McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12a, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 4, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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AMItM TAS TIIITRHDAV MARCH 4 1M8
Religious Week
Bynum Announces
Dates for Band School
Tin m mud nnninl uimmi 1 va
citlon Band Sill ) 1 of McMurrv
i IIm will be lulv 10 through
iM.ust 14 Tm weeks of the
.choil will bo rondmtid on the
McMmrv campus and the temnin
ing time will be spoil in tlu Sac
I i nun to Mountains ot New Moxio
it the Methodist assembly grounds
The faculty of the school in
(ludis Kaymnnd T Bynum dilic
tm of thi bind will teich Uute
rimes B Nil Ins will te ich wild
wind and percussion Gurthal Oil
1 Ran biass Other fscultj mem
bers will be announced liter
Classis will be offered In gen
ernl musicianship clcmcntarj mu
sic theor conducting marching
and twirling- in addition to band
performances Several concerts will
be presented
flic sun mcr bind school is open
to college and high sohool p'ajers
although eMeptlon.il p'avcrs of
junior high tchool age mi) attend
upon rccori undatlon of their dl
rector
The school will be moved to and
from New Mexico in the McMur-
ry college bus and other chartered
equipment as needed
The cost of the four weeks will
be $100 00 which will include tut
tlon room and board both in Abt-
le'e and In New Mexico class
lessons and group Instruction on
the individual Instruments re-
quired music for the summer band
and transportation to and from
New Mexico
Enrollment for the school will
be limited to sixtj plajers App I-
citlons should be ir by tiic last
f this school yr r In order to
make proper arrangements .or fa-
cllltiia Girls enrolled in. the school will
Ic "loused tn President hall and
the boys will be quartered tt one
of the cnl'ege barracks or in the
Gold Star Memorial Do-mltory
provided it is completed by then
All students will eat their meals
In Iris Graham dining hall
200 Required to Cast
"The Mighty Dream'
The Mighty Dreim a drama
of Christian brotherhood which Is
to be presented tn the Ridford
Memorial Auditorium on March
15 will require a cist of more
than 200 according to Rnv Hirt
director The drama written b
the popular religious dramatist
Dorothy Clarke Wilson was one
of the central programs of the
recent Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship conference at Cleveland Ohio
The original cast requires more
than 300 and at Cleveland It was
staged with much professional
help
Four episodes make up the play
a story of the youth of today
looking back on the past with
hopes and dreams for the future
The first episode Introduces tln
Vernon Sanford to
Address T.I.P.A.
Convention Here
Vu iun Smfoid minigci i f tin
Tt Ms 1'icss- nssxiition Ins noli
llu! (tlioirs of the Tim- Intir
ci 11 Liato Press issooiitlon it
McMuuv colli ge that lu his nc
upt I m iiiitnttnn to speik at
tlu TIPA inniinl imvciitlin hcii
pi II 21 10
S infolds ofllpcs arc In the Bik
er liottl In Dillas and he wis
cmplived b the Texts Tress as-
s K-iatii n last fall to managi the
affairs of the TPA He Is a grad-
uate of the Unhersitv of Okli
homa and received a master of
arts degree frpm tho school of
journalism University of Missouri
He was manager of the Oklahoma
Press association from 1914 until
his association with the Tcxis
group
He will speik to approxlnntelv
2")0 students from 18 Texis col
leges at the convention In April
Tri-College Prats
Club Meet Planned
For Tuesday Night
The McMurrv Press club will
be host to the pi ess clubs of
Hardln-Simmons university ind
Abilene Christian college at a trl
college meeting Tuesda) March
0 it was decided at a regular
meeting Tucsdaj Feb 24 in Iris
Graham Memorial dining hall
Following reports b the various
TIPA committee heads Bill Ward
TIPA president reported that
Miss Ivoula Grace Brdman and
Mrs Vernon Sanford have accept-
ed invitations to speak at the
convention to be held here April
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pist and the future to four nung
piople of different rates who an
seeking to pass through the door
of life In itf the future warns
them to look to the past tint thev
might have insight ti the future
Fpisode two dills with the Old
Testnment times In which the re-
jection of tho prophet Isiinh Is
portraved Baiabhis and Jes is art
contnsted In the third episode
while the fourth continues the
contnst in the evil of Barabbis
and the good of Jisus in their
forces on the modern world In
the last scene St Francis of As
nisi John Huss John Weslcv
George Washington Carver and
Gandhi ire presented as heroes of
the Faith In their lives the four
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(ORONVTION MARCH Rav Hart and Nancy Harwell last ears
Mardi Gras king and queen lead the new king and queen to the throne
Helen Holt senior from Muleshoc and Kemp Anderson senior from
San Saba arc the new rulers.
Woman's Club Award
Presented Carol Allen
Carol Allen junior voice major
from Law ton Okla was recently
iwirded a. music scholarship by
tho Abilene Clt Federation of
Women s clubs The opportunity
iward wis a cash scholarship of
r0
The music scholirship Is one
of three such scholarships award
ed by the City Federation of
Women s clubs annually to further
tine arts In Abilene Similar schol-
irships were iwardcd to the Abl
lenc Christian college speech de-
partment and to the Hardin Sim
mons university art department
Mrs H J Morcland president
of the Abilene City Federation of
Women s clubs made the award
recently to Miss Allen after the
selection for the McMurry recipi
ent had been made by a commit-
tie of the club women The com
mittee conferred with school and
flnc arts division officials before
miking tho selection
Twenty six women s clubs here
in Abilene have co operated to
m ikt the project possible
Miss Allen has been under the
direction of Dr Thomas S Wll
Hams piofissor of voice the past
throt eirs She came to McMur
i this fill from the Dillas In
stitutc of Music Miss Allen at
tended Southern Methodist Unl-
vcrsitv her freshman year While
there she sang with the SMU sym
phi nv. At the spring Gala Concert
in 1010 Miss Allen was the soloist
Miss Allen is now soloist for
tho Christian Silence church In
Abilene and has sung at seveial
of the other churches upon spe
cial reqeust
Miss Allen stated that she was
di lighted ind happy upon recelv
Ing the scholarship She plans to
use the money to help further her
music education
in Progress
Art Students Are
Eligible (or Two
Coming Exhibits
Two art exhibits In which Mc
Murry students arc eligible to
enter were announced by Mrs
Roma Regan Connor instructor
In art this week The first Is to
be held by the Texas Federation
Woman a Club at San Angclo
April 1-3 This contest offers two
sections one for professional and
hobby painters and the college
and university group in which each
entering college is allowed five
entries of class work
The annual all-school art ex-
hibit will be April 26 from 2 00
to 6 00 p m It will be at the
Abilcno Museum of Fine Arts
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
In this contest McMurry Is ell-
gibla for 11 boards 22x28 and
students interested are asked to
submit their work to the art de-
partment for the consideration of
a committee The work must be
original and In oil water color
pistel or prints
T.I.P. Chanset Date of
Sweetheart Banquet
The time and place of the an-
nual TIP Sweetheart banquet has
been changed to Saturdiy night
March 6 at 7 10 at the Woolen
hotel Helen Holt president of
tho TIP announced this week
Previously the banquet wis plan-
ned for tonight at the Windsor
but because of Religious Fmphasis
week activities the time and place
were changed
Mary Loulso McClcsky is In
charge of all decorations
McMurrims Heir
Prominent Texins
RiHlI us Fmpliisis wnk n w
in pioiriss will end at ! oelock
ilinliv Manh 6 in en (tine tn
tlu v George Stciiiniin pin
leit of religious eduintion
S iv ins have been cniuliictid
ich morning this vviek bv arnal
ers uigaged In tin Abilun district
wide revival Neht sen Ices havi
tx en held in the local ihuichis
and studtnts have permission to
l( 1VI tile CailinilS tn lltlnn. I llinm
Dr Harrison Bakir of O ik Oliii
Methodist ihurch Dallas will be
tin speaker In the morning and
Di Albert Shirkcv of Trills Paik
MithiHllit church Sm Antonio
will ilnst the si 1 vices on tlu Me
Mum iiimpus
Sundav ifteinoon it 1 oelock
in the Urst Methodist church
there will be a cit wide tally con
ducted by the Rev Elmer Lan
dreth superintendent of the Ama
rillo district All students are
urged to attend
Dr Albert Shirkcv pastor of
the Travis Park Methodist church
San Antonio opened religious em
phasls week with a challenge to
students to back up in their think
Ing as Americans He reminded
students that scientists tell us
that there is ubsolutely no difense
against the atomic bomb except
a spirit in the world that will
make its use impossible
What is America anvwav'
Dr Shlrkev asked It Is not 1
1 olor class culture creed race
It is a spirit a spirit of fmdom
He went further to say thil it Is
our job to keep the flame of frn
dom burning and daring like
George Washington to break
shackles and set men frte
The preset t upsurge of the
world according to Dr Shirkcv
is the desire of people who have
been subjugated to come to the
light In the words of a great
Negro educator the Negroes and
the whites have been two parallel
lines with the white on ton when
what they want is two parallel
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Bynum Leads Reagan
County Band Clinic
For the second consecutive venr
Raymond T Bvnum director of
band was guest condui tor at the
annual Reagan County tilth sehooi
band clinic which wis hi Id In BIl
Like Saturday Fib 28
Players composing the bind
clinic came from schools of hur
rounding territory Sehools send
Ing players were Big Lake So
nora Ozona Mertzon McCamcv
Crane Rankin Grandfalls Royalty
Texon and Iraan
There was a concert held for
the public Saturday night Ae
companylng Mr Bynum to the
clinic were members of the ad
vanced directors class who ob
srrved and participated In the
clinic Students attending wire
Walter Chalcraft Hulxrt Carton
Jumea Hobbs Richard Elliott and
Jim Verner
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McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12a, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 4, 1948, newspaper, March 4, 1948; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth100751/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.