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Mzfflnvty Wat Wljaau
On McMurry!
On McMurry!
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Volume XVII
Abilene Texas Prid.n. March 1 1940
Number 19
Radford Memorial Auditorium
To Be Dedicated Wednesday
Donors To Be Rccoenfecdi
In Formal Proeiam JJ florriSOn To
Tho Radford Mcmotlal Audi
toiium onlv rtcmtlv completed and Da On KAJm VOT
f.nl.l.l I. I hn fnrmnlli .lodl V VII llVflU 1 VI
cated dnemli morning Mnrch
G with tlio pioentntion of the
p. 01 i un.. Bulletin- plttuio pnmphUts
fon the Instrumental donor to the b1ii flr BnjthinK Mncelnnf
u. ur uu. n ....r v """ McMuir. wil
canon is 10 no in me 101m 01 n
chapel service with Ml tht collegi
i McMurry Two Months
Second Galleon To
Be Issued March 18
Shields States
Monday Mnrch 18 the second
issue of the Galleon McMurrj lit
Turners Plan to
Go to Matador in
Interest of McMurry
chanters To Hm ; Debaters To Return Saturday After
Acuve weeKenu nun
Four Programs
Constant nctlvltv Is In store for
ken 1
I)i and Mis lmnk I Tuniei
nl hMa .lime will have Mituidnv tin (.hanttis timing this wot
oiniv mnga7inc will hi lcadv for Mntndoi where tho nie to he one of tin. I usinest of thcil
distribution to the students .. n the honu of ludge G son
participating and honoiing the
donor Below is the program of
tho service
Prelude Instrumental
Processional
Invocation Dr W M Murroll
Chanters
Responsive Reading Reverend
C A Long
Presentation of Speaker Dean
Bogcr.
Speech Dr Turner
Recognition of donors Mrs J
M Radford Mr and Mrs S M
Jay Mrs Morgan Jones
Doxology
"The Student flunks"
Presented Wednesday
By Wesley Players
(McMuir will In. spread over n
wldi nrea bv Mrs oU G Mor
rlson who is leaving this wotk to
be gone two months
During this time she will speak
before the assemblies in high
sehools in the interest of Mc-
Murrj Her schedule of cities to be vis-
ited has not been definitely out-
lined but any student who wishes
for her to sec any of their home
town friends who may be Inter
ested in coming to McMurry mav
turn In their names to her and
aho will be glad to see them when
the Is In that vicinity
Mrs Morrison reviewed "The
Naiarcnc" by Sholcm Asch at
Westbrook this past Wodncsdav.
She nlso had an article published
in tho ' Christian Advocate" on
The Present Fil of Student
Rustling "
An impressive skit 'The Stu
aciu i milks w as prcsi'iiwu u r
lhi Um1p Plaeis Wtdnesdav
night in the Radford Auditorium "I" TLrao flianlAre
Leonard Johnson as the student I U HUCC VUCLUICIO
was shown seated at a desk on
in Aimv ItcMril stAcro with n
nllrmr ifirlif tl nnnn llirt flfieV I
Margaret tuiso SawrK nnnrnr.! 11r Howard I- Schugg head of
ns the soul of the student nnd thelnnKUa.KC fclrtnwnt of ACC
Jewell Johnson represented the col I j0 "n '"rcultural Relations
DrSchiMfsf Sneaks
I To Three Chapter;
'Aloha Chi Friday
orcd race in the skit A trio sang
ith Mexico ' to the student bo
This Is another program in
aeries on the important subject of
' Race Relationship" sponsored by
the SCR.A
The readers in the skit were
With the ces of the southwest Ittmiiton a number of tho
In pniticulni turning toward nhllU( ot trustees of McMuny l)i
closer Pan Amennn union the . ipni ln tip vuh
. v.. ..v
odlst Church nt Matador Sunday
tin mo of this spring edition will
nlso follow that tiend In illus
tration as well as composition
With contributions ncnrlx In
those repiesintel so far nrc Janet
Rankston Jack Stovall rldrldgo
Trott livada Raynes Ted Lol
gino Ruth Wilhlto Margaret Bar
ton Nolle Smith Mildred Vaughn
Frances Mlddaugh Dick Sherwood
Fmma John Blake Robert Blcklcy
Margaret Hlgglnbotham Laerne
Williams and Billic Shields
moinlng nnd will go to Rushing s
Chapel Sundaj afternoon where
he will preach the evening scivicc
in tho Methodist Church in the in
Urest of McMurry
While there Di and Mis Tomer
and Betty lunc will be guests In
the home of Mrs S L Rushing
who was one of the donors who
gave libeiallj to the fund used for
building of the presldints home
"Stunt Dinner" One Of Features Of TiDT
To Be Held Here March 14. 15 and 16
Lvdta Tarnowa Noted
Artist Of Interpretive
Movement To Speak
Besides the general program of
The opportunities afforded bj
the appearance of Miss Ljdli Tai-
nowa will not wholly lit in the
realm of dramatics for her demon-
stration and recital on Fxpics
:..i f hn members of tht sivc Movement in the Amateur
Texas Intercollceiate Dramatic Theatre is expected to hold much
Tournimont meeting nt McMuirv of interest to nnj student of art
m..i i.i ir. u.i ir. fhoi. will be or of the nrts Miss Tarnowa was
n fea tmed Stunt Dinner to bt'a pupil of Hanja Holm outstnnd
uu .1 ifc. Hilton Hotel This ing authonty in this field in Amor
innr vlIII h. attended bv mem i nnd also she is head of the
bers from all colleges and each Tarnowa School of the Dincc
college will bo expected to have Dallas Texas
prepared some stunt not exceid
Thut s Inv night thev sang nt the
RipntirNiws IcapVni birthdnj
pnitv liidnv morning thev pu
scnti I n pngiun f i high school
nssemhlv
Sundnv munlng the gnls'
chorus will sing at the Ctntinl
Presbj terian Chuich Sunday night
a gi nip will lo in Albany to sing
nt the Mtthodist chuich there
Next week Monday the Chant
crs will give selections from
"Tannhauser' for the dovvntoin
Shakespeare Club
The program will be as follows
'Pilgrims Chorus" group
' W ithin These Walls"' Ijwada
Raynes" Hail Bright Abode"
group "FlUabeth's Prayer" Olivia
Enstus ' Fvrnlng Star" J C
Wilson and 'Pilgilms Chorus '
Fellows and Lord
To Take Part In
Milk Fund Play
ing ien minutes in length Mr
Kllovvs secretin of the TIDT
Tuosdnj November 11 the Mc
Muirv Speech Department is con
trtbubting its part to the P TA
Milk rund for undcrpilviUgid
cluldnn bv sponsoiing i produc-
tion of Noel Cownids PRIVATF
LIVFC This production s enst
All IVii m mlvr of tho nssoci .. .11 1.. . .. .1 f M 111 m I
ation hive not loon beard from cresswdl of Abilem Mr 'cU8n5. m"!"nBr. T
..!.""' VIUllllUlI HI U
Blake Bicklev
Go To TIPA
Executive Meet
Gitc And Allison Win
Individual Honors
DRhin Allison nnd Alnsworth
dntis art fifth plnce holdirs of tho
Oklnhoma Debatt Tomnnmeiit of
tin Universitj of Oklahoma in
which fiftv sis. hading schlols of
RoUrt Biikkj nnd I mmn John the South competed last weekend
Blake will npresinl McMunv nt Mi rl mil tnn iiemuy
the Ixecutivo Committie nutting '"" debaters and Coach R. !.
in San Marcos Match Hitklt 's mo making tht tiip also
was recently clccttd in n locnl Tho University Tournnnitnt was
Press Club meeting Blnko will the foutth tngagement for tho
go as parliamentarian of the "'""i1 "lt- v"tJ ''v "v"- "-
TIPA
The committee which includes
all TIPA officers and a rcpre-
stntativc from each priss club
will plan the program for the
TIPA Convention April 26 27h
nnd work on tc constitution
Bentlev to Speak
To Freshmen in
Regular Assembly
ary 10
Other results have not been re
port) d but indications of other vic-
tories arc appnrent Befort leav
ing Texas the teams contestidl
against Texas Wcslcjan at Fort
Worth From there they went to
Durant Oklahoma whert tht dc-
bitid tht Statt Teachers Col-
lege The teams debated for a largo
sotial gathering against the Uni-
vorsitj of Denver teams February
20 Thc nlso debated the Colo-
rado College at Colorado Springs.
Colomdi State College at Trinidad
Universltv of Ntw Mexico tho
Texn Tech tenms
Wnvland College nt Plninvltvr
also hind of McMunv s Speech but the definite program or events
department mtdc the statimcnt has onlv rocentl bten sent out
that no holds would be birred and ind this will moru than llkclv
that the pnrticipints might do driw nffiimative responses from
inthing thev wished' I the rest of the members
ns vit nccoiding to Mr Fellows iiU(-h Fellows McMuirv Speech
Department held nnd Associate
Spetch Piofessor nt McMurrj Mr
Tickson Ixird
Tin pioduction is to be present
Lord I Want To Be a Christian d nn(l B""t chapter of Alpha
xjiii iiMui 11 au una jaj rnaay
mosninf in chapel
He stressed the fact that tho
United States is not superior tol
MnV1n Itl fMllrilWt nn) illnclnl..l
Aim n-auurs in vnc bkil were ---- .-.-. .. inuiuau-u . 1 Tl 1
Dick Antillcyt Jack Hais Gerald th" wth o fict that hiffh school I honpl pnflaV
iiusv -uii iitit jvk itj ouaicr iiii'si - " "o s.rt. v ix.v iiiiu
Eta Tau Cast Presents
One Act Play in
Fran Lacrne
Willie Wilhlto
W illinms nnd
Wesley Players Go
To State Meet At
Austin This Weekend
of the cultural subjects of other The first of n series of one act
countries than the boys nnd girls plays wis presented by the rta
of the United States do Mnotj Tau Cast of Alpha l'si Omega
percent of the boys ind girls of Inst Jriday week m chapel The
Mtxico stud Fnglish while not scene of the plrv is tht inteuor
nenrly that number in the United f the Talbot home small fish
States hive to take another Ian triinn s cottnto on the At antic
NOTICE PRESS CLUB MEET
The Press Club will hold its
regular coffee house nt 12 00
Mondav in Room 102 Nuinez
Vt ischknempir a former War
Whoop editor who at the pros
nit is a reportci on the Abihne
Rcpoitir Ntws will spiak to
tht group
All members ne uiged to bo
pit out
Max Bentlcj former managing
editor of tht Al iletu Rcporttr
News will spiak on the fret lance
short storj Tuosdav moining nt 1 was to bo the list ongigemcnt
o clock to the 1 uslimin nsstmblj 1m foil li turning todnv
group
Mr Bonlltj is the third in a
scries of time spmkers to bi pre
stntid to the lnshmin r nlish
clases Ht is at prtsi nt the ml
the West
Commerce
Ho his had some stones pub
lish 1 in both tlu Sinbntrs nnd
Hollnml s magazines
od m tho McMuirj Auditorium
nnd will lie the first production in
which both Mr Lord and Mr Fil
lows ma be sten plnjing to
gethcr
Mnrpnret I oulst Snvvdv was at
home in Big Spiing list vvetk-end
Mis Tipton wis gm
diURhtir Mnrgnitt m
Hall part of list wiek
it of her
Pnsidint
gmge He also emphnsiztd that
the two countries should be bcttir
neighbors that the Unittd States
should lenrn more of their culture
Accompanied by Hugh Fellows language and literature and that
four members of the Wesley Play-eo"nic and political relationship
crs ltf t at noon yesterday for the . should be subordinated to cultural
State Convention of Wesley Play- relationships
era held at Austin from Fndavl The members of the chapters of
through Sundaj Harold Ehrens I Alpha Chi from H SU and ACC
perger founder of the organize-j were guests of the members of
tion for the promotion of bettci . the James Winford Hunt chapter
religious drama will be the con of Alpha Chi of McMurry in the
ention's mam speaker annunl joint program of the three
Wtsley Tlayers attending the. institutions
convention ire Inez Franz presi Dr Frank L Turner presented
dent Mnrjone Shafer LiVtine shincles to tho new member nt
Williams and Willie Wilhite the McMurry chnpter who became
eligible this year
In the Corsicnnn field one of I Thoj were Eva Mae Coffmnn
tho most famous early fitlds of junior of Abilene Charles Harris
Ttxas there nre 621 wells still i senior of Breckenndge Mnrjone
Coast The story takes plnce dur
nip: the earlv pirt of the Twen
tilth Centurv
The enst which was composed of
members nnd pltdgcs of Alpha Psi
follow h Mary Brown ns Mrs Tal-
bot Inez Franz ns Mrs Kidan
Margaret Louise Sawdy as Annie
Kadan nnd Alan Talbot was pla
cd by Gerald Anderson
Laurence Wheeler and Frances
Lawliss had charge of properties
Lights were in charge of Argero
Booth and Lola Jo McComb while
Mildred Buck Clare Jones and
Marv Brown had chmge of tho
stage Roncl Thomis wis pub
licitj managei
producing an average of only six-
tenths of one barrel of oil daily
Thirty six other wells overage only
one fifth of a barrel each dally
Jones junior from Caps Dick
Sherwood junioi of Abilene Mon-
tie Beth Ward senior of Abilene
Margaret Barton Junior of Abil-
Students Hear Famed Russian
Piaiist Brsilowskv Fridav Niflht
Artist Presenicd Here
Under Auspices Abilene
Civic Music Association
Continuing an unusually success
ful season tho Civic Music As
sociation preset 'ed Alexander
Brailowsky Russian pianist in
concert Fridaj evening in the high
school auditorium
Brailovvsky's fame as a student
of Chopin was exhibited in his
concert last night The five pro
giammed pieces as well as sev-
eral encores of Chopin wcrt won
lerful in mood and charactenza
tion The Chopin selections were
the G Minor Ballade the Nocturne
in D Flat Major the Walse in E
Flat Major the Polonaise the A
Flat Major the Fantasy and Post
humous in A Flat Major
Of this great pianist John Ro
senfield of the Dallas News had
much to say after ths artist's ap-
pearance in Dallas earlier in the
week ' It was music just music
mm warmeu me puonc to en-
thusiastic demonstrations H13
playing was aristocratic and so
phlsticated with an npproach keyed
to that of cognoscenti It made
COACHES FOR INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
GAMES MARCH 4 5 ANNOUNCED
ene Clov inrpcntei Juin r lrom
Amheist Berneice Gilmore sen
lor from Sherman Holland Hope
senior of Abilene Burncy Let
Mascrang Junior from Nugent
Nelle Smith junior from Abilene
Grace Thurston junior from Dom-
ing N M Reba Waldrop and
Lena Catherine Morrison both
seniors of Abilene
Dr. R. N. Richardson
Speaker For AAUW
Tea Saturday
Dr Rupert N Richardson exc
cutive vice president of Hardin
Simmons University and writer on
Texas history will be presented by
American Association of Univer
sity Women Saturday afternoon at
music that found itself in deeper 3 o'clock t tle Hilton hotel at a
and deeper explorations of tht icxas "" lca
Games Sponsored Bv
tumor Class Prelims
To Be Held Mondav
mal plans foi the annual inner-class
basketball tournammt to
be staged Mondav nnd Tuesday
nights March 4 and 5 this week
nnnounced Dub Rhodes Junior
class president
Rid (Hmcr) Wntkins Gillum
Stovill Tnck Stovall nnd Wood
row luksn upitsenting tin
siiihonime fuslimcn senior nnd
juniu clnssi- rispictivelj are
combing tin ti mi1- Thest ttnnis
art to bt composid of men who
have not participated m the city
baskttball tournament or have
played on tht varsity team
Mondav night will be the pre
liminnncs for which a student ad-
mission of 10c will be charged
Tuesday night the finals will be
staged the winning team present
ed with their trophy and a charge
of 15c will be made
Aa a consolation for the classes
who lose the tournament the Ju-
nior Class will stage a girl's inter-
class basketball game to bo play
ed sometime cither tho last of
March or first of April
music
The last artist brought to Abi
lene was Donald Dixon McMurry
students are growing more and
more enthusiastic about these art-
ists the entertainment being made
possible through activity tickets
Dr Richardson will give the con
cluding talk in a scries of pro
grams on Texas history at this
meeting
Miss Willie Mae Christopher of
McMurry College faculty is the
chairman for the affair.
Best Seller By
Hertzler In
Rental library
Schu??. ACC Prof.
Talks On Trip To
Language Club
Mrs W F Haggard spent tho
weekend in Abilene visiting her
husband who 13 the professor of
Business Administration here in
McMuny She is ttachlng Home
Tconomics In the Perryton High
School
Outside tht Fast Texas oil fidd
three out of tvery four oil wtlls in
Texas are pumping wills Even in
eluding East Texas 59 per cent of
all Texas oil wells are pumpers
Hendricks and
Warren Speak
For Week's Chapels
The Rtv I W Htndruk
pastor of the Mithodist ( liurih
of Hamlin was mam spenkir on
Wi Ints lay morning for tht wnk
Iv riliMoiis stivict
Taking is a topit Hi art
Truublt ht illustrated his talk
by tonipniing ittitudts of I1I1
with heart troublis Tho troublt
with most peopli nowadnjs ht
said is that they have low blood
pressure they are indifferent to
tho beauties of the world and of
the spiritual world They do not
respond to life and they get no
happiness out of living Age does
not necessarily have anything to
do with this kind of heart trouble
he stated Some people he had
known might as well have died at
40 as to have lived on the 40
more years that they did He urg
ed students to respond to spirit
ual lift cleave to the finest In
life in order to live the most use
ful nnd happiest life
Main speaktr for Monday s
chaptl was Dr W F Warren
pastor of the First Christian
Church of Abikne He spoki
few minutes on attitudes toward
lift
Afttr Dr Warran s talk members
of the rurjthmics class with
Haztl Grubbs directing gavt 1
short demonstration in acrobat
ics The class is instructed by
.Mrs Harold L. Thomas
'Tht Horst nnd Buggy Dictor"
bj i thin Htitrlti is out of tho
books nvnilablt to studtnts in tho
McMurry rtnUil lihrirj
Here in a book of enchanting
intimacy and homel) humor Is the
storj of an Amciicnn countr) due-
toi of countliss countrj doctors
all over Amtricn A colorful figure
in tho medical world todnv Hear
Dr Hniold I Schugg hill of of tht Hirt7lir Clinii it Hnlsttnd
tin language Pepirtmont of ACC hnnsns Pop Ilntzlor lx M'n his
vvns Riiest spuikoi foi the Iing iiiuir foit viars aio undti con-
unge Club recmtlv Ulitions of piontir hard hip -when
Hi spokt on his locent tup li it wis n cast of root hog or die"
Oil Mexico His wUristinir loo l r ihildriu uiul ulults nhkt
turi was bised on a fiioMiiult of With tin most piinutivt of iquip-
a pictorial historv of Mixuo be mint (molu Iuir- i 10I1I Piactmak-
ginning 111 tlu lf00 cmtuiv tint ir for winding off will dogs)
ho had secured while thin 1111 1 with no h spit il ficilitica
Hi ils ohowtd 11 iiumbi 1 of nr I (nianj a film kitilun was 11 sur
ticlis hi had collictid is souvinirs ' u il nit nn in tlu s4 ilavs) lit di-
Somt of spicinl intiiist win a ricttd himstlf to the ndventurous
bt lutiful fihgiet pin made Iv the business of bringing human souls
natives in the minis ninr Puiblo into the world nnd prestrving thtm.
nnd two bends carved from sloni thinnfttr from 1 rtmaturc diath.
which are originals from a pi
mil
It was n job for a man and
philosopher and Dr Hartzltr is
both This chronult of his cx-
ptrunccs so tvpicnl and Jtt so
Maiguinti McDuli is siuouslv vtr pcisonal by riason of tlu ptr-
ill 111 tht Hcndrick Mimorinl Hos sonnlity whiih puvadis it is tho
pitnl honist Htuff of Aim man lift
Mrs McCullv spmt tht weikml wi nderffullv illuminating in 1 gin
with lovce and Alton 1 uiiitlv txciting
Football Plavers Not "Big Dumb
Brutes"; Hobbies and Interests Show
By hVriirciUNK KNIUI L Ri UU Ai thur ttvlu 1111 1 oth-
Tht idtn of tht f otbill plavtrslus "lilt disirt foi cliuiiliiuss
bung dumb biutts uncouth ami nnu nmuiiss is. unowitr iiuumy
1 uriini v iitiimrtix lntt il with looLUUH
disintcrcsUd In anything cxtipt
football and the htro worship of
beautiful co ids is fast losing
ground as activities of our own
football boys show
On the honor roll is ' Crack-Em
All ' Hammack upsetting the Idea
that football boys are dumb with
six A's to his credit The idea
that football boy do not like the
tsthetic and cultural things of life
Is upset by Dayton Walston who
professes a liking for opira and
Big Ben Bruly who is interested
in art '
Tull Bill Grty who looks far
from tht sentimental typt holds
a desire to save keopsikis Dopey
Andtrsons uppirmost interest is
dramatics nnd ht has letn out
standing in plas sinct hi has botn
in MiMurry
Tht thouKht of football bivs
as going around slouchy and care
ltss in their dress is disproved by
the neat and well groomed appear
anco of most of our team ex
amplcs are Bill Emerson Toppy
boys (jillium btovall who dilights
in tltaning up his room and dec-
orating it illustratts that point.
Boys who play football do not
nectssarily have to be as ugly
as sin to do so Our own ttam is
composed of met looking boys.
with Clifton Bcusley and Frunk
Wiuvtr and Clydt Woods aa three
examples
Tht posstssion of good manners
is quito on asset to anyone and
tspitially to football playtr bc-
taust tht public nutlets thur
bad mauntrs more quickly than
that of othtr studtnts
Stveral of our footlmll bojs
toul 1 bt tommtndid foi thtir goo I
mauntrs and tourttsj r xamplcs
art Al Simmons Bustir I'etk Bill
Grty and Arthur Wvjit und oth-
irn Sums as if sonubodj nttds to
change thiir derogatory idias.
about tht typical football play-
ti they'ro not tho way thcy'ru
putured most of the time.
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