The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, April 12, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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THE Collegian
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF DANIEL BAKER COLLEGE
Volume XXXIV.
BROWNWOOD TEXAS FRIDAY APRIL 12 1940
No. 25
From The Bell Tower
Spring is the time of year for
excessive rains cyclones thun-
derstorms and general tumult.
So do not be discouraged if your
enjoyment of spring should be
threatened with all sorts of trou-
bles and fears. Perhaps it is not
that there are any more troubles
this time of the year but we just
feel more deeply during this sea
son. We love hate rejoice and
despair more fervently In spring
than in any other portion of the
twelve months. At least this is
conceded to be true although there
may be many exceptions. So it is
quite according to nature that we
should be moody one minute and
exaltingly happy the next. After
all it can cloud up and rain one
hour and the sun shine brightly
the next.
Most of student troubles come
from grades so statistics tell us.
Family affairs finances and dates
come next. It is quite evident
why grades would drop when
spring comes. How hard it is to
go to class and leave your friends
sitting out on the lawn chatting
gaily! No wonder we find it so
difficult to stay home and study
for tests when the swimming hole
is calling us . . . Why we can not
even make it home! . . . After
classes there is croquet golf ten-
nis photography and general
loafing to keep us happily occu-
pied for hours on the campus . . .
Naturally grades will suffer . . .
And then we will worry . . . But
so have thousands of other stu-
dents done in the past . . . They
have lived and never missed that
"A" which they could have made
instead of the "B" which they
received. We should not feel in-
dividual at all about our apparent
laziness and lack of will power
. . . We are not in a boat by our-
selves by any means.
But there is a limit to all things
. . . Cutting classes to stay out-
side can become disastrous. You
may soon find yourself "cut out"
of a class entirely ... So do not
take our ramblings for adequate
excuses and be too literal about
the matter . . . Most of our Daniel
Baker students are grown men
and women and should not have
to be told when they should at-
tend class. Nobody knows any
better than you how much you
need to go to class to learn. An-
other argument we use on our-
selves when we are trying to per-
suade "us" to go to class and are
pushing Satan further behind us
is this fact playing off from
duties which our classes are de-
velops in us a habit of playing off
which is extremely difficult to
break. After we graduate and
find ourselves working for the
other fellow there must be none
of this sort of laziness whatsoever.
So it is a rather good idea to begin
now developing habits of useful-
ness and will power within our-
selves. Someday we may become teach-
ers and find ourselves lecturing
to a mere shadow of a class we
may look out on the lawn where
we would like to be and see some
of our students defying discipline
by cutting class and what shall
we do? We shall become very
angry and go into a huddle with
ourselves about all the things we
are going to do to that student
. . . There'll come a day.
BROWSING
Many of our Daniel Baker stu-
dents do not realize the great
number of interesting objects and
books which there are to be found
in the "Browsing Library." The
section on the north side wall of
the library is reserved for mu-
seum cases and books which are
of interest to almost everyone. It
is part of a project of the library
club and was instituted through
the efforts of Mrs. McDonald li-
brarian. In the museum cases are a pair
of ice skates made by hand more
than a century ago in New York;
Spring Graduation Candidates Number 62
DB Band Plays
For CCC Sunday
The Daniel Baker band gave a
concert at the CCC Camps of
Brownwood at the State Park on
Sunday afternoon April 7 from 2
until 5. The occasion was the
annual open house which was held
by the Civil Conservation Camp
which celebrated its seventh anni-
versary. As a part of the pro-
gram the band was invited to play
an hour's concert.
Under the direction of Pat How-
ard band director the band play-
ed overtures as follows: "Diane"
"Ampharita Roca" "Trojan
Prince" and "Dauntless."
After the concert the forty band
members were shown around the
camp by Captain Taylor and serv-
ed refreshments in the CCC dining
hall.
DB Twins Club
Attends Meet
The Twins Club of Daniel Baker
College attended a state-wide con-
vention held by Baylor University
on April 5 and 6. With the Baylor
University Twins Club acting as
hosts with the Waco Twins Club
as co-hosts this convention was
the annual Texas college twins
convention. Those attending the
meet from Daniel Baker were the
Coffeys the Harpers the Williams
and the Lattas. Mr. R. E. Blair
and M)rs. I. E. Ransom accom-
panied the twins.
On Friday a general registration
was held at Waco Hall at 9
o'clock. The twins were in charge
of chapel at the college at 10
o'clock which was presided over
introduction to the mascots in-
by President Pat Neff. Songs
troduction of the triplet guests
introduction of Dr. D. C. Rife of
Ohio State University and an au-
thority on biology of twins con-
stituted the program.
The program throughout the
day was as follows:
10:00 Pictures; 1.00 Lunch in
Memorial Dorm; 2:00 acts in the
Main auditorium Waco Hall; 3:30
Unusual tests all twins partici-
pating; 6:00 Banquet in Memo-
( Continued on page 4)
Orchestra Members
Picnic At Lake
The members of the orchestra
their dates and Sponsor Miss Mae
Branom were entertained at a
picnic at the State Park on Tues-
day evening April 9.
The picnic supper was planned
by a committee consisting of Ers-
kyne Robey Betty Jo Vernon
Myra Lee Duffer and Helen Har-
bour who were appointed by
President Adrian Yett who was
assisted by Mrs. H. Gibbs.
After supper was eaten dancing
in the club house furnished the
chief diversion for the group of
about twenty members of the orchestra.
UBRARY REVEALS MUSEUM PIECES QUAINT UTERATURE
they are fashioned of crude wood
and iron and resemble the curled-
up toe of a Turkish-style slipper.
A section of a cabde used on the
famous Battle of the Merrimac
and the Monitor helps to make our
history lessons meaninful. A
snuff-box made in 1820 represents
a period of the world to us when
it was "fashionable indeed" to
use snuff. Also there are shells
in the cases which were used in
the Spanish-American war and
bullets from the battlefield of
Gettysburg. Since weapons seem
to tell the story of mankind from
the earliest times there is also a
Prom Date Is Set For April 26;
Committees Selected Wednesday
Ensemble Stages
Winners' Picnic
The Daniel Baker Ensemble
choral organization directed by
Miss Mavis Douglas will have a
picnic at the State Park next
Monday night April 15. The oc-
casion of the entertainment com-
pletes plans made for the recent
concert which benefitted the En-
semble. The group was divided into two
sides headed by Rebecca Wiginton
and Julia McClendon. The side
selling the least number of tickets
for the affair is to furnish the
food for the winning side which
was that of Miss Wigginton.
It was decided that outside dates
may be brought if 25 cents is paid
to Julia McClendon. All those
persons who have cars are re-
quested to bring them to help out
on the transportation problem.
Imogene Farris president of the
organization is in charge of the
transportation.
The members of the Ensemble
will leave the college at 6:30 on
the night of the picnic.
Mr. Holloway Speaks
To Christian Students
"Our usefulness to others our
personal happiness and our prog-
ress are vitally affected by the de-
cision we make in choosing a life
work" said Professor Holloway
Tuesday night to members of the
Christian Student Association.
There are three major decisions
which all of us must make the
decision for God for a life com-
panion and for a career. It was
the last of these which Mr. Hollo-
way elaborated upon.
We must presuppose he ex-
plained that we are living in a
God-ordered universe and that
there is a plan for such individual
life or that each life is important
in the universal plan. If we be-
lieve this it follows that all call-
ings are sacred. No field of work
then is too great for any of us if
we feel a sincere desire to do that
thing. Mr. Holloway advised stu-
dents to think about this question
thoroughly and prayerfully and
to lay broad basic foundations
while yet in school.
He ended with an admonition to
keep faith. First have faith in
God believe in his existence and
nearness; second have faith in
other people even though one of
them may fail you now and then;
and third have faith in yourself
and your own ability. The club
found Mr. Holloway's discusssion
very helpful and appreciated his
interest. All members of the fac-
ulty and student body are invited
to attend the next meeting which
will be Tuesday April 23 in room
2 of the Administration building.
collection of ancient model shot-
guns in the library; sawed-off
shotguns small pistols and other
types of heavy rusted guns are
to be seen there.
In a shelf marked "Books more
than 100 years old" we find the
New Essays or Observations Di-
vine and Morall by Iohn Robin-
son from whence came these
words: "The promifes of God are a
kinde of midle thing between his
purpofe and performance of good
unto them whom he loveth." In
the Ancient History by Charles
Rollins we read: "He was sensi-
ble that good laws contribute
The student council met on
Wednesday April 10 to discuss
plans for the annual Prom which
is to be held on April 26 in the
Daniel Baker gymnasium. About
one thousand people are expected
this year according to student
body president Bill Brookover.
About seven hundred seniors from
nearby high schools will be hon-
ored at this affair.
The various committees which
have been selected to take care of
the details for the Prom are Rass
Rhodes who is head of the invi-
tation committee; his assistants
are Rebecca Wiginton and about
fifteen typists. Sybil Wiginton
is chairman of the decoration com-
mittee and Charles Gardner Be-
atrice Dumas and Joe Redden will
help her. Evelyn McDaniel is
head of the refreshment commit-
tee and Jessie Beryl Chisholm
and Ruth Thomason are to help
her.
Margaret Cole is head of the
favors committee and Cora Fowles
will help her. Bill Brookover will
oversee the committee to plan the
program and Helen Harbour
Douglas Chrane Joe Beckham
and Raleigh Bratton will help him.
It has already been decided that
one of the numbers on the pro-
gram will be a rendition of the
Virginia Reel.
The theme for this year's Prom
has been decided on and will fol-
low a scheme taken from GWTW
using the infinite possibilities of
the pre-war south as suggestions
for the favors program and deco-
rations. Invitations are already being
mailed and decorating the gym
started. The entire student body
is requested to help in every way
possible so as to fully complete
the decorating and other plans by
April 26. The Prom is the high
light of the Daniel Baker social
year.
New 1939-40 Bulletin
To Be Released Soon
The .Daniel Baker Bulletin for
the year 1030-40 has recently been
printed and will be issued to the
general public some time this
week. Dr. Ben H. Moore execu-
tive secretary is in charge of the
bulletins and has succeeded in put-
ting out a book full of valuable
information and having an attrac-
tive cover.
On the fly-leaf of the new bul-
letin Daniel Baker is described as
being "A Co-educational Indepen-
dent Presbyterian College." This
is the fifty-first catalogue. The
bulletin is much larger than those
of previous years and the backs
are in white with blue lettering.
The catalogue gives this in-
formation: College Calendar Fac-
ulty and Officers General Infor-
mation Historic Sketch Courses
of Instruction Regulations and
the Register of the Students. The
catalogue also lists the graduates
of last year.
very much to the forming or pre-
serving of good manners but in
his opinion a prince by his ex-
ample was to be a living law to
his people; nor did he think a man
worthy to reign over others un-
less he was more wise and virtu-
ous than those he governed." This
was said of Cyrus king of ancient
Persia.
In a book entitled The Institutes
of English Grammar (Improved)
by Goold Brown this definition
"English grammar is the art of
speaking reading and writing the
English language correctly. It if
divided into four parts; namely
Seniors Prepare To
Leave Alma Mater
There are sixty-two candidates
for graduation at Daniel Baker
this spring according to the re-
port prepared by MIbs Alta Craig
registrar. This number is a great
improvement over last spring's
graduation number of thirty-four.
Those seniors are Hershcll
Adams Richland Springs; Alonzo
Bittick Austin; William Blankin-
ship Stephenville; Raleigh Brat-
ton Priddy; Jessie Beryl Chis-
holm Brownwood; Vivian Clen-
denin Stephenville; Margaret Cole
Brownwood; Beatrice Dumas Fort
Worth; Stella Easley Brownwood;
Garlyn Evatt Brownwood; Cora
Fowles San Antonio.
Paul Gregory Brownwood Fae-
nelia Hicks Blanket; Lillie Hol-
brook Brownwood; Willie Keeler
May; Ernestine Lovelace Brown-
wood; Leaird Meadows Hamilton;
James Moore Brownwood; Mary
Sue McMahan Talpa; Doris Nelle
Fort Smith Arkansas; Roy Owen
Gallup N. M.; Irby Petsick Gus-
tine; Rass Rhodes Bangs; Clar-
ence Roberts San Saba; Erskyne
Robey Coleman; Billy Stewart
Coleman; Sybil Wiginton Brown-
wood; Veda Pearl Wooldridge
Brownwood; Adrian Yett Jack-
sonville Mary Day Clifton Colo-
rado Bill Brookover San An-
tonio. Loma Blankinship W. A. Blank-
inship Lothel Caskey Carl Elliot
Le Roy Pinnell Faborn Etier Bert
Patterson Earl Ferguson Mrs.
Earl Ferguson Maurice Gilbert
Bertha Goforth Cecil Holder
Clara Howard D. R. Hudson Mrs.
Hudson Mrs. W. A. Snodgrass
Mrs. Kaylor R. L. Wall Mrs.
Kirk Hazel May Evelyn Moore
George Moore Howard Morris
Isabel MfcCutcheon Luther Nel-
son Grace McDonald Betty Ellen
Falk Melba Wilkins Faustine
Reding Vera Mae Reding Flor-
ence Huff.
F. Palmer Honors
SOS On Tuesday
Miss Frankie Palmer a charter
member of the SOS Society and
her mother Mrs. Frank Palmer
will be hostesses to the members
of the organization next Tuesday
evening April 16 when they will
entertain the girls with a buffet
supper in their home at 1012 Cog-
gin Avenue.
Immediately following the sup-
per the SOS will go in a body to
the show sponsored by the Chris-
tian Students Association "Balalaika."
Harbour Honors
Coggin Girls
The Coggin Society of Daniel
Baker College was entertained
with a bridge party given by Hel-
en Harbour on Thursday night
April 11 at her home at 1115
Vine street.
The party was in the form of a
progressive bridge and there will
be prizes high and low given. The
favors consisted of small pecans
dressed up like men with blue and
white clothing on them.
Orthography Etymology Syntax
and Prosody." These books are
all on a shelf together and illus-
trate the types of binding used in
different centuries.
Other books in the Browsing
Library include song books cam-
era books religious books patri-
otic books of Texas and America
air story books books on human
relations and etiquette. They are
all easy to read and delightfully
entertaining. Mrs. McDonald and
the Library assistants invite the
students to look over these shelves
and make use of this part of the
library.
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The Collegian (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, April 12, 1940, newspaper, April 12, 1940; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth100238/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.