OKLAHOMA INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE FOR GIRLS

Chickasha, Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls had its origin in Senate Bill No. 249, introduced by Senator W. P. Stewart, of Hugo, and approved May 16, 1908. The institution was located by the legislature in the city of Chickasha, which donated twenty acres of land for the campus on the outskirts of the city, and another tract of one hundred and forty acres in the country. The value of the campus is estimated at $20,000, and the outlying land at $12,000.

The first session of school opened in five rooms of the Chickasha High School building, September 14, 1909. The second years' work, beginning September 20, 1910, was carried on in the First Baptist Church, in a near-by apartment house, and in rooms of the Chickasha Business College.

The administration building, costing $100,000, was dedicated with appropriate exercises, May 16, 1911, and, after a two years' career in scattered and rented quarters, the third session of the college opened in its own home, September 12, 1911.

In the spring of 1911, a landscape architect was employed to plat the grounds and the sites of the buildings which will necessarily follow in the development of the institution. Cement walks are to be laid, drives made and trees and shrubbery planted.

A special appropriations has been made for the library and liberal courses are offered in all departments, both literary and technical. The enrollment for the session 1909-1910 was 120, and for the session 1910-11911, 138.

Appropriations.

H. B. No. 557-Support an maintenance.

S. B. No. 209-Deficiency...

1912.
.$30,000.00

1913. $30,000.00

H. B. No. 615-For equiping library, improvements of grounds and other equipment

4,285.00

$5,800.00

OKLAHOMA SCHOOL OF MINES AND METALLURGY Wilburton, Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma School of Mines and Metallurgy was created by the first State Legislature. The Second Legislative Assembly appropriated $115,000 for buildings, $50,000 for equipment, and $60,000 for maintenance for the biennial period ending June 30, 1911. The Third Legislature passed a bill providing for an appropriation of $65,000 to be used in completing Science Hall, one of the buildings under process of construction, and $43,000 for establishing a water works system and power plant, laboratory equipment, library, heating plant, school extension work in the mining camps of the state, furniture, forge and shop work, but the item for $65,000 was disapproved by the Governor. In addition $50,000 was appropriated for the support and maintenance of the institution during the biennial period beginning June 30, 1911.

The degrees offered by the school are as follows: For four year courses: Mining engineering, metallurgical engineering and, with one year of graduate work, master in mining engineering, and master in metallurgical engineering.

The full four year courses are: Standard mining engineering, optional course in mining engineering (specializing in metal mining), optional course in mining engineering (specalizing in coal mining), and metallurgy.

The school was opened in temporary quarters in Wilburton, January 11, 1909. Three new buildings have been constructed for the institution. These are located on a campus of sixty acres, donated by the citizens of Wilburton.

STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

Sulphur, Oklahoma.

The Legislature of 1908-1909 permanently located this institution at Sulphur and the special session of 1910 brought an appropriation of $100,000 for buildings. The permanent site is immediately outside the eastern limits of the city of Sulphur, where the State has been given sixty acres of land with an option on forty acres more. The elevation affords a view of the country for miles, and the land adjoins Platt National Park.

The school follows what is known as the combined system. There are two departments-the manual and the oral. The oral department proposes to teach its students to talk and to educate them by speech; the manual department trains its students by finger spelling and by signs.

The enrollment for the school year of 1908 1909 was 200, 90 boys and 110 girls, and the enrollment for 1909-1910 was 232, thirty pupils failing to return and 65 new ones were enrolled.