McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Adminisfrafiau and Qaculfy O. P. THRANE e W. B. MCDANIEL Executive Vice-President Dean oz' College IENNIE 'FATE Dean of Women

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Ca C116 tudcufs af JM Kjlfl urry 601 age An Institution of Higher Learning is in a very real sense a spiritual organism. lt is grounded in the hopes and aspirations and ideals of its founding fathers, and built out of the sacrifices and loy- alties and devotion of those who have guided its des- tinies. All of those who have labored and planned and contributed to make it what it is have become a part of it. A college is the composite personality of all the person- alities that have entered into its life. A college is a living spiritual being. The traditions of an in- stitution are the processes and practices by which and through which this has come to pass. The story of the beginning, the early develop- ment, the habits and prac- tices of the successive faculty groups and student bodies, the policies and principles of management and administra- tion, and many other things written and transmitted oral- ' c ly that live in the memory of those who are connected Pfesfdenf with it compose its traditions. DR. HAROLD G. COOKE Tradition is to a college what character is to an individual, hence in a very definite sense a college has a character of its own which is peculiar to it, and which measures the merit and value of the institution. If you would properly appraise the character of a college you must not only know its present internal structure and life, but its history, its controlling principles through the years, and the practices that have character- ized it through the course of its development. Traditions are to a college What parenthood is to a child, what family life is to youth, what blood and inheritance are to a man or woman. Tradition is inherent to the character of a college, and hence it is some- thing sacred. Those who truly love a college will both respect and love its traditions. Unless these traditions are worthy it is impossible to be truly loyal to an institution, for loyalty must be grounded in Worth. The older an institution becomes the more dominant and controlling are its traditions. Mclvfurry College is very young. Its entire history is Within the memory of most of those who govern and control its program. We,- students, faculty, trustees, patrons and friends,-are moulding its traditions. Let us cherish what has gone before, because it merits our love and esteem. Let us each give of our very best to Mclvlurry, because What we do will in a peculiar way become the traditions of the future.

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ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS Y ' Gordon R. Bennett, Assistant to the President: O. P. Throne, Executive Vice-President: Raymond W. Derr,'Director of Public Relations: Jerome D. Vonnoy, Registrar: W. B. McDaniel, Dean of College: Dr. Harold G. Cooke, President: Tennie Tote, Deon of Women. RAYMOND W. DERR GARNET GRACY I. V. I-IILLIARD ROSITA H. I-IOLLAR JEROME D. VANNOY THOMAS S. WILLIAMS Public Relations Bu i M n I Director ol L.br If H R ISU t Fine Arts journalism S nes? G Uqe Athletics I G G eq U Deon ol Music er ',f', ', ELEANOR WRIGHT FRANCIS BENGE LLOYD BLANKS BRYAN BRADBURY OLIVER A. BUSH RAYMOND T. BYNUM BATIER , , B . Music Music Theory, Violin Spanish Art Business usmess Band