University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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Time worn entrance to “Old Main ” and the stately North Tower mantled With the season ’s first snow BOOK number ONE ADMINISTRATION

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The apple blossom was made the state flower in 1901. And in the same year natural gas was discov¬ ered on Massard Prairie, south of Fort Smith. When he was walking over his farm near Murfrees¬ boro, John W. Huddleson picked up two brilliant stones. He had them appraised, and thus was started America ' s only diamond field. The tuberculosis sanitarium was established near Booneville in 1909. Arkansas ' s official flag was adopted in 1913 after a contest had been conducted over the state to get a suitable design. Miss Willie K. Hocker of Pine Bluff won the award. Arkansas, the state song, was adopted in 1917. It was written by Mrs. Eva Ware Barnett. CAMPUS BECOMES CAMP Then came war. Again Arkansas ' sons took their places in the field. Her quota was supplied and train¬ ing camps were set up in the state. One extensive camp was on the campus at Fayetteville and the build¬ ing now occupied by the physics department was one of the military structures during that period. Camp Pike near Little Rock, and an aviation field at Lonoke, were also constructed. Arkansas furnished 66,437 men for the United States army in the World War. There were 5,359 men from the Wonder State in the navy and marines and 66 in the coast guard. Total casualties were 2,660. Many heroes of skirmishes came from Arkansas, and the last shot of the war was fired by a man from Pocahontas. Black gold, the mineral which made thousands flock to south Arkansas in 1920, was discovered in the Hunt¬ er Discovery Oil Well near Stephens, Ouachita Coun¬ ty. A great boom was precipitated and populations of towns around El Dorado boosted tremendously. PROSPERITY REIGNS An era of unheralded prosperity then began its reign over the state. Manufacturers increased. Crops in¬ creased. Population increased. Political progress of Arkansas ' sons led Joe T. Robinson, Senator, to be nom¬ inated by the Democratic party for vice president in 1928. When the man who wrote the shortest auto¬ biography ever printed in the Congressional record, T. H. Caraway, Jonesboro died, his wife, Hattie W., was made Senator, and was the first woman ever to hold such a chair. From such a heritage, Arkansas is properly fitted to be the Wonder State. The pioneers who built the great State have set before us a mark. As we stand on the threshold of our second hundred years, we may see the romantic past; we must make the future. The Capitol at Little Rock

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FROM THE CAPITOL AT LITTLE ROCK Governor Fu+rell Reveres the Past in That It Points to a Greater Future J. M. FUTRELL Governor of Arkansas To the Students and Faculty, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, My dear Friends: ® The year 1936 marks a great event in the history of Arkansas. On this occasion the State will celebrate its hundredth anniversary. It is altogether fitting and proper that on this occasion we should pause from our labors to honor the brave men and women who were active in the upbuilding of our State. • During its one hundred years of statehood, Arkansas has made wonderful progress, but the re¬ sources of the State are yet largely undeveloped. This is a State of unlimited opportunities. It is for you, the future leaders of the State, and for you who mold the minds of the future leaders, to resolve to raise the standards of the State and to carry on its development until the highest possible degree of perfection is reached. CAPITOL DOME AT LITTLE ROCK With the best wishes for your future success, I am Sincerely, J. M. FUTRELL, Governor. Page 23