Muskogee Junior College - Pollywog Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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demand that the one-year college be extended to a two-year Junior College. In response to this urgent request, the Board of Education, therefore, early in the spring of 1928 invited Mr. George C. Wells, State High School Inspector, Dean Roy L. Gittinger, University of Oklahoma, and Dr. Paul B. Sears, Science Department of the University, to visit the junior college and to make definite recommendations for the establishment of the two- year course. Upon the recommendation at the above three school men, the State Board of Education authorized the establishment of the Muskogee Junior College, making it accredited with all other state institutions. Since then it has been regularly inspected and approved by the accrediting com- mittee consisting of J. .Andrew Holly, chairman ot the Committee of Higher Institutions of Learning, Roy L. Gittinger, Dean of Administration, Univer- sity of Oklahoma, N. Conger, Dean of School of Education, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College. From May l93O to May l94O, certificates of completion of two years work have been granted by the Board ot Education in Muskogee to 273 students. The school is governed by the students and their studious attitude. The only student office is that of president of the student body. The school emblem and nickname is Green Frogs. The colors for the school are green and white. HOTZIGGITY! PHSSED MY ORAL TODAV English extra sessions are a very common thinw in Muskogee Junior college. The picture at the top shows the girl's freshmen English class in extra session. The boys in the picture at the bottom were caught in the last minute rush for magazine articles. i X , x J C x 'J ENGLISH cmss

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i i i I 3 i i The sophomores in o singing mood 2 They hold hands ond sing o story 4 They deport from the kids to relox 5 And then come the food 6 The whole group went into hyst rio when Miss Huff revealed her pres nt A 7. You can see thot Cherry is quite bored. S QPIH N Auld .Long Syne . 3.,Mory Curtiss looks iwhile Miss Coll entertains with' AE ir