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THE McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Friday January 12 1940
Mildred Vaughn
Charles Harris
Howard Green
Jewell Pwcy
Ostriches In ASU
flrfflurry Bar Hfjimp
Student Publication of McMurry College
Abilene Texas
nUred its second clous matter at the postoffice
of Abilene Texas
937 Mcavbcx 19M
ffesociolod GoBogbte Prou
Dtotribtitor of
GDle6icdeDi6est
Umber Texan Intercollegiate Press Association
STAFF
Fdltor in Chief
Business Manager
.. Sports Editor
Bxo Editor
Columnists Jack Stovall Margaret Barton Jewell
Posey
Reporters Ruth Wilhito Sup Bynum BlIHe Shields
Mary Holt Vivian Caldwell George Steaklcy
Edith Richardson. Clyde Wood Billie Rowland
France Middagh Clarence Collins Sonny Bent-
ley Kathcrlne Randall Richard Sherwood Nolle
Smith Gertrude Riobold Dorothy Noll Niobruggc
Trnma John Blake Robert Blcklcy Mary Grimes
Marguerite McDade
Typists Musettn Thompson Sonny Bcntlcy Mary
Helen Roden
llu idc.i of hiMtir .i ienl Amcncan
Sttidnt Union is swell The jouth of othu
cmmtiKs line tlitns so why shouldn't the
United SUUs the liiRtst and most powci-
ful counti in the wot Id . why shouldn't
yoith hue something to say alxnit oui rov
cinnunt and its .nous policies? No icason
wli.itcii IT . .
The Ameiic.m Student Union could con-
vince the public and the Rovornment that
the aie capable of "ound leisoninR and
consistent support of caiefully consideied
iwhcies winch would re illy be wmthwhilo to
the nation
Instead of this whit do they do? Get
toRctber and hae a Ihr p.lacr and bust uo
nlwut their leadeis anl kick two of thorn
cm I because thev wanted to do to Russia
what the Union did to Got mam and Japan
tell them We don t like whit ou'ie do-
int" . i
N6 wondoi Mi Dies is alarrtird and
when Mi Dio. is al timed MinietliniR is
bound to h tppt n m the w t of public
opinion win tin l an ofliiul inustiRition is
hid oi not And the Union's naoiisisti nt
action iiiliinK Minis to Rie jttoiinds to
his thai ts tint it is a 'hot-bid of coni-
imiiiisin wh the oon otcd .iR.unst a
"moi.il imbtiM airunst Russia pool tooi
Ittissia . and said wo shouldn't sill plutes
to I inland because the niiRht hut the Utts-
wnns but .lap in is nauRliU fot nus-
Iroatinir tin Chinese likewise the Got mans
ate naught
As foi the ttst of thou tosolutions
then ie sill in triuir the limiott of Gone
With the Wind' and "I ho Hnth of a Na-
tion" 'lhis shows the well-phi ased "ostnch"
tondiiii Roosts i It tills us about See tt and
tlu n sin oil don't like it Rut don't sa ou
clout like a thinir Ix-foio m see it is what
Wl si
As foi the piescnt doniRS of the Student
Union the all show that ostuth tendency"
Ps t tli. d bun tmiiR to pull then huuL
out til the smut and didn't make it
Rut if tlus'io ie.ill ti mjr. sonutlunir
pood mi i oino ol it some tla and we still
sn the idea of Studint Union is rood and
ntabi ciiotiRh ostnthes will succeed in Rtt-
tuiR then luads up so that toalh wotth-
wlule thiiiRs can 1h accomplished in the
future It is to lk hoped so
FROM IHi:"lUlM.SKSSIONi "I'UHUV
'llus libel ation nffau tln'ie Iuimiik
ovoi in Uui-ope his had lonsulciablo effect
hoio in Aineiua 'lake foi example I Mn-
iiro Kehtoi Rui ton of leas Chiistian Unt-
oisit He dtopiied ' 20(H) propnRnndit shoots '
li-om a Taloi Cub ' lioniba" to leniind stu-
dents that they had bettei Rot their pictutes
miitle for then jeni Uxik oi else. It is not
belieed that students will offei lesistnnce
DKAMATKUKS
The University of l'ennsv Kama's nn-
muil Miihk and Wir presetitation " Great
Guns" which has netted the William IVnners
about ?220(H) for one week of its mil was
wntten not by collegians but by a soiir-
wntniR l'lull) dentist Di Cla Roland and
Ilicklev Keichnei. n repoitei "Am Mom
cut Now" is the Punceton TnatiRlo Club's
wa of celebtatiiiR the hohdas There ate
13 swell sours but "Maiden ran" and 'Tun-
n Rut 1 reel" apieai to be headed for ' Hit
Panicle" diplomas
I 'IN TOE
POMi
W&
1 ngniJi merits tmgs people
snoopers tc hnvc nil contributed
to the welfare of our dear column
for this week Thanks awfully it
does our old hearts Rood to actual-
ly have Rome copy This column
often suffers dreadfully from lack
of attention
However the "Fyc and Eai of
McMurry" should look around
more and suit snooping on poor
"Sugar" Keith Buttorcup" Raj-
mond and Arthur Wylio
Item One
Mollic Frnnk offering Margaret
Tipton nnd ' Blrddog1 ' Balrd n
chocolate candy kiss 'you wanna
n kiss?"
Mnrgniot 'cs go awav"
Unquote vorv
Item two
Poor nle ' Woody" got n bit
hnsty in the Massoy automobile
and was stuck for $1 00 cold
cash by tho law n gu tkc it
tasj'
Item three
derald Anderson 1 squire has
gone ' dopey completely over
thin Doss gnl He just hnngs a
round nnd sihs lonKingly
Item four
Nice pair Buck nnd Hcascl
Glad to sco 'cm looking dewcy-
eed at each other pleasant sight'
Item (he
Kxtrn specinl t ddic Cornelius
comes in with lipstick behind hts
car good henvens Fddie playing
tricks again or did ' Quccnic" miss
completely' '
Item six -
A requnt has ben turned in to
this column iian Caldwell
wnntji a public nnnounctment made
to tht effert that Mr Peek please
ei at flirting with just cverlod
II lie matching ou Bustii
il s llu bloodhound instinct pop
ping out sorr !
Htm son en
ll limkid ns If the Chintti s
diuim man has linillj fouiul his
ult il woman i wire wondmiig
who lift would pick from nil tho
tiinipus fiuuniiu iliment It Mims
1 lllian Hart Is the luckj gal
nlihir
Item eight
Tin riMiMition is cluttend up
with Km that oui poor column
ists (such us tluv are) would aug-
ust that wc ilumgi tht nlimi
niiitir to Iohiiigrin s 'Widding
Manh' We git so tired ' olung
nnd ahing ovir those ge orceous
lings that wi filt ns if t had
n ail (hnuiirs Onntiibur Tnks
inn thru tmus out loud
Hit sitilor fiivinti has nt last
tliug lur diamond out of tht cot
ton and tissui papn and is flash-
ing it nboiit IV o A &. M swains
mi in to Iiiim stippid in and stol-
in Mnr Htli n Rotlin nnd Jmn
Robinson loil ilnniis fiom the
'not too obsirMint hoim campus
products too bad bo s but
Mill 11 K urn to nolui biuut nime-
tln wi hope!
Aldino Mimii nut gu an 1
Billli Joins niu gnl an intnngl
id also Wi nio tr glad
Ailun lliiitlln is wealing one
of lliosi things too Wi think its
ii puttv ung mil tin Tow Wow
wislus hnpiiiuss to her nnd the
boj nainid Claude
SCRIBBLERS-
Natural! this lolunin coming
from fit slum n it is mt supposui
to Ik funti) nor is it supposed to
hai a moral but has the sole
purjiosu of making peojili foil un-
comfortable by giving tho fresh
man outlook on lifi
SPEAMNG OF NtlUE
Whin the uppirs returned from
their abodia aftir the brief in.
tirmtssion between classis over
Christmas the wire Krceted l
a bright green but froxen anow
lovirod frtshmitn flag which had
In in proudly waving since 1- 10
1040 incidtntnll the flag King
hoisted with the hilp of a willing
ACCito who at tin nk of his
sialp had Mntund upon tin n. ner-
vation 1' S Tin flig flew until
Thursda)
uibiiK (.oE.s y cvp
Due to tho unscrupulous actions
of u few of our upper classmen
WV J?W
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THE INK
1 SPLATTER
JACK STOVAII.
Sadie Hnwkins week is on its
wa Noth'ng can take the conceit
out of the campus swain ns well
ns this week unless It is the sea
son of pictuie taking
Congratulations nic in older to
the sophomores and freshman class
for thcli cooperation on some mil
tuol concerns
A quick pill in the publications
office favors Roosevelt for a third
term in a fie to two ratio Dopey
Anderson favors the President bo-
cause "Mr Fellows said that we
ought to use up all the intelligence
n smart man has"
Mildred Vaughn favors the same
because of foreign intanglements
ns dois Little Dwyer and Shorty
A ilhite Those opposed were ' fcvil
Old Man" Bickley and Marian Mar
lin who were agairujt breaking
tradition
If Roosevelt wero re elected it
would to to show the elasticity ot
the democratic form of goveinmon
nnd the confidence of the U b
Congiess in cuibing the powers of
even the stiongest willed piesi
dent
The fad of getlieg engaged is
getting common All 1 say is that
jou hid better Ko slow Getting
m irried is like d ing it lasts a
long time
The Husshns hae decided to
keep their athletes out of 1940
Olympics because of their inabil-
ity to make tho t mnish line
Recent figuics show that there
were more people killed In auto-
mobile wrecks list mbnth on this
nation's highways than on tho
battle fields of Europe Urain-
trustcr A V. Hendrpcks advances
the plan thnt if Unitttl States ever
has another wai wjith Germany
the best plan of attack would be
to furnish ocry GcVman college
student with a car rfnd plenty of
drinking whlskef anil let them
loose To help further the attack
a coupli of Thmksglving tlnjs a
Chiistmas and New ius da
would be planmd foi the enem
along with n foothill gime on
each side of the enimj nation
If Russia would look to the his
tory of the win ltl he would notice
tint cry fiw victories have bien
won by nrmiis trlng to advance
noi th The notable examples ire
Napoleon in Russia Caisar in
Pnglnnd and Russia in r inland
The difference in Communism
nnd Dimocincj Ask a Russian
soldier in north Russia who he is
going to fight and he w ill siy ' I
don t know nnd mean it Ask nn
ught unr old school bo in A-
mericn and he will answer correct
1 and tell ou how the war is
going for good incisure
Wink em nnd I nnd Bllik'cm too
Set smrch for little Boy Blue
The sailid on nnd on nnd on
nnd on
Who knows this poem An Whoo''
f Hinds a few of the freshmen
have I tin diptmd of their most
nluabli souunir of thur slime
t ti tin ir fish caps For . OU
who swlpul thise caps hats off
to miu mid ma a buck find its
distillation on iur he ids jou
heils
'I UK ()1I KUSH getis niE
WOIM
Plan of rish Bnnquct to Ik
slattd in inrl April is nlrendy
undi i way with plnns that the en-
tire class might attend this col-
lossal fiast. The class plans to
hnvi an orchestra THr IR PRESI
DENT (a challengi upper) nnd
according to tho spirit tho best
banquet yet
ON THE FISH HOOK
On explaining the reason for all
the sparklers dominating the
c i in pus we simply answer wake
up girls its Leap Yiar Absolute-
b issmtial to the life of Gn
Fnurson sicms to bo Kn Ran
dull nnd Mar Grimes and Billli
Rowland and endltss thousands of
others
Goodb) nnd good luck nnd with
good luck wo will see jou next
week
V
ARROW
POINTS
Somebodj wanted to borrow a
book o' mine this week I said noth
In' doin' a former fiicnd of mine
hasn't rctuined it yet
If Hlza had had to wear my
lubbers sht M never have got a
cioss the ice Or an place else
I've been Insultcl! A brain-
wave in m history class callid
me 'Grandma " M youth is now
behind me Please pass the pen-
sion Pappy '
If they did not heed Sinai why
should they have obeyed Geneva?
Or Munich?
I'd like to hear General Sher-
mans opinion of peace'
I sec by the papers a burglar
was sui prised by policemen while
at work He must have been it
would surprise me a lot to ace
'cm work
The police have been urged to
an est out-of town criminals
Thats right home industries
should be protected
While leaving our footpiints on
the sands of time is a pi-usewor
th ambition it would be well to
be careful about our flngei prints
A cnshier told me thit in set-
tling for my lunch I hid foi gotten
the w utiess But I fooled him I
hadn' eiten nnv waitress Well
nin'tchi gonni Hugh?
Women were made before mir-
lors nnd have been before them
ever since
Speaking of General Sherman I
may add that most war knocks tho
' 1 ' out of glorj
An astronomy student evidently
thinks this is a question and ans-
wer column He handed me the
question ' Has anything ever been
discovered on Venus?" Well son
I've never discoveied anything on
her and yoil won't cither if tho
pictures and statues I see arc ac-
curate representations
Never argue with joui wife
just pie id guilty and take a light
sentence
1 told Daddy I neded an ency-
clopedia for school but he slid
No dice ou can walk to school
like I did ' buch a man'
An Arknnsns womin his cre-
mated hei third husband See what
comes of the coal shortage
It is hard to understand a sex
that will scorn to do housework
for ?12 a week but doesn't know
un bettir than to get mart led
nnd do it foi nothing
The buiglnr's lot is not a hap
py 6ne He doesn't know what
minute some woman will mistake
him for her husband nnd shoot
Mnjbe men are born free and
equal but some of 'em grow up
and get married
One grid savs he got through
college by writing short stories
I'robablj wiote them to his f nth-
Somebody asks w hat sounds
worse than n phonograph almost
run down' Well I heard a pe-
destrian almost lun down the oth
er dav and he sounded pretty
bad
A ver little country boy was
for the first time in a large citj
Taking an elevntor to the top of
a skyscraper thev had shot up
tbnt stories at a breathtaking
speed when the little lnd grasp-
ing his fnher's hand asked tim-
idly Daddy does God know wo
arc coming"
Wo should endeavor to bo
long suffering faithful and cha-
ritable with all To this small ef-
fort lot us add ono more privi-
lege namel silence whenev-
er It can substitute censure
The most disastrous times have
productd the greatest minds The
purest metal comes out of tho
most ardent furnace the most
brilliant lighting comes of the
darkest clouds Chateaubriand
ABOUT OUR
EXES
By JEWELL POSEY
If liolldn8 bad lasted much
longer and exos mndo nnv moro
news wo would have had to put
out a special edition Hut It wo
don t have spaco to loll you all
about It this weak wall put It
In neM week b column
Cupid seams to have bocomo
ono of Santa Clnus' nlden We've
had sonin definite Information on
several weddings nnd heard ru-
mors of florae others
Heading the list Is that ot Car-
roll Moon and Evelyn O Connor
on December 17 In Dos Moines
IowaF veljn has been traveling
for the Rocky Mountain Region
of tho Student Chrlstlnn Move-
moiit with headquarters In Topo-
ki Kansas Carroll Is connected
with tho Southwest Council of
Student Christian Associations
with lipadqlnrtcrR nt Knnsis Cl-
tv Missouri Thc arc living In
Topeki
D H leflforles Ir (better
Known nt 'Ued ) and Frinces
Wood were nnrrled nt Albmj
Saturda December 21 Frinces
was In McMurry thrco yeais
1911-14 and Is now employed
In the Abilene offices of tho
General Motors Acceptance Cor-
pontion Sho wtll continue her
work " Rod ' was an all-conference
football man being featur-
ed In Robert Ripley s 'Believe It
orNot" for not having missed a
minute of play or being Into to
practice for his entire four
veirs Since leaving McMurry ho
has been associated with his fa-
ther In the oil nnd ranch bus!
ness
Christmas Fvo wisthe woddlnK
daj tvr Claudia Leo Looney nnd
Hal Hughes Jr Claudia was ac-
tive In various organizations as
a student nnd for the past two
yeirs hns taught at Goldsboro
Thev will live In Ahilono
Mlznhoth Crow and Porter
Jones were nlso married Decem-
ber 24 After i jeir In McMur-
rv Elizabeth went to Lambuth
College in Jickson Tenn re-
ceiving hor degree there Sho Is
to continue her teaching In Ken-
ton Tenn Mr Jones Is an engln
eer with tho Tennessco Vallej
Authority
Glenn Coffey and Ruth King
took their vows at the Fplsoopal
Church Abilene on Christmas
morning Glenn an outstanding
Chnnter Is coach and teacher In
the Hamlin elementnry school
December 27 was the date for
tho wedding ot Gertrude Legg
and Max Arrints graduates of
the class of '3S They will llvo
In Calhoun Tennessee
J A Farr Jr of Wlle and
Mnry Loulso Howard of Buffalo
Gap wore married b a McMurry
ox Rev W V OKelley ot
Plalnvlow The ceremonv was
road hi the Buffalo Gap Metho
dlst church
Dr Homer B Johnson bnb
Bpoclalist who has been In Abi-
lene for the past eight months
last week moved to MIdlnnd
whero he has purchnsod n one-
third Interest In a hospital
Wlllnrd Brown assistant pro-
fessor of Agricultural Economics
nt North Dikota Agricultural
College Fargo N D has been
granted a jears leave of absence
to engage In speclil research
work for tho division of agrlcul
tural finance of the bureau ot ag
rlcultural economics ot the Uni-
ted States department of agricul-
ture His homo will be In Arling-
ton Virginia though he will
have headquarters In Washing-
ton and soej)d some time In var-
ious Btati'' i
A most welcome visit was that
o! Mrs Alfred Bennett (Ruth
Baldwin) ot Provo Utah She
nnd her husband and sons Alfred
Allen 4 and Billy Ryan 2 had
been spending Christmas with
her tamll at Bronte and took
time to come by tho college Mr
Bennett Is an engineer
Home for Christmas was Flj-
Ing cadet Richard J Fry (Dick
FEATURE-
January 11 1040
Dear Mother
I am just dropping a line to
snj I am all right My work is
winding up fine the last of tho
term Thanks n lot for the check
but could I have about five or ten
dollars more? I forgot to toll you
I chaiged some of mj Chiistmas
presents nnd some new things foi
mvself s Id look nice during tho
holidays ou want me to look
welf don't you? I meant to toll
jou so don't stnrt thnt again Mv
loom mnte's mother is not fussy
about little things the just has
everything I don t want every-
thing she has but I had to havo
some new perfume nnd my old
Kittle vv ns a kind onlv about n
thhd as expensive ns she boys
and I felt so chenp She uses nice
nnll polish too She told me about
a stocking sale at the swell placo
where she goes and I bought six
pairs It really is cheaper in tho
long run and these were at a re-
duced price They didn't cost a lot
ore than the kind t wear at home
considering everything and I
have to make n good impression
here z
Mother I just need n fur jacket
so badly I My long fut coat looks
silly on some days and my cloth
coat needs rcllning I nm nbsolute-
1 the shabbiest girl in McMurry
Win just everybodj has svvnnk
clothes here and me with ono fur
coit nnd it On ce venis old! If
cvci I hnvc n diughtei I'm not
going to send her nn to college
looking like n charwoman ou
talk about the sacufices ou make
to keep me here why mj room-
n ate hns charge accounts nt nil
the smart shops ind buv keen
clothes and her p u-ents don t nag
hoi ibout trifles cither
If my allowance were increised
I could have mj hair set twice a
week and get it done at the place
she goes Most of the girls in my
club go there I really need it set
twice a week because the boys
here ride with the car windows
open nnd I can't wear a scuf to
save mv ha'r It breaks the glam-
our line at my temple nnd my
room mate savs it brings out my
personality to let my hair blow
cuelessly back from my face
I hope cveiyone is well nt heme
rieise send me some mony I
have to havo it foi those littlo
tills around in different stores
and I want n little bneelet I
iw too
Love
Pcggv
P S Love to Dad too
to us) ot the nlr corps training
detichmont Iovo Field Dillas
He has been flIng two years
nnd before going to Dallas sl
weeks ago he was isslstnnt man
ager of tho Abilene municipal
airport I
Literally ' scads ot exes were
In Ablleno during the holldavs
so If we havo foTgotten someono
in the enumeration just remind
us Seen in the bus station wu3
Earl and Loyco Dawson and
to Roscoo from the University
of Texas and ' Woppy" Prosser
from Oklahoma University
Seen or heard of hither or yon
In town Hazel Ratnbolt teach-
er of home economics of Los Lu-
nos N M Ruth Boger student.
University ot Texas Mary Fran-
ces Morrison Southern Motho-
dlst University Lorleno Hamil-
ton English teacher at Harper
Rllla Bresenhnm Jarrett df Na-
ra Visa Joo Meek working man
from Wheeler Dorothy Mathews
nnd Anno Mathows Lefever
spending tho holidays with their
familv In Abilene Annlo Ruth
Eistus teacher from Canyon
Dorothy Ward teacher from
nilrd Mablo Phillips teacher
fromRotnn Billy Hotchklss wh
Is going soon as an Interne to
tho Ford Hospital Detroit
Mlchlgin Oliver Bush principal
ot Perryton schools Don Terry
band director of Sllverton J B
Holt and Nell Daniel from Fort
Worth Mary Margaret Dwyer
teacher from Dunn Juan Mason
English teacher from Colorado
Bailey and LeNelle Hill moving
from Sllverton to Abilene Terry
Reynolds catching a bus after
the Christmas rush of a down-
town store
Sadness came to some during
the holidays Mrs Edgar Balch
(Junius Leon Hutson) who
spent three jears In McMurry
died at midnight Christmas Sho
had been 111 for eight weeks
Madeline seven months old
daughter of Mr and Mrs Jewel
Russell died just beforo the hoi-
Nay season She had been 111
most of her life Mrs Russell
was Bernlce Wagley. .
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