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

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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.

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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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PRESS CL ..... HERE was nothing to suggest the important position which the Press club was presently to assume when seven members of the near non-existant order gathered about a Var- sity Shoppe table one Friday noon last September to elect officers. ln fact, the anxious scribes did well to hear each other above the competing noises so loud that no one ever knew for certain who the nominees really were. At any rate, when the votes had been counted, the tally sheet read: Hi Doty, president, Margaret Mitchell, vice- president, and Virginia Estes, secretary-treasurer. Doty started the year off with a precedent-smashing pace that would do credit to the rankest New Dealer when he announced weekly meetings-which actually came off. After three months of preparation, the Press club presented its Gridiron show, March 24. The members wrote ten skits, none too gently chiding the Vanities of student leaders and faculty big shots and the show was on. Phil Dessauer, director-manager, turned out a production that even exceeded the state Gridiron Show in some respects, downtown news- paper men were quick to acknowledge. With the curtain hardly down on the Gridiron, the Press club took over the supervision of Scarab Stunt Nite, May 8. This they did in fine style, and to faculty advisor Howard Thornton should go the lion's share of the credit. For it was Thornton whom the club named as its general manager and coordinator for the event. ln November, seven members attended the State Collegiate Press convention at Still- water where Paul Bennett, Campus editor, was named vice-president of the state association. As such he will preside at the convention next year. Membership in the Press club is an honor coveted by all, but attained by only a few journalism students since membership is limited to fourteen. Pledges must write a speci- fied amount of copy for The Campus or Scarab, and cannot be taken into membership until their sophomore year.-Paul Bennett. TOP ROW: Hi Doty, Margaret Mitchell, Virginia Estes, Wishard Lemons, Mary Virginia Elliott, Phil Des- sauer, Bob Spooner. BOTTOM ROW: Paul Bennett, Opal Haymes, Zelma Rice, Clara Neal Srnissen, Stan Pate, A. G.'Myers, Bo- nita Carpenter. -2- 26 -+-