The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 150, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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The
30ma Daily
A Student Newspaper Serving the University of Oklahoeas
st Year No 150
NORMAN OKLAHOMA THURSDAY APRIL 26 1945
Vi
Member Associated Press
o
ortar Board Taps Six
teds for Membership
Six university coeds v-ere tapped' for memliership of
board national senior honorary society for women I A preview for seniors only will-
I the classrooms Wednesdav morning They are Kav Cooley 'eld fror" 9:30 to 11:5 P- m-
111 n i n 1 ' Wednesday - May dl at the Boom-
Hda Ruth McDunicl Ann Ihrdyf Tom Burnniim Msr- pp theater as oneof the Senior
week activities Kakki Chambers
lef ‘e Pittman and Betty Jo Beck v
Tlie five members dressed in black caps and gowns
Liped the: coeds in the traditional manner and pinned the
lid tassels on them
a 2 schoiarshin averee- sen’ - - i
1 °ra'y HOciety: Inter -Rel8ou8
uISJrSLinThi1niWnCl J“rt0r KaPPa
Junior standing These quali- national honorary scholastic fra-
K&"'1 Judged by the ettv d vW petals
(ieTcooIeyJujUor (m Nor-!" ’“T “onomcl? T
HualiCtcationg for the society
member df WAA wo'
i’s athletic association Duck j:
swimming dub secretary
Entre Nous French chib staff
iter forCovered Wagon orien-
executive committee and j
kaderof PI -Beta-Phi social
iternlty ' - -7 s
also served as orientation
of AWS? member -of
ion Activities board dance
iitteej and CUC -recommen
ion committee chairman A
ber (M the “Y" student rela-
committee Alpha' Lambda
ta national honorary scholar-
lip society for freshman - wom-
Miss Cooley is also a Cadette
her freshman year by
Alpha lambda Delta
Ruth McDaniel Junior from fraternity nniversHy
tlahoma - City went on ' bin ' team and the ' CUC
ere by" working In many cam
fop activities such as the choral
ilv and ‘AWS special problems
ittee : Her name was on
Mortar board scrolf of honor
she was a sophomore and
e serves as Cadette lieutenant
wise president of 626 Ghautau-
la stret and secretary of Worn-
’s League y
ta Her Other activities include Plea ot Dr- Cortn AM Ewlng?1 for the coming year ond were trapped In Berlin and these
ouiiintnia- vim nrMUUnt ' and ‘ director of - the school of" citizen- for tbe annual Spring retreat to forces rapidly were being over-
nroatfinnt of HestiJunior wnm-! and public tffalrs at the be held Sunday May-6- ’ whelmed In a fantastic battle
en honor class: Omtcron vu- close of " his discussion on the The purpose of the annual re-’ that raged with Increasing fury
8oonerettes universltv uei team-! 840 ’ -conference given treat la to outline duties of the above and below ground
honors are Cadettes WAA secratsO : UAB'f “"Iversity Rooeeveit me- ° There was a possiUlty that
1 service Wednesday in the functions of the organization Adolf Hitler and his propaganda
and to form plans for the prominlster( paUi Joseph GoebbeLs
Stating that the San Francisco -8ram to be conducted during the qIo had been caught In the trap
conference represent ' "the coming year Mrs Margaret Stev-j- Throughout the evening the
world’s second chance to have enson YWCA general secretary Hamburg radio principal Nazi
peace in our times’’ Ewing said sald- - t station In "operation began every
that “there can be no peace In Newly appointed members of news item with the slogan "th
the world if there is not-estabv the cabinet will serve as chair- Fuhrer Is in Berlin” -1
tailed everywhere the standards men of the various committees n Plllia Captsred
of a rudimentary justice war the program These chairmen! - Stalin in a second orderdf the
becomes the lesser of two evils ‘ore appointed liy the presidents rfay announced the capture of
when Injustice reigns” This he of YWCA and YMCA to work the east Prussian port of Pillia
claims was forgotten by the nog- with them In carrying out the last Nazi stronghold on the east
otiatora ntTaris In 1919 j scheduled program Prussian mainland The port fell
Music Opens Service ' I - Members listed to Marshal ' Alexander M Vasil-
- u - 1 nr 1 1 q - - Martial music and presentation Kew cabinet memebrs are Don- evsky’s Thii'd White Russian
resent Tomorrow the World a play by James Gow and 0f gtate ani national colors open- na siwensbn house council Veta army '
-maud d’Usseau at 8 pm today and Fridav in Holmberg l the Roosevelt memorial ser- Cullen and Don Woody mem- The Hamburg broadcast said
all auditorium ' - ' ' ''ice Naval trainees participating henshtp Isabel Crim 1 and Harold that Red army forces which
In the color ceremony were Ru- Hn freshmen Wilma Patch- heached Berlin’s center In an un-
iTicketa for the production may 7- ‘rUs Bandy and Bob Penney ctt 8nd Har°ld Hartman wor-1 identifled aector had “halt-
I purchased at the stamp booth Germans between the ages of O’nro’s and Jack Rule and Dale shiP: Blllie Anderson and bv Gorman counterthrusts” as
Ilf lhe UnIon obby or at the : ani1 21 marching with lighted r wu-kinan V-12’s While the Robrt Bowling radio and Hel- deafening battles roared back
FAJfke ! toithi-s and singing the German ( national1 anthem was played stu- en Jane Laugblin and Roland and forth ln Berlin’ subways
The play concerns a Nazi anthem j dents and faculty members stood Champion recreation J and gewers Russian armor beat
nuth whowlsits his uncle a ctl- “ll wtb youths trained like at attention In solemn tribute to Kathryn Batten and Ray By- toward Unterraagen heart of
ge professor In a mldwestern thta (hat the play is concerned"! the late president : rum- program Peg Marchant Hitler’s dying Reich
nlversity Dfferent methods of Miss fioher said ! JlAi Walker commander of UubUc‘tyL J“elle Llebolt’
ilucating him are presented by- The role iC Emil Bruckner theth camnUH American Lee ion RuKt’1 lYltthej arrangements p i
teaches scl- Nazi youth will lie played by ri-i! X-d Svelt’s aS' JowPhIn Casey and' Neal Aus- I inal JbiXaiXimatlOIlS
ie professor who kkiui ci-
u-e his aunt who believes that
II Germans should be cxtermln-
ed and a schoolteacher who be -
?ves that by using the moat mod -
n teaching techniques he could
made to forget Nazi Ideas
The play attempts to cordl-
ate the thoughts of whut will
one with the 12 million German
ouths after the war
MIm Gober'l'ses Kxperleacea
Min Ruth Gobcr special In -
iructor In drama and ' director
the play was in Germany
tortly before the war and has
Len the mcthodH of toachhiit
erman children
While In Cologne uliu saw 5JXX)
CoastUatioaal convention see-
retary Ann Hardy who Isa
Jnnior fross Hearyetta also Is
-a -of
ember of the Jndidal board
Robertson ball eon sell JU-
Delta and
pba Lambda
Spanish dnb - -
She received the Mortar oar d
award for the ontstandlng
the i
fresh mb ' Her' other da ties la
elade Cadette lieutenant AWS
pnhUdty - eomaritteo YVOA
cabinet Intrr-ReHgtons ' eoss-
cH president ' of PMIosophy
dnb treasnrer of Chi Delta FU
national honorary liters tare foa-
trrnlty for women coed conn
setor Cadette commander treas-
of Kapp Kappa Gamma
Oklahoma City-also started her
freshman vnr out the rteht wav
by pledging Alnh iJ nSi
vum mm - muj njr
rre Dclattre University hW1
scliool student Included In his
' realistic German uniform will be
' a Nazi swastika arm-bund cap -
tured In Germany -
j ('hsrsclrrs Are Nsmrd
taKl' “J charncte are Patricia
Chrofya Cannofi Jessie
?! “1m c’
Frlwla Grace Schmidt Michael
1-Vame Herbert True Iona Rich-
aula liarixira l'lomondon Emil
! Bruckner Pierre Dclattre
FViti Miller ltolwrl G Walker
NROTC: Dennis -Dennis lanlbet-
ter Duller Wallace Miller and
Tummy a Kuyk 1okhii Waller
Oulllian Is tcrhiileal dliwtor of
the pluy
Seniors Will
Cut Capers
Attend Show
day
The feature attraction yin be
“The Merry Monahans” ‘ a must
cal stari-ip Donald O'Conner'
PejHty Rj'an and Jack Oakle This
18 C"t lun Pteture h"
nmr vn Kyown In Norman
gET
“ “ "S'
coeds"- These coeds and axnaa-
ter of ceremonies will be present
to assist in “creating the proper
mood”- for those attending Miss
Chambers said
Senior--activity
tickets which
view -and to the other- events of
will admit students to the pre-L members cC “Y” cabinet Konev's "First Ukrainian army
Tmv win k onix uninn have been appointed and will be crossed the Elbe river be
Sfm Sv?UmtatuIkJrS5b"8talled the officers tj tween Torgau and Rlesa north
until Hay 3 in the Unkm Bob Sundav at the FIrstlWMt rtf Dresden
Tomlinson chairman of ticket Sunday at the W(-
sales said
Peace Conference
a
Cited as Memorial
To Late President
“Let us as civilized peoples Members-of the new -cabinet southwest Red army tommygun-
hope ‘that-- the- ‘delegates at San t5 P today in he ners overran the city districts' of
Francisco are able to create a fit- 'Y’ lounge to discuss - aer’lces j Llchtenfelde Zehlendotf Prettow
Junior from" ting monument to tlie persistent 1 and Britz the latter only mile
‘‘teall the J Bb? m
ern Americans Franklin De-(°" ‘r“ seeing at 5 p nuMon-
- lt-- th tyrryMS l"hev 1° 10 U“H
i wist
cvements In
ijD
' 1
j XrOtcntlAl LiOlinSClOrs
a brief eulogy In
Pave 8 85
May Enrol HI Program
p l Frpeluru'n’
10 UUldC 1 reSlimCll
inici-csiml n
women students inteivstml in
iH-comlng cni-d counsclora may
sign up today and Friday at the
Issith ln the Union lobby Kay
Cooley cliulrman of the AWS orl-
entution oanmlttee announced
: Wednesday v
CihmIji must have a "I" average
l 'qualify amt Vk- willing to dc-
1 vole lime to the program
Reds Encircle
Capital y Swarm
Toward Yanks
LONDON April 25— (i?— Two mighty Klissian armies
completely encircled half-conquered and doomed Berlin to-
! day aiid sontliwest of the crumbling German capital swarmed
across the Elbe river on a 24 mile front slashing westward
toward an imminent knk up
miles awav
-’ll'
I sicf n I lofinn
AlUAttlattLAvrl A
rji jB© SlljudSlV!
Christian church at Bynum and -Th Sovlet high command also
Harry Locke presidents of announced that Russian troops
YWCA and YMCA respectively ' flfhng0n
announced Wednesday "
installation services will be
conducted by the Rev Ray Wal-
lace pastor of the First Chris-
tian church and members of this
year’s cabinet
tln’ Peters Lavora Spradlin and
J- Malcomb Edwards reception
' Pntiv Tiumtla ond Rnsa UKTU1I
Patsy Loomis and
ams lounge
Sue Starr and Gus Andros student-faculty
relations: Ruth Me-
nu rg race relations and Hollce
' Hosliali president of AWS ex-
' oiCiclo -member
plU sn fPPs
‘
At rrSUlkllll 110US6
University Chess club will hold
regular meeting at 8 p m to-
dgy at (Yanklkn house The must
frwiiu-ntly ustsi chess op'-nlrga
will tn discussed and analyi’i l
with the American forces 17
- f
As Marshal Stalin announced
the encirclement of -Berlin irv ' a
historic order of the day the
German radio admitted that Rus-
sian storm troops had smashed
through jungles of fwisted 'steel -and
stone to the’ blazing heart of
the wrecked Nazi capital
' Moscow’s - nightly war bulletin j
'! disclosed 'that Marshal Ivan 8
the outskirts of the great Czecho-
Slovak war arsenal city of Brno
one of Hitler’s remaining war
production centers
I Tommygnaers Overran City -
Smashing toward Berlin from
the east north southeast and
cow revealed
bP S-M i
Will Beglll MaV 17:
O
Graduation Mav 28
Final examinations will begin
'n May 17 and last through May
:W George 'Wadsack registrar
said Wednesday
Graduation exercises for ap-4
i proxlmatoly 100 students will be
T conferred on the morning of
I May 2S
To Insure a diploma Undsark
urges tliat all aplicalons or
degrees must be turned m to the
j registrar’s office no
I May 1
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Saunders, Pat. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 150, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1945, newspaper, April 26, 1945; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1800548/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.