McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, December 16, 1938 Page: 2 of 4
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THE McMURRY WAR WHOOP
Friday December 16 1938
MtMntxi Iflar Hljmip
Student I'uMicntion of McMuiry College
Abilene Texas
Entered as second class matter Hi Dip postofficc
of Abilene Texan
1937 Member 1931
tasoefcriod Go0o8tate Preu
Distributer of
Go0e6iateDidesl
Mamber Texm Intercollegiate Press Association
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MILDRED VAUGHN
Kditor-In-Chief
ROBERT BICKLEY
Husiness MnnnRer
Sporta Editor Howard Green
M.try louiv !! Assistant Alitor
Mmrri'lla Mnnrp Al Salesman
Repot tets: Mary Ijoui.hc Iiyd Helen McGin-
nw Frances Middagh Nelle Smith Stanley
Jones Joe Hoyd Joe Kthley Frances Scrim-
ihirc Dorothy Nell NiehruejrKP Hull) Wil-
hitc Iji Veine William.s harline Todd
Inn Itoll Coughrnn Ki oil Simpion Ailocn llnnlm
Society Kditor: Aileen llaidin
Features: Marnaret llniton. Paul Itlevins
Helen Mcflinnia.
Typist Girtrml.. Hi. bold
Merry Christmas For McMurry
Santa will find a much happier Mc-
Murry when he conies around this year dur-
ing the holiday.s.
The reason: brighter prospects tor the
realization of McMurry's dreams in jieneral;
and definite prospects for the realization of
one pait of that dream in particular the
completion of I'le.sident I lull.
This is the liest news McMuiry has hiul
in many a year for it marks the lieginninR
of a growth that we all hox will mark the
beginning of a new impetus in the building
of a moiaht and ehaiaeter-training pro-
jjrnni that will make us all more the people
we should Ih1.
Open Letter To Collegians
l)i llenij N Sn.xdei piesideut f
Wnffoiil Colli ge Sp.iitiiiibuig S. out of
his etpeneiite .is .1 le.iehei ot oulll tor
more than foity years and with a vivid re-
collection of his own college das has issued
an open letter to Amei lean college students
setting foi th some ideius as to his own at-
titude and conduct were he in college today.
In some detail lie discusses the .following
"lfs" which would influence his life if he
could tuin back the clock.
'If i were in college now I'd respect
money It icpiesents somebody's lalwr and
sacrifice In the college fees we pay
with it and the books we buy are plans and
hoH". for the long future of life . . ."
'I'd lespect manners too highly to lose
them. Good manners are not a siierficial
adornment foi dress occasions They aie the
flov f a fine and generous temperament
de duped through years of well ordered
and gracious living and aie a friendly con-
sideration of the rights and privileges of
others.
'I'd lespect m intelligence too much
not to applv it. To skimp and scant the ns-
nignineiits of the lecture loom to apply
just enough mental lalnir to got by .
is to show a strange disresKct of one's I
mind that in the end will make it a dtilUool
when we shall need it most. ' '
"I'd respect my own lu'isonahty enough1
to rely mainly on myself to get on. No
amount of 'collectivize co-operativeness"
can take the place of a generous supply of
downught t-elf deiKMidence in each of us
I'd lespect my dreams The college
years ate the .wars of great hopes high am-
bitions of splendid visions. Those who do
something worth doing m the world are
those who make the dreams of their youth j
come true. '
'I'd respect my religion ah a ver per-
sonal thing. The conscious presence of God j
in the heart loyalty to the person and spirit
of Christ the appreciation of his mind as
a working philosophy of life decent up-j
right clean honorable living on the college
campus without pretense or shame in such
un eMenence one comes into the most sat-J
isfying and enriching of all the processes
that enter into what U called education." i
The Christian Education Magazine
To Santa Dorms' Girls Wishes
Mary Jane comes very high
'And to go to Hos-e-wcll
jl'll take a car" she said with a sigh
'And a picture would be swell."
Marthn Ann the so and so
Would like a gorgeous gown
And if she went with manly Ho
Her life would lie no frown.
Millie needs a timmcr keep
For when with Frank she dates.
Her time she doesn't mind to peep
It's the dormitory time she hates.
Mary Philips is a grand co-ed
Rut for Shorty she did fall
"I wouldn't mind a " she said
Then on SANTY she did call.
Hazel's such a sleepy lass.
And it would do no harm
If Santa made an awful pass
And sent a clock and alarm.
If on Santa Huena calls
To ship a barrell of fun
There's nothing that easier falls
Than Ky on the run.
"TA
Viv llogeis with her monkey shines
Needs n brand new set of lines
So Snnta wont you please
Send her a set of sweetheart keys?
I
Vivian with her Cotton stalks
Needs a radio that never balks
So since she's been very good
Pel haps Santa will bring it hke he should.
Maltha Mc's Christinas wish.
To get a private booth
A call from Childless is her dish
It Santa wants the truth.
Mary Parker needs a ring
'Ilio' not one for her finger
To hear his voice lier heart would ring
The memory of it linger.
Twedy wants it just like this
Thats what she whispered then
Her mother must have used it when a
shy young lass
So Santa please do send.
Morris McDonald had no farm
But he had Barbara by the arm
And this is what she wants dear Snnta Claus
Is in the dark a great long pause.
Iji Francis wants a tic tnc tock.
And maby she's due for a shock
For Santn's always peeping around
Listening for every wistful sound.
Martha Jane the little squirt.
With a nose and eyes so pert.
Wants a W7 tall.
For this. Simla wont have to call.
Utile Jonnie so small and sweet.
Always dressed up very neat.
Rut Santa for her golden cutis.
Wont you bring a string of pearls?
Only when both get better mates than
they deserve is it destined to be a success-
ful matrimonial venture.
He is only a man who can and does regard
men as mortal as himself . . no matter
what elective office he holds.
Arkansas College Panther:
"I shall now illustrate what I haw in
mind" su'd th professor as he erased the
board.
Any man with wit enough to hire better)
men than himself can be an executive.
' Features
HATTI.K HCUKKC'II KVKNT-
Qulot nil mil in the ilim dusty i
of flu- of thu "llnltlu Sirtoih" thu
weakly ncwapitpci of M Inillnn
College Smoke splinted upward
from the pipe of the business
manager bouiuse smoking In the
office was agit.nsl somebody's
rules hut not his. lie ciunmicil
a fresh hunk of beaver boaul into
his pipe and went to sleep agnin.
The typist clnlteri.il rostrninedly
nnd n reporter lay on his hack oil
the floor his head on u pile of
yellow copy paper nnd his feel
out the window. At a ilultcrssl
table in a coiner of Hie room the
writer of How Uius) the llaltle
Screech gossip column muttered
feverishly ns he threw out a let-
ter with some itltt about himself.
The sleepy tinnqullity was the
only sound in the quiet loom
Suddenly the Kali Kdilm (she
makes us uipitalize htlitur) gave
a weary sign as If the tares of
the world hnd bouime too much
for her. She slilhiui! odiloilnll)
to the floor in a dead feint
" Might as well puk her up"
anil the business mnnagoi un-
winding the repoitei's ligs so he
could climb past "Give me u
hand with her. If we leave her
there we'll have tu do the woik
nnd besides she'K m the way."
Inspiied with this humanitarian
impulse the Good Samaritan
hauled the limp body of the Kali
Kditor to a sitting position and
began to pound her brow with a
piece of iron wrumhed out of the
radiator. She tamo two .mil who
wouldn't?
"When- am 1?" she whispered
iliovvsily. Nobodj mw sew no
body tolled her The repoiter a
tendcihrnrtid little ihnp turned
his head away in pil because
some fire tiucks weie goi.ig by
nnd he didn't want to miss seeing
them.
"Oh now I remember" mur-
mured the Fnir Kditor. "I picked
up this feature without being pre-
viously wnrncd and it was one too
many for me." And she passed
out again.
SANTA LETTERS
Deal Santa
Please send mo a white tic to
weal nl nij holiday debut. The
librniy furnished a copj of Kmil
Post so I'm all O.K only please
rush the l.e because I'm leaving
for Kim Ida almost immediately.
Youi old f i lend
iiiKiii pkllows
IH ai Snnta
My request tor IIMU is that you
sind me an in counting class that
is trained to get along on three
hours of sleep a night for nine
months That ought to give them
time to get my assignments
In haste
PROFESSOR HIHIIITTS
Dear Santa
I've been a very good little boy
and woikcd hard on the Totem
for nearly a week. Please bring
me some leisure time.
NKII. DANIEL.
Dear Santa
Please bring the Wai Whoop
staff a big supply of energy ac-
curacy and punctuality. We
could own use about IB moie good
reporters
THK EDITORS
Dear Santa Claus
How about a nice tut endow-
ment foi Christmas dinner the
next four years? We thank you.
Mc MURKY COLLEGE
lk'.u Santa
I'lense send me an overwhelm-
ing utory over the A.C C. b.is-
ketetrs Well ati)wn) just send
me a vietoi) Youis
"OI.ll MAN "
Dmr Snnta !
1 don't want anything tor my-
silf but please bring J. B. Duval)
nnothoi blond so he won't bo nl-l
was getting in my hair I
Sincerel) yours
JOHN.W BURLKSON
Dear Santa Claus. I
Mis- Luker says I need an as-
sistant business manager and I
heartily agree. Hut all the Abilene
supply houses arc out of business
managers. Please put one in my
stocking Xmas morning.
JACK TRUSKETT
Dear Santa
We think Kmma John Blake de-
ceives it Tl P.A. first place for
her Dectmber "Galleon" Could
you put one on a Christmas trie
for her
PRESS I LUU
Dr Santa Claus
We nerd some tnotv memoirs
IN TWE 1
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WomixsM
WmSE&mxi
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Mr. Wow has sccial Juicy tid-
bits which he Ik going to give you
this Christmas free of charge.
All you have to do Is take off
your left shoe entlose it with the
minute hnnd from nn alarm dock
nnd mall to
Mr. Pow Wow
Wni Whoopeeeeeeee'
KiiBt lets give out some con-
gratulations. They always make
people feel good and besides we
have some people hereabouts who
dcseivc them. Hirst of all to
Mart Biynnt who comes as close
to being the tampus queen as it
is possible to come without the
nccessaiy votes goes a laige bou-
quet of flowers for being the most
giaceful loser seen in mnn a
day. Then to Mai Fiances
Monison oui longiatulntions for
being so complete!) lovable and
thai mill As queen of MiMmiy
mn) you reign supienie. Then to
the class favoiites; every class
st'lcited a very nttrnctle gill and
we'ie proud of )ou Just this one
admonition: tl) on Mini old hail
nbbons eery once in a while just
to Ih- suie the will fit.
Did you ecr stop to think how
few tnnngles theie are out lure
in MeM? Things seem to be pretty
much in grooves as far as ro-
mances ore cometned. However
there are a few who do their part
to keep the spirit of ocmpetilion
going: Joe Kcthley Marcellc
Moore and Stanley Jones work
the haidest to foi get the old say-
ing about three's being a crowd.
Of course Johnny Burleson John-
mo Watson n.id Duval nic still
at it but one just kinda expects j
them to take time about so theiej
rcall) is nothing to get worried i
oer. Then just to mention tho
Ben Moody He's-at-Tech case is
to hnxe to explain that while onej
mcmbei is not present it is an)-!
thing but a tiiaugulni case. llow-
eer Tech isn't so vei) fai away'
Theie are still freshmen who'
hmen't ltained Of couisc. that's i
to be txpectcd when the) come in.
such bunches something should bo
done about it Nothing will bo
snid at tbis time in the hope that
a Christmas at home will help.
However it s feared that nothing
will come of this delay and if
those expectations come Uuc men-
tion will be made of the fact and
something will be done to remedy
thu situation.
John Harper the pride of the
Wah Wahtaysccs Is a drummer.
All drummers arc at least kl.ida
nuttie. We try to use that as an
explanation foi John. Even so
wo can't understand why he does-
n't come down and associate with
the rest of the tribe.
A triangle that isn't a triangle.
That is .t problem. But there's
the case of icky Leonard King
and Jack Gibson. There's soothing
the matter. 0 yeah. every tri-
angle has to hae a girl. Well
here's a real problem. There's a
girl all right but she has a boy
with her. . . and A. C. C. boy and
he's with her a lot. In fact he's
with her too much for the comfort
of the boys from McM. Since ev-
ery one else has a problem here's
one for oa figure out who
the gill is
Mugg) Hadfoid is not seen with
the boys from the reservation
much these days. It seems there'
is a little gal from A. II. S. who
is taking up his time now. Her
name is Dorothy Jean Shaw and .
what's more she's plenty cute i
Ain't it sad that the football
seasoi is oxer? Football players
always make good material fori
this column. That brings up a
thought: what will graduation do
to our ranks as far as the foot-.
ball men are concerned? There's'
that boy named Bo or Ansley or
Jay or Martha Ann or something i
Then what about Vivian Cald-
well? Of course she doesn't play (
football but Cotton docs and
that makes it along the same '
lines Beans McCasland is the
only one who doesn't have to
Scribblers
Grab-Bag
Merry Christmas Happy New
Yinr nnd nil that to all our read
era! (sarcasm). Thin is die last
lime for three weeks that jou
ilonr readers will garc upon oui
light henrted writings but never
mind w0 will come back In good
stead feeling nil the better plan-
ning to put out a column as never
beloro.
Definition. Christmas.
Christmas is n time when you
get something from someone you
forget to send something to nnd
wish you hnd.
Definition: New Years'.
New Ycnrs Is the time when you
make resolutions In order to have
something to brenk so thnt you
will hnve something to feel sorry
for yourself nhnul foi the rest of
the venr
Bemuse in a few short hours
we will be seeing our mommers
and poppeis some of us begin to
dread it even though we are
plnnning to have n bang-up fire-
fire time during the holidays.
Benson:
"It nin't the fact thnt we're full-
ing that counts
It's just the wn oui pnunts
take it.
We've got a slogan'
"What we need is moie piny and
less work
We ain't heie to leain but to be'
learnt
If and since ou do insist on us
nbsorblng
This tuff t nihil leannn'.
We demand a moie easv wn of
doing It."
So will somebody please tell oui
woiry nbout how the heck he is
going to get back here next ycai
to visit. Oi then again by that
time maybe ho won't be the only
one.
Ia-wis Grimes has mentioned the
fun that he is getting tired of
waiting to rule the Pow Wow.
Well just to make him happy
we'll tell his public about his be-
ing so interested In a certain lit-
tle girl over in President Hall. It
might be well to wail till after
Christmas to gixe full details so
refer to this tolumn for fuithei
new a after the holidays.
It is to be hoped that when wo
return after afore mentioned holi
days Jack Simpson will have re-
covered fiom a brief encountci
with a firecracker. Said noise-
makei was placed by person or
persons unknown in it strategic
place . . in fact so strategic was
the place that Jack left the Book
Store minus part of his trousers.
Mrs Kikei writes daughtir
Shirley nnd four or five times in
the letter tells her to tell "OOP"
Thornton to be at the Drug Store
Saturday. Says she wants to meet
him
Speaking of triangles- -we learn
of a comparative new one Red
Wutklns Willie Wilhitc and Eddie
Cornelius -with the last named
being the newst angle in the trl.
And we hear that E. Russell and
W. Wiight have called it a day.
Reasons unknown.
parents
Thnt bb soon as we get the re
lief wo demand
We'll Improve those grades
Hut until then Just rememhoi
It ain't tlio fact that we're fail
ing that counts
It's the wny our pnrents lake It "
Denr Santa:
As we're nil freshmen we hnve
some special requests and gripon
to make:
Please Santa make the edltoi
of this column quit haunting us
when we haven't a column that h
long enough or enough copy to
fill it. Plense keep Victoria
Ilourlnnd here cnusc she's the
back bone of our column and cause
what would .1. J do If she weren't
here? (Yes. we know vamp some
othei unsuspecting fern.)
Please make the upperclnssmen
lenve us alone we know we'ie
nothing to brng about but we aiv
tntltlcd we think to a little peace
by this time nftei all It's most
mid-ttitn
I'lense make Bustei Peek fall
for someone; he worries us b
going around womanless.
Mnke Helen McGinnls leave oui
men alone. She's nil time flirt
ing with the snme men we do.
I'lense mnke llawkshnw become
mil quite so shnrp eyed we'd like
to got some courting done some-
time nnd mn) be stenl n Santa
Claus oi two (Not you real
Santa we mean one of these
dummies).
And then dm ling Santa help
us or send us something that will
teach us not to get off the sub
ject such as putting Pow Wow
stuff in our letter to you.
Yours truly
THE SCRIBBLERS
CHRISTMAS
It) VICTORIA BOURLAND
Something seems to be in the ail.
That sings of Christmas chcor;
A spirit that overcomes each care
And brings grent happlncs
ueai
The stais that twinkle up above
Are sending a message to men;
God's gift to us a Savior of love
Spreads Chustmns joy in oui
hearts again.
Yuletide gifts o give--not foi
gain
Hut as a Uikin ol Jesus' birth:
The love he gave will always re-
main His peace will rugn over the
earth
Arrow Points
According to one o' these tal
ented lab assistants we got a-
round here the Chemistry 10a
students will be in that lab till
the cows come home. HccJc son
if the cows smell the place thc
won't tome home
The attitude of the War Whoop
toward editorials on world affairs
seems to be: Speak now or for-
ever hold the pieces
A cute blonde eating a Book
Store hamburgir the other day
looked into the middle and found
a little bitty piece of meat. "Well'
she said "anyhow it's something
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