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mMmt War Mtftrnp
Volume 14
Abilene Texas Friday. lXvemhct 11. 1936
Number 12
Virginia LeeSmith Crowned McMurry Totem Queen
reviewing
the news-
11V t:HTII JOM'.s
'1 lull H(la u ft i'i noon In tlu dig-
nified n ml li mill Ion lioiiml (linn
hois ot tlii1 house ol luminous
I'llnu' Mlnlstoi Mauley Baldwin
dud In sinnlue lil.uk lose heron
the silent assenihlx iiiul hmiI Hip
.1 1x1 it I lii ti ol Mug iMw.ild 111
As ho mid lila nli i tii'inlili il and
lio paiisul ofli n to ill ii llio iiiWl
flom the spei Ho los poiilied on
his In i Mod 1100
' Afloi long .ind anxious
coiislili'tatlon I lime ilotoi
mlnoil to loiioiiluc llu- thitiiu
to which 1 sin 1 ( ('(led on the
deulh of ni inllu'i mul I iinw
am lomniunlintlng this ins
final .mil itioxoc.iblo dt els
Ion
With thai In lot and toiso nics
.sago llio ioiinoi I'llnio ol Wales
loliiiiiulshed nil claims to Iho
tin olio and stopped aside foi Ills
joungoi hiotliei tlio Duke ot
oik
if. if. Sf
A lew Ji'ih ago llils same In
leiostlng Mng lillel lioli to I In
tin one f 10111 light 0111 ill I
of
lo).il anieslois. would h.le hi en
picked li nlix authoill as the
"joiing man most llkeh lo sin
coed" Yet doMlnw anil tuajlio
the destln) ol tin entile lliitl-li
empire was changed b an Ind
en
dent that would seem tnslKiiltl-
cant In his modern woild. If atix-
one hut the king wcic inxolxcd.
r Across the English channel
lu the villa of a s nipathetlc
friend waits the pilclpal ot
the British controeray Mrs.
Wftllls Wnrfleld Simpson
American commoner.
AlthouRh Prime Minister Bald-
win has forced the hand of tlio
king and made him abdicate there
may bo ears to tome before the
situation Is flnall settled. Kin 15
Hdward was the friend ot the
common people und that Is the
group with whom the gox eminent
Is having: most trouble now.
-f if
The curtain has fallen on
the first act hut until the
curtain rises for the second
act the audience composed
of all the nations ot the
world will not know If the
play Is a tiagedy or a heavy
drama.
Stepping under the hair-hung
ord will be Edward's oldest
brother. Albert Frederick Arthur
George the Duko ot York. The
duke ascends to the thione as
n vi nnd us a 4n.vettr.nld
monarch he will find parliament
more powerful dissension among
the people stronger and Eng-'
land's place as a world powei
more precarious than any other
king of modern times. '
You've heard ot open soabona
for hunting and fishing. Well
this is the month the month be
(ore congress convenes with a
open season on "string pulling"
and "palm crossing." Tlnough a
maze of string-pullers there up-
pears one that Is far more ex.;
perlenced and effective than any
ot the rest. He Is our one and
only John Nance Garner. There Is '
probably no other man In Wash.
Ington outside of the President
who is on the Inside ot the
"deals" made among the legis-
lators than Garner Is
Garner's frank statement that
he Is "200 per cent strong for
Uayburn" for leader ot the house
brought forth a burst of resent
meat from rival politicians but
he sits calmly through It all.
However anyone could sit calm
after being re-elected with such
a majority as he and Roosevelt
were. "
Incidentally my guess as
to the next house leader will
be Haybnrn.
Gift Selection
Still Pending
Zlass Considers Memorial
For Gift If Paving
Project bails
Willi il ins foi Iho piling or
1 ho rumpus mnl .is the sonloi
Lift foi Iho mmii Ktlll ponding
ptngios.
doliMMl
loii'il I
In Iho piniit has In on
due lo Iho liitinsi in
let est taken In ox 01x0110 In Iho
building ol a stadium foi M(
Mum I'al H.ixK president or
(hi dass said this week
A finance loniniltteo (oinposod
of momhois or Iho ho.nd ot tins
ti os his horn appointed l Ihe
hoaid lo aid the senlois In Iholi
.niniigometits and to Hike rule of
1 oust i net Ion hlds Tin lommll.
too Is composed of S. M Jax
chairman; II () Woolen; W .1
rulwllei and Henry .Inmes.
Should tho pi eject liao to he
iiKippod due to lack ot funds
tin clans has a secondary plan of
eloi Hug n memorial ontmnco gate
al the 1101th elitianco of tin cam-
pus and lending their nld in the
ililxo foi the new stadium. The
memorial entiance would he dedl.
i.iled to Unfold "Tats" Hi Inn
flist piesldeilt ot Ihe class.
As a new scheme for lalslng
money l'at l)ax is piesldeilt plans
to pioduce 11 tin 11 net comedy In
tin ni'.u futuio using memheia of
Iho class In the cast
Another plan to go Into effect
nfter Clnismas is the organising
of a tioup of entertainers to give
performances on downtown street
corners. The litonay raised h
passing the hat wIlllWWGr'ttle
coffers of the class for the gift
lund.
Quartet Scheduled
For Tye Dedication
McMum's girls quaitet will
sing foi the dedication ot the new
public school building at Tye
Friday night. Their mimheis will
Include "Smiling Tlnough" l'enn;
"Out of the Hark to You" Lee;
"Song of the Dinah Dolls" Shei-
wood; "Old Oaken Bucket."
Keallmnrk; "I'd Uko to go Down
South." Varks; and "Little Or-
phan Annie" Parks.
The quartet Is composed ot
Anna Frances Kilparlck. first so-
prano; Joe Arey sccona b.ii.i..-
no; Virginia McRae. first nlto;
and Jo Palmer seconu an..
this appearance the girls
At
will
wear new black taffeta gowns for
the first time
Fence Bleachers
Being Torn Down
I
Campus woiking news aie now j
at w-ork tearing down the old
fence around Donaldson Field I
and the bleachers In preparation
for the nexx Medley Stadium thattenor. cloy Lyles bass
the. college plans to build within
the next nine months.
Letters are being sent out to ex-1
students of McMurry asking for
donations In a drive to raise ren Morton soloist; Betty An-
funds for the undertaking. A thony Frances Frlddle Mary
much more extensive campaign Phillips Martha Jane Bryant
will begin with the new year. land Hoberta Ely shepherds.
Chairman of the local finance ( I. Departure of Shepherds
committee is D. II. Jefferles and W'eldon Morton Frank Cockrell
Rlgdon Edwards Is chairman ot cloy Lyles and Marguerite liar.
the ex.student committee for
laislng finances
PBEXY TO BAST TEXAS
Dr. Thomas W. Brabham
president ot McMurry College
-wilt preach In Mount 'Pleasant
Texas for the morning services
Sunday December 13. pr. Brab.
ham will be back at the ollege
Monday.
5 McMurrians Attend
Nashville Conference
Attends Sessions
I. II. Hull pivsliioul 11- (lie
Ti'Mi Mi'tlinillsi Aoillin People's
iiiiix.-iiieiit niti-mli'il miifi'ionio
of student lenders of n miiiIIi.
1 1 11 stntis hold hi Niisliilllo Tonn.
this xxeik. lie mis nnoniiKinli-il
hi limn u. . llocoi H.. I.iiiue
Webb (. I. 'I lirnne mul Noll
FATHER OF THREE McMURRY STUDENTS
SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK AT ROBY
Xmas Cantata By
Chanters Slated
For Sunday Night
"The Coming of the King" a
Chilstm.it cantata by Dudley
Buck will be dramatized by the
Chanters under the direction of
Mrs (lyps Ted Siillixan Wxlle
dean of fine arts Sunday cxcnlng
at .:uii ociock in tin college 1
chapel The Chanter gioup will I
be assisted In the diamnllzatlon
of the cantata chaiacter parts ly I
a number of college girls not In I
the organization.
As a preface to the cantata
there will he a processional to
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
and following there will be a!
a
group of two anthems by the
choius: "Great and Oloilous
Hayden and ..(jiory tn Kxcelsus
Shilling.
Hov. Lance Wehh will read the
Christmas story after which the
chorus will sing Bach's "How
Siail I Fitly Meet Thee'
and go
as foi.
into the
uuitat.i proper.
lows;
I. The prophecy sung b.x Joje
Arey sopiuno.
II The stoix of the adxent by
Virginia Mcltae and Anna KB-
patilck soloists.
III Annunciation Buena Vista
xvufjen soprano unit Warren
orton tenor
iVi Across tho de sert Frank
Cockrell tenor; Weldon Morton
Mary
Phillips Hetty Anthony; Martha
Jane Bryant Frunces Frlddle and
Roberta Ely attendants.
. Plains of Bethlehem War-
ker.
VII. Virgin's lullabys Jo Pal-
mer soprano.
VIII. Questioning of Magi
Herod Bob Butler and magi
group.
IX. Adoration Doris Miller
soprano; -Cloy Lyles bass; Wei.
don Morton tenor -and Frank
Cockrell tenor.
X Recessional
(Continued on page four)
Holt Daniel Men With
Student I encler.s
From South
Aitoiup.ilili d li Hi di I; 1;
Hocoi o I' Tin ilie hiislness
inaiiai!'! ol MiMutlx Id l.in.i
Wehh tnlloge pisloi .1 11 Holt
and Nell Duilel .uiendul the
.ill1lll.ll sisslon or I In l'.lu .illnn U
CouikII ol Hie Methodist Kplsr-o
pal ihiiidi whli h 1111 1 In Wish
llli Tennessee Dei einbi 1 T-l 1
Holt mul llinlel atlinilnl (he
meeting In Ihe iuiailtx 01 piesl
dent and Vloc'-piosldoiit lespn
Iheh or the Toxis Young l'eo
pie's Moxomout Anions olhei
business mattciR they xxoio to
meet with offlieis ol Young Ten
plo's Moxomonts finm cities
tluoURhout Hie Southwest roi the
purpose ot oledlng a piesldeilt to
preside oxer the whnl
the whole iuom.
inent
Tims fni unltliiK Hi"' roues of
all deiioinlnalons or xoung poo
pie with those of the Mi thodlst
Blimp wl
to lie dlsiiissod dill.
Inn the tonfoiome al N.ishxill
Jesse Tommy Wilfred
Becne Lose Dad
By Death
All. Sam lleene futhei ot thiee
McMurr students Tommy Jes.
sle aud Wilfred Beene died al
his home tn Hoby Mondax night.
Mi. Heene had been In 111 health
for almost two yeais. High blood
piessure Is accounted for Ills
death. He was in the llendilik
Memoiinl hospital lu Ahilenu mi-
tll a shoU lmu ttlun lu a8
lt.tlunod tl) llls hnlm. Kuby
The deceased is suixlxed h
lls wire and twelxe children
Residents of Hunt Hall iiudu
all 0rrcri1R mid bought a
Bpray for lhe bier. The lleene bos
Ilu(m nunt huh.
Te attending the funeiul Irom
MrMtirr) College were President
Thomas W. Brabham. O. W.
Thurston Miss Jennlu Tutu Miss
Beth Myatt Mlsa Vernie Newniati
It. L. Thomas Ho Mleis and
Aldlne Moore.
The McMuny admlnlstratlonu nd
the entire student bod) express
their sxuipatlix to the lleene
brothers and their family and
join with them In their sonow.
McM Graduate Named
Rising Star Sup t.
II. B Self graduute ot Mc-
Murry was elected supeiluteiiil-
out ot tliu Rising Star publii
schools for the 1937.38 school
xear at a meeting of the school
board there Thursdaj night
1 Mr. Self rucelved 'his degree
from McMurry and then went on
to Texas Technological College
where he recclxed his M. A. de-
gree This is Mr. Self's f list year as
a high school principal. He camu
to Hlslng Star two years ago after
teaching In the public schools of I
Balllnger.
I
PKIKS C1.UII OALLH MEETING
Due to the abseno of its presi-
dent and several members the
monthly Press club cotfee house
was not held Monday December
7 and a called meeting ot the
group will be held at noon Mon-
day December 14 in Miss Julia
Luker's room.
Rock Crushers
fc ta
Cop First Award in Junior
Amateur Progr.u:
La.st Night
'I 'Ml 111 Illll M .111 III
Willi li woio is mm s 1 M t
M.ijiu llowis his I
(III 1110 llMIWill Wl
lln si i oiul J1111I111
P 1 . 1 .1 :n in tin oil
Hi I the 111
tin ludi (I 011
is .1 lll.l (CHI
iinlltoiliilii
list night Inn u uio (ml th
Hoi k Cl ushi is Hum ili 11.
( In 1st Ian College had li It no
iloiilil In tin xlsltois niliiils .is I
.hi top pel lil in is
ll M'l Clll! Itllillols
1 he Hoi k Ciuslieis 1 nnxollx
sii lug lund ol nine mi niln is
pnseiiied .is ili'MM an enlcit.iin
ing unit as h.is (MM In en sei 11
oil Iho ( Mm 1 j stage to giin .1
mux lining Hist pl.ue win and a
pile ot .. fin l'liilng cii'i) kind
ot stiluc Instiumi in made limn 1
.ulJl MS a
ol lluli own I111 ludlng the lilt to
hiown jut.' .mil n iiiugloiin i.iiiou
or wash puis mixing pans (up
and nthei kid hen utensils Ihe
ACC .11 lists 111 till lust .1(1 mi tin
piogl.im entlieh stole Hie show
and the iiuilli 1110 s r.iMii wltli il
and weie bnnmht link on tin
stage rm two em oies
As Hi si pi lo winneis the Um k
CtuslieiH also pl.iM'd befou the
unlit ot 'lutein ljui'i'ii Viiginla
l.ee Smith anil lecelM'd ihe awaid
1 1 0111 hei
Ten Aiu
Hxe ot the ten uuinlieis nil
well lecelxed xxme glM'ii In Mi
Muiry students. The weie James
Camphell solo Ma.luo Wllghl
aeeoldlou solo lloh Klin. Hoi
ace l'enn. Un l.)les and Weldon onsldeiate or and li.nu lonfi. ortt. and Clyde Wood her m-
Callowa stilng ijuaitet and a deuce and trust In each oilier. . winiile Walt Flnlev soDho-
tContluued 011 page three)
Medley Leaves For
Athletic Conclave
Coach Medlev left eailv this
morning for Dallas where he will I
attend the annual winter meeting
of southwest college athletic ot
tli'lals.
Medley will line up the 1117
basketball schedule and arraugc
the 1937 foothall program.
n l expected that Texas Wes
jayun college will renew its up
plication for admittance to the
Texas Conference and It Is proh-
able that It will be admitted Ills.
cusslon of pluns to continue or
discontinue playing freshmen on I
the vurslty strings Is also ox
petted I
Mi.Murry wllll play all seven
coufereiue ilvals and will muet
Southwestern Oklahoma Teach-
ers here for the openei of the
season In 1937 Med said. Two
other (.nines are to bo secured.
Otheis from Abilene going In
dude A B Morris and J. Kddle
Weenis roadies at A. C. C Dr.
G C Murlun fudulty athletic
repiesentatlve from A. C. C and
Comb Frank Klmbroiigh mid
Manager Gil) SHiidefer from Har-
din Simmons
Wah Wahs Assist In
TB Spangles Sales
Assisting the Taylor County
Tuberculosis Association In their
drive to obaln funds for the pre -
ventlon and cure ot tuberculosa
the Wah Wahtaysees are spon.
goring sale of red cross spangles
i on the McMurry campus.
The spangles are la the form ot
a red cross with double cross
bars the Insignia of the auocia.
tlon and sell- tor 10 cents each.
All proceeds from the sale of the
spangles will go to the county
charity the Wah Wahs donating
their time and efforts.
Coronation Climaxes
jlllllnr AlMlillf Fte
Christmas Holidays
Begin Dcccmbci ll
I llllslllllls lllllillllls III Ml
Miiim mIII liegln Sntuiilix
Hi 1 eiiibi'i III Mil iinnoiim
id nun tin oft lie Oils xm.I
( lassos will be is'siuui'il Mini
li Ijtoiiilim .liniiiiiM I I. I I
mil miiiiIiuiiIoiis will be kIi 11
HiioiilIiiiiii tin- week ot .Ion
mux IS
Marriage Is Topic
Discussed At Forum
Wedded Couples Tell
How To Disagree
Without Fighting
ilnw to ilismn. without
flghlil g " was the siilijeu whlih
pi in oil to he a di.iwtng cud fin
xliout sltx Miiim itinlints
who 1 uue in tin Student roiuiii.it
Hunt Hill Wiilius.liiv night
111 and Mis 11 (' llium.in. Mi
and Mis Wall ue Host 1 Id il
and lloilense) ami Mis 1. 11100
Wehh discussed the piolilems
laiiiig Ihnse xxlio 111 e mauled 01
who Intend lo gel null lied
Mis f impel lid the disi usslon
asking first the gills and then
1 Ihe box's lo tell of the iUiillties
thex would expect ot a wife or
husband. Health ambition "good
sense." holiest. pioper atll
mde lownrd religion and toward
the sacredness ot mm Huge to he
weie tin piindp.il points ills mmi tmoiK am ..ke 1'ennlng-
cusspd I esiort I.oiialne llaii.llton.
Hut theie are laughs a-pli'iit
from some ol the answers
Ted Alexanders girl friend
11. list he a good cook A I) Jumc
son's "doesn't haxe lo be beautl.
till hut she ought to know how
to wiai what few ( lollies she'll
iuibahl get " Jo raltuei s bus
hand must like some of the nil.
tural things of life. Hlllle Bod's
must ho faithful and honest. Oth.
ers also named niuilltles thut
lliox wauled In heir Ideals.
Mrs Cooper asked the two
married couples and Mis Lance
I Webb different
questions coii-
' lernlng iiiuitshlp and marriage
the problems contiontlng them
(Continued on page three
Missionary Women
Hear Mixed Chorus
Appearing 011 the annual llarx
est day program of the Alillene
district mlsslonniy sodctx the
mixed chorus from McMuny 11111
sic department iiudei the dlrei-
tlon of Mrs. H. 11. Wylle pie
minted a spedul program to the
assembly Wednesday afternoon 1
The cbotus sang "Gypsy Life"
and "Bohemian Girl" Balfe; "In
the time of Hosos" "Merry Life"
Italian folk song; and the "Ital-
ian Street Hong" with Jojo Arey
aud Anna Kllpatrlck as soloists
Next the freshmen girls sextette1
sang "Lovely Spanish Senoritu."
Members ot the sextette are OH.
1 via EaBtus Uivadu Haynes Nora
1 Belh Merrlmun Dorothy Walker
Iola Tate and Montle Beth Ward.
The girls octet sang "Indian
Dawn." The octet Is composed of
the following: Claudya Teal
Doris Miller Buena Wulfjen
Maxlne Wright Alice Bentley.
Anna Lou Church Virginia Har-
ris and La Molne Crlswell.
"Marjorle Wake Up" was sung
by the boys glee club.
I Pauline Marlln accompanied the
group on the piano.
Winnei Sweeps Vote la
Primary Flection
With Majority
Qui. ti
House r -
loli III lliei
till l'l tl I 1
lliull li .1 01
hx h.'i r. li..
t foil lii Id M
llnpll '
1 -I11I 1 I . of thn
111 1 ' li will lelgn &a
1 "i Mi Mm 1 5 Col logo.
hx xlltlll ot thO
I 1 stow 1 il upon her
x stiiili in in 11 n elec.
mil ix mil 'I ni'sday.
sixe i oioiiatiiui
In .111 iiiipi'sshe iiiionallon
iiiiiiionx with hi 1 own csi.ort
tin i 1 iss 1 i. 1 1I1 and their os-
oils tin iinsin 1 1 sstul iin en can
did. 1 1.'- .ind tin 1 11ulx.1l iiieon
as In 1 iniiit Hit In 1111. 'lie sopho.
iii.ii. I1.1111 Mill ue was uownod
iiieeii ol the 1 ollege last night
lix Hi Illinois x lli.ihham foi
IowIiil Hie Jiniloi amiiteiii pro.
l'l a 111 in the lolhge auillloilum.
rollowiug the iiiioiialiim tlio
Hoik Ciusheis Ahtleiie Chllstlan
College uoxoltx sdiug hand and
w Itiiu ts 01 the iinialeiii piogram
lila.xed loi lh. appiox il of her
majestx and Hie iiiiul and the
bund lcailei ailxuiuul lo tho
tin mil I" n. Im Hist pilzu
moni x lioni Ihe iin 11
I'si niting tho iUi en was Nulnex.
Isi likaiinpei
'I he atli iiilanls .intl f.ixorites
app( nul at I'ltlni side ot tho au-
illloilum stage as lhi' were an.
noiiuuil li I'll 1'ixls herald
and look thi'ii iil.ues in thu
con it
'Hie t'4inrt
Fiist lo appeal was Dr. llrab
ham lollowed bx Mnll Frank
Touihslone tiesliinan iliss fa-
junior
fuxoilte ami Johnny
ilie esioit. Tom .lai kson
ilnss tux 01 He ami Ford
est oil the titloudtints
llearne Mai Klbaheth
iiks
seuloi
Allen
Cailxm
Aiken and Ann Nolle Whorton
defeoted 1 audldates and Martha
Jay Childress iiiuiix.il queen.
Last to eulei xxeie the queen and
hei oscoit from opposlle sides
of the stage. They went to the
throne aud as the Jiiei'ii kneeled.
1 she was crowned by Di. Hiubham.
Muslu was furnished by Allen
Hentley at the piano
No Hiin-orf
Identity ot the queen was
kept sei ret until time for the coro-
( Continued 011 page three)
College Calendar
Sundax Siimlux Sdiool at
the college 1 Inn ill. 9 15 0 m
College Churdi sei x li in at 11
a 111 Chanteis lu Christmas
lanlata In auditorium 7 p
in. Art Club annual Christmas
supper at Mrs Connor's home
at n.llil p in Chanters' Christ-
inas part In music studios
after die Cantata.
Monda) Musli student's
Clu IrttmuH party at the home
of Miss Craig Uisley 236
Giupe stieet lit ti.30 p. m.
I'hllo-Kro Joint Christmas
part at Mrs Sam Cox's home.
Sin lllikory at 8' p m.
Tuesday TIP Christmas
party In the home of Lorraine
Hamilton at 7 30 p m. Mis.
slnnary Society party at the
home of Mrs Hollowell 1818
Sayles at 7.00 p m.
Wednesday: Student Forum
meeting at Hunt Hall at 7:00
p. m
Thursday Dormitory Club
Christmas party. Faculty din-
ner at Dr. Brabham's at 7: JO
p ni
Friday: Football banquet at
Hotel Wooten V o'clock.
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