McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Student £ife Center On Wednesday afternoon. March 12, Dr. Harold G. Cooke passed a crowning day in his life of Christian service. From his hospital bed. where he was convalescing from a broken neck and other injuries suffered in a car wreck last February, the robust president had the privilege of making a momentous an- nouncement to his board of trustees. Mrs. J. M. Radford had announced that she would build the McMurry student life center. The news was brought to Dr. Cooke's bedside by H. M. Harrison, manager of the Radford properties and a McMurry trustee. The McMurry president was ovecome and crying with joy upon hearing the news. Mrs. Radford will erect the student life center, largest of the proposed buildings of the Greater McMurry, as a memorial to her late husband and her family. Work on the gothic structure, estimated to cost about $350,000, will begin as soon as materials are available. Mrs. J. M. Radford

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Cooke Dormitories

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 •' The only way to have a friend is to be one. —Emerson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he passes through life, he will find himself left alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. —Johnson Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doub- ling our joy and dividing our grief. —Addison He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. —Con lucius