The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, September 25, 1953 Page: 2 of 6
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11m war whoop
Friday StptomlMr II. IMS
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except for stated vacation periods by the students of McMurry Col
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Editot in-chiof
Business Manager
Assistant Editor
Society Editor
Sports Editor
Features Editor
Donald Hunt
Tcjan Cunningham
Byrdic Lee West
Iris Kendall
Tom Conaway
Wayne Daniel
Ri pmtrrs Hope Medina Jimmy Foshcy Betty Campbell Liz
Lujan Sn.i Nnrm.in Fied Glasshock Kate Evans Jerry Lewis
Mary Nell Taylor
Cdilo rial 6
oLJon't Ljet rVlentatlu jrat
Outside ol tlic Bible and ni.vi lopedias more books woio
sold last voar loimininir tint than am oilier kind of book Wo
have Ik en in living gnat stiidcs forward in the fields of uiedieine
of the bod (spetiallv in difcating one of man's eer uureas
Hi: pi (dili ins that liae ai lsen Ironi sotter living overweight
Si ii in i lias made inan.v slips of piogioss in giving us
lis longu lualtei and more useful lies b.v providing hotter
and I In light kinds of food but liae we eer stopped to tlnnk
Ilia) tlnri is one kind ol tint that seieiue eaniiot give us a dut
for mi ntal iatness
liiitiietliatt Iv some one is going to sn that it would be im-
possible to net too iiuk Ii idueation 01 It .lining Thai for ill'
most pail is tun Wluil we aie sa. itij; is on u much diffoiont
plane
flitting meiitall.v fat is not getting too nuieli h'.u nitijr. but
rather it is aiming at the point wlieie we leel we uiu leain no
nioi e oi that we liae leadnd a point ol sat matioii or stiff)
eieaov in his liinid
The danger m i;ctting mentally tat stems fiom the faet that
if we all had llie disease piogross would eome to an abrupt halt.
We will not all lme it hut the progress of us who will ean
not be speeded in an max when we feel that we liae learned
all that is nieessai oi all tlieie is to know Wre tan no nowhere
else hut hinkwatds when we hae heeonie a "know it all "
Another leal tiouble with becoming mcntall.v fat is that
it we beeome oei weight in our minds we usually are the ones
who hae onl touehed the soivieo The more we piohe into a
subnet the more we realize that there is more than can bo
learned h one ol us on am siiboot
What we are Irving sa is inoielt lepuisal ot the old
tiMiii "a little learning is a dangoious thing." Lot us not fool
ourself we ean git too niiieli learning We onl.v think wo ean
So watch it mental fatness can slow us down as muoh as an.v
roll of blubor around our waist.
OUR ALWAYS
PRESENT GOD
One night not 1 ng ago I was
driving through a blinding West
Texas sandstorm the kind the
radio describes with the phrase
"visibility zero" So furiusly
was the sand blowing across the
Plains that the moon was cntirelv
obscured from view
Someone remarked that al-
though wc couldn't sec the moon
it was sure to be above the sand
When the sand finally subsided
wc could once again see the moon
shining brightly above the world
As I reflected on this 1 realis
ed that it could be a eiy apt
svmbol of man's iclationship to
God As we rush about fiom
classes to meetings fiom meet
ings to parties from one event to
another with breath taking speed
we become so blinded bv the
' sand" of materialism of w asted
effort of mis-directed goal that
we lose sight of God
We become obsessed with the
idea that God has forsaken us
that He doesn't care about us
anv more If we would onlv stop
long enough to let the storm of
vvoildlv things subside we would
see that God is above the world
is He alwavs has been
God is ever-picsent and ever-
poweiful it is only when we let
other things come between us
and God that we lose sight of
Him He is still there to find
Him requires onlv that we search
diligently for Him.
onvcnlenceS Ca&e
Hew C-c
oLife of ZJ-lantlna I Vic
an
While war at its best is a dirty business the Armed Forces
lino have omliid hie tor the fiirlitmtr man to decree that
would not have seemed believable to the American soldier who
landed ten joais ago in Africa
Tins is not to sa.v that lighting a war has become ns com-
fortable as living in a steam heated flat Hut the services have
come a long wa.v suae the da.vs of Poail Harbor toward rasing
the hardships ol its fighting men
For example most ot the little things wrong with equip-
ment 'irvo been ion cited Sloepunr hairs that at first non exist
ent and tin u weie death trapk because one could not got out of
mom quioKl.v in an emergeiie.v now are m plenaifiil suppl.v and
luiv e quick est ape dev a es
lt hollad stoves that ome had to be ted wood and coal
constantl.v have hem replaced with automatic diosol oil or
gasoline atlairs that woik ethc loath .
Once when a soldier opened a tin of oiiiorgene.v rations he
tacod the prospm ot uiting hash moat or beans Now he might
lind liamhiirgir or spaghetti and meatballs. And with groat
quantities ot fresh moat and poulti.v on hand meals are sent
forward to positions as otteu as possible
The Koiean teiiain also helped the nnlitar.v m its humaniz.
ing prop am. Just behind the rugged mountains and irontlines
tent camps have boon sot up Here such facilities as showers
sleeping quail cis and ici roation clubs are at the disposal of the
battle wcar.v soldier.
Another improvement is the armored vest which infantrv-
men wear when in real danger-usually when forward of the
front I lues These lightweight protectors save countless lives.
The Armed Forces have improved in many ways and the
fighting man in Korea has an honest debt ot pay to many fel
lows he never saw or knew.
rrun t i
f-ech
BY HUNT
Jlettei to editor
Dear Sir
It has been called to my atten-
tion of late (in fact quite late at
night) that an over-zealous group
of commando Idians has dis-
charged missies of stone and
flint at "maurading Christian
students" from a neighboring col-
lege who have chosen to hold
midnight pep rallies on this cam-
pus I thoruoghly agree with the
spirit of these nocturnal Com-
manche Indians
However it has come to my
mind that these vigilantes of the
reservation neither defend nor
protected our blessed homeland
but have rather have bombarded
destroyed and shouted all within
ear and rockshot away the ex-
ternal and internal peace and
the neighbors continue to hold
pep rallies here; however I real-
ize that the skirmishes were great
sport for everyone
Soon the battle line moved to
South 14th Street where innocent
people were pounced upon and
their property thus damaging
the name and reputation of Mc-
Murry. Now I would suggest some
creative outlet for this energy
that being those zealous Indians
from their look-out post atop Gold
Star Dorm spend their time and
effort ballooning Bibles Revised
Standard Version to our adver-
saires thus proving to all the
world that this college is a
' Christian" institution
Dowisly submitter
I B Sleepy
POLL RESULTS
APPEARING IN THE
NEXT ISSUE
Results of the poll taken in
Chapel last Tuesday will be
released in the Oct 3 issue on
page 2.
Results of the poll were not
available at press time but it
is expected to show that the
school spirit between McMurry
and ACC should be continued.
A gang of bovs were down at
the room one night last week and
someone remarked how conven-
iently President Hall was located
I will agree tha tit is close but
whether it is such a convenience
is entirely another matter
It all depends on what tvpc of
boy j ou are You know theio aie
only two tvpes ot bovs those
who admit that thv like gnls and
then theie are liars
I don't know how the othei
gioup feels but spiaking foi the
liars having such a thing as
President Hall so close makes it
bad for us to sta real women
haters It places temptation so
close to one's dooi step How is
a struggling young man to watd
off the temptations and gals'
I will say one thing for the
closeness of Piesidcnt Hall and
women in geneial if a mm suc
cessfully manages to stay awav
fiom the engagement ung countei
he has developed chat actor and
endurance second onlv to a man
who has been mat nod for twenty
years
If by chance some one of the
opposite se happens to read
some of the piececding pasages I
hope the will not be offended
for after all someone has to do
the house work I'm not roallv
running down girls and marriages
for when ou stop to think obut
it half the married people in the
U. S are women It would really
be hard to get along without
girls but whv do they have to
leave us poor boys flustratcd'
What I really want to sav is
that girls arc all right if you get
the light kind That is wheic all
the trouble comes from You have
to get heart broken several times
before you find some one who
will have vou All this boy-girl
stuff is fine but so many of the
gals go around whispering sweet
"mavbees" in your car and then
give you the "Dear John" routine.
I want to say again that I'm not
exactly trjing to slander the
lasses I just want to warn the
men against girls who would do
you wrong This little poem
would better express just what 1
mean
Me had a girl
But hci done me dirt
Me did not know
Her was a f'irt
What! Three In
One Department
Three eligible bachelors in one
dcpaitment'
Yes that's the record set by
McMurry's music department
Thev are Harold Thompson
C E Bradv and Fiancis Hinkcl
Thompson and Brady are new
membcis of the faculty this vcai.
Macon Sumcrlm and Dr Rich-
ard C von Ende round out the
music department staff.
Students w oi king for this de-
partment include Ann Brock de-
partmental secretary and Jimmy
Jones custodian
StHia PvUnaitt
Robbie Jay Loves Sports;
Weems Wins Football Honors
Another sports lover senior girl
is Robbie Jay who claims Roby
as her hometown
(Don't get her
named mixed up
it is not Robbie
Roby from Jay)
Robbie came to
the Reservation
in '49 in '50 we
saw no Robbie
on the campus
she stayed a t
home to recuperate from the
strenuous work she had done in
order to get an "A" in Dr. Huff's
English class
With lots of energy and new
vision she cams back to McMur-
ry as a sophomore. Since then
she has been very active on the
War Whoop and on the Totem.
This year she is President of TIP.
girls social club and Reporter for
Wah Wahiaysee. She does not say
very much about her hobbies but
we have seen her doing the Charl-
eston in Chapel.
"There is no other place like
McMurry" Robbie says "I at-
tended the University of Houston
last Summer and believe me ev-
erybody must suffer of stomach
aches over there I never did see
any smiling faces or friendly peo-
ple as one can observe constantly
on this campus "
In addition to her activities
Robbie likes to travel. A certain
tune she was enjoying her soli-
tude as she drove around when
a fellow who was behind her had
a collision. In filling out the re-
quired form he stated that the ac-
cident was unavoidable. Under
remarks he wrote. "The girl in
EtrliLjyi
front of me signaled left turn and
she made a left turn." And peo-
ple complain about women driv-
Attention Mc-
Murnans' The
second brave on
the list of Senior
Portraits is '52
A 1 1 - Conference
offensive guard
Bernard Weems
from Rotan Be-
sides he has
won three var
sity letters at McMurry.
He is a likeable boy and al-
ways ready to smile: he is quiet
but his disposition chanoes com- W
pletely when he Is on the field; a
two way player he is a vicious
blocker and good at crattina the
Jump on the other guy. He has
lots of experience and ability.
When green leaves begin to dis-
appear and the reading of the
thermometer falls It is a sign that
fall is here. The first thought
that comes to women's minds is
getting new clothes and hats for
the proper season Complacent
Bernard took his wife to the mil-
linery store and this conversation
was overheard from the couple
"Don't you think this is sweet
dear?" asked the employee "Yes
Indeed I think it is dear sweet"
answered Weems without hesita-
tion. Weems better known as
"Boxle" is a P. E. major and a
History minor. After graduation
he plans to join the Marines and v
see the wgrldl
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