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NEWS BRIEFS
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Army Doctor (Captain) Mel-
vin R. Jones, 27, a 1962 grad-
uate of Howard Payne, com-
pleted the medical service of-
ficer basic course at Brooke
Army Medical Center, Ft.
Sam Houston, Tex., on August
30. Captain Jones, who receiv-
ed his B. S. degree from How-
ard Payne, served his intern-
ship at Good Samaritan Hos-
pital in Phoenix, Arizona, after
graduating from medical school
and before entering the Army.
* • *
A series of film strips, call-
ad "A Basis for Sex Morality"
Is being shown during Morning
Watch. The films are based on
lectures by Dr. Bryan Green,
a noted marriage counsellor
and physchologist. The series
consists of six film strips
which are each 20 minutes
long.
Morning Watch starts at 7:25
every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday in the small din-
ing room at Veda Hodge Hall.
* * *
EI Circulo de las Amistades
will meet Monday evening,
September 30, at 7 p. m. in
Winebrenner 121. All old mem-
bers and anyone who is inter-
ested in Spanish will be wel-
come. A program is being pre-
pared and important business
matters will be considered.
Mrs. Ruth Cole is the club's
sponsor.
* • *
Phi Mu Alpha held a mixer
Monday night and greeted 15
pledges including Mr. Berry,
Yellow Jacket band director.
Jerry Fleming, president, an-
nounced that information on
the all-male talent show Octo-
ber 15 will be released soon.
♦ * •
DOC welcomed six pledges
at an outdoor party held last
Saturday along the Colorado
River. Meetings are at 9 every
Tuesday night and the organi-
zation plans to have a social
gathering once a month and
a large anniversary program
at the end of the school year.
DOC pledge program begins
Tuesday, October 1. Officers
include Robert Oakes, presi-
dent; Phil Nobles, vice-presi-
dent; Chuck Anderson, secre-
tary; Ernie Rogers, treasurer;
John Fuqua, historian, and
Ralph Marshall, sponsor. Ad-
ditional plans call for a book
sale and style show.
• * *
POP is sponsoring an outing
Saturday to Lake Brownwood
for a weiner roast.
Need Volunteers
All students interested in
missions involvement while on
campus are urged to meet in
front of Veda Hodge Hall this
afternoon at 3:45 for the week-
ly LSB missions trip.
Every Friday afternoon stu-
dents from HPC lead a simple
Bible study for children in a
predominantly negro area of
Brownwood. The ministry is
similar in format to Vacation
Bible School. Students inter-
ested in working with the pro-
ject are assigned a group of
children to work with every
week. ;.v .74, i
'The primary objective of
this ministry is just to let
these children know that some-
one cares for them," explains
XjSB president James Mc-
Glothin.
McGlothlin adds that this
year LSB hopes to begin
another mission in the Mexi-
can area of Brownwood.
"These missions will provide
invaluable opportunities for
mission involvement while on
campus," continues McGloth-
lin. "I would like to challenge
all students, not only those
surrendered to full-time Chris-
tian service, to become invol-
ved in this missions endea-
vor."
This year's LSB officers are
James McGlothlin, president;
Johnny Rabon, vice president;
Cheryl Rabon, extensions
chairman; l^inda Chapman,
secretary; and Carolyn* Scott
missions chairman. 1
Sigma Alpha Sigma
Begins Rush Program
Sigma Alpha Sigma, a social-
spirit organization for women,
will begin its rush program
Sunday, September 29.
This organization, better
Jcnown as the Co-eds, will hold
its first rush party and recep-
tion on Monday night, Septem-
ber 30, from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
in the faculty lounge.
A casual rush party will be
held on Wednesday, October
2, from 5:30 to 6:30 p. m. in
Todd Hall. These are not
pledge parties, and all young
women are invited to attend
both events.
THE YELLOW JACKET
"The Voice Of The Campus"
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Member
Circulation —1000
Believing that freedom is a gift and not a right, and maintain-
ing that the responsibility to defend freedom falls upon those who
enjoy its profits, this newspaper is dedicated to the task of uplift-
ing and preserving the privileges of a free people living in a free
nation with freedom of the press.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Johnny Curtis
Assistant Editor Gene Deason
Sports Editor ..... * Don Wigley
Leslie Collier, Debbie Dunham, Ken Farenick,
Bruce Kirby/ Teresa Turner, Pam Williams
Cartoonists I Bruce Kirby, Mike Wohlering
Editorial Assistants Nancy Ahrens, Diane Blair, Liz Carleton,
Business Manager ............ Don Treadwell
Faculty Advisor \ .. Tessica Martin
le Yellow Jacket is published every Friday'; morning except
examination week twice a year, and holidays. Basically a student
tion, the paper is under the auspices of Howard Payne
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AP0 Examines Pledges
Alpha Phi Omega, the fra-
ternity dedicated to friendship,
leadership and service, held a
rush party Saturday Monday
night in Todd Hall, where
those tlyee main points were
expressed., .
the purpose of the rush
party was to acquaint the fu-
ture pledges with the purpose
of the fraternity, and also to
give, them a chance to meet
some of the members.
The members got a chance
to interview the pledges Thurs-
day from 1 to 5, and, at this
time, the pledges could ask
about their duties as pledges.
; That evening there was a
party held at Dr. A. J. Tur-
ner's home for the purpose of
the pledges and members to
, become better acquainted.
Monday there will be (a sec-
ond day of interviews topped
off that evening by the choos-
ing and voting on pledges, by
the members. Finally, the
. pledges will be informed and
initated into the pledge pro-
gram, and pledging will begin
Tuesday.
DRESSED UP FRESHMEN
TO PARADE DOWNTOWN
Editor's Note: By Senate
action. Freshman Dress-up
Day has been postponed un-
til October 4.
It is time again for Fresh-
men to don their most becom-
ing clothes and set the fashion
pace for HPC. Monday, Oc-
tober 4, is Freshman Dress-
up Day. Each Freshman will
be dressed up by his most be-
loved upperclassman, and must
remain in his beautiful state
until after the noon meal.
The Freshmen will stage
their own Mr. and Mrs. Ame-
rica pageant by taking part
in a parade during chapel and
afterwards in downtown
Brownwood, Judges will
choose the "best dressed" dur-
ing the parade.
Last year's winners were:
Grand Prize—Janis Thornton
and Margueritta Horner;
Men's First Place—Donnie Wy-
les; and Women's First Place—
Etta Briscoe.
BSU Council Holds Meeting
Baptist Student Union's
ExecutiveCouncil met Monday,
September 23, and discussed
a Singspiration on October 1
and films scheduled for Morn-
ing Watch for the next two
weeks*
President Jim Johnston call-
ed the meeting to order and
Kathy" Brown led in prayer.
Sue Pope joy presented a de-
votional.
A series of films on. the "Ba-
sis of Sex Morality" will be
shown for the next two weeks
during Morning Watch. Also,
reports made indicated that
341 commitment cards for the
Missions "Buck-a-Month" had
been turned in. The LSB Mis-
sion work is to begin today.
A report was made that 250
to 300 persons attended the
after game party last Satur-
day. The next social scheduled
will be a Halloween party on
October 25.
No man is an island, entire
of itself . . .
Any man's death diminishes
me, because I am involved
in mankind; And therefore
never sends to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee.
—John Donne
Organizations
Help Select 1
Homecoming
Theme
Campus organizations this:
week were given the oppor-
tunity to aid in selection of
the theme for the annual
Homecoming this fall.
Ballots were sent to the or-
ganizations by Roy Fewell,
Student Association vice presi-
dent and presiding officer of
ICC, asking the organizations
to indicate a preference from
among the suggested themes.
Included in the suggestions
were "Salute to Walt Disney,""
"Texas Our Texas," "Mythol-
ogy," a theme related to the
Academy of Freedom, "Four
Seasons," "Christmas All Year
Round," "Future," "Seven
Seas-Ocean Fantasy," "Parade
of States," an historical theme
with a "Salute to Red, White
and Blue," "Time," "Salute to
Broadway," "Movie Themes,"
"Comic-Cartoon Characters,""
and "World of Sports." •
Ballots were to be turned in
yesterday at the office of the
dean of students.
Sigma Lambcja Chi ,
Holds Smoker
Sigma Lambda Chi, a social
organization for men, held its
smoker last Monday at Sham-
rock Shores on Lake Brown-
wood. The meeting was jhelcf
so that men students could'
learn more about the club and
meet some of its members.
Officers of the club are
Larry Sims, president; Mariori
Cole, vice-president; Bob Fur-
gison, secretary-treasurer. Sig-
ma Lambda Chi works to pro-
vide a social outlet for men,.
Interested students may con-
tact any of the officers.
Publications
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Announce
Appointments
Four new appointments have-
been made to the student pub-
lications staff, it was announ-
ced by Tessica Martin, publi-
cations sponsor.
Gene Deason, freshman from
Greensboro, N. C., has been
named assistant editor of the
Yellow Jacket and Diane-
Gould, sophomore from Brown-
field, assistant editor of the
Lasso.
Appointments to the photo-
graphy staff include David"
Graves, a junior from El Paso,
darkroom technician, and
James Sprinkle, a sophomore
from Pecos, photographer.
•Teresa Turner, senior from
Brownwood, is Lasso editor
for the year. Johnny Curtis,
sophomore from Dallas, is Yel-
low Jacket editor, with Don
Treadwell, sophomore from
Balboa, Canal Zone, as busi-
ness manager.
FRESHMAN HAT DAY
Thursday, October 3, is Fresh-
an Hat Day. Again the "devil-
ish" upperclassmen get to put
their imagination to work and
make one of those Brownwood
creations for their favorite
Freshman to wear.
Another parade and judging
will produce the Hat Day win-
ner.
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1968, newspaper, September 27, 1968; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth128583/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Howard Payne University Library.