The Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 10, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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Let’s all unite with our
. On to Victory with
New President.
The Coyotes.
Weatherford, Texas, Wednesday, September 10, 1941
No. 1
VOL. XVI
DH. SUTTON IS NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF W. C
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College Undergoes
Changes in Summer
Introducing Some
Of Our New Profs
Football Prospects
Encouraging To
Coach Rutledge
For Your
Information
Howard Jones
Welcomes Students
COLLEGE LIBRARY NOW OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC-DEDICATION
CEREMONIES ABOUT SEPT. 15th
Our New Coach
Has Best Prospects
In Many Years
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENTS OF WEATHERFORD COLLEGE
l868^“The Oldest College IDest Of Fort lUorth'^1941
What do we hear about Sarah Lil-
lian’s chance to face the altar; how-
ever, she’s glad she gave it up for
the interest she has with Ralph Hall.
Delta Psi Omega, a national hon-
orary dramatic fraternity has as its
purpose the recognition of student
Boys, if you like little red-heads,
Weatherford is the place for you.
Have you noticed the one that an-
i swers to the name of Della.
and fellowship that draws us all
together for unity that has long
made Weatherford College distinc-
tive. You are our friends. We are
indeed glad to have you here in -the
college, and it is our desire to help
you whenever we can. Will you not
enter whole-heartedly with us into
the life of the college? We trust
that each one of you Freshmen will
find your place in the activities on
the campus. YOU are a very im-
portant factor in the success of all
our endeavors.
The student government, of which
I am head, is for the purpose of pro-
moting every good hing. By it we
seek to be democratic—the secret
of the success of Weatherford Col-
lege. Individual ideas and ambitions
may be expressed and each student
comes to find that he has a part in
the college. This student government
is yours. It demands respect of the
rights of others, a cooperative spirit,
and willingness to do a given task.
Ahead of us lies a new year. We
want it to be the best we have ever
The new building will probably
be formally opened and dedication
ceremonies held soon after the as-
sembling of the college student bo-
dy for the fall term, perhaps about
September 15 to 20th.
We are standing at the beautiful
gate of another school year. The
shortness of life to many is a spur
to intelligent and enthusiastic effort.
To others it is the excuse for disa-
toriness and procrastination. During
the World War a soldier was given
a book by the camp librarian and
was urged to read it. He replied “He
expected to be killed and did not
want anything on his mind.” This
was an exceptional fellow, because
most most all of the men wanted
to be at their best even when mak-
ing a sacrifice for liberty. It is true
that there is a lot of uncertainity
about every phase of our activities
today, but that is all the more rea-
osn why we should keep our heads
up and our souls calm.
Freddy Cox’s interest seems to be
centered in Fort Worth,-We don’t
blame you Freddy—that Betty Jean
is really cute.
The chorus travels many hundred
miles to present programs at various
schools and churches. Plays and op-
erettas are organized and present-
ed during the year.
The envy of most students is to
make the Phi Theta Kappa. It is in-
als and new opportunities. Let us ap-
proach our work courageously and
with a since yearning to discover
the truth.
“We have come in searth of truth,
Trying with uncertain key,
Door by door of mystery
Of our weakness made aware
On the htreshold of our task
Let us light and guidance ask;
Let us pause in silent prayer.”
For those of you who are interest-
ed in journalism, the Coyote offers
a good opportunity for you to dis-
play your talents. The work is es-
pecially interesting for those who
are planning journalism as a pro-
fession. The Coyote is printed bi-
monthly.
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The Open Gate
President C. A. Sutton
Miss McCoy graduated from En-
nis High School then attended Mary
Hardin Baylor at Belton. Here she
received her B. S. degree. She then
attended NTSTC where she received
her masters degree. She likes to
teach biology better than chemistry
because chemistry is. too technical.
She likes tennis, swimming, horse
back riding and other forms of ac-
tive sports. She dislikes politics be-
cause funny papers are just as in-
teresting.
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The college and city library build-
ing has been finally completed and
the college library has been moved
thereto from the college administra-
tion building across the street, and
the library is now open to the pub-
lic, with Mrs. Gerald Vanlanding-
ham, as librarian. This is her third
season as college librarian, and her
supervision of this department has
been unusually efficient and satis-
factory to college officials and stu-
dents alike.
minster College. He received his B.
A. degree from Western Maryland
College. He also went to S. M. U.
where he received his M. A. degree.
Mr. Cooper is an accomplished mu-
sician both in voice, piano, and or-
chestra conduction. He was accom-
panist of James Arthur Richards
and did concert work in Baltimore,
Washington, and New York. He was
also student conductor of the W ’st-
ern Indian College Symphony Or-
chestra. His sports are boxing and
tennis. Music, especially orchestra
work is his hobby. His home is Meri-
dian, Mississippi, but he likes Wea-
therford very much.
forming a well balanced library.
On the second floor of the build-
ing are two class rooms for the col-
lege, chemistry laboratory and bio-
logy, with a lecture room in between
to serve both departments. Also a
storage room is on this floor for the
two departments.
While the dedication and formal
presentation to the public will not
be for a week or two, the library is
now open each day and is being pa-
tronized freely. The hours are from
8:00 A. M. until 5:00 P. M. and then
from 6:00 P. M. until 9:00 P. M. The
hour between 5:00 and 6:00 P. M.
permits janitors and assistants to
evening meal.
The library is open to the general
public. Any person can freely come
and use the reading room, selecting
whatever book, or periodical they
may desire. The only requirement is
“silence” so far as possible and cour-
teousness to other patrons and li-
brary attendants. Also the general
public may take a book home with
them, after filling out an application
blank, giving references, address,
etc. A fine or penalty wil ibe placed
on the person who keeps a book
longer than the allotted time, simi-
lar to the method used in our high
school, college and others schools.
Anyone who desires, is welcome to
come for an inspection of the build-
ing and equipment by Mrs.’ Van-
landingham or assistants, who are
glad to have visitors at any time
during the open hours.
usually preceeded by the word
“Hotrock”, which he uses to ad-
The members enjoy many social ac-
tivities during the year.
The chorus, under the direction
of Mrs. Childress is a very benefi-
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change the past, a new school year
offers a great opportunity to im-
prive the present and thereby offers
a great opportunity to make more
secure the future. The vision of op-
portunity is wonderful. Let us strive
diligently today and go forth to-
morrow assured that the gate of op-
portunity may not close till life’s
task is fully accomplished.
“A year! A life! What are they?
The telling of a tale, the passing of
a meteor, a dim speck, seen for a
moment on time’s horizon, dropping
into eternity.” Thomason.
“As every thread of gold is val-
uable so is every minute of time.”
Mason.
A new school year is upon us with
new duties, now conflicts, new tri-
Clarence A. Sutton, President of
Westminster College, Tehuacana, has-
been elected President of Weather-
ford College to succeed Mr. W. B.
McDaniel, who rsigned to accept
the position of Dean McMurray Col-
New oak tables and chairs have
been ordered for the reading room
department, but until their arrival
a few common tables and chairs
have been placed to accommodate
those who wish to come and read.
These new tables have been donated
by various clubs and organizations
of the city and perhaps an individual
or two.
Also on the lower floor is a depart-
ment for a children’s library and
reading room, which will be equip-
ped with small tables and chairs and
the shelves supplied with books in-
teresting and instructive to the lit-
tle ones. This department is in a
nook in the southwest corner of the
building. Aalso a room is set apart
in the northwest corner of the build-
ing for the Garden Club of Weather-
ford for gatherings and discussions,
for display of magazines and periodi-
cals dealing with flowers, shrub-
bery and gardening in general.
What is called a “Browsing Cor-
heart tinue to correspond with that old
flame at U. T.
class has its election for members । lege, Abilene. Dr. Sutton brings
of the council. The council meets many years of experience to Wea-
bi-weekly to discuss actiivties for therford College, and the prospects
the school. for the future of the institution are
very encouraging indeed. I am ap-
pealing o the friends of the college
to stand by it during this period of
transition. Its work is of a very high
order and a student gets credit for
all work completed here in any col-
lege or university in the country.
The expense is comparatively small,
and all money paid in to Weather-
ford College comes back to Weather-
ford. Let us support this institution
and make it a yet greater college
than it has been.
J. M. BOND,
Chairman of Board of Trustees.
hands. Absence makes the
grow forever.
There is no burning of the pro-
verbial midnight oil for about fifty
new citizens of Weatherford. They
are the fifty boys who are in train-
ing for the current football season
under the tutorship of the new coach
“Red” Rutledge, who is the chief
reason for their feeling of fatigue
about six each afternoon. But “Red”
says, “They’ll be in good condition
or no condition at all before they
play any football for me.”
Coach Rutledge, although former-
ly of Weatherford, hails most re-
cently from Fort Worth where he
was assistant coach at T. W. C. He
graduated from college there after
serving his full quota on the football
team. He comes to Weatherford with
a book full of trick plays and a head
full of sharp quips for the hustlers
who get out of line. His orders are
Will Denton continue to keep Ca-
rol’s heart to interest now that
school is here again.
zation for students who enjoy work and an appeal. I announce that Dr.
in journalism. The Oak Leaf Staff
Mr. Lamar Cooper comes to us
from Tehuacana, Texas where he
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, had. By each of us working hard at
the job and by seizing every oppor-
tunity we have to do good, we can
succeed. We must be able to find
in our friendships together the im-
petus required to gain the top. My
personal desire is to stimulate your
interest in the school and in oyurself
to the end that inspiration shall car-
ry us over all opposition. In friend-
ship and courage let us work to-
gether at our common task.
HOWARD JONES
dress one and all, and his resemb-
lance to a college professor (he
teaches physical education) proven
by his absent-mindedness.
He has a lovely wife and a young
son, who he hopes will carry on the
family tradition of football in the
footsteps of his dad.
He is friendly to everyone, al-
ways joking and kidding, but behind
the air of nonchalance you detect
the driving force which makes him
a leader instead of a follower. His
ability and not his position are re-
spected by the boys who play for
him and that makes the difference
between cooperation and obedience.
On every hand a casual observer
hears people say, “W. C. ought to
have the best team she’s had in
years,” and to this “Red” says, “Let’s
hope so.”
football team every year for half a
century. Mr. Richards was Wea-
therford College’s first coach, way
back in 1894. Since that time the
Coyotes have battered their way to
the conference championship in 1931
and 1937. The Coyotes also tied with
Rusk College for the championship
in 1927.
Now the Coyotes have a new coach
and plenty of fast men to lead us
on. No less than 60 men started out
for football, giving Coach Rutledge
plenty of men to pick from. Our 185
pound line is made up for by our
lightning speed. As some of the
boys have said: “We can’t have the
heaviest line in the conference but
we can have the fastest line with a
little practice.” If we all get behind
the Coyotes we can give them that
extra support that it takes to win.
All the boys need is a little en-
couragement, so if we give it to
them the Coyotes will really go
some where this year.
The building is a handsome struc-
ture of brick and concrete, situated
near the gymnasium, on South Main
Street, with concrete walks, steps
and landscaping to be done in the
near future. Inside the cream and
tan shades blend nicely with the
pretty light oak finish of the wood-
work, creating a very soothing ef-
fect and more softly spreading the
light from the windows. The reading
room has been placed on the north
side of the building for two reasons,
firstly because of the eight windows
on that side and secondly this places
the drop-inreader farther away from
the gymnasium, where athletic
games may be held or particing by
basket ball squads or tumbling clas-
ses and other athletics that create
noise and disturbance that might
interfere with library patrons.
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Mr. C. O. Mitchell is a native of
Gainsville, Texas, but he has spent
most of his life here in Weatherford.
He attended North Texas State
Teachers College where he received
his B. S. degree. From there he re-
ceived his Masters degree from the
University of Texas. He took stu-
dies for a doctor at New York Uni-
versity. He taught at Packard Col-
lege in New York as well as North
Texas State Teachers College. His
last year to, teach was at Sui Ross
last summer. Mr. Mitchell is going to
teach accounting here.
Dr. Clarence A. Sutton, who has
been president of Westminster Col-
lege at Tehuacana, near Mexia, for
the past seven years, was elected
President of Weatherford Junior
College at a meeting of the board
of Trustees last month. The vote
was unanimous fo rhis election. He
succeeds W. B. McDaniel, who re-
signed the presidency a few weeks
after being elected to accept the
place of Dean in McMurry College
at Abilen4. Dr. Sutton assumed
charge of the college on August 20th.
Dr. Sutton was born in Tennessee,
coming to Texas many years ago.
He was educated in the East Texas
State Teachers Collega at Commerce
and graduated from the ‘ Theological
Seminary at Westminster.‘Maryland
acquiring his degrees at each chool.
He is a man of middle age, mariied
and has two sons, one 19 years of
age and one 2 years old. The older
son entered Weatherford College in
September.
Dr. Sutton was a minister before
being elected President of Westmin-
ster, seven years ago. His work as
head of the college was very out-
standing, and the enrollment was
doubled during the time he was
there. Also physical properties of the
college were maintained in excel-
lent condition. Before unification of
the Methodist Churches, Tehuacana
College was owned and maintained
by the Protestant Methodist Church-
es of the state, and said to be the
only college of this denomination
operated in Texas. With the unifi-
cation of the Methodist churches,
the Tehuacana College, also came
under the jurisdiction of the Board
of Education of the Central Texas
Conference, and made four colleges
in the district, T. W. C. at Fort
Worth, Southwestern at Georgetown,
Weatherford College and Tehuacana.
The board of education may decide
that four colleges are too many for
the one district, in which case per-
haps the Tehuacana college may be
discontinued at ths time. With a
great many young men of college
age being drafted, an dstill a great-
er number of both young men and
young women finding lucrative em-
ployment in governmental work as
well as in private industry, enroll-
ment in most colleges and universi-
ties is expected to be smaller this
fal Ithan in many years.
The following appeal for whole-
hearted support of Weatherford
College is made by Rev. J. M. Bond,
President of the College Board of
Trustees.
To the Friends of Weatherford
College
I am making an announcement
FORMER WESTMINSTER PRESIDENT
SUCCEEDS PRESIDENT McDANIEL;
COOPERATION SOUGHT BY BOARD
Former students of W. C. were
surprised to walk in the building
and see no chemistry or biology
labs. Some looked all over the place
for the library and found it across
the street. The typing room has
been changed to the second floor
where the library once was. The old
typing room on the third floor is
now offices for the faculty members.
Mrs. Childress now has the voice
studio downstairs where the chem-
istry lab once was. The voice stu-
dio is located in room 6 and the
piano or music room is room 7.
Another change is that students
who had always written their names
on the walls found it no longer there.
The rooms and halls have been
painted. Bud Elders’ name was
found some 48 times in the buildings
The floors have been sanded and
varnished also.
par) icipafion in play prpducttion.
There are a few more than 7,000
volumns in the library, and these
will be augmented by magazines,
newspapers and periodicals as soon
as arrangements can be made, and
of course, new books will be added
from time to time as finances per-
mit or same are contributed by per-
sons interested in the improvement
of the library. Mrs. Vanlandingham
stated that she and assistants will
soon re-arrange and catalog the
books to better advantage.
cial and interesting organization.
where new books are on display be-
fore being placed in the stacks of
the regular library. Here students
and the public in general may ex-
amine and inspect the new books
and select what they might wish to
read. Mrs. Vanlandingham stated
that the reference book department
will be emphasized and kept up-to-
date, not only for the students but
. > for townspeople who might seek ref-
erences on any subject they choose.
It will also be her plan to build
up a balanced collection of books and
references. That is, to keep each of
the ten “stacks” of departments well
up with the other stacks. The books
are arranged in what is called
“Stacks” there being ten of them
and classified as History, English,
Fine Arts, Fiction, Religious, Poli-
tical and on down the line. Should
one stack become below the average
of the others, future purchases of
books would ten to bring .this lower
stack up to par with the others,
compiles a Year Book.
Students interested in govern-
mental activities will find the Stu-
dent Council very beneficial. At the
beginning of each semester, each
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ner” has also been established,, taught English and French in West-
With the opening of this school
year Weatherford College is better
prepared to serve us than she has
ever been before. At no time in
the history of the college have so
many changes been made for the
better. Our administration is an-
xious for us to know that all the
improvements have been made es-
pecially for our convenience and
benefit. For us, we should be glad
to be a part of this progressive
movement. It is always a joy and
an appeal to us personally to be
part of that activity that is “going
forward” in character building, mind
building—which ultimately end in
nation-building.
You freshmen will find in the
clean up the building and re-arrange college (we. Seniors found it last) There is always something re-
books, periodicals, etc. and for theiyear), over and above this material! freshing about the idea of begin-
improvement, a spirit of friendship j ning again. Although we cannot
Floy and L. A. are still holding We wonder if Olivia L. will con-
deed an honor to be chosen as a
member of this group. The students
that are chosen have not only high
scholastic standings, but pleasing
personalities as well.
The pep club of W. C. is the Coy-
ettes. During football season, the
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