The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-26
BREEZY
NORMAN
BUDGET 7
Ah6eIal b .DaIIY Leaaer.

Special to Daily Leadef.
Norman, Okla., NOV, 2G.-~lnst TO
give the $50 boys and girls Who make
.up the student body at the lniyersi-
tn Of Oklahoma chance TO hike
themselves back to the ola home and
paltakc OF the Thanksgiving turkeyI
at the board for which father Is the
provider President Al Grant Evans, |
In pursuance OF a custom long OBJ.
served at the big educational insti-
l'tutions. declared holiday Of almtft
a week. The vacation began Wed.
| nesday n1on and recitations VIII NOT
/ be resumed until Tuesday morning
of next week. On every lraln We'd
ncsday Jolly undergraduate crowds
left Norman for their homes in all
| parts of this and adjoining states.
Many more departed on Thanksgly-
| ing day while others remained over
until Friday to attend either the
Thanksgiving student bali or the
student recepticti given under the
auspicies Of the college Young Mems
and Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciations and TO receive a detailed re
pert Of the big Oklahoma Texas foot
BAH game played at Austin that day.
The Thanksgiving holiday comes as
a welcome break in the fall term and
Is especially dear to Ehe youthful
freshmen who are away TO college
for the first time and find the going
rather rough and the days bit lone
| some when among strangers far from
the parental rooi-tree. II has been
found that the vacation Is most .deI
slrable from standpoint Of policy
as the students always return in bet
ter spiras and determined to devote
all possible time TO their studies dur
ing the remaining weeks Of the first
semester.
Sooner Football Team.
The Sooner football team OF the
university of Oklahoma bids fair to
continue its victorious march by de-
feating Texas and Epworth Uniyer-
sity in the only remaining games OF
it's most successful gridron season.
Faster and heavier than when It
played Kansas to standstil two1
weeks ago, the aggregation left for
Austin where 1t faced the husky Tex
as university team on Turkey day.
While both teams were undeniably OF
championship calibre the followers OF
the gone were inclined TO favor the
chances of tne Sooners. Texas has
made good record this year, hav
ing run away from many strong col
| leges OF the south, among others the
| terrible Louisiana Tigers, whom they
! defeated a week ago at Austin. Or
| lah0ma. too. has SHOWN brilliant form
and was recently able to outplay the
great Jayhayker team in one of the
best games ever witnessed in toe
West The Sooners chances of de-
foat'ng the Longhorns were greatly
augmented since the freshmen on the
team who could not play against eth.
er Missouri or Kansas under the
rules. were eligible to face the Or
ange and white gladlators. With
| CoOts, Moss. ll0tt ald Burson, ali
ranging in weight between 100 and
1870 ponds. available to strengthen
the already formidable lire Coacn
Owen departed on the journey south
/ full of confidence In his ability to-
bring home the long end of the score.
In the back field the 0klahomans
were strengthened by the great fresh
man fullback. Reeds, who is by many
considered the most promising grit
iron warrior of the West.
oooners to Texas.
With the memory Of one Of the
greatest football demonstrations that
ever stirred the university fresh in
mind the Sooners left Norman on
their journey to the Texas battle
ground At the station several hun
dred students gathered to bid them
godspeed and make them feel that
the school would be with them-during
the game; but the real demorstra-
tion occurred at the morning chapel
exercise when the entire student
body engaged Ii a great rally in hon
or of the Sooner gl2diators.
Making Football Records.
While the regular football team Of
the state university is making a re-
cord which has caused loyal football
fans In all parts of the state to look