The McM War Whoop (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 9, 1978 Page: 1 of 4
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March Date Set
For New Student
Center Ground-
Breaking One nf McMurry'n most excit-
ing projects for the 1978 nnd
1970 school yenrs will have lU
beginning when the ground
breaking ceremony for the new
Student Center takes place dur-
ing the Honrd of Trustees meet
ing nt 11 15 on March 17 Thin
two million dollar project in ex-
pected to he finished at Home
time during the full or 1970
The Student Center in another
pnrt of the Thrust for Excellence
program which was begun in
1975 One of the projcctH main
supporters and fund-raisers has
hecn Bishop Aisle Cnrlcton who
han worked toward the comple-
tion of the project from the be-
ginning Although tlie Center will he n
bltf addition to the cnmpuH it
will not detract from the view of
the existing buildings because
the building itself for the most
part will be only six feet above
ground The bulk of the aren in-
volved will lie underground The
top of the Center will also be
landscaped with grass and
sidewalks
Located in the Student Center
will be the chapel (which will
seat around 1 U people) the Re-
ligious Life office nnd the MSG
office Also contained in the
Center will le the President's
Dining Hoom which will he nv-
niluble for banquets and the
Ball Room which will be used
for dances movies and other ac-
tivities involving large groups of
people The remaining space
will be occupied by the snack-
bar the bookstore the game
room the post office and the
new faculty lounge
Film Festival To
Offer Musical Note
The title ofth is yenr's film fes-
tival is "Those Mngicul Musi-
cals " Ah you can guess the films
that will be shown include some
of the all time greats such as
"Tho Sound of Music ' and "Sing-
ing in the Rain " Yet those
aren't all
Included in the list of films to
be shown nro "Swing Time"
mado In 1936 "Glister Parade"
filmed in 19 18 'Singing in the
Rain" 1952 "The Sound of
Music" 19G5 and "I)r Dolittle"
in 1968
The festival begins on Feb-
ruary 22 and runs through Sun
day February 26 Nightly per-
formances begin at 7 00 and the
Sunday Mntinee is at 2 00 On
Wednesday night "Swing Time"
will be showing and Thursday
night you enn see Julie Andrews
and Christopher Plummer in
' The Sound of Music " Friday
night Gene Kelly along with
Debbie Reynolds and Donald
O Connor can bo seen on the
screen in "Singing in the Ruin "
Saturday one of Judy Garland's
hits "Gaster Parade" will be
showing and the Sunday
Matinee which is Children's
Day is "Dr Dolittle "
'I he festival is free to the pub-
lic and one College Series credit
will bo given for attending The
faculty sponsor is Dr Gerald
McDaniel and co chairpersons
for tho event oro Darrell Wof-
ford und D'Lyn Duvison The
posters around cumpus are the
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VOL.55
"ERNEST" PERFORMANCE SOON . . . Mary Glover Timl Stoker and Horace Whltt rehearse a scene from Oscar
Wilde's "The Importance ol Being Ernest" during the final week before the show premiers. Performances are
scheduled for next Thursday through Saturday Feb. 16-18 In the Ryan Little Theatre. Tickets are available at the
Theatre Office. (Photo by Garry Philips)
McM Social Clubs
Gain 70 Pledges
Seventy spring rushees have
signed bids to join women's nnd
men's social clubs at McMurry
College nnnounced Sanya Sul-
livan associate dean of students
at McMurry
creative work of Shelly Smith
and Darrell Wofford
Anyone interested in helping
with the festival or Children's
Dny is usked to get in touch with
cither D'Lyn or Darrell
SCHEDULE
OF INTERVIEWS
TEXAS DEFT.
PUBLIC SAFETY
February 22 1978
MIDLAND I S.D.
February 28 1978
HOUSTON I.S D.
March 10 1978
KILEEN I S.D.
March 16 1978
TEMPLE I S D.
March 16 1978
LONGVIEW
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
April 11 1978
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CON-
TACT
THE PLACEMENT OF-
FICE RM 201 Maedgen Bldg.
ABILENE TEXAS FEBRUARY 0
The five women's social clubs
on campus received 42 new
members Pledging Delta Beta
Gpsilon arc Tnru Benedict
Diana Chubb Cyndi Johnson
Melissa McCauley Melindn
McClure Trendy Sharp and
Gayle TenfT
Pledging Gamma Sigma are
Kathy Brumfield Debbie Davis
Ruth DeYoung Corol Gilling-
ham Lynna King Also Kath
Sample Glainc Scrimshire
Cora Stnllard Kathleen Tipton
Suzanne Warner and Brenda
Wilmott
Pledging Thetn Chi Lambda
are Lisa Campbell Jcunine
Courtney Brenda Ellison
Sandy Knapp Mona Kwipil
Donna Lambert Carlo Parker
LaRao Phillips Carrie Wod-
dington and Glisha Walt
Pledging T.I P are Donna
Jean Anderson Janice Bryant
Darlu Gngler Anne Goodloc
Cindy Greene Diannn Hokan-
son Shannon Lackey Sherry
Sims Susan Spann Alison Tut-
tie nnd Vicki Yoder
The six McMurry men's social
clubs received 28 new members
according to Miss Sullivan
Pledging Alphn Sigma Chi are
David Devee Ronnie Frost
Bruce Lacefield and Greg
Shaw
Galleon Sets
Feb. Deadline
The GALLEON needs
uny and all creative efforts
by the students und fa-
culty in order to produce
the spring issue of the
magazine.
The DEADLINE is only u
few weeks away so please
get all submissions in as
soon as possible.
Posters are being put up
in order to remind those
contributing that tho cut-
off date is Feb. 22.
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NO. IS
Pledging H G I are Steve
Gverhurt Bob Gtvnn Bob
Gomez Jim Stewart Ba
Nguyen Liew Honng and
Dnvid Wcndland
Pledging KIVA are Lawrence
Gl Attrache Bill Davis Gary
Phillips
Pledging Ko Son ore Larry
Bailey Dale Gvers Greg Gift
Bjrel Moore Robert Reid and
David Scott
Pledging I II R are Bob Cer
vetto Matt Chnttin John
Grimes Steve Kcenum and
Mark Money
Pledging Chi Omuron aie
Mark Mahand and Ritnrdo
Mnrtmez
Financial Forms
Now Available
Financinl Aid Forms for
next year should be filed
by March 1 1978.
Pick up your forms in
the Finnncial aid office.
Band Sponsors
Friday Dance
The McMurty Band will be sponsoring a dance in
McMurry's Social Hnll this Friday night from 9 00 to
1 00 says Band President Don Fite
The dance will he exactly like the Saturday night
Social Hall dance except that admission will be $1.25 for
all people attending The money raised will go toward
the Band's upcoming tour to New Mexico and Arizona
the end of this month according to Fite
An added incentive will be the availability of free
popcorn at the refreshment area
Another dance is scheduled to be sponsored by the
band on Friday Febi uary 24
Attendance especially of McMurry students is
strongly encouiaged
A.D. Players
To Conduct
Workshop and
College Series
The After Dinner Players a
contemporary Christian theatre
company from Houston will
hold n workshop and evening
performance in the McMurry
College Ryan Fine Arts Center
on Saturday February 11.
The workshop will be held
from 10 am -12 noon and 1-3
p m Saturday in the Ryan Reci-
tal Hall The drama perfor-
mance a series of three short
plays will lw at 7 30 p m Satur-
day in the .'yon Little Theatre
The two events are sponsored by
McMurry's religious life de-
partment as part of the
McMurry College Scries prog-
rums There is no admission
charge for cither the workshop
or the drama performance and
the public is welcome
The A. D. Players is a com-
pany of actors who share a desire
to spread God's Word through
professional theatre Under the
direction of Mrs JcanncttcClift
George the Players perform n
repertoire of over 10 plays The
scripts all written by Mrs
George focus on Bible per-
sonalities and twentieth-
century individuals who con-
front the claims of Christ In per-
formance the Players purpose
to explore Biblical principles
demonstrating their vnlidit)
today
Original pla s to be presented
at McMurrj arc "Demi-Tasse"
"Footnote" nnd "Jonah the
Unwilling Missionary."
'Demi-Tasse" is a fust paced
overview of Biblical accounts
from both the Old and New Tes-
taments which deal with God's
coll to obedience Both enter-
taining nnd informative it was
described b one observer as
"more Bible history than you've
heard in five ears "
'Footnote" presents an al-
legorical view of several major
events of the Bible Utilizing the
child's game of "Marco Polo" the
characters center their lives
around a meaningless game
until each of them is affected by
something that offers more
meaning for their' existence
This poignant drama focuses on
personal decision making as it
relates to the claims of Scrip-
ture 'Jonah the Unwilling Mis-
sionary" is a delightful modern
version of the story of Jonah His
call his running away his ex-
perience in the whale and his
finnl obedience are related in an
amusing contemporary mnnnei
The A D Players nre a group
of people involved in n Christian
(cont. on page two)
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