University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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GRADUATION ENDS the tour years ot undergraduate life tor students who have successfully earned what college offers — a degree. OU has extended degrees to more than 67,000 people since its inception. PRETTY GIRLS are a tradition at the at the University of Oklahoma. OU has had the Miss Football of this year, Ann Kent, and also in 1955 and 1956. Sooner belles won Sport Magazine ' s Campus Queen in 1958, 1959 and I960, too. STUDYING OCCUPIES the most im- portant segment of the student ' s aca- demic life at OU. The Bizzell Memorial Library has over 800,000 volumes for reference plus housing several nation- ally-known collections. 14

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SOUTH OVAL AT UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA li the busiest part of the campus since Blzzell Library and a majority of classes are located there. OU has (he largest airport In the world lo he used solely for educational purposes. Iti lour-niillion dollar Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education is one of the nation ' s finest adult education facil- ities. Its University Press is one of the few high- quality puhlishlng houses in the nation and recent- ly had 15 of its hooks accepted for the 1,780-vol- ume White House Library. Its college of law ranks among the nation ' s best. And its football is incomparable. Its teams hold 16 all-time NCAA records. 12 team and four in- dividual, which includes a fantastic 47-game winning string. Its keen awareness of the future has spurred OU to an avid research pitch. Its re- search institute currently has more than $5,900,000 appropriated to it from government, industry and state for research — the key to progress. 13

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FIFTY YEARS ago the School of Journalism was founded by hi. H. Herbert, who served as its director for 28 years from 1917. CONTINUED GROWTH nnarks OU ' s Extension Division which celebrates fifty years of service in 1963, too. The Forum Room is part of new adult education facilities. Oil Blends Many Atmospheres For Excellence In recent decades die University of Oklahoma lias literally grown around the City of Norman. Dr. John Darling of Enid, a fine sprinter and track coach at OU 1902-06. retnrned to OU in the 1930 ' s. It isn ' t the same school. We had but one Iniilding hack in the old days and it stood out in the middle of the prairie. The town hadn ' t grown to the school, as it has now. Dr. Darling was right. The University of Oklahoma, in its growth, has not only enveloped Norman but has become kno n as one of the top educational institutions of the Southwest. CONSTRUCTION DENOTES PROGRESS on the OU campus at several locations. A ' High-Rise ' co-educatlonal dormitory, here at the ground-level stage, will ascend 12 stories and house 1,000 students.