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Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973 (open access)

Education for Successful Living: University School at the University of Oklahoma, 1917-1973

Article discusses the University School at the University of Oklahoma as a model of progressive education. Ellsworth Collings founded University School in 1917, a junior high and later high school. For fifty-six years it was to be a nexus of experimentation, observation, and practice exemplifying the ideals of Progressive education.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Mackie, Steven Wade
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-41, Part 2: Oklahoma's Little Dies Committee (open access)

Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-41, Part 2: Oklahoma's Little Dies Committee

The second part of this two-part article examines the government reaction in 1941 that led to the Oklahoma Senate Committee on Elections and Privileges' mandated investigation of alleged Communist activity in Oklahoma colleges and universities.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Wiegand, Wayne A. & Wiegand, Shirley A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History