Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-03
SUMMER TERM BEGINS
AT NORMAN SCHOOL
Exigencies Of War Have Not
Kept School Interest From
Keeping Vigorous.

Special TO Tho World
NORMAN. Okla. June Tile
people OF oklahoma are not going 10
let the war wreck their public school
system That is the conclusion to be
drawn from present indications for
attendance at tho University OF okla
homa summer session. which opens
with clasework on Wednesday, June
6. week ago pr W. W Phelan.
director. estimated that the attend
auce would be thousand. After the
,irst day OF enrolment he has raised
his figure to twelve hundred and ne
thinks that the number may even eX-
coed that.
II is not the number. but the class
or men and women who are coming
10 the university this year that has
caused the conclusions on the effect
Of the war on Dklahoma's school sys-
tom Early enrolment showed even n
greater proportion Of men than In
former year,, and nm even greater
humber OF city .yperlntendeuts ana
principals consolidated school leader5
end others in managerial positions.
Ready for summer Term.
Regular classwork is beginning
Wednesday morning. following mo
commencement on Tuesday. Regis
tiation began Saturday and will be
continued Monday but many began
signing up for classes as early as last
Wednesday part of them students
who had been here during the win
ter term, but most of them new ones
who were comirg to get located early.
This years summer term will not
only he the largest in point OF attend
2rCc. but II viii also he the most
cmprohensive one yet provided by
tho state. according to Doctor phalan.
SiXty-thrcC members OF the faculty
will remain TO give the summer
courses, part of which are duplicates
OF those Piven in the winter sessions,
ana part Of which are provided es-
pccially for high school teachers AMI
school administrators.
one of the special features of the
summer term will be the series of
state conferences, which will he par
uCip9ted in not only by those at
tending the summer session, but also
hv people interested from all parts Of
the state. Tho list includes confer
Cnces on social welfare. state rolk
lore and Indian legends, story tellers
league, high school administration,
vocational guidance, educational sur
|tNS, rural lIltt county SUPERVISION,
community music. Fairgrounds. re-
ligious education and international
peace.
Imposing Lecture Program.
In addition TO this three special
lecturers have been brought to the
state. each of them TO give a series or
lectures on subjects vital to educa-
tors. They ara j. NJ. Gwinn. city su
pcrintondent of schools for New or
leans; II. Il. Wilson, city superintend-
ent of schools for Topeka, and DR.
Ian G. Hannah, lecturer from Trinity
college, Cambridge, England. The
last named will discuss in series Of
addresses The Reconstruction of
Europe" and The Far East and tne
Modern World".
\ combination of winter students
leaving aud summer students coming
in has kept transportation facilities
busy during the past three days.
Altho several score OF men have
Joined military ORGANIZATIONS or gone
back t. their fathers farms to aid In
food production, tho exodus has been
as marked as IN former years. due TO
the unprecedented increase In en-
rClmeut over last year Most Of the
students are intending to return to
the university next year.