The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 26, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. XXXVI
H-SU ABILENE TEXAS SATURDAY JANUARY 26 1952
No. 17
Course
Changes
Sighted
Several changes in classes and
teachers are due when Hardin-
Simmons starts its 1952 spring
semester Feb. 6.
Dr. Ottar Tinglum from Black
River Falls Wis. will replace
Dr. Albert Lunday in the socio-
logy department. Dr. Lunday is
leaving for active duty in the Air
Force.
E. F. Duke history professor
will be replaced by Dr. A. R.
Parker formerly with the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma. Prof. Duke
will take a leave of absence from
the faculty to work on his doc-
torate at the University of Texas.
Evening Classes
S. W. McFarlin H-SU gradu-
ate is slated to teach evening
classes in bookkeeping. McFarlin
has been connected with the In-
come Tax Bureau of the gov-
ernment but recently resigned
to return to H-SU for a master's
degree where he will instruct.
Mrs. J. Carl Bass wife of
biology instructor J. Carl Bass
will teach night classes in typing.
Mrs. Bass M.B.A. graduate of
the University of Oklahoma has
several years of experience in
college teaching secretarial work.
Dr. J. E. Williams connected
with Hendrick Memorial Hos-
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For Annual Honor
Twelve Beasts Nine
Beauties In Election
Twelve men students and nine
co-eds received the 75 signatures
required for nomination for
Hardin - Simmons Beast and
Beauty and will compete in a
general election to be conducted
in chapel Saturday.
Those nominated for Beast are
Truett "Rogers Midland senior;
Tiny Foster Fort Worth fresh-
man; Ed Crow sophomore from
Fort Worth; Bill Cook Little
Rock Ark. senior: Bill Murry
junior from Amarillo; Bill Cagle
Childress senior; Bill Denton
Brisbane Calif senior.
Compote For Beast
Also Hershall Shuttleworth
Troup senior; Ed Tapscott Dal-
las sophomore; Bill (Clem)
Preston senior from Abernathy;
Dick Ham Lawn junior and Jim
Covert junior from Texarkana.
Co-eds who received the re-
quired number of signatures for
Beauty are Pat Baxter Anson
senior; Bettye Baker Albany
junior; Dolores Williamson East-
land sophomore; Patsy Morrow
freshman from Munday; Frances
Knigfyt Mineral Wells sopho-
more; Loretta Gullette Joplin
Mo. senior; Louise Livengood
senior from Stamford; Mary Lou
Kirk Dallas freshman; and Buff
Miller McAllen junior.
A run-off election if neces-
sary will be held the first of next
semester.
Book Review Scheduled
For First YWA Meet
The Mission study book "Inca
Gold" will be taught by Mrs.
Guy Shaw Feb. 5 at the first
YWA meeting of 4he new semes-
ter. The meeting place will be sec-
ond floor of the Student Center
from 4:30-5:30 and 8-10 p. m.
Every girl whether a member
of YWA or not is urged to be
present.
Calendar of Events
Saturday Jan. 26: End of dead
week.
Monday Jan. 28: Beginning of
final examinations 8 a. m.
Thursday Jan. 31: End of fin-
als. Monday Fob. 4: Registration
for spring semester.
Basketball: Cowboys vs. North
Texas State in Denton.
Tuesday Feb. 5: Registration
for spring semester.
Wednesday Feb. 6: Classes re-
sume 8 a m.
Friday Feb. 8: Basketball:
H-SU vs. Texas Western at El
Paso.
Minister's Wives Name
Mrs. Ashburn President
Mrs. Sue Ashburn was select-
ed president of the H-SU Min-
isterial Auxiliary for the next
semester at a meeting Thursday.
Other officers elected were
vice-president Mrs. R. W. Terry;
program chairman Mrs. James
Hinton; social chairman Mrs. Jim
Houghton; and nursery chair-
man Mrs. Jim Steeley.
Dr. Frank Royal spoke to the
auxiliary concerning what is ex-
pected of the preacher's wife.
Mrs. Dorman Kinard brought the
high-lights of the evangelistic
conference.
The next meeting will be Feb.
7 in the parlor of the University
Baptist Church Mrs. Ashburn re-
ports. All wives of students who
are full time religious workers
are cordially invited to attend
she states.
Presentation of the two will
be made at an all-university
party Feb. 14 in 'Rose Field House.
At that time the top five beau-
ties and beasts will be honored
besides the winning pair.
The Brand will sponsor a date
for the Beauty and Beast and
will present an armful of roses
to the Beauty and a corsage of
carrots and onions to the Beast.
Nomination blanks placed in the
Snack Bar Jan. 14 were taken
up Wednesday. The contest was
open to any student at H-SU
who previously had not been
elected to the honor.
Favorite Work Among
Is Teaching According
Majority of the 47 students
graduating in January will go
into the teaching profession ac-
cording to a poll taken by cam-
pus reporters. Education is the
most popular major among the
early graduates. '
Seventeen of the 47 or almost
one-third of them majored in
education while at H-SU and
nine of them will go directly into
the teaching field.
Nine co-eds the poll recorded
will marry immediately follow-
ing graduation or during the
coming summer. Five will do
graduate work at H-SU three
will go into the oil business three
to Baptist seminaries and one to
nursing one to a church secre-
tary position and one into busi-
ness. One January graduate al-
ready is in servie and another
will enter Officers Candidate
Schopl of the United States
Navy. Another will attend a
New Registration System
Will Be Used Next Term
BEVERLY GEISENDORFF
. . . wins Council post
GEISENDORFF WINS
SOCIAL POSITION
Beverly Geisendorff senior
student from Beaumont was
elected Student Council social
chairman in a run-off election
held last Saturday. She won over
Lois Shelburne.
Miss Geisendorff and Miss
Shelburne won over Gail Nelms
and Thynell Thompson in pri-
mary elections held Jan. 15.
The all-university election was
conducted to replace Charlotte
Davis present social chairman
who graduates this month.
Miss Geisendorff is at present
noon watch devotional chairman
for the Baptist Student Union
land is a member of YWA Life
bervice .band Flayers Ulub
Alpha Psi Omega Cowgirls and
is president of Hunter Hall.
In addition to planning an all-
university Valentine Party at
which time the Beauty and Beast
will be presented she will plan an
Irish garden party fracas
week social and senior day festivities.
She will serve the spring sem- on any or all nights. Those sell-
ester as a member of the H-SU ing will be admitted to the
Student Council. tournament free of charge.
FBI school and still another will
go into real estate.
Four of the graduating
seniors already are married
and will settle down to begin
jobs as full-time housewives.
Although education was
the most popular major among
the group business admin-
istration majors total 20 per
cent of the total group ten
of them majored in the sub-
jects. Five of them majored in reli-
gious education or Bible while
three took degrees with a phy-
sical education major two with
math majors and two with socio-
logy majors. One majored in gov-
ernment one in speech and one in
English. Others majored in two
subjects.
An interesting note is that of
27 asked nine of them transfrred
to H-SU either between the
freshman and sophomore years
or between the sophomore and
junior years.
A new system in registration will be inaugurated at llar-(lin-Simmons
for the spring semester A. B. Lee registrar an-
nounces. The system designed so that it doesn't force any group to
register last and so that instructors can fill up their classes
with students of all classifications was so planned that students
will register acording to their last names.
26 Students Given
Outstanding Honor
Certificates of inclusion in the
1951-52 edition of Who's Who
Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges were
issued Wednesday to 26 members
of the senior and junior classes
of H-SU.
University Vice-President W.
T. Walton made the presentations
to the students who had been
chosen by faculty committee and
members of the junior and senior
classes for the honor.
Those given the certificates in-
cluded Johnnie Barnhart John
Bowden Bessie Burkholder Jack
Ball Bill Cagle Elaine Carlisle
Bill Cook Joan Crawford Bar-
bara Davis Charlotte Davis Bob
Flegal Nora Beth Fuller Dunnie
Goode Emma Jo Goodson Ann
Hall Cliff Herrington Pat Hicks
Bill Hill Mina Matthews Mar-
jorie Moore Willard Pratt Joan
Randel Nancy Roberts Lewis
Stephens Clinton Watson and
Harold Wicker.
Students are chosen for listing
in Who's Who in American Uni-
versities and Colleges by selec-
tion by a committee of two year
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Senior Class To Sell
Concessions At Fights
Members of the .senior class
will sell concessions at the re-
gional Golden Gloves tournament
in Rose Field House Friday
Saturday and Monday nights
Bill Cook president reports.
Those students who did not
sign to sell are asked to see Cook
before Friday. Members may sell
Graduates
to Poll
Those students who plan to
marry are Charlotte Davis Lil-
lian Richards Marie Griffin Ann
Ketner Juanita Minatra Pat
Rosamond Joy Scott Genora
Brown and Charlou Thomas.
Misses Richards Griffin and
Scott will not marry until later
in the year.
January graduates already
married are Mrs. Lila Belle
Hopkins Mrs. Maurice Pat-
terson Doyle Mrs. Gloria
Taylor and Mrs. Lavonia
Duck.
Planning to teach are Mary
Jo Skipper Bobbye Whit-
worth Jackie Brasher Doris
Trott Rosemary Black Hope
Farguson Phillip Moore and
Marie Griffin. Most of them
already have begun teaching
positions in schools in the
area.
Bob Moody Gene Offield
Ken Watson Barham Campbell
and Tom Smith plan to stay at
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Registration will take place in
the Student Center Feb. 4 and 5
Lee reports because of the Gol-
den Gloves Tournament to be
held in Rose Field House
(See story in col. 1 for new
courses)
Order of registration is as fol-
lows: Monday Feb 4:
8 a. m. Faculty meeting.
8:30 a. m. Registration of stu-
dents who are helping with
registration.
9 a. m. L.
9:30 a. m. Ba thru Bl.
10 a. m. Ha thru Hib.
10:30 a. m. I. K. V.
11 a. m. M. Smith thru Sw.
1:30 p. m. Hie thru Hu.
2 p. m. J T.
2:30 p. m. N Wa thru We.
3 p. m. D X Y Z.
3:30 p. m. M. '
Tuesday Feb. 5.
8:30 a. m.-Wh thru Wy.
9 a. m. R U.
9:30 a. m. Coc thru Cu.
10 a. m. Bo thru By.
10:30 a. m. Ca thru Coa.
11 a. m. Sa thru L. Smith.
1:30 p. m. E F.
2 p. m. G
2:30 p. m. O P Q.
3 p. m. A Mc.
The above order will be follow-
ed both days as closely as pos-
sibgle Lee states.
A slight decline in enrollment
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Alpha Chi Names Slate
Of Officers For Spring
Mina Matthews Abilene sen-
ior was named vice president
of the Julius Olsen chapter of
Alpha Chi national scholastic
fraternity in a meeting held last
Friday Jan. 18 Barbara Davis
president announces.
Miss Davis was elected last
spring.
Other officers elected are Mary
Walker secretary; Vincent Beck-
er treasurer; social chairman
Nita Grimes; and reporter Bet-
tie Todd.
Miss Davis and Dr. Otto Watts
sponsor were elected official
delegates to represent the H-SU
chapter at the national Alpha
Chi convention to be held Feb.
22 at Baylor University Waco.
Formal initiation of new
members was set for Feb. 15 in
the home of Dr. Watts. The reg-
ular meeting date was set for the
first Friday in each month at 7 p.
m. in the parlor of Mary Frances
Hall Miss Davis reports.
Chosen faculty representatives
at the meeting were Prof. J. E.
Burnam and Jack Dean.
On program at the Friday
meeting were Marilyn Walker
who sang a vocal solo and Janice
King who gave a piano solo.
Miss Grimes gave a reading
"Go Down Death."
NEXT BRAND ISSUE
TO BE FEBRUARY 9
Because of final examina-
tions for the fall semester the
H-SU Brand will not be pub-
lished next week. Next issue
of the newspaper will appear
Saturday Feb. 9 following
registration for the spring
semester.
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