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President Henry G. Bennett cemented his place in OSU history when he unveiled his 25-...

Pointing to accidental injuries and deaths on other campuses related to horseplay,...

Oklahoma A&M College's 1929 livestock judging team (pictured) became the first...

By the 1920s, physical education had become a requirement for women for the first two...

The Great Depression, which followed the 1929 stock market crash, was a shock after...

Varsity Revue was established in 1929, inviting all students to compete in a talent...

The campus newspaper reported that yo-yos had taken too much time away from cigarettes...

The college publicly announced the creation of an extraordinary series of student...

In 1928, the Women's Building was renamed Maud Gardiner Hall in honor of the first...

Lynn O. "Pappy" Waldorf took over as football coach in 1928 and won four state...

The NCAA sponsored its first national tournament in 1928. Head coach Ed Gallagher's...

From 1928 to 1950, Julia E. Stout served as Oklahoma A&M College's first full-time...

Dr. Henry G. Bennett became president of Oklahoma A. and M. College on July 1, 1928,...

 

A piece of ceiling plaster fell in Old Central and hit Raymond E. Bivert on...

The faculty had increased 45 percent from 1923 - 1926 and most instructors now held...

Whitehurst Hall was dedicated in 1926 and still serves today as the administration...

The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture banned automobiles on campus in an attempt to...

The first radio broadcast from Oklahoma A&M College was heard during the noon hour...

Increased student demand for on-campus housing led to the construction of Jessie...

Oklahoma A&M College was admitted to the Missouri Valley Conference in 1924.

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Say, did you catch that latest joke in the "Aggievator?" It's bound to "set the...

The college's semi-weekly newspaper "The Orange and Black" was renamed the "O'...

The first campus facility completed during Bradford Knapp's tenure as president, the...

Oklahoma A&M College became only the second land grant institution in the nation...

The College Building, the first permanent building on campus, was officially...

When students saw Frank B. Eaton, a gun-totin' U.S. deputy marshal, riding at the head...

The dean of home economics from 1923 to 1950, Nora A. Talbot, believed that vision...

Ferne E. King was the first woman appointed to the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture...

Wrestler Robert "Bobby" Pearce became Oklahoma A&M College's first All-American in...

Following much political turmoil, Dr. Bradford Knapp was hired in 1923 to lead the...

Soon after winning election, Governor John Walton planned to help his Farmer-Labor...

Dick Tracy cartoonist Chester Gould contributed artwork while he was a business...

The first building on campus to be used exclusively as a library opened in 1921 to...

Officials in the School of Home Economics started adopting infants in 1921 so students...

The first departments began occupying the new Home Economics Building in January of...

Dr. James B. Eskridge brought excellent credentials in higher education to his...