The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 120, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1943 Page: 3 of 4
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THE OKLAHOMA DAILY
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Friday February 19 1943
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V juke liox will furnish the-la-
t jive and girls and Iwys alike
1 contribute the rhythm when'
y swing out in a big way
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'h party w as originally schetl-
fl to be a formal one but last :
liutc changes have resulted in
s informal dance booking
trr ?r
Lnion building and will go
i masse” to the Norman armory!
big night is slated for coeds
Danbury
battalion four Along with 40 The bride was graduated' from
(0 girls 40 Cadcttes will le en-! the university last year with a B
tained In the recreation room of j A degree Lieutenant Houck is a
naval hospital at the U S na- graduate of the Teachers college
I air technical training center j nioomsburg Pa He is the son of
'Uth base) with a formal dance i Mr and Mrs F E Houck' Cata-
'ifteen' other Cadcttes will at-wissa Pa The couple has estab-
id the square dance at the main lished a home in Muskogee
eet USO on the same night j
Cldettes will leave at 7 JO pm F1CTLTV WOMEN TO LUNCH
I’m the Union building ! FacuUy women will meet for
: their weekly luncheon at 12 m
today In the Woodruff room Un-
A Washington cab driver who ion building
fidenly liecamc tired of it all the j
ler day announced in dlscour-i Colgate university has introduced
ed tones that if dollar-a-year men j a compulsory pre-induction pro-
il others ‘’don’t stop bungling j gram of military drill and physi-
s war is going to last a hell of j cal conditioning requested by a
lot longer than the duration” ivote of the students
Dick Phillips spends most of his!
ne lately drowning his sorrows
anyone ventures to ask him j
P iy he replies “Just call me J
ivate Hargrove”
11 Grant waited patiently for
oe Hanson to speak for himsrlf
inally the hid collected suffici- drawl Mary Jane is fascinated by
nt courage and called her only i Mb southern charm and she In-
ii find that she was in the in- I sists the Phi Mus should give her
irmary The question Is will ! special privileges on the phone
’at get oat before Joe loses his
erve?
Joyce Howard received a news-
por from Carnegie Tech with
is want ad encircled “For sale
)Onc Jeweled Sig Alpi pin prac-!
'ally new (The lady doesn't want
) Write Jack Copal ly” She
lildn’t lielp regi-etting lur pite-
ous decision and wired "Wanted
One Jeweled Sig Alpli pin”
The girls at Taylor hall long
or the good 'ole days when life
von quiet and dignified No Jaxa
r swing disturb tlieir leisure
tours Instead tliry daintly-dance
he ininnet fend by Daxrl Davis
villi Virginia ll Igr at the piano
Several students passed 500
mlcvard Wednesday afternoon
id witnessed one of the PE
hoot's phenonmena
oore spending many lulmrlnux
urs witli the children in the
’igldmrhood attempting to fly
kite Ills intimate friends ding-
we his childhood puerilities as
c effect of vaccinations he has
ken recently
Jim Hutchinson railed Jean '
iarlang fur a date The young
wly regretted awrefly then left 1
ho phono to think It ovor It -sik
her only ten min- 1
tes to rhango her mind but It
Catherine Baker
'Ii?t'omes Rrilc of
Lieutenant Houck
n t in wine of the bride s mn-
rs‘ H'-AX Hnker Cordell
t atieiine Iaker and Tieut I- red-
pj'kk L- Houck Camp Gruber ex-
t'lanf?l their wedding vows on
February 0 Tlie Rev J W Hudi-
urR' Iastor tbe Presbyterian
Th' Col’t‘’n' r(’a1 the double
ri"R cm'monv-
' Ifourk r5lORJ a whitc Kalin
Row n’ fashioned on classic lines
Rovin fashioned on classic linos
!0 h7uTC1dlnMC0Rtme’THwVtil
A " Guy L' Eott’
CL "’as mal tn of
" y attcmant for "CT
las Tex were candle lighters li '
Best man was Lieut George LaMb"r mures P'TSCrihWl
amie Danbury N II
took Jim only five to get a date
with one of his various other
girls She who hesitates (on this
campna) is lost
Mary Jane Crotchett’s latest
catch is a sailor from New Orleans
who brought with him a southern
liecause It takes him so long to
say anything -
Joan Foster and Buddy Good-
nil have finally agreed to all the
"ecossary answers and are now
Koiff steady
Betas and Kappas still sing “Rock-
hyp Itaby” to Donnie flyers nti
Jack Fcllier who liave been argu-
ing the advantages of girl and boy
baliles Donnie attemptixl to end
the lullaby with the gift of a dog
to Jack on Valentine's day but
her key sisters like and tunc its
appropriateness
The campus Is losing one of Its
most eligible bachelors In Jack
Callaway wearer of the "White
Star” who Is leaving for the j
alr eorps soon w1 ns gvc training In ln-j
Fa Pi vi modesty wns shocked ' dependent research
Charlie i Wvdncsday night when the six-oml '
floor middle-window resident of
tlie Sig Alpli house failed to pull
Ills window sliadi-s before undress-
ing In n true bashful spirit the
M’i' b‘ bfy ° lso vliadi's—
if he has them
Eyru Examined Glasses Filled
Dll WALTER RICHARDS
OPTOMETRIST
115 K Main ' Those 114
Broken Lenses Duplicated
-"Trial by Jury’
the cast anti director Lara I luggard Wake Midway Visits Campus
alike for unlike the personnel for
most productions the jM-rformers By Kni-rne Harris wn action”
in "Trial by Jury” have designed Sporting the "open book” insig- Tucker was asked what hr
and constructed the sets made and na of a printer first class J W thought about the" prediction of
'fitted the costumes and will sing Tucker Chic-kasha strolled into Admiral William Halsey command-
nnd act the ojiera as well the Daily office took a look around t-’f of the somli Pacific fleet that
The singing itself seems to Ik ml srdd "it hasn't changl miK-h victory for the United Nations $ind
tlie least of worries for the prinei- alnce I went to school here” c m pi t-le defeat for the Axis pov-
pals veterans of many a campus
production It’s combining the light
humorous words and music with
the melodramatic gesticulations and
stage manners- of a grand ojwra
star that causes the trouble The
heroire must fling herself into
her bdoved's arms with true fer-
! vor and he in turn must take care
Vitke his struggles to break
away fairly convincing!
awav fairly convincing!
T° lTnPhaslzc tha melodrama Assigned to the ship Enterprise
' every act must adhere to the strict- he has beamed across the equator
j est timing— the jury nods in uni-itwice-
son according to the beat of thei "If you haven’t crossed the imag-
seat on a certain count the hero -
num -
Grand Opera Is Satirize!
The whole thing is a sal Ire on
grand opera in the inimitable Gil-!
bert and Sullivan stylo width
sIiowb the efforts of an “unpreju-
diced” court to -find enough evi-!
dcnce to settle a breach of promise
case favorably for the plaintiff The
time is 1880 and elaborate' period
costumes including the bungle-
Borne long curled wigs affected by i P0100 sows “Jimmy” was
members of such a court are used j-8 Par be naona defense be-
throughout ' i ore December 7 1941 stars upon
' In its entirety the light opera!
“Trial by Jury” should win rounds
of applause from the campus au-
dience because in addition to the
merits ' of Gilbert and Sullivan
words and musio alone there will
b more slngg M
2pfl0 spectator to the recent con -
rert
The comic opera itself is only
about 45 minutes long The first
part of the presentation therefore
will be devoted to a joint concert
consisting of various numbers by
the glee cluo and choral club Some
say it can’t be done but the group
claims to be able to change cos-
tumes and makeup arrange scen-
ery and begin ‘Trial by Jury with-
in 12 minutes after the curtain is
pulled on the first part of the pic-
gram riP'iu
Kns Warren F Pilcher
Warren F Filchcr Jr San An-
gelo won his navy “Wings of Gold”
and was commissioned an ensign
in the naval reserve this week up-
on completion of prescribed flight
training course at the U S Naval
Air Training center Pensacola
Fla
-Ensign Pilcher received a B S
degree in engineering Jmm the
university
Curriculum requirements for j
history majors at Hunter college
have liocn revised to provide great-1
- flexibility in choice of courses (
Co-onllnatei your
mutrlee and re-
laxes your nerrrs
Bowl a few
Lines Each Day
0
Tols Bowling Larcs
Sailor Jim Tucker Back From
A former journalism student in
the university tall 27-year old
Tucker lias "been around” since
19H- lie has taken in five grcat
battles of World War II He saw
action at the Marshall and Gilbert
islands — at Wake Midway and Mar-
cus He was there in the thick of ft
right after Pearl Harlsor was bomlv
cd
Served On Knterpilse
are known as a
‘ ‘pollywog’ and suffer a little haz-
' he Ba- "When you have been
1 over the equator once you are
dubbed a ‘shellback’ We usually
! have a bi celebration but this
yoar’ that "as 0lIt' Thc r'miral
!on our shiP tolf1 us that lhe iua-
tor celebration would come “after
Toyo'”
: Tucker a PTOUfl of hIa twoolor-
ed attached medal The blue half
designates active participation in
the liattle of Midway and the gold
his medals Indicate hat he has
j
1 -Poll Shows
From Page 1
questioned for the major part of
1
1 rauld graduaw to Aagu
I
! their totals were kept separate
Seniors — 1 — m
who will graduate In I
May were not interviewed because !
they am not interested in another
1 geme8ter
I
gincers 18 from the college of husi-'
ness administration 7 from the
college of education 8 from the-
college of fine arts 6 pharmacists
and 3 unclassified students
J
Students who said that they
were not interested in attending
a third term were asked what thev 1
!
planned to do this summer Most-
of the girls planned secretarial i
or defense work However many
said that they planned leisurly
summers at home One coed listed
USO work for her summer plans
Several men said that they would j
be going into either the army or
navy Some indicated that they I
would have defense JoIm this sum-
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Dentist
220 City National Bank Ithlg
Norman Phono i'’i'-O
'student reporters Because it is a
:poll by students the Daily docs
- On the basis of enrolment 31 i not claim that it Infamble How-
students from the various chool! wa§ 8incere attempt
In the college of arts and sc enccs
I to make it as thorough and as
Vere included There were 27 en-
representative as possible in show-
(TinnnM 1 0 ru(n Inn ml ltnn af ni mi
-rs would come about this year —
that Mlrohito’s fime for “attack-
on peaceful people” was short
“Halsey said it would bo ovr
with this year (lilili and he Ivi't
called ’Wiid Hill' for nothing” vt-
Tucker’s answer
Headed For Air Corps
One of the future cadets avney-
tions is his new speed gnjphir
camera which he purchased anil
hopes to "get plenty of pictures
with” Tuckof is slated for cadet
: training in the naval air corps and
will report to the University' of
Southern California on March 2
“I'm going in for flying In a
big way” Tucker remarked ' “I
already have some 10 hours' of
flying time chalked up to my crif1-
lt but that was before I started
wearing this navy uniform”
May Take Up Photography
Ile doesn't know what he will
do after the war- is over He doesn't
think about it "But if I do -all
right in the naval air cm ps I may
consider aerial photography” -he
smiled
Tucker said that he "Just couldn't
explain how It felt” to he back in
the United States after his 40000-
mile tour of the world
mer and two planned to work on
farms
There have been proposals in
: several states that universities give
‘U"ra‘'r
I Judcn" “nd " "Jv
i farms because the lalxir shortage
i if acute in agricultural districts
The entire poll was a Daily pro
iject All surveys were made by
ing a trend of student opinion
Dr V F Akers
Optometrist
Eyes Examined — Glasses Ad-
justed Broken Lenses Duplica-
ted 1
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Hill, Amy Lee. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 120, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1943, newspaper, February 19, 1943; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1799912/m1/3/: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.