The Mountaineer (Wilburton, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 15, 1960 Page: 1 of 4
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The Mountaineer
‘Annie’ Production
Will Be March 29
Volume 32
Tuesday, March 15, 1960
Number 8
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director will be
Committees Listed
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and chair-
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Wayne State University campus
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New Construction
Services Conducted
For Prentis Smithson
At Methodist Church
Lt. Kamins Lectures
At Newman Meeting1
Commercial Contest
Slated For March 22
Awards. Dr E T. Dunlap: Infor-
mal Coffee. Mrs. Helen Albright:
The Administrative Council has
et up committees to carry out
Language Club Plans
St Patrick’s Dance
the first of the series last year.
Bob LaRue played left end for
the alumni.
ing the
review
of
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and
Free Barbeque Served
At noon a free barbeque will be
rved on the drill field Follow-
the Eastern A&M vocal contest. This was one of the quartets receiving the top rating which quali-
fies them for the state contest in April. Pictured are (standing) Janet Ramsey, (seated, l-r) Judy
Moore, Jo Dollins and Sherry Smith. (Related Story on Page 2)
More solos will be held in Home
Life room 2 and in Classroom 14
from 3-4.
March 17.
The three divisir
Bo
ocal
by
— I at which time several scholarships
i will be awarded to high schools
a. m.
The afternoon sessions will he-
gin with the proup bands meeting
in Johnston Hall basement from
12-2:00 and in the ballroom from
12:30-2:30. while soloists will meet
in the auditorium from 1:30-2:20
Ensembles will be judged in the I
Broken
Poteau.
Contest
Taylor. Wilburton freshman, class
editor.
odd things happened around the ti | G od W 11 V7.lt Wil
‘I AM an Aggie Club Pledge" is the sign worn by three Aggie
pledges during initiation on campus last week. One of the
problems was getting the names of all the Aggies on the signs.
Pictured are (l-r) Glen Scott, Richard Brame and Bob Lyon.
try.
Eliible students who int
1960 MOUNTAINEER are Mary
Dixon. Ardmore sophomore, and
Bill Tippit. McAlester sophomore,
co-editors; Marshall Clark. Hod-
gen freshman, copy editor: Sher-
rill. sales manager; Richard John-
son. Plunkettville sophomore, ad-
vertising manager; Tippit, photo-
Published By and For Students of Eastern Oklahoma A. & M. College
Wilburton. Oklahoma
This .
10 and Physical Plant.
Eastern’s campus during the week
of April 4.
Chester’s visit will be for the
purpose of discussing local prob-
lems and a general inspection of
Permit No. 28
U. S. POSTAOK
Section 562 P.L.&R.
PAID
Wilburton, Okla
NON-PROFIT
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To Hold FT A Offices schools
on the athletic field.
Special Program at 2 p. m
The music and dramatics de-
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men arc invitations,
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the annual as he sold 126 books
to lead the other staff members
The staff members for THE
nen, lived here but she was
favorite of many students ;
HAPPY are these four Wiburton students
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Cadets Escort
local board for an application an
a bulletin of information
Following instruction in 1h
f bulletin, the student should fill
• out his application and mail it im-
i 1 mediately in the envelope nrovid-
of pledges the club has ever had
The Aggie club members have
been pretty busy with other ac-
tivities too. They sponsored the
16th annual Eastern Oklahoma
Junior Livestock Show March 2.
Forty-one boys also went to
Oklahoma City on March 9 to
observe the operations of the Wil-
son Packing Co. They were ac-
companied by Ed Enis and Hobart
Means, faculty sponsors of the
Aggie club.
Jim Helmert Speaks
To P-TA Thursday
Jim Helmert, head cf the en-
wineering department will be the
nest sneaker at the Wilburton
Parent-Teacher association meet-
In" Thursday evening. Murch 17.
Holmert's talk will be on "Some
Annlieatinns of Modern Science"
Goorc Young, science instruetn-
-♦ Wirten hieh sehno1 wi
plans for Senior Dny. Co-chair-
men for the event are Donn Ger-
1 aid Williams and Joe Hough,
Student Senate president.
St. Patrick's Dav is the occasion
for a record dance to be sponsored
bv the Foreign Langut go club
This program dance will be held
March 17 in the Student Union
ballroom from 7-10 p. m.
Tickets are on sale by members
of the club at 50c per person or
Mrs. Agnes
been elected secretary-treasurer
for the Future Teachers Associn-
tion for second semester, and
Margery Ameranto, Hartshorne,
has been chosen Student Senate
representative.
A record dance was sponsored |
honorary cadet
Burnett, Sue
in surrounding counties
Postponed due to bad weather,
the 16th annual Eastern Oklaho-
ma Hereford Breeders association
show and sale is leset for Friday.
March 1C. in the college pavilion
The offerings will be ns before,
40 bulls and 20 feme. s. both
registered Horned and Polled ,
Herefords will be sold.
Show time will begin at 9 a. m
and sale time at 1 p. m. Friday.
Aggie club pledges have been
going around this week carrying
empty bridles as though they’ve
lost their last horse. Dressed in
burlap-sack chaps, tall top boots,
wide brim hats, and carrying a
plug of chewing tobbacco with
them for club members, the
pledges are being initiated. There
are 27 pledges joining the club
this semester. According to the
club president, Howard Tackett,
this is about the largest number
State University. He was selected within the next yerr when the
out of more than 1,000 cadets and NEWS-TRIBUNE converts to the
will serve as flight commander of new method.)
the B flight of squadron 14 of the The club members plan to visit
670 Air Force Cadet Division. the Latimer printing shep later in
Eastern's chapter of the New-
man club, a national Catholic
youth organization, held its week-
ly meeting March 3.
A lecture and showing of slides
was given by Lt. Gerald Kamins
on “The Holy Shroud.” The "Holy
Shroud" is a linen garment that
covered Christ after His death. It
was first found in Constnntinople
about the beginning of the sixth
man. index editor, and
Bow. Hartshorne, and
Bobby Nowlin. Leflore.
SHORT STEP
(ACP) — Last semester
Eastern’s AFROTC
Attending the spring meeting of
the Oklahoma Collegiate Press
Association is the present goal of
the Press club. The meeting a'
Central State College is set for
April 22-23.
Panels, speakers from the Ok-
lahoma City area, a tour of either
THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN or
one of the neighboring TV stations
and an awards hanonet are fe
outstanding items planned for the
meeting.
Fuertsch; Basebnll Came, Mark
Winters; Campus To- rs. Dean I.
C. Gunning: Stage Show, Bob
Pratt: Music-Dramatics Produc-
tion are group bands. instrumen-
tal ensembles, and individual par-
ticipants. Those rating "superior" |
in the contest will be eligible to .
compete in the State Music Con-
test to he held at Oklahoma Uni- l
versity in April
High schools entered in the con- !
test arc Holdenville. Wilburton |
; Sullivan; Traffic and Parking.
! Captain James Dobbs; Registra-
. 1 tion. Mrs Charlcic Vos; Food,
Walter Williams; Dance, Ray
century. The Shroud is now in 10c per couple.
Turin. Italy, where it has been ' Dress will be formal or semi-
since the 16th century. I formal.
‘Tough Sledding!’
Eastern debators entered the
Friday to he Full
Of Special Events
Fifteen hundred high school
seniors will flock to East-
ern’s campus April 1 for the
annual Senior Day activities.
Senior Day program will
officially begin with theregis-
tration in the Student Union
from 8:30 to 10 a. nt. The
seniors will Im- taken on tours
directed by the Intercolle-
giate Knights and the Ladies
of Excalibur. Each visiting
I Shorthand I. General Business
plcting three-year assignments at
Eastern.
Charles Huff. Poteau, will fur-
nish the entertainment by giving
“Johnny Appleseed," a talk which
I was judged “superior” at NW
Louisiana last week.
In addition to the dancing, a
will fonture a seience fair ex-
hibition.
elimination
chool hand
tern A&M
Funeral services for Prentis R
Smithson were held in January
at the First Methodist church with
Rev. Bob Gentry officiating.
Prentis died at a McAlester
hospital where he had been a
patient for three weeks. He be-
came stricken with leukemia in
April last year. He received treat-
ments at an Oklehoma City hos-
pital for two months and was able
to be at home until he entered
the McAlester hospital.
Prentis was employed at the
LATIMER COUNTY NEWS-TRI-
BUNE and was known to the
MOUNTAINEER staff for his
assistance in publishing the col-
lege newspaper.
series of slides of the cadet ac-
, tivities will be shown by Bob
of both methods of printing. Cox, Wilburton sophomore.
New members of the club______
initiated last week are Glenda rn is r In
Glover, Pat Allen Judy Smith iaikers iest Foes
Trudy Rose. Marshall Clark Ray-
ning. and guest speakers are
scheduled.
Beeson, McAlester. Billy Monks,
Gowen, and Benny Willmon, Mc-
Curtain. all received cash awards
before entering the final judging.
They were among the 40 finalists _ _ _
chosen from 1,100 students. the chapter’s records. Chester is
The Roberts Awards are spon- a pre-law major at Idaho Uni-
The Board of Regents for
A&M Colleges ol Oklahoma in
meeting March 12 approved a
roject for Eastern A&M w hich
• ill include the construction of
dormitory. 24 apartments for
narried students and faculty.
n addition to the Student
nton building and remodelinr
* — nei to Chnetaw hall.
The facilities will result in
providing bousing for 248 ad-
ditional students
This construction will be fi-
nanced by self-liquidating
bonds in the form of a loan by
the Federal Housing and Home
Finance Agency. College Hous-
ing Division. Total cost of the
project will be about $800,000
Kids have been received
from 11 contractors and it is
expected that the governing
board will award a contract
and construction will tiegin in
th near future.
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Mae Ruth Baldwin and Mrs. Opal
Dunlap.
Mrs. Mary Bailey, state presi-
dent of Upsilon chapter, Chicka-
sha. addressed the group in the
after-dinner program on “The
Accomplishments of the Inter-
national Educator's Society."
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For 60 Yearbook;
the differ- honored at the dinner-dance along
represented.
A musical program will be pre-
sented from 11:15 to 12:00 to pro-
vide entertainment for the seniors.
Pratt, head of Eastern’s t
music department, assisted
I McClanen. died March 6 in a
Kansas City hospital where she '
bad undergone heart surgery Feb
23.
She seemed to be recovering
satisfactorily when pneumonia
developed, causing her death.
Judy was small when her
narents, Don and Gloria MeCla-
• • •
John Purcell. Robet ’■ * - •
Don Emerson traveled to Edin-
burg, Texas, to pre it th
gional Princess Norm i 1 G reit
in the initial presentation ball for
the Camelot chapter The ball was
patterned after Eastern's annual
IK ball.
Work for “Annie Get Ymur
Gun” is moving along for the
March 29 production of the 3-act
comedy. The statecraft class is
busy with the flats to be used and
the cast is polishinr lines. The
play will be jointly directed by
Mrs. Johnnie Wray and Bob Pratt
Carolyn Morgan, Hartshorne
sophomore, will play “Annie" and
Charles Young. McAlester sopho-
more. will be "Frank Butler."
Charles Huff. Poteau freshman,
rated "superior" in the prelimi-
narios in Story Telling with
“Johnny Appleseed.” Richard
Nichols, Wetumka sophomore, was
rated "excellent" in Extemporane-
ous Speaking.
In debate. Huff and Nichols de-
25328 ona.1 board threnz)
“A
m f • • i ro fg n i Acp. tion Test for the Selective '
Pub vlier i oiks Cadet Officers Set Band Contest 5 nm I winl
apnlication at once. The results
wil! be reported to the student’s
St lective Service local board of
jurisdiction for use in considering
his deferment as a student.
Fred Stovall, publisher of the dinner at the Naval Air Depot
Mr*. Mae Ruth Baldwin will LATIMER COUNTY NEWS-TRI- ficers club, McAlester, Saturday
speak to the McAlester PTA Wed- BU NE, Was guest speak.-, at th. March 19, at 7 p m
nesday. March 23. Her subject March 8 Press club meeting:... I Members of the faculty will be
will be “Home and Family Rela- Stovall explained
Hons.” ences between the
I Wood. Fern Allen. and Gale Bra-
I zil were escorted on a tour of
Tinker Air Force Base March 4.
They were escorted by Lt. and
1 Mrs. Kamins and Cadet Officers
John Purcell, Greg Bourns, Rich-
and Landes. Robert Cox, and
Robert Kent.
The royal troupe and their es-
corts toured the base flight line,
1 visited the base exchange and the
, Air Force hospital.
In the evening, the official es-
corts treated the honorary cadets
to a formal dinner in the dining
room of the Officers club.
book staff mailed the final copy I
for THE 1960 MOUNTAINEER io A get-acquainted dance will he
Semco Color Press in <> held in the Student Union ball-
( 1 Tuaesday, one, ahend of room from 1-3:30 Seniors may
schedule also attend the Eactern-Bacone
m, ,, .. 'baseball game beginning at 1:30
The 60 annual will contain 128 :
pages. 4 more than the prize-win- 1
ning 1959 MOUNTAINEER. Tnese
extra pages were added to cover
and Bookkeeping. An even larger
number of contestants is expected
this year.
The contest is to acquaint high
school students with Eastern
A&M and its business depart-
ment.
and the “off et
sored by the Intercollegiate versity.
School of Alcohol Studies at Me- ! The dates for the National Con-
Master University, Hamiltqp, On- vention of the Intercollegiate
tario, Aug. 20-25. i960 Knights have been set for April
------------------- 20-22 at Idaho Stile University.
DKG Sorority Holds I Pocotello, Idaho. Eastern's chap-
0:111 - N 1 1 1: ter is making plans for the trip
Birthday Celebration Last year the Excalibur chapter
I won Outetanding Chapter of the
Eastern war host to the annual Year" award at the national con-
birthday dinner for the Upsilon ! vention.
chapter of the Delta Kappa 1_______
Gamma Teachers Sorority March - :.,c+.1, Colo Heget
5. Hostesses for the dinner held Livestock Sale Neset
in the Student Union ballroomFridavInPavilion
were Mrs. Thelma Gunning. Mrs. *
Neither Here,
o y
members of the fneultv.
Mr. and Mrs. McClanen were
both on the camous in Nnvember
when Don spoke during Religious
Emvhasis Week.
reports the DAIT.Y COLLEGIAN |
Like the Bible Literature class I
which was followed by a class
the new activities started this | partments will present
year at Eastern, । program for the seniors in the
Robert Sherrill. Sapulpa sopho- , auditorium between 2 and 3 p. m.
tented McNeese State
Looking good wore the OSU
Cowboys in Saturday's alumni-
varsity game at Stillwater. The
Wayne Galleher. head of the in-
strumental music department
Junior high bands will br
iudged in the band room in the
Johnston Hall basement from 8 |
10 a. m High school bands (sivht '
reading only), will meet in th j
Student Union ballroom at 8:30- 1
10-30 a m.
Solos will be judged in the col- l
lege auditorium. 8-9:20 a. m. En-
sembles will meet in the Student
doothprizewhnsrkven.at which ° MeClanen’s Daughter
Other socials are in the plan- Dies In Kansas City ApI7 I , A I , ,
Judy McClanen, 8. daughter of 2 7 IlCU.(]€S Are InitlUtCU
former director of athletics. Don
liams; Counseling for College.
Mrs. Lydia Jink:; Scholarship
dents, will be received.
In last year’s contest, Ouida
Lake Charles, and Louisi ma Col-
lege. Pineville, La.
They lost to Southwestern
Louisiana Institute. Lafayette, La.,
and Southwestern College, Win-
field. Kansas.
Sula Carter and Linda Pond,
had to debate in the1 senior worn n
division and defentec. McNeese,
but lost to the same two teams
who defeated the men’s team.
18, to avenge the 26-24 loss in
"letterpress with Capt. James Dobbs and
.. . mond Goodfellow and Robert
Themes on the problems of Sherril
alcohol and the legal control ; ‘ . wting u ect for ;
of it kept the students in Mrs I A resular mecting..is.8 et‛o
Helen Albright's and Mrs. Sarah tonig a P.. m; '' ort s. Man
Salmon's English classes busy the D-x™- president of the Press club.
ci Rova King
20 will be selected to enter the —-1 3 1b
RoberU'Editorial Awards contest .. , A
Easternssanaran be Will Visit (ampus
divided between two Eastern stu- I Royal king of tie Nationl In-
1 tercollegiate Knights. Gordon
Chester, is scheduled to visit
studying Dante's inferno.
I put holiness and hell only
J minutes apart.
• to SELECTIVE SERVICE
EXAMINING SECTION Educa-
tional Testing Service, POT ox
586. Princeton, New Jersey Ap-
olications for tli" April 28 test
| must be pontmarked no later than
midnight. April 7. I960
Buddy Rager, former Eastern methods of printing. (THE
student from Dow. has been pro- MOUNTAINEER is pr ent l
moted to second lieutenant in the 1 printed by letterpre: S but hopes
Air Force ROTC at Oklahoma ire to change to the offset method
Northwestern State College tour- Union ballroom at 11:05-11-50
nament at Natchitoches, La. this and solos in C-14 and Home Life
past week—here's whet happened: basement, room 2. from 11:-11:3O
The 15th annual Commercial
Contest will he : vonsored bv the
Commercial chib Tuesday March
22, In the business department of
the classroom building.
Last year 336 students from 20
] colonel
unit. 1
majors.
-
Anplientiona for the A
arn ■ dminietration of the c
Ounlifiention Test are now
able nt Seloctive Servicn S
j Cadet officer,' and date'
attend the annual Officers’
The annual distr
‘ contest for area hi>
will be held at
take this test should apply at «
to the nearest Selective Sem
* 2>.
I J ne Strong. Hartshorne senior group will be assigned
sophomore, will be crown d a tour guide.
। Engineer:-' Sweetheart Friday, I An informal coffee will be held
Narch 25 at the annual St. for sponsors in the Student Union
Patrick's Day ball. The dance I ballroom from 9:30 to 10:30 a m.
ber n repcheduled from A general assembly follows nt
March 18 because of conflicts, 10 30 in the college auditorium.
Happy over thel
past week, member
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