Tag: university

Searching for Modernism in Small-Town Oklahoma

by Lynne Rostochil, vintage photos of the Temple of the Rainbow Girls from the OPUBCO collection at The History Center, vintage photos of the Masonic buildings in Guthrie courtesy Bill Gumerson, current-day photos by the author   One of my favorite pastimes is getting up early on a Saturday morning, grabbing my camera, heading with […]

The Y-Chapel of Song

  text and photos by Lynne Rostochil The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) opened as the Territorial Normal School in Edmond in November of 1891 on 10 acres of land donated by developer Anton Classen.  By opening a month earlier than Oklahoma State University (OSU) that long-ago fall, UCO can claim bragging rights as the […]