University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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assembly hall. We do not even care to take our friends there and if we all speaking intelligently, as well as effect- AMS fi 5, 'Il decided to go at once without our friends, half of us would have to suffer disappointment. The auditorium would be a great benefit to the School of Fine Arts and the building 'should furnish class room and studios for that school. A beautiful Gothic chapel would seem to be in harmony with the general plan. Let us hope that it will soon be erected. University certainly needs a The larger and additional building devoted to the work in science. The great in- crease in the number of students inter- ested in scientific study demands addi- tional facilities at the earliest possible moment. The need for this building is perhaps greater than for an auditorium. Even if we had these two buildings I should still say that the University's great need is more room, but this would be room to take care of the prospective students of the near future. .ii Public Speaking By Burton F. Tanner, Assistant Professor ofPublic Speaking RESENT necessity de- mands instruction, in the art and science of pub- ' lic speaking, for at no time in the history of the world has earnest- ness upon the platform I I been in such demand. ALMK The increased .intelli- gence of the people, brought about by the modern inventions, the telephone, the Itelegraph, and the up-to-the-minute newspaper, puts the public speaker to a greater disadvantage than ever before. Today a man who addresses the public cannot depend upon mere words or ar- gument to carry him through. He must have intelligence tonyback him up. The University of Oklahoma has r:,, I I, anime u' ' ' f vw II was ' sought to supply this need by establish-' ing a department of public speaking in which students are trained in the art of ively. The work in this department counts toward a bache1or's degree, as does the work in the other departments of the University. Besides giving instruction in public speaking, this department also conducts the preparation of the University debat- ing teams. This has been the means of supplying an effective method for coach- ing the teams which represent the Uni- versity in inter-collegiate debates, as a man especially prepared in the forensic art can do the latter work and also con- duct the courses of study in the depart- ment of public speaking. .l- Young Men's Christian Association By E. K. Wilclxcr, General Secretary Y. M. C. A. W HE YOUNG MEN'S Christian Association at 1 the University of Okla- ' homa is the only reli- gious influence among the men in the Univer- sity. It is organized with the usual officers, all of which are held by students. A general secretary is employed by the advisory committee. This committee is the ulti- mate basis of the local organization. It directs the organization in a broad way, allowing the student officers to attend to the working of the association under the direction of the general secretary. The association stimulates the reli- gious life of the students in a number of ways. A Bible study committee pro- motes Y. M. C. A. Bible classes in the Sunday schools of the city and group classes in the houses where the students live. The social service committee pro- motes social study classes and enlists students in the active work of social service. Mission study classes are or.- ganized by the mission study commit- 4 'gp .'.- z z .. mug ' 37 . I 0' f x A 1' i f . I . ix 1 I , E -rm V I 4 4 . , . 3' -:al 4 Q Fw-mf-wt.-1.11 , Y- 3. .mit -N I.,fl1 1gJ ' ! S A I i YE 1 3 i .J :CI l 4 '- -Elf. 'Z F-I I , QEIMQIIIII I -if f knife ' 1- .gf I '5 4 M- ' I x T51 f , ' . jf ' ' H , 5. . ' 7 ,rain Whitt! iiiiliftti' M5 e' -bg lug Mmuxliiz- ,mid iiwig ?..IVIIyIl .Imp .173 12.3 Es V , kysly, , - I,I, IW I I, . in weifi . 4 I I , I Ii .. X .I- U- .J.,Z-,gig i V' A ' i' '-N ' f 1 :iff -Wlitei. i'

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.,......-.-it-V ' O xr it f - '5 Quan: gi iv ' '7'Lf1.f fl f 1' 'V :xii -Ea ' 7'nf'53vQ' -.P f f' ' ' ' -. .-:mal 1. I x ,M 1 iff 4 fr ,, 1 7, ,1- women as for men. Athletics for women have or should have a diiferent purpose from those for men. Women should go in for athletics for the good fun there is in themg for the pure joy of playing. Because women can not and do not care to go into athletics as strenuously as men is no reason why they should not indulge in them in a way-suited to their strength. Women will -gradually get away from the idea that they have to use men's athletics and adopt sports better suited to their ability and needs. Athletics for women scorn the spirit of win at any cost and stand only for fair play. While girls are playing they are learning the spirit of unsellishness and loyalty to the teamg learning to give and take and learning to smile in the face of defeat. It takes the finest kind of independence and courage to be just, to be square, when a little unseen un- fair play might win the game and put the score in her favor. These qualities are just as essential in the education of girl as of the boy. Athletics tend to develop imagination, concentration, obe- dience, will power and self control. It is the girl who can play up and play the game that makes the best citizen and the best companion. The same qual- ities that make for success on the 2 J. Ji J ,: l ix hockey Field, the tennis court or in bas- k' .t xtkj ket ball make for success in life and the ,u L a x girl who has acquired them in the gym- '.g,gm. ' nasium or better still out on the ath- ' Q75- X35 .1 letic Field has acquired something of in- -,wq mg estimable value. -1- VL .fer-'f f fjist I -, Our Greatest Need f 1 2-,li By '2,.'.1':1:37p,'3::5iff:,g:f .5 .f--'- ' 5' -.3 n . af f xi a VZ! ' .y. l -1 HE GREATEST need of 'I - ' A . . W the University of Okla- M Q l. 331 ' homa is to have its needs ,314 , T' 5 a n d possibilities, i t s we 1' ' , ' ff - ' Q 55 M ,7 g achievements a n d 1 t s F, E:?QR?g- A shortcomings, known by -,Q the people of the state. I 2 - In the last analysis it is V limi- Ewa H QAEff .! . M local pride,closely bound iam' ii 7 ' ' i t ' 36 up with social and economic interests that stirs most human beings to effec tive action in the direction of better- ment. When the people of this state know' the pressing needs of our vigorous, growing University, they will do their utmost to supply those needsg they will no more be satisfied with poor and inadequate equipment on this campus than they would be to have their own children go dressed in rags and tatters. What the University Needs Most By Ray cmfnger, Professor afEnglish Hiazory ' A RIENDS of the Univer- sity of Oklahoma have I 1 often in the past felt the lf necessity of apologizing l' for certain conditions here due to the newness .,., . .... M., 1 of Oklahoma and its University. Time has 23 7' brought about marked improvement and the State and the University are now so much better de- veloped that apologies are no longer necessary except in one respect. The University needs room. It needs now at least two new buildings. Nine hun- dred students today occupy a space little larger than that occupied by six hundred in 1907. Of course, the present Administration Hall is a much better building than its predecessorg the present Engineering building is not to be compared with the wooden shops of 19075 and the Univer- sity equipment, in Science Hall and Library is better in every wayg but the student of today has but two -square feet of floor space or desk room where the student of 1907 had three. R The University needs a building con- taining a suitable auditorium. No one can feel any satisfaction in greeting a distinguished visitor in our present Q is 1 V A . . Mig' ff.. , M, , fr ' ,, , af K 1. t ,-.,, 2,45 , . ni ' 'all-' 'V 'P Q54-I ' , Tl-1 A A., 4 .-1.2 .f .V . , -,.. 'rftgit ws' 1- we ' 333241 L- tg, ,?f,vsl jux- E1. 1E'i'H T-lif 'i'?1 ', -' ,ts-If :JJ t P5 6. 5 to h ' ft I 4 i l ,F ff , . f 3 : ? ..

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L, ,-flmgfvsgfv 1. , . , tee. The purpose of the church rela- 3 J tions committee is to recruit for the N ' church by encouraging students to align QOONE 1 x- .- ,. , ,,f', , f' - me ty bi Q ,p My ixX,,1 'f , .. Q-4.4,--f . 1 wif sz-- , -- vfifwiif fi' fini.: i ,ps ifpulrifl- lliiaiiit , Q1 1 ,fi - W 'fl 57512 is hifi? U ' U? if Fv-- .-1 51 we - . .. '1 fig 'Fifa Q57 J -Fr' themselves with one of the, Norman churches. Weekday and Sunday meet' ings of a non-sectarian nature are con- ducted by the religious meetings com- mittee. The association plies all its activities for the purpose of influencing men to accept Christ as a personal Saviour. ..-i ii Student Government TUDENT government at the University of Okla- homa is one year old this spring, and during its one year of existence has made good progress toward gaining complete control of student af- fairs. The student body has not yet become accustomed to hav- ing its affairs regulated by the student council, as this authority has so long rested with those in control of the Uni- versity, but it is gradually coming to see that student control is much more satisfactory than faculty supervision of student affairs. The executive power of the Student Association is vested in the student council, at the head of which is a presi- dent, elected annually by the whole stu- dent body. This council carries out its duties as outlined in the constitution of the association, and brings to a vote those questions upon which the council is not permitted to decide. The necessity for enlarging the pow- ers of the council has already made itself evident because of the numerous unimportant matters which the council cannot decide for itself. Frequent elec- tions upon questions of little interest will bring the association to give the council more power to act in cases when the question before it is not specifically provided for in the constitution. J? J ri is T l' 4 2 H n ,-IU i F' g W'ha,t a stoner, Should Be SOONER should nearly as possible, the University ties demand, what 1' alumni will approve it the student body port. It reaches every: high school in the state with the compliments' 1 tne university, and the valuable ad- vertising it does in this way makes it necessary that it meet the requirements. of those who' send it. ' To the alumnus the book should be a reiiection of his own college life and cause him to live again those days in which were formed the' ties between him and his Alma Materg to the student it should recall the best there has been in the passing year and serve as a his-' tory of its most important events: to the high school pupils and to all others who chance to examine it, it should give a definite and correct impression of the University and of University life. A Sooner should be exactly what the class publishing it can afford. It should represent neither late hours and ne- glected lessons nor financial embarrass- ment for a part or all of the classy but it should represent the bestefforts, for a reasonable time of every member, and the financial support of the entire school and the alumni. As a literary produc- tion it should be the best the school is capable of putting out, and in attempt- ing to amuse vent should not be given to personal dislikesf Care should be 1 ll l f iliiiiii Ny, iii ' ,Q 4 ,g i :lf taken not to injure innocent parties, but where conditions are such that a jolt from the pen of the joke editor may bet- ter them, let him spare neither words or cartoons. Above all a Sooner should., be a real Sooner, not a Badger or a Cactus. It the sturdy spirit of the renned by the spirit of culture for our University stands. , M , . 4, 38 1 -'i ,. rf -35,1 1.1 ,sa- f -111,1 Qi i. i ei.l 4 ff. r 'wk 'rf' -5 --HW V. ,. . .V+ f 46, 4 , . M Usd E ,, U 1 . ir? WH if Q J auvmmurhmix