McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, April 28, 1939 Page: 2 of 4
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Fiiilay April 28 1939
Page Two
THE McMURRY WAR WHOOP
IHriMumj lUnr Hlfnnp
Student Publication of MrMurrj College
Ahllc ni lexns
KnUrcd nil rrcniid rlnnn ninth r nt the pojitoffloc
of Abilene Itxns
IM7 Mnba 193
lsjociakd GoOoftido Preu
Dtitributor of
GoOG6aloDi6esl
lUmber Tcxnn tit rcollr (;lntc Press Association
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MILDRHD VAUGHN
IMitoi-Iti-CIu f
ROHKRT BICKLKY
Husiiiess Manama
Assistant l.eliloi M u Louise Iid
Enorts 1 (litnr
Sot nil 1 lilcu
Ad Sl small
Hnvinid (iiim
Keith WilhiU
Mnmlh Monro
rfpoiiiius 1 1 mes Middiie.ii Neil smiih Tp
Ilo)d 1 unices Si illusion I) it ilhj Ni 11 Nitliiuggp
Kulh Wllluti la iiin Williams elm llinli Inn
Hulli ttillnli I iiiin Wlllnims (IkiIIiiiIi ilon
llnnlu In k M v ill Iml Minpsi n Slnnli lines
Coliiiiiiu Is Mug net lliilm tin 1 Ntlle Sniilli
Tii I (niliiili K ilnld ui.l licit) ttlieelci
To Oin Donors
On tin utile f.ulli in McMunv's fulii'v
and llu' nsiiltmir nine siippoit ol Mi Mum
is tin iiiotfu ss il the colic ko ele pe nclcnl
MtMuiiv Ins won tlio I nth and siippoit
rrietiUi ol two p iti cms whose Intro Rifts
will eii.ilili' it to slut m a lemtj; aw iitcd
nctiie huilthiiir pi cki am i'i soon
'lo the nit ion who ioiiltiliiliil sevoial
Uious uid dollar fin i in w piisiduit's home
who wishes to laep Ins ulinlitv coiui.ili'd
goes the simcie ippicinticm of the student
Ihc1
'lo Mis 1 M 15 idtoi I pioniincnt Alu-
lene woinin whose Kill of se u l d uioie thoii-
hllld 1 i-l link will in llu' possible l h ullv
llees! mill eil colic p luilltles ill estcilslcill
of llu uiilitciiiiim iNo joes the since iel
jlinlllllele c I tin silicic llts
ctscil jji in leisitl slll) is these m iK-
III J' 'lussllili I plot le sslle school doe s lllllch
tow nd ch iw nil" the coiili le lice in not onh
the pi i n in ne ol tin 1 1 ll p hut u'lili-
deiin in mil mi' Mi Mum linn Mm i M itei
UhlleleUe II e e pt Mis Klelfolll lllel
tlllUlleilMI ilcinol whoe e I oil 111 l 1h the
Mine lest in itilllde ol the student liodv
Mildied V itijjin
Eight Million Methodists
1 ii'lil milium Methodi Is i nit lie wioiir
to pilJlilll l-e l lint too lieellt seinir
Ot coins tin could hut Veiling: people
loin the lest ol till II Itioll 111 c llhllK till 111
j'lonoush uijil .is thc mi it this mk in
K.uisis(it to loinplitc the uuilu itiou ol
thiec lii. inches eil the ihuiih Hie mw oi-
jmii' 'i will include limit minibus thin
uip ni I'lotesl mt jiuiip in hum hi
Methodist itillijfc stinUnts lue .dw its
foil i.ithci shame faietl whin i.illeel upon to
explain the woid South' in the n line of
then chuiih lhe louldn't help thiiikuiK
that .ittci ill the Civil W.ii t ndi d .1 Ioiik
tune iiro So tin .ne uoud ot a new and
unitid Methohst ("lunch
Hie 1 u tlu 1 .iw.i chuicht's i m Kit
fiuiii pittv tie in nun ition d diffc lemes .mil
iHtlesi istual bin sphttuiK. the ne uei the
an to .i position of .ultipiite helpfulness
The I'lutuiK Coiiffienie is i bio idniinded
step in the HKht dilution Mu 1 ouise
I.od
Debts
Alw us helpful in ktipuiK the lollcpins
of todn on the i inlit ti.uk. the colli m loss
i.une out with soinetlniiK new nt the feu in
of inoiahiiiK last wnk It was in the Salem
("olIt'KV (Iin'ii A. White and the eehtoiiil
ilealth with a suhjut thai is not iisii ills ths-
cumsicI in a nowspaK'i :
"You icallv should ihaiKi' things only
when ou nhsolittoli can't pa at the ntom-
iMit and then as toem as jou tret sonu inon-
cv ou should Miy join hill at le.ut part
of It
Why blioukl the people who are kind
enough to let j'ou charge things hae to
"Cactus Jack"-For Next
President
Moic and nioie the people ol lexis are
be nulling to ionise that the jxiliciis of the
' new dc il ' ate not in accoid with the piui-
1 1 pies which aie so fiimh uitienched m the
mind of eei liee thinVong 'Iexan
Tex is h.is lx en and is locliiv a land of
promise a plate wluie lndiMilu tl mill line
is l timpani A Hue win of Texas would nevei
tonstnt to ti ule the light to stand on his
own del an I right the woild loi the doubt-
ful sicuiiU of the New l)c il
It is ncc i llu less line tint Texas can
ii(ti bicak awa fiom the Dtmoctatic
putv An opposition to that put in this
st ite aniounls to 'xihtinl suicide so it he-
tomes dc il th it opposition lo the Uooseult-
i in puce pts must come fiom within the
puU
I'm tun ttilv time is a man within the
null who will supph n well the need
of a mm e const iatie k idei That mm is
John dainei oin pit sent Vice l'lt'sielont
Mi ("i.tniti is not in anti-Niw Delhi
ntitlm is he an udtntpio U tthei he is a
nultllj toiiscn itie middle compel Should
he be elected he would seie the pill pose of
tlissihiiiK ill of the ltcetit llooseult legis-
1 ition clisciichng the woilhless (of which
time is ninth) and sti initialling the few
ic dh ilu ible liws tint line httn pissed
("ictus litlt is eh as the pi nils of
Tex is is shup is the lliollls ol a lex.is
niesipnte and with a he.ut is big uitl as
w urn is the lixas horn whence In comes
should lojje ilh be oil next dc mot 1 ilic piesi-
dentiil nominee -Kohl l.nkhv
For A Prettier Campus
l'oi a moi e beautiful and nunc attiact
ne McMunj eei student should appoint
lumsell a committee to help make it such
Some suggestions aie in oidci that hoem not
impossible to put into piacticc Cue of what
is ahead j heie is ltniwitant and while that
has Ik en done well this cai theie is al-
wa i loom foi nunc lnipiovcmeiit
I'm iiisttnic a pielt loik gitew.n at
the noith anil east entiance would cost only
' a small sum and would add to the ittiact-
nencssol the t nine college A gate suggests
Ih it time is a honuhke atmospheie inside
1 lowiis of x ix id colois atti tct the ces
ol the )isseisi and win then w i into the
luuUol eci tollegian Hie mm is tint
woe in Hit fionl ol the idministialion
luiildiii)' time oi toin e lis ago aie still
t ilktd about b the ex-students of that ses-
sion Vu little cltoit 1 iceilllli'd to pi lilt
uid tae tm those How cis 1 anil-c ipmg of
I low eis and nioie shiuhs would add to the
hc.uitN ot the sttneix heie
Ktistu stats would in ike students teel
nioie at home and add to then comfoit Some
one h is s nil. Oh th it would onh be a good
pint toi swtetheaits to make loe" Kill the
utswti tomes luck Hu will anwa
win not hi Hum be in a dc suable sitting
toi son ll lslts '
TIuoukIi toopei ition the campus nm be
a pine t btaut l'xilxn lVtiee
Talent
lak'iit is otten wasted mote often it is
neghitid A gie.U dial of talent is being
neglected in MiMum College Talent should
be eniouiagd and at all tunes set foith that
othei people ni.n gam tioin the talent ol
Hoi)le who possess it
Hie nun inembeis of the facult hae
among then midst talent which is being
nogleitid Then aie a nunibei ot good
siiiKiiiK Mines among the nan inembeis ol
the l.uulU and we piopose that a f.icultx
nude tin ii Ut U oiganiid and in the ei
nt ai futuit' pi est nt a piogiam foi the stu-
cK nt bodv in ih iul We an exivctuig aition
soon Whit an ou going to do about it
men ' You will hae to do a good lob ot it
too il miu tome up to the stand uds ot the
lat 1 ai ult male nuu tit that MiMum hid
the weiv good Neil Daniel
spend then tune and enngv l tinning ou
down to collect Mm i nione ' And then some-
times ou aie men mile enough to hide fiom
the tollectoi that's tine dishonest ou
know Win don't ou suipnsc the people to
whom Mm owe our bills anil stupiise our-
self ttu) bv bunging oiu monev to pa
join bills without lK'ing ch.ueil and begged
foi it till Utth the collector and jou nre sick
ot heaimg about it Ceitainly that would
show a much nioie admirable attitude to-
ward the ine liable."
Associated Collegiate Press
i 'BN TOE 1
lust 1 cpiui wo knew lliiittMij
liiich whs txptctlni; lis to Htnit
tins niliiiiin iff with tlio illit cm
the pic im chili Hip iiinl we u tin
kind if people Hint don't like to
ilisni p nut mil public il flinll Ih
llotK
McMniiv wiih pi olid of he l swut
hunt iliwn nt the reinwntlim
Mm Kin I ite tml tciiped nil those
othei Kills in Kimel ed I McMllllN
utile n n I tin Itvt Ihinu nbotit
It is lint not eitn one lotn of the
inipiitimci slu Miinid down thru
unions nil thise news hciuiuls hns
Kiim to In I lipid She s still out
own lltth n ilne nil lontrintuln-
ti ins MniKiieillf
(ce sis the ptisin who told
lis nil nliitil tins ou suich do
flnl out i lit nn these ciin ni-
tidis fine thine tint the si dclc-
pilcs thnl is thp ones of Hum
tint ill In t nllcicK know is til it
Ncllc smith nn lu dnsM 1 ns one
of tin mi I'll spills in Mi Mm
M di spile the firl thnl slu
In moliPcl out tow u 1 th Colic m
of Mlnps down it the loiiMiition
Hut thin iifler wc hid tint cm
disci ilu el to us wc don t Mime hot
foi liitnchiiiK out
Neil Hopl'i 11 mill reilh C'ots
uounil nt the so coiiMiilions lie's
cup of the most lmpoitnit rus
there Rut Nt il nid that thp most
tun thnt lit hnd was sittlntr In the
rC sweothenrt nt the luncheon
SnturdnV
Then one dn nt the business nt
Jenst the cnllcd it the business
session the editoi of this paper
wns seen sitting between two two
mind oa Kins Ao don t know If
nn thine developed fiom it or not
J H UVeS Is molt fun nt n
comintion Sometime Kit him to
tell miu nlwut the timo lit ntiel
.oiiip one a ku he sn s i an over
tin lus stops Thit wasnt nt
this coniontion howeici. It oirai
Hint lu s Ken on coin e nt ions bo-
foie Hut bark home to this enmpus
tin newest lomanco Ci iik
Mniton md Mim Hrown who nro
stpn heie anl tlui nbmt the
campus nml othei pi ices tocctlur
t-ven unilin and othe i tunes
too the edl cimpusitis ee lili
lo McComb in tin compun of two
oiiiik pentlt mi n 1 irl t liter mil
Clifton Heaslci Sonu mo won-
clcrniK whit hippincd to the
'fiitiulship tint Usui to be so
stioiiK bit net n loll lo mil Gi7
I meison
"stunloN Tones has i Kioun of
clils nil ntwittcr nnd waitint;
binithlissU to soc who Kets tint
slid line with III1 eiiKrued on
jt Wo coull sa Hut unite
that's tin mill mix Hut Stanlci
enn Ket i K"l to tike n rlnpr hut
e w on t
Sin l Wildon Fclwirels this new
toll ltadir is RettuiK aa fiom
the enmpus Hi's makinfr trips
mil to the Hardin Simmons cam-
pus to see n little black hamd K"l
who nnswcis to the name of lie 1-
e n We 11 find out her Inst name
later
From all repors about this "
Maiks the Heart' thliiK Bo Jn
is i Rood sonRster Semis fimnj
thnt cm n in small school like ours
here people still manage to knp
thiir tnlints hiddin
At fust it seemed it might be
the spring wtathcr but sudclenh
ii it iuciiiIh red that it has been
going on n long time this Glnclis
Ilu il-Uu me Hruce nf fair
lust inothti cnt of iK Intel pub-
lldtl
Spring has been lning up to its
itutntion heie its reputation n-
bout a oung in in s fine. in the
pi i sons of IMie Holniis and Man
line Nonh who have Inn su n
an unci Ilorotln Ilnwti and
St miu Ctmpigi Toppj Hei
ne Ids nnd llnia W light
Jtnnttto Punch rs and Wnircn
Mm ton Ma j lie thtre nn oth
ei s whose da is coming sewn
Connie Ttagui's one nnd onh
from Hamlin wns here to see her
but that's not ex ictl mws be-
cause he's been here Ixfore
With nil this prctt) weather out
sielo and all these flowers and all
that sort of stuff all we can think
ot right now is to go out and join
the crowd that gathers in front of
tho Bookstore or In the Rock Gar-
den . . just anywhere so we
HEAP BIG
INDIAN
II) Ntlle Smith
1 Isten to tills
Activities
Coiiespondlng spcietnu TII'A
MS Ml lec President Tevns
Methodist Moienipnt "?R "ln Fill-
toi Intern '17 "h IS M'l Hns-
inpss Mnnngpi lolpiii "Id '17
Drum iiiajni of band 'in M'l One
of TvepnU Oiitstfltiillng Stmlpiils
In McM MS Ti vresilent of 1'iess
Club M7 MS M'l Nice luisl-
dent Ko Sm i MS MO
Sounds ns If nil the clubs In Me-
Muni nnd elsewliPie hnc tlu
hame idpn iiliout people to hoi 1 re -sponsible
offices And It soun Is ns
though the holdei of nil si'id le-
HVonsihlp positions wouldn't huc
time to do ninthliiK pIsp Hut Miu
don't know Veil ' Fapa" Pnnlcl
He llkos U plni base hull ping
pong nnd ol!i bill And he likes
to wnlch n good fast game of foot-
ball Tiling to inVpmie the nnnunl In
some fnne ln out nnd still hoi 1
dowri the cost and wilting editoi-
inls nnd poctil (which most pc o-
plp iipvpi see) me his hobbies
N't il hns some dpflnite liens n
limit people He consnleis respon
sKpiipss nnd sinctnti thp tw 1 most
impoilnnt chnineloustics And if
people can t back up what thei
think its his lHuf thnl tlin'ic
shallow Up likes fot people to limp
i gool sdie of full plu and to be
ll nl minded Ami socnl clmibeis
nnd pntendPis nie disgustmr to
him is aie people who belieie
thciie toi gool foi tin aid igt
nun nnd woman
1 oi his likes ho his nctnlties
tint me well plntnud nnd cuiiel
out good lonst biuntttes sinctip
people linminnK nround oci
lulls dancing IheeirH pnitof the
ciening people who nien't too friv-
olous semi classical music The
Hour of Charm nnd Wallace
Been
Spinach gills who smoke or
wear too much make up or who
wear red nnd polish hjpocrites
nnd slouchv looking people atv
listed ns his pet hates
Next eai Neil hoes to continue
w oi king in business administration
in the Unieisit of Texns nftcr
he finishes McM this spring I i-
ter he hopes to halt his own ad-
it i Using agenci
To this IK ip Hig Indnn who
is nlwais doing something fit oth-
ei s iust foi the fun of making
the m happ goc s the friendship
and ii spiel of tlu entm stu lent
lindi
Hi Ncllc Smith
Out cm blow rises an mci edible
nub nboie the othtr and ' goll)
dang escipesfiom istonishid lips
rienone elsi wis not so sui-
Vnscel though when MaiKuente
Coinellus was crowned ' Quien of
Press' nt the rirint TIPA meet-
ing it TW C for qucins an always
beiutiful and wc had good ludKes
W lth a mnjoi in Trglish nnd n
minor in Business Administration
she plans to work in nn office
down town ret )eai However
this is to be ttinporari for she
intuitu to mike journalistic work
her ni nn busimss
M irgm i iti is n menibi i of nh
Wahlnsii Drum and llugli Coips
the I'uss Club ait elub and Eros
This jur she his bun assistant
editor of the Totem and nccoid-
Hig to Nil! is the kind of nssistnnt
that iditois drenm nbout but sel-
dom si i To lie eligible for the
'Queen of the Press' she wns
first chosen sweetheart of the lo-
cal press club
In her list of likes are politic-
ians people who have aesthetic
attitude Mr Fellows talks about
In prosod) class books green traf-
fic lights an) thing to eat that's
chocolate git en chiffon evening
th esses tall brunette girls nun
with idtnls Mr Thrane swimming
and dancing
She is irj emphatic nbout her
dislike of cocky bovs education
courses pop coin girls who make
i point of bung feminine elating
bois who have to be hilanouslv
intertainnl nnd who cannot be sl-
lint mil contented for a few min-
utes Writing book reviews nnd col-
lecting unusual bolts are her hob-
bus Interviewing peoplo like Mar-
guerite is hiaien to us Interview-
ers nnd this could go on and on
about naturally curly red hair a
turned up nose cute smile but
hero's where it stops saluting
Alnrguente Cornelius Heap Big
Indian
can get away from all the dirt
and get a rood breath of fresh air
Unless wo choke on it then see
)ou next week . . .
LITERARY
HIGHLIGHTS
1HF "iFAKllNi! Ill Mnijoilo
Minimi KnivllngK thnihs Sctlb-
lit I'm Sons New '"loik 1018
Kcilcwcd bv MarRiicrltp CornelliiH
' Plain luimnli" is tin most ehni-
nctulstic plui''0 that can 1k tiseel
to elcfciibe Mm jni it Milium Havv-
llngs 1I1F iFAKHW The book
Is eolieellied with tlu folk sloiv of
some veiv lienllv Illiterate people
in Soutlu in 1 loliiln
A unliuii slnul Is olitiiinpil In the
biok h) the mithoi's showing to
the lPiielel a Men Id ns it Is sepn
thlough tho pvis nnd htnrt of n
small lio nppinvlinntil) twelve
vems of nge The pictllle of life
that Is given Is n invv one with
none of the IihIuim nnd inillntion
miu e I of n so cnllpcl cultincil pt t -son
fiom n mptrnpolllnn vvoill
If the saving Is tine thnl nn
nuthoi has nlnadi won a violoiy
Minn he inn make the re neler le-
spnnd kiiipsthetlcnllv thin THF
YFAHI INC is a set ii s of ti iumphs
srnieil bv Minjoili Kiniinn Ymr-
llngs Although the Ypniling is
lpalh nn nctunl pnrt of the stoiv
ns n voung fnwn Ih comes a nai-
ling then is s nihilism in the
bonk thnt is tnsdv iilentifnd with
thp title ns tho renelei sees the
will nntiiie InviiiK Vainfullv hu-
man lining bov ndvnnct fiom child
hood to bov hood
The slvle in which the book is
wtitten is smooth nnd common-
plnco with nn almost elenuntni)
ntniospluie Hi iloguc is in the
lloiidl swnmp 1 mil ilnliet lie
scnptive pissngcs wiltten ibniit
the swamps and tioplcal sciiipiv in
Florid i nppioach n pietic peifec-
tion altluiUKh it is written in piose
Thioughout thp lrnok in the por-
tra)nl of the thoiiRhts of the
ouiig bo) Ioric of the hi art the
extent of real emotion and tho
strength of family ties nre shown
nnd the render will find himself
with nt least a tempornril) vivid
nwareness of those things It can
fuither lie said thnt if that nware-
ness does juovp to be temporary
to thp casual leadu there is one
definite revelation thnt Is avail-
able to the reader who can reallv
sunender to his emotions nnd feel
thp book Tint is no mntter how
involved confusing futile hoi ing
or monotonous lift c in become to
nnv human lVmg time will nl-
wais comp to his rescue the fresh-
ness of n iuv Ik ginning that can
sh ike him fiom his resllessne s
ennui oi hopelessness m the
change of the seasons that comes
fom times n vear Although the
ide i is so simple it is easilv over-
looked it Is also so sinipie that it
is mmiIIv impressive when it is
confronted bv a person who needs
to see that it is so
Note All books reviewed In this
column nro available In the AIc-
Murri Colli go lental librarv Slo
Mis Helm Latham Reeves Li-
bi an m
ARROW POINTS
Oh how sad wo fiel' Some
bioidmindcd modirn McMurrin-
iluns who hue bun juving vei-
bosil) ibout old fashioned prejud-
lies vveio so prejudited against
bhikespnii tint thi) missed the
festival b'gorry!
A Allnnenpolis woman was fined
five sninckirs foi biating hoi hus-
band on the stieet Now that a
schedule of prices hns been arrang-
ed are we to expect a series'
A woman who speaks twelve lan-
guages has married a man who
speaks seventein Looks like about
the right handicap :o us
A newspaper columnist in New
York asks if n man can love two
women nt the same time Not if
thi) find it out
When the Sahnia Deseit gets
tired being dr) nil she needs to
do is pass a prohibition law
Poppa snvs that b) the time
Momma his called us to dinnci
three or four times in that tone
of voice he knows it won't be but
n few minutes until it reall) is
read)
Oh so she got elected a Sweet-
heart th' Hnvph1 Pretty is as
prett) does that's our motto'
An) bod) who would make n
crack like the above is a blankcty-
hlanked cat and we hate our own
fiddle-tsrings
One of the biggest disappoint-
ments in a football game U that
the cheerleaders never aeem to get
injured.
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