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

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We Iledicate 0ur Searab to - A ,,,, , il Rf ix 'A' 1' President A. G. Williancson

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V able of ontents SCARAB QUEEN ..,. ,7.7,,,77,7,,,7,7 . .. Page DEDICATION, By Hi Doty ,7,,77 Page INTRODUCTION ,77,7,,7,77,7777,A,...v,..,...Vv,,.,, . Page BOARD OF TRUSTEES, By Hi Doty . .. Page AIJNIINISTRATION BUILDING D,D,....D,......I ,,,,,,,,,, P age BEAUTY QUEENS ,,,U ,I,,,..,,,.,,,.,, . .. ,,,D Page FACULTY, By Paul Bennett ,,,,., .,., ,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,, P a g C STUDENT PUBLICATIONS, By Norman Glass. ,,,,E .. THE SOUL OF AN ARTIST, By Frank Collins ,,,,EE OUR INTELLIGENCE TEST, By Pbil Dessaaer ,,I..... STUDENT ADXIINISTIQATION, By Bob Meneb ,,EU REEORAIATION OF EARL CASTLE, By Frank Collins Page Page Page Page Page SENIOR CLASS, By Eleanor Looney . . .,,,, . ,,,,,,,.,,,L, Page FINE ARTS FACULTY, By Patil Bennett . oo,,,,,,,o,,,,oo Page MALE QUARTET, By Virginia Estes ,,,o I....o,... P age SIGMA ALPHA IOTA, By Virginia Estes .. .i,...,,,E Page I ,,,,,,LL.., Page PIANO CLUB, By Virginia Estes ,,.,,,o COLLEGE PLAYERS, By Virginia Estes . .......o., .Page FOOTBALL QUEEN ...., ..,U.U...,eo ,,,,,sooo,o ..,.,,,.,,o P a g e ATHLETICS, By Stanley Pate ,,o,, ........., P age HO CLUB, By Virginia Estes ,,,,,,, ...Page LADYBUGS, By Virginia Estes ,,,,,,,,, .........,, P age YELL-O-IACRETS, By Virginia Estes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, Page THE I-IOAIECOAIING PARADE Qfeatare pictaresj Page A SECOND CHANCE, By Frank Collins ,,,,,,,. ,,,..t....s P age AROUND THE CIAMPIIS Qfeatare pictaresj ,,,,,....... Page MAGNA CUM LAUDI2 ,,,.. , ,....... .....,,.,,, ,L,,.,,,,, Page MOST RESPECTED SENIORS ...... ..........Page ISIS AND OSIRIS so,,L,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,t,t,t,,t, P age IUNIOR CLASS, By Norman Glass .. ....Pagc RON OHRO INES ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,, tttt,t,t P a ge ROYIXI. RANT, By Hi Doty ,,,, ,,,,,, . . Page Two BY TWO Qfeature pictaresj ..,.,...,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Page SOI-HOAIORE CLASS, By Margaret Mitchell.. ,,,,o,oo Page BUCHANAN NAMED MOST CHARMING, By Virginia Estes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, . NEW BOOKS POR SALE, By Marion Bacbanan ,.... HOUR IOHNH, By Kennetlv Woodard . .. RAVINGS OF A STAFF PHOTOG, By Emory Orton IT'S ALL IN FUN, FOLRS, By Phil Dess aaer ,,,voo, . .. FROM QUEEN TO STAGE HANDS Cfeatare pictaresj BEHIND THE SCENES, By Orville Sherman ,,,,,oo,o, . Page Page Page Page Page Page Page UBEAR RICEn, By Hi Doty ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,, . ,,.,, t,,,, P age FRESHMAN CLASS, By Harry Roberts ,,,,, ..,.,.,,.. P age FRESHAIAN QUEEN ,,,,,I........,.,,,,,,,...,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.... Page THE BEST ON UTHI2 CANIPUSH, By Norman Glass Page MTHE GREERS , By Mary Virginia Elliott ,,,,,,,,,... Page AN ELECTION DAY AT O. C. U., By Virginia Estes ,,,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,..I......,....,.s....,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,., Page A YEAR OF EXTRA-CURRICULARS, By Virginia Estes ,,,I....,.,,,.,..I.......,......,,,,,,,,,,,,,............... Page FROSH-SOPH FIGHT ffeatare piotaresj ,,,,,, .....,.,,, P age FINE ARTS BUILDING .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, P age RICE I-IOUSE RATS, By Wally Dietz eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Page EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY ffeatare pictaresj Page PUIILICITY HOUNDS, By Nell McGibony eeeeeeeeeeeee Page ELECTION STOOGE, By Virginia Estes ,,I,,....t,,,,,,,,,, Page MORE MENTALITY QUESTIONS, By Gas Bradford Page THE GOLD BRICK, By Stanley Pate ,,,, ,,,.,,,,s,,,..... P age KNOCKING THE CELEBRITIES, By Harry Roberts Page THE WAY THEY'D DO IT, By Pbil D essa aer ,,L,.,. Page THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE, By Hi Doty ee,...........weeV Page PICTORIAL I-IISTORY OF O. C. U. ............................ Page GENIUS BUDS AT SCARABIA, By Ostraleon Society Page 91 93 94 94 95 96 97 109 110 111 112 U3 H4 H5 II6 U7 118 U9 120 121 I23 126 I27 I28 I29 I29 131 I32 132 '33 135 C35

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or onesty, Sincerity, ourag at And Because His is a Capable Hand by Hi nary We, the junior and senior classes of Oklahoma City University, dedicate the 1936 Silver Anniversary Scarab, to Dr. A. G. Williamson, president and alumnus of Scarabia. ln so doing, we also dedicate this book to honesty, sin- cerity, zeal and courage, qualities which are inherent in this man who is our leader. Coming to O. C. U. in an hour of blackness and de- spair, Dr. A. G. Williamson set steadfastly to the task of rebuilding faith in this institution. First, by means of an enthusiasm which produces re- sults, he made us to believe in him, the man. Then, feel- ing his way skillfully until he was master of the situation, he made us to believe again in our university and its destiny. We saw his sure hand upon the helm and we have grown to trust in him. We have not been dis- appointed. But it is not enough for him to be our protector and our provider. I-le is also our friend and counsellor, ready at a word or a sign to sit with us, advising and suggesting. Though called from the pastorate of a great church to a more difficult task, he is still the minister of Christ, eager to share with each of us the loads which are ours to bear. It does not matter that he has the greatest load of all. Today he is setting out upon a financial campaign which will lift Oklahoma City University from the slough of the depression. The goal is 3I,500,000. Those debts which for years have choked us will be paid. The size of the university will be doubled. An endowment fund will be established. A high goal has been set and this man who is our leader, yet our companion, will reach it. ln September, 1912, A. G. Williamson, freshman, en- rolled in Oklahoma Methodist University at Guthrie, which later was to be moved to Oklahoma City and event- ually become Oklahoma City University. Frosh William- son was preparing himself for the ministry, and before long he was, in addition to his school work, filling the Meth- odist pastorate at Cashion, Oklahoma. Frosh Williamson had little time to dabble in extra- curricular activities, what with staying on the scholastic honor roll and working his way through school on the slim salary of a Methodist preacher, and what he could earn on odd jobs about the campus. Nevertheless, his college-mates knew what kind of timber was there, for in ,1 5 he served as president of the Student Council, and in '16 was president of the senior class. There was a girl attending O. M. U.-the girl- Dencie Stewart by name, and when, in the fall of '16, O. C55 M. U.'s senior president moved to Boston University, she went along as Mrs. A. O. Williamson. At Boston the young student minister acquired an S. T. B. QBachelor of Sacred Theologyj to add to his A. B. During this year of devout study he filled the pastorate of the Hudson, Massachusetts, Methodist Episcopal church. Next year the young preacher was back in Oklahoma. Although this was his first year out of theological school, he was so highly regarded that he was assigned to the M. E. charge at Shawnee, 1111 important pastorate. For three years he filled this pulpit so ably that his next move was to Blackwell, a still more important church. After two years at Blackwell, Reverend Williamson was made superintendent of the Oklahoma City district, one of the youngest men to hold such a position in the history of state Methodism. His alma mater had watched the rapid rise of this young man and in the spring of 1925 he came back to O.C.U. to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity. Another step up the ladder came in 1926 when Wil- liamson moved to Kansas City, Missouri, to take over the powerful lndependence Avenue M. E. church in that city. Here he stayed for two years before moving to Salina, Kansas, a strong center of Methodism in the Iayhawker state. Here is located Kansas Wesleyan College and the Salina pastor cooperated closely with the college officials in their work. It is possible that this association is largely re- sponsible for his insight into the affairs of college admin- istration, since Kansas Wesleyan is confronted with much the same problems wl1icl1 face O. C. U. VVilliamson came to Wesley M. E. church, Oklahoma City, after four years at Salina. There has always been a close relationship between Wesley and Scarabia. Dur- ing the 1932-33 school year, he was elected to the Uni- versity Board of Trustees, as one of the member represen- tatives of the Oklahoma conference, The following year he was elected president of the Board of Trustees and chairman of its executive council. Dr. Walter Scott Athearn, founder of the Boston Uni- versity school of religious education, was elected by the trustees in June, 1934, to replace Dr. Eugene Antrim as president of the University. During the night of Novem- ber 13, 1934, not two months later, Dr. Athearn died sud- denly ii1 St. Louis, Missouri, while engaged in refinancing O. C. U. Dr. Athearn had launched an ambitious program for the development of the school and his sudden decease seemed the death blow to struggling Scarabia. The Board of Trustees looked about for a man to take his place. QContinued on page 117D