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DECEMBER. 1953
THE McMURRY CHIEFTAIN
Pag* 3
"Do WaL Woneu 3 mmortal invest it in Wlen
Win isters, cjCaymen
invest iJleir ^J'une
The McMurry Living Endow-
ment program would be nothing
were it not for the laymen and
ministers who drive hundreds of
miles each week to lay the pro-
gram before members of churches
all over the Northwest Texas
Conference. And now, they're
branching out over into New
Mexico.
These men, whom we shall
name in another paragraph, have
driven thousands of miles since
the program began last fall,
speaking to congregations both
big and small, holding personal
interviews and seeing to the busi-
ness of McMurry College without
one thought of financial reim-
bursement or personal glory.
Each of them saw, in his own
way, the need for Living Endow-
ment for McMurry; and envision-
ed the great things that could and
would result from a successful
financial program.
They saw the powerful christian
influence of the Abilene Metho-
dist college and looked with a
long-reaching eye far ahead into
the future, seeing young men and
women coming out of McMurry
and stepping into the cracked and
aged shoes of men too old to lead
the nation and the world to a
religious victory.
To carry on this program, they
left behind their homes, their
pulpits, their businesses, and
their personal affairs, to further
the interests of a college whose
existence is based on the teach-
ings of Jesus Christ and the
Prophets, and whose aim is to
carry out those teachings and
spread them over the world that
none might go uninformed.
These men and women we are
talking about include Bob Curry,
Pampa; O. H. Finch, Dalhart; A.
G. Waugh, Lamesa; George M.
Waddill, Amarillo; Mrs. L. M.
Touchstone, Merkel; Curtis A.
Cryer, Borger; S. M. Jay, Abilene;
Vernon Hilliard, Abilene; W. D.
Christopher, Amarillo; Fred A.
Cary, Pampa; Alex Crowder,
district lay leader of the Abilene
District of the Methodist Church,
Sweetwater; J. M. Willson, Floy-
dada, chairman of the board of
trustees of McMurry College.
Then there are the ministers
who left their pulpits time and
again to spread the word, includ-
ing Rev. C. C. Collins, Midland;
Rev. Charles Cooke, Crescent
Heights, Abilene; Rev. Lennol
Hester, Central, Dalhart; Rev.
Jordan Grooms, First Church, Big
Spring; Rev. Eugene Slater, Polk
St. Methodist, Amarillo; Rev. J.
H. Crawford, First Church. La-
mesa; Rev. Luther Kirk, First
Church, Midland; Rev. H. H.
Hunt, Stanton; Rev. H. I. Robin-
son, First Church, Lubbock; Rev.
Wayne Cook, Asbury, Lubbock;
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In the Holy Bible, we read of men who lived several hundred
years, coming as near to immortality, physically, as any human
could. Many of them, without intending to, made themselves im-
mortal through their deeds or through the purpose to which their
lives were dedicated.
Today, men are no different. They seek to live forever in the
minds of men through miraculous inventions and discoveries, think-
ing only of themselves. Others, like Madame Currie and Louis
Pasteur find immortality unselfishly.
The average man has little or no chance to achieve immortality,
unless, through the goodness of heart, he makes an investment in
mankind.
Your money and your will live forever when you invest in such
men and women as McMurry College is turning out today. By this is
meant men and women like Rev. Nathan Pipkin, who graduated in
1951, and is now assistant pastor of the First Methodist Church in
Roswell, N. M.; or Mary Ann Rogge, Bynum, Class of '52, who is a
teacher in Big Spring Junior High. Then, in another entirely dif-
ferent field, is Troy Parnell, who is laboratory technician in Borger.
In still another field, Mrs. Travis O. Dutton, formerly Rosa Mae
Taylor, Class of 1950, is a secretary in Lubbock.
"But," you say, "Those are only three or four fields. What
about some others?" In answer to your question we might cite
Harold Longino who graduated in 1947. Almost since his graduation,
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E. R. McDANIEL, right of the Coca Cola Bottling Co., Abilene,
makes his investment in men through J. Dean Williams, director of
McMurry Living Endowment. McDaniel has been a regular contri-
butor and supporter of McMurry since its beginning. He is on the
board of trustees of the college and each year gives his part to
development of the future civic, political, military, business and
religious leaders of America. Mr. McDaniel made his contribution to
Williams for Living Endowment, thereby carrying out the pro-
gram's slogan: "To Make Money Immortal, Invest it in Men."
he has been working as a postal clerk in Midland. Then there's
Doyle Bynum, of Big Spring, whose wife we mentioned above.
Bynum is in the sales department for Cosden Petroleum Corp.
And if none of the others are in your field, then consider Hoyt
Cole of the Class of 1949. He is an insurance investigator right here
in Abilene. And if you're sports minded, we give you Marvin Sanders
of Loraine, who graduated in 1950 and is coaching football.
If we haven't yet touched your occupation, perhaps one of these
will do it: Oscar H. Spann, Jr., chemical engineer, Sweetwater; Joe
Harrison, Dallas, medical student; Bobbie E. Johnson, San Antonio,
U. S. Air Force; Mrs. W. P. Layne, formerly Clarice Smith, whose
husband is an appliance dealer in Slaton; Ralph M. McCleskey,
Midland, Public Accountant; Dub Pool, Abilene, district manager
for insurance company; Madie Jones Newman, Abilene, registrar for
Abilene High School.
These and many hundreds more in every field of endeavor are
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He's Making His
Money Immortal
Some time ago, when Dr. Gor-
don Bennett, executive vice-presi-
dent of McMurry College, was in
Muleshoe, he presented the Liv-
ing Endowment program to the
congregation in a church there.
After he was finished, Robert
Robinson came down front with
his mother and made a request.
"I'm interested in your pro-
gram. Would you please explain
Living Endowment to me again,"
he asked.
So, the McMurry official ex-
plained it again, carefully not for-
getting to give all the pertinent
points, including provisions for
wills and estates.
When he was through, Robert
looked at him and said: "I like
the sound of that, and I'd like to
do my part." Then he told Dr.
Bennett he'd pay the 4 per cent
tof his subscription with money
derived from the sale of eggs laid
by his 75 hens.
Robert Robinson, 10 years old,
signed up for a quarter share of
Living Endowment, $250, payable
at the rate of $10 a year.
o
McM Endowment
Marches Onward
The Living Endowment Pro-
gram for McMurry College goes
onward. Each day, new appoint-
ments are made, new subscrip-
tions turned in and new develop-
ments revealed.
Right now, J. Dean Williams,
Lubbock, director of the pro-
gram, and his co-workers, in-
cluding Rev. E. A. Todd of
Plainview, associate director, are
setting up the machinery to go
into New Mexico. Appointments
for meetings have already been
scheduled in the Pecos Valley
and Clovis Districts in the New
Mexico Conference of the Metho-
dist Church. Plans call for meet-
ings to be set in the El Paso and
Albuquerque districts during
December and January.
Current lists may be found on
Page 6 of this issue of The Mc-
Murry Chieftain.
With arrangements made in
New Mexico, many of the min-
isters and laymen mentioned in
the story in column one of this
page, will be going to that state
to lay the McMurry Living En-
dowment program before Metho-
dists. Since McMurry is the only
Methodist college which serves
that particular section of the
Southwest, the response is ex-
pected to be excellent.
Then too, there will be a num-
ber of laymen and ministers in
New Mexico who will help with
the campaign. These men, like
those in the Northwest Texas Con-
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