Northeastern State University - Tsa La Gi Yearbook (Tahlequah, OK)

Page 14 text:

ah “ ae og 10 TsaLlaGi eo ;

Page 13 text:

There have been quite a few changes in the last 130 years. Now a prospering community of 12,000, Tahlequah lies in the heart of Oklahoma's Green Country. Tahlequah lies on the edge of the Ozark foothills and stretches over wooded hills and along clear free-flowing streams. The Illinois River, and Tenkiller Lake which impounds the cool, spring-fed water of the river, provides year-round sce- nic beauty and good times. Some things change, some remain the same. Though Tah- lequah is now a multi-ethnic community, its historical Cher- okee and cowboy days are reflected in the faces of present residents. Northeastern has a larger Indian enrollment than — any other university in the United States, and the principal chief of the Cherokees today is a Tahlequah resident. With its unspoiled natural set- ting and the growing popularity of the river country, Tahle- quah’s future is unlimited. Stat- isticians say Tahlequah could be a city of 100,000 by the year 2000. If that is the future, the changes have just begun. TsaLaGi 9

Page 15 text:

Campus appearance ripened daily with construction focused on a new centrally-located mall area. Guidance seemed to be the idea that planning and development had in mind as they added a new campus directory and street lamps along the sidewalks. Benches also were added along the way for weary campus trekkers. Construction workers who removed parking lots and no- longer-used sidewalks were fol- lowed by landscape workers who replaced the cement stretches with grass and trees — a pleasing switch in the way of development. Parking lots were slowly scraped from nearby empty lots on the outskirts of the campus to offset the continually mush- rooming need for parking spaces. TsaLaGi 11