University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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and listed among the youngest of the forty-four state supported universities in the United States, the Uni- versity ot Oklahoma has given authentic proof ot its value in the remarkable progress made since it opened its doors in l892. Changing economic and political conditions have reacted from time to time upon the institution, but little vitality has been lost in such changes. The people who support it hold firmly to the conviction that the University of Oklahoma consistently tultills its educational obligations to the state. And GOV. E. W. MARLAND insists that ade- quate provision be made for this-the state's cardi- nal instrument ot higher education.

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N X ,f '1 X F H, N! IVIANIFOLD ACTIVITIES that oiter the student the opportunity to deveiop a baianced personaiity yet at the same time carry the seeds ot its destruc- tion through his tendency to overparticipate. But their exist- ence is more than justified it his primary objective is kept in mind and the Iimitation ot his energy reaiizedg tor activities touching the varied interests ot the day attord a constant occa- sion tor the study ot human nature, a subject which sometimes transcends ciassroom instruction and which always adds vitaiiy to the compiete scholar. In every man there is some- thing I may Iearn, says Emerson, and in that I am his pupiif' I. D1 x yy 1 A gsm g gms gas yur ?..... L , ,2 i.,.... ,., X 1 3 i , ii-..-.3

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THE GOOD OE THE STATE under the stimulating leadership of a great Christian teacher and scholar whose academic influence is felt throughout the midwest, PRESIDENT WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELL is accorded the gratitude and devotion due him. His stature in the state has stead- ily grown during his twelve years with the Univer- sity of Oklahoma. His first editions and old manu- scripts, his collection of rare copies of the Bible, his engrossed interest in the world of art---all these throw light upon the life and character of a man who seriously desires for every student that transforma- tion of character attainable only through culture.