[Photograph 2012.201.B1148.0593]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Accepting shovel that turned the ground for 20 Oklahoma Baptist University buildings in the past 27 years is Dr. James Ralph Scales, right, newly elected ningth president of the school. presenting the tool is Dr. John W. Raley, outgoing president, who said he was not willing for it to join him in retirement."
Date: May 20, 1961
Creator: Oklahoma Baptist University. Photo Department.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History