McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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NEW ERA FOR McM BEGINS WITH GROUND BREAKING
Rev. J. E. Kirby Succeeds
Dr. Long As Bible Head
Having received his official ap-
pointment from Bishop C C So-
Iceman Sunday Nov. 11 Rev. J
Edmund Kirby has arrived at
McMurry to take up his work as
head of the McMurry department
of religion to succeed Dr. Robert
L Long
Rev Kirby entered McMurry
in the fall of 1027 and studied here
for three years when he trans-
ferred to Southern Methodist Uni-
versity. He received his B A
from McMurry in 1931 and in 1932
received his B D from SMU.
Rev. Klrby's home is in Colorado
City and he has a brother Wal-
lace who atended McMurry for
three years before leaving for the
service
Rev Kirby is a member of the
Northwest Texas Conference and
has served as pastor of several
charges including Wellington and
Borger. He was pastor of the
Methodist church in Borger when
he received his appointment to
McMurry
Dr. Robert L Long had been
head of the department of reli-
gion for three years and last Sun-
day received his appointment as
pastor of the Methodist Church
in Roscoc.
Dr. Long s a native of Lam-
pass Texas and received his B
A. degree at Hondrix College
Conway Ak and his B D from
the University of Chicago. Dr
Long also received his M A from
the Unlveisity of Chicago and
completed his residence work on
his Ph D at this university.
Dr. Lon3 was a member of the
Little Rock Conference in Ar
kansas for 18 years before he
transferred to the Northwest Tex-
as Conference and received his
appointment to McMurry. He
besan his work at McMurry in
September of 1941 being director
of religious activities here elected
president of College Professors of
Religion in the Metnocusi nurcn
and received a commission on the
national organization of Chris-
tian education
Dr. Long is a member of the
'Abilene Rotary Club and besides
his work at McMurry he served
as minister of the churches at Tye
and Stith
Chapel Program
Schedule
Nov. 16 Student Council of
Religious Activities.
Nov. 23 Chanters
Nov. 30 T. I P.
Dec. 7 Kappa Phi
Dec. 14 Gamma Sigma
Jan. 4 Kiva
Jan 11 Freshman Class.
Jan. 25 Delta Beta Epsilon.
Feb. 1 Ministerial Forum.
Feb. 8 Art Club
Feb 15 Theta Tau Mu
Feb. 22 Sophomore Class.
March 8 Science Club
March 15 Future Teachers of
America.
March 22 Women's Athletic
Association
April 5 Alpha Chi.
April 26 Sigma Lambda Kappa-Alpha
Theta Nu.
May 3 Press Club
May 10 Wah Wahtaysee
May 15 Senior Class.
Dates for these chapel programs
may be exchanged between any
two organizations if they so desire.
Successful Homecoming Starts
After a series of many hard-
ships and set-backs the students
managed to gather enough wood
to make a bonfire that any school
would have been proud to call
their own Fortunately we were
able to keep the would-be fire
bugs away until the great night.
Many people deserve credit for
the success of the bonfire and
pep rally held Thursday night
They are too numerous to men
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Allied Youth to Bt
Organized Here
W Lloyd Grey national secre-
tary of Allied Youth and Mr.
Biidges Dallas field secretary for
Texas wore guest speakers in
the McMuny assembly last Mon-
day. Allied Youth as explained by
Mr Grey is a movement on the
part of high schools and colleges
in America towards the direction
of self-discipline and restriction.
This is to be done by educational
means and not by lam.
A few interesting facts present-
ed by Mr Grey concerning alcohol
were that one million boys and
cirls now in school would some
day be in mental hospitals; and
that alcohol Is not a stimulant
but a depi-essant. Yale Univer-
sity has set aside money teachers
and a staff merely to study alcohol
and its effects Statistics show
that 40 per cent to 60 per cent of
all traffic accidents are due to al-
cohol Young people are in dan
ger no matter whether the cause
lies in the young people them-
selves or in the parents. The
problems can not be solved by the
parents but must be solved by
the young people themselves.
Mr. Bridges and Mr Grey cami
to McMurry as well as to other
schools in Abilene to find groups
concerned who would associate
and carry through speakers to
the high schools and colleges of
this section of the state the plea
for self-discipline and restriction
in order that we might maintain
physical mental and spiritual
fitness
A comm.ttcc of interested per'
sons was appointed to look into
the possibilities of creating
allied youth movement in Mc
Murry
Navy Makes Plea to
Wives Sweethearts
A warning that an acute short
age of hotel accommodations and
housing facilities exists at all
Navy Separation Centers was is-
sued to relatives of servicemen
who are contemplating joining
their Navy husband sweethearts
and sons and daughters at these
discharge points
Already overcrowded condi-
tions In the localities of the sepa-
ration centers has made it neces-
sary for Navy housing officials to
issue an rppeal to the relatives
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tion but you know whether or
not you did your best to make
the event a success.
About 9.15 Thursday night after
a crowd had gathered In the vi-
cinity of the gym and Senior
Stand Jimmie Lou Thomas presi-
dent of the Wah Wahtaysee
gave the starting signal with her
whistle at which time the Wah
Wahtaysees marched into Wah
Wahtaysee park where a great
many students faculty members
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GROUND-BREAKERS Dr. Bruce Johnson. Lorain president of McMurry s exec. Is shown cen-
ter turning the first spade of dirt on the 7S.000 dining hell at our recent Homecoming Others pic-
tured left to right are Dr. Harold O. Cooke college president; Harvey Pinner superintendent of
buildings and grounds! Vic Beidrldgo. Abilene former exes' president! and Dr. C. Q. Smith president
of Oklahoma City University and McMurry president in 1IM-1S3S. (Photo by Rebel Hope courtesy
of the Abilene Reporter-Newt.)
Seven McMurry Students Attend
Science Convention in Waco
Florence McClung
Speaks at McMurry
Mrs. Florence McClung well-
known Texas artist visited the
McMurry Art Club recently. She
has been serving as a one-woman
jurist for the Abilene Museum of
Fine Arts
While she was here the visiting
artist was a guest In the home of
Mrs E. F. Connor head of the
college art department.
Mrs. McClung gave an im
promptu talk to the students In
the Art Lnb. She discussed the
importance of a good healthy
body and mind. She stressed that
each person should draw every-
thing he could and particularly
should he draw his own locality
and become very familiar with it.
She discussed the importance
of a sound religion for the sue
cess in art She told the story of
an artist who could never succeed
because he had no religion. He
won the Guggenheim Fellowship
but due to his atheistic convic
tions he was not able to hold i
well paying position.
Mrs McClung is currently do
ing a seiies of small railroad
stations because she thinks the
railroad will eventually be ex
ttnet and that her record might
be of value to future generations.
In February the McMurry Art
Club will present Mrs. McClung
in a solo-circuit-exhibit which is
currently being exhibited in
Shreveport La.
Speech Takes the
Stand For a Hand
To the students who do not
take any speech courses this ar
tide is to show that there is still
a speech department and that
this department is not in the least
dead This statement will be con
firmed by any member of the
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friends and exes of McMurry
College had gathered.
Gene Matthews yell leader
acted as master of ceremonies and
warmed up the crowd by leading
a group of traditional McMurry
yells. He then introduced stu-
dent body president Vernon G.
W. Spence. Vernon then gave a
welcome address to all exes and
friends of the college. Neil Dan-
iel then represented the exes and
gave a response to the welcome.
Seven McMurry students at-
tended the Texas Academy of
Science at Waco last Wednesday
Nov. 7 to Saturday Nov. 10 The
student were Arlinc Ragle Joan
Ramsey Joan Herndon Ruth
Campbell Billie Carol! Davidson
Barny Popnoe Carlton Galbrath
and Dr. Ruth Holzapfcl sponsor.
Lectures were given on the fol
lowing sciences by various speak-
ers: Antibiotics Biology Social
Sciences Conservation Sympo-
sium on the Treatment of the
Mentally 111 National Resources
of Texas Texas Resources and
Industrial Expansion and Physi-
cal Sciences
Projects given by college stu
dents were: Wood Waste Utiliza-
tion Research Glanotti Alba Our
Lady of tne Lake College San
Antonio; Breeding Day Lilies
Russell Jacob Murray United
Science Clubs of A. St M ; Non-
Laboratory Chemistry Curry
Mary Betty Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton; Chromatography Ives
Norma Ray Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton: Experiments With the
Fruits of the Moonseed Vine (Ca
Alpha Chi Exes to
Sponsor Program
The Alpha Chi ex-chapter pro
gram will be held Dec. 10 at the
Radford Memorial auditorium
The purpose of this will be to
honor the late A. V. Hendricks
who is a graduate of McMurry
and the only member of Alpha
Chi to be killed in action during
World War II.
Harold L Thomas and Mrs
Edith Grimes will present the
program Mr. Thomas will play
an organ prelude followed by a
reading "My Country" by Mrs
Grimes. After the program a
silver offering will be taken This
will be to help establish a schol
arship fund. Every body is in'
vited to attend this meeting.
The Alpha Chi is the only hon
orary scholastic fraternity In Mc-
wurry ana was organized in ivn
With Gathering in Wah Wahtaysee Park
Vernon introduced to the crowd
his fellow members on the stu-
dent council as Beth Shepherd
vice-president; Myra Bigony secretary-
treasurer; R C. Stone
senior representative; Billie Faye
Roundtree junior representative;
Jim Williamson sophomore rep-
resentative and Ed Sooter fresh-
man representative. The class
presidents were next in line for
introduction and they were Wan-
da Smith senior; Gene Matthews
batha Carolina) Gary Nawona
Taylor Nutrition Experiments
Schoular Florence I NTSTC
Denton and many others
Dr Barklcy of Texas Univer
sity was elected as counselor.
Betty Jo Pcarcc of Hardin-Sim-
mons University was president
vice-president Aide Gianotti of
Our Lady of the Lake. All of
the students there were made
members and a charter was given
to the Science Club of McMurry.
Students who would like to
hear summaries or facts about
the lectures given may come to
the regular meetings of the club
The first one is Tuesday night at
7 15 in the science lecture room
The other will be given every
second Tuesday there on at the
time
New Science
Equipment
The physics ai.d chemistry de-
partments have received many
new and interesting items.
Among the more intriguing
articles received is the new Testa
high frequency apparatus that
enables one to ignite a splint of
wod light a gas burner with the
fingertips light a 110 volt bulb
through the body and several
other fascinating performances
The Lightning Plate is a piece of
hardened rubber about a foot
square constructed so that when
attached to two electrical cur-
rents one at each end streaks of
fire rush from one end to the
other. Professor Oliver Bush
chemistry and physics Instructor
tated that these two additions
were positively great assets to the
laboratories
Of the other new equipment
the most important is the two new
pairs of scales several sets of
weights varied asortment of lens
glass demonstration equipment
lift pump water hammer and two
Boyle's Law apparatuses. A fair
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junior Hugh Longino sopho-
more; and Ray Hart freshman.
Several exes were selected at
random to say a few words some
of those speaking were Rev. J.
B Holt Jack Stovall Leo Tucker
Lela Mae Tucker Arlie Garner
George Campbell Clyde Park
and Marshall Turnbull. Dr. Tur-
ner past president of McMurry
Dr. Cooke president of McMurry
and S. M. Jay president of the
board of trustees each said a few
Bishop C. C. Selecman Speaks At
Ceremonies Held Friday Nov. 9
Histoix was miulc nl MiMunj Kridnx afternoon when
Hisliop (v C Sdicninii spaded tin fust ilnt on the $lfi.ri000
pmjeet foi unnpletion of tho dnintitotx mill Hi Bitioe John-
son il I.ormni' iilumin piesidini bioke e;inund tor the timing
hall xxliith is heme; tmimeeri li tin "s
Hisliop Selviniiin culled on tin1 linnu'iotiutii; croxxd to "finish
tlu task of tln pri'iit I'litcipiisc ou lwixe bee;un" nnd with this
Ntnti'iuont tin1 olliiuil ulii'ils ot piojjii'ss tot n preiiter MeMurr.x
started rolling In nddme; niori' i oni lusixe facts tln bishop sanl
"In mj judgment there's monex eiiniipli nnd men niul women
I'nouph to suppoit all the nlloos here and then arc enough
resources in out hutch to lunlil and endow MeMuirj ade
inmtcl.x ' Hisliop Si'li'i iiiiiii mped Methodists xxith financial
means to put their monex m the school He said "There's no
better plme to mxest monex than in Oliitstiiin diameter and an
educational institution like this one "
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BOYD McKEOWN
Public Relations
Man to Be Here
Boxd M McKcoxxn head of the
public relations piogram of the
General Board of Education in
the Methodist Church will con
duct a conference at McMuny
Dec 3 and 4
Mr McKcoxxn xxas the first
dean of McMurrx fiom 1923 to
1930 and made an outstanding
contribution to the organization
and educational ideals in the
early das of the college For a
numbci of cars he xxas connect-
ed with the General Board of
Education at Nashx die Tcnn
and distinguishing himself as one
of the outstanding public relation
experts of America
President II G Cooke extended
to him an -nvitation to spend txxo
or three days on the campus to
meet with the xartous groups to
discuss with them their own par-
ticular responsibilities foi and in
the public telationship of the col-
lege. Mr. McKcoxxn's first appear-
ance will be an address delivered
in chapel His talk will concern
general subjects of the student
and the college in which he will
discuss the responsibilities of the
individual has both for the inner
life of the college and the era in
which the student lives
Arrangements will be made for
Mr McKeown to meet with the
administration force of the fac-
ulty executive committee of the
board of trustees the Student
Council he Press Club War
Whoop and Totem staffs Ho will
also address the group of individ-
uals especially interested in the
college and those students em-
ployed by the college on work
programs
Dr CooKc stated that he con
siders this conference one of the
most important of any this school
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inspiring words This part of the
ceremony was concluded by the
singing of the Alma Mater As
the last note of the Alma Matei
was sung the tom-tom beat was
started This continued until the
breaking of the ground at 2 30
Friday.
Beth Shepherd and Myra
Bigony th:n lighted the torch ot
Vernon Spence each of the class
presidents and Chaplain Mclvin
Rankin lighted their torches from
Di Untold G Cooke presided
oxei the ocrcmonx which had
present m tnx cx-McMurr presi-
dents and members of the boaid
of tiustees Among these were
Di Frank Turner of Fort Worth
xx ho preceded Dr Cooke as presi-
dent Dr C Q Smith Oklahoma
Ctt University president who
xx a picsident of McMuiry in
1934 and 1035. and Dr O P
Clark pastot of First Methodist
Chut eh Abilene xxho scixed in
the intcnm betxxeen the death of
Piesidcnt J W Hunt McMurry
foundei and Dr Smith's appoint-
ment Othois xxho participated in
the ceiemonx included S M Jay
chaum.in of the boird of trus-
tees W J Fulxxilcr Abilene
building committee chauman Dr
R N Rtchatdson president of
Hardin-Stmmons University var-
ious distnct superintendents of
the Northxxest Texas Methodist
Conference Hemv James H M
Harrison and Sterling Wooten
Abilene trustees J M Willson
Flojdada xxho endowed an an-
nual McMurry spring lectureship
Daxid S Castle the architect and
designer of the buildings which
ire to be constructed and C S
Oates the contractor for the
buildings xx ere introduced
C S Oates said "We plan to
start xxork within 10 days and
finish the buildings by the fall
semester of 1946"
An cnotmous ciowd of McMur-
r exes studetts and their par-
ents gathered the campus gm-
nasium preceding the ground-
breaking ceremony foi the annual
homecoming barbecue There
xxcic appioxtmatcly 2000 people
at one of the lirgest homecom-
ings in McMurry's history
The .innunl get-together got an
early start Thursday night with
a large bonfire just as xxas the
custom in pre-war days The bon-
file's burn ng climaxed a month-
long igil by the McMurry stu-
dents to ward off any mischievous
intentions from other sources to
sabotage the event
The barbecue consisted of prime
beef that xxas richly covered with
sauce which necessitated a return
trip for sjxeral hungry guests
Beans pickles potato salad and
rolls constituted the rest of the
menu which went very well for
the crisp autumn afternoon
Sexeral old time exes were
present to make the get-together
more real. she than ever before
There xxere fixe members of the
first Indian football team of 1923
present They were H Leo Tuck-
er Parmmston. N M C S Oates
Abilene and contractor of our
building campaign Clyde Park
Fort Stock'on and Clarence Led-
better and Naldie Hale of Brad-
shaw Leo Tucker's wife the former
Lcla Mac Skinner was the first
women to graduate from McMur-
ry He wis the first editor of the
. Totem and she was editor of the
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Vernon's The lighted torch pro-
cession mi.ched to the woodpile
and started the blaze. The group
immediately broke into "On Mc-
Murry" and the freshmen did the
traditional snake dance
Thus the first post war bon-
fire was held on the campus of
McMurry and despite all the loss
of sleep and other disadvantages
we feel the event was a tremen-
dous success and well worth the
effort
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