The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-12-29

and Oklahoma Baptist college OF
Blackwell. The purpose of the con,
ference is to give impetus to the col.
lege Y. NJ c. 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. 1t served to show to the peo-
pie of Norman and the university the
nigh 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 it goes through
the whole roster of colleges, each ad-
apting some article of wear peculiar
to the state or to local traditions. At
the university of Oklahoma the visitor
IS impressed with the great number of
stiff-brimmed, white sombreros with
ornamental leather bands, worn by the
male undergraduates. The same fad
is 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 220O
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 we'll 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
ing system, thus utilizing the steam
for two purposes. The erection of
this plant will save the state con
siderable item heretofore paid each
year to a Norman company for light
ing and furnishing power to the uni
versity.
The university mems basket ball
team defeated the aggregation from
the Oklahoma Baptist University Of
Shawnee rs to ~ on the local court at
the gymnasium Friday night. The
Sooners had their opponents at their
mercy throughout, playing remark
ably fast game and surprising the Wis
itors both in team work and individual
ability. The contest was the initial
one of the season in the state and
served to confirm the belief that the
basket ball team here is to equal the
great record of the gridiron players,
The seniors have offered cash
prize for the best design for a uni
versity of Oklahoma pin to be worn
as badge of recognition by all stu
dents and alumni of the institution
has the sunfiower in Jayhawk
colors and Missouri a gold miniature of
one of the historic stone columns on
the Columbia campus
The annual orchestra concert, the
big musical event of the winter sea
son at the university scored a pro-
nounced hit. 1t was given in the Fran
ing opera house Saturday night before
a crowd which tested the seating ca
pacity of the building. The pleasing
manner in which difficult classical Sc
Iections were rendered by the large
and the talent evinced by
those who were on the program for
individual renditions were high testi
monials to the work being done in the
department of fine arts by Dean Holm
berg and his assistants.
The members of the Teutonia Ger
man club at the university have chos-
en- "Kopnickerstrasse 120" as their
annual play to be rendered early next
spring.
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