone