The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 5, 1963 Page: 2 of 4
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Pago 2
WAR WHOOP
Thursday December 5 1963
-0n Memaiiam-
John Hardin Hicks
Early in the morning of Saturday November 23 1063 an
honored and beloved member of the McMurry family laid
down his work here with us that he might resume it on a
higher plane It is significant that he loved the sunrise and
we are comforted to remember that "weeping may endure
for the night but joy comcth in the morning "
Bishop Angle Smith was right when he said that there
is no such thing as a pessimistic Christian; and I think the
thing that we most admired and remember about Dr Hicks
when you come down to it was his vigorous optimism He
"made a pulpit of every circumstance" yet he was gentle and
kind with true Christian humility Most of us have already
found the Truth but had we been agnostics and unbelievers
instead of fellow sharers of the Christian faith the strong
simple manliness of his life would have drawn us to investi-
g ite this matter of Christianity which he professed and lived
In his "Meditations " the emperor Marcus Aurelius noted
that "every man is worth just so much as the things are worth
about which he busies himself ' a truly Christian personality
docs not merely negatively refrain from doing evil but posi-
tively and aggressively brings about good as a sound scholar
and an inspiring teacher Dr Hicks enjoyed with compassion
the humor and excitement of living With Teddy Roosevelt
he believed that 'fighting for the right is the gteatest sport
in the world "
While lying on a bed of sickness and pain Martin Luther
mighty preacher of the Reformation answered the questions
in his own heart and the hearts of those around him when
lie said ' These pnins and troubles heio arc like the type which
the printers set as they look now we have to read them back-
wards md they seem to hive no sense or meaning in them
but up yonder when the Lord God prints us off in the life
to come we shall find they m.ike brave reading " Likewise
vi his fnends and students find 'brave reading' in the lcc-
ord he h is left
'I lie old copybook maxim ' death doth hide but not divide"
ic minds us th it our permanent lesidcnce is not here but that
we .ne pilgrims 'looking for a city" The last thing your
writir said to Di Hicks on the day before he died was "111
si i ou .igain Thanks be to our Heavenly Father for the
lift of this gie.it in in who has been with us and for the as-
sur mcc th it ii minds us Hint vc shall have the opportunity to
sic .ig.un the teacher and fnend who has gone on
Lloyd D. Huff
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SELECTING THE MUSIC for the annual band tour are (left to right) Darryl Phillips of Amanllo
president: Bitsy West of Mcrkel secretary and Fred Gray of Gorman vice president. The Band
will leave Saturday for a four-day concert lour through fivo cities.
President's Assassination:
Cause of New Nationalism?
QUEEN OF PEANUTS
Maui of Cotton Miss Wool Mios Texas and Miss Uni-
eise Beauty contests aie popular thioughout the world
McMmiy even decided to stage its own beauty contest by
selecting tlio eight "most beautiful maidens on the reserva-
tion " Ii the eleventh consecutive ear Totem Beauties
have been nominated bv the student body
TALLYING THE VOTES ....
of the students was an enoimous task especially when one
consideis that ovei 11000 votes vveie cast and that nearly
e civ one in school itceived a vote Why Jack Wilco receiv-
ed live votes and the Wni Whoop even joined in the lace
because two votes vveie cast loi its eiy own David Mont-
gomciv The best lecoid houevci was set a few eais ago1
when Hmgci the school mascot leceived ten votes lm Totem
lkautv .md ' he was onlv a dog'" exclaimed Cheny Hastings
POLLY WANTS A . . . . i
lev ision in the management of beautv contests Polly Hack-'
let has i elated hei veision of how to inn a beauty contest
in oidei to get the best tesults select the judges who aiel
expei ts in ceitain fields "Fust of .ill" sas Polly "choose
a handiessei as one of the judges jou've heatd that .saying
that 'only the handiessei Knows foi sine'" Next pick a
man who is an expeit at measutcments and then select a'
judge who iccognies sincere smiles Theie it is according
to Polly a sine fue method for choosing the most beautiful
SOCIAL CALENDAR ....
flnvois n touch of milstletoe and holly this month with a
Chnstmas Caroling Party sponsored by Delta Beta Epsilon
on the agenda for Deeembei 14 All social clubs are urged to
get in that Christmas spirit by participating in the annual
event To furthei carry out the Chnstmas theme IHR social
club is planning an all school party December 19.
PROFESSOR MAKES NEWS ....
Dr. Llojd Huff head of the English department has been
Mibmitting a senes of articles to the Clyde News and the
Baud Stat newspaper foi publication His ai tides are en-
titled "Quickie Lessons in Gi animal " If anvone has ques-
tions on giammai wiite to Dr. Huff at McMuiry.
FROM THE SUBLIME ....
to the iidiculous let us close this column out with the worst
.stoiy of the week as wiitten by W. II Cooke m "The Rock-
dale Hepoitei " "Back in the clays of Alexandei the Great a
chemist discoveied a way to tell time without the use of a
sun dial He came up with a chemical that when placed
on a cloth would change the colot every hour. lie gave a
small band of the tieated cloth to Alexandei and this prob-
ably was the foieiunnei of the wiist watch as Alexander
vvoie it on Ins wnst When it changed color he knew an houi
had passed The fame of this band of cloth became wide-
spread In fact it was soon dubbed "Alexander's Rag Time
band."
McMurry students and other
Americans every where are
gradually overcoming the shock
of President Kennedy's tragic as-
sassination and arc beginning to
look toward the future of the
United States under n new presi-
dent Lyndon B Johnson
Individuals have drawn differ
ent conclusions about Johnson as j
a person a politician and a states-
man but one thread that seems to
uin through all public opinion is
tint Kennedy's death may have i
brought A m c i leans closer i
together with a new spiut of na-
tionalism McMuiry students believe and
hope that Picsidcnt Kenned 's
deith will aiousc Americans to
cany out icsponsibilities which
thej have pieviously shirked I
Judy Sitchlcr a sophomoie edu-
cation mnjoi hopes "that it (
(the assassination) will awaken
the people to the tasks that have
been befoie us in years past but
which we have piid no mind to
because we thought that we
would alwajs get by We Willi
miss our Picsidcnt but we must i
look forwaid and do for our coun- I
try that which we know that he
w ould want us to do " j
Sandra Blackwood a freshman I
elementary education major re-
ferring to Kennedy's famous
statement "Ask not what your
country can do for you but what
you can do for your country"
said "This statement will make
us Americans realize that the late
President's death will and should
make our nation stronger and
make us believe that tho things
he stnved for are the things that
will make us a stronger nation
Dickie Clemmer vice-president
of the student association and a
junior leliglon major believes
the President's death should in-
spire Americans to band together.
' There remains for us the great
task of carrying out the high
ideals for which ho stood and
died World peace begins with
the individual we can't expect
to have a true and lasting peace
until we can leam to love and
lespect those closest to us"
John T Edwards a senior
majoring in history added "I hope
I that the death of President Kcn-
I nedy will bring to light the effect
that the lack of love in the deal-
ings of human beings one with
another has had on men "
What kind of a leader will
Johnson be' Most McMurry stu-
dents and faculty members seem
to agree with the rest of tho na-
tion believing that most policies
will not be changed and that the
new president will be slightly
more conservative than his last
forerunner
Dr Joe C Humphrey admin-
istrative assistant to tho presi-
dent who has known Johnson
for many years believes that
most policies domestic and for
eign will not be altered 'I have
known Ljndon Johnson since he
was a student in Southwest Texas
State College in San Marcos and
I believe he is sincerely interested
in all piograms which will help
tho United States to ictain its
position ot leadership in foieign
affaus" Dr Humpluey said 'I
considti him moie conservative
on domestic policies than Presi-
dent Kennedy "
Ljnda Benham a freshman
secretarial science major and sec-
retary of the freshman class said
"I don't think there will be any
drastic change His policy will
follow a lot like Kennedy's but
it is bound to reflect his indivi-
dual thinking"
Sally Villcrs n junior English
Major believes Johnson will
carry out the remainder of Ken-
nedy's policies this term but in-
dicated that if he is elected in
1964 he may change his politics
"President Johnson will most
likely follow through with the
Kennedy program" said Dan
Turner senior history major and
Smoke Signals editor for the War
Whoop
Frank Stephenson a rophomore
business major thinks 'President
Johnson has excellent qualifica-
tions He is said to be the best
qualified man ever to enter the
office Every one must unite
behind President Johnson to
make this country remain the
strongest nation on earth "
W K Frey director of student
promotion indicated that John-
son will make a quite capable
leader and ' at this stage of the
game people of this country are
icady and willing to give Lyn-
don Johnson an oppoitunity to
prove himself"
McM Faculty Members
Attend Memphis Meet
thieo members ot tho McMuny
College administiativo staff and
the faculty will attend the G8th
annual meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools in Memphis Tenn Mon-
day thiough Thuisday of next
week
Leaving Saturday for the
Memphis meeting are Dr Joe C
Humphrey administrative assist-
ant to the president Dr Howard
Kamsey dean of tho faculty and
Clco Tarter director of McMurry's
Dycss Air Force Base program
and a mnmhnr nf thn oimllnn
faculty on the campus
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Barry Casterline
Brenda Glenn. Dick Whittick
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