The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-26
1UENIWE @Sl1TY CORNER

season just closing Oklahoma has
won four track and field meets,
Among the meets won are the Tex
s-Oklahoma dual meet, the South
western conference and the state in
tercollegiate conference. In the
Texas Oklahoma meet, which was
held at Austin, Oklahoma won by a
score of ~ to IS. The Aggie- Okla
homa dual meet was won by the
overwhelming score of % 70 80. In
the Southwestern conference. which
included five Texas teams, Oklaho-
ma took the lead with 63 l-3 points,
while the Oklahoma AggieS, who
came second, scored only 20 point.
The last meet was held between the
state schools and college sat Still
water. The Sooner team ran up
q l-3 points to 81 l-3 70 r,he sec
ond team. Only one record was
broken this year. Holleman Of Ok
lahoma, ran the 440-yard dash in 81
Is seconds in the dual meet with
Texas. This lowers the old record
Is of second. The marks this
year were not bad, but owing to the
rainy weather, the heavy tracks pre-
vented better records. A number Of
the men composing this victorious
track team and freshmen and it is
thought that about IS OF the mer
will return to the university next
year, and prospects seem very good
for winning track team in 1910.
Oklahoma closed her baseball sea-
son by taking both ends Of a double
header from Phillips university at
Enid. The score in the fist game
was ) to ? and in the second TO-
The games were slow and full OF
errors, owing to the wet "roun Is.
Oklahoma university lost the state
championship by losing Two games
to the Chilocco Indians. During
the season the Sooncrs played IL
games, and except the two games
lost to the Chicago White Spx and
one to the Chicago Cubs, lost only
to the Indians.
The university faculty and univer-
sity employees have raised $3.50 for
the Red Cross fund. 1t is estimated
that $1,000 will be raised from the
students before the big Red Cross
drive is completed The university
OF Oklahoma has done 4 great deal
TO help win the war. Thirty thou
sand dollars was raised from the
faculty for the last liberty loan
drive, besides the thousands OF dol
lars from the students. Ihe gym
nasum and engineering buildings
have been turned over to the gov
ernment for the summer. and 100
drafted men will be trained here
during the summer months Mill
tary training has been adopted and
the male students have received
good military Instructions. The uni
versity has furnished more than 60O
men, both students and professors.
for the United States army. Th, .
is i very good record As compared .
with some Of the large un;yerSitie, /.
OF the country, in the number Of
enrolment. Chicago university.
which is more than three times lar
ger than Oklahoma univ crsity. has .
furnished about 1900 men for the
army. Oklahoma university ha,
adopted new courses for the teach
ing OF food conservation, wireless
telegraphy, various engineering
courses and other essential courses
pertaining to the winning Of the
war. Farming and agricultural
courses will be added and will be
gin with the summer school session.
Lectures on the present war lre
given, that a better under standing
may be obtained of present condi-
-ions and causes OF the war. Dur
ng the summer session 4 course Of
IS lectures will be given by thc dif-
ercnt professions and several note |
men from the east. Besides train
ng engineers and sending the grad
rating engineers direct to tie en-
5ineers' training camps fcr army
service. the board OF education.
through the Recommendation OF
President Brooks, is offering the
government the use of the uniyer-
ity hospitals, located in oklahoma
-ity. The university has gone on@
tep further. 1t ha, abolished the
eaching Of the German language
rom its curriculum. incrcs sed the
french department, and hae furnish
ID professors for the teaching o.
french 10 the soldier, i'm the camps.
Doctor House. head of the French
will devote nj, entire
ummer vacation to the teaching OF
french at the training camp. The
has not vet failed to re-
pond to any call for the Fastening
Il the winning of the war by tn
nited States.
With only a week OF final eNami- 4.
ations. school work closes AT TIE
for this term Nav b.
commencement exercises will ~
cid June 3 and !. The summer