The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1965 Page: 3 of 6
six pages : illus. ; page 23 x 12 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Friday March 26 1SS5
H-SU BRAND
P3 3
M
1
1
A
Choir Opens
Texas Tour
On Mar. 27
Spring touring begins for the
Hardin-Simmons Concert Choir
members Sunday March 27 as
they begin their 14 performance
week.
Specially featured in the tour-
ing program is Walt Whitman's
"Song of the Open Road" set to
music by Norman Dello Joio. The
45-voice choir directed by Ed-
ward H. Hamilton will be accom-
panied for this number by a
trumpet obligate
Specially arranged folk songs
to be presented by the choir will
be accompanied by native instru-
ments. The choir will also be
singing church music of various
types and Negro spirituals.
Stops on the Northwest Texas
tour include Seymour Wichita
Falls Childress Pampa Phillips
Borger Amarillo Abernathy
Hereford Brownfield Lubbock
and Odessa.
A "home concert" will be pre-
sented at Hardin-Simmons Fri-
day April 9 following the tour.
Teaming up with the McMurry
College Chanters the choir will
present Bach's cantata "Sleepers
Wake" and the Fqure "Requiem"
for the special music week May 4
and 7 in Abilene.
The annual Southern Baptist
Convention in Dallas is on the
choir's itinerary for June 4.
Womenfolk Final
Season Concert
The Womenfolk a compara-
tively new folk-singing group
have been secured for the last
concert of the 1964-65 season ac-
cording to Dr. Beazley director
of the Hardin-Simmons Institu
tional Services Department.
Negotiations are still in prog-
ress for the actual time of the
appearance but plans point to an
April or May concert.
Dr. Beazley also said that if for
some reason the negotiations are
not completed that another group
will be secured.
Parents
In "Miss
"I guess it meant more to me
to be chosen 'Miss Congeniality'
than being Miss Abilene would
have meant but in a different
way."
With these words Leatha Rus-
sell Hardin-Simmons freshman
sums up the results of six weeks
of work worry and activities that
went into the production of the
1965 Miss Abilene Pageant. Linda
Taylor of Abilene High School
was crowned Miss Abilene at the
March 20 ceremonies at Cooper
High School.
As one of the nine finalists
Leatha found herself a part of the
behind-the-scenes staging each
Tuesday and Thursday night for
six weeks. During this time the
girls worked together perfecting
their walking resolving staging
firoblems and attending special
unchqons and interviews.
It was on the basis of her
friendly patient and sympathetic
personality during these rough
practices that the contestants
voted Leatha "Miss Congenial-
ity." "My parents were more
Eroud of me than if I had won
ecause it was the girls' decision
Flowers for All Occasions
JUST A FRIENDLY VISIT Ranger pledges seem to bo taking mem-
ber Bill Harris on a "sightseeing" lour oven though he doesn't seem
willing to go. The pledges are left George Mofia Terry Hale Mike
Woodard and John Nevins. (Staff photo).
Lubbock Takes Sweepstakes;
Cooper Dominates Tourney
One of the most successful
speech tourneys of the year was
held here on Hardin-Simmons
University campus last weekend
and Lubbock High School took
sweepstakes honors with 52
points edging Cooper High of
Abilene with 40.
The annual West Texas High
School speech event drew over
500 participants from 39 schools
representing the complete West
Texas area. Although the tour-
ney started Friday and ended
Saturday all events were held
within a 24-hour period and
quite a busy one as Wayland
Yates of the Office of Public In-
formation put it.
Abilene High School defend-
ing sweepstakes winner placed
third in a two-way tie with Mid-
Reveal Pride
Congeniality"
about my personality not my
performance" Leatha said.
"Just being in the contest was
one of the most important exper-
iences of my life. We all had to
learn how to conduct ourselves in
unfamiliar situations and to talk
with perlect strangers. I never
would have gone to many of the
places I went or have met many
of the interesting people that the
contest activities included."
Saturday afternoon all the fin-
alists were special guests at a
luncheon with the contest judges.
"They were all from out of town
making the judging fair to every
girl" comments Leatha. "We
each had a personal interview
with every judge so the results
were not based only on our stage
performance."
Technical difficulties and stag-
ing plagued dress rehearsal Fri-
day night. "Although the girls
knew their parts well we were
still practicing at 12:30 p. m."
said Leatha.
The girls were working for the
first time in Cooper Auditorium.
All other practicing had been
done at a junior high school.
Last minute prop difficulties
threatened to upset staging as one
of the participating stores with-
drew from the pageant. "I fin-
ally got the swivel' chair that
made my job much easier" said
Leatha "but I never did get the
(Continued on Page 6)
YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT
ALL YOU CAN EAT
98c to $1.25 plus tax
(Limit 1 Meat Order)
Meat Entree Determines Price of Meal
As Always Any Check Under 98c
Pay Amount of Check
MfeEiv WM0&
land Lee High each with 30
points. Dr. Darrel Baergen of
the H-SU faculty was 1965 tour-
nament director.
Cooper High actually dominat-
ed the tourney after the elimina-
tion round. However Lubbock
managed to place more contest-
ants into that round and scored
enough points for the sweep-
stakes laurels.
The Cooper speech students
won three first place trophies and
two runner-up awards. They
finished one-two in the girls per-
suasive speaking event.
Trophies were presented win-
ners df first second and third
places in each division of "debate
and each individual event. Med-
als were awarded debate team
members and individual winners.
Also a large sweepstakes trophy
was presented.
Following are the complete re-
sults of the 1965 tourney:
Persuasive Speaking
(Girls)
1. Sherry Howell Cooper High;
2. Cindy Sidley Cooper High;
3. Jonna Lynch Wichita Falls
Rider.
(Boys)
1. Kirby Lewis. Cooper High;
2. Roger Settler Lubbock Chris-
tian High; 3. Tryon Lewis Odes-
sa Permian.
Proso Reading
(Girls)
1. Sherry Baker Lubbock
Monterey; 2. Carol Hopf Sonora;
3. Barbara Carey Lubbock High.
(Boys)
1. Ed Williamson Odessa Per-
mian; 2. Arch McCall Midland
High; 3. John Heath Coper High.
Extemporaneous Speaking
(Girls)
1. Carla Whitworth Sonora; 2.
Judy Miles Cooper High; 3.
Mary Matthews Lubbock High.
(Boys)
1. Steve Fox El Paso High; 2.
Brant Pfeiffer Wichita Falls
Rider; 3. Donald Phillips Lub-
bock Christian High.
Debate
(Girls)
1. Coper High (Phyllis Mescher
and Jane Connally); 2. Andrews
(Leta Campbell and Martha Don
Carlos); 3. Cooper High (Janet
McCy and Terrie Van Epps); 4.
Midland Lee (Sandy Albrecht and
Evie Kasson).
(Boys)
1. Midland Lee (Kenneth Mc-
Ham and Barry Bell); 2. Odessa
High (Tom Blanton and Jno De-
laney); 3. Wichita Falls Rider
(Bill Sidebottom and John Crain);
4. Big Spring (Howard Atkinson
and Larry Fourniquet).
Gavel Echoes
Hager Reed Take $50
In Scholarship Recital
By LOVE DECKER
Theta Lambda chapter of Phi
Mu Alpha Sinfonia national
men's professional music frater-
nity held a Scholarship Recital
Friday March 19 for the
spring semester. Ten members en-
tered five in the vocal division
and five in the instrumental di-
vision. The program included se-
lections by Wagner Mussorgsky
Handel Schumann and Mozart.
Two scholarships of $50 each
were given. Lawson Hager the
winner of the instrumental di-
vision played "Concerto No. 1"
by Mozart on the French horn.
Over 50 Are Entered
In Infra Keg Tourney
Over 50 entries have been
signed up for the annual intra-
mural bowling tournament at the
Hardin . Simmons University
lanes.
According to the list 22 keg-
lers will compete i nthe scratch
(no-handicap) bracket and about
30 more eye laurels in the handi-
cap division.
First round competition begins
April 5 and must be completed
by April 6. Tournament brack-
ets will be posted in the lanes so
that players can set a date to
meet their opponents.
Mrs. Irene Walker director
and James Hopper assistant are
handling technicalities of the
tournament.
Cowgirls Pin
24 Pledges
Twenty-four Cowgirl pledges
were pinned by their "big sis-
ters" Tuesday night at their ac-
ceptance dinner at Starlite Inn
as they received their formal bids
from the service organization.
Pledges named are: Jane Al-
tom Abilene; Kay Bickley Dal-
las; Jayne Binion El Paso; Marie
Brooks Rochester; Dottie
Broyles Abilene; Billie Cockrell
Haskell; Marjorie Cole Snyder;
Janice Cook Monahans; Connie
Darter Bertram; and Beverly
Davis Sweetwater.
Other pledges named were:
"George" (Charlene) Day Arthur
California; Mary Jo Mason Abi-
lene; Mary Massagee Ft. Sill
Oklahoma; Carolyn Miller Cole-
man; Carolyn Mott El Paso;
Nancy Nees Denver Colorado;
Joyce Reed Denver Colorado;
Sid Richardsonj Albuquerque
New Mexico; Alice Rittenhouse
Borger; Cheryl Smith Spokane
Washington; Nancy South Abi-
lene; Jerri Taylor Stamford:
Freda Walker Ft. Worth; and
Gail Williams Albany.
DESK LAMPS
Complete line of lamps to study by.
Famous Lighioilcr and flourescent
Abilene Printing & Stationary Co.
218 Cedar OR 4- 2673
For banquet pictures of the finest
quality at reasonable prices
call
i
v i
c n -
i
:.
Hager is a junior music educa-
tion major from Abernathy. Jim-
my Reed the winner in the vocal
division sang "O Du Meinholder
Abendstern" from Tannhauser by
Wagner. Reed is a senior music
education major from Wichita
Falls.
The scholarships are given on
the basis of excellence of per-
formance only. Any member in
good standing of Phi Mu Alpha
who is a full-time student may
enter. John Rainwater was in
charge of plans for the recital
and served as the master of cere-
monies. Rangers
The Rangers pledging program
is now in its second of four
weeks. Four of the seven starting
pledges are still in the running:
John Nevins freshman from Fort
Worth; Terry Hale freshman
from Ierving; George Mota jun-
ior from San Antonio; and Mike
Woodard freshman from Vernon.
The Rangers have voted to ac-
cept an invitation to serve Hardin-Simmons
as car jockies dur-
ing the rodeo April 22 23 and 24.
Sigma Delta Sigma
This week ends the six weeks
period of pledging for Sigma
Delta Sigma. Plans are underway
for formal initiation. Sigma would
like to thank Pledge Master Lar-
ry Cunningham and his commit-
tee for their fine work during
this pledge program.
Also in the planning stage is the
annual White and. Gold Banquet
under the direction of Social
Chairman Richard Thompson. He
is assisted by Lawson Hager and
H. J. Thompson.
Sigma Delta Sigma pins were
presented to Dr. Escal Duke and
Dr. Richard Kim in appreciation
of their guidance as club spon-
sors. Congratulations go to Lawson
Hager for winning the Phi Mu
Alpha Music Scholarship.
Congratulations also to the
spring pledges of Beta Cowgirls
Delta and Tri Phi.
Pershing Rifles Win
Regimental Contest
The Pershing Rifle Team of
Hardin-Simmons University has
won the Regimental Champion
ship Phase of the National Post-
al Match according to Gordon
Lam commander of the Pershing
Rifle Unit here.
The team will compete Thurs-
day March 25 against 14 other
regiments for the honor of Na-
tional Champion. The members
of the team will receive a medal
and a ribbon for their victory.
The PR unit will receive a
trophy.
Captain of the team is Larry
Scott. Other members are: Rich-
ard Snyder Mark Cradduck
Cecil Biggers and Terry Barham.
4
t .rrf
V
-Wi'v" J
on hutchsson ; ?:
id. t
OOwmCMSfti pfcoCwjInpfuj- . r?xir .
'jpM .: -V
' I
University Florist
1202 Ambjer OR 4-8506
hmwitvi Cttettm
River Oaks Village
OR 4-9193
Also Ft. Worth and Waco
OWen 2-2482 ? V ' Cff'' ' 2225Edgemont
I IF
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1965, newspaper, March 26, 1965; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98618/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.