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OHLA. CITY Oft? «
HISTOR1CAI. iOCISTt
The University City—]
Cosmopolitan People
VOL. X. NO. 19
The Norman Transcript
Norman — the Capital
of Cleveland County
NORMAN, QKLA.. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 12 1922
PRICE FIVE CKNTS
PAUL N. CAMPBELL BARES INADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES
fire did $100
worth of good
President Sigma Chi Chapter Thinks
Saturday's Fire Did More Good
Than Harm
Six hundred barrel staves b cam - ;i
total loss when fire destroyed a
barn in the rear of the Sigina Chi
annex, 556 Cniversitv Houlevard, at
about 11:30 o clock Saturday morn-
ing. With practically all of tin tra
trinities on the campus having "hell-
week'' at this time, barrel staves arc
at a premium and tin- loss cannot be
estimated in dollars and rents, ac-,
cording to the Sig pit dges.
"Il eli-week" starts at the Sigma
Chi house Monday morning. In pre-
paration for th( festivities, twelve
pledged .had colleeted fifty paddies
each. These had been hidden in the
barn for safe keeping. When the
fin* was discovered, it had gained
too great a headway for the paddies
to he saved. The pledges report that
they are, as yet, undetermined as to
what method they will pursue in re-
placing their loss.
When questioned as to the amount
of actual damage caused by the iirc
Neal A. Sullivan, president of tin
chapter, stated that it did about $10(,-
worth of good.
CONSTRUCTION WORK
ON BANK IS PUSHED
■T""K«iL1809 LINCOLN 1865
Two Such Motions Sustained Friday
—'W. E. Cunningham Files Suit
Against T. T. Ataway
A motion filed to dismiss the suit
of J. II. Phillips vs I-red < lark wis
sustained on the grounds that the
plaintiff had failed to file a usury af-
fidavit with the bill of particulars.
I he suit involved $118, alleged by the
plaintiff to be owed him by ( lark.
In the ease .of Rueker against J;ox,
suit on open account, a similar ino
tion was filed and sustained, Friday.
W. K. Cunningham filed a suit
against I. I. Attaway Iriday on a
forcible entry and detainer plea. The
plaintiff alleges that Attaway is in
possession of certain lands belonging
to him and thai though he has given
hi in notice to move, he has failed to
do so. The case In,, be, set fot
February 14
one third loan fdnd
is raised thursday
Club Women to Start Work This
Week on Marion Edward Cheadle
Student Loan Fund
— $,«jf
Construction work on the new
Norman State Bank building is pro-
gressing rapidly, according to latest
reports from men in charge.
\lthough the erection of the build-
ing, itself, has not started, a great
deal of the preparatory work has
been completed.
An excavation has been made* oil
the rear of the lot I his will be ce-
mented and used as a basement in
which to store c • :t 1 ai*l -imilar sup
plies. At the pr< sent time, workmen
are busy laying concrete for the
steel, reinforced concrete supports.
1* i- estimated that the building
will be completed and ready for oc-
cupation by J title I
0. U. TO DEBATE
WITH CALIFORNIA
The I niversity of Oklahoma ac-
cepted the • halhnge for debate re-
cently re« eivrd from the 1 niversity
• if Southern ' alifornia for March 17.
according to Josh Lie. debate coach.
\\ edno-day.
i'he question wili be based on the j
Kan as ndustr;.! • .rt law and the
Snoners will take the affirmative
side I'he best debaters on the var-
sity squad will be selected to repre-
sent Oklahoma. This is the first
time that Oklahoma has scheduled a
debate with ;i school so far distant
as California.
pay-up CAMPAIGN to
open here march 1
Retailers Urge Wholesale Bo°k-Bal-
ancing During Annual Settle-
ment Period
Fay what you owe, give the other
Iman a chance to settle up, and then
when he pays his neighbor mayb.'
he in turn will pay the little bill he
owes you. Such is the solution offer-
ed by the Norman Retailers for the
fourth annual Pay-Up and Book-
Balancing campaign which they arc
preparing to open up, March 1st.
Fifteen days will be devoted to the
squaring tip of local accounts, says
C. W. Kuwitzky, secretary.
That this pay-tip movement is not
being conducted merely for the bene-
fit of the business men is t'he fact
emphasized by Kuwitzky, in an in-
terview, Saturday. The campaign is
for giving every skilled and unskilled
laborer, business, and professional
man and woman, a chance to settle
up hack accounts. Statements will
be mailed by all merchants and
should not be considered an insult,
as everyone will be treated aliks, is
is said. If you have an old account
you have neglected for a month or
two or even a year or so, go down to
your creditor and pay him up, and
not a word will be asked you.
In the other three such campaigns
put on in Norman by the Retailers,
considerable success has been rea-
lized. says Kuwitzky, and there is no
reason why the matter should not be
given good support this year. Sim-
ilar movements are also being laun-
ched over other parts of the state,
with no small results.
Help put Norman's books on the
balance and keep yourself out of the
"red" by paying up during the cam-
paign.
'I he campaign for raising $1000
as a starting fund for the Marion
Edwards * beadle Student Loan fund$
association was started at a mass
meeting of Norman citizens at the
ty hall Thursday night, and already
a third ot the amour.- has neen ul -
scribed. according to the report of
(. W. Kuwitzky, secretary. Com-
mittees from the womens club are
now in chargi and will make tele-
phone calls for subscriptions, this
week.
Donations ranging !u size from
twenty-five cents to SJOO were given
Thursday night and indications aie
that little difficulty will be cxper
ienced in raising the remaining $700.
Any si*e subscription entitles the
yiv«r to membership in tin orgam-
ation. ays Kuwit/ky. A list of alj
members of ti e association will be
published in the Transcript nex;
Sunday.
'Ibis tiulent loan fund association
was organized in .Norman during the
Litter part 01 last year by m veral
lab v orkers and friends of the late
Air- Marion Kdv .'trds Cheadle. The
onhle puro.ise 01 the association i-
<>r extending aid to striving univer
•ity students and :or commemorating
the memory of Mrs. Cheadle. who
was a very active charitv worker
here.
1 he loaning of the association
money will be ban lied through the
university student loan fund a.ssocia
tion and will be loaned only to res-
ponsible students, according to offi-
cers. I he money will he kept i:i a
revolving fund and will not be for
long periods. The money is expect-
ed to be put in circulation at the
opening of school next year, and all I
subscriptions are asked to be in by
that time, says Kuwtzky.
forty families are
furnished clothing
Lions Club Campaign Is Big Success
But Eight Families Yet to Be
Supplied, Says Secretary
Fifty-four families have been furn-
ished with clothing as a result of
the Hons olub clothing campaign
made in the city last Sunday, ac-
cording to Mrs. Joe Davis, Red
Cross secretary. In spite of this
splendid response, at least eight
families or about thirty persons had
not been cared for Saturday, when
the supply of apparel was exhausted
said the secretary.
"Approximately 1.500 garments
were donated by the Norman iti
zens last Sunday," said Mrs. Davis,
ami some few articles have been
coming in since then. This clothing
has been sorted and packed by Mrs
Davis and Mrs. J. W. Sturgis, who
has charge of the distribution. F.v
erything was in readiness for the
distribution late Saturday afternoon,
and some tight or I'en bundles had
already been sent out, the workers
say.
Any clo hing that the Lions com-
mittee overlooked or that will be
given now will be called for if the
person will get in touch with the
Red Cro^s offices, Mrs. Davis said
Especially is there a need for school
childrens clothing and shoes. The
Red Cross officers hope to be able to
supply I be remaining flam-Jit^ by,
the end of this week.
/'As
ENROLLMENT HAS INCREASE
OF MORE THAN 30 PERCENT
OVER ENROLLMENT LAST YEAR
HIGH SCHOOL ERECTED TO ACCOMMO-
DATE 250 STUDENTS NOW HAS 400
GROWTH OF TOWN IS CAUSE
More Room Needed For Grade Schools—Equip-
ment Poor- More Teachers Needed
Speaking before the I.ions oliih at tlie regular luncheon Tuesday
noon, I'.-iul X. Campbell, principal of Norman high school, yave a
detailed report on the actual conditions in citv schools with partic-
ular reference to the high school. Campbell'outlined the existing
conditions and need for relief with, reference to enrollment, build-
ings, equipment, teachers and salaries.
In speaking of the enrollment, the principal said: "The enroll-
ment in the liiuli school today is 4 JO students which is an increase
of more than 1? per cent over the total number enrolled for all of
I last year. There are actually .ISO students attendin
At the same percentage of increase, in anoth
nearly 50(1 students. In the grad
in to the superintendent's office
Let us have laith that right makes migtit,
and in that laith let are to do our cl'ut v
as we understancLu.1 diraham Lincoln.
than 1.100. This
classes now.
ier year we will have
anuar\ reports, recently turned
a total enrollment of more
is an increase of M) per cent over last year. The
Complete report of the scholastic census f. -r this ji-ar totals 2tW
children of school age in the district.
lo tal.r t are of this enrollment of
litnctically -400 in t|,(. hint, school
ami 1300 in tin* yraclc.. .ve have <n
biyh scohol building, 10 year- rild
which is cajtalth of ai'ComoilatinK
from 2J5 to 250 Mudcntv \\V have
tvso grade liuildiiiKs which will prop
erly take car. c.f less than two-
LOCAL EGG MARKET
MAKES SMALL DROP
All Other Produce and Poultry Have
Had Steady Quoting During
the Past Week
■ a noticeable shortage of eggc
o w« k-. Vocal jmarkots ! •
loodt <1. Kriday and Saturday-
a result the whole ;.le price
'reaped from C; rents to W
No other changes art r. p. rt-
CHAMBER commerce
MEMBERSHIP CROWS
Two Business Firms Join Last
Week—Members Pay Back Dutfs—
Big Work Ahead
man-
pany.
\ft(
tor t\
ram
and a-
has df
rents.
ed in the pr< >luc< < r poultry
ccordin • to Mr*-. F. (' . Joi
ager of tin- Jones Produce
"We have been paying 35 <'• nt
whik tli'' Oklahoma Citv markets i
do not justify that price." said Mrs.
Jones, Saturdav. "Several crates -n
eirgs have been brought in today so
that caused the market t< droit," sh«
continued.
No changes have taken place in i
the grain market, according to Guy
Spottswood. manager of the Norman
Milling and Grain company. The j
market has been - cady now l< i' ■
erai weeks.
Today's Market
Grains
Win at. No. 3
Wheat, No. A
Wheat. No. 5
Corn, mixed
White .
Poultry and Produce
Corn
f >ats _
Kens _
Frys -
Stags
F:;gs
Butter,
Butter- fresh countrv
Applications h> two business
liou «'i Norman tor membership to
the chamber of commerce last week
indicate the co-op( ration that will le
shown the organization in putting
" • iln man;, plan* for community
betterment outlined recently .it the
.'in itial in - t ii - and ele tion of of-
lice) I lie Lewis and I aylor liarrl-
. re company and the J.eadbetter-
I rry lumber comfjany are the nen
members.
Merchants, professional, and work
ng men of the city have united in
putting over the schemes of the
chamber and promise to make this
>ne of the most successful years in
its history from the standpoint of
general civic work. Capable com-
mittee^ and directors have been ap-
pointed by the new officers and will
""it launch the 1922 program,
i An increasing number of delin-
i quent dues have been paid the organ-
74c I ization recently, says < W. Kuwitz
70,- ' v. secretary, which goes all the
t.;)C | niore to show that more impetus will
40c J'*1 given future activities. Those who
4i',e ar® still behind in membership fees
i are asked to give the matter prompt
| attention and get reinstated into the
18c
body.
packing -tock
... 10c
— 30c
6c to 7c
c to 30c
FIRST CONCRETE
paving is laid
Try outs In Norman
Hi Debating Squad To
Be Held Wednesday
Paving Started on South Santa Fe
—To Complete One or Two
Blocks a Day
The first block of Norman's con-
Try nuts for the sutlicrn coiifc-I trac.tcd ninety-si* blocks of concrete
cue,. liM, w-hnnl dcl.ntinu v,i,a.l will ',av,nS layeJ on South Santa Fe
be held at the high school WeJucs- ( •slrc^', , rhur.s|1«y an<! is now l",in8
day. February 15 on the following p,,!\l!cd r;iP""y owar.l tne business
question for member, of the , a,,- st'ctl,°" ll'« cltv- according to
to represent Norman in tb.. southern I wor''.recrlv0,1 "0I" contractor.. Ex.
high school conference: "Rewlved | work Is now well in ad-
that immigration into the 1 nited vunce of the n,lx,"« "lachines and is
States should he prohibited for u '' f8"' ">w rd the
■nd of the street.
thirds of the enrollment in the grades.
1 his year, it was found neces ary to
erect two new frame buildings, pro
viding" eight new rooms. Even with
these ad litions tUe rooms are over
crowded. In fhf -Jefferson school,
eighj out of eighteen room., ha* :•
actually in attendance more than 40
pupil- each, according tG January
rt\'( rts. I wo primary rooms ar
>till running noe-half-day sessions.
I he poposed new grade building will
ju t about provide enough c!a-s
rooms 'or -tudents housed in the
tempc.rai'v huildings
'Tlie high
noj properly
school v\ork
adequate tu ,
ent enrollim n
\v
l ine grading and steam rolling j „ ' :
two hlorbc man"al framing equipment
period of two years."
At le*««-t six debaters will be re-
quired Miice the affirmative side is
debated in Norman and the negative
side away from home on the same
night.
Contestants will be permitted to
tryout on either side. Kach will liavt
seven minutes for combined con-
structive and rebuttal argument;. All
students wishing to enter the tryout
should hand their name and side.
they wish to defend in to either Mrs "Where did you ret thes- cigars1
Johnson or Mr Paul Campbell not friend of mine sent them in
later than I ursday, February 14. from Cuba."
Brief, and other material may l.r j "Your friend certainly knows the
had at the university library. ropes down there."'
'hool building is old,
adapted for the high
iven, and <intirel\ in
''commodate the pies
in spite of the lac
that five rooms in the basement are
used. Ihe-e rooms are poorh
lighted, poorly heated- unslightly
..nd in . very way unfit for class-
rooms. l-.very room in tin- build-
ing is in every period during the
day ior classes, heaving no rooms for
conferences or special meetings,
study hall is available so w<
using the auditorium which is en-
tirely inadequate."
In addition to the need for new
and better building facilities, Camp
bell pointed out that the equipment
in the local schools is very poor. In
mentioning this phase of his sub-
ject. tin speaker said: "Laboratory
facilities are offered in high school
for physio,, nnd biology, only. The
whole laboratory equipment, which
is entirely inadequate for class work
even in these two subjects, i>, housed
in on small, poorly ventilated, S by
10 room in the basement. Tlii
room has no outside lighting. There
are no laboratory desks or tables
and ordinary classrooms must
be used for experimental work."
In continuing his discussion of
equipment, C amphell made particu-
lar reference at this point to a li-
brary and vocational department:
"The high school has a well chosen
but very small library, which doe*
not meet the minimum needs for
reference work. This fact wa«
especially noticed by the high school
inspector, recently. There is no
reading room and the library is
housed in a 'cuby-holc' even smaller
than the labortory room.
"As for vocational work, the
equipment in the home Kcononiic-
department is fair in quality but will
only accommodate one-third of the
girls in high school. Practically
( a'' °f the sewing equipment con-
j sists ot three sewing machines. The
has been kept at least two blocks in
advance of the laying machines and
will continue to do so. it is said.
All men and machinery are being
concentrated on the south end of the
street and a gait of one or two blocks
ot finished product a day is expected
to be kept up.
Yo-Heave-Oh!
is in
even worse condition and is inade-
quate to properly take care of even
one-forth of the high school boys
for whom there is room in this de-
partment. More students were de-
nied enrollment in these two de-
partments than were admitted' stm-
| ply because they could not be taken
care of.
"There is no provision for phy>i-
cal education of any kind. The
basketball team, is depending upon
the generosity of the university for
the use of its already over-crowded
gymnasium. Girls' athletics or any
kind of physical training is out of
tin question."
l arnpbell then made reference to
the commercial department and
equipment in general lie made it
• « ry char that the available equip-
ment in tin- department madu it
practicality impossible to accomplish
satisfactory results.
1 lw commercial department ha,
only six typewriters and these are of
different makes. Artificial lighting
is used in the typewriting room at
all times. I his department is also
housed in the basement, and addi-
tional room having bren -partitioned
off for that purpose two year a- o
"Practically all c,f the furniture af
everv kind in the high school build-
ing i- old and much of it is unfit
f"r use 1 here are no desks of new
type in the high school rooms.'
One f the greatest needs of the
Norman school system was pointed
out by ( amphell to be the need for
mor. teachers. Regarding this. hV
•aid "'I here are only fifteen teach-
ers giving full time to high school
work. I his includes the niatiua'
training instructor, the home econo-
mics teacher, and the equivilant of
>n< teacher for keeping study hall.
This leaves only twelve teachers for
nearly 400 students. There i- only
one man doing full time teaching in
the high school. Kven with thr
real increase in enrollment, no ad
the board for use in the high sclioo'
several new teachers have been ad-
litional teachers were employed by
led in the grades but considering
the large number of student- enroll-
d, this number is still too small.
Only two men are teaching in the
grade schools. One teacher in the
high school has 146 different stu-
lents in five science classes, each of
which requires laboratory work
One English composition teacher
has 132 differents students. There
are ten classes with more than the
maximum number of students re-
quired by the North Central associ-
ation of schools and colleger. V\ ith
very few exceptions, th • remaining
classes range between d5 and .>0.
Study halls, owing to the fact that
only one teacher is available for
duty each hour, have from 65 to 85
students. Still parents wonder why
tudy hall teachers cannot see to it
that each students does effective
work during that period."
Jti discussingn salaries, Campbell
said: "Teachers' salaries in Norman
are the lowest of any school system
of this si/e in the state Most of
he grade teachers receive $90.0 per
month ior nine months or a total
vearly of $H10 Very few receive
sQOO per >ear High school teach-
rs begin at $1,250. Even this salary
represents an increase over last year
when the North Central association
threatened to put Norman high
school off the accredited list if the
minimulm salaries were not paid.
Only three teachers receive $1350 to
$15(10 and only two over $1500,
which is the minimum salary iu
many high schools in the state. The
fact that Norman is a university
town and consequently teachers who
prefer to live here will take low
salaries- is the only thing that saves
the situation at all. This means
that Norman schools cannot com-
pete with any other school for teach
ers but must simply take those who
can be obtained under these ends. It
ha> been found impossible to secure
any men teachers at salaries offered
only one case of
smallpox in norman
No Occasion for Excitement Physi-
cians Say, Rut Urge People In
Be Vaccinated
1 hat there is only one rase of small
pox in Norman in spin of the rn-
nors of several new cases, is the in-
lorination received I ritlay from l)r.
I. VI. Williams city health officer.
A ith the home of the patient hav
H-' bt en quarantined for ten davs and
i" symptoms of other eases reported,
here U little can e tor worry or « \-
| citeiiient, according to c ity physi-
I cians
i \ a«ciriation has been going on at a
rapid stride for the last two weeks,
doctors say, and the situation in this
county is believed to be well under
control, in case an epidemic should
break out. lUit this is by no means
threatening they say. Doctors, how-
ever, urge that everyone be vaccin-
ated and cooperate with them in
keeping down as much sickness as
possible.
\ case ot diphtheria was reported
to Doctor Williams Wednesday night
but no other contagious diseases are
said to be in the county. This pa-
tient has been isolated and every
precaution taken to prevent exposure.
\ nurse has been secured and the
case is thought to be well .under
control of l)r J. I. Day. attending
physician.
C onsiderable attacks of tin- "flu"
ire still remaining but for the most
part are reported of very light na
lure. Some pneumonia has also been
reported in the last two weeks.
NORMAN ENJOYING
SPRING WEATHER
After two days and nights of spring
weather, the thermometer took a
slight I drop Saturday morning and
caused the early risers to shiver as
they tfudv/cd toward their places of
business Hy noon it had grown
sonsiderably warmer but could not
compete with Thursday and I riday.
The United States weather bureau
at Oklahoma ( ity reported a maxi-
mum temperature of 7K degrees for
that place Friday. The thermome-
ter never dropped below 50 degre -s
during the day. Although several cit-
ies near the ( anadi.au border report-
ed zero temperatures, most of the
points in the -outhern and middle
western states announced fair weath-
er with the mercury ranging betwe.n
Ml and XO degrees.
Several cities in the country re-
ported cloudy weather while rain was
said to be falling in San Francisco,
Cincinnati and Roseburg. Snow fell
at Spokane, Washington, and Hel-
ena, Montana.
Indications are that the tempera-
ture for Sunday will be about the
same as that < spericnced Saturday,
with partly cloudy weather.
or, y, y, Tsu to
speak here monday
Chinese Delegate to Disarmament
Conference to Speak at Uni-
versity Auditorium
A member of the Chinese delega-
tion the disarmament conference at
Washington, Dr. V. V. Tsu, profes-
sor of sociology at St. John's college,
Shanghai. China, will address the
student body of the University of
Oklahoma. Monday, February 13.
The probable theme of this talk will
be China s part in the disaramcnt
conference," according to P . S. Gra-
ham, V. M. C. A. secretary at the
university.
Dr. Tsu is a member of the fac-
ulty of St John's college, an Ameri-
can school founded on American
principles by the Episcopalians
The college granted the Chinese lec-
turer leave of absence in order that
he might attend the disarmament
conference and tour America. Me
will visit most of the larger colleges
and universities of the t inted State,
before he returns to China.
except those who wish to do some
university work along with their
teaching. Full time, qualified
teachers are not to be secured for
less than the minimum of from
ll.oOO to 11,800."
In concluding his talk, Campbell
said "It is often argued that Nor-
man's situation is due to the fact
that this it« a college town but it is
pointed out that Alva and Stillwater
both smaller than Norman, and Du-
rant, very little larger, are examples
of towns having the same situation
and vet have fine school buildings
and adequate equipment.'
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