McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 12, 1944 Page: 3 of 4
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February 14 1944.
McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Pag 3
Pledge Services Highlight
Pll'llgO MlVllt-S fill llll IlllOO
Kills' social t lulls K.ippi Tin
TIP niul Gamma Sigm i high
lighted llu' wink's social o.iU nil.u
Hids vu'io sunt thiough the mail
Tluusil.ij of l.isl wiok and the
sollH Ill's Well' KIM II WOl'k fill
fmnl illusion Kmpli.isiriiiK ll"
impoitanto of tulluii and lofmo
niont lo ln gamed l) epi nonce
in soci.il gi.ius tho tin i o i lulls
hilil foimnl pledge smites
Tluusdav evening in honni of tho
piiispntivo tiiombns An i pi
atiee of bids was In notification
to tho piosulonts of tho oik.uii7.i-
lions Chanters Appear in
Commemorate USO
The buthd.i colibialion of the
fith Stieet USO was oIimivhI
b.v the piesjontation of the Mc
Mirny Ch.inteis at 4.10 Sutidav
Feliiuaiy C
Tho pioRtam hi Rin with
"Alloluja" bv Moral t follow oil In
Saviot of the Win Id' In Pe.us
"O Devine Hodocmei "' bv Gunod
'God- is a Spit it" bv Siliohn
"The Loul Is M Shopluid" In
Sn.ut Sottlv and Titidulv" b.v
Thompson Unfold Ye Poitals"
bv Gunod
In the absence of Mis Holmt
Wjlio Piof Hal old Thomas acted
as duectoi and aicompinist foi
tlio pi 041 am
Chanteis takinR pail in the
pioRiam vveu" Shnlev Jollj Sue
Duvall Hobbo K.iv Leo Doio-
thy Shannon Mai.v Gnilov lkl-
t.ve Tlioinasson Floi.i llavmes
Mvra Bigon Hiith Fltnes lalho
Hostel Uettv Jo Baikltv. Helh
Shepheid Patsv Knk Lenoie
Longino Loiena Hiooks Uuth
Huil.er Juamta Ituiku Adello
Dixon Bonnie Wilkms Jiiime
Huth Honpei Gloria M.utin Heta
May BiRonv Helen Co Maiancll
Tony Naniv Hams Bittv Block
Mai tin Joio Smith Huth Mi-
Nutt Martin Estes
"Will Vtou Be M?
SUatetfty of Whoop. Rep&Ue
PoUiU ifeuA "Way and Mean"
"In the spring a young man'i fancy lightly turns to thoughts of
love." It isn't spring yet but the fancies of most of the young men
around McMurry are lightly turning.
This slight deviation from the straight and narrow "rut" becomes
evident with the approach of the birthday of dear old St. Valentine.
Just what connected the Saint with the giving away of sweet mes-
sages and sweets isn't certain but in medieval England and France
the young people all gathered together on St. Valentine's eve to draw
names (somewhat in the fashion I .
mat cnuuicn maw u.imn m-iuii--.
Chiistmas toda) The name on
the slip the lad diew was the
name of the lass who was to be
his "Valentine" oi sweetheait foi
the ensuing j.ear. Might be a
pretty good idea at that but per-
sonally this vvntei piefcis to get
his in the conventional way b
whistling!
So much for lustoiy. Eveiy
ear about the time Febiuai.v
rolls aiound all the young col-
legiates on campus vvute home
for more money which they put
in their pockets run and catch a
bus (if they'ic lucky enough to
catch a bus) dash into Wool-
worth's and pick out the nicest
thing they can find piovided of
course the cost isn't prohibitive.
Out -s then confionted with the
problem of oresenting said gift
There are several manners of
approaching this dilemma. Fust
if tho sweet little hour of charm
is over two hundred miles away
we would suggest mailing the
present since the Dean probably
would not excuse such cuts as
required by such a trip to make
such a trip to make such a pres-
entation at such a time (I'm in
such a rut ) Likewise if the pres-
ent is a Valentine in place of
candy it would be advisable to
utilize parcel post to avoid seek-
ing the look of disappointment
on the sweetie's face.
You however have bought the
candy you have blown in a
whole buck on what was a whole
box of condiment (if ou're nor-
mal you sampled it before
wrapping). Youi immediate ob-
jective is to present this to her
with the least possible difficulty
to you and the most joy to her.
Adopt this strategy: choose some
night provided her grades are
hieh enouRh to allow her a night
out. If not give it to hei on the
way back from the drug store
When the box is handed mod
estly to the gal she of course is
delighted. You are the sweetest
Shu It .lollv piosidont of
G. until I Sifllii.i piisidid foi the
ti.idition il ti'ieiiiom hold foi
pit tip's ll llll llOlllt of Miss Hi III
Mvatt spnnsoi lliiusilav own
nig Aftn tho foiin.il smite
tho foiu pledges who t.ikon to
tilt Clllckl II Sll U'K foi suppot
Tho Rlils uio'uiiR Galium Sir
in.i pit iIri' pins mi hull' .loli'iio
Stott Slvoslu Ohi.i Hunt
Hi.ulsh.iw Hlllio 1) .iv i tls on
Hi iinloiRh. anil Man Pi im Ilia
KilloiiRh Halls
Twolvi fitshinon bi'iMiiio Gob-
In Itos of T 1 P in a foi mal sot v it o
held in tho Club llooni of Time
Program
Anniversary
Mrs. Helen Cox Speaks
To Sigma Lamda Kappa
In a shot l business liuolinfi
J.inu.ii v 31 monibus of the Sig-
nn Lambda K.ippi beau! Mis
Helen Co piesenl a bnef lepoil
of lui nieililiR with the Abilene
Women's Club ton nth She toltl
of the pioRiiss of a bond duve
and othei phasi s of vv.u activity
pailuiptted in bv vanous worn
til's sotii'lies
The oiR.ini7.ition met .lR.im
Mondav hcii uiles of p.ulia-
nitiitaiv pioctduie weie discuss-
ed bv Miss Beta Mav Biroiiv
LA WANDA HAMILTON
IN MINOR ACCIDENT
LiWanda Hamilton MoMuiiv
coed en mute to sihool Mondav
mmniiiR uu in led facial injuries
when the i.u she was dnviiiR.
svvcived into a telephone post
whin she was blinded bv IiurIU
llRllts
The injuues not being seiunis.
she is icpoited well and "eager
lo get back to school "
VaUnti?"
. . - .
junior ana senior wris
Guests At Tri-Forum Tea
Junto! and senioi guls of Mc-
Mutiy College were guests of the
Ti i-Foi uni faculty organization
on the campus foi the fust in a
seues of vvoik-day teas held in
the Music Studio Thuisday after-
noon fioni 4 30 to 5 30.
A Valentine theme was foa-
tuicd in the decoiations foi the
infotmal seated tea with the use
of a bouquet of led azalias con-
teied on a lice coveied tea table
Mis Hobett Long and Miss
Louise Spiegelnure pouied tea
Miss Jennie Tate assisted in
serving
.Mis Robot t Wylie piesided foi
an organization meeting and in-
tioduced Misa Cluistophei who
conducted a name lotteiy fiom
which the uppei classmen divided
into four hostess groups Each
gioup will be hostess foi a tea
duung the next two months The
membeis will invite foui guests
each fiom the sophomoie and
fieshmen guls on the campus '
Miss Beth Myatt bade the guests
farewell
most handsome nicest darling-
est loveliest boy fuend she has
ever had since last jear She
even thinks so much of jou she
offers vou a nice big chocolate
ModeO'Day
Mrs. Henry D. Tomb
Owner
Cotton and Rayon
Dresses Lingerie
and Hose.
290 Pine St. Tel. 2-0049
Week's Social Calendar
Alios on tho niRht of Ft bi nan
10 Pnlliiwing tlio soning of a
li a pl.ito a shoit pioRiam was
piisuitiil Aftoi whiih Hiibhvc
Have Lit' ptt'sidont of TIP
conducted tho tinpiossivo plotlRO
smiio in tho tuiiiition.il ship
tin mo CandlollRhl ships and
tho T 1 P b.innoi woio used as
tit (oiation foi tho incision
Gobbottos foi tho si com! sem-
i stoi aie Wanda Smith Lot attic
Holtv Tlioinasson Painpa; Maltha
.l.uncson Salnnal; Man Out ley
Painpa Adcllo Divoti McCaullcy
Pi'rrv Toombs Mctkol; Bottje
Abbott Hamlin; Maty White La
"Atf QhoaU CpufxmU?"
"SOMETHING NEW HAS
BEEN ADDED" to the play-
ground equipment of fresh-
men on campus. Seated
with the contented look on his
face is live-wire of the res
Rutherford-HintonVows
Exchanged in Greenville I
Giecnville Texas was the
siene foi the m.iuiage of Lt
H.ilph Hmton and M.ugaiet
Rutin i fold Januaiy 10 1944
The widduiR took place at the
home of the bnde's hi othei and
sistei -in law. Mi and Mrs Ed
Hutheifoid with the Rev P. G
Hightowet leading the double
ling ceiunony.
Miss Doiotby Lovingood of
Dallas was the maid of honot and
Beit Hmton served as best man
Mis Hmton is a graduate of
Greenville High School and of
Wesley College
Lt Hmton attended Greenville
High Sihool Vanderbilt Uni-
veisity and is a graduate of Mc-
Muny. He enlisted soon after leaving
Mi Muny and took his basic
tiaimng in California In Octo-
bei 1942 he went to Officers'
Candidate School Camp Davies
N. C He is an anti-au craft man
and is stationed in Rhode Island
Excited Young Father: "Quick
tell me is it a boy?"
Nurse "Well the one in the
middle is "
Sweetbriar invites you to select your new
Easter wardrobe from their lovely assort-
ment of Spring Dresses Coats and Suits.
SWEETBRIAR
204 Cypress
For Your Valentine
Gifts that Please
College Men and
Women
CAMPBELLS
mes l and M.uianna Horcis
Hi'tlvo KtiiR Nanc Noll Hams
and Ji'nii)i' Until Hooper all of
Abilene
Kach Gobbotto chose a Hir
Sistei fiotn the tanks of the
TIP niembeisliip Ins Giah.im
spotiMited the Rioup
llv candleliRht Kcln Mav HiR-
ony piesidtnt of Kappa Phi
itintluctod the initial pledRc soi-
vi ro foi the five new pledRes of
Kappa Phi al the home of Mis
1! 11 Loonoy associate nicmbii
Tlniisdav niRht. The pledRes ate
Ju.init.i Hossei Itopesvillo; Patsy
' l&4 &Sjff
ervation Jimmy Campbell
of Laredo.
He is obviously enjoying his
afternoon constitutional
preparatory to an extra-curricular
evening.
Wah Wahtaysee Ardent
Red Cross Seamstresses
In spite of the shoitagc of ath
letic events m whiih to appear
the Wall W.ihta.vsee Dunn and
Bugle Coips of McMuny College
continues to be one of the most
active gioups on the campus
The Coips has leiently complet
ed a p.ut of its Red Cioss pro
ject foi lefugie children whiih
w as started dui ing the latter part
of last eai
Under the duectorship of Miss
Willie Mae Chi istopher sponsoi
and orgamzei of Wall Wahtay
see the members have completed
fiom sciap thread furnished by
the Red Cross two afghans com
posed of fift) four six-inch
squares fourteen caps four
sweaters and five pair of gloves
Miss Christopher has taught
foity-eight girls to knit in the
past two eai s.
These garments will be sent by
the Red Cross to hospital units re
port members of the Corps.
MacMUHRAY COLLEGE. Jack
sonville. III. A soy-bean supper
was served by the Home Econom
ics Club preceding the initiation
of its new members.
at McMurry
Kilk Mundav Geialdine Ham
biiRht Wmteis; Mia Higony
Hir Spiing ant! Elizabeth Uutlei
Abilene.
Membois present foi the service
weie Mary Willmotli D.ilton
Hillie Jo P.irnsh Flora Alice
llavmes l.ilhe Hostel Elnoi
Helh Hendrix Minta Sue Thomp-
son Mnijnue Aaron Charlotte
Toombs and Miss Bigonv. Mrs
Fiet! Hooves sponsor and Brs J.
Smile McDanicl Mrs Looncy
Miss Mav belle McDanicl ami
Mi: Ina Woolen Jones associate
members were also in attend-
ance. Gamma Sigma "Rushees"
Up at Six for "Come lis
you Are" Breakfast
The final Gamma Sigma
"iiishee" party was held January
30 at the Wigwam Members
were up at six o'clock making last
minute plans for the "come as you
ate" bicakfast.
While other members of the
club and the sponsor Miss Beth
M.vatt piepaied the food Shir-
ley Huth Jollv piesident and
Betty Jo B.ukley secietar went
to the doimitones and to homes
in town distui bing the peaceful
slumber of oung ladies who
lather objected to being awaken-
ed at suih an hour on Sunday
morning In housecoats hair
nets and without any make-up
guests stumbled into the Wigwam
and found their places at the
tables mat ked by miniature girls
made of elect! ic blue paper.
Breakfast began with a grape
fruit cocktail followed by other
courses Singing the club song
and the Alma Matei completed
the morning s festivity.
The "rushees" weie: Peggy
Toombs Mary White Nancy
Harris Jennvc Ruth Hooper
Martha Jameson Billie Davidson
Juamta Rosscr Mary PnsciUa
Killougb Jimiuie Lou Thomas
Bettye Abbot Patsy Kirk and
Jolene Scott. A special guest was
Lee Low Miss Myatt's niece from
Gaidcn City Texas From this
group the pledges will be selected
at the next meeting.
Members of the Gamma Sigma
are Shirley Jolly Betty Jo Bark-
ley Dorothy Harkins Beth Shep-
heid Lucy Ann Bryant Rita May
Hood Miss Beth Myatt sponsor
and Mrs S M. Jay and Mrs. W.
E Jarrctt patronesses.
"Many Liberty ships and
freighters arc rounding out their
African route by bringing back
thousands of tons of Axis tanks
trucks and planes wrecked in the
North African and Sicilian cam-
paigns the first act in a gigantic
salvage campaign recently in-
augurated by the Army Service
Forces." From Ships. Shipbuild-
ers Council of America.
A nice gift for a girl for Val-
entine A couple of strands of the
new beads in two pretty colors
1.00 per strand at MINTER'S
pretty new handkerchiefs 50c to
2.95 MINTERS 1st floor.
Have a "Coke"
or being friendly
Chinese flyers here in America for utiniog bavt found tbu so simple
phrase as tUv a "Cokf speaks frieadthip is any toogue. East west
north south. Coca-Cola stands for A that rsrsteo has
become the bsppy bond between people of good willj
OTTUO UN0H AUTHOBTY Of TM COCA-COU COMFMff IY
TEXAS COCA-COLA BOTTUNO COMPANY
phonk aaaa muni tbxas
Mm. Jlawuf. PlaUattc PteUnUd
9n SonioH RoctfcU in SpmscA 2ft.
Mis Hatty A Plaisance tho
fot met Eli7.ibeth Cl.it k was pte
seiiled by the McMunv Speech
Depattniont in hoi Senioi Hecital
Sundav Januaiy 30 in the
Speech Studio icpoited Miss
Opal Walhco head of the de-
pat tmt'iit
Mis Claik's fust selection was
"Mannon and the At i her" by O
Henrj followed by "In the Deseit
of Wailing" b Annie Follows
Johnston She concluded with
Kenneth Sawjei Goodman's one-
act pi ly "Dust of the Hoad "
Mis Plaisance is a Januaiv
graduate of McMiury College A
speech majoi English nunoi she
Letter From Lt. "Al" Simmons
In New Guinea Aerial Fighting
Is 1944-Model "Western" Drama
"We're lucky to be here" wrote Lieut. "Al" Simmons in let-
ter December 23 1943 relating some of his New Guinea experiences
to Mrs. "Al" (better known as Ronel).
"I figured all the stories I'd heard about the grass and jungles
being near impassable as just so much rubbish" wrote Simmons
after having spent the night with one companion in the jungle
when their plane crashed due to a gasoline shortage.
"We have had a very exciting Christmas. However I can
truthfully say 1 think we aie
lucky to be heie"
Simmons continues telling of
the fateful mission over New
Guinea:
"Well we left about 8 o'clock
got off to a fine start. Then the
clouds di tipped down on us and
we were just hopping the tiee
tops when we came to a pass
through the mountains We
went tluough We got shoit of
gas and still we saw no field so
when we lan out of gas we were
about seven oi eight miles off the
coast. Martin was in the back
seat and I was in the fiont so 1
picked a place to land hoi. The
onl possible place was a small
patch of glass about one-half mile
in encumference We hit light
in the middle of it and as soon
as the wheels bit the glass the
plane flipped ovei on its back
knocking the link out of us both
We crawled out to find the glass
at least twelve or fourteen fiet
high I received five nice gashes
in my bead thiee in my ban and
two on my fate. The aie piet-
ty deep but Mai tin didn't get a
sciatch We bandaged my cuts
and put on antiseptic to keep out
infection Then we spiead out
one paraibute so it could be
easily seen from the an . We took
into the jungle . . . taking foui
or five hours to cut through about
three or four hundred stalks of
this gi ass I was pretty sick from
loss of blood and had a bit of
shock but the fun had only
started for we still had to go
through the jungle foi est. The
mosquitoes were in clouds and
other insects of all sorts We
hacked pushed and stumbled
thiough the ram and forest ami
about 5 30 came upon a stagnant
pool of water. Boy' did it look
good1 But we weie .if i aid to
drink it. We looked through the
jungle kits for some chlorine but
there was none. Martin opened
a bottle that contained iodine so
we poured some water in the bag
and had a drink. About dark we
came to a river and built a fire
and one of us stayed awake for
a couple of hours and then
changed with the other. Next
A thousand miles is
with a Chinese cadet
is a menibei of Alpha Psi OmeR.i
and tho College Ihcatci
A iieeption followed tho re
cital tuimbuiiiR among the
guests Mi and Mis J Harvey
Cl.uk patents of Mis Piaisancc
hci husband Sgt Hauy A Plais-
ance Mis E H Gutluie Mrs Hat-
oltl G Cooke ami othei s Miss
Julia Ltlki i pouted punih assist-
ed bv mtinbeis of Alpha Psi
Omega
The ti'ception belt! in the
spooi h studio ftatuted docota-
tions of ambei anil moonliRlit
blue The punt h bow I vv as
flanked by calidli s of blue and
iintitpieies weie pale fotsvlbia
mottling we went down to the
iivei ami hit foi the mist We
wuo iivilh glad to see it I fiR
in etl all the slot us I'd lieaid
about the Riass and jungles being
tie it imp lssahle as just so much
itibbish but I can say they are
not
Then iv e i.in aiioss some
natives am! got them to take lu
to the Alight. in Mission five or
si miles up the toast. We gave
them two sinks of tobano lo low
us up in then outiiggu canoes.
We got to the mission about eight
oi nine tint night The Anglican
lopicsontative foi that thstlict
was theie foi the fust tune in
eight anil one half months The
nel iiioiiiiiiR wo It ft on his boat
and tin n that night we staet! at
a I.u go native village whole
tin i e was an Aussie patiol The
nativis wue dancing all the time
(otilv the nun d. line) Thev had
hi.iutiful he itlth esses much piet-
tin than tin Aim in. in Indian
lle.uldtessts llii-v had Hud of
Paiadlse featheis (one of which
(Continued on page 4)
See our stock of qual-
ity Jewelry before you
buy.
Rings $15.00 and Up
See us for watch re-
pairs and all Jewelry
needs.
C. M. PRESLEY
JEWKLKR
209 Pine Street
not too far to come
"Coke" Cora-Cols
It'l nilul.l foi nuUt n.m.i
cuuite InenJlv arficvia
I tium 1 hat i why you haf
i Cix CoU illlcJ ' Ctc
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