OVHarry A . Gage, '086s, Pauls Valley,died February 23 at his horse .

' 12 Lloyd W . Maxwell, '12ba, recently re-signed his position with the OPA inWashington, D. C. to join the United

Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency in NewYork City. Maxwell will soon Icave for Koreawhere he will serve as director of the UNKRA di-vision of reports and statistics .

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Dr . Henry Lee Johnson, '156s, '17med,has resigned his position as superin-tendent of the Western State Hospital,

Fort Supply . He will remain at the hospital as amember of the staff.Dr. Stephen H. Graham, '15med, died August

26 in his home in Laredo, Texas .

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THREE of FOUR sweepstake award winners inthe Oklahoma Newspaper Contest at theState Fair were newspapers published byalumni. They are Fred E. Tarman, '10ba,The Norman Transcript, Leland Gourley,'40, Henryetta Free-Lance, and Earl R.Schweikhard, '50ba, of the Sentinel Leader.

RollCall .

Stories concerning more than 200 alumni of the

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H. P. Bonebrake, '23eng, formerly ofSt . Louis, Missouri, is now living inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is

manager of chemical sales for the Alumnium Com-pany of America with offices in the new aluminumoffice building constructed by Alcoa .

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O . B . Campbell, '246a, editor and co-publisher of the Vinita Daily journal,has been named a member of the Grand

River dam authority by Governor Johnston Murray .

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J . Bart Aldridge, '256a, '25Law, We-2

was elected national president ofPhi Kappa Psi, social fraternity.

Dr. H . D. Moor, '256s, has opened an office forthe practice of medicine in Oklahoma City.

University presented in miniature

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Major Robert B . Ritchie, '27Law, Wich-ita, Kansas, attorney, recently graduatedfrom the judge Advocate General School

for Reserve Corps at Northwestern University inChicago, Illinois .

Major and Mrs . James C. Rutherford, the formerHelen Kayler, '27, Washington, D . C ., visited thecampus recently to enrol their son, Bob, in theUniversity.

Dr . C . M. Bassett, '286s, '30med, re-cently held an open house in Cushingat his new $330,000 modernistic clinic .

'29 Mrs. Marjorie Allen, '29ed, '39ma, Nor-man, who is head of the social studiesdepartment of Southeast Secondary

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school in Oklahoma City, recently received a FordFoundation fellowship .

George Howard Wilson, '29Law, Enid, Chiefof the Oklahoma State Crime Bureau, recentlywas named superior court judge of Garfield coun-ty by Governor Johnston Murray .

Lt . Col . Harry W . Hughes, '29ba, '48m .ed, hasbeen assigned as plans and training officer, Head-quarters, Military District, Oklahoma City .

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Dr. A . K . Cox, '30bs, '32tned, has re-turned to Watonga after two years inFlorida where he was associated with

the U . S . Public Health Service.D . Horton Grisso, '30geo1, Norman banker,

recently was named president of the NormanChamber of Commerce for the 1952-53 year.

Harold S . Skinner, '32Law, has been3

appointed assistant general manager ofContinental Oil Company's southwest-

ern region, with headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas .Prior to this he was assistant general manager ofConoco's central region in Oklahoma City.

Dorothy Lucile Patch, '326a, was awarded amaster's degree from the University of Iowa, IowaCity, in August.

Dr . William H . Garnier, '33bs, '35med,Stillwater, recently completed a post-graduate course in ophthalmology at

Washington University and has returned to Still-water.

Lt. Col . Claude B . Knight, '33bs, '35med, We-woka, is vice-president of the 38th Parallel Medi-cal Society in Korea.

Albert P. Sights, Jr ., '33, commanding officer ofPatrick Airforce base, Melbourne, Florida, recentlywas promoted to the rank of colonel .

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Capt. Newton E. Gambrell, '35, FortWorth, Texas, recently received theArmy's Meritorious Unit Emblem while

serving in Korea with the 425th TransportationTraffic Regulation Group .

Lt . Col . Robert H . Slover, '356a, OklahomaCity, is attending the Command and General StaffCollege at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .

Lt . Col . Bill J . Tutin, '35bus, Gotebo, is cur-rently attending the Army Command and GeneralStaff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .

James B . Gwin, '32-'35, and Mrs . Gwin, Hous-ton, Texas, chose the name William Boone for

B loomer

girls

of the

athletic varietycrowded the varsity off the front page

in the 1912 Umpire."A clean sweep in basketball has been

adopted as the slogan for the OklahomaUniversity girls' basketball team. An unus-ually large number of returning players areadding pep and spirit to the team . The factthat a Varsity letter is now given to repre-sentatives of the Crimson and Cream in-basketball has much to do with the in-creased interest being taken in the sport."Among last year's players who are still

in the game are: Lottie Bohrer, Norman,this year's captain ; Lucille Robey, Davison,

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their son born September 2 . The Gwins havethree other sons, James, Jr ., John Patrick, andRobert Milton .

'36 Lt . Col . Lawrence M. Stewart, '36bs,Dallas, Texas, is attending the associ-ate class of the Command and General

Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .Guy M . Anthony, '32-'36, and Mrs . Anthony,

Oklahoma City, chose the name Jack Hollandfor their son born September 18 . The Antlionyshave four other sons, Guy and Ross, 6, Bob 4,and Jay, 2 .Lt. Col . Curtis L. Williams, '36Law, formerly

of Stillwater, recently was named judge advocatefor the Heidelberg Military Post in Germany . Hiswife and their three sons are with him in Germany.

Joseph O . Fair, '36cng, of Stanolind Oil and GasCompany, has been named assistant district super-intendent in the company's Eastern Gulf CoastDistrict, Houston, Texas . Formerly he was locatedin North Cowden, Texas .

Richard L. Disney, Jr ., '37journ, senior137

assistant to public relations at the Uni-versity has been awarded a McMahon

graduate fellowship for the year 1952-53 .

'3 Herbert G. Bailey, Jr ., '38ba, Greens-boro, North Carolina, who is executivevice-president of the Greensboro Chain-

her of Commerce, recently visited the campus .John D . Hadsell, '386a, is living in Carlsbad,

New Mexico, where he is employed as an Englishteacher in the school system .Woody Crumbo, '36-'38, Indian artist of Taos,

New Mexico, recently held an exhibition of 36seriaravhs at the Oklahoma College for Women,Chickasha .

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Anton H . Erickson, '39eng, formerly of13

Oklahoma City, has been named chiefof the ammunition division of the Naval OrdnanceLaboratory, Washington, D. C .

'40 Tom Hansen, '40m .ed, is living inCarlsbad, New Mexico, where he hasbeen named principal of the high

school.Francis C . Pearce, '40mus .ed, '46m .mus .ed,

'51m .ed, has been employed by the Norman school

1912: Girls Basketball Team Spiritedmanager; Josephine Lawhead, Eagleton,and Jennie Tolbert of Hobart.""An order to refund $7 apiece to the

graduates of the University of OklahomaLaw school who took the last bar examina-tion was issued Tuesday by the SupremeCourt of the state on the motion of AlbertE. Jenkins, one of the graduates. A newrule had reduced the fee from $15 to $8 .Each of them had deposited his $15 beforethe new rule went into effect ."A football filler in the sports section

lauded "Roy Spears, center, a main stay ofthe line who often gets in the way of thepasses and punts of an opposing team."

system as a fifth grade teacher for the fall term .Dr. James J . Gable, '406s, '42med, has been

released from the army medical corps and returnedto Oklahoma . Doctor Gable was chief of medicalservice at Fort Riley Station Hospital, Fort Riley,Kansas . Formerly he had served as battalion sur-geon with the 45th Division .Dwight L . Dunlap, '40bus, recently was ap-

pointed city manager and district manager inHouston, Texas, for the Dodge division of theChrysler Corporation . Prior to this promotion hewas district manager in Corpus Christi, Texas .

Lt . Col . Charles P. Brown, '40bus, McAlester,is now attending the Army Command and GeneralStaff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .

Lt . Col. John P . Traylor, '36-'40, Gainesville,Texas, is currently attending the Army Commandand General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth,Kansas .Mr. and Mrs . Henry R . Bockus, the former Vir-

ginia Lee White, '40bus, Oklahoma City, chose thename Jane Elizabeth for their daughter born August8 . The Bockuscs also have a son, Gordon White, 2 .

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Lt . Col . Joseph 0. Fletcher, '41bs, re-cently was appointed deputy command-ing officer of the 4th Air Weather

Group, an organization designed to serve the needsof the Research and Development Command ofthe Airforce .

Capt . David K . Craig, '41eng, who has beenstationed with the 45th Infantry Division in Korea,recently was awarded the Army CommendationRibbon for meritorious service there.Dr . George L . Winn, '416a, '44med, recently

joined the Balyeat Hay Fever and Asthma Clinic inOklahoma City. Prior to this he was with thePostgraduate Department of the University Medi-cal school .Dr . Hans Ladewig, '41ma, died August 24 in

Clinton, New York . He taught at William PennCollege, Oskaleesa, Iowa, and at Alderson BroddusCollege in West Virginia until his retirement. Heis survived by his wife, Mrs . Adelheid GertrudLadewig, '45Lib.sci, who is head cataloger in theHamilton College Library, Clinton, New York .

James E . Fox, Jr., '41eng, formerly of Lubbock,Texas, has been named senior petroleum engineerin Stanolind Oil and Gas Company's general officein Tulsa .

'42 Dr . Albert R . Parker, '42m.ed, '51ph.d,former instructor at Hardin-SimmonsUniversity, Abilene, Texas, has been ap

pointed assistant professor of history at the Uni-versity of Wichita, Kansas .Dr . Paul O. Shackelford, '42ba, '44med, formerly

of Tulsa, is in his third and final year as a residentin the department of dermatology at ColumbiaUniversity College of Physicians and Surgeons,New York City .

'43 Dr . F . L . Adelman, Jr ., '43med, re-cently was named superintendent ofthe Western State Hospital in Fort

Supply. Prior to accepting this position he was clin-ical director of Eastern State Hospital, Vinita .John Harvey Brown, Jr ., '43journ, and Mrs .

Brown, New York City, chose the name DouglasGregory for their son born July 26 .

Harold E . Kirkpatrick, '436us, '49Law, andMrs . Kirkpatrick, Oklahoma City, chose the nameAlan Walter for their son born August 21 . TheKirkpatricks also have a daughter, Lee Ann, 7,and another son, Hal, 3 .Raymond J . Hassler, '43ba, and Mrs . Hassler,

the former Dorothy Fox, '48cd, Oklahoma City,chose the name Dale Edward for their son bornSeptember 6 .

Willis James Wheat, '43, and Mrs . Wheat, Ok-

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lahoma City, chose the name Willis James, Jr.,for their son born September 8 .Dr . Francis E . Smith, '43bs, '50med, is living

in Kingfisher where he has joined Doctors Latti-more and Taylor in the practice of medicine .

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Albert W. Lang, Jr., '44eng, OklahomaCity, has been named field engineer inStanolind Oil and Gas Company's West

Edmond area office .OPSAHL-HAWES : Miss Elsie Opsahl, Minnea-

polis, Minnesota, and Dr . Charles R . Hazes, "44bs,'461ned, Denver, Colorado, were married Septem-ber 6 in the Church of The Good Shepherd inMinneapolis . The couple is living in Denver .Mr . and Mrs . James Bayouth, the former Julia

Mai Naifeh, '44ba, are living in Wichita, Kansas .The Bayouths have two children, Michael James,2V,, and Patricia Ann, 6 months .

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Dr . Richard L. Harris,'45med, and Mrs .Harris, Oklahoma City, chose the nameGina Anne for their (laughter born Au

gust 21 . The Harrises have another daughter, JanRoyer, 4 .Mrs . Frankie Roberts, '45h .ec, Oklahoma City,

a former director of food service at the OklahomaMemorial Union, has been named purchasingagent for the Oklahoma City schools' food servicedepartment.

'46Mr . and Mrs. Walter P . Bryce, the for-mer Ann Mahoney, '46h .ec, Tulsa, an-nounced the birth of a son born May

27. The baby was named Richard Joseph .Dr . Wallace N . Davidson, Jr ., '466a, '47ms,

'51med, recently announced the opening of hisoffice in Cushing for the practice of general medi-cine and obstetrics .

Marion Wheeler, '466a, '52ma, recently wasemployed as a Spanish and English teacher inClaremore .BRAMLETT-MYRICK : Miss Norman Jean

Bramlett, '466a, became the bride of David Nich-olson Myrick, both of Dallas, Texas, September27 in Portales, New Mexico . The couple has estab-lished a home in Colorado City, Texas .

Victor B . Ogden, '46eng, formerly of Midland,Texas, has been transferred to Abilene, Texas, byCore Laboratories, Inc. and named district engineerfor the Abilene-Wichita Falls district .

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Mr . and Mrs. Joseph C . Power, the for-mer W . Joan Yarmuk, '47journ, are liv-ing in Lawton .

Capt. Dick Trent, '40-'42, and Mrs . Trent, theformer Phoebe Clark, '47ba, Topeka, Kansas, an-nounced the birth of a daughter born September 4 .The baby was named Christie.Dr . Vergil A . Shipley, '47ba, '48ma, assistant

professor of political science at the University ofWichita, Kansas, was recently appointed athleticpolicy chairman for the University . He will rep-resent the school in the Missouri Valley confer-ence .

Miss Vera Goodwin, '47journ, Joplin, Missouri,recently returned to the United States from Japanafter serving in the Far East for two years asprogram director for Army service clubs .Dr . James Phillip Jobe, '47bs, '51med, formerly

of Muskogee, recently joined the staff at the PhelpsClinic in El Reno .

Virginia Donoghue, '47phys .cd, formerly ofBartlesville, recently was appointed Girl Scoutfield director in Oklahoma City . She is in chargeof the north Oklahoma City territory and will trainand establish camp committees .

Richie Boatman, '47eng, is living in Odessa,Texas, where he is employed by Empire Geo-

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1922 : JazzbellesTaken to Task

The "Oklahoma Daily stated in its leadstory that :

"November 13 to 17 will be StadiumWeek, said Dick Cloyd manager for theOklahoma Stadium drive committee . Atthis time every member of the faculty andevery student who has not yet subscribedto the fund will be solicited to give his limiton the proposition to build a giant athleticarena for the Sooner teams, Cloyd said ."The student sheet reported that the Uni-

versity was concerned with the "Take Careof My Little Girl" angle back when, "undera new rule of the Chaperone committee ofthe Woman's council, no girl student mayattend an out-of-town football game exceptunder chaperone approved by the advisorof women."

Excerpts from "The Lyre" by DeaconOkeh lamented on female ethics and lackof same in the jilting processes .

"All the same our opinion of a jazzbellewho bones a book of shows, eats, drinks,dances, whatnots and then has the nerveto try and split a date on him is just that .And while we're on the subject, why notput the orchestras under the control of theathletic department . As musicians, some of'em would make good piano movers .

physical Inc. Prior to this he was employed byStanolind Oil and Gas Company.

148 Tony Hillcrman, '48ba, United Pressbureau staff member, has been pro-moted to bureau manager in Santa Fe,

New Mexico . Prior to this he was a staff memberin the Oklahoma City offices .

Lt. Dorcey G. Abshicr, '48bs, '50m.eng, Oketnall,is serving in Korea with the 538th Ordnance Me-dium Automotive Maintenance Company .

Joe M . Anderson, Jr ., '48ba, formerly of Stigler,has been appointed biology instructor at CentralState College in Edmond .

Frederick Jay, '48ba, '52ma, recently joined thejournalism department of New Mexico A . & M .,Las Cruces, New Mexico .

James L . Oxford, '48ba, '49ma, '52ph .d, hasbeen employed as a teacher in the El Reno JuniorCollege and highschool, El Reno.Delmar L . Nelson, '48journ, Phoenix, Arizona,

has been promoted from reporter to assistant cityeditor with the Arizona Republic newspaper .Otho James, '486us, is employed as accountant

for Bert Smith Road Machinery Company, Inc ., inEnid .W . C. "Dub" Wooten, '48ed, former football

end on the Big Red, has been selected for the jobof football coach at Blackwell highschool . Priorto this position he was head mentor at McAlesterhighschool .

Donald L . Means, '48mus .ed, '49m .ed, Norman,who has been in Korea since December with the

75th Field Artillery Battalion, was recently pro-moted to the rank of captain .

49 Patricia Shelton, '49ba, is now em-ployed as a reporter by the ShreveportJournal in Louisiana .

Terry L . Laughlin, '49mus .ed, '50m .inus .ed, hasbeen named band director by the Healdton schoolsystem .LeRoy F . McGuinn, '49bs, recently was named

band and choral director by the Waurika schoolsystem .

Joe B . Woodson, '496s, is living in Kansas City,Missouri, where he has been instructing in chemistrywhile doing graduate work at the University ofKansas City .Clyde O . Whitledge, '49cng, and Mrs . Wlritleclgc,

the former Kathryn Kennedy, '48ba, '49ms, Dallas,Texas, announced the birth of a daughter bornSeptember 19 .

Ralph R . Marshall, '49ba, and Mrs . Marshall,the former Elaine Young, '46ed, Albuquerque,New Mexico, chose the name Carol Beth for theirdaughter born July 11 . Marshall, who is executivesecretary of the New Mexico Medical Society, re-cently was elected secretary-treasurer of the NewMexico Life Insurance Company.GRAHAM-FREEMAN : Miss Dolores Jeanne

Graham, Oklahoma City, and Donald Oliver Free-man, '496us, Tulsa, were married September 6 inSt . Luke's Methodist Church in Oklahoma City .The couple is living in Tulsa .

Jack W . Berry, '496us, formerly of Bartlesville,recently joined the staff of the J. C . Penny Store inLawton as manager of the men's department .Dean Craven, '49mus .ed, has been employed

as music director by the Snyder school system .Robert McCollum, '49ba, recently was employed

as a Russian interpreter for the government inWashington, D . C .W . W. Cross, '496us, and Mrs. Cross, Oklahoma

City, announced the birth of a son born August26 . The baby was named Gerald Stephen .MORGAN-NICHOLS : Mrs . Mary Harvey Mor-

gan, '49fa, Dill City, and Thomas LaFayetteNichols, '50fa, '52m .ed, Davis, were marriedAugust 9 in Norman . At the University, Mrs .Nichols was a member of Delta Phi Delta and ElModjii . The couple has established a home inPonca City .

Glenn E . Brumbaugh, Jr ., '49bus, and Mrs .Brumbaugh, Oklahma City, announced the birthof a daughter born August 18 . The baby wasnamed Laurie Louise .

Martha R . Mcacham, '49phys .cd, Norman, wassworn in as a second lieutenant in the RegularArmy in a recent ceremony at Fort Lee, Virginia,WAG Training Center . Lieutenant Meachatn wasthe outstanding graduate of her class and was as-signed as platoon officer at Fort Lee .

Lt . Carl Patterson, '49gcol, Norman, who wasrecalled to Army duty in January, is now stationedin Japan with an artillery unit. Mrs . Patterson, theformer Bobbie Smith, '45-'47, and their daughter,Bcckic, arc living in Norman during Patterson'stour of duty.

Mauricc Donchin, '49bs, and Mrs . Donchin, theformer Margaret Pcvsner, '45-'46, are living inTucson, Arizona, where Donchin is district super-visor of United Insurance Company of Illinois .

Charles Gordon Peattie, '49ms, is living inArlington, Massachusetts, where he is a researchassociate in the department of medicine of Har-vard Medical School, Boston .

Herbert Skolnick, '49m .geol, was awarded hisdoctor of philosophy degree from the Universityof Iowa, Iowa City, in Junc .Leo M . Tarpley, '496s, and Mrs . Tarpley, Okla-

homa City, announced the birth of a daughter

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born September 16 . The baby was named TeresaAnne.

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P . E. Carpenter, '50eng, and Mrs . Car-penter, the former Marilyn Grey, '41-'43, Oklahoma City, chose the name

Thomas James for their son born July 25 .Conley Higdon, '50ba, recently was named fea-

ture editor of the national junior chamber ofcommerce magazine, Future, with offices in Tulsa .

John C . Johnson, '50journ, recently joined theFrenelle Publishing Corporation in New YorkCity as a staff writer for Deadline, Detective,

Movie Fan and other magazines .Glenn A . Butler, '50ba, who was on military

leave from the University to serve with the 45thInfantry Division in Korea, has returned to assumehis duties as journalism school librarian .

Morris Glazer, '50ba, recently became newseditor of the Henryetta Daily Free-Lance . Follow-ing graduation he was recalled to active duty withthe navy and received his discharge in July.

Harry E . Magafos, '50ba, is living in Shreve-port, Louisiana, where he is employed as a re-porter by the Shreveport Journal.

Charles H . Roper, '50ba, has resigned his posi-tion as staff writer in the United Press bureau inOklahoma City in order to accept a job as reporterwith the Shreveport Times in Louisiana .

Lt . Franklin G . Talley, '50journ, is stationed inWashington, D . C ., where he is public informa-tion officer in the U . S . Army Airforce.Woodrow D . Wilson, '50geol, recently joined

Phillips Petroleum geology staff in Ardmore . Hehad been living in Madill for the last ten years.Mr . and Mrs . Wilson have two children .Mary Ann Vance, `50ba, formerly of Ponca City,

is now living in Oklahoma City where she hasbeen named new field director of Camp Fire Girls .Prior to this she was executive director of CampFire in Ada .

Albert F . Hughes, '506a, has been named Eng-lish teacher and basketball coach in Seminole .

William E . Tolbert, '50ed, '51m.ed, recentlywas employed as a teacher in the Blair schoolsystem .

Rolfe C . Worden, '50bs, is living in Tulsawhere he is employed as an industrial plannerwith the Douglas Aircraft Company .

J. Neal Yowell, '50bs, '50ms, has been employedas an engineer with the Douglas Aircraft Companyin Tulsa .

Paul T . Bryant, '50bs, '52ms, has been namedteaching assistant in the science department atIowa State College, Ames .

1932: Remember Mike's Glass EyeHomecoming festivities reported in the

1932 Sooner were :"Came the Game instead of the dawn .

The game isn't ALL of Homecoming .First there is the Oklahoma City party nowa well established Homecoming tradition .The festivities start about 7:00 p. m. Fridaywith a famous Skirvin dinner on the roofof the Skirvin hotel. Plates are only a dollarand your dinner ticket admits you also tothe dance which follows. The speeches willbe short and spicy-remember alumniprexy Mike Monroney's famous glass eyestunt and representation of K. U.'s alumni

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Capt. Opal Walker, '49-'50, Fort Gibson, hasgraduated from the Army Nurses' Orientationcourse at the European Command Medical Train-ing School, Degerndorf, Germany. She is now as-signed to the 325th Hospital Train as a nurse .

Glenn Allen Butler, '50ba, formerly of Okmul-gee, is now employed as teacher in the junior high-school in Wichita, Kansas .

Engelbert B . Flaig, '50, Carnegie, recently waspromoted to the rank of captain while servingwith the 45th Infantry Division in Korea .

Bernard Ille, '506us, recently was named headfootball coach at Catholic highschool in OklahomaCity. Prior to accepting this position he was coachat Sacred Heart highschool in El Reno .

Ching Yu Liang, '50ms, graduate of NationalCentral University, Nanking, China, was awardeda doctor of philosophy degree from the Universityat the August commencement.Rudy Swanson, '50bus, and Mrs . Swanson, Dal-

las, Texas, chose the name David for their sonborn September 3 . Swanson is employed by theGoodyear Tire and Rubber Company .OAKES-MUKA : Miss Betty L . Oakes, '50bs,

Edmond, and Arthur Allen Muka, Greenfield,Massachusetts, were married September 6 in theCathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Okla-homa City . At the University, Mrs . Muka was amember of Delta Delta Delta, Omicron Nu, MortarBoard, and was winner of the bronze Letzcisermedal. The couple is living in Ithaca, New York .ADAMS-BURGIN : Miss Norma Louise Adams,

'50mus, '51m.mus, Woodward, became the brideof Robert F . Burgin, Jr., Cuthbert, Georgia, Sep-tember 6 in the home of the bride's parents inWoodward . At the University, Mrs . Burginserved as president of Gamma Phi Beta and wasa member of Sigma Alpha Iota. The couple isliving in Cuthbert .

Lt . Bob Gregory, '50ed, former Universitytrackman, recently won track honors with theArmy in Bad Kreunznach, Germany . He finishedfirst in the 400-meter and 800-meter run in thesemi-finals before moving on to the finals inNeurnberg, Germany, where he won the 400-meter run . Gregory was also coach of his team .

Richard J. Lee, '50Law, who was recentlyelected County Judge of Tillman County, receiveda certificate from the Democratic National Com-mittee in recognition of being the youngest personin Oklahoma holding an elected office . Lee is just24 years old .

Arlen R . Thompson, '46-'50, Oklahoma City,recently was commissioned a second lieutenant

president last year . This year's program willbe just as good .""William Lee, Norman is instructor of a

weekly class in fencing at the YoungWom-en's Christian Association in OklahomaCity this winter according to Miss BeulahNoyes, health and education director of theassociation.""Tau Omega, honorary professional

aeronautical fraternity, announces thepledging of : Ira G. Howlett, Ara G. Lind-ley, Guy H. Parkhurst, Peter O. Tauson, allof Oklahoma City, and James R. Harms,Enid, and Ernest Handley, Woodward."

EARr . BARTIIOLMEW, '21ba, '22eng, '23m.eng,is general manager of the Ethyl Corpora-tion's research laboratories in Detroit, Mich.He has been with the organization 25 years.

in the Army following his graduation from theFort Riley, Kansas, Officer Candidate School .

Miss Ora Lee Bowles, '50ma, history teacher atTulsa Central highschool, has been awarded aFord Foundation fellowship for a year of studyat Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois .

151 Lois MacTaggart, '51bs, Norman, re-cently was commissioned a second lieu-tenant in the Woman's Medical Special

ist Corps of the U . S . Army. She is now attendinga physical therapy course at the Medical Field Serv-ice School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas .Kenneth Charles Stone, '516s, and Mrs . Stone,

Oklahoma City, chose the name Margaret Susanfor their daughter born September 17 .

Arnold H . Ismach, '51ba, is stationed with thearmy in Germany where he is doing public rela-tions work.

Carroll D . Davidson, '51ba, has resigned hisposition as reporter with the North Platte, NebraskaTelegraph-Bulletin and returned to Oklahoma asa reporter with the Lawton Constitution and Press.

Jerald L . Jennings, '516s, and Mrs . Jennings,Norman, announced the birth of a daughter bornSeptember 15 . The baby was named Judith Ann .

Lt . Jack E . Boyer, '51bs, Newkirk, has beenawarded the Bronze Star medal for outstandingmilitary service in Korea as a forward observer .

Glenn Wilson, '51ba, '52ma, is now employedas economist for the United Mine Workers' wel-fare and pension division at Pittsburgh, Penn-sylvania.

Leif H . Olsen, '51ba, has resigned his positionas reporter on the Plainsfield, New Jersey, Courier-News to take a reporting job on the lVall StreetJournal, New York City, where he will cover thebond market.

Katherine E . Pearce, '51bs, '52m .ed, has beenemployed as a second grade teacher by the Normanschool system .Cpl . Virgil E . Townsend, 111, '50-51, Stratford,

who is member of the Army's 52nd Anti-AircraftArtillery Brigade, recently participated in Opera-tion Signpost.

Herbert Davis, '51ma, is living in Sacramento,

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LT . LAWRENCE J. AXELROD, '50ba, Broklyn,has been appointed aide-de-camp to Brig.Gen . Ralph M. Osborne, commander of the3rd Infantry Division Artillery in Korea . Heentered the army in March, 1951 . He has beenin Korea as an observer since January, 1952 .

California, where he is employed by the Sacra-mento Junior College.

Pfc. David E . Bishop, '50-'51, Bristow, is amember of the 7th Army Symphony orchestranow on tour of the U . S . Army installations inGermany.

Pfc . Benjamin P . Coppedge, '50-'51, Norman,recently graduated with honors from the Euro-pean Command's Intelligence and Military PoliceSchool at Oberammergau, Germany .

Cpl . Isaac W. Roe, '51, Pond Creek, is nowserving with the 29th Infantry Division in Germanyas a chief medical aidman.

Earnest H . Shultz, fr ., '47-'51, Norman, hasbeen promoted to first lieutenant while servingin Korea.

Lt . Eugene E. Graziano, '516a, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, is now stationed with the quarter-master division at the Munich, Germany, MilitaryPost.Lt. Thomas J. Gordon, Jr., '516s, Duncan, re-

cently helped salvage 43 Russian-made tanks froma former battlefield in Korea . He is platoon leaderin the 57th Ordnance Recovery Company.Dr. Charles T. Kent, '51med, formerly of Enid,

recently opened his office in Bristow for the prac-tice of medicine .HOUGH-HEARD : Miss Marilyn Sue Hough,

Dklahoma City, and Lt. Roy Dean Heard, '5lpharm,Tulia, Texas, were married September 6 in theCrown Heights Methodist Church in OklahomaCity . The couple is living in Fort Benning, Georgia,where Lieutenant Heard is stationed .HARPER-SNYDER : Miss Gloria Pat Harper

and Lt. James F . Snyder, '51 bus, both of OklahomaCity, were married September 5 in the parlor ofWesley Methodist Church in Oklahoma City .Snyder was a member of Beta Theta Pi at the Uni-versity. The couple has established a home inEnid where Lieutenant Snyder is stationed atVance Airforce base.EVANS-WEBB : Miss Cuba Evans, Oklahoma

City, and Ted S . Webb, Jr., '51bs, Fort Worth,Texas, were married September 6 in St. Luke'sMethodist Church in Oklahoma City . Webb was

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affiliated with Phi Delta Theta, Phi Betta Kappa,Pe-et, and was winner of the gold Letzeiser medaland the Father's Day award at the University. Thecouple is living in Pasadena, California, whereWebb is a student at the California School ofTechnology.SPEED-McCALEB : Miss Joan C . Speed and

Marion B . McCaleb, '51eng, both of OklahomaCity, were married recently in the Crown HeightsChristian Church in Oklahoma City. The coupleis living in Augusta, Georgia, where McCaleb isattending school at Fort Gordon .ALLEN-ILLS : Miss Mary Lou Allen, '516a, Ok-

lahoma City, and Bernard G . Ille, '506us, Hermis-ton, Oregon, were married August 23 in Christthe King Church in Oklahoma City . At the Uni-versity, Mrs . Ille served as president of Chi Omega .Ille was affiliated with Kappa Alpha . The coupleis living in Oklahoma City.

Roger Dale Allen, '51Law, and Mrs . Allen,the former Mary Ahna Porter, '48-'50, Abilene,Texas, announced the birth of a daughter bornAugust 24 . The baby was named Sara Porter .HAY-BURNHAM, Miss Ruth Hay, '51, Wash-

ington, D . C ., and Alfred H . Burnham, III, Ar-lington, Virginia, were married October 4 . Thecouple has established a home in Arlington andwill continue working in Washington, D. C.William R. Shirley, '516us, Enid, recently was

commissioned a second lieutenant in the Armyfollowing his graduation from the Fort Riley,Kansas, Officer Candidate School .Pfc . Virgil L . Pauli, '51, Oklahoma City, has

been assigned to the United Nations Civil AssistanceCommand in Korea .

John H . Baccus, '51eng, of Stanolind Oil andGas Company, has been named junior petroleumengineer in the company's area office in Beeville,Texas. He was formerly located in Alvin, Texas .

Lt . Charles W. Brown, '516a, Enid, is now serv-ing with an Army artillery unit in Korea . Mrs .Brown, the former Jane Wing, '52bs, is living inHollywood, California, during his tour of duty .Rex Gilstrap, '516s, Wewoka, has accepted a

position as commerce instructor at Centerviewschool near Prague .

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Lt . Eli Gorin,

'52eng, Bronx, NewYork, is stationed in Germany with the2nd Armored Division. Prior to enter

ing the Army, Gorin was an engineer for the PhilcoCorporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .

Lt . Jack M . Ehn, '52fa, Oklahoma City, isserving as a quartermaster supply officer at Gar-misch Military Post in Germany .

Lt. Frank DeRossi Robinson, Jr ., '52bus, andMrs . Robinson, Albany, Georgia, chose the nameFrank DeRossitt, III, for their son born September17 .Mrs. Harriet Cavert McDaniel, '52ms, recently

was named instructor in zoology at New JerseyCollege for Women, Rutgers University, NewBrunswick.Jim Weatherall, '52bus, former All-American

Sooner tackle, recently won the Outland Trophyfor 1951 which is awarded the top guard ortackle in the U . S .

Judith A . Straw, '52mus .ed, has been em-ployed as a music teacher in a Santa Fe, New Mex-ico, elementary school .Harry Byron Good, '526a, '521na, Oklahoma City,

is employed as a mathematics and photographyteacher at Taft junior highschool .Mrs . Frank Webb, '52Lib .sci ., Norman, has

been employed by the University as assistant cir-culation librarian .

Eulalia P . Jencks, '52bs, formerly of Cheyenne,is now living in Berlin, Oklahoma, where she is

employed as a home economics teacher.Anne Moore, '52bs, is living in Tulsa where

she is employed in the home service division ofOklahoma Natural Gas Company .Aubrey C . Witt, '52m .ed, has been employed

by the Marland school system as a social scienceteacher .

Paul Edward Coggins, '526a, is living in Ar-kansas City, Kansas, where he is employed as aradio announcer by station KSOK .Mary Sue Smith, '52bs, is living in Stratford,

Texas, where she is employed as a home econom-ics teacher in the school system .Mike T. Salazar, '52bs, has been employed by

Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company inDuncan.

Gladys Burnham, '52ms, is living in Winfield,Kansas, where she recently was employed in thebiology department of Southwestern College .

Joseph Buzidragis, '52bs, recently was employedas social science teacher by the Washington, Okla-homa, school system .Melvin E . Dell, '52eng, has been commissioned

a second lieutenant in the marine corps and is nowstationed at Quantico, Virginia .TOMLINSON-STRINGER : Miss Nancy Jo Tom-

linson, '52h .ec, and Clarence Pleas Stringer, '516s,both of Oklahoma City, were married August 23in the First Presbyterian Church in OklahomaCity . At the University, Mrs . Stringer was a mem-ber of Oikonimia and Alpha Delta Phi. Stringerwas affiliated with Sigma Gamma Epsilon and Aca-

1942 : Frontier WeekAnd Scarcity of Help

From the November 1942 Sooner Maga-zine column "Student Life" is the

"come on" to Homecoming :"As a gang prelude to Homecoming No-

vember 14, plans were shaping up lastmonth for a Frontier Week emphasizing astrictly western theme and sponsored bythe Student Activities Board of the Okla-homa Memorial Union .

"Plaid shirts and cowboy regalia werespecified by the board as appropriate dressfor the special week which will begin No-vember 9 and continue through the Home-coming football game with Missouri thefollowing Saturday."And as for jobs, the students never had

it so good ."Abundance of jobs and increased sal-

aries for defense work created somethingof an employment problem at the Univer-sity this fall with students blithely turningdown the more menial tasks for availablewhite collar jobs ."The Union and Campus Corner stores

faced difficulty in securing student waitersand soda jerkers . Boarding houses whichuse students for kitchen help found it prac-tically impossible to get anyone to workfor room and board . Most students havepositions at the Naval Air Bases near Nor-man."

SOONER MAGAZINE

WHEN Guy BROWN, '42ba, '48rna, assistant secretary of the Alumni Association, dropped by anAtoka drugstore recently, he found alumni company . Having cokes are Joe Ralls, '20, secretaryof the Atoka Alumni club, and Charles Memminger, '146a, '331,aw, president . Standing are theowners of the drugstore - Robert G . Cates, Sr ., '10, Robert G. Cates, Jr., '39pharm, andMark Cates, '41 . Robert, Jr ., is serving as vice president of the Atoka Alumni club .

cia . The couple is living in Norman where Stringeris a graduate student at the University .Don L. Wallace, '52geo1, and Mrs . Wallace,

Norman, announced the birth of a son bornAugust 26 . The baby was named David Richard .Wallace is doing graduate work at the University.BALL-TERNEUS : Miss Catherine Ball, '50-'52,

Norman, and John Terneus, '52ed, El Reno, weremarried August 31 in McFarlin Memorial Method-ist Church in Norman . At the University, Mrs .Terncus was a member of Wesley Foundation,YWCA, a cappella choir, Kappa Phi, and Pi ZetaKappa . Terneus was affiliated with Phi DeltaKappa, Phi Mu Epsilon, and Kappa Tau Pi . Thecouple is living in Dallas, Texas, where Terncus isattending Perkins Theological School and Mrs.Terneus is continuing her music work at SouthernMethodist University.WORSHAM-PIERCE : Mrs . Gayle Arnot Wor-

sham and Melvin F. Pierce, '52Law, both of Ok-Iahoma City, were married September 5 in theFirst Christian Church in Oklahoma City . Thecouple has established a home in Lubbock, Texas .

Charlotte Rice, '52journ, formerly of Chickasha,recently was employed in the advertising depart-ment of the Henryelta Daily Free-Lance, Henry-etta .ELLIS-WEST : Miss Mary Ann Ellis, '52h.ec,

and Lt . Lee R . West, '52ba, both of Antlers, weremarried August 29 in the Marine base chapel,Quantico, Virginia . At the University, Mrs . Westwas a member of Chi Omega . West was affiliatedwith Phi Eta Sigma, Kappa Alpha, and was presi-dent of the freshman law class, and treasurer ofthe law school board of governors . The couple isliving in Fredericksburg, Virginia .McKINNIS-CHAPMAN : Miss Barbara Ann Mc-

Kinnis, '52ed, Memphis, Tennessee, and Lt. GeneWilson Chapman, '52ba, Oklahoma City, weremarried August 16 in the Grand Avenue Method-ist Church in McAlester. At the University, Mrs .

NOVEMBER, 1952

Chapman was a member of Alpha Phi, Pi ZetaKappa, and Kappa Phi . Chapman was affiliatedwith Lambda Chi Alpha, Scabbard and Blade,Pi Gamma Mu, and the Men's Glee Club. Thecouple has established a home in Lawton whereChapman is stationed at Fort Sill .HILL-EMMONS : Miss Vera Mae Hill, '52phys .-

ed, Norman, and Wesley Emmons, '506us, Okeene,were married recently in First Christian Church inNorman . At the University, Mrs. Emmons was amember of PEM Club . Emmons was affiliated withAlpha Phi Omega and the Accounting and Mar-

MELVIN BROWN. . . Fine Tackle

keting Clubs . The couple has established a homein Oklahoma City.Richard N. Steed, '52Law, son of Congressman

Tom Steed, has become associated with the lawfirm of Rex J . Spurr in Shawnee .

Jack Foster, '52journ, and Mrs . Foster, Elk City,announced the birth of a daughter born August20 . The baby was named Jere Colecn .

A Triumphant Tour . . .tempted 15, 9 completed for 177 yards andtwo touchdowns .

Vessels: Rushing, 266 yards in 48 carries;Kickoffs returned, 6 for 90 yards; Puntrunbacks, 2 for 56 ; Passing, attempted 4,two completed for 54 yards.Leake : Rushing, 146 yards on 35 carries;

Passing, attempted 9 and completed 3 for 61yards and a touchdown; Pass receiving, 5for 102 yards and a touchdown; Kickoffreturns, 4 for 69 yards.McPhail : Rushing, 412 yards on 55 car-

ries ; Punting, 12 for a 37.3 average.Leading O.U . scorers : Leake 46 points on

5 touchdowns and 16 points after touch-down (he has set a new O.U . record forconsecutive conversions-16 without amiss ; Vessels 24 points on 4 touchdowns,and McPhail 19 points on 3 touchdownsand 1 point after touchdown.From these figures it should be clear

that the backfield is one of the most versa-tile foursomes O.U . has ever fielded . Com-parisons with backfields of other years,including 1949's lineup of Royal, Thomas,Pearson and Heath, show this year's cropin a favorable light. Many people believe itto be the best backfield in the nation .

Defensively, the team has given up 61points in three games. Considered too manyfor a Wilkinson team by fans' standards.The problem, if it is one, is within range of

KAY KELLER. . . Defensive End

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