McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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DR,. GORDON R . BENNETT M c M U • I QRO I I ( O «•■i «WTT » » Whan Preeldent Jobnec-n |r«tad one hundred and twenty-one nut standing you a» perenne who had been carefully aalactad aa presidential scholar on June 10, )«M. ha aaid lo them. You are except Iona I membera of an exceptional generation You are younger than ranat of the aarth'a quarrels and you era older than mo el of the aarth'a governments. Since you ware bom. man Hue developed both the capacity to dee troy human Ufa and tha capacity to make Ilia worthwhile for aU the human raca. What you accompli eh aa Indkviduala • what aU of ua accomplish aa a nation - depende upon the goals and values by which we challenge oureelewe. Tha average and the adequate are too low aa goala for Americana. I boo or you for what I hnow you and your generation will achieve la the yeare to come. Your deatlny artU not be a faceleaa and thoughtleee ealetance in a dull and dreary aoclaty 1 believe the deetiny of your generation and of your nation ia a rendezvous with excellence. ” My wiak la that ynur eaperienrret nn the rampui of M Murry College may make the meeeage uf President Johnson applirable to you. .r-.'Vv Cordon R. Bennett President PREGfDENTS UEGGAGB 12

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QOMB VA.Pa These three friends of McMurry are also important in determining the policies of the college. Dr. Slater, who had been a minister for 28 years before becoming a bishop, became a McMurry trust- ee in 1951, the same year he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the college. He and Bishop Angie Smith ure bishops of the two Methodist Conferences that own McMurry — the Northwest Texas Conference and the New Mexico Conference. Dr. Willson, chairman of McMurry' s Board of Trust- ees, wears a red bow-tie, comfortable sandals, and goes about his business of serving the Methodist Church, hospitals, colleges and universities. He ap- pears in eight state, regional, and National “Who’s Who” columns and along with Mrs. Willson was honored by The Freedom Foundation with a special Leadership Award. Dr. Bennett, president of McMurry since 1958, has served Christian education and the Methodist Church in numerous important post.-. He is a member of the General Board of education of the Methodist Church, the board that determines educational policies for all Methodist educational institutions as well as educa- tional policies for all Methodist literature. Hi «hop Fugriw Staler, Board Chairman J. M. Will on, Sr., and Preudcnt Cordon Bennett These three women give their time and energy to the support of McMur- ry, just as their husbands do. Mr-. Slater find- that as a Bishop’s wife she is again traveling the cir- cuit just as she did in the early days of marriage when Dr. Slater sjwnt every Sunday “itinerating.” If one looks to the Who .- Who — state, regional, national — they’ll find the Willsons, both of them. Dr. Mavis Willson is co-donor of Will- son Lectures and serves as a trustee anti supporter of many Methodist schools. Mr-. Bennett, the graciou- first lady of McMurry. has held important posts in the youth work and women’s work of the Methodist Church. Her quick wit and grace make her a “nat- ural” in public -[leaking. She is as good an “emcee” as her husband, and that means she’s very good at it. I)r. Mavis Will-on, Mr». F.ujtene Slatrr, Mr-. Cordon Bennett

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