Oklahoma Today Winter 1983-1984 Volume 34 ... - Digital Collections

places the image of the visitor over an-
other image-the cockpit of a plane, a
surgeon's operating room, the office of
the U.S. president.
Therefore, something amazing can
take place. "Since it works with blue, if
you're wearing a blue shirt while you're
in front of the camera it makes you look
like the invisible man," Irby says. He'll
occasionally hear one of the visitors say,
"Look, you can almost see through me!"
But Irby, like about everyone who has
ever been to Enterprise Square, has his
favorite attraction. He says he likes them
all, of course, but he adds, "To me, the
Marketplace, I think it's the best show.
The music, the talking heads, the big
cash register-there's just a lot going on
in there."
And that could be the best overall
reason Irby likes his job at Enterprise
Square-there's just a lot going on. Dl
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Getting
There
Some seven years back, the story goes,
educators at Oklahoma City's Oklahoma
Christian College got the feeling that something
needed to be done to educate young
Americans on the economics of their coun-
try. Tirey sponsored a national survey, which
showed them they'd been right: Most kids
in the U.S. didn't have the first notion what
makes Uncle Sam run.
Five yean of planning and two of
building-plus $15 million and thousands of
hours work by hundreds of individuals-
later, Enterprise Square, a light-up schoo/
room on economics, began showing children
and adults alike all about capitalism.
In thef3nt six months, 43,000 trekked
through Oklahoma's own Economylandand
the total rises by hundreds each week,
espen'alh during the school year, when bus
loads of students ake from all over the
country.
Hours for the attraction, at the corner
of Memorial and Benson roads, are Monday
through nunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and
Fday andSaturday from 9 a.m. to 7p.m.
(me full tour takes two to three hours,
and the building stays open two hours afer
closing to let late visitors see it all.)
Admission is $3.50 for adults, $2.50
for senior citizens and students through high
school and $2 a head for school groups oj
20 or mom who hawe resemattions. Call
(405) 478-51 90 for more information.