Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. XXXXIV, No. 7, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 30, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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Welcome HPC-DHC Exes
ACKET
VOL. XXXXIV
Urbanites' Chicken Fry
Basement 1st Presbyterian Church
Approximately 109 Attend Urbanile
Chicken Fry After HPC-ENMU Game
Approximately 109 people at-
tended the annual Urbanite
chicken fry for the football play-
ers. The social was held this year
in the ba?ement of the First
Presbyterian Church Saturday
evening after the HPC-ENMU
game.
A chicken theme was carried
out in the decorations with a
plumed chicken in the center
piece and feathers down the cen-
ter of the table.
Jim Woodle Johnny Milnor
Coach Bob Wright presented a
musical program.
Helping the Urbanites serve
were the sponsors and several
A. C. Henley
Guest Speaker
For Econ. 301
Mr. A. C. Henley vice-president
of the Citizens National
Bank of Brownwood spoke to
the Economics 301 class recently.
Mr. Henley spoke on the or-
ganization and operation of a
commercial bank.
Mr. H. L. Cravens Jr. is the in-
structor in the course.
Shaw's Three-Act Play "Candida" To
Be Presented Thursday and Saturday
George Bernard Shaw's three-
act play "Candida" will be pre-
sented Thursday and Saturday
Nov. 1 3 in Coggin Chapel Thea-
tre on the Daniel Baker campus
by members of HPC's College
Theatre.
Curtain time for both perform-
ances is 8:00 p. in. Ticket reserva-
tions may be secured at Ext. 57.
Student and faculty tickets will
be only 50c if bought before 6:00
p. m. and 75c at the door. Gen-
eral public tickets are $1 before
6 p. m. and $1.50 at the door.
"Candida" one of Shaw's best
comedies is the story of a minis-
ter's wife and how she teaches
both her husband and a young
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE
HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE FASTEST
mothers.
Fried chicken beans fresh
vegetables bread tea and choco-
late cake made up the menu.
FRIDAY EVE
Dr. Edgar To
Speak At An
Informal Banquet
Homecoming activities will get
underway Friday evening when
Dr. J. W. Edgar state commis-
sioner of education will speak at
an informal smorgasbord banquet
in his honor at the Hotel Brown-i
wood Roof Garden.
The banquet is scheduled to
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Master of ceremonies for the
"Man of the Year" banquet will
be Dr. Joe B. Rushing adminis
trative vice-president for HPC.
Dr. Guy D. Newman Howard
Payno president will give the
welcoming address preceded by
ho inMtin .i;i ;n k
given by Dr. Thomas H. Taylor
former president and now presi-
Hnnt nmnrifllc nf iYin nrllo(tn
Dr. Rushing will introduce the
featured speaker for the evening.
poet some mature realizations.
Jere Coon junior speech major
portrays the understanding and
beautiful Candida; her husband
the Rev. James Morell is played
by Paul Butler freshman. Other
membeis of the cast include John-
ny Haitsell junior as Marchbank
the young and romantic poet;
Suzanne Jaquis freshman as
"Prossy" Garnett Morell's color-
ful secretary; Jeiry Don Gregory
senior as Lexy Mill Morell's as -
sistant and Jim Brown fresh-
man as Burgess Candida's roug-
ish father.
Dr. McDonald Held director of
the production and head of the
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GROWING
BROWNWOOD TEXAS TUESDAY OCTOBER 30 195C
Homecoming Queen "Man
Of The Year' To Be Honored
A
t Half-time Ceremonies
Homecoming Parade To Feature
Howard Payne Band Club Floats
The annual Homecoming pa-
rade is scheduled to begin around
I 11:00 a. m. Saturday with How
ard Payne's Yellow Jacket band
and campus and city organiza-
tions' floats being the main at-
i tractions.
j Beginning on the corner of
Austin Avenue and Center the
parade will progress through the
streets of Brownwood to the court
house then down Fisk Avenue to
the First Methodist Church.
Here are the rules of the float
contest:
1. All floats and the parade
will have as their theme "Wel-
come Exes" and-or "Beat the In-
dians (McMurry College)." Vari-
ations of this theme will be ac-
ceptable. 2. All organizations entering
floats for prize money must regis-
ter their floats with Miss Lena
Vinson in the business office on
or before Oct. 31 which is tomor-
"Everyone Share Some" Sustaining
Fund Drive Underway This Week
"Everyone Share Some" a sus- western States Telephone Co.
taining fund drive for Howard
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week with a goal of $5000.
i "An appeal is being made to lo-
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students alumni alike to pu
"owird ff on th Payro11'.
d- Gu' D. Newman HPC presi-
fill r i i n r hi l r l m fs c c trm r v flntll4l
dent said.
W. W. Dees president of the
Citizens National Bank is chair-
no the campaign while C. C
Woodson publisher of the Brown
wood Bulletin and D. T. Strick-
land executive vice president
and general manager of South-
Senior Class Holds
Regular Meeting
The Senior Class held its regu
lar meeting in Room 201 of the Dean A. J. Quinn.
Administration Building on Oct. Dr. Quinn pointed out that the
26 1956. Cecil Elkins president ! city police were extending their
presided. I full cooperation in striving to
Alis Dickinson was elected as maintain the crosswalks but if
the other Senior Class Repre- students do not use them they
sentative to the Student Council may be removed.
The float committee was re-. If students do use them acci-
minded to complete plans for the dents will be cut to a minimum.
Homecoming Float. The class se- j Should a student be struck by an
1 lected Wanda Hyman as its nomi
nee for Homecoming Queen.
Suggestions for the Senior Class
gift were discussed.
The meeting was adjourned af -
ter the singing of the Alma Mater.
' Zimmalew Cooper reporter.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF
COLLEGE IN SB CONVENTION
row. Such registration will con-
tain the name of the organization
and the theme of the float. This
will allow time to plan the pa-
rade for maximum effectiveness
and allow time to assemble the
judges tally sheets.
3. All floats will carry a small
organization sign or some means
of identification.
4. Every float will be assigned
a definite place in the parade.
5. Any float not conforming to
the rules will be disqualified and
not judged.
G. First prize is $75.00. Second
and third prizes are honorable
mention awards.
The judges decision will be
final.
Members of the Homecoming
committee are Dr. Newman Dr.
Joe Rushing Dean Vardeman
Joe Swan Mrs. Jean Swinney
Qharles Stewart Groner Pitts
and A. C. Garvin.
are co-chairmen.
Dr. Newman pointed out that
Howard Payne is a non-profit
educational institution organiz-
ed for the specific purpose of
helping worthy young people to
get a college degree in a Chris-
tian atmosphere.
In addition to its spiritual and
' cultural worth to this section and
the school is a vital economic as
set the HPC president said.
Crosswalks May
Be Removed
A possibility of losing the
Crosswalks on Center and Fisk
was announced this week by
automobile other than the cross-
walks the driver of the vehicle
would -be entirely clear of re-
I sponsibility
1 Dr. Quinn earnestly requested
J students to cross at the designat-
ed places.
NUMBER 7
Half-time ceremonies at the
Howard Payne-McMuny College
football game will be the crown-
ing of the Homecoming queen and
honoring the "Man of the Year."
Dr. J. W. Edgar commissioner
of education for the state of Tex-
as will be honoied as the dis-
tinguished graduate of Howard
Payne and Daniel Baker colleges
for 1956.
Crowning of the Homecoming
queen will also be featured at
the half-time. Nominees for this
year's queen were selected from
the senior class with each club
on the campus having the privi-
lege of sponsoring a candidate.
The polls are open today for
members of the student body to
vote for the Homecoming queen.
The top four candidates will be
presented in chapel later this
week although the actual iden-
tity of the queen will remain a
secret until the crowning.
A native of Briggs in Burnet
County Dr. Edgar is a graduate
of Burnet High School 1921 the
Howard Payne Academy 1922
and Howard Payne College A.B.
1928. He received the M.A. de-
gree in 1938 and the Doctor of
Education in 1948 from the Uni-
versity of Texas.
Dr. Edgar began his career in
education in 1923 as a rural school
teacher in Burnet County. He
taught a year at Hiedenheimer
and served as superintendent at
Mirando City Victoria Orange
and Austin before he was ap-
pointed Commissioner of Educa-
tion of Texas in 1950. He is now
in his second four-year term.
Homecoming
Activities
Beginning activities Saturday
will be the annual Jacket Club
Breakfast which will be held at
Hotel Brownwood starting
promptly at 7:30 a. m.
Howard Payne and Daniel
Baker ex-lettermen will be hon-
ored with a coffee in Howard
Payne Gymnasium at 8:45 a. m.
Morning activities will continue
when a pep rally is unreeled in
Mims Auditorium for ex-students
and members of the student body
starting at 10:15.
Immediately following the pep
rally the ex-students association
will hold a homecoming meeting
in the Mims Auditorium.
A giant barbecue on the cam-
pus for ex-students and friends
of the college will climax the
morning activities.
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