Honorable Mention - Open Division
Krebs Elementary
7th and 8th Grade Art Class
Krebs, OK
The Move That Changed Oklahoma Politics
We began our collage by dividing our class into 3 committees. One committee did research, one created a design, and one put our collage together.
The research committee found the movement of the State Capital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City very interesting. Everything that surrounded this movement enhanced our interest.
We wanted to place the Governors, the heads of our state's government, in the Capitol's windows to depict them watching over our state, Oklahoma.
The State's Seal hangs in the sky with 9 stars. The 9 stars represent the 9 territorial governors of the Indian Territory.
There is a 10th star near the dome that is larger than the other stars. It represents Governor Haskell. Governor Haskell, a Democrat, was instrumental in moving our state's capital to Oklahoma City. He felt that Guthrie was a Republican stronghold
June 11, 1910 Oklahomans were asked to vote on the location of the state's capital. The choices were Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Shawnee. Although, the vote did eventually favor Oklahoma City, Governor Haskell's secretary removed the State's Seal from Guthrie before the count was official. Shocked citizens in Guthrie protested, saying that the State's Seal had been stolen.
The State's Seal hangs in the sky representing Haskell's act of moving it from Guthrie to Oklahoma City before the count was official.
We have depicted two politicians more than the others. They graduated only minutes away from our school. When we graduate from Krebs Elementary we will attend the same high school that Carl Albert and George Nigh graduated from. Carl Albert achieved the highest office ever attained by an Oklahoman. His portrait hangs in the State's Capitol. George Nigh taught history and government at McAlester High School. He became our state's governor at age 31. We are very proud of their accomplishments.
We placed an elephant and a donkey on the roof of the Capitol to represent the two political parties housed in the Capitol. We also chose to put the oil derrick on our collage because it represents the economic progress of Oklahoma. We used hole punch circles to create texture and to draw attention to the two political parties.
This essay was written and typed by the research committee. |
