The Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 28, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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BEAT TEXAS MILITARY
BACK THE COYOTES ALL
COLLEGE
THE WAY
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENTS OF WEATHERFORD COLLEGE
1868-The Oldest College IPest Of Fort U?orth”^l94l
Weatherford, Texas, Tuesday, October 28, 1941
No. 4
VOL. XVI
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS SET FOR 27 THRU 30
Phi Theta Kappa Rev. Ohman Talks
emphasized
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seek to line ouselves with
“a
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the Oak Leaf, said that something sent at the meeting were four vio-
ad-
journed.
After each repah
ughly by were out to brand those H.-S. U.
Continued on page 2.
an education in itself.
Com
two.
ing.
I. R. C. To Have
Book Reports On
World Relations
Library Formal
Opening, Oct. 23
W. C. Orchestra
Organized 14th
matics and wishes to be in this group therefore the conclusion comes that
please come to the October 23 meet- membership in this club should be
Ex-Student Coffee
Held at Saylor’s
Four Days For
Student Pleasure
Father Gallagher
Speaks on Chapel
Program
Student Council
Discuss School
Problems
Homecoming Pep
Rally Held Night
Before Game
Thespians Chose
Officers
Seniors Win
Picture Contest
For Oak Leaf
Ex-Thalians Hold
Breakfast Sunday
Morning
I. R. C. Forges
Forward
W. C. Chorus Meet
October 13; New
Committees
Interest in The
Flying Course
Increasing
time
may
points:
should
flickered and gradually died, the en-
thusiasim and that old W. C. spirit
continued to rise and overflow and
the Coyote fans made their way back
to town to loudly and clearly inform
the townspeople that the Coyotes
The W. C. Chorus was called to
order on October 13, 1941 by Presi-
dent Leo Ramsey. The roll call was
taken and the minutes read and cor-
diven, ample!
ge subject'
Freshmen. And brand them, they
did!
should be enjoyed very much by
everyone who attend these meet-
ings.
The speakers are allowed to choose
their own subjects and make the re-
port at the next meeting of the I.
R. C. which meets every two weeks.
is give:
be di
Another Lively
Homecoming
Students Hold
Talent Show
others. (2) We have to aline our-
selves with ourself. (31 We should
see to our relationship with God.
After discussing further these three
main points, Brother Ohman brought
out the fact that we, as God’s chil-
dren; have strayed away from the
Bible and until we realize the signi-
ficance of it, we shall never have a
peaceful civilization.
In closing Brother Ohman suggest-
ed that we should lean on the Lord
more in our work. We should work
with each other in the Light of Je-
sus Christ in everything that we
de would be excellent words for ev-
ery college student to remember.
Barcus Moore thanked Brother
Ohman for his inspiring talk and
asked Miss McCoy to dismiss the
group with a prayer.
There will be a council meeting
this week for all committees. Every
The Student Christian Association
opened its regular Tuesday night
meeting with a prayer led by Bro-
ther Cooper. Barcus Moore, presi-
dent of the group, introduced the
speaker of the evening, who was
Brother Ohman, pastor of the Grace-
First Presbyterian Church. The main
theme of Brother Ohman’s talk was,
“What we as students may do while
we are here to prepare ouselves and
what we may do later on in life.” He
The Weatherford College Orches-
tra met Tuesday 14th at 8:00 o’clock
for its first practice meeting of the
year. Eighteen members were pre-
sent at the meeting, but many more
are expected and invited to come
and take part. Some of those pre-
e
Wilda Ruth Garland, editor of the
Oak Leaf, annouced Thursday in
chapel that the seniors had won the
contest with the freshmen by hav-
ing the most pictures made for the
annual.
Guy Howard, business manager of
especially three main
In our studying we
In a meeting held on Tuesday
way a much sadder and wiser boy.
As the embers of that great fire
The Student Council has decided
that the Thanksgiving Holidays will
begin on November 27th and end
November 30th. The council met
Thursday, October 16th and decided
that the holidays would last one day
longer than they did last year.
The council was called to order
by Howard Jones, veteran president
and leader of student government,
and the regular business Was dis-
cussed. After the reading of the
minutes, the discussion of the ques-
tions arising from the Thanksgiving
holidays start on November 20th was
discontinued by the mentioning of
the game with Decatur College.
The time was finally settled upon
when a vote was taken after much
discussion. The holidays are to start
the last Thursday in November, the
Thanksgiving day designated by
Governor Coke R. Stevenson this
year.
The Thanksgiving holidays lasted
only three days last year, beginning
on the 20th and lasting till the 23rd.
The Thanksgiving holidays are the
first break in the College activity of
the year, and will be the longest
one until Christmas.
According to the Freshmen stu-
dents this will be a welcomed break
in the college calendar. The fresh-
men seem to think that a longer
break for Thanksgiving should be
given, because of they need more
time to rest up from studies. The
seniors, however, were surprised to
be allowed that much time for the
Thanksgiving holidays. The Thanks-
giving holidays are the longest holi-
days that comes this year except the
Christmas holidays a month later.
The Christmas holidays have not
been definitely settled yet but they
will perhaps be longer than those of
the Thanksgiving or the spring holi-
days.
As yet, no formal activities spon-
sored by the college have been an-
nounced for the Thanksgiving holi-
days, in view of the fact that most
of the students that attend Weather-
ford College are out of town students
and will wan to go home.
To Christian Ass n.
lins, two clarinets, three trumpets,
one pianist, one bass violin, one ba-
ritone, one French horn percussion
section, and more to come.
Mr. Cooper the faculty director, is
very optimistic about the prospects
o fthe orchestra. Mr. Cooper dis-
closed that some members were not
students of Weatherford College but
that they would remain in the or-
chestra since there is a shortage of
musicians. Hope was also expressed
by Mr. Coper that the students
would take interest in the orchestra
and be present in the next meeting
which is next Tuesda ynight. All
those who can play an type of in-
strument are invited to attend the
next meeting.
The move to secure the flying
course which is offere dby the Civil-
Aeronautics Authority, and which
is trying to be obtained for Wea-
therford College is gaining impetus
with each passing day according to
reports of various individuals who
are interested in the movement.
Harold Muller of Mineral Wells
has offered to furnish two airplanes
of the light plane class and three
parachutes along with his and an-
other instructor services if the course
can be obtained for Weatherford
College.
Search for a suitable field seems to
be the only handicap at the present
time. Fields under consideration at
the present time are the one out by
the C. A. A. beacon light south of
town and a field owned by Dennis
Ratts.
Students who have met the age-
requirements of 19 years and the
scholastic requirements of 30 semes-
ter hours are L. A. Zellers, Eugene
Woolsey, Wayne Laird, Freddie Cox,
Dalton Criswell, Jake Bonds, Bud
Elders, Jeral Walker, Randall But-
ler, Earl Crawford, Wortham Lloyd,
Robert Fain, P. W. Chandler, Mar-
vin Swofford, Jesse Moore, Jesse
Cromeens, Charley Booz and Harold
Owen.
Dr. Sutton has pledged his support
to helping gain the course for the
college if a suitable field for the
course can be found. He has had.
considerable past experience in
handling aviation courses in West-
minster College where he was presi-
dent last year.
A meeting to elect officers in the
flying club which is being organiz-
ed will be held in the near future.
Coyotes, the students and some visit-
ing Exes held the annual Homecom-
ing pep rally and bon fire Friday
night. Going from the College to
South Weatherford, yells and shouts
for victory were followed and cli-
maxed by the farewell appearance
of “Hardy Sims” visiting cowboy
representative or scout from H.-S. U.
“Hardy” had been royally enter-
tained all day and had been the
center of attraction to all who came
near W. C. He ended his unfortunate
existence in the fires of the Coyote
bon-fire and was thus sent on his
The Student Council met at 3:00
o’clock, October 16th, for the pur-
pose of discussing the Thanksgiving
Holidays and other problems dealing
with the college.
Discussion was started by Dennis
Norton immediately after the read-
ing of the minutes by Florence
Gwaltney. After several minutes of
discussion about the cleaning of the
tennis courts, Frank Riseden intro-
duced a formal motion to have the
flag flown every day. This motion
carried and was attached to the mo-
tion to have the tennis courts clean-
ed before the season gets started.
Another of the many problems
confronting the student council was
the question, when was the council
to meet in the future. The tumbling
class meets on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, therefore the Student
Council could not meet on any of
those days. Tuesday and Thursday
were the only two days left but some
of the members had long afternoon
classes on these days. After 35 min-
utes of heated argument, the meet-
ing date was finally set at Tuesday
afternoon, alternating with the Thal-
ians meeting. President Jones can,
however call meetings of the Stu-
dent Council any time the necessity
demands it.
becoming one of the leading clubs on
the campus. President Walker with
the help of a few suggestions from
those members attending started the
meeting off by giving a general out-
line of the program for the coming
year.
The informal gathering was mere-
ly a business session in which plans
were made for the coming meetings.
It was decided that for the next
meeting reports would be given on
the countries in the headlines of
current history. James Monaghan
volunteered to report on Singapore,
the nerve center for English defenses
in the Far East; Ben Hartley will
report on Russia, which is now most
actively engaged in a major conflict
with Germany; Aldon Nash will
have a paper on Germany; and as an
extra-special added attraction Presi-
dent Walker will review Adolf Hit-
ler’s Mein Kampt.
All these reports should be very
interesting and anyone concerned
with the international problems
would greatly profit by attending
this meeting. The gatherings will
Phi Theta Kappa met October 4th
and made plans for the anual
Homecoming coffee. This is the get-
together for ex-Phi Thetas, as is a
custom of the Phi Chapter.
The coffee was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe R. Saylor, our new
sponsors. Fourteen guests signed the
blue and gold register book. Each
guest was then “tagged” with a blue
card tired with blue and gold ribbon
and bearing his name and year. Cho-
colate and cookies were served in
the living room where the guests
amused themselves by talking over
old times. Everyone had a pleasant
visit, especially talking with Mr. and
Mrs. Sam B. Householder, our ex-
sponsor.
We are looking forward to a good
year, and wish all the ex-members
happiness and success.
The International Relations Club
has started reports on world condi-
tions and their relations to the
United States Tuesday October 21st
in its regular meeting. The nature
of these reports is strictly volun-
tary and everyone is given a chance
to make a report before the year is
over. The way that these reports
are given is very informative and
Favors—
Joyce Jones, Chairman
Helen Riseden
Dennis Norton
Stella Ragsdale
Billie R. Long
Refreshments—
Sarah L. Kinsley, Chairman
Gena B. Andrews
Harvey Williamson
Evelyn McGraw
Dorothy Elders
Program—
Mary A. Ross, Chairman
Alta King
Margaret Simpson
Herbert Maynard
Registration—
Nelda Weaver, Chairman
Olivia Latimer
Gloriana Colville
Hart Anderson
Decoration of Room—
Loren Webb
Helen Riseden
Hyle Doss
Keith Langford
A report from each of the commit-
tees for the homecoming reception
was made. Then the motion was
made that the treasurer should ap-
ply to the various committees the
money needed for the reception. This
motion was seconded and carried.
A treasurer’s report was made. Mrs.
Childress made another announce-
ment of the District Federation
Meeting that is to be held in Ste-
The students of W. C. seemed to
enjoy very much the chapel pro-
giam held last Thursday. The pro-
gram was opened with announce-
ments concerning the rest of the
week after which followe da talent
shew composing most of the talented
students of Weatherford College.
The proceedure and the nature of
the program was most unusual. Each
person wrote on a piece of paper
the name of a student talented in
some specific field. Many of the stu-
dents were asked to sing, play and
act. After much excitement and
amusement, the talen part of the
program was brought to a close only
to be followed by the regular
Thursday morning pep rally. All the
students were requested to leave the
auditorium and go to the bottom of
the stairs where they all joined into
the yelling of some of the favorite
yells of'W. C. An interesting part of
the pap rally was the leading of a
Coyote yell by Escoe Webb, presi-
dent of the ex-students association.
The pep rallywa s brought to a close
by the singing of “Old Black and
Gold”, the school song.
Now that the lights of the gridiron
have died out and the Coyotes have
retired victorious from the field over
H. S. U. Frosh, the students of W. C.
look back upon another homecom-
ing.
The defeat of the Hardin-Simmons
Frosh was a perfect climax to a day
that was enjoyed by everyone pres-
ent. Students were surprised that
so many of the older people had
gone to college here before their
time. Some of the older ex-students
were distinguished personages from
far away places while others were
local, but all were very glad to be
here.
Most of the students and exes ar-
rived at the college about 1:00
o’clock and chatted with old friends
and made new ones. At 3:00 o’clock
the regular business meeting took
place in the auditorium of the col-
lege where those present were en-
lightened by an excellent speech by
R. Roy Keaton former student of
W. C. Mr. Keaton is an outstanding
speaker and columnist, whose col-
umn “Hither and Thither” appears
in the local weekly.
Earnest Potter was elected to the
post of president of the Ex-Student
Asoscaition. Escoe Webb, principal
of Travis grade school, was the
president of the ex-student asso a-
tion this year.
To use to good advantage an ex-
cess of energy and to furnish that
all-important inspiration for the
year.
Anyone who is interested in dra- be informal with plenty of discussion
The formal opening of the Wea-
therford College library was held
Tuesday night, October 23rd, in the
College library itself. During the
dedication all students and the pub-
lic at large were escorted through-
out the building by library guides,
who explained the different rooms
and what was to be held in each one.
About 8 o’clock that night, the
guests starting arriving for the pro-
gram which consisted of several
songs and solos. Piano sumbers were
The Thespians met September 25
to organize for the ensuing school
year. The Thespian Club is open to
any student in Weatherford College
who is interested in Dramatics.
Plans were made, one act plays are
now being read, so that one may be
chosen for the contests which will
arise soon.
Those elected to the offices for
the following school term were:
Stella Ragsdale, Vice-President
Helen Tidwell, Secretary-Treasur-
er
Mary Lou Houston, Reporter.
The president will be selected at
the next meeting.
With Mr. Cooper as our able di-
rector and sponsor, we are anticipat-
ing a progressive and successful
( The COYOTE 2,(
. VV______
One of the most outstanding fea-
tures of the homecoming activities
this year was the ex-Thalian break-
fast, which was held Sunday morn-
ing October 19, 7:45 o’clock at the
Twentieth Century Club Home. The
Thalian colors of green and white
were attractively carrie dout in the
decorations, place cards and pro-
grams. About fifty ex-Thalians and
present members attended.
Carole Fisher, Thalian president,
extended a cordial welcome to the
guests. Each one was asked to stand
and introduce herself, giving her
home town, in what year she was a
Thalian and whether or not she held
an office. The last three ex-Thalian
presidents were in attendance.
Miss Laure Coulter of Weather-
ford was presented with a gift in
honor of being the oldest ex-Thalian
present. She W daymember of the
society in 1929. If
Everyone was happy to have as
one of our special guests Mrs. Tom-
my Field of Stephenville, who was
sponsor of the Thalians for a num-
ber of years. Mrs. Field was intro-
duced by the president and gave a
short talk. Miss Frances Burns was
present at the present Thalian spon-1
sor and gave a brief talk welcoming
the ex-members.
The group was entertained with a
vocal solo by Flora Johnson and a
reading by Mary Ethelyn Lemons.
Both were accompanied by Margaret
Gardner.
The delicious breakfast consisted
of tomato juice, bacon, eggs, toast,
The joyful occasion ended with
everyone singing the Thalian song,
“I Would Be True” and “Old Black
and Gold”.
• over half of the students here had
had their pictures made from the
college. Howard said that the exact
number was over 123 but it would
increase somewhat because there are
a few more to have their pictures
made but hadn’t gotten to it yet.
The presidents of the various or-
ganizations on the campus have re-
cently met with the Oak Leaf Staff
to arrange for their respective pages
in the annual. According to the Oak
Leaf, the work on tha annual is
progressing well and all signs point
to a bigger and better annual than
ever this year.
Wilda Ruth Garland has already
started making candid shots around
the college for the annual, and she
is catching several off guard. The
make up of the annual is proceeding
along rather well and the staff is
expected to have the annual com-
pleted much earlier than usual this
year.
The Oak Leaf Staff asks that all
the students have their pictures
made as soon as possible, so that
work on the annual can proceed
along according to plan.
reted by the addition of the various one is urged to be present. It is very
committees. The committees Were: ’Important.
The regular religious chapel pro-
gram of last Tuesday was opened by
Mrs. Knox Childress ,accompanied
by Brother Lamar Cooper, singing
Ava Maria. The beauty, the Christ-
ian interest, and the story behind
the song was felt by all who were
present.
Brother Carruth, head of the Bi-
ble department, then presented Fa-
ther Gallagher of the local Catholic
sion after which he talked about the
program into an open forum discus-
sion after which he talke dabout the
beliefs and practices of the Catholic
Church. Father Gallagher’s main
purpose was to establish in the
minds of everybody the fact that
the Catholic Church had a different
view of things than what was gen-
erally understood by many. This
talk was found to be very interest-
ing as well as educational. After
Father Gallagher had finished, Bro-
ther Carruth thanked him very sin-
cerely for the information which he
had left with us.
After a few brief announcements,
for the coming week, Father Gall-
agher then dismissed the group with
the repeating of the Lord’s Prayer.
night, October 7, the International phenville. After the regular prac-
Relations Club showed promise of tice session the meeting was
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