05/05/2009 12:00:00 amObituaryVelmaIreneSmyrlMcWhirter'36,Alumni'41 M.S.obituaryAlumni Velma Irene Smyrl McWhirter (’36, ’41 M.S.), Wylie. She taught home economics at Cooper High School in Woodrow until retirement. Her thesis for her master’s degree in home economics was a study of the housing conditions of 108 farm families in Wellman.