Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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, I , - Through President Henry G. Bennett the board keeps an accurate check on the ac- tions of the faculty, the administration and the other necessary adjuncts of a great modern educational institution. The ex- periment station and its activities are also under the supervision of the five-man board. The chief accountant for the board of agriculture audits all the claims submitted by the agricultural colleges as well as those of the department of agriculture. These are prepared by the chief account- ant for presentation to the board and after official approval, sent to the state auditor for payment. The board also has control of the four junior agriculture colleges placed about the state, including the Murray State School of Agriculture at Tisnomingo, Connors State School of Agriculture at Warner, Cameron State School of Agriculture at Lawton, and the Panhandle State School of Agriculture at Goodwell. The affairs of the schools are the chief concern of the monthly board meetings held in the capitol buiQding in Oklahoma City. Expense and purchase claims, pay- rolls, appointments to fill vacancies, addi- tions to the faculty, added equipment or new buildings, contracts involving the col- leges, all must be approved finally by this five-man board. President of the board, loe C. Scott, is a former 4-l-l Club boy who lifted himself from his father's farm in Pushmataha county through a series of advancements into the place he now holds. Two of the board's members are gradu- ates of Oklahoma A. and M. College. They are Scott and Orville M. Savage, vice-presi- dent of the board from Ponca City. Savage received his Bachelor's degree in Agricul- ture and Animal Husbandry in l9l6. Scott completed the requirements for his Master's degree in Agricultural Economics in l93U. Forrest K. Burns, Secretary of the Board, although not a member, is an A. and M. graduate of l933 in Animal l-lusbandry. Several other A. and M. graduates and former students hold responsible places in the State Department of Agriculture, some with headquarters over the state. Approximately once every three months the board holds its regular meetings on the Stillwater campus. Numerous building and equipment improvements necessitate the board's approval and formal acceptance, so that it becomes convenient for an occa- sional meeting here. Members of the Board are guests of the college several times each year. Orville M. Savage, VV. L. Hutcheson, Z. H. Lawter, C. H. Mullendore s...A.. Page 23 ' 1

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Oklahoma A. and Mfs temporal rule and administrative Welfare rests in the hands of the State Board of Agriculture, a group of five men who give liberally of their time and talents toward the building of a greater college. The head of the board is elected by the people of the state every four years and the other men serving in the group are ap- pointed by the governor. Ending his second year as president of the board of agriculture is loe C. Scott of Oklahoma City. The other members of the group at the time of this Writing are: Z. l-l. Lawter, Oklahoma City, C. l-l. Mullendore, Miami, Orville M. Savage, Ponca City, and W. L. Hutcheson, Frederick. The group is primarily concerned with the administration of the four announced fields of the college, namely: research, di- rected toward solving of practical prob- lems, the Extension service which is oper- ated in an effort to send information con- uv, FORREST K. BURNS Secretary 1,-an lOE C. SCOTT President cerning the results of all scientific research throughout the state to those in need of it or who signify a desire for instruction in problems relating to agriculture generally or to any of its fields, and Public Service, directed toward the furnishing of expert advice, information and service to all citi- zens and firms in the state in the field of knowledge in which members of the college faculty or extension service are versed, the fourth field of service is resi- dent teaching which is directed to the tech- nological and vocational education of the next generation, due consideration being given to the inclusion in the curriculum of those students best making for a well-bal- anced, cultured personality. The board has always observed a policy of benevolent despotism toward the stu- dent activities on the campus except when, in its consideration, harm is being done to either the students participating or to the college. Page 22 .fx

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DEAN C. H. MCELROY Oklahoma A. and M.'s pioneer person- ality, as indissolubly a part of the college and its traditions as historic Old Central it- self, is Clarence McElroy-since l9UU an Aggie, and since l926 Dean of Men. As counselor, officio and ex-officio, the mild-mannered dean because of his ex- perience and judgment has been the guid- ing personality of freshmen and upper- classmen alike. Himself a graduate of A. and M. College, Dean McElroy has been in the service of the institution since l909, only nine years after he enrolled for his first year of college work. l-le was born at Tulsa of Creek lndian descent. Receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in l9U4, McElroy then continued his academic pursuits at St. loseph college and the University of Chicago. At the former school he was awarded a degree as doctor of veterinary medicine. l-le became a laboratory helper here in l9U9 and has occupied positions as assist- ant instructor, instructor, professor of bac- teriology, associate dean, dean of the school of science and literature, and was for a three month period president of Okla- homa A. and M. College. McElroy serves as chairman of the dis- cipline committee, and approval of the rooming houses for students is among the multifarious duties of his office. lt is in that capacity that he has won the admiration of many, for it is his belief that college people are capable of discerning between right and wrong, and only seldom need super- vision and reprimanding. l-lis lodge and fraternity memberships include the Masons, Sigma Nu social fra- ternity, and Phi Kappa Phi, honorary scho- lastic fraternity. l-le is actively connected with Phi Sigma, Phi Eta Sigma, honorary freshman scholastic fraternity, and ltta- naha, lndian students' organization. Chief among his interests is the freshman scho- lastic fraternity, which requires an average of B plus or higher. - ln the absence of President Bennett, Dean McElroy assumes the chairmanship of the college council in dealing with administra- tive matters and lower committee decisions. As chairman of the Athletic cabinet and faculty representative on the Missouri Val- ley conference board he has a large part in shaping policies of the athletic depart- ment. ln appreciation and recognition of his twenty-five years of service, Dean McElroy was in l935 presented a bronze plague by the Decennium Club with the simple in- scription, Twenty-five years of service. lt has been said that if any one man con- tains within himself all the traditions, aims, and ideals for which Oklahoma A. and M. College stands, then that man is Dean Mc- Elroy. Many times, among all types of organi- zations on the campus serious errors and missteps in administration or course of action have been averted through profiting by McElroy!s advice. Page 24