Sooner SportsBy HAROLD KEITH

O.U . High-Jumpin' Drama StudentBeats Jacobs' Best Two-Milers

"Things have come to a heck of a pass when ahigh-jumper beats all my best two-milers," laughsJohn Jacobs, Oklahoma's track and crosscountrycoach.And when the high-jumper is also a drama stu-

dent (dray-ma, Professor Jacobs calls it) who staysup half of each night practicing his part for the nextplay, the confusion grows even more complete .Anyhow, Bill Weaver of Joplin, Missouri, a dis-

charged Naval Air Corps fighter pilot, was theSooners' number one runner in the Big Six Con-ference crosscountry meet at Norman on November16 .Yep, Weaver is both a drama student and a high-

jumper and what he's doing out there with thetwo-mile team is quite beyond everybody's com-prehension .

Because most high-jumpers can't run a lick .Moreover, they don't like to . Almost without excep-tion they're lazy gents who ride in a car to thestadium for the track meets and sprawl out com-fortably on the grass while awaiting their turn tojump . The only time they break out of a walkis when they take the last four steps approachingthe crossbar at a silly little trot . Then they flopdown again exhausted.Although Weaver jumped 6 feet-2 inches in the

Kansas-Oklahoma indoor dual last year, he yearnedfor more action in sports . He went out for springfootball, quarter-backing the third team . Last sum-mer he began running. All summer long he ranand this fall, when the long-winded Sooner cross-country boys began practice, Weaver just fell inbehind them and presto! Now he's on the team .

Weaver's dramatic career, which reached cul-mination here October 31 when he played the partof Lenny in "Kiss and Tell," the first major campusproduction of the season, was even more freshly-launched . Until last spring he was never in a playin his life . Lonny Chapman, another Sooner run-ner and drama major who will also race Saturday,talked Weaver into enrolling in the Drama School .

Weaver's first role was as the sheriff in the play"On Borrowed Time ." It was only a minor part .The cast hazed Weaver by locking him in his ownhandcuffs and refusing to find the key until justseconds before he went on .

Jacobs often goes -to the student plays in whichChapman and Weaver are cast And it's okay withhim that they chose drama for a major.

"I'm always glad to get dray-ma students," thecoach says, "I never have to worry about theireligibility."

O.U. Has Airport "Hangout"No longer do the campus hangouts at-

tract University of Oklahoma students intheir off-hours . Now in an air-minded agethey flock to the University's Max Westhei-mer airport for flight training or to renewold acquaintances with planes they flewduring the war.The first class of University students tak-

ing flight training number 140, almost allof whom are enrolled under the G.I . bill .Three flight courses are now included on theregular University curriculum for the firsttime .The airport has been used on Saturday as

as a terminus for many football fans flyingto the Sooner home games. The hangars arebeing used for storage, repair and mainten-ance shops. The national guard plans to baseone fighter squadron and the 45th Divi-sion's Field Artillery liaison aircraft atMax Westheimer.

DECEMBER, 1946

The threatrical profession is all a deep mystery to John Jacobs, Oklahoma's long-time track coach, ashe peers curiously over the shoulder of Bill Weaver, his drama student-footracer, ;while massagingWeaver on the rubbing table . Conversely, running is something of a puzzle to Weaver, a "reformed" ,

Sooner high-jumper.

'Jake's Boys' Honor Jacobs"There's something about JOHN JACOBS," the

O.U . band appropriately sang between halves at theO.U.-Nebraska game during the celebration hon-oring the popular Sooner track coach starting his25th year at Norman, and after counting the "loot"presented to him by his boys, you tried to evalu-ate the unique JACOBS character .What's this lanky Oklahoman got that makes

scores of enthusiastic Sooner track alumni buyhim an expensive Belgian-made automatic shot-gun with all the trimmings and better yet, evenfind a new shotgun to buy in these unsettled times?

Probably a little bit of everything . JACOBS ''166a, is a plain, friendly, humble fellow knownfor his coaching skill, his clean sportsmanship andhis dry, singular humor delivered in the twang ofthe typical Southwesterner ."JAKE," as all his boys call him, hails from

MANGUM, out in Greer County . Much of whatJACOBS says is not only spontaneously funny butpossesses the additional quality of bearing thestamp of truth. His quips are neat and pat.

For example, there's that time JOHN CLAY,the Texas high school discus king from PAMPA,visiting the Sooner campus last spring, picked upthe Sooners' college-sized discus and hurled it132 feet .HARLEY "DOC" LEAVERS, NORMAN High

coach, burst into the Sooner dressing room andannounced the unusual feat . PLATO ANDROSand HAROLD BENHAM, burly Sooner weight-tossers who are only indifferent discus-peggers,were putting on their uniforms nearby .

"Yeah," said JACOBS, nodding towards AN-DROS and BENHAM, "I'm getting me up a relayteam to throw it back to him."

Or his remark to JOHN GOUGH, rangy Cana-dian half-miler whose long, black pompadouralways fell down into his eyes when he crouchedon his marks.

"You're either gonna have to learn a standingstart or I'm gonna plait your hair and tape it toyour back," the coach told GOUGH.Unlike any other coach in the land, JACOBS

achieves results almost as much by kidding as hedoes by actual coaching .

"You back up like a freight train before youstart," he once told a hurdler noted for his poorstart . Or "If you could have broke into a pert walkthat last 100 yards you'd have won," he told adistance man who didn't sprint at the end of arace .

Like most good coaches JACOBS isn't cocky.Hands full of stopwatches, he was sitting on thefender of his old tan Chevrolet timing a Soonercross-country workout. It was the day beforethe Army-Oklahoma football game .

"Isn't your cross-country team running in NewYork this week against Army?" somebody bad-gered him.

"Shoot, boy," he replied . "I don't have to gothat far to get the hell beat out of me ."

Despite all the hard work connected with stagingthe recent Big Six two-mile meet at NORMAN(incidentally, his boys won it) JACOBS foundtime to mix fun with the work . Part of the Soonerfootball crowd surged down on the track betweenhalves, threatening to stop the race . Expecting it,JACOBS had asked the Ruf Neks, O.U . pep body,to surround the track and keep the fans back."And if any of my boys get behind in the race,

hit 'em in the seat of the pants with your paddles,"he privately told the red-shirted Sooner pepsters .Afterwards his written apology for the crowd

incident to the other five Big Six track coachesbore the characteristic blend of JACOBS humor:"Am sorry it was a little congested at the half, butnone of our drunks took any laps with the boys,and there wasn't a dog in the race, so we are proudof that."

-Yep, PROF . LEONARD HAUG'S Sooner band

was right. "There's something about JOHN JA-Cd13S."

Iowa State lists the University of Oklahoma asone of its wrestling opponents for the year . If pres-ent plans are completed, the conference will re-adopt grappling as a letter sport.

The Drug Mill

Here at the University of Oklahoma we havefor some time been referring to the man who oper-ates a drug store as a general pharmacist. We don'tinsist upon it, and, just as quickly call him retaildruggist, which of course is traditional . . butwhat do you think? Isn't it quite proper to call theman who does not specialize, that is to say, is nota hospital pharmacist, a prescription pharmacist,or a military pharmacist . . . a general pharmacist?He already has his counterpart in other professions.Though it may sound a bit strange now as it comesoff your tongue, one day it may be altogether nat-ural to say . . . GENERAL PHARMACIST .

DECEMBER DIDOES-Phm . Jimmy Muggsays that's all right about "Salome, Where SheDanced," but that this column is the "Drug Miller,Where He Dwells" . . . Come to think of it, wedo seem to dwell on some things, such as pharma-cy green, pharmacy for pharmacists, etc. . . . Ournomination for public nuisance is the fellow whowants to discuss the radio program you're listeningto. . . . Sudden thought. If you had a girl friend

PHARMACY BOOTH TAKES PRIZE-With this booth, students in the School of Pharmacy,University of Oklahoma, took third place in competition with 40-odd displays representing studentactivities all over the campus . Occasion was the Annual Students Activities Festival, October 30 . Phar-macy students who manned (and womanned) the booth were, 1 . to r., JACK LISLE, McLOUD,ANNA SIMMONS, HENRYETTA, CURTIS POTTER, ENID, CHARLES ZIPP, ROSWELL, N. MEX.,

JO ANN KIRKPATRICK, FREDERICK, and KENNETH LISLE, McLOUD .

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named Mable, would it be proper to call her MableSugar? .

.. Pete Weaver, with tongue-in-cheek

now signs himself "Peter the Great"' . . . We thinkthe woman was talking a little too rapidly whenshe said of another, "No, she isn't afflicted withany church ." . . . Literary stuff . "From his seat atthe window of the streamliner, the lights on theplatforms of the no-stop stations receded like tracerbullets." More. "Her mouth was strangely like thecut in a tree about to be felled, or for that matterlike the red-painted opening in a factory whistle."Still more. "She turned from the scene with fla-gellated eyes ." Let's get light now. There is ahotel in Harrisburg called the Harrisburger. Al-ways sounds a bit foody to this conductor. Butthat could be by reason of his standing hunger .When the Drug Miller takes a piece of candy, hetakes two, not because they are small but becausethey are so good .We now feel that we have heard the last word

in brevity and directness in soda fountain operation .At a booth, one girl took the orders while anotherbrought them out. The second girl slamming thetray on the table snapped, "Okay, what goeswhere?"A Drug Mill award, together with an out-of-

season luscious white peony, goes in this twelfth

month to Perry Como, of singing fame . Como iscommended and congratulated "for the listeningpleasure he affords the world's millions ." Awardis now on its way to him in care of RCA Victor,Camden, New Jersey .

Bienfang Relates Odorific HobbyPungent odors of old fashioned pound cake, of

home baked meat loaf, or the familiar smell ofsalami, emanating from the "Valley of yells andsmells," might well be disconcerning to Universitystudents on the alert for a good place to eat.

With Holmberg Hall furnishing the musicalbackground and the Pharmacy Building providingthe food odors, an unsuspecting student mightnaturally conclude that the University is nowin the "dinner club" business on the west side ofthe campus .

As a matter of fact, Dr . Ralph B. Bienfang,professor of pharmacy, can possibly contribute alarger variety of smells than Holmberg Hall canmusic. Describing his hobby of collecting variousscents, Dr . Bienfang said his hobby has grown farbeyond expectations .

His aromatic cabinet is one of the most com-plete in the country. The cabinet also has a largevariety of perfume bases, various deodorants andall kinds of tobacco flavors .The fragrance of spices from the large collec-

tion of whole and ground cinnamon, nutmeg,ginger and cloves is truly a "smell feast."Dr. Bienfang, author of "The Subtle Sense,"

has another collection that appeals to the sense ofsight instead of the sense of smell-his collectionof color pigments . There are three types of colorpigments that can be used as dyes : water soluble,wax soluble, and oil soluble . Water, candles orgasoline can be colored any color of the rainbowby these color pigments .

Pharmacy Enrollment SoarsO.U .'S ENROLLMENT-Registration in the

University of Oklahoma School of Pharmacy is farbeyond what it ever was before in the School's 53years of existence. Statistics, provided by the Uni-versity's Office of Statistical Service, show an en-rollment of 280 students of which 237 are men and43 are women. Of this 280, 212 are from Oklaho-ma, and 54 indicated themselves as residents ofother states . Numbers of students according to agelevels are as follows :

Veterans enrolled number 205, of which 7 arewomen. Of single men there are 120, married mennumber 117, single women, 35, and marriedwomen, 8 . Married couples in pharmacy number6. Of married men with children, there are 38, butof the married women, just one has a child. 184students indicated a desire to be general (retail)pharmacists, of which 166 were men and 18 wom-en . 15 selected hospital pharmacy, 3 were men,and 12, women. 37 said they would like to beprescription pharmacists, 31 were men, 6 women.None elected military pharmacy as a first choice .Manufacturing pharmacy drew 9, wholesale phar-tnacy and research pharmacy 2 each . Others indi-cated various combinations of special interests.

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Medical School NotesBy DR . JOHN F. HAcKLER

Died-Dr. No Amazon Nelson, '25med, Tulsa,October 21, 1946. Dr . Nelson has for years servedas pathologist at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa andin '43 was appointed visiting lecturer in the de-partment of pathology at the University of Okla-homa School of Medicine . On September 1, 1946,Dr. Nelson was appointed associate professor ofpathology on half time basis and served in thatcapacity until his death.

In the words of Dr . Turley, professor emeritus,"Dr. Nelson won the sincere respect and liking ofhis colleagues and the students . As an efficientpathologist, a reliable and learned consultant, andinspiring teacher, and a profound scientist, themedical profession and the State of Oklahoma hassustained a great loss in the passing of Dr . NoNelson ."Dr. J . P. Gray, Dean, attended the local medical

society meeting at Hugo on Friday, October 25 .He was accompanied by Dr . Lamb and Dr. HughG. Payne, executive secretary of the OklahomaDivision of the American Cancer Society .

Dr . H. A. Shoemaker, assistant dean, representedthe University of Oklahoma School of Medicine atthe annual meeting of the Association of the Ameri-can Medical Colleges held at Edgewater Park, Mis-sissippi, October 26 to November 1.Dr. Mark Everett and Dr . A. A. Hellbaum at-

tended the meeting of the Society of ExperimentalBiology and Medicine held at the University ofTexas Medical School at Galveston, Texas, October25-26. Dr . Hellbaum was elected secretary of thesociety . Drs. Everett and Hellbaum visited the An-drews Cancer Institution and Baylor Medical Schoolat Houston, Texas, enroute.Dr . Howard C. Hopps, professor of pathology,

and Dr . Willard Thompson, instructor in legalmedicine, attended the post-graduate course in legalmedicine given at Harvard University recently . Inthe course specific information was obtained relat-ing to the proposed medical examiner bill which isto be introduced at the next meeting of the StateLegislature.

Dr . Thompson remained in Boston for onemonth's intensive study which is specifically relatedto the function and methods of operation of themedical examiner system in effect in Boston . Thedepartment of legal medicine at Harvard Univer-sity is one of the outstanding in the world and,since the medical examiner is in use there, is con-sidered one of the best in the United States . Infor-mation of considerable value to the School of Medi-cine and to the State of Oklahoma will result fromthis trip.

Enroute, Dr . Hopps spent one day at the ArmyInstitute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., andvisited also the Rockefeller Institute and Schools ofMedicine at Cornell and Columbia in New YorkCity .Dr. Gayfree Ellison, Jr., '40med, is practicing

at Pawhuska .Dr. Polk Fry, '36m6d, recently discharged from

the Army Medical Corps has returned to Frederickfor private practice .Dr. Leonard James Ellis, '42med, recently re-

leased from the Army has located in OklahomaCity for private practice .Dr . Martin D. Edwards, '45med, is on terminal

leave from the Navy Medical Corps and was a re-cent visitor to the School . He plans to locate inOklahoma in the near future.

Dr . Vernon C. Merrifield, '45med, recently re-leased from Medical Service, is serving a residencyat St . Anthony's Hospital, Oklahoma City.

Dr . Charles L. Brown, '21med, Dean of Hahne-mann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,was a guest lecturer at the recent meeting of theOklahoma City Clinical Society.

The work of the tuberculosis associations is fi-nanced by the annual sale of Christmas Seals. Offunds raised in the nation-wide seal sale, 95 percent is spent within the state of origin to supporttuberculosis control work . The other five per centgoes to the National Association which, amongother services, supports medical research and co-operates with other nations on international aspectsof tuberculosis control.

DECEMBER, 1946

DID YOU SAY VETERAN IN COLLEGE, DID you s,r ., ne,rrried veteran in college, did you saymarried veteran in college with a child? Follts, meet CURTIS POTTER, ENID, who is all this andmore . CURTIS, veteran of the Anzio beach-head, norv a senior in the University of Oklahoma Schoolof Pharmacy, and MRS. POTTER, have twins, CURTIS FRANKLIN POTTER II, and HELENELIZABETH POTTER, born August 22, 1946 . Here LAIRS. POTTER Powders FRANKLIN while

CURTIS studies and misses the mouth of HELEN ELIZABETH entirely .

Looney Addresses Law GroupJoe Looney, '221aw, Wewoka attorney, spoke at

the third annual banquet of the junior law classrecently . Looney recently was elected president ofthe Dads' Association.

Special guests were President and Mrs. Cross, Dr .Julien CMonnet, dean emiritus of the Law School,and Mrs. Monnet ; Mrs. Looney ; Frank Elkouri andBill Christian, presidents of the senior and fresh-man law classes .The Delta Gamma trio, consisting of Winifred

Wilson, Mary Lou Contway and Mary K. Pruit,sang two numbers; Margaret Phyfer gave a solo andlater lead the group in several Christmas carols ;Lewis Watson, president of the junior law class,welcomed and introduced the guests and thespeaker .The banquet custom originated in 1944 when,

during the war, the law students decided to h;tve a"get-together." Due to the low enrollment thenthe gatherings were small, but they were success-ful enough to be voted an annual affair.

Forty-seven members of the University facultyare included in the 1946-47 edition of "Who'sWho in America."

Monroney Speaks to O.U. ClubRep. Mike Monroney spoke at the annual smoker

given by the Congress Club in Monnet Hall re-cently.Mr . Monroney spoke on the "Reorganization of

Congress" bill which is a product of the combinedtalents of Mr. Monroney and Senator Bob LaFollette, Wisconsin.An additional feature to the program was the

telling of the traditional Rose and Swan stories .

Lee Bond Visits O.U . J-SchoolLee "Bud" Bond, '32journ, manager of the

United Press bureau in Oklahoma City was guestspeaker for the advanced editing class meeting inthe O.U . Press Building recently .The following hour in the same room, Bond

conducted a round-table discussion on oppor-tunities for women in journalism .

Bond is a former managing editor of the Okla-homa Daily and former managing editor of theGuthrie Daily Leader.

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1 kft, 1906 portion of prize-winning (among men's houses)c,,Nu "homecoming flashbacks" procession of vehicles, fol-!;Jby winning (among women's dorms) Alpha Chi Omega:prlaunch," parade during half of O.U.-M.U . game. Above,9~ra (left) smoke traditional peace pipe with O.U .ers Solomonklokmulgee, and Glenn Hamilton, Anadarko, at game . Top, Nancy Rowe (left), Tulsa ; Theda Rae Bonnewell, Black-

-aid Marilyn Stover (foreground) and Dorothy Kampboth of Oklahoma City, ride Alpha Chi Omega "launch"

a:trtu Field . Upper left, Phi Gamma Delta wins the prize forkprorated men's dorm ; upper right, Delta Gamma wins award

decorated women's house. Lower left, J. F. Malone, '376a,a City, and wife, Louise, check up with old pals, Hubert

' Gibson, '366a, '38116, Grove, and Joe Benton (right),'216fa, '41ma, O.U . voice professor. Left, Jerry Keen, busi-ior, Norman, looks over Tigers just before game, declaresgher sweatin' this one out than it was in the C.B .I . thea-

Lower right, Dr . Laile Neal, '23bs, '25med, Ponca City,ife, daughter and son view big Homecoming parade fromoffice windows. Bottom left, "Now way back when-."ay, Sr. (left), '10ba, Ardmore, 'rehashes' old times withEarl Foster, Sr., '12ba, '31law, Oklahoma City ; Congress-ike Monroney, '24ba, Oklahoma City-Washington, D.C .,Edward E. Dale (right) 'llba, Norman . Below, Dr .

D. Rinsland (left), '206a, '24ma, Norman, and Mrs. Rins-ment on cup o£ coffee to come with Dr. Oliver Hodge,'37d .ed, Tulsa, recently elected state public instruction

ottom right, Dr. Clarence E. Bates (left), '13ph.c, '186s,Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Bates pause with Charles Free-ght) and Mrs. Freeman for ';the cup (of coffee) that re-' after Sooner victory over M.U .

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