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Edmon Low, who would later be honored for his foresight in library management and use...
The Redskin annual was dedicated to the late Will Rogers who had visited the campus in...
Called the "largest college dormitory in the Southwest" when it opened in 1939,...
Located north of Theta Pond, Willard Hall opened in 1939 to house 415 women.
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The doctor of education degree (Ed.D.) was established at Oklahoma A&M College in...
When the new Engineering Building opened in January 1939, all departments in the...
President Henry Bennett convinced the state legislature that a building was necessary...
Oklahoma A&M College used radio as another form of extension education,...
Merle A. Rousey became Oklahoma A&M College's first basketball All-American in...
(Photo) Daisy Purdy, the first head of HRAD, meets with Bill Stone (from left), Melvin...
The School of Technical Training was established on the Stillwater campus and quickly...
The nation's first collegiate fire training school was built on the southeastern...
By the end of the 1930s, the worst of the Great Depression seemed all but over and...
The Oklahoma A&M Cowboy Quartet was among the most notable of the many student...
In the late morning of November 13, 1936, the campus was shaken by a natural gas...
Doel Reed, the head of the art department, was recognized as one of America's "most...
In 1934, J. K. Long, with the music department, wrote a new pep song titled "Ride 'Em...
C.E. Sanborn, who served 25 years as head of the Department of Entomology, retired and...
After Henry Iba became athletic director, he also agreed to coach the baseball team....
The university's world-renowned fire service training program began under the...
When Murray Hall opened in the fall of 1934, it brought a degree of opulence to the...
Clemon “Pinky” Norcross gathered 11 musical mates, most from the old Jan Price Band,...
The supervisory staff of the Oklahoma State Vocational Education Department was moved...
Gerald A. Hale (pictured) worked with students and his colleague, Holger G. Thuesen, ...
Blue Key, which started as a men's leadership and service fraternity, was installed at...
D. Terry Martin (pictured) was the head of the Speech Department at the time that a...
Jack VanBebber (pictured) and Robert E. Pearce (see additional photo) became the first...
Peyton Glass Jr., designated the "Cowboy Flyer," set a world record in the 100-yard...
The Tiger Tavern cafeteria on campus expanded its dining services to be able to serve...
Coming to Stillwater in 1931 as fire chief, John Raymond "J. Ray" Pence would develop...
Comedian and humanitarian Will Rogers, known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son," visited...
Oklahoma A&M College graduated its largest class in history at the time, which...
Following Oklahoma A&M College's 1930 football victory over the OU Sooners, Aggie...
While the orange and black colors from the Princeton Tiger influence of the college's...
Cotton was king in 1930s Oklahoma, where farmers were especially thankful to the...
The first capital building appropriation secured by Henry G. Bennett was the funding...
