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News of the Breadwinners 6p ClassesMarriagesWentz-Healey

An event of interest to universitystudents was the marriage of MissDorothy Went, ex-'28 to BurroHealey, January 24 . The weddingtook place in Del Monte, California .Mrs . Healey is the daughter of Mr .and Mrs . Charles Edward Wentz, ofLos Angeles, and the niece of LewWentz, of Ponca City . She is a mem-ber of Pi Beta Phi. Mr. Healey isassociated with the John Deere PlowCo. of Kansas City, Missouri, wherelie and Mrs . Healy will make theirhome . They went to Honolulu for awedding trip, and will return to Kan-sas City about the middle of March .

Kramer-BlackKramer-Williams

Of unusual interest to Sooner alum-ni is the double wedding of MissCatherine Elizabeth Kramer, ex-'26,and Stephen Ames Black, of LosAngeles, and of Miss Clara AdamsKramer, ex-'26 and Thurman HurdWilliams, jr., '26 law. The doubleceremony took place February 21 inthe First Presbyterian church, of Tul-sa . Mrs. Black and Mrs. Williamsare the daughters of Mr . and Mrs .Otto Kramer, of Tulsa . They receiv-ed their college education at Ward-Belmont college in Nashville, Tennes-see, and at the University of Okla-homa . They are members of DeltaDelta Delta . Mr. Black who is theson of Mrs. Ada F. Black, is a gradu-ate of the University of SouthernCalifornia in Los Angeles . He is amember of Phi Kappa Psi. Mr. Wil-liams, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs .Thurman Hurd Williams of Chick-asha, attended the University of theSouth at Sewanee, as well as the Uni-versity of Oklahoma . He is a mem-ber of Phi Gamma Delta.

Willams-EcklesThe wedding 'of Miss Joyce Made-

line Williams, ex-'16, and George R .Eckles was an event of January 28,in the home of the bride's parents,Mr. and Mrs. R. H . Williams, ofHoldenville . Mrs. Eckles is a gradu-ate of Stephens college, Columbia,Missouri, she is a member of AlphaChi Omega . Eckles is the son ofMrs. George R . Eckles and the lateDoctor Eckles, of Holdenville . He

is a graduate of Hendrix college, Con-way, Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Ecklesspent a week in Dallas, Texas, fol-lowing their marriage, and returnedto Holdenville where they have madetheir home . Mr. Eckles is associat-ed with the First National bank ofHoldenville .

Holt-BellMiss Ida Holt, '21 arts-sc., was mar-

ried last summer, August 18, to Madi-son Bell of Fort Worth . Before hermarriage Mrs. Bell taught in the Ar-kansas City high school, ArkansasCity, Kansas, and formerly in Mor-enci, Arizona . Bell, who is now headfootball coach at Texas Christianuniversity, will succeed Dana X . Bibleas athletic director and head footballcoach of Texas A. and M. next year .Mrs. Bell's present address is 3208Cockrell avenue, Fort Worth, Texas .She and Mr. Bell will reside at Col-lege Station, Bryan, Texas next year .

Freeman-RobbinsThe marriage of Miss Mildred

Freeman, '26 arts-sc ., to James O .Robbins, of Seminole, took place atPauls Valley, January 26. Mrs. Rob-bins is the daughter of Mr . and Mrs .W. M . Freeman of Pauls Valley. Sheattended Randolph-Macon college atLynchburg, Virginia, before soe en-tered the University of Oklahoma .She is a member of Delta Delta Del-ta, and was head of the Normanchapter for two years . For the lasttwo years she has taught in the Cosh-ing high school . She formerly tam taughtat Palls Valley . Mr. Robbing is agraduate of the University of WestVirginia and is a member of Phi Sig-ma Kappa. He is engaged in the oilbusiness at Seminole where he andMrs. Robbins will reside .

Day-BoddieAn event of interest in university

circles was the wedding of Miss MynaDay, '30 educe ., and Melville F . Bodice,'31 law, which took place Sunday,February 10, at Pants Valley, Okla-home. Miss Day, who is the dough-tee of Mr. and Mrs. John Day, ofTulsa, is a graduate of Stephen's col-legs, Columbia, Missouri. She is apledge of Chi Omega . Mr. Bodice isthe son of Mr. and Mrs. F . F . Bodice,of Oklahoma City . He is a memberof Lambs Chi Alpha . Mr, and Mrs.

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Boddie are residing in Norman andwill continue their education in theuniversity.

BirthsA potential Sooner born January

30, is Betty Loraine Oakes, thedaughter of Mr . and Mrs. HerbertOakes, of Manhattan, Kansas. Bet-ty Loraine was born in McAlester .Her father, Herbert Oakes, '26 eng .,

You've Won Your Sp u rs

College MemoriesLinger On

YOU ENDURED EVERY"WHACK" of the initiation . Youwon your "spurs" as did theknights of old-That was in thedays of long ago but the mem-ories linger on . Prehaps thetreasured pin won in connectionwith this event is GONE .

Lost for ever?

Not necessarily so. It may beduplicated at wholesale price atLetzeiser's, JEWELRY MANU-FACTURERS FOR NATIONALAND LOCAL FRATERNITIES-Buy your jewelry in Oklahoma .Come in and actually see the pins,rings and brooches before youbuy .

LETZEISER & CO.Manufacturers o f fine jewelry

303 Hightower Building,Main and Hudson

Oklahoma City, Okla .

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is a member of the faculty of the de-partment of civil engineering at Kan-sas State Agricultural college . He isa member of Delta Tan Delta . Mrs .Oakes was formerly bliss LoraineCoppedge, '26 arts-sc ., of McAlester .She is a member of Kappa KappaGamma .

Mr . and Mrs. Roy R . Carver, ofPonca City, announce the birth of adaughter, Patrician Iran oil January28, 1929 . Carver received the LL . 13 .from the University of Oklahoma in1923 .

DeathsTom McCombs

Tom Mcombos, '13 law, (lied Jan-uary 17, in Oklahoma City, as the re-sult of cerebal hemhorrage, followingau illness of about three weeks . Hewas engaged in the practice of law atSalesian, Oklahoma, and served inthe house of representatives for twoyears, as representative from Sequel-

ha county. He is survived by his wife,Mrs. Lolly McComb, two sisters, firs .Vane Mclear, of Muskogee, Mrs .Sturgeon Benson, of Shawnee, andhis step-mother, Mrs. Jesse Mcombo,of Sallisaw . M r. Mcomb w as amember of Beta Theta Pi . He wasforty years old at the time of hisdeath . Burial was in Muskogee .

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Harold DurnellHarold Durnell, ex-'19, was asphyx-

iated in his honk at Wichita Falls,Texas, Saturday, January 10 . Hewas employed as Texas sales managerfor the Union Machine Co . of Bartles-ville . He is survived by his parents,Mr. and bars . 11 . G . Durance, of Bar-tlesville . He was twenty-eight yearsold at the time of his death . Thefuneral service was held at Bartles-ville, February 19 .

News of the Breadwinners1899

Lawrence W . Cole, '99 arts-se., isa professor of psychology at the Uni-versity of Colorado at Boulder .

1906A.. Martin Kingkadc, '00 arts-sc .,

another one of the early day gradu-ates, is treasurer of the Kingkade Ho-tel Co. in Oklahoma City .

1908Arthur \\' . Tribbey, '08 pharm .,

owns and manages a drug businessin \land, Oklahoma .

1909Robert L. Hickman, '09 pharm .,

almost twenty years after his gradu-ation from the University of Oklaho-ma, is still a resident of the Soonerstate .Hickman is owner of Flick-

Where Football Crowds Were Seated This Season

F OOTBALL fans of the University of Oklahoma founts Owen Field ready toscat them comfortably at every home game for the East Win, was ready touse in time for the first Norman game . The Stadium has a seating capactiy

of 32,000. Adequate dressing rooms have been provided for the teams . TheWNAD, the Sooner broadcasting station, will have facilities at the stadium.

uilders of the new Medical Building and east wing of theMemorial Stadium

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man's drug store at Broken Arrow,Oklahoma .

1910Lloyd 13. Curtis, '08 sc ., '10 c'ng., is

metal mining secretary-treasurer forthe mining research bureau at Bould-er, Colorado .

1911F. Marvin Castleberry, '11 arts-sc .,

(M . A . '15), is professor of sociologyat Oklahoma City university .Dr . J . W . Francis, M. 1) . '11, is en-

gaged in the practice of medicine atferry, Oklahoma. Doctor Franciswas formerly located at ArkansasCity, Kansas .James Leo Housh, '11 pharm., is

a salesman for the Parke-Paris andCo., Kansas City, Missouri . His ad-dress, however, is Box 344, St Joseph,Missouri .

1912J . O. Colburn, '12 arts-sc ., is editor

of the Oklahoma Country Life, a pub-lication for those interested in farm-ing . Colburn lives at "Tulsa, Okla-homa.

1913Mrs. Ola Forties Wickham, '13 arts-

sc., owns an art studio in Norman .J . W. (Fred) Capshaw '13 arts-sc .,

chairman of the Oklahoma Corpora-tion Commission, addressed the Fac-ulty Forum February 20 on "Work-

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inns of the Corporation Commission ."Capshaw, formerly of Norman, usedto play football on the Norman highschool team. When he was enrolledin the university Capshaw was one ofthe memorable halfbacks on Soonergrid teams.Weaver E . Holland, '13 sc., is sales

manager for the Dallas Power andLight Co., Dallas,Texas .

1911Dr. Albert C. Hirshfield, '14 sc .,

takes time out to write "Very busy"on his card to the alumni association.This brief message gives an adequatedescription of the life of a successfulphysician, such as Dr . Hirshfield hasbecome . His practice is located inOklahoma City.Walter Glenn Helmick, '14 arts-sc .,

is secretary to the President-Alex-ander

Industries,

Inc.,

Colorado

Springs, Colorado . He writes that afew of the University of Oklahomaalumni who reside in the Centennialstate occasionally attend a RockyMountain conference football game,and go home with the pardonablefeeling that the Missouri Valley teamsplay better football .

1915Hill Anglea, '15 law ., has stayed

with the profession he chose whilein the university for over ten years .He is now a well-established lawyer,and is located in Oklahoma City .Dr. James J. Gable, '15 M. D., is

assistant superintendent for the Cen-tral State hospital at Norman.John P. Toberman, '15 law, is prac-

ticing law in Buffalo, New York.Louis Harley Hoskins, '15 arts-se .,

is an orange grower and is locatedat Anaheim, California . For Hoskins'

Congratulations as a Builder of NineNorman's Beautiful Fraternity

and Sorority HomesT is only proper that we extend congratulations to Mr . O. D. Harris, superinten-dentdent of the McAlester Construction Company and veteran builder of beautiful,comfortable and durable fraternity and sorority homes, as he breaks ground

for his ninth building here since his arrival two and one-half years ago . Thenew Pi Kappa Alpha home is now under construction .

Mr. Harris' reputation as maker of fraternal homes has grown by leaps andbounds with the completion of each new home, and we feel pleased with the thoughtthat we have furnished all of these buildings and feel that our reputation has grown,as substantial building material furnishers, with that of Mr . Harris as a dependablebuilder .

Fraternal homes built by Mr . Harris are as follows :Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity

Alpha Gamma Delta SororityKappa Alpha Fraternity

Delta Gamma SororityAlpha Tau Omega Fraternity

Delta Tau Delta FraternityChi Omega Sorority

Delta Upsilon FraternityPi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

"WE ARE ALL GOOD INDIANS"

Chickasaw Lumber Company"The Home of Homes"

JAMES DRAUGHON, Manager

NORMAN

JOHN CARLOCK, President

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occupation the climate must need to beall that the native sons would have it .

Walter Odro Cralle, '15 arts-sc ., ishead of the department of sociologyand economics at Southwestern StateTeachers' college at Springfield, Mis-souri .

1916Mrs. James J . Hill, '16 arts-sc .,

sends a card from Champaign, Illinoiswhere she now resides . Mrs. Hillwas Miss Katherine Barr,, '16 arts-se . James J. Hill, her husband, '15arts-sc., was formerly a professor oflanguages at the Oklahoma Militaryacademy, Claremore, Oklahoma. Mr .and Mrs. Hill have two sons and onedaughter.L. W. Kibler, '16 arts-se., (M, A .

'17), though his own college career isfinished, is still connected with theUniversity of Oklahoma . He is man-ager of the post-graduate dental and

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medical study of the extension divi-sion of the university . Kibler mar-ried Miss Lois Harris, '16 arts-sc .,and they reside at Oklahoma City .Mrs . Lottie Taylor Holland, '16

arts-sc ., is residing in Anthony, Kan-sas. Mrs. Holland's home was form-erly at Enid .Dr. F. T. Gastineau, '16 sc., M. D .,

'18, is engaged in the practice of med-icine at the eastern Oklahoma statehospital at Vinita, Oklahoma .

1917In case you're looking for thrills

here is a . breath-taker : LieutenantJulian Haddon, ex-'17, recently fellsix miles from the blue above Day-ton, Ohio, and saved himself by a

Congratulations

Fraternity Eds

and

Sorority Co-Eds

We wish to extend to

Delta Chi Fraternity, Alpha

Gamma Delta Sorority, Delta

Gamma Sorority, Delta Tau

Delta Fraternity, homes built

and occupied this school

year, our sincere congratula-

tions . We are proud of our

part in the construction of

these buildings-the furnish-

ing of durable building

material .

Long-BellLumber Co .Norman, Okla .

parachute jump out of his burningplane before the crash . Nothingdaunted, this fearless Sooner will at-tempt to set an altitude record. Had-don enlisted in the army air servicein 1917 when America entered thewar. Later he was commander atBrooks Field, Houston, Texas, andwas afterwards transferred to SanAntonio, California, and the Philip-pine Islands .

Miss Florence Keller, '17 arts-sc .,(M . A. '19) teaches in the high schoolat Covington, Oklahoma.Harry C. Hicks, ex-'17, is engaged

in the practice of law at Hollis, Okla-homa. Hicks was formerly countyjudge of Harmon county .

Cecil Hickman, '17 arts-sc ., is presi-dent and manager of the Fort WorthBattery Co., Fort Worth, Texas .Mrs. Hickman, was formerly MissEurith Holt, '19 arts-sc .Dr. D. J. Harrington, '17 Ml . D., is

engaged in the practice of medicineat Cushing, Oklahoma.

1918Thomas E. Graham, '1& arts-se ., '18

sc., is an electrical engineer with theOklahoma Gas & Electric Co. inOklahoma City .

Justin Hinshaw, '18 law, practiceshis profession in the university city .He is located at 734 Jenkins, Norman,Oklahoma .Noble F. Hilsmeyer, '18 pharm .,

'20 sc., is with the Rexall Drug storeat Norman, Oklahoma.

Miss Elizabeth Jane King, '18 mus .finds practical use for her sheep-skin in her position as director ofmusic at the Roosevelt junior highschool in Oklahoma City .B . J. Hoar, '18 arts-sc., is superin-

tendent of consolidated school num-ber one, Tipton, Oklahoma .Mrs. Frances Buchanan Toombs,

'18 mus., resides at 6756 Oglesby ave-nue, Chicago, Illinois .L. B . Holland, '18 sc., is a produc-

t on engineer for the Phillips Petro-leum Co ., Bartlesville, Oklahoma .Holland was formerly located atBradford, Pennsylvania .

1919Miss Mary Loretta Trout, '19 arts-

sc., is secretary to J . Henry Johnson,manager of the National Life Insur-ance Co., Oklahoma City .Garner G. Collums, '19 arts-sc .,

acts as financial secretary for theOklahoma College for Women atChickasha, Oklahoma.Miss Hassie C . Evatt. '19 arts-sc ., is

a teacher of mathematics in the Cen-tral high school at Muskogee, Okla-homa .

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Resources over$1 9 250,000.00

We are prepared, thru our

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bonds for construction of

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1920Dr. M. M. Wickham, M. A. '20,

M. D. '26, is engaged in the practiceof medicine in Norman .Miss Sue B . Thornton, '20 sc., '21

mus., heads the department of musicat Northeastern State Teachers col-lege, Tahlequah, Oklahoma .Miss Fannie Glenn, '20 arts-sc .,

teaches history in the high school atHugo, Oklahoma .

1921Dr. Ben H. Cooley, '21 med ., be-

gins his eighth consecutive terns assecretary-treasurer of the ClevelandCounty Medical association, this year .He was re-elected to the office Feb-ruary 15. Doctor Cooley gave a talkconcerning diabetes at the meeting ofthe association, February 21 .

1922Dr. Dora D. Wildman, '22 sc ., (M .

D . '26), is engaged in the practice ofmedicine in Oklahoma City .Thomas D. Wilbanks, '22 law, holds

the office of county judge for Hughescounty, and is located at Holdenville,Oklahoma.John M. Lydick, '22 arts-sc ., has becomebusinessmanagerfor the

Welch-Luke Inc., and is located inthe Shops building, Oklahoma City.

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1923Dr . John Page Houston, '23 arts-

sc ., is a dentist, and is located atFloresville, Texas .Lynn A. Horton, '23 law, is an ad-

juster and special agent for the Uni-versal Auto Insurance Co., Oklaho-ma City .

1924Mary McKinney, '24 arts-sc., is city

editor of the Wewoka Times Demo-crat. She previously worked on theTimes Dispatch of Richmond, Vir-ginia and the Pawhuska Journal Cap-ital.G. C. Higginbotham, '24 eng., has

become a member of the teachingprofession, and is located at Hominy,Oklahoma .Charles B. Hickok, '24 law, is en-

gaged in the practice of law and isa member of the firm, Kienzle andHickok which is located at Shawnee,Oklahoma .Miss Catherine Holman, '24 arts-

sc., is an instructor in the departmentof English at the University of Okla-homa.

1925Raymond R. Duvall, '25 arts-sc ., '28

law, is a member of a new law firmorganized at Hobart, Oklahoma .

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Other members of the firm are judgeJames R. Tolbert, formerly a districtjudge, and a member of the house ofrepresentatives, and his son, MilesG. Tolbert, '21 arts-sc ., '23 law. Du-vall was one of the eight graduatesof the University of Oklahoma tomake an A- grade during the entirefour year course in the college of artsand sciences . He is a member ofKappa Sigma .Miss Grace Edith Gatewood, '28,

arts,sc., is deaconess for the FirstMethodist church in Shreveport, Lou-isiana.R. E. Thornton, '25 eng ., is resi-

dent engineer for the central divisionof the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co .,at Sapulpa, Oklahoma .

1926William Burny Thompson, '26 arts-

sc., is a grocer with the Massie As-sociated Stores at Altus, Oklahoma.Miss Emma Landon, '26 arts-sc .,

has left the teaching profession to be-come stenographer for the Travelers'Insurance Co., Oklahoma City.A. B . Gross, '26 geol., follows his

chosen profession, geology, and is lo-cated at Russell, Kansas . Gross isemployed by the Indian Territory Il-luminating Oil Co .

1927Mrs. Dick Jones, formerly Miss Ida

Belle Seitz, '27 phys . ed., is teachinga series of physical education classesfor women in the Okemah hotel atOkemah . Mrs. Jones served as stu-dent instructor in physical educationin Stephens college at Columbia, Mis

souri, for a year, and acted as assistantinstructor at the University of Okla-homa for two years . Mrs . JonesMiss Blanche Naomi Johnson, '27

arts-sc., is manager of the Casa Lomahotel at Tulsa .

1928Miss Aileen Adams, '28 arts-sc ., is

a partner in the Crescent PublishingCo., at Crescent, Oklahoma .

Association, BanquetOne of the first major plans of the

University of Oklahoma Association,to interest graduates, former students,faculty members, and other friends ofthe university in the newly formedalumni organization, the banquetwhich was held in Oklahoma CityFebruary 7, met with splendid re-sponse . Genial success crowned theoccasion, which was one of the firstfestive affairs to be sponsored by thenew University of Oklahoma Associ-ation . Plans for the 1930 banquet arealready in formulation .

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Those who attended the alumnidinner are : President W. B. Bizzell,E. O. Shaw, ex-'28, of Henryetta ;D. D. Kirkland, ex-'28, of Burbank ;Mrs. D. D. Kirkland, ex-'28, also ofBurbank ; G. P. Wild, ex-'28, of WebbCity; Dr. E. E. Dale, '11 arts-sc .,professor of history and acting deanof the graduate school of the Uni-versity of Oklahoma ; Miss Floy V .Elliott, '17 arts-sc ., of Tulsa ; MorrisL. Wardell, '19 arts-sc ., acting deanof men of the university ; Miss ArdaF. Frans. '23 sc., of Lawton ; MissLily F. Stafford, '19 arts-sc ., of Law-ton ; John B . Mitchell, '15 arts-sc ., ofOklahoma City ; Miss Clara Meyer,'14 arts-sc., Guy A. Lackey, '18 arts-sc ., of Stillwater ; and Mrs. Lackey, '17arts-sc . ; Miss Helen A. Norris, '10arts-sc., of Oklahoma City ; Miss Jes-sie D. Newby, M . A., '25 ; A. M. Go-ber, '23 arts-sc ., M . A. '27 ; of Oklaho-ma City; O. R. Harris, graduate stu-dent of Sabre; Dr. Ellsworth Colognes,dean of the school of education ofthe university; John T. Hefley, '01arts-sc ., of Ponca City; Bryan Grif-fin, '22 arts-sc., of Lawton ; Miss IrisM. Baughman, '17 arts-sc ., of Oklaho-ma City ; Miss Virginia K . Sage, '26arts-sc., of Apache ; Mrs. Jerry B .Newby (Edna Cash Newby), '15 arts-sc., of Oklahoma City ; George C.Wells, '23 educ., of Oklahoma City ;T. M. Beaird, '21 arts-sc ., director oftown and country service of the ex-tension division of the university ;Barry D. Simmons, '24 arts-sc ., ofWewoka; Miss Marjorie Pettit, '31arts-sc., of Apache ; and Ralph E .Stoffelbach, ex-'25, of Barnsdall .

THE plumbing installed in thefollowing five new fraterni-

ties, built and moved into thisschool year, was handled byFischer & Son : Phi Mu Sorority,Beta Theta Phi Fraternity, DeltaGamma Sorority, Delta TauDelta Fraternity, and AlphaGamma Delta Sorority .

M. F. FISCHER& SON

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Norman