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DL fffl™ CHIEFTAIN
Vol. 8, No. 2
Published monthly except June, July and August at McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
October, 1959
Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Abilene, Texas, February, 1953
DR. ROBERT E. LUCCOCK
Complete Enrollment
Numbers 960 Students
The largest freshman class in
the history of McMurry College
has invaded the school's campus
to boost the semester's enrollment
to 960.
Totaling 366 comparable to last
year's strength of 271, the fresh-
man class leads the next largest
class, the sophomores, who total
180. Special students number 160
on the reservation this year fol-
lowed by the junior class of 127
and the senior group of 108.
.Completing the figures are 19
graduate students.
The 145 student increase over
last year's figure of 814 can be
attributed to numerous facilities
of the college. One is the ex-
pansion of the school which is
providing additional classroom
buildings, dormitories, and a
greater variety of courses design-
ed to increase student interests
and benefits.
There, have also been additions
to the faculty and staff. Cur-
rently -105 employees constitute
the faculty and staff of the in-
stitution. Four of these are new
instructors added to the educa-
tion and business departments.
Another asset to the enroll-
ment of the school is last year's
addition of Roy B. Schilling to
the staff as student promotion
director. In his work, Schilling
travels throughout the home area
of McMurry students presenting
orally and pictorially the atmos-
phere and benefits of McMurry.
Library Receives
Two Valuable Gifts
Two valuable gifts were pre-
sented recently to the McMurry
College Library by persons close-
ly associated with the college.
A donation of 78 records in al-
bums were given the library by
Mrs. O. P. Clark, wife of Mc-
Murry trustee. Clark has served
McMurry as trustee since the col-
lege was established. The couple
lives at 1301 Grand in Abilene.
A. W. Yeats, professor at Mc-
Murry, has given the library a
group of 20 books in memory of
Miss Willie Mae Christopher and
Miss Julia E. Luker, former teach-
ers of Yeats.
Records donated by Mrs. Clark
were on Victor, Victrola, and Co-
lumbia labels.
In a Stephen C. Foster album
were "My Old Kentucky Home,"
"Old Black Joe," "Old Folks At
Home," "Massa's in De Cold, Cold
Ground," "Oh! Susanna," and
"Come Where My Love Lies
Dreaming."
Other records included in the
group were Elder Eatmore's "Ser-
mon on Generosity"; scenes from
"A Fool There Was" by Robert
Hilliard; "Christmas Day in the
Workhouse" by Robert Hilliard;
"The Stars and Stripes Forever
March" by Arthur Pryor's Band;
"When You and I Were Young,
Maggie" and "Forgotten" by Evan
Williams; "Good Bye (Addio)" by
Enrico Caruso.
"Tales of Hoffman—Doll Song"
by Mabel Garrison; "Faust—Even
Bravest Heart" by Reinald Wer-
renrath; "Largo" (Handel) by En-
rico Caruso; "Herodiade" and
"Hamlet" by Oscar Seagle; "Sou-
venir" by Fritz Kreisler, and "A
Dream" by Hans Kindler.
Others included in the group
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New Attraction Set For Visiting Exes
Religious Emphasis, Homecoming Plans Underway
Willson Lectures
The Willson Lectures and Re-
ligious Emphasis Week will be
combined this year. They are set
for October 20-22, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday, Thursday.
The Willson Lectures have been
divided and the second series of
the lectures will be in the spring.
The speaker for the fall session
will be Dr. Robert E. Luccock,
minister of the Church of the Re-
deemer, New Haven, Conn. His
title will be "Christ and the Haz-
ards of Modern Living."
Dr. Luccock is the author of
two books of sermons, "The Lost
Gospel" and "If God Be For Us."
He has written numerous
articles in religious journals.
Dr. Luccock has served as re-
view editor of the PULPIT
DIGEST for the past ten years.
A native of New Haven, Conn.,
Dr. Luccock graduated from Yale
College in 1938, and later received
his Bachelor of Divinity degree
from Union Theological Seminary
in 1941.
Dr. Luccock will deliver five
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An added attraction for the
homecoming activities for the
1959 gridiron season will be an
art display, sponsored by the Ex-
Student Association.
The display, which will hang in
the Cooke Liberal Arts Building
Friday and Saturday, November
21 and 22, will have entries from
all age groups.
Abilene artists will judge the
entries and select a winning work
from each of the four age-group
divisions.
Appropriate recognition will be
given to the winning entries
sometime during the homecoming
week-end.
The following rules set up by
the art department for entering
the Ex-Student Art Display:
1. All art work must be original
(not copied) in any media.
2. Each artist may submit two
entries.
3. Paintings must be either
framed or matted.
4. All entries will be entered by
HOMECOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 21—
8 a. m.—opening ceremony
9 a. m.—erection of teepee
village
1-4 p. m.—visitation of teepee
village
7 p. m.—coronation
9 p. m.—council fires
10 p. m.—exes pow-wow
Saturday, Nov. 22—
10 a. m.—band concert
exes meeting
12:30 p. m.—special cafeteria
service for exes
2 p. m.—McMurry vs. ENMU
5 p. m.—removal of teepee
village
8 p. m.—social for exes and
students
age in four divisions.
a. grade school division.
b. high school division.
c. college division.
d. open division.
5. Exhibitor is responsible for
delivery and pick-up of each
work.
6. All entries must reach Sher-
wood Suter, Art Department*
McMurry College, Abilene,
Texas, before 12 noon, Novem-
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Gene Hooper Serves
As Exes President
Gene Hooper of Abilene is serv-
ing as president of the McMurry
Alumni Association for 1959-1960.
Hooper was graduated from Mc-
Murry in 1941 and is a native
of Stamford.
Other officers are Robert Har-
well, first vice-president; John
Cunningham, second vice - presi-
dent; Mrs. Pat Solladay, secre-
tary; and Garnet Gracy, treas-
urer; all residents of Abilene.
The group was elected during
homecoming of last year.
Harwell, a graduate of Abilene
High School and a 1949 graduate
of McMurry, was a member of
Ko Sari social club, vice-president
of the Science Club, and presi-
dent of the sophomore class.
Mrs. Solladay, who served the
Alumni in the same office last
year, is the former Helen Patter-
son and a former resident of
Spur. She completed her degree
at McMurry in the summer of
1958.
Gracy, comptroller for McMur-
ry College, was a 1947 graduate
£f McMurry with a BS degree.
ALUMNI OFFICERS—The officers of the McMurry Alumni Associa-
tion gather to mskc plans for the Homecoming activities. They are,
left to right, Gere Hooper, president; Yvonne Caldwell, secretary;
John Cunningham, second vice-president; and Robert Harwell, first
vice-president. Mrs. Pat Solladay has recently replaced Miss Cald-
well as secretary.
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