THE SOONER MAGAZINEJuly, 1933

A News Magazine for University of Oklahoma graduates andformer students published monthly except August and Sep-tember by the University of Oklahoma Association, OklahomaUnion Building, Norman, Oklahoma . Chester H . Westfall,'16journ, Ponca City, president ; Frank S . Cleckler, '216us,Norman, secretary-treasurer . Membership dues : Annual $3of which $2 is for THE SOONER MAGAZINE, Life $60 ofwhich $40 is for THE SOONER MAGAZINE . Copyright 1933

PRESIDENTChester H . Westfall, '16journ, Ponca City, Oil Investments .FIRST VICE PRESIDENTLewis R . Morris, '15as, '15M.A ., '17law, Oklahoma City, County At-

torney, Oklahoma County.SECOND VICE PRESIDENTWeaver Holland, '13B .S ., Dallas, Texas, Vice President, Dallas Light

Power Company .SECRETARY-TREASURERFrank S . Cleckler, '21as, Norman, University of Oklahoma .EXECUTIVE BOARDFritz L. Aurin, '14as, '15M.A ., Ponca City, Chief Geologist, Southland

Royalty Company .

Oklahomans at home and abroadASSOCIATION PROGRESSJoint alumni action

Joint action by alumni associations ofthe University of Oklahoma and the Ok-lahoma A. and M. College, meeting in theUniversity club at Oklahoma City June15, commended the appointment of thegovernor's Go-ordinating Board and thegeneral plan of revising and co-ordinat-ing the entire higher educational systemof the state. Alumni of the two insti-tutions asked that action be taken, how-ever, only after thorough study of theentire problem.The resolutions, adopted by unani-

mous vote of the two associations' gov-erning boards, announced by Orville M.Savage and Chester H . Wcstfall, presi-dents of the respective associations, fol-low:

FIRST-We commend the legislativeenactment providing for a co-ordinatingboard to survey the system of highereducation in the state of Oklahoma tothe end of devising a thoroughly co-ordinated, efficient and economical sys-tem, eliminating such duplications as areunnecessary and undesirable . As taxpay-ers and citizens, naturally we favor asound, well-planned, co-ordinated systemwhich shall be so devised as to give thesoundest educational advantages at thelowest possible cost .SECOND--Recognizing as we do thehigh order of citizenship, training and

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ability which the members of the co-ordi-nating board, appointed by the gov-ernor represent, we wish to express ourcomplete confidence in them . We are

CONTENTSOklahomans at home and abroad 99Where alumni can help

309Oklahoma's golf champion

310By Harold Keith, '29

A_ Sooner law school dean

312A professor makes farming pay

313By Sallye Little Brandt

East, I say, is east

314By George Milburn, '30

An irea for the robot

315By Charles M . Perry

The status of college entrancecredits

316By J . W . Shepherd

Functional cost of government

317By John Milton Ashton, '33

An 0. U . alumni in Spain

318By Lucy Tandy, '29

Sundown in Venice

319By Jeannette McMurray Alessandri,

Volume 5; Number 10

by the University of Oklahoma Association . Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1928, at the postoffice at Norman,Oklahoma, under the act of March 3, 1879 . Established 1928.Joseph A . Brandt, '21journ, editor; George McElroy, '34law,business manager ; Betty Kirk, '29, John Joseph Mathews,'20, Dorothy Kirk,'23, Winifred Johnston,'24, Duane Roller,'23,Elgin E . Groseclose, '20, Leonard Good, '28, Muna Lee, ' 12,George Milburn, '30, Harold Keith, '28, Ross Taylor, '31,contributing editors.

A . N . Boatman, '14as, '16law, Okmulgee, Attorney .0 . A . Brewer, '17as, '20law, Hugo, County Attorney, Choctaw County.Glenn C . Clark, '13as, Ponca City, Chief Geologist, Continental Oil

Company.Mrs Walter Ferguson, '07ex, Tulsa, Columnist .Earl Foster, '12as, '13law, Oklahoma City, Attorney .Ben Hatcher, '24as, '25law, Ada, Attorney .Neil R . Johnson, '15as, '17law, Norman, Rancher-Stockman .George A . Meacham, '20law, Clinton, Attorney .Charles B . Memminger, '14as, Atoka, Attorney-Banker .Errett R . Newby, '07mus, '08as, Oklahoma City, Oil Operator .John Rogers, '14law, Tulsa, Attorney.Luther H . White, '14as, Tulsa, Geologist.

confident they will not hasten to con-clusions until the tremendous problemsthey have been given to solve have beenthoroughly analyzed and appropriatedata assembled to the end that the highpurpose of this program shall be real-ized, the cause of higher education ad-vanced and the interest of the citizensof Oklahoma conserved.

THIRD-Conscious of the obligationswe owe to the commonwealth of Okla-homa and her educational institutions inreturn for the service rendered to us up-on their campuses, we are impelled tovolunteer our services to the co-ordinat-ing board at whatever time and in anymanner they may desire us to serve.FOURTH-Resolved that a copy of these

resolutions be forwarded to the governorof the state of Oklahoma, to the severalmembers of the Co-ordinating Board andthe public press .

ORVILLE M. SAVAGE,

President, Former Students' Association,Oklahoma A. and M. College.

CHESTER H. WESTFALL,President University of Oklahoma As-

sociation .

'24 A new Sooner from BrazilSchool teacher, lawyer, congress- Word has been received from Porto

man 321 Alegre, South America, that James Long,By Raymond S . Smith, '29 son of Frank M. Long, '08, will enter

A Sooner syndicate owner 322 the university this fall . He speaks andSooner roll call 335 reads English, German, Portuguese and

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Among the ceramics ofJohn N . Frank, instructor in art, in alate exhibit were shown these piecesmade from Oklahoma clay

One of the first pic-tures (on the opposite page) madein the early history of the University of Oklahoma . According to JohnBarbour, '97, druggist of Norman, stu-dent in school at the time, the groupwas photographed in either 1892 or1893 . Do you know who they are?

WNAD; supervision of bureaus of vis-ual education ; lectures and entertain-ments, the high school cap and gownassociation and the national associationof radio and public speaking .Correspondence study service: To of-

fer college courses, high school coursesand group courses; to disseminate travelinformation and arrange tours for ex-tension credit .Postgraduate medical and dental ser-

vice : To co-operate with the OklahomaState Medical association for the promo-tion of general postgraduate medicalwork .

Public information service: To furnishpackage libraries and informational re-search for individuals, groups and or-ganizations of Oklahoma .Dean Vogt, appointed to the headship

of the extension division in 1926, is anationally known authority on sociology .He has had a long record of successfulteaching in various universities and insocial work . He has been professor ofeconomics at the State College of Wash-ington, professor of sociology at Miamiuniversity, professor and head of the de-partment of rural economics in OhioState university, resigning that positionin 1917 to become superintendent of ru-ral work for the board of home missionsfor the Methodist church . He served aspresident of the Ohio State Charities as-sociation . He resigned his position withthe home mission foundation to becomedean of the extension division . He isthe author of a number of works on eco-nomics and sociology .The regents continued certain func-

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tions of the division, the total amountallowed for that purpose being approxi-mately $20,000. The division will con-sist now of the department of public in-formation, the town and country service,the community institutes, correspondencestudy and postgraduate medical anddental work . Radio station WNAD,one of the oldest broadcasting stationsin the world, will be continued as a partof the department of public information .

Dean Lewis J. Moorman of the medi-cal school will combine the direction ofthe medical unit with the superintend-ency of the University hospital . Dr . J.B. Smith, for the past two years super-intendent of the hospital, recently ten-dered his resignation because of illhealth . B. H. Bostic a former real estateman of Muskogee, was named businessmanager of the hospital to replace H . C .Smith. Mr Smith has been businessmanager of the hospital for the past threeyears.The regents acceded to the request of

the Norman Sooner club to change thename of Hygeia hall to Ellison infirm-ary, in memory of the late Dr. GayfreeEllison, for years head of student healthservice and leading force in obtaining thehealth center .

Resignations accepted by the boardwere those of Mrs Minnaletha WhitePopejoy, '17mus, '23voice, assistant prof-essor of voice ; Leonard Good, '27fa, in-structor in art; Dr . Robert W. Nafe, as-sistant professor of psychology ; Dr . Car-men R . Salsbury, associate professor ofanatomy; Dr . Karl J. Haig, assistant

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professor of anatomy ; Dr . T. WillardPratt, instructor in physiology .

Leaves of absence were granted toGeorge R . Maxson, associate professor ofengineering drawing; Dr . P. L. Gettys,'19as, '27M.A ., assistant professor ofgovernment ; Miss Stella E. Sanders,'21as, '26M.A., instructor in romancelanguages; Miss Besse Clement, '25as,'28M .A ., instructor in modern languages(for the second semester) .Pour new appointments were approv-

ed by the board, all in the school of med-icine : Dr . Lee K. Emenhiser, '28med,associate professor of anatomy ; Dr .Ralph E. Chase, '15as, '27M.A ., formerlyan instructor in the physiology depart-ment at the University of Illinois, in-structor in anatomy; Dr . Joseph M. Hill,instructor in anatomy; Dr . Cecil W.Lemon, '31med, instructor in physiology .George L. Bowman of Kingfisher,

who has been president of the boardduring the trying years of the depression,was re-elected, as was Claude C. Hatch-ett of Durant, vice-president . Emil R .Kraettli, '18ex, secretary of the university,was re-elected secretary of the board.Major Eugene Kerr of Muskogee, whoserved as chairman of Governor Mur-ray's budget commission preceding thefourteenth legislature, attended his firstmeeting as regent, as did Eugene P.Ledbetter, '141aw, of Oklahoma City .Judge Joseph Looney, '21aw, of We-woka, and Malcolm Rosser, jr., '21ex, ofMuskogee, completed the board . Aseventh member has yet to be named.Appointment of faculty members dur-

ing the ensuing year will be on a quar-

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terly basis. Appointments will be mailedto members of the faculty .

The tuition billA bill introduced into the special ses-

sion of the fourteenth legislature at therequest of the Co-ordinating Board tofix tuition fees in the state colleges waskilled by the house of representativesJune 29 . It was hoped to increase therevenues of the colleges by a million dol-lars, so as to permit these schools to car-ry on their functions despite sharply re-duced budgets. Objections registered tothe bill by representatives in the houseincluded the statement that schoolsshould be free, that students would beunable to pay higher fees and that sec-tarian schools might try to force high

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tuitions for state schools for the benefitof the private schools.The bill, HB No. 21, was introduced

by Representative Williams of Texascounty and provided :HOUSE BILL NO . 21

BY WILLIAMSENTITLED

AN ACT EMPOWERING AND AUTHOR-IZING THE CO-ORDINATING BOARD OFTHE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, CREATEDBY AN ACT OF THE FOURTEENTHLEGISLATURE, AND COMMONLY DES-IGNATED AS HOUSE BILL NO. 686, AP-PROVED ON THE 26th DAY OF APRIL,1933, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO PRE-SCRIBE AND FIX TUITION FEES IN AJUST AND REASONABLE SUM PerSCHOLASTIC YEAR, FOR THE ADMIS-SION OF STUDENTS AT ALL STATE-SUPPORTED EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-TIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THESTATE OF OKLAHOMA ; REPEALINGALL LAWS AND PARTS OF LAWS IN

"ARMS AND THE MAN"

July

Scenes from "Armsand the Man," George Bernard Shaw'splay, which was produced during thespring season of the University Play-house, under the direction of Profes-sor Rupel J . Jones, director of theSchool of Dramatic Art . Above, left,Lucille Tway and William Cope por-traying Raina and Captain Bluntschli ;Lower center, William Lee and MissTway, Mr Lee playing Sergius; andlower right, Joan Colburn in the char-acter of Catherine Petkoff

CONFLICT HEREWI'T'H ; AND DECLAR-ING AN EMERGENCY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THESTATE OF OKLAHOMA :SECTION l . The Co-ordinating Board of the

State of Oklahoma is hereby empowered andauthorized, in their discretion, to prescribe andfix, by rule and regulation, tuition fees for theadmission of students at any of the state-sup-ported educational institutions of higher learn-ing in the State of Oklahoma in a just andreasonable sum per scholastic year ; Provided,that in the fixing of such tuition fees, the saidCo-ordinating Board may fix different rates forthe various departments or different courses ofinstruction at said educational institutions ofhigher learning, and different rates for resi-(lent and non-resident students . And, whenthe said Co-ordinating Board fires the chargesherein authorized, and the same are approvedby the Governor, they shall become the chargesin any and all schools of higher learning inthe state to which said charges apply.

SECTION 2 . All tuition fees to he paid byvirtue of the provisions of this Act shall bepaid in advance, at the beginning of each se-mester, by the student to the financial agent ofthe particular institution, and said financialagent shall deposit the same with the treasurerof the State of Oklahoma . Said fees shall becreated by the state treasurer as a special fund,to be known as "The Higher Educational In-stitution Fund," and shall be subject to ap-propriation by the legislature, for the support ofthe particular educational institution from whichthe same has been derived.

SECTION 3. All acts or parts of Acts, or pro-visions of law, in conflict herewith are herebyrepealed .

SECTION 4. It being immediately necessaryfor the preservation of the public peace, health,and safety, an emergency is hereby declared toexist, by reason whereof, this Act shall takeeffect and be in full force from and after its

passage and approval .

Co-ordinating principlesThe Co-ordinating Board commis-

sioned by the fourteenth legislature tocarry out Governor Murray's program ofeducational co-ordination in Oklahoma,inspected the college of engineering atOklahoma Agricultural and Mechanicalcollege and the University of OklahomaJune 18 and 19 and met in OklahomaCity June 20 to adopt principles guidingits work .

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Spanish, having lived most of his life inSouth America, where his father is gen-eral secretary of the Associacao Crista deMocos de Porto Alegre .

Some graduate placementsUniversity graduates who have sccurcd

positions since leaving school this springare as follows:According to Dr . John F. Bender,

professor of school administration, JohnM. Ashton, '33Ph.D ., is efficiency expertfor the state Chamber of Commerce, Ok-lahoma City ; Ben S. Clark, '28M.S ., willbe superintendent of the Prairie Viewconsolidated schools in Seminole county ;Leonard E . Baker, '33M.S ., will he sup-erintendent of a consolidated school dis-trict in Love county ; L. W. Kitchens,who is working on his M. S. degree, willbe superintendent of schools at Earlsboro ;E. B . Brown, graduate student for thepast two years, has been elected super-intendent of schools at Pryor; J. P. Puf-finbarger, who will receive the M. S.degree in August, has been elected to thefaculty of the Southeastern State Teach-ers college, Durant . Other students haveteaching positions secured but because ofthe late meetings of hoards of education,their names will be carried in a laterissue .

Professor F. G. Tappan has been toldthat Richard E. Barrett is employed astool dresser in the oil field near Bristow,Oklahoma ; Elmer Dixon is relay en-gineer for the northern district of Ok-lahoma Gas & Electric company ; HaroldM. Gay is visiting hydro-electric plantsin Alabama and Tennessee; Scott Ham-monds is working on a scholarship forgraduate work at Massachusetts Institute

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of Technology ; James A. Hayes is to bewith the Texas Power and Light com-pany at Dallas ; George King is with theOklahoma Gas & Electric company innorthern Oklahoma ; Charles C. Ludwickis working in a summer camp in Colo-rado ; Herbert Moody is employed in theharvest fields in western Oklahoma ;Charles Musson is engaged in evaluationwork with his father ; Albert C. Reid isselling radios in Norman ; and John W.Squires is on an extended trip throughCalifornia .Faye Daley, library science graduate,

is to be in the Phillips university libraryat Enid .

OUR CHANGING VARSITYThe meeting of the regentsThe board of regents held its

annual meeting in Oklahoma CityTuesday, June 27 to consider the budgetfor the coming year . The board firstmet in the "blue room" of the capitolwith Governor Murray and then ad-journed to the library of the Universityhospital .The annual budget was submitted by

President Bizzell and approved, exceptthat the board reduced the appropriationfor the extension division by $54,000, re-moving Dean Paul L. Vogt and othersin the department . Under the terms ofthe appropriation law, the budget of theuniversity must be submitted to the gov-ernor and approved quarterly .The service of the extension division

in Tulsa and Oklahoma City is elimi-nated by the action of the board. Thefollowing members of the extension staffwere not re-employed : Dean Vogt ; MrsMargaret Yost, women's organization

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counselor, named in 1921 a member ofthe staff; Dr . J . W. Shepherd, directorof educational co-operation, appointed in1920 ; Mrs Bertha M. Ashby, director ofsocial service and health hygiene, ap-pointed in 1928 ; Harold K. McDowell,'24as, organizer of community institutes,appointed in 1930 ; Dr . J. M. Watters,director of extension classes in businesseducation in Tulsa, appointed in 1927 ;Victor Newcomb, director of extensionclasses in business education in Oklaho-ma City, appointed in 1931 ; HomerHeck, office manager.

Instead of the extension division, theuniversity has created a department ofpublic relations, under the direction ofMr Armstrong, who will be general lec-turer. T. M. Beaird, '21as, remains asdirector of town and country service ; 1. .B. Fritts as director of correspondencestudy ; L. W. Kibler, '16as, '17M.A ., asdirector of postgraduate medical anddental instruction ; Herbert H. Scott,'26as, '26M.A ., director of public infor-mation . Mr Heck was re-employed assecretary of the department.The purposes of the department were

outlined by Mr Armstrong as follows :General lecture : To co-operate with

service agencies and organized groupsthroughout the state for the purpose ofdeveloping the general public relationsprogram. Lectures are to be adapted tohigh school and college groups, social or-ganizations, church organizations, cham-bers of commerce, farm groups and so-cial hygiene work for groups of olderboys and their parents.

General educational : To supervise theOklahoma State Public Speaking league,the Oklahoma . Junior College Forensicassociation ; operation of radio station

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A SOONER LIBRARY

You hear much ofthe fine libraries in eastern homesbut not so much about equallyfine libraries in the middle west .Here is a photograph of thebeautiful library of John Rogers,'14law, and Mrs Hazel BeattieRogers, '17as, of Tulsa . Its lovelypanelled walls house many rareand beautiful volumes whichwould be the envy of any book-lover . Mr Rogers is a former re-gent of the university and is amember of the University of Ok-lahoma Association board

The twelve guiding principles of theBoard follow :

1 . That each state institution of higher edu-cation should be a part of a single state sys-tem and that all institutions of higher celu-cation within the state, both public and pri-vate, should be affiliated or co-ordinated forthe common educational good .2. That the sole objective of such co-ordi-

nated system should be to serve the state ec-onomically and well .

3. That no one institution should attemptto cover the entire field of education .

4. That no institution should attempt to of-fer a particular course of study when it canbe shown that greater benefit would accrue tothe state if it were undertaken at another school.

5. That the best service of the state can beaccomplished by friendly co-operation betterthan by uncorrelated competition and that suchfriendly co-operation can be secured only bya unification of administration .6. That since an institution's only excuse for

existence is the service it can render, the finaltest of its function, as well as of its right tosurvive, is to determine the way in which itcan best serve the state.

7. That it is not necessary for education ofevery character or type to be offered within theboundaries of every state, and that consequent-ly those in control of the state's unified sys-tem should be given certain broad powers toco-ordinate the higher educational efforts oftheir state with those of surrounding states, inorder that needless duplication of effort maybe eliminated .

8. That it is the duty and right of the stateto determine for all state schools the education-al functions, and standards which will bestserve the interests of that state.9. That this Co-ordinating Board shall ar-

rive at fundamental decisions only after giv-ing due consideration to all parties and inter-ests involved .

10 . That no major decisions by this Co-ordinating Board affecting the life of an in-stitution or department shall be made beforethat institution or department has had a chanceto present its case .

11 . That this Board shall be guided by theprinciple of co-operation of state and moralforces without compromising the principles ofeither or of our constitutional system of sep-aration of church and state, and that any in-

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dependent or church related college may af-filiate with this movement without loss of au-tonomy .

12 . That in the deliberations of this Boardevery decision shall be measured in the lightof its prospective effect upon the establishmentand maintenance of the Greater University ofCo-ordinated Colleges .

The world conferenceSettlement of domestic difficulties the

world over is of paramount importance,rather than international agreements,and a valuable result of the world eco-nomic conference will be to impress onEurope that economic disturbances arelargely domestic, Dean Arthur B. Adamstold the Oklahoma City Capitol Hillchamber of commerce Tuesday, June 27 .

"It will make very little difference tothe economic welfare of the UnitedStates whether the economic conferenceis a success or not," the dean declared ."The conference will teach the worldsome very important lessons. As a resultof the injection of the American domes-tic policy into the conference by the pres-ident of the United States, it will be im-pressed upon the politicians of Europethat the major world difficulties at thepresent time cannot be cured by agree-ments on the stabilization of currenciesand on the removal of trade barriers ;that the chief economic difficulties ofall nations are largely domestic in theirnature and that these problems can becured by pursuing wise domestic policiesin the regulation of industry ."

Doctor Adams continued:Our economic difficulties are largely domestic

in their nature, and our domestic policies indealing with these difficulties are in a largemeasure in conflict with the international agree-ments on tariffs and currency stabilization .The national administration desires to have arising price level and a cheap dollar in in-

ternational exchange . The European countriesdesire the United States to have a dear dollarin terms of their money, and they want im-mediate stabilization of the dollar and of prices .We shall win in this contest over the valueof the dollar because it is within our powerto determine the value of the dollar . We de-sire, under conditions of rising prices, to havea tariff wall around American industries butwe would like to see low tariff import dutiesin the European countries . On the other hand,the European countries desire to see lower tariffin the United States, but few of them desire tolower their own tariff rate's . It is not likely thatthere will be an effective agreement on thisquestion. . . .The reason why we had a large favorable

balance of trade from 1915 to 1929 was be-cause we loaned foreign countries more thanenough money to purchase our excess imports.We now know that we shall not make verylarge foreign loans in the near future, and thatas a consequence we shall not have a largefavorable balance of trade. For these reasonsand because of our domestic recovery policiesthe American people at the present time arelittle interested in lower tariff walls at home orabroad . They desire to protect American pricesand American industries from foreign compe-tition and they see no great foreign trade profitsto be gained from lower tariffs abroad .

At HarvardHarvard has made two interesting and

significant changes in the teaching ofengineering which will be followed withconsiderable interest throughout thecountry. In the first place, the teachingof professional engineering has beenplaced on a graduate basis . And in thesecond place, all fixed curricula havebeen eliminated .The professional engineer would have

to undergo a preliminary training in aliberal arts college . He would be urgedto perfect his English and to obtainmastery of one or more foreign languages ;the prospective civil engineer wouldbe advised to study government, also,

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since much of the civil engineer's workhas to do with governmental service . Inengineering work in college, the studentproposes a program of definite purpose,which, if approved by the faculty, thestudent may develop.

Women law graduatesA survey of women graduates of the

law school shows that five of the six arepracticing law in Oklahoma . RubyRuth Koladny '30, is in Wetumpka .Louise Margaret Fisbie Black, '31, wasconnected with Shirk, Danner andPhelps until last March, when she open-ed an office in the First National Bankbuilding, Norman . Thelma SpriggRalls, '32, is both lawyer and journalist,editing the Moore Progress at Moorewhere she has a private law office also,and is with Shirk, Danner and Phelps,Oklahoma City . Dorothy Mavstrick,who graduated this last spring, plans towork for a law firm in Oklahoma Citv .Although there will be no girls

gradu-ating in law next year,there are fivegirls in the junior law class .

Journalism alumnifn a recent survey it was revealed toH. H. Herbert, professor of journalism,that alumni of the school of journalismare employed in sixteen different statesin as many kinds of work as there arebranches of interest in the journalismprofession .The following is part of a story writ-

ten for the Oklahoma Daily, studentnewspaper.

Fortv four of those employed are women,working as teachers of journalism in univer-sities and high schools and as society editors,

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music editors, reporters, magazine writers andcolumnists. The men have positions as editorsand owners of newspapers, reporters, advertis-ing managers, executive's, sports editors andwriters, teachers of journalism in universitiesand high schools, advertising salesmen, pressassociation men radio continuity writers, pub-licity writers, mechanical employes-in factthey hold every possible position on newspaperstaffs and in addition many write for maga-zines.The school of journalism has furnished forty

editors and owners of newspapers, most ofwhom are in Oklahoma and Texas. Next innumber come the twenty eight reporters fromthe school . Five are Associated Press andUnited Press men . Twenty seven do free lanc-ing, writing for such magazines as the Ameri-can Bov, American Mercury Vanity Fair, Harp-cr's, New Yorker Scribner's Nation and Hol-land's.Many of the men write for metropolitan

newspapers such as the Denver Post, Los An-geles Examiner Kansas City Star, Forl WorthStar-Telegram, New

YorkTimes, Daily

Okla-homan andTulsaWorld.Onealumnus writesfor thirty trade journals . Another has writtensixteen books of juvenile fiction . Publicitywriters claim fifteen of the almnni, who workwith such organizations as the Byllesby En-gineering and Management corporation, Chi-cago ; the Consolidated Gas company, NewYork City ; and the American Medical associa-tion, Chicago.

The survey revealed that the same numberare employed this year as were employed atthis time last year . Some of the most outstand-ing alumni arc Frank L. Dennis, '29B.A ., nightcity editor, Herald, Boston, Massachusetts ;Charles A. Guy, '23B.A ., president and pub-lisher, Morning Avalanche and Evening

Jour-nal,Lubbock, Texas;CharlesE. Green,man-aging editor, Statesman Austin, Texas; GeorgeMilburn, magazine writer and author, Province-ton, Massachusetts ; anti Walter A. Morrow, ed-itor, Times-Press, Akron, Ohio .

Others are Tully A. Nettleton, '23B .A ., as-sistant to the chief editorial writer, ChristianScience Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts ; Dor-rance D. Roderick, '22B.A ., president and pub-lisher, Times, El Paso, Texas; Charles E. Rogers,'14B .A ., head of the department of industrial

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A new view ofthe u n i v e r s i t y campus,looking north toward theMcFarlin Memorial church

journalism and printing, Kansas State college,Manhattan, Kansas ; and Joseph W. Ilicks ''23B .A ., publicity director of the Byllesby En-gineering and Management corporation, and in-structor in journalism, Northwestern university,Evanston, Illinois .

Other prominent alumni include Seward R.Sheldon, '15B.A ., editor, Press, Fort Worth,Texas; Harrington Wimberley, '24B .A ., editorand part owner, Times-Deomocrat Altus; RalphT. Baker, '32M.A ., field secretary, Kansas pressassociation, Topeka, Kansas ; Buff B. Burtis,'25B.A ., editor and part owner Daily News,Clinton; 1 . . Byron Dilbeck, night manager, As-sociated Press bureau, Los Angeles, CaliforniaH. M. Woods, '17B .A ., ctlitor and partAmerican, El Reno .

Summer commencementDr. M. A. Nash, '19as, '27M.A ., presi-

(lent of Oklahoma College for Women,is to make the commencement addressfor the summer session, 7:45 Thursdaynight, August 3, and Rev. F. M. Shel-odn, pastor of the Pilgrim Congregation-al church of Oklahoma City, will speakat the baccalaureate services which willbe held at 7:45 Sunday night, July 30 .

Since Doctor Nash's graduation fromthe university he has been high in edu-cational services in Oklahoma . At dif-ferent times he has been chief inspectorof high schools for the state and once wassuperintendent of public instruction . Hebecame president of Oklahoma Collegefor Women in 1927 .Reverend Sheldon is the author of sev-

TWO NEW COLLEGEPRESIDENTS

Wade H . Shumate,'14as, (left) who has been re-cently elected president of Southeastern State Teachers college ;Durant, was director of the Ok-lahoma Education Association forseveral years . For the past sevenyears he has served as superin-tendent of schools at Mangum,Oklahoma . 0 . E . Hatcher, '27M.A ., (right) newly elected pres-ident of Northwestern StateTeachers college, Alva, will bethe state's youngest college head .Mr Hatcher was formerly assist-ant professor of history at Okla-homa A . & M . college

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eral books, including "The Bible in OurModern World," "Why I Believe in Im-mortality," "Making Christianity Christ-ian," and "The Teaching on the Mount."

A score of Sooner yearsThe close of Theodore Greenshield's

training at the university this year mark-ed the end of a period of almost twentyyears of continued attendance at the uni-versity by some member of the family ofMr J. B. Greenshields, Kay county pio-neer, who made the run at the openingof the Cherokee outlet .The first of the family to attend the

university was Bruce, who entered in1913 and received a degree in 1917 . Heis now working on a doctor's degree inengineering at the University of Michi-gan. From there he will go to Denisonuniversity at Granville, Ohio, as head ofthe college of engineering .Next was Bruce, who entered the fall

of 1918 . He also received a degree incivil_ engineering . After graduation hespent six years in the engineering depart-ment of the Marland oil company andis now in the draft department of thePhillips Petroleum company at Bartles-ville .

William, who was the next to enroll,was a student in the school of law, grad-uating in 1929 . He was associated withIra H . Hill for a while and is now withW. E. Rice, Ponca City attorney .The last of the family to attend the

university was Theodore who enteredthe college of business administration in

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1929 and received his degree in 1931 .Since then HE has been doing graduatework with a major in finance.Both William and Theodore worked

their way through the university . Wil-liam established a distributing servicewhich handled various food-stuffs, theprofits of which financed his education.Theodore worked as official typewriterrepairman for the university until thisyear, when he established the Green-shields Typewriter Service company andwas appointed mail clerk at the univer-sity .

Soonerland in briefThe annual intersession immediately

following the summer session of the uni-versity has been abandoned this year, dueto financial stringency . The abandon-ment of the session is not to constitutea precedent, however, President Bizzellannounces.The National Research Council has

granted Dr . C. W. Thornthwaite as-sistant professor of geography, $400 tostudy the climatic basis of forest distribu-tion in eastern North America. DoctorThornthwaite's object is to discoverwhere to seek new plants for commer-cial production and to obtain a betterunderstanding of the forest climates .Dr. Jewel Wurtzbaugh, assistant pro-

fessor of English, is spending the sum-mer in research in the British Museumin London, obtaining additional mater-ials for her book "Three Centuries ofSpenser Criticism."

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"The. Impeachment of James E. Fer-guson" is the title of an article in theJune Political Science Quarterly by Dr .Cortez A. M. Ewing, associate professorof government . Doctor Ewing is mak-ing a study of impeachment in variousstates .

Captain Henry C . Demuth and Lieu-tenant Ivan D. Yeaton, both assistantprofessors of military science in the uni-versity, have been assigned to Chandlerduring the summer for the constructionof civilian conservation camps' . Lieu-tenant James V. Collier, '22as, assistantprofessor of military science, has beenassigned to assist in the construction andoperation of a civilian camp at RushSprings. Lieutenant George P. Privett,assistant professor of military science, isengaged in similar work at Talihina .Dr . Jens Rud Nielsen, who recently re-

turned to Norman after two years spentabroad in research, part of the time on aGuggenheim Fellowship, reported on hisresearches at the meeting of the Ameri-can Physical society and the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Sci-ence in Chicago June 19 . Doctor Niel-sen's research was on the scattering oflight by linear triatomic molecules. Hewas assisted in his research by ProfessorA . Langseth of Copenhagen . He was ad-vised by the celebrated physicist Dr . NielsBohr .

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damages to any of the structures theyinfested . Extermination of the ants wasin charge of J. W. Ward, instructor inzoology who formerly was connectedwith termite extermination for the stateof Mississippi . The buildings in whichthe termites were found were the geol-ogy, engineering laboratory, art, zoology,and educational buildings and the wo-men's residential halls .C. B. Waterfield, assistant in English,

has resigned his position with the uni-versity to organize a junior college atPoteau .Ruth Replogle was an Oklahoma en-

trant in the women's Trans-Mississippigolf tournament at Des Moines, Iowa,June 12 .Hugo Goetz, Pryor, drum major of the

university band, will lead the Rock Islandrailroad band at the Century of Progressexposition in Chicago this summer. Goetz,a senior in the college of fine arts, has beendrum major of the Sooners for two yearsand out of a large field of candidates waschosen to lead one of the largest bandsto appear at the exposition .Tau Omega, national honorary aero-

nautics fraternity, announces the pledgingof Scott P. Squyers, '241aw, Kermit VanLauven, '29ex, and William Bleakly, head

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"The Primitive Mother,"a carving in sandstone executed byJoseph R . Taylor, instructor in art .The piece was entered in the annualNorthwest Art Exhibition at Seattle,Washington, in 1931 and gained firsthonorable mention . The stone camefrom the same quarry which furnishedbuilding material for the Washingtonstate capitol building at Olympia

of the Oklahoma Flying service, Oklaho-ma City, and captain in the air corps re-serve .

Officers of W. S. G. A. installed at asunrise ceremony in the Greek theatersouth of the fine arts building, May 4,were : Marietta Darling, Oklahoma City,president ; Winifred Ketchum, Tulsa, vice-president; Martha Davis, Guthrie, secre-tary ; Dorothy Woodruff, Perry, treasurer ;Margaret Roys, Norman, Y.W.C.A . presi-dent ; Julia Kennedy, Pawhuska, Panhel-lenic president ; Leta Mae Blizman, Altus,W. A.A. president ; Lina Jane Walker,Tulsa, Mortar Board president.Ruth Oman, McAlester, was installed

as chairman of the Big Sister committee;Agnes Calkins, Tulsa, chairman of voca-tional guidance ; Dorian Mathews, Okla-homa City, scholarship chairman; Marcel-ute Bryant, Oklahoma City, health chair-man; Aileen Petway, Oklahoma City, ac-tivity chairman, and Catherine Gibson,Pauls Valley, social chairman . Presidentof Alpha Lambda Delta has not been an-nounced.Toga, honorary senior order for men,

announces selection of : Louis Kennedy,Purcell ; Robert Drummond, Leslie Hem-ry and Robert Vahlberg, Oklahoma City ;Eldon Frye, Coffeyville, Kansas ; FredBrown and Martin Miller, Muskogee ;

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George Latham Yates, Bartlesville ; andAlfred Weinzierl, McLoud .

Skeleton Key, honorary leadership fra-ternity, has selected the following : JohnFortson, Tecumseh ; Baxter Taylor, Rob-ert Vahlberg, Dalton McBee, CharlesDavis and William Lewis, OklahomaCity ; George McGhee, Dallas, Texas ; BillMajors and Martin Miller, Muskogee ;Maurice Cotton, Altus; Tom Biggers, We-woka ; Joe Fred Gibson, Wellston ; BillyLongmire, Sapulpa ; Bob Dunlap, Has-kell ; Art Pansze, Fort Smith, Arkansas ;Lawrence Wilson, Cooper, Texas; GeorgeLatham Yates, Bartlesville ; James Riley,Bristow.Checkmate, honorary organization for

men, has selected as pledges: Ray An-thony and Hugh Owen, Oklahoma City ;Billy Longmire, Sapulpa; A . J. Lauder-milk, Wichita, Kansas ; John Wallace, Mi-ami ; John Robinson, Calumet; LawrenceElderkin, Springfield, New York .

Okla-she-de-go-to-go, Indian club, hasnamed Ed McCurtain as its new chief.Billy Hilsweck, Oklahoma City, waschosen medicine man and Helen AdairWallace, Oklahoma City, is to be sachem .A group of journalism students, faculty

members, and others interested in amateurphotography has organized a club for thestudy of the subject. Merwin Eberle, '24journ, president of the Oklahoma CityCamera club, addressed the group at itsfirst meeting May 8.Phantom Mask, radio dramatic society,

presented its first play over WKY, Ok-lahoma City, May 4. In a Dark Alley wasto have been presented Thursday after-noon, May 11 .

Officers of the University Mothers' as-sociation, chosen during the two-day con-ventior in Norman in May, were Mrs F.B . Swank, Norman, president ; Mrs O . C.Frost, Norman, secretary ; and Mrs C. J.Hindman, Tulsa, treasurer. After the gen-eral meeting of mothers a reception wasgiven in the Women's building . W.S.G.A .and Mortar Board entertained the groupwith a tea. A dance concert given by Or-chesis, national dance fraternity, and visitsto the university observatory closed theconvention activities .Another addition to the geology muse-

um is the fossilized remains of a rhinoc-eros of the miocene age, assembled andmounted by J. W. Stovall, assistant pro-fessor of geology, and C. Stuart Johnston,graduate assistant. The fossil was uncov-ered at the famous bone quarry at Agate,Nebraska . It differs from the modernrhino in size and has a dish skull, forkedhorns and three toes to each foot .

Olive Hawes, Norman, won first placein the Spanish contest sponsored by theInstituto de las Espanas of New YorkCity . She was awarded a bronze medaland a book given by Books Abroad .Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman scho-

lastic fraternity for women, will be headednext year by Sarah Freeman, OklahomaCity, president ; Margery Meacham, Clin-

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Will Durant, popularwriter on philosophy, paid his secondsummer session visit to the Universityof Oklahoma when he spoke at theClass of '21 Pergola auditorium July14 . Here he is shown seated on thestage with President Bizzell, who in-troduced him

ton, vice-president ; Maxine Appleman,Norman, secretary ; Virginia Parriss, Tul-sa, treasurer; and Dorothy Shears, Nor-man, historian.Sigma Tau, engineering fraternity,

pledges include : William C. Patterson,Norman ; Frank W. Akright, Nowata ;William C. Hewitt, Latham Yates, Bar-tlesville ; Alfred Frampton, Sapulpa ; ClineMansur, Elk City ; Herman J. Wirz, Yale ;James E. Baskin, Ballinger, Texas; DennisCubbage, El Reno ; Robert Vahlberg, Don-ald Suggs, Scott Reeburgh, W. FinchWhite, jr ., of Oklahoma City ; ThomasMayrath, Robert L. Mayrath, of DodgeCity, Kansas; Carl Yager, Louisville, Ken-tucky; Glenn Voegelein and WendelBlack, Drumright.

Josephine Landsittel, of Tulsa, is to headOrchesis, national dance fraternity, nextyear . Dorothy Jane Henry, OklahomaCity, will be vice-president and KathrynEnglish, Edmond, has been chosen secre-tary-treasurer .Maurice H. Steinig, of Oklahoma City,

with an essay in German on "The HitlerMovement in Germany," has won a goldpin awarded by the Zion Evangelicalchurch, Oklahoma City, and a book givenby Books Abroad, foreign book reviewquarterly .

The Phi Beta Kappa breakfastPhi Beta Kappa held its annual break-

fast in the card room of the OklahomaUnion at 8 o'clock the morning of June5. George B. Parker, '08as, of New YorkCity, elected to membership last year, wasinitiated into the Oklahoma Alpha chap-ter .

Morris Wardell, '23as, president of PhiBeta Kappa, presided as toastmaster and

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established a new record for speed. Ashe confessed, the society initiated MrParker, heard four addresses and five in-troductions in an hour and fifteen minutes.Mr Parker, Dr . Stratton D. Brooks,

former president of the university to whomis due the establishment of Phi Beta Kap-pa at Oklahoma, and President Bizzellspoke briefly. Dr . Edward Everett Dale,'llas, head of the history department, thenew president of Phi Beta Kappa, andMrs Dale were introduced, as were Jo-seph A. Brandt, '21journ ., editor of theUniversity Press, new vice president, andMrs Brandt .

First women journalism M. A.First women to receive M. A. degree

in journalism from the university areMrs Lucille Traughber and Miss Virgin-ia Carter, both of Oklahoma City . MrsTraughberger's thesis for the master ofarts degree was entitled, "Coverage oflocal governmental affairs in the readingcolumns of county-seat weekly news-papers of Oklahoma," and Miss Carter'ssubject was "Literary periodicals of thesouthwest, especially as shown by a de-tailed study of the Southwest Review ."

GRADUATES IN EMBRYOBand festivalMore than three hundred bandsmen

marched into Norman Friday, July 7,to be the guests of the University of Ok-lahoma band and to play in the firstmass-band concert ever organized on thecampus. Directors all over the state, out-standing high school players, district andstate winners of high school contests,

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and well known college bandsmen inoutlying states, responded with such un-expected enthusiasm to the invitationthat George Metzel, Y. M. C. A. secre-tary, in charge of meals and entertain-ment for the group, found himself con-fronted with a very real problem. Forceswere rallied under his direction and theday, with its six hours practice and eve-ning concert, proved such a tremendoussuccess that it was decided to make theaffair an annual one.

Players of the flute, piccolo, oboe,clarinet, cornet, alto saxophone, tenorsaxophone, baritone saxophone, Frenchbassoon, trombone, baritone, bass, anddrum came to Norman from Ardmore,Clinton, El Reno, Miami, Oilton, Okla-homa City, Okemah, Guthrie, Tahle-quah, Anadarko, Blackwell, Burbank,Claremore, Carter, Chandler, DeNoya,Edmond, Enid, Elk City, Fort Cobb,Hollis, Idabel, Konawa, Lawton, McAl-ester, Maud, Nash, Nowata, Prague, Sul-phur, Tonkawa, Thomas, Waynoka,Weatherford, Wewoka, Yukon, Britton,Cushing, Fairfax, Holdenville, Hydro,Hitchcock, Hunter, Kendrick, Nelogany,Pryor, Yale, Hunter, Sand Springs, Cyril,Fairview, Walters, Shawnee, Seminole,Drumright, Moore, Hominy, Skiatook,Tulsa; Kiowa, Kansas; Winfield, Kans-as ; Smithville, Texas ; Gravette, Arkans-as ; Pleasanton, Kansas ; Springfield, Illi-nois ; and Wichita Falls, Texas .A part of Mr Metzel's program of en-

tertainment, during a recess of practice,was a sound-motion-picture of the in-struments of a concert band .The evening program was played in

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the outdoor university auditorium . Be-ginning with Wagner's march fromTannhauser and Rossini's overture fromWilliam Tell, the mass-band, under thedirection of Professor William R. Weh-rend, director of the university band, pre-sented the most stirring feature of theentire summer school session. MarionCronkhite, George Kernek, and JayWarner played Three Kings, trumpettrio played last year for the meeting ofthe American Bandmasters' associationby Walter Smith, the composer, HerbertL. Clarke, world famous cornetist, andFrank Simons, director of the Armcoband .Semper Fidelis was dedicated by the

band to its composer, Sousa, who wasa member of Delta chapter, Kappa Kap-pa Psi, at the University of Oklahoma .The remainder of the program includ-

ed "Duet" (Garden Scene) from Faustby Gounod, sung by Frances Lindloff,soprano, and Rene Stone, tenor; "Nor-wegian Rhapsody" by Christian ; atrombone solo, "Bride of the Waves,"Clarke, played by Horace Thornberg;"Stars and Stripes," by Sousa ; overture"Morning, Noon and Night," by Suppe ;and "University Grand March," whichwas written by Mr Goldman at the re-quest of New York university in cele-bration of its one hundredth anniversary .Herman Ziemer, business manager of

the University of Oklahoma band, di-rected arrangements for the concert andits organization . He has served as busi-ness manager of the band for the pastthree years and during that time the bandhas lived up to its name "The Pride ofOklahoma."

Bible student's homeThe Evangelical Bible Students'

Home, Inc., was formally opened June1 at 523 South University boulevard .The purpose of the new Home is to pro-mote Bible study among university stu-dents on a co-operative non-profit homebasis . Among those sponsoring theHome are Professors J. W. Sturgis andHarvey C. Roys .

Only woman lawyerMiss Dorothy Maystrik of Oklahoma

City was the only woman to receive theLL . B. degree at the forty-first com-mencement. Seventy-three men receiveddegrees. Miss Maystrik completed herarts and sciences requirements for ad-mission at the University of Chicago .She is a member of Kappa Beta Pi fra-ternity and of Monnet bar.

Hosts to Dr. and Mrs BizzellThe 1933 President's Class entertained

President and Mrs W. B. Bizzell with adinner at the Copper Kettle Thursdaynight, May 18, ending the year's meet-

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ing for the group. Billy Longmire, Sa-pulpa, acted as toastmaster ; Earl Sneed,Tulsa, made an address of appreciation ;and Mrs Gunnell Moore, Oklahoma City,contributed two vocal solos. Other mem-bers present were : Harry Alley, Norman ;Haskel Armitage, Carnegie ; Pierce Can-trell, Bartlesville ; John C . Edwards, Ok-lahoma City ; Tom Finney, Bartlesville ;Joe Fred Gibson, Wellston ; Tom EdGrace, Denison, Texas ; Delbert Larsh,Norman ; J. Whitney Mason, OklahomaCity ; Charles L. Mount, Grandfield ;William K. Powers, Checotah; John St .Clair, Norman ; Hirst Suffield, Gage ;John R. Wallace, Miami ; and John Fort-son, Tecumseh .

The Sooner queensBeauty queens chosen this year by

Robert Montgomery, screen star, and pic-tured in the 1933 Sooner, university year-book, are in the order designated : Glyn-na Fe Colwick, Durant, Kappa AlphaTheta; Mary Jane O'Sullivan, OklahomaCity, Delta Delta Delta; Martha Watson,Tulsa, Pi Beta Phi ; Sarita Mendoza,Yukon, Delta Gamma; Mildred Chase,Seminole, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Vir-ginia Klein, Norman, Alpha Chi Omega ;Mary Lelia Kidd, Norman, Kappa AlphaTheta; and Gayle McCorkle, Elk City,Chi Omega .

Mortar Board pledgesPledges to Mortar Board, woman's

honor organization, announced by Vir-ginia Lester, Oklahoma City, retiringpresident, are: Elizabeth Amis, Roswell,New Mexico ; Marietta Darting and Vir-ginia Fischer, Oklahoma City ; MargaretRoys and Mary Tappan, Norman ; Mar-tha Davis, Guthrie ; Martha Jane Dowell,El Reno; Ruth Oman, McAlester; andLina Jane Walker, Tulsa.

Oratorical championsSix of the eight state champion ora-

tors during the last nine years have sincebeen connected in some way with theuniversity .

Bill Miley, '25ex, who won the ora-tion contest in 1924, was active in dra-matic productions while in school andhas since been studying voice in NewYork City . He has lately signed a con-tract with Theatre Guild to sing in itsnew production School for Husbands .

In 1925 Walter Emery of Shawnee en-tered and won the constitutional oratori-cal contest . He is now on the Univer-sity of Oklahoma faculty as debate coach.

Carl Albert, the 1926-27 winner, madean European tour given him throughwinning the midwestern zone competi-tion and, as a student in the university,won a Rhodes' scholarship . He is nowstudying in Oxford, England, majoringin politics, government and economics.

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The 1928 winner, Enid Mae Cole, '31ex, majored in social service work and isnow directing summer camps for theCamp Fire Girls organization .Eugene Mapel, '29ex, has been speak-

ing for politicians in Oklahoma Cityand Oklahoma county elections . He isstudying law in night school in Okla-homa City .Marcus Cohn of Tulsa, is a sopho-

more in the university at present, plan-ning to take his degree in law. He takesleads in University Playhouse produc-tions, his latest having been the part ofthe Khan in Eugene O'Neill's play, Men-co Millions .

Straight "A" studentsThe students making an average of

"straight-A" this past semester were :Elizabeth Amis, John T. Beauchamp,

jr ., Kenneth Baird, Wyatt Belcher, FredBlack, Helen Bourke, Thelma Bradford,Sydney Chazanow, Charles Christensen,Marcus Cohn, Hugh Comfort, ErnestineCortazar, Arnold Court, Delval Dale,Fred Dunlevy, Bill Earley, Luther Eng-lish, Iris Estes, Paul Fine, Susie Fine,Mary Gittings, Morris Granoff, MaryEllen Haines, Ernest J. Handley, OliveHawes, Jack Horner, Margaret Hurst,Seymour Ingerson, Elizabeth Janz, MrsVerna Jamison, Adolph O. Johnson,Walter Kendall, Lorraine Ketchum,Winifred Ketchum, Jackson Kennebrew,John W. Kitchens, Albert G. Kulp, Dor-othy Lewis, Betty LeCompte, Jane Lee,Margaret Linebaugh, Robert C. Lisk,James Ludlum, James Major, Mrs FrankMason, Dorothy McBrayer, Harvey Mc-Caleb, Edmund McCurtain, Burnie Met-son, Cecil Miller, Gerald Miller, Mar-jorie Ruth Miller, Sam Minsky, JamesMoffitt, Mildred Musser, Grace Nelson,Charles Pain, Edna Mae Paul, PaulPugh, Mrs Frances Robinson, WandaMary Rose, Oscar S. Simpson, MargaretSimpson, Olan Skelton, Earl Sneed, jr .,John Swinford, Mary O. Tappan, PeterTauson, J. Hugh Turner, jr ., MargaretVail, Wm. L. Waldrop, Martha E. Wat-son, Mrs Berthe L. Webb, Bland West,and Eloise Wheeler.

SPORTS OF ALL SORTSThe Big Six meetingThe Big Six conference officials met

in Lincoln, Nebraska, May 20 to discussproblems confronting the conference andapprove schedules. Dr. S. W. Reavesof the University of Oklahoma was re-elected head of the faculty advisers . TheConference refused to sanction membersplaying either basketball or baseball withprofessional teams, to strengthen theirschedules. The Conference agreed topermit Sooner football practice to start

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When Joseph A . Kornfeld, '30eng,came to the University of Oklahoma, he determin-ed to combine journalism with engineering . Theresult has proven the wisdom of his choice . Henot only has succeeded with geological and tech-nical work but has written widely for the oil in-dustry and for the layman about oildom's prob-lems . He recently launched the Oil FeaturesSyndicate which now has many newspapers in its"chain" for its "Oil Field Oddities" and "WhoSaid It" features

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I 'r was once said that Ok-lahoma is the land of opportunity foryouth. In these recent years youth hastaken a scat in the rear of the automobileand isn't doing much back-seat driving,either . An exception to the presentvogue is Joseph A . Kornfeld, '30eng, ofTulsa, who at the age of twenty six isthe editor and owner of Oil FeaturesSyndicate, one of the most progressivenewspaper syndicates .Mr Kornfeld has combined engineer-

ing with journalism . In Tulsa highschool he found he was equally interest-ed in these two professions . Althoughan engineer spends about sixty per centof his time in the use of English, eitherwriting reports or making thein, yet notmany modern engineers have deliber-ately harnessed writing as an adjunct totheir profession . However, while a highschool student, Mr Kornfeld became in-terested in radio and edited the radiopage of The Tulsa Tribune . After a)ear in the University of Tulsa, Mr Korn-feld enrolled in the University of Okla-homa . Here he was a student in thecollege of engineering and the school ofjournalism . He edited the first alumnipublication of Phi Beta Delta fraternity,of which he is a member, became stateeditor of The Oklahoma Daily, and wasassistant editor of The Sooner Engineerin 1929 .

In 1929 he also became associate edi-tor of Skelly News, having charge of themarketing section . He also edited TheSkelly Refractionator that year . Thefollowing year, he became a geologicdraftsman for the Plains Royalty Cor-poration and handled the advertising ac-tivities for the Oklahoma-Arkansas di-

vision of the Cities Service Oil Companyof Tulsa.

Since that time, Mr Kornfeld has dem-onstrated a versatility that is rare evenin these days of sharp competition foisuccess . He has been an oil marketingconsultant (for the Barnsdall Corpora-tion and the Mid-Continent PetroleumCorporation), an oil geologist, a petro-leum engineer, oil correspondent, pub-licity than, author and syndicate owner.He is at work now on several pop-

ular books dealing with the phenomenalplay of West Texas oil . His keen senseof news value produces unusual, humaninterest, accounts of the oil industry . Anexample of this sense is an article hepublished recently through NewspaperEnterprise Association in many newspa-pers, the war of a city with an oil field .The city was Oklahoma City . He hascompiled a Journalism Bibliography andhas written a monograph on "PetroleumMerchandising Methods" which has at-tracted favorable attention from the oilindustry . He has written a number ofgeological reports for the Ira RinehartOil Report, the oldest confidential reportservice in the Mid-Continent field, andpublished in the October, 1929 issue ofThe Pan-American Geologist a paperentitled "Oil Accumulation on Mid-Con-tinental Truncated Structures ."Mr Kornfeld is a Texas and Oklaho-

ma correspondent for the magazineTirne, some of his stories being "TheGladewater Disaster," Carl Estes and OilProration," and "The Toiler TeamTragedy ." He is a regular contributor tothe Everyweek Sunday magazine of theScripps-Canfield chain and is a specialcorrespondent for the Oil & Gas Journal.

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A life already filled with achievementwhich would satisfy many men mucholder, Mr K.ornfcld established last yearhis Oil Features Syndicate, which is be-coming increasingly more successful . TheSyndicate has won the praise of the oilindustry for its campaign against gaso-line tax evils, such as gasoline tax di-version. Many newspapers and tradejournals publish "Oil Oddities" whichMr Kornfeld writes and has illustrated .In July of this year, his syndicate launch-ed a new daily newspaper feature, "WhoSaid It?"Not all college men arc able to realize_

their ambitions of a planned education .But such has been Mr Kornfeld's for-tune . He believed that engineering andwriting could be combined successfully .He enjoyed both . And he is findingthat his college ambition was not onlysound in principle but enjoyable andprofitable as well, in realization .

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September 1, in view of the early Van-derbilt game .

Outdoor track recordsFour new school outdoor records were

set this past season by University of Ok-lahoma track men, according to CoachJohn Jacohs .

Bart Ward, Weatherford sophomore,broke Earl Flint's 440-yard record byracing the distance in 48 .9 seconds atthe recent Big Six outdoor meet, andBill Newblock, Norman, senior, estab-lished a record of 13 .9 seconds in the

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1931 .3,001) meters steeplechase-10 :9 .6 by

old Keith, 1928 .120-yard high hurdles±-14.9 byDunson, 1927 .

220-yard low hurdles-23.7 by

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Here's the fastest milerelay team ever developed at the Uni-versity of Oklahoma, Coach JohnJacobs' all-sophomore quartet of 1933,which broke the old university recordby nearly four seconds with their timeof 3 minutes 19.7 seconds, fastest milerelay ever run in Oklahoma . This timewas made in the First Oklahoma Ama-teur meet held at Norman March 27 .The runners from left to right are :Bart Ward, Loris Moody, Bill Thomp-son and Bob Moore

of Norman, who tallied 43.5 . AlbertOTBALL SCHEDULE Gilles, husky weight man from Edmond,

VANDERBILT At was third with 34 points followed by

Boy Scout Day Norman Loris Moody, Tulsa, 26 ; Whitley Cox,Tulsa, 25.75 ; Ben Marks, Tulsa and

TULSA At Douglas Barham, Alex, 22 ; Tom Sims,Tulsa Oklahoma City, 21 ; Bob Moore, Okmul-TEXAS At gee, 18 .25 . Newblock was the leadingMigration Day Dallas scorer in the indoor meets with 16 points .IOWA STATE At Ward competed in 17 relay races during

Dad's Day Norman the year, Oklahoma placing first or sec-NEBRASKA At ond in 13 of them . Gilles was high-

Lincoln point scorer of the Oklahoma team in

KANSAS At the Big Six outdoor meet with eight

Homecoming Norman points .

MISSOURI AtColumbia Baseball averages

KANSAS STATE At Six regulars on the university baseballManhattan team hit .300 or better during the 1933

OKLA. A . & M. At season . Doyle Tolleson, big sophomoreThanksgiving Norman catcher, led the hitters with .360, and

thirteen of his twenty-seven hits weredoubles, triples and home runs . BillAmend, shortstop from Antlers, whowas hurt in mid-season and played only

p and jump-45ft. 4%zm . by half the games, batted .352, while RayMorris, 1932 . Dunson, Indian outfielder from Okemah,

RELAY EVENTS was third with .346 . Andy Beck, RalphCarmen, 1929 . 440 yards--41.9 by Don Adkison, Baker, Brand and Ray Dunson are the only

120-yard low hurdles-13.9 by Bill New- Hill and Mell, 1931 . players lost through graduation .block, 1933 . 880 yards-1 :27.4 by Don Adkison, Hill, The final hitting averages :

Shot put-49ft. 1 by Alfred How-ell, 1932 .

Ward and Cox, 1933 .Mile relay--3 :19.7 by Bob Moore,

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Discus-146ft . 91n. by Alfred Howell, Thompson, Moody, Ward, 1933 . Tolleson 75 16 27 .3601932 . 1%s mile medley relay-7 :37.2 by Taylor Amend 34 9 12 .352

Javelin-208ft . 2izin. by Arthur Cox, (440), Harold Adkison (220), Carson Dunson 52 13 18 .3461925 . (880) and Keith (mile), 1928 . Beck 70 16 23 .328

Hammer-137ft . Bin . by Artie Reed, 2V, mile medley-10:32.6 by John Hew- Brakebill 71 12 23 .3231909 . itt (440), Heald (880), Carson (1,- Meikle 30 6 9 .300

High jump-6ft . 5 %s in . by Parker Shel- 320) and Keith (mile), 1928 . Cobb 62 14 18 .290by, 1930 . Brand 67 9 19 .283

Broad jump-24ft, Sin. by Harold Mor- Bart Ward, of Weatherford led the Aggers 15 2 4 .266ris, 1932 . track and field team in scoring the past Patterson 38 3 10 .263

Pole vault13ft . % in . by Johnie Bryce, season with 45 .5 points for the 1933 sea- Woodson 42 2 6 .1421929 . son, barely nosing out Bill Newblock, Pharoah 9 0 1 .111

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120-yard low hurdles in the first Okla-homa amateur meet here last March. 1933The mile relay team of Bob Moore,

Okmulgee; Bill Thompsoon, Tulsa ; Loris Sept .Moody, Tulsa ; and Ward set a mark of 303 minutes 19 .7 seconds, fastest ever made Oct .by an Oklahoma team . The half-mile 7relay team of Don Adkison, Tulsa ; Jess Oct .Hill, Muskogee ; Ward and Whit Cox, 14Tulsa, set a new mark of 1 minute 27.4 Oct .seconds at the Kansas Relays . The uni- 21versity outdoor records to date : Oct .

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS 28100 yards-9.7 by Ray Lindsey, 1924, Nov .and Harold Adkison, 1928 . 4

220 yards-21 by Frank McCoy, 1901 . Nov .440 yards--48.9 by Bart Ward, 1933 . 11880 yards-1:57.3 by Karl Frank, 1925 . Nov .Mile run-4:22 by Glen Dawson, 1931 . 18Two-mile run-9 :33.2 by Glen Dawson, Nov .

1931 . 303,000 meters--8:53.5 by Glen Dawson,

Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma,Oklahoma, 4 ; Okla . A. & M., 8,Oklahoma, 3 ; Okla . A. & M., 5 ;Oklahoma, 6; Okla . City university,Oklahoma, 16; Weatherford Teachers,Oklahoma, 4 ; Weatherford Teachers,

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4; Weatherford Teachers,4 ; Edmond Teachers, 1 ;4 ; Edm.ond Teachers, 8 ;5; Missouri, 3 ;21 ; Missouri, 12 ;6; Okla . A. & M., 2;2 ; Okla . A. & M., 1 ;4; Okla. City university,7; Kansas State, 6;6; Kansas State, 7;8; Missouri, 16 ;

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For the fourth time in the past sevenyears the University of Oklahoma haswon the all-sports championship of theBig Six conference .

Figures released by Ben G. Owen,athletic director, show the Sooners scored25 .5 points in the time sports, Nebraskaranking second with 27.5, followed byKansas State with 28 .5, Kansas 29, IowaState 33 .5 and Missouri 45 . As in golf,the lowest score wins in an all-sportscompilation . This year's table did notinclude golf, in which the Soonersspread-eagled the field in the recent BigSix tournament in Kansas City, norpolo, in which the Sooner four bowedonly to Missouri .Oklahoma teams tied for two cham-

pionships this school year, John Jacobs'track team finishing in a deadlock withNebraska for the indoor title and CoachLawrence "lap" Haskell's baseball teamdrawing with Kansas State for the con-ference flag . Nebraska won the mostteam champi.onslups, two, and tied fortwo others .The Sooners also won the conference

all-sports title in 1926-27, 1927-28, 1928-29, placing second in 1929-30, second in1930-31 and third last year . The distri-bution of all-sports championships thepast seven years is : Oklahoma 4, Kansasl, Nebraska 1, Iowa State 1 .The compilation proves that all sports

are given an equal chance to develop atOklahoma, no stress being placed ontwo or three at the expense of all theothers .The table for the school year 1932-33 :

for the 1934 season . The Sooners willmeet Kansas at Lawrence February 8and 9, and close the season with theJayhawkers at Norman on March 1 and2. Missouri will be met at Norman onFebruary 2 and 3 and at Columbia onFebruary 23 and 24 . The first game ofeach series will count as the official BigSix conference game .The Sooner schedule against confer-

ence teams for 1934 :

January 13-Iowa State at Norman .January 26-Kansas State at Manhattan.January 27-Nebraska at Lincoln .FebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryFebruaryMarch I-Kansas at Norman .March 2-Kansas at Norman .

2--Missouri at Norman .3-Missouri at Norman .8-Kansas at Lawrence .9-Kansas at Lawrence .8-Iowa State at Ames .17-Nebraska at Norman .19-Kansas State at Norman .23--Missouri at Columbia24-Missouri at Columbia .

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ugly . There is beauty in the clear, hardlines of planed steel . A great locomotiveis a magnificent creation . The modernliner as against the much touted clippership has almost cosmic power and muchbeauty of line . And he who does not riseto the burgeoning upward drive of a greatcity must be ascetic indeed . One may notcare for the club-like extension on top ofthe Empire-State building but when oneviews the great Medical Center from Riv-erside Drive at 168th street and sees itsbuildings rising in "prismatic simplicity,"lordly against the October sky, one real-izes that there stands an authentic productcf the machine age-and that it is beauti-ful .

I had the privilege last fall of taking atrip on the ferry from the Battery to

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Staten Island . The whole trip cost tencents and another dime to the musicianson the boat made me a patron of the arts .There was a bank of blue cloud in thewest with just a peep of sunlight over thetop to turn the haze of the harbor golden .The statue of liberty stood a portentousfigure against the darkening sky. Liberty,yes, but liberty with all its tragic signifi-cance! The town on Staten Island rosefrom the water like an acropolis broodedover by supper-time serenity . On the Jer-sey shore a new lace-like bridge againstthe now brightening sky gave an air ofphantasy . All this scene needed was theglamor of a thousand years to sweep everysentimentalist off his feet .

This age has its virtues as well as itsfaults . It should not be measured and dis-counted in terms of other times. It has itsunique contribution to make . The true,the beautiful, and the good will find formsconsonant with its peculiar genius . Thismeans new standards of conduct, new or-ganizations of justice, new expressions inart . In terms of this changing new worldthe ideal must be conceived.As it is impossible to anticipate in de-

tail the form which the state or society ingeneral may take, or should take, and, asit is impossible to realize any ideal imme-diately, it has been asserted that men donot know the aim of education. In suchassertions the usual implication is thatsuch aim would have to be determined ifat all by experimental or statistical study.I believe that this skepticism is unwar-ranted, that the legitimate aim of societyand consequently of education is impliedin our every-day judgments of methodsand measures . When we characterize anact or a social measure as irresponsible of

anti-social or exploitative we at least implya standard of behavior or social organiza-tion that does not manifest these qualities.We apprehend the ideal order in negativeterms.

In positive terms, the thing that isFought is the spontaneous individual with-in a social state that will create and spon-sor his spontaneity . It is not a state orsocial order in which everyone's needs aremerely taken care of . It is the cultural stateor social situation in which the individualis indeed protected but has at the sametime full range of imagination and expres-sion along with responsibility for his acts .It is no smug, self-satisfied utopia but adramatic life, the people and the state thatmen naturally love!

In this state the strife for quantity ofgoods will be curbed or relinquished .Success will not signify heaping up abillion dollars . Diversified human valueswill be the goals of living, and money wiltbe only one of the means of reachingthem . Exploitation will be reduced to aminimum. Hungry men will not walk thestreets . Each will have a chance to do hispart in the organized whole of society .There will be security and dignity and

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Big Six baseball standing O . N . K. S . K. 1 . S. M .

WON LOST PCT Football 2 .5 1 4 2.5 6 5

Oklahoma 3 2 .600 Basketball 2 5 4 1 6 3

Kansas State 3 2 .600 Indoor Track 1 .5 1 .5 4 3 5 6

Missouri 3 4 .428 Outdoor Track 4 1 3 2 5 6

Iowa State 0 1 .000 Baseball 1 .5 5.5 1 .5 5.5 4 3

(Note: Kansas and Nebraska did not 2-mile race 4 3 1 6 2 5

play-) Wrestling 3 5 2 4 1 6SNvimming 5 1.5 3 4 1 .5 6

Results of the season Tennis 2 4 6 1 3 5

Oklahoma, 10 ; Weatherford Teachers, 3;25 .5 27 .5 28 .5 29 33 .5 45

1934 basketball schedule

Four basketball games with each ofthe Universities of Kansas and Missourihave been scheduled by the university