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26 THE SOONER MAGAZINETHIS IS THE FIRST PICTURE taken of students of the University of Oklahoma about six weeks after the opening on September15, 1892 . Reading left to right they are :Top row : Oliver Richardson, Odessa Wallace, now Mr . Ed Rixse of Oklahoma City, Carrie Rockefeller, deceased daughter ofMr. and Mrs . E. J . Rockefeller of Oklahoma City, Elbert Long well, Lem Dorrance, Lizzie Pool, James Wadley of Norman,Perry Alexander of Alex, John T. Ilefley of Henryetta, Etta Alien, Maudc Gossett, W. N. Rice of Capitol Hill, and Roy Stoops,Scotts Bluff, Nebraska.Second row : F . S . E. Amos, city manager of Vinita, John Barbour of Norman, Marvin Miller of Boise, Idaho, Agnes Pool,Ona Barrow, George T. Leavy, Alice Johns, Marion Donehue of Pauls Valley, Harry Brown, Leah Warren, Attie Roberts, MissFrench, Ollie Hunt, now Mrs . English of Edmond, Will Depue, Hattie Jacobs of Pawhuska, Otis Houghton, Pearl Trimble,now Mrs . J . Freeman of Tonkawa, Winnie Edwards and Roscoe Helvie .Third row: Edwin DeBarr, later vice-president of the university, Joe Merkle, Jennie Jarboe, now Mrs . Harry Hammock ofEl Reno, Jesse Hefley of Norman, Etta Warren, now Mrs . J . O. Howard of Shawnee, Ethel Wadley, Clara Wallace, MarshallTucker of Oklahoma City, Wallace Jacobs of Tulsa, Willie Allen, Jennie Barbour, Mrs . Minnie Ritter, now Mrs . George Catheyof Tulsa, Ed Barbour, Maud Compton, J . F. Taylor, Helen Marr, Rose Compton, J . N. Coulter, Dr . David Ross Boyd .Fourth row : L. R. Bond, Beulah Wood, Alma Dickard, Herman Meuller, Mrs. Lucy Dill, Hillie Braden of Norman, KatherineBarbour of Norman and Mamie Martin of Britton.could not deliver it because of some legaltechnicality ."After the legislature did meet andprovided for local schools there was yeta difficulty to be overcome . This did notpresent itself so strongly. in the elementaryschools but in our territorial universityand preparatory school it was a fearfulthing to contend with ."I am referring to the `back home' spiritamong the settlers. You see, they hadcome from all of the states of the union .They had come to Oklahoma to get richbut their allegiance was to Indiana, andPennsylvania and Georgia ."They all took their home town papersand had relatives to whom they wrote .So when the time came for educatingtheir children their first thoughts were of`back home .' It was, consequently, 'backhome' that their children were sent . Ourproblem was to divert this stream of youthsinto our channels and away from thoseof other states ."When, after a year or two of beingpresident of the university I was appointedon the state school board, I used this positionto preach the gospel of the Universityof Oklahoma and of culture allover the state . I accepted every invitationto speak and each speech I concluded withan invitation to come to our school . Itwas `educational work and a welcome'which I promised them and if their meanswere very limited I aided in finding workfor them to do ."CYCLONIC STORMNorman's year of vexatious weatherreached a climax September 8, when a cyclonicstorm struck the city, unroofinghouses near the airport, where planes werehurled from the field onto the Norman-Oklahoma City road, and damaged treesin the city .The grand old trees along Lahoma,Chautauqua and College avenues wereworst damaged . Trees were uprooted, notablythe non-bearing mulberry, locusts andmaples . Chimneys were blown down,while a vigorous hail that followed thewind storm damaged leaves and roofs.The storm was part of a four day periodof rain that broke a drouth begun July7 and broken only by a thundershowerearly in August . The spring had been notablywet, three fourths of the average rainfallbeing recorded before July .LEANING TOWERSWorkmen sunk their spades into earthof concrete hardness . Up came shrubs,treelets, flowers . Piles of sand were laidaround the fine arts building, like barricadesagainst the beauty of the campus .At the four corners of the building-orfive, if you count the bravura front, hillocksof red clay, some hardpan testifiedto progress. The towers of the buildingwere leaning three inches from the vertical. And the workmen were pinning thetowers to solid cement . Pisa may have itsleaning tower . But buildings on the campusare too scarce to wait until four wallscollapse because the towers were not underpinnedwhen the building was erected(during the post-war period) .FRESHMEN WEEKBegun two years ago, freshmen week(orientation week for educational neophytes)this year was reported to be themost successful . Ninety per cent of thefreshmen class attended various meetingsheld in university auditorium . Prof . LawrenceNelson Morgan presided over theweek . Speakers included President Bizzelland John Rogers, '14 law, regent .