The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 37, Ed. 1, Friday, June 27, 1952 Page: 1 of 4
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O'BRIEN NAMED
BSU PRESIDENT
Billy Bob O'Brien sophomore
from Abilene; was recently elect-
ed summer president of Life Ser-
vice Band. David Whitaker Jef-
ferson City Misosuri senior was
voted to be extension vice presi-
dent. Other officers include: Jane
Houston Abilene junior pro-
gram chairman; Elizabeth Scar-
brough freshman from Ruston
Louiisana social chairman! Pat-
ricia Scott Chillicothe freshman
secretary and publiciy director;
Carroll Allen Beaumont junior
cho'irster; and Dellanna West
junior from Odessa pianist.
The group meets each Tues-
day evening 7:30 in the BSU
chapel located in GI Hall.
ENGLISH USAGE
TEST SET MONDAY
The English Usage Test for all
juniors and seniors who have not
taken the test will be given
Monday according to Eva Rudd
administrator of the exam.
Students must register for the
exam this time Miss Rudd said.
The exam will not be administer-
ed .in one group.
So that nobody will have to
miss a class students must regis-
ter for the hour that will best
suit them and take the test at
that designated time she said.
Students may register with Miss
Rudd or sign .their name on the
Bulletin Board at the extreme
west end of Abilene Hall on the
second floor.
Students eligible for the ex-
amination must register today if
they have not already.
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Miller Young Present
Musical Chapel Program
James Miller H-SU graduate
was featured as a vocalist in
chapel Wednesday along with
Dean E. Edwin Young who play-
ed two piano pieces.
Miller accompanied by Mrs.
Dub Wooten sang "I Hold Her
Hand" by Russell for his first
number. An old Irish Folk tune
was presented for the second solo
called "Cockels and Mussels." He
concluded his portion of the pro-
gram by singing "The Green
Eyed Dragon" by Charles.
Dean Young played "Atude
Etude Caprice" by Noble Cain
as his first piano piece and con-
cluding with "Arabesque" by
Arnold.
Cowboy Band Parading
In Dallas This Week
Parades luncheons rodoes ral-
lies and "ballyhooing" will oc-
cupy the time of the Hardin-
Simmons Cowboy Band during
the National Junior Chamber of
Commerce Convention in Dallas
June 24-27. ' Band members and
Director Marion McClure left
Abilene early Tuesday morn-
ing on a chartered bus.
Highlight of the convention
was the parade Thursday through
the streets of Dallas with the
Cowboy Band and the six white
horses ridden by five coeds and
Sheriff Will-Watson bearing the
flags of Texas history at the head
of the parade.
Bearded saddle-weary Colo-
rado Springs Colo. Jaycees who
are supposed to be traveling to
the convention in a mule-drawn
covered wagon with mounted
JAMES A. BERRY
. . . to head school
7 Students Exes
In Bible School
Seven students and three exes
of H-SU are working this sum-
mer in the Sunday School Board's
Vacation Bible School group the
Invincibles.
Students from all over the
state pair off and conduct Bible
schools in a new community each
week through the summer.
Simmons students in the group
are: Doris Chandler Huntsville
junior; Elnita Faubion graduate
from Ballinger; Nita Grimes
graduate from Lufkin; June
Hardy Huntsville junior; Annie
May Henley Lamesa junior;
Jane Kincaid senior from Abi-
lene; Buff Miller McAUen sen-
ior; Joyce Overstreet junior
from Dallas; Mildred Rogge
graduate from Sweetwater and
Jane Welch Hereford senior.
Ping Pong Tourney
Slated Next Week
Two ping pong tournaments
will begin at the Student Cen-
ter next week according to Mar-
jorie Moore hostess.
A freshman girls tourney is
slated to begin Wednesday and a
boys tournament is scheduled
for Monday.
The girl stourney will be un-
der the direction of Marjorie
Moore. There is no scheduled
matched play and the matches
are being played during off
periods or when contestants can
get together Miss Moore said.
The ping pong meet will be
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escorts will have their arrival in
Dallas heralded by the Cowboy
Band. Other delegations to the
convention wil receive similar
greetings.
At a rodeo and chuck wagon
supper for jaycees on Wednesday
evening the band presented a
guest performance. The place was
the Ray Woods ranch east of
Fort Worth.
A big rally is scheduled for
Friday night and again the band
will be an attraction. Speaker for
the occasion will probably be a
prominent presidential candidate.
The remainder of the conven-
tion the band will spend "bally-
hooing" a band term for going
from hotel to hotel and meeting
to meeting for short concerts.
Two co-eds will be riding the
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Students Swarm State Park
For All - University Party
Berry To Conduct
Fifth Choir School
James A. Berry minister of
music for the First Baptist
Church Austin will be con-
ductor clinician and adjudica-
tor for the Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity choir school scheduled
for July 13-19.
Berry was president of the
student body at Westminster Col-
lege during his 'collegiate days.
With the choir he soloed in some
of the great concert halls off the
nation including Carnegie Hall
in New York Philharmonic
Auditorium in Los Angeles and
the Will Rogers Memorial
Auditorium in Fort Worth.
The choir school is open to
teachers directors and junior
and senior high school students
of choral music. This is the fifth
annual clinic to be conducted by
the H-SU School of Music.
Classes to be taught by Berry
will include class voice for men
and vocal methods.
Other members of the choir
school faculty include Euell Por-
ter chairman of the H-SU voice
department director; and Nena
Williams also of the H-SU voice
department.
Guest Conductor Raymond
Rhea of Corpus Christi will di-
rect the performance of his own
compostion "Within My Heart
There Dwells a Song' at the
final concert of the school on
July 12.
completed before Thursday
July 3.
Any male student in school is
eligible to participate in the
boys tourney. Matches will also
be played when opponents can
arrange them in this meet.
At least 16 entrants in each
tournament is anticipated and
entry sheets are now available in
the Student Center. Ping pong
aces already signed up for the
tournament are: H. R. Jeffries
D. A. Isabel Gene Adams John
Davis Bobby Hord Red What-
ley Ken Watson and Sam Mor-
ris. Band And Choir
Records On Sale
Record albums of the Cowboy
Band and the A Capppella
Choir are now on sale at the
Hardin-Simmons Bookstore. The
price of the albums is $3.75 with
two records to the album.
In the album of the Cowboy
Band the following songs or num-
bers are recorded: Parade of the
Purple and Gold the Hardin-
Simmons Anthem The Fight
Song and The Whistling Farmer
Boy.
In the album of the A Cappella
Choir are the following num-
bers: Parade of the Purple and
Gold the Hardin-Simmons 'An-
them Resting in His Love and
Beautiful Savior.
These recordings were made
by RCA Victor on April 21-22 in
the Behrens Chapel on the
campus.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
TO ALL FRESHMAN
All entering freshmen and
any other freshmen who have
not taken the required intelli-
gence test will please report
to Room 301 Abilene Hall at
3 p. m. Wednesday July 2 to
take the test. This is an offi-
cial requirement of the Uni-
versity and takes precedence
over other obligations. Please
be on time.
A. B. Lee Registrar
Hoyt Ford Director of Testing
Freshman Speech
Courses Offered
Courses in speech for the sec-
ond term this summer will be a
continuance of the Freshmen
Speech course and also of Speech
Correction according to Dr. Vir-
ginia Boyd. These will be taught
by Mrs. Everton.
Dr. Boyd will be teaching
courses seldom offered'" They
are those extremely valuable for
elementaryand high school teach-
ers. They are taught in the sum-
mer in order to give teachers a
chance to take them.
An upper level course for
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Rudolph Adams H-SU
Grady Buried Wednesday
Twenty-four-year-old Rudolph
Preston Adams Jr. of 1242 Hick-
ory St. a 1951 graduate of Hardin-Simmons
was buried Wed-
nesday at Masonic Cemetery in
Abilene.
Young Adams died at 10 p. m.
Monday in the Veterans Hospital
at Big Spring.
He was employed as an ac-
countant by the American Manu-
facturing Co. here.
Funeral was held in Elliot's
Chapel of Memories with the
Rev. Sterling L. Price pastor of
the University Baptist Church
officiating. Assisting in the ser-
Attention!
Attention! Preachers! Sing-
.ers! Are you doing revival
wrok during the summer
months? ..If so the Brand
would like to know. Call
the Brand office or contact
religious editor Lawrence
Webb for any such news
items.
Queen Coronation Will
Be 'Big' Summer Event
Mrs. Gene Hester Student
Council social chairman reports
an unusual theme and an unusual
location for the summer queen's
coronation.
The annual affair will be held
Tuesday night July 8. Exact time
and location will be announced
later. Participants have met sev-
eral times for planning but much
remains to be planned at press
time i
An estimated 500 students at-
tended the All-University Party
held at Abilene tate Park
Thursday afternoon with the
University playing host to stu-
dents and their guests.
Students left the campus from
in front of the Science Hall in
the early afternoon and drifted
back to the Key City after a "day
in the park" in the early even-
ing. It was fried chicken with all
the trimmings! And Sheriff Will
Watson made enough ice-cold
lemonade for everybody.
The menu was excellent as stu-
dents and their families swarmed
the park for the annual picnic
that has become a tradition for
Hardin-Simmons. The University
has sponsored the All-University
Party for many years reaching
back before most students in this
summer session were enrolled
in the elementary grades.
In addition to the grub stu-
dents engaged in outside sport'
activties under the shade of the
swimming pool and on the base-
ball diamond. Otho Polk athle-
tic director was in charge of
recreation at the picnic.
Volleyball miniature golf
washers horseshoe and various
other forms of recreational acti-
vities were conducted.
However baseball and volley-
ball predominated along with
swimming over the other games.
Students and faculty joined into
the well-known game of base-
ball which uncovered some hid-
den talent.
vice was Dr. Rupert N. Richard-
son President.
Adams was an active member
of the University Baptist
Church and served as depart-
mental secretary of the Young
People's Training Union.
In ill health for some time he
became seriously ill about 10
days ago and was taken to the
Big Spring hospital. Death came
unexpectedly Monday night.
He had spent most of his life in
Abilene having been born here
on Oct. 20 1927. He spent three
years at Allen Academy at Bryan
A veteran of World War II
Mr. Adams served 18 months in
Japan during the war.
Survivors include his parents
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Adams Sr.
both Hardin-Simmons graduates
one brother Cpl. Doyle Adams
of Fort Hood; one sister Ann
Adams; his maternal grandpar-
ents Mrs. Evra Hart of 1242
Street and Henry Hart of Abi-
lene; three uncles H. W. Hart Jr.r
and Dr. C. E. Adams of Abilene
and the Rev. E. E. Adams of
Puerto Rico two aunts Mrs. S. D
DeRegil ot San Francisco and
Mrs. Ralph Fuller of Abilene.
Queen Joanna Gravitt senior
from San Angelo along with
other nominees will head the
royal' court. A special lady-in-waiting
and representatives from
each class will also participate.
All these royal ladies be attended
by escorts. Student Council presi-
dent Lloyd Wright will return to
crown the queen.
A special feature on the pro-
gram wil be a string ensemble.
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