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

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An oId-fashioned street lamp recalls the early days of Southeastern. Alice Hudson studies hard to keep her grades up before heading out to an evening offuu and excitement in Durant and the surrounding area. Frustration occurs whenever a car breaks down. It becomes more so When the car belongs to a commuting student who has to hurry home to a job. AIDS hysteria is sweeping the 113 tion. Dr. Ronald Gilcher explains the disease to students. College was a place to learn about the world and about onehs self. Classes and field trips, simulations and speakers brought hom the fact that knowledge is an ongoing process. Southeastern educators worked to stimulate the desire for knowledge as well as the ability to seek

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Students and faculty had various activities to keep their days full. Financial aid jobs gave students on-the-job training as well as some money to help with expenses. Faculty members also served as club sponsors to interact socially with students. Others used sports as outlets for excess energy. Some even brought their pets along to have in the collegaexperience. Robin Eastwood works on the school newspaper, The Southeastern, as a reporter and typesetter. David Norris keeps in touch by telephone With many of the students he works With as vice president ofstudent affairs. Bill Nocker bulldogs on weekends and as part of the university rodeo team. Frosty, an Eskimo Spitz purebreed belonging to yearbook adviser Julia Davis, is the unofficial mascot of the S12 vage staff.

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out that information. This year SOSU drew students not only from Oklahoma but from across the United States. The campus also boasted a large enrollment of international students from ?lfl continents and walks of 1 e. The sharing and these cultures enhanced the lessons taught in ihe classroom by hearing about hhow the same thing was done back home? Activities were arranged by both the faculty and students to make Southeastern hone big familyf a place Where everyone belonged. Halloween ghouls show up for a party Michele Duelmiug practices ber shots for a big game. Jolm Lysons grills food for paren tse day activities. High water at Lake Texoma slowed down summer fun.