Connors State College - Con Rah Yearbook (Warner, OK)

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PR ESIDE T S MESSAGE Again we are indebted to the Con-Rah! staff for giving us the history of this school year. Memories are important and in the years to corne I hope you will be able to look back upon the events recorded here with pleasure and satisfaction. As we become more and more world minded, we are made to realize more and more that the advantages of living in our country are due to the education and know-how of our people. And so we hope this year on the campus has made a definite con- tribution to your Preparation for living. Durin the ear ou have had an o ortunit to live and work l g Y Y l PP Y with other people who are different from you. You have had a chance to form new friendshi s. You have had an o rtuni to . . . . P PPO . discover some of our abilities and to ut them to use. All this, .Y P . I hope, has contributed to your preparation for better living. Student and facult coo eration has made this one of our best y P . . 1 years. I am sure those of you who are graduating will live up to the best traditions of your school. Best Wishes, X, U v-IACOB IOHNSON. WE SALUTE Mr. Iacob Iohnson, our college president, who defied the uldes of March and began climbing ulacobis Ladder on March 6, 1900, at Pocahontas, Arkansas. His climb has been constant. Rung by rung, he progressed through grade and high school at Pocahontas, through Ouachita College at Arkadelphia, through Central State Teachers' College at Edmond, Oklahoma, where he received his A.B. Degree in 1929, and through the University of Oklahoma where he received his Master's Degree in Education. The destination of his climb was indicated in IQI8 when he re- ceivcd his hrst Tcacher's Certificate in Randolph County Arkansas and taughta four-months summer-session in a rural school in that state. It was determined when Oklahoma beckoned and he came to teach in Faxon Public Schools, then on to Indiahoma in 1922 where he stayed until he was elected President of Connors in 1933. Ar Connors, he stayed-and stayed-and stayed-until, now, he is the oldest college president in yefzrs-refusal-at-0ne-college, in Oklahoma! An enviable record! Beside this academic achievement, he has others. l-le enlisted in World War I in August 1918, and served until November 16, 1918, served in World War II from August, 1943 to December. 19451 overseas twenty-two months as a lviilitary Government Officer. While overseas, he served in the campaigns ot the Rhineland, Ardennes, Northern France, and Central Europe, and was awarded the E.A.M.E. Theatre ribbon with four bronze stars, the Victory Medal, and the American Theatre ribbon.

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af 1 5-tee.-13. r J, Y Sl-V F Q . U . slr, T 'l X' r' BO RD OE REGENTS A D HISTORY OE THE COLLEGE Niembers uf the Board of Regents pictured above: left to right: Earl Russell, Duncang O. L. Lackey, Hitchitag R. T. Stuart, Caddo, Vice- Cliairman P. E. Harrill, Olclahomzi Cityg Chairman Edward T. Davis, Erickg Secretary W. Elmer Harber, Shawnee, Fred G. Drummond, l-lominyg and lohn Par Carpenter, Red Rock. Harold Hutton, Oklahoma City, ex-officio member of the Board as President of the State Board of Agricul- Lllfc, is not in the Piftllfc. CONNORS STATE SCHOOL of AGRICULTURE was authorized by an act of the first legislature, May IO, 1908. Through the influence of Senator Campbell Russell, Vifarner was chosen as its location and one-hundred-sixty acres of land upon which the school is now located was given to the school by the citizens of Warner. The school was named for Mr. P. Connors who was at than time President of the State Board of Agriculture. The first session of Connors opened ill February of 1909 in downtown Wamer. ln 1911, the Administration Building was completed and the school was moved to its present site, one mile west of Warner. Mr. A. Liner was the first president. Mr, Walter Van Allen was the succeeding president in 1910, and he was followed by Mr. S. lvfurray, in 1911. The presidents during the 1912-I3 session of the school were Mr. V. Faulkner and Mr. W. S. Iackson. President Tenniclt replaced President laclcson in 1913, but remained only a short time. l-le was succeeded by Mr. Malone, who resigned in 1917. Ar that time, Mr. George A. Coffey of Haskell State School of Agriculture was transferred to Connors. ln 1918, Mr. H. C. King became president of Connors and held the position for fifteen years. Succeeding him as president was Mr. Iacob Iohnson, whose service has been continuous. ln 1943, the war program called Mr. Iohnson into active service overseas, and, during his leave of absence Mr. True B. Emerson served as acting President. From the original one-hundred-sixty acres, the college land has been increased to two-hundred-ninety acres, and the build- ings hzrvo been increased from one to twenty major buildings. The campus, which covers about thirty-four acres, is beautifully landscaped. A11 amendment to tl1e Oklahoma Constitution, made on Iuly 11, 1944, set up a governing board for the Agricultural and Nlechanical Colleges. This Board consists of nine members, eight of whom are appointed by the Governor subject to the approval of the State Senate, and the ninth member is the President of the State Board of Agriculture.

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