The first students – fifty-seven of them – arrived at the University of Oklahoma on the morning of September 15th, 1892. The university's building on the forty-acre campus south of town was under construction, so they gathered in “the Rock Building” . . . — — Map (db m279066) HM
Although the second decade of the university's existence was marked by solid advances in important areas, the prevailing notes were of tragedy, turmoil and political interference. On the positive side, the institution experience gratifying growth. . . . — — Map (db m279121) HM
On October 21, 1912, the University [of Oklahoma] inaugurated its third president in a solemn ceremony in front of the new administration building. Stratton Brooks had made it a condition of his taking the job that the authorities abandon their long . . . — — Map (db m279123) HM
Before being battered by the Great Depression at the end of this decade, the University [of Oklahoma] experienced a period of sustained growth. Some of this expansion was manifested in the creation of new programs and departments, and at mid-decade, . . . — — Map (db m279268) HM
Perhaps the best indication of the hardship suffered by the University [of Oklahoma] during the decade of the Great Depression is this: the Norman campus's income in the 1932-1933 academic year was $1.58 million; ten years later, during the . . . — — Map (db m279287) HM
