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5L WcWurru CHIEFTAIN
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NOVEMBER, 1953
No. 3
Published monthly except June, July and Au gust by McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Abilene, Texas, February, 1953
Welcome To Homecoming, Exes!
McMurry Exes:
Where They Are
W. A. "Dub" Hale, Class of
1939, is district manager for Rural
Life Insurance Co., home office,
1108 S. Ervay, Dallas.
He and his wife have a son
whom they hope will be a stu-
dent in McMurry in 1963. He
says he is talking McMurry to his
son, Terry, and is hoping his
daughter, Eulalia Jane, will be a
student on the Reservation in
1969.
"Keep the Chieftain coming,"
he says, "and I hope you can
keep those two nephews of mine
—Edgar and Elroy Payne — in
line up there."
* * *
S/Sgt. Jack Long, a student in
McMurry in 1948-50, is in Korea.
In a letter to Dr. McDaniel, Jack
congratulated the former dean on
his promotion, and revealed his
discharge may come through
around the first of November. If
so, Jack says he will be in Mc-
Murry next semester.
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HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
November 14, 1953
Thursday, November 12, 1953
9:30 a. m.—Chapel Ceremony and Erection of Teepees.
8:00 p. m.—Lighting of the Council Fires.
Friday, November 13
Classes all day.
7:00 p. m.—
1. Revealing of the Class Favorites and Crowning of
Chief McMurry and Reservation Princess.
1. Pinning of the Colors.
3. Beating of the Tom-Tom.
4. Alma Mater.
8:00 p. m.—Snake Dance and Pep Rally.
8:30 p. m.—IHR Dinner.
8:30 p. m.—Kiva Dinner.
Saturday, November 14
7:00-8:30 a. m.—Social Clubs Breakfast.
7:00 a. m.—Kappa Phi.
7:30 a. m.—Gamma Sigma.
8:30-9:30 a. m.—Wah Wahtaysee Coffee.
8:30 a. m.—Ko Sari Coffee.
9:30 a. m.—Parade.
11:00-12:00—Assembly for Exes. Band Concert.
12:00-12:30—Faculty-Exes Reception.
2:30 p. m.—Football game, with Howard Payne Yellow
Jackets.
5:00 p. m.—Delta Beta Reception.
5:00 p. m.—TIP Supper.
WE'LL BE SEEING YOU, EXES!
Dr. Cooke Recognized By Head
Of Pacific Fleet, Admiral Stump
Spoke to 800 Sailors
On Board Wisconsin
Dr. Harold G. Cooke, president
of McMurry College, was given
a special honor by Admiral
Stump, head of the Pacific Fleet
of the U. S. Navy, during a recent
cruise to Hawaii, on which the
McMurry president was a guest.
Dr. Cooke was honored after he
preached to some 800 men aboard
the battleship Wisconsin, Septem-
ber 27, the third day out to sea.
Appreciation of his services was
expressed by the admiral in a
special announcement to the Pa-
cific Fleet.
As an invited guest of Robert
Anderson, Secretary of the Navy,
Dr. Cooke, along with 13 other
men from Texas, Oklahoma, Lou-
isiana and Illinois, left the Naval
Air Base at Grand Prairie, Sept-
ember 24, and flew to Long Beach,
Calif., in a Navy plane. They
boarded the battleship Wisconsin
and sailed for Pearl Harbor.
The Wisconsin is one of the
i four largest battleships in the
I United States fleet, with all of the
I four being made from the same
| blueprints. The Missouri and the
I Wisconsin are both in service,
while the Iowa and the New Jer-
sey are in mothballs.
During his six days, Dr. Cooke
and his companions were con-
ducted on a complete tour of the
ship. They were told all about the
ship's machinery, its supply de-
partment, defense emplacements
and ordnance and ammunition
magazines. The Wisconsin is
seven levels below the main deck
and eleven above, and is about
887 feet long and 116 feet wide.
After arriving at 2 p. m., Sep-
tember 30, the group boarded a
launch and took a tour of Pearl
Harbor, which was the main
point of attack by the Japanese
in 1941.
"One of the most memorable
moments," Dr. Cooke recounts,
"was the ruins of the battleship,
Arizona, which was sunk in the
harbor with 1158 men aboard,
whose bodies are still in the hulk.
Dr. Cooke's party arrived in
Honolulu one day early, so Thurs-
day, October 1, was a free day.
While the others went their way,
McMurry's delegate went alone to
the campus of the University of
Hawaii, where he spent the day
with President Sinclair.
The following day, the group
visited a Submarine Training
Center, where seamen demon-
strated the various means of es-
cape from the undersea vessel.
After a time, the men boarded
the submarine Gudgeon, and went
out to sea. Once away from land,
the sub went down to a depth of
450 feet and cruised underwater
for an hour. During this time, the
tourists were shown all the intri-
cate mechanisms of the ship.
"It was most comfortable and
pleasant on the submarine," Dr.
Cooke reveals. "There were no
jars or jolts and I had a complete
sense of security."
Highlight of activities Monday,
October 5, was a sea plane flight
around the island of Hawaii, dur-
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Friday, November 13, will be a
lucky day for two McMurry Col-
lege students, for on that day
Chief McMurry and Reservation
Princess will be crowned, as the
McMurry Homecoming ceremon-
ies get well under way. The two
campus favorites were elected last
month by students of the college.
Chief McMurry and Reservation
Princess were selected from the
run-off candidates, Gerald Wat-
son and Gordon Mahon, Veda Ki-
ker and Patty Boothe. Class fa-
vorites will also be presented dur-
ing the coronation ceremonies,
and football players will have
the colors pinned on them by
their wives and sweethearts.
Miss Julia Luker, sponsor of
the McMurry Alumni Association,
has announced that homecoming
activities will begin with chapel
Thursday, Nov. 12. At that time,
erection of Teepee Village is
scheduled to begin.
By Thursday night, when all
teepees should be erected, a coun-
cil fire lighting ceremony will be
held, complete with peace pipe.
Following coronation ceremon-
ies Friday night, freshmen stu-
dents will begin beating the tom-
tom, followed immediately by a
pep rally and a snake dance by
the Class of 1957. The "slimes"
will continue beating the tom-
tom, a genuine Indian drum, all
through the night, stopping only
when the McMurry Indians open
their homecoming game with
Howard Payne Yellow jackets.
The game is set for Saturday af-
ternoon, Miss Luker said, and will
be one of the closing events of the
1953 observation.
A number of breakfasts and
coffees sponsored by social clubs
and organizations will be held for
the ex-students Saturday
Prior to the football game,
freshmen will don their war
paint, and in company with the
Indian Band and several floats
entered by organizations, will
march through Abilene's down-
town streets.
A meeting of the Alumni As-
sociation is tentatively scheduled
for Saturday morning, with a
luncheon following. However,
plans are subject to change and
revision, Miss Luker stated. Leon-
ard Johnson is president of the
association. He is program di-
rector of Station KWKC.
Dr. W. B. McDaniel, vice-presi-
dent fo the college, told freshmen
students when McMurry wins the
game against Howard Payne, they
may stop wearing their little
green beanies. Should McMurry
lose the title, the slime caps are
to be worn until the end of the
football season, he said.
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