The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, April 5, 1963 Page: 2 of 8
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H-SU BRAND
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Wichita Falls residents Sunday
said goodby to Dr. James H.
Landes former pastor of the First
Baptist Church and new presi-
dent of Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity in a massive "James H.
Larides Day."
Dr. Landes preached his final
sermon Sunday morning as pastor
of the church. He and Mrs.
Landes were honored at the even-
ing worship service of the church
and at a two-hour reception fol-
lowing the services.
During the evening program
Mayor John J. Gavin proclaimed
the day in a resolution adopted
by the church expressing "deep-
est possible measure of our af-
fection for him and his family."
Included as a gift to Dr. and
Mrs. Landes were a new automo-
bile from members of the church
and two bound volumes of letters
from the congregation.
.An estimated 2000 members of
the First Baptist Church said
farewell to Dr. and Mrs. Landes
and to their daughter and son-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pitts at
th& reception" Sunday night.
Several hundred other Wichita
Falls. citizens also attended.
An overflow crowd of more
than 2000 hearg Djr. Landes'; final
sermon Sunday morning. Wor-
shipers x who were not able
to get into the big sanctuary saw
and heard the service via tele-
vision in the church chapel next
door.
His sermon was prefaced with
a statement for children of the
church many of whom had said
they could not understand his
leaving.
'Twill be preaching every day
.jt&tfe other boys ahd girls and
every Sunday if possible in some
Wichita Falls Bids
Farewell to Pastor
April 20 Deadline Slated
For Rodeo Queen Nominations
Nominations for" rodeo queen
will be accepted in the Student
Association office 201 Student
Center until noon April 20
Larry Edwards vice-president
and election committee chairman
announced.
Any girl who has completed 30
hours is eligible for nomination.
Nomination petitions are avail-
able in the Student Association
office. All girls receiving '50
signatures on nomination peti-
tions will be placed on the ballot.
Voting will be held the week
of April 21-27 'possibly in as-
sembly Edwards said.
The rodeo queen will reign
over the annual Hardin-Simmons
University intercollegiate rodeo
April 25-27. She will lead the
grand entry into the arena each
evening.
Dale Robertson motion picture
and television star will perform
at the final two performances of
the rodeo. The star of "Wells
Fargo" television series will be
making his second Abilene ap-
pearance having been here for the
March of Dimes telethon last
year.
The H-SU rodeo is 'being held
in conjunction with the Texas
Technological College rodeo in
Lubbock. Performers Will appear
in the Lubbock meet two per-
formances and in the H-SU show
two performances.
A downtown parade will open
the H-SU"rodeo festivities. Clubs
classes and dormitories are being
.invited to enter floats in the an-
nual parade. Prizes of $60 $40
and $20 will be given for the
three best floats. Western songs
is the theme for the parade and
other rodeo activities Riding
clubs and sheriffs posses from
throughout the surrounding area
are also being invited to partici-
pate. Special student contests will
b held during WsJern pays on
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church. I will keep you in my
heart and my prayers and love
you forever and forever" he said
Dr. Landes sermon subject was
"Finally Brethren" and in it he
expressed gratitude to God and
to- the people with whom he has
served as fellow workers.
At the Sunday 'evening service
the four men who have served
as chairmen of the church's board
of deacons during the 18 years
Dr. Landes has served as pastor
expressed thecongregation's love
and appreciation for the Landes
family.
They were Ores Watson J. L.
Randel Hunter Jones and Bur-
ton Stayton. Watson the present
chairman presented the gift to
Dr. and Mrs. Landes.
Dr. and Mrs. Landes will live
in Nix Hall until moving to the
president's home.
Children to Hunt
Easter Eggs Tuesday
The annual Easter Egg Hunt
will be held Tuesday April 9
at 4 p. m. in Parramore Stadium
Dean Alice Berkshire announced.
All children under 13-years-old
of staff faculty and students are
invited.
They will be divided into age
groups for the hunt
Children are required to bring
their own sacks and baskets:
1 The hunt is sponsored by the
Student Association and the
Women's Student Governing
Board. Rangers Pershing Rifles
and social clubs will assist.
If the weather is bad the hunt
will be held in Rose Field House.
ing cigar smoking and cigarette
rolling.
The beard shaving and calf
judging are new contests. Boys
will compete in both. The first
is to determine the cowpoke who
can rid himself of his week's ac-
cumulation of whiskers the
fastest and the latter will be a
contest to find the boy with the
best calves (on his own legs.)
The rodeo will be held in the
newly-renovated Carl Myers Me-
morial Arena located on Grape
Street northwest of the campus.
Built 12 years ago it has been
site for all succeeding H-SU
rodeos. New steel and wooden
bleachers have been erected on
the west stands with much of the
old stands being reconstructed
on the east side. Seating capac-
ity is expected to reach 4000.
Fences have been re-welded
and a restraining fence erected
between the entrance gate and
west stands to separate entering
spectators from the cowboys lin-
ing up for the grand entry.
Students will finish the reno-
vation project Saturday during
the painting party at the arena.
The fences will be repainted by
students faculty and others.
Aprill 7 Deadline
For Entering Floats
Clubs classes and dormitories
wishing to enter floats in the
rodeo parade must register in the
Student Association office by
April 17 Terry DuBose acting
speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives and rodeo chairman
announced.
Theme of the parade will be
western songs and each club is
urged to submit its choice of song
as soon as possible DuBose said.
First prize will be $80 with $40
and $20 Jtong1 giverf second and
wiirdjplace winners respectively.
Th Student Association-Office
jei SUukwt Cttit is opentfrom
1 to 3 p. qmitfe WjMkdajr
Dr. James H. Landes began his
duties as president of Hardin-
Simmons University Monday!
He comes to an office which
has been vacant since the resig
nation of Dr. Evan A. Reiff last
January. Dr. Reiff-subsequently
died in March;
Dr. Landes is the tenth presi-
dent of the institution since its
founding in 1892. He begins
his administration at 'a crucial
time in the life of the Univer-
sity ... a new Student Center
Chapel-Auditorium and boys'
dormitory have been 'constructed
and opened in the last three
years. An adequate science
building library and girls' dor-
mitory are needed. Several de-
partments are without chairmen.
The University now. has total
assets valued at approximately
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si4 uuuiuu. iviutt: uiuii 91 mil-
lion have been invested in the
physical plant. The endowment
is $3.3 million.
Texas Baptists are inthe midst
of a campaign to raise; $28 mil-
lion for their institutions of
higher learning. The College
Loyalty Alumni Support Program
(or CLASP) has recently been
inaugurated arid is being used
throughout the state to seek sup-
port for the college".
Dr. Landes comes to meet the
crisis. He was pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Wichita Falls
for more than 17 years before ac-
cepting the H-SU presidency. He
has served as president -of the
Baptist General Convention of
Texas' and was active (in social
and welfare work in Wichita
Falls.
Dr. Landes was born in Lewis-
ville Ark. Aug. 24 1912 and at-
tended Rice Institute in 1931-32
before being graduated from
Ouachita Baptist College at Arka-
delphia Ark. in 1934. I
He had a graduate fellowship in
chemistry at the University of
Arkansas in 1935 and received his
master of theology degree from
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in 1940.
Howard Payne College in
Brownwood and Baylor Univer-
sity in Waco have bestbwed doc-
tor of divinity degrees upon him
while Midwestern University in
Wichita Falls gave himi a doctor
of laws degree in 1955
He and his wife the former
Irene Ingalls Pearson have one
daughter Ruth Eleanor
Dr. Landes was selected presi-
dent of the University by the
board of trustees upon recom-
mendation of a special! screening
committee in December He was
scheduled to assume presidential
duties March 1 but illness necessi-
tated the month's delay.
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"One of the ffreat mvsterles nf
I life is how the boy we were sure
'wasn't good enough ifor our
uuugmer can De me lamer oi me
smartest grandchildren in the
world." Earl Gilbert Evansdale
(la.) Enterprise.
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Speech to
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Brand Editor
. Dr. James H. Landes in his
first 'official act upon assuming
the presidency of Hardin-Simmons
University told the Friendd
of the Library that a Christian
university must be Christian
above all must stress culture
must be contemporary5 and must
furnish a curriculum that is com-
prehensive. "The University must keep its
purposes in line with the pur-
poses of God" he concluded in
his speech Monday night in the
Student Center before probably
the largest group ever to crowd
into-the main banquet room. The
occasion was the .annual dinner
of the Friends of the Hardin-
Simmons University Library.
Methods of Learning
Dr. Landes illustrated four
methods of learning which every
; student must employ. First he
can sit at the feet of an articulate
and. scholarly lecturer who will
point out not only the facts but
also point the student to the
primary sources. .Then through
discussions the student can evalu-
ate his own judgment and learn
to think by developing a dia-
logue within himself. In illustrat-
ing this point Dr. Landes refer-
red to Ralph Waldo Emerson who
a hundred years ago warned that
there could be a decline in think-
ing in American universities.
Emerson said that books were
at their best when well-used
when they made man think for
himself and at their worst when
abused when used as their own
ends. Dr. Landes stated that
books were for the scholar's
idle times. When man could read
God directly time is too valuable
to waste on men's minds.
The third method of learning
for the student is in individual
study. The student must have
much of this emphasizing crea-
tive writing as well as reading
Dr. Landes said.
The final method of learning
he outlined is through the cli-
mate in which the student lives.
This is intangible the university
being a lot of great books with
men who appreciate them. The
new president remarked that it is
important to create this climate
on the university campus. He
pointed out that too often the
student thinks of learning as only
a classroom activity. '
Creative Atmosphere- Needed
"The entire University atmos-
phere must be bent to the ac-
quiring of knowledge and facts
and to inspiring creative .think-
ing" Landes said.
Friends
Activity
There must be an interdepend-
ence among the physical sciences
social sciences and fine arts. The
material and technological must
rest on a moral and spiritual
structure. The liberal arts teaches
the scientist moral values; while
science in turn teaches the man
in liberal arts patient observation
and the ability to form a logical
hypothesis. A constant dialogue
must exist between the two. on a
university campus according to
Dr. Landes.
- In concluding his address Dr.
Landes stated four questions
which the contemporary man
must ask and answer: What is
my purpose? What counts in
life? Why should I make an ef-
fort? and How should I go about
it?
In seeking his purpose man
must realize that he is "from the
hand of God is sustained by the
grace of God and is walking with
God" Dr. Landes stated. "Only
then is there a purpose and reason
for each man's existence."
The true measure of what
counts is not only what is done
but also what man becomes.
Character is thus important and
character is determined by re-
lationships with man with
Christ and 'within the individual.
Spiritual Values Last
Man should make the effort
because spiritual values are
what lasts he pointed 'out. A
man must realize that it profits
nothing to gairi the whole world
and lose his own soul.
These are ' accomplished by
scientific study. The man who
will not learn from history is
condemned to repeat it. Above
all in the effort man must place
study of the Book of wisdom.
He must be aware of the age in
which he is living. He must
study the current journals and
publications which are always
three or four years ahead of the
books being published. Dr.
Landes added that these journals
must be given an important place
in the library.
Presents Check
Preceding his speech Dr.
Landes announced that he had a
personal check for $1000 to pre-
sent the University. He also read
a cable from the .Cowboy Band
which is in Japan. The cable
said . The Cowboy Band wel-
comes you to H-SU. May your
tenure be long and may it be
happy."
He explained that he was tired
having shaken 2268 hands held
340 babies and kissed 268 girls-
all under 12 years of age in the
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