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

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7 lqwaiclenf .4 eaaage To the Con-Rah Staff and Student Body, Greetings: The Con-Rah Staff has given us again a history of this school year's activities. This has been a good yearl A busy yearl Each of you has had a part in the makinq of this year's history. This book chronicles the high lights of our co- operative efforts. I hope you can review your own part with satisfaction. This year has afforded a new experience in co-operative effort and living which has enlarged your status to the extent that each has put something into it. You have had an opportunity to form new friend- ships that will be cherished throughout the years. I trust that this year's experience in living has enlarged your horizon, helped you realize a qoal of a better citizenship, and pointed the way to a better life in this world of ours. Congratulations to the Con-Rah Staff and to each of you, best wishes. Sincerely yours Jacob Johnson President ean it reefing l hope your 1954-55 school year at Connors has been both pleasant and profitable. I hope that you have made many new friends and that you will keep these friends in the years to come. This edition of the Con-Rah! faithfully records stu- dent life at Connors in 1954-55. Miss Harrison and her excellent staff are to be commended for a iob well done. I hope the 1955 graduates will remember Connors as a friendly college, and that they will want to come back and visit with us from time to time. It has been a real pleasure working with each of you during the past year. I wish you the very best of every- thing that life has to offer. Sincerely, new A. B. Childress Dean of the College

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Pictured above at their conference table, the following members, Ktop row, left to righti O. L. Lackey, Hitchita, Vice Chairman, Earl Rus- sell, Duncan, P. E. Harrill, Oklahoma City, Secretary of the Board, W. R. Williams, Altus, Harold Hutton, Oklahoma City, iseated left to rightj W. E. Harber, Shawnee, Chairman, R. T. Stuart, Caddo, John Pat Carpenter, Red Rock, and Fred G. Drummond, Hominy. KOGLPCI 0 egelfl iff all .MZMOIV 0 tke Cofegeri CONNORS STATE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE was authorized by an act of the first legislature, May 10, 1908. Through the influence of Senator Campbell Russell, Warner was chosen as its location and one hundred-sixty acres of land upon which the school is located was given to the school by the citizens of Warner. The school was named for Mr. J. P. Connors who was at the time President of the State Board of Agriculture.. The first session of Connors opened in February of1909 in downtown Warner. ln 1911, the Administration Building was completed and the school was moved to its present site, one mile west of Warner. Mr. J. A. Liner was the first president. Mr. Walter Van Allen was the succeeding president in 1910, and he was followed by Mr, J. S. Murray in 1911. The presidents during the 1912-1913 session of the school were Mr. J. V. Faulkner and Mr, W. S. Jackson. President Tennick replaced President Jackson in 1913 but remained only a short time. He was succeeded by Mr. Malone who resigned in 1917. At 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. Jacob Johnson whose service has been continuous. In 1943 the war program called Mr. Johnson 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 buildings have been increased from one to twenty major buildings. The campus which covers about thirty- four acres is beautifully landscaped. An amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution made on July 11, 1944, set up a governing board for the Agricul- tural and Mechanical Colleges. This Board consists of nine members, eight of whom are appointed by the Governor subiect to the approval of the State Senate, and the ninth member is the President of the State Board of Agriculture. O

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,If MISS ANNABELLE GATLIN MISS CLAIRE HARRISON Registrar, and Chief Cierk FRED HAGER Dean of Students Dean of Women, and Mathematics Ilnstructorp Sponsor of The Con-Rah! -A