McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, October 4, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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On McMurry!
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Volume XVIII
ABILENE TEXAS FRIDA OCTOBER 4 1940
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FACULTY ELECTS NEW ALPHA
CHI MEMBERS MONDAY
Alpha Chi munbeis to the Inmcs
WlnfoiVl Hunt Chnptei nt Mc
Murry College wcie determined
Tuesday in a meeting of the fac-
ultj Membership In this scholarship
societj is attained through both
character nnd scholastic standing
of the student The uppci ten
per cent of the junior and senior
classes are basis for standing in
the group
Included in Alpha Chi nt the
beginning of the school vear are
four divisions those in senior
standing students who move up
from the Junior group of last
nemestcr new seniors members
of the Senior Class who are in
Alpha Chi for th first time new
Juniors Sophomores f last car
who have attained the rating for
tht f rst time and dtho graduate
group
New Tumors are Woldon But
ler Nell Blnknoy Doiothy Rives
Carlyle Holshouser Willie Wil-
hitc Gnbii Small wood Doris Mcr
rill Flnine Loflcr Flvin Mathis
Floye Mnssoy Jodcnn Wnght D'-
Rhea Allison Marvin Hunter
Carlton now Seniors Bctt Ruth
Morrison Mary Frances Wheeler
Olive Mae Reed Joe Boyd Tuanita
Haw lens Ha7cl Williamson Dick
Antlloj Sue Campbell
Senior standing includes Fran
es Scrimshire Clov Carpenter
Grace Thurston Margaret Barton
F a Mno Coffman Richard Sher-
wood Marjono Jones graduate
standing Fmma John Blake Viola
Simple McCoulskov Man tr
ginia Williams Weslev Turner
William Cnntrcll Rcttv Wheeler
Charles Han is A V Hendricks
Mnllic Frank Touchstone Holland
Iiope
CVRD OF CONDOIENCE
Oui deepest svmpathy to J
F Gariett whose father died
Thursday night Mr Garrett
had been ill for several
months
STUDENTS and FACULTY
Another Quiz To
Determine Smart
Alecs on Campus
By SONN BENTLE iStnmford
This is the 407th in a series of " Thc.f" papcX I'ublshitl)
two features concerning vvhnt vou'0" "'; IcM c"mpuVnL. ld
dont know about McMuiry and () McMrry Bllct.n (b) The In
its traditions lJ' Totom (c) Tho D5"K txluaw
its traditions (m)
Last week only one instructor ( mon sUrtc (n) Flshng m tin
the water boy and 182 students fh )on(1 (b) Throwing public
leceivcil n lerfeet score Out of nncos (c) wcnrmK glime cnps
those who weixnt so highly cdu-(1) cuUlng chapcI tnc)l eines.
cated came the slimes' unsvver to Jnj
the fish pond question He very i
emphatically stated that the fish (IV) One of McMrry s football
pond was ougmilly used to store I immortals who made all confer-
mmrmniis iimounts of black ceffee cnce for two vears wns (n) Rid
for the student dunking contest
and for the convenience of the
poor overworked piofessors He
also stated thnt it afforded a
container large enough nnd in col-
or enough to represent nil ink
well for the tears of the jilted
girls of Boyce Hall (My what
some people wont do for n laugh)
The setting for tins weeKS ser
Ses dated back to the days when
orchestranically speaking jazz
was jazz and swing was something
ou hung up in the garden
Yeah' I know its horrible but
jou gotta have some kind of an
introduction
(1) McMurry was originally lo-
cated at (a) Dothan Lakebottom
(b) Ft Worth Stock Show (c'l
Notice Class Members
With the passing of a new
ruling bj the faculty Tues-
day classes ure now allowed
one official Monday of every
month for a class social This
means thnt each class gets
one Monday of the month
Thursday afternoon four
class representatives drew for
the four nights The drawing
will be repeated at the first of
every month If the class
misses its assigned date for a
social then they must watt
until the next month for a
Monday night
Class socials for the month
of October nie as follows
rreshmen the 7th Juniors
the 14th Seniors the 21st
and sophomores the 28th
This considerate action
taken b the fncult is deep
lv appreciated bv the officers
nnd members of the classes
Ml M2 Ml nnd M4
SCRA Continues
To Present Good
Programs For Studes
A new thing on the campus this
year has been the Campus Vcs
pers which nre being sponsored
by the SCRA in cooperation with
Abilene's three Methodist churches
At this service there is an hour of
reel cation and then an hour of
worship with members of various
committees of SCRA in charge
In chaigo of the discussion at
the fellow ship Horn was Dvvight
Nance Thev discussed ' The
Place of the Church in the I ife
of a Student"
This week's discussion was on
"Should Fear Have a Place in Re-
ligion If So Why?"
"The heart of fools is in their
mouths and the mouth of wise
men is in their hearts " Fee 21 29
Grange (b) Bobby Blackburn (c)
Fnncis Smith (d) Bob Ghormlcy
(V) In 1030 the shot put record
of the Texas Conference wns bro-
ken by (a) Ace Abbott (b) Mule
Stockton (c) Johnny Hniper
tl) McMuiry became n senior
college in (n) 1924 (b) 1932 (c)
1920
(vil) The latest improvement
ion the campus of McMurry is (a)
.Stonewall Jackson transferring to
McMurry (b) the completion of
I Radford Memorial Auditorium (c)
the organization of the Moron
Club
(VIII) In advanced medical
work McM grads have (a) always
passed (b) crammed for exams
(c)flunked
Building Presented McMurry
Scribblers To Be
Organized After
Chapel Wed. in 102
Oigniiimtion of tht Sciiliblers
will be held nftei clinpcl Wednos
da morning in Room 10.2 This
club under tin. sponsorship of tht
Press Cub is oignmzcd every
year to benefit ficshmen nnd oth-
er students who want to wiitc for
the various publications The club
is given a column each week on
the editorial page of the War
Whoop By this means the club
members are given an opportunity
to become members of the Press
Club
Nominations of the club offi
ccrs will be presented to the club
by a committee This committee is
composed of Julia Luker publica
tions sponsor Willie Wilhitc pres
ident of the Press Club and one
freshman officially elected by the
group
Purpose of the club is to en
courage newsvvnting nnd creative
wutrtig of all kinds including
shoit stories poems nnd essays
All students interested in this t pe
woik are urged to join the club
Mrs. Love To Appear
on Campus For
Three Days Next Week
Mrs Joe Brown Love of Denton
Texas will be on the McMrry
campus thiee days beginning
Wednesday October 9 Mrs Lovo'Monni violinist nnd rranz Rupp
and her husband nre directors of
the Wesley Foundation at the
i list jMithodist ( hurch of Den
ton ind minister to the students
ai lexns Mate College for Women
and North Texas Tiachcrs Col
lcBe
During hei stay here Mrs Ine
will meet with nil students who
are mteiested in the creation if
dramatic worship services eich
evening at seven oclo k She will
nlso ) voto thn lirliie Ivtun n ton
nnd twelve each morning to per -
sonal conferences
Wednesday morning she will be
chapel speaker and she is schedul-
ed to speak in classes during her
three days on tho campus
Mrs Love's primary interest is
in the fusing of great dramatic
techniques in the creation of wor-
ship services which are built to
minister to life problems especial
last summer with a group of Den
ly in the student field She spent
ton students travelling across the
central part of the United States
doing an experimental pice of
work in dramatic worship service
Their experiment was acclaimed
as a great success
Mrs Love has an MA in
Sneech from Northvv est. rn ITni
versitv with special training in the
fields of theatre and drama Hei
group entered the Texas Intere.il
lcgute Dramatic Tournament he'd
here last March
Joint Meeting Of
Forum Fellowship
Club Tues. Night
McMurrv 's Ministerial Forum
met with the Fellowship Club at
First Methodist Church Tuesday
night
Several ministerial students ex.
pressed a desire to meet with the
club but feel that their primary
obligation is to activities on the
campus Plans have been discuss
ed to arrange tho Club meeting
for Monday meht but these arc
only tentative The Forum is to
meet in the Music Studio at 7 00
o clock next Tuesday night I
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beniR lemodeled it will house the Ait Dcpaitnicnt in thte lowei flooi and the;
SCRA will occup the uppei Eton (lecture couitevv Itoheit Uodden )
NovotnaMoriniRupp
on Civic Music
Srhpdnlp This Year
.
vicmuirj seuuenus-as memoers
01 eiie vyivic music sso union 01
Abilene will hear t"iree outstand
mg musicians in concert this vear
iJarmilla Novotna sonrano. Fnca
pianist
Jarmilh Novotna n Crech lync
sopruio made her American debut
0. mk this inst vear nnl
s considered as one of the out
standing newcomers to America
he is a member of the Motronoli
tan Opera
The foremost woman violinist
r ncn Monni is classed with the
elect of the virtuosi Hcifetz and
Kreislei Monni received her mu
cii.nl f.iln.ntmti in Vintinn nnd liic
been giving conceits since the nge
'of eight
Franz Rupp is one of the fore-
most concert pianists touring
America
These concerts will be held in
the Abilene High School Auditon
um McMurry students will be
admitted with presentation of their
student activity cards The first
artist will be Jarmilla Novotna
.October 18
Galleon Is Ready
For Contributions
From Student Writers
lno Im SUL m illr' um"" UN'
tht- scml mnual !'tlool '""Ml7"u
's to come out the week following
Thanksgiving holidiys aecoiding
to Dick Sherwood the editor The
following theme has been eho-en
Dcmociacy The I-ast Stronghold
of Religion
Anyone who has done or on
the other haul win feels he cm
do any creative writing in the way
of poetiv short stones essays
(both formal and informal) one
act p'avs or featuies such as book
' vu w s carry 111 gout this theme
or atu of th( nbmo on nny SUb"
icct thc wrcr wshc'' nl!U con
tact the editor and receive fuller
Particulars
"AS A STL DENT THINKS'
We of this generation can
not change the past but we
con d te'rnune largely what
the next generation will reap
by what we sow in this one
McMurry Gets
Something For
Nothing Listen In
I Have you heard the news? Mc
Mum Rtttlng something for
notlln0.
Pcry Sunday at
T 30 over
KRBC McMurrv is publicized m n
big way nnd to cap it off II G
Jenkins of ACC conducts the
bio i.lcast
On piiciding pn gi mis I1117
Fian7 and 111? ibe th an 1 Mililml
Bradv havi bun lnUivuvvid
This week none othei thin Uav
Olivndoti will be quiz7cd
laniis Hoblis pliyed lluee ai
icudion lymibiis on oiu progrim
I Studuit this nallv is somi
thing so tunL in and vou might
!"r" S0LthS about 0 col
r
District Rally
Attracts Large
Group Over Weekend
Nearly a hundred young people
attended tho Abilene District rally
held nt the Iirst Methodist Church
last Iriday evening and Saturday
morning Fiirmont and St Paul
churches joined with rirst Chuich
in entu taming the out of town
diligites
The Iriday prognm oonsi'stid
of 1 fellowship supper n worship
sirvice presellte 1 by McMurry stu
lents discussion groups lid bv
Ii Verne tlliams Darns I ggcr
Mrs 1 Iberta C.ilmore Venue Niw
man Kev R h llutli r and Uev
A V Gordon and an hour of rec
reation directed bv Mis Gilmore
Flame Lcflcr directed a worship campus This fact was brought were evenly divided on this ques-
service opening the Saturday! out forcefully this week as the tion
schedule District pioblems nnd .inquiring reporter took n straw 1 Here are some of the answers
plnns were discussed by Rev C A
Bickliy district supenntmdent
nnd Jew ill Posey district director
of voung people's work Union
mi etings wire held to discuss the
snecinl prol lems of the thne sec-
tions within th district
The closing feature of the pro
grnm wns the sermon bv Rev
Tonv Dyess on the rnlly theme of
To ervi the Present Age" The
I.I i"ll llll I U'lVIll K. 11.
delegates were served lunch 111 the tnee for Wendell Willkie ngunst the third term It's tho
church basi ment This was slightly ovir 21 per first and sicond tirms thnt I'm
Confemnce officers present for(cnt foi the Republican notninei ngninst siys another "I'm for
the meetini; were Darns Fggir To thi question 'What do you Roosevelt because they couldnt
vice president Ignore Imgino think of the third ternl" nine dig up anyone ngninst him' and
secretnry and Lena Catherine teen or 70 per cent voiced the"Im ngninst the third term but
Morrison treasurer belief that there was no particu- Roosevelt is my man anyway."
Turner Busy Tendng
To School Affairs
Over The State
Dr rrnnk Turner went to Ioit
Worth Thursday to n meeting
c illed by the Texas Stati Net-
. '
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college proginnis
Tomoriow l)i Tuimr will pie uli
the morning -irvin it thi Snvdii
Metho list hurch Ii-t sun 1 ly
he hell thi morning sirviei it tin
Asburv Methodist Church in 1 11b
bock Tims At tint time hi
took up 1 colli ction for the mam
tunnie of McMuirv
Junior Class Selects
Christopher Lord
Both being dependable leaders
thc Junior Ciuss is proud to un
nouncc its selection of Miss illie
Mac Christopher and Mr Juckson
Lord as its sponsors of the en
suing year
The selection was made in n James Hobbs paying the accordion
clahs meeting Iriday September Th two trips win sponsored by
20 the I ions Club of AI lie m for the
Plans for a picnic are under puiposi of uniting an mtirest in
way It is to be held Octobei 11 tin Wist Texas Fair whieh begins
nccoiding to Red Wutkins iliss Oitobir 7 and lists through Or-
prexv t. ler 12
Democrats Dominate
Campus According-
To Recent Survey'
Inteicst m politics and govern
ment is not dead on the McMurry
vote of 11 representative section of
MeMurry students The students
wire picked nt inndom
Out of twenty seven students
who were interviewed all but one
n definite answer to the question
"Who do you want for president
of the United States ' Out of thc
definite answers given twenty
were in favor of Roosevelt while
1 ..jmoavu . ... .uvi j'ii.iL-1
six expressed a diculod prefer-
Mrs. Radford Notifies
Dr. Turner of Gift
Tin Ml. and Ait Dipaitment
now lmvi a tuvv Iioiik announced
l)i I intik 1 liiiiui 1 riday
moi mug This nnnnncinunl per-
tunul to thi piisititnlioti of
the luge twostoiv building h-
uctlv south of thi povvir house
to McMuiry College lor soma
time plans had bin under way to
lease the hoiisi from the J M.
Hadford Co and tht company had
'also offelei to sell tin buildinjc
I to the school While giving the
I matter due consideration Dr.
ll.Vn.il. Tllrimf to!. rl n roll RA.
tifying him that the building now
I belonging Vo the collctgo The
cnll was from Mrs J M Rad-
ford Lower story of the building will
be occupied by the art department
while the SCRA will be in charge
of the second floor
Remodeling of thi house was be-
gun last Thursdav afternoon The
wall will be repapcred and the
floor will be done ovei Old par-
titions nu being torn down and
new ones erected The SCRA
plnns to have nn nssimblv room
kitclunette nnd sevitnl offices on
secon I This enn also be used for
a it en it ion ci ntci sponsored by
thi MU An adlition will be
built in in ill r to house the kiln
for the art dopaitnunt Most of
the work will be done bv student
labor
The new building will serve
mnnv of the needs of the college
and give additional room in the
ltternn sessions since many
courses hnvi 1m en nddtd to the
curriculum A nnnn for the house
m nnt )((n 1cllpI ulon f(r the
present
Band Publicizes
W.T. Fair McMurry
At Anson Albany
Ioavlng tho A.lmmitiation
Building nt I) 10 TuimIu ivining
tin Iiuli in Rind 111 uli its first
trip of the sihool yeai In a
ciiavan of curs the bind went to
Albany win re they paraded and
pliyed before a large group of
listeners
Tlmrsdiy night the band went to
Anson for another engagement
I Rupi rt Phillips clarinetist in.
the bind was featured in several
solos Hi was accompanied by
lni harm in 11 piesident serving
three teims The pio illkieites
Lrkeii
I 111 for Itooievelt Why ehango
horses 111 the middle of the
stri im' Then iikum ' I in for
W illkie I believe that ho is tho
better busimss niun
I A new piesident would have to
set up his own war maehinery
1 while Roosevelt already has his
.hystem working ' was tho way nn-
.uiit.i uuaLiti'i iuv 1
other observe! put it "I m not
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