The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 19, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1952 Page: 1 of 8
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VoL XXXVI
H-SU ABILENE TEXAS. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16 1952
NO. 19
Gullette Cagle
LORETTA GULLETTE
. . . most beautiful co-ed
Junior -Senior Fete Set
For Abilene Country Club
The annual Junior-Senior Ban-
quet is scheduled for Thursday at
8 'p. m. in the Abilene Country
Club Willard Pratt president of
the hosting juniors reports.
Tickets for the affair are now
on sale in Abilene Hall and the
Student Center. The ducats are
priced at $1.75 each a price which
will also include transportation
to the Country Club as names of
persons purchasing tickets will
be given to the transportation
committee which will provide
cars for all.
Theme A Secret
The secret theme and the pro-
gram will be unveiled only after
the banquet begins Thursday
FIVE TO ATTEND
ALPHA CHI MEET
Five delegates to the Alpha
Chi convention to be held Feb.
22-23 at Baylor University Waco
have been tentatively named by
Julius Olsen chapter on the cam-
pus Dr. O. O. Watts chapter
sponsor announces.
The delegates will include the
two voting represenatives Bar-
bara Davis president and Dr.
Watts. Nita Grimes will make the
trip to be on the convention pro-
gram as will Bettie Todd. Fred-
alyn Cook chapter secretary will
also attend the sessions. Accom-
panying the group will be Mrs.
Watts.
Theme of the sessions this year
will be "Obligations of Scholar-
ship in Protecting and Promoting
Democracy". Dr. Watts retiring
president of the national organ-
ization will present the key of
that office to his successor at the
opening meeting of the Alpha
Chi organization.
Miss Todd wrote a dissertation
"Scholarship and Conflict Be-
tween Truth and Propaganda"
to be read at the convention. Miss
Grimes will recite Tennyson's
"Ulysses".
night Pratt adds. Decorations for
the banquet are being taken care
of by Florene Hutchens Joyce
Thompson Nancy Phillips Joe
Howington Shirley Narmour
Jean Brod Joy Erwin Frankie
Pratt John Horn Buff Miller
and La Rue Malone. James Mar-
tin will be in charge of special
lighting effects and Joe Wallis
is designing and producing the
ceiling decorations.. Pictures of
couples will be made both be-
fore and after the banquet for
those who want them.
Pat Beasley Jane Welch and
Wallis are on the program com-
mittee for the speaker-less affair.
Ticket sales are being handled
by Marianne Clark Luther
Mann Dorothy Petty Sammie
Wall Libby Bayless Jim Covert
Blood Donation Card
Signatures Requested
Students will be given oppor-
tunity to sign for blood dona-
tions Wednesday in chapel Nancy
Roberts campus Red Cross rep-
resentative reports.
A quota of 35 pints has been
set by Red Cross officials as the
H-SU goal as compared with the
45-pint quota topped by students
and faculty members in Decem-
ber. The Bloodmobile unit will
make its second visit to Abilene
Wednesday Feb. 27. At that time
students will be asked to donate
blood.
Students under 21 years of age
who desire to give blood are ask-
ed to obtain parental consent
cards from Dean W. T. Walton as
soon as possible Miss Roberts
states.
Those whOi signed to give blood
in December but failed to do so
must fill out another card.
Around 60 pints of blood were
given in the first drive.
Helping Miss Roberts are mem-
bers of the Inter-club Council
and Otho Polk faculty advisor.
Are Beauty and Beast
. . .
BILL CAGLE
. . most beastly
Pierra Muller Frances Waddell
Billie Ray and Joyce Harrison.
Printed Programs
Printed programs for the ban-
quet have been arranged by Miss
Welch Jane Kincaid Mary Rod-
gers Easton Janice King Frank
Lawson Bettye Baker Reginia
Dennis Bettlylu Daniel and Bill
Denton.
Transportation committee mem-
bers include Clinton Hart Wel-
don Boggus D. A. Isabel Jack
Harris and David Hodge.
The advertising committee in-
cludes Dorothy Howry Colleen
Murrie Marjorie Freeman John-
nie Barnhart Doretta Wilson
Bob Rex Shirley Rex Janett
Murray and Tom Lathem. Publi-
city is under the direction of
Larry Fitzgerald and Bettie Todd.
Committees for the banquet
were named early in December
and work started almost immed-
iately after that date Pratt says.
"This year's juniors have pioneer-
ed in the site of the banquet in
its program without a speaker
and in its unusual theme and
decorations. We are hoping that
at least 300 students and faculty
members will attend the banquet
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o
Drama Club To Give
One-Act Production
"His Cross" a one-act play has
been selected by the Religious
Drama Club as the first produc
tion of the spring semester. Ten
tative plans indicate presentation
within the next month although
no definite date can be announc-
ed as yet John Caylor Jr. direc-
tor reports.
The club also has scheduled a
three-act play for the semester.
Caylor announces that member-
ship in the Religious Drama Club
is open to any student interested
in such activities. A social is to
be given in the near future.
"The Rock" was the major
production presented last year by
the club.
Presentation Is Made
At All-School Party
Loretta Gullette Joplin Mo. senior and Bill Cagle senior
from Childress were presented as Ilardin-Simmons Beauty and
Beast Thursday night at an All-University Valentine party in
Rose Field House.
The two received the honors after winning the Brand-sponsored
contest from a field of four girls for beauty and three boys
for beast in a run-off held last week.
Cheerleader Sets
Try Out Deadline
Deadline for students desiring
to try out for cheerleader has
been set for Monday Nancy Ro-
berts head cheerleader reports.
The race is open to any H-SU stu-
dent. Tryouts will be held Friday
and Saturday during basketball
games Miss Roberts announces.
Students are required to try out
before they can be considered
nominees for cheerleader posi-
tions. Any person applying will
lead yells at the games.
Junior students will try out for
place I sophomores for place
II freshmen for place III and stu-
dents of any classification for
places IV and V.
Cheerleaders will be elected
during general Student Council
elections in May.
o
Fracas Week Rodeo
To Be Held April 21-26
Fracas Week which accom-
panies the Intercollegiate rodeo
at Hardin-Simmons will begin
April 21 E. W. Ledbetter busi-
ness manager announces.
The rodeo which will start
April 24 and run through April
26 will be the sixth annual NIRA
rodeo to be held on the forty
acres.
A contest for beards will again
be held in conjunction with Fra-
cas Week with awards given at
the end of the week at the Stu-
dent Council-sponsored Ranch
party.
Ministerial Orientation
Will Begin On Monday
Dr. J. H. Williams executive
secretary of the Texas Baptist
General Convention will be
speaker for Ministerial Orienta-
tion activities to be held at Beh-
rens Chapel Monday and Tues-
day. W. F. Howard state leader for
Texas Baptist student work will
be in charge of the two day meet-
Calendar of Events
Saturday: Basketball: Cowboys
vs. Arizona Wildcats 8 p. m.
Rose Field House.
Monday: Ministerial Orientation
7 p. m. Behrens Chapel.
Tuesday: Ministrial Orientation
7 p. m. Behrens Chapel. Bas-
ketball: H-SU vs. West Texas
State Canyon.
Thursday: Junior-Senior Ban-
quet Abilene Country Club 8
p. m.
Friday: Basketball: H-SU vs. Sul
Ross Rose Field House 8 p. m.
Saturday: Basketball: Cowboys
vs. Tempe Sun Devils Rose
Field House.
Runners-up were Bill Denton
and Dolores Williamson. Also pre-
sented were beauties Pat. Baxter
and Pat Morrow; and beasts Ed
Crow Bill Cook and Ed Tapscott.
Denton Bill Preston and Jim
Covert second third and fourth
respectively in the race were out
of town during presentation acti-
vities. ' Miss Gullette was runner-up to
the honor last year. Cagle
served as a co-captain on the 1951
Cowboy football team.
"Deep in the Heart of Texas"
was theme for the all-university
party also sponsored by the
H-SU Brand and assisted by the
H-SU Student Council. Things
Texas and Texans are noted for
were featured during the pro-
gram and presentation. On pro-
gram were the Cowden Paxton
Band which represented Texas'
handsome men; Betty Conway
who represented the state's "blue
skies by singing the song with the
same title.
'By the Sea'
Also Bill Forbes who did a
can-can rendition of "By the
Sea" thus representing Texas'
sea coast; Beryl Davis represent-
ing commerce with her "import-
ed" Hollywood rendition of Ava
Gardner singing "Can't Help
Lovin' Dat Man". The H-SU
tumbling team which represent-
ed Texas' tumbling weeds! Lopin'
Logan who sang Texas music;
and Wilma Wise with her song
"Wahoo Wahoo Wahoo."
The program ended with the
singing of "Deep in the Heart of
Texas." Lloyd Wright emceed the
program and presentation. Beau-
ties escorted by beasts represent-
ed Texas' oil cotton wheat and
citrus fruit. Cagle was presented
as Texas' most beastly man while
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ing designed for ministerial stu-
dents. Meetings will begin at 7 p. m.
nightly. All ministerial students
who receive tuition from the
Texas General Convention are
required to attend these meetings
Dr. Fred Fisher chairman of the
Bible department announces.
The orientation meetings are
held annually on the Hardin-
Simmons campus.
Proper Relationship
The program is designed to
bring ministerial students infor-
mation about the work of the
Texas Baptist Convention and
help them to form a proper re-
lationship with the general work
of Baptists Fisher states.
Students will be required to
read materials on Texas Baptists
and the cooperative program also.
The state department com-
mended Hardin-Simmons in a
letter to President Rupert N.
Richardson for H-SU's "record
of finest cooperation with our
state workers in those orienta-
tion programa"
The meetings will be open' for
student attendance.
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