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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Miss Annabelle Carlin DEAN ,S GREETIN G Getting out a good year boole is a big job. Work on it begins in the Fall and continues until the last booh is delivered in May. This work includes many things: holding staff meetingsg selling ads, soliciting subscriptionsg sponsoring contests to raise moneyg planning picture layoutsg writing articles. Consider the matter of pictures alone. Hundreds of them are taken and each one must be trimmed, identified, and pasted in its proper place on a master sheet. Names must he spelled right, home addresses musi be correctly stated, everything must be checked and double- checked. Errors mllst be leept at a minimum. Yes, getting out a good year hook is indeed a big job. A sponsor must have the patience of Iob, know how to raise money, and not ever worry about working overtime. For the sixth straight year, Miss Claire Harrison has served as sponsor of our year boole. Each year she has been ably assisted by students who also knew how to do a good job. Working together they always turn out year books that compare favorably with those from institutions much larger than Connors. Our 1952 Con-Rah! is one of the best annuals we have ever pro- duced, Miss Harrison and her splendid stag of student assistants? are to be congratulated on giving us this wonderful book of memoriesf' Through their egorts we now have the history of our 1951-52 school year recorded for us in picture and in story. I hope that each of you will treasure this book, and that you will always remember your college days at Connors with fondness and pleasure. Sincerely, A. B. Ciuinusss. Miss Claire Harrison Rggmmf, ,md Chief Clerk Dean of lfVomen, and ilrlathematics Instructor Sponsor of The Con-Rah! 4 :if-1 --er ,rf