The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-05-31
state University News.

to have control over all matters af-
fecting tn centre student body
w. w Hentz of Oklahoma City, a
second year law student and graduate
of the University Of North Caroline,
was initiated into Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity last week.
President stratton D. Brooks ait
dressed the graduating class Of the
Norman high school last Friday nignt
in the high school auditorium Hun
dreds were turned away from the
building unable to secure seats. The
class of twenty-five was the largest
in the history of the school.
A number OF Commencement
week" weddings have been announced
in university circles recently. Among
those 10 take place on or before June
Twelfth are Benjamin Gilbert Owe1,
Arkanasas City, Kans. and Miss Ber-
tha Descent, Norman; James Waller
Fort ;;ibson and Miss Sadye Maseho'
Chandler; George Bertrand Parker,
Oklahoma City and Miss Adelaide
I,oomis. Norman; Henry Mcknight,
Mangum and Miss Edith Barrett, Nor
man; Walter Meier oklahoma city
and Miss Dorothy Hazeltine, Norman.
All the contracting parties are gradua-
tes, undergraduates or faculty nenl-
bers of the University
Acting President and Mrs. Julien t.
\ Monnet entertained at their home ol
DeRarr a;tpsn tuesday night in hen
or Of President end Mrs stratton =.
Brooks. Ill emper sof the faulty
and many of the students callel IN
the course Of III eeyening,
c.aud If gloom has settled over
soonerland. Sooner" the little brown (
and white terrier known familiarv TO !
every freshL an as the mascot Of the +
University athletic teams, is dead
Some medical students bathed him IN 4
ao-bug.op for fleas Sooner tried to
make meal off the "o-bug-o" and
& the result was disastrous.
Prof. Lawrence w. Cole an old
+ time graduate of the University and
& forme rhead OF the Department Of
+ Psychology and Philosophy here, was
4 recently accorded the high honor Of
\ being elected member of the Sigma
Xi scientific fraternity. Prof. Cole Is
now on the faculty of the University
of Colorado. His able magazine arti-
cles have won him recognition as one
3 of the leading psychologists of the
country.
James Nairn. the big Indian tackle
whoh as been one of them ainstays OF
the Sooner football team during the
past four years. will coach the Ner-
man high school football team next
fan while enrolled in the University
as d senior Law student.
sueeter Sneakman Of Wellston, wlo
will represent the University and state
Of Oklahoma in the big Missouri Val
ley oratorical contest to be held May
=. left for Des Moines Wednesday
speakman's subject will be "The
i Challenge of the Law" His oration Is
mastery one and those who heard
hi mi nthe preliminary contest pre-
1 diet that he has more than an even
chance TO win the prize. The other
universities sending contestants are
EIowa. Drake, Ames, Colorado Nebras-
+ ka. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and
missouri.
Miss Kathryn Harris Dean of
SWomen. delivered an address before
the women of the student body in
Chapel Wednesday
The Sooner track team, after being
put of the intercollegiate track and
n Associations spent a pleasant yaca-
ion in the country Saturday morning
s rhey left Norman before daybreak
s md breakfasted in the woods, cook
ng their own meal
They call it the "Kanuntaclage
4 xlub," but outside fthe name 1t is
sbove reproach. The organization
4 which sails under the above imposing
ogno sthe newly organized drama
ic club Of the University 1t includes
is members only those who have
q hown decided dramatic talent and its
personnel is n far more capable one
han that Of the average professional ,
lied meet for several years, won first ,
tonors at Kingfisher last Friday
q gainst the oklahoma Agricultural !
q nd Mechanical College Kingfisher ]
'ellege. Northwestern Normal, South
Western Normal Central Normal and
3 eyeral Of the other schools Of the /,
4 tate. The hattie for first honors was
N t.s4,.st,aaf, flnea hafwAe0 the State