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5L WiWiU CHIEFTAIN
Vol. 30
Bulletin, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas, November, 1952
No. 4
Entered as second class matter, August 27, 1923, at the post office at Abilene, Texas, under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published six times annually, in February, March, April, May (2) and October.
Extensive Plans Underway to Locate and Organize 8,000 McMurry Exes
McMurry's New Mexico Exes Hold "Homecoming
At Las Cruces, Nov. 8 Before A. & M.-lndian Tilt
McMurry exes in the New
Mexico area staged a homecoming
affair in Las Cruces, Nov. 8 prior
to the Indian-New Mexico A&M
football game.
John Townsend, president of
the New Mexico Alumni Associa-
tion, presided at the luncheon
held in the small dining room at
the New Mexico-A & M cafeteria
and attended by about 25 exes
and their children.
Coach Wilford Moore, Garnet
Gracy and Len Johnson made
short speeches to the group. A
reserved section at the stadium
was set aside for the group as
they watched the Indians take a
27-14 victory from the New Mex-
ico Aggies.
Those attending were: Rev. and
Mrs. R. C. Stone, Rev. and Mrs.
Bervin Caswell, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Longino, Rev. Bryan Hall,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Braley, Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Lingquist, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hooten, Mr. and Mrs.
Vanderkamp, Mr. and Mrs. John
Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Wallace, Coach Moore, Len
Johnson, Garnet Gracy, Ralph
McCleskey, and Troy Gann.
Indian Club Reports
Contributions to McM
The Indian Club, an organiza-
tion devoted to support of Mc-
Murry's Athletic program, submit-
ted a printed report outlining its
contributions to the school at
Homecoming.
The report showed that the
club:
(1) Gave the school a 16 mm
movie camera, (2) purchased a
16 mm movie projector for the
athletic department, (3) bought
the public address equipment for
Indian stadium (4) bought new
pipe, five horsepower pump, and
sprinkler system for the football
field;
(5) bought two city lots south
of the football field for possible
future expansion, (6) built a curb
for track and resurfaced football
field (7) underwrote the salary
of an additional coach for the cur-
rent year.
Convocation Planned To Honor
Dr. Cooke, Ten Years' Progress
In connection with the Willson lectures next spring, Mc-
Murry will hold a convocation celebrating the past ten years
of progress under the presidency of Dr. Harold G. Cooke.
Plans are still in the very tentative stage, explains Gordon
R. Bennett, executive vice - president, who is temporarily
serving as chairman of the event, but the Ex-Students and
Alumni Association Executive Committee at homecoming
voted to play a main role in the week's activities.
Educational and ministerial dignitaries from all over the
state will be assembled at McMurry to participate in the
celebration.
Mr. Bennett further reported that the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce was enthusiastically supporting the con-
vocation.
Peggy Whitson, Midland sen-
ior and Bob Loving, Abilene sen-
ior were named as Reservation
Princess and Chief McMurry dur-
ing Homecoming Fesiiviiies this
year.
Reservation Royalty
Named At Homecoming
Peggy Whitson, Midland and
Bob Loving, Abilene, were named
as Reservation Princess and Chief
McMurry during 1952 Homecom-
ing Festivities.
Class favorites presented during
the coronation ceremony were:
Seniors, Billy Sisson, Littlefield;
Myrla Holcomb, Quanah. Juniors,
Veda Mae Kiker, Wellington; Jack
Chubb, San Antonio. Sopho-
mores, LaGaytha Wood, Seminole;
Otis Ratliff, Plainview. Fresh-
men, Frankie Tanner, Weinert;
John Davis, Crosbyton.
LIVING ENDOWMENT
PROGRAM
J. Dean Williams, director of
McMurry's Living Endowment,
reports that the response to the
program is very good.
Williams wil continue to work
in the Northwest Texas Confer-
ence for the remainder of this
year.
Plans for contacting all ex-
students of McMurry, pos-
sibly through the employment
of a permanent executive sec-
retary resulted from business
sessions at the 1952 Home-
coming, Oct. 18.
Over 600 exes registered at the
Indian Village, homecoming head-
quarters for exes. The assembly,
held in Radford Memorial Stu-
dent Life Center, keynoted home-
coming festivities.
Alex Bickley, president of the
exes, revealed plans of a con-
certed program to make contact
with all ex-students of the col-
lege. He said that McMurry had
more than 8,000 ex-students, but
knows the whereabouts of only
1,500.
He said thai funds were now-
available io press the program
and thai a permanent secretary
would be employed soon "for the
sole purpose of keeping a file and
organizing exes.
An executive committee after
the assembly voted to conduct the
new program thusly: (1) distrib-
uting more college literature to
exes, (2) send cards to exes liv-
ing in towns in the Texas and
New Mexico Conference, urging
that they get in touch with exes
not on the records of the ex-
student association, and (3) work
through the respective graduate
classes.
Len Johnson, vice-president of
the exes, speaking in behalf of
the announced program during
the assembly, called upon the exes
to help build McMurry. He urged
them to create closer ties with
the college.
Dr. Harold G. Cooke, who next
year completes his 10th year as
president of the school, made a
brief address of welcome and
gave some optimistic notes on the
school's advancement.
"It is especially encouraging
wherever I go throughout the
Texas and New Mexico confer-
ences to find expressions of ap-
preciation for this college. It is
apparent McMurry College is
growing in favor and appreciation
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