Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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AT The NaTional DemocraTic: Con- venTion oT l932, Will Rogers was rnenTionecl as a possible candidajre Tor The Presidency oT The UniTed STaTes. BUT he blocked any such possibiliTy by The sTaTemenT l cer- Tainly know ThaT a comedian can lasT only Till he eiTher Talces hirnselT seri- ously or his audience Talces him seri- ously and l don'T wanT eiTher oT Those To happen To me unTil l am dead-iT Then, so leT's sTop This foolishness righT now . V .

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GO VERN OR The varsity cheer leader called for that old familiar yell, Oklahoma Fight, as the Aggies tangled with the University of Kansas in the closing minutes of the play- off game at Oklahoma City. The crowd arose to its feet. Among the front row of cheering spectators was Leon C. Phillips, the gov- ernor of the state of Okla- homa. Leon Phillips is known as the fighting, red-headed, cigar-chewing governor that has again brought forth that old question of state's rights. Not since the hectic days of the early thir- ties when Alfalfa Bill Murray roamed at large, have the newspapers of the state flared forth with head- lines of the National Cfuard moving forth to stop Work on the Cfrand River Dam, and of his untiring fight against Oklahoma's United States Senators over the construction of the pro- posed Denison Dam. l939 saw the seventeenth session of the state legisla- ture in probably the dryest session in the history of the state. Red Phillips had declared war on the boot- leggers in his fight for an efficient administration that would balance the budget and give Oklahoma a bet- ter government. Page l 7 -1- Q M Ml A I.,, gy V Y ? 4 , , iff ,, . 5 , ,, , 4 . Q- GOVERNOR LEON C. PHILLIPS Entering the Law School of the University of Oklahoma in l9l3, Phillips made an out- standing record as an undergraduate. P rom graduation, until lanuary 9, l939, at Oke- mah, Oklahoma, his shingle read simply, Leon C. Phillips, Attorney at Law. Z if 5