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

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img' favs' , it e e ur all g eautuzs fy, ii , 'A' Picked By An Expert ' A ' M i EJ by i Duty 2 ...::.f. e e r ..A --V-., . . 1 Monsieur Pierre Tartoue, sleek Parisian and World- fanious portraitist, smiled when he arrived at Scarabia VVednesday, February 12. This, it will be the great pleasuref, said Monsieur Tartoue, gazing at the eighteen girls from whom he must pick the 1936 Scarab Beauty Queens. Such eyesl Such hair, Such coloringl Ah, they are like the beauties of old France, these exquisite ladies. Pierre knows beauty. Por a score of years he has roamed the world, seeking out feminine charm and catch- ing it, for all time, in oils upon canvas. London knows him, and Shanghai, and New York, and Buenos Aires, and a thousand other places where ladies are fair. ln Wasliiiig- E011 he has painted the grand dames of past administra- tions. In Persia, there sat for him the wife of the Shah, first lady in all Iran. Spain, Germany, India, Russia, Italy, lava, the whole World is his hunting ground and he tramps it continuously, seeking such beauty as should live in oils. But Pierre's day in Scarabia was to present problems. Nlildred Thompson and Kieth Hefley, editor and business manager of The Scarab, had instructed him to rank in order the three most beautiful of the eighteen girls. Por an hour he studied them, then: lt is the impossiblef, he moaned. mlqhey all are so lonely. Six of them I have picked and each is a perfect flowerf, And he indicated Bernice Gatewood, Ruth Hegf gen and Louise VVhite, Kappa Tau Delta, Margaret hlitf chell, l3hi Delta, Sarah lane Stapleton, Phi Phi Phi, and Helen Campbell, Beta Alpha Phi. Six queens, though, were too many. Back went Tar- toue for another hour of judging. He narrowed the field to Nliss VVhite, Miss Nlitchell and Miss Campbell. These threef' said he, uniust come to my studio for, what you call it, the showdown. The party journeyed to his studio in the Huckins Hotel. Pierre produced easel and pencils. Por the entire afternoon he worked with the three, sketching swiftly, studying profiles, posing, photographing. He protested against a final selection but Thompson and Hefley were adamant. Ar last, late in the evening, he announced: First place, Helen Campbell, Beta Alpha Phi, second, Louise Vlfhite, Kappa Tau Delta, third, Margaret Mit- chell, Phi Delta. Significantly, all three of the finalists are brunettes. Of the s.x semi-finalists, five are brunettes. The eighteen candidates, three each from the five campus sororities and from the Barb organization, were Delnioine Clingenpeel, Nlargaret Galyen and Clara Ellison, Alpha Omega, Virginia Hand, Sarah lane Stapleton and Prances Allen, Phi Phi Phi, Margaret Mitchell, Ellen Stewart and Charline Phillips, Phi Delta, Ruth Heggen, Bernice Gatewood and Louise Wliite, Kappa Tau Delta, Helen Campbell, Stella Wliite Owen and Ieanne Frances Hoggard, Beta Alpha Phi, and Maurine McKnight, Indy Holloway and Geraldine Shaw, Barbs. s ZW. Pierre Tnrloue C io j 'tl

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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.

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