Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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I' Jfze E ,ian Qiuioicuz . . . Serves the Rural People of the State. lntroduces Scientific Agriculture ancl Modern Home Making N 'rms eighth day ol' Nlay this year the lixtension Division celebrated its twenty-second year of service. The division's work covers the entire state. The work being directed from the central ollices lo- cated in Gardner llall on the A. and M. campus. On the above date in I9l8 Presi- dent Wilsoii signed the Smith-Lever bill and thus provided the cooperative system of rural education through which the college now reaches directly into 2l-11,000 farms and farm homes. The Director of lixtcnsion is re- sponsible to the president ol' the col- lege as are the deans of the various resident faculties, and under him a central oliice stall' supervises and -assists the work in the lield. The staff consists of lirnest li. Scroll as acting director of extension with Fred lt. ltlerrilield as assistant director. bliss Nlorma Nl. Bruin- baugh is the state home demonstra- tion agent. and li. A. Pratt is the state l-ll Club agent. To complete the stall' there are four district agents for men's work and four for women's. Too, there are a number of specialists in various phases of farming and farm home-making. In every county there is a farm agent and a home demonstration agent. They are farm-reared and By C. P. BASWELL college-trained in agriculture and home economics. and act as repre- sentatives of the extension division and ol the l . 5. llepartment ol Xgri- culture. Thev are emploved under a co- operative agreement between the county and the college. ln turn the college and the department of Agri- culture have a cooperative agreement under which the extension work is carried on. The extension division does not wait for the farm lo come to the college, but takes the college to the farm. This is done by the power of example instead of by classroom study. Cooperating with the county agents are progressive farmers who adopt improved practices and demon- strate them in actual practice so that their neighbors begin to adopt them too. The real picture of the inlluence of the extension division can be given only in the terms of farms made more productive of good livings and farm homes creative of good citizens. llowever even in cold print there is meaning in such facts as these: ln 1935. of III l,000 farm homes in tlklahoma. lt5.Il0t were directly in- fluenced by the work ofthe extension division. The 18.000 l-ll tflub mem- bers in L025 clubs came from 38,567 li. li. Scuou, . . . . lakes the college lo the furrn homes. While on the subject of l-ll work. the national l-ll club champion, Xiley .lohnson. for this year. comes from tlklahoma and is now a freshman at X. and ll. tlollege. The extension division has always been the tirst line of defense in any emergency allecting farm people. The administration of the X. X. .-X. was put in charge of the extension div ision. From the beginning of this program to the end of W35. a total of Soft.- l38.I20t.lo was paid to cooperating farmers throughout the state. Page 19

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a. cf M. ' Continued . . Q tiraduatcs ol' the college have rcndercd indiy idual serv icc to the state hy y lrt uc ol personal aclncvcnient. lzngnueers graduating lroni X. and Xl. college hay e assumed an important place internationally as w ell as within the state. Xmong' them is Fred X. lxershner. '21 recognized as one ol' the Southvvest's hest Architectural delineators and designers. his design ol' the Tulsa .Xirport huilding and the Pawnee tfounty courthouse are only two ot' his projects which have won acclaim. Other lfngineers who have received state-wide recognition are .lohn llassler. '32, State l tility lin- gineer: li. Xl. Neuman. tfhiel' tleolo- gist ol' the tlarter oil tio.: Julia lilackford. '28, State llighway De- signer: and tierald Nlctlullough. Chief lfngineer. tlasoline Department. Phil- ips Petrolelnn tlompany. .X numher ol' lfngineers have received national and international recognition. rellect- ing honor upon their mother state. Xniong thcnl is 'l'ruet1. Blue, 'tt0. who spent lil years in .lapan in sales and promotional work lor electrical de- velopment: tiuentin tiraham, 'I l. who has done some outstanding work in Westinghouse lflectric and Xlanu- . . , ltlt'tlII'lllg1 t.on1pany on synchronous machines: J. ti. Woodson. 'l5. who is general manager ol' the Westinghouse Works in Nlanslield, Ohio: lying ll. Gould. '2l. now employed at the Bell l,alro1'atol'ies, New York tlity, and lioy lf. llayman '26, doing ltural lflectrilication work as head ol' the llural Service Department. Oklahoma tlas and lflet tric tionlpany. Xlrs. Nlaude ltichman tlalvert. Organizer ol' Alot hercralit NN ork in Oklahoma. I're-sident ol' the Oklahoma l'en VAVOIHPII l,eaguc, long time llonle lzcononncs l'.tlllt'illlOll lhrector ol Oklahoma and author ol' two hooks in llome lzcononncs is at graduate ol A. and Nl. 'lihere are twenty home demonstration agents in the state who are graduates ol' the college as well as at least ISIS home economic instructors ln stale schools and colleges. Four graduates ol' the Agricultural School now hold positions on the X. and Nl. tfollegc faculty while tilarence ltoherls, 'l5, is now liditor ol' the Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman, state agricultural puhlication. Out ol' ahout three hundred gradu- ates ol' A. and Nl. college listed as college teachers, this number includes eight state college presidents, twenty- two college coaches and instructors in physical education and others in various phases ol' college teaching. Not only does the college Oll-Pl' opportunities for mental activity hut it plans for physical well-heing as well. ,lfmliltwg M 6 vw' 2 Q We livery llOl'Ill of athletics is otl'ered to the student and Oklahoma A. and Nl. has gained an important place in the athletic world. 'l'his is evidenced hy the fact that several hoys came to A. and Nl. this tall for supervised training for the Olympic tiames to he held in Berlin this summer. Oklahoma A. and Xl. College per- forms still another function for her state. liach year hundreds of' grad- uates go out into Oklahoma, increas- ing considerably' the states' quota ot' educated citizens. College politics quite often rellects state govern- mental policies. for after all, a college is merely a rellection ol' the tendencies ol' general society. Students know the value ol' organization and co- operation through student govern- ment. Such an organization has heen called a kind ol' satirical play upon the errors, follies, and iniquities of popular government. and as such it all'ords the student actual experi- ence with political prohlems. As a result of four years ol' campus political experience. the student as a citizen is prepared to act. intelligently upon prohlems dealing with state govern- ment. Lastly. A. and M. College Oll.PI'S the opportunity for making friends. Daily contact with a great variety ol' people, most of whom are natives ol' Oklahoma brings individuals to- gether, where they may know and understand each other hetter. A. and Nl. realizes that social and politi- cal lil'e and activities outside the eurriculumv are only slightly less valuahle than the mental training. 'liherelore every ell'ort is made to provide students with the liner type ol' education which is allorded hy lyceum numhers, puhlic addresses by national figures and personal confer- ences with well-known educators. During its forty-live years of con- tinued service to the people ol' the great state ol' Oklahoma. Oklahoma A. and Nl. College has remained true to the purposes for which it was founded. llowever, in fulfilling these purposes it has not forgotten to expand hy adding new purposes. Since in general the aim of Okla- home A. and Nl. College has been to provide higher educational opportuni- ties l'or the agricultural and industrial classes, it is with a sense of pride and gratitication that this brief record ol' the services of the college to the state is written. llere is evidence that the college has set a new standard for land grant colleges, namely, serv- ing men and the needs of men. Page I8

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tY1.e:y1i-zvi' li. Tnotvr . . clzuirnntrz of' llze hoard 'rt'nr:N'r publications at the Okla- homa QX. and Xl. tlollege are under the direction ol' the Board ol' l'ublica- tions. For the past two years this board has been set up and functioned under regulations laid down by the administration ol' the college. This spring an amendment to the Student Constitution providing l'or this organ- ization was submitted to a vote of the student body and ratilied. Three publications are under the direct supervision of the Board. They' are the yearbook, The Bedskiu: the daily newspaper, The Daily' U'flol- legiau: and the humor magazine, The Aggievator. Beally there are three separate boards, one for each ol' these publications. but with overlapping memberships. There are eight members of each board with six ol' these members serv- ing on all three boards. These six members consist ol' two elected stu- dents and l'our faculty members. The faculty members are the llead ol' the College Publications Department, who is chairman ol' the board: the dean ol' men: and two members appointed by the president ol' the college to serve at his direction. The other two members ofeach Board are students e the editor and business manager ol' the publica- ..73o.cvLd af .9'uEZicatian . . . By CLEMENT E. TROUT tion under consideration. The general manager ol' student publieations is the secretary ol' the board. tlne ol' the general student represen- tatives is elected for a two-year term at the general student election each year the same as any other student ollicer. The student representatives must be juniors at the time they are elected since they serve on the board tor two years. The editor ol' each pub- lication is elected by the student body at the general election from those can- didates approved by' the Board ot' Publications as qualilied for the posi- tion. The business managers are ap- pointed by the board. All ol' these editors and business managers must meet the same general qualilications as all other student ollicers and in addition have the teclmical qualilica- tions for the specialized work of the publication. These requirements in- clude at least one year of experience on the publication for which the in- dividual is a candidate and a grade point average ol' l.I25 for editors and of l-point for business managers. The editor and business manager ol' the Bedskin nmst be seniors at the time ol' taking ollice in September. For the past year the six general members have been Arthur l.oewen, senior student: tlarl Letlere, junior student: Nlr. tleorge Il. Wlhite, ling- lish Department, and Dr. J. l. Keith. Dairy Department. appointed faculty' members: Dr. tl. ll. Nlclflroy, Dean ol' Nleu: and tllement li. Trout, llead ol' the l'ublications Department. The editor and business manager serving on the board controlling the Bedskin are .lames Skinner, editor: and Floyd tludgel, business manager. For the llaily tftfollegiau they are liarl Bich- ert, editor: and l.inl'ord Pitts, acting business manager: and for the Aggie- vator, Joe lxnox, editor: and Balph Slater, business manager. Baymond Bivert is tleneral Nlanager ol' Student Publications and Secretary' ol' the Board ol' l'ublications. The board is organized to give the students' control so that the publica- Draftecl New Constitutional Amendment. lnsured Fair Play tions will be really student activities. but have enough faculty members on it to give stability and balance and to insure continuous regard for the future welfare of the publications. The Board maintains close supervision of the business all'airs through the general manager ot' student publica- tions. Since the board is tinally responsible for all finances, and the business ol' the publications amounts to several thousand dollars per year, the board members individually. can- not give the time to make the de- tailed checks needed. Therefore. the general manager is employed l'ull time by the board to carry this de- tailed responsibility. lle is respons- ible to the board and not to the in- dividual publication. Included in this work is the supervision of the tftfol- legian printing plant in which the Aggievator and other student publica- tions as well as the U'Collegian are printed. The Board of lublications has I changed form three times during the past ten years. The organization several years ago provided a live-man board composed of two students. one elected each year for a two-year term, the Head of the College Publications Department, one faculty member ap- Ti-KYXIUXIJ lf. iiIYHR'l' . . knows lltNlJl'I.lllIiltt1 Page Z0