The Oklahoma Weekly (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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OKI A HOMA WEEKLY
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VOLUME V.
"the oklahoma weekly, norman, oklahoma. thursdavT^bkiiary .7. 192!
BOARD PRICES TUMBLE
IN FOOD PRICE SLUMP
Survey of University Boarding
Houses Shows Tendency to Lower
Amount Charged for Board.
• __________
Boarding house prices are toddling
along in the wake of the general slump
in food stuffs, according to 12 out of 24
boarding house keepers for students in
the university who record a droy in the
price of board.
J>ome boarding houses still stick to
their former prices of $7 a week. Kitty
p per cent of those who have lowered the r
prices have dropped from $7 to $6.
33 1-3 per cent have lowered to $6.50,
one boarding house records $6.75, and
only one charges as low as $5.
"Boarding houses will be forced to
lower their prices," said a local board-
i„g house keeper, "in order to me^et
competition with those who have already
done so. Then too, the price of food-
stuffs has decreased wonderfully."
McGinley's grocery reports that sugar
teas fal'en from 25 to 10 cents a pound,
flour from 10 to 5 cents a pound, butter
from 65c to 50c a pound, pork from 3S
to ?0 cents a pound, and beef from 35
to 25 cents a pound. All case goods has
suffered a decrease of ten per cent.
Students believe that the decreasing
prices will materially affect living ex-
dpenses.
GTRL CAGEFS TO
MEET IN NORMAN
Boomer Sweaters
Given To 26 Men
Remainder of 43 Recommended Ineli-
gible on Account of Grades; Some
May Become Eligible.
BASEBALL SQUAD
CALLED TO TRACK
Diamond Crew Will Run to Get in
Condition; No Regular Practice
Until Warm Weather is Assured.
Two More Resign
In Beauty Race
.High School Girls' Basketball Teams
Invited to Tourney Here March
18 and 19.
Freshmen football sweaters with the
inscription "F 20" recommended to 43
of the 1920 Boomer squad for their work
in producing the University of Okla-
homa's 1920 Missouri Valley conference
football champions have been issued to
26 of the original 43 men. The sweaters
were not given until after the first se-
mester ended in order to determine the
aspirants grades. Freshman letters are
placed on the same scholastic standing
as the varsity.
Several more of the yearling squad
will receive the award after they have
worked off conditions in part of their
work. The freshmen were required to
make a passing mark in twelve hours of
work for the semester in order to be eli-
gible to receive the Boomer sweater.
The following men have been issued
the sweaters: Almar Monroney, Alfred
McClain, William Gilmer, Lonnie Dar-
nian and Byron Hayes, Oklahoma City;
'Edward Strovelle, James Roop, Ade'.-
bert Carter and Devere McConnell,
Tulsa; James Thompson, Pauls Valley;
George Baker and Fred Frederick, We-
woka ; Houston Hill, Chickasha; Ber-
nard Rothbaum, Hartshorne.
Wilfred Morse, Blackwell; Alfred
Hocker, El Reno; Logsdon Walther,
V.nita; Warren Baily and Orville Vogel
Snyder; Rupert Sims, Lawton; Orace
Burch, Altus; Ernest Overall, Clayton
Grandfie'd and Clifford Bowles, Nor-
man ; Walter Shirley, Enid; and Fred
Murchison, Muskogee.
Captain Ole Talbot, of the 1921 Soon-
er baseball squad, issued the call Wed-,
nesday for all baseball men to report
for track as preliminary work for the
spring diamond practice.
Track Coach Grover C. Jacobsen will
give them a few days warming up before
the weather will permit the real field
work to begin. Will Owen does not
want to run the risk of a sore arm
crew, which will likely result if the
practice is begun before the danger of
winter weather is past.
Froma Johnson and Kathryn Ittn*
Withdraw; Margaret Bradbury
Now Leads Contestants.
PHI EPSILON TO SEEK
! MU PHI EPSILON SOON
Local Musical Sorority Announces
With 15 Members to Petition
National Honorary Organization.
The University of Oklahoma will con-
duct an invitation basketball tournament
for the high school girls of the state
•March 18 and 19 at Norman to deter-
mine the girl basketball champions of
Oklahoma, Ben G. Owen, secretary of
the high school athletic association and
Sooner athletic director, announced
Wednesday.
a loving cup will be given to the win-
ner of the tournament by the university.
The girls will come direct to Norman
•to participate. The university will fur-
nish board and room to the contestants
while in Norman.
High schools desiring to enter in the
state tournament will pay five dollars to
the high school athletic association. The
door receipts during the meet will be
pro-rated among the different partici-
, pants.
CAVALRY UNIT
TO COME HERE
Engineering Unit Also is Planned for
Oklahoma, Says Lieut. Col.
A. S. Williams.
• New Library Assistant
To Direct Book Loaning
Miss Russell Edwards of Charleton
college, Northfield, Minn., will arrive
here today to take charge of the cir-
culation department of the university
library, according to C. P. Baber, acting
librarian, Tuesday. Miss Edwards will
take complete charge of the loan desks
and all loaning of books both from
- the stacks and the reserve shelf.- She
has been head of one of the departments
I of the Carleton college library.
That a cavalry unit will be established
here next year in connection with the
university r. O. T. C. is a practical cer-
tainty, was the statement of Lieut. Col.
A S Williams, inspection officer for the
Eighth r. O. T. C. area, here Tuesday.
Col. Williams stated he was satisfied
with conditions here and expressed a be-
lief that within two years the r. O. T.
C. unit here would be one of the best in
the country and that no longer would
the university authorities be forced to
drive students to take the military work.
Col. Williams has plans on foot which
he hopes will attract attention and in-
terest of the university students. Among
those plans are the formation of both
cavalry and engineering units along with
the infantry and field artillery units al-
ready established.
A meeting was held at the Phi Gam-
ma Delta house shortly after noon Wed-
nesday in which Col. Williams held
consulation with prominent students
over the campus. Williams is an enthu-
siastic backer of the R. o. T. C. He is
a graduate of the University of Ala
bama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
STUDENT COUNCIL HOP
DATES ARE GIVEN OUT
Only Six Dances at Night, Three at
Same Time; One Given Night Be-
fore Easter Holidays.
All student council dance dates for the
second semester of 1921 were announced
Wednesday by Earl McGinnis, secre-
tary-treasurer of the student council.
Dances will be on the fol'owing dates:
Feb. 19, afternoon, Teepee, Cohen or-
chestra.
Feb. 22, afternoon, Teepee, Davis or-
chestra.
Feb. 26, afternoon, Teepee, Hutchins
orchestra.
March 5, afternoon, Varsity, McNeil
orchestra.
March 12, afternoon, Varsity.
March 18, night, Davis hall, Hutchins
orchestra.
March 24, night, Varsity, Graham or-
chestra. w .. .,
April 2, afternoon, Teepee, McNeil
orchestra.
April 9, afternoon, Teepee, Hutchins,
orchestra.
April 16, afternoon, Teepee.
April 23, afternoon, Teepee, Graham
orchestra.
April 30, afternoon, Varsity.
May 6, night, Teepee, Varsity, and
Davis, Graham, Hutchins McNeil.
May 13, night, Varsity, McNeil or-
chestra.
May 21, afternoon, Varsity.
May 30, afternoon, Teepee.
Withdrawal of two more in the race
for Sooner Beauty queen marked Wed-
nesday's Sooner-selling operations.
They are Kathryn Ittner and Froma
Johnson. Neither gave any reason
for their withdrawal. These, together
w,th Catherine Hayes, who withdrew
j Tuesday, make a total of three who
I have dropped out of the race, leaving
only three, Florence Hills, Estelle Col-
lier, and Margaret Bradbury still in the
race.
"The contest will go on until all drop
out, if more decide to let petty gossip
stand above the matter of selling Soon-
ers and check out," said Frank Ogilvie
| Wednesday night. "The Sooner is a
student enterprise and must receive the
support of the students if it is to live.
The annual beauty race is the only
method we cou'd devise to sell the Soon-
ers and get that support of the student
body."
Incomplete reports Wednesday night
show the standing now as below. No
n ports was received from Estelle Col-
Margaret Bradbury 200,000
Estelle Collier 150,000
Florence Hills H5.000
Phi Epsilon, local honorary musical
sorority, was announced Wednesday
with 15 members. It will petition Mu
Phi Epsilon, honorary musical sorority.
Phi Epsilon was organized Feb. 1,
with the approval of Dean Fredrik
Holmberg. The object of this organiza-
tion, according to members of the so-
rority, is to promote scholarship and to
raise musical standards. Membership is
limited to those selected for scholarship
and those successful in public perform-
ance. The organization plans musical
programs later in the year
Members arc Marjorie Calhoun, 1923,
Purcell; Maybelle Ditzler, 1924, Nor-
man ; Gladys Carmen, 1923, Bristow;
Marion Draughn, 1923, Norman; Ruth
Neal, 1924, Cleveland, Marguerita Pen-
delton, 1921, Norman; Helene Patchell,
1923, Pauls Valley ; Bess Showers, 1923,
Carnegie; Tcssie Rudell, 1923, Konowa;
Lela Sm th, 1922, Pawhuska.
Faculty members are Ruth Moore,
Purcell, instructor in piano, Miss Belle
Vickerey, assistant professor in voice,
Miss Vivian Brengle, instructor in piano,
Genevieve Ballinger, instructor in piano,
and Mrs. Eva Dungan, professor of pub-
lic school music and piano.
Neuberg and Stewart
Speak at Y. W. Meet
Y. W. C. A. program for this after-
noon, 4:30 p. m., recital hall, admin-
istration building, was announced Wed-
nesday by Miss Helen Ruth Holbrook,
Y W. C. A. secretary. The entire pro-
gram is in charge of the world fellow-
ship committee, with Helen Dutton as
chairman.
Dr. Maurice J. Neuberg will speak
on "Christian Americanization." Helen
Stewart will speak on "What the Y. W.
C. A. Is Doing In Christian American-
ization." The devotional exercises will
be led by Julia Kelley. Zelda Hillis will
give 2k vocal solo.
BAILEY TO ADDRESS LAWS
Judge Frank M. Bailey of Chickasha,
former justice of supreme court, will
lecture to law students in the law build-
ing today.
Judges Break Tie
By Secret Ballot
Thomas Beaird Finally Chosen Mis-
souri Valley Oratorical Representa-
tive After Three Tie for Place.
Thomas Beaird, literary senior, Nor-
man, was chosen university representa-
tive in the Missouri Valley oratorical
contest in tryouts held Wednesday after-
noon, in which three candidates tied for
first place, Robert Bell, president of the
oratorical council announced.
Beaird tied with Guy Brown, literary
sophomore, Grandfield, and Frank Wat-
son, literary sophomore, McAlester, for
first place. The judges, Prof. H. H.
1 Herbert, J. P. Blickensderfer, and Rev.
T H. Aszman, then ranked the three
leaders according to percentages of 88
1-3, while Watson placed third with 88
percent.
The two candidates refused to draw
for first p'ace, so judges voted by secret
ballot two to one for Beaird.
Other candidates were Welcome
Pierson, middler law, Nowata, and
Clarence Warren, literary freshman,
I Sapulpa. Pierson forgot his speech on
I his first trial, but placed fourth when he
made a second attempt.
Many Subscriptions to
Missouri Stadium Fund
UNIVERSITY of kansas, Feb. 12,
—Subscriptions for the Million-Dollar
Stadium-Union fund are coming in
from all sides, according to reports
made by the committees today. The
downtown district of Lawrence went
over its quota of $100,000. One^ for-
mer resident of Lawrence gave $6,00').
Four business houses made donations
of $5,000 each, and a large number
gave $1,000.
The stadium if erected as panned
will he one of the finest of its kind in
the United States. It is to be built in
the form of a huge horse shoe, and
will contain the grandstand, foothill
gridiron, baseball diamond, halfmile
track, and other equipment.
This drive was undertaken by the stu-
dents themselves after the legislature
had refused an appropriation for that
pu^iose.
THREE CONTESTANTS LEFT IN SOONER BEAUTY RACE
C: • ' . vt
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MARGARET BRADBURY
ESTELLE COLLIER
FLORENCE HILLS
Y. M. OFFICERS
INSTALLED NOW
Chairmen of Standing Committees
Appointed; Student Secretaries to
Hold Over Until End of Year.
Newly elected officers of the Y. M. C
A. formally took charge of their respec-
tive duties Tuesday evening and Ben
Parks, incoming preside!^ appointed
committees for the new amninistration
Officers who took their chairs are pre-
sident, Ben Parks, literary senior,
Weatherford ; Orris McDonald, vice-pre-
sident, enginetring junior, Bartlesville;
R. H. Dicken, secretary, engineering
junior, Duncan; Vern Akin, treasurer,
middler law, Watonga.
Officers who retire are Dave McKown.
president, literary senior, Oklahoma
City; Orris McDonald, vice-president,
Waldo Oden, secretary, law senior,
Amity, Ark.; R. H. Dicken, treasurer
Chairmen of committees appointed by
Ben Parks for the coming year are
industrial, Dewey Rowland; mission
study, Chas. Dwight; bible study, Whor-
!ey Hortness; practical service, Cecil
Fleer; boy's work, Thomas Rowe ; mem-
bership, Claude Monnet; publicity, Guy
C. Chambers; deputation gospel team,
Paul Cullen. _.
Student secretaries will remain in omce
until the end of the semester. Any per-
sons wishing to enroll for study meetings
in the industrial situation, world politics,
or bible study should leave names with
Y. W. office, officers say.
Classes in industrial conditions meet
on Thursday, 7 to 8 p. m. room 102 ad-
minstration building; world politics, 7
to 8 p. m., room 200 education building.
Bible study classes have not yet been ar-
langed, according to John K. Montgom-
ery, religious secretary.
Many European Artists
Represented in Exhibit
The seventh little exhibit of art, which
includes fifty or sixty prints of Europ-
ean pictures is now being displayed in
room 314 fine arts building, according to
Professor Oscar Jacobson.
Among the artists represented in the
exhibit are: Las/.lo, Hungary; Bran-
gwyn, England; Zulooga, Spain ; Paster-
nack, Russia; Fjvestedt, Sweden; Is-
raels, Holland; Henry Marbin, France;
Waugh, America; and Kroyer, Den-
mark.
OIKONOMIA MEETS
| The regular business meeting of the
i O kononr.a home economics club, will
be held at 7 :30 p. m. today, in the home
economics department, third floor of
scicnce hall.
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