The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-10-21
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j The speech of the Hon Scott Ferris
representative in congress from the
Fifth Oklahoma district, who address
ed the student body in chapel Friday
shows that he is a true friend of edu
cation and an ardent supporter of the
state university. Mr. Ferris declares
that there is need of liberal support
from the legislature if the school is
to keep pace with the great and grow.
ing state of oklahoma Not only
said Mr.. Ferris, do we want to make
this a big university-one worthy the
state and the progressive attributes of
its people, but we want to make it the
best state university west of the Mis-.
sissippi river and to my mind there is
no reason why it should not in time
become so" He advocated a liberal
appropriation for the university at the
next session of the legislature and
pledged his influence and support in
securing the same.
Oklahoma graduates are getting in
to the limelight as geologists and a
number of young men who have been
graduated from the geology depart
ment of the state university of which
the state geologist, Prof. C. N. Gould,
is the head are distinguishing them
selves in their chosen work. Eben
Bridley, one of the cary graduates is
professor of geology at Bryn Wawr,
one of the largest colleges for women
in the United States, while Chas Kirk.
another alumnus of the Oklahoma in
stitution holds the same chair in the
university of Montana. Frank Herald
is now a government geologist with
headquarters in Washington, ID. c..
Everett DeGolyer is connected with a
big mining syndicate in Mexico and
a number of other Oklahoma men are
holding similar positions in the bus
mess and educational world. Fourteen
field parties were scattered over the
western part of the United States dur
ing the summer, many of them con-
tanning Oklahoma university students
and several headed by advanced geo.
logists of that school.
Tennis is far and away the most
popular pastime at the university since
football, as played by the well drilled
sooner machine must be called a
science and not pastime. Every aft
ernoon the fine clay courts on the
campus of the big state institution of
learning are thronged with raquet en-
both girls and boys, and
some expert tennis players should be
evolved before the spring season
opens. The most notable match held
thus far this fall was that between
Olentine and Pyle of Muskogee, the
high school champions, and Alden and
Monnet, student and faculty cham
pions respectively of the university.
The speedy Muskogee lads returned
to the east side with the scalps of the
varsity men in their belt. In the
singles they did not fare so well. Olen-
tine, a slashing slayer who has few
superiors in the southwest, succeeded
n taking his match from Alden, but
Pyle lost to Minteer in straight sets.
Minteer is the man who played the
singles for o. U. against Kansas last
spring.
The political pot is boiling at the
of Oklahoma Democratic,
'epubliean and socialistic clubs have
)een organized among the students for
several years and, now that the state
S involved in a heated political i'm
'oglio the student organizations are
aking an active hand in the matter.
The republicans met about a week |
lgo, elected officers and gave Joe Nc.
Neal their stamp of approval. Yester-
lay the democrats, who are in the ma
ority, convened and perfected their I
lnnual organization. 1t is likely that
10Th clubs will secure halls down town |
md invite number of prominent cam
'aigners to visit Norman under their
-uspices.
President A. Brant Evans of the
tate university was in attendance at
he National Indian congress, which
leld its last session at Muskogee this
week. The passing of this historic
'ody was of especial interest to the
educator who did missionary work
mong the Indians in his younger
lays.