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1\)UBANT, ' OKLAHOMA~ WEDNESDA,V, · OCTOBER.· i6;. 1946 NUMBER SEVEN . , ·~ . - .. . '

Vote 'Y es11 On School Measures

Choir, Alpha Sigs Take Float Prizes

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- . It was a Jrallld n~·JJIEIICOJ[Il For once, orChids

members and of~~rs devoted their efforts but every )Vrinkle makes us proud of. choose tnem 4s oar ...... ~ ... , that big; occ:as.io111 -"·~ .. fAA ...

Orchids a relit , eith~r, ·to an the ' clubs and classes on our ca pus gave i~e .-and ene:trgy to proVide a parade 'of cqlo#ul arrP .... TUl f-loats-and to1 the business-men from dowritlown D who showed their· interest in affairs at ssci by flm~b~ J I \._

Orchids are ~· hty 1 rew~1rd· for the swell perform-ance turnedj in bt Steve1•' and our Savages, in chalking up anotlller Theil' s~ortsm~mship, hard work, and fine play 9inst com:~etition add · even to 0ur rating of them-and is reall something. . .

Chalk up Orle Fine 0 Swell Ball Game, One Super Dance. ·

'• Chalk up One

It take, a hunch l<l really apJ>recl&te qulpment at Wa.shl~lflon

.Betty L ou E~esU . j! ! 11! ?!

.! <.>an \\-eatbera and in il Jot of timt) tOI!~dlel'~tujdlyb:ag the:r say. I

. ! ?! ! ?II "Lib" Ciri~Shflm Ukt!113 to

JII.Jng, too. ' ! I ?!l?!J I

Even ii it isJt u aed io fi ial_ unti l hriatJilsn't pr tty ri ngl Pat • Grea.., Is .. uu\I·LIII-

the thir~ finger, left _.. d? . !! ?! ! 71

Hill Lovela.(.-e fin blonde .... ~rthurlne.r 1.and> one at that. . . . .

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Ct·owder believes i1i ~vine women a fa,ir c~a, •.•• Now,

• line- will just. form to ttbe left, ! !?! !Til

· . A . J . .Miil.tet•, did fOU quite a few of tbt Durant ::;e:hool belles ·Wpon by'.' Let's stick to 84111tllea.!!lez~~

P , shall we? !!?!1?11

Lest we forpt: Danny tnr;; ..... ,._

<S11ueaks) W~Jtera Ia b&ck in . ! !,?!!?II

Bob Coker all\•a)'s COI#ld ·utest girl .jrienda. ~Ia time

:\ta ry Frances, .Tack•D~ ' !!?f17U

iJuca · is such a .wtet kid, Isn't he? •·

ll?f!?!l , Dbes Jimmie McGuft reaiiJ: Uke

to play ping-ponl'? ml never 4eiL • . ! ! ?! ! ?II I I

·what's tbls we ~ about Don Xolen's going- to

' us u ' -4 t\n "'ever-const.ant two-some: Mary

.~rc·h' ~lcl and Rlp 'Ivy. • :• I ! !?! ! i!!!

S•·en 'round and 1bout: Ann (Jtin­n t> l) pnd Nelson fl'urnbow~.

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Bedh and B~~~ . 6.lled it "quits" one day last wee.k; 1but it started all

ga.jn the neX.t day . ! ! ?! ! ?!!

B~U· Browning deServes an "Hon­~•t:abl :\fention" in campus: :pe tried hi t to dance with all tile girls nt 1-e reation last Tuesday. · .

! !?! !?!! ' Be ty I&ard and Louis (Geor~e)

Gree . Nuff .said. ! !?! !?!!

Ev rytlme we see Bob and Bobbie :ue they're holding hands. Ain't L ove grand?

! !?! !?!! Mx . James says that cashier

(Fay Castleberry) spends all her time -~talking Instead of concentrat­ing o her work. I'But it's s~Ch tun,'• say1> aye. Incidentally, Faye Is un­u~ua y excited aboJJt one 'Bill that's du die last of the month.

. !!?!!~!! Pa sy Cox is ·beginning to think

that she's never going to get Jn-•rod ed to Harold Corbett. ··

! ! ?!-!?!! E ol"' do Pat MDls and Doretha

Rot:-etts find so much to talk about? They ·e always busy talking.

!!?!!?!! SllEjlby, if you're going to go· with

two ~ls,. do you have to pick room-mateJ?

1 l . ! ! ?! ! ~!! . Th~t Jean ShortJ! Everytime we

see h~r. she's· tal~ng to a diff4~rent

!!?!!W guy. I '

Dt>es Lena Mae !<Honeywell) get homes1ck? or is It something else

( . -~~UI-1tei'D !Oollep auociaUon publlilhed

tbe ,,ear eateept June. JUb' Uld

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V~iant way_. Tw.o- Sixth Avenue, at

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nnt·t .. .,11 ~ t • Green will b pr. sent~ durlnar the ..--------------: hat ' little closing sesaton.

the campus All departmental meetings wm be-nmrRuilt of knowledge. . ... _ "5 l

It tarted . gm at 9: 30 a. m., Octo~r • , n. var-s ious rooms at the colleare, Tbe ten

. !.trou~d, departments are school admlnlstra-~ was rea Y tors, classroom •teachers. hla'hsebool

princi~. language section, mathe­matics section, primary section, In­

with us the termediate section, science section, ::t0l~4tnt-nun•tteu nrc•Ce.SiMr who called. county superintendents section, and

name during rOll call and , . . Englisli section. for · ome one ~o ~wer. Members of Kappa. Delta Pi,

Baker "ishes be would ' keep , whether of Southeastern chapter or ~d not call_ h'ls name. ,UUce not, are invited to breakfast at the

t explain hts ~ng tardy to President's home Frld&y morning professor while ihol4ing a con-, (rom 8 ~til 9:80. The hoetesses

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.J Frat Bid House· ·cl.ima~ · ~ush .' !·Activities Of Social Orgon1za.tions

Rush activities of the social sororities ~nd fraternities l on the Southeastern campus closed Saturday morning when twenty-eight men accepted bids at bid house for the' two fraternities. '

Bid house October & climaxed the 1

rush activities of the socla..\, soreritl~ ' Members of . Phi Sigma Epsilon entertaJned thetr · rushees with a

p n the campus, with twenty-eight smoker Tuesday :..vening, October 8, girls accepting pledge ribbons. "' I Those accept~g the colors of Pi in the home of Jack Goodman, vice­\l{appa Sigma were Misses Claudine· president, 1311 North Third avenue. lkacke n and Pat Butler, Antlers; Howard Frazierr p~sident, and the Arnie Nichols, Denison: Clare Hoard, host, Introduced \the guest~ the Marjorie 'Vheeler, Betty Long, Pat- Phi Stg member$. Dr. E . M. Hag­ty Mobley, Iris Dean Harris, Ann ga.rd, sponso•·. •R onald Ridgway, Gt·if!in, Ann ,Paul Sprague, Ellen alumnus, and Lennial Rambo gave F01·t, Joan Cantrell, ~d Lynn GJb- informal talks on different 'phases of ~!on , Durant; Betty Gnegg, Benning- f raternity life: ton ; Rosamond Russell, Mattoon, Ill. Following the smoker, collegiate

Girls accepting the colors of Alph:a. members, alumni, a nd r·Jshees at­Sigma r!'au were Misses Eloise tendl!d a movie at the Plaza theater. Ma.xey, Billie Jo French, Dorothy Those accepting the colors of1 Phi Hele1;1 Maddox, Arthurene Wilkin- Sigm:t Epsllon were : ~rge Short, son, and Yo J3eth Penn~, Durant ;' Bob E"'ing, B ob Collins, Bob Moore, ~pldred' Whisman, Madill ; Betty Leroy Hicks, Sam · Hunsaker, James r erf uson, Poteau ; Mary Frances Newman, Jack Williams, Charle8 Jackson, Oklahoma City; Ver Lee Hewett, Maurice Holla.nq, Jack Watson, Waurika ; JoAnn .Moss, Ca.- Lewis, Wayne Norwood, Bill Me-

. lera; Jean Short, Texarkana, Texas; Clary, J oe Wt·ig ht, Herbert Neal, ~--a Rue Rodden, Caddo; Bobbie Sue Bob Ban~, and Robert LaGrone. ~[ales, Antlers. ' · Mu chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma I Pi Kappa· opened l'lllSh activities · entet·tained with a. dinne r and smok­\vith an afternoon tea Thursday, Oc- er ou Thursday · evening in the tober 3, at the home or the sponsors, p_rivate dining room of the K. c. Misses S '1.lly and Lucy Leonard. A \\""<tffle House. · l,>uffet supper followed at the hlml,e Informal talks conceming Sigma of Miss Paul~ Ridgway. That n~t Ta~ Gamma were given by' James at nine there was an Informal party llatthews, president, and Dr. W. L.

t thr. home c-f Miss Patty Gossett, Blain and Haskell Clark, sponsors. ~md Friday morning a breakfast was At b~d-house, the colors .of Slgnui. ~eld at the Airport C&fe at Eaker Ta·J Gamma were pinned on ,Don

• Field.. . Nolen, Joe Fryb,pv.er, John Morgan, 1 Alpha Sigma Tau parties began Don Malzahn, Paul'Malza.ha.n, Mari­,,·ith an alumnae tea Friday, October on 'Shelton, Bon Impson, Bob Boat-4 _ In the home of M'ra. T. Killer wrig ht, Claud Massey, Jack Epley Vavl~e. An Informal ranch party and George Walters. was held at the D-.1rant Country Club hat night from seven until twelve,

dnd a brealtfast ;in the home of Mia Cho· 1• r \Choo· ses f at Green closed events. , Members, pledges, and alumnae of M h p ~be sororities were present at the at ews rexy 1,ush activities.

Sigma Tau Delta Plans· Breakfast

The Southeastern choir, fifty five I members strong, has elected officers

a nd is now settling down to work on its first concert presentation.

James Matthews, Durant, was , Sigma Tau Delta made plans for na med president, and other officers

the annual homecoming breakfast to are J. L. Ragan, McAlester, vice­be held October 26, when the group president; Betty Power, Durant. met Oetober ' 7, at the home of Mrs. secretary ~nd treasurer; and Bobble Jfloy Perkinson Sates. aponaor. ' Deue Margan, Calera, reporter.

Miss Anne Semple, former poet The choir Is working on a program ljlureate of Oklahoma. read three to be presen!fd tor · the District drlgtnal Christmas poems. llrs. Nina Teachers MeetlD.g !lt the first gener­Faye Hardy read a short story, and a l session October 2•. *iss Fe11J. Himes: a prose sketch. The choir is also working. OR music

Mrs. Gates read a sketch entitled for the NQble Cain festival Novern-. '"rhe Fever,"· written by Steven ber 21-23. Glenn. Members of the choir are Marcus

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Austin, Charles Besson·, M e r 1 in Black, Carolyn Cobb, Ruth Cochran, Ca therine Cooper, Patsy Ruth Cox,

. · J. C. Curry, Don Ethridge, Willie Southeastern Muaic students have Bess Evans, Betty Ferguson, Ellen

• ~ppeared on ptograms of the Du- Fort, Billie Jo French. Joe ,Fry­rant Rotary Club-and of the Inter- .hover, Mary Jjyon Gibson, Flozella citY&: Rotary meet at JlcAlester. re- Gladney, Irl8 nea:n Harris. Rob6t

~ cbntl~. Professor WWiam Edwarda Holmes, Billy P8.rker Hunnicutt, ~ -directed the appearancee, and 'shirley Ann Kune, Anna. Mae Ladd, students presented were Bob Pratt. Betty Long, Dorothy Maddox, John Miss Eloise Maxey, and Joe Fry- MacDonald Elizabeth Melton Ella-hpver. !. ' .

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fllrn:e.t:t.lJn'I&RJrJ Quee,'t.. ~u~· > \are Fra nk · Hoard, 'Du-a s football <i at bomeeomjng ·estivtlties last week-end. Whisman. Madill, . ~eft. an!i M~as , Cathlerine Cooper, Me-

t. ·"'ere atten<'ants to, the.,.qu~en. ..I'· r UIIH.LJUil ceremonies .took '. place between hal~·es the Southeastern-

when Ca.Jitaln ·pen(;! J ones ~cro~rlled . l\Pss Hoard queen. .,~•e~::u~m o f' the royal l hJ:ee ·onle twas oy m embers of .the Lettertnen's

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be chosen fro~ variou~· stAte. The ball will . be.

M;uqtcJpal AuditoriuUL· . ~· ... .,,. ·am ...... . · Vol Delor~~ . M~~

Matt)lews, · · Jo- ·Anne. ~lMaxeY:. ~o~~ M.qr.­~ne Morgan, : Jack

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" .. .,,nu11• S~e_lton, Jean Short, Sprague, Carroll Bja,ton,

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Shl:I.Wlrtee; Rye l}ves in , Mlssol.lfi; and Kilman

Lieutenant 1n ' the Army statloped at Perr,ln Field, · nice to see Yl<lli fellows

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6 football se'a.som I'd say really first class both- in pers~. -1 -

Curtis, roaining the homecoming. .Curtis

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worryihg 1 about this season already>. Bill, you job ·of catching 1no base­

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en FaU To g~ A.ttack

Dave Stevens' s9utheastern """-YH~"''" made it three In a row over

Northeastei1Jl Redmen, ·an .I~Qlllan, Octobt¥" 4.,

Jones scored two touch­on an end-arqun,d In the

and again on a pass in from Guyer in the third

tally ..,;as on~ a. thriller center Jack Lpcas grab­

pass' and ra.ced 30

T. T. Montg~mery, Dr. ,..._'~~''"',.. Mrs. Vesta ~~n. and

Belle Morgan . !Were on nr•W..am of the Carter county

tea.cht~rsr meeting October .tll. .. , ·, ·' '

levied by .the excise board, Dn»<*lldll from B"lch -a. levy to be

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WEDNESDAY, 1946 ,

4. State Qneitlon 118, providing that the legislature shall provide free textboo~s for the state's common schools,, and th8.t a committee of ac-

calculating the state· aid. .

tive educators prepare a ultiple textbook Jist from which c tteea of active ed~Ca.tors· ln 1 dlatrlcta select textbooks fox- t di!3tricta.

Friends of better schools for Ok­lahOma are ur~ every one who votes November 5 to vote on the four , school amendments, becauae failure to vote is a. vote against the m~ures. I ·

A vote of "yes'~ · is a vote for the an;le:odments.

The five mill increase provided by Question 314 is only to be raised on the condition that a. ma.jority of qualified voters of .a district vote for ' the increase. Rates on intangible property and homesteads w1ll not be affected.

The minimum state aid of $-t2 per child, 'provided by Q".lestion 115, is about the same 'amount currently a~propriated by the state a.S school ald. Local funds are not counted io

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