McMurry War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, April 12, 1940 Page: 2 of 4
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THE McMURRY WAR WHOOP
FRIDAY APRIL 12 1940?
Mildred Vaughn
Willie Wilhlto ..
Charles Harris
Jewell Posuy .
Blllio Rowland
Jlmmle Bickley
In The Spring
In the spiing a Htudent'H thoughts tuni
and turn and tin n until ho gets di77j ttung
to figinc out how ho is going to make it to
nil the picnics pittas and banquets that lit
feels ' lut hound" to go to
The lesult is of tin that students got
worn to a fta77li and went thenisthes out
to n nuh mi nUilly and phjsicnlh tning to
keep tip with all the things lhe ate 'sup-
posed to do ' '
This is not the fault of tin oiguimitions
thc Ik ling to noi is it tin college's fault
for lilting so niaiij oiganiations exist in
finch a small school as McMunj
Uatlai it is tin ftult of the students
tin nisi Ives 'I la ip aio too main students
who plan too full a piogiam academically
anil so( iall fm then own good and foi the
Rood of the oiganiations to which they be-
long 'lhe smeai out little puces of time
among a conglomoiation of oiganiations
which Hil e jomid instead of dcoting
most of tin n tune to one oi two orgatma-
tions which would lie much mote effective
fot both nu nuVi and club
We neul fiwei "lomeis" and mote 'mem-
Itei s" of duls
PROFS AND EXAMS
Is Ha piofissoi a Quote Mo" "Use Own
Initiative ' 'Pad It ' oi Answn and Stop"
test giii' 'I In- m i Mtd question now
that iims will be ti niitg thin ugh heads
the last of the month
Colli ge ti u hi is i m lie ihssifad .lexoiel-
ing to tin tiiati 1 1 il Ha w nit on i ams pist
as tin i in be tvped utoiduig to then
mania is w.it of tiaching It ibits etc l.ich
pupil has a di finite wa tint he pufeis to
nnswti ipnstions but he soon finds that he
must mold Ins iiiiswuk to suit oath teachet
The 'Quote IV ' tpe is usualK the most
populai with students who hue memonzid
class uolis and .no piepnul to tetuin them
to then tost pipn
A mote hi owl minded tnchn belongs m
the 1'si Own lnitiilixe gioup This
Uaclai is hud on the pupils and tequires
much outside teiding and leseaich
Tin 'Use Own Iiuti itiu" must not be eon-
fused with Piof 'Pad It 'I he latin ac-
cepts am lpi of m id ii il on i test as long
as (In u is lots of it mil tin long-wuidid
pupils low luni
The last tpe ' Answei and Stop" wants
the answn and nothing moie He is i.m
and it is haul fot pupils to leilure th.it m-
ing tin suite thing tin co diffeieiit vas
lowers the giade
ft on i Tin: SKirr.
Silence is as gteat
an ait as speech
Tmth ill tntieil
as bad as a he
'Die w in Id is u dull
nurroi of eternity
Winds often do mote than blows
Tiuth is the daughtet of time
Jflrffltnmj Bar ?oop
Student Publication of McMurry College
Abilene Icxas
BnUrcJ as siciii'd class ninth r at tho postoffice
of A bllt lip Texas
i1 Member 1
Ffesockfed GollG6tate Preis
Distributer of
Cble6iate Dieted
ttMaber Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
STAFF
- Fdltor in Chief
. Assistant Editor
Business Manager
Exe Editor
Sociit) Editor
Cinulution Manager
Sports Reporters Howard Grien Giorge Stcakle)
qde Wood rldrilgc Trntt. It C It)
Columnists Jack btovnll Margaret Barton Jivvill
I'osey.
Reporters Ruth Williltc. Suo It) num. Ilillle Shields
Mary Holt Vivian Caldwell George Stcakle)
Fdith Richardson Clyde Wood illllio How land
Frances Middagh Clunnci Collins bonii) Unit-
ley Kathorlne Ibindall Richard Shi mood Nillo
bmlth Gertrude It k bold Doroth) Nell Nicbrugge
Kmma John lllnki Kobcrt Pickle) Mary Grimes
Murgmrite MoPade
Tyulst Helm Uir.
I "IN TWE 1
W h) doisnl someone do some-
thing rash iiltmL tho Pow Wow
lino so sonuhod) will have some-
thing to utile nlioiit? It's too
htnmmuH thinking it up unless
there's sonii mntiiinl on hand
It Reims that the one nnd only
1 three men In n tub Bob Ghorm-
Icy is the No 1 ' sec all know nil
hear nil individual on the McMurty
campus '
Recent Rtntlc heard ovei KHHC
was onl) Gcncvicvo Brown sing-
ing in case some ot you were
wondering
Then thiits ( A Wilborn pic
sident of the lloei e. club
TI is BickU) and bhield combi
nntion is sun quite often nnd is
going prott strong Congrnluln
tions Hickli
Annthei oiu of the gnls on the
lampus has nbmt taken the fatal
htip 1 idn M irr Ho)d now has a
new ling on exhibition It nil just
fitshlv happened
And then thins i In Snniple
whos also spoiling n new dm
mond on the significant fingei
Tin leiemonj is to 1m soon vvcic
infoimed
And then then s juniors about
K Smith and Tun Ri) nobis
who ale said to Ik eonsuliling
mntiimnnv Kv liturnul to school
the first of (his semester nftci
having liem absent half n term
Ten) is n fm mi r student of
McMunj
( onginlulatii ns nil
Willi spring ilictions coming up
in tin laltu pnit of this uiontli
nialn tin ii will li mole seho )1
spmt shown ou know pilitics is
n funnv thing a lot of peiplc
tvm git fiiindlur
1 nasi rinllips that dashing rid
hind li nl a collision with 1 rank
Wtnvir the othtr dm Tipton said
it was nil staged becnusi thit was
the onh wa he could get his
arms mound nnotlur gill Ixiuise
did good job of passing out
though
Doiothen Merket nnd her ' com-
plinunts ' just put some people out
It must bo thiilling to have people
sav nice things about one Ycnh
We know We re jealous
Wihlon 1 dwnrds has nlicadv
bun gien n lot a publicit) but
nt Inst it si ems that his 'crnzj-
man 'stunt wns successful the
ictim King nn unwnnied visitor
Inn for spring training
And what wns this we henr n-
bout there Wing n mail dog nt
thi bnik of the speech elepnrtment
this vvnk Yinh they said it was a
dog but thin thnt Helm Jny
inn m thnt pink is groin nnd
lots of us poor things wouldn't
know thi dif fi rence
Vnion are shiuiiug in their
tnuks ns i lo to priss this an
annual slmcr haing nothing to do
with thi wintlur bn uist it is the
turn of tin Mar for thi tinditlonal
panning of tin. seniois b tin jun-
iors in i impel
Adios till next weik And tell
sonii bodj some Pow Wow nnd
ninjbi that somebody will tell us
Knnsns recenth Joined Texas in
decinring n closed season on prairie
chickens
Farming 'on tho contour' saves
soil holds rain where it falls and
increases ields
W ild Guineas recently imported
into Texas b the Game Depart-
ment from Cuba urc nil white
meat
In I03J there wero fio bushels
of wheat avuilablo for ecry four
ncedid In tho world
HEAP BIG INDIAN
By WIM.IE WIMUTE
r
' W hat do jou wanna know nlmut
mi I nml n snuvc ilon t 17' (t id
Chnilcs llnnis
Aflei the phsles lnb Instructor
hnd been nccidintnlly ilouseel with
II'O bj his ever obedient students
(ho hnd to quieten them down n-
iMiut foul times)
To in) eiucstion nbout some of
his ideas he replied that he had
'em but that the) were 'oeiew-
bnll ' One of his 'screwball idins
was thnt there nre only two trial
world tragedies not being nble
to got whnt jou want nnd getting
what you wnnt
He likes to tnlk to n brick wnll
because it enn offei no contra-
diction Sounds prett) Intel esting
might tiy to figuro it out some
da)!
Charles has learned to make
friends In books elrnmn nnd music
nnd really enjoys them Sn)s thnt
he doesn't like to Ulk to people
who seem overly intcllectunl to
the extent that you feel "nincom-
poopish" where did that word
come from?
Jlis favorite iastimc is indulging
in gnb session
In Ml oninosnosR Chnrles ie-
onlcd his swell nmbition He is
looking forward to working in n
medlcnl lcscnrch field
Being n pre mod student Hnrt is
will umloubtedl) become the Upc
of doctor thit rntcs the sinceie
trust of his patients
A member of Alpha Chi Ko "nn
pie mod club class lelirosentnthc
nnd business mnnngci of the Wni
Whoop Charles is nwfulU hui
and eloctnt hno ns much time to
spend on the campus ns he would
lcillv like to Ho wns nlsh chosen
ns n member of S ho's 'W ho in A-
menenn Colleges nnd Unlveislties
It wns keen talking to Charles
nnd he's a plentv swell person
who has nn almost unbelicable
amount of intelligence Another
nimble Ho-ip Big Indinn will be
missed next enr luck to )n'
Chnrlie
iVfoAWyWay
Through College-"
Quite n few McMmums hne
usul the good old fnshiomd mcri
inn nuthod of gittmg nn educa
Hon i c winking mo wi) tioo
rilliteh libs hi Id b the Woi
mg po.tion of oui student bodies
hne rit ged ill the wny from fcec
rclnn to the Dean down to the
ambitious )oungstcr who bootleg
ged his way to n degree during
the major drouth
Just at present one of the hard
est working individuals on the
campus is C A Wilborn the
fieshmnn pre medical student from
Pallas who is best known for his
nbility to blow the insides out of
n trumpet
Wilborn is the young lvtnn who
manufactures the music for a good
ly portion of the social affairs
of Tu)lor Count) nnd poirts enst
wist north nnd south
The ten piece bnnd which il-
born he ids is made up of college
students and other loafers of Abi
lene C A gets them all togeth-
er nnd hends out to some place
where folks arc waiting to dance
nbout three times cery week on
nn nernge
It s not such n bad bind either
when tin bo)s get little warm
and the price is right In fact it's
one of the best we e had around
thi si parts in some spell It com-
binis thi hist foatuies of three
liti lamintid aggregations Rn
M iddux The Collegians and John-
m Hnrpii
Wilboin sorta fiaturis himself
nnd his trumpit When he enme
on tin mmpus Inst full he had a
sth which to so the Inst was
otiginnl It consisted mainly of
making mori noisi than nn)bod)
iNe foi interludes lusting from
thirt) seconds to three minutes
However ho's been listening to
Erskine Hawkins too much Intel;
and he's beginning to copy the
colored Impresario of tho trumpet
Also featured is Willie Cantrell
the best doggone trombone pla)er
in this here West Texas
Now here's the reason the Dallas
flash is so bus) He is a member
of tho McMurr) band the pre med
club and the Kia He works on
the campus in the capaclt) of Wah
Wnhtassee assistant nnd is nn as-
sistant in the colli ge bookstore
Ho takes 17 hours of school
work with throe labs a week How-
ever he's seriousl) considering
changing his major from pre med
to Music Robert Bickley.
t
ARROW
POINTS
If Mary Virginia would publish
some of hei translations of the
stories we read in third year
trench she would make a lot of
mono) Nobod) would recognize her
stoiles from the oiiginnls so It
wouldn't exactly he plagiarism
One of the coeds has been
thieatening to 'eh op b) nnd sic
mo sometime " Gosh I sure hope
she doesn't hecnuse theies n
mouse that lives In m) closet nnd
she's just the sort thnt Would mnkc
him nervous
A witty object leans ovei my
shoulder nt this point nnd says
"Oh so jou have mice tool" Ooh
Little Ossic he's a louse
Locked his Papa in the house
Mama said ' Thanks son I'm lntc
Alread) for a better date "
The h)mns wc sing In chapel nre
really beautiful pra)crs and should
be sung ni such with due revel -ence
and devotion The people who
think builcsquing prnyers is fun-
ny nlmost mnkc me believe lynch-
ing is right Whv don't the) 'cut
out the kid stuff nnd net ns if
the) wcie brohght hp in Christian
homes b their lohavior thev nre
ensting nn unjust nsnerslon on
theii own pnients
When the Totem office bo)
wnnts to know how his woik is
coming on he hns to ask Mnrinn
Mnilin She knows too
lack blames Willie Wilhite for
his dumb bug poem last week Hid-
in' behind a womnn's skirts eh 7
The most fnshionable clothing cut
nnnouneed foi a long time seems
to le the price cut
One pi ice wns nn indication of
value now it's an indication of
neive Bitter bu) our thermom-
etcis now I think thev will bo
much higher next summer
A quick thinking McMuumdim
girl wns In ought to attention this
weik Her elite asked hei Do )i
wmm pet'' She replied 'Oh Id
love one Im fond of nmmnls ' If
she s fond of nnminls she s prol)
ibl) enzy ibout this pirticuln
bov
Have )a heard the one nbout
the bo) who slid pnmlv I ilwa)s
keep both hinds on tho wheel
when I drive" nnd his girl said
in a sour tone "Well I'm right
hcie in cose ou need a handker-
chief "
Since the bus drivers are nice
enough to wait for us every day
at noon and any other time Uiey
see us mose)ing along somebody
ought to take them a good long
book to read while they wait
The North American Indians
made a gieat mistake by not hav-
ing an immigration bureau
Little Ossie on n tear
Poured some glue in Papa's hair
Papa paddled Ossie's pants
' Ma ain't here now here's my
chanst "
Twenty jears from now the im-
migrants now coming in will bo
worr)lng about the flood ot aliens
coming to our shores
It is either a horde of aliens
or a mele trickle depending on
whether jou arc holding down a
job or needing cheap labor
I'm getting pretty tired of nrti-
icial flowers on every hat I see
Thiy look like so man) well kept
ginves walking around
Tho modern attitude seems to
bo that the wages of sin are being
found out I never have been able
to find out.
Shakespcaiean studes AHOV
Look in the Hunt Memorial Li-
brary in Van Doren's "An Ameri-
can Omnibus" call number 810 08
on pages 101-105 and 108 115 Boy
howdy!
Oh the books that were lost this
wtek' Modern harmony has been
Jost ever since swing began but I
was surprised that Mr Fellows had
lost his American )
I was in tho kitchen d)eing nn
old skirt when I told Dadd) I was
dyeing he said it smelled as If I
THE INK
I SPLATTER
By JACK STOVALL
With the world nf fairs changing
so fast nny comment I might mnkc
now would be old news by tho time
it got to the renders Toda)s fears
nre tomorrows news nnd the next
da) s hlstor)
When histoiy is wiilten of the
lecent events in Europe it will
1 robnbl) go on ricord thnt Gei-
mnii) made is biggest mistake of
the wni when it moved into Nor
wa) nnd challenged the British
night on the sen The Biitlsh num-
bers nnd experience will bo tho
undoing of Gcrmnn)'s efficient
but rclntlvcly small fleet
Another thing Germany has es-
tablished two battle fronts a thing
that the) admit cnuscd them so
much embarrassment in the last
days of the war
Ted Longino classifies gills as
1 Pretty
2 Intelligent
1 The majoiity
(You notice I didn't take credit
for that one )
More classification is done b)
' Scioogc' Hinson who said that
the modem girl is one who is n
VISION nt night and a SIGHT m
the morning
Miss Bniton sa)s she docs not
save the whole War Whoop just
lei stuff and whitcver else hap-
pens to be good The trouble some
people go to have contiadictor)
opinion! Just foi the novelty of it
I'm going to load that stup
Congiatulitions to Dr Burnnm
It's a bo) (I hope it looks like
his mother )
The difference In the CIO and
the AF of L is that one is con
corned with lights of man and the
other is concerned with riots of
man
At evening when the lamp is lit
Aiouml the file ni) pnents sit
And lnugh nbout things I don t
undeistnnd
(111 be glid when I'm n man )
She wis vision of leaut)
Stinding apart.
Alone
The nnsw cr to ever dre im
M) hen t
Hnd ever known
I was a vision of loneliness
Standing alone
Apart
Confused and dumb
With m) throat in my mouth
I mean hoirt
I
I tried to hide
That I was scared
To death
She turned and spoke to me
But she had
Onions on her breath
(No dedication)
WHOZIT?
Classification Junior
Characteristics Height 6 ft 3
inches weight 210 lbs brunette
green eyes
Hobbles Collects stamps wood
craft pnd symphonic music
Likes Cnocolate cake and peo-
ple who are sincerely kind and
thoughtful
Plslikes Raw osters gosslp-
ers girls' freshly set hair exhlb
itlonlsts i I
Song 'The Haven of nost '
Ambition To help Intercede
drama with religion nnd to make
one worthwhile contribution to the
hi man race such as vv ork in the
slums
Answer to last week's Whozit
was Inez Franz and this week's
answer enn bo found on page four
Fish sleep with their eyes wide
open.
had been dead about two weeks
An Abilene man of Scandinavian
birth says the Nazi invasion of
Denmark and Norway ' makes him
mad enough to fight" A fat lot
of good that does if it doesn't make
him MAN enough to fight
What people ought to do in the
library is behave naturally but
there's nq sense in acting as prim
nnd stiff ns Willie Wilhite and
"Slap'er Down" Buck
ABOUT OUR
I EXES
By JEWELL POSEY
Apologies fiom your executive
committee! Wc seem to have over-
looked one very important thing
ns wo mnde oui lounders' dny
plans Wc forgot to enlist the co-
operation of the weather man Al-
together wo probably will profit
more by the rnln than wo would
have by n fair night so we'll for.
get our disappointment in not hav-
ing everything work out perfectly.
The Abilene group some thirty
biavc souls venturing out into the
storm had a most enjojable eve-
ning After a buffet supper in Pre-
sident Hall exes went to the au-
ditorium for the broadcast and
program They pledged $200 for
tho football uniforms Attending
were Dr and Mrs Frank Turner
Mr nnd Mrs Dale Momson Rev.
nnd Mrs Alsic Cnilton Mr and
Mrs Arlie Garner and son Jimmy
Viola Sharp But nice Ramsey Hope
Josephine Pilmer Ins Graham
Mi and Mrs Wtlev Caffe) Mi
nnd Mis Mnson Altmnn Mr nnd
Mrs Br)nn Brndbui) lunniti
Tickens Moore Mr nnd Mrs V F
Bnldudge lulm Lukci Willie Mac
Chustophci Jewell Pose) J W.
Couch Clan Mac Galbtntth Mis
Robert B W)lie
Roscoe shared the stoim but scv-
cial exes met in Hazel Weaver's
homo Dr June Young Glad)s Du-
m1 Julia Haney Mi and Mrs L.
L Piosser
In Tyler the Holiday Ha) ley
famil) including Holida) III and
Mai) ovc vvoi host to Mr and
Mrs Buck Osburn nnd children R.
C nnd Jan Lou Anita Henry and
R N Hill
A splendid mport enmc from
Lamosa whcie E D Landrcth wis
host to the gioup meeting m his
chuich Present vveie Mrs Lnn-
dieth Roberta Kirk Leta Adkins
Morris and Lovie Bcaveis Will
Morns R A Salscr Rev and Mrs
Howard Craw fold of O Donncll
Mr and Mrs G M Roberts and
Hubert Freeman if Big Spring
who was visiting in Lamcsi at
the time
The Spur delegation is going to
try again to get together Living
there now arc Mrs Rex Alexan-
der Van Hairgrovc Gerald Wad-
zeck Leonard King Merl Fore-
man and Rev J E Harrcll
Tho rain broke up the picnic
plans of the Hamlin group led by
Frank La whs and interfered some
what with those exes who live in
Fort Worth according to J B
Holt leader of that vicinity
It was a girl at tho Charles
Graham home in Abilene (in spite
of Aunt Iris' prediction) She ar-
rived on Founders' Day April 5
nnd has been named Judy Gail
Surprise! Cleo Birch was mar-
ried to Leslie Curtis of Quitaque
where she teaches March 29 We
hadn't even heard a rumor until
Maxine Wright broke the news to
us but we'd opine that he's n
luck) man Maxine by tho wny is
touching nenr Clyde
Dick nnd Lorcna Dunlap of Mc-
Lean (Dick is nssistant coach) vis-
ited Lorenn's parents Inst week
end
Jeta Landrum now Mrs Burke
Plant visited on the campus Tues-
day She lives in Coahoma and has
a 17-months old son Burke Jr
Here's Fred Keathlcy again t The
Fair Park school publicity book
for which Fred did the art work
won first place at the district con-
ference which met in Abilene In
March From all reports it was a
right snazzv piece of work with n
full page illustration in black and
white for each month Their year-
book also won first place in its
division Congratulations
Be not discouraged nt broken
nnd spilled resolutions but to It
and to it again' Coleridge
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