Odessa College - Branding Iron Yearbook (Odessa, TX)

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A' ' f T ' ' .WF il a- - - 3131.1-7.---sys? - T.,-..T?k -..Y M r - 5' ' ' ' l Mrs. Marjorie Morris is shown holding the 851,000 bust of the Immortal Bard donated by the Women's United Nations club that she helped organize in 1958. '64 Branding Iron Dedication Made To Globe Founder In keeping with a theme Building Odessa College, the 1964 Branding Staff honors one who has been a builder at OC, Miss Marjorie Morris. Miss'Morris is an English instructor at Odessa College. But this is only one of the talents she has displayed the last thirteen years while helping the college grow. During her first few years on campus she originated a course in Western Literature author- ing a text which has now been added to the curriculum of other southwestern colleges and universities. She has organized the Writers' Roundup and will conduct the ceremonies comrnemorat- 94 ,, .. see-fa, , -s.-.-ts-. :mi -1,3.3-,v-- 'ms-w.,,,.5 -' ,HAEVA Q-L . l Emir , , A , 1 I The 337.1000 'Great Globe of the Southwest was formally dedicated at the Tenth Annual Writers' Roundup May 1-2. It was the dream- come-true for hundreds of Permian Basin residents who put their donations together to bring a cultural and architectural triumph to West Texas. ing the year of the Shakespearean Quadricentennial which marks the formal dedication of the Globe. of the Southwest. 1961 is the date of her publication SURF, STARS, AND STONE, a book of collected writing of Texas Poets edited by Miss Morris. The most impressive and most lasting memorial to her work stand south of the camp-us, the GLOBE. Mrs. Morris has made other impressions and these are the lasting ideas imbedded upon the minds and hearts of those many who have learned from knowing her. lt is to Mrs. Marjorie Morris that we dedicate the 1964 Branding Iron.

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