The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-25


Spring work has begun on the nor
may campus. lca,y blooming bmb.
/ have been planted The trees are be
ing fertlized and the soil being put
! in condition so that the first warn
days of spring may work to the best
advantage.
The junior class met for an even
ing of enjoyment in the doIAestic sci
ence department Saturday evening
January 20, nndCr the motherlp em ic
of Miss Gaines Games and tany
filed the fleeting hours till the faith
fui kitchen clock registered the hour
Iof parting.
Mr. J, c. Alien, of Kansas City,
was n visitor at Central normal on
January % MIR. Allen was fer nine
years head Of the department Of ply
sizes and chemistry in this schoOi.
He left his stamp inlelibly upon the
institution as well as upon he state
in her territorial existence
Mindful Cf the adage of all work
and no play. the faculty OF Central
Normal has organized among its male
members TWO basket bali teams to
practice regularly two evenings each
week These professional athletes
are Baird, Love Hatcher. Gochen0ur,
Thasser, Cakes, Jeffries, Jameson,
Davis, Evans.
The new temporary gymnasium has
been Completed and is now occupied
by the physical training classes This
erection of public building in ten
days entirely by student labor ana
under unfavorable weather condi.
tions is surely a recorl breaker II
will stand as a monument to the en-.
terprise and thrift Of the manual
training department.
The ten days short course in do,
mesl.c science and art clcsed on y IN
day, January % The class numbered
81. These ladies were regular ir At
tendance and enthusiastic in the
ork. On the closing day resolutionn
of appreciation were adopted ty the
class, commenting the work and the
instructors. Miss Starr - present
ed with an amethyst nr.llace and
Miss Baker a purse OF gold
JOS J. Mcconnell 80" lnversitr
secretary cf the Young Mems Chris
titan association OF Norman. Okla
spoke at assembly last Friday. II
was the month end lecture which has
become permanent feature Of the
school lis theme was Some things
bat a1y Ia In Il
and instructed the audience for thirty
He stood fer an education
that negiects none Of the faculties.
Is address was enliyened with M
merons examples from life He Is a
youg man of strorg convictions ye'
in his address. His Wis
it was an uplift to the young mon OF
Central normal
The general assembly hour on Fri
lay, January 49, was dedicated to The
memory Of General Robert r Lee,
his being the birthday OF that dis
tinguished soldier The program
opened with southern melodies by the
Normal Orchestra under the lead OF
Professor Lehrer Professor Nihar
n brief address gave an estimate !
If Lee, in which he placed him among
he great men OF all the Anglo-SaXon !
ace. He spoke from a wide study |
If his subject and from a personal |
of the times that try |
men, S souls It was an impressive |
esson-this man from the north pay |
ng such tribute TO the greatest man |
= all the South. The Ladies' quart |
,tte sang Swanee River. The entire |
luuience sang Dixie in closing. The |
program was well planned. II fit the |
occasion completely. It taught les
ION to teachers which they in turn |
AN pass on to their pupils, the influ-
nee of which cannot be estimated.
The Normal Science club met IN
'egular session Saturday evening
anuary q. A constitution and by