The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-07
Chamber of Commerce Gets Be
hind o. G. w. in Fight for
Big Appropriation for
Buildings.
ASK COUNCIL TO BUILD
GOOD ROAD TO SCHOOL
Plan to Concrete Surface on
Seventeenth Street Be Put
Up to City Dads; Com
mittees Make Reports.

At the meeting of the Chickasha
Chamber of Commerce held at the
city hall last night, the organize
tion's committee on legislation was
instructed to request the city coun-
Gil to take the necessary action to
cause a hard surface road to be
constructed from the Oklahoma Col
lege for Women, on Seventeenth
street, north to Minnesota avenue,
and from the corner of Minnesota
and Seventeenth, east on Minnesota
to connect with the paving previous
ly constructed.
This action followed some discus
sion with reference to the expert
ence of Chickasha people; visitors
and even state officials have had in
bad weather getting from the city
to the college The ball was opened
when G. w. Austin, president of the
Oklahoma College for Women de-
clared that the dawn Of new day
for the Oklahoma College for Won
en- has come, and in publicly an
nouncing his campaign for about
1925, 900 from the state legislature
for the construction Of a fine arts
building and a new dormitory.
Women Behind School.
Mr. Austin declared that the
greatest boost the school ever was
given, was when the women became
electors. He pointed out that the
women of the state are behind the
college, calling it our school" and
that if the legislators now in office
would not recognize the institution
an dmeet its demands, the women
of the state would elect men who
would recognize and support it.
President Austin fathered the pro
grUM to start Immediately upon a
campaign for an appropriation of
practically $22500O for the construc-
ton of the proposed buildings and
outlined the necessity of immediate
action. Sixty days from now will
be too late. Thirty days will be
too late. Fifteen days will be too
late. Action is what we must have,
not day after tomorrow, but tomor-
row." said President Austin.
Wherefore, the Chamber of Com
merce acted.
Financial Aid Given.
On motion the president and sec
retary were authorized to put 5000
from the emergency fund of the
Chamber of Commerce at the dis
posal of the college head, for the
purpose of defraying incidental ex-
penses, such as postage and print
ing in waging the drive and carry
ing it into the halls of the Seventh
legislature.
The committee on legislation was
instructed to confer with President
Austin and assist him in any way
possible in putting over the cam
paign that would land the buildings
planned by the president
Chamber Behind Road.
That there be q road over which
Chickasha people and visitors from
over the state might get to the col
lege, the Chamber of Commerce
went on record as supporting the
movement to construct such a road
The matter was referred to the good
roads committee and members OF
the committee present pledged theil
support to the proposition.
The roughly estimate cost of the
road was placed at around $4,000
The plans as outlined were to con
crete the street to the point OF
/ Seventeenth street where the stree
changes to a boulevard, then to con