The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, January 10, 1964 Page: 2 of 6
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Positive Thiiikiilg
Ring in the new sweep out the pieces of the old as the
world resolves to do a the best job ever of making universal
peace. New Years is a time for resolution andk reflection
but more than that it is a time to Think Positive.
A new President with a fresh outlook can make a dif-
ference in the country. LBJ has begun a hard task with an
effective State of the Union messages-presenting a surpris-
ingly low budget and strong emphasis on an inner peace for
our country. If his administration can hold up to his ideals
as presented to the nation and if the country can hold up
to the loyalty to its leader necessary for a unified state 1964
will be a good year.
s First omit the word "if" from the last sentence to give
it the power of the Positive Thought. Second remember
the horrors of 1963 the stupifying events surrounding the
death of President Kennedy especially and do more than
passive hoping for better times
come only if one remembers
negation.
Last keep asking the trite question What will 1964 be
like? Follow up with: What do I want it to be like? What
can I do about it?
A Matter of Importance
As one reflects a bit of advice from an old publication
should help:
Sometimes when you're feeling important sometime
when your ego's in bloom sometime when you take it for
granted you're the best qualified in the room; sometime
when you feel that your going would leave an unfilled hole
just follow this simple instruction and see how it humbles
your soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with water put your hand
in it up to the wrists. Pull it out and the hole that's
remaining is a measure of how you'Jl be missed. You may
splash all you please when you enter but can stir up the
water galore but stop and you'll find in a moment that it
looks quite the same as before.
The morale in this example is do just the best that you
can. Be proud of yourself but remember there's no indis-
pensable man.
The American Way
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Edltbr H-SU Brand:
One of the first official acts of
our new President was that of
putting into effect a $1.2 billion
education 'loan bill which makes
available to public and PRIVATE
schools of higher education loans
for buildings libraries etc. at a
relatively low. interest rate. I
should 'like to quote a portion
of an article concerning this- edu-
cation bill in the December 12
1963 edition of the Abilene Reporter-News:
". . . Hardin-Simmons
University would be unable
to participate in the program be-
cause of action at the Texas Bap.
tist General Convention which
prohibits its colleges and other
institutions from taking federal
loans."
With all due respect to the
Texas Baptist General Conven-
tion may I say that this "action"
seems to me a bit unrealistic. We
call ourselves "a distinctive Bap-
tist university"; I don't see any-
thing distinctive about our sci-
ence building. I shudder to think
what would happen to that build-
ing if the termites were to stop
holding hands! If I may quote Dr.
Landes in the October 11 1963
edition of the Brand he urged
the Board of Trustees and Board
of Development to "comb the
country for the best teachers and
provide facilities equal to the
best" with the goal of "intellec-
tual achievement in the Chris-
tian faith." If we are going to
"provide facilities equal to the
best" we're going to be competing
with state-supported institutions
with almost unlimited funds.
We're going to need money lots.
Long-term low-interest loans are
available to us from the govern-
ment. Why not borrow from the
government? A large investment
(in our science building) from
funds borrowed from the govern-
ment would allow us to compete
effectively in the future and thus
maintain our position as a "dis-
tinctive Baptist university."
It seems to be that the only
rational answer to the above ques-
tion is that we do not want gov-
ernmental controls which might
conceivably accompany such a
loan. But do they? I doubt it.
Let's not let a vague fear of gov-
ernmental controls blur our vision
for a good deal . . . "where there
is no vision the people perish."
Steve Smith.
American Music Program
To Be Presented Tuesday
An American Music Program
featuring contemporary music by
American composers will be pre-
sented Tuesday at 7:30 p .m. in
the recital hall of Caldwell Fine
Arts building.
Sponsored jointly by Gamma
Phi chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota
national women's music frater-
nity and Theta Lambda chapter
of Phi Mu Alpha national
men's music fraternity the
program is an annual event held
on many college campuses across
the country in partial fulfillment
of national organization objec-
tives. Directed by Nancy Hearn in-
structor in cello and voice the
SAI chorus will sing "Lullaby"
by David S. Cooper; "Oh Love
That Sings" by Francis Johnson
Pyle; "A Village Where They
Ring No Bells" by Walter Hendl;
"This Is The Garden" by Vincent
Persichetti and "Postscripts" by
Isadore Freed.
Accompanists include Ann
Bryant Abilene junior; Nannette
Flynt Pampa senior; Jerilyn
Davies Abilene sophomore; and
Marilyn Hall San Antonio senior.
Postage Stamp
To Honor Late
US President
A United States postage stamp
honoring the late President John
F. Kennedy will be issued soon
according to John Gronouski
postmaster general.
President Lyndon B. Johnson
has instructed the postmaster
general to confer on the matter
with Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy
and other members of the late
president's family-
It is an American tradition
dating back to Abraham Lincoln
that a memorial stamp be issued
when a chief executive dies in
office
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Punishment
By PAT BONDS
Staff Writer
"The death penalty isn't pun-
ishment it's revenge." These are
the grim words of Jack R; John-
son tough warden of Chicago's
Cook County Jail a man whose
job it is to press the switch' of
an electric chair and a man who
is unalterably' opposed to capitol
punishment.
This is the lead paragraph of
an article in hte May 7 1963 issue
of Look magazine. The article is
titled "The Bitter Battle Over
Capitol Punishment."
Chicago Execution
Among the few men whom
Johnson has executed was Vin-
cent Ciucci 36 a Chicago grocer.
The prosecution charged that
Ciucci shot his wife and three
young children and then set fire
to the house so that he could
hide the crime and marry an-
other woman.
It took four trials before the
state could obtain the death pen-
alty. One ended in a mistrial.
Another Ciucci got 20 years for
the slaying of his wife; at a
fourth the death penalty was fi-
nally imposed for the murder of
his 8-year-old son.
Warden Johnson pleaded with
the state pardon board to spare
Ciucci. "We gain nothing by im-
posing a death sentence" he said.
A prosecutor opposing mercy
countered: "If Ciucci doesn't de-
serve the chair then nobody
does."
Story Conflicts
The article continued Ciucci
made public a story he had never
told at his trial known before
only to his priest lawyer and the
warden. He had actually killed
his wife he said but it was in a
rage after she herself had shot all
three children during a fit of
jealousy.
With this story in his mind
Johnson stood at a panel of four
red buttons with three guards
crowded close to push their as-
signed buttons. In a matter of
seconds Ciucci was clamped by
SAI members will also present
several solos during the program.
The Phi Mu Alpha chorus di-
rected by Carl Best assistant pro-
fessor of voice and music educa-
tion will present early American
Psalm Hymns by Noss.
Also to be presented by Phi
Mu Alpha members will be a
trombone solo by Wesley Black
Huntsville sophomore. Featuring
the French horn Lawson Hager
Abernathy sophomore will play
Sonata for Horn and Piano by
Beversdorf.
Soloist Conrad Bratton Dallas
senior will sing "There Is a Lady
Sweet and Kind" by Norman
Dello Joio. He wil be accom-
panied by Janice Vagt Odessa
sophomore. A clarinet solo Melo-
die by Hanna-Patterson will fea-
ture Donald Hanna Raymond-
ville senior.
Following the program as SAI
farewelL. service andcoffee will
honor January graduating SAI
members Dorothy Ray Houston
senior and Kathleen Beeman
Jones Lamesa senior. Mrs. H. A.
I Pender and Mrs. Lacy Beckham
am patronesses wm serve.
Church Music
Chapter Meet
Next Tuesday
Students and others interested
in the formation of a H-SU chap-
ter of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention Church Music Conference
will meet Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. in
Room 108 Caldwell Hall.
Tuesday's meeting will follow
a preliminary meeting held De-
cember 17 at which 'time a nomi-
nating committee was appointed.
The nominating committee will
report its recommendations at the
Tuesday meeting.
Purpose off the chapter is to
share problems persons engaged
in church music face Ty Morris
Garland junior reported
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Penalty-
or Revenge?
his head legs and arms to the
chair.
1300 Volts
For eight seconds 1900 volts
of electricity coursed through the
prisoner then 900 volts for 52
seconds 1900 volts again for four
seconds and finally 900 volts for
56 seconds. By now the man in
the chair had been dead for two
minutes the law takes no
chances.
Johnson might have felt as the
young district attorney in San
Francisco who said "We kill him
not for his crime but in the blind
hope that others may not commit
his crime."
The Blazer Returns
To College Campus
An old campus favorite the
blazer is making a big come-
back according to Associated Press
fashion reporters. It has a new
look though high fashion touches
it didn't have in the past.
Chanel the noted French de-
signer featured them in her fall
collection and since then the
style has swept the entire fash-
ion world.
Blazers will be seen for cam-
pus wear for resort wear and for
wear on countless other occasions.
There are blazer jackets for even-
ing as well as daytime wear.
They range from woolens and
linens for day to blazers in shiny
black or white satin and even
in chiffons for late day and din-
ner wear.
Plane Travel
Causes Acute
Forgetfulness
Have you lost anything lately?
If you have and you have
been doing any traveling by
plane chances are you left it
aboard the plane. A surprising
number of articles in amazing
assortments are left on planes.
In the lost and found room at
the general offices of Trans
World Airlines at Kansas City
there is an odd assortment of
merchandise items which indi-
cate that the traveling public is
most forgetful.
The supervisor of the lost and
found department says he is no
longer surprised at what might
turn up. He's had practically
everything from false teeth to
tennis rackets. Once a passenger
even left an airplane propeller
aboard.
There is a collection of rings
watches eyeglasses an average
of 700 pair a year cameras 150
a year binoculars and handbags.
Each year hundreds of men's
hats golf clubs fishing rods fur
stoles and jackets and items of
food are left in the passenger
compartments of the planes.
Radio-TV Students
Hear RPAR-TV's
Production Manager
John Chappell production man-
ager for KPAR-TV told the Har-
din - Simmons University radio-
television staff "How Not to Sell
Prospective Advertisers Radio
Advertising" in a Dec. 19 meet-
ing of the staff.
Kenneth Nations director of
Radio-Television said the staff
will begin a campaign to get Abi-
lene businessmen to buy adver-
tising on the campus station.
Nations outlined the progress
that had been made by the staff
in the previous year and con-
gratulated them on their efforts.
Rick Etheredge station man-
ager indicated the station would
have a more professional sound
due to the new tape equipment
and 1 the building of another
studio. "
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