McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 5, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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STUDENT PUBLICATION OF McMURRY COLLEGE SATURDAY DECEMBER 5 1931.
NO. 12
CHANTERS TO PRESENT OPERETTA
Mrs. Cole Speaks To Scribblers
At Meeting Thursday Evening;
Sonnets Are Read And Criticized
"j MSSeA '
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Airs. iiiauuc r. unit' us me
guest speaker ut the Scribbler's
mooting on Thursday oioiiing.
She spoke on poetiy discussing
structure uiui limn i suiniois
and rending some ol her own so
lections. "Poetry" she suid
"must he fiom within. It must
bo Inspiiatiounl and stiircd with
feeling. We find that thoso po
cms lihich foino fium our voiy
souls and moan most to us will
often impress othcis because they
ha e."
"Stoun In The lUxkies" is one
of her puze poonis. The 01 fu-
sion for wilting it aioso fioin a
tiip through the Hoikv Moun-
tains and the witnessing of a
mot temhlc stomi She wai
frightened almost within a de-
gree of her life and this ptizo
poem was the result. A poitlon
of the poem will oxcmplifj its
charaoteilstio heautv:
"Fantastic dauceis iobed in
flru leaped throigh
The air tinned loops and laud
cd with a boom
That echoed wild mad laugh-
ter thiough tho gloom-
While from back stage tho bin?
ing ai row s flow ;
And rain maids dilveu b.
death dealing winds
neat on tho tuition walls like
diunkou fionds"
A umrativo poem "Cnthia"
which is one of her newest his
not jet been turned oei to the
publishers It is the story of how
a gill of das gone by tued to
show her devotion to her parents
b s.itisfxiug then evoi) wish
She was oi beautiful and loed
b all the towns people Hoi.uisf
her father wished her to stav at
homo and be a companion to her
mother she did not minis the
man she was in loo with. He
was vei) joung lomantio aim
wealth). When she lofi.sed him
lie nuuuoil another and built a
vol) beautiful homo on the hill.
Cnthia lived u lonolv life and
in her oldei jours was shunned
niul eluded because she was uu
nttiuctivo and vvitheted As an
old native of the little vilhig-
told the stoij of hoi unhappv
lite tho listener watihod her as
she ambled along down the
.street to hei little hut of a home
Then his chauffeui came to take
him to tho home on the hill
whlih Ciithia might have had.
(Continued on page torn)
Seniors To Order
Standard
Rings
.At a tailed meeting of the So
mor Class after chtipol 'lhiusda.v
moiniiig the lings weie doiided
upiui.
Hob Kulkersou piesident of the
i lass showed samples of the
stand ud ling and the class voted
to give the older to tho McMun.v
ltook Store as theio is a mutiact
to that effect with the cngiaving
company.
The standaid ling has the Me
Muiry emhlemiii the center with
the letters II. A. or D. S. on tho
sides together with tho vear of
graduation. Also on each sido of
tho emblem the Indian head 1
engraved
Tho fli'ss are of a dull finish
and aio n credit to tho institution
'I lie class decided not to have tho
ruby In tho ling as hid been
suggested by some members
Outers mav be plaied this
week with the manager of the
Hook Stole unit the rings will
probably bo received in ubout
Ilvo weeks.
Wah Wahtaysees To
Appear In Santa
Claus Parade Sat.
The Wall Wahtnv sees drum
and bugle corps will he one of
the feature of the annual Santa
Claus parade to be held on Sat-
urilui December 12.
The bugle and drum corps are
planning to play for the first time
as they march and a new march-
ing number for that' purpose is
being learned.
The parade will be in honor of
the arrival of Santa and his hand
from the North Pole. Reindeer
will pull Santa's sleigh and many
other attractive units will be in-
cluded in his group.
Ik-sides the local school groups
several out of town bands have
been invited to participate in the
dovs festivities and a luncheon of
in honor of these groups is being
planned hv city officials.
Mrs. Mcintosh
Entertains In
Chapel Wednesday
Mrs Huby Mcintosh head of
the MeMurry Department of Ait
spoke to tho student bodv Wed
noMlav morning
Miss Tnte led tho student bod
in singing hvmn No 17J. Mrs
Mi Into-h toad a suiptiuo lesson
fiom tho find chapter of Prov
(lbs Mai in Williams then lod
the student bodv in pun or.
Mis Mcintosh said that she
wished to spo.ik to the student
bodv about coloi and Its inipoi
tame She said in beginning
In New Oilcans meichants 01
one stieet have painted tueir
sidewalks gieen Thoso on Ca-
ll il stieet letaliated h.v painting
their sidewalks led Cities In
seveial stntos have painted their
ulowalks IVi haps some dav we
hall see the sign "Follow the
gueu line to California " Todav
sevoial people ale advouiting 10I
or In i uu ones each denomina-
tion is to have a tettaln coloi.
also office buildings and depait
uiont stoics ure using more coloi
than in tho past. Tombstones are
also being nuido in color. He
lentl) a group of palnteis mot In
New Yoik and discusesd the val-
ue of color In sales. One iom-
pan) attempted to sell a purple
hot watei bottle in a blue box.
I ater they placed the hot watei
(Continued on page foui)
MANY EX-STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
N ATTEND STATE TEACHERS MEET
Mi Mini) College was well lop
resented bv ex students a u d
teachers at the State Tenchei's
Association which met In Auui-
Ullo dining the Thanksgiving
hoIlilas November 2ll to Nov em
bor 28
There was also a good repro
seiitatlnn of ex students from
Clnieudon College wtiiih in teal-
Ity would bo consldeted as ex-
students of Mc.Munv shue Clur-
endon College closed.
The majorlt) of those who at
tended the Amanllo meet aie
touching In the Panhandle l)K
tiiit; however If u close Inspec-
tion Is inuile one would find ex
students and Alumni of McMuui
in all parts of the state ami
many out of tho state.
A partial list of those who at
tended are: Miss Julia E. Luker
Miss Jennie Tate Miss Beth My-
att teachers In MeMurry; Mrs.
Dodson Speaks To '
Life Service Band
"Life's Attitude" was the sub-
ject which Dnn Dodson used to
bring n practlrnl message to the
Life Sen Ice Hand Wednesday
evening
"In mi judgment" began Mi.
Dodson "I feel that each of u
havo giown up in tho natitial
normal wav In whlih human be-
ings becomes adults That is to
sav we go thiough the changes
of attitudes of mind. In tho stage
of adolescents we see the biggest
change in attitude of mind in de-
veloping our iclntioiisliip to the
wot Id In this poiiod of our life
we have been veil ciitiral about
oveivthing and eveivhody. We
have been u ideal In thinking
that wo know cvciv thing and'
that the other fellow fs vvioig1
unless he thinks as we do It is'
dining this (iitiiul attitude of
mind that a gient awakening of
our online k of life omes j
' In mv life' Mr Dodson con
(imiid 'I)ui im; tho ndolosiout
stage it siemod that all the
wot ! was against me. The other
fellow seemed to get all tin'
breaks I onvied tho other follow
and his (ippoituuities The tla.vs
slovvlv passed as I giudgluglv did
the woili tint I had to do The
awakening into tho now attitude
of life seemed to dawn upon me
just ovoi night It was as a new
moiuillg foi I could s(o the
woi Id thiough a new vision. It
was thou that I realized that 1
mold ill mv pliu o in the vvoild
and still got a great Jov out of
life.
' It is with a gioat awakening '
Mr. Dodson stated "that we mine
to ivalii" our relationship to God
Our attitude to life thiough a le I
ligious experience has boon
changed fiom a ciitlcnl view
point to a view of widespread sor- j
i lie. Wo then glow out of our-
solves and into the harmon.v with
God With ourselves In haimonv
(Contijued on page four)
Christmas Party
For Seniors Tues.
A Jollj Clmstmas putt) to b.
held Tuesday evening in the
home of Avis Graham will climax
the 10.11 enteitniiimeuts for the
eniors.
At this pait) tho dignified son-
iors will agun heionie little tlul-
dien when Santa Claus pnvs his
visit mid leaves gifts fot euch lit-
tle bo) and gill on the guilv dee
united Clmstmas tiee.
Members of the class have al
ivadi mailed their letters to good
old St. Niik but in oi del that
thoi ma) bo sine and leie-iic a
piesont the ilass will dinw
names for the exchange of pies
ents. A good icprcscuttitlou is
expected at this the last meetiiu
of the clnss before the Chiistnius
holida)s
W A Mi Dav id Miss Hazel Am
old and Mr. Huberts former
teachers in McMuiry.
Others who attended are: Mi.
and Mrs Micke) Pool. Kills
locke Kmmu Juno McDavul
Martha Medley Mr. mid Mrs. I.ee
Now tin Mr. umt Mrs. W. H. Kin
ley Mi. and Mrs. Suttle Pinnies
Mcl-'arlund Vaughn Kuimlo Cum
miiigs Mmy Hrlttou Mis. J. H.
Stewart Kathcrine Kith) Hiiis
row Kliby Muiy Faulkner Pun-
s.vc Hauls Mr. and Mrs. Cttl
Herod Viola und Vehna Shurp
It P. Tcrr.v Glenn Duvls and Oli-
ver Husli.
Oliver Hush an Alumni who Is
teaching in Purr) ton High
Sihool had u veiy Interesting c-x
hiblt of his school work in the
IMiibltiou Hall. Mr. Hush has
done u lather outstanding p'ece
of woik In the science depait
nient In his high school.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The annual football ban-
quet bunoiing the lottcnnen of
the McMuny squad will be
hold Mondav evening Decem-
ber H In the Crista! Hull room
of tho Hilton Hotel
I'.vciv student and faculty
member is uiged to attend
this banquet because it is an
affair for the whole of the
gioup at which the football
men are the honor guests.
Mans nie being made foi
the best enteitainmeiit of it
kind hi the histoi.v of the
school bv the student officcis.
Hob Fu'koi-on piesidout of
the .Students' Association
Chillies Cook viie piesidout
mid Itillu B)csciiham socio-
tiny tieasiircr. The Wah Wah
tin sees are to be in ihaige of
dccoiatlnns and vaiioiis othei
ronimittoes have been np
pointed b.i tho executive mm
mlttee.
Plates aie to sell foi one dol
lai and eveiv hoi in tho
sdionl is ui god to make his
date eailv so that those in
(bin go of airaiigemouts inai
know how main to piovide
foi
Don t foi get too that it is
at this banquet that tho nip
turn of tho next j ear's foothill
squad is announced euli vo'ii
Vui can't a f foul to miss it.
ANNUAL FALL
REVIVAL IS
POSTPONED
Hevoiend Gaston Poole lu-
heeii m-i tired foi the fall levivnl
nuetiug at the college which win I
to have begun Mondav Nov em
her ;!0
Hut hoiauso of the fnct that t
Hio'hoi route's a p po i utuioiit I
moved him to Snn Jacinto
lie ghts Ainaullo it is necossaiv i
to postpone the levival tempoi
mil). Hi oilier Koote will hold j
the spnug time utvival I
In the memiwhtle Piesidout I
Hunt is tiling to soiuie someone I
to hold a lev iv ul for the week be
foie tho Chiistmas hohdavs
Hov. Koote's bioth'-i C W i
attending Mi Mum College
Miss Myatt Speaks
In Chape! Monday
j lunib soi id h slim meal was
M.ss 1U tli Mvatt heud of tbejseivnl to doiniitou hois and
1'oieign Ijinguuge Depaitiueul guls hut ves the dishes w un-
delivered a veiv iiiteiestiug ami i dean
in-tiuitive talk in chapel Mon Had it not been mid the base
ilai nioining nient of Piesident Hall would
Chapel was opened with Mrs.
G)ps) led Sullivan W)he load
lug the student hodi m singing
hv inn No IX) Miss Jennie 'late 1
then lead exttacts fioin 1 Petei
l and 2 and led the student hodi I
in pui.vei 1 lie u'liiaindoi of tho
hotli was then tinned ovu to
Mis Mvatt
Miss Mvatt began hei tulk in
this iiiaunoi: "We ulwavs con
nect the Middle g(-s with lux
all i buive deeds heautiful wo
men love and ionium o We foi
gel that these js-ople weie u-ull)
flesh and blood litis. moiiung
let us took at the othei side foi
u while Htieutli I visited tho
i Initial! miuiti) of south icutrnl
Fianie.kuowu as loiiiene which
bonleis on the Loiie Hiver.
"At the lifsit chateau I visited
I said "What a shame these-
buildings have fallen into uuu'
The old Frc-nihmuii who was out
guide repliid "No no not at
all!' loiter I was to change mi
opinion to ugieo with bun "
Iheio die tlnce kinds of cbu
Means (list the foil which has
I tieui) thick walls the sumo us
any other foil. Second the rel
i (Continued on Page 3)
Miss Conch Speaks
AtA. C.C. Chapel1
Miss Caioliue Couch who Is
head of the Speech Alls Depait-
menl spoke to the students of
Abilene Cliiistian College Inst
rndni Miss Couch's talk was
in Hue with the piogram as it
wns Tine Aits Dav for the Chi is
thins
Miss Couch used Hiowning'sl
Philosnphv of Life foi (lie theme '
of her talk "Grow old along
with inn the best of life is vet to
be." Miss Comb told her nil I
(Hence wh.i she liked AnieiUaus '
bv loading' I Like Auicin.ins" hi
Nanc.v Hold ' ICnvm' bv Hud
vard Kipling and 'I'm Goodness I
Sake' bv T A Daniel weio
woiked into the talk so -Mlfolh
fhiit it was hind to tell tint thev
weio not hoi own winds
Miss Couch ended hoi talk hi
loading Would I Manv
Miss Rawlins To
Read Poetry For .
Eros
Monday
Mukic Cm i oil g.nc an Indian
1 egencl in the Sigma 1 .unh.i
K.ippi l.itoi.ui Socioii Miuurai
afteiiioou
All pledges tli H had not taken
the pledge ivoie asked to he pio-
out at tho next meeting and the
pledge would be given to them
Avis Giuliani niiuouuud that
Mode lb Hivlins would lead s(-
cial poems of her own mmposi
tion and Chiistlue Stone would
give an Indian Sketch at the
meeting next Moudnv evening in
the iiiiditoiium nt l:l.ri
Hot Water Tank
Explodes In Pres.
Hall Basement
'Old man mid wiatboi u i
taint) displa.ied Ins ovil wins o i
the hot w.itei tank in the base
meiit of Piesidout Hall liusdii
night Wediiesdai moiuiug as
the Piesident Hall git Is stinted
to wash uwnv tho signs of sleep
f i mil then eies and piepaie foi
hteakfast thev ilismvoictl that
what little watt i was flowing
thiough the pipes was mm h clu
tioi than thou laces Mam a glil
wont to bieakfast without wash
nig hei fine
I .uuiiioi lesiiil oi old m. in
vuathci was disi oiet ed when
dishes weie to ho washed and
have been un ideal spot foi in
(loot swimming ihov leitiunli
(Continued on page foui)
ELEVEN NEW MEMBERS INITIATED
INTO SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY FRI.
Hleven new iiiemheis weie tin the following Initiates (hnstiui
inallv initiated into the lames Stone Canailiau I'.le nnoi lom-s
infold Hunt Chaiitei of tli hlleiic- Catheiine Icmes Ahi
Seholaislu! Soiictics of tho lone lle-li u lohiison Dexlei.
South I'nilav eieiung at ( ight M v.vis Giabaiu. Mulciie. Jut
dock in the Ait Studio
Miss Itillu Hiesenhaiu
pil-sl
dent of the local (haptc-r was in
ihaige of initiation ic-n uioiucs
lassistid hv Miss luliu I". I.ukii
fill lilt) spOllsOl
The first pent of the initiation
I wus humorous unci consisted of
iptizzing the uindulutcs on unit
ters of iiiiient iutetc-st
I 1 lie- second pint of the piogiaiu
was senoiis and (oufoiincil to
the litual of the Societies.
Following the foi mill initiation
the members gtoiipod theuisi-li
infoiuiiilli for i huts while ie
floshmcuts woe solved
'I hose pic-sent weiu. Miss I.uk
er Miss Hiesenluim Jessie Wll
liHias and Hush DiuIkc-oii und
"A Nautical Knof Initial Effort
ntm i jpi pi l t n
ui tuurai Hiiu urce uuos 10 oe
Given Monday; Mrs. Wylie Directs
Three New Members
Voted Into Press
Club Wednesday
'I he Piess Club met Wednes
dii) morning nftei i Impel in or
del to icieive new members
Genello Walkei Miikie Cm
roll and Vivian Wolker wete vol
ed into the pi ess dub hi the
moiubois piosont
Miss Walkei has the distlnc
tion of being the fust fieshtuan
to be voted into tho Pu-ss Club
this vent This is n von high
honot to be bestowed on hot as
it is a into thing foi a fieslunan
to make the Pu-ss Club (lining
tho first somostei
A leguliii mooting foi the
Piess Cluh will he liohl soon in
oidei to vote in tnoie meiuheis
who liaic- met all the it-ipiuc
incuts to date Ml old unci new
liiembeis aie uiged to attend the
next uieetiiig which will he an
nounii-d hi the piesidout less(
ilhaius
Dramatic Club
Meets Tuesday
"I li One Act Pl.iv Class of Mr
Minn entei tallied the 'Ihespinu
Drainatii Club with a one m I
tiagodi 'hnivos of Sviiii last
luosdav evening at. 7 l'i in tho
Mi Mm iv Aiichloiiiiin
"Knives of sum. bv l.vnn
It ggs is lllgnlv l h.lllllll-llstl
c.tllv a e nun i i iriitng tiaii
i' of OKI..' in i 'nut life I he
iho'c of III- ' t kos plan- ui
i DU'alii m i r it in living mom
it ithoiii the piesont tune Mis.
Hiistei the union who is ii-allv
in love with Cli.ulei Ihc lined
h.uiil insists that hoi daughtet
Hhicl list in ii i luui Hhodie
tie ii- an ixistoiu- mole coloi
fill than th.it of a funnel s wife
e canes (mm tho diub life wluih
is il ut to ( ugulf hei Suiiin
pedcllet with his icmiuiitii ideas
and i Uai spot ih uilisos Mis
Hustoi to 'swi.u that llhoclio will
go with him tomoitow hec.utsc-
she Clinks if she doesn't haiiii
will mute to Chin lev
I he (haiiutcts in tins plu
weie
Mis Hustei Viiuin Welkei
Hhodie Man Jane Simpson
Chuihv John D.iiui N
I he Si nan Piddlei
Giaies aiui i
It (Pokei ) Clements due it
eel the plai.
mill Oslioiu (.loivell. I'aunie
Hello Williams vl.ileno Liu i Cu
ton Abilene Out Cine lloflei
Ahiliue and I'.lialic Hi Itowvei
Alulune
Di J Hunt honoiaii iiietii
hei of the chapter unel piesideiit
"if the college was also pieeut
l'x uieinheis who iisiele in Mil
lelie vveiu llivitcil also 1 hei
inn- Mlilliiue Fits tus Mis
Fiances Illume Wuhuoi I m Ho
Knox Mis Vllem- Mitilull I'leo
and Dan Dodson
I ho llopkuis sihool distiut m
Gnu muuti cut its lu into ui
two this it-nr on nuoiint uf u
large sm plus of funds on hand.
Carver Osborn Rankin
Stowe To Have Leads
The Lhoiul and Glee Clubs un-
der the direction of Mrs. Wylie
will present the comic operetta
"A Nautical Knot" in the MeMur-
ry Auditorium Monday evening
Uec. 7 at 11:00
At this performance a cast of
some fift) characters will be pre-
sented. There will be no admission
charge and the public is cordial-
ly invited to attend this the initi-
al appearance of the Chanters.
The cast for the performance
is as follows;
Pianist lljalmar Hcrgh.
Uirectoi: Gvpsx Ted Sullivan
Wylie.
Scenic Artist: Chester Carson.
Julia the Ituuglit) belle of
llariistapooU-. Wilina Carver.
iNancc her friend: Irene Os-
born. Hamulus Lee a wandering art-
ist: Mel ni Kankin.
Joe Stout the mate of the
hounding lhllow : James Harold
Stone.
Hill Salt an jucic-nt mariner
(.Continued on page four)
ii
Thanksgiving Dinner
Favors Dormitory
Students Thursday
Pit snioiit Hall seemed to be a
stone of mm h "mei ry-mnklng"
dm nig the noon hour in tho din-in-'
room on I hnnksgivlng Day.
Mis J. Hall Hoivmuii Donn of
Women and Hostess ofitho Hall
st.utod the- 'hall going' by tell-
ing of the en eusion. D.ui Dodson
iie a talk on the pattiotlc. de-
limit in oui eouutiy. Kit Carson
gave a talk on "Our Mothers and
I'.itlu-is nftei vvhh Ii a toast was
gueu to out patents ltundall
''.t'ulstili lod some jells in honor
of the football men who wore ab-
sent A most delectable dinner
wits sci v ed ((insisting of
Hakecl tuikej
Du-sstng Gitivv
Caiulu d Yams
Cie.tiiuil Potatoes I'etis
Ciaiilionv Sauce
Celoi) and Olives
Plum Pudding
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Patterson
Held Tuesday
Mis s.uuii I'.ittoisou grand-
iiiuthei of Hill Gueu a junior In
Mi Mm 1 1 Colli m-. died at tho It
l (.loon home I.CmS Highland
Vu mio Mondav at 7 p. in.
Mis I'attoisou is the mother of
Mis H I) Gie on 1'iiiieral serv-
ins we ie liohl luc's(lit) aftoikioon
fioin the icsideuie at 2 o'clock.
I he heicli was taken oieiland lit
a 1 uughtei fiuioial coach to
Hand foi inteiiiKut Dr. C. II.
Sin fine- pastor of Central Pres-
b lei iuii i luui Ii officiated.
Sophomore Picnic
Again Postponed
Due to the fart that time is dear
from now on until after Christ-
inas the Sophomore Cluss decided
(lerinilelv to postpone the picnio
until that time; in u lulled meet-
ing Ftiday morning at 10:00
o'clock.
Robert ( urry president of the
Sophomore Class stutcd this plan
and the vote was to follow it.
I he class will better its orguiti-
zation after Christmas and many
' jo)ous picnic are ahead.
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