Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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John L. Bishop

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IDEDI RTI ln the early fall of the school year 1909-10, a group of leaders on the campus realized that the Oklahoma Agricultural and Me- chanical College needed an annual. These students formed plans and placed them before the Senior Class which approved the idea and voted to sponsor it. W. E. Camp was selected as editor-in-chief. F. J. Tibbetts was business manager. Other members of the staff were J. S. Mayall, J. E. Larson, M. N. Failds, B. D. King, W. H. Worthing, and Evelyn M. Ailcens. ' Plans which seemed to be moving along so nicely received a serious setbaclc when the staff came to the actual financing of the boolc. Naturally enough they carried their problem to a man who had always been interested in student affairs and many times helped them. John H. Dad Bishop had confidence in the students and the school. He agreed to put up the 5980.00 necessary to insure delivery. The Redslcin was born. So, to the Businessmen ofstillwater, and to our Friend, Counselor and Citizen- Dad Bishop-Father of the Redslcin-A man lcnown to the many thousands of students who have crossed the shadows of Old Central --identified with almost every progres- sive enterprise involving student body and college-we affection- ately dedicate this Silver Anniversary number.

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IIT ITIETITCD PE T The path of the Redskin-from a modest beginning-the first little book with its white cover and red lndian engraved thereon-to the elaborate volumes of recent years-has not been strewn with roses. The process has been a slow and painstaking one, and not without its bitter disappointments. The first four books were of the same style, with a gradual increase in content and quality. The 1915 issue was the First to have a heavy, rigid cover, a view section in colored ink, and borders in gold. The next prominent change came in the fifteenth volume. It was the first to have the modern large-size page and extensive opening theme. The books of 1926 to '31 are the giants of the shelf, containing over four hundred pages each. The depression caught the '32 edition in the midst of expensive plans, and its size had to be sacrificed. Since that misfortune, the effort has been to bring the Redskin back to its former proportions without sacrificing quality. And now-the Silver Anniversary number. But the perfect Redskin is not yet- it still eludes the grasp of editors. How long-perhaps forever ........ From Silver Anniversary back to 1910-the dedications have been: Dad Bishop, Mrs. H. G. Bennett, Dr. DeMoss, Dr. Henry G. Bennett, B. F. Williams, Coach Malbetch. Mothers of Student Body, To Student Government, W. S. Blizzard, Dr. Bradford Knapp, Citizens of Oklahoma. Clarence l l. McElroy, Boh Makovsky, Dr. Hilton Jones, Spirit of Student Body, To A. 81 M.'s Soldiers who gave lives for Democracy, To those giving lives for Democracy, Dr. J. H. Bowers, Dean Moorhouse, To Alma Mater, Dr. L. L. Lewis, Pres. J. H. Connell, R. E. Chandler, Howard G. Seldomrige. Dr. L. L. Lewis.