Oklahoma Panhandle State University - Plainsman Yearbook (Goodwell, OK)

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Hespef- OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE Hon. Harry B. Cordell President Hon. Fern E. King Hon. George Van Noy Hon. J. B. Parks Hon. L. A. Clinkenbeard AGRICULTURE Panhandle A. and M. College, the educational center of a great area of plains country, oc- cupies bo ' .h a leading position and a dependent position. Its services to students, teachers, farmers and business men are already extended to the far corners of the territory which it serves. It is recognized both at home and abroad. Yet like the country it represents it is only par- tially developed. Much raw land remains on the plains to be made productive. The mineral resources are only beginning to be investigated. This college has fields of instruction which have not yet been occupied. There are demands for service it cannot yet fulfill, so that in the productive and commercial development of the plains, to which the college proposes to contrib- ute the development of an educational institution, is also involved. There are two alternatives wh ch the publ c may take regarding the Panhandle A. and M. College. It may concentrate upon the commercial development which will drag the institution forward slowly, supplying the needs of the boys and girls grudgingly as they become shamefully apparent : or it may build fcr a future that everyone recognizes lies before the Panhandle, a future of pro- gressive expansion and begin at once to turn out men and women fitted to take a leading part in the development of the natural resources of the region. Not only can the institution contribute men and women to the development of the land but by agricultural research contribute the information which all the people need to make development more sure and rapid. There can be no better p!ace for students to get their collegiate training than in a college adequately equipped and devoted specifically to the scientific, economic and sociological features of the region in which they expect to make their homes. There is no way of supplying the agricultural inf rmatirn now lacking except by research under the exact conditions it is expected to be used. Therefore, it appears there is no particular enterprise concerned with the entire development of the plains which can return as great results and as permanent results toward that end as can this college if it is adequately provided for. We can see ahead a constant expansion of service, a firmer position of ieadeiship and a growing appreciation of the public for P. A. M. C. H. H. FiNNELL. Blessed are the happiness makers jor they are the light of the ivorld.

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Hespef- A PLEA Give me one friend, just one, who meets The needs of all my varying moods; Be we in noisy city streets. Or in dear Nature ' s solitudes. One who can let the World go by, And suffer not a minute ' s pang; ' ho d dare to shock propriety ith me, and never care a hang. Who, in my rarely righteous streaks. Should love me — love me not the less When I am given to outbreaks Of pure, besotted selfishness. One who, when 1 am sick and glum. Can lay conventions on the shelf. And just for my dear sake become A blooming heathen, like myself. One who can share my grief or mirth. And know my days to praise or curse; And rate me just for what I ' m worth. And find me still — oh. not so worse! Give me one friend, for peace or war. And I shall hold myself well-blest. And richly compensated for The cussedness of all the rest. —Esther M. Clark. lir chcerlut. Give this lonesome icorld a smile.