Boys Entertai ned the Girls T h e boys of this year gave t h e fi r s t entertainment for t h e gi rls ever given i n the h i story of the school.
Oftentimes the boys have been i nvi ted to the girls' Dormitory
to spend a social evening, but this was the fi rst time for the girls ever t o be invited to a social by the boys. The program of the evening consi sted of many interesting things w h i ch varied wi dely in style and type. ridiculous. B rannon.
It ranged from the ridiculous to sublime, from sublime to
The first number was a welcome address by the Preceptor, Mr. George M i ss Morris, the Dean of Women, responded to the welcome addl'ess in a
brief way. Then the fo llowing hour or two were fi l l e d with rousing good games. It was nearing ten when the refreshments were served. 'Followi llg this were the closing numbers, "Home, Sweet Home" ; Piano ,Solo, played by Paul Thompson, and "Show me the way to go home", sung by the Dormitory quartet.
Debating I n the fall of
1927
several of the j un i o r coll eges of Oklahoma formed a league for
debating and other forensic activities.
O w ing to the fact that earlier provi s i on had
not been made for this work, it was handicapped by l ack of time and proper financial support.
In spite of this several debates were I�e] d with othel' schools.
our teams put up won o r not.
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In all of these
stiff fight and made i t interesting for every opponent whether they
Two traits stood out prominently in all our debaters.
high type of debating.
The first was their
Their speeches \I" ere not j ust memorized recitations.
showed flexi b i l i ty in meeting the argun:ents of their opponents.
at the main issues and used no tri ckery i n dodging difficult points. was their sportsmanship.
They
They drove straight The second trait
In the face o f defeats they kept their enthusiasm, their
cheerfulness, and their courteousness.
TI: e i r opponent as well as thei r friends were i m
pressed with these facts. Those who debated \"ere Paul Garrett, Herman
B u rton, O pa l Gilbert, Ha rreld
Garrison, and Gran v i l l e Rogers. W ith th i s year's valuable experien ce behind them, we bel ieve that from this group will come teams that w i l l be invincible in the years to come.
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