The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-06
7. y. IS CLOSING
ITS 18TH YEAR

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edness and will make other plans
for, the school.
Alumni Elects Officers.
The Alumni association of Henry
Kendall college and of the Univer-
slty of Tulsa Is to be Incorporated
at once under the state law of Okla
homa, In pursuance of action taken
by alumni at their annual business
session Monday afternoon in Rob-
ertson hall. Alumni presidency was
unanimously voted to Rev. Thomas
Murray, graduate of the class of
1915 and pastor of the First Presby-
terian church at Bristow, whose
church was second only to the First
Presbyterian church at Tulsa in its
gifts TO the university this year.
When the alumni voted to request
the board of trustees to add TO its
membership one active alumnus or
alumna this year and to add one for
three succeeding years until total
representation of four alumni is
obtained. Reverend Murray was
named as the alumni nominee for
trustee. Vergil Jones was elected
first vice president, Mrs. Evelyn
Lenox Short second vice president,
Miss Pauline Layman recording sec
retary and Miss Leone Grigsby cor
responding secretary and treasurer.
DR.. Seth r. Gordon. president emer-
itus. was made an honorary member
OF the organization. 1t was the con-
sensus of opinion that the associa-
tons specific bit of service to its
alma mater this year will be assist
ance In the endowment campaign
set for the fall. Appreciation for
the statewide news service for the
university conducted by Lawrence
johnson was expressed and a mes
sage of coincidence adopted for the
family of Waite f. Robertson. alum
nus Of the institution, who died May
20 at the home OF his sister. Mrs.
Lellah Robertson Murray at Bris-
tow. Robertson graduated from
Kendall college in 1904 and has
been followed as graduate by two
brothers and a sister while his
youngest brother, Conrad. is now a
student at the university.
An appreciation of the services of
Schmidt as coach and of Ivan Grove
as alumni president was adopted
with good wishes for their coming
work together in the University of
Arkansas,
IVU
The alumni luncheon early in the
afternoon was attended by over one
hundred alumni. trustees and facul-
ty members gathered around tables
| decked in flowers and the school
colors, orange and black. Good
fellowship marked the occasion and
the statements OF alumni as their
present avocations in life were re-
ceived with hilarity. Mrs. C. f.
| Strouvelle was the only one present
who graduated from Kendall coll
| lege when 1t was located in Musko-
gee. Mrs. Venetta Jones Chatfield
reported that she Is coaching a fu-
ture student of the university while
Mrs. l.. c. Murray declared that her
baby boy is to be captain of the
| football team some day and her
baby girl a member of her own uni
Marrs confessed that she was 1903
graduate and was trying TO forget
the year, so long ago it seemed.
While most of the alumni had mar
ried after leaving school, Mrs. j. w.
Burgess started her graduate school
work after marriage. Hugh Graham
jokingly announced that he was still
single but happy while Miss Leone
Grigsby and Miss josephine lay
man admitted to being "spinster,
school teacher and no relief in sight
for me-" Miss Esther Handley and
Miss Susy Brannon announced their
class number in chorus, Nergil
Jones said he was married but that
his name was still the same and
that he was Just about as bald-head-
ed now as at the time of his mar
rlage. Mrs. Vivian Creators Irwin
said that she was so old-fashioned
as still TO have the same husband.
Grove announced himself as a mem
ber OF the class OF 1917, but don't
hold that against the class" Presl-
dent Gordon summarized the work
of the year Just closing as success.
full and asked the cooperation oil
alumni in. making the institution
! live up to its wonderful possibilities
and keep pace with Tulsa. J. NJ,
} Hall was the speaker for the Doaro
of trustees.
Present Glass Memorial.
At the senior class day exercises
in the morning so hooks inscribed
with the name of the class or l921
were presented to the university az
n class memorial, while n GIFT was
nresented TO the class sponsor, Prof
ii. ID. Chase. by Miss Marjorie
; Sharpe. Miss Agnes Lamb. .presl'
dent, was IN charge. Miss Louise
: Willbanks delivered the class ms
tory, Miss Aileen Moody the class
lpoem. Miss Lamb and Hawley Kerr
: gaye solos, Miss Eudora sylvester
; pronounced the class prophecy
Lawrence Johnson gave the last WI
t and testament. and the senior cal
, and gown was presented 10 MIS-
I Lucille Berlin. president or the on
coming junior class.
Alumni were in possession OF IN
= campus during the afternoon sMh' am
I attended the evening given by ltl
D low alumni-Misses Josephine Lay
/. man. Esther uapdlSL. J. LOUIS