The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-08-25
MORE BUILDINGS
NEEDED IS WORD
Of D. c. ". CHIEF
inadequate Dormitory and CLASSROOM
Facilities Have Halted Growth
OF School, Declares Prcsi-
dent Austin.
WILL ASK LEGISLATURE
MAKE APPROPRIATIONS
More Than 100000 to Be Sought;
Additional Dormitory and a
Home Economics Building
Are Proposed.

Inadequate dormitory and class.
Dom facilities have halted the up
,uilding of the Oklahoma College for
Women.
Unless the ninth Oklahoma legisla'
ture which conyenes in Oklahoma
City in January, makes necessary ap-
)ropriations for the construction and
equipping of another dorrlitory as
arge as Nellie Sparis hall and for
another building which would relieve
the congested condition In the class
rooms, 1t will be impossible to accept
many Oklahoma girls who now and
who will, in the future, seek admis'
sion into the college.
Supporting his statements by ac-
tual figures and reports, G. w. Aus
tin. president of the colleges, makes
these assertions.
Four hundred and thirty-six appli-
cations for dormitory accommodations
during the coming fall term have
been made. Each of these applica-
tions were sent with the amount of
money required to secure the reserva-
ton of room. This number, Presi-
dent Austin says, does not include
the applications which were not ac-
companied by the required sums of
money nor the many other inquiries
received by telephone and telegraph.
Forty applications for dormitory
reservations having been received
during the past few days, President
Austin expects MANY more before the
opening of the fall term, September
18th.
When every inch of space in both
dormitories is being used, only $50
girls can be accommodated. This
means, the president of the institu-
tion points out, that nearly 100 OF the
formal applications already received
must be denied and that all applica-
tions received from now until Sep
tember IL must be disposed of in a
similar manner.
In order that as many girls as pos
sibe may receive the benefits OF the
instruction offered at the college,
President Austin has made a strene-
GUS effort to find board and lodging
for girls in the private homes i'll the
city. He has been successful in this
undertaking and already has secured
board and lodging for a number of
girls at cost Of from $25 to $50
per month. This is several dollars
more than the charge made for ac.
commodation in the college dormi.
tories.
While it is not possible to obtain,
for a reasonable charge places for
a large number Of girls in the private
homes Of Chickasha, If such board
and lodging could be had it would
not, under present conditions, be pos
sible to give the students proper at
tention in the class rooms, President
Austin asserts.
Last year, the enrolment at the
Oklahoma College for Women was
$40 after many prospective students
had returned home, unable to secure
rooms in either of the dormitories
This year. the enrolment will be as
large, but no larger; classroom
: facilities are inadequate to care fol
more than this number, the presi
dent declares. "The enrolment limi
is 500 Students" he says. "This
really, is too many to give ever.
r student all of the advantages she il
J entitled to-"
Will this barrier which has re
tarded the growth of the Oklahom;