Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - Technician Yearbook (Okmulgee, OK)

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ials and machinery They will be using. They will be repairing and insTalling unTil Their proficiency reaches The exTenT ThaT They can successfully find employmenT. AlThough employers prefer Those wiTh a high school educaTion, more Than 7.5 million young people enTering The labor force during The i96O's will noT have compleTed high school. Many maTure persons desiring To improve are noT eligible for academic Training because of lack of high school educaTion. For This reason enTrance requiremenTs aT Tech are flexible. The fuTure Technicians and Trades- men come To school wiTh a college educaTion or even if They are unable To read or wriTe. There is a course offered To fiT Their needs. Handicapped persons can learn To be self-sufficienT in mosT of The courses. The school has one of The finesT rehabiliTaTion cenTers in The naTion where se- verely handicapped sTudenTs are broughT from dependency To independency, boTh physically and vocaTionally. The meThod of insTrucTion is learn by doing . Live work and producTion are essenTial To basic Training in skills. IT is easy and inTeresTing for sTudenTs To learn when The simple operaTions are masTered by acTually doing The work in shops paTTerned from The indusTrial and space world. Soon fuTure Technicians and crafTsmen find ThaT They have masTered The more inTricaTe skills of The Trade and have become proficienT. Background courses are offered in each occupaTion. Baking chemisTry is keyed To The job demands of a baker. Dry cleaning chemisTry is an ever changing course To meeT The many TexTile devlopmenTs. MaTh is viTal To The indusTrial elecTronics sTudenT and oThers. Human relaTions is TaughT To all and how To ad- vance and grow on The iob. Each sTudy is for The purpose of making a good workman and Technician. g . Tech sTudenTs may progress as rapidly as Their experience and abiliTy al- low. Some compleTe courses in Three semesTers or less. OThers compleTe courses in '20 monThs depending upon experience, efforT and abiliTy. AT Tech sTudenTs learn To make good livings and To be successful in Two yearsor less. i g GraduaTes Tind many exciTing opporTuniTies open Toi Thern in large ciTies as well as small communiTies. The success of The more Than 5,000 graduaTes is proving The realism of The program. T I Many consider Tech, The sTaTe's youngesT school, a school of Tomorrow in operaTion Today. A school for every man and woman who wanTs To have a beTTer living. A' school of Tailor-made insTrucTion adapied To The needs of The individual and indusTries of The sTaTe and naTion. IT has made big sTrides in edu- caTional progress and is an insurance of continuing progress in The sTaTe. As The shorTage of skilled workers becomes more and more acuTe, Okla- homa STaTe Tech, a branch of Oklahoma STaTe UniversiTy, guaranTees a conTinuing supply, The lifeblood of American democracy. The peoplehof The naTion,f The greaTesT asseT, are imporTanT in Oklahoma.

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