THE SOONER MAGAZINE Vol. 8, No. 2 OKLAHOMA ALUMNI NEWS November, 1935

A News Magazine for University of Oklahoma graduates and at the postoffice at Norman, Oklahoma, under the act of March former students, published monthly except August and Septem- 3, 1879. Established 1928. Advertising rates on application to ber, by the University of Oklahoma Association, Oklahoma Union the Business Manager, Oklahoma Union Building. Address all Building, Norman, Oklahoma . Earl Foster, '12, '13, Oklahoma editorial matter to Frank S. Cleckler, Secretary-Treasurer, City, president; Frank S. Cleckler,'21bus., Norman, secretary- Oklahoma Union Building, Norman, Oklahoma . The Magazine treasurer. Membership dues : Annual $3, of which $2 is for is published the twentieth of the month preceding date of pub- THE SOONER MAGAZINE ; life $60, of which $40 is for THE lication . Information designed for the Magazine should be in SOONER MAGAZINE. Life Membership is payable in quarterly the hands of the Editor not later than the sixth of any month. instalments. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 1928, Ernie Hill,'32journ ., editor and business manager.

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The New Cover more has an editor who has ideas and Rev. Herbert Cockerill, pastor of the First Norman ; and Rev. For the past fifty-one issues-five years the initiative to work them out. Methodist church, and one extra month-The Sooner Mag- The subject of humor magazines can John P. Lewis, pastor of the Church of azine has been dressed in the same cover. not be dismissed until the announcement Christ, Norman. It was a good cover-distinctive, at- of a new humor magazine in Oklahoma Helen Gregory, instructor in women's tractive and suggestive of things Okla- City is made. It is to be called Uptown physical education dancing classes and homa. It was designed some five years and one of its projectors is none other director of Orchesis, spent an exciting ago by Miss Dorothy Kirk, '23fa, who than Hollis Russell, '28as, who was once and interesting summer in Europe . She is still a member of the University school affiliated with The Bandwagon . Uptown studied dancing in Austria and visited of art faculty. is slated to make a first appearance late France, Italy and other countries on the And for her outstanding contribution this year. continent. She was close to the pre-war to the appearance of the magazine, the Major Reese M. Howell, the new Uni- excitement and gained a valuable in- appreciation of the association is again versity R. O. T. C. commandant who sight into the various European attitudes offered as it was at the time the new replaced Major Harry J. Malony, has toward the impending conflict . cover was adopted. never before been assigned to a teaching The University's new nine-hole golf However, with this issue The Sooner post since he was graduated from West course, which is being laid out on the Magazine comes to you dressed in a new Point twenty years ago. Already, he is forty-acre tract of land southeast of the fall outfit . The chief value of the winning the respect and admiration of campus, will be opened with a tourna- students change, it is felt, is that familiar scenes and his staff members. Major ment about May 4, Ben G. Owen, di- may be brought to you on the cover. Howell was a crack polo player, holding rector of intramural athletics, has an- This issue, for instance, gives that old a two-point handicap, until several years nounced. Four of the grass greens al- familiar scene of the varsity corner pep ago he retired from active participation. ready are in shape and grass has been meeting-bringing back memories of Four new lecturers have been added to trimmed several times . A squad of forty football eves. The pictures, of course, the staff of the Oklahoma School of Re- WPA workers is conditioning the forty will be changed for each issue to keep ligion. They are Dr. Paul W. Quillian, acres for intramural sports competition, a up with the seasons of the year and the pastor of the St. Luke's Methodist Epi- picnic grounds and the golf course . Traps, events of the day. scopal church, South, Oklahoma City ; bunkers and roughs are being added to After all, even Scribner's changed its Dr. Thomas A. Williams, pastor of the the landscape. First cover design not so long ago. Methodist church, Oklahoma City ; "Native Oklahomans" will be the theme for the 1936 Sooner yearbook, CONTENTS Charles Follansbee, Eufaula, editor, has Soonerland in brief The Educational Conference 31 decided. The annual will carry pictures And speaking of things magazine, Drive for New Members 32 of various state beauty spots and places The Covered Wagon, successor to The "But Don't Growl" 33 of interest. Allan Engleman, Tulia, Whirlwind, is an improvement on cam- Hie You Back - It's Homecoming 34 Texas, is business manager, and Stewart pus humor magazines that most col- The November Stretch 35 Mark, Oklahoma City, circulation man- leges and universities always plan but Kirby Prickett 36 ager. seldom realize. John Runyan, junior By Dr. S. R. Hadsell,'04 The Sooner football team took with it student from Oklahoma City, deserves He Planned His Own Fame 37 sixty gallons of Norman water for drink- and is getting credit for a happy rejuvi- By Malvina Stephenson,'32,'36 ing purposes when it made the trip to nation of a publication that has seen Putter There, Walter 38 Dallas to play the Texas Longhorns. days of despair. The first issue was at- By Dick Clarke,'37 Mimeographed schedules informing the tractively put together. It combined ar- Benton Returns From Europe 40 squadmen where they should be from the ticles with humor and was pleasingly By S. Deborah Haines time they left until they returned were short on "exchange" jokes. It had a Sooner Roll Call 42 given out by Captain Lawrence "Biff" Sooner campus flavor. And what is Belles Lettres and Bell Ringers 48 Jones when the team left.

28 The Sooner Magazine November

Floyd Lochner, national intercollegiate two-mile champion from Agra, under- went a tonsil operation early in the fall but recovered in time to continue his training for the fall two-mile racing season . Lochner, who beat all of the best collegiate two-milers at the California meet late in the summer, will attempt to round into his best condition by next summer in an effort to make the United States Olympic team. The memorial to the 1935 graduating class has been completed and placed be- tween the Oklahoma Union and Monnet hall . Walks have been constructed lead- ing to the pool and fountain . Four rock benches have been placed on each side of the fountain . John Clark Caldwell, junior lawyer from Arkansas, has taken a campus po- sition as secretary to Julien Monnet, dean of the law school . Caldwell, for several years, was secretary to Frank S. Cleckler, alumni secretary. His place was taken in the alumni organization by William Beaty, junior business student, McAles- Sooners on Mr. Mitchell's efficient ter. teaching staff follow : a tackle position. He weighs 210 pounds principal ; Clarence "Binder" Davis, who with- O. D. Johns, '33M. in Ed, this season . drew from school three years ago to be- John N. Alley, '33as, '34M.A., Margaret Barnes, '32as, '33M .A., C. R. Bartlett, come a Tulsa insurance man, has re- From Oxford turned to the campus this fall to com- Fischer Returns '33as, '34M.A.; Dorothea Brauer, '31as, plete pre-medic courses. Davis' home is Jack Fischer, who has been a Rhodes '32M.A.; Maxine Byron, '31as, '33M. in in Bixby. scholar at Oxford University for the past Ed.; R. H. Carver, '32M.B.A.; Elsie G. two years, has returned to this country Coover, 18as, '28M.A. ; Marie Donnell, Yates On Pittsburgh Staff to take a position with the Federal Hous- '29as, '34M.A .; W. S. Guthrie; Mary The announcement that George Lat- ing Administration at Washington, D. C. Hackett, '31as, '33M.A.; Elsie D. Hole, ham Yates, '34eng, '35M.S., has been ap- He deferred his third year at Oxford '28M.A.; R. W. Mayall, jr., '35M. in Ed. ; pointed to the teaching staff of the en- and may return to complete his scholar- John W. Morris, '30bs.; A. R. Orr, '20 gineering college at the University of ship term at a later date. M.A .; Lillian Orton, '23as; John S. Shed, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is While he is working in Washington, ,28bs, '29M.S. ; Vernon Thornton,, '31 some of the best news his classmates have Fischer will act as foreign correspondent M.S.; Louise Welsh, '32M.A. ; Carl S. received . for the British New Statesman. He re- Woodward, '31M.S. ; Frances Adams, Because everyone in the '34 and '35 cently sold a second article to Harper's '33fa ; Myrtle Burnett, '28as ; Addle Lee classes has been struck by the manner magazine in this country. Davis, '34fa ; M. J . DeBenning; Orville in which Mr. Yates overcame a serious Fischer left the United States during Dee, '32as ; E. R. Fentcm, '26as ; Cath- handicap that became his during his the summer of President Roosevelt's first erine Pool ; Roberta Roads, '351ib sci; Tumor year. Both of his hands were administration . He had been working Elizabeth Ann Setzer, '32as ; Blix Thom- blown off when Old Trusty, sacred can- for the Daily Oklahoman since he was son, '31fa; W. L. Wantland, '35ex ; Mrs. non of the L. K. O. T. organization, graduated from the University in 1932. Joe Wells, and LouVella Dozier. exploded during a secret initiation on the The rush of events in the United Canadian river. States following his arrival at Oxford In returning to Washington as a gov- He continued with his school work University interested Fischer to such an ernment employe, he will be in the midst and earned his first degree . Then, he extent that in letters to Oklahoma friends of New Deal activities . He arrived in engaged in graduate work and produced he expressed the belief that he was miss- New York late in September and went a fine piece of research as a graduate stu- ing one of the greatest eras in American immediately to Washington . dent. His home was formerly in Bar- history. While he was a student at the Univer- tlesville . Mr. Yates is a member of nu- sity, Fischer was editor of the Oklahoma merous honorary and professional engi- Sooners On Mitchell's Staff Daily, student newspaper. The paper neering organizations. During his early John G. Mitchell, '19M.A., superin- under his editorship was considered one under-graduate days, he was a fine wrest- tendent of Seminole city schools has of the best in recent years . Originally, ler. thirty-four University alumni working his home was in Amarillo, Texas. this year on his teaching staff. Dunlap, Stacy Turn Pro His staff includes eighty-five teachers Biff Ranks High A pair of former Sooner football stars this year. Thus, exactly forty per cent Captain Lawrence "Biff" Jones, Sooner are playing professional football in the of the Seminole teaching group is com- coach, ranks fifth in the nation in per- north this fall . prised of former Sooner students . centage of games won and lost among Bob Dunlap, '35as, is with the Chi- This, perhaps, is one of the reasons head coaches now active in the game, ac- cago Bears and James "Red" Stacy, '35ex, why the Seminole school system is re- cording to a survey made by Norman is with the Detroit professional team . garded as one of the best in the state. L. Sper, who selects Libertys' All-Ameri- Dunlap is one of the two first-string A number of new teachers who identified can football team . quarterback and Stacy who played a themselves in other Oklahoma schools Lou Little of Columbia and Bernie guard as a Sooner, has been shifted to were brought to Seminole this year. Bierman of Minnesota are the only men- 1935 The Sooner Magazine 29

kogee Virginia Thweatt, Chickasha, and Mary Here are three Alumni association Louise Loomis, Enid . officials who will play important Phi Mu-Pat Cassady, Martha Klein parts in directing the Homecoming and Donallene Bradley, all of Oklahoma City, and celebration . On the opposite page Regena Kikcr of Canton . are Earl Foster,']2as,'l31aw, presi- dent of the general alumni associa- Pi Beta Phi-Carolyn McEldowncy, Polly tion, and Frank S. Cleckler,'21as, Anna McBride, Aileen Simms, Joan McKowen, secretary-treasurer of the associa- Mary Margaret Whitchurst, and Mary I,ce tion . On this page is Almer S. Verserall ofOklahomaCity;Elizabeth Phillips, "Mike" Monroney,24as, president and Jane Lomax, both of Norman ; Judith Bar- of the Oklahoma City Alumni club. ry, Sapulpa ; Jean Delaney Ada Elsie Bowers, Helen Rihcyre, and Barbara Campbell, all of Tulsa ; Bette Lambert, Okmulgee Dorothy Ann Perkins, Midland; Ruth Winn, Emporia, Kan . ; Louise Nieman Ponca City ; Helen Cordell, Holdenville and Catherine Clonts of Norman . Sigma Delta Tau-Cecile Bomash Denver, Colo .; Maxine Jericho, Oklahoma City ; Elsie Scher, Little Rock, Ark. ; Mildred Winer, Pueblo, Colo ., and Nadine Dreebeen, of Corsicana, Tex.

FRATERNITIES Acacia-Victor Lange, Tulsa and Emanuel Bolene, Enid . Alpha Tan Omega-Arthur Ellsworth, El Reno ; J. O. Gibbous, William Hubble, Otto Norman, William Payne and Gayle Palmer, all of Oklahoma City ; Blake Hawk, Dallas, Tex .; John Mills, Norman . Alpha Sigma Phi-Leo Berry, Norman ; Clyde Griffin, Antlers; C. M. Kilgore, Idabel ; and Carl Lochner, Agra . Beta Theta Pi-William Dean Hart and Ar- Delta Delta tors of major teams whose records sur- Delta-Christine Chaney Sulphur; thur King, both of Oklahoma City ; Edward Virginia pass that of Jones. Dorsey, Oklahoma City ; Peggy Mullins, Kelly, Kingfisher ; David DeLana, El Reno ; Mobile, Ala.: Lulu Jane Cantwell, Pueblo, Colo .; Ben Thomason, Gainesville, Tex. Victor John- The figures: Mary Guthrie, Betty Armstrong, Sara Wallace, COACH Yliti w 1. T PCT. son, Pueblo, Colo .: Benson Campbell, Marietta ; Betty Lou O'Sullivan, and Rose Aherns, all of of 1. Stuhldrehr, Villinova 10 57 9 7 .875 Sidney Davis and Tommy h. Taylor, both Oklahoma Cit ; Billic Day, Pawhuska ; Geraldinc "Tulsa ; Jerome Croston, Sapulpa; David Bower- 2. Faurot, Missouri 9 64 13 3 .840 Ebelie, Moore; Ruth Grove, Hugo ; Esther Black- 3. Little, Columbia 11 70 16 6 .832 sock, Clinton; Brown Smith, Guthrie ; Jim Sher- ner, Hooker ; Mary Barbara Clarke, Cherokee ; man, Norman ; George W. Barber anal Irwin R. 4. Bierman, Minnesota 9 53 13 6 .820 Marie Ray, Antlers; Nancy Jane Crow, Chick- 5. JONES, OKLA . 7 50 13 7 .815 Ozmun, both of Lawton ; Charles S . McDonald, asha ; Genevive Williams, Bartlesville ; Beatrice jr., Pawhuska ; G . C. Fort and Earl Brown, it ., 6. Norton, Tex. A & M 15 106 26 7 .813 Hathorn, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Carolyn both of Ardmore; Lambert Root, Mickey M. 7. Armstrong, Utah 10 58 16 3 .795 Hendrix, Norman . Anderson, Wilbur W. Youle and Duane Buck- 8. Snavely, N. Carolina 8 50 17 8 .774 Delta Gamma-Lucile Wheeler and Lucile of Wichita, Kan. ; George L. Kaipp, 9. Waldorf, Northwestern 9 60 21 10 .770 ley, all Medberry, both of Clinton ; Dorothy Chestnut, Okmulgee; Dwight Davis and Thomas E. Ar- 10 . Madigan, St. Marys 14 93 31 6 .760 Joe Wade Thornton, Helen Marie Jennings, nold, both of Holdenville and C. W. Mutton, A Katherine McMahon, Ava McWilliams, and Maysville. Greek Orders Pledge 368 Mayra Welch, all of Oklahoma City ; To Ann Delta Tau Delta-Andrew Croshy, Lawton ; Templeman Mary Jo Brockman, Paschal Morris, Fraternity Bunn 1) . Hale, Hominy ; George Price, Adding- and sorority pledge lists, re- June Myers and Sallie Seaman, all of Tulsa; toll ; Herman W. Mertes, Prague ; Ovide Web- leased following the regular rushing per- Louise Hill, Marlow ; Beatrice Burke and Anne her and Don Bailey, both of Bartlesville, Bill iod, revealed that 368 students had be- McGrove, both of Newkirk ; Doris Masedon, Sutton, Oklahoma City ; Sam P. Hale and Ken- Seminole and Bessie Gray, Bartlesville come affiliated with campus organiza- Jane . neth Harris, all of Ardmore; Robert Cooper, Gamma Phi Beta-Mary Frances Carpenter, Pond Creek; George Puckett, Norman ; Kenneth tions . Fraternities pledged 194 men stu- Helen Boggs, Florence Fuller, Lucinda Mae Fur- E. Braselton, Wetumka; Robert F. Shaw, Bar- dents, and sororities pledged 174 women rey, Doris Bitter, Charlotte Burge, and Florence celona, Spain; Mat X. Beard, Tulsa; Walter K . students . Dietrich, all of Oklahoma City ; Evorinc Mor- Caudill, Maysville; and Sam Cook, Ardmore. The lists announced at the gan, Mary Ann Watters and To Neil Waiters, Delta Upsilon-john A. Atkinson, William close of all of Norman Charlotte Hendricks, Weleetka ; Morehouse, Arnold Oldham and Robert C. Owl- rush follow : Mary Stickard, Okemah ; Dreweilla Beams, Ok- ings, all of Tulsa ; Waldo Duncan, Ardmore- SORORITIES mulgee; Jane Boone, Clinton; Clara Heins, Clare- Herbert Daubenheyer, David Morrison and Joe Alpha Chi Omega-Lucile Hess, Bartlesville ; more, and Gretta Rae Owen, Tulsa. Tucker, all of Oklahoma City ; Jack Meyers, El Bobbie Pendleton, Reno ; Sidney Richards, Musko,gee ; Raymond Norman ; Mary Elizabeth Mc- Kappa Alpha Theta-Eleanor Burton, Marie Ferran, Kathlyn Blair and Elizabeth Patton, all Reed, Wewoka ; and Nathan Chenault Wichita Ramsey, Betty Larituore, Barbara Harrison, Dor- of Oklahoma City ; Eloise Drake, Ardmore; Billy Falls, Texas. ella Kinnebrew, and Kathryn Riggan, all of Ok- Martin, El Reno Ruth Armstrong, Okmulgee, Kappa Alpha--Joe Brush, Brush Ranch, N. lahoma City ; Janet Hiestand, Geraldine Snedden and Gene Channell, Binger . M.; Raymond Mayhaw and Tommy Grant, both and Ruth Ferguson, all of Tulsa ; Jewell Corbin, Alpha Gamma Delta-Vila Aline Gilchrist, of Oklahoma City ; Doyle White and Rich\, Chickasha; Ruth Ann McSpadden, Nowata ; Mar- Norman ; Elma Smith and Helen Smith, both of Miller, both of Norman ; Ernest Batson and tha Edwards, Ann Mable Brown, both of Black- Chandler, and Claudia 'Tschaunr of Claremore. Louis Sinnes, both of Amarillo, Texas; Dan well ; Barbara Stewart, and Alice Douglas, both Alpha Phi-Silva Campbell, Maxine Huntz Ralls, Comanche ; Jack E. Butler, Atoka ; and Okmulgce ; Sallie Landt, and June Evans. and Helen Arnold, all of Oklahoma City, and of Sam M. Graham, Walters. both of Norman ; Ruby Jande Douglass, Cof- Mary Elizabeth Jones of Seminole . Kappa Sigma-Webster Benham and Harry feyville, Kan . ; Louise Carter, Pawhuska ; Ruth Alpha Xi Delta-Lucile Elaine Hinshaw, But- Endicott, both of Oklahoma City ; Mirel Brown, Potts, Shawnee; Mary Parks and Mary Louisc ler; Frances Austin, PaUIS Valley, and Nadine Guthrie; Jimmy Gamble, Kilgore, Texas; J. F Locke, both of Muskogce ; Bett Rowland, Enid ; Blackburn, Stonewall . Graham, jr., Tyler, Texas; Charles Hamilton Berkeley Dawson, Amarillo, Texas; Bettie Hay- Chi Omega-Helen Wilson, Geraldine and Robert V. Freeland, both of Bristow; J . (fen, McAlester: Custer Yates, Brownsville, Tex- Rene-gar, Bettic Law, and Aileen Twyford, all of 1) . Norton, Weatherford; and Sam McGinn, as ; Mary Jane Bass, Durant. Oklahoma City ; Abby Tetty, Warren, Ohio ; Ponca City . Mary Jane Arnold, Nowata ; Margaret Plumlee, Kappa Kappa Gamma-Mary Neil Patterson, Lambda Chi Alpha-R. A. Cox, Shawnee; Poteau ; Helen I

Robert Rosenstein, Tulsa; Charles Stolpher ; and The cast will be made of largely new her dramatic work on the west coast Nathan S. Lee, Ponca City. players, since many of the experienced during the winter season. Bcalmcar Phi Delta Theta-Bill Raffety, Gus actors and actresses of the Playhouse Down at San Diego, Joe Callaway, and Hart Wright, all of Blackwell ; Dave Con- recently given the comedy nel, Raton, N. M.; James Rocker and Jack Huff, graduated last June. '33ex, was both of Enid; Charles Haberlein, McAlester ; News from the east and west coasts lead in the Shakespearean play Much Ado Charles Hines, Norman ; William H . Reiff, Ok- reveals that several of the '35 dramatic About Nothing. He has been playing lahoma City and George T. Montgomery, Chick- art school graduates are working in with the Globe Theatre Group during asha . the summer at the San Diego exposition . Phi Gamma DeltaJack Chandler, Harold dramatic productions. Merwin Elwell, Taft and Albert Thompson, all of Norman ; formerly of Fairfax, and Josephine Land- Last summer, the group played at the Harry Collison, Arkansas City, Kan.; Charles Kansas, have world's fair in Chicago. sittel, formerly of Wichita, earn- Fullenweider, Muskogee; Jack Kessler, Russell opened in plays. After the opening drama on the Mason and John B. Anderson, all of Oklahoma will pre- City; Jack Rion, Enid ; Thomas Matson, Tulsa; Both were to have places with the pus, Mr. Jones and John Dunn Robert Trippct, Bartlesville . Theatre Alliance in New York City. sent plays. Mr. Jones plans to produce Phi Kappa Sigma-Milton Beidleman, Okmul- The proposed 'new dramatic company Capek's R. U. R. after the winter holi- gee; John Hobbs, Robert Franks, John Tread- when its sponsors had days. Mr. Dunn tentatively has selected gill, Jack Longmirc, Gordon Steinhoff, all of failed to open Oklahoma City; Albert and Gene Corrotto, both trouble in getting backing. Ceiling Zero for production. of Fort Smith, Ark.; Sam Willis, Lawton; Hap Young Elwell arrived in New York Aldrich, Enid ; and Joe Cook, Shawnee. City about August 1 ready to accept his Mills Traded to Brooklyn Phi Kappa Psi-Marion Hennessey and P. 1. When Maloney both of Hutchinson, Kan.; Owen Hill, position with the Theatre Alliance. Colonel Buster Mills, '32ex, the only Robert Williams and S. G. Billings, all of Enid ; he found that the plan had been abandon- Sooner alumnus who is playing major Ben Max, and George Summy and Risk Thomp- ed, he immediately started a search for league baseball, was traded to the Brook- son, all of Oklahoma City ; Perry Welsh, Mariet- other stage work. lyn Dodgers by the St. Louis Cardinals ta; Floyd Sooy, Mangum ; Robert Berton, Gush- ing; and Homer G. Wilson, Bokchito . He visited casting offices and luckily late in the baseball season . Sigma Alpha Epsilon-James Bearley, Horace turned up at a summer theater just as He was immediately brought up to the Chandler, Lester Dunlevy, Herbert Ladd, jr., Director Percy Vivian found he needed National league from Rochester in the Clark Sclmen, Earl Foster, jr., Douglas Jones, boy "walk-on" for Accents on Brook- Martin B. Schofield, Vincent Stevens and Wil- a college international league and given a liam D. Baker, all of Oklahoma City; Ellis Youth . Elwell took the job. lyn outfield assignment . In his first Brown, Duncan ; Ben Mobley, jr., Ardmore ; The following week, the technical di- game, he hit a home run and two singles. David Salmon, Durant Carl Wilcoxon, Nor- rector went away on business and the During the winter, Buster is staying at man; John N. Bayless, Claremore ; Jack Morgan, set and was Walters ; Frank Mcller, Melvin Hamilton and versatile Elwell built the his home in Ranger, Texas. He will Lee W. Stone, all of Bartlesville-, and Charles technical director of the next show. join the Dodgers for spring training late M. Grimshaw, Shawnee. Director Vivian decided he needed a in February in Florida. Sigma Alpha Mu-Julius Symonds and Bill that time and Elwell was Wolf, Davis. vacation about Mills, who was a Sooner football and Novak, both of Tulsa; and Jerome assignment of producing the Sigma Chi-Bill Armstrong, Oklahoma City ; given the baseball star for three seasons, recently M. S. Douglas, Weleetka ; Clyde Goodman, last two shows-The Importance of Be- passed through Norman and spent Shawnee; Richard Stith, Norman ; James Tyner, ing Earnest and Ten Nights in a Bar several afternoons on the practice field. Perry; Earl Wright, jr., Okmulgee; Roland York Post gave his Ardmore ; Room. The New During his last year of collegiate foot- Young, Ponca City; Bob McClain, the fine John Babcock, Harlingen, Texas; and Bob shows a hand and called him ball, he won the East-West football game Robinson, Caney, Kan . young director from the University of for the West team by kicking a field Sigma Nu-Carl Flick, Arkansas City, Kan.; Oklahoma. goal. The final score was 3 to 0. Penrod Harris, Tulsa ; Harry Rector, Enid ; De- When the summer season closed, El- to be traded out of the Von Voiles, Hooker; Earl Parsons, Pawhuska; "I was glad George Stein, Miami; Jerry Johnson, Pawnee, well accepted a scholarship at the Feagin Cardinal organization," Buster said when Jack Roberts, Little Rock, Ark.; Terrance Rice, School of Drama in New York City. He he was in Norman. "I went up with Kingfisher; Bill Plott, Chickasha ; J. O. Busby, is in charge of designing and building them at the start of the 1934 season and Ravmond Gabbey, G. R. Bixler, jr., and lack their shows this winter. Beard, all of Oklahoma City. sets for was hitting .328 when I was benched He has several offers to continue work and then farmed out to Rochester. If with the summer theaters next summer . the Cardinals you Downing's Latest in December you want to play with Miss Landsittel, when she learned that have to play the kind of ball they do. I mystery of Todd The fourth murder the Theater Alliance was not to mater- didn't get along with them too well . released Downing, '24as, '28M.A., will be ialize, went to California to enter the "But believe me, I'm going to stick at 6 by Doubleday, Doran and December Pasadena Community Playhouse. Brooklyn or know the reason why." Garden City, New York. Company, Rupel J. Jones, director of the Uni- Mills said that major league baseball Tropic and like It is Murder on the versity school of dramatic art, was in had been put on a high moral plane in a Mexican his three previous books has California at the time and introduced her the last few years, primarily because New setting. Downing is now living in to the Pasadena directors. Several days about three-fourths of the players are City where he is devoting all of York later, she watched dress rehearsals for former collegians, having attended a writing. He resigned from his time to Sean O'Casey's Within the Gates at the university or college at least two years. the University modern language faculty Greek Theatre in Hollywood. last June. The director was not satisfied with one Alumni President His three previous books were Murder asked Hayes is of the actresses in a small part and Coleman H. Hayes, '24as, '261aw, at- on Tour, The Cat Screams and Vultures . Miss Landsittel to read the part. She did elected president of the Ok- in the Sky. torney, was And got the job. She plans to continue City Alumni club for the com- A radio version of Vultures in the Sky lahoma preparations were being was recently broadcast in four install- ing year, while . ments over station WOR, New York made for Homecoming Almer S. "Mike" Monroney, '24as, re- City. tiring president, will have charge of the dinner-dance this year in The Playhouse Homecoming A new Playhouse season will be opened Oklahoma City. Other new officers elected were George with a free performance November 8 Stroud, '28ex, vice-president ; and Mrs. when The Bishop Misbehaves is present- Hefley, former student, secretary- ed under the direction of Miss Ida 7.. Marie Kirk in the University auditorium . treasurer.