McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 3, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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Allll.l M M'WS MONim S VT lltl V PRIL 1 11I1
Galleons Dedicated
To Armed Indians
Recent War Victim
Kin of McMurrians
Lt Jack Mathis recently killed
In a bombing raid over Germany
was a cousin of Billic and Mclvin
Mnthis McMurry students and of
Marguritc and Elvin Mathis grad-
uates of '40 and '41 respectively.
Mathis 21 had been decorated
with other members of his Flying
Fortress crew a few days before
and had made 14 previous trips
over the continent He was from
Snn Angelo and Sterling City
Shown above is Frances Head a
McMurry student of 1939-42 who
will lcccivc her B A degree in
May of this year with a major in
English and a minor in history
Miss Head has been teaching at
Hermlcigh this year While in
McMurry she was a member of the
Mission Band Philos and the
James Winford Hunt chapter of
Alpha Chi She was president of
the Methodist Youth Fellowship at
Fairmont and vice-president of the
Texas Methodist Student Move-
ment for the Northwest Texas Con-
ference She also contributed oc
casional articles to the War
Whoop was a regular contributor
to the Galleon and was chosen
by the faculty as a member of
Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities
Uladzecn Drills
ians
rs
By JAMES CHARLES
' Company halt dress right at
ease attention' Fall out'" These
and numerous other commands are
daily heard ringing across the Res-
ervation as top kick Troy Wadzeck
snaps his men through field man-
euvers which would put any West
Point regiment to shame
Company V was organized by
the grim stiffly erect mihtary-
minded Sergeant Wadzeck for the
purpose of preparing the students
of McMurry to be better soldiers
or sailors in "Uncle Sam's outfit
Daily they go through the rigor-
ous drill exercises without mur
muring and are fast becoming a
precise machine like unit of fu-
ture fighting nun who will be a
credit to any man's army These
men are always ready to answer
the summons to duty When the
call to arms rings through the hall
they tumble out and come bound-
ing out to the drill field ready for
whatever fate might be theirs
These men have an unwritten code
to stand up to Their motto is
"never say die say Rit "
The members at the present
time beginning with Commander
Wadzeck arc as follows Admiral
Duke Ellington Rear Admiral
Squeaky Damron (in charge of all
vessels) Bugler Dillard Adair Col
Bill Day Chaplain Charles Wer
ner Quartermaster Elmer Watson
Lieut Col Garland Green Flight
Commander Sheriff Williams Pvt
Nelson Shernll Pvt Levi Garrett
Chief Cook Doug Cox and Yard
Bird Tough Mathers (due for a
promotion)
If ou wish to enlist in this
band of gallant men to devote your
services to vour school and coun-
try )ou may report to Commander
Wadzeck for the entrance exam
The requirements are that you
be a student of McMurry have
four character references and be
able to see lightning and hear
thunder
The spring number of the Gal
Icon college literary magazine has
been dedicated to the men in train
ing and active service in World
War II The magazine was ills
tributeel on the morning of March
20 and has contributions from 10
students
The cover portraying u galleon
old-time Spanish vessel is nttrac
tive and the frontispiece by Gene
McGchee shows a large service
LLOYD BLANKS
flag with airplanes parachutes
battleships and Army autos m the
background To make the "local
color scheme" a batch of prickl)
pear is shown in the foreground
and barbed wire fences are also
prominent Lloyd Blanks scrvcd
as editor for this edition and Bil-
lie Blanche Smith and Gene Mc-
Gchee are listed on the staff as
artists Miss Julia Lukcr head of
the English department acted as
sponsor
The dedication b) Billie Blanche
Smith reads as follows
We keep these stars above us now
That we shall each remember how
That you have gone to offer life
To free our trembling world from
strife
To place us far from hunger's
reach
To free our tongues and lips for
speech
That we may have our own God
near
Or have no thought or doubt or
fear
Of mad-men's greed or death or
pain
That we shall see peace reign
again
In the editorial mention is made
of the fact that McMurry has
340 men actively serving in some
BILLIE BLANCHE SMITH
GENE McGEHEE
branch of the armed services of
the United States Of this num-
ber 50 are commissioned officers
Then there are 50 men in the va-
rious reserves The Air Corps
leads in the fist of service branches
which McMurry students are
enlisted The local institution has
to date had two killed in action
one missing in action and five cap
tives The list follows
Missing in action Crawford
Hughes Army Air Corps
Captives Jack Perry Julian
Long Vaiden Hiner Trov Gilbert
and Angrus Winn
Killed in action Pruitt Garner
Army Air Corps and R B Ken-
dnck Army Air Corps
Included in the contents of this
magazine are poems by Charles
Cooke Lloyd Blanks Billie Blanche
(Continueo. on page 4)
IHB1 . ' J
Hamblen Speaks
To Ministers
Rev J H Hnmblen pastor of
the First Methodist Church in Alu
lene was the guest speaker for the
meeting of the Ministerial Forum
on March 21
The spenker stated that the two
greatest things in the life of a
preacher were conversion and the
call to preach The following nre
some of the more significant state
ments made by the speaker
"You face the world with the
greatest difficulties and the great-
est opportunities " "This is no
time for weak-kneed and spineless
men " "Bo yourself It is easy
to become an echo instead of a
voice There is something distinc-
tive about each of you that God
can use He has a place for ever)
one "
"If )ou work at the job God will
give you great victory " ' The man
who knows how to pray his the se-
cret to life " "We may have the
Holy Spirit in a faint measure be
cause wc pray in a faint measure "
Probably the most significant
statement made by the speaker was
the following "Our abilit) to pra
to God to work for God to live
for God and to affect others for
God will depend on the measure of
the Holy Spirit received by us and
dwelling in us The crowds
will come if you preach the Gos-
pel "
Rev Hamblen then gave some of
his own personal experiences and
some of those of Dwight L Mood)
The constitution for the Forum
was adopted and plans for the ban
quct on April 1C were made
Those present included Rev
Hamblen AIvis Coolcy Gradj Ad
cock Kenneth Ford Ray Elliott
J V Patterson and Melvin Mathis
The Flag of Our United States
Bj LILLIE IirSTER
The Cross of St Andrew a flag
of Great Britim was possiblv the
earliest flag to have influence on
the United States From about
the middle of the eighth centurj
the Cross of St Andrew Scotland's
patron saint had been the national
standard of that countrv It was
a verv plain flag a white diagonal
cross on n blue field It was
brought to America by the Scots
during their early explorations nnd
settlements in Nova Scotia at the
time of the English settlements at
PI) mouth Massachusetts and
Jamestown Virginia
Another flag of interest to us
is the Cross on a White field This
flag was first unfurled in North
America in 1492 by John Cabot
In 1C0G Jnmes VI of i nglnnd
brought together these two flags
and linked the two countries The
combination of these two crosses
brought together the colors of red
white and blue which almost two
centuries later became our nation
al colors This wns the flag un
der which England colonized Amer
ica and for a long time it w is used
by the colonists While there is
reason to believe that the British
flags had a great influence m de
terminmg the design and colors
of the flag of the United States
it was probably the Dutch who had
the most influence The Dutch
flag consisted of red white and
blue
In 1774 two years before the
signing of the Declaration of In
dependence the so called Taunton
flag was unfurkd nt Taunton
Massachusetts It was the Meteor
flag of England with the word
' Liberty' across the lowir pint of
tho red field
The Bedford flag biars thi mot
to ' Vince nut Monre" (Conquer
or Die) This flag was the first
flag of the American revolution
to receive i baptism of British
fire On Juni 14 1777 the Con
tinental Congress in Philadelphia
adopted the following resolution
' That the flag of the United States
be 13 stripes alternate red and
white that the union be 13 stars
white in a blue field representing
a new constellation " In 1791 the
state of Vermont was admitted in-
to the Union and in 1792 Ken-
tucky was admitted These two
states were recognized in the flag
January 13 1793 Congress en-
acted a law to the ffect that be-
ginning May 1 1795 there should
be 15 stars and 15 stripes in the
Harold L. Thomas
Plays for Chapel
Ks
Mr Harold L Thomas professor
of organ in McMuriv piesented n
scries of songs in tl . chapel sor
vice Wednesday March 24 His
program was prefaced by the call
to worship b) Charles Cooke
Included in the list of hymns
plaved by Mr Thomas were "Faith
of Our Fathers" "Dear Lord anil
rather of Mankind" and "Mv
Faith I ooks Up to Thee "
SOtlAL CAL1 M)AR K)R
MAT TWO I FkS
Apt ll 5 All College Part)
April 9 Fro - Philo Senior
Partv
April 16 Ministerial Forum
Banquet
flag Eich star tells of tlu ad
lition of a new state
In the war of England and tin
United States in 1814 Francis
Scott Kev composed the Star
Spiugled Bnnnei" our national
anthem Kiv was held ns u cap
live un one of the British war-
ships As the battle raged on
through the night he pncul the
deck in the darkness wondering
whither thi flag he had seen when
the fight began was still flying
over the fort It was indeed u liar
rowing night
'' f
FLY A CLEAN FLAG
Tins I lientd the Old Flag snv
s I passed lt j estcrtluy
'Months ago vour frictiillv
hands
Fasteiud mi on slender strands
And with patriotic love
Plat od me hi n to wave above
You ind jours I heard joti
sav
On that long departed ilaj
1 lag of all that s true and fine
Wave above this house of mine
Hi the first at break of da
And the last at night to say
To the world this word of
cheer
liovaltv abidetli here '
"Hire on cverj kind that's
blown
O ir jour portal I have flown
Rain and snow have battered
me
Storms nt night have tattered
mo
Dust of street and chimnej
stack
Day by day have stained me
black
Mission Band
Gives Program
The Mission Bund furnished tin
devotional for the Stamford Dis
tnct rnll of the Methodist outli
Fellow oship at Mundav on Satur
dav March 27 Those utti tiding
from McMurry wire Ida Billi
Shirrod Mora Hnvmes Vnda Tnv-
lor I V Patterson Billie Rnv
Brunson Kenneth Ford and Bon
nie W ilkins
Miss Shirrod is district directoi
of the Stamford district while
Miss Havnus is the district seen
tary
Included on the devotional pro
I grim were tnlks b) I V and llil
i Ik Rov a poem b) Vnda Tnv lor
and solos by Kenneth and Bonnie
Kcnmth nlso lid the singing for
the services The group riturmd
Snturda) afternoon
Dr. Cooke Host
To Ministers
The Mitusti rial Tomm and tin
other Methodist preachers in Abi
line Rev I O Hnvmes of St
Pnul's J H Hnmblen of First
and It L Butlir of Fairmont win
tlu guest- of Dr and Mrs Harold
Cooke Tuesdav evening March 10
for the regular vveeklj meeting of
the Ministerial Forum
The program was based on the
subject of prnjer Alvis Coolev
spoke on 'What Is Prayer'' Raj
Flliott used as his subjict How
Was Prayer Used by Jesus' and
Grail) Adcock concluded the scrus
of tnlks by speaking on "Do i
Need Prnvcr''
Refreshments were served to tlu
group nfter the program and an
informal get-together
At last a spin k of the 1il1iL of
day came With eves strained
engerlv he watched through the
carl) morning mist At last hi
saw that tlu flag was still then
In patriotic exultation Francis
Scott Kev writing on an envelope
hi found in his pocket poured out
of his soul the inspiring wouls of
Tin Stir - Spnuglid Banner
which win later sit to music
Man) veurs ago on Muich 17
1824 in Salem Mnssacluisi tts up
on tlu occasion of tlu cilibrition
of his Jlst birthilav William Dnv
er w is piisintid b) lus mother anil
i group of Suli m girls with a
beautiful Ami l lean flag
I name hi r 'Old Glorv '' said
lu in rlspntisi to thi grietmgs
of tlu givers nnd thus it was that
tlu nami Old (lorv mndi its ad
Milt into tlu history of our flag
Old Olorv was givin to Mar)
Jam b her father William Dnv
er aftir munv vinrs of caieful nt
tuition to it It was guarded by
the Driver famil) until 11.22 whin
it was given to the Smithsonian
Instituti in Washington whire it
is todaj on full) prist rved undir
glass
lune 14 was tlefiuitelj istablisli
(Continued on page 4)
And I ve watched vou passing
tin re
W tinili i ing how mudi v ou care
Ilivi vou noticid that vour
flag
Is tndiv a windblown rari
Has vour love so can less grown
Bv thi long neglect vou ve
show n
That vou never raisp vour ivi
To the sjmbol that jou flv T"
"Flu' on whidi no stain has
bun
Tis mj sin that vou re un
i Ii an
Tlicn I ausvurul in mv shame
'On mj hind must lie thi
blame
Now with pitnotie hands
I release vou trom vour
nt rands
And a spotless flag shall flv
Mere to greet each passer bv
Nevirmore shall Flag of mine
Bt a sad and sorrv sight
Telling all who look abovi
I neglect the thing L love
But mv Flag of faith shall be
Fit for everv ive to see "
Edgar A Guest
McMurry Graduate
Convoy Ship Captain
Totem Staff
Finishes Work
All of tilt mpv fil tin lott in
MrMuirv's ntinu it tins bun i nl
Ml'Sm IIIOMI'SON
to tin ingi iviis minding to Mu
stttn Ihompsnii iihtni of tin pub
licntiou
Miss Ihonipsnu wli finislml
hu ac uli mu worl at nml turn is
from Throe I moi ton Sin h is I i n
assistitl in lur vvoik on tin lottni
this iut bv l'niti! Willis and
How ml diiin in tlu spmls vii
turn Muv W illmoth Dillon in tlu
club siction nnd Minti Sui
Thompson in tlu iliss sittion
Blaiiclu 1 in mi his hiuI is busi
ness man igi l during tlu snond
snnestir I iili hi Hoipei and
ltichmil ( ot Iini u oil d in this tit
pai Inn nt tlu first senustii
o
Dr. Cooke Is
Chapel Speaker
Dr Harold G Cooke w is ilu
spiaker for tlu chapil sirvici on
Wednistliv March 11 Aftir tlu
singing of lor tlu Itiautv of tin
Larth and tlu e ill to vvoiship t
Dr Robi rt I I ting Dr Cooki
spoki from tlu tet in feicontl ( or
intlnans E)i hath not sl(n nor
enr heard nt itlu r hith it mined
into tht mi ml of mm whit God
hath prt pared for tlu in tint love
him But ( nl Ii tli it vi ilul
them unto us bj Ins spirit
Tin spwikti isserlid that
vvorldlj wisdom and spiritual wis
tloin niovt in two si p u itt
spin ns ami ninth tlu foil w mg
stall nu tit is tlu iru of Ins wliolt
thscoursi ou luvi h 1 1 i dirt it
rivilition from God mil tlu
onlv v ilul truth is otu tint mints
in this manni r '
After the sermon the students
sang Open Mv Ejis lint 1 M iv
Sie and Dr Long tlisniissul tlu
chapil service b) pi lyer
Two BioIIhm's Finish
JNlciMuii) Tin ir
nO PATTI RSON
I'icturetl uhovt ait two brotlurs
in fllcviurr) wnosi eollegi ejietrs
art piralltl at sin ml points J
V and Ro) Pattirson both of Mir
kel are senior ministuial stu Imts
in McMurry and both an major
ing m Bible rach has been elid-
ed president of the Ministt rial
' (Continueo on page 4)
mi j MM
1 V I'ATTI RSON
I in 1st v Ferguson McMurry
gi idiinti of I'Ul has been assign-
i cl to ilutv as n enptnin of a con-
vi ship neenrdinr to word rc-
ii iv nl l Ins fnthei rcccntl) This
information was all that could be
nlitiiiiiiil roncirning the activities
of 1 Igllsilll
KGl'SON
Iindsiv was i Spanish major
ind a math minor while he was in
MiMurrv He wnikid on the cam
pus ami wns called into active scr
vict soon aftii his graduation
-o-
Turner to Serve
As Business Mgr.
Of War Whoop
I i ink T uriii r Ir who served
as Inisnuss nianngir of the War
W hoop tlu first semester of this
ve ir has been chosen to succeed
Preston Clirk who took over the
position nftt r I rank hnd resigned
it the mil of tht first semester
Pi est on has hft school to enter the
Air Corps
Tin Turin rs now dominate the
i il-fetilung business for McMurry
III inclu is sirving ns the business
in linear for the Totem college
vi u book Frank is the sports edi-
toi of the W ir Whoop and Blanche
has been doing most of the sketches
for Hmp Big Indian
Dr. Long Speaker
Hi h It it I long luail of the
lid It tl p u taunt was the speaker
fi i tlu I t II mship Hour service of
Minh 17 Dr I-ong quoted from
St I' nil tin st w mils In conclu-
si hi 1 j fill in tin Iord and
I ULt tting tlmst things which are
I Inn I I puss forw ird to the mark
i I tin nt of the high calling of
l I in ( hnsl It siis
Hi I-ting Ins I Ins talk on the
win Is lit vour life show Christ
It siis Hi isstrtid thut so many
ptiK in ashaniiil anil afraid to
sa lo tithirs I ollow nu ' but
tint P ml hail hud such a great
( luistmn tvpnuiui that he was
tlilt tn till titlurs of what he had
bum fir ( lirist anil that they
hi ultl In saft l foil iu ing htm
is In Ind linn with Jisus Here
lu tt Id of Pauls sii ing "Follow
nu is I follow C lirist Jesus "
In Ins talk the speaker made tht
fi II iwmg run irks
i nfli n confiss to othirs our
nml ilit to ilu those things which
wi kn ivv in our hearts we ought to
l
How tiftin wi fail not because
wi tin nut w.iut to tin thosi things
hut In t nist wi ii fusi to '
Goode Speaker for
I Ministerial Forum
1. N don I was the speaker for
tin nutting if tht Ministerial
I iiiuni nu Mirth Id Rev Goode
sp kt fn in tlu te t found in James
1 II What Is 'lour life""'
I lit s ikt of I ifi from four dif-
ft n nt auglis Hu first was Life
a unfm
In this he told of a
in m who apparently unreligious
vi t pruvnl to (od Oh God help
nu to siiliilui the passions that
un within me and 'Oh Lord
help nu to put )ou first" Tho
spt iktr rilatid that when he
hi aril this man utter his prayer "I
(Continued on page 4)
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