The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 5, 1960 Page: 3 of 8
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Royalty Presentation SlatediFriday
Excitement and tension will
fill the air at the Coronation
c e 1 e m o n y of McMurry's
Homecoming Friday night as
the Reservation's royal party
consisting of Chief McMur-
ry and the Reservation Prin-
cess and the class favoiltes
Is scheduled to be piesent-
ed The Coronation scheduled
to start at 7 30 p m will fca-
tuie the crowning of the pop-
ularity winners the pinning
of colors of the Indian foot-
ball team and a varied pro-
giam for the royal princess
and chief and their couit of
favorites
Chief and Princess Nominees
In the finals for Chief Mc-
Murry are Paul Stubbs and
Randy Roten while Paula
Spurlln and Sammye Bates
are princess nominees
Stubbs a biology major
from Abilene Is a member
of Ko Sari men s social club
and Is at present Grand Sov-
ereign (president) of the or-
ganization He has served as
class president of his sopho-
more and junior classes and
last year was junior favor-
ite This year Stubbs is a sen-
ior senator
A quarteiback on the In-
dian football team Roten Is
a physical education major
from Dallas He Is a membei
and Dig Chief (president) of
IHR social club and servos
as a student association
judge.
Miss Spuilln princess nom-
inee Is a member and pres-
ident of Delta Beta Epsilon
women's social club and Is
an education major from Ab-
ilene She was junloi favor-
ite and a Junior senator Hei
sophomore year Miss Spurlln
served as class secretary and
Is a member of Wah Wah-
taysec women's service club
Miss Bates Miss Spurlin's
opponent is president of the
women's In ti annual council
and Is a senior senatoi Miss
Bites a physical education
major from Gorce is a mem-
ber of Gamma Slma social
club
Senior rinalists
Nominees foi senior favor
ite Include Neta Mllner and
Janle Mlllikicn female nom-
inees and Val Dennis and
J L Mtyhew male nominees
Miss Mllner business edu-
cation major fiom Abilene Is
i member of Delta Beta Ep-
silon and is serving as senate
clerk She Is a member of
Wah Wahtaysee and the Na-
tional Education Association
and scived as student asso--iatlon
judge last ycai
An elemental y education
rmloi of Gailind Miss Mlll-
klen Is a member of Wah
Wahtaysees She served as
freshman senator and was a
nominee for the Valentine
sweetheart her junloi year
Dennis Is a member of Ko
Sari Sigma Tau Alpha serv-
ice club and Sigma Tau Del
ta English honor society A
student association judge
Dennis halls from El Faso
and Is a phjslcs major
Majhew a Lamesa busi-
ness administration major is
a member of Klva social club
He sang with the Chanteis
his freshman and sophomore
years and was a member of
the Indlana'ires Chanters
male quaitet his sophomore
j ear He has also served In
Circle K men's service club
Junior Nominees
Junior favoilte nominees
include men Jim Drake and
Paul Holcomb and women
Gayle Rucker and Jan Watc
A PE major from Hobbs
NM Diake runs the 440-
ard dash foi the Indian
track team and is vice pres-
ident of the junior class He
is also a membei of Klva and
Circle K
Holcomb a math major
from Mamfoid is a member
of Ko Sari and Is editor of
the McMurry War Whoop A
member of Circle K he has
'ervpd ns frhman stnrinnt
council representative soph-
omore senator and War
Whoop sports editor his soph-
omore year
Ituckcr rinnllst Again
Secretary-treasurer of the
student association Miss
Rucker Is a business majoi
fiom Lockncy A member of
Delta Beta Epsilon she is the
secietary of the Wah Wah
taysees Hei fieshman ycai
Miss Rucker seived as fiesh-
man senatoi and was elected
fieshnnn faoilte
Miss Wayte a sccretailal
science major fiom Abilene
has been a McMuiry chcei-
leadci for the past two yeais
She Is also a membei of Del-
ta Beta Epsilon
Sophomore Nominees
Sophomore favorite final-
ists include girls Donna
Burke and Baibaia Foreman
and bojs Lin Jones and Hai-
ly Roberts
An English major from Al-
buqueique NM Miss Buikc
is a member of Delta Beta
Epsilon and sang with the
Clnntei hei freshman ycai
She is also active In the
Methodist Student Move-
ment Miss Foreman is a membei
of TIP social club She halls
fiom Spin and is an elemen-
tary education major
Jones is sophomore student
council tcpiesentatlve and
plajed on the Indian foot-
ball team his freshman jcai
A membei of Klva he is an
English major from Plain-
view. An English major from El
Paso Roberts Is a member
of Ko Sari He is an MSM of-
fleet and member of Forum
organization foi mlnlstcilal
students
I rosli rinilists
I Rounding out the fuoiitC3
aie the freshmen Fieshman
I picks Included gills Shcrene
I Gladson and Jlmmlc Ivy and
boys Jeirj Bourland and Jett
Connei
Miss Gladson a member of
the Chanteis has enrolled
this fall In McMurry as an
elementary education majo.
' from Snydei
Recently elected a freh-
I man senatoi. Miss Ivy is from
I Tort Worth and is a business
admlnlstiatlon major
Bourland from Roscoe ha 3
I been named freshman lce
I piesldtnt of his newly onan-
hed class He Is also a mem-
bcr of the Chanteis
Anothei newly elected
freshman senator Conner
1 halls from Spui and Is a hls-
toiy imjor The McMurry
Indian Band also receive a
shaie of Connors time and
Intel est
THE
October 5 1960
WAR WHOOP
Pace 3
Sitters Available
Friday Saturday
Fiee baby-sitting services
will be conducted during the
Homecoming activities this
weel'end at Aldeigsatc Meth-
odist Chutch just east of the
campus for the conenlence
of visiting ees and fi lends
of the school
The set vices will be con-
tinued from 7 pm to 10 30
pm Tiiday and from 10 30
am to 5 30 pm Suuiday
Dining the alumni lunch-
eon Saturday children may
be fed at the McMurry din-
ing hall from 10 45 to 11 15
a m
Reluming to the Reservation for
Homecoming.
Council Fire Insures Harmon)
Continues Homecoming Tradition
"PROr" BYNUM Directing the McMurry College Indian
Dand as the band presents its annual Homecoming con-
cert for the exes this Saturday will be director Dr. Ray-
mond T. "Prof" Bvnum. Ths popular "Prof" got the "Doc-
tor' attached to his official title last summer when he
was given an honorary doctor of music degree by Okla-
homa City University.
Indian Band to Perform
For McMurry Alumni
McMurry College's Indian
Band presents It's fourteenth
annual Homecoming Concert
in Radford MemOiial Audi-
torium for the McMurty exes
Saturday teports Dr Ray-
mond T Bynum band di-
rector The traditional concert
will open as has been the
custom with the band's
"Alda" trumpets and then
perform "The Wings of
Victory" by Frank Ventre
"Light Calvary" an overture
by von Suppe "High Hat"
featuring soloist Judy Math-
Is senior from Abilene on
the high-hat cymbals; and
the Indian band's English
handbell choir In selected
numbers
The program will be con-
OH ISO! FISH
HOLD PICNIC
Upperclassmen hang your
heads in sham;! The fresh-
men hae successfully held
their class picnic.
Hie secret get-together was
held Tuesday afternoon from
4 to 4:30 at the Foremost
Dairy.
By having their picnic the
frosh arc now allowed to wear
their slime caps on the backs
of their heads. One catch
a question has arisen as to the
validity of the picnic. The stu-
dent council is meeting today
to make a ruling.
Once again this Filday
night the McMuny Indians
will perform the fitellghtlng
ceiemony in thch teepee vll-
lase This ycai s ceiemony
will be better than evei ac-
coidlng to Johnny Johnson
Chief of the Student Asso-
ciation There will be a public ad-
dress system couitesy of Mis
Balid's thiough the Influence
of Danny McCurdy Chief ot
the Papooses The village will
be wired off and "guarded'
by maidens of Wah Wahtay-
see Luminal los will be lit and
placed around the village
and Chief McMurry and the
tlnued with a presentation
by the trombone tiio com-
posed of Jerry Dean junior
of Robert Lee Clifford Hut-
ton sophomore from Post
and Lee Soifth a senior from
Abilene ' Comedian's Gal-
lop" by the Russian com-
posei Kabalevsky; a number
by the Wetbacks a maramba
group headed by Jerry Dean
and closing the concert with
the march "The Stars and
Stripes Forever" by John
Philip Sousa.
"Concert - wise we have
a great potential for a fine
iroup" opined "Prof" By-
num "We have good balance
In all sections and excellent
performance In general I am
looking forward to a very
fine year on the concert
stage."
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE-
Continued from Page 1
5:00 p.m. Removal of teepee village
Following game IHR dinner with exes Mc
Murry Cafeteria
5:30 p.m. TIP dinner with exes Lavender's
Caf etei ia
6:00 p.m. Ko Saii dinner with exes Under-
wood's on Pine Street
6:30 p.m. Kiva dinner with exes Under-
wood's on S. 14th
6:30 p.m. Alpha Pi Alpha dinner with exes
Chicken Shack
6:30 p.m. Delta Beta Epislon dinner with
exes Mack Eplen's Cafetoria-
6:30 p.m. Gamma "Sigma dinner with exes
Woman's Club
6:30 p.m. Chi Omicron dinner with exes
Lavender's Cafeteria
Reservation Pilncess will s.l
In state on a dais
Indian dancers wilt perfo i
the ceremonial dance bcfoie
they fight the cential fin.
This flie symbolizes the s)it-
it of McMurry it is the n c
at the home village tepi
tenting warmth and light for
all Indians who have come
back to the Reset vatlon
The chiefs of all the organ-
nations on the Reservation
come to the central fire then
take back burning brands to
light the fires In ftont of
their own teepees They come
back to the ceremonial fire
to smoke the peace pipe with
each other and with Chler
Gordon Bcifnett to symbol-
ize the spirit of harmony and
unity on the reservation
The cheetleadeis coma
next uncorking the jug of
"Indian spirits ' to lead all
the warriors and maldenj In
a victory chant The chant-
ing Is closed with the slnjjng
of the alma mater and ths
fight song
The first teepee village wa3
built and the first flrellght-
lng ceremony was held nine
autumns ago The tradition
has come down to todays
Indians virtually unchanged.
At the first flreltehtlng cer-
amony four Indian ap-
proached the center from
the directions of the four
winds intending to light the
ceremonial fhe. Before they
could do so however a bolt
of lightning came down from
the heavens and set off the
blaze Thus was the .spirit or
the fli'ellghtlng given and
thus it lias continued.
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 5, 1960, newspaper, October 5, 1960; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth103856/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.