The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 1, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 13, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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Kim: College Misunderstood
Hcfnre llr Kim delivered thin
enr's convocation in Rndford hp
thnnked Dr C W Tnrtor saying.
'Therp is no wny in thp world I cnn
express m grntitudp so I'll just
shnkp jour luind in thp prpsence of
nil these ppoplp nnd tell nu how
much up tlmnk ou "
I)r Tnrtpr is leaving the position
of Denn ofthe College to Dpnn Allen
F Cordts
LnttrMrs JoeZ Tower presented
thp first pre medicnl schnlnrship
irvnz.
VOL so
Ann
Dean Ex-New York Native
Hopes Texas Friendly as Said
Or Allen F Cordis the new Denn
of McMurr) College nnd Vice Press-
dent for Academic Affnirs is n mnn
w ith n wnrm smilp nnd one who likes
to sing
New to Texns I)r Cordts snys he
hopes it's ns friendly n plnce ns Tex-
nns clnim "If n student recognises
me I hope he will feel free to
introduce himself I want to know
ns man) students ns I cnn" he snys
A quick run down of n long list
finds him n nnli e of New York Cu .
who ns n young mnn went to Snignn
nnd Okinawa courtesty of the gov-
ernment during the Korean con-
flict Marines radar and radio
Hack in the U S HA cum lnude
in sociology nnd psvchology Alfred
Uniersit MA. sociologv
Northwestern Universitv MA
Ed I) Teachers College of Colum-
bia Universitv
Cordts served ns resident advisor
for the Student Peritonei Service
Universitv of Florida At Central
Michigan Universitv. Administrn
tive Assistant to the Dean of Stu
dents and teacher of sociologv
At North Carolina Wesley nn (just
before McMurn l. he served ns Denn
of Students lecturer in sociologv.
Director of Dev elopement Vice-
President for Dev elopement nnd
Vice-President for Student Affnirs
Also nt N C Veslenn Cordts
wns instrumentnl in devising an
innovative .1 track curriculum'
hiiiUd liv the Southern Association
of Colleges and Universities
TV's "McCloud" Visits Abilene
In Support
of McGovern
In n role far different from the
bumbling fictional ' Chester" Den-
nis Wenver of the T V series
"McCloud" nnd formerly of the
populnr'Gunsmoke" stopped over in
Abilene September 10th stumping
for his Presidential cundidntu
Georgo McGovtrn and was met by
n welcoming committee including
unthusinHtic supporters from
McMurry Wenvor taking
weekends off from his hectic filming
schedule whirled through West
Texns touching down in Amanllo
Lubbock Odessa San Angelo nnd
Abilene before "tnking n breather"
in Dallas Sunday night The nnnunl
Wost Texns Fnir provided his
"soapbox" in Abilene
"Why would such a busy mnn
cram his weekends with tours liko
thiB?" ho is nlwnys nskod Tho
nrticulnto jot cnsunl Wenver
explains that his "conscionco
wouldn't let (him) do otherwise "
honorinR her Inte husband to Itnndnl
White
On hnnd for the presentation were
Or Towir's widow nnd his sister
Mrs Dnn Ferguson Senntor John
Tower son of the honoree could not
nttend because of Congressional
(Initios hut his wife wns on hnnd
Dr Kim delivered the following
nddress.
The contempornry college In
lindly misunderstood nnd
nliused both by Its most
Stye War Wmp
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In this .1 track program the stu-
dent had these options n) follow the
catalogue b) completelv dev ise nnd
onginnl coure of study c) combine
cntnlogued courses nnd original
courses
' Individunl group and directed
studies alreadv existed nt North
Carolina Wesley an explained
Cordts Hut to accomodate the
rapullv -changing desires of students
todav a commiltie was formed to
"explore wavs to loosen up the cur-
riculum '
And now McMurry
Does Cordts have nnv plnns"' dust
this "Mv task is to discover
what Mc.Murrv is and how it got that
wa.v That should take at least a
semester "
Does he foresee a 1-tnick cur-
riculum or u similar program for
McMuri v ' I see this as essential for
MCMURRY COEDS FOR MCGOVERN shown with televi-
sion's McCloud (Dennis Weaver) are Left to right: Carol
Hoffman Barbara Mitchell Carol Ramsey Debbie Holder
and Terry Holder.
McGovorn's appeal for Weaver rather than in waste nnd
lies in tho Senator's intention to destruction" Weaver phrases it
chango the country's correctly crea- "The U S should have more to show
tively nnd constructively in taking for its vastly superior resources" he
care of problems (e g ) pollution asserts
Intlmntcly involved constituents
nnd liy the ooclcty nt large. The
college In not n political organisa-
tion to be used by any group for
the pursuit of any narrow ohjrc-
tlvcs. Those who seek to
politicise the college distort the
real charnctcr of the college. The
college is not an ideology.
The college must be dev oted to the
tnsk of seeking the truth In the
search for truth there must be nn
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every college of our kind The small
privntc schools are more flexible
because they are more personal
These are advantages to shift
genre "
Cordu has long been interested in
institutions the sue of McMurry He
specialized in small college adminis-
tration in graduate school nnd w rote
his doctoral dissertation on "A Study
of Admissions Officers in Small Col-
leges" nt Columbia University
Dr Cordts succeeds Dr C W
Tarter who served in the McMurry
Deanship and Vice Presidency since
the resignation of Dr Porter Crow
in 1970 Tarter will return to full
time tenching ns a professor of
educntion
"It is my conviction." says Dr
Thomas Kim President of the col-
lege "that Dr Cordts will mnke a
distinctive nnd positive contribution
to the academic life nt Mc.Murrv '
SAG To Rewrite
Constitution
SAG met for the first time offi- Homecoming committees were
cinlly this semester Monday Sep- assigned It was announced that this
tember 1 in the Maedgen meeting jenr's homecoming show theme will
room
The call to order wnsmndebj SAG
president Gnr Pntton Sid Fowler
led the nssemblj in prnver nnd the
minutes were rend
SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED to Rnndal White by Mrs. Joe
Z Tower nt McMurry's opening convocation.
New Heads Named
In Two Departments
Two new chairman (chnirwomnn)
heads hnve been recently appointed
on McMum's depnrtments
Dr. Fane Downs. History pro-
fessor will be head of the history
department tnking over for Dr Ron-
del V Dnvidson who resigned to
assume n tenching position nt Pan
American Universitv
Dr Downs specialised in the his-
tory of Mexico nnd Tcxns earning
her HA MA nnd Phd degrees from
Texns Tech University She has
been published in "Texas Militarv
Historv nnd Dr Downs will have
nn nrticle in nn upcoming edition of
' Polish-American Studies '
Dr Downs will also begin her sec-
be 'A Night in Vnudev ille "The first
practice will be September 18
Student government then decided
that the Constitution will be rewrit-
ten to have n bicameral legislnturc
with a pirlinment and n Congress
The new Constitution will nlso stnte
that the SAG will no longer be
responsible for the Totem Beauty
Contest
After discussion a motion wns
made thnt the matter of dress code
for girls be brought up nt the next
dorm council meetings in the girl's
dorms
Student government nlso henrd
mention of the possibility of record
hops nfer home games
It wns nlso wondered whether it
was n fire hazard to have the screens
securely fastened to girl's dorm win-
dows The fire department will be
consulted about this matter
Tho student government aired
plans for canvassing the students for
their opinions
Gary Patton Hichnrd and Steve
were selected to attend a T I S A
conference in Lubbock September
8-10
"Wo would like to thank those stu-
dents who were not members of con-
gress who attended SAG for
coming" says secretary Sally Stone
"You really added to our meeting '
1 AfeW: 1
ond term as chapter president of the
Americnn Associntion of Universit
Professors this fnll
Dr. Gen Ulster will !e the new
head of the Division of Language
and Literature nt McMurry He is
beginning his third venr of teaching
at McMurn in the Knglish Depar-
tment A native of Merkcl Dr Ris-
tcr earned his bachelor of arts
degree in Spanish nnd English from
Mc.Murrv in 1973 He was an editor
of the The Galleon" literary
magazine and member of Sigma Tau
Delta English honor societ and
Aloha Chi honor societv
He completed work on his doc-
torate in comparative literature at
the University of Wisconsin last
ear writing his thesis on Joyce's
' Ul.vsses" which involved eight lan-
guages in the process
Or Rister is sponsor of the Gal-
leon and Sigmn Tnu Deltn at
Mc.Murrv
Dr. Day Offers
Phychiatric Care
For McM Students
The Counseling nnd Psychiatric
Service that McMurry provided stu-
dents Inst yenr will be repeated
ngnin this semester according to Dr
Joe Humphrey administrative
nssistant to the president
All McMurry students both on
and off enmpus nre eligible to receiv e
this service nnd nnytime n student
is troubled in any emotional way he
is encouraged to come in nnd tnlk
with Dr Kenneth Day M D says
Dr Humphrey
Counseling will be available nt
Dr Dny's office 270 Leggett on Wed-
nesdny s 1 00 to 3 00 pm with the fol-
lowing guidelines
(1) Call ofilce nt either 672-1891
or 672-8181
(2) Identify yourself as a McMurry
Student
(3) As many ns six visits for any
one student will be allowed at col-
lege expense
(4) No rtcord will be made in the
college office for confidentiality pur-
pose (5) No information about the stu-
dent gained in confidence will be
divulged without his permission
(6) Any time a group of not more
than eight want to meet with me
in my office or on campus this can
be arranged
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The War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 1, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 13, 1972, newspaper, September 13, 1972; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth104177/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McMurry University Library.