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Brand Reaches
Jake Austin
Vol. XXXIV
Teaching Career is Choice
Of Favorites Three to One
frankie Mcintosh
Freshman
HELEN ENGLE
Junior
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Coronation Festivities
To Reveal New Trends
The annual all University
Queen coronation w'ill take place
Friday evening December 9 at
7:30 in Behrcans Chapel accord-
ing to Virginia Randel student
council social chairman. The
queen Jesse Myers will be at-
tended by the queen nominees
class favorites Bronco Sweet-
heart special attendant and their
escorts.
The stage furnishings will be in
the form of a stylized Grecian
garden with color schemes of
blue gray and pink which will
also be carried out in the gowns
of the attendants.
Bill Tolbert student council
president will crown the queen
and Robert Walker Alpha Psi
Omega will perform as master of
ceremonies.
Personal attendants to the
queen will be Lula Mae Hampton
escorted by Lee Harrison; also
Judy Strickland and Leonard
Alexander child crown bearers.
Others in the processional will
be: Virginia Bush Bronco Sweet-
heart escorted by Glen Bur-
roughs; Fay Huff senior favorite
escorted by senior president
Howard McChesney; Helen
Engle junior favorite and escort
Jerry Swindle. Junior class presi-
dent; Donna Kitchens sophomore
favorite and class president
Eugene Offield; Frankie Mcin-
tosh freshman favorite and
escort Ralph Jones president of
the freshman class.
Play Tournament
Presented Dec. 8
Calendar of Events
December 1 "Simon the Leper" religious drama from
Southwestern Seminary.
3 AAU Tea at 3:30 Hunter hall.
University Church Party for Young People
5 Rubinoff concert in Behrens Chapel.
6 Rehearsal of Queen's Coronation in (
Behrens Chapel at 9: 00 p. m.
8 One act plays In Bohrycns.
9 Queen's coronation and Banquet in the
chapel. &
10 One act play.
11 Messiah by orchestra choirs at 3 p. m.
13 A Cappella concert. !
'15 One act plays.
15 Faculty wives' "Round Table" Christmas
dinner.
16 Cowboy Band annual Christmas Concert
8:00 p. m. in Behrens Chapel.
17 Christmas holidays begin.
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DONNA KITCHENS
Sophomoro
FAY HUFF
Senior
The following queen nominees
and their escorts will also parti-
cipate: Kitty Ritter escorted by
Roy Harrell; Ruth Hamilton and
escort Richard White; Ganellc
Newman and Jack Pearce escort;
Wanda Baker escorted by Bob
Meador; Sue Ann Duncan and her
escort Charles Layton; Virginia
Dunagan escorted by Richard
O'Brien; Earlene Singleton and
escort Jimmy Loden; Virginia
Randel and Don McClure escort;
and Ann Givens escorted by Bill
Hearn.
Male members of the student
council are to serve as ushers
under the direction of Sid Mc-
Haney. The council members are
also building the stage sets with
the aid of Richard O'Brien Rob-
ert O'Brien Don Rodgcrs and Dee
Childers
Committees in connection with
the coronation qrc: publicity El-
len Doyle; technician Harlan
Shaw; program Charles Downey
Willa Bradford.
Following the coronation all
students are invited to attend the
coronation banquet in the Wind-
sor Hotel at 8:30. Dorothy Crab-
tree is in charge of decorations.
Master of ceremonies for the ban-
quet will be Bill Tolbert.
Tickets for the banquet are on
sale at the Bookstore and will cost
1.50 each. They may be pur-
chased until noon Thursday De-
cember 8.
Largest Size With Todays' Column Expansion
Three of the four class favorites
were elected in the respective
class meetings held during the
chapel period November 23. The
favorites were elected by popular
vote of their fellow classmates.
Fay Huff of Brady was elected
Senior favorite. Fay a 5' 6" blue-
eyed blonde will graduate in June
with a major in sociology and a
minor in phsychology. After
graduation she plans to teach for
two years before she goes to the
Seminary to prepare for church
work. A graduate of Brady high
school Fay is starting her fourth
year at Hardin-Simmons. Be-
sides being runner-up for Campus
Queen this year she is also secre-
tary of the Cowgirls president
of Senior Hall Council a mem-
ber of Life Service Band the
Campus Y. W. A. and the Twins
Club. During her Sophomore
year Fay was the Sophomore rep-
resentative to the Smith Hall
Council. For the last two sum-
mers she has worked in Vacation
Bible Schools for the State Sun-
day School Board. On the lighter
side Fay enjoys sports and Mexi-
can food.
Helen Engle from Coahoma is
the Juniors' choice for favorite.
To teach English or Speech in
high school is the ambition of this
5' 5Vi" green-eyed blonde. With
a major in English and a double
minor in Speech and Education
Helen plans to graduate next
August. Starting her third year
in Simmons this year Helen is a
member of the Cowgirls and the
Players' Club. During her Fresh-
man year she was class treasurer
and last year she was Personali-
ties editor of the Bronco. Helen
had a major role in The Great Big
Doorstep during her Sophomore
year and she played a minor role
in the recent fall production of
the Players' Club Bill and the
Widowmaker. Next Thursday
Helen is scheduled to be student
director of a play. Helen is'also a
member of the Rodeo Association.
Wish to know more about Helen?
Well she enjoys music' (especi-
ally classical) and she is fond of
chocolate pie.
Donna Kitchens of Miami was
elected Sophomore favorite in
their last class meeting. Donna
who is starting her second year
in Hardin-Simmons is majoring in
elementary education and minor-
ing in English. After graduating
from college she plans to teach
in the elementary grades. Last
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Religious Film
Will Be Shown
"Thy Will Be Done" a 30-min-utc
religious film will be shown
in 302 Abilene Hall at 6:45 p. m.
December 6.
The film will be a part of the
preparation for Christmas season
by the Life Service Band. "Thy
Will Be Done" is of a missionary
theme in which an effort to halt a
cholora epidemic a young medi-
cal missionary in China exhausts
his supply of medicine and as a
result Is unable to save the life
of the wife of the senior mission-
ary. The young doctor takes his
furlough to come to America to
teach the facts to the people in
order for such problems to be
solved. His efforts are rewarded
and he returns to China. In the
closing scene he is kneeling with
the senior missionary in a prayer
of thanksgiving.
To Be
Jan. 13
Advanced students direct a
tournament of plays December 8
and January 13. The four in
charge of the plays December 8
are Eddye Fouts Mrs. Mary
Trickey Virginia Randel and
Helen Engle. Tiie directors for
January 13 are Cecil Rutherford
Virginia Dunagan Bill Askew
and Merle Jean Vaught.
Eddye Fouts from Haskell is a
senior speech major a member of
Alpha Psi Omega and the execu
tive chairman of Player's Club.
Miss Fouts had leading parts in
The Eldest and the Greek play
Lysirata last summer. Also she
was property manager for The
Great Big Doorstep and had a
leading role in the mystery drama
Nine Glrli. Eddye is a member of
the Cowgirls and is on the Stu-
dent Council.
Mrs. Mary Trickey from Abi-
lene also a senior speech major
transferred to Hardin-Simmons
University from North Texas.
During her first semester here she
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H-SU ABILENE TEXAS SATURDAY DECEMBER 3 1949
WHO'S
Bush Wins Bronco Sweetheart
By Majority
VIRGINIA
Bronco Sweetheart
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32 Students
To Alpha Chi
Thirty-two new members have
been elected to the Julius Olscn
chapter of Alpha Chi the scholar-
ship fraternity on the forty acres.
These 32 students have better
than a 8 plus average.
The formal initiation was held
Tuesday evening in the home of
ur. utto u. ana Mrs. watts. An
informal initiation was held Tues-
day November 22. (
The Juniors are Barbara Belew
Pat Craig Frank Critcs Wilton
Davis Patsy Dunagay Horton
Dunn Nelson Dyess Lois Eiland
Gwendolyn Griffits Jackie Ham-
ilton Norma Kniffen Chore
Livingston Sidney McHaney Vir-
ginia Nichols Annita Sibley Rob-
ert Tapscott K. P. Walker Anna
Louise Wiederaenders Johnny
Flo Wragg and Jack Yates.
Members from the senior class
are J. R. Cannon Mrs. Mary Gar-
lington Mary Jane Gray Doris
Laid R. S. Sanders Mary Len
Smith W. Vaughn Smith Kathcr-
ine Miyako Takagi and Betty
Tolbert.
Two graduate students have
been admitted to the fraternity.
They are Wanda Myrick and
Frances Wright Westbrook who
are working on their masters.
Ada Croom has also been elected.
Ada has already received her M.
A.
This fraternity has been in ex-
istence since 1915 and the mem-
Rodeo Association
Participating in Aggie
Intercollegiate Meet
The Hardin - Simmons Rodeo
Association left Thursday morn-
ing for Texas A. and M. College
where they were to participate in
an intercollegiate rodeo on De-
cember 2-3.
There are 5 events in which the
Hardin-Simmons boys will take
part. Entered in the calf-roping
and bull-dogging contest will be
Roy Echols Bill Guest and Har-
old Wicker. In the ribbon roping
will bo Guest and James Mickler.
Bareback and bull riders will be
Jim Tolles and James Mickler.
On November 11-12 the Rodeo
Association took part in an Inter-
collegiate Rodeo at Texas A. and
I. at Kingsvllle where Guest won
first place in the bull dogging
contest.
WHO LISTS 20 OF H-SU
Senior Class
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BUSH .ui"''
Are Added
Fraternity
bcrs always had the highest of
averages.
Former members of the Julius
Olscn chapter aic Edith Boehlert
Thomas Brasher Charlene Co-
auat Harold Fletcher Rcna Wil-
liams Foy Robert Gans Gilbert
Gima Ella Ruth Hamilton Kay
Johnson Tadaaki Kikugawa Ilah
Floy Lohrey Olin McCulley G. P.
Owen Jr. Paul Petty Virginia
Randel Doris Reid Gene Shel-
bourne Bob L. Todd and Mabel
Wells.
Bob L. Todd is the president of
the chapter and Gene Shel-
bourne vice-president.
Combined Choirs
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Votes
3 Jrs. 17 Seniors
Included In Number
By ANN CAROTHERS
Vivacious Virginia Bush senior
education major scored for the
third time when she took the
Bronco Sweetheart title by a
large majority senior class vote
last week.
A few years ago Virginia was
chosen as Childress High School
football sweetheart. At West
Texas State Teacher's College
from which she transferred last
year the green-eyed brownette
was elected basketball sweet-
heart. This fall in Hardin-Simmons
Virginia has been nominat-
ed for both University queen
and class favorite.
In June '50 she will graduate
from H-SU and hopes to teach
in an elementary school. She
will have a minor in English.
However nothing will be said on
her diploma about her degree in
horse-back riding. She got that
last year. One day while gallop-
ing Lady (one of the six white
horses) over some rough terrain
the horse came to a small rise in
the path. Virginia rising to meet
the occasion came out of the sad-
dle while the horse's knees
buckled under him. She was
dragged several yards before she
thought to let the reins slip out
of her hand.
Miss Virginia is 5 6" weighs
120 pounds and will be 21 years
old come May. Sorry no phone
number.
Interests along the sport's line
include basketball football ten-
nis and swimming. Record-collecting
is one hobby and she pre-
fers the Ink Spots Frankie Lane
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H-SU Fans Attend
Alamo City Game
Several groups of students and
fans made the trip to San An
tonio for the Cowboy and Trinity
University football tilt in Alamo
Stadium last night.
The Cowboy band and Cowgirls
left yesterday morning about
eight o'clock. After arrival in San
Antonio there was to be a parade
in the downtown district.
The program at the halftime
was to have been presented by the
two organizations. Norma Knitttn
and Lloyd Mitchell will also per-
form for the occasion.
This is the first school trip to
San Antonio since the last meet-
ing of the Cowboys and Trinity
in 1947. In that year the Cowboys
threw the Tigers for a 39-0
dumping.
A Cappell Choir. It will be combined with the Chapel Choir and
Choir to prtMtit the "Menlah" in Bthrtni Chapel Sunday. Dae 11.
Hopes to Realize
Future Increase
This week's eight-column Brand
is the first of this size published
since the paper's origin in 1916.
The expansion came as a result of
a decision reached by the Publi-
cations committee in a meeting
November 21. Another innovation
a new nameplato designed by
artists in Milt McKenzio's art
shop will appear next week.
In the 33 years of the Brand's
publication the school has grown
No. 11
Twenty Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity students will be listed in
the 1949-50 edition of Who's Who
in American Universities and
Colleges according to a notice
received from the editor of the
publication recently.
The list includes 17 seniors and
three juniors. It is divided be-
tween cloven men and nine wom-
en. These persons were selected
because of scholarship character
leadership service to the univer-
sity and possibility of future use-
fulness to society.
The H-SU selections include
Charlse F. (Pat) Bailey Edith
Agnes Boehlert Barbara Ann
Brown Ann Carothers Wilton
(Hook) Davis Gary D. DoShazo
Sue Ann Duncan Ina Carolyn
Hannah George W. Hine Jr. Nor-
ma Kniffin Harry W. C. Kong Jr.
Howard P. McChesney Don L.
McClure Sidney Ray McHaney
Patsy Patricia McMinn Paul F.
Petty Doris Mae Reid Maryc
Kathleen Ritter Julius Mills
Stagner and Billy J. Tolbert.
Those still included in the
Who's Who list from last year arc
Virginia Dunagan Dorothy Kin-
caid Bob McChesney Jessie
Myers and Virginia Randel.
Bailey
Pat Bailey senior from South
Bend Indiana is completing his
fourth year of varsity football at
H-SU. He is head captain of the
team this year. A three year let-
ternian Bailey was placed on the
second team All Border Confer-
ence cloven in 1948. He is a mem-
ber of the P. E. club and plans to
coach in a West Texas high school
upon graduation.
Boehlert
Edith Boehlert senior from
Abilene is this year's editor of
the Bronco. She is also vice-president
of the Sigma Delta Pi. Other
organizations to which she has
belonged include the Art League
Alpha Chi. Los Ranchcros Pi
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LSB Group Takes
Program to Hobbs
Twenty-four members of the
Life Service Band will leave the
campus today to present programs
in Hobbs New Mexico.
Sunday morning and evening
programs will be conducted in
five of the churches in that vi-
cinity according to Pat Craig ex-
tension vice-president.
This will be the largest exten-
sion trip made by the group this
semester. The return trip will be
made at the closing of the services
Sunday evening. Those making
the trip are Danny Williams Na-
than Mulloy. Dug Kendall Jimmy
Naugher Bill Frazier Jerry
Myrcs Rod Rodman Pat Craig
Linda Daniel Elncta Foubin Jer-
ry Ely Kitty Ritter Betty Gei-
men Ruth Polston Jane Welch
Joe Hayncs Willie Mae Rankin
Mary Sweet Joe Vernon Fred
Myer Truett Sheriff Jerald Doyle
and Herman Stout.
to Give 'Messiah'
from Simmons College td Sim-
mons University to Hardin-Sim
mons univresity as the enroll-
ment increased from less than 200
to more than 1800 students.
The paper's name has reflected
that growth being published as
The Simmons Brand. The Brand.
and The H-SU Brand. It has not
grown In size however. It has
continued to bo published regu-
larly as a seven-column weekly
and in the summer as a tabloid.
Recently the need for additional
space has become acute. Since
early in the semester the staff
has realized that such a condition
exists. The present large enroll-
ment and the increased number
of student clubs and activities
have made it Impossible for the
Brand to cover campus news ade-
quately. In order to publish more news
in the limited space available
several of this year's issues have
been printed in closer typo than
the usual more easily read leaded
type. Even then much news-
worthy copy had to bp omitted.
In trying to cope with the space
shortage the staff first agreed to
request semi-weekly publication
since such a change would pro-
vide the added advantage of of-
fering more up-to-date news. A
second possible change was to
publish a six-page weekly Brand.
At the present time because
of printing problems neither of
the two solutions is practical. The
one-column expansion permitted
by the Publications committee
may. or may not be a permanent
change.
The staff has expressed the
hope that the paper's growth will
not stop with the addition of the
extra column but that further ex-
pansion will be forthcoming.
Encouragement was offered by
C. O. Hanks who has been make-
up man on the Brand for more
than 30 years who expressed the
belief that the increase in size is
a possible step toward attaining
a semi-weekly in the future. The
Abilene Printing and Stationery
Company has printed the paper
since its beginning.
Committee at Work
On Revision Plans
For Old Library
A student and faculty commit-
tee will work as a joint group
with President Rupert N. Richrd-
son and a committee from the
board of trustees on the possibilF-
ties of converting the old library
and annex into a temporary stu-
dent union building.
The faculty and student com-
mittee consists of Vice-President
and Dean W. T. Walton Maude
Emma King dean of women t
Suella Lacy ipstructor in the Art
department; and three members
on the matter of using this build-
bert president; Don McClure
vice-president; and Dorothy Kin-
caid secretary. This committee
has had one meeting.
Possibilities pro and con are
being discussed in the meetings
o nthe matter of using this build-
ing as a means for a student cen-
ter. At the present time the old
library and annex is standing
with bare walls with the excep-
tion of a few books and shelves.
Both the shelves and a few of the
books arc being placed in the
basement of the Sandefcr build-
ing. o
N'tnl Anthology Accepts
Poems of H-SU Students
Two Hardin-Simmons students'
poetry has been accepted by the
National Anthology of College
Poetry it was announced by the
editors of this magazine.
The students are Ronald Wat-
ers junior from Pampa and a
member of the Panhandle club
Alpha Psi Omega and Philatelic
club and Marion McDaniels grad-
uate student from Sipe Springs.
Choirs to Consist
Of 150 Voices
One hundred-fifty voices will
swell from the stage of Behrens
chapel Sunday December 11
when the Hardin-Simmons a
cappella choir Chapel choir and
the Abilene high school a cappella
choir accompanied by the H-SU
symphony orchestra present the
Messiah.
Two performances of the tra-
ditional Christmas oratorio by
Handel will be given. Thursday
December 8 the two a cappella
choirs will give an abbreviated
nerformance at the recular as
sembly program of Abilene high
school with Miss Mary Jo Hamil
ton high school choral director
conducting. High school students
will be soloists at that perform-
ance. At the university program all
soloists will be students except
Miss Frances Merle Cooper. The
entire performance will be con-
ducted by Euell Porter with the
exception of the overture and
pastorale portions of the work for
orchestra only which will be con-
ducted by Herbert M. Preston.
A Cappella Plans
Choir members themselves are
in charge of arrangements and
promotion for their annual Christ-
mas concert which will be given
In Behrena phancl rjprnmhnr. 15
at 8:00.
A publicity committee was. op- FA
pointed Monday. Headed by the
choir reporter James Featherston
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