The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 7, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 2, 1946 Page: 4 of 4
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THE H-IU BRAND
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So you think you have troubles
to tell the Chaplain!
This year the campus Is filled with
preachers and religious educational
directors. These have always been n
subject of conversation among stu-
dents. A good bit of that conversat-
ion has moon critical (and true)
about preachers knowing nothing
about life. It used to be you could
tell a preacher anywhere on the
campus. He sported a tic wore a
suit and carried a brief case.
But this year it is different. You
can spot Mack Colo still wearing
hit Marine Corps khaki Coy Sims
in his former Air corps officers uni-
form or Glenn Easley in his O. D's.
(now dyed brown).
It has had an effect on the whole
group. Most of the boys go without
ties and the G. I.'s. wear some part
of their former uniform almost every
day.
Some of these boys have combat
records that are second to none.
They served in every branch of ser-
vice and were everything from
cooks to Chaplains.
One preacher fresh out of the fox-
holes is Gilbert Skaar from New-
port Washington. Skaar carried a
bazooka in Europe with the 99th
Infantry division which was also
'Little Doc' Mobleys' division. Ac-
cording to Skaar the only reason
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the war ended so soon in Germany
was that Mobley was on one end
and he on the other.
Skaar wasn't a preacher at that
time because he wasn't converted
until after the war was over. He
says that the Battle of the Bulgo
was tho bitterest battle his division
fought. They were surrounded most
of their supplies were captured and
snow was six feet deep. One wholo
day his company (Co. F 394th. Reg.)
was pinned down in a snow covered
field. Casualties were high and many
suffered frozen limbs. Skaar says
ho was promotod to sergeant be-
cause "I was the only ono left."
Skaar Is down here because he
married the former Greta Lofman
of Dallas. He plans to go back to
Washington to pastor.
Herman L. Petty a senior from
McLean is another former foot
soldier. He was a medic with the
35th. Infantry Division a division
which suffered over 20000 casualties.
Petty is just what people would
dream a front line medic to be. He
is a slight little fellow who says he
weighs "almost 120."
He is soft spoken polite and
sincere and has a particular way of
getting to bo your friend. He doesn't
go looking for friends but people
just discover him like Ernie Pyle
discovered soldiers. St Lo was their
hardest fight with the Grcmocy
Forrest second.
The Gremccy Forrest is second
because it was here that Petty had
his narrowest escape. They had to
retreat and he says he believes
he was the last man in his division
out because he wanted to be sure
there weren't any wounded left. He
said lie was just five feet ahead of
every shell thrown by the advancing
Germans.
He is studying to be a medical
missionary. About his rank? He said
he was in the higher brackets of
T-5.
Another preacher who saw more
than his share of combat is Joe
Allison senior from Eastland. Joe
spent 47 months in the Navy and
44 of them at sea aboard the USS
Tennessee and the USS Cornel.
His campaigns string from the
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Japan. But the toughest was aboard
tho USS Cornel a ship which had
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only 52 men for Its crew. They laid
sudmarlne nets for the fleet before
the fleet pulled In a bay being cap
tured. They would anchor and start
to work and three times the Japs
tried t ocome aboard with boarding
parties. Every man aboard the ship
had a rifle BAR or some kind of
weapon. They fought until the Japs
were killed or retreated.
Joe was numb to his surroundings
after the first year and it didn't
bother him so much. He was a
quartermaster first class and was
navigator aboard the Cornel. Ask
any veteran -just how long 44 months
overseas Is.
Skaar. Petty and Allison agree
that some people have a mUconcopt-
ion about how the war affected men.
Thoy say they didn't like to hear
preachers preach on how tho war
brought men closer to God becauso
it did just the opposite in 90 of
the cases. Boys like these threo tire
no longer accuiod of knowing noth-
ing or being "born in the objectivo
case.
Tho first time some ex-G. I. starts
telling the pastor of tho First Bap-
tist church at Chitling Switch that
"if you had been over there you
would cuss too" one of these boys
is likely to pull his discharge out
of the trunk and follow up with a
few verses of suitable scripture. In
fact it might end with the preacher
saying "Was it rough in the rear
echelon?"
WARNING!
By DAVID BOST
Hardin-Slmmons emphasizes at-
tendance were some other schools
put the stress on passing marks.
Even if a student misses classes
with authorization ho is not exempt
from make-up work in those classes.
It's up to the student if ho passes
or fails but oven a final passing
mark will be marred by failure to
attend classes without excuse ac-
cording to W. A. Stephenson assist-
ant dean of students.
There are two kinds of absences
authorized and unauthorized. "Ab-
sences of members of athletic de
bating and oratorical teams musical
j-0rgafii25tt01Brepresentingthe-Ttni'
versity preachers at church appoint
mnnts and absences due to illness
are authorized" states the H-SU
Bulletin 1946-47. It further states
that "Absences incurred on the day
preceding a holiday or on the first
day after a holiday shall count dou-
ble. The same shall apply at the
beginning of each semester."
To get an excuse for an absence
the student must see Dean Stephen-
son within 24 hours of the absence.
Rarely is a student excused when
he misses only one class because of
a "headache" etc. If a student is ill
enough to miss the one class he
should be in bed recuperating so
that he can meet classes on the fol
lowing day. There are no provisions
made for veterans and the conduc-
tion of their affairs that would re
quire them to be elsewhere at class
time.
"Of course" Stephenson says
"there are exceptions." But he did
not elaborate on the statement. He
did ask that any student who knows
in advance that he is not going to
be in classes for any reason not in
the proviso of the catalog to come
and see him first and chances of
being excused will be. much better.
The "knife" is wielded in the fol
lowing manner: After seven cuts
(five illegal cuts) 1-2 hours is de-
ducted and 1-2 hour is deducted
for each five cuts thereafter. In
other words if you have 12 cuts
you have already lost one hour; 17
cuts 1 and 1-2 hours etc. Dean
Stephenson says that the number of
cuts this semester already have
reached alarming heights. Some stu-
dents will find at the end of the
semester that they just thought they
wero earning college credits while
being social '"lions."
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"Doesn't Joe ever get tirod of his
wife's sullclness?"
"No. he says when she is in
good humor she sings."
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COMBINING TALENTS Two Hardin-Slmmons bands the Cowboys and Cowgirls play snappy marches for a weekly pep rally as M. B. Mc-
Clure directs. The organisations are now making their first post-war appearances on the campus in downtown parades and at footballgamet.
Lator in the year a number of concert tours will be planned and carried out
Who's Who-
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Bested as qualifications. The mem-
ber must be a junior senior or grad-
uate student and must be approved
by a school official.
Who's Who is principally a service
organization to supply information
to persons wishing to employ mem-
bers of the organization. In the fu-
ture it hopes to serve as a stabilizing
agent along this line. Many former
students have already received em-
ployment through Who's Who.
Just a few of the many former
members of the organization are
Frances Merle Cooper voice instruc-
tor in Simmons; Mrs. Douglas Cra-
vens the former Mary Elizabeth
Webb of Roby; Mrs. Paul Morgan
tho former Bettye White of Big
Spring; Aaron Grant now with the
FBI in Washington D. C; John
Hooper of New Orleans; Mrs. G.
Avery Lee the former Ann Rader
of Baton Rouge La.;
Ruth Anne Hall who taught
speech and dramatics in Simmons
this summer; Louise LcMond now
teaching in Lubbock; Mrs. Claud
McAden the former Tid Compere
of New York; Scat Russell teacher
in Abilene High School; Marie John-
son society editor of the Midland
Reporter-Telegram; Murray Evans a
coach at Simmons; and Bob Rogers
sculptor of the Cowhand and war
casualty.
Strays-
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asking for corrections once in a
while and usually print them. This
one happens to be a complaint about
last week's Rounding Up the Strays.)
Dear Editor:
Correction please for last week's
edition.
First: I'm not "mad" about any-
one. Second: I don't think it would be
George Overshiner if I were but I
really don't know him well enough
to say.
Third: Who is Noil?? I didn't know
I'd ever even had a date with a boy
named Neil.
Sue Bradshaw.
Dear Suo:
Want an introduction? Ed.
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One-Act Play-
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lady Ollevctte Richardson; Debu-
tante Marjory Shaw; and Count
Rodney Heck.
The complete cast for "Red Pep-
pers" directed by June Brunk has
not been selected yet. Also to be
selected later are the extras for
"Subway Circus" and "Riders To
The Sea".
Changing China-
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ignore wns us different as day
day and night. Group respon-
sibility was held true in China
in those days. Not infrequently
tho wrong doing of one foreigner
involved the whole group to which
he belonged.
Now that we have discussed
the indirect cause of tho opium
wnr wo shall deal with the direct
cnuso and the consequences in the
next issue.
(To Bo Continued)
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By D. A.
Kilroy says to pass any good story
along. Here is ono that all you
schemers will be glad to hear.
It's about what you can do with
women. There is one G. I. here who
has had real success with one. He
started back to school last summer
and immediately began talking to
a beautiful red head. The first thing
you know she trusts him enough
to go with him all the time. School
starts this fall and everything is
fine. Then the story begins. He got
her a job teaching school at his
home town and living with HIS
MOTHER. That is what you call a
provider.
Someone ask Frank Bounds how
many missions he made in the 15th
Air Force. He was in Italy and the
air corps is all we road about.
About this Navy day. It's funny
but tho fellows who were officers
are the only ones who think it was
such a superb organization. Most
of the swabies can remember little
about the good parts (if there was
such a thing). They do remember
that the best thing they received
was a discharge and a reminder to
never get mad enough at the wife
or girl friend to ever threaten to
join the Navy.
Speaking of discharges I had a
birthday October 1 out of the Navy
one year! If tho vets would pass
such a resoluition I think that we
might talk the dean out of a holi-
day on the day we were discharged.
Sort of an independence day cele-
bration. Dub Jackson says he is available
for preaching but that you have
to give him nine months notice. It
takes him that long to prepare a
sermon. He's a real sky pilot.
Brooks Peden claims to have been
in H-SU longer than any vet He
started here in the early 30's. Pati
ence grandpopl
Slim Sherman wants to rent a
room with a high ceiling. He says
he doesn't mind having to double
up when he sleeps but that this
stooping over when you walk is
hard on the vertebrae.
Hank Brown says he didn't make
an officer in this war because they
are saving him for the next one
I'm not a Gallup Poll but I have
heard too many say they are tired
hearing speeches on "why we fought
the war"! We have too many ex-
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POW's here to be fooled on what
was going on behind the lines etc.
When the Chapel is finished we can
demand some good music on the
organ by Jack Dean the Cowboy
band Orchestra and have a few
student commedians. You people
that haven't heard Jack Dean have
lived only half your life in music.
Ho can play popular classical and
religious music with the same effi
clency.
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The Branding Iron-
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surplus of men. Nevertheless we
find girls outnumbered by the men;
to be technical we'll say that there
are approximately 1115 men com
pared to the some 705 women cn-
Uef' cs' ".rls' "if. mcnuln
Ing back that quality which girls
wrested from them during the war
the wolf element. No longer do girls
have to do tho whistling unless it
is just a slip-up recalled from the
past.
But even with an abundance of
men they still have their troubles.
Wherever there are men there are
broken hearts tears and gnashing
of teeth and someone has to listen
to the girls sorrows. But even that
is provived. In each girls' dormitory
there is a director with years of
experience in listening to tales of
woe and she is ever prepared to
offer sympathy and consolation. Ac-
cording to Miss Maud Emma King
dean of women there arc some 100
girls living in town awaiting com-
pletion of the girls' new dormitory
is in this case the girl's roomate
receives the wet shoulder.
Directors of the girls' dorms arc
Miss Aileen Culpepper at Mary
Frances the home for 96 students;
Mrs. H. R. Arrant at Smith Hall
which houses 101; Mrs. Cova Collier
at Senior Hall at which 21 girls live;
and Mrs. Sibley at Freshman Hall
providing rooms for 36 girls. Mrs.
Sibley will become the director of
the new dormitory upon its com-
pletion. Accomodations for 124 girls
will be provided here and all the
rooms have been reserved.
Hardln-Simmons girls are well
token care of with special emphasis
on romance.
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villc Tennessee and is widely known
among Baptists as a song leader
and writer. Ho is especially inter-
ested in songs dedicated to' youth
and their interests. His son Gene
is a minister and won a battlefield
commission in Patton's army during
the war. B. D. Jr. is a graduate of
Hardin-Slmmons whore he won top
honors for his service in the band.
Dr. McKlnney received his edu-
cation at Louisiana College South
western Seminary and Busch Con-
servatory of Music in Chicago re-
ceiving an honorary doctor's degree
from Oklahoma Baptist University.
Before his affiliation with tho Sun-
day School Board he served as edu-
catlonal director at Travis Avenue
Baptist Church in Fort Worth.
Texas.
Players Club-
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upon which "Oklahoma" the Broad-
way stage production was based.
This year's fall production "Hay
Fever" was presented in Abilene
for the first time and the method
of presentation "penthouse" style
was unique in that tho stage was
located In the center of the Cald-
well Fine Arts auditorium with the
audience seated around it.
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