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

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I FACULT Y 'W' Es -fm Iones Castlebcrry Brous Atkinson Thornton Davis Maxwell Wortham Owens Frizzell L. A. IONIES, Registrar, Professor of Pfrilosophy and Re- figions Edzrcotion. T. B., Boston University. Career has been divided between teaching and the ministry . . . served as Creek and Latin instructor in academies in Utah, 1910-16. Ioined the Nebraska conference of the Ivfethodist church, IQI7. Registrar at O. C. U. since IQ24 . . . frequently travels about the state in the interest of the university . . . is a popular lecturer at conventions, Y. roundups, etc. E. M. CAS'l'I.EBEllliY, Associate Professor of History and Political Science. A. B. and A. M., University of Oklahoma. Taught rural schools in native Alabama, and served as principal and superintendent in several cities of Oklahoma before beginning O. C. U. service in 1922 . . . is faculty's only real dirt farmer, having two farms near Edmond . . . commutes daily. B. C. BROLIS, Professor of Chemistry and Physics. A. B., B. S., and A. M., University of Missouri . . . faculty superintendent in charge of grounds and buildings . . . chairman of the athletic committee . . . fourteen years a faculty member. W. P. A'rR1NsoN, Professor of lourrzalism. A. B., Texas Universit f. Be an rofessional career as 14 r v ' xv 5 g P ' rinters devil o11 Texas rural weekl when nine ears P Y Y C155 of age and has held every mechanical job from shop foreman down . . . spectacularly successful as advertising manager of college paper while at T. C. U .... came to Oklahoma City in 1929 to manage branch office of Star Publishing Co., which specializes in church papers . . . with O. C. U. since Septenber, 1934 . . . varsity tennis player in college, and this sport still is favorite recreation. Howxao Tnoasnox, Assistrmt Professor of Ioorrmlisro. A. B., Oklahoma City University. Director of Pub- lic Relations . . . born in Vancouver, British Columbia . . . spent childhood in half a dozen states of Pacific North- west . . . only Scarabian ever to hold both Campus editor- ship and presidency of Student Council . . . appointed Public Relations director on graduation last year with full charge of university publicity . . . frequently broadcasts talks and announcements for O. C. U. over downtown radio stations . . . has a phenomenal memory for facts and figures and can recall at random the telephone numbers of more than a hundred students. GRACE NORRIS DAVIS, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages. A. B. and A. bl., Oklahoma University. Teaches Spanish . . . taught language and worked as Y. W. C. A. SCCI'CIflI'y before coming to Oklahoma City . . . sponsors the Pan-American club . . . named on state board of edu- cation by Governor E. W. Marlziiicl last year. -'S

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4 A ., - - - 0 Adnunzstratwn 9 1 .if 'A' Our Elders And, Presumably, Betters A A by aul ennett lDl:.'.NI FRIED A, REP1 oc31.12, Dean of Liberal Arr.: College. Professor of Riley chair of Philosophy and Religious lfrluration. A. B., hdanchester Collegeg A. bl. North- western University, candi- date for Ph. D., Northwest- ern University, at end of 1936 summer term. l-las had ten years experience as grade and highschool prin- .F cipal, vocational adviser, and administrative assistant in public schools in lndiana, lllinois, and hflichigan . . . dean, registrar, and profes- sor of education and psy- chology four years at lVlcPherson College, Mc- Pherson, Kansas, 1931-35 . . . former President of Kan- sas Association of College Registrars . . . has delivered hundreds of lectures on prob- lems of vocational guidance before highschools, league conventions, and Y. Nl. C. A. roundups . . . author of three volumes and more than 2oo syndicated articles on this subject. lDli.'XN LEN.x li. lXl1s12N1211, Dean of Womcfz. Assistant Professor of English. A. B., hfloninouth College, bl. A., University of Oklahoma .... Taught in l'lll'Lll and highschools of lllinois until 1917 . . . served on fac- qlql ulties at El Reno, Sayre, and A lii'l Eldorado, Oklahoma, before P' . is comin to O. C. U .... has at- 9 V E' tendedg ten summer sessions at it, Chicago University and four at .. ',' A Wisconsiii . . . on faculty of QB P University of Tours in sum- L .,, mers of 1934435 . . . received ii' ' - dedication of 1935 Scarab . . . ' has had articles published in L'Oklahoma Teacherf' Central Christian Advocate, and 'REP- worth l-leroldw . . . has been Dean of Women since 1923 . . . collects pictures and grows flowers . . . motoring, movies, reading, and music are odd-moment diversions. 0 DEAN C1.1NToN M. ALLEN, Dean of the Evening School. Professor of Psychology and Education. A. B., Uni- versity of Oklahoma, M. A., Ph. D., Columbia Univer- sity. Began teaching career in rural schools of Logan county 1 ' during territorial days and in- termittently attended Central State Teachers College . . . once managed lumber yard and hardware store . . . came to Oklahoma City schools in 1907 . . . left teaching to serve as Y. M. C. A. secretary in army camps during Wo1'ltl War . . . education and psy- chology professor at O. C. U. since 1922 . . . in demand throughout state as lecturer on educational subjects com- mencement addresses, etc .... horseback riding and car- pentering are favorite pastimes . . . came to Oklahoma at the time of the l'run when only a small boy to drive horses for a friend . . . can tell of some very interesting experiences of this time in the history of Oklahoma . . . has built O. C. U.'s evening college to an equality with any in the state. DEAN FRANK G. Blzooiis, Dean of Men. Professor of Biology. and Geology B. S., Allegheny College, A. hd., University of Oklahoma, Sc. D., Johns Hopkins University. Came to O. C. U. in 1920 and has built the premedic department into parity with any in the south- west . . . founded international biological fraternity, Beta Beta Beta, on campus here in 1922 . . . is editor of Bios, interna- tionally known publication of Tri Beta . . . past president of Oklahoma Academy of Science . . . biography in American bleu of Science, . . . has pub- lished more than fifty reviews of books on scientific subjects in past years . . . was one of five founders of Delta Psi Omega social fraternity, November 20, 1920. C145

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ROY D. IVIAXWELL, Associate Professor of Chemistry. A. B., Oklahoma City University, M. S. and Ph. D., University of lowa. Faculty member of Phi Chi Phi fra- ternity . . . chairman of faculty assembly program com- mittee . . . faculty advisor of Blue Key. RUBY ALLEN Woiritnaixi, Instructor in Biology. A. B., Oklahoma City University Q193oQg M. A., University of Michigan. Faculty member of Phi Delta sorority . . . sponsor of Beta Beta Beta, and co-sponsor of Cardinal Key and Lady Bugs . . . has spent two summers at Micliigan working on doctor's degree. - .il- LEE OWENS, Professor of History and Political Science. A. B., Richmond Collegeg Ph. D., Iohns Hopkins Uni- versity. Former dean of the present University of Tampa . . . held chair of history and political science at Blue Moiiiitaiii College in Mississippi until coming here in Ian- uary, 1936 to succeed Dr. Leon F. Sensabaugh . . . left teaching in 1916 to enter regular army chaplain service after receiving Bachelor of Divinity degree from Rochester Theological Seminary . . . received Purple Heart and Silver Star awards from secretary of war for gallantry under fire . . . member of Tennessee bar . . . later years spent largely in historical research and is author of t'The Earlier Diplomatic History of the United States in Mat- ters Relating to Religionl' . . . at present is working on a volume, K'Religions of American Presidents. -l. ,i MILDRED Aimouiz Fiuzzuit, Instructor in Geology. B. S., Oklahoma City University, M. A., University of Oklahoma. Faculty member of Kappa Tau Delta . . . Tri Epsilon, theological sorority for women . . . associate member of Sigma Z1 . . . Oklahoma City Geological So- ciety, Tri Beta, and the American Association of Petro- leum Geologists . . . joined O. C. U. faculty in 1928. IAMES HAYES, Professor of English. A. B. and A. M., Harvard University. Came to Oklahoma City University to head English department in 1932 after nineteen years on the faculty of lVlorn1ngs.de College, Sioux City, lowa . . . is Goldbug tenn.s mentor . . . in constant demand as speaker and entertainer before all kinds of gatherings . . . excels in everything from dignified lecture to buffoonery . . . one of the busiest faculty members but finds time to sponsor Ostrakon, lit- erary club, and Kappa Phi, social fraternity . . . chief hobby is the manufacture and operation of puppet shows which are recognized as most elaborate in state . . . articles on subject have brought him ranking among the nation's number one puppeteers. . F. L. TIBBI'l fS, Professor of Education. A. B. and A. M., Oklahoma University, Ed. D., ...i . V Leland Stanford University. Born at Crescent four years after the opening of the Oklahoma Territory . . . Dr. Tib- bitts has been identified with Oklahoma education ever since . . . head of the department of education, Tulsa University, 1924-30, dean of Yuba County Iunior College, Mayesville, California, 1930-32 . . . dean of Okmulgee Iunior College, 1932-34 . . . recognized as an authority on state school law and administration . . . author of sev- eral books and many magazine articles on educational methods, some of which have appeared in the nation's professional journals . . . Phi Beta Kappa . . . and faculty sponsor of Theta Kappa Nu fraternity. E. L. LLOYD, Professor of Education, Psychology, and Re- ligious Education. A. B., Vanderbilt University, M. A., Northwestern University. Before coming to O. C. U. in 1931 he served as pastor of several charges in the Texas conference of Southern Methodist Church . . . educational director for Fort Worth Methodist Church, 1923-26 . . . faculty man- ager of University employment bureau which annually finds jobs for more than 100 students . . . in charge of preliminary publicity for Silver Iubilee 351,000,000 endow- ment drive. L. F. SENSABAUC-H, Professor of History. A. B. and A. M., Vanderbilt University, Ph. D., Iohns Hopkins University. Attended Oklahoma City University, 1919-22 where he played varsity baseball and basketball . . . faculty of Birmingham Southern Univer- sity, 1928-29 and returned there at first of last semester . . . Phi Beta Kappa at Vanderbilt. G. E. MEADOR, Professor of Mathematics. A. B. and A. M., University of Oklahoma. Phi Beta Kappa and president of Freshman and Senior classes dur- ing college days at O. U .... first teaching job was in rural district of Cleveland county . . . taught high school in Nor- man, Chickasha, Seminole and Boswell before coming to Scarabia . . . last two places as superintendent . . . former- ly head of the mathematics department of University High School, Norman . . . at O. C. U. since I923 . . . known as an authority on trigonometry . . . gardening, tennis, and hunting constitute pastimes . . . lectures inter- estingly on philosophy of mathematics. MARY HAYS INIARABLE, University Librarian. A. B. Oklahoma City University, B. S., in Library Science, University of Illinois. Engaged by Carnegie Library and Oklahoma City Library Commission, 1910-29 . . . city authority on current books and fiction trends . . . reviews frequently appear in Sunday Oklahoman and Publishers Weekly . . . at present is writing a book on Oklahoma authors. C155