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MMntt$ War lUhoop
On McMurry!
On McMurry!
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Volume XVII
ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 3 1940
Number 26
Local English Department Illustrates
Simplified Freshman English Course
Enelish 119 As Taueht
Here Is Demonstrated At
English Teachers Meeting '
The ConfcuncL of College Touch
cis of I nglish held nt Southwest
cm University Saturday selected
Bayloi Univcisity Waco foi the
1J41 meeting Professor L W
Couitnoy of Baylor Univeisity
was electcil president to succeed
Piofcssor George hummer of A
nnd M College
Kemp Mnlonc of Johns Hopkins
Univcisity gave the chief addicss
of the session in 'Current Ameri-
can Fnglish Miss Katherme
V heatley of the University of Tex-
as discussed ' Some Problems Con-
nected with a Texas Linguistic
Surcy "
Miss Julia Lukcr supplemented
Dr John Bcaty's appeal for a sim
plificd composition text foi fresh-
man students Miss Lukcr illus
trated her suggestions as to tho
contents of a simplified textbook
in examples from materials col-
lected by the McMurry English
faculty in their experiments in
teaching the McMurry freshman
course catalogued as English 119
A luncheon in the dining room
of the Southwestern Women's
Building was attended by the coun-
cil members
Friday morning Miss Lukcr and
Miss Christopher saw the Baylor
University Browning Collection
under the guidance of A J Arm-
strong head of the department of
English at Baylor University and
the collector of Biowmngiana the
largest Browning Collection in the
world
Eurythmics Chanters
Present Hungarian
Scene For Chapel Mon.
The Eurythmics Class and the
Chanteis presented the chapel pro
gram Monday morning in the form
of a Hungarian Gypsy Fair In
peasant costumes the group sang
as they danced their folk dances
Lavada Rayncs took the first
solo role that in ' Merry Life ' J
C Wilson took the solo part in
Korobushka " Rupert Phillips
gave a baritone solo accompanied
by Mrs Harold Thomas accordion-
ist and Dub Rhodes String bass
Oliua Eastus took the final solo
part that of the "Italian Street
Song "
J B Jordon Jr of Universal
Motor Company and J W Phil-
lips of Jasper were chapel visitors
Monday
Annual Young People's Assembly
To Be Held June 3-7 On Campus
Students Urged To Stay
For Worthwhile Program
And Entertainment
Annual assembly of the young
people of the Northwest Texas
Conference will meet here June 3 7
and plans were being completed
this week for the convention
About 300 young people are ex
pected to attend according to
Doyle Ragle vice president of the
voung people's division of the con
ference
McMurry students are urged
to stay on the campus for the as-
sembly after school is out Courses
and recreation to be offered will
make it well worth your time"
says Ragle
Some outstanding features of en
tertainment will be a formal ha"
nuet Monday night in the Rock
Garden a mission pageant on
Tuesdav night On Wednesday and
Thursday Tcgu'ar study courses
interspersed with recreation and
worship services will be held One
feature of this recreation to be
available is that there will be a
"Ambitious" Is Topic
Joe Temple Speaking
To Volunteer Band
1 very thing wo do shoull lie.
done to the Gloiy of God
This was a statement of Hev
toe Temple to the olunteei Mis
sion Hmd Wednesday nftcinoon
in the Music Studio His topic
was Ambition He said that
Chiistians ire the Bible of the
' tho Kleatest cachcrs
..ii i nn i k
live what thev profess
Rev Temple has lealircd from
his own experience that after
all a ' W ell Done from God is
more impoitant than a few smiles
fiom men
Reports were given on the pro
grams presented at McAdoo Afton
Crosbyton Matador and Spur
Plans were made for a program
to be carried to Sylvester Sun
day May B
The regular bi monthly program
to be presented over KRBC Tucs
daj Mav 7 was discussed
Eurvthmics Class
To Sponsor Field
Day May 13th
McMuiry students return to their
childhood Monday afternoon May
1 Thats the afternoon the
Iuivtl.mics class throw theu long
awaited party for the school
All afternoon classes and lata
will bp dismissed for the day and
cerjonc from the administration
to the irosnmon will be expected
to )cin in the various ' athletic '
contest' Icmonade will be served
in great quantities to those who
find the gnnd a trifle severe
Picscnl plans call for the cam-
pas to be divided into several a
do7en rr more teams Each mem
bcr of a team will be identified
In an rrm band bearing his team s
colors
1 lie aiious activities will bo en
gaged in by the teams and the total
point score will determine tho
champior team of the day Prizes
will bo awaided and other amuse
monts held in the gym after all
the tontests have been completed
All minor riots in connection with
thn contests will be quelled by the
Furythmics students who are in
charge Mrs Harold Thomas is the
chief cf the affair.
Have You put May 30 Ex
Breakfast on your calendar yet
tent pitched between the ad build-
ing and Hunt Hall wheie open air
games can be played
To be present and in charge of
the adult and pastoral work is A
E Walton representative from
the ational Board of Education of
Methodism whose office
Nashville Tennessee He will speak
during the assembly
Serving as conference assembly
dean will be Marshall Rhew of
Abcrnathy Texas Aisle Carleton
of Clyde is director of the young
people's work for the conference
Officers of the young people's or
ganization are J W Gamble of
Lubbock who is president Doyle
Ragle 'senior of McMurry. who is
vice president Lenore Longlno
from Munday who is secretary
Lena Catherine Morrison of Abi
lene who is treasurei Twyla
Fernll of Muleshoe who is HCM
commissioner for the young peo
pel s conference and Walter Grubbs
of Colorado City who is director
of publicity
W T Hamilton of Lubbock is
executive secretary of the North
west Texas Conference
Plans for the courses to be of
Ifered will be announced later
Turner To Preach
For Sunday Services
Dr Irank L Tuincr will Ml
thice engagements this week end
in the interest of McMuirv In
Veinon for the Sundaj morning
sen ices he will go to Clarendon
to pi each for the eening services
in the Methodist chinch theu
On Tucsdiy he will ntte n 1 the
Peirvton conference of the Noith
west Texas Methodist c nference
lemg held at Hoiger
Three Second Places
Won In TIPA Contests
Named At Convention
leaving Thuisday afternoon
thirteen delegates from McMurry
attended the Texas Intercollegiate
Pi ess Association in San Marcos
After registcnng at nine o'clock
Fnday morning the group heard
M M Harris editor of a San An-
tonio paper and Ken McClure
indio sports announcer speak in a
general session
Section studies were conducted
on subjects pertaining to newspa-
pei writing and problems of tho
business managers and editors of
the publications At four o clock
a picnic was held at Riverside
Park tho recreational grounds of.tion of Collegiate Registrars
SW STC
rnlay night a arietv show was
staged ') the stu lents of SWSTC
for the visitois Maiy Flirabcth
Aiken lepresmted McMurrj Col
lege in the coronation of the queen
Robe it Bickley official ilelegate
was her escort
Satuulay moining was spent in
a business session in which the
constitution of the association was
completely levised The College of
Mines in El Paso was selected ae
the site of next years convention
Tom IIoP ot El Pnso was elected
president succeeding Russell Wrat
son of San Marcos
A sight seeing tour of the city
of fean Marcos and a flee picture
show comprised the afternoon s en
teitamment A bmquct was held
in the girls dinine hall foi the1
delegation of over one hundred
college journalists Gloomy Gus
philosopher from Marble rnl's and
Hill Taylor nn unperson ttor weie
the spcakeis on the piogram
As a climix to the banquet the
annual aw aids were made Mc
Muny placed second in three con
tests Mildied Vaughn won second
on her feature Margaret Bartons
foimal essay placed second and the
Galleon was second in the maga-
zine section Other than these the
following schools were winners of
the first p'ace awards in the var
ious divisions Haidin Junior Col
lege column sports story Abi-
lene Christian College feature.
Southwest Texas State Teacher's
Oollcge news story one act play
North Texas State Teachei's Col
lege essay magazine short stoiy
eemorials fadvfertfscment. nhoto-
graphy Texas Wesleyan College
poem and West Texas State Teach
crs College spoit column
John Tarleton Junior College
won the awards for the newspaper
ana annual in the junior division
anil the 'Yucca' of North Texas
State Teacher's College won the
annual award for the senior d
ision The senior newspaper award
was not presented because the con
test has not been completed
Lee Kohlenberg and his college
orchestra played for a dance in
me girls gym following the ban
quet The delegates returned Sun
day delegates attending the con
Yvnuon were Helen Jay Billie
Shields Robert Bicklev. rWi..
Harris Emma John Blake Bob
Ghormley Robert Wyche Robert
noaucn J u Hayes Mary Eliza
"w. nincn wiuie Wilhite. and
sponsors Jewell Posey and Har-
oiu ki iiurman
Allison Speaks On
"Faith" At Fellowship
Tnc Wednesday evening Fellow
hip met in tho Rock Garden for
a period of worship at C 30 D
Rhea Allison brought a message
on ' Faith "
After the service those who dc
sired played games foi about 30
minutes
"Texas Birds" Is
Topic Of Lecture
Of Witt For Alpha Chi
Dr Paul C Witt National Pre
silent of Alpha Chi and piofessoi
of seience at Abilene ChUstiuii
College was the euest speaker at
u meeting of the Tames Winfoid
Hunt Chaptei of Alph i tin of Ale
Muny College luesdiy nieht
Apill !0 Ui Witt iue imltatim
of bud calls mil whistled Pile
Moon 'The Kosniv an 1 little
Sn I cho and I istin to the Moek
mg Bird ' accompanied by his
daughter Miss Puiline Witt 1 ol
lowing the musical progi im Di
Witt gave an illu&tiated lecture
on Texas biids
Students who made the mid
semester honoi roll weie guests
of Alpha Chi
Iris Hears Lectures
Explores St. Louis
National Reg. Meet
Ins Graham Registiar of Mc
Murry College attended the 28th
Convention of American Associa-
Apul 21 25 The convention met at
the bhter Hotel m St Louis Mo
Three hunlied and thnty legis
tints came fiom 59 states and one
foreign countiy Syria Kithciine
Simpson formei eeietary to the
Presilent of McMuriv nccompan
led Miss Graham
The outstanding address of the
conwntion was made at the ban
quet given on Tuesday night Rabbi
Ferdinand t Useiman uddrossed
the registiais on The American
Die am
In his adress Rabbi Isscrman
said that the brutalization of
mankind is the loss of war '
The theme foi the convention
was Pan American Relations
Addresses were made on 'Adult
rducntion 'Amencanism' and
Kegistrni s Problems '
AIiss Grilnm said the purpo e
of these conventions of Registrars
it necessanly to discuss the
late st tun Is in the world thiough
people who are modern '
Mist Graham and Miss Simpson
made a veiy thorough tout through
the city of St Louis Highlights
were Opel a Cat men St Louis
Art Museum the hundreds of
Lindberg trophies at Jefferson
Memcual Sham's Botanical Gar
dens Forest Park Zoo the old and
new cathedrals in St Louis
George Washington University and
St Louis University.
Most outstanding in this tour
was a 'preview' trip through St
Louis new $2000 000 river boat
which makes its maiden voyage on
May 12
Next April the 29th Convention
will be held in Chicago as the city
celebrates its fiftieth annivcisury
Arnold And Watkins
To Vie In Golf
Finals Next Week
"Red ' Watkins and Bill Arnold
shot their way to tho finals in the
golf tournament which is sponsored
by tho Kiva Club Concluding
matches will be played next week
All matches were played on Mc
Murry's seven hole golf course
In the semi finals Wednesday
Red Watkins disposed of Mr Hag
gard 2 and 1 They were both
rolling close to par figures Bill
Arnold defeated Porter Willie by
the count of 3 and 2 Arnold was
three over par while Porter was
six over par
In tho quarter finals held last
week Haggard defeated Day W'at
kins defeated I A Smith Arnold
defeated Gilliam Stovall Porter
Willis defeated Kentucky Smith
Play of between Watkins and
Arnold will bo held sometime in
the near xuture.
Tony Dyess Speaks
To Forum On
. Christian Living
The Rev Ton Dyess spoke to
the Ministotinl I mum Wednesday
night at the regular weekly meet-
fug He gne his personal expel
ience in Ihnstiin living (onvei
sion is a piocess he Mild We
must make niw dicoveius mil
haw in w leliij us ipeiuneis
daih Ills talk was follow id by n
Lntip discussmi of quistions h
lnti I to it
Tin I 01 urn w tod to disp
joint nut ting of tin tliue minis
tenal nssoci itions bcciuse then
are so main conflicting nctiutiis
Dr. Claude Howard
To Speak To Alpha
Chi Guests Tuesday
Tuesday May 7 at 8 o clock in
the Radford Memorial Au litorium
the Alphi Chi will present Di
Claude Howard professoi in SMU
and past national president of Al
pha Chi Tho lecture will be the
same as he presented at the Alpha
Chi convention nt Georgetown
April 1 1 and 14 ' Spirit of Schol
arship "
Members of A C C Hardin
Simmons F McMuny members
of the Alpha Chi and McMuny
faculty will le tin Miests of the
pi i sent McMtirrv Alpha Chi mem
Refushnients will K solved in
the speech studio nftn the outer
tninnunt
Miss Jennie Tate and Uni Cith
rrine Moi risen me in charge of
the arrangements
McMl RRIANS PARI ICIP VTF
IN V( C CORON TION Al r MR
Two McMumans participated in
the annual Kitten Mub coronation
Tuesday night in the Sew ell nudi
torium of Abilene Christian col
lege Hazel Ward as piesident of
the Wnh Wahtavsee represented
the student It dy of McMmrv Will
lam Cintrell piesihnt of thp stu
tlpnts nsstcntion sen oil as Miss
Wauls iscort During thp ceie
monv the McMuirv freshman
quartet s mg I ittle Orphan An
me anil Last NilM I nrvs
! W ilkei of AC( was crowned as
queen of tin Kitten Klult
I ast veai Mary Phillips w is our
representative to tho coronnti n
Fellows Leaves
College Goes To
Alabama Job
l'or reasons satisfactory to the
administration Hugh bellows
head of the bpeech Department
has seveied relations with the col
lete Dr trunk L. Turner pres
ident announced thoitly after
noon ThuiMiuy
Aniiounienicnt of the actnn
which w is taken by the admmis
tration Wednesday enme is a sur
prise to the student body
At the present time we arc not
in a position to discuss his
ceshor We prefer to say as little
as possible of the incident Di
Turner stated
fellows has been head of the
speech department since 1937
when he came here from a teach
ing position at Bob Jones Col
lege in Tennessee Since he has
been at the college the McMurry
Theatre has been developed to the
extent that it is known throughout
the state and an assistant Jack-
son Lord also of Tennessee has
been added to the speech faculty
He was instrumental last year
in securing the large addition to
the college autditonum making
possible one of the most complete
and best plunncd departments in
the state
In his speech elasses of Thursdiy
morning Fellows made a farewell
talk in which he told students
they would 'have a new teacher
tomorrow "
Fellows plans to stay in resi
dencc here until May 20 to fulfill
speaking engagements After that
he will become an cmployco of
Andalusia Commercial Credit Cor-
'poratlon Andalusia Alabama
ISCRA To Hold Retreat
This Weekend Discuss
Miss Tate To Attend
SIMA Convention
NTSTC This Week
Miss linnii Tnte li ul of tin
Mitlienutiis Del utlliint mil sec
hetniy tmisiuir f tin Suitluin
()f n" lntiisch lnstie Miithimiti s Ass )
cmtion will go to the mimml eon
lists of the nssicntiiii this week
ml nt NTSTC nt Denton
Miss lute is tho only nuniler
of the SIMA who has attended
eveiv meeting of the nssoci ition
since its founding She hns bei n an
officer of the organization all that
time also Shi has been sicrctniy
trinsurci since 19Ti
Among Miss Tate s duties in this
position is to si nd out the ques
tions for the preliminary contests
to the member collcgis
W inners for the preliminary con
tests have been announced
Phillip Miller of Tohn Blown
was winner of the nlgebia contest
Marlin Crump of TSTC of Com
mcrcc Ti xas was winner of the
tngononutiv divisim leicmmh
Staik of NTSTC at Ihnton wns theiPsit Fmma John Blake scn-
winner of the innlvties division
Wmnti of thi c mpiehensivc div
im tn wns Wilhoin leubiiei tf SMU
These five have the invilete of
welling the SIMA ki v foi lung
winneis ill the pielimiliuiies Only
membeis of the ficulty of the
niinilu ctllee.es and stu lints win
neis lie eligible to went the keys
Those in MeMuny hiving keyslf1uon
ale Mis I reel Heeves an I viisj
Tato
Dr F D Mouzm Ji of SMU
pie suit nt of the oigiumation will
preside at the meetings foi the
final contests
AHS Girls Band
Gives Program
Friday Chapel
The newly manured etils I m I
if Abilene lliih School was pre
sented in ch ipel Iutliy by the
K ippa Phi social club
Direeted bv R T By mini the
land plnvtd such stelhu selectiens
is Glow Worm and The Desert leis if tie 1 1 iit.it! ns e mmittee
SniL A demonstrition of bit n ai Inh snrirs Hn7il Wnnda
twilling wis made lv the b m I s V illmi is 1 1 Dunne Unict I-iimarr
tluee drum majors Using the new'lufestc ni 1 K nil Th mas Those
Swiss flais the head drum ma on thp lutli t committee nie Rob-
jor put on an exhibiti in to the.ert Wvtho D Rhea Allison Cloy
musical accompaniment of Merry
Widow Walt7
following the program a mogic
mil gave a short performance ad
vertismg a program sponsored by
the Abilene Be osttr Club
Letty Really Does Go Crazy "On The
Stage" In "The WW" Senior Play
II Gil MOKh AND III VKL
MOKh AND III VKL iole The lest of the eust stands
illv home pioject that1 m the tunie foi in as w lb published
t fl lie! If til
seueh the mteiest of the w!iulii - uni.uve else mm wee
!.. l ..... lnr llw is what In the bookstoie in the office
Impelled when the first steps forj
the prcduetion of The Wind
sponsored by the benior Class and
produced by the College Thcatie
began hven the Publish classes
turn their attention toward it and
at times it almost ovei shudows
Browning and Tennyson
The ether day in Miss Chnsto
phers English 147 class the wind
was on one of its Lootl old West
Texas rampages around this cam
pus It was making plenty of noise
especially just outside the east
winelows of the Fnglish class Miss
Christopher saved the situation
and the eloss' good humor by mak
ing the timely sugeistion that the
pound be ucoreled for use in the
snuw toukh to keep her balance She left
I veil when tin fcirls gathei m iiemn at eighteen nnd lived at
erojp around the corn lors the twee twater only one year At tho
I rem mm nit cuestin is Whosieid of this time she looked liko a
rliymi in The Wind ' The query ' mi Idle uted woman with wrinkles
is met with the announcement from 1 1 n i-kin dry as leather and only &
the spttth Department of u pci straight hurd line for her mouth
inanent cast These changes have The make up will be worked out
been made Wirt Roddy is to bo to show what the haid work out
played by Dopey Anderson and trials of pioneer life can do to
Ainswcrth Gates takes Sourdough's people a faces in a short time
At Sweetwater Lake
Objectives
1 Religious Activities
Committee To Mike
Reports On Year
U milling up this yeirs work
nn I miking plans fir next year
wiM It the 1 UMiipss of the SCRA
Ki tu at to h lull nt lake Swee-t-vv
itu this week on I
1 1 iving s itm In nt 1 10 tho
'e.i up will It i mpose I if all rc-
I 111 i us utivitus c innultces func-
li nitiL this villi Kip tits will bo
lluii 1 fum each c mnuttpp outlin
ing tin iihuvenunN of tin year.
Offcirs fir the coming joar
cltctid last rmlny niLht are D.
Run Mlisin of Olmy who will bo
pusidint ( loy Carpenter of Am-
hi ist who will le. vice president;
Dim t nsvwll who will be secre-
tin v Doris Bnnkson of Abilene
who will iluect publlcitv nnd Rob-
ert Wvche if Dallas who will be
treasurei
InVerne Williams of Clyde wM
continue rs dnectoi of leligiou
activities on the campus
Reining cfficers of the SCRA
nr Dov'e K i-le senior of Olton.
101 i f mi a Anna vice president;
Mny Hare m t Beard secietary.
I ui l s -essuns will be held
Situiln i i(ht Sundnv mornlnjr
mil Sun 1 1 flirnoon Also on the.
si lu d lie i i tert un in nt and wor-
ship t IV it is
1 icu Iv "ittiiMus will le Dr. H
G Huimu livwl Postv A W-
Meml er f the committees cx-
lecietl to l.o ale publicitv Doris
Lunknn C a ence Ce Ilins and
Sue nvnum On the worship com-
nultet are Celeste Scott Pinky
lohnson June Parkei Maiy Mar-
tinet Heard Doris MeinII D'Rhea
Allison and La erne Williams.
On tie ter'iiation comiuttec. are
Re I Walk n J II Wheeler Ted
Ionuno ana Man (.rimes On tho
cemt! rt pinmittit nu Ainsworth
Gitis Willu Willuti Siniiv Bcnt-
Ouli 'hides Rich ml Shcr-
wo el Mhi j in Slufir Hazel
drubbs nd lit n limit
On tin ml atli n p nimlttoc
nie lo i ii lev Knox Jniut Bank-
1 i ei tt lit ul de nevieve
III own ind K ly Hi nniniton Mem
Carpeiitei niiel Dons Criswell
Hilin MeGinnis and sister Bev-
erlev of Iefors visite I friends
of the campus this pist weekend
- '" ll1
halls between elasses
eveiybody is asl ink Does Letty
lea'ly go eiazy on the st iee Tho
answer is u very definite and dc
eided 'Kfc ' Letty does lose her
senses completely and ON THE
STAOK' Being duven almost mad
by the wind first she shoots Wirt
Roddy with the gun he gave hex
for birthday gift Then as she
sees hr de id body with its open
starling eyes her mind is com-
rletely list Realizing that thes
wind has her trapped sho gives
hirself up to it as the play closes
The puit of Letty as done by
Mar Brown interprets the story
of a till who eomes from Mrginia
oft -weet. voumr and sheltered to.
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