The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 24, 1933 Page: 2 of 4
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THE SIMMONS BRAND
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A weekly college newspaper published every Saturday during the!
school year by the Simmons Press Club in the interest of the Student
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Entered as second class mail matter June 2 1917 at the Postoffice
at Abilene Texas under act of March 3 1912.
Subscription price per year. 82.00
Office: Fihst Floor Science Buildinc
Downtown Office: Fisk Pub. Co.
EDITORIAL
Frank Junell
Grace Carol Ponder.
Jack Hcnslcy
Dub Wofford
T. B. Wilson
Jud Williams
BUSINESS
Kay Maberry
Lloyd Parmclly
James Walter Holliday
LIBRARY CLOCK
I noticed a clock in the library the other day. This particu-
lar clock was n6t running. It appeared to be an efficient clock;
it had the inner machanism; it had a compact and practical looking
cxteria. Nothing seemed to be lacking and yet the clock was not
performing its duty.
So it is with many students they possess the mental facilities
their appearance and bearing promises much and yet they fail to
perform their functions. Just as the clock is patiently awaiting the
time when someone will set it in motion its inner mechanism trans-
forming it from a useless decoration into an uncertain timepiece
so are they waiting for someone to force activity upon them to feed
them knowledge already gleaned and transform them from compe-
tent idlers ana reluctant students.
DIG
To secure the better flings
miner or the oil driller does not
searching on the top layer of the
he knows that the deeper he goes
ward. Upon first discovery of his product he is not sat is tied but
goes farther into the earth hoping and expecting to find more of
perhaps a better grade.
Many are satisfied with the outer edges and refuse to "dig deep"
in order to become greater. We accept the first that we find tli
first knowledge the first friends. In studying we should go into
the inner natures and not altogether consider the outside appearances.
"Beauty is only skin deep." It is the heart of a thing that should
govern our choice.
We will never be fully successful until we learn to "dig deep."
Learn all about a thing before accepting or rejecting it. "Dig deep"
and find the true desired knowledge or product.
LET'S GIVE THE'CAF A BREAK
Did you know that the most scientifically correct and appetizing
meals for the student are served at the cafeteria?
The above is not a statement ot be jeered at. On the contrary
it is one to be thought about. With a well trained dietician in charge
of the planning of meals and an experienced cook preparing them
Simmons has made an unusual provision for taking care of $ier
studet body. If the students do not respond to this service they arc
missing something which was provided lor their benefit.
Willi a strict set of rules governing the serving of the food clean-
liness and accuracy are insured in every detail. Prices have been
reduced to meet any competition in this line. And besides the cafe-
teria is not a money making institution. It was established to render
the boarding students a service. t
It has been charged that where food is bought in such large
quantities that it is not wholesome and carelessness creeps in. On
the contrary large buyers are usually rendered the best service and
most careful attention. Their good will is to be cherished for the
sake of their business and they have a right to demand high quality
and Uiey do it. Buyers for the cafeteria are shrewd in the choice of
food because of the experience they have had bcause of not in spite
of their large quantity buying.
A large part of the boarding students cat at the cafeteria thus
ffording a social opportunity that is decidedly worthwhile. The
cafeteria is on the campus and thus the most convenient for all who
reside in the halls.
Considering these things honestly and weighing them carefully
you may be missing something if you do not eat at the cafeteria. If
you h ve been condemning the cafeteria give it a break and try it
awhile. A chance is all they will need to convince you that they are
serving your interests.
ESSAY ON
Scotland is attached to the
no Englishman would admit it.
in this country the Scotch who didn't t all approve of squandering
so much money for a railroad ticket started a gold rush of their
own. There has always been a gold rush in Scotland although it is
generally known as a rush for gold. But gold mining was not very
successful in Scotland; it was about as hard to work gold out of a
mine as it was to work it out of the pockets of the natives. Scotland
is a pick-pocket's idea of hell. A Scotchman when he buys a new
suit always has the pockets made of sealskin.
The chief imports of Scotland are gold silver and currency of
all forms. The chief exports are whiskey Robert Burns' poetry and
Mrs. Frank. However enough whiskey is kept for consumption.
The Scotch are great drinkers when they get hold of someone else's
bottle.
Robert Burns was a product of Scotland. It is said that he had
many lovers. Mrs. Frank was one. However I don't blame her;
judging from his poetry he must have been a "hot" poet. Carlyle
wrote an essay on Burns. I picked up one of his books one day
and when I read the title "Essay on Burns" I thought it was lessons
on first aid in case of fire.
Somebody once saidvthat when the Scoter get hold of an idea
it stuck to them. I thought at first that an idea must be a new piece
of money. Yes the Scotch are thrifty but a hrif drive in Scotland
during the war resulted in a complete failure. Every man in the
country dragged out a pair of crutches and poised as a wounded
veteran.
The native costume in Scotland is a balloon petticoat. It looks
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief
Associate Editor
Managing Editor
Mews Editor
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
STAFF
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager
Circulation Manager
PHILOSOPHY
DEEP
in life we must dig deep. The
expect to find that for which he is
earth. He "dies deep" because
the greater will be his ultimate re
THE SCOT
northern end of England although
In 1849 wiien gold was discovered
Hodge-Poilge
(This column makes its de-
but with this issue of the Brand.
It is an entirely new type of
column and as the name im-
plies is to be a hodge-podge of
fact fancy and fun gleaned
from current literature and that
of the past. It will also con-
tain the columnist's observa-
tions rcminiscencts and opin-
ions such as they arc.)
ETIQUETTE OF PROPER
HAND-HOLDING
Hand-holding is always a time-
ly subject in Simmons and while
our instruction has been how not
to hold hands 0. Henry sets fortli
the art in its highest form in his
short story 'Telcmachus Friend:'
"Learn how to pick up her
hand and hold it and she's yours.
It ain't so easy. Some men grab
it so much like they was going
to set a dislocation of the shoul-
der that you can smell the arnica
and hear 'cm tearing off band-
ages. Some take it up like hot
horseshoes and hold it off at
arm's length like a druggist pour-
ing tincture of asafoctida in a
bottle. And most of 'cm catch
hold of it and drag it right out
before tht lady's eyes like a boy
finding a baseball in the grass
without giving her a chance to
forget that the hand is growing
on the cud of her arm. Them
ways are wrong.
Never drag her hand out where
she'll have to take notice of it.
Don't let her know that you think
she knows you have the least idea
she is aware you are holding her
hand."
TSK1 TSKt Bernicc Mask '26 one of the
One evening my Uncle Jake charter memuer9) is now at Plain-
who was fat bald-headed andview where ns Mrs. Yv&nV Kim-
a country missionary was lying b slc ha9 spcnt 9CVerai
down in the bed room of the home years ; Wayland College
where he was staying during his I Annic Louise () J0es '27
revival. The hostess forgot his fter aking )0th icr Ai B. ami
presence and entering the room B Mus jn Simmons has been
approached the bed where he lay' teachjng seVcral years at Pampa.
(all covered except his head) i LucjHe Hardbcrger (Mrs. Low-
thinking Her Daby was on tlie licu.i
Through the twilight's murki-
ness she saw my Uncle Jake's
bald head shining. She leaned
over and patted it lisping tender-
ly "Bless its heart! It's lost it's
pants!"
My uncle Jake raised up and
regarded her and she fled
pcrenming.
ADVICE TO YOUNG
PARENTS
Don Marquis said recently
in
Collier's: "Don't spank your kids
for the deviltry your father
couldn't spank out of you." Made
me think of the quip in Literary
Digest several years ago: "The
old folks blame the cusscdness of
the younger generation on every-
thing except heredity."
THE PET PROF
Edward Arlington Robinson de-
scribed him in "The Master:" "It
was the face of one who knew
I that we were learning while we
laughed.
ROOSEVELT
Topics in Brief; Literary Di-
gest: "Roosevelt is the worst pres-
ident the pessimists ever had."
"The country is behind you Mr.
President but don't let it get too
far behind." Qudtation trom a
British magazine: "Dictators are
increasing. Mussolini has long
been dictator of Italy Hitler ap-
pears to be virtual dictator in
Germany Roosevelt is rapidly
assuming that role in America. '
j Funny how things appear to an
outsider.
PRAYING POLITICIANS
"A weekly prayer meeting has
been held in the House of Loin
mons during the session for 100
years without a break." Imagine
a prayer meeting just prior to or
following a d.2 wrangle!
LETTERS
Those away from home are not
particularly interested in letters
unless their name is on the ev
like a checkerboard and is called a kilt. If a man wore one in this
country nine chances out of ten he would be "kilt."
The favorite musical instrument if Scotland is the bagpipe. It
is played by blowing on one end of it. The wind goes through the
instrument where it is "SUPPOSED" to be turned into a tune. The
first time I ever heard a bagpipe I was sorry that the bags failed to
do what it was supposed to doETAOINmauynw an .supposedtrune.
do what it looked like they were supposed to do. Someone told me
that Scotch soldiers' marched to their death to the music of these
bagpipes. Can you blame them? -.
Sports Ethics Giver.
Cranf ill's Athletes
The Cranfill boys' school be-
ing held on the Simmons campus
and in Marston gymnasium is en-
tering into its second week of
work with about 35 young boys
enrolled for the course. The
school is conducted by Leslie
Cranfill Simmons athletic direc-
tor with the assistance of Otho
Polk local physical education in-
structor niul Edwin Burnam.
Daily games of indoor baseball
and football arc assuming a ma-
jor portion of time being given
to teach the boys the principles of
sport. All students arc being
taught to swim in the Marston
pool with about an hour each day.
being spent in the water. -
According to Loach CrantiU! somcwiat 0f n longing for the
the hoys are to be taken on o hike icure8 am 1)0okg of romacc
to Lucdcrs within the next two 'welicr iey )C cxact realitics or
weeks where they will spend sev- n ncasurc fictitious. No man'
oral days fishing and swimming. or WOman grows so oltl that he or'
0 'she docs not revel in having I
Summer Rounnd-
up of Cowgirl
Alumni
By Mrs. "Nelson A. Hutto
Editor's Note: This column
has been prepared with the idea
in mind of acquainting present
members and exes of the Cow-
girl organization with former
members of the group.
ei Littleton). '27 is making her
home in Ozona
Vntm IVTno TnnL'ami '9R nnfl
Ona Lee Jackson '30 both past ue gin neweii ami me long pe-
presidents of the Cowgirls arc! "od f lc!r separations and
now making their homes in Hous- courtship until their happy meet-
ing in his home again constitutes
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FrMc Mllnn fM. Frnnk
Boyle j '28 visited the campus
this year from Big Spring where
she is teaching in the public
schools.
Jeanette Tippett (Mrs. Guy
Caldwell) '28 is enjoying ranch
life at Kcrnitt in the Davis moun-
tains. Janye Rose Head (Mrs. Briggs
Irvin) '28 is teaching in the
Merkel high school and studying
in the University of Texas sum-
mer school.
Evelyn Jordan (Mrs. Wilse Lit-
tle) '28 has recently returned
from Bowie where Mr. Little has
been teaching and coaching in the
high school there.
Maxine Mingus (Mrs. C. W.
Briscoe) '28 has recently return-
ed to Abilene to make her home.
Ruth Holliday (Mrs. Emmett
V. Grantlaud) 30 is living in
Colorado.
Elizabeth Board '30 is stenog-
rapher for a grain company in
Clovis New Mexico.
Genuelle Jennings '30 is
leaching in the Travis grammar
school in Abilene.
Elizabeth Wood (Mrs. Robert
Hoppe) '30 has recently return-
ed from Hamlin to make her home
in Abilene.
Juanita Barrow '31 president
of the Ex-Cowgirls organization)
.. . .? . . D . I
is teaching in the Auiiene schools
velope. But read Mary Carolyn
Davies':
Your Letter
Your letter came today.
What can I say
To make you know the way
I feel so well
As just to tell
You simply this: Your letter came
today.
Your letter lias the power
To light an hour' '
Book Review
IRL ALLISON
THROUGH THE YEARS"
By Irl Allison
Reviewed by
MARY FRANCES MOORE
h k f i .i
I youtliiul love altairs re-wrillen in
modern language with the actual
story varied but little. Much'
more pleasant arc our fiction
writings when they picture
enough of the unreal to make
their characters appear fantastic
and exemplary in their lives.
"Through the Years" by Irl
Allison the love story of a Rocky
Mountain beauty is indeed my fa-
vorite novel. It possesses all of
the characteristics that I have al-
ready mentioned written in the
most descriptive and captivating
style imaginable. Ellen Board-
man is pictured from a little girl
or eleven years ot age living
alone with her father in their pic-1
tutncrttif Im ii tli innnntntna In
' "i ..r'7 . ; "And you think of the words that
a beautuul opera singer net ore
the floodlights of New York and(
Paris. Here is a double love
story along with the mystery!
thread that keeps interest high
and mind alert. The many excit
ing experiences of Richard Van
Deuburgh Ellen's lover who is1
a graduate of Harvard from the
moment he falls in love with her
sweet young voice and later with
- -
"'" '"" "5 '"'--
The under-plot deals with Rich-
ard's pal Larry who during their
I visit to New Mexico also falls in J
love with an enchanting Spanish .
scnorita. Their cruel capture byj
Santa Anna and their many ex-
penences as prisoners in Old
Mexico add mystery and variety
of theme.
The author's style is unique as
well as clear and descriptive.
When once the story is started
no one could lay it aside because
of lack of interest or difficulty
of reading. All classes of read-
ers must have been considered in
the compiling of "Through the
Years." It can truly be called
"A book for anyone." Humor
pathos love hatred proclama-
tions denunciations praise am-
bition; all these and more are
merely words to describe a real
book of his age especially writ-
ten and appealing to young peo-
ple at the college level.
Read it for yourself! You'll
like it!
Lillian Shick '31 is spending
the season in Big Spring.
Clara Purmelly (Mrs. Billy
Cooper) '32 is now in Roscoe.
Esther Parish '32 is teaching
school in Bullinger.
Elizabeth Faucett '32 is secre-
tary for the local law firm of
Sriirlinrninrh. Klv ami Kinc.
i ' .
Carol Johnson (Mrs. A. L. Van
Assenderp) '32 Centrum Java
is planning to visit Simmons next
year.
From gloom to the full radiance
of a flower.
Your letters are the healing for
all pain.
In life's dismal loss they are
bright gain.
O write again!
That's all for this week.
Pen Point Pete.
o
One of the first public exhibits
of Texas newspapers is being
planned for the 1933 State Fair
of Texas. Plans are now being
worked out by newspeper men of
the state and State Fair officials.
The exhibit will be judged and
awards made for the best of prac
tically every classification of
newspaper published in Texas.
Ramblings
SMALL TOWN POET
She wrote
road
songs of a Romany
And a wandering gypsy race
Yet the only road she knew
Was the path to the market-place.
She wrote of canals in Carlo
And Kubla in Cathay
Yet she'd never gone beyond
Her own town's narrow way.
She sang a song of starry eyes
And lilting wedding marches
Yet her own eyes were placid
And her shoes had built-in arches.
She wrote lyrics filled with love
And romance and spring mating
Yet the outheld arms of her heart
Were weary from long waiting
She sang of dancing elfin folk
Anil sprites and fairy lore
Yet she tipped the grocer's scales
m one niinurcu ninety iouri
Ponder.
WHAT CAN A FELLOW
DO?
When life is dark and drear and
blue
And the one you love appeals to
you -To
forgive ind forg t a hurt
that's deep.
And you can't forget and your
self-pride krrp
What in the world can a fellow
do?
When thcre9 mt fl friend who
true (0 -
I . ..-. . .
cut you through
Not one will try to believe what
you say. t
And vou'd like to throw your
whole life away.
j What in the world can a fellow
do
lo?
Jud.
THE MOST CONCEITED
PERSON I KNOW
(My father was saying )
"When I was young and .hand-
some It was my great delight
To go to balls and dances
And stay out late at night.
I was the township's hero
With my blonde and curly hair
And the ladies flocked around
me
From the homely to the fair.
"I always used to dress
In the very best of style
From my walking stick and grey
gloves
To my everlasting smile.
"My shoes were neatly polished
My hair was nicely combed
I'd dance with girls all evening
And then I'd see them home.
"I never loved a lady
But twas plain indeed to see
That in spite of all the other men
They were more than pleased
with me.
"I had a little buggy
And a spirited dapple grey
And when the girls would see me
To each other they would say;
" 'Oh! Isn't he a darling?
'He's as handsome as a king!'
'He thrills me so in winter!'
'He thrills me more in spring.'
"Now these were just a few
Of the things the girls said;
To recall such pleasant experien-
ces Makes me blush a burning red!
"Don't think that I'm conceited
For indeed I'm really not
I wasn't to blame for all these
things
And the praises that I got.
"But when you reach your man-
hood Just try awhile and see
If through a lot of constant toil
You can't be a lot like me!"
Jud.
o
The girl I love i9 not true to life
She is a warm headed frivolous
dame
Nothing worries her care or strife
She is always just the same.
My passions are so uncertain it
seems
First joy then melancholy tetfs;
My gaze is that of a fool that
dreams
Forever throughout the yri'.
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