The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 19, 1953 Page: 3 of 8
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iRtmtUy September It ltS3
'THE H-IU BRAND
Religious
Stressed
Throughout its history H-SU
has strongly emphasized the im-
portance of religious education.
Its foundation agreement reads in
part "To bring young men and
women to Christ and to train
them for Christ." Since 1891 de-
grees have been awarded to more
than 1700 ministerial students
and 120 missionaries.
During the past year 300 stu-
dents were enrolled each semester
preparing for full time religious
work. Of this number 193 were
preacher students 59 were pre-
paring for foreign missionary ser-
vice 31 were in training for re-
ligious education work and 20
were preparing for a musical min-
istry. All campus religious activity is
under the direction of a campus
pastor who maintains an office on
the campus. Truett Sheriff di-
rector of religious activities or-
ganizes and seeks to promote re-
ligious life on the campus. Under
his sponsorship as staff advisor
all university religious life is uni-
ted in the Bapted Student Union.
Campus religious activities in
the long-term include two daily
devotional periods known as the
morning watch and the noon
watch and weekly meetings of
the Life Service Band Ministerial
Council Young Women's Aux-
iliary and Cowboys For Christ.
Life Service Band is an organi-
zation composed of students who
" have dedicated their lives to
Christian service but not neces-
sarily to religious vocations. The
Band makes trips to near-by
towns and communities and con-
ducts church services.
Ministerial Council is made up
of young men on the campus pre-
paring for a life work in the min-
istries of preaching singing mis-
sions and educational work.
Young Women's Auxiliary is an
organization for the young wo-
men students. The group is spon
sored by the Baptist Women's
Missionary Society.
Cowboys For Christ is an or-
ganization consisting solely of
members of varsity athletic teams
who are interested in Christian
service. Similar to the Life Ser-
vice Band they visit neighboring
churches and are in charge of
preaching singing testimonies
and special music.
Other campus religious activi-
ties' include the special pre-school
BSU retreat held each year prior
to freshman orientation for the
Education
At HSU
fall term. This year's retreat will
be held at Lueders Baptist en-
campment Sept. 10-13. Primary
purpose for the retreat program
is to acquaint new students with
their fellow students and intro-
duce them to the religious ac-
tivities. .
A week of spiritual emphasis
is held on the campus each se-
mester supervised by sttident
committees working under the
director of religious life. Out-
standing Christian leaders are
chosen to lead the student body
in these weeks of emphasis.
The H-SU Bible department
employs six professors who teach
fifty courses in Bible religious
education and philosophy.
-Effort is also made to send
large groups of students to state
and southwide BSU meetings
each year. The Texas BSU con-
vention is attended each October
by numerous H-SU'ers as is the
missions conference which is held
each March at Southwestern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary in Fort
Worth. Smaller groups also at-
tend the spring state planning
conference and the student re-
treats at Baptist assemblies in
Ridgecrest N. C and Glorieta
New Mexico.
The BSU endeavors through-
out the year to enlist students in
active membership in Abilene
churches. Sheriff director of re-
ligious life works with the pas-
tors of the local churches in the
enlistment campaign. In this con-
nection a student committee on
enlistment is active with their
fellow students.
The first two Sundays of each
school year are designated as
"Join the Church Sunday" as a
part of the enlistment program.
Texas Prison System
Expects Large Profit
Thp Texns Prison Board figur
ed today the prison system will
make a profit of more than a
million dollars in the year ending
Aug. 31 1954.
The board adopted a budget of
$3306145 for the year and esti-
mated it will wind up with
$104508 more in cash.
B. A. Stufflebeme board mem-
ber from Grand Prairie said the
system will' get $4351226 of
which only $901226 will come
from legislative appropriation.
Cotton production wil bing an es-
timated $2100000 license plates
$15000.
The budget includes $843545
for capital improvements. Among
the permanent improvements is
a new cell block for the Hunts-
ville unit individual cells at the
Goree women's farm and revamp-
ing the packing plant at the Cen-
tral prison farm.
Last year the budget was set
at $2700928 and total expendi-
tures amounted to $2823900.
Board chairman French Robert-
son of Abilene commenting on
the budget report said "this is
something unheard of in the his-
tory of the operation of the prison
system. It is proof that now we
can maKe countless lmprovmems
of a permanent nature wtih our
own money."
For the third consecutive year
cotto ntook the lead as the money
crop for the prison system
Asst. General Manager Byron
Frierson told the board the prison
thus far has ginned 10389 bales
of cotton from 14434 acres. He
said however that due to heavy
rains the loss in cash would be
' about $171000.
All officers were reelected for
another trem. They are Robert-
son chairman; W. W. Card well
Luling vice chairman and Stuffe-'
. beme secretary.
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NOTICE
Applications now being taken for positions on
-J h e Lo rroil
Student Magazine
POSITIONS OPEN ARE:
Managing Editor Publicity Director
Associate Editor - Staff Secretary
Exchange Editor Business Manager I
Art Editor
Applicants should state position desired and
qualifications.
Applications may be turned in at the publicity
office in G. I. Hall.
No application will be accepted after Wednesday
September 23.
B. D. WILSON Editor
You're "sitting pretty"
behind the wheel
Take this Bel Air model. First
thing you'll notice is the qual-
ity of the interior. Rich-looking
appointments. Roomy seats
with foam rubber cushions.
Turn the key to start the en-
gine and you're ready to go.
You can see all around'
You look out and down
through a wide curved one-
piece windshield. The pano-
ramic rear window and big
side windows provide a clear
view in all directions.
And it's the
lowest-priced line
A demonstration will show you
that Chevrolet offers just about
everything you could want. Yet
it's the lowest-priced line in the
low-price field.
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Biggest brakes for
smoother easier stops
An easy nudge on the pedal
brings smooth positive response
right now! Chevrolet's im-
proved brakes are the largest
in the low-price field.
I figure this
demonstration saved me
many hundreds of dollars!
I expected to pay that much more
for a new car until I discovered
1 was better off in every way
with this new Chevrolet!
'
Let us demonstrate
all the advantages
of buying a Chevrolet now!
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MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CAR!
You get greater getaway
with the new Powerglide
A lot finer performance on a
lot less gas. That's what you
get with the new Powerglide
automatic transmission. There's
no more advanced automatic
transmission at any price.
You get more power
on less gas
That's because Chevrolet's twc
great valve-in-head engines are
high-compression engines. In
Powerglide models you get
the most powerful engine hi
Chevrolet's field the new
115-h.p. "Blue-Flame." Gear-
shift models offer the advanced
108-h.p "Thrift-King" engine.
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lt's heavier for
better readability
You're in for a pleasant sur- '
prise at the smooth steady
big-car ride of this new Chev-
rolet. One reason is that model
for model Chevrolet will weigh ;
up to 200 pounds more than ""'
the other low-priced cars.
'Combination of Powerglide auto-
matic transmission and 115-h.p.-.
"Blue-Flame" engine optional dh'
"Two-Ten" and Bel Air models aC $
extra cost. y.
SEE YOUR CHEVROLET DEALER FOR ALL YOUR AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS!
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The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 1, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 19, 1953, newspaper, September 19, 1953; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96950/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.