The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 22, 1947 Page: 2 of 4
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"Wo might do well to pnuso this week and
consider again with Shakespeare how "sweet
aro the uses of adversity" . . . the adversity
in this instance being the destruction of Abi-
lene hall by fire. Nn ono would deny that the
classroom spaco was desperately needed that
much lost in tho fire can never bo replaced
or will bo difficult to replace and that present
arrangements for class meetings ore more than
slightly inconvenient; yet many good and
worthwhile things came and are yet to come
as a result of tho tragedy.
No panic and very little excitement wcro
evident after tho fire was discovered. Students
and faculty members in cooperation with fire-
men worked together to save much equipment
that would otherwise have been lost. Students
eagerly volunteered for any task from help-
ing with tho firo hoso to taking a place in the
lino that formed to pass supplies out of the
bookstore.
Many local institutions and individuals
volunteered spaco where classes formerly held
in tho hall might meet. The building was still
burning when tho first contribution toward
replacing it was made. Scarcely more than
a week had elapsed before friends of the uni-
versity had organized a drive for $200000 and
sped tho campaign more than two-thirds of
tho way to completion.
Students and faculty members responded
far beyond expectations with $21375 in Sat-
urday's chapel service and many of these
gifts represent extra work and real sacrifice.
A lUouykt
One of the hardest things for a person to
learn is that it is easier and safer to do things
tho right and good way.
Evcryono has experienced the uneasiness
and general dissatisfaction which follows a
poorly executed job sometimes one even
finds that he must retrace his steps and begin
again beforo ho finds peace of mind. And
peace of mind is the ultimate goal of all our
lives.
It is gratifying to see that the school is
supporting intramural activities.
Students had a difficult time getting togeth-
er for volunteer games during the war years.
Now we seem to have something of organ-
ization with an excellent director in charge
of activities. Thank you kind sirs . . .
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It seems that people aro always looking for
happiness and though they feel a step nearer
it all the time (unless in a moody frame of
mind) they never attain it completely.
If one would bo content to pursue his own
ways forgetting to struggle for enjoyment
happiness would come looking for him. (It
says here).
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Some people can stand by and watch pitiful
things happen without lifting a hand to help.
But not always.
."We were glad to note last week that one
student felt sorry enough for a sick stray dog
to take care of it and sec that it was taken
to a veterinary hospital.
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Among the many "most desirable virtures"
we would list good temper. For it seems to us
that one's temper demonstrates his self con-
trol and the extent of self control is deter-
mined by intelligence.
Intelligence reveals to one that the surest
way to gain an end is not by explosive out-
bursts but by simple friendly discussions of-
problems. o
Then I began to think that it is very
true which is commonly said that the one-
half of the world knoweth not how the other
half liveth. Rabelais.
A failure establishes only this that our de-
termination to succeed was not strong enough.
Bovee.
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A weekly college newspaper published every
Saturday during the school year by the Hardin-
Simmons Press Club in the interest of the Student
Body of Hardin-Simmons University.
Entered as Second Class mail matter June 22
1017 at the Post Office at Abilene Texas under
act of March 3 1912.
Subscription Price per year
$1.00
Editorial Office: First Floor Abilene Hall 1302
University Drive. Downtown Office 241 Hickory
Street.
Telephones: 7211 or 5751
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STAFF
Fley Jokaaoa
Delates KcNair
Lee Reynold
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Associate Editor
Sports Editors
Feature Editor
HeUgioue AcHtMm
Veteran Editor
Proof Roads
Sketch Pad
Here is Your Faculty
By WANDA MYRIOK
That smiling and familiar face of Professor
"W. O. Ribble has been around the campus as
a professor for some 19 years.
Professor Kibble is now head of tho depart-
ment of Economics. Ho began his college edu-
cation at Texas A&M and the following fall
came to Hardin-Simmons receiving his B. A.
degree in 1922. Ho received his M. A. from the
University of Texas and has ulso done a great
deal of work on his Ph. D. at the University
of Texas.
In relation to activities on the campus ho
is sponsor of the freshman class and tho New
Mexico club. Ho is also directing the high
school senior day which Hardin-Simmons
sponsors each spring.
Always a popular speaker Professor Ribble
will be speaking in Rochester to the Haskell
associational workers conference next Tues-
day night February 25. On February 28 he
will bo tho after-dinner speaker of the high
school senior banquet at Rotan.
Professor J. D. Osborne sociology teacher
is a now face on flic Hardin-Simmons campus
this year.
He received his A. B. and M. A. from Baylor
university. He has done a great deal of work
on his Ph. D. in Oklahoma A.&M. Oklahoma
university and tho University of Colorado.
Ho has just opened an extension class in
educational sociology meeting each Monday
evening from seven to nine o'clock in addition
to his regular scheduled classes.
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Meet the Senior
By BETH SHTREY
"Just in case you don't know I'm from
Lucders and I want to see these men im-
mediately after chapel etc." Yes Lucders and
chapel announcements have definitely put
their brand on Gay Shipp.
Let's take Lucders first. Gay was born there
19 years ago and has claimed it as her home
ever since. As for chapel announcements she
says she loves to talk so that matter is self-
explanatory. A secondary education major Gay attained
the rank of senior this semester. She is minor-
ing in speech and English and claims speech
as her favorite. She now serves Alpha Psi
Omega as vice-president and is a member of
the Cowgirls.
If you'll listen to Gay read poetry you're
her friend. She also likes to play the piano and
write poetry but ndmits that she had rather
do this solely for her own amusement. You can
find Gay during her spare moments absorbed
in a Reader's Digest Life magazine a snd
movie "so I can cry" or playing tennis. Or
perhaps more often you've seen her sauntering
down the street placidly chewing on a Drum-
stick (ice cream that is). Gay's most ardent
dislikes find themselves in the shape of opera
dogs and horses.
As for Gay's two brothers she thinks they
are wonderful and is equally proud of her
two nieces the latest of which is named for
her. And if you look into the future you'll
see Gay quite married settled down and run-
ning her legs off after two boys and a girl of
her own.
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By BURLIE P. McCOWEN
Herman Fred Raphclt was not born as the
"Beast" but merely developed this latent
quality from "Scratch" and from being so
irresistible with . . . well things like footballs
and fishing poles the elements of his two
hobbies.
He was born in Sagcrton about forty miles
from Stamford. It seems he did not live in
Sagerton always for he played football
(tackle) his last year in high school at Stam-
ford and lettered. His father now operates a
wrecking yard in Stamford where his family
a younger brother and sister and parents
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Herman attended H-SU in "41" as a fresh-
man and lettered on the Cowboy team as tack-
le. He spent the next three and one half years
in the Navy and had duty on a submarine
tendor for twenty-eight months of that time.
He was a motor machinists mate third class
and saw duty in and around such places as
Australia Samoa Midway New Caledonia
Guam and the Marshall Islands.
He enrolled at H-SU the second time as a
sophomore in the spring of '4G and lettered on
the football team again. Herman is majoring
in physical education and plans to coach
football and teach when his college days are
complete. Ho is now classified as a junior.
Fishing is one of his favorite pastimes and
dates (not fishing for dates) but fishing and
dates. He asserts himself as having enjoyed
being tho "Beast" and said he figured he
could be as good a beast as anybody. He will
play tackle for tho Cowboys again this
fall and expects to finish college in the sum-
mer of 1948.
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PUiUnopUical PbuUel
As the Greek said "Many men know how
to flatter few men know how to praies."
Wendell Phillips.
Prayer is the voico of faith.-
-Home.
He who prays and labours lifts his heart to
God with his hands. St. Bernard.
It is easier to sacrifice great than littlo
things. Montaigne.
It matters not how long we live but how.
Bailey-Festus.
Labour was tho first price tho original
purchase money that was paid for all things.
Adam Smith.
Smith Hall Has Played a
Varying Role on Campus
CRounding Up
Cfhe Straus
OopjrrltJJt 1947 ty Etqutr. la.
Reprinted from tht February 1947 Imie of uquiu
"Come dear . . . don't let Mm tee
that you care"
C. F. Briggs Sr. and Son Are
Both Hardin-Simmons Men
By GEORGE HINE JR.
"Like father like son" Is the case
of C. F. Briggs Sr. and Charles F.
Briggs Jr. for both aro H-SU men.
There Is nothing out of the ordin-
ary about that for no doubt there
arc numerous students whose fath-
ers went to Hardin-Simmons uni-
versity. But Mr. Briggs a 71-ycar-old Abi-
lene farmer who is presently re-
covering from an operation at Hend-
rick Memorial hospital was the fifth
student to enroll at Simmons Col-
lego on the opening day in the year
1892. C. F. Jr. entered this semester
and he was somewhere around the
1700th student who finally got
through processing on tho second
day of a record enrollment.
Mr. Briggs would have only had
to sweat out a line of approximately
80 students in 1892 even if his
name had begun with tho 26th let-
ter of the alphabet. On the open-
ing registration day at H-SU which
was known as Simmons College the
registrar went down through the
alphabet.
Fifty-five years have certainly
made a change in the nationally
known university from one two-
story building with about 80 boys
and girls to the numerous build-
ings and equipment and some 1800
students. To say nothing of the
world-famous Cowboy Band and a
school that boasts of one of the few
undefeated football teams of the
1946 season.
Simmons College's only building
was situated where the Science hall
now stands. Additions to the ori-
ginal building now make up the
Science hall.
The first floor of the original
building consisted of a reception
room and rooms where voice and
piano were taught. "Students desir-
ing a higher education merely went
up to the second floor where other
classes were held." This is no re-
flection on son C. F. Jr. who is a
music major.
Tuition fee back in the "good old
days" was about $3.00 a month as
compared with the present day
average of $120.00 a semester.
"Have you ever heard of students
paying their tuition with a couple
of cords of wood to be used as fuel?
Some of the lads did just that."
Transportation facilities were of-
fered to the students who lived too
great a distance from school to
walk. This consisted of a "modern
bus" drawn by two horses. Tho bus
resembled a rancher's hack or a
four wheeled buggy. Students were
picked up in plenty of time in order
that they might get to classes at
nine and were returned home at the
conclusion of school which ended at
four.
Mr. Briggs resided with his parents
on 1442 Beech while going to school
and since it was about ten blocks
which was considered a short dis-
tance he usually walked. When the
ground was muddy ho waited for
the bus. However the bus often
bogged up to the axel on Chestnut
street. Chestnut was then the main
street of Abilene. Only three houses
were between him and school.
In the way of sports in 1892 it
was football which was similar to
the present day game of soccer.
Carrying the ball was made legal a
year or two later. Mr. Briggs re-
members well one of the first Sim-
mons inter-collegiate football con-
tests for he participated in the
event. Howard Payne was the op-
ponent in a rough and tumble brand
of ball that would make today's
game look like a tea party.
Mr. Briggs was one of the two
staff members in the first Simmons
publication a weekly newspaper
which was called "Orthophonen
Twister." It was composed of jokes
school news and the usual school
gossip written in long hand. A
Dallas newspaper "The Dallas
Weekly News" carried a story prais-
ing the "Orthophonen Twister" as
a renowned college publication in
the year 1894.
With Sadie Hawkins day in the
past tho girls on our forty acres
are happy to settle down to tho nor-
mal routine of being pursued. Or
at least they have a slight ray of
hope . . . they hope. Many have re-
marked about the over-doses of
headache tablets they were forced
to take while staying in tho race
searching for a man to escort to tho
party Friday night. Oh well who
wouldn't resort to some sort of help
. . . whether It be pills or a date
bureau.
Herman Raphclt has acquired a
new title to replace his old one
"campus casanova". He seems to be
doing all the good . . . both In con-
tests and the fair art of making love.
Perhaps Slime Masscy could give
us a detailed account of the latter.
Some vice-versa dates are these:
Shirley Byars Sidney Water-
house Bonnie Wilson John Scdwlck
Virginia Randel Rex Stubbs.
Bobbie Vcrner received a beauti-
ful corsage of red roses over the
week-end. But it was the enclosed
card that held the majority of at-
tention. It was signed "An Ardent
Admirer".
Joyce Canon and Ace Prcscott ore
carrying on a romance that began
back in the dark ages . . . 1946 to be
exact.
A serious couple from California
on our campus Is Ed Ball and Cleo
Williams. Ed is a ministerial student
and Cleo is a preacher's daughter.
Bennic Williams can't find a girl
of his choice on the campus or even
cnrolled'ln H-SU so he dates Jane
Buzbcc from Abilene.
Saint Valentine's Day found many
guys delivering candy and flowers.
We don't know who but several of
the "things" contributed to Beckye
Griggs fair share of three boxes of
chocolates and a dozen carnations.
Mary Lee Swindell and mid-term
frosh Eric Chick arc a good look-
ing couple.
Watch this column for further
developments in the cases of Jo
Kirk-J. W. Bradcn and Maewyn
Bailey-Carroll Taylor.
Back to Sadie (How could we
forget her?) We heard a co-ed say
that if all the men she asked for
dates would return the favor she'd
be doing all right for the next two
weeks. You know that's not a bad
idea. The girls probably wouldn't
object.
Mexico a Land With Culture and Background
"The thing I would like for
Americans to understand about the
Mexican people is that they are not
typified by slovenly lazy "greasers"
with which most Americans Identify
them" stated Cleo Woods author
and extensive traveler.
Woods and his wife Betty have
toured Mexico often in the past
ten years and have begun to feel
as their own the insult that eight
out of ten American tourists pay
the people of Mexico. The taunting
superiority of the average tourist
springs from his ignorance of the
centuries-old culture and background
of the thoroughbred Mexican which
puts to shame in many ways that of
the American.
There is a definite class distinct-
ion there with a very poor lower
class and an aristocratic and wealthy
upper class. The upper class Mexi-
can is highly cultured; speaking al-
ways two languages Spanish and
English and in most cases three
Spanish English and French. He has
a deep appreciation of music and
the arts flowers . . . beauty of any
kind.
The Mexican business man Is not
so wrapped up in his business as
are men in the United States and
takes more time to enjoy his home
and family. He enjoys the same
sports as wo do baseball and foot-
ball primarily. Bull-fighting still
ranks as a major entertainment
but does not command as much at-
tention as it did in previous years.
His manners are impeccable and
show superiority over the American's
who sits up in restaurants and places
of entertainment laughing and
making audible remarks about the
Mexican. As a result the upper
class Mexican generally completely
By BETTY DOZIER
Ignores the traveler. This does not
mean says Woods that the Mexi-
can is not warmhearted generous
and hospitable to the visitor who has
proved himself worthy of his friend-
ship. The mistake is made by Ameri-
cans in assuming that the poverty-
stricken clement of Mexico repre-
sents Mexico as a whole. Naturally
the citizen of Mexico is resentful
that people should direct their at-
tention and criticism toword the
poverty of his country. He is hurt
when they take pictures of the hovel
and the burro and the barefooted
old man whose poorness is evident.
He wants others to admire the
beauty of his country to see his
magnificent homes his gorgeous
flower gardens. He knows that there
is ugliness and want in his country
and he is ashamed of it.
There is a general awakening
now to tho needs of the poor says
Woods and several movements have
been started to give them aid. The
Rotary Club has taken charge of a
poor school in Chihuahua City and
is providing lunches for those
children who are unable to buy
(Continued on Page 4)
By RUE COPELAND
For 37 years Smith hall has stood
on Cedar street facing Hardin-
Simmons university for which it
has played a varying role.
In 1910 tho hall was built as an
Industrial Home for girls; later the
furniture received a few nicks and
scratches when the building housed
football boys but withstood to do
its part in World War II. Besides
providing quarters the R. O. T. C.
during the summer of 1942 tho
Eleventh Army division spent a time
camped within Smith hall walls. In
September of 1941 it resumed a new
role as a co-operative dormintory for
girls.
Smith hall Is the only co-operative
dormitory on the campus and
possesses the only campus dining
room except the "Beanery" where
all students on the campus cat ex-
cept Smith hall girls.
Miss Maude Emma King served
as director of Smith hall from Sep-
tember of 1941 to May of 1946. Miss
King said "when Smith was open-
ed as a co-operative dorm some
were doubtful as to its success but
it has been a great success and a
credit to Hardin-Simmons" univer-
sity." Each girl living in Smith hall is
assigned to an hour's duty a day.
The duty might be cooking wash-
ing dishes sweeping a hall cleaning
a bath or keeping desk. Duties aro
changed four times a year by tho
matron and dietitian. Mrs. A. R.
Couch has served as Smith hall
dletition sinco 1941.
Miss King left the immediate
Smith hall family this year to be-
come dean of women and Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Arrant have been adopt-
ed by the girls as "Mom" and "Pop".
Every once in a while Mrs. Ar-
rant said she catches "Pop" brag-
ging to himself about being the
most popular and only man among
107 charming people. Pop says
"Living in Smith hall is a distinct-
ion worth while."
An eight-member Smith hall
council helps to keep a representa-
tive medium among the girls. The
council is unique in that it is the
only unit of complete student gov-
ernment on the campus. It has been
successful as a disciplinary council
because it stimulates a keener sense'
of obligation to' hall rules and the
girls appreciate judgement by the
peers. The council headed by Mar-
jorie Stephens senior sponsors such
annual events as the Christmas
caroling Christmas dinner and the
spring open house.
Being a dormitory full of girls
troubles and complications are
found in Smith. The coke machine
always seems to be empty the
telephone always busy and someone
is always blowing a fuse at just
the wrong time and the largest pro-
blem according to the hostess is
getting the men out of the dorm
at closing time.
In its day Smith hall has seen a
large number of celebrities. Among
them the campus queen of 1941-42;
1944-45 university queen; this year's
queen; the 1944 and 1946 campus
beauty; freshman sophomore and
junior class secretaries of last year;
this year's freshman sophomore
and senior class secretaries; last
year's and this year's sophomore
favorite; and a number of Who's
Who members who have all contri-
buted to Smith hall life.
Out of Smith hall girls have
walked into all phases of life. Pre-
sent members of our faculty Miss
Frances Merle Cooper Miss Thelma
Andrews Miss Eva Rudd Miss
Euna Rudd and Mrs. Frank Bounds
once lived in Smith hall.
All good people and things have
quotations written about them. Miss
King said "Smith hall is a smoothly
operating institution; the girls have
wholesome outlook on life and al-
ways seem busy."
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recently. Serving the school tret Left to right! top row Penryn Rasor Macon Sumerlln Jack Dean. Dale
Schoonover E. E.-Youngj center rowj Herbert Pretton Patricia Fisher Nina Laura Smith Virginia Lucas
Kenneth Balieagerj fronts France M. Cooper Ethel Rader Inei BaUenger Grace Crump and France
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