Northwestern Oklahoma State University - Ranger Yearbook (Alva, OK)

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Jo Pettegrew and Don Brooks and nearly everyone else at a Sadie Hawkins Day ob- servance danced the limbo. 'In a moment of reflection on the set of “Ok- lahoma!” are Alice French and Liz Cole, in }costume, and Boyce Pennington, co-director. | The curtain opened to reveal Loren Riggs, Tony Hagar, jand Jim Duckett hanged on the Herod Hall stage. |It was part of the plot in “Four on a Heath,” one of nine student-produced one-act plays in March. | Vernon Powders is amused by the revealing attitude of his friend at a Senior Day exhibit. At left, Jan Fisher and Louis Ybarra talk with Mooreland seniors Jeanie Corley, Richard Kincaid, and Wanda Stubbert at a social studies display. March Activities Drew Crowds Hundreds of visitors were on campus in March for a science fair, a district music contest, and Senior Day. The speech and music departments scored an entertainment hit with “Oklahoma!”, and traditional social events were held. Campus building work moved steadily ahead. and the Baptists opened a new $70,000 student center.

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4 fa tte As 5 es ee “ as AG The new science building was beginning to take on more character as time passed and work on the structure progressed. This is the south-side view. F ebruary Events Diverse Social events paid their respects to St. Valentine, the basketball season was played out, and the ending of winter began to be sensed. Religious Emphasis Week was ob- served, and the Ranger Follies was produced. As they had at times throughout the year, professional artists and en- tertainers visited, notably among them the American Jazz Ensemble. Flowers are presented to Cecelia Rose by her escort, Dale Valentine, just after Charles Fischer, who gave technical assistance in the program, Miss Rose had been named Queen of the Ranger Follies. visited backstage with John Eaton, pianist and one of the organizers of the American Jazz Ensemble. rh

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April Tempo Was Faster Activity picked up and, before the end of April, a feeling of the nearness of the end of the semester began to set in. A spring band concert, high school curricular contests, Aggie Day, and some other annual events were held. A first at Northwestern was the production of an opera, “Down in the Valley.” Track and baseball shared the sports headlines, the student senate organized for next year, and Greek Week was observed. It came time, too, for some now-or-never work on term papers, reports, and various other forms of study. Steve Allen was lodged in Birmingham jail in this scene from “Down in the Valley,” a folk opera. Abstract sets were de- signed by Charles Fischer. Piles of broken-up concrete, bulldozers, and dirt showed up in student pathways when landscape work began in connection with the campus building pro- gram. Janet Decker starts a new trail here, while others choose a route around. Roger Gantz goes into his turn at first base after slamming out a hit in the Rangers’ 7-4 win over Southwestern State Col- lege at Newby Field. Ira Campbell is in the coach’s box, and Merlin Paris is the umpire. All eyes are on the ball.