McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 7, 1949 Page: 4 of 6
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McMumiy War Whoop
Thiinday April 7 WW.
McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Entered a! Second t.lass Matlet. VugiM 27
At Abilene. Texas under Ad of March 1. l.".7().
Subscription Price SI a Year
Published xvccklx during the -rliool xear. September through May
except for Malnl x.ie.ilion periods hx llie Minimis of McMurry Col-
lege Abilene Texas Published h 'student in the department of
public relations.
The Wak VI lioop is a member of the Texas Inleicollcgialc Press
Association ami the Associated Collegiate Press.
STAFF
Oi.in Asm.i.x
Jxck Hampton
Iwlshllll I lIllOI I lll i nil
1ote "t&KOMM
Tomoiiow. I'ud.ix. Apiil ! is tin- d.ix when students undci 21
c.iii oli loi llir i.mdid.itc of tlirii choice without haxing to pay a
poll 1. 1. Il is -tuili-ul elcdiou d.ix ; .i d.ix on which wr the bona fide
students ol MrMiiiix. -i-lrrl out student leaders for the ear 1919-50.
Kcg.iidlcss ol llii- nuniliri of candidates and thr judgment neces-
s.uv lo srleil the one he-1 suited for the position il is up to Us to
vole in oidei lh.it we max Till lli.it portion with a student who will
woik fot the lieM inteie-ts of all ol u-.
Some -tudeiil think this is "kid Mull." Those are the ones who
.ne un-ine ol them-elxes who will go through life laughing at the
things thai go on in om government and at the same time wishing
thej had enough on the lull lo take part in the proceedings.
There aie olheis who will xole. liul with only the idea of "getting
it oxer xith." 'I hey aie the one xxlio don't take time lo consider the
impoilant characleiistics ol ihe candidates and will probably Con-
tinue to xole "jiM because somchodx else does."
Tomniiow. go to the polls and xole foi the candidates of jour
choice and if xoui choice is the wrong one you hax'e only yourself
to Maine.
The ideal election situation would call for a candidate represent-
ing exery thought group on the campus just as exery political party
should have its candidates. At McMurry this would call for at least
six candidates for each office.
For -exeral )cars theie luxe been no more than three aspirants
for each office frripicutlx oulx one. and often none. The situation
hardly seems a hc.ilthx one so a look liehind the scenes is in order.
Investigation shows that numerous students are asked by their
friends to run for office. What aie
"Student government is just a
policy here and onlx an nignnicd
assoiiation could change .invlhiug.
for sludeut rule." These weie the
candidate for picsidcut.
Two gills suggested loi eerclarx agreed that that position was a
lot of work without rendering a real service.
A hoy eligible for the position of cheer leader blamed student
criticism for his reason for not running for office. "I've been around
here off and on for sex era I xears. A
ing nil' and the one who sticks to
dumb.
Candidates for a xarietv of offices
until they had a chance to see what the situation for next year would
be. All did not want to run under the present set-up but were hoping
for changes for the better for next year.
Summing these statement- up. it appears that the students feel
that the student association is .short of demorracy in its action and
that the students haxe become too critical of the efforts of the elected.
The situation needs iemeding. Why not take steps to advance student
democrat and bring student-faculty cooperation closer through such
means as open meetings on school problems.
Wah Wahtaysaa
Male Annual Voyaga
To Dr. Hunt's Grava
The eleventh annual pilgrimage
to the grave of Dr. J. W. Hunt
first president of McMurry was
made by the Wah Wnhtaysees on
Founder's Day April 5. The group
left the college at 6:15 am. ac-
companied by Mis. J. W. Hunt and
Miss Willie Mae Christopher spon-
sor. Members tiled by the grave In
the Masonic eemeteiy nn.inged by
classes. Following the usual tradi
tion Adelo Strickland president
lead the scripture used by Dr.
Hunt In his last sermon: "And
Abraham continued his journey
xvestxvard." The three traditional
calla lilies were then placed on the
grave.
Following the reading of the
23rd Psalm a trio composed of
Letha Hooper RaMona Wright
and Gypsy Younger sang "Crossing
the Bar" by Tennyson which was
1021 at the Post Office
.... . Editor
Rusincss Manager
Kxtiiuxn Si.sxim;ott
their reasons for refusing.''
farce here. The faculty makes the
student body outside the student
The present set-up has no room
statements of a would-he junior
progrcssixc cheer leader is 'show
a few stock veils and no tricks is
said they wouldn't risk running
5 Students Perform at
Regular APO Meeting
Five drama students from Mc-
Murry presented the program at
the regular meeting of the Alpha
Psl Omega Tuesday night 8:00 p.
m. in Abilene hall.
Each scene was done In costume
for the program which followed
a brief business meeting.
Bill Goodwin was announcer for
the program. Don Vaughan gave
a cutting from "MacBeth" Bill
Crier portrayed Claudius from
"Hamlet."
Pat Purcell and Mary Lois
Hayes did Maxwell Anderson's
Mary Queen of Scots and Eliza-
beth. used at Dr. Hunt's funeral.
The 22 girls in attendance in-
cluded two seniors who were mak-
ing their fourth pilgrimage to the
grax-c. They were Adele Strickland
and Madle Jones.
After the services the group ate
breakfast at a local cafe.
"INTONE i
W.
W
raQMSSaStt
Voice on phone: "Virginia Akers
Is sick today and can't come to
class."
Professor: "All right. Who ts
this speaking?"
Voice: "This is my roommate."
Bill Estes: "Who Is that strange-
looking man over there who stares
at me so much?"
Mia Winters: "Oh that's Pro-
fessor Jenkins; the famous expert
on insanity I"
Found in back files of a certain
newspaper:
"A cow was struck by lightning
on Saturday belonging to Hogan
Lofiand who had a beautiful spot-
ted calf only four days old."
"Now" said the professor
"watch the board while I run
through it again."
Then someone said: "All ex-
tremely bright men are conceited."
Replied Edgar Payne: "Oh I
don't know; I'm not!"
Judge: "Have you ever been up
before me?"
Leftxvich the Cop: "I don't
know; what time do you get up?"
"I say Mac (Murry of course)
how woutd you like to be buried
In a Jewish clmltery?"
Mac: "Faith an' ljd rather die
first!"
2 Speech Recitals
Slated This Month
Mrs Frank Grimes assistant
professor of speech announced
the dates for two junior recitals to
be presented this month.
April 11 at 3:00 p.m. In the
Radford Memorial auditorium the
first recital will be given by BUI
Goodwin Mary Lois Hayes Wil-
liam McReynolds Henry Parmen-
ter and Don Vaughan.
The second recital will be April
25 with the following students:
Harry Cowan Alex Eastus John
Hendsbee Joe Parish Nadine
Young and Caffey Welch.
According to Dean W. B. Mc
Daniel the following schedule will
be observed Monday April 11:
8-9 classes as usual.
9 Preaching in the auditorium
by Bishop William C. Martin. Time
between the closing of chapel and
11:30 to be split between 9 and
10:30 classes.
11:30 classes resume s usual.
The Monday chapel will be re-
quired of freshmen and seniors
and members of other classes are
urged to attend.
SMOKE
By WRNDEM. TOOLEY
"Take Me Out to the
"Take me out to the ballgame"
Is n familiar saying or song now-
adays ns another baseball season
is beginning to start Its seasonal
swings. The major leagues are
about through trading and buying
Abilene has imported 24 players
from the south but at McMurry
there isn't much talk about the
"home run" game.
A sore spot to the McMurry
baelall enthusiast is that there
will be no baseball schedule for
a varsity team on the Reservation.
It's a sore spot that can be quick-
ly healed with the plans of the
P.E. department howex'er.
Churches Plan for
Sunrise Services
Sunrise services will be held by
the Methodist churches of Abilene
in Cobb park on Sunday April 10
Buses will be at McMurry for stu
dent transportation to the pari
at 5:30 a.m.
Following the services those In
attendance will return to the
church of their choice and be serv-
ed breakfast in the church parlors.
The worship service is being at-
ranged by the St. Paul Methodist
church transportation by the Fair-
mont Methodist church and pub-
lication by the First Methodist
church.
Music Is to be furnished by the
Chanters under the direction of
Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wylle.
IHR Spring Banquet
Scheduled for May 6
The IHR men's social club met
Thursday to discuss plans for the
spring banquet. The banquet will
be held on May 6.
Chairmen were elected to the dif-
ferent committees and the neo
phytes were placed In charge of
the program and decorations of the
banquet hall.
Plans wore also discussed to
hax'e a club picnic for members and
their friends.
The club sponsor and 32 mem-
bers were present at the meeting
which was held In the bottom of
club room of the dining hall.
The meeting adjourned after
plans were made to meet next
Thursday to discuss the picnic.
Bad Weather Permits
Odell's Visit With Son
Mrs. Anna Bonds Odell associ-
ate professor of education made
a hurried trip to Fort Worth Wed-
nesday Marcli 30 to visit xvith
her son Captain Thomas R. Odell
Jr. U. S. Marine Corps after re-
ceiving word here that he had
been grounded there while flying
from El Toro Calif. to the east
coast.
Mrs. Odell said that the recent
bad weather condition had ground-
ed Capt. Odell. She added "Good
ol' unpredictable weather in Texas
anyway."
Rabbi Speaks Wednesday
Rabbi Samuel Soskins spoke to
the Wednesday chapel group
March 30 on the story of the state
of Israel. In his speech he stated
that Israel should be the spiritual
home of every Jew and Christian.
SIGNALS
Ballgame at McMurry"
One of the most disgusting at-
titudes that 1 know of is the hard
headed fan or potential player
who states that cither Softball or
baseball is the only game and that
the other should be ditched. These
gents are usually suffering from
an extreme sense of enxy of the
other game and Is afraid to admit
its good points.
Actually this reporter bclicx'cs
that each sport takes plenty of
ability. Softball is faster but not
as trying or gruelling ns baseball.
For the baseball fan there is noth-
ing to compare to the crack of the
bill and bat but for the softball
fan there is nothing to compare
to the speed concentrated action
of their game.
Baseball at McMurry has proved
to be a sport that hasn't paid off
in fact it was a money losing deal
last year. Of course school sports
aren't necessarily for the primary
purpose of paying off but there is
the matter of expense which is
not overlooked in providing for a
good baseball team. And you can't
ox'erlook the lack of Interest that
was displayed In last year's base-
ball games.
The P.E. department has a fine
well-planned Intramural softball
set-up for the students of McMur-
ry. Through the cooperation of
everybody this can be developed
into an equally as good a tourna-
ment as that of the previous bas-
ketball tournament.
Plans will be given concerning
this line of student activity and
so to the baseballcrs and softball-
crs let's play together and have
an enjoyable softball season here
on the Reservation.
Library Feature
By Eaton Printed
In State Bulletin
D. .T. Eaton senior journalism
student contributed a feature
story to the April edition of "News
Notes Bulletin of tho Texas Li-
brary Association." The bulletin is
a quarterly publication printed in
San Antonio.
His story is about the McMurry
library. It gives the history and
background of the-llbrary and tells
of the different volumes that may
be found in it. There Is a short
sketch of Mrs. Roslta Hollar li-
brarian and student advisor. There
are also sketches of Miss Mable
Phillips assistant librarian; and
Leona Melssncr student assistant.
There is a picture of Miss Melss-
ier checVrg through the volumes
of "Harper's Monthly."
D. J. will receive his bachelor
of sclense degree in May. He plans
to em oil at Oklahoma A.&M.
college next fall and get his mas-
ter's degree in agricultural jour-
nn'.lsm. D. J. is married and his
wife is the former Margie Feather-
ston of Hardin-Simmons univer-
sity. Mrs. Eaton will also graduate
from McMurry next May.
The journalist is a member of
the War Whoop staff and vice-
president of the McMurry Press
club. He is reporter for the senior
class. In addition to his work at
McMurry D. J. is farm editor for
radio station KWKC. He writes
the farm news for a dally farm
program. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Austin Eaton of Amarillo
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