The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 2, Saturday, November 14, 1936 Page: 3 of 3
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THE BRAND
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Simmons C. Goes
Wfld Over News
Of World Peace
(Brand November 15 1918 John
C. McWhorter editor)
Every child for centuries and cen-
turies to come will be taught to re-
member Nov. 11 1918 as the day on
which civilization was saved from the
Hun. It was fitting that Simmons
should "completely lose her mind"
on the day itself.
The great news struck the cam-
pus like a streak of lightening and
every body took his shouts and cheers
and ran pell mell to the chapel. The
seniors in the gallery started up the
cheering with insistent clamors for
a holiday. But the roof wasn't taken
.completely off until Dr. Olsemread
the school proclamation.
(Brand Oct. 16 1926)'
The Simmons Cowboy band boys
are experiencing a "dressed up" feel-
ing this weekon their trip to Ros-
well New Mexico. They have just
received their new hats and purple
corduroy shirts.
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GRIDDER OF '01 WHO WEIGHED
95 TELLS OF CHANGES
(Continued from page 1)
he could get. His pants lacked about
3 inches coming down to his knees
and his stockings lacked about 3
inches coming up to his kness. Thus
we had about 6 inches of Prof's legs
in the open. His jacket sleeves were
so short the elbow pads made it look
like he had big muscles.
My own suit was a dandy to have
your picture taken in. I got it as a
premium for selling subscriptions to
The Youths Companion. The girls
chipped-in and bought our football.
But we wouldn't use it to practice
with but very little. The grass-burs
were so thick on our field we were
;raid it would get punctured we
ad a ball made of canvass duck about
the same size and shape and stuffed
tight with cotton. And believe me
that thing could certainly gather
those grass-burrn. To get it hugged
up close to your ear or somewhere
and have the rest of the bunch pile
on wasn't a wholelot of fun and
when they piled off you and the ball
would have to be pried apart.
Gee but we had a good time. And
that game I'll never "fer git" it.
There was a school down at Weather-
ford (don't remember the name and
hope I never will). They wrote they
would like to come out and play us.
Well we got busy and solicited and
worried enough money out of the busi-
ness men in town to pay the expense
- fo&15. About two weeks before they
were to come out we asked some
Abilene boys to come out and play us
a "practice" game ancT they were very
accomodating. When the battle was
over the "tally" was Abilene 20 us
6. That didn't bother us however
it was just practice.
During Jthe next two weeks we al-
most ruined our subs. ' We'd have
one of them to get out in front of us
with the ball and come charging our
line behind an imaginary defense. We
practiced "bustin"' that defense and
we nearly always threw 'em for a
loss. Gee but we sure did get good
and by the time Weatherford arrived
we were "rarin' " to go.
The morning they arrived we went
down town dressed up in our playing
suits and ridin' in the old College
"haclc We arrived a little before train
time and gave a few of our pet "rah-
rahs". Well we let them ride and we
walked back to the college we want-
ed to be nice to our visitors. But be-
fore night we wished we'd made them
walk and all thewayfrom Weather-
ford too.
When that bunch suited out and
trotted put on-the field it looked to us
like Mr. Barnum had turned loose his
elephants. They didn't tell us in their
letters that they weighed about 179
per. But they were out here to play
bo we tacked 'em. Well sir we didn't
have time that p. m. to make a single
tally. We were too busy watching
them make 'em. We did make one
gain of about 20 yards it was kinder
late in the game and I think they got
a little careless. They had just fin-
ished making a touchdown. We had
kicked to them and the ball was put
in play on their 20 yard line. In
about three plays it was on our 20.
One of them fumbled and Jim recov-
ered the ball and ran about 20 yards
and I'll always believe that if those
two big knee-pads of his hadn't gotten-
both on the inside of his legs he'd
have made well anyway another 10
yards. The whistle blew about that
time 'and the game was over score
62 to 0.
We got them out of town as soon
as we could for we didn't want any
heroes hangin' around Football Buy-
ers. I played through three seasons
and I never did know what it felt like
to be on the winning team. We never
did win a game. But I'm glad I've
hung around long enough to see Sim-
mons with quantity and quality
enough to put out winners. I hope
you keep on growing and winning
until you make a rep that will be the
envy of any school anywhere.
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HARDIN-SIMMONS NEWS
IN REVIEW . . . ITEMS
(Continued from page 1)
Defense; Rice being the westermost
institution on their schedule.
(Brand March 15 1919 Truett Wal-
ton issue editor)
A number of scientific Americans
met on Wednesday March 5th for
the purpose of organizing a "Science
Club." As no program had been
prepared the club went into the elec-
tion of officers.
. Those elected are: Bernice Tram-
mell president; Clance Ford vice-
president; Onita Christopher secre-
tary; and Elma Carothers brand re-
porter. (Brand September 1919 Doris '
Daniel editor)
The 1919 football season is expect-
ed to be the most successful season
that Simmons college has ever had.
Plans are now being made to put out
a winning team regardless of the
heavy schedule being arranged by
Manager J. D. Sandefer Jr. He
stated to a Brand reporter last week
that games were to be placed with
such teams as S'. U. Rice T. C. U.
and S. M. U.
(Brand May 21 1921 Sam Malone
editor)
Simmons college won a unanimous
decision over Baylor university in the
debate held here Thursday night May
17 on the subject "Resolved that the
several states should establish courts
of industrial relations similar to that
of Kansas." E. T Miller and George
Mahon represented Simmons taking
the negative side while W. S. Vance
and C. M. Bourland represented Bay-
lor taking the affirmative side -of
the question.
(Brand December 6 1924 Nelson
Hutto editor)
"This is the happiest moment of
my life."
These were the words of President
Sandefer at the close of chapel Thurs-
day when the student body pledged
$40000 to the Simmons half million
dollar endowment fund far out-doing
in one hour and a half what they
had been asked to do in ten days.
The pledges were made folldwing a
speech on "College Loyalty" by Prof.
L. Q. Campbell. Thirty thousand
dollars had been the goal aceraging
$40.00 to the student.
(Brand December. 19 1925 Otis D.
Carter editor)
Ferguson hall the yoitng men's
dormitory at Simmons university
said to be one of the very finest in
the south will be opened for occu-
pancy January 1 according to' Presi-
dent Sandefer. The : magnificent
structure has been erected at a cost
1919 HOMECOMING REVIVES
IDEAL-' A GREATER SIMMONS'
(Brand Commencement 1919 edition
Friday June 6 Mary Cooper editor)
"A greater Simmons. A Simmons
that will in the nevt few years be a
university" are the words that were
again and again upon the hundreds
of lips of the visitors 'during the
Homecoming. Old students and
friends from all over Texas and even
out of the state have marvelled at
the growth of "Old Sim" at how dur-
ing the years and years of drouth
she with our noble president at the
helm has steered her little bark until
no wshe has emerged into the deep
sees a great college.
of over $150000 the largest part
of which amount was given by W. P.
Ferguson and sons of Wichita Falls.
(Brand September 18 1926 Charles
P. Miller editor)
Beginning this year Simmons ath-
letics are to be run under a different
plan than has been customary here-
tofore. Gilbert Sandefer member of
the class of '27 was elected to the
office of manager of athletics re-
cently by the "S" association upon
the recommendation of Coach Victor
Payne. In the new office created
will be handled the finances of the
athletic section of the school.
(Brand October 9 1926 Charles P.
Miller editor)
Among the interesting spectators
who attended last Saturday's game
between the Simmons Cowboys and
St. Edward's Satins were Attorney
General and Mrs. Dan Moody. The
gov.ernor-elect of Texas and his wife
were having ust as good time watch-
ing the hard-fought game and eating
peanuts and candy as were any of
the other 1500 people at the classic.
Mrs. Moody who is a former grad-
uate of Simmons cheered the Sim
mons eleven as a real fan should.
(Brand November 6 1926 Charles
P. Miller editor)
Only the charred remains of the
slogan sign "Simmons o'Mine It Can
Be Done" stands at the entrance of
the campus now for Saturday night
it went up in smoke at the hands
of two unknown men.
(April 9 "1927 Robert Whipkey
editor).
Simmons university's famous Cow-
boy Band highlight of the United
Confederate Veteran's Reunion in
Tampa Florida was chosen by accla-
mation the life-time official music-
makers of that organization Thurs-
day when it was elected to that posi-
tion two thousand Confederates con-
vening in that city hailed the Cow-
hands as "our boys."
(Brand May 18 1927 Robert Whip-
key editor).
Prof. W. A. Stephenson head of
the Simmons government department
succeeded L. Q. Campbell this year as
coach of the O.- and D. Council. He
has been largely responsible for the
successful tours the teams have made
this year.
Dr. O. E. Baker head of the social
science department in the university
has served as coach of the girl's de-
bating teams this year. Under his
supervision Simmons womens' teams
have had a highly successful season.
(Saturday Feb. 4 1928)
Simmons university has recently
been admitted into the Association
of American Colleges according to a
letter received htis week by Presi-
dent Sandefer from Robert L. Kelly
secretary of the association.
Simmons was voted into the or-
ganization at its fourteenth annual
meeting at Atlantic City.
(Feb. 18 1928 Robert W. Whipkey)
One of the greatest honors that
Simmons university ever received in
Men get one of the new "All-America
Sweaters" by Catalina $3.95 to
$Z.5t; also the Catalina Cable Stitch
Sweaters sold at MINTER'S 244 Pine
Street
the line of athletics came last week
in the form of an invitation to Coach
Frank Bridges to bring his Cowboys
to the island of Hawaii during next
Christmas holidays for a football
game with the University of Hawaii.
This is the first time that a Simmons
eleven was ever offered an oppor-
tunity to play outside of the United
States or to take part in a big inter-
sectional game.
(Feb. 8 1930 Jack Scott editor)
In the two fastest games seen on
the local floor this season the Cow-
boys swept on in their winning streak
to down the Howard Payne Yellow
Jackets 45-27 last Saturday night
and turn back the vaunted Crimson
tide from Texas Tech 28-23 Wednes-
day night.
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LOCALS HAVE WON
ONLY 4 OUT OF 20
(Continued from page 1)
1926 Cowboys 13; Jackets 6.
1927 Cowboys 3; Jackets 0.
1928 Cowboys
1929 Cowboys
1930 Cowboys
1931 Cowboys
1932 Cowboys
1933 Cowboys
7; Jackets 16.
0; Jackets 7.
7; Jackets 7.
0; Jackets 20.
0; Jackets 13.
6; Jackets 6.
1934 No game.
1935 Cowboys 14; Jackets
0.
(Brand Saturday November 27
1926 Charles P. Miller).
Aesop said 3000 years ago: "The
big end of the score comes to those
who wait."
COWBOYS 13 JACKETS 6
The Cowboys did it!
The Purple and Gold of Simmons
was flung to the breeze at the peak
of the Texas Conference Thursday
when a team of fighting Cowboys
immortalized themselves by rising to
heights not reached by a Simmons
eleven since 1922 and defeated the
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 13 to
6 in the Brownwood gridiron.
(Brand Saturday Nov. 26 1927
Robert W. Whipkey editor)
COWBOYS 3 JACKETS 0
No championship for the Yellow
Jackets this year.
One of the greatest fighting
elevens that ever wore the Purple
and Gold of Simmons university
stepped on the gridiron here Thurs-
day for the last game of the year
and brought the season to a glorious
close by winning a last moment 3-0
decision over their better rivals the
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets and as
the same time made it impossible for
the Brownwood aggregation to finish
the top of the heap of the Texas
Conference.
With only three minutes to go the
teams were battling 0-0 and it
seemed practically certain that the'
encounter would result in a scoreless
deadlock. A Cowboy rally carried
the ball to the visitor's five yard line
but a desperately fighting Jacket line
rose up and halted the charging backs
and a pass over the goal line was in-
complete. On a later charge to the
14 yard line a field goal won 3-0.
(Brand Oct. 25 1930 Noll Sewell)
COWBOYS JACKETS DRAW 7-7
Fighting for tradition that has
been indelibly endowed by yearly at-
tacks Simmons university's Cowboys
held a stern offensive course against
the Yellow Jackets of Howard
Payne college on the Jacket's home
field at Brownwood registering a tie
of 7 and 7 Friday night.
(Nov. 27 1926 Chas. P. Miller)
As the saying goes: "We missed
the battle of Gettysburg but saw a
battle .just as great at Brownwood
Thanksgiving."
192215 Simmons 7 Howard Payne
1923 3 Simmons 3 Howard Payne
1926 13 Simmons 6 Howard Payne
SIMMONS COWBOYS CLOSE
SUCCESSFUL SEASON BY WIN
By George Parks
By defeating the Howard Payne
Girls are finding just the sweaters
.they want at MINTER'S 244 Pine
Street. New pull-overs twin sets
jackets at $1.19 to $5.95.
Yellow Jackets on Thanksgiving day
the Simmons University Cowboys
finished the season as one of the most
successful in recent years having
six victories and three ties to only
one defeat charged against them as
well as having won the coveted Texas
Conference championship. (Saturday
Dec. 4 1926).
CANNON BIG TOM' HONORS
HARDIN-SIMMONS WAR DEAD
(Continued from page 1)
of other students of the college gave
the very best that they had to the
service vof their country.
The cannon was once dismantled
and strewn over the campus and 'on
another occasion Halloween prank-
sters replaced it with an automobile.
Students were angry and the cannon
has been since left and "trained" on
the main entrance to the campus
where it was dedicated "To Guard
the Honor of Simmons College."
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FUNERAL RITES FOR 'DAMIT'
REVIVE MEMORIES OF '20
(Continued from page 1)
dog at that but he had been a uni-
versal favorite on the college cam-
pus for four years. The fact that
Damit was loved by bo.th student and
teacher was demonstrated by the fact
that he was given a funeral the like
of which has probably never been
given a dumb brute before.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon by the senior class
of which Damit was an honored mem-
ber. The seniors spared neither time
trouble nor money in making the fu-
neral worthy of the mascot of an in-
stitution like Simmons college. The
grave was prepared in the flower
garden in front of Cowden Kail by the
loving and obedient hands of a num-
ber of Cowden hall freshmen.
Promptly at 4 o'clock six hundred
students "accompanied by the faculty
of the college gathered around
Damit's grave and quietly awaited
the funeral party. The funeral party
was led by the Simmons college band
which played an appropriate funeral
march. Four members of the senior
class acted as pall bearers and they
were followed by the entire senior
class.
The services were conducted by Ira
Harrison who took for his subjecV
these words: "Every Dog Has His
Day." The speaker paid a glowing
tribute to the faithfulness of Damit
and spoke briefly of the character-
istics that had made the deceased
mascot so popular on the campus.
As a part of the discourse the speak-
er read the famous eulogy delivered
by a certain statesman on the' occa-
sion of a trial in which the possession
of a dog was involved.
At the close of the exercises a mar-
ble slab was erected over the grave
and thereon were inscribed these
words:
DAM-IT
He is dead
1916-1920
College Mascot
While Damit was only a dog yet
he had many traits that would be
worthy of emulation. In the first
place he was a self-made dog. Four
years ago he was picked up in the
slums of darkey town and soon fell
into the possession of Gib Sandefer.
.Gib and Damit soon became pals and
as a result this dog of lowly birth
soon found himself established in the
home of the president of Simmons
college. He soon became a member
of the freshman class and was made
mascot of the college.
For four years Damit was afaith-
ful student. According to the state-
ment of the president of our institu-
tion he was never known to deliber-
ately cut a class. ' "
Girls our "Rapture" Chiffea silk
hose at 77c pair is a real valve ! See
them at MINTER'S 244 Pine Street
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