University of Tulsa - Kendallabrum (Tulsa, OK)

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Tulso Ufs such proportions that after several years the Presbyterian Synod of Oklahoma voted to move the college to Tulsa. E i In 1920 the Board of Trustees decided to broaden the scope of the college pro- gram, and the University of Tulsa was created. Eight years later, by action of 4 i l S T the Synod, control of the University was vested in a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees although the University continues to be organically connected with the Presby- terian church. Today the University of Tulsa includes the Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Fine Arts, the College of Petroleum Sciences and Engineering, the College of Business Administration, the School of Law, the Division of Graduate Study, the Downtown College, and the Summer School. We have com- pleted fifty years of progress in educa- tion. . . and our story is just beginning! There is a bright future ahead, prom- ising even greater ,,,. ., A ,

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' President James A. Madison in- structed government agents to establish schools among the In- dians of Oklahoma and Indian Territories. The work was begun a in 1816 by missionaries, who later operated more than forty schools among the five civilized tribes. 1 As Oklahoma grew, cities 1,1 .fr bjf.-iffgs a,,,,g5.L1, A thrived and the population in- . , , ,,tc y, , ,rs ,., w ,Q 7 -Y K Q MM Q., -Aja creased. There was a great need for higher education in the state, so in 1894 the Womenls Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States merged the assets and staffs of its schools into one college located in Muskogee. Thus, Henry Kendall College opened its doors in 1894 and awarded its first degrees in 1898. Under the administration of Dr. W. A. Caldwell, first president of Kendall College, the College began the story of progress in education' which is today carried forward by the University of Tulsa. i A Kendall College offered social life as well as intellectual pursuits A to its students. Activities as varied as fine arts and athletics were im- mediately introduced. to At the time Henry Kendall College was founded in Muskogee, Tulsa was a small but thriving town. pl-lowever, it offered land, buildings and financial support of -. ..

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Story achievements in the next half- century. By giving its students an op- portunity for higher education in many fields of endeavor, the University of Tulsa is helping to train the leaders who will build the better world of to- morrow. With an outstanding faculty and administration, with full accreditation, with expanding facilities and curriculum the University of Tulsa gives Oklahoma its pledge that pioneering days in this state have not ended. By providing better education for a better future, the University of Tulsa, in its Golden Anniversary year, is truly the Univer- sity of Golden Opportunities. fliyloricfzl llzictffiw' ff11'11iJfvc'zf lil71'0lfgl7 lb: courtesy of zhe GTUZJXCZZ Afzzizizwrfzzfy flL'fi1',l:ffL'.l' Cmxzzlzittcc. Dain! fl, L, LIIEQCII. Clmiwmzzz.