The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-10-16
SCOTTISH RITE
CLUB PLANS TO
GIVE DORM|T0RY
Project Launched at Banquet Given
by G. w. Austin at Willard
Hall of o. C. w.; Many
Guests Present
COLLEGE GIRLS SERVE
SIX COURSE BANQUET
Visiting Masons Express Surprise at
Development of School; OF
fers Made to Donate Land
for New Building.

With a number of high Masons
from other towns present, G. w. Aus
tin president of the Oklahoma Col
lege for Women and head If the To-
cal Scottish Rite club, was host FRI
day evening to 115 Scottish Riters at
banquet at which a movement for
members of the fraternity to build
another dormitory at the college was
launched under circum stances which
give promise that the plan will be
put over.
Both Mr.. Austin and Ben +. Jonson
offered to donate a site for the pro-
posed building and on motion of DR..
w. l.. Bonnell, the local club voted
unanimously to organize what will
be known, as the Chickasha Scot
tish Rite Club o. c. w. Dormitory
association which will have for its
purpose the carrying out of the plans
agreed upon.
Masonic notables present at the
banquet. which was the first of the
kind ever held in Chickasha, were
w. r. Freeman, sovereign grand in
spector general and deputy of the
supreme council of the southern jur-
isdiction, McAlester; Frank A. Derr,
grand master and secretary Of Ma
sonic bodies at Guthrie; Arthur J.
Weir, past grand master and sup
erintendent of the Masonic Home
at Darlington; W. NJ. Anderson grand
secretary and past grand master
Oklahoma City and II. G. Lookabaugh
member of the board Of control of
the Masonic Home, Watonga.
All the out-oftown visitors, to-
gsther with Judge Frank NJ. Bailey,
of Oklahoma City, former member
of the board of regents of the o. C.
W.. were called upon to speak Mr..
Freeman made the I-1incipal address,
dwelling at length upon Masonic
principles and speaking especially up
on the splendid work of the 0. c.
w. The visitors remained in the
city over night and made thorough
inspection Of tho college this morn
ing after having gone through several
departments yesterday. All express
cd amazement over the facilities af
forded in the institution here for the
education of young women, the char
acter of the work that is being done
and the progress of tho school under
the direction of Mr.. Austin
The scene of the festivities was
the dining room of Willard Hall.
the pew dormitory which was es-
pecially fiAed up for the occasion
the long tables presenting very
attractive appearance. The program
was opened at 1880 o'clock after
Rev. II. e. Toothaker, rector of ST.
Luke's Episcopal church, had said
grace. Vocal numbers which won
marked approval were given by " }
Carrie Ormerod and Miss Isabelle
Sparks. of the o. c. w. faculty, and
violin selection was played by Miss
Frances Buchanan, all responding to
encores. Mr.. Austin then welcomed
his guests in fitting words and the
feast was begun. a delicious six
course dinner being served by the
students, continuing till nearly 10
o'clock when the speaking was be-
gun In addition to the guests of
honor. Ben F. Johnson, DIR. Bonnell
and j. b. Sparks made short talks.
Mr. Sparks was introduced as the
donor Of the land on which the col
lege is build. Il have always felt
that that was the best thing | ever
did for Chickasha and have always
been glad l did it, said he Presi-
dent Austin announced that bronze
tablet to the memory of Nellie
Sparks, who was the original owner
of the land which was selected for
the college campus, will soon be in
stalled in the dormitory which bears
her name.
1t was brought out during the ev-
ening that the Scottish Rite consist
ory at McAllister has recently erected
dormitory for boys at the state uni
versity at Norman and the idea of
providing a similar building here was
the outgrowth Of that enterprise. The