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RESOLUTION NO. 1055	By:	Proctor, Armes, Banz, Bennett, Biggs, Billy, Blackwell, Brown, Brumbaugh, Cannaday, Casey, Christian, Cleveland, Cockroft, Condit, Coody, Cooksey, Cox, Dank, Denney, Derby, DeWitt, Dorman, Echols, Enns, Fisher, Floyd, Fourkiller, Glenn, Grau, Hall, Hamilton, Hardin, Henke, Hickman, Hoskin, Hulbert, Inman, Jackson, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kern, Kirby, Kouplen, Lockhart, Martin (Scott), Martin (Steve), Matthews, McBride, McCall, McCullough, McDaniel (Curtis), McDaniel (Jeannie), McDaniel (Randy), McNiel, McPeak, Moore, Morrissette, Mulready, Murphey, Nelson, Newell, Nollan, O'Donnell, Ortega, Osborn, Ownbey, Perryman, Peterson, Pittman, Pruett, Quinn, Renegar, Reynolds, Ritze, Roberts (Dustin), Roberts (Sean), Rousselot, Russ, Sanders, Schwartz, Scott, Sears, Shannon, Shelton, Sherrer, Shoemake, Smalley, Stiles, Thomsen, Trebilcock, Turner, Vaughan, Virgin, Walker, Watson, Wesselhoft, Williams, Wood and Wright

A Resolution celebrating the 75th anniversary of the construction of Will Rogers High School; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, Will Rogers once stated, "It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble; it's what we know that ain't so."; and

WHEREAS, built during the Great Depression through funding from a Public Works Administration grant, Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, now stands as one of the best examples of Art Deco high school architecture in the United States; and

WHEREAS, the original building plan, nearly symmetric in a triangle of stepped blocks was completed in 1939, with 200,000 square feet of space; and

WHEREAS, the elaborate Art Deco building was designed to instill pride, not only in the school itself by its design, function and beauty, but by its reference to an important native son, Will Rogers; and

WHEREAS, while the building itself is significant, the true story of the school is not told by her beautiful architecture or unique history.  Rather, it is told through the contributions of her teachers, administration and over 40,000 alumni.  Will Rogers High School alumni have led our country in the fields of military service, economics, education, entrepreneurship and entertainment; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that Will Rogers High School teachers, administration, students and the community of Tulsa, should be commended for the preservation both of the structure and the educational values the school was built to preserve.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 54TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:

THAT the Oklahoma House of Representatives celebrates the 75th anniversary of the construction of Will Rogers High School.

THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to Dr. Keith Ballard, Superintendent of the Tulsa Public Schools, Jo Anne Meade Lewis, Chair and President of the Will Rogers High School Community Foundation and Principal Cheryl Carter.
Adopted by the House of Representatives the 9th day of April, 2014.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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