Oklahoma City University - Keshena Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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xt :Hia of the It School In- me- He ld MA. ll School Tment at is fOI'mCl- 'etroleum 5 TO THE etass or 1945: You began your college work at Oklahoma City Uni- versity as freshmen four years ago, the same time l assumed the office of president. ln a sense, we are classmates. You have finished your course and are now graduating, while I seem to have begun mine. We have struggled together through four years of the most tragic, the most cruel, the most expensive war in history. Our young men have been kept from the campus, fighting and dying to defend the civilization we cherish: we have fought to maintain and improve it. Both you and your alma mater have grown tremen- dously during the past four years. Two dormitories have been added. The new library has taken the place of the old gymnasium and 10,000 volumes added, llSio,o00.o0 worth of new equipment has been placed in our laboratories, twelve new music rooms added to the Fine Arts building and a piano placed in each room, a 352400.00 grand piano has replaced the old one on the stage, the bookstore moved to the Bug , where the cafeteria has replaced the cokes and sandwiches, the Dramatic Arts department has moved into its beautiful little theater, with adequate teaching space. Linotype machines, automatic folders, cutters and other equipment have been added to the University Press. Land- scaping has been done around, all buildings redecorated -and all this has been paid for. Indebtedness against the University, amounting to more than ill35o,ooo.oo, including interest, has been paid, and all notes will be burned at your Commencement on May 21. Property endowment of approximately fll50o,ooo.o0 and living endowment of more than fll5o0,oo0.0o has been llllli. l'llIlUIIlIlf'l Qfmicw .Qnewiw SWLLZQ secured and our enrolment doubled. The School of Miisic has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Miisic. The Adult College downtown has trebled. In addition to all this, we trained 1100 pre-flight cadets and 1500 Engineering, Science Management and War Train- ing students. No school in America has shown a larger per cent of progress since you were a freshman than has your alma mater. The president and trustees have been diligently plan- ning a Greater O. C. U. for the future. A master campus plan, which includes 1l3,o00,ooo.oo worth of buildings, has been developed and adopted, representing a visual expres- sion of the ideals and aspirations of the administration of the University. The future O. C. U. envisages a campus enrolment of 2500 students and an equal number in our downtown col- lege, a strengthening of the Liberal Arts College, the Fine Arts College and the Graduate School, and the addition of a strong School of Law and an outstanding School of Com- merce. Furthermore, it hopes and plans to set in motion currents of intellectual forces, beliefs, values and movements of vital human interest. it aims to be more integral in its environment and main- tain a growing consciousness of responsibility for the general welfare of society. It endeavors to make known the dignity and joy of service and follow its students beyond its walls. It aims to strengthen their faith and uphold their hands. Our prayers and best wishes go with you. x I l 1 4 r , , v .

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