Oklahoma City University - Keshena Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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rustees Control 0. C. U. Qs estiny i' Forty-one Members Compose Board by Hi Duty Complete control of all Scarabian affairs is vested in the Oklahoma City University Board of Trustees. Forty- one men meet quarterly to decide O. C. U. problems and to delegate duties. They are elected for three-year terms. One-third of the trustees are chosen by the Oklahoma Methodist Conference, and one-third by the state con- ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. This two-thirds of the board then elects the remainder from among the business men of Oklahoma City. Dr. A. G. Williamson, president of Scarabia, is a mem- ber and a former president of the trustees. Other members follow : R. Benzel, president of the board, is vice-president and Oklahoma City manager of the Southwestern Bell Telephone company. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church and attends Saint Ioseplfs Cathedal, Oklahoma City. S. H. Babcock is presiding elder of the McAlester District for the Methodist Episcopal church, South. V. V. Harris, prominent investment expert and brok- er, is a member of St. Lukels M. E. church, South, Okla- homa City. Rev. M. L. Simpson, pastor of Wesley Methodist church, Oklahoma City, is a Scarabian alumnus. The Southwestern area bishops of the two Methodist churches are members of the board. They are Bishop C. E. Mead, Kansas City, Missouri, representing the M, E. churchg and Bishop A. Frank Smith, Houston, Texas, rep- resenting the South church. lohn Abernathy, presiding elder of the Oklahoma City district for the South church, is an honorary alumnus of O. C. U., having received a degree from this school. l. W. Armstrong is presiding elder of the Chickasha district for the hd, E. church, South. Newton Avey is an Oklahoma City insurance man and a member of St. Paulls Episcopal church. Tom Baugh, Oklahoma City clothing merchant, is a member of St. Luke's church. Virgil Browne is president of the Oklahoma Coca Cola Bottling company and attends the Oklahoma City First Presbyterian church. M. M. Gibbens, another Scarabian alumnus, is a prominent local attorney and attends Wesley M. E. church. G. Green is educational director of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric company and attends Wesley church. C75 Doctor Green is a former president of Oklahoma City University. C. F. Heidbrink, president of the New State Laundry, Oklahoma City, also attends Wesley church. Victor Harlow, Ir., who graduated from O. C. U., is associated with the Harlow Publishing company, Oklahoma City. He is a member of the Unitarian church. H. G. Hatfield, president of the Oklahoma Coffee company, belongs to Pilgrim Congregational church, Okla- homa City. Forney Hutchinson, former Oklahoma City pastor, now fills the pulpit of Boston Avenue M. E. church, South, at Tulsa. I. R. Holmes, superintendent of the Muskogee Pub- lic Schools, attends the First M. E. church, South, in that city. S. K. lngham is president of thc Ingham Lumber company of Glendale, Oregon, and attends the First M. E. church, Oklahoma City. Edith Iohnson conducts Edith Iohnson's Column for the Daily Oklahoman and attends St. Paul's Episcopal church, Oklahoma City. I. Henry Iohnson, Oklahoma City insurance man, is a member of First Presbyterian church. W. R. Iohnson of Blackwell is district superintendent of the Enid district, Methodist Episcopal church. I. L. LaGrone is district superintendent of the El Reno district, Methodist Episcopal church. Carl Magee, former newspaper editor and lawyer, is president of the Park-O-Meter corporation, with head- quarters in Oklahoma City. He attends First Methodist Episcopal church. C. S. McCreight, local insurance man, is a member of Wesley INT. E. church. George MacDonald is pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Tulsa. R. E. L. Morgan is pastor of the First M. E. church, South, at Shawnee. G. A. Nichols, former president of the board, is a prominent Oklahoma City realtor and belongs to St. Luke's M. E. church, South. S. S. Orwig, Wewoka attorney, is a member of the First Nlethodist Episcopal church, South, in that city. Moss Patterson is president of the Oklahoma Trans- portation company, an aviation enthusiast, and a member of Grace M. E. church, Oklahoma City. Q fContinued on page 1185

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0 UIUQI' by i oty Each time we really look at our college tower, there conies 11 prayer that God will speed the men who planned the campus and buildings of Scarabia. During the day this graceful turret is a landmark which may be seen for miles and miles in each direction, Ar night, with soft, white clouds far behind it, and enough of a moon to make it slightly luminous, our tower is tall and strong, yet slender spires, delicate even in hard stone, erase any hint of severity. Some nights there is a light high in the tower and its windows are gold. Students and friends come out into the darkness to look for the light, and if it isvthere they rejoice, for O. C. U. has won victory upon the athletic field. This is the victory signal. The Fine Arts building, with its rich Gothic exterior, is a noble setting for that tall jewel. No other school in the Southwest can point to such stately piles and say, We started from this. These are our first buildings. Nlay every hall that lines our quad of the future match the classic examples of our first two buildings. THE LIGHT IN THE TUWER A SONNET High in the sky a glimmer' of white fire pierces the darkness with a silent shout Of triumph-and a dismal shadowed pyro Of faithlessness, disloyalty, and douht Is gone, and in a hundred watching eyes Shines pride. There is a husky, halting voice, God llless the old school. Call it a snr- prise- We knew shell winf' Even the stars re- joiceg Their flame is whiter for the men who fought A hattleifor the old school. May she gain Always such victories as this night has hroughtg Let not the evening watcher seek in vain. Dark is the sky and desolate the night Which brings no shining slim, white shaft of light. -Hi Doty.