Oklahoma State University - Redskin Yearbook (Stillwater, OK)

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ICE C. SCCTT, President STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE Those boot straps that loe C. Scott is supposed to be using to lift himself, screeked and groaned and came very near breaking as he barely nosed out the Vinita farmer, losh Lee, for the presidency of the State Board of Agri- culture for the next four years. Besides the president, the Board is composed of four members, each serv- ing a four-year term. They are the ad- ministrators of the affairs of the Ckla- homa A. and M. College, and the five sectional agricultural schools, namely: Conner's State School of Agriculture, Warner, Murray State School of Agri- culture, Tishomingo, Cameron State School of Agriculture, Lawton, the Panhandle A. and M. College, Good- well, and the Eastern Oklahoma A. and M. lunior College at Wilburton. Administrative affairs of all these six schools are the first concern of the board at its regular monthly meetings at the capitol in Oklahoma City. Expense and purchase claims, payrolls, appointments to fill vacan- cies, additions to the faculty, added equipment for the schools, and mat- ters of this nature are also brought up. The efforts of this group have been concentrated to develop the four announced fields of the college, namely: the extension service which is operated in an effort to send in- formation concerning the results of all scientific research throughout the state to those in need of it or to any of its fields, research, directed to- ward solving of practical problems, and Public Service, directed toward the furnishing of expert advice, in- formation and service to all citizens 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 ser- vice is resident teaching which is directed to the technological and vocational education of the next generation, due consideration being given to the inclusion in the curricu- lum of those students best making for a well-balanced, cultured per- sonality. The board has always observed a policy of benevolent despotism to- ward the student activities on the campus except when, in its consider- ation, harm is being done to either the students participating, or to the college. Through President Henry G. Ben- nett, the board keeps an accurate Page I 8 fr..-1-t ' mm'mimmm -..'- Sli

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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

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check on the faculty, the administra- tion and the other necessary ad- juncts of a great modern educational institution. The experiment 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 col- leges as well as those of the depart- ment of agriculture. These are pre- pared by the chief accountant for presentation to the board, and after official approval are sent to the state auditor for payment. The president of the State Board of Agriculture, who serves as chair- man of the colleges' Board of lite- gents, is the chief executive of the State Department of Agriculture. The members of the board include Rufus Green, Duncan, G. l-l. Mullen- dore, Miami, M. L. Taylor, Durant, and Frank D. Keller, Shawnee. Taylor Keller .W 7 t ' 'llif -.': A ' I 7 y 4 ff! ,f 'YW 2 Wi. 51 f Mclntire Burns President Scott is a graduate of A. and M. A former 4-l-l Club boy, he completed the requirements for his Master's degree in Agriculture Eco- nomics in l93O. Another graduate is Forrest K. Burns, assistant to Scott. Secretary Forrest Mclntire from Mc- Alester also received his Masters here at A. and M. Clarence Kleinsteider, Olustee, was appointed to fill the vacancy made by Mullendore in April. Green Mullendore A-.tr ' -Ll 1f . if 4 55. , t Ns. . 4-..f-3. - - , -. Page 19 1.3 at , yvuw,.4- Q .'4Y? 21C f 5 . ? W . FQ 1