THE SOUTHEASTERN Official Organ Southen•tern State Teachen College

. o!ume Ei&'ht DURANT, OKLAHOMA, WEDN~SDAY, MARCH .19, 1980 • Nwnber 21

NOMINATIONS FOR STUDENT .BODY qf'FICES ~fCEPTABLE • AS ELEcTIO~- DAY ~ARS

AprU. 15 bas ,been·_offlcially set by the Student Council as the date for the election of the President, Vice­President, and Secretary-Treasurer . of the Student Council 'for the year 1930-31. All petitions for these of­fices must be .liafided to ·the Pres i­dent of the Student Council before noon •. April 8. The candidates will dpeak in as'sembly April , b~t the final election will not take ·place un­til Tuesday, ApJ il 15. .

Article V of the Constitution adopt­ed by the Studen t · BOdy dur ing the ' 1928-29 term reads:

Sectfon .1. ~rhe President, Vice­·President, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Student pr~up Organiz&tion for the coming year shall be elected during ~e fifttl week of the last

- _term of the regul' r school yefJ,r. These officers !111all be elected by the entire student group, by mea-ns o the ·Australian ballot systeri1.

Section 3. N ( 1. pell!on · . shall be qualified for :Presiden~. · Vice_Presi­dent or Secr etary-Treasurer of the

-............... . LIKE YOUR WORK. SAYS * "UNCLE" WALT PYLE IN ,

IJORRORSCOPE. • TALK TO¥. W. ANDY. M. I if . • · ... -'--• Mrs. Askew taking a re- • "The more ·. you learn about the-• ducfng lesson- Jesse James • - world, the better you like it," said • making monkey faces- Ethel · • "Une<le" Walt Pyle in an illustrated leE Labor wondering how far it is • · address in which be showed his· skill liE to town- Seniors' grip.ing be-, liE in .chalk a,rt ske'tclies before the Y~ ·• cause .of finals- Two hours, • M. and. Y. W. joint meeting Tuesday liE but not finals--Bill Carr liE ·in the old aud.itorfum. ~ should take Bl ology.:._Mrs. liE In speaking ot the values of one's • England · happy beoau·se her liE seeing tlie "highlights" of nature, liE school days are over- John ·- liE "Uncle" Walt said,- "Twenty_five per l8E O'Riil~y entertaining a crowd liE cent of business men are successful • of girls,..-Cur ly, -Frank N:elms liE bec·ause they like their work. _ The liE and Hubert Harris wo-ndering * other sdenty-ftve per' cent ine a liE what to play besldes ,wasliers Jl , .. Ciissattstied ·grou~vagabonds to-· so-..: • - - Re tha WaltJon talking to ~ ciety. They work because they have liE Mr. Gregory - Professors liE to, to sustain their bodies fro~

· liE la:nghing at the bu~sque' 'on liE wants." Further collllQenting Uncle • theilr names-Ea~l Haggard • Walt said, ' lit is very necessary that liE walking aroun,9-' peeved be- liE one sees the highlights of nature. liE cause some one called him • The boy who is careless in his asso-• Jack:. • cia.tions is soon branded as a ·failure, liE ~ while the boy who picks out the • * liE lll liE • )8( • • • ~ • .. • • " highlights and makes careful choice

' --STC~~ of his c<;>mpany need never fear of · BROWN. ·~ND ROBERTS' H~D his place in life "

1980-81 BASKETBALL QUINT F.;, . Reverend Darby followed gtv1ng

Studen~ Group Organization until he The !::'avage basketball men went or she has completed 85 semester into conf;lrence with Coach Ramsey hours \fith" an average of at least Tuesday evening. Two capt'B.ins "C", 62 semest-;!r hours with an av- were appointed; Captains Brown and -erage of at least "C!', 24- semeste'i . Roberts. Ten men lettered for par­hours, with an .average of at least ticipation in basketbail for iiie" past "C", respectively. , :ieas~;m' Starting the season .out un­

-- Section 5. Noininations for ·the -<ler a ~11~nJicap, Coach ·~amsey , dtt;: offices of President, 'Vice-President velop~d a formid"able crew that was

,vivid illustrations . as he compared_ the living in thi'.l age to a laboratory. Intense interest was . shown through­out the ~he Reverend Dar­

said, "We are liv­.age. An age

tory metho d is paid i or

a of living. Modern his thinking, and our to human society is'

'"""'_ ..... .,, ... _S.ecx:e.tary.,Tuasurer- shall- be- by- gl.-ving.... competition- to -teams~-that- p~wer."- - ----~ petition signed by 20 members of the ended the season at top of. their con_ n closing Reverend Darby

Student . Group to be filed with the ferepce, . . IQ. "ME!b "and wofu·~'l need not live jn the Pre$ident of th~ Student Gr.OI.!P Or- Only_ t wo of these me~ will be lower parts of life. '.Let them~ soal' to ganlzation not iater than four school lost ' by gra duation, and this year the highest levels like the eagle who days befere tht: ·election. No person will aqd to the. development of the soars the silvery clouds of the heav­shall sign more than QDe petition boys who ... eturn. Men receiving the ens. y ou can uncover the tr~th ip for a-ny office. · · award a1re : Zinnecker and Carr, the · the laboratory. Your ability to think •

__ o'!'C-- only .ones to graduate, Brown,· Rob- Is· your contribution. Common bon-DEBATE TEMI 001'.8. ON erts, A.shford, Laughlin, Auslf'!y, est thinking wi!l do it." -

TOttR TO TEXAS MONDAY Bowden, McFarland, Clark.· --'South- . --l:!TC--

The S'outh!lastern debate .teant will lelive M{)nday, March 17; for a week's invasion of Texas. They. will return. to the Savage folds Sa u.rdt.y, .M~· 22, where work will be ini-

. mediately-rn-preparatio~ wl,th. j::Hnton College w.hi6 is to be h~ld ')I' as a . lighter to t ;

ment:

easter.n w1 H have a. strong team next Rwisell high school Is organizing a year . if a.ll eligibles return. golf feam. They are planning , to en __

- -::>T<.:- _- - ter =!n "tl:i<! h!gh scpool golf tourna-Some s:tuden"ts may fail in biology. ment. They will begin practice next ·

and other '"ologles," but all are "A" ·week. s.tudents in Campusology ·~ince - - - ST C--- .

· ~~ng has arrived. Presidea t Briggs went Wednesday ., --::>'l'C-- to Ardmore where 'he attended . the

· ':Mr. CUnningham left Th.ursday far Lions' 1\mcheon ·and gave an address· Atoka spend · a week wit~ ti!~ . · to the -~c.hool · f.or parents · unde~ di­Coupty 11uperinteqdent and- teachers --rection of the .State. _P iuimt T~acl'u~rs. of tbat county. . ~ssociati6n.

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TBB .SOUTBEABTBRN Olflclal Orcan of the Southeutlin

Sta:te Te!"chen' Colle&'•·

Publlahad weekiJ' bJ' the 8. 8. T: (l In the Interest of lqducatlon ln. Boutb-eaatern Oklahoma. -

Subacrlptlon price IOc per- year.

. - Entered- - -eecond-class matter-·Oc• ·· tober t, ltzll, at Dur~ Oklahoma.

under the Act of August t4, · 19U. Ac-. . ciep'tance for mallln&' at apeclal rate of postace provided for In section _uoa, .A9t ot Octol:er 3, 111!'7. authorl.-ed Oc­tobflr c•• 1 ~~~ J

Editor -In-Ch-Ief _ _: _____ .Gwendol y n Pyle Literary llldltor ______ Gretchen Benze l News ;Editor ________ Jac~· Sutherland

BROWSING.

Pe,rhaps the ~~1 session is one of the most educatiye l.bstlt1.lti6ns, .that is, if it may ~ called an 'instJtution, Soele(aa ~tina. on the campus of the mo_dern college. . --'l'he -Sooietas~;Latin&-had an inter• Whe~eve'r you ·· have a ·•'t>wl" .. sessioi1 eating program.· on Ovid and Hor­in fu)l sway, ~ere you have a grouJ? ace. The llte l,.;d worlta ' of Ovid of modern thinkers. Th~re is a trend· were discussed by-Lily Chandler .and of thoU'ght that is lacking ,in the · Mrs. Jerry Ald~~son disc~d Hor-class·-room wlfete one only discusses ace and J;Ua works. .• _ ... what he i~ not afraid to discuss ,.nd Plaps were made for a banquet to usualiy what is the ·general opinion be· given Thur~day, Ap'ril 3. of the group. But in a "bull" ses- Math Club. sion one can let his thoughts _and The Magic. P:mtagon ·met ~esday speech run rampant. In the class- morning during second hour. Ed Me-

Browsing is a pleasant art. Ir is ro<?~ .• ~~ ~~u~ent:s Jalk. a~ut Dante's Cle~ry gave a very int~resting t{Llk . · •t d t th "DiVi1ne Comedy,"_ and say ·only what on short cuts · ir. multiplication. Sa-for every ·one, not · linu e o , ose

they -believe will .make a good b:D- rah Ellison talked on the- origin and with sp,ecial talent, stu~y or apti- pressiion on the te&Cher.- In a "bull" use of fraction::~ and Anita· lngl'&lll tude. It requires only appreciation session thel'e may be as miUly decided worked ou.t a formula for finding in. and enjoyment -and the · ability to views of bell as there are partici- tere.st compounded continually. idle, with no r~grets for the · flight pants in the session, and the ar&"l:l- _--All students interested • in mathe­of the hours. ment~ grows hot.j ' All of th~s_e _y_oung .. mattes .. are " iny.ted· to· attend the

. Tll&e.. -ls- · , subtl~ ta:scination· ·in peopl«i · may .. be ·~n>?g but at least ~ :M~c Pentilgon; which· meets each browsing·'iimong books. The children's they are thinking for themselves, Tuesday du.ring the second ho~. books bring back mellowed memories and tlllat Is what it takes· Jo develop · Commercial Club

· of attics on · ralny afternoons, and profound thinkers. T?e su~jects of , . The comnier.:ial Club program for / the intent absorbing of "The Non- "bqll" sessi~ are many and varied. March 13, wp.s very unusual.

· - se~se · · Books," the golden-haired, They run from friendly dis~ussiOJ!S Mr orr gave a talk on "QUalities white-pinafored Alice ·and her fan- concet'lling the relative v.alues of silk I Look for in an Application." Freta tastic adventures, the crimiron ap'ples and cotton hose to heated argllJDents :Mijt~~!BOQ gave ~ very. help(ul / dis- '

hictrwel'e-mun&ed slowly and for- concerning ~ivQree M.d ~e f~Wi~y of · 'C\tssion on how the beg1nner· ~oulo gotten as '_'Treasure Isl_ana" b~c~e life. .A subject may be car. ned over ~ apply for a pdsltion. Marjorie lch. ·more and more engrossmg, ·the fire- fram one "qull" session to another . nor talked on letterS of applic tion side charm of th~ "Child's Gard~n of

0 and la,st fot wee·ks, or t!;le subject and Cleo Dodson on pers onal ter-

. Verse-.~· may c:hange many times during the views. _ , . Perhaps a little · pensive . . one .. course of one session. . -A very .clever skit. was pres'ented '

turns to the· other shelves. A bat_ The. worttJ may nev~~be inflqenced with the follow~ng cast: . of play-s reminds him by-one~ " . ull" se~sion on one campus, R. u. Well, the boss-Jack Smith. ---'-~o~f~· ~th~e~f;?:irs:=;t~play he read, and he · but if the youth of all tlie l&Itd ~Bld -A.. Lotta Speed, an applicartt ~or

turns the pages to tind the fairy these informal se,ssiol'ls, then tht~- a job-Da Taylor. . • loveliness of "The Te:ffipest," an~ oply ers ar•~ being developed who may. m- Obe Swift, an accompanying appli-the dimming shadows sud~enly warn fl1,1ence the whole course of hum~- cant- Eva Baxter. ., him that the afternoon is vanishing. , tty. •O!:e~ m~ements alw.!!:~ ]lave Y. M. C. A.

1- ---,H-e -goe-s D, bu loWly, .tor ·-ht:- little begninings. Originality in ' The Y : M. C. A. . met Tuesday cannot pass Barrie wi~out reading . thougb.t bas _bee~<at the _base ~f e~-; morning at their . regulf-1' ~ tf:me. some of his stage directions again, ery ad~anC'e tn civtlization. It t;f s~~~ George Duke .. was in charge o~ the and he must cbuckle 'over a few that Lmdbergh flunked most prOgram on the crime wave of Amel'­phrases from Mrs" . . Malapr_op's "orac- . cour~efl in college. . Pr~?abl~. h~ . lea. Taiks tere giv~n en .the causes ular tongue" ~ l<~arther he goell,- and "wasted" a 1<'~- of time in bull ses and remedies of the crime wave by is stayed by the si~ple beauty of . si,.ons--·but was it a waste of· time Cleo Dodson, John Trint,. Cordes Abrahams' sacrificing of Isaac after all? There II:'ay be a . Socrates Drake and Ed Perryman.

He halts agaln t~ 'read the "Songea or an H. G. Wells ~ yo~r own ' si(ma Tau Delta -and Sonnettea"to fair Elizabethan la- "bull" session. ~ho ows . The iSgma. aTu Delta ls planning . dies · with EngU!h ,gardens in ~eir . There are 'seveial . 'hundred new - to iUue a brouchure thisc year. Last · faces, and cruelly _!n their hearts, chairs J~or the library, an,d the fables aUIIliDer a bi'ochure fl&8 printed, but who look ·with cold indifferen~e at. will be here soon. According to Mr. for tiM ~ben Only, 'and this one their suitors, pale and wan of fS.C:e. cmc, libr"arian, this_. new- furniture 1.1 tO be t tbe pobUc. Every mem-

It. 1s too dark tc,> 'see ~ow, but one will be--'}llaced in the regillar reading ber of thLI cbapter_ ls to cont~bute camiot resist -dipping into the- pa'es r_99Di ,while the ·old furniture will be aoi'Z'~· It - Ll hoped that thi& of a ,favorite novel, until at la:at even pl~ced in the downstairs ~&ding_ yViU be&!! an annual, af1alr. , · his eager eyes. can no longer make room. Float hours. will no 1onger fe OUt the , print blurring ~Way into the hours' (If se&J;ching for a comer ~0 . -. who has shadows. sit in . for the new cha.\rl will (be been in 1010e time, ~as

· ' .. - --·- as1 · b t for a .two -· · · ·oDe "waste&.Jlis - tim~, but how de- . adequate for -~cre ~g n~ r gone •. o Up.!M} . -; ·-· ._ of stuc:J.t~nts. ,· . . week a

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THE SOUTHEASTERN

' . ALPHA PSI OMEGA SOON

· TO P~ENT NEW OOMEoY

PAGID TBJII.IDa

Miss .A.ima Corlin spenf the week' end at her home in Ardmof e.

_ _ • Leo Holmes and Murray Fulsom spent the week end in Stigler.

BUI Hill spent the week end .at his home in Heavener.

· Paul Coats spent the week end at­his home in Sand S'prings.

Miss Floy Perry spent the week . end at her home ~ Tushka.

- • r Miss •Betty .Button spent the \veek

end at her home in McA:lester. "'

-· Miss Bess Ainsworth apent the week end at her home in Spiro.

!Haskell Clark spent the week end at his home in Clayton, Okla.

Miss Lillian Kennedy spent the week end at hel' \lome in Wilson . .

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Miss Rubye · Goodman visited · friends in Colbert over the . week end.

~· . . Miss Ruth D.ossey spent the week

· end at her home in Okemah, Okla­homa.

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Mr. Ferman Phillips, repres'enta, tive of Atoka, entered .. school · Mop­day.

Harald Bennett and.. Bob Cornwell spent the week - end iii their homes in Okmulgee.

~}ss ¥aurine. Miller week end at J:!.er home Oklahoma.

sp.ent the in Finley,

Misses Audrey Gandy and . zelda­Shumake spen~ the week end wi!!l home folks in W'llson.

Russ~ll h1gh's tennis ·team is being · backed by all Russell high. Their players are James · J:?ennison:< Dos ·

· Neely, Oil!c James, and Euge~E;. ·Moseley. They are planning to Play Ardmore Saturday. · ·

Plans for remodeling ·the Russell high . ~~ool )l_~g:e_. ~~e': _UI!der Vl_aY, ~t is to be' made wider, · arched in front, refloorea and. Will have new· velour ---­

'curtains. Work will probahly be s~,rt-_ed ' next week. --:-:.,. -

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J.>LANS MOVE f FORWARD FoR

STUNT NGHT- c.

TRE SOUTHEASTERN

R()'Q.;IN PEASE ENTERTAINS ltJI!:RE· DURING MUSIC WEEK •

. SENIO,IJ. CLASS' REVIVES ·. . , -. . _ QW S9:NGS IN CONCER't'

One ofA merica's best known ora- . An old fashioned concert with old: '· The silver trophy which to~io singers, Rollin Pease,--of ·-the fashioned c~aracters playing th~ •

awarded to the organization Redpa.th platfbrm ·entertainers, will . parts, .was preaenf.'ed Tuesday nigh~, se.nting th~ best stunt on April 1; an engagement as concert artist March 18, in the old auditorium b~· ·

. Sttint Night, has been ordered from Solfi\ht:!tStern -uditqrium "during the Senior cla'l,s 'o( Southeas'tern. the Lowe and · Cainpbell Athletic ~ational. Music Week, April' 28-May Clad in costumes of by gone days, Supply Co. ·. According to Mr. Dixon, l~ . .J;Deptbers of thE: class borr~wea the award is . one which any .club Mr. P~~ has demonstrated that their fathers, mothers, grandfathers would be proud of . . It . will be' _placed he ·is Jnot oni~,.~ singer of note, . but and grandmother's nwne~ and !'ecau: on exhibit immediately upon its 1ar- also has the· happy faculty of com- ed olde~ times as .~ey san~, read rival. 1- · . ! menting wittily ahd informatively .to and · played. I

The Stunt . Night committee, With such an extent that hi~' program iJlay "' The program follows: Miss Je'I;ISe Morris as chairman, has . be said to be a lecture.:re.cit.al. He is Ensemble--Shci-us - .. · · · .. ; arra.pged· a poi~t-sheet, .by Which ev- a man of gigantic stature, · and is a Violin Solo-Myss ~wJ.'!..l:ile Trutby. er.y st~t will be scored. · The judg¥ particular favorite · ofthe middle Pi~o Duet-Mlisses PrudentP-. NAts \will base their decision· upon (1) ~r:; ,. West '',. and- Araminta .Bo~and. · : _ganiz~tion of the stunt, (Z) Orig\nal~ -::rrc-- -..... ,·The -Wreck of the ,Hesperus, read-ity, and (3) Presentation. Organi- SIGMlll TAU DELTA BOWS ing""'Miss Clemen'le/' Kennedy. zation will include personal a.ppear- INITIATION FOR 'TWO WED. The' ~lack Hawk ;Waltz,· Ptano S:olo &nee, entertaining value, and syste- ~¥iss Battina rngram. I · ~ inatic glanning; originality will in- Initiu.tion of· Miss Esther Alberti when Y~'b~ arid ' 1 w~re Yo~g, elude pi'actical application ~nd its and Mr. John O'Riley into the Sig- · Maggie, ,weaL. solo-Mrs. ~ Aq ·ua intrinsic value·:· and_~'under presenta- ma Tau Delta, na_tioii~ writer's.fra-=. · England: ·-... , tio ~11 come t~e. completeness, ac- I ternity, took place W~dnesday night Quartette-~:tke Swearingen, Fli curacy; clearness, and .understanding./ at the home of . M~s Bertha Byrns, .. . Pierce, Ebene:z.}r Fl}ller, ' Atchib ld Each stunt will be limited 'to five rnin-; - North Sixth Street, . Bondurant. ~ ' ·· . . . utes with a two-minute ·intermission This fraternity is be,poming , CUrfew Shall No,tttffig· - Tobiifht, bet..;een each perfo~~_Miss .Mor-_kno\1{!1_ thrQ!igbq_!it the_ co_untry _due ; reading-- Miss ~atilaa-Slianno~. ,­ris urges every committee to plan to its activities and the ability of its . over the Waves, piano solo---,,ss

• and report tl;le name .of . t'lieir stunt writers. , In the Triangle Mag&.zine, •Drusilla Morri" / to her before March -25, the closing issued ·by Sigma Tii.u -Delta frltrerni- Ensemb)~orwi. · date .of entrance in the contest. AnY ties, the chapter in Durant had three _ Qthers in, C4orJs·; Minerv& w ite; · organization on the-- campus is . eli-· articles in last month's issue ~·· Tbey Daniel Whitse\t, : Faith Veatch, Me­

- : gible, to enter the tourney and a.1J ·ar~ were..;~. "The· Deserted Oil Town," by lissa Campbe~t. Charity . capable of winning the cup, y.rhich. FlorenC?:e Ledford; "On B~~oming p _eborab Pyle, Zeno_bia· Maxwell, er-

will be' decorative as well as a rioken Twenty_one,' by Dion WQOd; and·-a- -'---8TC:---. of talent for t!l:e victors. I poem by L'Ucill~ Nicholas.. ,. .~ ~ ~ • •. - ..... _. ~ ... - ~· ·r ...

•• <l --sTr::- I ' --!':1'1"-- A • - \ -· • .' · A' SSEMBLY -'FEA. TURI:lS ART NEW B:OOKS, .. t\DDED_ TO LIBR RY . --, ~·~ • ·FzyE :YEARS AGO. ' •

. _ BEPR)i;~ENTING J!tCU~TY · The llibrary.' is steadily _reQei-'Ving • _ . ~, ... i The Sigma Tau Delta literary. fra- . new. rooks which ar!t rapid!! being • 1. Earl.. }Vtllholte, a local *'

ternity bad· charge of the assembly shelved. Below is a lfst of some '· of · • boy~ ,wir1s coiinty· spelling • ~liDl&'.riun ·.wednesda~ Mar _. 2. the ne~est that baye ~ g?ne into . if match !)_v.eJ: .. :Jutty. cor1tesk •

-· John ORiley gave a very interest. circulat:ton: . • . • aii~ -. -- · · . • ing talk on t~e .bJ.st_ory and purpose "Art. of Practice, ~ts Origm, Evo- • 2 . . Crawford rma Gibson, • of this organ~zation; its _purpose as . lution, :and _ Purpose, Kauffler E. 3iE ·. · Savage ' track ~tars win 8 • be brought out is lo encourage .. the McKnig.b.t. .Jt points in meet at Fort___W

• wil'ters anl artif:ts of our school. . "Child's Day,' a ,book of.. rhymes, . • ·Worth. Falt . Elkins, for- • · · ;ESter Alberti read a poem of her Walter De La Mare. . • p1er Sa~&ge, was high point tl

o\vn composition; wtitten to her "Dalry Ba.cteri9logy", B. W. Ham- • ·man O.f ~e meet with !l mother. ·Florence Ledford ·entertain-~ mer. -. • ' 12 12 P4in~. • ed with ·a Persian legend rmd a piano- "Wild Garden," Bliss Carmen. • 8. Sav&Bea. win ·from 0. C . . • solo, . "The DevilJs . Dance.'' Mable , . ·:ModE!lling au~ Sculpture," Aibe~t • U. and Southwestern •t the • Dick read tM> of. her own poems. Taft. ' • state b~ tball tpurnament • · The laBt number on the program · "Practice and S~iepce of. D"p.wing," • at Enid. _.. wu given by Adams Garrett. It con_ Harold :Speed. ' ··~ • 4. •

_ 8lated of sketches representing' vari- "Creative Chemistry,• . Edwin r<.m- • ~ OWl members· 'ot th~ faculty. . ory ·Slossom. · ' ,, • . • The~devotional was condl.,lcted_ .by [ • ·• •

BW- Hall;--- ., Miss Lena N~ll l~ft Tuesday · • . ---'--STc- Amarillo, Texas, where she will 'be •

The Russell h\gh s~ool SCO)lt gi~ls the prog·ram. of the Women's • · tn pusing their scout teat have made MethodiJit Church Soutl:i. Mon- • aome lovely·ijttle print dresses for the. missionaries will be .. lltUe girls in whom the club is in- the. year's budget will be • ·

-,~featea: . ' . • ihe Methodist m,tssto~~~s. . • • · • )If •::.J.E~