1937

Oklahomans at home and abroad

A. P. MURRAH, '281aw, Okla-homa City attorney, climaxed a remark-able success story in February with anappointment to Oklahoma's new federaljudge position, a lifetime post that pays$10,000 a year .

Senate confirmation of the presidentialnomination was scheduled in late Febru-ary.Only 33 years old now, Mr . Murrah

was working his way through the Uni-versity law school less than ten years ago .Now he has a position which representsthe highest ambition of many able at-torneys. He was named to serve in thenewly created judgeship which providesfor service in all three federal court dis-tricts of Oklahoma . The new positionwas added to relieve the heavy burdenof work on the three present judges .Mr . Murrah, who was known all

through his school days and also later bythe nickname "Fish," has been literallya "self-made" man. He ran away fromhome when only 12 years old, and hasbeen practically on his .own ever since.He worked on a farm near OklahomaCity for a time, and then went to highschool at Tuttle . It was there that he re-ceived the nickname "Fish," which wasa shortened version of "Goldfish," a namegiven him because of his light yellow hair .While in the University, he worked as

clerk at the Smoker, a Norman cigar andcigaret store. He was active in campusaffairs and was a member of LambdaChi Alpha fraternity .

After graduation he worked for a timein Gomer Smith's law office in Okla-homa City and later formed a partner-ship at Seminole with Luther Bohanon,'271aw . The firm prospered and latermoved to Oklahoma City . Leonard Sav-age, '301aw, and J. 1 . Gibson, '30law,have since been added to the firm .Mrs. Murrah before their marriage in

1930 was Agnes Milam, '27as .Mr. Murrah is said to be the youngest

federal judge in the United States at thepresent time . He was the choice of Sen.

When the heaviest snow in severalyears struck the campus, the Univer-sity's smallest pupils had a grand time .Johnnie Van Lear, Gene Genther andMary Dixon of the Nursery School,which is operated by the School of HomeEconomics, are shown enjoying an out-ing with a sled .

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Josh Lee, in whose campaign he was anactive worker .

Capacity crowd at luncheonA group of more than eighty Sooner

alumni filled a luncheon room at theMayo Hotel in Tulsa February 5 duringthe annual convention of the OklahomaEducation association for a program givenunder auspices of Tulsa alumni .Many wanting to attend the luncheon

had to be turned away because of insuf-ficient room .

Dr . W. B. Bizzell, president of theUniversity, spoke on the institution's leg-islative program, and what it means tothe state. Musical numbers were presentedby the University Women's Quartet di-rected by Jessie Lone Clarkson .Mrs. Floy Elliott Cobb, '17as, was the

chairman in charge of arrangements forthe luncheon and was given credit forthe success of the affair .Those who registered during the O. E.

A. convention at the Sooner alumnilounging headquarters at the New TulsaHotel are :

F. . J . Dugan, Wyandouc ; D . D . Kirkland, '33in . cd, Maud ; Charles 1' . Howell, '20, Ponca Cite ;Max Storey, '33, Blanchard ; Jessie F . ]Sender,'311, Cleveland, Okla . ; Ed Kerrigan, 'Tulsa ; JohnW . Bridges, Pawhuska ; J . C. Mayfield, '2 0), Mari-etta ; James R . Frazier, '24, Wcwoka ; W . W .Isle, '15, Weatherford ; A . A . Cherry, Henryeaa ;Viola Harriman, Henrycua ; Ruby Rogers, Ilen-ryetta ; Opal Been, Henryetta ; Jean Budd, Pryor .

Felix Gay, Lcnapah ; J . M . Hackler, Taltle-quah ; Lloyd N . Spencer, Enid ; J . R . Hughes, '29,Bixby ; J . C . Conrad, '20, Crescent ; Ida Smith,Rose ; Homer S . Reese, '22, Mangum ; W. B .Morrison, '25, Durant ; S . W . Gregory, '27, Dur-ant ; J . Don Garrison, Norman ; R . C . Dragoo,'24, Durant ; H . F . Crevcling, '28, Pauls Valley ;Howard Taylor, Chickasha ; F' . L . Kirkpatrick,Boynton ; Christia Allender, '34, Sapulpa .Mrs . Rex B . Hendrix, Tulsa ; Betty Camubrll

'35, Sand Springs ; N . M . Bradley, '32ma, Ochc-lata ; E. H . Black, '19, Bristow ; Dan Baker, '26

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ma, Pryor ; Herbert H . Scott, '26, Norman ; Mar-jorie Young, '32, Collinsville ; 'I' . G . Townsend,'36, Norman ; F: . O . Shaw, Sapulpa ; Rose Witcher,'08, Fl Reno ; Mary McCord, '34, Quinton ; F: .O . Davis, '21, '29, Oklahoma City ; H . G . Creck-more, '27, Hitchcock : J . B . Wile\ , '34, Norman ;Louis E . Pearson, '34, Hcavener ; James R .Matthv, Bartlesville ; B . H . Magill, '33, Chick-asha ; A . D . liarvep', Oklahoma Citv ; M . ( ; .Collum, '3(i, Woodville ; Wall Abbott, '17, Pryor ;Robert A . Betty, '34, Calcra ; M . L . Madden,'35, Oklahoma City ; Grace Dawson, '30 cd-mond ; Harry Simmons, Wcwoka .John G . Mitchell, Seminole ; J . M . Maddox,

Olustce ; C . C . Bcaird, Hcavener ; Mrs. B . M .Risinger, '23, Sand Springs ; B . M . Risinger, '23,Sand Springs ; H. N. Scott, '27, Miami ; 1) . E .BI-odgett, Seminole ; Ralph E . Staffclbach, '25,Nowata ; Tom Hamcs, '27, Ponca City ; '1 '. G .Napier, '19, Collinsville ; T" . E . McReynolds, '08,'29, Norman ; M . V. Van Meter, Jr ., '28, Okla-lioma City .Tma James, Norman ; Jun Robertson, '32, Bris-

tow ; George McDowell . '31, Oklahoma City ;P . Ray Scruggs, Pawhuska ; H . L . Schall, PoncaCity ; R . H . Richards, Norman ; J . F:rncst Cam-eron, Norman ; Woodson Tyree, Ponca City ; W .A . Franklin, Ponca City ; Mrs . Woodson Tyree,Ponca City ; Daniel W . Emerson, '32 Tahlcquah ;J . '1 '. Murphy, Sapulpa ; A . G . Boyles, '16, Tulsa .M . Magee, '23, Tulsa ; Marcella Middleton,

'36, Collinsville ; Kathleen Page, '36, Tulsa ; VetaDowell, '30, Ponca City ; Rose Richards, '30,Norman ; Dick Richards, '34, Sand Springs ;John Richards, '30, Wcwoka ; Esther Kcnncdv,'36, Guymon ; W. H . Curry, '29, Lexington ; J .( : . M. Krumtum, '09, '23, '36, Weatherford ;Ross G . Hums, '31, Oklahoma City ; F . M .Walks, '10, Tulsa ; 1-1 . M . Armstrong, Norman ;F: . L . Kirkpatrick, '29, Boynton ; William A .Morgan, Ardmore ; Floyd B . Ruthcrford, '2(i,Muskogec ; Hal Wickham, '31, Okmulgcc ; Mar-garet Davis, '27, Okmulgec ; M . M . Baker, '30,Oklahoma City ; Helen Kubic, '36, Bixby ;Kathryn Short Cherr\, '34, Oklahoma City ; Mil-dred Futoransky, '35, Oklahoma City ; ViolaYoung, '36, Oklahoma City ; Mary McMuir lone,,'28, Oklahoma City .Audis F: . Neumcycr, '32, Morris ; Ouida Foster,

Norman ; Mrs . Ruth (:lark, '36, Norman ; AmcliaRolle, '35, Poteau ; Louis Lefko, Tulsa ; MabelMarshall, '28, Oklahoma City ; Allie S . Moors .Pawhuska ; Ruth Bishop, '36, Oklahoma Cite ;Marjory Brown, '32, Skiatook ; C . Guy Brown,'23, Roy E . Grantham, '34, Ponca City ; Ralph

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X. Miller, '24, Enid ; Georgia Ledbetter, '34,Alva ; H. L. Allen, '17, Okemah ; Elaine Tuck-er, Oklahoma City ; Mrs. 7uma Sanders, '24, We-tumka; Mary F. Lawson, '25, '27, OklahomaCity ; J. S . Cralle, '30, Chickasha; R. H. Bur-ton, Idabel ; C. E. Crooks, Medford; and I-1 . W.Cooley, '22, Oklahoma City .

Douglass appointed judgeGovernor E. W. Marland in January

announced selection of Frank P. Douglass, 161aw, to fill the position of Districtjudge at Oklahoma City which was va-cated by the election of R. P. Hilt asFifth District Congressman.Mr. Douglass, an Oklahoma City at-

torney, was one of the governor's chiefcampaign aids in the race for governortwo years ago and for senator in 1936 .He recently has been serving as memberof the federal Labor Mediation Board.

Perry club organizesA1 Singletary, '30ex, was elected presi-

dent of the new Noble County O. U. Clubat Perry when permanent officers wereselected at a January meeting. Otherofficers are Jean McCluskey, summer stu-dent, vice-president ; Julia Ann Rutledge,'35as, secretary, and Kenneth P. Reed,'321aw, treasurer.

Thirty-six persons attended the meet-ing, which was held in the library ofPerry High School and was preceded bya dinner .R. W. Hutto, '10as, Norman banker

and member of the alumni executiveboard, spoke on the University budget re-quest for the next biennium as submittedto the State Legislature .

It was suggested at the meeting that acommittee be appointed to inform theState Representative and State Senator ofthe district about the group's desires con-cerning the budget of the University . On

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this committee were appointed Mrs . PaulFord, Mrs . B. J. Woodruff, Julia AnnRutledge and Sam Schweiger.

Jack Horner, president of the club in itsinitial stage of .organization, presided atthe meeting. Entertainment during thedinner program included a group of Span-ish songs sung by Otila Salazar, accom-panied by Mrs. Max Gilstrap, and tworeadings by Donald Douglas, '24ex.A proposed constitution presented by

a committee was adopted.The Peerry club has about forty mem-

bers, including many of Perry's businessand professional men, school teachers, andyoung engineers with oil firms.

Yes, we have no communistsRumors of a "Red scare" on the Uni-

versity campus were ridiculed in an edi-torial published in the El Reno American,edited by H . M. Woods, '17as.

Reports that the state university is ahotbed of communisin are "laughable,"the editorial stated .

"Extremely regrettable is the fact thata number of uninformed (voluntarilyand otherwise) have accepted the reportsas true ."Communism is taught in the Univer-

sity along with all other forms of politicalscience, but no one has ever proved thatit has ever been recommended for anyother country than Russia . PresidentRoosevelt and all other leaders of ournation have studied communism, as isabsolutely necessary if they are to be qual-ified to deal with Russia, to understandher methods and to be able to cope withattempts of the communists to gain afoothold in this country.

"Considerable capital was made by oneof our state papers because a poll amongstudents at the University revealed a few

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These two Sooner graduates re-ceived appointments to prominentpositions in Oklahoma in the lastmonth . John L . Coffey, '12as, onthe left, was named member ofthe State Highway Board, and A .P . Murrah, '281aw, shown on theright, was made federal judge forthe three Oklahoma districts .

votes for the Comtrtunist candidate. Theentire poll was taken as a matter of funand its results were exactly the same aswould have happened from any othergroup in the state when taken in suchan atmosphere of ridicule .

"Before becoming alarmed over thefoolish claim .of uninformed that the Uni-versity is harboring a vicious band ofReds, one should make a canvass of thestudents who have attended the institu-tion . Of the approximately 50,000 gradu-ates and former students who reside inthe state, it would hardly be possible topoint out a single instance of one of thetabeing an advocate of communism."

Sooner named on highway boardJohn L. Coffey, '21as, was appointed a

'member of the State Highway Commis-sion in February just a few weeks afterlie had been named president of the StateBoard of Agriculture .He was ;ippointcd to head the agricul-

tural board to fill a vacancy left by thedeath of Harry B. Cordell. When L. B.Selman, member of the State HighwayCommission, died suddenly a short timelater, Mr . Coffey was the choice of Gov-ernor E. W. Marland and leaders in theLegislature to fill this important post .He has an outstanding record as an

educator in the state and was superin-tendent of schools at Sallisaw when hereceived the call to the State Capitol. Hehad previously served as superintendentat Jenks, Stroud and Hobart, and as pres-ident of the Cameron State AgriculturalCollege at Lawton .As president of Cameron college from

1928 to 1932, he made an outstanding rec-ord for assistance to young people need-ing work to pay their way throucli school .It is said that he found full or part-timework for more than 500 boys who other-wise would have been unable to go toschool .

In addition to his Bachelor of Arts de-gree from the University, Mr . Coffey hasa Master of Science degree from Oklaho-ma A. and M. college which lie receivedin 1925 . He served as professor of historyat A . and M. college before going toCameron in 1928, and has done graduatework at Panhandle A . and M. college,Goodwell .

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Bar committee heads namedSeveral Sooners have been appointed

chairmen of standing committees of theState Bar association .A. G. C. Bicrcr, Jr ., '211aw, Guthrie,

is chairman of the State Bar Examiners,and J. C . Monnet, Jr ., '201aw, is chair-man of co-ordination of district and su-perior judges conferences with the statebar. B . B . Blakcney, Jr ., '291aw, Oklaho-ma City, is chairman of the newly-createdlegal aid committee.Chairman of administrative commit-

tees include: John F. Pendleton, '141aw,Nowata, Washington and Nowata coun-ties ; C. A. Ambrister, '10ex, MMuskogec,Cherokee, Wagoner, Adair, Sequoyah, andMuskogee counties ; A. B. Carpenter, '27law, Shawnee, Lincoln and Pottawatomiccounties ; Person E . Woodall, '271aw, Nor-man, Cleveland, Garvin, and McClaincounties ; and Clayton Carder, '231aw, Ho-bart, Harmon, Greer, Kiowa, Jackson, andTillman counties .

Four at SnyderFour Sooner graduates are teaching in

the Snyder City School system this year .They are Jessie Knowlton, '26as; RuthCrosier, 21ex ; Geneva Shelton, '34as, andLillian jasper, '30he.

Rockwood leads in law testJoe S. Rockwood, '32as, '371aw, Sapul-

pa, received the highest grade among 50applicants who took the mid-year bar ex-amination . Others who passed includeI,eonard Dale Brown, Coalgate, now astudent in the University ; James P. (;row,'29ex, Hominy ; E. D. Gibson, '33ex, Ard-more ; J . Hilliary Hutchinson, '26ex, Okla-homa City ; I-ester 1) . Hoyt, '32ex, Avery;Arthur William Jenkins,'34ex, OklahomaCity ; Howard M. Redwine, '32ex, Spiro;Clarence H. Sweeney, '30ex ; Thomas ;Carloss Wadlington, '371aw, Ada; PhilipR. Wimbish, '371aw, Ada ; Ralph K. Bo-gart, Jr., '361aw, Chickasha ; Woodrow(grim, '32cx, Norman, and Curtis L. Wil-liams, '36law, Stillwater .

Young republican leadersJohn William Mee, '33ex, Oklahoma

City attorney, was elected president of theYoung Republicans of Oklahoma at a re-cent convention at Tulsa. Other Soonerselected officers of the organization areJulia Hildt, '31ex, Tulsa, first vice-presi-dent ; Cleo Wilson, '36law, Tulsa, parli-amentarian ; and Alice Freedle, '31as, Ok-lahoma City, national committeewoman .

Invents science instrumentRay Porter, '30ms, El Reno biology

teacher, is the inventor of a new micro-projector which has been put on the inar-ket as a device for facilitating use of il-lustrations in teaching of biology.Mr . Porter began working on the de-

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vice six years ago when he was an in-structor at McMurray college at Abilene,Texas.

Microscopic slides of the organism tobe studied are placed on a holder andstrong light directed through a series oflens projects their image on a plate below.The image is large enough to be studiedby a group of students at one time, andby use of a mirror the image can bethrown on a wall screen in a dark room .Cheaper than a microscope, the instru-

ment found a ready demand when com-mercialized recently, and more than ahundred were sold in a short time .

CAMPUS REVIEWBudget's fate uncertainWith the State Legislature wrestling

over the problem of heavy revenue needsfor pensions and common schools, thefate of the University budget request wasuncertain in mid-February .Many legislative leaders apparently

considered the University's request reas-onable, but the burden put upon the stateby the new old-age pension system andby the increase in state participation infinancing common schools constituted aserious threat to the budget requests ofstate departments and institutions .President W. B. Bizzell presented the

budget request to the House Appropria-tion Committee and made an urgent pleafor restoration of faculty salary cuts madeduring the depression . He told the com-mittee that some of the faculty membershad to borrow money for living expensesbecause of the drastic salary reductions,and said that about 20 per cent are nowunable to carry life insurance which isabout their only means of saving .

"Thirty-three out of every 110 haveborrowed on the insurance in the lasttwo years," he said . "A number havemoved from their own homes to apart-ments, or from a good house to a cheaperone."

Referring to newspaper talk of "pad-ded budget requests" from some institu-

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Generous portions of food aredished out by Mrs . Bonnie Battlefor the 55 students who are get-ting their meals at an average of14 cents each through a co-oper-ative project operated in the Sta-dium . Student leaders organizedthe plan, with the chief aim ofhelping needy students .

tions, Dr . Bizzell said : "I want to lookyou right in the eye and tell you thisbudget is not padded at all ; it will takeevery penny of this to do the job at theUniversity that needs to be done."

University graduates and former stu-dents who are members of the State Sen-ate and the House of Representatives wereguests of the alumni association at twodinners held at Biltm.ore hotel in Janu-ary. About sixty persons attended the din-ner for alumni in the House and aboutfifty a dinner the following night foralumni in the Senate . President Bizzellspoke at both dinners, outlining the Uni-versity's budget requests and explainingthe institution's serious needs.Ten members of the legislature and R.

R. Owens, state budget officer, wereguests of the University at a luncheonduring a tour of state institutions by acommittee from the legislature . Dr. Biz-zell also spoke at this meeting, tellingbriefly the University's principal needs.The visiting legislators were taken on atour of the campus .Alumni leaders and leaders in the Uni-

versity Dads Association worked diligentlyin January and February in many partsof the state in order to make known tolegislators the statewide interest in thewelfare of the University .

Flunk fee is burning issueStudent opinion, always volatile, ap-

parently has a sort of rhythm which de-velops an emotional outburst about oncea month. One time it might be the foot-ball coaching situation that causes a furor,and another time it might be the no-daterule .

Last month, it was the new so-called"flunk fee" which was the chief topic ofstudent conversation for a time . The newrule, prescribed by the Board of Regents,requires that a student who continues inschool after flunking a course must paya special fee of $3 per credit hour for allwork in which failure was recorded . Thiswas considered reasonable in view of thefact that so many credit hours are flunkedthat the University, in effect, must hire15 full-time instructors to repeat coursesthat were flunked .The Oklahoma Daily, following its

usual custom, took a poll of studentopinion. No one was especially surprisedwhen the poll showed a considerable ma-

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jority of students against the rule, butStudent J. T. Timmons circulated a pe-tition and demanded abolition of the fee .(The Men's Council and W. S . G. A.declined to enter the fight.)When the petition failed to over-awe

the Board of Regents, Timmons an-nounced he would appeal to the State Leg-islature, and a bill prohibiting such feeswas introduced by Edgar McVicker, Rog-er Mills county representative .Timmons' charged that the fee is "a

discrimination against the working stu-dent," but Major Eugene M. Kerr, vice-president of the Board of Regents, ex-pressed confidence that the working stu-dents are the ones who appreciate theireducation and see to it that they pass theircourses.

"It seems some students don't go toschool for an education. We're chargingthese students extra," Major Kerr wasquoted as saying .

University officials pointed out that thestate incurs considerable extra expense inrepeating a course or substituting anotherone after a student flunks, and they be-lieve that the failing student should bearpart of the extra expense in view of thefact that the University charges no tuitionfee and charges a very small enrolmentfee compared to most state universities .

Thesis is broadcastFor the first time in history of the

University, a student is now doing gradu-ate radio work for academic credit .Through co-operation of the College

of Fine Arts and officials of WNAD,Sooner ' broadcasting station, HaroldHenderson Leake is conducting a musicappreciation series on the air and is toreceive credit for a thesis .Mr . Leake, assistant in piano, and who

completed work for a bachelor's degreeat the end of the first semester, broad-casts an informal program from 3 to3 :30 p . m. each Monday and Wednesday.

Opera scheduled April 6, 7"Lakme," a three-act opera by Leo

Delibes, will be presented by the Univer-sity Operatic Association of the Collegeof Fine Arts on April 6 and 7 as theUniversity's annual opera production .As far as is known, this famous work

has never before been performed in Okla-homa . A new English text has been pre-pared by Spencer Norton, '28as, assistantprofessor of piano and director of theopera, and Mrs. Helene Carpenter, Nor-man.The important role of Lakme has been

assigned to Annette Burford, student fromOklahoma City, and the other two leadingroles will be sung by Barre Hill, profes-sor of voice, and David Gish, studentfrom Frederick.Other members of the cast are Charles

White, Norman; Ruth Davis, Guthrie ;Elizabeth Morris, Norman; Kathryn Ford,

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Joseph BentonelliJoseph licntonelli, '20as, '2lfa, Sooner opera

star now living in New York, will give six con-certs in Oklahoma in April, according to an-nouncement in January.The concerts, which are to be given in Wood-

ward, Edmond, Ada, Wcwoka, Enid and Okmul-gee, will be presented (luring a concert tour of2°F engagements from Canada to the Gulf.

Singing this winter at the Metropolitan OperaHouse, Bentonelli has, had roles recently in"Manor," "Faust," "Lakmc" and other operas .

Shawnee; Nelmarie Anderson, SandSprings; and Don Johnson, OklahomaCity .

Technical staff for the opera is com-posed of Paul S. Carpenter, conductor;Jessie Lone Clarkson, chorus master ; IdaZ. Kirk, dramatic director ; Helen Greg-ory, dance director ; Merwin Elwell, set-tings; Edith Mahier, costumes ; JosephTaylor, sculpture; Lewis S. Salter, busi-ness manager; Gloria Peters, ticket sales;and Mr . Norton, general director .

"Parnell" is presentedReviewers were enthusiastic over Phyllis

Jean Blanchard, Oklahoma City, after herperformance in "Parnell," January pro-duction of the University Playhouse.Others given special mention were JackSwineford, as Gladstone, and AnnieYoungblood, Claude Traverse and JackWilson.

Regent law change askedRemoval of the legislative restriction

against any Cleveland county residentserving on the University Board of Re-gents was sought by Ben Huey, '311aw,Cleveland county representative in theLegislature, but the measure was defeated .Such discrimination is "unfair and unjustdiscrimination against Cleveland county,"Mr . Huey said . He added that the in-

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troduction of the measure was not in-tended to cause any change in the pres-ent personnel of the board, but was de-signed to permit the possible appointmentof Cleveland county residents in the fu-ture .

Distinguished visitorThe campus had a visitor from Austria

in January. Baron Dietrich von Lentz, ofAllensteig, Austria, came to Norman withhis cousin, Arthur H . Geissler, of Okla-homa City, and inspected the campus asa guest of President W. B . Bizzell . Im-pressed by the University, particularly theSchool of Geology and the School of Pe-troleum Engineering, lie said lie wasseriously considering the idea of sendinghis three sons to school in America .

Security is forum topicSpeakers for a Norman Forum sym-

posium on social security were C. W.Schwoerke, 311aw, Oklahoma county rep-resentative in the State Legislature ; HarveL. Melton, chairman of the OklahomaWelfare Commission, and J. E. Wrenn,Kansas City, representative of the FederalSocial Security board.

Student conference scheduledThe first meeting of the Oklahoma

Student Christian Conference, a uniquesetup sponsored by representatives of 44colleges in Oklahoma and leaders inchurches of many denominations hasbeen scheduled at the University March12, 13, and 14 .So far as is known in Norman, this is

the first statewide intercollegiate inter-denominational conference for youngpeople ever held in the United States, andit is attracting national attention.Mary Elizabeth Lockett, University

student who is representative of the na-tional Y. W. C. A . on the IntercollegiateChristian Council, has been made chair-man of general plans. Speakers of nationalimportance are being booked for the pro-grams.

Swimming added to meetRegular swimming and diving coin-

petition will be added to the State Inter-scholastic Meet this year as a result o:completion of the new $30,000 swimmingpool for University men.Three rapid sand filters, a chlorinator

and heating system were installed forconditioning the water. Every availablemodern means of keeping the pool cleanand sanitary is being provided .

It is the irony of fate that Jack Davis,Soonerland's greatest swimmer in history,won't get to use the new pool . Davis,who has won a flock of places for Okla-homa in Big Six swimming meets, grad-uated from the College of Business Ad-ministration February 1 and went toHutchinson, Kans ., where he will be inthe lumber business . The pool %vas ex-

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pected to be ready for use within twoor three weeks after his departure.The new pool will permit men's swim-

ming classes to be offered for the firsttime in history of the University . BruceDrake will teach them .

Shorter mentionA movie has been made on the Sooner

campus, but it's not for public showing.Claude Traverse and Winston Howe, stu-dents, filmed "Parnell," Playhouse pro-duction, but announced that it would beshown only to students of dramatic art .

Five law students finished work forLL . B. degrees at the end of the first se-mcster . They are Fred M. Black and Wil-liam E. Harrison, both of Oklahoma City ;Joe Shaw Rockwood, Sapulpa ; Philip R.Wimbish, Ada ; and George E. Sinning,Sheridan, Wyo.

Faculty of the Oklahoma School ofReligion has been enlarged by additionof John Odgcn Fisher, pastor of the Uni-tarian Church in Oklahoma City, andSterling Brown, director of student workfor the First Christian church of Nor-man . Dean E. N. Comfort also announcedJoseph Watt, Oklahoma City rabbi, wouldresume teaching after a two-semesterleave of absence.Sigma Nu won the first annual inter-

fraternity radio sing, with a representa-tive group of 25 men directed by Jud Al-lison . Sigma Alpha Epsilon placed second,Alpha Tau Omega and phi Delta "Thetatied for third, and Delta Upsilon placedfifth .Old fashioned ear-muffs appeared on

the campus when severe winter weatherstruck in January. Some students com-bined old styles with new by wearingthe ear-muffs but no hats, in driving sleetand snow.When the Union started free checking

service for students in January, those incharge waited patiently for two dayswithout a single customer . But studentssoon found out about it and within aweek it was serving about a hundred stu-dents daily . Commuting students, partic-ularly, find the service valuable .

Leslie Thomason, Norman student andcandidate of the "Administration" po-litical party succeeded Jimmie Haxves asstudent dance manager in January as aresult of a political coup . Hawes wasousted after breaking with leaders in theAdministration party which controls themen's council and student representativeson the trust fund committee. The ousterwas "politics pure and simple," said theOklahoma Daily ."Beyond Tomorrow," a tragedy of the

western frontier, was presented in lateFebruary by the University Playhouse.Amzie Strickland and Mildred Stearley,both of Oklahoma City, and Jack Swine-ford, Enid, headed the cast . The playwas written by John W. Dunn, who di-rected the presentation .

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"My Oklahoma Best""

I N answer to an invitationfrom The Sooner Magazine to outlinehis general plans in starting his career asUnited States Senator, Josh Lee, 'l7as, re-plied that "I intend to do my Oklahomabest ."Admitting that this statement required

a little elucidation, he went on to saythat he considered the selection of capablemen and women for important govern-ment posts to be a serious responsibilityfor a Senator, and he also emphasizedseveral economic problems which lie willdevote much time to in his new position ."A position of this kind often affords

the opportunity of recommending the ap-pointment of men and women to im-portant posts, as well as the responsibilityof helping to enact legislation," SenatorLee wrote . "Therefore, I plan to givecareful attention to all appointments inwhich I have a part, since the best lawsin the world are no good unless capablemen are in office to administer them ."That part of the duties of the United

States Senator which I believe I shall en-joy most are the legislative duties . I shall,of course, push the program to prevent

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war as far as it is humanly possible to doso .

"Then I shall devote a great deal oftime in working on a program to rehabil-itate people who have lost their homes;to solve the farm-tenant problem, andequalize the national income in orderthat the buyer might always have sorrne-thing with which to buy . Then the sellerwill always be able to sell, and there willalways be a demand for the producer'scommodity."

More than four hundred Oklahomanswith a generous sprinkling of nationallyknown personages gathered in Washing-ton January 18 to give Senator Lee abrilliant sendoff on his term as Oklaho-ma's junior senator.The banquet, held in the Italian Gar-

dens hall of the Mayflower hotel, wasone of the gala functions of inauguralweek in the national capital. The eventwas sponsored by the Oklahoma YoungDemocrats of Washington, and WilliamR. Kavanagh, president of the organiza-tion, presided at the banquet program .

Senator Lee gave the principal addressand was cheered enthusiastically . Otherspeakers included James Roosevelt, eldestson of President Roosevelt; Scott Ferris,national committeeman from Oklahoma ;Mrs . John G. Catlett, Tulsa, nationalcommitteewoman ; Sam Battles, statechairman, and Mrs. Ed Falkenberg, statevice-chairman.

Already widely known as a popular or-ator as a result of his term in Washing-ton as Fifth District Congressman fromOklahoma, Senator Lee is constantly indemand for addresses at national meet-ings of various kinds. Prevention of waris one of his most popular themes .

Senator Josh Lee, '17as, whoteiis in this' article some of hisobjectives in his term as UnitedStates Senator which started inJanuary .