University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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DOMINATING THE NORTH oval is the stately tower of Evars Hall, administrative center of the University of Oklahoma. Flowing within tJie University of Oklahoma ' s educational roots is an in- herent pioneering spirit which manages to nurture with knowledge and aca- demic excellence all people who seek its cultural refinements. It is not a commonplace urge or spirit. Instead, it is one that has pushed the Uni ersity to the forefront as an outstanding institution of learning. And it is still push- ing. This same inborn pioneering urge burst forth 75 years ago in the Run of 1889. which threw open the Unassigned Lands to settlement and lead to ultimate statehood. The Diamond Jubilee 1964 Sooner Yearbook wishes to honor in retrospect the ones in the Run of 1889. Theirs was a portrait of fortitude few portray; we applaud that uill.

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T ' r ♦ @ i The 1964 .LZ» ' ' -fcf-- . ' r -x TWO LEADERS, President G. L. Cross and Vice President P. K. McCarter, discuss Ideas.

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The STATE... SKVKNTY-FIVl ' years aj-o diis year llic faiiKuis run of 1889 etched ils name into history and was a climatic prelude to the hirdi III the Slate ol Okhilioma eii;;lileeii iars hilir. The lime whith has elapsed since April 22, 1889. when seltk-rs I lowed into what is now (he lieart ol Oklahoma, lias spawned a colorliil panorama wIikIi (()ii|)Ies an nndaimled |)i( neerini:; wdl widi ,111 iiisliiK li (■ piisii lo inrm llie presciil slale. Just as the |X ' 0|)le who (oulchrt wail for ihe starter ' s un on noon. A])ril 22. and were deri- sively duhhed ' Sooners, the Slale ol Oklahoma has energetically spun together a glowing history. More than any oilier slale ui llii ' I iiiori. Okhilioma is a unitjue mixlure ol lealures. It is oil. Il is aslronaiils. Il is towhoys. Il is Indians. Il is agri- (iilliiii ' . Il is cities. Il is (ountry. Il is wlial e prniidK LiKiw and (,ili our own Sooner Slale! I