Editors Own Column reports Homer Adait Club meeting details
The Homer Adait Club met at Mrs. Blevens home with 98 percent presence. Members dyed burlap sacks for rugs using varied colors, plan future uniform meeting with two finished rugs and group photos. Bread making discussed with Mrs. Blackburn joking she will not bake more bread due to cost. Meeting adjourned to July 20. Grafting notes cover bark grafting steps and managing new growth.
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Homer Adait
Bud Flackburn
Summer Care of Eggs for Quality and Profit
Advice from H. G. Ware of Oklahoma A. and M. College on preserving egg quality through summer. Recommendations include culling males after May 1, gathering eggs daily, cooling promptly, handling like meat, avoiding heat and sun, marketing twice weekly, and selling only large clean eggs from well maintained nests.
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H. G. Ware
Extension Poultryman
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Bark grafting shows high success for native pecans
Reports from several state sections and a northeast pecan grafting school indicate bark grafting of native pecans and hickories is highly promising with observed scion survival between ninety and ninety five percent. Farmers Week at Stillwater and 4 H contests highlight youth involvement and future plans in Pontotoc and surrounding areas.
Preparations Underway for Oklahoma 4 H Farmer Week
About 320 tents will house 20 youths each for the Oklahoma A and M Farmers Week August 2 to 5. A tent firm provides 300 tents, a local National Guard unit supplies the rest, and tents are split among four districts. Girls and coaches stay in college dorms, with early registrants guaranteed accommodations.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A
M. Coullege
National Guard
Pratt Journeys Across States Attends Club Congress
Oklahoma A and M state club agent B A Pratt reports covering 7174 miles by car in May and June to handle state club interests. A trip to Washington DC for the National Club Congress accounts for much of this mileage.
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Pratt
Stillwater
B. A. Pratt
Oklahoma A
M. College
Washington, D. C
National Club Congress
Farmers Week At A and M College Draws Wide Interest
B A Pratt, head of club work for the state, visited Ada to discuss duties. He notes the annual Farmers Week at the A and M college begins the first Monday in August and continues to attract farmers and club members from many areas with growing interest.
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Stillwater
J. B. Hill
Pontotoc County
Mary Cope
Ada
Ollie Lee Sliger
Latta Club
Gladys Gryder
Velma Cassidy
Lorena Anderson
Nora Jackson
Francis Club
Ruth Cole
Galey Club
Daisy M. Frazier
Okla
A. & M. College
Convention Hall
Mrs. Morgan
B. A. Pratt
The
A. and M. College
Oklahoma extension agents show wide county coverage
The Oklahoma City News reports strong extension work with 66 of 77 counties hosting county agents and 53 of those counties having women home demonstration agents. Nine counties employ colored men and four have women agents, while Kingfisher uses no man agent and Canadian gains Fred L. Pere. Felix West, long time Canadian county agent, resigned July 1 to enter the seed wheat business.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City News
Oklhoma A
M. College
Kingfisher
Fred L. Pere
Canadian County
Felix West
West
College Art Department Aims for International Poster Exhibit
Rural education and illiteracy posters will be sent from the public school art department of the college to Toronto for judging by artists. Local students hope for high placement in the international show as the gymnasium plans receive approval and minor dressing room changes are accepted.
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Toronto
United States
Canada
Summer extension courses offered at college
After the summer session ends the college offers a twenty day extension course at the College building taught by regular faculty. Students can earn four semester hours. Courses include Psychology 2 3 4 5 6 Education 7 8 Principles of Education 18 Ragrat 1 2 2 4 5 6 9 12 14 20 277 History 8A 8B Government 35 36 38 Spanish 1 2 3 French 1 2 3 Latin 1 2 3 4 Industrial Arts Mechanical Drawing
Auditorium shortage at East Central college sparks call for new hall
The article reports repeated inadequate seating at East Central College Auditorium this summer with hundreds of students turned away from entertainments and assemblies due to insufficient seating. It argues a state institution of higher learning should have a larger assembly hall and identifies a new auditorium as an outstanding need.
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East Central
Dormitory Need at East Central Highlighted
An editorial urges building a women’s dormitory for about two hundred, alongside a larger auditorium, noting state schools cannot house all students. It calls for at least 25 percent accommodation for each state school to keep costs affordable, emphasizing East Central’s appeal to students of limited means.
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East Central
Ada Oil Field Spurs Call for Reasonable Board and Room Rates
The article urges Ada to keep board and room costs at or below prevailing rates to avoid driving students away. It argues students weigh instruction quality and cost, promises high teaching standards, and insists Ada must ensure accommodations are competitively priced.
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Ada
Public school art exhibit showcases student design work
The department of public school art under Miss Hoover displays a studio exhibit and lecture room showing applied design, primary handwork, costume design, and poster design. The exhibit reflects strong understanding of public school art problems and high student skill.
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Miss Hoover
Federal Education Board Urges Training Institutions
The Bureau of Education under Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart in Washington has called on all teacher training institutions to arrange student field work and practical experiences to improve classroom preparation.
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Federal Bureau of Education
Cora Wilson Stewart
Washington
Wettest Year Marks Record Rainfall in Pontotoc County
The article notes significant rainfall, with Pontotoc County receiving nearly five inches in 24 hours. It discusses extensive agricultural work in terracing and seed development, and remarks that crop yield guesses are uncertain while conditions currently look favorable for a historic wet year.
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Pontotoc County
Growth in Graduates Across Commencement Totals
The 1921 life certificate graduates were 71 for spring and summer. This year the summer bachelor’s section has 86 graduates and the school year total life certificates will reach 550 across programs.
August Session At College Opens With Interest From Students
The college August extension term begins next Monday July 25 with many students signaling interest. Some plan to transfer from other institutions due to unmet work and expect the session to attract more enrollees than prior years. The session aims to help students finish credits for certificates or degrees before the new school year.
Faculty to take break after summer session ends
Most of the eighty or more faculty members will depart for a brief rest and recreation immediately after the summer session closes. Less than twenty will remain in Ada by next Monday, excluding those teaching August extension sessions and the office staff.
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Ada
Pottawatomie Wins Tournament In Final Game
The eight week basketball tournament concluded with Pottawatomie County defeating Seminole County 15 to 27 after an extra game. Wallace and Potts visited the college with athletic prospects discussed. Clint Littlefield died at 53 in a local hospital, with services held at Cummins parlors and Rosedale Cemetery.
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Pottawatomie
Seminole
Pottawatomie County
Mrs T J Eads Obituary Remains Ada Resident
Mrs. T. J. Eads, long time Ada resident, died Monday night after a period of ill health. She had been moved to Oklahoma City shortly before death. The funeral and burial were held in a cemetery near Purcell.
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T. J. Eads
Ada
Oklahoma City
Purcell
Turman Youth Dies at Home in City
Russell Turman 17 son of Mr and Mrs A G Turman died this morning at 11 15 at the family home 216 West Sixteenth. Funeral services will be conducted from Criswell parlors Thursday morning at 10 oclock.
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Russell
A. G. Turman
West Sixteenth
Criswell
Funeral Services for Jesse L. Morris Set in Lawrence
Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM this afternoon at the family home in Lawrence with interment at Rosedale Cemetery. Jesse L. Morris, formerly with the Miami police for several years, was killed Sunday when shot in the back while in his car by a Black assailant. The body arrived in Ada at 7:30 PM Thursday and was taken to the home of his stepfather and mother, Mr. and Mrs. V. Freeman in Lawrence.
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Jesse L. Morris
Lawrence
Rosedale Cemetery
Miami
Florida
Ada
V. Freeman
Frye Infant Dies in Maxwell Family Home
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Claude Frye died Saturday morning at 10 o clock at their Maxwell home. Funeral and burial will be at Maxwell cemetery Sunday at 3 o'clock.
Will Rogers Admits Non-Stop Drive Ends In Street Duel
Beverly Hills July 15 Will Rogers cowboy mayor presided over a flivver marathon race from Claremore Oklahoma to Beverly Hills to decide which of two Ford Spirit cars won a $500 prize. The Spirit of Claremore driven by Mr and Mrs John Collings and the Claremore Spirit piloted by Robert Kloehr and Ross Hutchins both stopped near Rogers garage. Rogers joked the prize is a pun and faces the unlikely task of awarding the money after both cars halted within minutes.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Will Rogers
Rogers
Claremore
Okla
John Collings
Robert Kloehr
Ross Hutchins
Bszgers
Ford
Oklahoma
Ben Turpin
Bob E. Daniels
Count Tolstoy
Charlie Chaplin
Chief Turpin
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Clyde D. Haston
Haston
Luther Harrison
Daily
Oklahoman
Harrison
South
Alumni Association of the College
Horace Mann News
Horace Mann Training School
Alien
Stratford
Rofs
Monay
Linscheigh
Angel of Death
Eliza Hays
Hays
Albert Hays
Mattie Weaver
Lincoln
Nebraska
Terrell
Wallace
Dan Hays
Laura Lamb
Nola Deathrage
Etta Hightower
C. T. Littlefield
Cummins
Bill Dryden
Byrds Mill
Clint Littlefield
Russell Lamar Turman
Jesse. L. Morris
Ada Milling Co
Jake
Harry Miller
Frisco
Allen
Roff
Rosedale
Fitzhugh
Nll
Angola
Africa
Coolidge
Cpenney
West Main
Perone
J. C. Penney Company
A.des Haw
Vere Ate
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