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THK OKLAHOMA WEEKLY, NORMAN, OKLAHOMA THURSDAY. MARCH 3, 1921.
THE OKLAHOMA WEEKLY
Published each I liursday from December to June by the School of Journalism of the
^.!VV,erMty ° Oklahoma. Mailt d free upon application to hi^h school seniors in the state of
Oklahoma.
Entered as second-class matter at the post-office at Norman, Oklahoma, under act of
congress of March 3, 1879.
Grace E. Ray_
_High School Editor
Ok I a horn a° *D ifl y"C l'If' °k,ahoma Weekly consists of material originally published in the
EXEMPTIONS FROM FINAL EXAMINATIONS
1 he decision of several professors in the University of Kansas to permit
exemptions from final examinations of students who have a certain high
scholastic average will he watched by all universities with some interest.
Almost any university professor will admit that the final examination is
not the ideal method of determining how much a student lias learned in a
course. In technical courses it is difficult for a student to make an un-
deserved mark, except by cheating. But in many courses in the college of
arts and sciences it is possible for a student to pass on the amount re-
incmbered from one night's "cramming". In such a case, the final examina-
tion is just a farce, and permits a student to accumulate undeserved credit.
In iae;, it is the final examination in such courses that leads students to call
them "pipes".
And it is just as evident that if the student could be made to do the
consistent woik demanded by a class throughout the semester instead of
performing all that work in one night, the value of that student to the cause
of education would be far higher.
The Kansas professors who voted for the exemption privilege in a re-
ccnt census of the faculty on the subject declared that the average professor
could tell whether a student deserved to pass by his work during the sem-
ester. In a strictly lecture course—the mecca of "pipes"—that would nec-
essitate some rearrangement of method, but on the whole, it would place a
decided value on consistent scholarship, such as is not now obtained from the
final examination method.
While the exemption privilege probably could not extend to profes-
sional schools, it could be given to the college of arts and sciences. And it
is worth the experiment.
WILL THE SENIOR CLASS STRANGLE TRADITION?
Monocles?
Or spats?
No, that's not the question facing the outgoing senior class, although
certain members of the clSss have so construed every effort to establish a
tradition for that is the ultimate issue at stake for senior insignia.
I here is no class rivalry in the university; freshman are green as the
meadows in spring—such is the campus impression; and there it ends. There
in no rivalry between schools, if we except the rivalry that sporadically creeps
out between the laws and engineers. And the result is that the student as-
sociation is "dead."
And now comes the senior class. Are its members too old to enjoy life?
Shall they conduct themselves with the dignity of a group of Ph. D.'s tak-
ing supergraduate work? Such seems the general attitude. Instead of en-
tering into the spirit of the thing—the creation of a tradition that will instill
some school spirit, the class has ignored the issue, and decides to go out in
the haze of one-like quiet that marks the "Sleepy Hollow of Soonerland."
It is not a question of spats, or monocles, or trousers; rather, it is a
question of whether the class will remain as "dead" as all preceding graduat-
ing classes, or whether it will show something akin to human "pep."
COMPILATION OF UNIVERSTY GRADE AVERAGE NECESSARY
VY hat is the exact grade average of the student body as a whole?
1 low does the scholarship of classes compare?
\\ hat is the rating of professional schools in terms of grades?
Despite the general known fact that the "Phi Beta Kappa standard"
has tended to lower the grades given and to increase the general value of the
grade standard, the university has neglected an important function in the up-
building of grades, and that is the compilation and publication of the grade
averages, and the announcement of the standings of classes, groups, and
schools tends to increase the desire of those concerned to a higher and
better scholarship. In the university this is shown in the competition for
scholarship cups by various social organizations. The general tendency is
tor classes, organizations, and others, to engage in friendly rivalry and to
endeavor to surpass each other in scholarship.
The university must undertake this service some time Why not do it
mow?
GEOLOGISTS TO MEET
AT TULSA MARCH 17
Two University Professors to Speak
At National Convention of Geo-
logical Association.
Two University of Oklahoma pro-
lessors will speak at the meeting of the
American Association of Petroleum Geo-
logists, in Tulsa, March 17 and 18.
Practically ail of the professors in the
school of geology are members of this
association and 25 students are associate
members, Dr. C. E. Decker, secretary
and treasurer of the association and pro-
•essor of geology here announced Mon-
day.
Dr. Weidman to Read Paper
At this meeting Dr. Samuel Weidman,
associate professor of geology, will read
i paper concerning the glaciation of the
Arbtickle mountains. "Diamond Drill-
ng of Oil Wells" is the title of a paper
by Frank A. Edson, field geologist of the
Oklahoma Geological survey, according
to Dr. Decker.
At the last meeting of a association
n Houston enough went to charter a
special car and it is thought that there
will be enough to do this same this year
Dr. Decker said.
There will he at least SO papers read
and the 14 leading oil producing states
ill this country will be represented.
There will be papers concerning the oil
industry ;n Peru, Tampico, Mexico, and
two froin Canada, Dr. Decker said.
The American Petroleum (ieologists
Association with '• <>() members is the
largest geological s >c:cly in the United
States and at the same time the young-
i During the past two lears this as-
sociation has u ore than trebled its mem-
bership, Dr. Decker added.
New Staff Members Are
Appointed on Magazine
Three additional members have been
appointed to the staff of the University
of Oklahoma Magazine, according to
Grace 1'.. Ray, editor. They are Jess
Hoke, staff artist, J. H. Buckles, f
ture editor, and Miss Edith Mahier
whh is instructor in art, art editor
Miss Mahier- supervices the magazine
work of her art students, and each
month the Magazine mentions, und
Art ( ontributors," names of those con
trilmting in that month's number.
Contributors to the February numbe
which will be off the press next week
include Olson Anderson and Georgia
West. Hoke has a number of sketches
Others besides these mentioned who
have contributed in previous numbers
arc Roy Brewer, Vinson Lackey, Haise
Smith, and I-avelle Trader.
All-Fraternity
Teams Selected
Cotton, Gilmer, Boyle, Morse and
Stahl Were the Unanimous Selec-
tion of All Teams.
University Graduate
Sent to Venezuela
To Install Gas Plant
Leo H, Gorton, B. S. '13, who has
been construction engineer for the Rox-
ana Petroleum company of Tulsa lor
several years, will sail from New York
March 1 for Venezuela, where he will
direct the installation of a gasoline
plant in the Mene Grande oil field for
the Royal Dutch Shell company. Gor-
ton's work for the Roxana company,
which is affiliated with the Dutch Shell
company, has been in the construction
of refineries and gasoline plants in the
Mid-Continent field.
Mr. and Mrs. Gorton were in Norman
Tuesday on a short visit to Gorton's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Gorton. They
ft immediately for New York in pre-
paration for the voyage to Venezuela.
Gorton is the twenty-sixth alumnus of
;'ie university to take up work in for
• i n lands.
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Second
Seitz, K. S
Strovellc, K.
McClellan, S. N
Townsend, S. N,
Hogan, K. S
HAIL TO THE JUNIORS WHO SEEK RESPONSIBILTY
Action of a university class in seeking to promote something for the
good of university spirit comes once or so in an epoch; it marks a sort of
millennium. Hut such seems to be the attitude of the junior class which has
asked the student council to take over the Mardi Gras and will make out of
it a Junior Mardi Gras and general university carnival. The class will bear
the responsibility of putting it on; they will turn over the proceeds for a
memorial, in pursuance of the original design of the Mardi Gras.
Such altruism is remarkable in the oasis of Sooner
classes respond as well.
spirit. Let otlif
THE KANSAS CITY MEET SHOWS NEED OF INDOOR TRACK
'The university's showing at Kansas City last week-end is a concrete
demonstration of how Soonerland is handicapped by the lack of gymnasium
facilities. Runners who returned declared that if proper indoor track faci-
lities had been provided here they could have carried off high honors. It is
no fault of the athletic department that an indoor track is not available; it
is the direct result of the failure of the state provide proper quarters for the
athletic department. Sooners need not expect victories as long as they have to
fight against handicaps that even a high degree of human deter
not surmount.
rmination can-
175 Illmo,s legislator who visited Champaign to find out whether
the state university really needs a $12,00(5.000 appropriation this year would
be easy men to convince that Missouri University needs $2,500,000, and maybe
more, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The University of Oklahoma ex-
tends a hearty invitation to the Illinois legislators to
visit Norman.
Kansas leads in the number of students in their own state university in
proportion to the population of the state. For excry 10,000 inhabitants in the
state, there are the following number of students in the respective state uni-
versities: Kansas 27; Michigan 24; Minnesota 22; Iowa 21; Nebraska 21-
Wisconsin 19; Indiana 15; Oklahoma 101; Illinois 8: and Missouri 8.
SOONER ELECTED
TO STATE OFFICE
Virgil Dougherty Made Vice Presi-
dent of Student Volunteers at
Stillwater Meeting.
Seventy-five representatives from
Oklahoma schools were present at a
meeting of the Student Volunteer asso-
ciation at Stillwater recently, according
to Virgil Dougherty, president of the
local student volunteers and elected
vice-president of the state order at the
convention.
Delegates from Norman were Helen
Ruth Holbrook, secretary of the Y. W.
C. A., Margaret Mosely, sent by the
Presbyterian church here, Helen Dutton,
delegate for the Y. W. C. A., Cecil
Fleer, delegate for the university class
of the Christian church, and Virgil F.
Dougherty.
An Oklahoma volunteer home on a
furlough from missionary work in
Japan, Miss Laura Mauk, was one of the
speakers at the convention. Other
speakers were Dr. H. C. Gossard, form-
erly a professor of mathematics here
and now national secretary of the Y. M.
C. A. for the south, Dr. J. A. G. Shipley,
a missionary from China, and John
Elder, traveling secretary of the student
volunteer movement.
Bonnie Giles, Kathryn Kull, Ona Mc-
Bee, Genevieve Everest, Oklahoma City,
Billie Schaffcr, Oklahoma City, Rev.
and Mrs. W. W. Warren, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Records, were dinner guests
at the Acacia house Sunday.
All-fraternity basketball selections.
League A
First
Stahl, S. N.
Gilmer, S. N.
I johnston, K. S
Morse, S. N.
Swatek, K. A.
League B.
pos. Second
Boone, P. I). T. f Hooker, S. A. E
Seibold, S. A. K. f Taggart, B. T. I
i'1'vle, P. D. T. c Hocker, S. A. E
Cotton, P. D. T. g Hamm, B. T. I
vade, S. A. E. g Monroney, P. ti. D
Several requests were made for
all-fraternity basketball selection to be
made from the recent leagues that
staged the sensational finish last week
The two leagues made it necessary that
two separate fives be picked since the
majority of the men of one league did
not meet those of the other where
comparison could be drawn.
1 he two selection were made by asking
each man that participated in the games
to pick the man he played opposite that
he considered the strongest opponent
met during the series. The men who
received the most votes were picked
for the first team and next in number
on the second team.
Cotton, Boyle, Morse, Gilmer and
Stahl were the unanimous choice
every team. In league A Seitz and
Johnston were the common choice of
every member of the league and Sei
bold, Hocker and Cade were the unani
mous choice of their league members.
The two first teams are predominent-
ly of the two fives that went into the
finals which is in keeping with the for-
tunes of their squads. The Sigma Nus
placed five of their number on the all-
picks in league A but the Phi Delta
Theta placed but three of their number
and they came in the first five.
This difference in the placing of the
champions as compared to the runners
tip may be explained in two ways. The
Sigma Nus were in the smaller of the
leagues and the Phi Delta Theta squad
out-distanced them on team work—not
individual play, with the exception of
Boone. Team work does not bring out
the individual but tends to keep him
down but the well oiled machine gener-
ally brings in the bacon.
Kappa Sigma and Kappa Alpha placed
one man each on the first five and in the
second five Kappa Alpha scored once
more and Kappa Sigma twice. In lea-
gue B the Sigma Alpha Epsilon five
had more votes than ^ny other but they
were scattered generally throughout.
The Sig Alphs placed two men on the
first team and one on the second. Beta
Theta Pi registered twice in the sec-
ond election and Phi Gamma Delta once.
Sigma Chi and Acacia were the cel-
lar champions of their respective lea-
gues and in neither case did they receive
enough votes to place but almost every
team selection had some one of their
members in the lineups. Twenty men
have been picked for first and second
teams out of a number of approximate-
ly one hundred that started the work
in the beginning of the season.
100 REPORT FOR WORK
IN BASERALL OPENING
Forty Five Men Eligible for Varsity
Positions; Freshmen to Report
Next Week.
Baseball opened with a bang Monday
with more than 100 men, including
freshman, out for first practice of the
year. Forty-five men signified that they
were eligible for the varsity and that
they were candidates for varsity posi-
tions.
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Captain Talbot Out
Former letter men, Captain Talbot,
Adam Seitz, Berry Cotton and Scivv
Davis, appeared, but the outfielder of
former service, Bill Cox, is still work-
ing the Sooner cagers and will not be
ready for the diamond until after the
two games with Kansas next Friday
and Saturday.
Divide Men Into Groups
Coach Ben G. Owen divided the many
candidates into groups in order to give
them a chance to' limber up their arms
but he did not allow any one to open up.
Dolph and Davis took the mound and
tossed a few so the large gang could
take a round with the stick. After a
light hitting and throwing warm up
and a jog around Boyd field the first
evening's work out was called to a halt.
Owen ordered all the freshman to
wait until next week before they came
out in order to give him enough time
to look over the varsity material and
get a line on what might be developed
from the lot. Freshman letters will be
given to the men making the freshman
squad.
Eligible men to report for first prac-
tice were: Dee Donahoe; Olie Talbot
(Captain); Glenn Patchett; Scivey
Davis; liynon Davis; Kerr McQuown;
1'arzan Marsh; H. A. Beegle; L. JI
Stone; li. 1). Southwick; W. R. Mc-
Clellan ; J. Perry; A. M. Powell; O. 1".
Birden; L. G. Hurst; L. T. Palmer; (.
\. Heap; Dave McKown.
J. Woodmansee; Hutton Bcllali.
John Blanchard; Roy Seitz; R. W.
Sutherland; Jap Haskell; Preston Rath-
bun; Richard Morton; Cecil 11. Fleer;
Maurice McLaughlin; R. Brown; Ram
Morrison; Poncho Ogilvie; Ronald
nlleii; Odd Blackley; Chancy Dolph:
Charlie Franklin : Dewey Whitenton .
Bill Cheshcr; Erl Deacon; Berry Cot-
ton; F. R. Pope; G. F. Johnson; Adam
Seitz and Myron Tyler.
Among freshman to report were:
lody Harlin; P. Clarke; J. I). Duncan;
L. Dean; C. F. Foster, George Gen-
try; C. R. Bebbington; S. J. Thompson;
Iranson Davis; N. Y. Alvis; Tom Tay-
Leo Brunt; Paul Lindsey; Charl s
lorsely; D. W Fink; Sam Goldber.;;
ind R.' R. Kolter. Several men listed i>,
reshman arc upper-class men who
not eligible for the varsity this year.
EUROPEAN TOUR
DETAILS GIVEN
Professor Arranging For Sooner Stu-
dents to Accompany O. C. W. Stu
dents to Western Europe.
Students wishing to take a trip to
uropean countries this summer may
see Dr. Roy Temple House immediately
and arrangements may be made to form
party from the university in conjunc-
m with the Oklahoma College for Wo-
men. Chickasha, Dr. House announced
Monday.
A letter received recently by Dr.
House from the president of Oklahoma
College for Women, Dr. Austin, stated
that Prof. Paul Rochat, professor of
French, intended making a tour of the
eastern countries of Europe this sum-
mer and that students from the univer-
sity here might enjoy making the trip
with their party. The entire cost of the
trip need not exceed $925, the letter
said.
Details of the proposed tour may be
had through Dr. House. A visit to the
battle fields of France and Belgium will
be a feature of the proposed trip.
SWEARINGEN RETURNS
Loyd E. Swearingen, chemistry stu-
dent assistant, who recently underwent
an operation for appendicitis, is back
again in school.
Beta Sunday dinner guests were Vera
Jacobs, Catherine Hayes, Mary Heckler,
Janice Kimball. Thelma Thompson, Luc-
ile Blanchard, Ressie Newsum, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Dawson, Oklahoma City, Mr
and Mrs. Grant Blanchard, Purcell, Mrs.
M. C. Kimball, Tulsa, and Mr. and Mrs.
Casper Kite. Oklahoma City.
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