The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-14
ADDITION WILL
ENLARGE SCHOOL
Tulsa High School Build
ing Would Be Largest
Under One Roof.

An addition Will be made TO the
Tulsa high school building which
will make It the largest high school
under one roof west OF the Missis-
sippi river, provided Tulsa citizens
vote the school bond issue and excess
tax levy, Principal Merle G. Prunty
told high scohol students at the first
weekly divided assemblies yesterday
morning.
About $50 students attended each
OF the two assemblies, at which the
same program in honor OF Abraham
Lincoln was given. The first assembly
was held at $3.50 O'Clock and the sec
ond at 1O:4O clock.
The plan mapped out for the sep
arato assemblies worked out bcauti-
fully. At $3.50 o'clock students who
were supposed to have second period
classes on'tho first and second floors
OF tho high school building attended
assembly. going TO their second pc
Rod classes on the first and second
floors at the close Of the assembly
at 1880 o'clock. Students who had
second period classes on the third
and fourth floors at $3.50 attended
these classes, going TO the second
assembly at 1910 o'clock This
at 1880 o'clock.
"Though divided, the student body
OF Tulsa high school Is one in
spirit" Mr.. Prunty declared. "It may
be all of next year, and part OF the
following year before the badly
needed addition to the high school
is made. and we can all assemble to-
gether, but In the meantime we will
Keep mp all our pep. Let rs make
each assembly the best possible"
Spirited singing Of two patriotic
songs under the leadership OF Walter
Schoggen, head OF boys glec club
work, opened the Lincoln memorial
program. The bust of Lincoln, which
occupied "a niche in the front corridor
OF the building, had been placed on
the platform for the occasion. Lin
coins letter to the mother who had
lost five sons in the civil war was
read by Mr.. Prunty. Lincolns hon
osiy, tenderness Of heart and thor
oughness OF preparation of life were
the qualities stressed in the talk OF
Rev. G. W. Kerr Of the First Pres
bytorlan church.
Incidents illustrating Lincoln =
honesty and tenderness were related
by DR. Kerr. LAS "A young man he
was niCknamcd Honest Abe and the
name stayed with nm through life.
DR.. Kerr said. "lIe was an honest
man through and through. Every act
of his life was an act of honesty.
No one could ever put finger on a
blotch in his career. His heart was
as kind and loving as a woman's. His
presence In room was like a burst
of sunshine, "A breath of fresh air.
His very presence checked an evil
deed that was about to be done"
Lincoln was a sclf-made man, not
college man, Or. Kerr reminded
the students. "He got his education
here and there, wherever he could,
but always he prepared for the com
ing Of opportunity" DR.. Kerr said,
closing his talk with excerpts from
speeches of Lincoln.
In preparation for the evening
basketball game with Muskogee,
Harry stone, yell leader, led the
students in the celebrated "Ossewow-
WOW" yell.
Rivalry between the two assem-
blies is foreseen by Principal Prunty,
Eventually a name will he given to
each assembly. See that yours is the
better" he urged each assembly.