The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-17
STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS.

DR.. Turley has returned from a
weeks stay at Chicago University.
where he has been in the interest of
the medical department of Oklahoma
, University.
Miss Helen Knox, state secretary of
the Young Womens Christian Associa
tions of Texas, gave series of talks
before the women of the university
last week. Aside from the four pub
lie meetings, Miss Knox met the girls
In private conferences. Large crowds
were in attendance and much interest
was shown in the splendid addresses.
A large delegation of university stu.
dents went to Oklahoma City Wednes.
day night to hear Victor Herbert and
his famous orchestra.
Mr. Hobart Houston, assistant to-
Miss Kate Barnard in the state depart
ment of charities and corrections. ad-
dressed Prof. Dowds class in Grim.
inology Monday morning. He took as
his theme, Prisons and the Reform in
Prison Management"
Earl Christmas of Pond Creek has
been chosen associate editor of the
college paper for next year. Jack
Myers is the new circulation manager.
The faculty and seniors will play
their annual ball game next Friday Il |
present prospects materalize. The en-
tire student body always attends this |
burlesque of the national pastime.
w. r. Molinard of Oklahoma City
will address the Engineers Club of the
university May 10. Mr. Molinard grad.
uated from Johns Hopkins when cleo
trical engineering was yet in its in.
fancy. He came to Oklahoma from
Canada little over a year ago as rep
resentative of large engineering and
operating company.
The annual baseball games between
the classes, schools and departments
Tor the championship of the university
began last week. The teams entered
The from the freshman, sophomore.
Junior and senior classes of the col
ege of arts and sciences, the college
If engineering, the school of law, and I
he schools of medicine and pharmacy.
Joseph J. Mcconnell, Jr., the popu-
ar general Y. NJ. C. A. secretary. locat-
ID at the university, has resigned his
position here. the same to take effect
With the close of the regular college
erm i'll June. He leaves to take a
osition as Y. NJ. G. A. secretary of the
University of Calcutta in Calcutta. In
ia. During Mr.. McConnelrs stay at
'klahoma the Y. M. G. A. has ex-
erienced wonderful growth aud stu !,
ents and faculty are loath to see him
ave, but he feels that the post in :
alcutta offers a greater field of use 4
ilness. Icj
The university track team is in ex- i,
client condition for the intercollegi-
e meet to be held at Kingisher MAY
I. 1t will go into the contest en- o
savoring to retrieve the defeat of last sc
eek at the hands of the fast A. & NJ. W
'llege team. Coach Wantland says ol
S protegees are in much better shape
an at the time of the dual contest
I'd should show to advantage. 70
Frank Buttram, 10, chemist for the
Geological Survey, returned CT
Gently from a ten days trip through III
e eastern part of the state. He visit .
the six glass factories OF Oklahoma -
d inspected the glass sand lodges in WI
e Kiamaehi mountains. Mr.. Buttram
ports the sand easily accessible and
much better quality than that the -
.lahoma manufacturers are import. = =
Z from St Louis. -
Rev r. Il. Goodrich Of Saint Luke's ~
lrch Of Oklahoma City, addressed -
girls Of the University Monday aft, as
loon.
rhe Sooners defeated Baker univer- .
in both singles and doubles in a tni