The Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1950 Page: 1 of 4
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WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1950
NO. 6
VOLUME XXIII
Pioneer Day, Homecoming for W.C.
Begins Today With 1:30 Parade
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Holidays, Tours
Near-by Towns
Shivers Approves Aid for W. C.;
Appropriation Begins in 90 Days
Over the
Fence
ATTEND FIRST
ANNUAL JUNIOR
COLLEGE RODEO
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF WEATHERFORD COLLEGE
1868 — “The Oldest College West of Fort Worth” — 1950
for each of the full-time enroll-
ments.
Gov. Allan Shivers, Mar. 20, ap-
proved the addition of Weather-
ford College to those Texas junior
colleges eligible for state aid un-
der an educational appropriation
bill already existing.
The amendment passed in the
House of Representatives with 74
votes for and 4 against. In the
Senate it had no opposition with
29 votes approving.
The allotment is based on the
number of semester hours taken
by the 140 students counted in
the November enrollment.
.s W. C. will receive $175 a year
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Caravan Boosts
Everyone, Shake Hands Savagely,
Come Out Singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’
By HERSCHAL SAVAGE
Old W. C. is proud today. Pioneer Day and Homecoming
is her day for you, folks, so she’s got a right to be proud.
If you’re an ex, from ’69 to ’49, I want to shake your hand
for auld lang syne. You’ll see changes, old classmates, for the
campus has grown. We’ve got a library, an addition to the
ad building new to you, a gym, dormitories, and lots of things
Curly Cockerham, Bill Rhoten and Herschal Savage,
all standing, of W. C. confer with Posse Club members on
the final plans for the First Annual Junior College Rodeo
which is set for 2:30 p. m. today. The men seated are Wal-
ter Caraway, H. K. Whaley, Frank McEntire, and Morris
Sands. The Posse Club and the College Rodeo Club are
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and Homecoming. And remember
today, you’re lways—;
Eleven Cowboys
Enter Contests
Early W. C. entries in the ro-
deo numbered eleven Wednesday
and many more students were ex-
pected to sign up for events be-
fore the noon deadline Friday.
Milford Meadows of the Col-
lege Rodeo Club announced that
Homer Jefferson would ride in
the steer riding contest; Joe Ross,
calf roping, ribbon roping and
cutting horse contests; Ben High,
steer roping; Jeannine Pearson,
girls’ cow milking; Bennie Bridge,
bareback and steer riding; Buddy
Barnes, bareback; Dub Slocum,
ribbon roping and cow milking;
Jim Calhoun, calf roping, ribbon
roping, cow milking, and cutting
horse; Kenneth Williams, bare-
back; Willie Wilson, bareback;
and Lanham Ford, bareback.
you didn’t see prior to ’21.
Look around, Old Black and Gold, while I shake hands
with you seniors, you guests, and rodeoers. Now, all you go
see our home. We’re proud of every part of it, for the part it is.
of us.
; Enjoy Pioneer Day
•when you leave, just liki
On these tours, a trio of Guy-
lene Lasater, Charlene Hood and
Claire Timbes sang, and square
dances made up of two squares,
were performed by various stu-
dents, with Junior Dixon as call-
er. The music was supplied by
Joe Berry, Bill Chastain and Bob-
by Fulks.
Square dances have been held
each Wednesday evening at Couts
Hall for the purpose of teaching
those students vzho wished to
learn to square dance for Pioneer
Day. Two squares were formed.
Those students who make up the
squares are Thelma Nash, Nelda
Clark, Betty Majors, Bernice Wa-
ters, Jo Ann Nichols, Polly Smith,
Lanona Hartness, Mary Jo Pow-
ell, Bill Gross, Derrell Maberry,
John Eason, Blackie Starnes, Bill
Hudspeth, R. A. Middleton, Dur-
Denton and Rep. Floyd Bradshaw
of Weatherford. »
Judging of Longest Beards,
Hog Calling Contest, Ranch
Contest; College gym.
8:30 p. m.—Square Dance,
College gym.
Sunday—
8 a. m.—Breakfast for Thali-
ans, Coyettes and Phi Theta
Kappa, Couts Hall.
Ha. m.—Church, First Bap-
tist Church.
12:30 p. m.—Lunch, First
Baptist Church.
Hundreds of guests are expect-
ed for Pioneer Day with special
invitations going to high school
seniors of Parker County and sur-
rounding counties from President
L. B. Plummer.
Exes will register at the Libra-
ry and at the Chuck Wagon sup-
per. Over 2000 invitations have
gone out to old W. C.’ers despite
incomplete records caused by fire
when Weatherford College be-
came a junior college in 1921.
Registrar Kenneth Sisserson
and assistants Charles West and
Durwood Henderson mailed the
invitations as well as did the dig-
—See GROUP, Page 2—
Auditors will inspect College
books in the near future and paid
tuitions prior to that time will be
counted in the appropriation. Stu-
dents on scholarships except top
honor graduates of accredited
high schools are not counted.
State aid money can be used
only fpr the payment of faculty
salaries.
co-sponsors of the rodeo.
Waters, Barnes Elected
To Reign at Pioneer Day
Pioneer Belle and Boss from
Weatherford College are Bernice
Waters and Buddy Barnes. They
will reign at the parade, the ro-
deo, and the chuck wagon supper.
The two electees were named at
a recent all-school election in the
College auditorium. Other nomi-
nees were Margie Coalson, Doris
Duvall and Mary Jo Powell, for
Bele, and John Eason and Emory
Swann for Boss.
Miss Waters is a sophomore from
Weatherford majoring in social
science. Barnes is an agricultural
major, a sophomore from Weath-
erford.
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Collegiate Rodeo Is Scheduled,
Supper, Square Dance Tonight
It’s a hot time for old-timers in the town today and Sun-
day when the third annual Weatherford College Pioneer Day
and Homecoming celebrations get underway first with regis-
tration of former students and guests of the College.
A parade opens the gala show at 1:30 p. m.
Schedule of Events:
Saturday afternoon—Registration of guests.
1:30 p. m.—Parade.
2:30 p. m.—Rodeo, Posse Club Arena.
6 p. m.—Chuck Wagon Supper, Old Fiddlers’ Contest,
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A motorcade, consisting of
Weatherford College students ad-
vertising Pioneer Day, made a
tour of several surrounding towns
last Friday and this week. For
this purpose some short classes
were held.
If Invitation Missed
You, Here’s the Reason
If you’re an ex-student of
W. C. and didn’t get an invi-
tation from the College for
Pioneer Day and Homecom-
ing, three people here want
you to know why.
They’re Registrar Kenneth
Sisserson, and students
Charles West and Durwood
Henderson.
Because records were burn-
ed when Weatherford College
became a junior college in
1921 and files going back to
1869 when the school was
founded just weren’t easily
uncovered, the trio had to dig
as best they could to scrape
up names of early students.
They did uncover 2000 in
all, 54 of them students who
went to W. C. before 1900.
So if you feel left out, it
Won’t happen next year. That
is, if you’ll register at the li-
brary or the Chuck Wagon
supper.
At the present time there are
17 faculty members and Pres. L.
B. Plummer said recently that he
contemplated no increase in the
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Sponsors of the bill in the leg-
islature were Sen. Bob Proffer of
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HOMECOMING. As we peek
"Over-the-fence" this month we
say WELCOME to you exes and
visitors. There’s never anything
quite like a homecoming and
here’s hoping the W. C. Home-
coming of 1950 is the best in his-
tory!
PIONEER DAY. The girls of the
campus have at least one “kick”
about Pioneer Day—the boys’
beards. Maybe if girls tried Ca-
rolyn Wilson’s technique, beards
might be fewer in number. It
seems she said nothing to Curly
about his burly face. She says
she’s scared to say anything be-
cause Curly is so big. And seeing
it bothered no one but himself,
Curly is now a clean-shaved
young man.
Last week’s motorcade nearly
had to perform more than musical
numbers! It seems when a little
boy from Granbury saw the W.
C.’ers enter, he shouted, “My
goodness, is the House of David
here again?” (It was only Emory
Swann.)
While on the subject of the mo-
torcade, a report to cupid might
be in order. These High School-
College steadies such as Joe Bai-
ley and Beverly Curtis, Durwood
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