THE SOONER MAGAZINEJanuary, 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,'21bus, Norman, secretary-treasurer . Membership dues : An-nual $3 of which $2 is for THE SOONER MAGAZINE, Life$60 of which $40 is for THE SOONER MAGAZINE. Copyright

OFFICERSChester H. Westfall, '16journ ., Ponca City, PresidentLewis R. Morris, '15as, '17law, '15MA, Oklahoma City, Vice

dent .Shelley E. Tracy, 'l 1as, Dallas, Texas, Vice PresidentFrank S. Cleckler, '21bus, Norman, Secretary-TreasurerJoseph A. Brandt, '21journ, Norman, Editor

BOARD MEMBERSMike Monroney, '23journ, Oklahoma City, ex officioLuther H. White, '14as, Tulsa, at largeOtto A. Brewer, '17as, '20law, Hugo, at large

Oklahomans at home and abroad

OUR CHANGING VARSITY

WNAD special broadcastTwenty states and four provinces of

Canada were represented in the reportsreceived from two special broadcasts con-ducted by WNAD, the university radiostation, December 10 and 18 .More than 100 letters and cards were

received from the "night owls," listen-ing in from various parts of the nationand the northern neihbor countrof thegy

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Presi-

State artists exhibitAn exhibition of the paintings of May

Todd Aaron, Pawhuska artist, washeld in the gallery of the art buildingthe first two weeks in December . Thir-ty six paintings in oil and water colorwere brought to the university at the re-quest of Oscar B . Jacobson, director ofthe school of art . Mrs Aaron's latestwork was the illustration of Wah'Kon-Tah, The Osage and the White Man's

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1932 by the University of Oklahoma Association . Entered assecond-class matter October 13, 1928 at the postoffice atNorman, Oklahoma, under the act of March 3, 1879. Estab-lished 1928 . Joseph A. Brandt,'21journ, editor; George McElroy,'341aw, 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 .

Neil R. Johnson, '15as, '171aw, Norman, at largeDr. Ray M. Balyeat, '12as, '16sc, '18M .D ., Oklahoma City, at largeLee B. Thompson, '25as, '27law, Oklahoma City, at largeJohn Rogers, '14law, Tulsa, at largeMrs Floy Elliott Cobb, '17as, Tulsa, first districtA. N. "Jack" Boatman, '15as, Okmulgee, second districtHiram Impson, '15as, McAlester, third districtBen Hatcher, '24as, '25law, Ada, fourth districtFred E . Tarman, '10as, Norman, fifth districtH. Merle Woods, '17journ, El Reno, sixth districtDr . Lealon E. Lamb, '26sc, '28M .D., Clinton, seventh districtFritz L. Aurin, '14as, '15M .A ., Ponca City, eighth district

Road, by John Joseph Mathews, whichattained a Book-of-the-Month club se-lection in November, 1932 .

Campus speakerJames B. Wootan, Chicago, editor and

publisher o£ Public Service magazine,who spoke at a banquet Friday, Decem-ber 2 at the First Methodist church, isthe first of a group of ten prominentmen to be brought to the campus duringthe year by the Oklahoma school of re-ligion .

National theater councilProfessor Rupel J. Jones, director of

the school of dramatic art, was electedto membership in the council of theNational Theater conference, the gov-erning body of that organization, inNovember . The conference is an as-sociation of theaters organized last Feb-ruary in a national meeting of theatergroups at the University of Iowa .

University public lecturesInterest has been steadily growing in

the series of public lectures being pre-sented this year by seven members ofthe university faculty . A large crowdattended the lively discussion of Profes-sor Josh Lee, department of public speak-ing, in November and many visitorsfrom Oklahoma City and surroundingtowns enjoyed Dr . J. H. Marshburn'slecture on the popularity of the novel asa literary type, December 6.Doctor Marshburn traced the novel

United States . CONTENTSThe December 10 broadcast was given Oklahomans at home and abroad 99

as a special program for the Newark, Oklahoma at niqht 108New Jersey, News Radio Club and for Photographs by Ralph D . Birdthe Transcontinental DX Club . Yesteryears 109The December 19 program was direct- By Clare W. Fisher, '06

ed by William H. Witt, assistant director, The best marks aren't alwaysdepartment of publications, extension di- on the books 110vision, of the university . Numbers pre- By Harold Keith, '28sented were : accordion solos, Cecil Petit, The flogging of Bill Stephens 116Norman ; vocal solos, Jack Nunnery, Ok- By Chester H . Westfall, '16lahoma City ; piano music by John Jacob Magna carta for professors 113Collar, Chandler ; piano music by Oliver A modern tour of the prairies 114Hallmark, Durant ; piano music by By Robert Webb, '32George Leeman, Duncan; a radio play, The dogs do bark 115"Brothers" presented by Harry Pines, By Daniel GarrisonTulsa, and Jerome Kirschner, Hollis ; a Major Harry J . Malony 116dramatic skit, "Mr Zilch" by Bill Witt, By William H . Witt, '32Oklahoma City, Harry Pines and J. Wes- The play begins 118ley Henke, of Tulsa; clarinet solos by By Sallye Little BrandtWilliam Loy, Guthrie and "Hoe-down" State history research student 119music by the "Old Timers," a square By Sula Saltsmandance orchestra composed of the four Pan American league 120Wilkerson Brothers and Ed Dean, all By Ralph B . Roberts, '34Norman residents, not enrolled in the Sooner roll call 122university . Belles lettres and bell ringers 127

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from the Greek and Roman periods tothe present.

February 14 Dr. P. L. Gettys, assist-ant professor of government, is to speakon the subject "The Prejudiced Voter."

Phi Beta Kappa banquetDr . Victor H. Kulp, professor of law,

was principal speaker at an annualFounders' day banquet of Phi Beta Kap-pa, December 6.Harold Gimeno, '21as, played Liszt's

"Thirteenth Hungarian Rhapsody" andother selections on his accordion.

Dr . Isaac Franklin RoachDr . Isaac Franklin Roach, who was a

member of the board of regents from1921 to 1923, died October 29 in Miami,Florida, at the age of 64 .Doctor Roach was pastor of the First

Methodist church, Oklahoma City, from1915 to 1922 and was minister of theWhite Temple Methodist church in Mi-ami, Oklahoma, from 1929 until hisdeath.

High school newspaper contestA. Clarence Smith, assistant professor

of journalism, is judging a high schoolnewspaper contest for the Texas HighSchool Press Association, according toMiss Helen Zene Wortman, Baylor col-lege, Belton, Texas . The contest closedDecember 7.

AOklahoma extension classes

Forty cities in Oklahoma are centers inwhich university extension classes areheld . Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Altusare the three largest . Enid, Okmulgeeand Muskogee also rank high on the listof members in extension classes. Mem-bers of the faculty of the University ofTulsa and the University of Oklahomainstruct the classes.

AGeneral faculty meetingThe general faculty meeting was held

in the engineering auditorium Tuesday,November 22, at which time PresidentBizzell reported on the result of the an-nual meeting of the Association of StateUniversities held in Washington and theconference on higher education held inNew York City during November . JohnAshton of Norman, a graduate studentand formerly superintendent of schoolsat Coalgate, spoke on the comparativecost of education to other governmentalactivities, showing how the cost of thelatter was considerably more than theformer .

APraise for WNAD

Levering Tyson of New York City,director of the National Council on Edu-cation by Radio, inspected the univer-

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CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE

Will Rogers,'30M.S ., of Norman, led theDemocratic ticket in Okla-homa in being electedcongressman-at-large fromthe state. This was MrRoger's first political cam-paign

sity's radio station WNAD November22 and praised the work of the stationhighly .

Need for charity reformDr . Jennings J . Rhyne, director of the

school of social service, told members ofthe Philosophy club December 1 thatthere was need for a reform in grantingcharity. The community chest hasproved inadequate and outworn tohandle the present difficulties and thatcharitable aid is being given in NewYork and Chicago through direct tax-ation, which probably will be the ulti-mate solution .

Some of Doctor Rhyne's conclusions :"The effect of the depression on the

great masses of people has been to in-crease the number of criminal acts, in-crease insanity and break the morale andpride of those who have to depend oncharity for existence."Worry and poor physical condition

have caused the increase in the numberof patients admitted to hospitals for theinsane (an average of four persons aday are being admitted to the CentralState hospital at Norman) . Crime hasshown a gain because many personswould rather steal than starve . Othersfind it impossible to work and becomedepressed and broken-spirited.

"Social workers are being forced tohandle from 150 to 200 cases a week .They are usually able to diagnose the ail-ments of the persons but are unable tosolve their problems because there are nojobs for them . The best the social groupscan do is to put them to work choppingwood and give them free groceries."An evidence of the lack of funds to

take care of these families is shown inOklahoma City where a family is al-loted $1 .60 a week for provisions . Some

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of the families have as many as sevenpersons while the average number isabout four . This provides each personwith approximately six cents a day forfood and clothing ."Few community chest drives in the

country were reaching their quotas," Doc-tor Rhyne continued. "As a result, abet-ter system to help the unfortunate wouldhave to be adopted. The communitychests are hampered because they lackauthority. In some places, charitablegroups have broken away from the com-munity chest and are holding campaignsof their own. Another weakness is thatthe community chest fund is subscribedto purely out of generosity .

"All charitable aid through direct tax-ation will be the ultimate solution . Itwill take the form of a sort of unemploy-ment reserve that will be built up and intimes of depression it will be administer-ed through made-work programs. Thereserve will be ready so work projectswill be started as soon as conditions de-mand it. This program, or one similar,will have to replace the voluntary con-tribution plan, because it already is be-ginning to show deficiencies in almostevery community."

AEwing articleThe American Federationist for De-

cember, 1932, carries on its cover indexthe announcement of an article by JohnB. Ewing, "Contested Claims UnderUnemployment Insurance." Mr Ewingis assistant professor of economics in theuniversity.

ASuccess forecastingDr . M. O. Wilson, associate professor

of psychology, believes that an accurateprediction of an engineering student'ssuccess in that line of work can be de-

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The officers and boardmembers of the University of Oklaho-ma Association and the editors of TheSooner Magazine wish every Sooner ahappy and prosperous New Year

termined from his record his first yearin college . He has reached this beliefafter an extensive research in first yeargrades of students in engineering schoolsand their records following that year.

English teachers meetingDr. Roy S. Hadsell, '04as, professor of

English, attended the twenty second an-nual meeting of the National Council ofTeachers of English in Memphis, Ten-nessee, November 24 to 26.

Stanford summer teacherLouis P . Woerner, assistant professor

of modern languages, will teach duringthe summer session at Stanford univer-sity, Palo Alto, California .

Doctor DodgeCondition of Dr . Homer L. Dodge,

dean of the graduate school, was said tobe slightly improved December 10 . Doc-tor Dodge was taken to St . Anthony'shospital in Oklahoma City December 4,where he underwent a minor operation.

Y secretaryGeorge V. Metzel, general secretary

of the Y. M. C. A., attended the statevocational conference sponsored by theHi-Y at Durant December 10 .

Louisiana "gumbo"Frances M. Mahier, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana, graduate art student and for-mer student of the University of Louisi-ana, has been chosen to illustrate the Gum-bo, yearbook at that university this year .

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The illustrations will depict the growthof Louisiana from the mound builders,typical Indians of that section, throughthe colonization, Napoleonic period andmodern era, Miss Mahier said .

Eighteen color plates in browns andyellows and fifteen black and whitedrawings will be made .

GRADUATES IN EMBRYO

The D. D . M . C . outrageFourteen members of the outlawed se-

cret society known as D. D. M. C. severelybeat Bill Stephens, '34as, of OklahomaCity, student reporter for the Daily Ok-lahoman and Oklahoma City Timesearly in the morning of Wednesday, De-cember 7. Before beating him theystated they objected to the kind of storieshe sent his newspapers . Then they lefthim to walk home alone.

After more than a week's intensive in-vestigation by the university, the four-teen men surrendered to Governor Mur-ray, who advised President Bizzell oftheir names. On recommendation of thepresident, the board of regents on Sat-urday, December 17, expelled the four-teen admitted members of D. D. M. C.Governor Murray, having received assur-ance of the members that they woulddisband permanently, late that Saturdavissued an executive order re-admittingthem to the university . This order wasfiled with the university Monday, De-cember 19 .The fourteen men were identified as :

LINOLEUM BLOCK BY P . J . CONKWRIGHT, '31

Orin "Red" Borah, '33as, of Cham-paign, Illinois, head of D. D. M. C. andcelebrated football kick-off man ;

Bill Newblock, '33as, of Norman, in-tercollegiate high jumping champion ;Fred Newton, '33eng, of Cushing, vice

president of D. D. M. C., voted by theDad's Association as the best all-aroundstudent on the campus, and member ofvarious scholarship honorary societies ;

Bill Pansze, '34as, of Fort Smith, Ar-kansas, track and football star ;

Edsel Curnutt, '33bus, of Gould, foot-ball star ;Murray F. MacDonald, 33as, of Chi-

cago, Illinois, captain of the swimmingteam last year, and honor student ;

Charles Davis, '331aw, of OklahomaCity, Oklahoma's No . 1 tennis player ;

Robert Hert, '34law, of Perkins, polostar ;

Cleaves McDannald, '34eng, of Electra,Texas, secretary of D. D. M. C., a mar-ried member ;Elwood W. Brockman, '34geol, of

Tulsa, basketball and boxing star ;C. C. Buxton, jr., '33geol, of Oklaho-

ma City, football star ;Andy Beck, '33bus, of Oklahoma City,

captain of the basketball team and base-ball star .

Charlie Teel, '33bus ., Tulsa, footballstar .Tony Bartolino, '33eng, a leader in

scholarship in the engineering college.

Governor Murray's executive order fol-lows :"Whereas, an organization known as

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the D. D. M. C. among the students ofthe state university at Norman, Oklaho-ma, has recently whipped a fellowstu-dent for reporting to the daily press do-ings which they believe were untrue,and possibly were untrue, judging of thesource inspiring such reports ; and,"Whereas, the members of the D. D.M. C. have made complete surrender tothe governor and to the president of theuniversity, with acknowledgement ofguilt, and ready to suffer the consequen-ces ; and,"Whereas, it has come to me that the

board of regents met at Norman, Okla-homa, to investigate the conduct of theseboys ; and, under the advice of Dr . W.B. Bizzell, president of the university, thesaid board has resolved that they shall beexpelled from the university, thus deny-ing them the right to become graduated,and perhaps suffer other punishments;and,"Whereas, that would work an irrepar-

able hardship upon them throughouttheir future lives, and perhaps crushtheir efforts and struggle ; and,"Whereas, it is certain that no evidence

was sufficient ever to convict or identi-fy the boys composing the hooded gang,and their identity perhaps would neverhave been disclosed but for their volun-tary surrender to the governor ; and,"Whereas, the disbanding of the or-

ganization entirely, known as the D. D.M. C., is of tremendously more import-ance than the conviction of any individual :"Now, Therefore, I, Wm. H. Murray,

the governor of the state of Oklahomado hereby revoke any order for their ex-pulsion, if such has been made by theboard of regents or by the president, Dr.W. B . Bizzell, or faculty; and I do here-by direct that all of said boys shall con-tinue in the university until they shallhave been graduated. Said names areidentified as follows, to-wit :"Fred Newton, Charles Davis, Andy

Beck, Bill Newblock, Elwood W. Brock-man, Bill Pansze, `Red' Borah, CleavesMcDannald, Edsel Curnutt, Bob Hert,Murray MacDonald, C. C. Buxton, jr .,Charlie A . Teel, and Tony Bartolino."And it is further hereby announced

by me, as the governor of the state ofOklahoma, that I will pardon each andall of said boys before named of any of-fense for which they might be convictedgrowing out of the troubles hereinbeforerecited .

"In the absence of the secretary ofstate from his office, and at 4 o'clock p.m., Saturday, December 17, 1932, andthe office of said secretary of state beingclosed until Monday morning, December19, 1932, let this order as now executedbe filed with the secretary of state as ofrecord Monday, December 19, 1932 .BY THE GOVERNOR OF THESTATE OF OKLAHOMA.

WM. H. MURRAY ."

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University symphony orchestraThe university symphony orchestra

presented its first concert of the yearDecember 7, featuring C. F. Giard, pro-fessor of piano and theory of music, assoloist . This is the first of a group of con-certs to be given through January, Feb-ruary, March and April, and includedon its program:

"Allegro Appassionata" (Saint-Saens)by the orchestra, with Prof . C. F. Giardas soloist; "Allegro con Brio ;" "MarchFunebre," adagio ; "Scherzo," moltovivace ; and "Finale," allegro molto, allfrom Symphony III of "Eroica" (Bee-thoven).

"Morning Mood," "Ase's Death,""Anitra's Dance" and "In the Hall ofthe Mountain King" from Peer GyntSuite, number one (Grieg) .

Professor Giard is not only a soloistand teacher but has a list of composi-tions which have been published.

"Playmates," a volume of five pieces ;"Five Little Compositions;" "A Morn-ing Frolic ;" "A Gentle Rain ;" "A Seri-ous Thought;" "An Evening Song ;" and"A Moonlight Stroll" are among them .He has also recently completed a textbook on harmony which is to be pub-lished soon by the Harlow Publishingcompany of Oklahoma City .The next concert will be given Janu-

ary 11 when the university choral clubwill assist the orchestra in the presenta-tion of Verdi's "Requiem ."

"Hell Bent ferHeaven" by Hatcher Hughesproved one of the mostsuccessful plays presentedin recent months by thePlayhouse . It was directedby Rupel Jones and pre-sented in the auditoriumDecember 2 and 3 and inArdmore the week follow-ing . At the right is Ken-neth Nelms, '36as, of Ard-more, as Rufe ; below, ascene from the play

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Members of the orchestra, under thedirection of Professor Paul S. Carpenter,are:Violins-Agnes Anderson, Nina J.

Appleman, Frances Barker, Fred Beh-ringer, Jean Bills, Helen Dorsey, Vir-ginia Storm, Mary Tappan and BerniceVenable, all of Norman; Juanita Hughes,M. Laverne Mayfield, Sam Moore, Mel-ba Mustoe, Milton Taubman, GeneThomas, Molly Wright, Elizabeth Tros-per all of Oklahoma City ; Alberta Car-lin, San Angelo, Texas ; Eugene Carter,Muskogee ; Inez Dayhuff, Hennessey;Joe Finkelstein, Bristow; Joseph Good-man, Okmulgee ; Frances Marx, Paw-nee ; Gayle McCorkle and AlexanderShadid, both of Elk City ; Jennie LeeSugg, Pawhuska ; Mary Jo West, Sapul-pa ; Janice Young, Heavener .

Violas-Adele Reeburgh, OklahomaCity ; Catherine Mulin, Lawton .

Violoncellos-G . Milton Dieterich, in-structor in cello and theory of music,Norman ; West Longsinger, Ponca City ;James Lightner, Newkirk.Double bass-J . H. Malthis, Homer

Courtright, Norman .French horns-Earl A. Vir Den, as-

sociate professor of voice, Norman ; HughComfort, Norman; Frank Andrews, Ok-lahoma City .Trumpets-Oscar J. Lehrer, professor

of music, Norman; Marion Cronkhite,Hitchcock; George Kernek, Holdenville.

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Oboe-William R . Wehrend and MrsElizabeth Willis, both of Norman .

Clarinets-Charles Grimes, Norman ;Arch Graham, Tahlequah .Flutes-Lois Traylor, Norman ; John

Upham, Oklahoma City .Bassoon-Samuel T. Ellis, Mound

City, Kansas .Trombones-Paul Ballinger, Guymon ;

Thomas Enloe, Paris, Texas .Tympani-Jack Williams, Oklahoma

City .

Blue Key fraternityA schism in Blue Key, honorary lead-

ership fraternity, because of "petty pol-itics in the selection of men" has terminat-ed in an order from the national presi-dent to disband the local order . The dis-sension in the fraternity came to theattention of the university campus withthe resignation of three of its prominentmembers in October . George Miskovsky,former president, Willis Stark, Oklaho-ma City, and Dudley Turner, Norman,tendered their resignations when sevenpledgeships were withdrawn in a meet-ing October 25 . The majority vote ofthe organization backed the charge thatthe men pledged had been passed uponat a meeting not announced in advanceto all of the members and that thereforethe pledgeships were a violation of thenational. constitution of Blue Key.George Miskovsky immediately re-

signed with the statement, "I do notknow the motive for the action taken byBlue Key fraternity in rejecting sevenprominent members duly selected aspledges . However I sincerely believethat these members fulfilled every quali-fication of the organization . This ac-tion, regardless of the motive involved,has been a source of humiliation to themembers selected to petition the men in-volved and it has been a source of dis-credit to the organization as a whole .My interest has been purely and solelyin promoting the fraternity to a positionof respect and honor on the campus ."He denied any effort to hold the meet-ing without knowledge of members butsaid he sought to inform every member.The pledges released by the action of

the fraternity were Joe Stamper, Clay-ton ; James Hamill and Jack High, bothof Oklahoma City ; Paul Young andDudley Culp, Norman ; Orval Hill, Vi-nita ; and Robert Ratcliff, Cromwell .

At a meeting October 8 Bob Hert, lawjunior, Perkins, was elected to fill thevacancy left by George Miskovsky .

Tuesday, November 29, a month af-ter the resignation of the former presi-dent, a letter addressed to Mr Miskovsky,Mr Turner and Mr Stark, came fromMr B . C . Riley, national president ofBlue Key, ordering disbanding of theuniversity chapter . The letter stated thatinvestigation had been made and thatthe organization should be dissolved .

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By the letter the three men were tenta-tively empowered with organization ofa new chapter . They asserted that theydid not write President Riley and tookno part in the investigation .Bob Hert, new president, November

29 said that no steps has been taken tocommunicate with local officers in theinvestigation and that no faculty mem-bers have received word of the prelim-inary action taken by the national of-ficer . In the meeting of the fraternityon that date Bob Clark, Norman ; CharlesEngleman, Tulia, Texas ; and Jim Tay-lor, Oklahoma City, were named towrite to President Riley presenting allfacts impartially with the hope that hewill rescind his ruling .President Bizzell has written the pres-

ident of the University of Florida, whereMr Riley maintains his office, askingthat he take steps to investigate the rul-ing which abolished the Oklahoma chap-ter .

Play costumingPlans are underway for the costum-

ing of Marco's Millions, one of EugeneO'Neill's plays, by the University Play-house . Iva Jewel Rone, Walters, hasbeen appointed chairman of the commit-tee which will have to design and makeeighty-six costumes for the production .The play will be presented in February,according to Professor L. A . Haydon,director .

No visitingSo many students have been admitted

to the university infirmary during thepast month because of attacks of influ-enza that a temporary ban on visitinghad to be announced . All precautionspossible against an epidemic of the dis-ease are being taken, according to MissWillie A . Fanning, supervisor.

Editors honoredThe Kiwanis club of Norman honored

editors and business managers of uni-versity student publications at theirweekly luncheon November 30 . Brieftalks were made by Earl Sneed, jr., bus-iness manager of the Sooner ; Eldon Frye,Coffeyville, Kansas, cartoonist for theWhirlwind ; and Christine Squire Hill,editor of the Daily.

Jack High, Oklahoma City, editor ofthe Sooner, Eugene B . Dodson, Wewoka,editor of the Whirlwind; and Jim Tay-lor, Oklahoma City, business manager ofthe Daily, were also guests .

Fraternity discussion groupsDiscussion groups planned by the Y.

M. C . A . and held in fraternity housesare giving new outlet for expressionamong students . Faculty members, giv-ing short talks, start the conferences andstudents participating develop the dis-cussion .

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The second group of these fraternitydiscussion series was held November 8with Dr . Floyd A. Wright, professor oflaw, discussing "Is the Freedom Betweenthe Sexes Responsible for Social Prob-lems Such as Divorce, Delinquency andthe Breaking Down of Home Life?" atthe Sigma Nu house ; Paul V. Keen, in-structor in physical education for men,discussing "What is the Ultimate Pur-pose of Life?" at the Acacia house ; Dr .Duane E . Roller, associate professor ofphysics, discussing "What is Culture?"at the Phi Delta Theta house ; Dr . A . K.Christian, professor of history, discuss-ing "Is Democracy a Failure?" at theFuller dormitory ; and Dr. Paul L. Vogt,dean of the extension division, speakingto a group at the Phi Beta Delta house .

Engineering club speakerErle K . Ramsey, Oklahoma City, na-

tional president of the American Associ-ated Engineers and co-author of OilValuations and Taxations, spoke at ameeting of the university engineeringclub December 1 .

Residential halls dinner guestsResidential halls, girls' dormitory, en-

tertained a group of faculty members atdinner December 7 with a short pro-gram. A quartet composed of Ida MaeReeder, Santa Barbara, California ; RoseSvoboda, Prague ; Lorraine Ketchum andDorothy Frye, Tulsa, sang two numbers .Louise Spencer, Ada, and Cleda Welge,Blackwell, played piano selections . SulaSaltsman, McAlester, entertained with ahumorous satire on the psychologists,"When the Neuroses Bloom."

Faculty guests were : Dr. and Mrs W.B. Bizzell, Mrs Sarah Bizzell, Dr . andMrs Paul Sears, Dr. and Mrs H. A .Williams, Norman, Dr . and Mrs A. S .Foster, Dr . and Mrs J . O . Hassler, Dr .and Mrs J . J . Rhyne, Dr. and Mrs B . A .Botkin, and Dr. and Mrs E . E. Dale.And Mr and Mrs J . F. Findlay, Mr

and Mrs K. C . Kaufman, Mr and MrsW. W. Kraft, Mr and Mrs A. E . Chand-ler, Mr and Mrs Maurice A. Halperin,Mr and Mrs R . D . Dorsett, Mrs NellEvans, Miss Ida Kirk, Miss GladysBarnes, Miss Edith Shepherd, Miss StellaSanders, Miss Vera Dixon, Miss GraceHerrick, Miss Rose Leske, Miss HarrietKritser, and W. A. Willibrand .

Journalists' smokerVictor Murdock, editor of the Wichita

Eagle, Wichita, Kansas, was the prin-cipal speaker at the annual smoker ofSigma Delta Chi, professional journalismfraternity, November 8 .

Claude V. Barrow, oil editor of theDaily Oklahoman, Ray J . Dyer, fieldmanager of the Oklahoma Press associa-tion and Walt Mills, author of the "Don'tWorry Column" in the Times were onthe program also .

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Best drilled soldierThe annual competitive drill to de-

termine who is the best drilled soldierin the freshman R. O. T. C. has beenwon by Bob C . Downing, Tulsa, whowill receive a silver cup for the distinc-tion . Second and third places weregiven to Charles E. Miller, Mangum, andOscar D. Johnson, Okemah, respectively .

Orchesis club initiatesOrchesis, university dance club, spon-

sored by Miss Helen Gregory, instructorin physical education, initiated the fol-lowing girls November 2:

Isobel Devlin, Tulsa; Wannette Soul-igny, Ponca City ; Caroline Shaw, Law-ton; Mary Helen Hunter, OklahomaCity ; Virginia Klien, Norman; MaryHeald, Ponca City ; Barbara Pickrel,Ponca City ; Margaret Linebaugh, Mus-kogee; Kathryn English, Edmond ; Na-dine Hughes, Oklahoma City ; BobbieBowling, Pauls Valley ; Geraldine Mc-Collough, Yale ; Sarita Mendoza, Yukon ;Leta Mae Blizban, Altus ; Ruth Cooper,Norman ; Frances Myers, Oklahoma City ;Mary Lucille Davis, Norman ; and Glen-na Colwick, Durant .

Dixie danceThe twenty-seventh annual Dixie

dance of Kappa Alpha fraternity washeld the night of Saturday, December10, in the chapter house at Norman .The house was designed to represent asouthern carnival and members andpledges were dressed in the fashions of1865 . Chaperons were Mrs Walter Long,Captain and Mrs Jerome Waters, Mrand Mrs Paul Carpenter, Mr and MrsWalter C. Richards, Lieutenant and MrsIvan D. Yeaton, Mr and Mrs GrahamJohnson and Dr. and Mrs W. T. May-field. Mr and Mrs Walter S. Campbell,also chaperons, were unable to attend,owing to illness .The guest list : Undergraduates and

their dates :William Newblock and Martha Lake Dudley,

Wayne Chestnut and Mary Trapp, Alfred Toddand Eloise Cherryholmes, Charley Wise andPauline Townsend, Alfred Bungardt and Wil-ma Klein, Jack White and Margaret Hanna,Gene Nolan and Louise Kayser, Jerry Nolanand Mary Lelia Kidd, James Hopkins and An-nabel Krammer, Tulsa ; James Cochran andLouamma Edwards, Kenneth Hughes and Paul-ine Taylor, Peyton Ford and Margaret Holtzen-dorf, Tulsa ; William Wallace and Marjorie Mc-Intyre, James Evans and Kelsey Lee Browse,J. T. Haun, Blackwell, and Louisa Wilson,Carl Mayhall and Patsy O'Sullivan, LeonardAughtrey, Oklahoma City, and Mildred French,Byron Hoffman and Mary Ann Millican, FredCherry and Addie Lu Davis, John Wilson andBarbara Stubbs, Carlinsville ; James Ludlum andDorothy Blanche Standifer, Paul Balbin andBetty Mae Love, George Massey and ElizabethGiles, Robert Shead and Irene Garner, Tulsa ;Phillip Haddock and Lina Jane Walker, LouisDevanney and Glenna Fay Colwick, T . J .Walne and Katherine Wall, Sulphur ; BruceWiley and Nona Boyett, Walter Marshall andMargaret Linebaugh, Cecil Darnell and Mar-garet Pyle, Robert Smellage and Daisybelle

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Dunn, Merriman Young and Hester Day,Charles Greer and Jessie Ward, Fred Moomauand Dorothy Ford, William Warren andFlorence Cardwell, Holdenville ; Edward Lobitand Jerry Mason, William Barbre and EmmaSmaltz, Okmulgee ; James Johnson and Jose-phine Patterson,

Other guests : Mac Clark, El Reno ; and Cor-don Reeder, Johnson Hill, Joe Byrd, LangdonDye, William Wall, Richard Moore, RalphDarnell, Clarron Render, Buster Barnes, JackO'Conncr, Curtis Ford, Allen Mayo, RalphStauffer, William Perry, and Lewis Rose, all ofTulsa .

Guests from Oklahoma City : Tom Grant, S .H. Shelburne, Marvin Proffer, Jack McBee,John Walbert, Warren Sherman, Millard Pur-dy, Fay Lester, William Roach, Richard King,Thomas Haney, William Goshorn, John Gep-hart, Dean Hart, Lewis Moorman, John Pierce,Joseph Grant, James Hewgley, Thomas Greene,and Neal Day.From Muskogee : Robert Barbre, James Pow-

ell, Gilbert Thomson, Gordon Clark, HaydenLinebaugh, David Brown, Richard Brown,Domeroy Haskell, Howell Scott, G . W . Barnes,and Joseph Hurt.

Others : John Banker, Raymond Young, Mil-ton Tomlinson, C . B . McHugh, T. B . Sim-mons, all of Frederick ; and Joel Hopper, Altus ;and Hickman Kerns, L . A . Swinney, FrankMartin, James Cain, Nathan Sherman III, Har-ry Ellis, Kenneth Little, Hardy Miller, NashTruss, jr ., Harold Morgan, James McColl, Wil-liam Belt, Simms Wilson and Glen Gottsberger .

Dance program"The Juggler of Notre Dame," a re-

ligious story in dance form, was present-ed December 20 in the university audi-torium by the Orchesis dance club underthe direction of Miss Helen Gregory, in-structor in physical education.

Olive Nuhfer, Norman, designed thesetting and programs . Margaret Vail,Norman and Evelyn Boring, OklahomaCity, played accompaniment for thedance.

Pre-medic examinationForty upperclassmen seeking admis-

sion to the university school of medicinetook the annual pre-medic examinationDecember 9. The test, although not re-quired for entrance into the school, en-ables faculty members considering ap-plications to judge the students more ac-curately .Those who registered for the test in-

cluded :Leslie Hamm, Earl I. Mulmed, Alton

Bookout, Raymond Williams, AndrewYoung and Harry Comanitz, all of Ok-lahoma City ; John C. Berry, ThomasBeeler, Arnold Schillinger, Robert AllenKnight, William F. Lafon and RugieCoates, all of Norman .And Arthur Vance, Centralia ; Clyd°_

Kernek, Holdenville ; William G. Cook,Chickasha; William Morris, El Reno ;Perry E. Heavitt, Muskogee ; WilliamMead, Guthrie ; James D. Martin, Gush-ing; C. G. Stuard, jr ., Waurika; HughStout, Shawnee .And Robert Messinger, Holdenville ;

Homer Baldridge, Tishomingo ; Wood-row Pickhardt, Seminole ; George Cal-vert, Maud; Henry Hamra, Henryetta;

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James H. Perry, Cushing; Phillip Smith,Lookeba ; Morrie Raines, Hinton ; JosephDaniel Mitchell, Pawhuska .And T. H. Phipps, jr ., Hollis ; Cor-

don Lee Sanger, Yukon; Denver Jones,Mangum ; W. C. Alston, Checotah ; Glem'Rine, Kaw; Lee Reeves, Oberlin, Kansas ;John L. Johnson, Temple; Robert T.Taylor, Blair ; Winford Davidson, Fred-erick; and James E. Anhalt, Norman .

Wrongs are rightedUnder the apt title "To Occasionally

Split That Infinitive Is All Right Now"Don Morrison, sophomore in the schoolof journalism, contributed the followingto the Oklahoma Daily, student publi-cation :

It is all right toyour purpose is tothe meaning in theit incorrect to say, "It is me," nor use apreposition to end a sentence with . Andwe may open our sentences with con-junctions .Such were the radical pronouncements

of the National Council of Teachers ofEnglish at its recent national conventionat Memphis, Tennessee, at which hardand fast English grammar rules were thevictims of a terrific bombardment bynone other than English teachers them-selves, and time-worn colloquialisms wereapproved by masters of the language .Dr . S. R. Hadsell, professor of English,

who attended the convention, is of theopinion that the movement toward liber-alism in our language will prove satis-factory, although he says some of thechanges are a bit too radical .

Nullification of a great deal of thesolemn teaching of the classrooms cameabout as a result of the publication of apamphlet entitled, "Current EnglishUsage," a compilation of studies of thechanges in English usage conducted bythe late Professor Sterling Andrus Leon-ard of the University of Wisconsin. Thesurvey was completed by the NationalEnglish council.For the purpose of voting on several

hundreds of everyday usages that strictgrammarians call criminal, Leonard con-sulted skilled users of English, organiz-ing a jury of more than 300 publishers,editors, authors, lexicographers, philolog-ists, business men and teachers, whostruck off grammatical shackles whichhave galled the slaves of good form forgenerations .

According to this jury of experts, itis proper now "to make a date," and "totaxi" to the spot . It is all right to sav"all right," and the speaker who dartsto say "pretty good" is pretty good . Theold quarrel between "farther" and"further" ends in a draw ; neither wordis further away from correctness than.the other. "Nice" is welcomed to nicelinguistic society.The bar remains lowered, however,

split an infinitive ifmore clearly expresssentence . Neither is

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against a great number of uncultivatedusages . "Do like I" and "It sure wasgood" remain beyond the pale ."Ain't,,""busted," "I haven't hardly a cent" and"hadn't ought" are still repelled withgreat slaughter . And there is no mercyfor "I calculate to go."The Leonard survey permits us to sav

things that heretofore would cause pro-fessors to pull their hair in despair, andonly the unprogressive adherents to oldgrammar forms, who do not know lin-guistic hoopskirts are now out .of fash-ion, will sneer at us for illiteracy .

Mature judgmentIn a recent questionaire issued by the

Oklahoma Daily, student publication, toget campus view points on a myriad ofsubjects it was interesting to find thatfreshmen and sophomores favor blondswhile the majority of juniors and seniorsprefer brunets.

QuestionaireIn an Oklahoma Daily questionaire

issued on the campus December 6 apopularity contest among professors pro-duced the following results : the mostpopular faculty members according tomen's votes were Ralph H. Records, as-sistant professor of history; James C.Powell, associate professor of businesslaw ; Dr. Cortez A. M. Ewing and Dr .R. J. Dangerfield, professors of govern-ment ; and Julien C . Monnet, dean ofthe school of law. The women in theirvotes rated Dr. Joseph H. Marshburn,professor of English, first, with DoctorRecords, Dr . J. O. Hassler, professor ofmathematics and astronomy, and Dr . P.L. Gettys, assistant professor of govern-ment, following in order.

It has been suggested that had theprofessors in arts and sciences spent asmuch time as the government and lawinstructors emphasizing the responsibil-

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ity of voting, their popularity wouldhave been more evident.

Reserve officersColonel E. A . Keys, F. A., Oklahoma

City, chief of staff of the ninety-fifthdivision, spoke to regular officers andNorman reserve officers December 12in the card room of the Student Unionbuilding on "Army Development." Theprogram, arranged by Major Harry J.Malony, R . O. T. C. commandant, fol-lowed a cafeteria dinner .

BombardiersBombardiers, honorary military fra-

ternity, initiated the following pledgesDecember 13 :Clyde Dinger, Lawrence Ritter, Jer-

ome Byrd, John Law and Paul Duncan,all of Oklahoma City ; Byron Nowery,Houston, Texas ; Gerald Gardner, Hold-enville ; Russell G. Jones, Olean, NewYork ; Booth B . Strange, Wilson ; RobertK. Black, Follett, Texas ; Wilton Van-deventer, Okmulgee ; Harry Lambert andNorman McKnight, both of Enid ; JohnLeadbetter, Butler, Missouri ; ArchieSoucek and Bill Paden, both of Norman;Robert McCracken, Ponca City ; andTom L. Gilbson, Muskogee .

Tau Beta PiTau Beta Pi, honorary engineering

fraternity, announces the initiation ofW. T. Kendall, Tonkawa ; Robert Her-ron, Des Moines, Iowa ; Charles Neff,Kiowa, Kansas ; Woodrow Williams,Wynnewood; Thomas Thompson, Vi-nita ; Peter Tauson, Oklahoma City ; andRichard Sneed, Bristow.

Oklahoma WhirlwindDecember issue of the Whirlwind,

campus humor magazine, was releasedDecember 16 with pictures of WilmaKlein, Oklahoma City and Paul Lyon,

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b u twrong you are, for this is aview of the outdoor me-chanical engineering andpetroleum engineering lab-oratories seen from the Uni-versity Press building

Geary, winners of the "best dressed edand co-ed" contest featured . The ideapredominating throughout the magazinewas style and in the next issue, to bereleased shortly after St . Valentine's day,a picture .of the "campus sweetheart"will appear .

Rush rule changeA committee of the inter-fraternity

council is considering a provision of rushrules prohibiting pledging before alldates have been filled .

Practice-plays"Tatters," "Minuet," and "Camberly

Triangle," three one-act plays, were thefifth group of practice-plays presented byproducing classes of the dramatic art de-partment December 14 . In regular Play-house productions students get experi-ence in acting but have little opportunityto learn the rudiments of direction. Theseone-acts are products of student creationwith the faculty only assisting with sug-gestions .

Student directors for the plays wereKatheryn Davenport, Oklahoma City ;Zada Warlick, Norman and ElizabethSinclair, Dallas, Texas.

TechnocracyKarl Pretschold, Oklahoma City, led

a round table discussion on "Techno-cracy" at the Philosophy club, Decem-ber 14 . Mr Pretschold is personally ac-quainted with Howard Scott, director ofresearch for Technocracy at Columbiauniversity. Vanity Fair, Age of Reasonand New Outlook are some of the maga-zines carrying articles on the proposedmovement .

Co-ed rush rulesNew rush rules for second semester al-

low but two dates. Miss Edna E. Mc-Daniel, dean of women, is to talk to

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rushees at ten o'clock Saturday morning,January 28 . First dates will be held be-tween two and five o'clock that after-noon and second dates will include thetime between eight and eleven o'clockthat night.A preferential luncheon will be held at

one o'clock Sunday, January 29, at whichtime pledging will take place .Members of the rush committee con-

sist of Eloise Chandler and Mary SueSimpson, both of Tulsa; Evelyn Boring,Oklahoma City ; Mildred Bleckley, Wood-ward ; Betty Evans, Ardmore; and Mil-dred Lapp, Wilburton.

Sooner beauty contestSooner candidates for position in the

beauty section of the 1933 Sooner, uni-versity year book, totaled twenty eightDecember 15 with but three or four ad-ditional ones to be added. Photographsof the candidates will be submitted tosome beauty critic who will choose sixrepresentative beauties . Last year Fred-ric March, film star, made the selections .

Candidates thus far submitted are:Chi Omega and Delta Delta Delta,

with three entries each, continue to leadthe sororities in total number of candi-dates. Chi Omega representatives areGayle McCorkle, Elk City ; Mary Grimes,Tulsa; and Mildred Miller, Wichita Falls,Texas; Delta Delta Delta candidates areMary Jayne O'Sullivan and Martha Le-Flore, Oklahoma City ; and KatherineSurbeck, Edmond .

Sororities with two candidates eachare: Kappa Alpha Theta ; Mary JaneCarson, Shawnee ; and Glenna Fay Col-wick; Kappa Kappa Gamma : MildredChase, Seminole ; and Martha Lake Dud-ley, Oklahoma City ; Delta Gamma: Sar-ita Mendoza, Yukon; and MargaretBuckley, Tulsa ; Gamma Phi Beta : LouiseLaux, Oklahoma City ; and Mary RuthMcDonald, Longview, Texas; AlphaPhi: Frances Neal, Sayre; and FloreneHurst, Okmulgee; Pi Beta Phi : MarthaWatson ; and Katherine Walling, Tulsa;Alpha Chi Omega : Mary Carter, Guth-rie ; and Virginia Klein, Norman .The following have one entry each :

Alpha Xi Delta : Melba Mustoe, Okla-homa City ; Phi Mu: Charline Penner,Norman ; Sigma Delta Tau: MildredLapp, Wilburton; and Hester hall : JanetGreer, Kingfisher .Photographing of the candidates will

be suspended until after the holidays,High said, but photographing of in-dividuals for the class sections will becontinued until the holidays begin.

Alpha Lambda DeltaAlpha Lambda Delta, honorary schol-

astic fraternity for women, announcedthrough its president, Dorothy Woodruffof Perry, that four freshmen womenwere eligible for pledging : Agnes Calk-

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ins of Tulsa, Helen Hough of Okla-homa City, Violet May of Tulsa andSue Delma Petty of Norman .

Engineers clubErle K. Ramsey of Oklahoma City, a

consulting engineer, was the principalspeaker at the meeting of the Engineersclub December 1 .

A seen unseen worldThree university men students, one a

former president of the men's counciland a Ruf Nek, were suspended by theuniversity for showing a motion picturecalled The Unseen World in a numberof dormitories and fraternity houses . Thesuspension was made December 3.

SPORTS OF ALL SORTS

Sooner sports ratingHarold Keith, '28journ, contributing

editor of The Sooner Magazine hasworked out a scale showing that theSooners have the best all-around sportsrecord in the Big Six conference during1932 . According to his rating card, Ok-lahoma, Kansas and Nebraska are thethree all-around sports leaders and Okla-homa and Kansas were the only schoolsnot finishing last in any sport.Mr Keith rates the schools as follows,

using 1 to represent a first place, 2 asecond, 6 sixth place, etc. : Oklahoma26 ; Kansas 29.5 ; Nebraska 30.5 ; KansasAggies 31 ; Iowa State 31 .5 ; Missouri40 .5 .

Wrestling, swimming and tennis con-tributed to the high Sooner average.The rating by schools follows :

Football letters awardedTwenty two men were voted letter

awards for participation in fall sports ata meeting December 7 by the athleticcouncil. Three of the letter winnerswere members of the two-mile teamcoached by John Jacobs and nineteen hadperformed on the Sooner grid squad.The three first letter winners were

Captain Ralph Dale, Enid ; Bill Hol-loway, Checotah ; and Robert Moore, Ok-tnulgee.

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The men given sweaters for footballwere: Ellis Bashara, Norman, guard;Orin Borah, Champaign, Illinois, back ;Red Chambers, Oklahoma City, back ;Orville Corey, Calumet, tackle ; EdselCurnutt, Gould, end ; Fred Cherry, Ok-mulgee, end; Bob Dunlap, Haskell, back ;Harold Fleetwood, Marlow, center ;Heinie Haag, Norman, tackle ; ArtPansze, Fort Smith, Arkansas, back ; BillPansze, Ft . Smith, Arkansas, back ; 'I' .Ray Phillips, Oklahoma City, guard;Dick Sims, Norman, back ; Red Stacy,Altus, back ; Dewey Tennyson, El Re-no, tackle ; Ab Walker, Blackwell, back ;Jiggs Whittington, Guthrie, guard ; SmithWatkins, Fort Worth, Texas, end; PaulYoung, Norman, center.

Sooner football starPaul Young, all Big Six center last

year and named on some all-star teamsthis year, was chosen by his teammatesas honorary captain of the 1932 gridteam Thursday night, December 1, atthe annual Beta Theta Pi football ban-quet .

All of the football squad, CoachesLewie Hardage and L. E. Haskell, W.J. Cross, '09as, secretary of the athleticassociation, Earl Radcliffe,'12M .A ., Okla-homa City sports writer, and FayetteCopeland, '19as, director of universitypublicity, were guests at the banquet.

Freshmen lettersFreshmen letters will be given to thir-

ty eight members of the football squadproviding they pass in twelve hours forthe first semester, according to L. E."Jap" Haskell, head freshman mentor.The awards are made on the basis of

attendance at the daily practices and per-formance in the freshman intra-squadgames.Men recommended are :Harry Agers, Tulsa ; Bill Allen, Ra-

mona ; Bob Bass, Nashville, Tennessee;Wesley Beck, Et Reno ; Harry Broadbent,Sulphur; Furman Casen, Lakeland, Flor-ida ; Clay_ Childs, Itasca, Texas ; AltonCoates, Duncan ; Jeff Coker, Lawton ;Earl Davis, Dallas, Texas; Ray Davis,Oklahoma City ; Harry Ellis, Altus; JessFerrel, Lawton ; Raliegh Francis, Blanch-ard ; Wilson Frantz, Norman ; KareyFaqua, Lawton ; Cassius Gentry, Law-ton; William Harris, Lawton ; Jack Har-ris, Antlers; Pete Friend, Oklahoma City ;Delberg Haynes, Capron ; Wayne Le-Crone, Norman ; Kenneth Little, Altus;Orville Long, Tulsa ; Camal Massad,Maud ; Morris McDannald, Electra, Tex-as ; Paul McQueen, Nashville, Tennessee;John Miskovsky, Oklahoma City ; JimMonnett, Yale ; George Parrish, PoncaCity ; Finis Pendleton, Kingfisher ; BobPhipps, Independence, Kansas ; Ben Poy-

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ner, Weleetka; Leroy Robinson, Tulsa;Joe Shapiro, Nashville, Tennessee; Del-mar Stembock, Frederick; ThurmanWalters, Shawnee; and Dub Wheeler,Davis.

Sooners picked as winnersDr . Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, director

of athletics at the University of Kansas,picks Hugh McDermott's Sooner bask-eteers to win the Big Six basketball titlethis year . Missouri, he says, should besecond, Nebraska third, Kansas fourth,Kansas State fifth and Iowa State sixth .

Basketball seasonAnother promising basketball season

is looming at Oklahoma this year de-spite the fact Coach Hugh McDermott,for the fourth consecutive season lacks acenter who can consistently outiump theopponents' center .

Last year saw basketball booming atOklahoma for the first time in threeyears . Although the Sooners finishedlast in both 1930 and 1931, McDermottdrove them to a tie for second placewith Missouri last year and lacked butfour points of defeating Kansas in thelast game, and winning the conferencechampionship .

Popularity of the court game at Ok-lahoma last year was further reflectedin the home attendance for conferencegames which officially totaled 14,325 asagainst 10,959 in 1931 and 10,701 in1930 for the five home conference games.The banner mark for a single game thepast three years was 4,117 at the Missouri-Oklahoma game, last year .Coach McDermott will have six re-

turning letter men at Oklahoma : AndyBeck of Oklahoma City, Elvin Ander-son of Norman, Jude Potts of Durant,

Stadium classrooms

With the university's en-rolment higher than last year and withclassroom space at a premium, a num-ber of classrooms have been finishedin the stadium and our photographshows some of the classes starting tocome out of the new "building"

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BIG SIX BASKETBALL FINISH LAST YEAR

Harold LeCrone of Norman, Percy Mainof Clinton and Ervyl Bross of El Reno .Squad men returning are : Norman

Kroutil of Yukon, Jack Kitten of Am-ber, Emery Anderson of Norman,Howard Brockman of Tulsa, HaroldFleetwood of Marlow, Fred Dickinsonof Independence, Missouri, and EdselCurnett of Gould.

Little is known yet of the sophomorestrength available save that it includesOmar "Bud" Browning of Enid, LoyettBurk of Lexington and after the firstsemester, Charles Munson of OklahomaCity, a 6-foot 3-inch 195-pounder.

Graduating lettermen were GordonGraalman of Blackwell, Charles Gradyof Oklahoma City and Grady Jacksonof Altus.What are the prospects, exclusive of

sophomores, of the five Big Six con-ference foes Oklahoma must face twiceeach again this year?

Kansas-Coach Forrest C. "Phog" Al-len retains Bill Johnson, all Big Six cen-ter, Paul Harrington, forward, EarnestVanek, guard, and Elmer Schaake,guard. He lost two fine players in TedO'Leary, all Big Six forward, and LeePage, all Big Six guard.

Missouri-Coach George Edwards re-tains Wagner, the lanky center and his

two star sophomores of last season,John Cooper, forward, who tied for theindividual scoring championship, andGeorge Stuber, tenacious guard. Histask apparently will be to develop somereserves and completely build over his"possession-of-the-ball" offense, hard hitby the "ten second" rule .

Kansas State-Coach Charles Corsautloses Elden Auker, all-conference guard,but in Graham, Boyd, Dalton, Breen andCaptain Skradski, will have a splendidnucleus for 1933 .Iowa State-Coach Louis Menze has

lost by graduation Roadcap, Heitman,Hawks and Rieke but retains CaptainThomson, Ludwig, Templeton andJones. Iowa State apparently has beenharder hit by graduation than any otherconference team.Nebraska-A new coach, W. Harold

Browne, succeeds Charley Black as Corn-husker basketball mentor and besidesmost of last year's Husker squad willhave Steve Hokuf, all Big Six guard of1931, who did not play last year.The Sooner schedule for 1933 :Dec. 20 Tulsa U. at Norman .Dec. 21 Tulsa U. at Norman .Jan. 2 Southern Methodist at Dallas .Jan. 3 Southern Methodist at Dallas .

*Jan . 6 Iowa State at Ames .*Jan . 7 Kansas State at Manhattan.*Jan . 14 Kansas at Norman .*Jan . 18 Kansas State at Norman .*Feb . 4 Missouri at Norman .*Feb . 11 Nebraska at Norman .*Feb . 17 Missouri at Columbia .*Feb . 20 Iowa State at Norman .*March 3 Kansas at Lawrence .*March 4 Nebraska at Lincoln.

*denotes Big Six conference games.NOTE-four non-conference games withOklahoma A. and M., dates not yet set,also will be played .

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Oklahoma at night

PHOTOGRAPHS BY RALPH D. BIRD

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This group of unusual night pictures of severalbuildings and one of the walks on the University of Oklahoma .campus were taken by Dr . Ralph Durham Bird, assistant professorof zoology. Top left : front view of the school of art build-ing, formerly the university library ; upper right : a southfront view of the education building which has in its time con-tained the law school and the university library and, at present, thecollege of education; lower right : the walk on the west side of theoval looking toward the administration building ; above : universitygym and department of physical education . This view shows themassive strength imparted into the design for the building ; rightcenter : entrance to the law school building

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