The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1961 Page: 1 of 6
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Gals Chase Gutys This Week
Look out, pardner! Run for your
life! If you don't, you'll get caught
in the big race Monday morning
by a GIRL!
If you don't get caught in the
race, you might get nabbed and
kidnapped for a date. Yea, these
women are wild when it comes to
catching a man for SADIE HAW-
KINS WEEK.
Yes, next week March 6-10, is
the time for the annual Sadie Haw-
kins Week to roll around. Each
year it is traditional for the girls
to do the asking for dates.
A fpw general rules are that a
girl must have a different date
each night and must spend a min-
imum of 25 cents on her date.
She is also expected to perform
all the duties of an escort. Failure
to comply may mean punishment in
Kangaroo Court.
Chairman of the Traditions Com-
mittee, John Gill, said that book-
lets containing rules and date
tickets similar to those last year
will be distributed® before next
week.
A race Monday morning at 7
a.m. will give' all freshman girls
a chance to catch a man. Athletes
will assist them in t$e hunt.
Another part of th& Sadie Haw-
kins tradition is for everyone to
"dress-up" in dogpatch style until
noon Monday. The faculty is being
asked to cooperate again this year
in this tradition.
According to Gill, this year's
Kangaroo Court will be something
new and different.
A tentative schedule of entertain-
ment has been listed for next week.
Monday night the Junior Class will
have charge and will present "Ex-
otica." Tuesday night the Senior
Class will sponsor a faculty-stu-
dent basketball game. Wednesday
is church night.
Thursday night the Sophomore
Class will present "Fiesta." Friday
night the Senate will present enter-
tainment and Saturday night the
Freshmen will take over with a
"necking" party.
Gals, here's the big chance!
The HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE
YEllOW JACKET
Volume 48
Brownwood, Texas, March 3, 1961
Number 21
'Beyond the Horizon'
College Theatre
Presents Drama
"Beyond the Horizon" by Eugene
O'Neill, opened a three-performance
run last night, at Hoggin Chapel
Theatre. The first major Deduc-
tion by the Howard Payne College
theatre this semester, the drama
has been hailed as one of "O'Neill's
best works."
It will be presented again at 8
p.m. today and Saturday.
Alex Reeve directs the cast of
nine which features Mike Bennett
as Robert; Judy Short, Ruth; Pete
Kelley, Andrew; Joysan Beene, Mrs.
Mayo; Jack Brockett, Mr. Mayo;
J. R. Bevers, Jr., Captain Dick; Ric
Condra, Ben; and Ken Gale, Dr.
Fawcett.
Dr. McDonald W. Held, head of
the Division of Speech Arts; assist-
ed by Joe Gwathmey and Mrs. Tom
(Loreta) Angel manipulate light-
ing for the production. Mrs. Held,
aided by Marita Webb, Mary Gris-
som and Beverly Brownback pro-
duced the costumes.
Fred Kelp, Jr. designed and built
the two settings which are changed
by use of revolving units. He was
assisted by Dick Ivey, Janie Ann
Justice, Guy Roberts, Tony Held,
Marita We&b, Mrs. Angel, Joe
Gwathmey and A. W. Moore.
Tony Held is in charge of sound
effects.
O'Neill holds the title of Ameri-
ca's "greatest playwright."
When first exposed to the public
eye, the drama was classed as "the
most notable native accomplish-
ment in the field of serious drama
in this or recent seasons" and many
feel that the praise is still appli-
cable.
"It protrays human life in an
almost unbearable, self-made, 'hell-
on-earth' situation which is, how-
ever, broken at several intervals
by humor in near-farcical circum-
stances.
"The story is what it is because
the characters are what they are.
Mr. O'Neill's sketching of his types
is sincere and true. No convention
of the theatre is permitted to in-
trude to shape arbitrarily the de-
velopment of his theme. The play
is elbow to elbow with life." This
is the opinion expressed in an
article in the Literary Digest in its
issue of February 28, 1920, when
the play was first presented.
This is one of the first specimens
of this kind of theatre to be of-
fered to HPC viewers in recent
years and it offers novel fare in
entertainment.
Spooky Characters Sneak About Mints
On Stage, With Dark Lights Around
Seances, a fraudulent spiritual-
ist, seemingly supernatural hap-
penings and' murder. Gian-Carlo
Menotti's "The Medium," a pro-
duction of the college Opera Work-
shop, deals with all these.
Tickets for the 8:15 p.m. Thurs-
day and Saturday, March 9 and 11,
performances in Mims Auditorium
are now on sale at King's Music
Store for 50 cents for students and
75 cents for adults, according to
Joe Knight, workshop director^
Madame Flora, the medium, finds
herself stranded between the su-
pernatural and the real worlds
The story deals with her search
for a natural cause for an appar-
ently supernatural happening.
Menotti was influenced to write
this story dealing with the ques-
tion, "What is reality?" after at-
tending a seance. He describes the
opera as a "philisophical horror."
Civil Service Men
Come To Talk Shop
Representatives of the Federal
Civil Service are to be on cam-
pus, March 9, beginning* at 8:30
a.m., to talk with students about
career opportunities.
Mr. Rollins Teas, civilian per-
sonnel officer, Fort Hood, Tex.,
and Mr. Raliegh R. Tuley, Jr.,
Manager of the District Office
Social Security Administration
in Abilene will be in Dean Mil-
ler's office in Main all day, Mil-
ler said.
Una Clyde Mullinax, Mrs. Gobi-
neau in the opera, said, "Even I
got a weird feeling just rehearsing,
and I know it's not real."
Other characters are Eugenia
Wilson, Madame Flora; Lina Ruth
(Mrs. Francis) Miller, Monica;
Jack Walton, Toby; Tommy Snelen,
Mr. Gobineau; and Olive Emfinger,
Mrs. Nolan.
Yell Leaders
Have Extra Week
For Petitions
Deadline for the Howard Payne
College yell leader contest has
been postponed till 12 midnight
March 10, one week in advance of
the election and tryouts in chapel
on Friday, March 17, announced
Jan Daehnert, election chairman.
Deadline for the contest was
originally March 1. All Freshmen,
Sophomores and Juniors who main-
tain a 1.5 grade average and pass
all courses attempted are eligible.
Applications must be filed in
Dean Francis Miller's office.
Miller said that so far only four
petitions have been turned in. He
added that he hopes students will
take a "more enthusiastic and in-
telligent interest in the up.-com-
ing election," and that he would
like to see a greater interest on
the part of the students in many
more areas of college life.
Eight Pledges Make Pi Chi Membership;
Hear Miss Ely Speak At Annual Banquet
Eight Pi Chi (press club) pledges
were initiated at the annual Pi
Chi banquet, Feb. 23, at the Holi-
day Inn.
New members representing the
Lasso are Pat Williams, Austin
freshman; Margaret Buehring,
Wharton junior; David Anderson,
Brownwood senior; Beverly Brown-
back, Odessa junior; Kitten Fears,
Bluffdale freshman; Madean Col-
lins, Fort Worth senior.
Those representing the Yelloft
Jacket are Larry Causey, Brown-
wood freshman; Betty Held, Brown-
wood' freshman; Martha Mull, Waco
freshman.
Don Newbury was master of
ceremonies and Bob Eaton made
the introductions. John Blackstock,
accompanied by Judy Bell, sang
two songs.
Special guests included many
people in Brownwood who are in
the field of journalism or show
special interest in journalism.
Jeanette James, editor of the
Yellow Jacket and Pi Chi presi-
dent, conducted the initiation cere-
monies.
Miss Virginia Ely, medical libra-
rian for the United States Public
Health Hospital in Fort Worth was
the speaker.
Miss Ely, author of several books,
urged the young journalists to "Fol-
low Your Dreams.—Don't sell your-
self short by clinging to a dream
unworthy of your talent."
To illustrate the sure hand of
God in her career, Miss Ely told of
her experiences from her first
church job in Wichita Falls,
through her seminary work at
which time she received both her
master's and bachelor of arts de-
grees.
Miss Ely was presented a matrice
as an honorary member of PI Chi.
NOW, PLACING THE LEFT HAND SO . . . PULLt-Miss Martha St. Clair, director of student
activities and promotion, on the far right, instructs Miss 'Happy' Porter and Mrs. Margery Evans,
from left to right, on the techniques of training for the student-faculty basketball game set Tues-
day evening, 7:30 in the Jacket Gym, as part of the annual Sadie Hawkins Twirp Week*
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