The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 29, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 5, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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THE H-SU BRAND
Saturday May 5 H51
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Hardin-Simmons university students have only two more
weeks left' in the spring-semester before final examinations
are scheduled. One of these weeks is dead week set aside to
catch up on loose ends. '
And. most of us have a few loose ends to catch up on.
Time with which we have been running a race all semester
is about to catch up with us. Term themes reports note-
books and .daily lessons are due and students are thinking
about' what is coming up for them during the summer.
In short the next two weeks is a time when spring fever
will have to take a back seat. It is a time when the student
will have to get on the ball and straighten out his studies as
well as his personal affairs.
A little craming might be necessary in many cases but in
the long run it will be well worth the effort spent. There is
little time left and there is much to do. What time is left
should be utilized with the utmost caution. "Why do tomor
row what you can .do today?
THE STRONGEST LINK
Bill Cook H-SU mission volun-
teer will be a BSU worker in
Alaska thik summer. His work
will include conducting workship
services'4 and organising and
teaching in vacation Bible
schools there. Cook was recog-
nised along with other summer
missions workers at the state
BSU conference at Texas A&M
last weekend. He conducted the
services in chapel Friday. A
junior student. Cook is from Lit-
tle Rock Ark. He plans to leavo
in June.
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Hardin-Simmons stuck another feather in its cap last
weekend when it put on the most successful rodeo the school
has seen. The Rodeo association and its corps of workers
headed by -president Harold Wicker and NIRA president
Bill Guest are to be commended for the efficient produc-
tion of the show.
But perhaps the hardest working man of all was one h
who received little recognition for his efforts H-SU s i i A
business manager E. W. Ledbetter. - He and his business MIqAJzCL IStUMHXjL kZGQJZ
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making preparations for the rodeo.
They contacted local business firms for prizes displays
and parade entries. Under the capable direction of Hattie
Belle Martin the office handled all the correspondence with
the 38 NIRA member schools invited to participate listed
and classified the entries and kept the rodeo records of each
contestant in each performance.
Ledbetter's .interest and enthusiasm for the rodeo and
its success was the driving force behind the whole show.
On the job constantly he got things doneand done right.
Without ceremony he undertook a big jcib and he saw
it through conscientiously purposefully and successfully.
We doff our Stetsons to Bill Ledbetter.
9 I AfUdtott Volunteer
By ELLEN DOYLE
"Come on Bill something big
always happens on the last
night!"
Bill Cook's buddy by the name
of Marvin Stiles didn't realize at
An ye $o Beauty
It was interesting to note that many of the candidates in
this week's student elections chose as a wide plank in their
platforms a campus beautification program.
We have long been aware of the fact and the presence .
of inspecting visitors last weekend probably made us more
conscious of it that our campus does not approach in
beauty those of some other Texas schools.
Of course there is more than one reason for this. In the
first place the dry windy climate is not exactly conducive
-to the cultivation of green acres. It's a little hard for grass
to take root in the red West Texas dirt when it's blowing
through the air in a 20-mile gale.
In the second place H-SU as a privately supported in-
stitution does not have the financial appropriations that
many state schools have for upkeep.
Little can be done about either of those factors. But
something can be done about the gaping hole in the north
wall of the chapel and the auditorium's broken seats the
knife-marred tables in the snack bar Caldwell hall's unat-
tractive practice rooms and the beanery's peeling walls.
Until the present expansion is completed our campus is
likely to remain on the unspectacular side. But with some
conscious all-university pride and effort it can spruce up
considerably.
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the time he urged these words
upon Bill just how much they
would mean before the evening
was over. Because it was that
evening in June the third week
of the Ridgecrest encampment in
1949 that Bill now a junior at
Hardin-Simmons walked the aisle
to moke a decision for foreign
missionary service.
This had been YWA week at
Ridgecrest and the only boys at
the camp were those working on
the staff . . . and there were
around 1500 girls on the grounds.
As a result the boys missed a
number of the services but this
was the last night and Dr.
Samuel Maddox was speaking.
As the invitation was given
hundreds of girls walked the
aisles to give their decisions. As
Bill and Marvin stood praying
in the last row of seats in the
balcony the words' "You go!"
fell upon Bill. "Okay Lord but
I"ll go next week." But the
two words kept hitting Bill until
a dozen verses later his feet were
literally moved into the aisle
and started to the front.
To a few it might have looked
funny with one boy standing
there among some 300 girls but
his decision was for the Lord
and nothing else mattered.
The scene switches to the cam-
pus of Hardin-Simmons univer-
sity now where a group of BSU
councilmen are planning to
launch a $500 student mission-
ary project . . . the money to be
taised through the student body.
Two major things were to be
decided who would be chosen
for the project and which mis-
sion field would be serviced.
A praying committee met forsev-
eral months and sometimes twice
a day. Those interested in serv-
ing in a mission field for the
summer were asked to apply for
the position. From this list of
names came a freckled red-head
from Little Rock Ark. He was
in his third year of college hav-
ing transferred from Ouachita
Baptist college in Arkansas. He
was now one of the most promis-
ing young preacher boys on the
campus and served as president
of the Life Service band group
the second semester.
Bill Cook was selected as the
summer missionary to Alaska.
Pat Craig chairman of the mis-
sion project and his committee '
presented a chapel campaign to
which the student body gave
more than $360. The balance was
soon reached through the sale of
mission bonds and other stu-
dent donations. By the end of
the school year almost another
$100 had been contributed for the
mission service.
At the state spring planning
conference held at Texas A&M
this year Bill was presented with
the other summer missionaries to
Mexico Hawaii and Alaska. W.
O. Vaught preacher of Bill's
home church brought the last
message to the conference where-
in he gave a few introductory
comments in praise of Bill.
When Bill had first surrendered
to preach at a summer camp in
Siloam Springs Ark. Dr. Vaught
had said "You're the last boy I'd
ever thought the Lord would call
to preach!"
Since that time Bill has led
in youth and church revivals in
Texas and Arkansas and pastor-
ed the Riverside Mission a mis-
sion of the Immanuel Baptist
church in Little Rock.
In Alaska this summer Bill
will take up vacation Bible
schools preaching and other
church work.
Attend Ridgecrest the "Land
of the Sky." Reservation deadline
is May 16.
Books Art Work
In Foyer Exhibits
Four new exhibits have been
set up in the foyer of Sandefer
Memorial and in the library.
Three oi them are book collec-
tions and the fourth is a group
of ceramics and metal work done
by students of Miss A. M. Car-
penter in the H-SU art depart-
ment.
In the foyer cases in Sandefer
are the art group and two of the
book collections. One is centered
atound "'Information please"
and features ivarious questions
and their answer source that
Jiave been supplied by the li-
brary in the last few weeks in-
cluded in the source books are
"The Medal of Honor" "The
Texas Almanac" "Book of
States" "Occupations" and "The
Army Almanac".
The other collection in the
foyer is a collection of children
and young adults literature loan-
ed by Miss Mattie Ruth Moore.
More than 50 books showing
various types of reading and
study material are included in
the group.
The third of the book collec-
tions is exhibited on the second
floor in the library. It is a col-
lection of books on Southwestern
customs people and lore. Some
of the titles in the group include
"Masked Gods" by Waters
"People on the Earth" by Corle
"Triggernometry" by Cunning-
ham "Westering" by Ferril
"Karankaway Country" by Bedi-
chek and "Wyatt Earp Frontier
Marshal" by Lake.
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Colorado City Seniors
Receive Kuder Tests
Ten members of Dr. Hoyt
Ford's aptitude class administer-
ed the Kuder Interest test to 76
Colorado City high school seniors
recently. This is the third year
that the class has given the test
there.
The test was also given to 32
members of the Colorado City
Business and Professional Wom-
en's club. The tests revealed that
90 per cent of those tested were
engaged in activities for which
their interests revealed they were
best suited.
Those making the trip were
Donna Broughton Alex Crowder
Delmar Crye William Dixon Bill
Hood LaNell Mason Gerald May
Larry Skylstati Calvin Trice and
J. D. Lemay.
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Alaskan Volunteer Is
Friday Chapel Speaker
Bill Cook mission volunteer
for summer work in Alaska was
the speaker in chapel Friday
morning. A junior from Little
Rock Ark. Cook will work this
summer under the auspices of the
BSU.
A mixed quartet composed of
Norman McDaniel Nora Beth
Fuller Jane Welch and Herbert
Barker furnished special music
for the chapel program.
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The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 29, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 5, 1951, newspaper, May 5, 1951; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96862/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.