Educational Institutions

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UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

(Norman, Okla.)

The State University was founded by an act of the legislature of the Territory of Oklahoma, entitled "An Act to Locate and Establish the University of Oklahoma." The act provided that when Ten Thousand Dollars and forty acres of land should be given to the Territory of Oklahoma by the City of Norman, the school should be located at that place. These requirements were met and the university was established in 1892. The university is a part of the public educational system of the state and the governing board of the institution is the State Board of Education, consisting of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and six members, appointed by the governor.

In the spring of 1893, work was begun on the first building. The institution was organized in the following summer, and in September opened its doors. Colleges and schools have developed in the follow. ing order: The College of Arts and Sciences, 1893, four-year plan; the School of Pharmacy, two-year plan, 1893, four-year plan, 1908; graduate work, 1899, the graduate school being organized separately in 1909; the School of Medicine, first two years' work, 1900, third and fourth years, 1910; the School of Fine Arts, 1903; the School of Applied Science and the School of Mines, 1904, reorganized as the College of Engineering, 1909; the summer session, 1908; the School of Law, 1909; and the School of Teaching, 1909.

David Ross Boyd was president of the university from 1892 to 1908. Arthur Grant Evans was elected to the presidency in June, 1908, holding until 1910, when J. C. Monnett was made acting president.

Six hundred forty acres one-half mile west of campus.

. $30,000.00 40,000.00

Land grants

Source and Amount of Income.

$20,000.00