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DL WcWurr„ CHIEFTAIN
Vol. 8—No. 5
Published monthly except June, July and August at McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
FEBRUARY, 1960
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Abilene, Texas, February, 1953
Retired Minister Gives
McMurry $10,000 Gift
Dr. C. R. Gray recently gave
McMurry College $10,000, ac-
cording to Dr. Gordon R. Ben-
nett, president.
The large sum came in the form
of 230 shares of Standard Oil of
California. The gift has been
added to the institution's endow-
ment fund.
Dr. Gray, who is a retired
Methodist minister, lives in El
Paso. He previously gave the
college $20,000.
Enrollment of 946
Sets Record High
With an enrollment of 946, the
spring semester registration
reached an all-time high for sec-
ond semester enrollment.
The record set for the spring
session is just 14 students short
of the mark reached last fall with
an enrollment of 960. This was
the largest number to be enrolled
in McMurry in the history of the
school.
This spring's enrollment ex-
ceeds by almost 200 students the
number enrolled for the 1959
spring term. Last year's spring
figure was 766.
College officials viewed with
encouragement the 23 per cent
increase registered this spring,
with hopes for an even greater
number of students next fall.
Freshmen lead the class enroll-
ment with 315, followed by soph-
omores, 191; juniors, 161; seniors,
154; special students, 101; and
graduate students, 21.
A new course added to the Mc-
Murry schedule this semester is
an education course in reading.
Dr. Sina Mott, associate profes-
sor of elementary education, will
instruct the three-semester hour
course.
Among the night courses of-
fered for the first time will be
"Bible and Modern Culture," in-
structed by Dr. Culver Warner.
Dr. Warner is associate profes-
sor of philosophy and religion at
McMurry.
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Library Fete
The annual Friends of the
Library dinner will be in the
Iris Graham Memorial Dining
Hall on Tuesday, March 15, at
7:00 p. m. Tickets will be $1.25.
A special invitation is extended
to all exes.
"Scholarship and Survival" Is Theme
For Willson Lectures, March 15-17
"Scholarship and Survival" will
be the general theme for the
spring series of the WILLSON
LECTURES, which will be pre-
sented by Dr. Clanton Ware Wil-
liams, president of the University
of Houston, March 15-17.
The 9:30 a. m. Tuesday lecture
topic will be "Materialism and Its
Antithesis." Presiding will be Dr.
Gordon Bennett, president of Mc-
Murry College. The invocation
will be presented by Rev. James
T. Pickens, minister of the col-
lege, and the benediction will be
given by Dr. Chess Lovern, pas-
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Lubbock.
Topic for the 9:30 a. m. Wed-
nesday lecture by Dr. William
will be "Tyranny vs. Freedom."
Presiding during the lecture will
be Dr. W. B. McDaniel, McMurry
vice-president. The invocation
will be presented by Dr. George
S. Steinman, professor at McMur-
ry, and the benediction will be
MR. AND MRS. J. M. WILLSON
given by Dr. Hubert Thomson,
superintendent of the Abilene
District.
Style Show Proceeds
Build "Miss Chris" Fund
"Hearts and Flowers" was the
theme for the February 13 style
show sponsored by the exes of
T. I. P. social club.
Chairmen for the affair were
Mrs. Bill Miller, wife of Dr. Bill
Miller of McMurry's education de-
partment; and Mrs. Roy B. Shill-
ing, Jr., wife of director of stu-
dent promotion, Roy B. Shilling.
The purpose of the style show
was to add to the fund being ac-
cumulated for a scholarship in
honor of the late Miss Willie Mae
Christopher, former sponsor of
T. I. P. and McMurry professor.
"Miss Chris," as she was known
to everyone on the campus of
McMurry, was one of the tradi-
tions on campus. "Miss Chris"
died in April of 1957.
Exes of T. I. P. have organized
the scholarship fund because the
education of young people was
the great interest of "Miss Chris."
In addition to sponsoring T. I.
P., "Miss Chris" was sponsor of
Wah Wahtaysee service organiza-
tion.
Members of all social clubs on
the campus modeled the type of
clothing suggested for the Rush
Tea, and a suggested costume for
the Rush party for their clubs.
Clubs represented were Kappa
Phi by Sara Jo Edwards and Con-
nie Patterson; Delta Beta Epsilon
by Jan Wayte and Gayle Rucker;
Gamma Sigma by Pat Kinnard;
Alpha Pi Alpha by Dannie Price
and Sue Murphy; and T. I. P. by
"MISS CHRIS"
Bobbie Roper and Beth Hastings.
Freshmen who modeled were
Jane Craig, Centerville; Barbara
Foreman, Spur; Becky Simmons,
Rochester; Jane Hall, Hobbs, N.
M.; Sharon Lankford, El Paso;
and Madeline Stevenson, Avoca.
Mrs. Dan Smith (Jo Campbell);
Mrs. Ted Ellinger (Marilyn Lo-
gan); and Mrs. Serrel Reeder
(Marian Pechacek) modeled as
T. I. P. exes.
Styles were shown through the
courtesy of the Popular Depart-
ment Store.
Dr. Williams will speak on the
subject "Contradictions — Dichot-
omies" in the 7 p. m. Wednesday
service. Dr. S. B. Thompson, Dean
of Men, will be leader for the
service. Invocation will be given
by Carolyn Ford Wise, president
of the Methodist Student Move-
ment, and the benediction will
be said by Delmar Day, McMurry
sophomore.
"Survival of the Fittest" is Dr.
Williams' chosen topic for the
Thursday morning lecture. Others
on the program will be Dr. J. C.
Humphrey, Dean of McMurry Col-
lege, who will preside; Roy Shill-
ing, student promotion director,
will give the invocation; and Rev.
Ray Johnson, pastor of the Al-
dersgate Methodist Church, who
will give the benediction.
Special music for the lectures
will include music by the Mc-
Murry Indian Band, The Indian-
naires, and the Chanters.
JThis spring session of the Will-
son Lectures marks the fifteenth
anniversary of the lectures. They
were established in 1946 by the
J. M. Willsons of Floydada.
McMurry College is one of
22 institutions which have the
Willson Lectures.
Dr. Williams is a nationally
known historian and author and
became the fourth president of
the University of Houston in 1956.
He was associated with the Uni-
versity of Alabama for twenty-
five years prior to that time.
All McMurry exes and other
interested persons are cordially
invited to attend the spring ses-
sion of four lectures.
Board Will Meet
The annual dinner of the Board
of Trustees, administration, fac-
ulty, and wives or husbands, and
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