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DURANT, OKLAHOM-", WEDNESDAY, DECEMB:,DB. 21, 1927 . tNumber 15

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\\.ITH EXCELLENT PROGRAl\'l ~ SOUTHEASrl, f ~ ~ ERN JE F,EBRUARY 16, 17 and ~8

The An.nual Cand~le Light Service g,iven in the CoJlege Audito rium Tuesday nig.ht r epeated the u s ual .success of these deligh tfu 1 programs. In addition to the Christn1as carol f; and script ure readings, tableaux were prese·s ted as an impressive fea­t\lre of the occ·asion. The following progran1 was r.endered: Prelude

Orches tra Processiona~l Adeste Fidelia ___ _

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Luke 1 : 27-33 •

Tb e Magnifi-cat ________ Traditio nal

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v.,r ,~ Thr ee 1'-ings of Orie-nt Are __ ------ - --- - --- ----- __ Hopkins .

Luke 2:8-11 .

T h er e vVer e Shep.h erds Abiding __

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It Oa m e Upon th e Midnight Clear _

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Luke · 2 : 12-13 Glory to God

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. John 3:16 M·atthew 11:2 8-30 P ea<!e I Leave With You __ ___ _ Qow

Choirs Matthew 28 : 20b J oy To 'fhe W'orld ______ . ______ _

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Choirs Recess ional __ Hark! The Hera ld

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A basketba~ll game between t h e Seniors and Sophomores of the Rus­sell High School is scheduled for

' Fri.(lay,. December 2 3, fron1 12 : 3 0 to 1 : 30 in t h e new gymnasium .

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a Christmas party Frida.y nigh t, giv­en at the home of Miss Nell School­

. er. The A~igos were special guests of the evening.

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• • • S. T . C. vs. Denton at Den- * l8E ton last Friday in Marc'l. • . • S. T. C. vs. Louismna at • 31 1Natchotoches first week is l8E lSE April. · ~ 3St S. T . C. vs. Con way at tDu-. • )8E rant no date set. )a(

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DATf1~-.; SET FO}\ 1!)28 APRIL 12, l:J .-\NO 14

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The da tes for the Eig.hteen·t h Ari'-. n ua l Southeastern Oklahoma Inte r-H igh School Track and Field Meet ha s been set fo,r April 1 2, 1.3 ' a np 1 4 19 2· 8. Ther e w ill oe several n ew

' ' fea:tures added this year which will add to the in ter est of the m eet.

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Class B band will be a·dded thts ye~:r

The . Southeastern State Teachers . !

College Invitation Bask et Ball Tour-namen t .wiH be held on February 16, 17 and ·1 8, 1928. The girls' tourna­m ent will be held March 9 and 1 0.·

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The runner s-up wiH each get a 12. inch silver basket ball mounted ort a · pedes tal. .,

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Boys' teams will be limited t@ nine players. Any fur t h er informa tion wa nted can be had by writing P. E. Laird . Dir ector of Tourn-aL ment.

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SCIEXTII4'1f' SOCIRT¥

a s t her e seem s to be ·a large de m&nd ' fc 1~ that number . The number of instrun1 ents in the Class A Orchest ra and Band will be increased, which : will inter est more students. , . I

The con test selection s. will be " The Relatiou!:ihip of Plant to ~· printed in The Southeastern in t h e Anitnal Diseases" will be the subjedt first n urn be r after the holidays·. · c.f the a ddress Dr. J. G. Ireland, head

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The Physical .t:~ucation Club, · re­cestly organized a t Sout heastern . m et last W'ednesday in the gymnas-

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m eetings,. t\l·o devoted ~ to active gym_ nasium programs+ asd two to night meetings &t the hom es. of t h e r espe<>-. tive rr,embers. The council for the c,lub i.s composed of the foll~win·g

members with Roberta Vaughan s•e:rving as chairman : - Eve lyn Nor­man, Gw·fmdn lyn Lant.hripe, Ruth Hewett and Vivian Willi a m son .

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gator Of poisonious plants in t he ,

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g9s an d the Kappa Chis ad j ourned thei r r egular n1 eetings and attend~ . t h e, ·a y ps y Smit h re ';·iva l.

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Publlalled weeki~ b~ the 8. 8. T. C. ID the hltereat of B4ueatlon ln South·

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Bntere4 aa aecond-claaa matter Oc· teber 4, 1111, at Durant, Oklahoma.

the Act of Au~uat 14, 1111. Ac· for mallln&" at ·special rate of

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celebration. throughout the epclesi-astical year and ls celebrated ~n ev­ev~ry civilized count·ry in the world.

That th-e btrt·h of Jesus Ch-rist, the . deliverer of the human race, and the m)'!Sterious link co·nnecting the transcepdent and ineomprehepsib1e &ttrlobutes of Diety with humati sym­pathies and affetcions, should ~ considered as the most ~l~r.ious

· event that ever . hapened, an<J.l the bein:g revereri tly

· ..1memorated, · ~s· a ·proposition which must commend t­seU to t he hear-t and reason o ev r

-one of His followers, ·who aspi es to walk in His footsteps, and share in

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lllOIIt beautiful story_ of the birth of • I tbe Qhttist

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chapter of Luke: "And there were in the same ~oun­

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And the angel said unto them . not: for, behold, I bring! Jo~ pod tidings of grea·t joy which shall

' be to a 1 people. J'or u to you .fs born this d·Jy in

the city of David a Savior, which ls ·Obrlst tile Lord,

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And was with the ang~l a m·ultlt of t ·be rea venly •host prais-lal' God. and saying,

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SOUTHEASTERN STUDENTS WILL ATTEND STUDENT

MEET AT DETROIT

The tent.h quadrennial convention of the student volunteer movement . . will meet th·is· !)"ear at Detroit, Mich-igan, from ·December 28, 1927, to ·~lanuary 1, 1928. T·he conve·ntion is to be a Studest Christian Missionary convention. Its program is being built up around two basic assump­tions: "Jesus Ohrist is worth being r known, tru.sted and obediently fol-,Jowed by men everywhere;" "Mak­ing Him known to others is t-he joint responsibili,ty of all w.ho fol-• low Him."

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convention is •to be educational and inspir~tional toward an analysis of the pr-esent world situoation, a re-

... view and appraoi.sal of modern mis-. sions, and a search for the solution of recognized problems. The com­mittee of arrangements has been .l)lanning to develop the attitudes otowa.rd rthe devqtion and loyal·ty to

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of F'he friendl·Y Relation Committee of the Y. M. C. A., and Akintu· Dip­eolu, an African student.

• Mise Edna Geister, tile "Ice

Breaker Hers-elf,';' wlll be there and eond uot the social part. There wi.U also be ''Intern.attonal Teas" for the purpose ·of informal contacts.

Hicks Epton,. president of the Stu­de~·t Council and Moiss ·Anna Walli'3 will represelllt the Southeastern Sta-te Teachers College at this Conference

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CHAUTAUQUA GROUPS •

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The en•tertainers w·ho took p·ar.t in the recent ·Southeastern Obaut9.uqua wish to extend to the Deople of Dun­dee, A:~b-rose Ward and Healdton,

. _,. . the Season's Greetings· and t~ ex-press thetr gra.tkude for the &}.'k-it ·of generous hospitali·tY which ~he trip a pleasure to all the per • formers.

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· FACULTY MEMBERS · SPEAK AT BANQUET.

OF BASKET ~ T'fAM - -

The business and professional men­of Wloodville honored t ·heir ba~~ket ooll team wf.th a turkey banquet on last Thursday , evening. Their t~m has made an excellent s·howi·ng to ' date, h-aving won nine stratg.hrt games, havoing a: perfe~t score

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the .season so faT. T.heir l~t victim was the Tishomingo high school, which they defeaJted after . an eJXtra period of play

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c-ellent school ·sy:st.em at WioodVille and the people of that dist~ic-t a:re wetll pleased with their school. The

.;men w.ho gave the banquet. to the -team certa·inly believe in their bas-

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"THE }L'\GIC TRUNK" OHRISTMAS PLAY BY

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eve wa•s.l hig·h'ly entertainisg and all of the pupils of the grades did th, m­selves credit in canying out the a- . rious featur.es of t·he program. A large and appreci&Jtive audience as

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ricular research activUiee ot re Southeastern district; a.re beginning

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'the dlstr.ict ·by ·Proressors N. Conger and Schiller . Scroggs .

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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

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Morton, wlll present a Christmas, program Friday morning, Decem·ber 23, at ten o'clock in the a~sembly.

The progran1, composed of Christ­mas songs, will be given in two

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PART I. Sopranos Noweta Bowers, Fran.;

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w·orld t•he Joyful New•S.

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Scene 2 The Th.ree Wise Men. Song · We T.hree Kings . .__· -Fred

Hall Gates, Ollie James, Jr., Allen 1• t·ench.

Scene 3 The Shepherds Song·-• . ' .

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Scen e 4 The Manger. Song In the Little Town of Bethle·hem. Si­leD t Nig.ht.

'Dhis prog-ram will be an unsual treat and every one 1s invited.

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RU'S~EI.ci, HIGH SQUAD · \VORKING FOR PLAC~

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The Ru.ssell H'ig;h Sc·hool ball squad, better known

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"Papooses," (their famlly name) ' wor k out ever.y Monday, 'r.hursday

and Friday ·afternoon. Twenty men are out workfug for a place on the .team and the competition is keen. Coaeh Hor•a-ee Manna-han is busy trY­.fng to decide which ones are the best __,....it is certain that a number of •them will be caned "Savages·" some day.

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Mae H•a.ynie and Mary Pu1tsam left . Frid·ay, Decem·bt'a- 1·6, for their homes

· ln Alabama to spend· t·he Christmas lloltdaya.

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The Kiamichi Conference enjoyed • • •

a very satisfaetory football season, and one quite cr~ditable even· to the losing teams. Idabel, the w.tnner of the Conference tltl~, began t-he sea­son with only two letter men, while

. several of the pla~rs w·ho finally made the team had never been on a · football fietd before. Defeated by Broken Bow in a game at the open­ing of the season, this team im-

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suecess they won seven out of nine games played is due to ~he . able co~nsistent coaching of Coot Pyle, whq is well and favorably known at

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f~renee title next y~ar.

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·s~h~ls that d.o not go in for 1

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. ball have been drilling their haslet-

at Grant Dave -Crockett and Fer an LeFevers have 'excellent teamp \ of · boys and girls respectively already well _developed. The same m&~Y \be said ·f.or Soper, where Morrison Ham­ilton is coaching the boy.s. ~~e : " , . :

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• iron, t he remainder of ~he te.am be­ing made u·p of novices. Thus hand­·icapped . by inexperience, the ·~Bear Cats," with the lightest team in Hunt. -. Mrs. Moo-re is one of the their history, went through a stt:en-' .. popular stu~ents is S'ou•th-east uous season with fair s·uccess, ·a-nd ~:hilre ~r. ~oore is a promin'""-Y'I though they lost five out . of the: 'eight Y'<>';lng busi~s man of Houstpn. game·s .played, gave a good account . . Mr. Moore has r_eturned to HoiU , of themselves in every contest They t?n to :resume. h.is business a ffaijrs, were coached by J. J . H_~dg~~' thi& but Mrs. Moore will re~airi in South .. being his first .year at Antle~s. He eastern until t ·he >end o! . the presen~ is to be congratulated for · the very tert:n, at wh·ich Hme she will jO.id

creditable showing made by his . h~r hu-sband in Houston. ·

team. ~ While Hugo experienced a rather. discouraging s~on on the grid-. ,iron, winnig only from Atoka, Ben-

. nington and aroken Bow, Superin-tendent Vance Posey and Coach · A.

. . D. Ha-nry feel .that their team's rec-

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. The Y. W. C. A., honoring a~ • •

gr~_up o_¥f 1the college men, ent, r- . t~jned last Monday night, Decem·ber 13,_ in the . college cafeteria with Ia l ord is far from discreditable· under

the circum·stances. Determined to I 0

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w-ithout the services of several of •

th.eir best men wlrose scholastic rec- ' ord was not up to standard. The

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Montgomery, made a f~ne start, bU:t scarcel-J lived up to its early prom-:·

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·. n1eilts of~ various kinds, w.hieh we~e · gived as favors. The ente.rtainment · of the e·vening consisted of a se_ ries of. olever .C.h.ristma.s· con tests I

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ughJ. CO~·biDation started tlie -~ e. ~ rha4 'quickly pped UJ a lead when Coaeh Witt

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with no one m•an ·showing l;lP ·best. Davis · proved that ·he s·till ·had an eye for the basket, making 21 points·, while ''Skeel'y" Fannin was again the old time Fans-in bringing the baLl down the court and feeding it to his ta·emmates.

,Stlles, a~d <p~llins. Af·ter the ga I e Wftt stated that h~ was well ple~s:­

ed with the 'form shown so early in the s-eason and Said that if it was

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