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Published monthly by Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas
Entered as Second-Class Matter October 6, 1947, at the Post Office at Abilene. Texas, under Act of August 24, 1912
VOL. IV APRIL, 1950 NO. 4NEW RODEO
ARENA
FOR H-S1
Rose Field House Assembly-
OPEN CAMPUS DAY, APRIL 29
[ pSchools in a radius of 500 miles
and over will be invited to send
representative groups and senior
classes to the all-day festivities
on the H-SU campus, Saturday,
April 29. About 3,000 visitors are
expected to be entertained with
a program, barbecue and an open
house on this day which is called
"Open Campus" day, according to
C. Kenneth Hill, Jr., publicity
chairman.
"Open Campus" day's purpose
is to give an opportunity for pros-
pective students to see the
campus and visit the dormitories
and classrooms where exhibits
will be displayed and experiments
will be in progress, therefore
affording them an insight as to
what H-SU can offer them as
they pursue a college education,"
stated Hill.
Busses and cars will be greeted
by the H-SU cheerleaders as they
unload in front of the Rose Field
House. The Colts Club will reg-
ister each student and the Cow-
girls will usher and aid in group-
ing of schools and in getting each
group seated. They will also pass
out favors.
A program, beginning at 10:30
a. m. will consist of all-university
talent. Both the Cowgirl and
Cowboy bands will play. The A
Cappella Choir, Ladies and Male
quartets will sing, and several
novelty acts, such as tumbling
and readings, will also be given.
At noon a free barbecue will be
served outside the Dining Hall.
Dr. W. O. Beazley will head a
force of faculty and staff mem-
bers who will ride herd to main-
tain order in the serving lines.
H. Bryce Jordon will direct the
(Continued on Page 6)Anna Hall To Be New
Student Union BuildingMEMORIAL TO CARL MYERS
Work on a new $10,000 rodeo
arena to be constructed by H-SU
began March 27. The new arena
will be named for the late Carl
Myers, H-SU student who was
killed by a stray bullet at a shoot-
ing at the Big Spring rodeo last
August.
Myers was one of the founders
4.1-- v -r T rT ", A .. , ..Reconstruction of old Anna Hall of the Hn-Su Roeo Association
into a Student Union Center was and a founder of the National In-
begun March 21 by the Rose Con- tercollegiate Rodeo Association.
struction Company. At the time of his death he was
Anna pHall, which had been resident of the H-SU organiza-
Anna Hall, which had been tion.
used as a library since the Crain
volumes were removed from the The arena will be built in
Science Hall in the early thirties, northwest Abilene on a site north
had been left vacant when the of the H-SU housing units just
volumes were transferred into the off Grape street.
new Sandefer Memorial Library E. W. Ledbetter, secretary-
last October. At that time th surer of H-SU and sponsor
mthe buiding ion ddto a Sted .. the H-SU rodeo has hopes of
ter but the lack of
funds delayed final app-
It had been hoped that enou .
money could be raised to ake :
the building over, into a first
class structure. But the board
decided to go ahead and approve
the remodeling of Anna Hall so
that students could use it this
year.
Included in the repairs will be
new lighting, floor improvements,
strengthening and plastering of
the walls, and some retouching of
the outside brick as well as new
furnishings throughout. The
fountain and snack bar from the i
Bookstore is expected to be /
moved into the library annex and ?B- .
perhaps the post office. The Stu-
dent Council offices will also be
in the center.-- --0
Wayne Evans, '40, and also a
Religious Focus Week team mem-
ber, came by the office on March
10. He is a farm equipment
dealer in Hereford.CARL MYERS
completing the new arena in
time for the fourth Annual Har-
din-Simmons University Inter-
collegiate Rodeo here April 27, 28,
and 29.
"The new arena will be com-
parable to no other arena in this
part of the country. It is some-
thing Abilene has needed for
years," Ledbetter said. "Through
the tireless efforts of male stu-
dents who have volunteered to do
their labor free and to friends of
Haldin-Simmons who have do-
nated material and labor, it is
possible to have the arena built
in time for the rodeo."
The arena will be an all-steel
structure. Portable seats will be
moved into the arena which will
seat 3,500 people. The arena will
be 300 feet long and 130 feet wide,
with eight chutes to be built on
the south end. Above the chutes
will be built the judges' stand.
Pens wil lbe built at both the
north and south ends.A fence six feet high around
the arena will be constructed of
steel pipe.
The shows this year will not
have reserved or box seats; they
will be constructed later. Ade-
quate lighting system for all
three night performances of the
rodeo will be installed.
Having no arena of its own,
H-SU previously has staged its
rodeos in the Fair Park arena
owned by Abilene.
H-SU has taken an active part
in the organization and operation
of the NIRA. The group now has
a membership of 25 schools.
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Winston L. Moore came by the
office while he was on the campus
March 16. Moore is an advertis-
ing salesman for radio station
KRBC in Abilene. He received
his B. A. degree with a journal-
ism major in 1949.1
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