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

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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

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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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FACULTY as-it-.1 Hayes Tibbetts Lloyd Meador Sensabaugh Marable Swartz Hanna P. W. SWARTZ, Professor of Economics mm' Business Alan- uger of the University. A. B. and A. M., Oklahoma University. Arrived in Oklahoma from his native Kansas in 1898 . . . attended Central State Teachers College and taught school inter- mittantly until graduation in 1907 . . . lettered in football, baseball, tennis and track . . . captain of first Broncho foot- ball team, 1903 . . . transferred to O. U., 1909, and played varsity end and lettered in tennis for the Sooners . . . coached football and taught Latin and history at Fair- view, Purcell and Lindsay, IQIO-I7 . . . banker at Lindsay from I92O-24 . . . credited with doing more than any other person to steer Oklahoma City University through the depression, by installing a cash basis operation. BLANCHE HANNA, Instructor in French. Ph. B., University of Chicago, M. A., University of Wiscoiisin. Native of the Hoosier state where she taught in the public schools of several lndiana cities . . . once head of modern language department in lndianapolis high- school, later transferring to Chicago . . . joined Central highschool staff, Oklahoma City before coming to Scarabia . . . has major credits in Latin, French, and Span- ish . . . two summers of study in University of Mexico . . one at University of Grenoble, France . . . another in Hess Brooks Spain at University of Nladrid . . . gives walking, golfing, and reading as favorite diversions. Iixcoia CARPENTER HliSS, Professor of Modern Languages. A. B., Franklin and Marshall College, A. M., Penn- sylvania State College. Spent early life on Pennsylvania farm and taught French and German in secondary schools of the state . . . went to France as interpreter for American army in 1917 . . . later was in charge of the I58fl1 Infantry Brigade Message center Muse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, and Verdun fronts . . . remained on continent as language in- structor for 79th division training schools after war . . . assistant professor of foreign languages at Oklahoma City University, 1922-27 and since head of the department . . . played college football and still takes pride in hiking, swimming, tennis, and golfing prowess. IE.-KN IARR1i'1 1' BROOKS, Professor of English. A. B., Mciiiiit Holyoke College, A. hd., University of Oklahoma. One of Oklahonia's foremost lecturers on subjects pertaining to literature, aft criticism, and book re- views . . . specializes in the evaluation of recent books . . . author of 'AA Cuide to Painters and F'aintings,y' published, 1931, by Colonial Art Company, which has had a national sale . . . been at O. C. U. since 1922. 000000 C175