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

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Paul Bennett, Editor Spec Wayland, Business Manager HEN Paul Bennett was named last May to the editorship of The Campus, most O. C. U. students scowled at the name and tried in vain to associate it with the face of its owner. For, though Bennett had spent two years in an inconspicuous position on the paper, it is probable that no O. C. U. student ever has been named to a major responsibility so little known as was he. Opposing com- bine members were quick to call the selec- tion political and students from both sides yawned and agreed that they were in for a very ordinary newspaper year. But before the ink was dry on lssue No. l, the campus realized that things were to be entirely different. For here was an editor who believed that an editor should edit. An early series of articles challenged the fra- ternity rush system in use at O. C. U. Soon the former Kaw City printer's devil was railing against manipulation of the Barb organizations by fraternity politicians. Throughout the whole first semester much TIIE CAMPUS of the papers editorial force was directed at establishment of a strong union for inde- pendent students respected on equal foot- ing with the nine Greek organizations. Other issues challenged a point plan for activities recommended by the deans of the University. Another series of editorials brought about the rewriting of the Student Council constitution. Without hesitation Bennett has attacked traditional concepts of party and combine loyalty, and members of all social and po- litical factions have been quick to applaud the 1937 Campus as an impartial publica- tion, both in theory and fact. ln his year at the helm, Bennett has made no concession to either student or faculty pressure and at no time has anyone had cause to question who was editor of The Campus. The real success of the paper has been built upon a skillful and energetic staff of student Workers. Spec Wayland, business manager, has kept a good amount of dis- play advertising flowing into the forms. Wayland was assisted periodically by Tom Heggen and Ieff McDonald. Completing his third semester at the job, Stan Pate has given The Campus a sports page that is distinctly collegiate in its hand- ling of Goldbug sport events. Pate knows athletes and athletics over Oklahoma and holds a staff position with The Daily Okla- homan. Social events are covered by two exper- ienced journalists, Mary V. Elliott and Vir- ginia Estes. Estes's A la Mode column of +P- 24 -+-

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lt was hard to decide who should produce the feature section with two such funsters as Phil Dessauer and Bill Beasley hanging around anxious for work. lf we get along as co-editors of the whole book, reasoned Hi and Margaret, the idea ought to be tops with the feature section. So features by Phil and Bill became the order of the day. Helen Snipes, always an individualist, further set herself apart by getting every as- signment to the editors on time. When she was commissioned copy editor with orders to hunt down and seize delinquent manu- scripts from slothful scribes she was none the less successful. And then there were a number of unhon- ored and unsung individuals whose satis- faction in work well done must be about their only reward. These are the folk listed under the nondescript moniker of Staff Writers. These are the folk who really make a representative annual possible, by their affable Willingness to produce, on short notice, facts or copy on a subject with which they are more familiar than anyone else. These were Virginia Williamson, Spec Way- land, Bob Spooner, Bay Doty, Orlan Lago, Charline Garrison, and Peter Kamitchis. Artists were scarce on the campus this year, so there were none of the home-grown cartoons and character sketches that have delighted readers of former Scarabs. Co- editor Doty designed the cover, Flight of the Scarab. I Howard Thornton, public relations direc- tor and guardian angel of O. C. U. publica- tions, served as typographical advisor to the editors.-Romney Philpott. -:avg .33 ll 'Pe -, in GF 'S Q , TOP ROW: Paul Bennett, Esther Mae Wymore, Romney Philpott, Howard Thornton, Bill Beasley. MIDDLE ROW: Wishard Lemons, Virginia Estes, Helen Snipes, Mary Virginia Elliott, Stan Pate. BOTTOM ROW: Miller Hays, Marian Buchanan, Norman Glass, Pamela Prigmore, Tom Heggen. -JP- 23 -9

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campus social chatter is written in a light, airy style that will send its author far to- ward journalistic distinction. Staff columnists, Phil Dessauer and Hi Doty have kept Scarabia in fine humor with their weekly offerings, l'Goldbuggy and l'Snap Shots. Goldbuggy, under Doty's clever authorship is in its third year, and deals in choice campus small talk. Snap Shots, started by Dessauer this year, pre- tends more to literary finery. Doty is em- ployed by The Oklahoma News and Des- sauer works in the editorial room of The Daily Oklahoman. The Campus is a four-page tabloid of five columns by 16 inches in depth and is pub- lished 31 issues during the school year. The University Press, school owned and operat- ed printery, 25lO Blackwelder, has printed the paper most of the time since founding of the plant in 1924. On December ll, Bennett stepped aside to let Freshman Editor Melvin Shepherd take the paper for an issue. ln lanuary The Campus conducted a poll to determine popularity of its policies. ln this check, covering opinion of more than 300 students, it was found that the 'lGold- buggy humor column, the most popular de- partment, was read by 90 '70 of O. C. U. un- dergraduates. Editorials were followed reg- ularly by more than SO 70. Clever feature copy has appeared under the by-lines of Romney Philpott and Tom l-leggen, freshman journalism find of the year, who also writes excellent news copy. Others who have Worked on The Cam- pus are: Bonita Carpenter, dramatics, Bob- ert Bowles and Bob Spooner, interfraternity sports, Wishard Lemons, Margaret Mitchell, l-lerbert Siegal, Opal Haymes, and Marian Buchanan, campus news, Editor for the following year is named in May by the board of publications. There is no attempt on the part of the administra- tion to censor Campus editorials and news copy. Several members of the Oklahoma Colle- giate Press association, of which Bennett is vice-president, have followed The Campus method of sponsoring student polls.-Rom- ney Philpott. TWT' TOP ROW: Virginia Estes, Mary Virginia Elliott, Stan Pate, Bonita Carpenter, Clara Neal Smissen, Bob Spooner, Hi Doty. BOTTOM ROW: Wishard Lemans, Margaret Mitchell, Opal Haymes, Bob Bowles, Marian Buchanan, Phil Dessauer, Tom Heggen. es- 25 HQ.