Chilocco Indian Agricultural School - Chiloccoan Yearbook (Chilocco, OK)

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Dedzcation MR. LAWRENCE E. CORRELL, Superintendent It has been my good fortune and privilege to work with, and for Indian youth for the past thirty-three years. To our beloved superintendent and good friend, Mr. L. E. Correll, we bestow this very high honor. Mr. Correll has been at Chilocco since August 15, 1919. The next day after he received his Bachelor of Science degree at A :Sz M. College in Stillwater, he was appointed to the position of instructor of agriculture, a position he kept until he became director of agriculture in 1924. It was the spring of 1925 when Mr. Correll received his Master of Science degree at Oklahoma A 8a M College in Stillwater. From July 1, 1926 until the present time has has been the superintendent of Chilocco. It is also interesting to know that our superintendent's birth place is just one mile south of the Chilocco reservation in the Middleton Community. During his time at Chilocco, Mr. Correll has always kept a considerate and understanding insight into the problems of our school. The improvements of the standards of the school have made a rapid progress through the unselfish aid of our superintendent. It is because of these and many other accomplishments that we, the Senior Class, have chosen to dedicate the Chiloccoan of 1952 to the capable gentleman and school superintendent, Mr. Lawrence E. Correll.

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FURELID -ui- i Gig-,W 'l'llE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Wi- :ill ivim-iiibei' wc-ll that lirsl day of school many, iiiziiiy' veairs neo when we were all so excited amd happy that at last we were entering school just like the hie kids. Now --f- il is almost over and for many ol' us it is over. Your mziiiy ussocizites throughout all your school days will be perhaps the most cherished and loved of all the things you will ever recall. In this Chiloeeozm We hope to help you remember all the faces and the many happy experierives occurring on the campus. Let's all remember the school song, the rod muples. the lake and all the other pleaszim thinus to he The Hz-si Ye-:mrs ol' Our l.ives.

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Cn eetings from the Commissioner MR. DILLON S. MYER Commissioner The objective of Indian Education is to develop Indian youth into self-respecting and self-reliant individuals, able to take their places, and make their full contribu- tions as citizens in the communities in which they reside. The ultimate of this objective is complete integration in the American way of life. Some Indian groups can achieve this goal more rapidly than othersg but with all groups the transition should occur in an orderly way. Indian groups must be allowed to adjust to new modes of lifeg they must be encouraged to retain those values in their Indian cultures that have continued importance to them in their new lifeg and they must be permitted sufficient gradualness in change of cultures to allow them to develop the same deep sense of security in their new life as they had in their Indian life. Given this security, Indian groups and Indian individuals, as they become integrated in American life, will add immeasurable strength to our total national culture, Schools engaged in the education of Indian youth-federal, public and mission- have a responsibility to see that transition between cultures takes place with reasonable speed. Students who receive the education offered by these schools hold a like responsibility. It is hoped that Indian students of this graduating class at Chilocco, as well as Indian youth everywhere, will put to good use the oppor- tunities they have had, or will have in the future, so that they may make worthy contributions as American citizens. May you each do your share in speeding the day when all Indians are integrated into the stream of American life.