Dickinson State University - Prairie Smoke Yearbook (Dickinson, ND)

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President DeLong surveys long range plans for DSC campus. President 0. A. DeLong Serves Decade... A Dedication Dr. O. A. DeLong came to Dickinson State College during the summer of 1959 from Mayvilie State College, where he had been president for five years. He undertook extensive remodel- ing of the DSC campus, which at that time served 520 college students and 125 campus high school students. The Campus high school was discontinued in 1963, making room for more college students. The fall of 1964 saw the name- changed from Dickinson State Teacher’s College to Dickinson State College. The decade directed by Dr. DeLong has seen new buildings added to the campus—student union, library, Selke Hall. Woods Hall, new- men s dormitory, science building, college apartments, president’s home, and an addition to the college’s garage and shop. In that time the student body has increased by an average of more than one hundred students per year. DSC is known at the end of the decade as North Dakota’s fastest grow ing college, ,and its per student cost is lower than any other college in the state. To the man who has brought DSC to this position is dedicated the 1969 Prairie Smoke— President O. A. DeLong. 2