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I I OKLAHOMA TODAY F The winter and spring seasons of- fer Oklahomans a wide and varied operatic fare, whether one's prefer- ence be opkra comique or grand opera. Perhaps you attended Rigoletto this past November, starring the Metro- politan Opera's Roberta Peters and Alfredo Klaus in Tulsa, Jan Peerce and the Opera's Ches- ter Ludgin in Oklahoma City. You may have been present to en- joy the University of Oklahoma's splendid production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Sound of Music this past autumn; or the Opera Gala there in December, which honored 0. U. professor Joseph Benton's Metropol- itan Opera career. Amah1 and the Night Visitors, Menotti's Christmas oriented opera was performed at East Central State College in December. At Oklahoma City University, Ravel's L'Hewe Es- pagrwl was combined with a Univer- sity Symphony Concert in December, followed by a portion of Bellini's pop- ular Norma only a week later. Yet if you missed all these superla- tive operatic showpieces, you may be reassured to know that most of Okla- homa's operatic season still lies ahead. Quoting Tu1 s a University's Daniel Wright, "Oklahoma has a solid tradi- tion of opera production in univer- sity music schools." Tulsa University is now in its eighth consecutive sea- son of operatic production. T. U.'s major production last year was Mo- zart's Marriage of Figaro, eliciting these comments from newspaper critics: ". . .a delightful evening of comedy and a fine evening of music." "The Mozart work is the greatest comic opera ever written and Daniel

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Wright, director of the opera, kept Norman will the following week pre- students are eager, the audiences re- both adjectives in mind . . . it is sent, fully costumed and dramatized, ceptive. In addition to performances played as pure comedy; it is sung as Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John for the general public, special per- the great music it is." Passion. formances are taken to elementary As soon as the curtain was rung The St. John Passion, music- schools in Ada and Pontotoc County. down on the final performance of drama's most inspirational setting of I Elementary and secondary schools Marriage of Figaro, Dan Wright be- the Crucifixion, will be performed on in Tulsa are each year culturally en- gan planning this year's production. February 20-21. The University of Ok- riched with opera productions as a It will include Gilbert & Sullivan's lahoma's director of operatic produc- part of the Destination: Discovery Trial by Jury, and Puccini's Sister tion is Jack Harrold, former leading program. The Tulsa University opera Angelica. The pair will be presented tenor of the New York City Opera, department will perform before more on three evenings (May 8-9-10) and and though the St. John Passion is than 50,000 public school children this one matinee (Sun. May 11). serious music, its director is not al- year. Trial by Jury and Sister Angelica ways serious. T.U.'s Dan Wright is a perfection- were chosen for this spring's twin-bill In fact, last summer, Jack Harrold ist. The University of Indiana created performance because they compliment played the lead, to rave reviews, in a special Master's Degree in Opera each other. Trial by Jwy is comedy. Ft. Worth's Casa Manana production Direction for him. We examined Dan Sister Angelica, called by Puccini "a of A Funny Thing Happened on the Wright's schedule of preparations for mystery play," is perhaps best classi- Way to the Forum. Critic Colin Ples- this spring's Trial by Jury and Sister fied as melodrama. Puccini's music is sis wrote, "There is no aspect of the Angelica, 14 typed and carefully edit- gorgeous and poignant. actor's art of which Jack Harrold is ed pages of instructions. The count Returning to our opening theme of not a complete master." down began last May on this daily "it is still not too late," if you rnisaed Pericles Alexander wrote, "Harro2d procession of detailed things to be Tulsa University's stellar Marriage of would huve indeed been a top banana done; find nun consultant, determine Figaro and feel a pang of regret at in burlesque of yesteryear, although logic of set, settle translation, make g done so, you'll be pleased to his career is filled with operatic cred- master score, make checklist of du- its -not burlesque." Perry Stewart ties and assignments, carry carbon of called him the "crown prince of Cam rehearsal calls at all times, be under- Manana." standing BUT NOT PATIENT, An- April 17, 18, and 19 will bring to gelica choruses by memory March 24, the University of Oklahoma Jack Har- prepare tv shows April 26, hang lights rold's production of Carmen, the most May 5, 1st dress rehearsal May 6.. . popular opera of all time. Order your Opera, like Ringling Bros. Barnum tickets early, for the house is sold out and Bailey Circus, is a "big show," ities, in a sense an outgrowth of for every O.U. opera production. combining pageantry, drama, dance March will see Johann Strauss' Die forms - especially ballet, instnunen- Flederrnuus presented by Tulsa Op- tal music, and vocal music. The de- era. At Ada's East Central State Col- tails of preparing so huge a produc- peratic production. lege, Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Tek- tion are infinite. If you are on hand City University's Lyric phone will be presented in March. when the house lights dim, when the Georges Bizet's Doctor Miracle is overture begins, when the curtain lifts scheduled in April at East Central. for any university opera production East Central's opera director Jeff in Oklahoma this winter or spring, e. Providing a measure Frederick reports that opera produc- you will see and hear why such metic- of this activity, every tion is a new venture on the Ada cam- ulous attention to detail is necessary pus. Twenty-one students are now en- --and how splendidly rewarding it rolled in Opera Theatre there. The is in the finished production. BB

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coming winter and spring will bring one or more out- operatic attractions. To con-

~$4H-Qu+ rgssy To most of us "international rela- tions" is a dimly distant concept. The thought of taking a personal, active part in foreign affairs seems as remote to us as going along on the Apollo flight to the moon, Diplomacy is something we leave to the government. We ma$ bitterly criticize what "they" in the state de- partment do, but the thought of doing something ourselves, of becoming per- sonally involved in "international re- lations" rarely even occurs to us. Yet, only a few hours drive south of us is situated a nation as foreign as France, Italy, or Egypt. It is Mexico. We think first of the vast differ- Mexico and the United At the Tlaxcala Fair each performance States; a different language, different was begun with the presentation of the flags in western fashion by Beverly Hough, Donna we recall the old joke about McSpadden, Frances Smith, and Wannie the fellow who said there is really Tanner. Rodeo riders Vernon Hall, Bruce LOS ESTADOS C very little difference between men Hough, Ray Kilgore, Clem McSpadden, Rodne Roden, Dude Smith, Joe Tanner, and and and his friend =plied, John Wickett then went into action. Bronc TLAXCALA 'Yep, but hooray for the difference!" riding, steer wrestling, calf roping, and the i giant Brahmas, stir crowd enthusiasm as So, we c~OOISLyfor the differ- effervescent in Mexico as at any U.S. rodeo. Y OKLAHOMA, ence" between Mexico and the United States, but the man's first premise is right -Mexico and the United States are alike in many more ways than we are different. Some years ago an or- ganization called the Alliance for Progrese was born A major purpose of the Partners of the Alliance is to help us discover the many ways we are alike, and can be helpful to each other. Oklahoma's Partner of the Alliance state in Mexico is Tlaxcala (tlahs KA la). As Oklahoma City is the are congenial, so are the people of capital of Oklahoma, the city of Tlax- Tlaxcala. cala is the capital of the state of Tlax- We are trying to get acquainted cala. Sixty miles southeast of Mexico with each other. Last September, the City on the turnpike takes you to the people of Tlaxcala brought an exhibit state of Tlaxcala (area 1,555 sq. mi., to our State Fair of Oklahoma. In pop. 284,551); 14% mi. after you exit November, a group of rodeo cowboys from the turnpike and you are in the traveled to La Feriu de Talaxcala to capital city, Tlaxcala. put on riding and roping exhibitions. Like ourselves, many of the people of Tlaxcala are Indians, or part In- We are working toward cooperative dian. Oklahoma is an Indian word exchanges of agricultural information, meaning "home of the redman." Tlax- an exchange student program, ex- cala is an Indian word meaning "place change teachers. No federal or state of bread," which suggests another sim- funds are involved, neither from the ilarity -Tlaxcala, like Oklahoma, has United Stab and Oklahoma, nor much agriculture, both small grab from Mexico and Tlaxcala. All these crops, and cattle. exchanges are on an individual basis. We speak of ranches, they of hacien- We seek to give ourselves. das. In Tlaxcala a rancher is a gana- Through such voluntary cultural ex- dero, and the cattle he raises are change, we of Tlaxcala and Oklahoma gado. As the people of Oklahoma hope to build friendship.

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- - I-. - L - -' - 1 h hI , -A - --- Vierno8 8 do novirmbro do 194 que en realidad hay poco diferencia entre las mujerea y 10s hombres, y su amigo exclamd, "Si, pero; i viva la diferencia!" Asi, decimos i "Viva la diferencia!" entre Mbjico y 10s EE. UU., pero la premisa primera del hombre es cor- recta . . . M6jico y 10s EE., UU. son semejantes en maneras tantas que somas diferentes. Unos ai?os pasados fu6 empezada una organizaci6n que se llama la * VI GRAN FERIA Y Alianza del Progreso. Un proposito EXPOSICION EN mejor de la Alianza es ayudamos a deecubrir las tantas maneras en que noeotros somos semejantes. El estado TLAXCALA compaiiero de Tlaxcala en la Alianza , del Progreso es Oklahoma, EE. UU. A la feria de Tlaxcala cada espectbub de UENZO CHARRO rodeo fue empezada con presentaci6n de ZQ.S Como la ciudad de Tlaxcala ea capi- banderas en "manera del oeste" por Beverly *"ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS' * tal del estado de Tlaxcala, Oklahoma Hough, Donna McSpadden, Frances Smith, I -C and Wannie Tanner. Jinetes de rodeo Ver- City es la capital de Oklahoma. Como non Hall, Bruce Hough, Ray Kilgore, Clem HOY VIERNES. A lu 12 Horas. 1 Tlaxcala, much de la gente de Okla- McSpadden, Rodne Roden, Dude Smith, Joe homa son indios, o en parte indio. Tanner, y John Wickett hacian iacci6n! y MANANA SABAOO 9 de Noviembre. luego. Las suertes de rodeo estimulan en A las 13 Horas. "Oklahoma" es una palabra india que Mexico conmocidn efervescente como en ae traduce "tierra de 10s indios." U. cualquier rodeo de 10s E. A. 1--- g----1- Tlaxcala es una palabra india que -- - -- I se traduce "lugar del pan" - que w nmm m sugiera otra semejanza - Oklahoma, como Tlaxcala, tiene agricultura mucha, amboe cosechas de granos, y PRESENTA SU ganado. Hablamw de haciendas, ellm de * ESPECTACUM RODEO ranches; en Oklahoma el ganadero es CON TODAs sIJs un rancher, y el ganado que se cria se SUERTES: llama cattle. Como la gente de Tlax- POR BILL BURCHARDT '~UrTCl cala es amable, tambian la gente de ( Oklahoma. Vamos a tratar de familiarizamos, A1 mas de nostoms, "relaciones in- unos a 10s otros. En septiembrepasado, ternationales" son un concepto oscuro no8otms de Tlaxcala llevabamos una Fair y distante. El pensamiento de tomar exposici6n a la State of Oh&- un una parte, activa y personal, en homa . . . En noviembre seguido, grupo asunh extranjeros estA a lo lejos de cowboys of OkMw,ma como acorn& el vuelo ApoUo a viajaban a la feria de Tlaxcala para mostrar sus suertes como jinet. de la luna. Diplomacia es algo que dejamos a1 potros, con la reata, etc. gobiemo. Quizas vamos a criticar lo Esperamos que se desenvuelva una que "aquellos" en el gobierno van a programa para estudiantes y pro- hacer, pero el pensamiento de que fesorea a cambios, tambiy para el hici6ramas algo, casi nunca occure a cambio de informes agricolas. No nmtros. Mientras, a la misma vez, hay monedas federalea o de 10s es- muy cerca a1 norte, es situado un pais tados que son envolvidas, ni de Mbjico tan & como Francia, Italia, o y Tlaxcala, ni de 10s EE. UU. y Okla-' Egipto. Es los Estados Unidos de homa. Todos btos cambios son volun- Norte Ambrica. tarios y en acuerdo de los deseos de Pensamos primems de las diferen- las personas individuas. Queremoe dar cias inmemas entre M6jico y 10s nostros micrmos. EE. UU.; una lengua diferente, cok Por cambias culturales y voluntar- tumbree diferentes. Creamos de la ios, nosotros de Tlaxcala y de Okla- broma vieja del hombre que declare' homa deseamos a edificar amistad. Soonerland's hearty Czechoslovakian

Spicing the day with danger and drama, sky divers from OSU tumbled from airplanes. A cross between a car- nival and a family reunion is the KO- lache Festival, annual celebration In the Spring commemorating the founding of Prague by Czech emigrants in the at the spring of 1902. Many of these original settlers, with their second and third Prague generations, still perambulate the side- walks of this Lincoln County town. Kolache Festival Kolache, in Czech, is actually spell- BY MELBA J. DANEL ed kolace, but it was changed for the purposes of pronunciation (ko-U-che). One of the few bakery products that cannot be purchased as a boxed mix, this symbol of Czech hospitality is a turned into a pavilion where enter- sweet roll with a center of apricots, tainment ranges from polka bands to cherries, prunes or a variety of other western bands, choral groups, country fillings. The favorite of the local cit- music, ventriloquists, contests, and the izens is poppy seed filling, and Prague crowning of the Kolache Queen. Girls is one of the few tuwns in Oklahoma and boys of all ages model bright Bo- where poppy seed can be purchased hemian costumes lavishly decorated. by the pound. Prague housewives and One of the most colorful and popu- the Barbs Bakery cooperate in bak- lar groups of the celebration are the ing hundreds of dozens of kolaches Beseda dancers. These Iassies with that are sold at concession stands on ripples of ruffled skirts and lads in the street during the festival. pillbox hats have traveled far perfo1~1-i- Contziiuting to the happy sounds of ing traditional folk dances. Now in the festival, a three-mile parade with training to dance in their footsteps uniformed bands from more than a is a young group called the Beseda dozen high schools play stirring melo- Junior Dancers. dies as they strut in review. The Throughout the day, Bohemian reigning Kolache Queen and the hope- tunes set costumed dancers whirling ful candidates add loveliness to the continued on page ten beautiful floats. Co1orf u 1 Shriners with their matched automobiles, mo- torcycle patrols, and cavalcade of clowns make riotous menrymakir?g. The gaily garbed clowns set a special mood with their prancing, waggling, or spinning dizzily about in miniature and trick vehicles. Roundup clubs with their pretty queens ride hand- some horses. There are antique cars, unicycles, and decorated bicycles. Jammed shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk, Hrdys, Sefciks, Dosta- liks, Jezeks and a host of other Czech fdeashare the festivitie8 with some 12,000 visitors from everywhere. As the parade ends, the entire street is

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visitors from all over the nation. Waves of red, white, and blue are resplendent in the hour long parade. As hosts, and therefore not eligible In the Fall for parade competition, the ZCBJ Lodge float, the Sokol float and the at the Yukon High School band add their own welcome to the beauty and Yukon rhythm. Following the parade all ages join in a whirl of entertainment; Czech Festiv presentations of drill teams, twirlers, musical numbers; Czechs in elaborate- ly colorful costumes perform dancing exhibitions that hold the crowd at toe-tapping attention. Lovely Helene Ha1 a cka, Czech It is a "fun-in"and the oom-pa-pahs queen for 1968, reigned over the fes- can be heard all over Yukon. Little tival with beauty and poise. Queen bands and big bands keep notes float- Helene will wear the coronation crown ing on air as the city is alive with when making personal appearances music, ma r ching, celebrating. The during the year and will be permitted month is October and all of Canadian to keep it at the end of her reign. County turns out to join the festivities She is of Czech descent, as are each which include eating, browsing, shop- of the candidates in the competition. ping for Czech souvenirs, dolls and Throughout the day, local restau- cook books, and a tremendous art rants serve alluring feasts of typical show. Czechoslovakian dinners. A favorite It takes a lot of doing to create Czech menu includes jatrnice (ya ter such a celebration year after year, but ni ca) and zeli a knedlikey (k ned members of Oklahoma Czechs, Inc., leh ky) : a savory and piquant sau- think keeping the customs and tradi- sage, with tangy sauerkraut and po- tions of their forefathers actively alive tato dumplings. Klobase (beef sau- is adequate reason, and we emphati- sage) on rye and kolache pastries are cally agree. The Czech Festival last available, yea abundant, at the Czech Lautumn attracted more than 15,000 Pavilion. There are stagecoach rides to de- light the young and old (the stage- coach was as familiar a vehicle in Czechoslovakia's Carpathian moun- tains as it was in the American west). Things to do and see: have your por- trait painted on the street by mem- bers of Artists of Oklahoma; and see their paintings, landscapes, portraits, all styles and forms of art, on display in stores and galleries throughout Yu- kon. Yukon is the home of Artists of Oklahoma. Late evening activities send cos- tumed crowds surging through the streets, viewing the beautiful Czech continued on page ten

NINE continued frompage eight in the streets. Skirts and velvet vested men step gaily to the music of the Divis Polka Band, the OSU Polka Band, the Six Fat Dutchmen, and the Polka Dots. For many Czechs, who have travel- ed from far distances, the day of the Festival is a day of homecoming. They spend the day looking at store win- dow displays of beautiful antiques from Czechoslovakia, watching the troubadors strolling the streets smok- ing their long fancy pipes or playing Czech music on the accordian (har- monika in Czech). They take time to reminisce with friends and relatives about the "old country" and do some shopping, stocking up on their favor- ite sausages, klobase and jatmice. Dancing lasts into the wee hours as night and music transform the fes tival into a fantasy. Next springs fes- tival will be held on May 3rd. Prague citizens are preserving a great tradi- tion.

continued from page nine rather than F'risco. Yukon fell heir treasures on display in business houses to most of Frisco's residents. and the Plaza Center. Recognition first came to the area All this started in 1891 when the because of an everflowing spring - Spencer brothers founded the town now set aside as Yukon City Park. of Yukon. First emigrants were at- Jesse Chisholm and many of the cattle tracted by the rich farm lands. drivers following him used this spring Though many Czechs are business- as a camp site and landmark. The men in Yukon, their forefathers were Old Chisholm Trail crosses Yukon's mainly farmers, and following in their main street. footsteps today's Czechs have fine Yesterday's frontier, today's subur- farms. bia - and the Old World heritage Yukon's birth and early life was remains. Approximately one third of due largely to the railroad. The thriv- Yukon's 7,200 population are Czech ing town of Frisco, located about five descendants. Each October, they and miles northwest of Yukon died over- all Czechs and non-Czechs of Cana- I night when it became known that the dian County welcome you-Vitame Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rail- Vas (we welcome you) Sousedska (get r;. road was to be routed through Yukon together).

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C- be seen in the Oklahoma Historical it Society museum. It came to the state g over the Trail of Tears. Sequoyah's leggings were described by the Ar- as a primary step in the preparati kansas merchant. I found an example for the portrait of Sequoyah. In a li of them on a costume doll of the found a subject to excite me as however, who had ever seen the old this man. His life and his accompl tribal moccasins. Even the Smithson- ian was unable to help. Quite by chance a yellowed steel engraving come very much a real person. turned up which pictured Cherokees The reality and legend are of t in England in 1740. The English artist same stuff. He was in fact uneducat had faithfully recorded their footwear. Sequoyah, in the portrait, holds the guage other than Cherokee and d ingenius syllabary which made his conceive and perfect an entire alph people one d the moat literate na- tions. The Indians became so proud sources of his own mind. He accom plished in 12 years that which too the Egyptians, Phoenicians, an tended to be a man, not a myth, me to write.'' With a stick and patch remarkable because of his time of dry earth he would draw out the

- his name in the earth depicted arrose a the bottom of the painting.

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done from a partiah photograph but was created after much study of , his expreeaio~wand, in particular, pho-

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Although the portrait of Robert S. Files were loaded with news photm The portrait's background is a large Kerr was the first to be commissioned, tracing Kerr's public career from his map, the plan for the development of I postponed it until I had done those election as the first Oklahoma-born the Arkansas River and tri'butaries. of Will Rogers and Sequoyah. Pre- governor to national prominence in The map shows the status of the proj- liminary research led me to believe the Senate. His features changed from ect in 1963 at the time of the Senator's Kerr should be shown in his office. I smooth and rotund to gaunt and drawn death. Kerr's facial expression, as I anticipated this would be an artistic but his eyes never changed their bright have shown it, relates, I hope, to this Challenge. intensity, and his stance remained project and his feelings for its im- Kerr, former governor, oil executive, firm and erect. I se1ected his later portance. philanthropist, at the time of his death years for my portrayal. He holds his glasses, as he often was one of the most influential United This painting is intended to be a did, to emphasize a paint while sup- States senators of modern times. On a biography of a kind. Examining the porting legislation involving land, number of occasions I had fallen under 40 square feet of canvas, one finds wood, and water. These three natural the spell of his oratory. There had symbols of Kerr's life. The Angus bull re80urces became the title of his book, been discussions only a few months book-end represents the breed on his a replica of which is worn as a tie before his death of my painting him ranch. It supports his Bible, much clasp in the portrait. from life. As I began to study the man marked with paper scraps bearing no- Many people pased for me, but Kerr in retrospect I could see there might tations. Thew items rest atop a beau- held his six-foot-fourframe more erect be distinct advantages in being able tifd maple desk used in his Oklahoma than they. The best model for the to look back over his past in order to office. In the painting Kerr wears a Senator's physique turned out to be better portray the total man. A por- blue chambray shirt, his trade mark, a man of little more than half his age. trait from life can be limited by the monogmmmed R. S. K. by the New 1 think Robert 5. Kerr would have view of the moment. I felt more than York-London-Paris company which liked that- the usual amount of enthusiasm for made them. His pockets were stuffed this project. with note pads, pencils and other me. things. His friends amused me by rec- ognizing the pocket bulges I painted,

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rch for the portrait of *the out anxiety, the face asking matter of ture the great athlete mrrectly tm I of the half-century" was un- factly, "What do you want done?" All could not overlook details of discus, e any other for me. It seemed there ,must be consistent with the mental track shoes, Olympic emblem, na- is a little bit of Will Rogers in every- attitude of the sumMathlete. My tional flags of 1912, hurdles, suits, one, but I am convinced Jim Thorpe concept of this came only after die- etc. Perhaps impossible to repre- is unique. From the first, the question cussion with some track greats and sent would be Thorpe's unusual spirit, was how to portray "the moat per- attendance at a number of me&, in- coordination, rhythm, and speed of fectly developed man" ... "the near- est thing to a Greek God." I looked for the answer at the home of John Steckbeck in Bethlehem, Pa. "Steck" is assistant athletic director at LeHigh University. He had written a book The Fabulous Redmen about the In- dian athletes of Carlisle Institute. His of medical and physical e-, ex- 1 photograph collection and personal knowledge presented a number of possibilities. were made according to anthmpo- Thorpe's football records were im- metric tables. These 46 mmarements pressive. He had been a substitute in I redud to fra&ons and with them i 1908 and a starter on the Carliele constructed the 16-inch model. There team in 1910-11-12. He was All-Amer- were few photos to help. It was nscas 8 ican the last two years. In 1911 the eary to draw parts of many well de- kT Oklahoman scored 30 to 40 points per veloped men. Specialization in today's :% game in the 12 games played. He scored the first 48-yard place kick field goal (to beat Harvard). That to find a man powerful enough in lega, z$:s% was the kind of football he played for arms, and shoulders to put the shot ;.:-$hest? podriaits, now another 20 years, including his pro- and throw the discus, yet built for the fow fifteehtfoot marble hues at fessional career. I was surprised to speed to excel in the sprint, tk climcrs oif the gmnd ~td?W=, learn he was the first president of the high jump and broad jump. fourth floor Wnda, of tkOkWwnra National Football League. Thorpe was deep through Capitol, are viewed by same 300,000 In the summer of 1912 "Pop" War- 11.8 inches, but only 18 inches across people each yW. ner, his Carlisle coach accompanied the shoulders. His body was symetric- Our special interest h in the 8eltooZ Thorpe to the Olympics in Stockholm, ally proportioned. In fact, none of his bue bud8 of children w?w eome emh Sweden There the entire sports world measurements were particularly large. spring from thm&out Oklahoma, to took unforgettable notice of the 25- Recollections of his friends to the tour the Historical Building, to visid year-old Indian. I could see this on contrary, he was not tall, just 5 feet, the Capitol's Fourteen Flags Plazrz, canvas! I had never wanted to paint 11.2 inches. When I read the "Greek to encircle the Great Seal, beauliful him in a dated football suit, covering God" comparison, I took another look and impressive in its terrazzu setting one of the most remarkable human at the sculptured Greek Olympic a&- in the first floor ro~,then at Iast bodies in history. Stripping him to a letes of old. Jim didn't fit here at all. to ascend the grand staircase to view track suit made my job more difficult, Indian athletes at Haskell Institute, these portraits; Sequoyah, genius but track and field events, the Olym- Lawrence, Kansas, and in Oklahoma scholar and teacher; Will Rogers, phi- pics in particular, are a supreme test were helpful. I found Thorpe's fore- losopher, humanitarian; Jim Thorpe, al. Thorpe won both arrn on a man firhose work is lifting "the world's greatest athktef' Robert and Decathlon in the bricks, and a Thrpe-like deltoid on a S. Kerr, statesman, visionary, an in- ympics. The King of Sweden young farm worker. Athletes supplied credibk doer. ankles and neck but there were no We watch the youngsters, and seem are the greaht counterparts available to stand in for almost to hear the quotation from nat- those muscles just above his knees. uralist Roy Bedichek, "Hold before Those muscles did not seem extraor- the young the great theme of su~t must express per- dinary until I started searching. Of performance and the vision of great- ease, readiness with- course I had every obligation to pic- ness it inspires." BB.

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What does the out-of-state visitor see, on ooming to Oklahoma? Specifically, we inquire not what is availat to be seen, but what in Oklahoma so draws the visitor's attention that it is seen? We believe this document may provide definite clues . . . Sergeant Lee Webb, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was for a considerable period stationed in Oklahoma. More than just casually curious, he is an artist photographer . . . The pictures he took indicate that he traveled rather widely while in Oklahoma; to our borders north, south, east, west . . . to our lakes, cities, plains, mountains . . . Ponca City's Pioneer Woman is here, as are the Sacagawea and Osceola busts from Anadarko's Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians . . . westward, near Geary, he found the grave of Jesse Chisholm with its moving epitaph - - - eastward, he saw our colorful Kiamichi mountains . . . he saw people, a digni- fied elder . . . He photographed other things, a rusty beer can in the dirt, a crude sign nailed to a tree, photos we did not choose to reproduce and we wish we could as easily eliminate the rusty cans and scrawled signs that litter and mar bridges, overpasses, trees, the earth . . Sergeant Webb traveled in all sea- sons . . . he saw spring's misty mornings, the dogwood and redbud . . . summer's lazy days . . . varied sunsets . . . rain . . . autumnfs red berries . . . the warm browns of winter's landscape . . . drops of ice on a fence . . . As he traveled he paused to see grazing cattle, rangeland, tilled fields, the architecture of our cities, the de- signs of power lines on structural towers . . . We are glad that Sergeant Webb came to Oklahoma. Perhaps he will return to hisit again . . . Perhaps these things he saw will harpen our own perception to the incred- 'ble variety, of timbered woods, moun- ains, rangeland, and plains, the people, ihe seasons, the beauty around us. BB

t IT'! REMARKAIILE HOW THINGS TURN OUT.. .

A young student named Dennis Andy GriffithShow in California, so Weaver in Oklahoma University's there have been long family separa- drama department got the assignment tions. Jean and Ronny stay in the to direct a one-act play. Dennis chose Howards' permanent home in Bur- Jean Speegle, of Duncan, for the lead- bank during Ronny's busy season. ing role in the play. He selected Rance Clint and his dad are stationed in Howard, of Newkirk, for the male Miami. How do the Howards keep lead. from orbiting off into the rarefied In the years since that one-act play atmosphere of show business? They assignment, Dennis has won an Emmy stay firmly tied with bonds of love, for his role as limping Chester in common sense, and good humor. tv's . Jean has become Mrs. "I'm trying to teach my boys the . Rance, after playing acting profession the way my father in the road company of Mr. Roberts, taught me the livestock business on in the motion picture The Music Man, our farm-ranch near Newkirk," said and The Cowtship of Eddie's Father, Rance. "Later, if they want another has rejoined Dennis for the television profession, that's all right." series . Dennis plays the As he spoke, the Howards were en- game warden, Tom Wedloe, and joying a family reunion in a water- Rance plays the genial, bearded Henry front penthouse in Miami during the Boornhauer. shooting of a Gentle Ben episode. And that's not all. Rance and Jean Ronny, who bears a striking resem- Speegle Howard's son, Clint, plays blance to his father, said, "Dad taught the part of Mark, the big, black bear's me the most important thing in a I best friend. Their older son, Ronny, scene is to think, and to listen. The plays the part of Opie on the Andy best thing is to bring the character as Griffith Show. close to your real self as possible." BY JEANNE WELLENKAM P Gentle Ben is filmed in Florida, the Clint, who seems to live his part in

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howit to grind, but writing is a way to ex- nis is a great believer in physical all press myself creatively." fitness. While at O.U. he was an ath- Jean: "Like when he's unemployed." lete, qualifying for decathlon and rep- Then she added, "I used to refer to resenting O.U. in the 1948 Olympic Rance's writing as a hobby. Then he tryouts. Dennis, like Rance, has writ- Gentle Ben, also gives credit to his sold a script to The Flintstones. Now ten scripts, and has a growing repu- father; "My dad helps me a lot to get I stand over him with a whip and say, tation as a director and drama in- in the mood. I think hard. When I did 'Write! Write!' " S~NC~. the movie about Gentle Ben I con- Jean's whip seems to be working. The rapport between the Weavers vinced myself that Ben was going to Rance has sold eight scripts, includ- and the Howards that began on the be shot, so I cried. I love Gentle Ben." ing several to Gentle Ben. He is also campus of the University of Oklahoma Rance says, "Clint is the purest dialogue coach. 20 years ago is even stronger today. 'method ador' I know." He feels more security in diversify- Their sons, Rob Weaver and Ronny has long since ing. "Show business pays well, but it Howard, have become good friends. given up acting to devote herself to is risky. We never do any installment So are Rusty Weaver and CIint How- her family and the PTA. Her sense buying. You're in a hit show one year, ard, who are exactly the same age. of humor helps keep her three-star and the next year you may be looking The families spend non-working hours family living a normal, happy life. for work." together in Miami, going on picnics, She and Rance were talking about his , too, is conservative and swimming. recent excursions into script writing. in his attitude toward money. He re- There is one point of difference. Rance said, "I've been trying to members lean times when his wife, Rance wants to write a script for write plays ever since my days at Gerry, did typing for other students Gentle Ben which will have Dennis O.U., from a need to say something-" at the University of Oklahoma to help meet with a slight acciden- he'll "He means his wife wouldn't let pay expenses. have to limp. Rance thinks it would him get a word in edgewise," said The Weavers have three boys. The give viewers a kick. Jean. eldest, Rick, is a student at UCLA. Dennis refusea. He won't go back Rance: "I hope she's kidding. I don't Rob, 15, and Rusty, nine, have played to limping for anybody-not even for have any great mial message or axea with their father in Gentle Ben. Den- Rance Howard.

OKLAHOMA TODAY I' Jan. 1 Blazers vs. Amarillo (hockey) . . . Oklahoma City Feb. 9 Blazers vs. Houston (ice hockey) . ..Oklahoma City Jan. 1 Oilers vs. Dallas (hockey) .. .Tulsa Feb. 9-10 Music Teachers Assoc., OCU . ..Oklahoma City Jan. 1 OCU vs. Santa Clara (basketball) ... Oklahoma City Feb, 11 Langston vs. OCC (basketball) .. . Langston - Jan. 2 TU vs. U. of Cincinnati (basketball) . . .Tulsa Feb. 11-15 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," OU . . . Norman . Jan. 3 Oilers vs. Kansas City (ice hockey) . . . Tulsa Feb. 11-15 "Caesar and Cleopatra," TU . . . Tulsa Jan. 4 TU vs. U. of Louisville (basketball) .. . Tulsa Feb. 12 Kaleidoscope Players, Northeastern ...Tahlequah Jan. 4 OSU vs. Missouri (basketball) . . . Stillwater Feb. 12 Blazers vs. Dallas (ice hockey) . . .Oklahoma City Jan. 4 Blazers vs. Kansas City (ice hockey) . . .Oklahoma City Feb. 14 Oilers vs. Blazers (ice hockey) . . . Tulsa , Jan. 5 Oilers vs. Omaha (ice hockey) .. . Tulsa Feb. 14 Central vs. Southeastern (basketball) . . . Edmond Jan. 5 & 7 Michael Deatherage, Cellist, OC Symphony. . . Oklahoma City Feb. 14-15 "lnherit the Wind," Community Theatre . . . Lawton Jan. 6 OSU vs. Colorado (basketball) . . .Stillwater Feb. 14-15 "Marriage of Figaro," OCU .. .Oklahoma City Jan. 6 Phillippe Entremont, Pianist, Philharmonic . . .Tulsa Feb. 14-15 H.S. Speech Tournament, CSC .. .Edmond Feb. 14-Mar. 1 "Stop the World (I Want to Get Off)," Little Theatre . .Tulsa Jan. 6-11 H.S. Boys Basketball Tournament, SESC .. . Durant , - . Jan. 7 Langston vs. Central State (basketball). . . Langston Feb. 15 Blazers vs. Ft. Worth (ice hockey). . . Oklahoma City Jan. 8 Ft. Sill Centennial Ceremony. . .Ft. Sill Feb. 15 Oilers vs. Dallas (ice hockey) ...Tulsa an. 9- H.S. Basketball Tournament, CSC ... Edmond Feb. 15 CSC vs. OBU (basketball) . . . Edmond Jan. 9-11 Boys' H.S. Basketball Tourney, NESC .. .Tahlequah Feb. 15 Philharmonic Concert, McMahon Aud. .. . Lawton Jan. 10 Blazers vs. Tulsa (ice hockey) . . . Oklahoma City Feb. 15--16 Music Teachers Nat'l Assoc., OCU ...Oklahoma City Jan. 10-11 All-District Band, SESC . . . Durant Feb. 16 OCU vs. Ft. Sill (soccer) ...Oklahoma City Jan. 10-25 "Two for the Seesaw," Little Theatre . . . Tulsa Feb. 16 & 18 John Ogdon, Pianist, OC Symphony. . . Oklahoma City Jan. 11 Langston vs. Northeastern (basketball). . . Langston Feb. 17 Gina Bachauer. Pianist. Philharmonic . . .Tulsa Jan. 11 Oilers vs. Blazers (ice hockey) . . . Tulsa Feb. 17 Don Shirley T~O. . . bngston Jan. 12 Youth Symphony, Philharmonic . . . Tulsa Feb. 19 Don Shirley Trio, St. Gregory's College . . . Shawnee Jan. 12 Dallas Symphony . . .Langston Feb. 20-22 H.S. Musical Pow Wow ...Broken Arrow Jan. 14 Chorale Concert, Southeastern .. . Durant Feb. 21 ~lazersvs~~marillo(ice hockey) . . . Oklahoma City Jan. 14 OCU vs. Seattle (basketball) . . . Oklahoma City Feb. 21 Langston vs. Southwestern (basketball) .. . Langston Ian. 17 Langston vs. Northwestern (basketball). . . Langston Feb. 21 Oilers vs. Ft. Worth (ice hockey). ..Tulsa Jan. 17 Blazers vs. Houston (ice hockey) ... Oklahoma City Feb.--.22- Southeastern vs. OBU (basketball) . . .Durant Jan. 17 Southeastern vs. Central (basketball). . . Durant Feb. 22 TU vs. Drake University (basketball) . . . Tulsa Jan. 18 OCU vs. Loyola (basketball). . .Oklahoma City Feb. 22 OCU vs. Centenary (basketball). .. Oklahoma City Jan. 18 Langston vs. Phillips (basketball) .. .Langston Feb, 22 Langston vs. Panhandle (basketball) . .. Langston Jan. 18 T.U. vs. Memphis State (basketball) Tulsa Feb. 23 Oilers vs. Memphis (ice hockey). ..Tulsa . . . Feb. 26 Norman Luboff Choir . . . Langston Jan. 18 Oilers vs. Ft Worth (ice hockey). ..Tulsa Feb. 28 Jan. 18 Southeastern vs. Southwestern (basketball). . . Ourant Civic Ballet, OCU . . . Oklahoma City Jan. 19 Blazers vs. Memphis (ice hockey) Oklahoma City Feb. 28 "The Apple Tree," McMahon Aud. ...Lawton .. . Feb. 28 Oilers vs. Houston (ice hockev) ...Tulsa Jan. 19 & 21 Byron Janis, Pianist, OC Symphony. . . Oklahoma City Feb. 2Mar. 1 Jan. 20 OCU vs. SMU (basketball). .Oklahoma City Music ~estivatcsc . . . ~dmond . Feb. 2Mar. %J "Black Comedy & White Liars," Mummers Theatre ...Oklahoma City Jan. 20 Chamber Opera, Philharmonic . ..Tulsa Mar. 1 Jan. 22 Blazers vs. Amarillo (ice hockey) Oklahoma City Blazers vs. Omaha (ice hockev) . . . Oklahoma Citv . . . Mar. 1 Oilers vs. Amarillo iice hock&) .. .Tulsa Jan. 22 Southeastern vs. East Central (basketball) .. .Durant Mar. 2 Blazers vs. Dallas (ice hockey). . . Oklahoma City Jan. 22-23 Chorale State Tour, Southeastern . . . Durant Mar. 2-3 Jr. Livestock Show .. . Altus Jan. 23 OCU vs. Abilene (basketball) ...Oklahoma City Mar. 2 & 4 Shirley Verrett, Mezzo-Soprano, O.C. Symphony . . . Oklahoma City Jan. 24 Central State vs. Phillips (basketball) .. .Edmond Mar. 4-5 Jr. Livestock Show . . .Tishomingo Jan. 24-26 Oklahoma Press Association . . . Oklahoma City Mar. 5 Blazers vs. Kansas City (ice hockey) . . .Oklahoma City Jan. 24-Feb. 23 "Sea Gull," Mummers Theatre . . . Oklahoma City Mar. 5-7 Jr. Livestock Show. . .Ardmore Jan. 25 Central State vs. Langston (basketball) .. . Edmond Mar. 5--7 Jr. Livestock Show. . . Muskogee Jan. 25 Sherril Milnes, Baritone, OCU .. .Oklahoma City Mar. 6-8 Jr. Livestock Show . . .Anadarko Jan. 25 Blazers vs. Memphis (ice hockey). . .Oklahoma City Mar. 7-4 Jr. Livestock Show . . . Sallisaw Jan. 26 OCU vs. Ft. Sill (soccer). . .Oklahoma City Mar. 8 Musikfest, Philharmonic ... Tulsa Jan. 27 TU vs. N. State (basketball). . .Tulsa Mar. 9 Blazers vs. Tulsa (ice hockey) ...Oklahoma City Jan. 29 Chamber Dance Quartet, McMahon Aud. . ..Lawton Mar. 9 Founders Day Observance . . . Langston Jan. 29 Blazers vs, Ft. Worth (ice hockey) ...Oklahoma City Mar. 11 Enid-Phillips Symphony Concert . . .Enid Jan. 30 OCU vs. Creighton (basketball) . . . Oklahoma City Mar. 12 Oilers vs. Memphis (ice hockey). ..Tulsa Jan. 31 Oilers vs. Houston (ice hockey) . . .Tulsa Mar. 14 Richard Ellsasser, Organist, Phillips . ..Enid Jan. 31 bangston vs. East Central (basketball). . . Langston Mar. 14 Symphonic Band Concert, DU ... Norman Jan. 31 'Taming of the Shrew," McMahon Aud. . . . Lawton Mar. 15 Oilers vs. Oklahoma City (ice hockey) ...Tulsa Feb. 1 Oilers vs. Amarillo (ice hockey) .. . Tulsa Mar. 16 Oilers vs. Omaha (ice hockey) ...Tulsa Feb. 1 TU vs. Wichita State (basketball) .. .Tulsa Mar. 16 Brass Ensemble Concert, OU ...Norman Feb. 1 Langston vs. Southeastern (basketball). . .Langston Mar. 16 Blazers vs. Houston (ice hockey). . . Oklahoma City Feb. 2 OCU vs. Casady (soccer) .. .Oklahoma City Mar. 16 & 18 James Oliver Buswell IV, Violinist, O.C. Symphony. . .Oklahoma City Feb. 2 & 4 Michael Rabin, Violinist, OC Symphony. . . Oklahoma City Mar. 18 Ruth Page Ballet. ..Ponca City Feb. 3 Pierre Fournier, Cellist, Philharmonic .. . Tulsa Mar. 18 "Everything in the Garden," TU ...Tulsa Feb. 5 TU vs. St. Louis (basketball) ...Tulsa Mar. 18--22 "Man and Superman," OU .. . Norman Feb. 5-7 Youth Concerts, Philharmonic. ..Tulsa Mar. 20 Whit-Lo Singers, McMahon Aud. .. .Lawton Feb. 6 Oilers vs. Kansas City (ice hockey). ..Tulsa Mar. 20-22 "The Father," CSC . . .Edmond Feb. 7 Southeastern vs. Panhandle (basketball). . .Durant Mar. 22 Blazers vs. Dallas (ice hockey) . . . Oklahoma City Feb. 7 Jr. High Choral Festival, Southeastern . . . Durant Mar. 23 Oilers vs. Ft. Worth (ice hockey) . . . Tulsa Feb. 7 Blazers vs. Tulsa (ice hockey) . . . Oklahoma City Mar. 24 Erica Morini, Violinist, Philharmonic ...Tulsa Feb. 7-4 "Inherit the Wind," Community Theatre . . . Lawton .Mar.. . -.. -25- O.C. Symphony & CSC Choir Concert . . .Edmond Feb. 8 Southeastern vs. Northwestern (basketball). ..Durant Mar. 26 Oilers vs. Kansas City (ice hockey). ..Tulsa Feb. 8 TU vs. Bradley (basketball) . . .Tulsa Mar. 27-29 Aggie Rodeo . . . Wilburton Feb. 8 OCU vs. Denver (basketball). ..Oklahoma City Mar. 28-29 "Sabrina Fair," Community Theatre Playiouse . . .Lawton Feb. 8 Central vs. Southwestern (basketball) ...Edmond Mar. 28-29 Future Homemakers of America .. . Oklahoma City Feb. 9 Oilers vs. Omaha (ice hockey). . . Tulsa Mar. 28-Apr. 12 "Ten Little Indians," Little Theatre . . .Tulsa Feb. 9 OCU vs. OU (soccer). ..Oklahoma City Mar. 30 & Apr. 1 Hans RichterHaaser, Pianist, OC Symphony. . . Oklahoma City events KLAHOMA TODAY - --. THIRTY-ONE . .

LEGEND

1. MONKEY lSLAND 12. PACHYDERM mu 2. CHILDREN5 IQO 13, BIDS OF PREY 3. SMALL MAMMA8 14. GIBBONS C SAIWl@ 4. FUINE GROTTO 15. WATUlFOWt 5. WONT 1a. Dm AREAS 6. GO^ AM 17. SQUTH ARICAR~k@l 7. BfAR GROTTO Ir. CENTRAL AWN mi 8. WMTE BUllMIlG 19. EAST &FRim m#:' 9. REPTILE BU1lDIN6 2a. UKH i JIIWBC~AM&& 1L SOUTH WRKAN GROUP 21. PLAIN, SAYAW &Dm 1 1. AU4TRALIAW GROUP C ah- rare births are recorded at the 110- acre zoo among these species. To help prevent these endangered species from becoming extinct and disappearing from the face of the earth our zoo maintains at Lincoln Park the largest bottle-feeding nur- sery for wild hoofed stock in the world. All these elements contribute to the uniqueness of the "camping Safaris." Each Friday, October through May, a Boy Scout Troop arrives before sunset and establishes camp in the Lincoln Park Amphitheater. Tents are pitched where such celebrities as Will Rogers, Red Skelton, and Bob Hope have performed. After supper the boys gather around the campfire and a zoo curator speaks to them. The campfire session lasts about two hours and covers a broad scope of subjecta regarding world

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THIRTY-FOUR OKLAHOMA TODAY P4 wildlife and the threat of extinction for many species, with the boys ask- ing questions. Man's relationship to other men as well as animals is dis- cussed, and sometimes argued, during these illustrated lectures. Long after the campfire has died PHOTOS BY DICK LOWRI and the curator gone the boys are There is no atmosphere quite equal to an early morning in camp for often still discussing the fate of the a discussion that really gets to the heart of a problem. Orangutan in Borneo, the Whooping Crane in our own country, or the possible effects of a famine in India on the people and animals there. see ungulates from India, Africa, are given to each Scout Patrol. Early Saturday morning the boys Southeast Asia and other far away Competition becomes hot as the pa- and their adult leaders, with a zoo places, in nearly natural settings. trols seek animal speciw throughout curator, start on a three-hour hike At the zoo's Emergency Operating the zoo, rushing in their search, to through the zoo. The discussions of Center, where a 16-mm movie pro- see which patrol can complete the the night before are revived as they jedor is set up in the viewing room hunt first. Camp is struck at sunset view the exhibits, with behind the for the program, the boys see color on Saturday and the boys return scenes gIimpsea of how the animals sound movies from Africa and Asia. home, with a fuller understanding of are cared for. The zoo's large pens Following lunch the safari bewmes the animal kingdom and the fight for rare and endangered hoofed spe- a "hunt." Sheets with animal descrip- each species has for existence in the cies afford them an opportunity to tion and glossaries of zoological terms world today.

OKLAHOMA TODAY THIRTY-FIVE ' ,' . - I -' . *.. J * 1' 1' L ROOKIE OF THE YEAR COACH IBA AND THE OLYMPICS Johnny Bench, of Binger, catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, is the win- ner of the National League Rookie of the Year award. We watched Johnny's Mr. Iba, the man from O.S.U., has work behind the plate twice this year; caused all of us who try to write about once in St. Louis when the Reds de- him to run out of superlatives. His feated the then world championship was the team that was supposed to Cardinals 7-3; then late in the season lose it all in Mexico City. They on nationwide tv, when NBC's Pewee didn't. They won it all and Henry Reese and Curt Gowdy praised John- Iba has been proclaimed, around the ny throughout the game, favorably whole wide world, the outstanding in- comparing him with Roy Campanella, dividual of the 1968 Olympics. Pre- Mickey Cochrane, and other all-time dicting long in advance that an Okla- ~reats. homan is going to wind up a tail-ender Binger honored Johnny with a is a dangerous and uncertain business. "Johnny Bench Day" this autumn, Mr. Iba's reaction? He is giving all for which Johnny, and Dave Bristol, the credit away. "Those kids played manager of the Cincinnati Reds, were awfully well," he says. "They just present. kept getting better. . . ." And, of Oklahoma Today is rooting for course, he's right. They did. And we JOHNNY WITH HIS SISTER MARILYN AND HI* Johnny Bench to win a future place PARENTS, MR AND MRS. TED BENCH. (COPYRIGHT Okiw are mighty proud of how it hap in the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1~6s.THE OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING CO.) pened that they did.

SWEET ADELINE CONVENTION The Sweet Adelines convened in Oklahoma this year, to dedicate their new International Headquarters in Tulsa, and to compete in Oklahoma City. Sweet Adelines, Inc., was born in Tulsa in 1945, from the conviction that four-part feminine harmony lis- tens as sweet as four-part male har- mony. How true. The Sweet Adelines now have 20,000 members in 500 chap

TULSA. INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF SWEET ADELINES INCORPORATED. ters around the world. The girls each

World." The ~&icune Honeys of Miami, Florida, crowned national champions last year in New York's Carnegie Hall, passed their crown this year to the Gay Tones, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Two-thousand gal singers and lovers of the "barbershop" sound joined with euphonious joy in applauding the new queens of har- mony, other winning quartets from Racine, Wisconsin, Tulsa, Okla., Riv- erside, Fontana, and Cucamontza. Calif. The o.K.. City chapter's I f0-e of OmAHoiwA! was oit I interrupted by applause, and given a standiig ovation, -&ng &ter &mmy Fain, here for the convention, was 1 uniquely saluted. The entire au&ence harmonized his song When I Take My Sugar to Tea.

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What is beginning is yielding and clear like water but what is beginning burns so bright it is like a white rind falling from a reed.

Do you see the herdsman? They are excited yet very still watching the woman.

Look at the little flocks, the unsettled calves GIANT OILF'IELD produced 733,543,000 barrels of oil, wavering around her- The newest addition to our Four- thus ranking as one of the world's She is lacing the baby to his board- teen Flags Plaza before the Capitol giants. Due to its unprecedented is this monument, here unveiled by depth and high pressures, the field And the tall man-his hunds are the Gov. Dewey Bartlett; with Oklahoma produced a record number of "wild cobr of wood, Petroleum Council President R. D. wells"; the monument mentions one his hands are stained and smell of Phillips; Historical Society President of these, the Wild Mary Sudik which cedar, George Shirk; and Oklahoma City roared out of control for eleven days, he is bending down to smile at them. Chamber of Commerce President and relates that both Wild Mary and Stanton Young. It memorializes the the dimvery well were both drilled 0. C. Oil and Gas Field discovery by the company with the name of What is beginning burns like the 1928. snow well brought in on Dec. 4, In romance, the Indian Territory Illumi- is the forty years since, the field has nating Oil Company. but what is beginning like a green- ing wind shimmering with birds and seeds and sun. . . . Katharine Privett AFTER THE OLYMPICS board, Vivian Ortiz, Alfonso Alvarez, Remember this picture in the last Marcia Arriaga, and Nerhidda Ortiz. issue of Oklahoma TaEay? It's the Standing L to R., Pilar Echevarrih, Olympic Swimming Team of Mexico Rafael Hehdez, Pepe Santibaiib, NEW BOOKS alongside the Phillips Splash Club Mario Santibaiiez, Guillermo Eche- FACES OF THE LAND by F. pool, during their stay in Bartlesvfile varriit, Laura Vaca, Maria Teresa Thomas Huheey (pub. by The Farm last summer. We thought you might Mez,2 and Max Aguilar. Quarterly, Cincinnati) Pleasant enjoy seeing it with names identified, In the water are Debbie Turok, browsing for anyone who enjoys fine so you can pick out the ones you saw Margarita Balleza, Luis Acosta, photography, outdoors people and on television during the Olympics. Jorge Urreta, Victoria Caw, Raul the outdoor chores of America. Among Seated are Felipe Muiioz,l Tamara Villagomez, and Rafael Cal y Mayor. its finest color pictures is one by Oynick (in stripes), Patricia Obrigbn, '--Gold medal winner; =-Bronze Oklahoma's Bob Taylor, which ap Eduardo Alanis, and, on the diving Medal winner. peared earlier in Oklahoma Today.

NEW ECHOTA LETTERS by Jack and Anna Kilpatrick (Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas) Sequoyah's remarkable syllabary not only opened the gates of learning for his people; it opens the gates for us to obtain a wider and deeper under- standing of the early Cherokees. Here are letters published in the Cherokee Phoenix a century and a half ago, with editorial comments by scholarly Jack Kilpatrick (recently deceased) and his wife, who is a descendent of Sequoyah.

THE COWBOY IN ART by Ed Ainsworth (The World Publishing Company, New York) A survey of western art from 1519 to the present. Some of the color reproductions are not the best but the width of cov- IOKLAHOMA TODAY THIRTY-SEVEN erage is exceptional. The most com- plete reference we've seen on an art subject of vast and still increasing interest. THE PROUD SHERIFF by Eu- gene Manlove Rhodes (University of Oklahoma Press, Norman) The writ- ings of Gene Rhodes are respected as fine literature, an evaluation rarely achieved by authors who choose the west as the setting for their 'work. Editor W. H. Hutchinson indicates some reasons why, in this new edition of a fine yarn, long out-of-print. Rhodes' story then provides the proof. THE BUFFALO RUNNERS by Fred Grove (Doubleday, New York) Fred always gives his readers an ex- citing story, authentic background, and convincing characters. The buf- falo hunter has become a stereotype less admirable than the animals he killed -but Grove breaks the stereo- type, because it wasn't true in the first place. JOHN FREE John Free, of Pawhuska, grew into FOR SCIENCE AND NATIONAL manhood in Indian country. His GLORY by Robert Ryal Miller (Uni- grandmother was Osage. He idolizes versity of Oklahoma Press, Norman) memories of his grandfather because Dr. Miller tells us of the phenomenal of his love of livestock and ranch life. accomplishments of the 1862 scientific Sitting on a horse and "rolling his expedition which returned to Spain own" became more than a boyhood the first really comprehensive evalua- dream for John - it became a way tions of the incredibly vast New of life. His educational background World that nation's explorers had is unusual, a mixture of art courses, claimed. Human conflicts among the pre-veterinary medicine, animal hus- scientists enliven the narrative, source bandry, and classics. He has tried his records of which are Spanish archives hand at both rodeoing and ranching. which have been hidden since 1866. A bronc named Pool 65 put an end to the former career, and the price LA SALLE by John Upton Terrell of baled hay the latter. (Weybright and Talley, New York) He says, "I have been opening and The conquistador who claimed Okla- closing gates for cows and horses homa for Spain is, for most of us, since I was tall enough to lift a wire only a name vaguely recalled from hoop from a post." All of John Free's history texts. Author Terrell reveals work reflects intimate knowledge of La Salle as a living man, an adven- his subject matter, boundless determi- turer who actively courted danger and nation, and unusual talent. His work became so powerful and overbearing in bronze may well be one of the most that he was eventually murdered. refreshing contributions to the field of Western art in this decade. PLAINS INDIAN RAIDERS by Dean Krakel, Director Wilbur Sturtevant Nye (University National Cowboy Hall of Fame of Oklahoma Press, Norman) Certain- ly no author has contributed more to our knowledge of the plains tribes and Indian Territory than W. S. Nye. His Carbine and Lance has assumed the stature of a classic. This volume con- cerns the earlier years of plains war- fare. His understanding of the peo- ple, especially the Kiowa people, the times, and his writing skill, blend in this fascinating account. The collected William S. Soule photos which illus- trate the book are a bonus attraction. OLD SANCHO BY JOHN D. FREE

THIRTY-EIGHT OKLAHOMA TODAY ... Within these halls, the shadowed memories- While 18%rtbrnsblinked in fields and forests Of men, provoked by the restlessness And anvils rang in the forger's stand Of "dogged" dreams and "cussedw courage Taut mwralas, gleamed through mat, and grimy- To match their strength with an untamed west. ?are caloused hands Nmid-wivedw a land I A wurage to stand, enduring conflict- Hers, hang their spurs and empty saddles A restless dream which scorned defeat Where memery proudly writes each name In a land beset with raging tantrums In silwr, brenn and gold-engrawened- And disasters spawned at will-replete- Within these shadowed halls of fame.

With slashing floods and pounding hail stones" MW#the!@*halls, a light ascending dnd ruthless draughts of deserts born; Sbhw canst;lntJy with widening flame; Tornados armed with lightning broad swords A flame that's fueled with dreams and courage 1 Cad charging blizzards with icy horns. For a land they loved and swore to tame, I They rode the rtorming, beastly elements souls in quiet, sleeping, Cavorting through the land at will- howl and blikzards chill. They tmmg astride the snorting "critters" embattled for?tms- I And cornfled them here, on Persimmon Hill. e, on Persimmon Hfll.

IKLAHOMA TODAY THIRTY-NINE