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MarriagesMann-Kerfoot

Miss Frances Mann, ex-'27, daugh-ter of Mr . and Mrs. J. W. Mann, 432West Twenty-second street . Oklaho-ma City, and John Samuel Kerfoot jr .,ex-'28, were married in Oklahoma CityApril 13 with a beautiful ceremony atthe home of the bride's parents.After an informal reception follow-

ing the wedding Mr . and Mrs. Kerfootleft for a fortnight's wedding trip toDallas and Galveston . Upon their re-turn they will be at home at 327 WestTwenty-second street .Mrs. Kerfoot, who attended Ward

Belmont college before coming to theUniversity of Oklahoma, is a memberof Delta Delta Delta fraternity . Shewas the winner of the girl's spring ten-nis tournament here in 1927 . Mr . Ker-foot, son of Mr . and Mrs. J. S . Ker-foot, attended Vanderbilt univer ..ityduring his freshman year and wasentered in engineering at the Univer-sity of Oklahoma . He is a member ofthe Norman chapter of the Alpha TanOmega fraternity . Mr . Kerfoot is as-sociated with the Mann ConstructionCo ., in Oklahoma City .

Anderson-HolcombThe marriage of Miss Edna Ander-

son, daughter of Mrs. Laura Andersonof Buffalo, and young court clerk ofHarper county, to Murray Holcomb,'22 law, practicing attorney at Buffalo,took place at Ponca City in April. Fol-lowing their wedding Mr. and Mrs.Holcomb went on their honeymoon toKansas City, St . Louis and otherpoints .

Long-CockeThe wedding of Miss Sadie Long,

'29 arts-sc., and Mr. Lewis Cocke, '28arts-sc ., was an event of April 2, inHouston, Texas. Mrs. Cocke is thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Long,Hobart. She is a member of DeltaGamma. Mr . Cocke, son of ArthurCocke, Mangum, is affiliated withAcacia. Mr. and Mrs. Cocke willreside in Houston, where Mr . Gockeis employed .

Babcock-SchullThe marriage o£ Miss Mary Jane

Babcock, ex- '29, to, Mr. Fred Schull,'28 geol ., took place April 13 at thehome of the bride's parents, judge

News of the Breadwinners 6y CZas8eo

and Mrs. Lucius Babcock, El Reno .The marriage vows were read bythe bride's father. Mrs. Schull is amember of Phi Mu social fraternityand Mortar Board women's seniorhonorary fraternity . Mr . Schull, Tul-sa, is a member of Lamba Chi Alphasocial fraternity . They will maketheir home in Tulsa. where Mr .Schull is associated with the TidalOil Co .

SOONER GRANDSON AND MOTHERHere is a Sooner grandson and his

mother . The young Sooner's name isJames Price Gittinger II, the grandsonof Dean Roy Gittinger,'02, arts. Mr, andMrs . Price Gittinger reside in Berke-h', California . Mr. Gittinger is a gradu-ate of the class of 1927, and Mrs. Git-tinger, nee Miss Sceotta Foster, is ex-'27 .

BirthsIT'S A GIRL

Mr . and Mrs. Joseph A. Brandt ofNorman, announce the birth on April24, of a daughter, Brenda . Mr . Brandtis a graduate of the school of journal-ism, class of 1921 and is the editor ofThe Sooner Magazine .(You will please pardon this issue of

The Sooner Magazine, as Joe Brandt,the editor, is hardly in a sensible stateof mind, owing to the birth on April24 of a baby girl, (the first one) . The

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young lady has been named Brenda .This issue has been left mostly up tothe mechanical force and consequentlyniav not be quite up to its usualstandard . However by the first of nextmonth Joe, except for an occasionalwant to tell you what the baby did to-day, will probably be back to normal-University Press Staff) .

Mr . and Mrs. Reedy Vance Jennings

He is principal of the Columbus school .

A daughter, Diane, was born Feb-ruary 4, 1929, to Mr . and Mrs. Don-ald Wynn Crosby of Houston, Texas.Mrs. Crosby was, before her marriage,Miss Hazel Herd, '27 bus. Mr . Crosby,'27 arts-sc ., is associated with his fa-ther, A. W. Crosby, in the NavarroOil Co . of Houston. The Crosbys re-side at 101 West Alabama street,Houston.

Mr . and Mrs. W. Ralph Allen ofShawnee, Oklahoma, announce the birthof a daughter, Eleanor Zoe, born De-cember 21, 1928 . Both are ex-'23 stu-dents . Mrs. Allen was Miss Zoe LouiseMarlow, ex-'23. Allen is an oil scoutfor the Empire Oil & Refining Co .

DeathsHarriett Ingham

Miss Harriett Ingham, ex '19, ofOklahoma City, was killed April 16when she fell nine stories from herapartment in Baltimore, Maryland .Miss Ingham had gone to Baltimoreto study art . A rug in her apart-ment became ignited apparentlyfrom a cleaning fluid. She ran to awindow and endeavored to extiguishthe fire but lost her balance and fellto the ground . She is survived bytwo brothers, C. W. Ingham, '20 arts-sc ., Eutaw, Alabama, and Kermit W.Ingham, and her parents, Mr . andAirs . S. K. Ingham of Oklahoma City .Miss Ingham was a member of Kap-pa Alpha Theta fraternity . She wasthirty years old.

of Oklahoma Cityon April 2, 1929, of athey have named

announcedaughter

Marilyn

the

Bess .

birthwhomMrs.

Jennings was Miss Bess Cudd, '19arts-sc ., (M . A. '24), while Mr . Jen-nings is of the class of '19, M.A . '26 .

for MAY, 1929

ALL HAIL THE NEW SOONER KINGS AND QUEENSWhen you and I are getting along in our dotage in this speedy age,, we'll see some of these now tiny Sooners out onOwen field wearing the red and white while the now very petite Soonerettes will be in the bleachers cheering for an Okla-

homa victory .

In

the upper left row are, from lef t, to right : Mrs . Sandford M. .Salyer

(Maud Herron, '22 arts-sc.), wife

ofDoctor Salyer, professor of English at the university, and

daughter, Eleanor, fifteen months old ; Mrs . Louise Groseclose,wife of Elgin Groseclose, '20 arts-sc ., New York City, and daughter, Sarah Jane ; Mrs . A . C . Wright, wife of Life-Meni-ber Wright, '20 geol ., Coleman, Texas, and daughter Marjorie. In the lower row, from ; left to right, are Mrs . Fred M.Bullard (Bess Mills, '21 geol.), wife of Professor Bullard '21 geol ., of the University of Texas, Austin, and daughterBetty Jean, five months old; Mrs . Fredericka Pitch Woltering, '21 arts-se ., Mr . Weltering, of Webster Grove, Missouri, andFred Fitch, four and' a half months old, Robert John, three gears old, and Catherine Collins, thirteen months old--and thepet dog Cyclone; Mrs . Walter Kline, (Helen Bery, '20 arts-sc .), of Muskogee, and son John.

News of the Breadwinners

Clay Gilbert, '02 pharm ., is farming

band, Milton J . Ferguson, and herat Copeland, Kansas .

daughter, Ruth .1902

1903

1901William B . Amis, ex-'02, is farming

at Huron, Tennessee.

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Gladdie Goode, '04 arts-sc ., is teach-Mrs . Rosa B . Ferguson, '03 arts-sc .,

ing English and Latin in the high schoclsis now in South Africa with her hus-

of Skiatook, Oklahoma .

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1906Mrs. Mamie Goodman Hannah, '06

arts-sc ., is residing at 1308 West Mainstreet, Durant, Oklahoma.

Herbert A. Everest, '06 arts-sc., is aradio technician in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia .

1907William C. French, '07 arts-sc ., is an

instructor in education at New Yorkuniversity . His address is 420 West OneHundred and Twenty-first street, NewYork City .W. O. Anthony, ex-'07, is an accoun-

tant and hotel proprietor in Chicago,where lie resides at 6414 Kimbark ave-nue.

1911"Secretary Wilbur is said to be seek-

ing a man as corninissioner of Indianaffairs who will be so able he willwork himself out of a job. The newsecretary of the interior is quoted assaying that `it is time for the Indianto be weaned .' He wants the Indiansmade independent, self-sufficient citi-zens, instead of wards of the nation .Many Indians, of course, have attainedthat status, and some of these havedemonstrated their ability to cope withthe whites in business affairs . Dr . Ed-ward E. Dale ('11 arts-sc.), professorof history at the University of Okla-homa, probably knows more aboutIndians than Secretary Wilbur willever learn. Incidentally . Doctor Dalehas been mentioned in Washington po-litical circles for the position of com-missioner of Indian affairs . However,he favors an indefinite continuance offederal control of Indian affairs . With-out that protection, he maintains, theIndians will be mulcted of many oftheir farms by unscrupulous whites .Secretary Wilbur will find much sup-port for his policy, but it may notcome from friends of the Indians whoknow them well."- Oklahoma CityTimes editorial, April 1, 1929 .

609 Sutter street, San Francisco, Cali-fornia .Albert E. Gartside, '13 arts-sc ., is with

the engineering department of the re-search laboratory of the National LcadCo ., St . Louis, Missouri .

Will Arner, ex-'13, is county clerk atWaurika, Oklahoma .

1911Joseph H. Foth, '14 arts-sc ., is profes-

sor and head of the department of eco-nomics at the University of Rochester,Rochester, New York . At present he ison leave from the university in orderto carry on research at Washington, D.C."The name of Luther H. White,

geologist for the J . A. Hull Oil com-pany, was officially filed with City Au-ditor Frank P. Kitchen, jr ., Wednes-day evening, as a candidate for a plateon the Tulsa board of education. Thepetition was presented by a group ofWhite's friends, but it was said thatthe action had his sanction . White,whose residence is at 211 East jasperstreet, is a graduate of the Universityof Oklahoma . He was first vice presi-dent of the American Association ofPetroleum Geologists last year and for-merly served as president of the Tul-sa Geological society . He long hasbeen active in civic and communityfund circles . A member of the TulsaCo-Operative club, he has served asone of the national directors of thatorganization . as well as on the localdirectorate . His name was filed as acandidate for the No . 1 position on theboard, a position now held by Ray-mond Courtney, president of the board.Courtney has not filed as a candidatefor the place but, it is said, his peti-tions have been circulated and signedand are ready for filing ." - TulsaWorld, March 29 .

1915John Lendon Allen. ex-'15, is prac-

ticing law at Okmulgee .1913

Roy Allen, ex-'15, is manager of theMiss Rhoda Foster, '13 arts-sc., is radio department for the T. E. Swann

national Y.W.C.A . secretary, residing atCo . of Oklahoma City .

SHERMAN MACHINE & IRON WORKS

Engineers, Founders & Machinists

CONTRACTORS OF PUBLIC WORKOKLAI IONIA CITY, OKLA.

2 to 28 East Main St . Long Distance Phone, L . D . 129

303 W.

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Richard Earl Allen, ex-'15, is payingone of war's penalties, seeking to re-gain his health in El Paso, Texas, wherehe has been since 1921 .

Forest P. Geyer, ex-'15, is an oiloperator in San Angelo, Texas.Dr . A. C. Greenhouse, '15 arts-sc ., is

a physician residing at 7902 Bay Park-way, Brooklyn . New York .Mrs. Okla Wood Hawn, M.A.'15, is

occupied as a housewife, her addressbeing 619 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach,California .

1916Dr. Merle Q. Howard, '16 medic., has

been appointed chemical director ofWauwatosa Sanitarium, Wauwatosa,Wisconsin.

SOONER ALUMNIPROFESSIONALDIRECTORY

IRVING PERRINE, A. M., PH . D .Petroleum Geologist

Bell Isle Royalty Company1619 Petroleum Bldg .

Oklahoma City, Okla .

CARL H . KUNSEMULLER, '20Special Agent

National Life Insurance Co .of Vermont

Symmes St .

Phone 753

Norman, Okla .

W. C . KITE, '16

Geologist and Oil Investments

706 Braniff Bldg .Oklahoma City

LOUIS D . ABNEY, '16School Furniture

207 South Compress St .,President-Oklahoma School

Equipment Co .Oklahoma City

TOM P. CAREY, '08Certified Public Accountant

Income Tax Counsel

Braniff Building

Oklahoma City

for MAY, 1929

Lowrey H. Harrel, `16 law, is withthe law firm, Harrell and Kerr, at Ada,Oklahoma .Wright L. Felt, '16 eng., who has been

for three years in charge of the Dallasoffice of the Hope Engineering Co .,was recently moved to the home officeat Mt . Vernon . Mrs. Felt was formerlyFreda Brown, ex=18 .

1917Dr. R. M. Hargrove, '17 arts-sc ., is

an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist,Houston, Texas.Arthur E. Erickson, '17 eng., is a con-

sulting electrical engineer at 520 WestThirty-fourth street, Oklahoma City, Ok-lahoma .

1918John H. Allen, ex-'18, is manager of

the O.K . Installment Co . at Muskogee .Laura Joanna Ghering, M.A .'18, is su-

perintendent of the schools of King-fisher, Oklahoma .E. Glenn Hardin, '18 arts-sc ., is a con-

sulting geologist in Oklahoma City .Irwin E. Anderson, ex-'18, is t travel-

ing salesman for the Coca Cola Co . andlives at 2605 Ethel avenue, Waco, Texas.

1919Isabel Jones Campbell, ex-'19, whose

novel "Jack Sprat" will be published thisfall by Coward-McCann, is the autho:of a short story to appear shortly nSmart Set magazine ."(Q.B .) Boydstun ('19 law) of Mus-

kogee county has not said very muchthis session, but a number of importanthills introduced in the legislature bearshis name as author ." - Tulsa DailyWorld, March 18 .

Claude H. Amos, ex-'19, is assistantmanager of the Charles H. AmosHandle Co . at Stilwell, Oklahoma.May Belle Howard, M. A. '19 . is 1nu-

sic supervisor of the city schools ofHillsboro, Kansas .Cleveland P. Hicks, M.A .'19, is in the

insurance business at 424 Landers build-ing, Springfield, Missouri .

1920Homer T. Allen, ex-'20, is an accoun-

tant for the Marland Oil Co . at PoncaCity, Oklahoma .Mrs. W. W. Hancock (Miss Alice

Allred), ex-'20, is living at 2512 WestTwenty-first street . Oklahoma City .J. P. Gibbs, '20 arts-sc ., is an irnstruc-

tor in accounting, Morton imlior college,Chicago, Illinois . His address is 3137Oak Park avenue, Berwin, Illinois .J. Andrew Holley, ex-'20, is high

school inspector for the state of Okla-homa . His address is 128 East Tenthstreet . Oklahoma City .Paul L. Fahrney, '20 arts-sc ., is with

of Skiatook, Oklahoma .(Turn to page 276, please)

IRVING PERRINE, A. M ., PH . D.PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST1619-21 PETROLEUM BLDG .

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA .

TO MY FORMER STUDENTS :

April 18, 1929

Your former classmates would enjoy hearingof your present whereabouts, and would take parti-cular pride in reading of your success since you leftthe old school .

Place a business card in The Sooner Magazine .You'll find mine in this issue.

Inform them, too, of what you are doing bysending news items, regarding yourself and friends,frequently to the alumni note section of your publi-cation . Let's renew our old acquaintanceships .

Yours for a bigger and betteralumni association,

Irving Perrine,Belle Isle Royalty Company.

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the sales promotion division of the Stan-

Tennyson avenue, Palo Alto . California .Vinson

Lackey, '20 fine arts is ed?orof the Tulsa Spirit, published by theTulsa chamber of Commerce .

1921Lloyd Stone, ex-'21, is secretary of the

junior chamber of commerce of Tulsa .Mabel Ainslie, ex-'21, is a primary

teacher at Putnam Heights school, Ok-lahoma City . She took her bachelor ofarts degree at Oklahoma City univer-sity in 1927 .

Charles Anderson, ex-'21, is an in-vestment dealer at Los Angeles, Cali-fornia .Mrs . Elizabeth Keller Felton, '21 arts-

sc ., is residing at Apperson, Oklahoma .Mrs . Katheryn Langston Francis, '21

arts-sc., received her M.A . degree fromthe University of California . She wasmarried to Arthur C . Francis in 1926 .Her daughter, Virginia Lee, was bornFchruary 2, 1928 .Mrs . Ruth Glidewell Getgey, '21 arts-

sc ., is residing at 2217 Park avenue .Cincinnati, Ohiot .

John Galloway, '21 artsc-sc., is geolo-gist for the Standard Oil Co . of Cali-fornia . His address is box 1200, Bakers-field, California .D . E . Hilles, '21 arts-sc ., is "n the

hardware business at Stillwater, Okla-homa .Egbert W . Henderson, ex-'21, is as-

sociate engineer with the oil and gasdivision of the United States geologicalsurvey .Noel Evans, '21 gcol ., is a geologist

with the Marland Oil Co., Ponca City,Oklahoma .

1922Murray A. Holcomb, '22 law, is a

member of the firm, Loofhourrow andHolcomb, attorneys, Buffalo, Oklahoma.Ada B . Haymore, '22 arts-sc ., is a

teacher of Latin in Mount Airy highschool, 131 Sontl- Main street, Moan :Airy, North Carol ; na .George N . Haddad, '22 arts-sc., is a

first year law student at Harvard uni-versity .Harold S . Armstrong, who attended

the university in '22, is manager of dio-tomaceous earth mines and plants of theNational Silica Products Co . at Lompoc,Cali fornia.

1923Tully A . Nettleton, '23 journ ., and a

Medical Building of the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City

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staff writer for the Christian ScienceMonitor, has an unusual assignment forthis sumn -ier . He will tour the UnitedStates in an automobi? :, writing featurestories for his paper on what he see .; .Recently, Nettleton covered a se ies ofpower stories for his paper.

Ada

Gentry, '23 ed ., is a student at A .and M . college, Stillwater, Oklahoma .F . Jack Griffith, '23

arts-sc .,

is

associ-ated with the L . T . Hill Co ., chain de-partment stores . His address is P.O . box1268, Painpa, Texas .

J . D . Hedley, '23 geol ., is a geologistwith the Barnsdall Oi : Co . . 312 WestEighteenth street, Amarillo, Texas .Frank F'. Gillam, '23 arts-sc ., is dis-

trict representative of the Atlas Port-land Cement Co ., with his headquartersat the Herring hotel, Amarillo, Texas .

Mrs . Willie Chapman Heap, '23 arts-sc ., is occupied at a housewife, liviij,,at 5508 Pickford street, Los Angele,California .

Albert Haynes, M.A .'23, is a teache :-at Telford . Tennessee.Mrs . Mildred Langston Hayes, '23

arts-sc., is a teacher at Oakland, Cali-fornia . For two years she was a spe-cial teacher in Oakland, dealing withsuper-brilliant children . Her address is2308 Dwight Way, Berkeley, California .

The Reinhart & Donovan Construction Co.

Builders of the new Medical Building and east wing of the Memorial StadiumOKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA

dard Oil Co.Elmer D . Fagan, '20 arts-Sc ., is a

teacher of economics at Leland Stan-ford, jr . university . His address is 519