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CO AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS L I B R A R Y 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, N. Y. 10036 Taking Pride in Progress Ah, the romantic Old West! The greater part of the country was frontier back then, and those who had dreams — and the courage to pursue them — were able to transform a rich but wild land into a whole new world. Among the most memorable of those pioneers were the "Sooners" who, during the days of the great land rush, "jumped the gun" that officially opened the Indian Territory for settlement and thus established their claims sooner than anyone else. Many of these claims were made in the area that is now Oklahoma, which is why it is known as the Sooner State. Oklahoma has come a long way since the time of the Sooners. And the boldness demonstrated by that daring group may even be viewed with less than complete admiration by the state's more sophisticated twentieth-century population. Nonetheless, the Sooner legacy lives on — in business slogans, college fight songs, and, most important, in the hearts and spirits of Oklahoma citizens. The courage and