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The conspicuous success of this system at Oklahoma, and the fundamental sound- ness of the ideas behind it, have caused its rapid expansion, until today almost every large national fraternity whole-heartedly Building Scholarship endorses it, and large universities in every part of the United States and Canada are espousing it as a means of bringing out the latent possibilities of fraternitie sto the By HORACE A. SANTRY, '361aw fullest degree. Recently Dean James Find- ley of the University of Oklahoma received word that the University of Michigan hopes to install a method of supervision in its fraternities closely patterned after do the Phi Gams do it? the long step from high school HOW to college. that used by here, and This question is again a leading one He aids them in planning their courses, this is only one of many instances. among Greeks at Oklahoma, since re- and teaches them how to study, how to cently released averages reveal the fact concentrate, and how to apply themselves. Perhaps the most serious accusation that Phi Gamma Delta, for the tenth The peculiarity of his position enables him which fraternities have always had to face, time in the past eleven semesters, led all to counsel with them in their minor crises, both from parents and from universities, other fraternities in scholarship with the and enables him to develop in them men- is that they detract from the scholastic record-breaking mark of 1 .672. The an- tal breadth and strong character, as well efficiency of students. In the adviser sys- swer is-the chapter adviser system, which, as an aptitude for study. If, in his rela- tem, the Oklahoma chapter of Phi Gamma at the time of its adoption in 1926, was tions with each year's pledges, he is able Delta and its alumni feel that they have an innovation in the fraternity world . to engender in them an interest in knowl- found the panacea. The man primarily responsible for its edge for its own sake, and a wholesome Following are the first semester grade inception and development is Judge Fred pride in scholastic achievement, his job averages : B. Owen of Oklahoma City, who has been is already more than three-fourths done. a moving force in the Oklahoma chapter In a sense, the chapter adviser is also a 1 . Phi Gamma Delta 1 .672 of Phi Gamma Delta since its installation, liaison officer between the boys and the 2. 1 .549 and is a member of the national frater- faculty. By constant checks on the mem- 3. 1 .498 nity's Permanent Committee on Scholar- bers' grades, and by frequent interviews 4. 1 .454 ship. It was Judge Owen who, while seek- with the professors of those who are hav- 5. 1 .413 ing a solution to the ever-potential prob- ing difficulties in their work, he can create 6. 1.367 lem of poor fraternity scholarship, con- a closer understanding between instructor 7. 1.287 ceived the idea of employing a chapter and student. Once this is done, failures 8. 1 .244 tutor to aid the boys in adjusting them- become rare indeed . 9. 1 .216 selves to University life. Through his While the chapter adviser is in no way 10. Sigma Epsilon 1 .170 efforts, a graduate student at the Univer- to be regarded as replacing the commercial 11 . 1 .087 sity was selected in 1926 to take his meals tutor, he can usually be of much aid to 12 . 1 .017 at the chapter house and counsel the the boys in their classwork. Since one of 13 . .983 members on matters of scholarship. the qualifications for the position is high 14 . Phi Beta Delta .978 undergraduate While this step alone caused some im- scholarship, he will gen- 15. .949 provement in chapter scholarship, it was erally be well-informed on several subjects . 16. Alpha .933 generally felt that further action was ne- This enables him to assist students in 17. .900 cessary. In the following year, accordingly, courses which they find difficult to master, 18. Kappa Alpha .874 by providing the Phi Gamma Delta scholarship was advice and information which 19. .852 first offered at the University, and the is necessarily unavailable in the classroom. 20. .807 system as it now exists came into being. In a way, this personal instruction serves 21 . Theta Kappa Phi .790 to bridge Under the present arrangement, the chap- the gap created by our modern 22. .743 ter and alumni each year select a gradu- system of large classes. 23. .661 ate member of Phi Gamma Delta from some other institution, who lives in the chapter house, receives his remuneration through the joint efforts of the chapter and its alumni, and is ready at all times to serve the fraternity's scholastic interests. The University likewise cooperates by pro- Sooner Roll Call viding tuition to the adviser in the form of a scholarship. Of. course, when the man Directory Changes Hugh A. Kearns, '29pharm, 1540 East Sixteenth, selected applies himself successfully to the Tulsa. task, his term extends beyond a year ; Bill Robert Alexander, '26as, '32M.A., 219 West Jack- Dr. John F. Kupka, '25pharm, '28as, Haskell. Rodgers, '331aw, whose capability and effi- son Street, Wewoka . Ruby Pearl Nichols, '30horne-ec, Rush Springs. Willie E. Bliss, '336us, 225 ciency were vital factors in the system's East Tenth, Oklahoma Phil J. Lehnhard,'31eng, Box 518, Bellville, Texas. City. Harold Arthur Olivey, '32eng, Box 81, Texon, development, held the position for four Dr. Gaines Levy Brightwcll, '31med, Station Hos- Texas. years. pital, Ft. Logan, Colorado . Patti Ann Owens, '23nurse, Britton. Most important Mrs. Elizabeth Burke Champion, '28fa, 203 West of all the chapter ad- Magnolia, San Antonio, Texas. Deane Raley, '33pharm, care Hollis Drug com- viser's duties is his function of assisting Jack W. Dunn, '27eng, care Shcldon-Burden, Cut pany, Hollis. new students in their orientation to the Bank, Montana. Mrs. Genevieve Keyes Rector, '26as, 1317 North University . He Ernest C. Hicks, '22as, Hollis. Beard, Shawnee. provides the directing hand Mrs. Cecilia often so Bonifield Joyner, Box 57, Blytheville, Mrs. Mildred Thornton Rice, '32as, 603 Diamond necessary in enabling boys to take Arkansas . Street, Holdenville.

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Margaret Cordellia Robinson, '31as, 3524 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland Avenue, California . Robert E. Rogers, jr., '29eng, San Nicholas, Aruba, HOTEL Dutch West Indies . AUTO Leslie C. Spencer, '29geol, care Empire Oil com- Every Service for Your Car pany, Lyons, Kansas . Oklahoma City's Most Robert J. Sullivan, '29eng, 406 Hadley, Houston, Sooner roll Texas call Convenient Mrs. Isabelle Thomasson Nauman, '25as, Box 59B, El Paso, Texas. Paul Walker, '121aw, chairman of the State PARKING HOTEL Mrs. Christine Alexander Virgin, '26as, 1616 corporation commission, was principal speaker at 112 West First Cars called for Linden Street, Oklahoma City . the annual St. Pat's celebration at the University . Mrs. Dorothy Arnote West, '23as, Shawnee. Hugh H. Morse, '25as, is serving as acting State and delivered Mrs. Odile Berry Whetzel, '31home-ec, Flanagan, geologist of Mississippi . Morse has been an assist- Illinois . ant professor of geology at the University of Mis- M. T. Whetzel, '316us, Flanagan, Illinois. sissippi, University, Mississippi, Since 1930 . Phone 7-1888 Hughes M. Zenor, '32M.S., 1031 East Eleventh Richard L. McBrien, '33eng; a scholarship stu- Street, Houston, Texas. dent at the Boeing School of Aeronautics, has become editor of the Boeing School Super-charger, a monthly paper Started recently . Marriages Clarence Nichols, '146s, '17as, Anadarka, re- Ask For cently attended the national convention of Phi CHASF.-GORDON : Miss Mildred Chase, '34, and Delta Chi, national pharmaceutical fraternity, at Murray Gordon, '331aw, February 23 . Kappa Kap- Detroit. Nichols is national treasurer of the pro- pa Gamma-Phi Gamma Delta. Home, 3400 North fessional fraternity . Robinson, Oklahoma City . Clifton Shearer, '29ex, Shawnee, one of the "greats" in basketball history, has moved to Wood NASH'S OWEN-DENTON: Miss Margaret Elizabeth Owen, River, Illinois, to accept a position there with the '31dram-art, and William Delmer Denton, '30eng, Shell Refinery company. Shearer played with Carl February 24 in Enid . Alpha Chi Omega-Phi Hubbell's Cities Service basketball team at Shaw- I TOASTED Kappa Sigma. Home, Bartlesville . nee during the past season . Shearer's family will POTTER-JOHNS: Miss Mary Helen Potter, '30as, join him later at Wood River, which is a Suburb and Percv Manton Johns, jr., '26ex, February 12 . of Chicago. Kappa Kappa Gamma-Beta Theta Pi. Home, J. Forrest West, '33fa, Anadarko, was guest Ardmore . soloist at the Spring concert of the University band I COFFEE recently on the campus. West is teaching School CARTLIDGE-SCatEEFFRS : Miss Mary Cartlidge in Anadarko. and Paul E. Scheefers, '33eng, February 17 in Ralph Brand, '33as, formerly of Moore, is prin- Contains Free Oklahoma City . Home, Duncan . cipal of the Paoli consolidated School Six miles Silverware STEVINSON-BUSH: Miss Dorothy Stevinson and north of Pauls Valley . Brand, a Sooner baseball James Edward Bush, '301aw, February 19 . Sigma letterman, is baseball, basketball, track coach and Nu. Home, Flamingo Apartments, Tulsa. history teacher at the Paoli school . Dr. John Pickards, '24M.D ., and Mrs. Marjorie At Your Grocers GWINN-SIGMON : Miss Anna Kiley Gwinn and Mehl Pickard, '24as, arc living in Dubuque, Iowa, R. C. Sigmon, '29pharm, February 12 in Okla- where Dr. Pickards is an ear, nose and throat homa City. Home, Holdenville . specialist at the Be]] View hospital. They formerly SIPES-BOONE: Miss Audray Sipes, '30ex, and lived in Oklahoma City. Distributed by Byron V. Boone, February 17 . Pi Beta Phi . Home, Stewart Meyers, '28as, is assistant manager for Tulsa. the Home Loan Association of New York in Ok- NASH-FINCH COMPANY lahoma City . FRAME-HUI)SON : Miss Ruth Tom Frame, '32ex, Katherine Mehl, '29as, is teaching English and Oklahoma City and Charles Milburn Hudson, '30ex, February 14 Spanish at the Roosevelt junior high School in at Ardmore . Pi Beta Phi-Phi Gacnma Delta. Home, Oklahoma City . McPherson, Kansas. Ruth Meister, '31as, is assistant Society editor of MEREDITH-WFRBER : Miss Margaret Elizabeth the Oltlahoma City Times in Oklahoma City. Meredith, '33ex, and Morse F. Webber, '32ex, Herbert yon Tungeln, '33as, has accepted a February 17. Alpha Chi Omega-Delta Chi . Home, position on the advertising staff of the Blackwell Oklahoma City . Morning Tribune. Maurice Crownover, '27ex, is a candidate for BRIDGE-TOMN: Miss Kathryn Bridge and Mar- reelection to the post of county treasurer in Cleve- ion R. Tomlin, '30ex, recently in Norman. Home. land county . He has Served two terms in that 1003V2 Northwest Twenty-second Street, Okla- position. He is opposed for the office by Ernest J. homa City. Wall, '32ex, also a former Student in the college SWARTZBLOCK: Miss Jeanette Swartz, '33ex, of business administration . Oklahoma LeRoy Heine, '33as, has become advertising and Shelton Block, February 25 in manager for the Anadarko Daily News. City. Home, Houston, Texas. G. E. Meador, '20as, '23M.A., faculty member WILLIS-ROBINSON: Miss Jane Elizabeth Willis, at Oklahoma City University, has two sons at- '32ex, and Dwight Robinson, '25ex, March 3 in tending O. C. U. Sapulpa . Pi Beta Phi-Phi Delta Theta. Home, Glen Mead, '276S, is affiliated with the ac- Tulsa. counting department of the Southwestern Bell Telephone company in Oklahoma City. James Downing, '21pharm, has been elected Births president of the Norman chamber of commerce to scuceed T. Jack Foster, '29ex. Mrs . Faye LeCrone Rigney, '31fa, and Mr . Rig- Charles Ludwig, '33eng, is working with the Great crunchy brown loaves ney, a daughter, Minta Jean, February 22 . Home, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in plot- of bread, yummy pastries and Depew. ting topographic maps of uncharted parts of the delicious cookies to add de- Mrs . Mary Ray Sexton, '20as, and L. H. Sex- State. ton, a daughter, March 5. Home, 538 East lights to your table. Twelfth, Bartlesville . U N I V E R S I T Y Here and There Orville W. Cole, '30M.D ., a lieutenant in the Bake-Rite United Sttaes medical corps, recently was sta- Book Exchange B A K E R Y tioned at San Diego, California. Cole had spent Charles Manager two years in the Orient previous to his transfer C. Miles, to the west coast. He spent one year on the United States possession, the Island of Guan,

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where he was a member of the staff which was the prominent Oklahoma City persons mentioned attempting to better health conditions of the who are Sooner alumni were Margaret Thurman natives. Ralston, '32as, who is right-hand-man in her Edwin Mims, jr ., who was a member of the father's law office ; Rosemary Lamb, '31as, who is Sooners Prefer English department faculty in 1925, is associate working at the bookstore of Mrs. Allen Brooks ; editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Science pub- Betty Lou Dunning, '32as, who is working in the lished at Washington, D. C. Minis recently con- Harbour-Longmire store ; Kaye Replogle, '28as, tributed an article, "German Refugees and Amer- who is working in the office of her father's con- Fruit Julep Gum ican Bureaucrats," to the weekly news magazine, struction company; Nell Marie Berry, '31(x, who Today, which is edited by Raymond Moley, a is working for her father in the printing business ; close friend of President Roosevelt's. and Mary Elizabeth Edwards, '31as, who is doing Louise Green, '32as, Oklahoma City, spent a social welfare work for the government. Mint Julep Gum month (luring February and March in Mexico . Cliff Peery, jr., a graduate of the petroleum She visited many of the cities and places of engineering school in 1933, is employed by the interest . Venezuela Gulf Oil company as junior geologist 5c a Pack "Toss' Tea Table Talk" in the Oltlahorna News, in Venezuela. His address is Venezuela Gulf Oil of Oklahoma City, brings word that "society has company, Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela, South rolled up its sleeves and gone to work ." Among America.

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