UNIVERSITY AND EDITOR
Published weekly by the School of Journalism of the University of Oklahoma Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Norman Address all communications to Fred E Tartnan Editor
VOLUME XL NORMAN OKLAHOMA MARCH 29 1919
NUMER 12
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SOONER NEWS
Released for Wednesday April 2
THE OKLAHO3Lk PRESS
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News and Views—Official Organ of The Oklahoma Press Association
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EIGHTY HESCHOOLS UNIVERSITY SUMMER
IN DEBATING LEAGUE SESSION ANNOUNCED
LEGAL NOTICE RATE
INCREASED BY STATE
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FOURTH ESTATE
BRIEFS
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Legislature Amends Libel Law
And Orders Tax Assess-
ments Published
Three bills have now been passed
by both house and senate of the Ok-
lahoma legislature which benefit the
publishers Of Oklahoma Governor
Robertson has signed one of the bills
and is expected to sign the others
One of the measures increases the
legal notices rate by twenty-five per-
cent Publishers have contended the
rate has been too low for any profit
Publication of personal tax assess-
ments is provided in the second bill
adopted This is the bill signed by
the governor It provides that a com-
plete list of personal tax assesments
shall be published in one newspaper
of each district the papers to bid for
the work The price is limited to not
more than ten cents a line which will
include sending a copy of the paper to
each tax payer
The third bill that of Eugene Kerr
and Luther Harrison of the senate
amending the libel law The amend-
ment is modeled after a provision of
the Alabama law and provides that
anyone contemplating bringing suit
for libel against a publisher shall give
notice of such intent live days in ad-
vance Then if the publisher prints a
correction before the suit is started
the judgment shall be limited to ac-
tual damages suffered by the plain-
tiff The first two bills were fathered
by the Oklahoma Press association
Appetite for Facts
Urged on Reporters
By Kansas Governor
"I had rather be a newspaper re-
mything I have ever been
' - It is - the one big buSines in life -in'
which you must love your work if
- 3tou succeed in it"
Governor Henry Allen expressed
the fofegoing semtments when he
talked to the students in the depart-
men of journalism at the University
of Kansas recently
"Many persons have laughted at
the idea of having a school of journal-
ism but I am glad that I have not
been one of the scoffers I feel that
it establishes a good beginning for
newspafer work'
Speaking of the qualifications for a
good reporter he pointed out to the
students that they should develop an
appetite for facts He said:
"Too many authors present facts
in a twisted fashion Learn to respect
facts Use your imagination in gath-
ering them but do not let it spoil the
truth of your assertions
"The first thing you must get is
confidence on your beats You can
get this by writing your news honest-
ly Do not attenpt to do fine de-
tailed writing leave that to older
writers
"There isn't anything so glorious
in 4 le world as scooping the other
chap"
In speaking of the editorial page he
emphasized its importance and said
that its significance had been shown
in the interpretation of the subject
the League of Nations
A family paper known as The Cht-
ter is being publiched by employes
of the Tulsa World
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
TO STUDY IN ENGLAND
NORMAN Okla April 2 --(Sptcial)—J
Roy Orr and Marion J
Northcutt two graduates of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma are among
members of the American Expedition-
ary forces assigned to attend an Eng-
lish university according to word re-
ceived here today from Orr
Both men are graduates of law here
and expect to study advanced phases
of law at the University of London
Before entering the army Orr was
connected with the corporation com-
mission at Oklahoma City North-
cutt practiced law at Morris Okla
JOURNALISTIC SORORITY -
PLEDGES EIGHT GIRLS
NORMAN Okla April 2--(Special)—Theta
Sigma Phi national jour-
nalistic sorority at the University of
Oklahoma has announced the follow-
ing pledges among girlsin the school
of journalism: Mary Burke Norman
Caroline Copeland Miami Georgia
France Oklahoma City Ruth Glide-
well Helena Frances Gorman Ard-
more Bessie Johnston Wynnewood
Louise McComb Okahoma City and
Helen Miller Oklahoma City
k
Two graduates of the University of
Oklahoma have deserted the profes-
sion of pharmacy for that of adver-
tising Albert Hollis member of the
class of 1909 is now advertising
manager of the Enid Eagle Oscar W
Johnson class of 1902 is in the ad-
vertising department of the Satur-
day Evening Post
John N Shepler publisher of the
Lawton Constitution has returned
from California where he has spent
several months His health is said to
be much improved
Job printing is a part of the news-
paper business an Iowa district judge
held recently An injunction was
granted Paul S Junkin of Creston
Ia preventing John J Clark of
Bedford engaging in the job
printing business Clark sold the
Bedford Times-Republican to Junin
ten years ago and agreed not to en-?e
in fl-e newspaver business again
in Taylor county The court held that
agreement applied to the job printing
business also
Judd Woods former editor of the
Bristow Record died March 18 at
San Diego Calif according to the
Record Me wa3 publizher of the San
Diego Press at the time of his death
Woods formerly published a paper at
Yukon Okla lie bought the Bristow
Enterprise several years ago and pub-
lished that paper until June 1 1917
when the Enterprise and Record
were merged In December 1917 he
sold the Record to Jim Biggerstaff
and went to California for his healih
A E Howell editor of the Avant
Hustler has been appointed po3t-
master at that town
Ran da11formrly
of several Oklahoma newspapers and
representative in the legislature has
returned from France wearing a
Croix de Guerre It was won while
Randall wa' doing Y M C A worl:
He is still in the service and after a
visit in Oklahoma City he will go to
:Serbia and Ilespotamia to wind up
Y M C A activities in thcrze C31111-
ries
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H E Dreier advertising manager
of The Daily Oklahoman and azta-
homa City Times has been elected
president of the Mid-West Newspaper
Advertising Managers' association
which held a convention recently at
Kan 3as City
A special edition was issued re-
cently by the McClain County News
-ublished at Blanchard by Joe
Myers
Twelve years ago B Brewer a
graduate of the University of Chi-
cago joined the advertising staff of
file Daily Oklahoman After two
years he joined the Scripps-McRae
eague and recently was appointed
business manager of the Cleveland
Press the leading Scripps paper
The management of the Tulsa
World llas taken out life insurance
on the lives of all its employes
C L Caldwell formerly connected
with the state highway department
has taken charge of the Coalgate Record-Register
formerly published by
Mike Hickman now postmaster The
Record-Register is the official demo-
cratic paper of Coal county Cald-
well is planning several improvements
for the paper
The Stillwater AdvanCe-Democrat
is again in charge of I O Diggs who
sold out eight months ago to J L
Tullis Diggs had conducted the
paper for nineteen years before the
original change
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After three years of existence with-
out a newspaper Harrah is now sup-
porting the News established by H
H Oliver Oliver learned the prim-
ing trade in the office of the News
before it suspended
T F Mc Kane a veteran newspaper
publisher of Oklahoma died recently
at Centralia Mo His health failed
rapidly after he learned of the death
of an only son in France Mr Mc-
Kane was one of the oldest printers
in the state
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R T Calkins has recovered from a
long siege with the influenza and is
again at the helm of the Mulhall Jour-
nal The Journal missed several is-
sues while the editor was ill
Semi-finals and Finals to Be Held
at the University of
Oklahoma
NORMAN Okla ' April 2—(Spe-
cial)—Eighty highschools of Oklaho-
ma in the Oklahoma Highschool De-
bating league are arguing this month
the question of whether the city man-
ager is the best form of government
for cities They are divided into
eight districts
Finals at University
District tournaments will be com-
pleted by April 15 and the inter-
district semi-finals and finals to de-
cide the state championship will be
held April 28 to 30 at the University
of Oklahoma in connection with the
fifteenth annual interscholastic meet
Schools in the league follow:
District one-0-eraee Geary Al-
va Shattuck and El Reno
Di 3trict two—Mangum Blair Arap-
paho Eldt-oado Clinton Frederick
Sayre Custei Cordell and Snyder
Nine in Third District
District tree—Ninnekah Hinton
Chickasha Duncan Lawton Coman-
che Tuttle Waurika and Walters
District four---Wakita Waukomis
Medford Marshall Hennessey Black-
well Newkirk Cleveland and Deer
Creek
District five —Lindsay Shawnee
Tecum:eb Davis Luther Chandler
-Marietta and Norman
Sevoith DEtrict Largest
District six—Idabel Bennington
Milburn Francis Antlers Fort -Towson
Caddo Ada and Madill
flitrict seven—Beggs Konawa
Wainwright Hartshrone Kiowa
Keota McAlester Portum Ok-
mulgee Stigler Checotah Seminole
Haiteyville Oktaha and Henryetta
District eight—Tulsa Hominy Co-
pan Fairfax Jenks Afton Mounds
- Grove Sand Springs °Atmore Dew-
Claremore Dewey Nowata and TalalaT
Half of Students - -
Taking Psychology
Are SuperstiLious
NORMAN Okla April 2—(Spe-
cial)—Iia1g of the students in psy-
chology in the University of Okla-
homa admit they are nt)re or le
surerstitious If the same percentage
holds true half of the 1400 students
in the university are that way
Three boys in one class admit they
carry potatoes to ward off rheumat-
ism Professor H E Cunningham
says after making inquiries in the
claszroom Another carricd a rab-
bit's foot to ward off had luck
One student reads his future he
asserts by visiting a nemetery at nifht
and listening to the strange sounds
which he says can be heard then
Certain sounds means prosperity
good health and the like others tnt‘an
failure or sickness
One stddent believes it means ali
early death in the fami!y if the dog
roils over in the yard between 3 and
o'clOck in the afternoon Another
says the crow of a rooster at a cer-
tain hour in the morning means the
s:me thing
Many students believe gifts of
knives or Bibles disrupts friendship
that is unlucky to light three cigarets
from one match to cross base ball
bats to return to a place for some-
thing forgotten to walk under a lad-
ders or for wto persons to walk on
opposite sides of a tree or post un-
less "bread and buttre" is said to
break the charm
The inquiries were made in a class
of 102 students Of these 48 percent
admitted various supersitions and of
the 43 percent girls outnumbered boys
two to one
SPECIAL LAW COURSES
ADDED AT UNIVERSITY
NORMAN Okla April 2--(Spccial)—Three
coures of special inter-
est to Oklahoma lawyers will be add-
ed next September to the curriculum
of the college of law University of
Oklahoma the faculty here has decid-
ed They are courses in oil and gas
laws Indian titles and municipal con
poration laws and procedure
Beginning in 1920 the faculty has
ruled that one year's work in the col-
lege of arts and sciences will be a
pre-requisite to the study of law here
At this time highschool graduates
are admitted direct to the college of
law The college of medicine now
has the one year requirement
R A Quill is the new editor of the
Calumet Chieftain
Courses in Social Service and
Teaching of Agriculture
Offered
NORMAN Okla April 2—(Special)---To
meet the demand for social
workers whose field has been greatly
enlarged by the war the University
of Oklahoma will offer special courses
in the coming summer term training
men and women in that line of work
This is announced in the university
bulletin dealing with summer school
courses just off the press The ninth
annual summer session will open June
7 and close August 5
Social Service Courses
The school of social service will
offer seven courses this summer in-
cluding elements of sociology rural
sociology modern race problems ab-
normal psychology child psychology
psychology of exceptional children
and ethics
Other special attractions at the
summer session will include three
courses in athletics and coaching
principles of coaching for men prin-
ciples of coaching for women and
playgrour d organization and man-
agement To meet the demand for teachers
of agriculture in the highschools the
university will offer courses in secon-
dary school agriculture planned prim-
arily for their needs The courses
Nv i I I include a study of general agri-
culture with emphasis placed on the
subject matter of agriculture and
method of presentation Courses in
rural education and state and county
educational administration will also
bc offered
Courses for Teachers
Twenty-two general courses for
teachers principals superintendents
and sUpervisiors will be offered in the
school of education- These include
psychology educational psychology
s history of educasion social achninis-
- tration ' of highschools
pedagogy Oklahoma school laws ed-
ucational measurements and tests el-
ementary school methods child stu-
dy adslesecnee sta-
tistics psychology of exceptional
children school hygiene city school
as2ministration state and couny ad-
ministration educational sociology
vocational education rural education
highschool agriculture methods in
pedagogy methods in psychology
practice teaching and teachers'
courses in English and other high-
school subjects -
Regular courses in twenty-seven
departments of the school of arts and
sciences will be offered for teachers
who wish to specialize along certain
lines or for students working for a
degree at the university
FORMER S A T C MEN
EXCUSED FROM DRILL
NORMAN Okla April 2—(Spe-
cial)—Former S A T C members
will be excused from drilling in the
Reserve Officers Training Camp for
tie remainder of this school year
the council of deans of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma voted yesterday
The action followed presentation of a
petiton from former S A T C
members
It was the argument of the former
S A T C men that their training last
fall reached a point beyonti what will
be offered this year in the R O T C
In excusing the men President
Stratton D Brooks urged them to vol-
unteer for drill in order to fit them-
selves for non-commissioned officers
who must drill the 800 freshmen ex-
pected at the university next year
ENID STUDENT HEADS
UNIVERSITY DEBATERS
NORMAN Okla April 2--(Special)--Angus
Woodford EAid won
the Butte debating prize of $25 by tak-
ing first place in the annual tryouts
for the debating team at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma In addition to
Woodford Guy Woodward Ada
Conrad Mount Bristow and Claude
Monnet Norman won places among
twenty contestants on the teams
which will meet the Universities of
Texas and Arkansas
GOLD STAR FOR SOONER
NORMAN Okla April 2----(Special)---The
name of Henry Grady
Adams a graduate of the college of
medicine of the University of Okla-
homa has been added to those rep-
resented by gold stars in the univer-
sity service flag A letter sent to
Adams in France was r!turned by
postal authorities marked deceased -
Adams was a lieutenant in the medical
corps attached to the 146th Machine
Gun battalion His holly was at
Rock Springs' Wyo