The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 7, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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LEADING PARTS IN "THE SEASONS" Frances Merle Cooper. Militant voice teacher of the university
voice department soprano) Scott Grlfiis of Wichita Falls baritone; and Roger Harris Dallas tenor will play
leading roles in the annual Hardin-Simmons Christmas concert presentation Sunday at 2 p. m. Miss Cooper
is widely recognised by music critics of West Texas and Abilene. Griffls has sung in recital and as church
soloist in Abilene for the past year and Harris was recently soloist at the church of St Paul and St
Andrews in New York. .
CONCERT HERE SUNDAY
Annual Christmas concert of the
University Chorus and the Univer-
sity Symphony Orchestra will be
presented Sunday afternoon De-
cember 8 at 2:30 in Behrens chape.
The chorus of 82 voices under the
direction of Miss Ethel Rader head
of the H-SU voice department and
Kenneth Ballenger chorus master
and the orchestra directed by Her-
bert M. Preston will present Joseph
Haydn's Oratorio "The Seasons".
.This oratorio which has been given
only once previously in Texas is
thought to be one of the finest
oratorio scores ever written.
Feature artists in "The Seasons"
will be: Frances Merle Cooper as-
sistant voice teacher of the univer-
sity voice department soprano;
Scott Griffis of Wichita Falls bari
IN MEMORIAM
The faculty and students of Hard-
in-Simmons University wish to ex-
press their sorrow and deep sense
of loss because of the passing of Mrs.
O. H. Cooper.
For something like forty years
this great woman has been a warm
friend and strong supporter of this
institution. As the wife of a former
president Dr. O. H. Cooper she was
at one time our first lady and
through all the succeeding years she
has lost none of the prestige she en-
joyed at that time. In intelligence
culture religious and social leader-
ship she has had a prominent place
among the friends of Simmons and
her Influence has extended through-
out the entire state of Texas.
There is no one to take her place
and we would record here our sense
of bereavement and loss. We do not
however sorrow as those without
hope. We know that the fruits of
her cultured and consecrated Christ-
ian life will continue to bless this
community through yearg to come.
Her memory will abide with us like
the fragrance of a rose. We rejoice
also in a firm faith in personal im-
mortality and we confidently expect
to be reunited with her and the
many other friends who have labor-
ed as pioneers in building this
Christian school. We shall see her
and all the others In the great Home
Coming.
We wish to extend to her children
and close relatives our .sincere sym-
pathy assuring them of our prayer
that the Heavenly Father will com-
fort and sustain them.
COMMITTEE
E. B. Atwood
Hoyt Ford
Eva Rudd.
HOLIDAYS ANNOUNCED
Christmas holidays will begin
at 12:30 Thursday noon. Decern
ber 19.
Holidays will last about two
weeks and classes will be resum-
ed on Friday January 3 1947.
tone; and Roger Harris Dallas
tenor.
Miss 'Cooper who is to sing the
part of Jane is widely recognized
by music critics of West Texas and
Abilene. She is a former student
of the late Oscar Seaglc nationally
known voice teacher and attended
his voice colony at Schroon Lake
New York. While studying there
she sang for a television broadcast
from Schncctedy N. Y. She also
attended the Christianson Choral
school in Chicago under the direc-
tion of Dr. Melius Christianson.
Miss Cooper has been on the uni-
versity faculty since her graduation
from H-SU in 1944.
Griffis who will sing the bari-
tone lead has sung in recital and
as church soloist in Abilene for the
past year. Before coming to Hard-
Menuhin Lauded by Dean E. Edwin Young
As Best of Performers Here Since Hoffman
Junior Speech Recital
Will Feature Religion
A junior speech recital featuring
religious literature will be presented
December IS at 5 p. m. by three
Hardin-Simmons speech students.
Participating in the recital
will be Albert S. Odom son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert S. Odom of Houston
Texas; Eloi'se Dover daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dover Alto Tex-
as; and Wanda Arleigh Karnes
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L.
Karnes of Longview.
P
Southwest Out in front on
Business Loans to Veterans
The Southwest is just two strides
short of leading the entire nation
in G. I. business loans to veterans
R. F. Andrews Southwestern Loan
Guarantee Officer for the Veterans
Administration announced today.
Andrews said the VA's Dallas
branch area comprised of Texas
Louisiana and Mississippi had ap-
proved more business loans to veter-
ans than any of VA's other branch
offices except New York and Chi-
cago. VA-approvcd business loans total-
ling $5307111 have been made to
1792 veterans of the Dallas area
he said. Texas led with 1533 and
Louisiana was second with 158 fol-
lowed by Mississippi with 101.
Majority of veterans went into
business on a modest scale with
loans averaging $2906 each. VA
guaranteed or insured $1232 of the
average loan.
Andrews said 107 loans had al-
ready been repaid in fulL
The failure rate of veteran busi-
ness enterprises has been slight he
explained pointing out that only
eighteenths of one per cent of
veterans receiving business loans
failed to meet payments.
in-Simmons he appeared as soloist
in churches in Mobile Alabama
Dayton Ohio and several cities in
Texas. He first studied voice in
Southern Methodist university in
Dallas under the direction of Miss
Rader.
Roger Harris who will sing the
tenor lead began his voice train-
ing in Southern Methodist univer-
sity. Later he did graduate work at
North Texas State College Denton
and at the Julliard School of music
In New York City. While in New
York Harris was soloist at the
church of St. Paul and St. Andrews.
During his time in Europe with the
15th Armyr Harris organized a glee
club of 40 voices which was con-
sidered the finest male chorus in
the European theater.
By HELEN JEAN BOND
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin upheld
his reputation as one of the world's
greatest violin performers when he
appeared before an enthusiastic
audience of 1000 or more last Fri-
day in Behrens chapel.
Music Dean Edwin Young judged
Menuhin's performance the best
concert from the musician's view-
point in 10 years. "All in all it was
the best since 1936 when Hoffman
was here" he declared.
With extreme skill and ease
Menuhin presented Beethoven's
Sonata No. 9 Mendelssohn's Con-
certo in E Minor La Fontaine
d'Arethuse by Szynamowski Hun-
garian Dance No. 4 by Brahms-
Joachim Perpetuum Mobile by
Novacek Habanera by Ravel and
Gypsy Airs by Sarasate.
He responded with two encores
to the prolonged applause of an
audience that was delighted with
his ease in handling the singing
instrument. He might have been
called up on to play far into the
night observed Dean Young if his
second encore had been as familiar
and sparkling as his first. "Menu-
hin knew it and that is why he chose
to conclude with it" he said.
The pianist Aldolph Bailer play-
ed skillfully and with eloquence
according to Dean Young. "There
has been criticism" he continued
"that the pianist played too loudly
during the first number. Since it
was a sonata for piano and violin
and was designed for the pianist
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BANQUET TUESDAY TO
HONOR FOOTBALL TEAM
Brotherhood of the First Baptist
Church will give a banquet honor-
ing the Hardin-Simmons football
team Tuesday December 10 at 7 p.
m.
Dallas Murphy program chairman
has arranged for Howard Davidson
H-SU ex of '34 and also a former
football boy to speak.
Wives and dates of both parties
will be Invited.
Cowboys Win Border Conference
Play Tournament
Slated Next Week
Poetry Competition to
Be
An amateur poetry contest for
Hardin-Simmons students is to be
sponsored by The Brand during
December and January.
Entries will be judged by a fac-
ulty committee which has not yet
been announced. Best selections arc
to be printed in The Brand Jan-
uary 18 on a page dedicated as a
"Poetry Edition."
Students may enter as many
selections as they wish. They may
be of any length concerning any
subject. Only restriction is that they
must not have been previously
published.
Entries should be mailed to Editor
H-SU Brand Hardin-Simmons uni-
Voyage by Henri Duparc Beau Soir
is requested to inclose his name
address and date that he composed
each poem.
777 Vets Enrolled
Here This Semester
There are 777 veterans enrolled
in H-SU this semester according to
latest figures released by Robert
A. Collins dean of Hardin-Simmons
University.
Freshmen hove the largest
number with 467; sophomores 163;
juniors 86; seniors 57; and four
graduate students.
Objectives of these vets are widely
varied with the largest number
238 working in business administra-
tion. Second largest group 106 is
in pre-enginccring.
Other objectives and the number
of vets in each are: physical edu-
cation 58; Bible 85; sciences 51;
fine arts 48; pre-med 44; journal-
ism and english 39; mathematics
27; education 19; prc-law 17; social
sciences 16; speech 8; agriculture
7; psychology 12; and Spanish 2.
Before a veteran may change his
training objective he must first
consult the training officer Kcnon
Stephens at the Veterans Admin-
istration Guidance Center just
North of the Corral.
Stephens must also be consulted
before any veteran changes his
school.
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Austin Two GI's at the Univer-
sity of Texas have struck pay dirt
while resuming their war-interrupted
collegiate lives. Undaunted by
the problems tossed in their faces
as they doffed khaki they felt that
their experience points the way for
other GIs faced with postwar pro-
blems. Principal credit however should
really go to pretty 19-year-old
Chinese-born Morgia Howard a
Zcta Tau Alpha and a Junior at
the University. Miss Howard's fath-
er an Army career man is a colonel
in the Quartermaster Corps.
Morgia it seems had for some
time been playing with the idea
of providing night snacks to the
students a food pickup during even-
ing studies. Studious Texnns she
decided were pretty hungry by the
time they reached trig or chemistry
and they needed this energy-builder
to hold them until next morn-
ing's breakfast.
As a result she contacted two ex-
GIs themselves playing with a simi-
lar idea and joined forces. "Night
Snack" was born a firm specializ-
ing in the preparation and delivery
of toothsome sandwiches and milk
Since there are several thousand
ex-GIs on the Texas campus it was
a minor problem to get "food mes-
sengers" and today a dozen of them
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Sponsored
Players Club of Hardin-Simmons
University will hold a one-act play
tournament December 12 to 13 in
Behrens Chapel at 8:15 p. m. Seven
plays are to bo given in all four on
the 12th and three on the 13th.
On the last night awards will be
presented to the best actor actress
and director by Dr. Katharine Boyd
head of the Speech Department.
Miss Ruth Ann Hall will judge act-
ing and Ernest Sublett will judge
directing.
Plays to be given on Thursday
night are "Shall We Join the Lad-
ies" a mystery directed by Dorothy
Estep; "Riders to the Sea" a heavy
drama directed by Kathleen John-
son; "Air Raid" a war play directed
by Harlan Shaw; "Red Peppers" a
comedy directed by June Brunk.
Friday night presentations are
"Night at an Inn" a religious drama
directed by Moveta McLaughlin;
"Subway Circus" directed by Mild-
red Pender Dcaton.
Sets for the seven productions
were made by two classes of play
production. Technical staff consists
of Dr. Katharine Boyd Supervising
Director; Russell Adams Electrician;
Harlan Shaw Workshop Supervisor;
J. B. Lilius and Loy Hembrce Crew
Managers.
Tickets to the plays are on sale
in Science hall or may be bought
from speech students. General ad-
mission tickets for students are 25
cents for one night or 40 cents for
both nights. Reserve seats for stu-
dents are 50 cents for one night or
75 cents for both nights
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Recital Is Scheduled
By Kenneth Ballenger
Kenneth L. Ballenger baritone
will be presented in a recital by the
School of Music at 3:30 p. m. Sun-
day December 15 in Behrens
chapel.
Prominent as a trombonist in high
school and earlier college days
Ballenger began to study voice and
has since won great recognition as
an organizer of choirs and as a
singer.
Ballenger now leads the Hardin-
Simmons A Capella Choir and has
been director of music at the Uni-
versity Baptist church.
Ballengcr's program includes "But
Who May Abide?" from the Messalh
by G. F. Handel L'invitation au
voyage by Henri Duparc Beau Soir
by Claude Debussy and Es muss eln
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MAKES IT AGAIN "Little Doc" Mobley Cowboy back this year
has been selected for a second time as a member of the Associated Press
Little All-American Team. Mobley was first named on the team in 1942
when he established a rushing average of 1281 yards for the season. His
record this year fell only 19 yards short of that leaving him with still the
highest average In the nation. Associated Press also announced Mobley
their choice for most outstanding back on the LltUa All-America team.
Easy Victory Over
Tech Clinches Title
Hardin-Simmons rambled over Texas Tech's favored Red Raiders
Saturday afternoon 21-6 to win the Border conference championship
and complete the season as the only unbeaten and untied college team
In this section of the nation.
More than 13000 spectators largest crowd ever to witness a sports
event in Abilene watched the Cowboys conquer almost as easily as the
score indicates the team that this year won from Texas A&M. Baylor
and S.M.U.
Bands and Cowgirls
Accompany Team
To Alamo Bowl Game
The Cowboy and Cowgirl bands
and the colorful Cowboy boosters
the Cowgirls plus trick ropers and
the traditional six white horses will
make up the "cowstepping" dele-
gation which will accompany the
Hardin-Simmons' Cowboy football
team to San Antonio Jan. 1 to at-
tend the Alamo Bowl classic E. W.
Ledbetter manager of the Cowboy
band has announced.
Tho group will leave tho campus
by chartered bus not lator than 4
a. m. Wednesday Jan. 1 and will
arrive in San Antonio in timo for
a downtown parade at 11 o'clock.
Shortly after the game tho organ!
zatlons will return to Abileno.
Tickets went on sale for the Bowl
game Monday Ledbetter said and
all reservations must be mailed to
the H-SU business office with a
money order or check enclosed. No
reservations will be accepted by
telephone.
2000 tickets between the 20 and
50 yard lines have been ordered and
will be issued according to reserva-
tion priorify. The price is $3.60. No
student tickets will be sold for this
game.
Badminton Meet Next
Week Polk Reports
Annual all-H-SU badminton
tournament will be held Friday and
Saturday December 13 and 14
Physical Education Director Otho
Polk announced Wednesday.
Anyone interested in participat-
ing in the tourney is requested to
turn in his application to Polk by
noon Wednesday December 11. The
tournament is open to all univer-
sity students.
Tournament play will begin Fri-
day afternoon and be played through
Friday night with finals being
played Saturday afternoon and
night. The public is invited to at-
tend these games.
From the very start of the game
the Ranchers didn't leave room for
the slightest argument as to which
was the better team.
The Cowboys struck for two touch-
downs in the first quarter hiked
their total to 21-0 at half time then
settled to a defensive game In the
second half.
The first score came on a pass
from Quarterback Al Johnson to
Halfback J. C. (Bullet) Cook who
took the pass over his shoulder in
the end zone for the tally. .'
The second payoff started after
Mobley covered a fumble by Ed
Roblnett on the Raider 23. Virgil
(Dugle) Turner set It up by charging
through the line to the Tech three.
Mobley carried it over from there.
The second quarter score started
on the Raider 35 when Johnson fad-
ed deep for one of his "home run"
passes. Cook caught it on the two
and carried the Raider Quarter-
back Ernest Hawkins and the ball
across the goal line for the score.
Tony Poulos booted all three of
the conversions through the middle
of the uprights making the score
21-0.
In the second half Roger Smith
made a sizzling 40-yard punt return
to the 30-yard line to set up the
Tech touchdown. Then Robnett
Hawkins Reynolds and Smith alter-
nated at packing the leather to the
Cowboys' five-yard line on six
plays.
Then Hawkins started wide around
right end with the ball concealed
behind his hip finally flipping a
lateral to Smith who raced over
just inside the red flag. Smith's
placement kick was wide.
Contest Announced for
faculty members Only
"A first prize of $5000 will be
awarded for the winning manu-
script In the Good House-Keeping
magazine's current short story con-
test" Dean Walton announced to
faculty members of H-SU at a re-
cent meeting.
"Two other prizes of $3000 and
$2000 respectively will be award-
ed for the second and third best
stories" he added.
The magazine is sponsoring the
contest in an effort to encourage
productive ability among the fac-
ulty members of all colleges and
universities throughout the nation.
The contest opened last October
15 and will remain open until Feb-
ruary 1. All entries must be type-
written and may contain between
2000 and 20000 words. There is no
limit to range of subject matter and
any contestant may submit us many
manuscripts as desired; however
each story must be an original com-
position and never before published.
Good House-Keeping magazine
reserves the right to buy at regular
rates any manuscripts submitted.
Tho judges will bo editors of Good
House Keeping Magazine and their
decisions will be final.
Manuscripts should be addressed:
College Contests Good House
Keeping Magazine
57th Street and 8th Avenue
New York N. Y.
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Notice
Kenon Stephens training officer
at the local Guidance Center has
announced that part VII's will not
have to report to the center on
Thursday and Friday December 5
and 6. Stephens will be out of town
on those days.
He has requested Instead that all
part VII's report to the Guidance
Center on Monday and Tuesday of
next week on December 9 and 10.
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