The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-03-01
STATE UNIVERSITY NEWs.

STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS.
Rev. Carter Helm Jones, the emil
nent Oklahoma City divine. delivered
a lecture before students and towns
people Friday night
The University OF Denver is endeay-
oring to secure a football game for
next fall with the University Of Okla
homa As Coach owen already has a
game scheduled for Denver on Thanks
giving day with the University of Col
orado it is not likely that the Denver
institution will be accommodated.
Coach Paul A. Walker of the uni
versity debating squad this week an
nounced that Frank Manning of Chick
asha, Elton B. Hunt of Alex and c. c.
Williams Of Durant would compose the
team which will debate the university
of Colorado at Boulder in April. The
team which opposes the university of
Kansas at Norman the same night viii
be w j. Armstrong of Boswell, John
Rogers of holdenyille and VIII N.
Randolph of Chandler. The six men
won phases on the SQUAD in the pre-
liminary debates held a month ago
but the personnel of the particular
teams was not determined until re-
Gently, The question for debate in
both of the big forensic contests is;
nesolved; that, the recall should be
applied to the state judiciary" Okla
homa defends the affirmative against
Kansas and has the negative against
Colorado.
| In fast an dexciting game the
juniors of the college Friday night de-
feated the sophomores for the honor
of contesting against the engineers in
the final game to decide the class
basket ball championship of the uni
versity.
Dad" Elliott, the great secretary
of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion for the middle west, who is con
sidered one of the most popular col
lege workers ir the field, has just con
cluded three days visit at the uni
versity of Oklahoma. 1t is no exag
geration to say that his earnest and
eloquent appeal to the men of the stu
dent body in the four addresses he
made in one of the most efficient moral
/ forces the school has known in years
Elliott, a college man talking to col
lege men in the idiom known and un
derstood by them all, has a way of get
ting to his hearers heart through the
medium of simple but convincing logic
4 which always wins. His four subjects
while here were The Call Of the Bus
mess World For Men of Character.
"The Common Battle Ground of al
j College Men, College CUTTERS" ant
The Pace That Wins. In an uncom
promising manner he took up the cud
gels against profanity, gambling, Gig
aret smoking, strong drink and th'
other habits to which some men IL
every college are addicted and wol
men from all cults and classes of th'
student body to pledge themselves t.
heneeforth abstain from undesirable
habits. Record breaking crowds at
tended the meetings despite the incle
: ment weather.
Baseball practice will be initiates
; ON Boyd field this week. Coach Ben
ME Owen says that material is plenti
, full and there is every prospect for al
all-victorious baseball aggregation
this spring. There will be from thre
to twelve candidates for every posi
tion nthe team In every depart
ment with the possible exception Q
the pitching staff an improvement owe
last yea ris promised. Both the Il
field and outfield will be fast and mad
up of good stickers while several tol
notch receivers are aspiring to stan
behind the bat. All veteran pitcher
are back but it will be necessary
develop one additional box artist {
caliber because Of the heavier sche'
ule.
About twenty students in the depar