Phillips University - Phillipian Yearbook (Enid, OK)

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9 swag, Following in The greaT fooTsTeps of Dean Reifer, Dr. Clifford Shirley helped To enlarge The Phillips science deparfmenf. Dean Shirley was a sTudenT aT Phillips in l9l7 and gained his Ph.D. from The UniversiTy of California in I937. l-le Taughf biology from I922 To I935 when he be- came acflng Dean and in i937 he became The Dean of The Arfs and Sciences His goal has been The confinuing growfh and developmenf of The Science DeparTmenT. While under Dean Shirley's regime. The Science Building was consTrucTed in I949. AlThough he is in The Arfs College he believes also ThaT ChrisTian EducaTion musT be a definife parT of The Phillips academic curriculum. f, Y' f' I N 'Y -I I H 1 T i f i if F -I KGS SWQCKZ Zaugge The Builder mighf be The name given To Dr. Briggs by fufure hisforians because of his desire To enlarge The Phillips campus. Presidenf Briggs came from Oklahoma STaTe Teachers College aT DuranT upon The refire- menT of PresidenT McCash. In i938 he saw The need for a GreaTer of The Enid Building, Clay Szqedw England Dean of The Bible College afTer Pranlc Marshall in I942. Dr. England aTTencled Phillips Universify as a sTudenT and received his DocTors degree from Yale His goal has been for a greafer expansion of The Phillips graduaTe seminary as well as a larger undergraduaTe college. I-le hopes To see The enrollmenT doubled. The seminary library enlarged To 50.000 volumes an enlarged academic curriculum. and a seminary for all churches buf wiTh a defnnlfe Disciple of ChrisT affiliafion. Dean England wiTh his plans for Tomorrow has consTanTly promoTed Chrisfian EducaTion for The mnnisfry hard worlc and vision. Phillips and was responsible for The building Hall, Earl BuTTs Dorm, Science Building, STude ing and The Marshall Building. Ofheri buildings erecTed under his presi- dency were The Government Journalism. Speech and Hearing, AudiTorium T and EasT l-lall. l-lis moTTo, ChrisTian EducaTion, The Hope of The World, has been realized Through his dedicafion To Phillips UniversiTy. nT CenTer, Pine ArTs Build- ' 34447 Mr. Tri-STaTe would be an appropriaTe TiTle for This disTinguished genTleman. He is responsible for bringing over l0.000 sTudenTs each spring To Enid for The Tri-STaTe Music FesTival. Dr. Carey became Band DirecTor aT Phillips in I935. Lasf year, I957, marlced The 25+h anniversary of Tri-STaTe as Enid was overrun wiTh young musicians from I3 sTaTes. This evenT has grown larger each year under The direcTion of Dr. Carey. Tri-STaTe, co-sponsored by Phillips and Enid, is one of The main aTTrac- Tions of Phillips because The Fine ArTs deparTmenT offers many scholar- ships To ouTsTanding musicians during The fesfival. Phillips' band and orchesTra rank wiTh The finesT in The SouThwesT due To Dr. Carey's

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These are The eighT men who have done The mosT To make Phillips UniversiTy Tamous. Each in his own way has promoTed ChrisTian EducaTion. Immigra- siTy could have never been builT. 7, 70. Fhllape A sound businessman Trom BuTler, Pennsylvania, saw The need Tor more ChrisTian EducaTion in America and agreed To help promoTe The new UniversiTy Tinancially. Because oT his loyalTy and courage, Oklahoma ChrisTian UniversiTy was named Phillips UniversiTy in honor oT This gen- erous man. Because he helped Phillips when iT needed help, he deserves a place wiTh The oTher greaT men who made Phillips Tamous. 5. W, 506444 AppropriaTely called The Founder oT Phillips UniversiTy. Through his dreams oT a ChrisTian UniversiTy in Oklahoma and The help oi The Oklahoma ChrisTian Church Conference, The UniversiTy maTerialized in SepTember l907. As iTs TirsT presidenT he worked eighT hard years building Phillips unTil l9I5 when he reTired due To Tailing healTh as PresidenT EmeriTus. WiThouT his dreams, courage and TaiTh, This Univer E'vraf s 71386 7354444436 Called by many as The man who shaped Phillips' desTiny. He came To A Phillips Trom Texas ChrisTian UniversiTy in l907 To become Dean of The - College oT The Bible where he remained unTil I942. His goals Tor Phillips ' - , 1 were To have an accrediTed seminary Tor The besT educaTion Tor The 'g e minisTry, a heavy emphasis on Biblical sTudy, and making The Bible Col- lege a separaTe enTiTy aparT Trom The ArTs College He began Training sTudenTs Tor The minisTry in Phillips High School in I907 and in I920 unTil he passed away in AugusT oT I956. ,fi '- , f, 5 siiii 1 , B i , ' 4 'M we' ' Q A PTAC 5 U' fx I ii P L? z,..l' , F 5, P w f 4 ,T s ,ir T ! 4: ft 15 7, 72. Whiz! Named PresidenT EmeriTus oT Phillips UniversiTy because oT his TaiTh in ChrisTian EducaTion, he graduaTed Trom Drake UniversiTy and was Tormer presidenT oT Spokane UniversiTy in WashingTon. Dr. lv1cCash gave 22 years oT service To Phillips as presidenT Trom I9I5 To l937. His TaiTh in Phillips is besT illusTraTed in his sTaTemenT in I937, ThaT spiriT, which allows us To make progress and Torge ahead in spiTe oT adversiTy and reverses, lives in The Phillips TaculTy and sTudenTs Today as iT did in Those who have passed on-may iT be said To live also in Those who lead Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Dr. McCash is living Today aT 95 in The Lenoir Home aT Columbia, Missouri. .. Phillips offered graduaTe courses. By 1936 an accrecliTed Theological f seminary had been esTablished and in l95l iT was divorced Trom The 'T undergraduaTe school. As Dean EmeriTus he conTinued his ChrisTian work -, E -E,-3 x 'V , ,na-P' K ei f . Y., 7044 f ff in , ,. fr, n , - NX X '57 .T k V -1 En, y ,' . V ,, J' I. a W .. B J it 1 x , yi 1 I 4 , fe wi Y A

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Celebrahng 'I'he 501'h Anniversary Year, each deparfmenl has one monfh fo hlghllghl' all i'rs year's evenis. sdddaf Sacbace Familiar faces . . . Anderson, Guyer, Jorden . . . New faces . . . De Vos, Taylor . . . His- Jrory, government polifical science . . . soci- ology and psychology . . . inirocluciory survey f'- for all freshmen . . . Degrees offered wi'rh dlyisional geparimenfal maiors . . . World Q 1 I Q a airs ins 1 u e. 5 l gf l are Am Ari and music . . . Randolph and Srevens . . . Carey, Hemphill, Wehner, Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Poasier, Ulrich . . . B.M. or B.M.E. in Music, B.F.A. in arl' . . . Music sfudenis choose fheory, vocal and insfrumenfal music or church music . . . Phillips band and or- cheslra . . . Tri-Slafe music fesrival, I0,000 s'ruden+s each year To Enid. W English, French, German, Spanish, journalism. drama, and speech 'lherapy . . . also a re- quired survey oi our culiural heriiage . . . Clark, Hughes, Edwards, Burns, Quaid, Kel- logg, Srewarf, Morrison, Ladd, Cline, Hed- ges, Spueler . . . new speech and hearing clinic . . . l-l.S. Forensic speech 'rournameni . . . Publicaiions, Haymalcer and Phillipian. S Phillips' only remaining graduafe division . . . Faculiy includes Powell. Marlin, Osborn, Pefers, Goul+er, Baird. Hamner, and Hay . . . fheology, religious educarion. missions, church hisfory, O.T. and N.T., languages and li'rera- lure.