Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Savage Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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Sixties Challenge Students ■t +■ Like other institutions of higher learning. Southeastern State College found itself in the sixties, an age that defies definitions because of massive technical progress and unequalled world problems. The age of the astronaut, preceded by Sputnik, awak- ened campuses throughout the nation and forced each institution to grow academically. At the same time, colleges found that unprecedented enrollments were com- monplace, a condition which meant that schools must grow in numbers while elevating academic excellence. Southeastern has accepted this whole challenge. In mathematics, the “Queen of the Sciences,” South- eastern has made impressive progress. Cooperating with the National Science Foundation, the college has aug- mented its programs with sessions for gifted high school students and with institutes for public school teaqhers at all levels. A new television in-service program this year is serving 53 school systems of north Texas and south Oklahoma. This movement has caught on in every department from natural sciences to home economics, from art fo physical education. New and improved facilities halve fostered academic excellence and Southeastern processors have pushed harder for excellence—and the students have responded. Southeastern continues to build, anticipating needs of students of future decades. Today’s graduates must be prepared to live in the 21st century and “Southeastern in the Sixties” looks forward toward fulfillment of the obligation while meeting head-on the academic challenge. A new classroom and administration building takes its place on campus beside the libraix.

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Southeastern in the Sixties

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Coeds enrolled in an advanced swimming class form a star maneuver as part of a synchronized swimming routine. Aquatic-minded students formed a synchronized club on campus this year. Charles Andrews, English instructor, uses the college pool to check out students interested in SCUBA diving.