Oklahoma Baptist University - Yahnseh Yearbook (Shawnee, OK)

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llllilllilll lHTlllTE, Beside The porTals oT hisTory-your O.B.U. hisTory-slands The enchanTress wiTh her magic wand To lead you inTo a veriTable wonderxand, For a college is indeed n land oT dreams and visions-dreams growing inTo realiTies and visions changing from bare skeTchings inTo liTe's painTings oT rich coloring and rare design. Down The paThs OT This wonderland, you will again meeT your classmaTes and Triends. You will Tind ThaT neiTher Time nor disTance has broken The golden chain ThaT bound you TogeTher here, and Thai To a remarkable degree your lives are inTerTwined. Memory will race backwards. lvlornenTs of rich experiences will pause before you and recall To your mind and your hearT The high resolves oT your besT selT and your TinesT hour. This is your deed, your Tiile, To O.l3.U.-Vfonderland oT IQ47. Treasure iT, Tor iT is as rcal as any esTaTe you will ever own. Enler inio iTs porTals oTTen and leT iT become The quieT pause in which The shining shield oi TaiTh awarded in college days is resTored, and The high hopes oT college liTe dare you on To compleTe Their TulTillmenT. Then you can say Truly. This is my own, my Wonderland. This is my wish Tor each oT you-sTudenTs oT '47, Very Truly yours. John Wesley Raley P r e sid e n T

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UUP1 I DR. JOHN W. RALEY r L

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i I -- wi- iw- 4 3 Ee' , i A 7 f i . 1 HA 9 z J l - '24 l ,V l , . Friendly. gracious. accomplished Mrs. Raley lakes an aclive in1'eres+ in sludenfs and in school ac'rivi'ries. She has endeared herself 'ro 'rhe sfudenl' body by her aid fo clubs and by her Sunday School leach- ing. Here she is shown wilh Helen and John, lhe Raleys' promising children. Below is The presidenhs home, 60l W. Universily. i E I E.- S 5 '?