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BLANCHE LANGE HALL This is the Hardin-Simmons University dormitory Blanche Lange Hall and the woman for whom it is being
named. The residence hall houses 140 H-SU coeds. Its name was chosen to honor Mrs. Fred M. Lange left of Dallas for her interest
in Christian education. Formal dedicatory ceremonies and open house are planned for Feb. 18-19.
H-SU Development
Board Will Elect
Officers Tuesday
The Board of Development for
Hardin-Simmons University will
elect its officers when it meets
Thursday at H-SU.
This will be the second meet-
ing of the group set up during
the past year as a means of en-
listing financial and other support
for Hardin-Simmons. The first
meeting was held in November
and resulted in the naming of a
nominating committee to propose
the first slate of officers.
Members of the nominating
panel are Bryan Bradberry of
Abilene chairman Joe Breed of
Anson and E. M. Perkins of
Abilene.
Keynote speaker for Thurs-
day's meeting will be George L.
Shearin secretary and legal
counsel of the Endowment De-
partment of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas Dallas.
The session will begin at 10:30
a. m. and will be held in the Me
morial Room of the Sandefer
Building said Dr. Lee Hemphill
H-SU vice president for develop-
ment. Dr. Hemphill will work
closely with the new board and
will provide liaison between it
the university administration and
trustees.
. Thursday's speaker has been
secretary and counsel of the
BGCT Endowment Department
since 1955. He holds a law de-
gree from Baylor University and
engaged in private law practice
served as assistant city attorney
and as corporation judge for the
City of Waco.
Shearin is a member of the
Dallas Estate Council and is a
deacon and president of the
Brotherhood in the First Baptist
Church of Dallas. As an officer
of the BGCT Endowment De-
partment he assists with the man-
agement of endowment assets in
excess of $38 million. Endow
ment income dispersed among
Baptist causes annually amounts
to more than $1.25 million.
In addition to enlisting finan-
cial support for H-SU the new
Board of Development will seek
to promote Christian education in
general recruit outstanding stu-
dents provide scholarships and
serve as an advisory group in im-
proving and expanding the uni-
versity. Members of the board in addi-
tion to Bradberry Perkins and
Breed are Jimmie Allred of
ABILENE.
Named
Hereford Troy Armes of Little-
field Horace Blackwell and Fred
M. Lange of Dallas Richard
Crawley of Lamesa Sam Donnell
of Wichita Falls Jack Frost of
San Antonio A. C. Humphrey of
Stamford J. Lowell Littleton of
Ozona Mrs. Dan Moody and Bill
Murray of Austin Miles Pierce
of Alpine and Edward Ponder of
Sweetwater.
Others are Sim Reeves of Fort
Stockton Robert Steakley of
Odessa Chester Taggart of
Grandfalls R. W. Whipkey of Big
Spring and Mrs. E. L. Farns-
worth Mrs. Mac Lester Mrs.
Marvin Lewis Charles Logsdon
Mrs. Will Minter Sam Waldrop
and Mrs. Earnest Yeatts all of
Abilene.
H-SU trustees who will serve
as trustee-members of the board
are J. E. Johnson of Temple Elie
Lam of Wichita Falls and J. D.
Sandeker of Breckenridge Dr.
Hemphill said. Two Baptist dis-
trict rfussions secretaries the Rev.
J. William Arnett of Big Spring
H-SU Receives
AAUW Okay
To Membership
Hardin-Simmons University has
been placed on the approval list
of the American Association of
University Women Dr. Evan
Allard Reiff H-SU president has
been informed.
Making the announcement was
Dr. Eunice C. Roberts chairman
of the AAUW Committee on
Higher Education Washington
D. C.
Along with the approval came
special commendations for H-SU
from Dr. Essie White Cohn of the
University of Denver who made
the final survey of Hardin-Simmons
while AAUW approval was
pending.
Two other Texas institutions
Trinity University and Howard
Payne College 'also have been
added to the AAUW approved
list.
Dr. Cohn professor of chem-
istry at the University of Den-
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TEXAS FRIDAY JANUARY 6
For Dallas Woman
Dean's Title
Is Awarded
To Wofford
Appointment of an Abilenian
W. D. (Dub) Wofford as dean of
men at Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity has been announced by Dr.
Evan Allard Reiff H-SU presi-
dent. Wofford a 1934 graduate of
H-SU will take up his duties at
the close of the Christmas holi-
day period Dr. Reiff said. His
appointment to the post was ap-
proved Monday by the executive
committee of the H-SU Board of
Trustees.
The position of dean of men
has been vacant since the resigna-
tion last June 30 of Jack V. Col-
lins who became counselor of
men and assistant dean of stu-
dents at Northeast Louisiana State
College.
An Abilene civic leader for
many years Wofford has been as-
sociated with Investors Diversi-
fied Services for the past four
years. He formerly was director
of transportation for Western Cot-
tonoil Company and also was as-
sociated with Western Chevrolet
Company for a time after World
War II.
Wofford received his bachelor
of arts degree in business admin-
istration from Hardin-Simmons
in 1934. He operated a service
station for several years after
graduation and later was employ-
ed by a finance concern here.
He entered the University of
Missouri for graduate study in
1939 but left there after World
War II broke out to work as a
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1961
Geology Study
To Be Boosted
By Esso Grant
Hardin-Simmons University has
received a $3500 grant from the
Esso Education Foundation which
will be used to support the pro-
gram of the geology department.
This is the sixth year for H-SU
to be included in the program
and the latest gift brings to
$27000 the amount the university
has received from the foundation.
Hardin-Simmons was one of three
area schoolsi 'the other two being
Abilene Christian College and
Howard Payne College of Brown-
wood selected for the annual
grant.
H-SU is one of few schools to
receive grants each year since the
program was established in 1955.
In the last six years the founda-
tion has awarded nearly $8 mil-
lion to more than 400 privately
controlled institutions.
Standard Oil Co. of New Jer-
sey parent company of the group
which channels its major assist-
ance to education through the
Esso Foundation has said that it
believes aid to education to be
"an obligation of the corporate
citizen."
The University's gift has
amounted to $3500 each year ex-
cept 1958 when $10000 was given
to the school's building fund. The
gift also has been unrestricted
each year except 1958 when it was
designated for building purposes
in honor of Eugene Holman a
graduate of Hardin-Simmons and
at that time chairman of the
board of Standard Oil Co. Dr.
Reiff said.
Through the grants H-SU plans
to continue to strengthen the
faculty and curriculum in the
field of geology. A new science
building is planned on the cam-
pus in the next few years and
geology will be a basic part of
the science program because of
the unusual opportunities for
geology graduates in the Abilene
area Dr. Reiff said.
The president said he hopes to
be able to add a third faculty
member to the geology depart-
ment in the near future and
pointed out that the continuing
gifts of the type received from
the Esso Foundation will make
this possible. He said the Esso
gifts enabled H-SU to appoint a
second faculty member in geology
in 1958.
In determining how to channel
it support to higher education the
Esso Education Foundation con-
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No. 14
Lange Hall
Title Official
In February
South Hall women's dormitory
will bear the name Blanche Lange
Hall in honor of a prominent
Dallas woman as of mid-February
Dr. Evan Allard Reiff Uni-
versity president announced this
week.
The dormitory which houses
140 women students is being re-
named for Mrs. Fred M. Lange
of Dallas for her "genuine interest
in Hardin - Simmons University
and especially in the young wom-
en living on the campus" Dr.
Reiff said.
"It is appropriate that the uni-
versity in honoring her actually
is also recognizing the tremendous
importance of the social and cul-
tural education of our women stu-
dents." the Dresident cnntinnpd.
"The University is pleased that
Mrs. Lange has consented to this
honor as a channel through which
her interest in the total Christian
education of these women can
find effective expression."
The deoision to honor the
Dallas civic leader was made by
a special committee of the H-SU
Board of Trustees with that
group's recommendation receiving
ratification from the board's
executive committee.
An alumnium plaque is being
placed in the foyer of the four-
story building with this inscrip-
tion: "The Board of Trustees in
grateful appreciation and recogni-
tion of her interest in Christian
education named this building in
honor of Mrs. Fred M. Lange."
Formal dedication and open
house for the hall at which Mr.
and Mrs. Lange will be honored
guests tentatively are set for
Feb. 18 and 19. Friends of the
Langes and parents of girls re-
siding in the dormitory together
with other friends of the Univer-
sity will be invited.
The dormitory's lounge current-
ly is being redecorated and pro-
vision will be made for guest
accommodations. Mr. and Mrs..
Lange will serve as honorary
host and hostess for the residence
hall.
Mrs. Lange is a native of Over-
ton where she graduated from
high school. She has been an
ardent civic worker in Dallas and
is active in affairs of the Wom-
en's Forum Women of Rotary.
Women's Group of the Dallas:
Council on World Affairs Dallas
Civic Opera Women's Board
League of Women Voters Dallas
Symphony Orchestra Women's
Guild and Friday Forum.
She holds life membership in
the Young Women's Christian
Assn. in Dallas and also in the
YMCA of Osaka Japan.
Mrs. Lange received a certifi-
cate from Texas Women's Uni-
versity for studies in child psy-
chology. She is a member of the
Lover's Lane Methodist Church in
Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Lange long have
shown their interest in Hardin-
Simmons University Dr. Reiff
pointed out. Lange executive
vice president of the Dallas Com-
munity Chest Trust Fund has:
served as public trustee represent-
ing H-SU in the Texas Foundation
of Voluntary Supported Colleges
and Universities for several years..
He received an honorary doctor
of laws degree from H-SU in 1956?
and is a member of the univer-
sity's new Board of Development.
He has served as ndvisnr tn TV
Reiff and others of the H-SU ad-
ministration in the university de-
velopment program.
Mr. and Mrs. Lange have visited
in many countries in which he
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