der to assist in and insure the securing of a motorvehicle by Col . Everett C. Williams and party intime to go forward and reach certain of the frontline units with orders prior to daylight."

Colonel Collier, who formerly was stationed withthe University R.O.T .C . recently received the Le-gion of Merit.

Ratliff CitedLt . Col . Frank G. Ratliff, '366a, '391aw, Okla-

homa City, was recently presented the Bronze StarMedal for meritorious service, while serving in theChina-Burma-lndia Theater of Operations . The

award was made by Col.'1' . E. deShazo, assistantcommandant of the FieldArtillery School.The citation accompany-

ing the medal for ColonelRatliff read : "For merito-rious service as S-3 (Oper-ations Officer) of Head-quarters, Intermediate Sec-tion, China-Burma-IndiaTheater. His successfulplanning and supervision ofoperations led to a con-tinuous flow of troops and

LT . COL . RATLIFF supplies to the combat unitsin the forward areas of the India-Burma and ChinaTheaters . The leadership, devotion to duty, andsuccessful achievements demonstrated by ColonelRatliff reflect the highest credit upon himself andthe military service."

Colonel Ratliff received a reserve commission inthe Army upon graduation from the University in1936 . Entering active service in the Regular Armyin September, 1939, Colonel Ratliff attended theBattery Officers Course of the Field Artillery Schoolin 1941-42 and the Command and General StaffSchool, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. At present he isattending the Officers Advanced Course at the FieldArtillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma .

Stevenson Appointed SecretaryLt . Col . Ralph L. Stevenson, '426us, Ponca City,

former gridiron star of the University and theCleveland Professional Rams, has been appointed

secretary to the GeneralStaff of the Army AirForces Technical TrainingCommand, Scott Field, Illi-nois .The China-Burma-India

theater was Colonel Steven-son's first overseas assign-ment, where he served firstas executive of organiza-tional planning, and thenas deputy chief of staff ofthe India-China Divisionof the Air Transport Com-mand . He was later ap-

LT . COL . STEVENSON pointed chief of staff underthe commanding general of the India-China Divi-sion of the Transport Command, Brig. Gen. CharlesW. Lawrence, who is now serving as deputy com-manding general of the A.A .F . Technical TrainingCommand at Scott Field. Colonel Stevenson wastransferred to the Africa Middle East theater whenGeneral Lawrence and his staff were reassigned tothe North African Division of the A.T.C . on Feb-ruary 11, 1946 .

Returning to the United States on June 1, 1946,Colonel Stevenson immediately assumed the dutiesof administrative officer of the Continental DivisionHeadquarters, Air Transport Command, Memphis,Tennessee. On July 19, he arrived at the A.A .F .Technical Training Command Headquarters, ScottField, Illinois, and was appointed chief of TrainingOperations of the planning division . Now servingas secretary to the General Staff, Colonel Stevensondirects administrative functions under Major Gen-eral Kepner, former commanding general of the

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8th and 9th Air Forces in the E.T.O. and morerecently Deputy Task Force Commander for Avia-tion at the Bikini atom bomb tests in the Pacific .

Colonel Stevenson starred for three seasons asguard on the Sooner's football eleven . Ile signedwith the Cleveland Rams in August, 1910, andplayed the following season with this professionalfootball team . His brilliant gridiron career wasinterrupted by his entrance into the service thefollowing year .

Colonel Stevenson wears the Bronze Star Medal ;the Pacific Theater ribbon with three battle partici-pation stars for the China Offensive campaign, theIndia-Burma campaign and the Central Burmacampaign ; the Army Commendation Ribbon withtwo oak leaf clusters ; the Europe-Africa-MiddleEast Theater Ribbon and the American DefenseRibbon .

Thompson Gets Army DischargeCapt . William Best Thompson, '43med, Medical

Corps, returned to civilian life recently after twoyears service in the armed forces . lie is the son ofMr . and Mrs. C. Otis Thompson, 524 N. W. 17thstreet, Oklahoma City .

Captain Thompson received an unusual honorwhen he was awarded a commendation for meri-torious service and outstanding work in an ex-ceptionally difficult assignment while serving atCamp Polk, Louisiana .

During his period of service in the Army, Cap-tain Thompson was ward officer and consultantin general medicine and ophthalmology . His out-standing ability was recognized when he was se-lected as one of the few doctors to instruct in theArmy Nurses Training Center at Fort Lewis, andto attend a post graduate school in the Army .

His tentative plans are to return to the practiceof general medicine in Oklahoma City .

Muchmore Named to Med BoardClyde E. Muchmore, a K.U . grad and an O.U .

Dad, publisher of the Ponca City News, has beenchosen a member of the Board of Directors ofthe recently incorporated Oklahoma MedicalFoundation . This month the foundation will launcha drive to raise an eventual three million dollarsfor a research center in Oklahoma City.Dr. Lee K. Emenheiser, '28bs in med, '31med,

and John Lamb, '28ba, '32med, both of OklahomaCity and many other Sooner medics are activein the Medical Foundation .

Miniature TownValued at $10,000, a scale model of a prehis-

toric Indian village uncovered in LeFlore county,is on exhibit at the University Anthropology Muse-um . Depicting a funeral ceremony, the authenticmodel was prepared by members of the Univer-sity staff . Handiwork and implements belongingto the ancient Spiro Indians who lived 700 to 1200years ago also are exhibited in the museum . Theserelics of the civilization were taken from a Spiromound discovered near the village.

Press Prints Book on DemocracyA modern restaurant of democracy organiza-

tion, "The Design of Democracy" by George Wash-ington Goble will be published by the Universityof Oklahoma Press in October. The author is pro-fessor of law at the University of Illinois .

Dr. J. Rud Nielsen research professor of physicsat the University of Oklahoma, represented theUniversity at a conference on nuclear physics andchemistry held at the Los Alamos scientific labora-tory .

There are 300 veterans enrolled in highschoolcorrespondence courses from the University ofOklahoma.

Medical School Notes

Dr . Ethan A. Walker, '43med, has opened hisoffice at Yukon, Oklahoma, for the practice ofgeneral medicine and surgery.Dr. Charles A. Winter, associate professor of

physiology has resigned from the Medical Schoolfaculty to accept a position with the Merck Phar-maceutical Company, Rahway, New Jersey .Dr. Howard Glass, instructor in pharmacology

has resigned to accept a similar position with Mar-quette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee,Wisconsin.Dr. Albert D. Foster, professor of anesthesiology,

and Dr. Jack Milowsky, assistant professor ofanesthesiology have resigned from the MedicalSchool faculty . Dr. Foster plans to enter privatepractice.Dr. Henry W. Hooper, instructor in histology

and embryology has resigned to return to thefaculty of Northeast High School, Oklahoma City .Dr. H. Gray Carter, '43med, recently returned

from the armed forces and is connected with theTulsa Clinic, 915 South Cincinnati, Tulsa .

Dr . Calmen P. Bishop, '37med, became direc-tor, Muskogee City County Health Department,on September 1, 1946 .

Dr . R. H. Gingles, '36med, Director, DistrictI Health Department, Tahlequah, was recentlyreleased from active duty with the Army MedicalCorps.

Dr . Lenor S. Goerke, '36med, was recently ap-pointed Director, Bureau of Medical Services, LosAngeles City Health Department, Los Angeles.Dr.

James

O.

Hood,

'31med,

until

recentlyDirector of Cleveland County Health Department,was appointed Director of Student Health Servicefor the University on September 1 . Dr. Hood suc-ceeds Dr. John Y. Battenfield, '37med, who hasaccepted a position with the Firestone RubberCompany at Monrovia, Liberia .Dr. George E. Winn, '43med, became Director

of Comanche County Health Department, Law-ton, on September 1 .

Leonard J. Ellis, '43med, was recently dischargedfrom the Army after spending two and a halfyears in England and France . He intends prac-ticing medicine somewhere in the state .

Joy Ann Wiley became the bride of Dr . GeorgeHenry Guthrey, '44med, September 1, in the Ep-worth Methodist Church, Chickasha. The brideattended the School of Nursing at UniversityHospital and completed a graduate course atBarnes Hospital, St . Louis, Missouri . Dr . Guthreyserved with the Navy until July, and was gradu-ated from the University Medical School .

Mary Emma Hall became the bride of BobDean, August 29, in the First Christian Church .Mr . Dean is a senior in the Medical School ofthe University . He is a member of Phi Eta Sigma,Alpha Epsilon Delta and Phi Chi Fraternities . Mrs.Dean attended the University .

Dr . Elizabeth Irby Tutwiler, '43med, becamethe bride of Dr . John Jerome Coyle, '43med, Au-gust 14, in the independent Presbyterian Church,Birmingham, Alabama. The bride served her in-ternship at University Hospital and recently shehas been associated with the Children's Hospitalat Birmingham . Dr . Coyle was recently dischargedfrom the Army . Dr . and Mrs. Coyle will establisha home in Chandler.

Bruce H. Brown, member of the senior class,was married to the former Mildred Anderson onAugust 2, in the First Presbyterian Church, Okla-homa City .

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Special Study Program StartedA special program of study in the basic sciences

was started at the School of Medicine July 22,1946, for those members of the faculty who desireto avail themselves of the opportunity to preparefor examinations for certification by an AmericanBoard. This course covers material in the fields ofanatomy, histology, bacteriology, parasitology,physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry and path-ology.

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THE I.M.A . DISTRICT COUNCILMEN ASSEMBLE TO LAUNCH EX-TENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR THEIR THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS INTHEIR FALL WORK-(Seated at table from left to right) : J . William Mala-by, University College, Chickasha, District Councilman 12 ; Hugh Ben LaRue,A. and S., Cushing, D.C . 21 ; James Bruce Chenault, Business Administra-tion, Tulsa D.C. S; Dwight Williamson, University College, Enid, D.C. 7,and Robert Hargrave, A. and S., Antlers, D.C . 2. (Seated in second row fromleft to right) Gerald West, A. and S., Eufaula, District Councilman 11 ; PageH. Belcher, Jr., Pre-law, Enid, D.C. 10 ; James McNeely, Jr., Law School,

IMA ReorganizesA few weeks before the commencement of the

1946-1947 school year, a very important electiontook place in the Engineering Auditorium . At thismeeting three men were elected for the final ap-pointment to the office of secretary for the inde-pendent men of O.U . campus.On September 1, 1946, the new I.M.A . secretary

took office and began a plan of organization andto carry on the ideals and achievements of theorginial group who first began the I.M.A . The otherofficers who took office at the same time were avice-president, secretary, treasurer, social chair-man, athletic chairman, scholastic chairman, inter-campus alliance chairman, publicity chairman, anda special officer to help in providing a well-roundedsocial program for the men and yeomen of O.U .who have been disabled in some way.The purpose of the I.M.A . as originally out-

lined by the founders back in 1934 involved fourmain divisions. The first objective was to providea means for representation of independent men inintro-mural athletics ; the second was in the formof a well-balanced social program for independentmen, and the fourth was to help independent mento become acquainted with alumni and facultymembers of the University.

It is well to remember that our University wasthe first school to foster such a movement amongindependent men under the supervision of DeanFindlay. Now many schools throughout the coun-try are strongly represented in the national societyof independent teen and women.The first national convention for the nation's

Independent Men's Association was held in thespring of 1938 here at Oklahoma University . Weheld the national charter for a few years afterwhich it went to Purdue University . At present thenational charter is held by Texas University, Aus-tin, Texas.The original I.M.A . program on O.U . campus

called for seven districts but with the ever in-creasing student body the number of districts hasbeen increased to 21 districts . Each district worksindependently of the main headquarters, and eachcouncilman from the district is responsible forpromoting the interests of all independent mem-bers.The first I.M.A . social function was held on Oc-

tober 19 in the National Guard Armory in Nor-man. A very spirited election was held during theweek for an I.M.A. Girl of the Year . Over 700

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votes were cast during the election, and the nightof the big I.M.A . Dads' Day Dance a crown wasplaced on the fair hair of the first I.M.A . Girl ofthe Year, Miss Danny Miller . Other attractions ofthe dance was the all I.M.A . band which was new-ly organized and had gained wide prestige in lessthan a month's time .To take care of the many varied functions of the

I.M .A . the following committees were organizedto see that nothing was left undone . After a monthof concerted efforts by the various officers, greatstrides had been taken to provide a program forthe independent men.

,Gene Sheid, social chairman, with a eommittea

of five men has arranged the date bureau to takecare of any independent men desiring companion-ship with other independent girls . Future socialfunctions are already on the planning board. Someof these include steak roasts, swim fests, song fests,hay rides, dance lessons, and many other interest-ing features .

Dick Witten, athletic chairman, has taken overthe reins in the intro-mural sports, and the dis-tricts have all entered various teams to participatein the many sports offered by the intro-mural de-partment. A committee of five men aid Dick inseeing that each district goes on and on with thegoal of victory at every ,game.

Marvin Hambrick, scholastic chairman, who isin charge of promoting a program to induce in-dependent members to strive for better grade aver-ages ; to help one another in tutorial service, andto bring a better understanding between the studentand his faculty members. Special awards are tobe made for the highest grade averages during thesemester.

Floyd Johnston, inter-campus chairman, headsone of the most important offices . With a commit-tee of five, Floyd's task is to strive for better under-standing between the LM.A . and other campus or-ganizations . Their problems become the problemsof the I.M.A., and with a generous supply of pa-tience and co-operative assistance Floyd has beguna program of helping other groups on the campusas well as other schools.

Dick Ratliff, publicity chairman, has done acommendable job in the journalistic department ofthe I.M.A . When the organization is in need offirst rate publicity in the city papers or the schoolpaper, the I.M.A . calls to Dick to print the facts .H. B. Frank, chairman of the special committee,

has been busy giving of his time and effort, and

Broken Arrow, D.C. 4; Ruble Langston, A. and S., Tattle, D.C . 8; JamesThomas, A. and S., Oklahoma City, D.C . 13; Johnny Cooper, UniversityCollege, Leedey, D.C . 6; T. D. Fisher, Journalism School, Okmulgee, D.C .20 ; O. M. Murray, Business Administration, Lawton, D.C . 17, and DickRatliff, Journalism School, Oklahoma City, Publicity Director and D.C . 1 .(Standing row three left to right) Floyd Johnston, A. and S., Cushing, Dis-trict Councilman 14, Inter-Campus Alliance Chairman ; William Nolan,Education, Norman, D.C . 19 ; Edward Ferguson, A . and S., Norman, D.C .16, and Howell Thornton, University College, Forreston, Texas, D.C. IS.

is bringing the benefits of the I.M.A . to those whoare handicapped in some way. His call goes out toall of those who wish to join the throng of I.M .A .members, especially to those who like H.B . havesome physical handicap . It is said around the cam-pus circles that H. B. carries with him the mostpleasing and most friendly smile that anyone canfind . Yes, even with a physical handicap of hisown. But if you are ever feeling low sometimejust find H. B., and you seem to pop right outof your self pity, because H. B. is glowing withunderstanding for your troubles .

Making plans for the return of the I.M.A . na-tional charter to O.U . are the Sooner chapter'sprexy, Hugo Dallas (seated), Dover, Ohio, seniqrin business administration ; Secretary WayneHubbard (left), Oklahoma City, izinior in busi-ness administration, and Harold Shafer (right),Muskogee, senior in business administration . Thenational charter is now held by the I.M.A . at

the University of Texas.

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Pharmacy School NewsBIG NEWS AHEAD-It had been hoped that

by this time, news of enrolment at the Universitycould be given you. However, its very size, andthe complexity of information connected therewith,have made this impossible . Statisticians are nowat work, and a detailed report on the O.U . Schoolof Pharmacy student body will be presented to younext month.NEW PROFESSOR-35-year old William G.

Bray, '336s, 35ms, has accepted a position on theteaching staff as assistant professor of pharmacol-ogy. A registered pharmacist in Oklahoma, hisnumber is exactly 5000 . After a considerable expe-rience in drug stores in Oklahoma City, he wentto Bird Drug in Poteau, Oklahoma, from whencehe entered the service of his country, July 14, 1942 .His principal duty during the war was the prep-aration of General Arnold's log, and he was separ-ated March 2, 1946, holding at that time the rankof major. Mrs. Bray, and 5-year-old junior haveaccompanied him to Norman .MILITARY PHARMACY MUSEUM-H ug h

Robert Houston, Oklahoma City, has donated aU.S.M .S . Ph.M . 1/c rate for tans . Curtis Potter,Enid, has given a set of labels from the FarmaciaOspedale Militare of Rome . Charles Martin, Nor-man, has brought in a Jap brown glass (etchedlabel) medicine container, probably for catharticpills, and a Jap alcohol lamp kit in a hinged-lidtin box. These were picked up by him on Hol-landia .

Lawrence Johnson, Macomb, gave a set of U.S .Army standard dispensing labels as made by Fredk.C. Biermann, New York . The Denver MedicalDepot, U.S .A ., has presented the museum with ajungle medical kit, a medical department container,a first aid kit, a chemical heat pad, and a 7 cm .mortar and pestle . Phm. Harold Hutton, Blackwell,former Ph . M. 1 /c attached to the Marines, broughtin a number of things from the Jap Hospital onGuam . Four clear glass stock bottles, with groundglass stoppers, and safety clips ; one small brownglass do . ; one prescription pad; one Jap Corpsman'smanual ; one pocket warmer (personal) furnace;one atomizer ; one 200 cc. cylindrical graduate ; oneice cap; one nest of three surgical basins ; oneplastic tongue depressor ; one wrapper for bloodpressure reading; one casualty tag.

Mary Tillman, Norman, former WAC with aT/5 rating in the Medical Corps brought in achevron and an Sib Service Command patch from

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OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PHARMACYSTUDENT PLATO ANDROS who also is rightguard on the Sooner football team lool(s innocentenough here as he handles a wedgewood mor-tar and pestle, but try to tell that to opposingteams in the Big Six . . . or even Army for thatmatter . Andros is 227 pounds of football fight.

her uniform. Warren L. E. Hencel, Stuart, put ondeposit his Red Cross brassard, a Nurse Corps in-signe, a medical enlisted man's collar device, apackage of motion-sickness preventive, a steriliza-tion indicator, his T/4 rate, and a white-cross-on-blue arm device for German P.W . in hospital . TheSchool of pharmacy is now happily looking for alarger space to house this museum .POTTER NAMED COOK-On October 2

Curtis Potter, Enid, was named cook of the DrugStore Cowboys, pharmacy fun organization . Thisis the first time that a man has been named to thisoffice .BIENFANG NAMED-Ralph Bienfang, profes-

sor of pharmacy, has been named a member of theCommittee on Activities for Alumni of the Ameri-can Association of Colleges of Pharmacy by Na-tional President Henry S. Johnson of New Haven,Connecticut.ASSOCIATION-The Oklahoma University

Pharmaceutical Association is currently holding itsmeetings in Business Ad Auditorium, having out-grown Room 310, Pharmacy Building .

Sooners Take Flu PrecautionsAn all out campaign for the prevention of an

influenza epidemic in the University has beenstarted by the Student Health Service . Dr. JamesO. Head, director of the service, announced re-cently .The entire campaign is centered around the new

influenza vaccine which is being offered to all fac-ulty members, students and their families . Thenew vaccine, which was made available to thepublic only last year after being developed by theArmy, is administered in a single dose in the formof a shot.A fee of 75 cents is charged for this service . This

fee is merely to cover the expense of the vaccineand the extra trouble involved in the administer-ing of the shots to several thousand students .sPresident Cross was to pose for a picture while

taking an influenza shot, but the picture was notmade . The reason : President Cross was home forthe day because he had contracted a slight headcold .

Miss Stella Sanders ElectedFaculty Womens' Club President

Miss Stella Sanders was elected president at arecent meeting of the Faculty Women's Club. MissVirginia Morris was chosen vice president andMiss Mary Ann Warren, secretary-treasurer .

Plans for the year include an informal recep-tion at the Faculty Club on November 22 . Thereception will honor faculty women who haverecently received the doctorate and the womenwho has joined the University faculty since Sep-tember, 1945 .

Eight Students Get DoctoratesEight doctor's degrees, the largest number ever

conferred at any one commencement, were grantedat the summer commencement of the University .

President George L. Cross conferred doctor ofphilosophy degrees on Edwin Fast, Bartlesville ;Gladys Carmen Bellamy, Norman, and CliftonJames Malone, Shawnee; and doctor of educationdegrees on Vernon Armor Musselman, Norman;Earl Clevenger, Edmond ; Richard Vernon Vorheis,Tonkawa; Emmett Ray Stapleton, Searcy, Arkan-sas, and John Louis Feirer, Kalamazoo, Michigan .A class of 143 students, representing 62 cities in

Oklahoma, and 12 other states, received degrees.These included 59 master's degrees.

The anthropological collections of the museumat the University of Oklahoma are valued at ap-proximately $400,000 .

Dr . C. E. Springer is the fourth man to headthe mathematics department at the Universitysince 1895 .

Foreign Scholarships OfferedStudents interested in studying abroad may com-

pete for one of the 1000 scholarships being offeredto American students by the International Associa-tion for Correspondence and Change.Aletter from the secretary general of this organi-

zation addressed to the University states thatI.N .A .C.C. is sponsoring a competition for Stu-dent's Triennium with the purpose of promotinginternational relations, collaboration and friend-ship, according to the resolutions of the U.N. Gen-eral Assembly in Paris.The Triennium provides for exchange of study

and vacations among students of all nations, schol-arships for study abroad, scholarships for educa-tional trips to foreign countries, free of chargemutual visits to different countries, and free sum-mer and winter international rest and recoverycenters "for students delicate of health and thoseunwealthy."

Application for the 1946-47 term are due No-vember 30, 1946, and applications for the 1947-48term must be in by January, 1947 . Students fail-ing to apply by the above dates can apply only forthe year 1948-49.

Correspondence concerning the contest should beaddressed to International Association for Corre-spondence and Change, Rome, Casella Postale 329,Italy.

Faculty Chess Club to CompeteThe University Faculty Chess Club will play in

the chess tournament sponsored by the OklahomaCity Chess Club, to be held December 28 and 29in Oklahoma City . All state players will be invited .This is the first time a chess tournament has

been held in Oklahoma on a statewide basis in thelast seven years, Dr. Kester Svendsen, professor ofEnglish, said .The tournament will have the approval of the

United States Chess Federation . The entry fees andprizes have not been announced, but it is expectedthat provisions will be made for the best players togo to the national meet with expenses paid .

Already entries are assured, of from 10 to 15players each from Norman, Tulsa, Oklahoma Cityand possibly from Stillwater .

Extension Division Gets 7 FilmsSeven films have been received from the Veter-

ans' Administration, Thurman J. White, directorof audio-visual aids, announced. These films aredesigned to show the veteran some of the oppor-tunities offered him and are available to veteransand veteran groups at a nominal cost .The new reels are: "Future Assets" ; "Medical

Service Second to None"; "Veteran's Report Num-ber 1" ; "Veteran's Report Number 2" "HangOn!", "Write Right!" and "Diary of a Sergeant."

Botanists to Present PapersFour members of the department of plant

sciences faculty will present papers at the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science meet-ings to be held December 26-31 in Boston .

Dr . Lawrence M. Rohrbaugh will give a paperto the American Society of Plant Physiologists.

Dr . Norman H. Boke will present a paper toa section of the Botanical Society of America.Dr. George J . Goodman will address the Ameri-

can Society of Plant Taxonomists .Dr. Elwyn O. Hughes will give a paper to the

Limnological Society of America and Systematicsection of the Botanical Society of America.

Photo Projectors Club StartedA student projection operators' club is being

organized by the University High School underthe guidance of Dr. Garold D. Holstine, director ofthe University Laboratory Schools .The club is designed to train high school stu-

dents as approved operators for motion picture,still picture, opaque and slide projectors .Dr. Holstine said emphasis will be placed on

using newer audio-visual aids .

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