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MEMORIAL DAY, 1919. More than fifty years ago the men we are honoring today gave their lives and services in behalf of their Country.
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The Daily Transcript
VOL. VII. NO. 51
norman, oklahoma,
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THURSDAY, MAY t*, 1919.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SCHOOL ELECTION
FOR-EXTRA LEVY
ON WEDNESDAY
SOONER MARD! GRAS FORTY-NINE IN THE
Prof. C. W. Shannon, President
of the Board of Education, in his
cises at the high school on Thurs-
cises tt the high school on Thurs-
day night, called attention to the
school election to be held next
Wednesday, June 4th, impressing
upon his audience the necessity of
getting out and voting for the
propositions if it is desired to
keep Norman's splendid schools/
up to their present high state of
efficiency and standing. He callcd
attention to the fact that Norman
with a population of 6000 had a
school population of a city of 15,.
000, and a population that was
growing rapidly, so that every
year it was necessary to raise ev-
ery dollar that could be legally
voted. This was the case this
year and would undoubtedly be the
case in the years to come—but
never \*as money voted for a more
worthy purpose.
The election is for the purpose
of raising the levy for the support
of the schools ten mills. The law
allows a levy of five mills, but it
takes fifteen mills, by the closest
of close figuring, to carry on the
schools. Thus it is necessary that
we raise the levy to that amount,
which is all we can raise under
the law.
The bond election is for $8,000
to build another unit to the west-
side school building for domestic
science and other purposes. The
additional room is very necessary,
or it would not have been asked.
This $8,000, too, is all we can
vote at this time under our pres-
ent valuation.
Of course both propositions will
be carried by a good majority.
"The University City" never has
and never will take a backward
step in dealing with her schools,
and they must be kept up to the
very highest standard. For if any
cities in the state enjoy the repu-
tation for good schools in greater
^egree than Norman, and she must
maintain that reputation. Every
man and woman voter should get
out and vote lor the propositions,
so that they'll go "over the top"
in splendid shape.
Despite Death of
Fill Engagements; TAKES PLAGE TODAY GRADUATING CLASS
OF NORMAN HIGH
Chairman Hays'
Sullivan, Ind.,
Mother Dies at Grounds have been worked into
Aged 62 Years.1 shape and everything is ready for
But Oklahoma City Meeting Is the first Sooner Mardi Gras to be
Held—Large Delegations in the given tonight at the university
City. i armory for the benefit of the Soon-
j cr Memorial fund. The ^arnival
Oklahoma City, May 30.—Not- \ will be opened by a mammoth
withstanding the death at Sullivan street parade that will start from
Ind., on Wednesday night, of his the university gymnasium at 4:'!0
mother, Mrs. Mary C. Hays, 62 this afternoon.
years old, Will N. Hays, republi- Casts for the fifteen shows that
can national chairman, who is wil compete for the Mardi Gras
here today for a conference with cup held last rehearsals last night
state republican leaders, will fill and the biggest festival ever staged
his engagement in this city. Mr. by students of the university is
Hays learned this morning of the brewing, carnival managers de-
death of his mother, but filled his clared this morning. Advance ad-
speaking engagement at Musko- vertising cars went through Nor-
gee nevertheless. He left Musko- mtn yesterday afternoon and each
gee at noon for Tulsa, where he side show director is already
spoke Thursday night. 1 claiming the pennant.
Mr. Hays explained, according All for Sooner Memorial,
to a message from Muskogee, that ' Every cent made from the Mardi
when he left Sullivan last Satur- Gras will go to a fund to honor
day on his trip through the south- men from the University of Okla-
west, his mother, who had been in homa who served in the war. Otto
failing health rapidly, called him "Dutch" Brewer, president of the
to her bedside. Knowing that student asociation, announced
death was near, she exacted a this morning. Although the festi-
promise from her son that lie val this year is somewhat of an
would carry out all his speaking experiment, the memorial should
engagements, regardless of her get a big boost on the start, Brew-
condition. er says.
Mr. Hays is being accompanied Features of the carnival wiil be
through Oklahoma by James G. the Priebe strong man act and
McGraw of Ponca City, national the S.A.T.C. reunion. Marcellus
committeeman for Oklahoma, and Priebe, semi professional weight
Jake Ilamon and Jim Harris, lifter, assisted by Ben Cooley, un-
prominent republican leaders. defeated varsity tumbler, will
After the conference with the give the people of Norman some-
state committee here today, Mr. thing unusual, members of the en-
Hays is expected to return to Iild- tertainment committee believe,
iana to attned his mother's funer- i s. A. T. C. Reunion Feature,
al. | Days of the S.A.T.C. in the uni-
Large numbers of republicans versity will be commemorated by
The high school auditorium was
crowded to its doors on Thursday
night upon the occasion of the
commencement exercises of the
high school, which were very in-
teresting and impressive.
Promptly at 8:3(£ to the strains
of the march played by Miss Nina
Keiger, the senior class marched
in and took their places at the
side of the stage There were for-
ty-seven of them, siid they made
a most attractive picture, espec-
ially the girls in their pretty white
graduation gowns carrying great
bunches of red roses.
Prof. C. W. Shannon, president
of the board ; Revs. Pool and Asz-
man, Principal Shults, City Sup-
erintendent Bobbins and Dr. Ed-
win DeBarr occupied the stage.
Rev. Pool offered an earnest in-
vocation, which was followed by
the Salutatory by Miss Margaret
Cameron, who welcomed the guests
in a most gracious manner with
well chosen words. The vocal
solo of Miss Marguerite Siever
was received with much favor, be-
ing followed by the address by Dr.
Edwin DeBarr on "Educational
Re-Construction.". Then came the
beautiful songs by the Senior
girls, accompanied by the high
school orchestra, with valedictory
by Henry Conkling. The young
man made an eloquent and fitting
address, full of timely suggestion
to his fellow-graduates. The pre-
sentation of diplomas was made
by President C. W. Shannon. The
certificates were beautiful works
of art with leather covers, each
vidual graduate, together with
the class roll arid' class motto.
are here to attend the conference. men of the university who will ap- ... ...
! pear in a battalion parade, in full: conta.ning the name of the mdi-
, . t, 1 ' "campaign uniforms." "All vet-j
Follow the crowds to Rackets ^ Qf Norman
Festival Sale. That s the place to wm ^ fey officcrs who They were certainly worthy the
obtain good merchandise at half ^ unjt fam0U8)>. j high estimation in which they will
Prlce- ; Brewer said of the burlesque to-
' day.
The Mardi Gras will be closed
late tonight with a general street
Kodak Films developed free,
prints three to four cents each;
photo postcards, $1.00 per dozen; ^ ^ q{ thg gi(rma A]pha
a great reduction in all work. My
work is better and costs less. THE
BRODIE STUDIO, over Freed
Reed's Drug Store. 50-8t
Epsilon fraternity house, Boyd
and University boulevard. All
available musicians of the univer-
sity have been engaged to play i
indicate the biggest enthusiastic applause by the aud
be held by their recipients, less
for their beauty than as repre-
senting work well done. In addi-
tion to the forty-seven diplomas
given to the graduates present,
two were awarded to members of
the class now overseas, Merle G.
Smith and Okla Bobo, which an-
nouncement was received with
DECORATION DAY IS
FITTINGLY OBSERVED
At 10 o'clock Friday morning
old soldiers and their families and
friends gathered at G.A.R. Hall
where automobiles met them for
transportation to the I.O.O.F. cem-
etery. There was a long proces-
sion of automobiles and carriage-
to the cemetery, all carrying im- i
mense boquets of perfect roses, '
and other flowers, and the deco-
ration of the graves of the de-
parted loved ones was perhaps
more universally observed than in
any former year.
'Hie ceremonies at the ceme-
tery consisted of singing by the
quartette, invocation by Rev. Pool,
reading of the memorial service
by Commander Geo. DeLong, d.v-
oration of memorial grave by
Comrade Flesher, and an address
by Rev. G. J. Rousseau. The day
was a perfec" one, which brought
out a large crowd, and the exer-
cises hiost solemn and impressive.
Rev. Rousseau paid a glowing tri-
bute to the old soldiers who ha 1
offered their lives on the altar of
their country and to those of the
late war wdio had given of their
lives and services that civilization
might not perish from the land.
In the afternoon, the War Moth-
ers gave a luncheon to the old
soldiers and their families, *nd
soldiers of the late war, at the
City Park. A program of music
and adresses was also given and
a very pleasing time experienced.
City Park. There was an excel-
lent attendance, and Dr. Brooks
made an excellent address, with
Miss Carson giving several read-
ings. A joint meeting of the Cir-
cle and War Mothers was held
with Mfj. Cheadle presiding.
Bargains in pumps and oxfords
Friday and Saturday at Rucker'3.
NEW OFFICERS OF
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Don't fail to go to the greatest student dance ever given in Nor- lence-
bargain feast Friday at Rucker's. man. ! Dr- DeBarr's address was a gem,
Houses to Close. but that i? not unusual, for in all
All student boarding houses, [his talks he always lays some
fraternities, and sororities, will thing "worth while," something
dispense with the evening meal that gives his hearers something
today so that Mardi Gras events to think about. In his address he
from the opening of the parade' compared the systems of eduea-
until the close of festivities to-' tion in European countries with
; night will not be broken. ! those in America, much to the ad-
] All students and townpeople arc vantage of our own system. Ill
! requested' to come masked or in European countries, especially in
! the land of the Hun, the cuvricu-
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
costume-
Miss Margaret Streeter, teacher
of English in the high school, was
elected president of Theta Sigma
Phi, women's journalism sorority
last evening at the annual election
and installation of officers, held
at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority
house at Norman.
Miss Caroline Copeland, Miami,
was elected vice president; Miss
Ruth Glidewell of Caddo county,
secretary-treasurer, and Miss Mary
Burke, Norman, keeper of the ar-
chives. Miss Fannie Inez Bell, re-
tiring president, senior, was install
ing officer.
Miss Streeter was a reporter in
Oklahoma City a portion of last
year. She will enter the stai uni-
versity at Norman next year.
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Bm
Wallace Reid in "Too Many
Millions," a Paramout picture at
University Theatre Today.
The spectacular horseback
ride by Cigarette, in which
she leaps a great chasm and
braves a terrific sandstorm
in a desperate effort to de- and Saturday, 2 pair for 25c,
liver the reprieve of a man Rucker's.
who is facing a firing squad.
WILLIAM FOX Presents Splendid Sacred Concert: \'e
Everybody's Favorite
Theda Bara
In Ouida's Most Famous
Novel
lum was decided by the hi ther
powers, who told the pupils net
what studies they should take;
was from the top down. In these
countries 90 per cent of the e.iil-
I dren were slaves to the other ten
Men's 25c sox, all colors, Friday ' Per ccnt> morally, mentally, finan-
a{ : cially and in every other we... In
■ this country, the education was
j from the ground up, the pupil be-
- I ing given that course of study he
lesired and was fitted for and no
and
ment later.
I Men's B. V. D
| ion suits fi9c. Friday and
day.—Rucker's.
"UNDER TWO FLAGS"
The Best Story Ever Printed on Celluloid
Thrilling tale of a daughter of the desert, whose love for an
English nobleman inspired her to self-sacrifice, ending in giv- . .. .
ing her life to save him. Bearing the reprieve, Cigarette ar- ' ' * . ^
rives just as the firing squad is taking aim. She rides madly1
between the men and their victim—a second too late. They
fire and Cigarate, instead of the man she loves, falls to the
ground! Never has drama had a more stupendous climax th
is provided.
! Sundav evening, at the First
I Methodist church, Santa Fe and matter how lowly his antecedent.-.
Eufaula, at 8 o'clock, thefre will be j the Possibility of rising to highest
! a splendid sacred concert with j Position was ever before him. In
Prof. Snell in charge. There will i European countries the state was
he solos, duets, choir selections, jever uppermost; in America, the
violin music. Full announce- individual. Dr. DeBarr gave sev-
Also One of those Henry Lerhman Sunshine Comedys
"A Son of a Hun"
Pretty Girls, Big Stunts and Remarkable Animals
Also a new chapter of the greatest serial produced
"The Terror of the Range"
With Betty Compton and Geo. Larkin
upon them the necessity of select-
that occupation or profession
Coming Monday and Tuesday—Norma Talmage in a big
live reel drama, "A Social Secretary," Also Tom Mix in one
if his two rt'el western plays, with Mutt and Jeff in "A Cow's
tiusband" and a Mack Sennett Keystone Comedy, 'A Maiden
Trust." with the 9th enisode of the "Man of Might, with \\ il-
ia® Duncan and Edith Johnson.
eral interesting instances of his
| experiences in Germany with its
stvle $1.25 un- ' system of education, which he ear-
Satur- nestly condemned, giving it as his
opinion that it was in great part
| the cause of the late war.
xico: J. M. Arm- Dr £>eBarr earnestly congratu-
nd°n. geology ,at(,(, th<J graduates upon reaching
majors who graduate this spring, ,))U mu,Mo.br lesired milestone
Itft several days ago for South ! eduratjon, and impre sed
America to go in the field for the
Caribean Petroleum company.
Rolfe X. Engleman, also a major. I the7 were"best fated; the
will work in Mex jo this summer, j they ]()Vedi declaring no one
Leon English expects to go to Co-1 djd ^ work in whil h his
lumbia, South America, later in gou, were not interested,
the summer. Engleman will be ^ ^ impregsed them with the
employed by a South American necegsity) they desired success,
company with headquarters at ^ retajnjng clean souls, clean
Tampico, Mexico. Other Sooner ^ , dean bodies; clcan
(geologists have made aP, PeatIon I mcntaUy physically, morally and
| for work in the southern part of j irituauv ][e also impressed
i the United States and South 1 them with the fact that getting
| America and expect to be as- j ^ mt the chief end of
signed in the next few weeks. i ^ ^ ,.Service
' It was a great address, and lii-
Bargains in men's and boys'
clothing Friday and Saturday at
Rucker's.
tened to with marked attention by
Don't forget that you can save
money if you make your purchases ^
Friday and Saturday at Ruckei s,
The Norman Schools
City Superintendent Robbins,
Principal Shultz of the high school,
the members of the faculty of the
high school, principals and teach-
ers of the grade schools, and the
Board of Education, all have cause
to congratulate themselves upon
the successful year the Norman
public schools have had during
1918-1919, and the good work ac-
complished, regardless of the h n-
dicap of the war. It lias been one
of the most successful in the his-
tory of the schools, and a bright
harbinger of what the coming year
will be.
No one could look into the bright
faces of the .forty-seven graduates
at Commencement Thursday night,
beaming with intelligence, without
feeling that every- dollar spent on
their education was well spent;
and this is accentuated by looking
into the beaming faces of the oth-
er scholars who are coming on to
take4 similar honors. Our schools
are good ones, and we want to
keep them up to the same state of
perfection.
ATHLETIC UNDERWEAR
Men and young men who
wear Athletic Underwear
are deighted with the com-
fort it gives- You will be too
when you get yours-
Reasonbably priced at $1
to $2.50.
BOY'S KNEE PANT
SUITS
Your boy will be well dress-
ed and substantially dressed
in one of these all-wool knee-
pant suits. Bring him down
and see that happy smile
grow when he sees these All-
Boy suits..
Now only $12.50
E. R. Kimberlin
SUITS FOR (BOYS
Harry Carey Picture
"Bare Fists"
At
University Theatre
T omorrow
Best Bet Yet
Exciting Moment, in New Drama
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Miss Charlie Nickle, formerly
connected with the Oklahoma Geo-
logical Survey and a student of
the university, has been granted
a year's leave of absence from
work with the Cosden Oil com-
pany at Tulsa because of illness.
Miss Nickle is now in Phoenix,
Ariz., for her health and is re-
ported improving.
j-uA^Ry CAR.&y /,-i
" £■ n~-T.3 "
Cheyenne Harry's fa'.hei v as the town marshal of tha
little frontier village in the cow country. Father and son Wef|
their ••):<! •• . I;'.' ! Vuted. turrte
out and finished it with neatness and dispatch.
but they turned < v -:i ' W!;<ti fe smoke Jea'
ed away, Harry's father lay dead on the saloon floor, a Mextcal
bullet in hi* heart.
And so Harry's mother, hor heart sickened with bloodshed
pleaded for her son's promise never to shoot again, either to at|
tack an enemy or to defend himself against one.
But there came a time when not to shoot was to admit hind
self a coward and to permit brutes in human form to go uiJ
punished. What was his choice? You must see "Bare Fists!
the big, new Harry Ca'c . picturc, coming to the
University Theatre
TOMORROW
MATINEE STARTS 1. 9. M.
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