Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1917 Page: 1 of 12
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Oklnhnms Hl«t Ih,,.,, Y1
CLEVELAND COUNTY ENTERPRISE
NEWSPAPER OF CLEVELAND COCNTY AM) THE CITY OF NORMAN
NO. 14
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, ISM
VOL. XXVI
Norman, Oklahoma, the "University City
■— —-—" ~ . . t a Knnvnt pvpnts studv con-! are to be on the campus at IS
The University of Oklahoma
Has Made Remarkable
Growth in Past
Five Years
those of military service in which
the university is making notable con-
tributions to educational progress-In
Oklahoma. The school of education,
which has advanced at perhaps a
more remarkable rate than almost
r It,, four I ulan for a current events study con- are to be on the campus at Norman,
of the >-truct,on for thc^pas^four 1 plan fo,^cu^ ^ ^ f. ^ )f ^ ^ ^
yeara' ' " 1 , ., t ff pf the state-wide organization of groups for arranged as to accommodate .!00(]
nnd Oklahoma Cfty ' the study of the events of the day. people and costing $150,000, is already
Dailj • a omon a i 1)OSition as and by means of a series of contests in the course of erection end plans
Times, who assumes t p ^ ^ WHrk of the best students will be for the first unit of a new library are
more . sslstan pl° es'publishers1 recognized and regarded. The pro- in the hands of state architect.
any other department in the uni- Extension 'work among , . , c w as it affects | Seventy-five thousand dollars will be
I versity, is this year establishing for through the _ installation ^of cost ac^
! purposes of experience and observa-
{ tion a junior high school including the
i seventh, eighth, and ninth grades
I Here unde;- the supervision of the
faculty of
thro"8h th*'tenisd'Iml°other efficient America, will be one of the predom- expended on the first third of this
counting - y- rtaken during the inating features of the courses as library and it will supplant the un-
!* ^ir through the extension mapped out by Dr. Scroggs. Im-jsafe structure where the university .
" coming >e< - ,.m.(.i..llv nuali* I portant for its being upon the cur- collection of books is now housed.
■ the supervision of the , division and a 1 . ^ stuJy fa the newly com. A geology building is to be erected
the school and with the, fled for such work will bulletin by Dr. A. C. Scott of at a cost of $100,000, completes the
chers of experience there | tht ,)f mai,v ithe extension division on AmericaV trio of new structures which vill
This will be un ex- adorn the 120-aere campus.
faculty oi tne scnum anu fnrultv
The University of Oklahoma, the I average increase of 25 per cent has I help of teachei s of j Taking its place even ahead of many (
principal educational institution sup- | ^"^t^ylar effectol aTt'Lk, tots "and experiments with a view older and | ha^ti ve Judy"of the historical, «*M.
ported by the state, in recen y , enrollment, but mer- of determining the feasibility of exjtheuniversij - economical aspects of the war, he-
has gained a reputation for g fhe increase that might have tending into the grades certain wor^ students a new sch o with the original causes and
^Ld'rth^heKorer ,.^i_ „ this .oUl.tr,
iL^'^fen^a ^""pected/ In spite of en- for example, will be taught in the,of national reputation
President^ of The University in. May by no means the ^pressing inf uence tempte* m nem n#tional reputation. The pur-| to Germany up to the time of
1912, the institution has enjoyed a that was expected. jlie of en- P ;choo,^nd the results of pose of this school is to prepare stu- jca on
period of unprecedented increase , hsUnenU, m^sp.te o^Udmen. m ^ ^ awaited with j dents who wish to engage m jJ.Un; | ^ ^
students and instruction and i homes, students have flocked to the interest by the educational 'workers |thropic and soc^ ^ ^ j „ot ()f colU.,e rank, there has been
partments of lesi 1c u.. „nnlUrs fnllv as irreat of the state. j , ..etuhlished this year a school of telc-
The fourth building for which the
legislature made provision is t > be
a state hospital in connection wit!
the school of medicine in Oklahoma
City. This building costing $'-00 OflO
is to be located on a tract of 15 acres
owned by the state near the rapitol
in Oklahoma City. The facilities to be
j provided in this hospital now occupied
the school of medicine soon to be
of p.™. ... I~ 77—£ o. .h,• KIT ZlZ'l™ZSZ1IlSUSS/St — - „
extension work. , ,.nv previous vear In response to a call from neaily inten . rrpctional in-1 uraphy in response to a joint request I transferred hy the municipality to
As it stands today it is a univer-1 as those of any previous year. ,J,.tion of the state there has and charitable and correctional n Maphj ^ T!;t «.rect-on of a build-
sity in fact as well as in name. With There are now on l',e to^P^hich ! been established as a part of the stitut.ons, or toe,«ein soua „ - ^ ^ u,lineil in tele- ing for the school of medicine will
its department of medicine in Okla- most 1..00 8t^ent^e" ^in\51C school of education a department of tlement and indu t,:,al v.Ufau - suffi,ie„t numbers to meet IL, > ve the last obstacle in the way
homa City it constitutes a place in ; equals the number^ there was in | a>rricultural education under the sup- New as this f.eid of labor seem to ^ t)u, ,)aw ,,;,m of Ks being aomitte ! to class A among
which students may obtain training With the gradual increa ervision of Prof. J. W. Bridges, for- be, there is no doubt that it , ting the university to nied'-s'.l schools. The fact that the
for practically every vocation and pro- comes throughout the ^r, there , em k,n „f the Agri- attractive to many men an.l womer b ned in ™,uest n, t e un y^^ ^ ^
fession which a state university is every reason to believe that the T917 culJra, and Mechanical College at who have hitherto entered other p.of- h > muco. e ^
expected to furnish. The University 18 enrollment will surpass that ^ am, of the Central state essions '
of Oklahoma prepares men and worn- 1916-17. lwo thousand six hundred Edmond. This is not a, Notable as are tlu
en for law, for medicineti for en- students obtained the advantages of Normal
irineering, for pharmacy, for teaching, university education last year and it
• 1 • 4. octiniatp that
•ampus develop
deficinecy and
and there is consequently at the di?-
posal of any citizen of Oklahoma the
for business, for journalism or social is a most conservative estimate that
service and a dozen other occupa- j would place the total this year, m-
tions as important if not as well eluding the summer students, at even
known as these. - a higher figure than this.
In addition to preparing students Such a record in the face of war
for obtaining a livelihood, it also con<iitions is one which will be equaled
gives instruction in the clutral bran- ;n few institutions of learning this
ches, such as music and art. In this year, and it is indicative of the place
respect the University of Oklahoma which the University of Oklahoma
is almost unique, among state uni- has won among the parents and stu-
versities. The school of fine arts of dents in the state.
the university today excels any simi- | \Vhen nearly every other institution
lar school in the southwest and is1 jn the land has found it necessary
even larger and more completely de-1 either to make extensions of to cur-
veloped than similar departments in tail activities in which they have been
the older state ' universities of the engaged, the University of Oklahoma
north and east. j has seized this year as a favorable op-
In every direction and activity the , portunity for expanding in half a
university is now taking advanced
steps.- It is assuming the lead in edu-
cational matters in Oklahoma. Tea-
chers througout the state are turning
to it not only for training
for themselves bat for assistance in
meeting the problems which aiise in
their daily duties. The summer ses-
sion, which has grown from a hand-
fe " " v. k
s ■■■>
1 > n ^ y.-
i ■ i; n s i
dozen directions. Of most immediate ;
bearing upon the war is the plan \
\o introduce military training as a
part of the work expected of the
men of the first two years in the uni-
versity. Assurances have been re- I
ceivfed from the federal government
that the necessary arms and equip-
ment can be obtained and that an of-
•er of ability and experience will be
rsrr •>
1
ill
"rrr.r
p ri™ i
V '!
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ful of students in 1908 to almost J fic
l' 00 in 1917, is the principal means by j detailed to the universi y o
which the university makes itself j duct the training in military science j
of service to the teachers of Okla- and tactics. When this has been done duplication of "anything of-Lents at the university, they are no opportunity to learnte
homa. Each summer sees in Norman | and when the hundreds of young cou P institution in the ! more important than the steps which der compete,, supervision
rural teachers, high school teachers men who are ,n the universi y « Jred by any # ^ Qf supp,y. a,,, hpin, taken to bring the „n.vc. Wh.le progr,
and principals, city an.l county sup- fwshmen and wphomo es we >^ gtudenta who are preparing'sity home to the people of the sf.te
erintendents, normal school and col-j in* the ^eenfits of thoiough-gonig ^ fo). thc teachinK profes- jThis function of the.umvers.ty, «
lege teachers, who are preparing military training there can be no opportUnity for training in erciied through the extension av,
themselves for a more efficient per- doubt as to the part which the Uni- Th„ same I sion
THE NEW CHEMISTRY BU1LDIN
formance of their duties. versity will play in providing
The enrollment in the university adequate national defense.
has grown by leaps and bounds. An But it is in other pursuits than
agricultural matters. The same j sion, is one which is more appreciate.
course which is given at the uni-, perhaps than the holding of c.r
'versity will be offered by correspon- and the giving of lectures. ,e x-
dence in order that those teachers tension division of the University of musi.
who are unable to come to the uni-! Oklahoma, now entering upon -is hope
is >)f'in^r made
all of these utilitarian lines, tin
cultural subjects are not beiir
lected. In the school of fin
with the assistance of Prof
J. Lehrer there is to b(
this year a department of
through which the unlv
to reach the remotest
The fact that the
toik of thc school has been con-
div t jd :n bui.dings not owned by the
! Stat? luts beer the only reason why
i the I ghest standin<r hr.s not already
i been credited to this department. .
Wiien these new buildings have
been completed the university will
' have a plant valued at well above a
1 million dollars. It already possesses
on the campus at Norman an Admin-
istration hall costing .>190,000, a Law
building costing $125,000, a Chemistry -
building costing $115,000, a S. 'ence
hall an.l Library each costing $:i0,-
000, an Eitgineering building to-
' gether with a power plant costing
$40,000, a President's House costing
$10,000, and numerous other smaller
and less expensive buildings. The
university occupies a campus of
slightly more than 120-ncres situated
on the outskirts of the city of Nor-
man—a campus which has been made
beautiful in spite of adverse condi-
tions by the foresight of the univer-
sity's first president, Dr. David R.
Boyd, who is responside for the
planting of a large number of trees
upon every part of it.
Thirty-acres of this campus is now
in the first stages of development as
.a new athletic field to take the place
of historic Boyd field on which so
many famous Sooner teams have won
their reputation. The new athletic
field, as yet unnamed, is being con-
structed with a view to the future
needs of the university, for no one
doubts that only a few years will
elapse until three of four thousand
students will he on the campus de-
manding facilities for athletic train-
d , eloped 'nK and development.
mumuuty An occount of the University of
,,,- Oklahoma is not complete without re-
ference to her athletic teams, among
rraphy
.ion;
■ arts
Oscar
who are unable to come to tne un,- «.Kiam ..a, - - villages of the state. In th.
versity may equip themselves for the fifth yea,- has plans whu^ ambition, n< 1 ,1U*« ^ step
field which stands preeminently her foot-
they may seem, are only
cordance with the lines of d,.- elo;
ment already laid down. This year
its department of correspondence
study by which it brings to the homes
of the young and old an opportunity
for study is to be greatly expanded.
This work has been entrusted to Miss
Margaret J. Mitchell, director f cor-
.e.vu.'.je """I;-;";" j renpondenee study, and the pan
helping schools throughout the state , ,h(, ,ms |aj(] invo1vt. thp - ! !i
to give instruction along vocational, >{ ^ ^ the m of
school of manual training, , . ,
a part of the college of engineer-,those
will be directed by men of un- What is pronounced by I n.fessor
questioned technical ability and of | Butler of the 1 niversity of In, a
broad practical experience.
constantly increasing demands for in
struction in agriculture.
In a similar way the university is
this year for the first time offering
a course of manual training. The
demand for persons adequately equip
ped to teach this subject has far ex-
ceeded the supply, and the univer-
sity is endeavoring to do its part in
lines.
in g.
DR. STRATTON D. BROOKS PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
The opening of the work J-his year
has been also a reorganization of a j
number of professional schools of the j
university. The school of commerce j
and industry first established in 191'! |
has been expanded into the school of j
public and private business and it j
will henceforth give training not only
in trade and commerce but in govren- j
mental administration as well. The j
new director of this school, Dr. A. |
B. Adams, is now upon a leave of
absence as an expert in the market-
ing of perishable products in the em-
ploy of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion. In his place as director this
year is Prof. T. B. Robb, lately re-
turned fron, a year's graduate work jn
Yale University.
| The school of journalism has like-
wise undevgone a reorganization.
Prof. T. H. Brewer, a former Nash-
| ville and Louisville newspaper man, is
' succeeded as director of the school by
H. H. Herbert, who has been in charge
as the biggest idea recently
in extension work is Dr .l. W.
of pure art an advanced step will
taken in providing courses in art e<Ui
cation, including decorativc dcsi.i,.
arts and crafts, and commercial ill-
ustration. This work will be de-
veloped by Miss Edith Mahier, newly
appointed as instructor in art.
These are but a few of the ne.-
and hitherto undeveloped activities
of the university. It is obvious that
for this constantly expanding pro-
! gram, more buildings and equipment,
as weel as a greater number of tea-
chers, are necessary. To meet i,ho de-
mands upon the university, the legis
involved lature has provided for the erection
ici'ougs'1 of four new buildings, three of which
team. I'.ider
that remarkable c
: she has a recor.1
ftmplel brilliaa.'e.
that if hc has any
vennis ■ i i'j 'i'.all
ection of
oach, Bonnie Owen,
of almost une.v-
and the saying is
materia1 at all this
will produce a win-
car already the
si c! a'ter-i •:>; a v. essftil season
. ueen w.i • , and with a.I the
<K! ' ulties i I ' •; I by the \.ai there
is every indication that the Sooner
footbi.li ele\e,i will find fea oppo.dn.r
teams able to defeat it.
Not only in sport but in debating,
in musical clubs, in student publica-
tions, in Y. M. C. A. and V. W. C. A.
(Continued on page seven)
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Fox, J. O. Cleveland County Enterprise (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 4, 1917, newspaper, October 4, 1917; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc108665/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.