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OLe WcWurry CHIEFTAIN
Vol. 6, No. 1
Published monthly except June, July and August at McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
September, 1957
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Abilene. Texas. February, 1953
Record Enrollment Expected at McM
Registration Activities
Scheduled Sept. 9-13
New*. No-tei.
James Kirby. '54, was awarded
a scholarship for a year of study
at Cambridge University, Eng-
land, on the basis of his academic
record at Perkins School of The-
ology, where he received his BD
degree last spring. He will receive
a master's degree from Perkins at
the completion of his studies at
Cambridge. Kirby, whose wife,
the former Patty Boothe, is also
a McMurry graduate ('54), was
honored as the outstanding
preacher in his homelitics class at
Perkins.
Rev. Tommy Nelson, '51, was
appointed this summer as asso-
ciate pastor of San Jacinto Meth-
odist Church, Amarillo. For the
past three years he has been pas-
tor of Colorado City's St. Luke
Methodist Church, which he help-
ed to organize in 1954. Rev. Nel-
son received the BD degree at
Perkins School of Theology in
May, 1954. While at McMurry, he
was a cheerleader and sophomore
class president.
Mrs. Joe Erwin (nee Flo Hoey,
'53) has a new address, 1221 Ore-
gon Avenue, Alamogordo, N. M.
She will teach P.E. in the high
school, and her husband (an
ENMU grad) will teach in the
junior high school. Flo writes
that she enjoys the Chieftain.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Todd (she
is the former Iris Kendall, '54,
and Alumni Association secretary
in 1956-'57) have a son, Robert
Kendall Todd, born Aug. 8, at
Abilene. Bob and Iris have moved
to Midland. He is the new head
basketball coach at Midland High
School.
We received a wonderful letter
from Mrs. Aileen Hardin Stinnett,
'41, who is with her husband and
family in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Her husband, James, is a major
in the Air Force, and their chil-
dren are Kenny, 10, Davy, 7,
Kathy Ann, 6, and Ricky, 3. Ai-
leen writes very descriptively
about the sights they have seen
in Europe and the enjoyable time
they are having, but ends by say-
ing "there's no place like home,
and we'll be glad to get back
next spring." She would like to
hear from any of her former class-
continued on Page 2)
STUDENT LEADERS—Some of the student leaders at McMurry Col-
lege are pictured above at a planning session held in preparation of
the opening of the fall semester Sept. 9-13. They are (from left)
Richard Cook of Shamrock, senior representative; Jane Johnson of
Anson, secretary; David Burrow of Maryneal. president; and Donnie
Campbell of Tulia, junior representative.
Improvements In Campus
Await Returning Students
Many improvements in Mc-
Murry's physical plant await the
student body this fall.
These include a new $20,000
fieldhouse, newly redecorated in-
teriors of the dining hall and
President Hall dormitory for
women, four new laboratories in
the departments of chemistry,
biology and physics, completion
of the pipe organ at Radford
Auditorium, re-surfacing of all the
old streets and parking areas on
the campus, a new sidewalk, and
completion of the IBM master-
clock system.
Also, the Quadrangle Building
and Fine Arts Building have been
repainted, all housing units in
Veteran's Village have been cov-
ered with asbestos siding, and
many of the temporary frame
buildings on the campus will be
removed this fall.
New Indian Fieldhouse
The new fieldhouse was a joint
project of the Indian Club and
Ex-Lettermen's Association. The
brick veneer, fire-proofed building
contains a dressing room to ac-
commodate 60 men, rest room,
laundry and boiler room. It is
located 75 feet west of McMurry's
Indian Gym.
One of the most important
changes is the conversion of
President Hall Dormitory for
the women and Gold Star Me-
morial Dormitory for men back
to normal operation.
These two dorms changed hands
between the men and women stu-
dents two years ago, in order to
ease a critical housing shortage.
Now that the new Hunt Me-
morial Dormitory for women is
ready for 144 occupants, the girls
will re-occupy President Hall and
give Gold Star dorm back to the
men. About $12,000 has been
spent on the complete redecora-
tion job in President Hall.
Gold Star Dormitory, which re-
ceived a complete renovation two
years ago before the girls moved
in, has also had a minor over-
haul.
Dining Hall Repainted
Iris Graham Memorial Dining
Hall has been given a "new look"
with a cool color combination of
pastel pink and green.
Good news in the science de-
partment is the addition of four
new, completely equipped labora-
tories—two in chemistry and one
each in biology and physics.
The new chemistry and physics
labs were installed and furnished
at a cost of $10,000. They are
located in the frame Quadrangle
Building.
A record enrollment of close to
1,000 students is expected this fall
at McMurry College, which opens
for its 35th annual session Sept. 9.
Enrollment figures at McMurry
have been climbing steadily for
the past decade, with last year's
official registration of 917 stu-
See New Faculty Members. P. 4
dents setting a new record.
First activity on McMurry's fall
registration schedule will be a
faculty meeting at 9 a. m. Satur-
day, Sept. 7, in the Faculty
Lounge of Radford Memorial Stu-
dent Life Center.
McMurry dormitories will be
open for freshmen on Monday,
Sept. 9, with the first meal to be
served in the college dining hall
at 6 p. m. that day.
The freshmen will have their
first meeting with the dean at
9 a. m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, with
freshman orientation and registra-
tion continuing through Thursday.
Juniors, seniors, and sopho-
mores will register Friday, Sept.
13. Parties for new students, a
student-faculty reception, and a
pep rally and football trip are
also scheduled during registra-
tion week.
The McMurry Indian football
team will meet West Texas State
College Sept. 14 at Canyon in its
first action of the 1957 season.
First home game will be played
Sept. 27 against Howard Payne
College.
McMurry comptroller Garnet
Gracy said "it appears likely that
we will again have a shortage of
dormitory space, even though the
new Hunt Memorial Dormitory
will be placed into fuij opeiation
this fall."
First classes in McMurry's fall
semester will meet at 8 a. m. Mon-
.day, Sept. 16. Thirty-fifth formal
opening exercises are slated for
9:30 a. m. Tuesday, Sept. 17.
The new biology laboratory has
been installed at a cost of $3,500
on the third floor of the Admin-
istration Building.
Lab Facilities Doubled
The new facilities just about
double the college's former science
laboratory space, now providing
four chemistry labs, three for
biology, and two for physics.
All of the old streets and park-
ing areas on the campus have
been re-surfaced with new asphalt
topping, putting them in the
same condition as the $40,000
worth of new paved streets and
parking areas added last spring.
All except two of the temporary
frame barracks buildings on the
west side of the campus have been
sold and will soon be removed.
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