Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-24
NORMAL UNIVERSITY

The number 13' Is a lucky
omen in the history Of Zeta Chap
ter of Delta Sigma Epsilon. The
sorority was instituted April IT.
1918, by the initiation of thirteen
members and then on July 90, 1919,
thirteen members voted to devote
their spare time in raising a fund of
800 having started this fund by a
gift of 50 from each member, the
| fund to be added to the student aid
! fund of the school with the reser-
! walton that preference should be
given to ex-soldiers or to persons
! dependent on eX-soldiers. With
their persistence and good luck,
| the fund has today reached 5000
and the last of this amount was
| turned over Thursday by the treas
| urer, Marguerite Carscallen, to
| President Roberts. The student aid
fund is administered by a board
| composed of the president two
| deans and other persons elected by
the student body at large. and one
representative Of Delta Sigma Ep-
silon. The fund originated at a
chapel meeting held during the
y
and various organizations Of the in
stitution bought bonds and then de-
cided that these bonds should be
put into a common fund and held
to aid in the education OF worthy
students by loaning them not to eX-
coed $1,000 each year for their jun
Tor and senior years. Fifteen stu
dents have been assisted in re-
naming in school until they have
finished their courses. 1t is under
stood here the normal university
is the only institution in the state
that has a fund to loan to students.
Miss Ruth Anderson, daughter of
the Rev. e. c.. Anderson, former
pastor of Methodist churches in
Santa Fe, Las Vegas and Roswell.
was a student in the normal uni
versity from 1914 to 1917, later
| being graduated by the University
! of Denver and now a student in the
| University of Columbia, has writ
ten a very appreciative letter of
her New Mexico experience. She
| writes: GIVE me a small school
for real work and accomplishment,
despite the better facilities in
equipment and libraries found in
| the larger universities" She will
receive her degree, Master Of Arts,
| from the University Of Denver this
! summer.
Miss Marguerite Larkin, daugh-
ter of r. r. Larkin, who finished
her high school work and part of
| her freshman college work at the
normal university, is now a student
in the University of Kansas. Re-
Gently she entered a contest for
membership in the Quill club"
, There were ninety students sub
mitted theses and eight were
chosen as worthy of membership,
Miss Larkin being one of the eight.
Her subject was "Bolshevism in
Poetry" a discussion of free verse
tendencies. Miss IArkin has UNI
dertaken the task of translating
"a Very Naked Boy" into Spanish
for the Spanish club which will
stage the play in the very near flu
ture. Miss Larkin's record at Kan
sas university is one to be proud of.
Another student of the normal
university who is gaining distinc-
ton is S. Omar Barker who is do
many contributions of poetry to the
official paper of the A. e. F. Re
Gently Field and Stream" printed
his article, THE Sport of Trapping
Coyotes and TOP Notch" printed
Their Special feature" the history
of a cowboys reunion. In this
story he collaborated with Phil H
LeNoir. Mr.. Barker's work is at
tracing wide attention and checks
he receives are growing larger with
every story accepted.
Wednesday the board Of regents
and the president worked in Santa
Fe presenting the budget of the in
stitution. Dean Frank Carroon ac-
companied them and while in San
ia Fe addressed the Woman's club
on the subject of Mental Testing"