McMurry University - Totem Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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The last step of registration, and perhaps the costliest” is the stop at the business office window. McMURRY On Sunday, September 3. dorms opened to the new fresh- men and old returnees. Ves- pers and picnics also were sla- ted. On Thursday 707 upper- classmen registered utilizing the new IBM computer. Four hund- dred twenty-two frosh signed up for classes the following day which brought the enrollment to 1,129. After Dyess AFB per- sonnel and special students re- gistered, the total number en- rolled was 1,310. Classes began Monday, September 11, and many new experiences lay ahead for freshmen and upper- classmen alike. Because of the computer method of registering, spring semester enrollment was done in one day, January 24. Two classes were offered concern- ing the computer. There was an introduction course and a numerical analysis course. If one could find four square feet of empty space at all school party before fall classes began he was sure to have a good time.

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BAND HALL PROVIDED BY FRIENDS The Iris Graham Memorial Dining Hall provides a place for students to enjoy both rrieals and fellowship and other students. One of the most adequate band re- hearsal buildings in the area is the McMurry Band Hall, completed in June, 1959. This two-story structure contains a large rehearsal room, offices, prac- tice rooms, and storage rooms. The $115,000 for its construction was pro- vided by friends of McMurry and of the McMurry Band. Opened in 1947, the Iris Graham Memorial Dining Hall ha,s a seating capacity for 400 persons and facilities for serving, nearly 1,500 hourly. The Dining Hall is a memorial of the Alumni and Ex-Students As- sociation to the late Iris Graham, registrar and an alumna of the col- lege. The Fine Arts Building, occu- pied in September, 1947, is equipped with teaching rooms for private lessons, teachers’ offices, and conference and practice rooms. Located just across Sayles Boule- vard, east of the campus, is a two- story, frame structure named Sallie C. Boyce Home, in memory of its donor. This is a girls' dormitory. The Alice Ward Home, given to the college by Mrs. Alice Ward of Hereford, Texas, was formerly the residence of the first president of McMurry, Dr. J. W. Hunt. On Sayles Boulevard, it has been con- verted into a cooperate residence hall for ten women students. 19 Both pictures above are of the McMurry Band Hall where music and fellowship abound.

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STUDENTS BEGIN COLLEGIATE YEAR Doris Reschenthaler, senior from El Paso, gave a helping Freshmen and new upperclassmen began the new collegiate year with orientation as- hand to McM newcomers. semblics in Radford. M. ?..frc?l?nJan (tom CIovjs K?V R°Scrs BOt in the slime Phil Swenson, Truitt Mitchell, Ricky Quy. Johnny Fitzhugh, and Bob Abbott look on spirit with her new green beanie. to some sliming activity. 21