The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 24, 1941 Page: 4 of 4
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FOR S. U.
TUS., WED., THURS.
8 P. M. (C.S.T.)
Also: Cartoon “Raggedy
Ann** and Paramount
News. _-
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THE MEGAPHONE
Saturday, May 24, 1941
We’ll Miss You, Dr. Gray!
H. L. Gray’s Students
Reach ’Round the World
Dr. Herbert Lee Gray, professor of Bible and Relig-
ion who is retiring after 31 years as a member of the fac-
ulty of Southwestern university, is not afraid to give his
JUfe for his ideals and for the ministry. That is why he
changed from law to the Christian ministry a year after he
had finished his college course, why he endured the hard-
ships of the mission front, why he is not a pacifist, and
why, if he were young, he might be fighting now for the
ideals that make life beautiful and divine.
We were sitting with l>r. Gray
in tlie garden of a friend’s home on
the evening w'hon the announce-
ment of Ids retirement was made,
lie was sitting erect and at ease,
and though he spoke with restraint,
the depth aiul Intensity of all he
feels shone in his dear grey-blue
eyes and in his rich, vibrant, ex-
pressive volee.
“They tell me not to worry,” he
said, “but I can’t help worrying
about the world today.” And when
asked if he would be willing to see
his three boys and his son-in-law
fighting at the front, he answered,
“If my boys joined the army for
adventure, I would not consent, hut
if after deliberation they decided
to offer their lives to protect ideals
worth fighting for, then I should
never object,, for I believe it nobler
to die for what one believes in than
to live the life of a coward afraid
to defend—or indifferent to—the
finer things of life. I believe It
better to lose one’s life for the
preservation of one’s ideals than
to lose strength and character. That
is what Christ meant when He said,
‘He that flndeth his life shall lose
it, and he that loseth his life for
My sake shall find it.’
“We are so often indifferent," Dr.
Gray continued; “we fall to exert
ourselves dally In an effort to at-
tain our highest possibilities and
our finest personalities. As Seneca
said, ‘Man talks about the brevity
of life but acts as if his days were
numberless.’ ”
Dr. Gray Is an excellent conver-
sationalist and a most interesting
guest. He can converse fluently in
Spanish, and his English is beau-
tiful and expressive, enhanced by
his knowledge of Greek and Latin.
Although at one time he spoke
Chinese fluently, he now modestly
claims to speak Chinese only
"brokenly.”
In the telling of jokes, he offers
many a piece de resistance; his
twinkle, he uses a sly and sub-
approach, and then with excel-
lent timing he springs the ending.
He l&ughfe when the joke is on him,
but beware! He can—and will—
return the quip without sting but
with plenty of point.
On all subjects Dr. Gray seems
able to conjure appropriate infor-
mation, anecdotes, jokes, and
poems. This material comes not
only from wide reading of news
and periodicals and his own large
personal library but from two Im-
mense scrapbooks and several small
pocket notebooks, filled after many
years of collecting all forms of
writing which express a bit of his
philosophy or delight his sense of
humor.
On the serious side, however. Dr.
Gray has been working on a book
he hopes to publish very soon. It
is based on material he has used in
his lectures, showing the change
and growth in man’s conception of
God as recorded In history and In
the Old and New Testaments. Ask-
ed if his own conception of God
had changed since he first enter-
ed the ministry, Dr. Gray said,
“Yes, somewhat, but not in the
fundamentals.” Then in beautiful
terms he described his faith In God.
a spirit dwelling in the heart of
man, with whom man can com-
mune in the utmost depths of his
soul, and it is this "infinite near-
ness of God” which he should like
to have us experience.
As you watch this fine old man,
you can not help admiring his
strong Scotch-English features and
coloring and help wondering how
his Scotch ancestry permitted him
to become a Methodist instead of
a Presbyterian.
Born In Newton County, Georgia,
he was the twelfth and youngest
child of a twelfth and youngest
child (his mother), and his father'
as a Methodist preacher and farm-
er. After the Civil War when Sher-
man marched his army through
this community, it became impossi-
ble for the preachers to live off
the incomes of their farms, and
the Rev. Albert Gray left farming
to travel his circuits. His family
began to travel with him when
Herbert Lee was 4.
With a fine foundation In alge-
bra, geometry, Latin, and Greek,
young Gray entered Emory eoBegw
from which his father had gradu-
ated in 1148. In college young Her-
mons in the native tongue. He
first lived In Sungkiang; then in
the fall of 1890 was appointed one
of the teachers in the Anglo-Chin
ese College in Shanghai. In the
fall of 1891 he was asked to do
pioneer work in Changshu, a city
of 160,000, where most of the first
year he was the only “foreign dev-
il,” <cs the natives were pleased to
call all foreigners. In the fall of
'93 he was appointed again to do
educational work, this time in Buf
fington Institute In Soochow.
In 189 5, Dr. Gray returned to the
United States on furlough, and be-
cause the mission board was in
debt and unable to send miesionar
ies hack to China, each of the men
then on furlough was asked to take
care of himself. In the spring of
1890 Dr. Gray attended Vanderbilt,
and from the fall of 1896 to 1898
he preached In two North Georgia
circuits.
Because of medical advice not to
return to China, a new era in Dr.
Gray's life began in 1899: he be-
came a missionary to the Mexicans
in Arizona, Mexico, Texas, and
Cuba; he found his bride, Annie
Ethel Hudgin, a Canadian visiting
relatives in Nogales, Arizona, and
they were married in October, 1899.
Sent as a missionary to the Mex-
icans in Nogales, Dr. Gray first set
about learning their language; he
was then transferred In 1900 to San
Luis Potosi, Mexico, where for fif-
teen months he preached to a Mex-
ican congregation and directed a
school for boys planning to enter
the ministry. His next assignment
was Guadalajara where he stayed
three years until he was forced to
leave after a severe sunstroke caus-
ed by the intense heat of the sea-
coast and by a 475-mile trip on
horseback in three weeks.
After a few months In Monteri'ey,
Dr. Gray was sent to San Antonio
as director of Mexican work in
Central Texas. Because one of the
‘older missionaries wished to return
to the United States from Cuba,
Dr. Gray accepted a trade in charg-
es, and the Grays spent the next
ten months in their island home.
Near the end of this period there
came an invitation to become a
member of the faculty of the Mis-
sionary Training School in Nash-
ville where Dr. Gray taught for
three years.
It was hek-e that he received no-
tice that his friend, Dr. Edwin
Muzon, whom he had known in
San Antonio and who had served
as professor of Bible and Religion
in Southwestern university, had
been elected a bishop and had
recommended and received ratifica-
tion of the appointment of the Rev
H. L. Gray as his successor.
What Dr. Gray has contributed
to Methodism, to Georgetown, and
to Southwestern in these last 31
years, his friends are eager to
late. Here he and hie wife reared
and educated their three boys, Al-
bert. Herbert, and Walles, and tlielr
daughter, Ethel Lee. The boys are
all living In New York, and Ethel
Lee Is now Mrs. Frank .<inderson
of Meadowvale, Ontario.
Dr. Gray attended the University
of Chicago in 1909 and received
the honorary doctor of divinity de-
gree In 1933 from Centenary col-
lege, Shreveport, La. His wife died
in 1927. and in the summer of 1930
he and his daughter toured Europe
and the Near East.
This year has been hard on Dr.
life in the practice of law. "As an
old man. will I be satisfied with
the type of work I have accom-
plished?" he pondered and then
Whitcomb To
Wed Evans
June IO
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Whitcomb of
Mexia announce the approaching
marriage of their daughter Mary
Jane to Wallace Evans, son of Mrs.
W. G. Evans of Georgetown, on
June 10 In Mexia at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Sweatt, the
Reverend Shugart, pastor of the
First Methodist church in Mexia
will perform the marriage rites.
Miss Mary Emma Pitman of
Mexia will play the wedding march
and accompany Miss Lenair Rich-
ardson of Georgetown as she
sings “Because.” Marian Walkup,
sophomore at Southwestern, will
play "Liebestraum” on her harpsi-
cord.
The bride-to-be will graduate
from Southwestern in June with
many honors. She has served as
president of her sorority, Alpha
Delta Pi, as a member of Laura
Kuykendall Hall honor council, as
a member of the Student Senate,
Mask and Wig, Pi Gamma Mu, and
Alpha Chi. She was chosen “Rain-
bow Queen” for the Dinner of the
Golden Bowl and was elected
Southwestern beauty during her
freshman year. She is a graduate
cum laude.
After a honeymoon trip to Col-
orado, the couple will return to
make their home in Georgetown
where Mr. Evans is employed at
Henderson’s Store.
Pope, Brice, Polmer
Will Lead’ 42 Ministers
The Ministerial association elect-
ed its officers for the 1941-42
school year Monday night, May 19.
Weldon Pope, junior from Quitman
and a transfer from Lon Morris in
Jacksonville, was elected president;
Ewing Brice, freshman from Bart-
lett,'was elected vice-president, and
Eugenia Palmer, junior from
Bangs, Texas, was selected secre-
tary treasurer.
Zetes Picnic
With Guests
The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will
entertain guests at a picnic at Lan-
da park in New Braunfels today.
The girls and their dates will leave
at 1:30. • ■'
Chaperones are Mr. and Mrs.
Rhea Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
George Hester, Miss Mary Wilcox,
und Mrs. Ruth Ferguson, dean of
women.
Zetas and their dates are:
Anne Harrison, Horace Elrod
Elizabeth Harmon, Sam Tyson
Kathleen Horn, Carl Bergqulst
Jane Thomson, Hal Anderson
Betsy Bartlett, Frank Sehon
Beth Briscoe, Bob Rentfro
Mittle Sue Carter, Rex Hutcher-
son
Evelyn Porter, Lloyd Carter
Cay Davis, Marvin Henderson
Nell Atkins, ”C. B. Scarborough
Billie Anne Welborn, Hugh Cun-
diff.
Molly Hoskins, Chid Price
Jeanne Furrh, Ed Hodges
Betty McKenzie. Able Rhodes
Nancy Wilkerson, Bobby Barton
Edwina Jarrard, Billy Davis
June Welty, Rodney Meyer
Billie Mae Repsehleger, Gordon
McLeod
Linnea Bergqulst, Jack Harris
Jeanne Tyree,Phil Gray
Dr. Roy Smith
(Continued from page 1)
Clem Newton Crowley
Pearl Amalia Dalchau
Lewis Andrew Doan
Kirkland Edwards
Juanita Lott
Charles Powell
Floyd Rodgers
Charles Smith
Mary Vltnla Wilcox
Mary Sue Witt
Bachelor of Business Admin-
istration
Jean Dallas
James Kelly McDonald
Margery Mints
Bachelor of Fine Arts In Music
decided to enter the ministry even
though he had argued with him-
self that he might be a success as
a Christian lawyer.
Seeing the need for missionaries,
young Gray offered to go wherever
the church had need of him. Im-
mediately he was selected for ser-
vice in China, leaving in 1889 to
spend six years In this foreign field.
Learning the language under the
direction of a personal tutor was
the most difficult task assigned the
young recruit, but within a few
months he was able to preach ser-
Gray not so much in material and
physical conditions as in the men-
tal strain and conflicts he has had
to face. Separated from his chil-
dren, losing his last brother, spir-
itually depressed by the world tur-
moil and by the passiveness of
those who do not fight to preserve
righteousness and justice, worn by
the desire to teach and to write as
much as possible in the years yet
allotted him—he Is now affected
by the thought of leaving his
friends of these 31 years in South
western.
Dr. Gray has many times faced
severe tests of courage and physi-
cal endurance, and still he presses
on, planning after his retirement,
many years of activity which he
, hopes to have time and strength to
accomplish.
As he nears the celebration of
his seventy-third birthday this
month, one perceives in him a life
which can now say:
“I listened to the agony Of God
But know full well
That not until I share their
bitter day . . .
Earth’s pain and hell . . .
Can God within my spirit dwell
To bring His kingdom nigh.”
(Georgia Harkness)
Journalism
(Continued from page 1)
Mr. Williams has taught in sev-
eral large public schools on the
West Texas plains; at Clarendon
college. Clarendon, Texas; at the
college nqjv known at T. S. C. W.
at Denton (nine years); dean of
the North Texas Agriculture col-
lege, Arlington (nine years); and
for the past 16 years at Southwes-
tern.
At Clarendon college, Mr. Wil-
liams met an art teacher named
Miss Frances Pearson. It didn’t
take long for the salesmanship
profoooor to convince the artful
lady that Williams was a better
name"than Pearson.
The one-man newspaper sorely
wanted to be a school teacher. He
Looking Ahead
(Continued from page 1)
necessary to secure it. They pre-
ferred to depend upon the Ix>rd to
do everything for them.. If the
Lord wants its to occupy the Land,
it is Ids resiHHisihillty to see that
wo get there, they reasoned. Let
him work a few miracles, such as
earthquakes to shake down the
walled cities and bring pestilence
to kill the giants who would op-
pose us.. Otherwise, we’ll just
camp here and wait for something
to happen. Perhaps someday the
miracles will occur. Then when
the Jordon River is low and easy
to ford and the weather is fair,
and everything being favorable, we
will stroll over into Canaan and set-
tle down to enjoy the fruits with
the daily dessert of milk and honey.
These were the stand-patters of
tliat day. They Itelieved in faith
without works” and were weak of
spirit and cowards at heart. They
were ever looking for something for
nothing. The Lord owed them a
living. If alive today, they would
probably be asking the government
for bonuses, pensions, benevolences,
and that it care for tbelr children
and make life easy for all of them.
Caleb and Joshua led the fourth
and last group. They pleaded to
go forward. The land Is ours, and
with the aid of the Lord we can
take it. It will he a hard fight, but
the reward is worth it. They be-
lieved It could lie done and were
willing to try.
These were the progressives of
tliat generation—the men who
would push forward regardless.
But they were stoned with stones
by the others, a fate that often be-
falls the leaders of any great for-
ward movement.
Such are the attitudes of human-
beings. Each generation has its
promised land stretching out into
the future. Before the promised
land can be reached, however,
there are always obstacles to over-
come, the walled cities and the
giants who opiiose them.
It Is ever thus. life offers lit-
tle for those who refuse to pay the
price. The promised land is just a
potential inheritance, never a gift.
Bishop Talks
At Reception
Honoring Gray
Dr. C. M. Bishop, president em-
eritus of Southwestern, gave the
principal address at the last facul-
ty meeting of the year, dedicated
to Dr. H. L. Gray, who is retiring
after 31 years as professor of Bible
and Religion.
Close friends of Dr. Gray gave
the program, and the largest at-
tendance of the year was present
Monday evening in the Fine Arts
auditorium.
Dr. Bishop traced the history of
the faculty club from its organiza-
tion while he was president to the
present time. Mrs. Anita Storrs
Gaedcke, instructor in violin, then
played two violin selections, favor-
ites of Dr. Gray, after which fol-
lowed a group of three-minute tri-
butes to Dr. Gray. Mrs. Margaret
Mood McKennon spoke of his
scholarship and compared Dr.
Gray to Emerson’s “American
Scholar.” Dr. J. C. Godbey des-
cribed the attributes of a good cit-
izen which Dr. Gray possessed and
practiced In his 31 years in George-
town. Dean O. A. Ullrich praised
Dr. Gray as a teacher and col-
league. Dr. Claud Howard told of
many cherished memories of hours
spent with his neighbor, and Mrs.
Ruth Morgan Ferguson expressed
the affection and best wishes of
the faculty club as she presented
Dr. Gray the gift of the club, a
leather portfolio for his manus-
scripts.
Hosts and hostesses for the so-
cial hour were Messrs, and Mes-
dames J. C. Godbey, Henry Meyer,
Ernest Heyer, and Carl Compton.
Rock Theatre
Round Rock
SUNDAY - MONDAY
A Girl, A Guy, And
a Gob
George Murphy
Lucille Ball
Tuesday - Wednesday
Give Us Wings
Thursday - Friday
Men of Boys Town
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
------ Saturday
Double Feature
You*re The One
“Robbers of the Range*
With the Intramurals
Barb B’s-----
Barb A’s_____Second
_______Third
By Byron Record
. First
Mask and Wig Elects
Hedge, Carter, Pickard
At its final meeting of the year
Wednesday, May 21, the Mask and
Wig club elected Kathryn Hedge
president; Lloyd Carter, vice-pres-
ident; Gwendolyn Pickard, secre-
tary; Frank Sehon, business mana-
ger, and Bess Hughes, club report-
er, to serve - during ;the 1941-42
school year.
The two plays presented at the
meeting were “The Stranger,” by
August Strendberg and “Red Car-
nations.” The first was directed
by Maxine Benold and included in
its cast Louise Britt and Mary Tom
Neal. “Red Carnations” was direct-
ed by Ernest Mason, and the play-
ers were Frank Sehon, Tommie
Bascham and Mary Tom Neal.
Rod and Gun
BY GOODVIN ROC ERS
To my many friends who have
Joined me in making hunting and
fishing more successful sports
among Southwesterners, I wish to
bid farewell. I want each and
every one of you to know just how
much I have enjoyed being part of
such a grand student body and be-
ing a student of one of the world’s
greatest little schools.
I will always hold Southwestern
among my brightest memories, just
as I will hold the friends 1 have
made here beyond my power of ex-
pression.
Happy Hunting, Amigos!
—Goodvin Rogers
PALACE
SUN. - MON. - TUES.
May 25, 26, 27
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^ Beulah BONDI
Sigs
Phis __
K. A/s
Fourth
Fifth
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145
The places
are
wlnm‘rH ‘Ifclar
ed and t Ii e
'IK, , awards g i v e n
First place goes
to tin* Bulb B’.S,
fyE i,h' i<uri> A s
vlK I have taken in
iRk p 1 a c e
and the Sigs are
1,1 thlrd The
Sigs are high In
the Greeks and will get the banner
awarded each year. First place
team will get its name engraved on
a silver plaque. Before I go any
further, here are the total points:
Barb B’s............ 670
Barb A’s............ 530
Sigs................ 360
Phis............
K. A.’s ..........
Tennis Finished
Tennis round, the last event on
the calendar, have been finished
and the places settled. In the
doubles, the Barb A’s won first, the
Sigs second, and the K. A.’s third..
In the singles the Phis won first,
the B’s second and the K. A.’s took
third.
I want to take this opportunity
to join with Rhea Williams in
thanking all the boys for their
splendid cooperation and sports-
manship that made this year’s pro-
gram a great success, and points
to a bumper season next year.
Following you will find a sum-
mary of the entire intramural con-
tests of ’40 and ’41:
Ping Pong-
Singles—B’s, Sigs, A’s j
Doubles—Sigs, B’s, A’s
Football—
Barb B’s, Sigs, Phis
Horseshoes—
Singles—A’s, Sigs, B’s
Doubles—A’s, K. A.’s, never play-
ed off
BOWL BALL—
A’s, B’s, Sigs
Volley Ball—
B’s, K. A.’s, Sigs
Deck Tennis—
Singles—B’s, K. A.’s, Sigs
Doubles—B’s, A’s, Sigs
Badminton—
Singles—B’s, Phis, Sigs
Doubles—Phis, Sigs, A’s
Busk et ball—
B’s, A’s, Phis
Free Throw Contest—
B’s, Sigs, Phis
Golf—
Singles—A’s, Sigs, B’s
Doubles—A’s, K. A.’s, Sigs
Shu f fleboard—
Singles—B’s, Sigs, A’s
Doubles—A’s, B’s, Sigs
Baseball—
A’s, B’s, Sigs
Track—
A’s, B’s, K. A.’s
Tennis—
Singles—Phis, B’s, A’s
Double—A’s, Sigs, K. A.’s
Phi Mu’s Entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Redford of the
Legion Cafe entertained the Phi
Mus with a Mexican dinner Thurs-
day evening.
Those attending were: Edith
Cockrell, Margaret Lee Godbey,
Loyce Eskew, Maxine Harris, Sue
Fowler, Marjorie Medlenka, Eliza-
bert Munson, Eugenia Palmer,
Augusta Lange, Betty Smathers,
Margaret Sandherr, Jeanne Walker,
Dorothy Bearden, and Mrs. Sarah
M. Wright.
Mrs. L. Hall, patroness, enter-
tained the girls with a supper on
the lawn of her Georgetown home
Sunday evening.
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