The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 167, Ed. 1 Friday, June 21, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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A Student Newspaper Serving the University of Oklahoma
32nd Year No 163 NORMAN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JUNK SI 146 Member Associated PreM
Short Course to Open
With National Writers
Massed Band
Concert Today
Ends Clinic
More than 223 musicians picked
from 20 high school bands through-
out the state will perform In a mas-
sed band concert at 8 pm today In
the outdoor auditorium climaxing
a two weeks Short course of 'the
lifch annual Music workshop
Under the direction of Leonard
H Haug director - of university
bands and six guest conductors
the 'massed band will 'play a total
of 12 numbers ‘
Student Director' Torn ' Brittain
drum major of the university band
and a national champion tw trier
will present his students of the past
two weeks ' in a fancy stepping
and baton twirling performance
Marrh to Open Concert
The concert will open with the
Gypsy Princess march by Paul Yo-
der followed by the Gayway march
by Pat Lee Both will be under the
direction of Leonard H Haug di-
rector of university bands 1
Guest Conductor Pattee Evenson
band director of the Eastman
school of music Rochester N Y
will take the baton for the choral
melody "Come Sweet Death" by
J S Bach and “Le Carillon" from
“L’Arlesinne Suite No 1"
“Campus Chimes" by Lucien Ca-
illiet and “The Trombone King
March" by K L King will be under
the direction of Guest Conductor
Orien Dailey of Kansas State
teachers college Emporia Kan
Gaests to Conduct
Under - the -direction of Paul
Boone conductor of the Shawnee
high school hand will be the over-
ture “Old Vienna" by K L King
“Meadow-lands" by L Knlpier
will he directed by Leo Murray of
the El Reno High school band
Guest Director Walter L Hadercr
of the University of Iowa hand
will conduct the massed band in
“Devotion" by Albert Kctelby and
the “British Eighth March" by Zo
Elliot
“Overture Argentina" by Forrest
L Huchtcl is to conducted by
Everett Wilcox of We wok a high
school The program will be con-
cluded with the “32nd Division
March" by Theodore Steinmels
Examination Use
In College Course
Shown Teachers
The use of tests in the college
program was explained Thm&dny
morning to a group of tisiting
high school teachers and adminis-
trators here for the Guidance con-
ference Carrying out the theme of the
conference an outline of the uni-
versity orientation week und
placement tests was examined hv
the visiting group on a field trip
to the University Guidance center
Administration building
Dr William 11 tommon direc-
tor of guiding and testing ser-
vice and the leader of the field
trip wlnted out that tests are used
to help a person find out more
about himself and are used in cor-
relation with other iyHs of guid-
ance counseling
The field trip was the second
tit the several trlpa bring offered
during the three-day conference
The conference sponsored Joint-
ly by the college of education and
the extension division' Is designed
to stimulate Interest In guidance
in public schools
OU has three sources of income:
1 General state revenue 2 The
revolving fund 3 Income from
school land set aside by congress
MINISTER TO IRAQ— Low-
ell C Pinkerton uf Missouri
has been nominated by Pres-
ident Truman to be the new
U S Minister to Iraq?-::
Wets Down Drys
In Congress Club
Prohibition Totals
Final totals In the Congress club
prohibition poll were 1222 in fa-
vor of repeal and 197 against - re-
peal with a total of 1420 voting
Resident students voted 1094
for repeal and 172 against while
out of staters voted 129 to 23
Of the state’s 77 contles stu-
dents from 72 voted for repeal
1 against 2 even and 2 more not
represented The highest ratio
was from Washington county
with students from there voting
18 to 1 for repeal Tulsa county
students voted 16 to 1 Cleve
land Til to 1 and Oklahoma (J
to 1 for repeal
Twenty-six percent of the bal-
lots cast were from married who
voted Tor repeal and five and one-
half against making 82 percent of
the married men for a wet state
Single men east 6 percent of
the total liallots for prohibition
and 41 percent against making
87 perernt of thrui lor liquor
Married women were 07 percent
for repeal 33 jH-rcent against
single women 7!) percent for 21
lment against
Those voting fur prohibition cit-
ed increased drunkt-ness as their
reason Those for repeal said pro-
hibition caused lsMjt legging und
graft deprived the slue of reve-
te and caused laxitieg liquor to
be to high resulting in ersons
drinking inferior liquors Disre-
gard for the liquor law tended to-
ward disregard for laws In gener-
al they said
(See Page 2)
Last Day To Register
Get Details In Union
Today Is your last chanre to reg-
ister! All students who have not regis-
tered yet are Invited to apply nt
the information desk on the
ground floor of the Union today
for particulars regarding registra-
tion Operated by AYC the Informa-
tion drk will he own from 8 a m
to 3 pm and will accomodate all
students by giving them the ad-
dress of the place In their pre-
cinct at which they are to regie-
ter Plans have been made to try to
provide transportation for all stu-
dents Register today!
Students enrolling late must pay
a late enrolment fee of S3 for first
day and 1 a day therrafter with
a maximum of S
Churches to Hold
Vesper Services
In Amphitheater
1 Union vesper services will be at
8 pm Sunday in the outdoor audi-
torium under the direction of the
Rev Phil Drsthner minister of the
McFarlln Memorial Methodist
church This will be second in a
series of Sunday evening vesper
services in the outdoor auditorium
Dr Charles E Schofield editor-
ial division of the board of educa-
tion of the Methodist church Nash-
ville Tenn will deliver the
address
Dott Will Speak
At Tuba Forum
Robert H Dott director of the
Oklahoma Geological survey will
be guest sjteaker at the Tulsa
chamber of commerce public af-
fairs forum luncheon today
Dott will discuss mineral matter
of the state that has no value as
such but can be processed into
products for which there is con-
siderable demand and on which
prosperous industries can be built
"There are many materials of
this type in the state” he said
“and the abundant low cost fuels
especially natural gas available
here seems to offer attractive pos-
sibilities” Dott received his BS in forestry
and his MA in geology from the
University of Michigan Ann Ar-
bor He is associate editor of the
bullrtin published by the Ameri-
can Association of Petroleum Geol-
ogists secretary of the Associa-
tion of American Stale Geologists
and the Oklahoma Mineral Indus-
tries conference und a member of
the Tulsa Geological society
Summers Heads
N C Fire Station
A fire ilepannent on the north
campus is now lieing operated by
the university Walter W Kraft
superintendent of utilities said to-
day The university station is be-
ing operated with Claude Sum-
mers former Norman fire chief
ns the head
A regular crew of nine nun is
lieing trained to share the full
time duties at the station This
crew wll lie augmented with vol-
unteers from the area Kraft said
Four regulars will lie on duty
during the day with a night chief
and four regulars on duty during
the night The fire fighting equl-
ment will be used to hold hack any
major fire until the Norman fire
department arrives Kraft addini
Equipment includes three rrasli
wagons and a pumper wagon all
left when the Navy turned over
the area to the university
There’ll Be Good Blues Tonight
First street dance of the summer
session will be sKnaoml by the
Union Activities board from tfc-TO
to 11:30 pm today In front of the
Union Music will be furnished
by the RamMers
Admission l free The VAU I
using the proceeds from Cotton
club dances to put on this affair
Informality will be the keynote
Editors authors and publishers representing several ma-
jor magazines and publishing houses will offer criticism and
advice to prospective writers at the five-day short course on
professional writing beginning a 10 am Monday in the
Business Administration auditorium
Sponsored Jointly by the Eng-—
Jish department and extension di
vision the annual writing con-
ference la open to everyone inter-
ested In writing for publication
Fee for the course is S3
More than 200 students ire ex-
pected to enrol in this year's ses-
sion Walter S Campbell profes-
sor of English said Thursday
Staff Members Will Speak
Talks by members of the short
course staff at the morning and
afternoon sessions trips through
various departments of the uni-
versity and a round table discus-
sion on each of the four nights of
the course constitute the program
Each day of the course is devot-
ed to one phase of professional
writing beginning Monday with
“Meet the Marketeers” and con-
tinuing through the next three
days with “Non-fiction” “Fiction"
and "Poetry"
In the first round table discus-
sion to be held at 7 pm Monday
regularly enrolled students In the
course will be allowed to ask the
panel of authors and publishers
any questions relative to the publi-
cation of written material
Ken McCormick to Appear
Appearing on the panel will be
Ken McCormick editor-in-chief of
Doubleday and Company Betty
Finnin fiction editor of Woman’s
Day Donald Day southwestern
representative of Readers Digest
Ellzahelh Denmark Ingram sales
suei'visor Stevenso n ’ s Book
store Oklahoma City and Savoie
I-ottlnville director University of
Oklahoma Press
OpiMirtunities for registered stu-
dents who have manuscripts in
hand to consult editors will he ar-
ranged Criticism of these man-
uscripts by members of the staff
on payment of a reading fee Inso-
far as lime ermit? is also avail-
able to those in i-son enrolled
Eligibility to compete for the
Robert Whltehand Memorial
award for the Iv-t detective or
mystery story submitted is an-
other offer made to enroiecs Poos
will bp jiormiued to read from
their works in the morning ses-
sion Thursday
or Offers' Four Courses
In addition to the annual short
course in profassio'al writing the
university offers four courses for
writers three of which are Itelng
given this summer Writing Fic-
tion (Campliell) Technique of the
Short Story (Harrisl and Writing
Non-fiction (Campbell)
The Saturday Review' of Liter-
ature in commenting on the uni-
versity's professional writing
courses recently made the follow-
ing statement "The course In pro-
fessional writing offered by the
University of Oklahoma under the
UMrvision of Professor W S
(Turn to page 6)
Cords are advised to wear rotton
dresses and men should come In
shirtsleeves The cafeteria will be
0m for refreshments
The street In front of the Unlun
will be blocked off to halt traffic
so dancers nerd have no fear of
their safety
Chaperons will be Mr and Mrs
William Harold Smith and Mr and
Mrs D Cummings
UAB to Sponsor
Stunt Tournament'
In Amphitheater
Stunts stunts and more stunts
The first stunt night will be hekl
at 8:30 pm Wednesday June 26
in the amphitheater Prizes being
offered are $5 for first place 8250
for second and 81 for the third
Rules for the contest are that-
not more than five people may
take part in each stunt and the
maximum length for each is five
minutes Eugene Green director of
stunt night said Thursday A
piano will be - furnished for the
occasion
The stunt night to be held June
28 will be the first of a series of
three the second to be held July
10 and the last July 24 The prizes
for each night will be the 'same
Entry blanks will be mailed to
all university houses Green said
and students who would like to
participate but do not live in an
organized house may obtain entry
blanks in 300A Union
The stunt night series 1$ being
sponsored by the UAB and no ad-
mission will be charged All stu-
dents are encouraged to partlci-
lte in these events Green said
Seven to Attend 1
Christian Meet
At Hollister Mo
Seven university students will
attend the regional conference of
the Student Christian association
of the southwe-t from June 22 to
29 at Hollister Mo Ted Lcdccn
director of the YMCA said Thurs-
day Tlie croup will leave for Hol-
lister Saturday morning Those
attending the conference are Tru-
man Richardson Ardmore Phil
DtitH Kingsville Tex Peggy
Oakes Norman: Madeline Tver
Ilenryctla Dorothy Wilson Nor-
man Harold Hasten Tulsa and
Eugene Savage llartshorne
Ledivn and Margaret Fisher di-
rector of the YWCA will sponsor
the group
“An Atomic Faith for an Atomic
Era" is the theme for the confer-
ence The morning platform feat-
ures addresses on Christian faith
followed by a forum erlud
Subjects of the evening address-
es arc “The CrUls of Our Age"
“Ine Age of Atomic Power" “Poli-
tical UrsMnsililllfy" “laibor Prolv-
lems" and “International Rela-
tions" The Weather Today
As if In cuhoot with the Union
Activities 'hoard in their plans for
a big street dance tonight the very
coosrutive weatherman has prom-
ised no rain today
nut In trying to cooperate the
eager storm-sniffer overdid It He
should have stopjwd before he
opened his big weathervane again
lUvausc when he did sprinkle out
with more Information he said
quote warmer Friday unquote
Some Hople don't know when to
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Clark, Charles. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 167, Ed. 1 Friday, June 21, 1946, newspaper, June 21, 1946; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1800837/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.