McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 21, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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ABILENE. TEXAS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1141
No. 10
DR. ROY L. SMITH TO DELIVER WILLSON LECTURES
J. M. Willson Endows
Lectureship With Gift
J M Willson and family of Floydada endowed the Willson
Lectureship with a gift of $10000 for the purpose of developing the
spiritual phase of life of McMurry College students and for the
Methodist laymen and preachers
The gift for this cause was unsolicited Mr Willson himself is
an outstanding laymen and a trustee of McMurry College It was
because of his interest in the college and Christian Life Service
program of the church that he made this contribution
He and Dr. Hat old G Cooke president of McMurry were
classmates at Southwestern University He is a member of the
Rotary Club and is active in chamber of commerce work He is in
the lumber business
Shakespeare to Return
To McM On April Uth
Back in 1941 the McMurry Col-
lege Theatre under the direction
of Jackson W Lord head of the
McMurry Speech department
presented a five d.iy Shakespear-
ean Festival with Dr C F Lytic
of Kutztown State Teachers Col-
lege Kutrtown Pa as guest stai
Plavs presented were "Comedy
of Errors" "Romeo and Juliet"
"The Merchant of Venice"
"Twelfth Night" and The Tam-
ing of the Shrew" Fiom the re-
ports in the college files of the
Festival held April 15-19 1941 the
week was a huge success and
brought much good publicity to
McMurry
At last Mr Shakespeare is to
play a return engagement at Rad-
ford Memorial auditorium Mc-
Murry College He will be pre-
sented in the form of his play
"Mid-Summer Night's Dream "
It is the hope of the Speech de-
partment that the reappearance
of Shakespeare on the campus
will cause much interest with all
the students to want to have a
part in the production of the
DtMm. The drawing and making
of the designs the building of
the set lights and publicity will
all be done by the students Thus
it can easily be seen that the cast
of characters is just one single
group of students while the ac-
tual production of the play will
be done by many groups If ou
are interested in helping put over
Tho Drtam in any way please sec
Mr Plette of the Speech depait-
ment at once. If you have 'nc er
had any experience in helping
with a play do not let that stop
you from helping It will not
only be easy but also interesting
to learn how to work around the
stage
Let us all join together to make
Will's return a very successful oc
casion
Rev. King Addresses
Students At Assembly
The Rev W. E King of the
University Baptist Chuich for-
merly a chaplain in the Marine
Corps and holder of a number of
service medals was guest speak-
er in chapel Feb 6
Rev. King based his talk on
the importance of taking time
out. He told of every day life
hnnnpnincs and of the value or
strength gained by taking time
out
He used sports as an example
and applied it to Christian life
o
Youth Fellowship Holds
Sub District Meeting
The sub-district meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship was
held at Clyde on Tuesday Feb 5
Elizabeth Willis gave a story
based on the moral of the pic-
ture "The Angelus" which was
painted by Millet.
Howard Wilkms president took
charge for the business meeting
Recreation consisted of singing
after refreshments had been
served.
BEAT HOWARD PAYNEI
Enthusiasm Displayed
In Recent Pep Rallies
The last three student pep ral
lies which have been held in the
auditorium have been very satis
fy ing demonstrations of that good
old McMurry school spirit that the
Reservation is famous for
Cheer leaders Gene Mathews
and Lewis Hensley have really
been on their toes and the old
rafters in Radford Memorial audi-
torium have been ringing like the
telephone at Proxy hall
All of the members of the bas
ketball team have expressed the
thoughts that they have greatly
appreciated the backing they
have received this season from
the student body.
Saturday night we play our
last basketball game of the season
against Howard Payne. We
should have won at Brownwood
but there is no question about it
this time we will win when the
Yellow Jackets show up at the
Reservation ficldhouse Because
we'll nil be out there pulling for
those McMurry Indians to finish
out a good season with a victory
oer Howard Payne.
Junior Class Meets
Elects New Officers
The Junior class met Feb 11
w ith the new class president Jim-
mie Lou Thomas in charge The
former president Gene Mathews
became a member of the Senior
class at mid-term Alton McCles-
key was elected to fill the va-
cancy of vice-president left by
Jimmie Lou's taking over the
duties of president. Olivia Hunt
was elected Junior class rcprcscn
tative to the Student Executive
Council to fill the vacancy left
by Billie Rountree.
Although the Junior class lost
a good many members to the
Senior class it also gained scv
cral new ones from the files of
the returning vets
The members of the Junior
class are as follows Olivia Hunt
Myra Bigony Jennyc Ruth Hoop
er Jimmie Lou Thomas Billie
Carol Davidson David Williams
Maurice Fain Doug Cox Cecil
Hardaway Bud Wheeler Tru
man Black Mary Priscilla Kil
lough Charles Hogsett Barney
Popnoe Preston Clark Grady
Baker Troy Caraway Nancy
Harris and Alton McCleskey.
The class will continue with its
purchase of eight $25 Savings
Bonds each year and when school
is out in May it will have pur-
chased a total of 24 bonds which
will be applied toward the Senior
class gift of the class of '47.
Ko Sari Reorganizes
Members of Ko Sari met Thurs-
day Feb. 7 at the home of R C.
Fry and held a lengthy discussion
on the various topics and plans
of the club The only members
of Ko San presently enrolled in
McMurry are R C Fry and Mau-
rice Fain but letters from other
members still in service indicate
they will soon be back on the
campus
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MR. J. M. WILLSON
Annual Mardi Gras
To Be Held in McM
Gym Thursday Eve
The annual Maidi Gras to belmaV.n fo'. the xeJ ) as c"
held Fridav night Fob 23 will
be highlighted b the clowning
of the March Gras queen Joan
Herndon last year's Mardi Gras
queen will be on hand to relin-
quish the crown to her successor
A secret committee will be ap-
pointed by officers of the W A
A. to select the queen and king
Other prizes will be given to the
cutest couple funniest costume
most original costume handsom-
est girl (boy in disguise) and pret-
tiest boy (girl in disguise)
Mary Louise McCIesky head
of the program committee has
announced there w ill be a ' whale'
of a floorshow Bovs rumois
have been circulating to the fact
that there will be a chorus line
and girls there arc also rumors
about a man song and dance team
In addition to all the fun and
frolics one would expect to find
at a Mardi Gras there will be
plenty of food for all
Every student is invited and
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A 8CENE FROM LAST YEAR'S MARDI GRAS Wanda Smith
"puU hr littlt foot" during tho folk gam MMion of tho hilarious
1845 Mardi Gras. If vou'r out for fun. don't mi. hi. ...'. .h-ji-
in tho gym Friday nightl
Four New Buildings Under
Construction
The construction on the Reser-
vation is in full swing with four
buildings going up at present
time.
The addition to President hall
and the new dining hall are pro-
gressing satisfactorily according
to Naldie Hale the foreman of
construction The columns for
the dining hall and the beams for
the second floor of President hall
are already finished
Two barracks arc also going up
on the campus; one behind the
gymnasium and the other west of
the bookstore These barracks
were formerly located at Camp
Barkcley and will be used by the
athletes
Twenty pre-fabneated family
units have been released by the
Federal Public Housing Author
'McMurry Vets Are
Divided On Question
Of Organization
I The veterans enrolled in Mc-
Mun v hold .1 meeting last Sat-
i urdav Fib 16 in Radford Mcmo-
irnl auditorium with R C Fry
pu siding Purpose of the meet
ing was to hear the report of a
committic which had been ap-
pointed to look into the various
possibilities and aspects of hav-
ing eithct a veterans organisa-
tion oi merely a veterans com-
mittee on the campus It was de-
cided that there would be no form
of a social club of v cterans since
theie are already enough men's
clubs functioning on the campus
to fill the socnl need
The question under heated dis-
cussion was Do we need an or-
ganization with rcgulai meetings
officers constitution and by-laws
etc or can a committee handle
all pioblems and incoming infor-
win less iuss ana rjoincrr k
C Fry favored the latter plan but
the group in favor of forming an
organization held a slight edge
in the vote which was taken on
the motion Therefore it was
decided that the veterans should
take two weeks in which to get
better acquainted with their fel-
low returnees and decide who
they would like to vote into the
various offices which will need to
be filled if a permanent organiza-
tion is to bo formed This elec-
tion will be held on Monday
Feb 25 at the next meeting of
the vets
Boyce House Unable
To Make Scheduled Talk
On Saturday Feb 16 woof Mc-
Munv were to have the honored
speaiicr tjoyce House as our
guest but due to unavoidable
circumstances he was unable to
be here In a telegram he ox-
timsspH hl rniirn in lii.iMrt nt.nl.1n
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to speak to the student body and
hi!. desire to visit us at a future
date
On Campus
ity to McMurry College. They
will be located wherever sewer-
age facilities arc available and
will be operated without profit
for the use of married veterans
on the campus It was estimated
that one-third to one-fourth of
the 90 veterans on the eampus
have families
The feature of the Willson Lec
ture Week will be the breaking
of ground for a new boys dorm
No date has been set for the be-
ginning of the Fine Arts build
ing and the Student Life Center
However constiuction on these
buildings is to begin at an early
date and it is hoped that they
will be finished by the end of
this vear The contractor of the
buildings now under eonstruction
is C S Oates and Son of Abilene.
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DR. ROY L. SMITH
Sports Boom
Of LargeMunicipal Stadium
By
Of prime importance to Mc
Murry is a plan now under dis
cussion by prominent Abilene
sports figures It is realized that
under tho present sports boom
none of tho four schools in Abi-
lene have a stadium sufficient to
handle a real money crowd The
high school stadium scats 7200
Hardin-Simmons can take 4400
and A C C and McMurry plants
can each hold 2100
So progressive plans arc now
under way ftJr building one cen-
tral stadium to be used by all
schools This stadium if con-
structed will seat la.OOO to 20 000
people and would be av ailablo to
the four schools Abilene High
McMurry Hardin-Simmons and
Abilene Christian During foot
ball season it would bo possible
to average two games pel week-
end one coming on Fndav and
another on Saturday Under this
set-up fans from the Abilene
sports area would bo able to take
their choice of 15 to 20 attractive
top-notch games
The cost of such stad.um could
be taken care of by bonds Each
school would then pay a flat pneo
or a percentage on each game tlie
played on tins field With the
great surge of fans to all sports
events which is now taking plaec
it would take only a very few
years to pay out a modern largo
stadium with the best in lighting
and seating equipment
The most feasible waj of build-
ing tho stadium that has been of-
fered so far is that of adding
enough seats to make either a
Rev. C. H. Williams Dies of
Heart Attack in Liberal Kansas
Rites for Rev C H Williams
(father of David Williams a jun-
ior in McMurry) who died in Lib-
eral Kans Monday of heart at-
tack were held here at two p m
Feb 9 Rev Williams was pas-
tor of the Fairmont Methodist
Church several years ago Ser-
vices were conducted by the Rev
O W Carter Abilene district su-
perintendent and Rev Frank
Bcauchamp pastor of the Abcr-
nathy Methodist Church
Laughter-North Funeral Home
made the funeral arrangements
Burial was in the local ceme-
tery and the Masons were in
charge
The Rev Williams first began
preaching in 1923 at Yowell Be-
fore coming to Abilene where he
built the present building for the
Fairmont Methodist Church in
1942 he was pastor at Como Lake-
Creek the Greenville circuit Sul-
phur Bluff Pickton Shamrock
Le Fors and Olton Since leaving
Abilene in 1944 the Rtv. Wil-
liams has been at Knox City and
at Booker where he was pastor
at time of his death
During his ministry the Rev
Williams had built a parsonage
at Le Fors the church here and
a church at Silvcrton.
Many friends from areas
throughout the confeicnce terri-
tory were present for the rites
Pallbearers were E. L Thorn-
ton M R Caton Ray Causscaux
Chicago Editor Will Be
At McMurry March 5th
Dr Ro L Smith editor of the Methodist ' Christian Advocate '
at Chicago w ill bo at McMurrv College Marcli 5 8 to deliver the
first annual Willson lectin es Tho foundation was established by
an endowment of $10 000 gift by J M Willson for tho purpose of
developing the spnilual phase of life on tho tampus and for the
Methodist laymen and prcachcr.s who will be piesent during that
time
Some of his speeches will include the following topics "Where
Are the Dead'" "This Is the Life" 'The Lord of Life" 'The Time
to Live" ' The Book of Life" and "The Land of tho Living "
Tho lectureship will open Tuos-day night Mirch 5 Dr. Smith
will give other addresses thomorning and night of the 6th and
7th and will conclude with anaddiess the night of March 8
Creates Need
TROTT
bowl or a hoi se shoe of the. piesent
high school stand Tins might be
done bv teaung down the thieo
college plants and adding them
to the high sehool stadium Othci-
wiso the equipment would hive
to be bought on the open niatket
McMurrv would benefit most bv
use of tic high school stuictuio
since it would bo on the south
side of town eloso to the Re set -vat
ion If this plan worked out
McMurry would have easy aecess
to both good footb ill and base-
ball lav outs.
It i& not likely howevoi that
wo would bo intcicstcd in allow-
ing oui stands to bo moved to a
new site The seating c ipacitv
that we now have will be about
right fin the modern field ami
tiaek layout that wo ale now
eonstiuetmg And it would also
make us entirely dependent on
tho one stadium that is to Im usul
b all schools It might thus be
possible that sometime in tho fu
tuio wi would have a seliedule
conflict Willi anothei town sehool
whieh would prove dotunientil
in obt lining some outstanding
home game
It might be added 111 it plans
have already gone mi fai on fil-
ial e construetion of a municipil
stadium that a tommilhe Ins
In en appointed to study ide is
about it Thisiommittio includes
a menibei of tlu eit si html boaul
a eit commissioner a lepiesi il-
lative fiom each of tho thieo col-
lides a financial adviser and a
numboi of the Abilene Rcpoitcr-
News Arlie Garner Dr Jack Crow and
C E Hicks
The Rev Williams is survived
by his widow three sons David
of Abilene Mclford K of San
Jose Calif and D W of Dallas.
in the arm and O W of Dallas
in the arm two daughteis Mrs.
Roy Shivers of Booker and Mrs
Charles Roland of Vernon a bro-
ther C C Williams of Jefferson
and a sister Mrs Earl Duval of
Roscoc
Biology Students Using
Microscopes in lab
Dr. Ruth Holzapfel professor
of biology has started this semes-
ter's work in that subject on mi-
croscopes The frcshirlan labs study cells
and cell division They are sched-
uled to study protozoa sponges
starfish crayfith flies and grass-
hoppers These are only some
of the lab projects
The lecture covers mostly the
same things particularly they
will study the various systems
that various animals have in com-
mon such as the digestive and
respiratory s stems
The advanced course in biologv
Comparative Anatomy is the
comparison of the various sys-
tems in all vertebrae Tin u lab
concerns the drawings of these
systems
Each afternoon from 3 15 to 445
o'clock beginning the afternoon
of Match ri and continuing
tlnough the 7th Dr A W Mar-
tin riepiitmmt of pi tctical the-
ologv Pel kins School of Theology
S M U will licturo in this field
I in connection with round table
discussions On Wednesday aft-
einoon Piofissoi .1 Edmund
Kirbv ho id of department of re-
ligion McMurry College and
cliaunnn of board of evangelism
of (he Northwest Texas Confer-
once will lead in a discussion of
Ev angelism for Today" 2 00-3 15
o'clock
McMurrv Alumni and Ex-Student
Associ ition will im et Thurs-
dav Mai eh 7 at 2 30 p m in Rad-
foid Memorial aiulitoiium. Dr
III uce Johnson of Loiainc presi-
dent of the eis his this week
sent letters of invitation to all
minibus of the e's association
Di Ilaiold G Cooke piesident
of McMuriv College states that
he is expecting between two and
time hiindnd out of town visi-
tois to be piesent dining the lec-
tuns and meetings In speaking
or Di Smith Di Cooke fuither
added "He is one of the gicatest
pulpit nun and sp( iki is in Amer-
ica " Tho Chi isti in Advocate"
of which Dr Smith is nhtoi has
a en ml ition of 400 000
Rooms in hotels and entertain-
ment in private homes will be
arranged duo to the iiovvdnrt
conditions on tho c impus
Anothei featuie of this Willson
Lectuieship Week will bo the
In c iking of the gmuml for a new
mi n't. dormitorv at McMuirj A
woman's doimitoiv and a dining
hall aie nhe.ui under construc-
tion Methodist Church Gives
$2000 to Library
Mi Murrv College received
$2 000 is a gift to the library
fiom tlu Gimral Board of the
Methodist Chuich The gift was
nudi under conditions that are
to bo nut b the executive com-
mittee of the McMurry Board
Those conditions mentioned by
the General Board are being ful-
filled and in duo time tho impor-
tance of its general purpose will
be realized One condition is that
the $2000 gift be m itched by the
s.ame amount by the McMurry
Bond miking a total of $4000
Anothei is that the total sum be
spmt for books fiom lists ap-
proved by the Southern Associa-
tion of Schools and Colleges
Mrs Hollar tho lollie-o hhm.
mn is making careful plans for
tne improvements to be made in
her department T1il mnnn win
be expended to enlarge tho care-
luily selected book selection that
McMurry has todav More than
five hundred books had been
added to tho hbrarv this vear
prior to the receipt of this gift
Miss Chris Is New
Skipper of T.I.P.
List week the TIP social
club took aboaid a new Skipper
Miss Willie Mae Christopher Miss.
'Chris' has accepted the position
of sponsoi which she held at one-
time previously Formal presen-
tation of Miss Christopher as
sponsor and of Mrs Bill Rey-
nolds a newly elected honorary
member was made at the Sweet-
heart Banquet last Thursday
night
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