Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 17, 1921 Page: 3 of 4
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PAGE THREE
Late News From Sooner Campus
SOONER STATE PRESS
WOMEN'S BUILDING AT
0 U JUST COMPLETED
Sum of $170500 Spent on Hall Pro-
vides for Physical Fducation of
University Girls
NORMAN Ok la Dec 21— (Spe-
cial) — Representing an outlay of $170-
500 the women’s bui’ding at the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma was completed re-
cently and thrown open for occupancy
This building is one of the best and
most completely equipped of its kind in
the southwest It was designed to serve
three purposes: first to provide' a p’ace
in which to center the social life of the
women of the uniersiiy second to pro-
vide facilities for developing the religi-
ous 1'fe of women students and third
to furnish rooms and eqmpmcnt for
the physical education of women stu-
dents The women’s building is particularly a
boon to students rooming in private homes
that lack adequate parlors or reception
r oms It contains 'arge rooms which
are especially adapted to group enter-
tainments club meetings and so forth
A kitchenette adjoining these rooms of-
fers a convenient method of serving re-
freshments Other unusual features of the build-
ing are the gymnasium the swimming
pool and the bowling alley The gym-
nasium is completely equ'ppcd for all
forms of physical culture Swimming
lessons are gicn daily in the swimming
pool
The women’s building was nrovided
for 1 y an appropriation of $n5CT0 made
by the state ’egislature in 1919 sunrb-
mented by an appropriation of $355CO
in 1921 It is a brick and aleonite struc-
ture in the collegiate Gothic style of
architecture common to most of the uni-
versity buildings
WAKITA HERALD COMMENTS
An editorial on newspapers’ responsi-
bility for crime printed by the Wakita
Herald is reprinted in the Oklahoma
Hornet Waukomis as fol’ows :
The daily newspapers are filled with
stories of crime — murders robberies
crimes of all descriptions The first
page of almost any daily you pick up
is largely devoted to rews of this char-
acter We’ve got a suspxion that much
of the “crime wave’’ is due to this con-
stant featuring of crime Every revolt-
ing crime is told and retold photo-
graphed and featured urt’l the erm-
nally inclined get the notion that th-
way to become notorious is to comrmt
some crime a little more revolt:ng than
any other While we believe it is all
right to tell the news it is not necessary
to make heroes of the criminals
The Luther Register is offering a
$50 reward for information that will
lead to arrest and conviction of the
person or persons who broke ’nto the
Register oil'cc recently and scattered
the type and other print’ng material
HUGHES B DAVIS REVIEWS
R O T C OF UNIVERSITY
NORMAN Okla Dec 21— (Spe-
cial) — Hughes 13 Davis state com-
mander of the American Legion and
Gen Charles F Barrett adjutant gen-
eral of the Oklahoma national guard
reviewed the student cadet corps of the
University of Oklahoma Thursday after-
noon in the first all-regimental parade
of the ycar preceding the presentation of
commissions to the cadet officers by
General Barrett
The university band accompanied by
its sponsor Miss Cordelia Standley of
OKEMAII led the review and six com-
panies of infantry four batteries of ar-
tillery one mounted battery and one de-
tai of mounted men paraded past the
reviewing stand
Others n the reviewing stand besides
Davis an 1 Prrett wer Mator Carl A
Baclir commandant of the university R
O T C and President Strati on D
Brooks Davis made a short talk to the
regiment following the presentation of
the commissions
2 053 O U GRADUATESARE
LIVING IN THIS STATE
NORMAN Okla Dec 21— (Spe-
cial) — Two thousand and fifty-three
graduates of the Univers:ty of Oklahoma
are now living in Oklahoma according
to Richard H Cloyd alumni secretary
the remaining 756 being scattered
through forty-one states sixteen foreign
countries and the District of Columbia
Ok'ahoira City is the home of the
largest number of Sooner graduates 371
alumni calling that city their home Nor-
mm is second in point of number with
F5 The graduates are located in 584
different American c’ties and are to be
fi-urel n 24 cities of foreign lands
Foreign countries in wlrch graduates
of the University of Oklahoma are lo-
cated are: Brazil China Columbia
Co ta R:ca Cuba Chile Germany Haw-
ad Honduras India Philippine Islands
Irs!a Russia and Venezuela
fCIENCE BODY TcT MEET
AT STATE UNIVERSITY
NORMAN Okla Dec 21— (Spe-
cial) — The third annual convention
of the Southwestern Political Science as-
soc’ation will be he’d in Norman some
t:mc next spring accord 'rg to Dr F F
Blachly professor of government in the
Un’vcrsity of Oklahoma who has been
chosen as chairman of the committee to
arrange the program for the convention
Delegates from Oklahoma Texas
T ou’Cana Arkansas New Mexico and
Arizona composed of co'lege and uni-
vt r ity professors lawyers civic organi-
zations municipal officers and others in-
terested in better state government arc
evpectcd to attend according to Dr
Blachly
Difficult'cs developing in Enid be-
tween union and non-mron printers
l ave earned three printing plants the
Corey Press Baer’s Print-'ry and
Iamar’s shop to announce t’w “open
shop plan” accord'ng to a story re-
view big t’ e difficulties in the Enid
Da ly Eagle
OKLAHOMA TEACHERS
NOT WELL PREPARED
Dean Phelan Says 2 777 Teachers Had
Only Third Grade Certificates
This Past Year
NORMAN Okla Dec 21— (Spe-
cial) — Out of the 15000 teachers em-
ployed in the state in 1920 at least 2-
7 of them had only third grade certi-
ficates according to a statement issued
this week by W L Roach secretary to
Dr W W Phelan dean of the school
of education in the University of Okla-
homa This statement was made apro-
pos of the fact that education week is
being observed throughout the United
States and newspapers magazines and
ministers are ca’ling special attention to
educational needs
Practically one-third of the teachers
of the state are teaching without ade-
quate preparation according to Mr
Roach “Many teachers have had no
professional training and in learning how
to teach they follow the trial and error
method which causes waste of public
funds inefficiency in the schools and
gives hoys and girls inferior training”
Educators are trying to get people to
realize that education is a science and
requires as much preparation for its best
position as does any other profession
In 1920 there were 5S9 graduates from
Oklahoma normal schools Of the grad-
uat'ng class of the University of Okla-
homa in 1920 about -10 per cent or over
one hundred taught school the following
year In 1921 there were 454 two-year
grammar grade certificates issued to
graduates of normal training high
schools
“Oklahoma is stdl importing teachers
from other states” said Mr Roach “We
have our own training schools for teach
ers so why not furnish our own teach-
ers?” UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS
TO BEGIN DECEMBER 22
NORMAN Okla Dec 21— (Spe-
c’al:) — Christmas holidays lor students
of the University of Oklahoma will !c-
e'n at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon
December 22 and terminate at S o’c!
Tuesday morning January 3 accord-
ing to a recent announcement by Emil
R Kraettli secretary to the president
The Christmas vacation is the longest
vacation given the students duHrg th
school year A five-day vacation will
he allowed for Easter according to Mr
Kracttb' Classes will he dismissed Lom
April 13 to April 18
Mentioirng widely known citizens
and gwing details of tbmr b'w-break-ing
offenses the Public Informer
mimeographed sheet of unknown
authorship lias made its appearance
in Hugo The sheet says that “peo-
ple who desire to keep tiler names
out ot" it had better stay at home with
decent peop'e ami not be caught by
police”
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Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 17, 1921, newspaper, December 17, 1921; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1767053/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.