The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-21
STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS.

Oyers nifty Oklahoma college men
left Oklahoma City Thursday night
over the Santa FNe en- route to Ruston,
La, where they will participate in
the Southern Y NJ G. A. conference
Of college Students to be held during
the holidays. Special Pullmans were
provided for the crowd which was a
jolly one, deeply imbued with Okla
homa spirit and determined to place
the Oklahoma institutions in the fore
front during the conference sessions.
The representatives We're from the
state university, the agricultural and
mechanical college, most Of the nor
NAL schools, Christian university Of
Enid, Kingfisher college, Oklahoma
Methodist university Of Guthrie, Okla
homa Baptist university of Shawnee
and Oklahoma Baptist college of
Blackwell The purpose of the con-
ference Is to give impetus to the col
lege Y. NJ. G. A. movement in the
south and to enable the students OF
the southern higher educational in
stitutions to become better acquaint-
ed The largest Oklahoma delegation
was from the state university
The first pupils recital Of the year
by the students of the school of fine
arts department was given at the
Framing opera house Wednesday aft
|ernoon. It served to show to the peo-
|ple OF Norman and the university the
high grade of work being done in that
school under the direction of Dean
Frederick Holmberg and to impress
upon all that Oklahoma has at the
state university one of the best art
schools in the entire west. The mus
ical numbers by Reade Bridgwater,
soloist and Lewis salter, pianist, were
especially good.
Each college has its distinctive
dress. The universities of Minnesota
and Wisconsin affect the heavy shoes,
baggy trousers and high collared
sweaters of the northern lumber.
jacks; Colorado and California college
men are often seen on the campus in
the bright flannel shirts worn by the
miners of those states; the students
at Princeton delight to don the black
and gold blazer and 1t goes through
the whole roster Of colleges, each adj
lapting some article of wear peculiar
to the state or to local traditions. Al
the university of Oklahoma the visitor
Is impressed with the great number Of
stift-brimmed, white sombreros with
ornamental leather bands, worn by the
male undergraduates The same fad
Ills In vogue at the university Of Texas
Henceforth the university of Okla,
homa will have It's own light and pow
er plant. A 170.horse power engine
and 100 kilowatt alternating current
generator. which will generate at 2200
volts were received last week The
new plant will be operated by the
faculty and students in the school OF
electrical engineering and is expected
to supply all needs of the university
for testing and laboratory as well as
for lighting purposes The engine
will be fed from the newly installed
boiler in the heating plant and will
exhaust steam into the general heat
ling system, thus utilizing the steam
for two purposes. The erection ol
| this plant will save the state con
siderable item heretofore paid each
year to Norman company for lighc
ing and furnishing power to the uni
yersity
/ The university mems basket ball
tenn defeated the aggregation from
the Oklahoma Baptist University d
Shawnee rs to 12 on the local court Il
the gymnasium Friday night, This
Sooners had their opponents at theh
mercy throughout. playing a remark