Cameron University - Wichita Yearbook (Lawton, OK)

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V -...M-s.,.W,,,,. , ' -if GIRLS' RIFLE TEAM: fleft To rightj Kay Green, Carol SoaTikee, Jean Martin, Brigina Thompson, Lore WoIperT, Shirley Campbell Four-year insTiTuTions compeTe Tor Cameron grad- uaTes. Special courses in Technology, eIecTronics, and occupaTionaI educaTion round ouT a full curricu- lum which prepares sTudenTs Tor TurTher college educaTion. OT The I565 sTudenTs enrolled 1159 come Trom LavvTon proper vviTh The maioriTy oT The resT coming Trom adiacenT communiTies. Cam- eron hoasTs an inTernaTionaI Tlavor vviTh I6 sTu- denTs Trom foreign counTries, The iunior college also carries on an acTive evening class program vviTh many servicemen adding To Their academic sTaTus vviTh supporT of The federal governmenT. Rapid expansion of The campus TaciIiTies Tor classrooms and Iaboraiories is occurring under The adminisTraTion of Dr. Richard Burch, presidenT of Cameron College. Bill Davis checks new moTor in Mechanical Technology DeparT- menT. Animal Husbandry STudenTs Grade Beef TRIO: Judy Goddard, Sara Millard, Mary Upiohn

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i n l Neville Tinsley, instructor, demonstrates new electronics equipment. Neville Pamplin and Gaylord Shaw, staff members of The Collegian show off plaque won by the paper as the outstanding JUCC newspaper in the state in l96l. Cameron State Agricultural College is The academic center of Lawton, Oklahoma, a rapidly-growing metropolis lust south of The picturesque Wichita Mountains and adjacent To Fort Sill, The Artillery and Guided Missile Center of The United States. Founded on May 20, 1908, by Tar-sighted citizens, This junior college has grown from iTs original six TaculTy members and lO8 students To The presenT 63 faculty members and i565 sTudenTs. Cameron's educational program has expanded until The presenT curriculum offers Two years of college Training which is unparalleled among The junior colleges of Oklahoma. Albert Copley, Sgt, Larry Howell and Nlaior Donald Means demonstrate use of Geiger counters used in the radiological schools held af Cameron this year.

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Head fable at annual Church ot Christ banquet tor Aggie Football team. The new S250,000 student union building opened its doors to students in January, T962 The modern, one-story building contains student lounge areas, game rooms, ottices, a snack bar, ball- room, a book store and post ottice. The new structure has .been named the Clar- ence L. Davis Memorial Student Union in honor ot the past President of Cameron, Clarence L. Davis, who died during the summer ot l96O. Remodeling ot Jed Johnson Hall has added about one-third more modern lab- oratory-type classrooms to Cameron's ta- cilities. More than 5l0,000 was spent on the project. Classes held in this build- ing include electronics, engineering draw- ing, speech, journalism and toreign lan- guage. Oklahoma recently voted building bonds tor Oklahoma Colleges and Cam- eron is the recipient ot i'p800,000 from that levy. President Richard Burch points out that plans are being drawn for four new buildings at a cost ot Sl.5 million. Planned are an administration-library building, a science building, a men's dormitory and a cafeteria.