University of Central Oklahoma - Bronze Book Yearbook (Edmond, OK)

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Dean Armstrong and her brother Ike share a special moment during a reception held in her honor. Dean Armstrong receives a Service Award from AWS President, Pam Adair. Members of Kappa Alpha Psi presented Dean Armstrong a check for the Dean Freiberger Memorial Fund in 1977. 25

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Dean Armstrong Says Goodbye Dean Armstrong has been at CSU since August 26,1953. She began as a teacher of student teachers in the Home Economics Department and in 1954 she became Dean of Women. She has served under three different presidents. On December 25, 1978, she retired, leaving an empty spot in the lives of many students and staff. Members of the Bronze Book staff interviewed Dean Armstrong shortly before her retirement. The following is an excerpt from the interview. Dean Armstrong, do you feel that student attitudes have changed in the past 25 years, especially since the sixties? No, I believe the attitudes have essentially remained the same. However, in the past two years, students seem more interested in getting an education. What has been your most rewarding experience here at CSU? It was great to see the campus grow from just 1-100 students to its size now, and I have enjoyed getting many of the campus organizations started. You were responsible for organizing Mortar Board here at CSU. How did that come about? In 1968 we started the Bronze Key, a Senior women's honorary group, and waited five years to apply for Mortar Board. On April 16, 1978, Mortar Board was chartered. It was one of the highlights of my life. Please comment on the charges in CSU that you have seen. I can say I grew up with CSU, the job has grown as the University grew. I originally lived five blocks off campus. Now I live only one block away and I have not moved! I am sure you have had several interesting experiences while here at CSU. Could you tell us about a few of them? I've had many experiences both good and bad; for instance, one of the worst things was having to go to the hospital to identify a student injured or dead-on-arrival. You don't sleep a whole lot of nights. When I first came here and moved into an apartment, I had spoons in a rack on the wall that someone left behind. Someone started a rumor that I collected spoons, so students began bringing me spoons from all over the world. I now have 72 spoons. I became a collector of spoons. There were other times, critical at the moment but to be smiled over later. Like the morning one of the most popular girls on campus showed up in my office with her head lightly bound in a scarf and her hair was green. She and her sorority sisters had tried to bleach her hair and something went wrong. The girl's mother was called and she came and took her for a day-long session in a beauty shop. We hope you come back after your retirement and visit friends and family here at CSU. What are your plans after your retirement? I will do what I have been too busy to do, such as getting together with friends and cooking. I am also going to travel, and I've been asked to help with Pan-hellenic Kush activities next year. I've kept notes over the years and have been encouraged to write a book. The people at CSU have become my family . . . the good years here have outweighed the bad ... if I had to do it all over again I wouldn't change a thing. 24

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Sidle Senator Phil Watson lields questions from the floor during the Cam- Republican nominee for the U S. Senate, Dr. Robert Kamm, stops to t hat and paign '78 workshop. pass out pamphlets while visiting the campus. Views, Issues, and Answers in '78 'Campaign 78' was the topic for the tenth annual Central State University Political Science workshop in October at the Liberal Arts Building auditorium. The purpose of the workshop was to give the students an opportunity to become familiar with the candidates and ask them questions concerning their viewpoints on current issues. The format of the workshop was arranged so that each candidate was given an hour to speak and answer questions from the students. Students received one hour graduate or undergraduate credit by enroll- ing in the week long workshop which featured many distinguished politicians and professionals. Among the speakers included were Gov. George Nigh; Obera Bergdall, Chairman of the State Democratic Party; Rep. Mickey Edwards; Ron Shotts, Republican; State Senator David Boren; Terry Campbell, Democrat; Bob Kamm, Republican; State Senator Phil Watson, Rep. Neal McCaleb, and Rubye Hall, Chairman of the State Regents for Higher Education. Too many times we sit around talking about the good old days when the real good old days are all those days ahead of us because they are the only ones we can do anything about. George Nigh If we are to have a good government, we must assume responsibility for it. Bob Kamm I'm concerned most of all about the way we're not going anywhere as a state. We've spent so much money, yet we haven't gone anywhere. Ron Shotts 26