The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-01-26

'caiIed 10 Edmond last Friday by Pres
ident Evans OF TIE Central Normal L
deliver talk 70 the students Of thai
lnstitution. The subject chosen by Mr.
Mcconnell was The Things THAI
Make Up n Man"
The Sooner Bar. one Of the strong
debating clubs Of The law school. elect
ed officers last week as follows Ear
Cowden Of McAloster president.
Claude Roscnstein Of sklatVok vice
president. &. y. Harrington OF Norman
ltreasurer John sowder OF Norman
critic. Thurman Hurst Of Pawnee
chaplain Manford Cox Of Tryon. gnr
lgcant at arms
The oratorical council has definitely
decided TO accept the Invitation OF the
Missouri Valley schools ana send q
representative to Des Moinos IN May
20 contest for honors IN the big Mis-.
souri, Valley oratorcal contest IN
which Drake. Ames, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, Missouri and Colorado will be
entered. The conference officials pay
the expenses of the orator and award
q substantial cash prize to the winner.
The girls basket ball team plays the
East Central Normal girls on the home
court the night OF February 9. The
team Is exceptionally strong and
should reverse the score OF last fall.
Prof Irving Perrine of Cornell Uni.
yersity has been appointed TO the posi-
tion OF professor of mineralogy made
vacant by the recent promotion Of
Prof, Taylor TO the head of the depart.
mont OF geology Prof Perrine has
been head instructor at Cornell for the
past three years. He has done ex.
tonslve field work Ia connection with
his teaching and on the United States
survey and Louisiana geo.
logical survey. Cornell authorities
recommend Prof Perrine as the best
student Of historical geology ever en-.
rolled IN the institution.
The University Glee Club gave its
annual concert January 26. TO one of
the largest audiences that has ever
assembled in Norman. despite the fact
that II ca meduring the rush of ex.
animation week, Both students and
Iownspeople made up the large audi.
enoe which heartily encored the mum.
lers and pronounced the club one of
he best musical organizations in the
west. Prof. George Seymour Lenox Of
he department of music, acted as con
iuctor and delighted the audience with
one of his inimitahe tenor solos
], l., Lindsay of Chickasha, recently
named TREASURER OF the university, has
been in the Office and about the campus
his week familiariztng himself with
lis duties, He assumes charge Feb.
uary
oklahoma viii probably enter pen. |
agonal debating league next year. The
members of the proposed organization
ire oklahoma. Kansas, Missouri. Colo |
ado and Texas state universities. The
'lap is to have each school put out |
wo teams, one of which win debate at
home and one away from home In
his way each member debates every |
'ther member once in two years. The
I've debates will all be held the same
light aud the same question viii be
discussed in alt
The university basket hall team nd
ed another scalp to its list when It de-
Gated the Oklahoma Agricultural and /
ieehanieal college aggregation SO TO
z in the university gymnasium Fri.
ay night The farmer lads put up
ame battle hut We're outelassed at all
,ages and never appeared dangerous,
he feature Of the game was the sen
ational work Of John Rell at forward
NJ the SooNers, The eN, ronkawa star
, one Of The best exnonents of TIE
aging game the university has ever
al