Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 18, 1930 Page: 2 of 4
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The Howard Payne Yellow Jacket
WLOWS&ACKFT
Entered at the post office at Brownwood Texas
as second-class mail matter.
Published Every Thursday
BY THE JONES PRINTING COMPANY
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Per Year $1.50
&&
Charter Members Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
Published by and for Howard Payne College Senior Baptist College
at Brownwood Texas as a part ot tne student activity.
ELMO BAKEK Editor-in-Chief
JOHN ALLEN BROCK Business Manager
OSWALD DAUGHETY Associate Wiittor
BROOKE D. SMITH Assistant Business Manager
BUD CANADY Sports Kdltor
CHRISTMAS
Christmas will soon be here; in fact it is here for Christ-
mas begins when shopping commences. But that is not the point
which we wish to emphasis at this moment. The fact that we
wish to impress upon your minds as well as ours is simply this
Christmas is altogether too close for just a goodly sum of
people.
There could be and there IS people here in Brownwood who
will not have a Christmas unless we make one for them; there
are many and many children who will wonder why old Santa
Claus did not visit them this year unless we help to make him
a reality.
"How can we do this ?" you ask. Just this way. Give give
and give some more to all these noble charity organizations which
are doing their bit and which with your help could do more.
Just what does Christmas really mean any way ? We must stop
and figure this out until we have gotten the true meaning of the
word.
First the word has the letters in it that form the word
"Christ." And every one knows what Christ stands for and will
stand for during all time. Christ not only commenced CHRIST-
mas but illustrated its meaning and furthermore lived its mean-
ing. His very life and life teachings yea His own commands to
us included giving to the needy. Surely then we are able to set
aside one day towards the fulfillment of that one duty.
The world would be much better should its peoples create the
spirit of Christmas three hundred sixty-five days in the year. It
is our solemn duty to make it so for at least one twenty-four hour
period. Whenever we are asked to give to some charitable organ-
ization let's do it ; and if we will only give one cent it will mean
that much. If every one in the United States would give one cent
the result would be altogether encouraging to those sponsoring
these moves.
YOUR PART IN THE COLLEGE PAPER
By Brooke D. Smith
A college without a college paper is a school without a voice.
There is no need in dwelling on this statement because every stu-
dent realizes that this is true. When the paper fails to come out
on time we miss it and at once turn on the editor and his staff
for an explanation. Some times we even go so far as to "ball
him out" to use the slang expression and accuse him in the course
of affairs with gross negligence. We seldom stop to consider the
factors determining the regular publication of the paper. To be-
gin with we are often at fault with the assignments which are
given us. We often put aside this duty because we had rather
be in attendance at some other more interesting event. A few
minutes before the dadline on the paper we rush into the office
hand the editor the copy which is often poorly written and expect
him to read it over for corrections place in a headline and have
it in shape for the printing company within a few minutes time.
The result is that the editor is often "swamped" with such copy
and is unable to get it in on time even though he cuts several of
his classes and devotes this time to rewriting the copy.
A second factor is that of financing the paper. After all the
college paper is just a paper. It is dependent upon the advertis
ing placed on its pages for the support necessary to put it out
This time we blame the business manager but we never think
about mentioning the fact that we read the ads to the business
man when we make a purchase. Perhaps we do not realize the
importance of this. It only takes a minute to do this and it
often means that the merchant will buy another ad the next time
vour business manager calls on him. Let's all do our bit toward
helping the editor and his staff. They'll give you a better paper
and it won't be late.
SCRAPS
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This is as perhaps you have notic-
ed a new column. Its chief purpose
is to fill up space but it has several
secondary pmposes among which
are: it serves as an outlet for the
writer's opinions and thoughts that
could not be expressed elsewhere and
it is a source of information for the
students. So in order to fulfill this
latter purpose the writer will appre-
ciate the students turning in anything
that they would like to have go in
this column to the Yellow Jacket
office.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT IT
TALKATIVE AMERICANS
That Americans are the most talkative people on earth is
announced to the world in a recent newspaper article. We are
further told that every twelve months they carry on approximate
ly 22500000 conversations over the telephone alone twice as
manv as all otner nations comDinea.
Our talkativeness may be attributed to several different
causes in tne lirst place mayoe we oeat around tne uusn in
stead of coming directly to the point as foreigners have the repu
tation of doing. Or perhaps it is because we have more to talk
about. We are not addicted to reading Dorothy Dix but we did
notice that in her column yesterday she said that a cut tain wo-
man's husband would probably not have married her had he
known that her conversation would range only from the kitchen
to the nursery and back again and over the back fence. So in
this case a little diversified talkativeness would more have been of
assistance to this woman.
We all know that Americans have keen said to be blessed
WELCOME TO HOWARD PAYNE NEW STUDENTS!
The opening of the winter term witnessed the arrival of many
new students and as well the return of several old ones. It is
to the new ones that The Yellow Jacket on behalf of the student
body faculty and all campus activities wish to extend to them
the most hearty welcome possible. Especially do we wish to make
those new Howard Payne students coming from Burleson feel as
though they are at home in our midst.
We are sure that they could not have selected a better school
in the whole State of Texas and firmly believe that they will agree
with us ere the term is over. It is true that they will always have
a spot in their own hearts for their former institution but we
can't blame them for that and for that matter we don't expect
them to entirely forget it. However we do know that they will
gradually emerge into true Yellow Jackets and finally settle down
as though they had been here all their college lives.
Again we say to you new student from other institutions
"You are most heartily welcome to good old Howard Payne ; where
'Everybody Is Somebody'."
A THIRD SUCCESSIVE TEXAS CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIP
The much talked of thought of and almost impossible has
been accomplished the Jackets of Howard Payne College won
their third successive Conference flag. Just what does it mean
to the school to the game of football and lastly to those men
who made the theory an undefeated fact? There might be sev
eral answers to this question but perhaps the most important
is simply this: Determination plus clean fighting plus excellent
coaching upon the part of our two coaches plus the Howard Payne
Spirit has won a name for the school the football team and the
town of Brownwood that has re-echoed throughout the State of
Texas during the last few days as it never has before.
Two-thirds of those who are now ready to praise the 1930
grid machine when the season commenced little expected the past
years record to be duplicated this year for the third time. There
were those who expressed the opinion that the Jacket machine
had lost its chances when it only beat McMurry 7-0 and when it
tied with San Marcos. Little did they realize then that both of
these opponents of the Jackets were very worthy ones ; that they
would later show up among the better teams in the T. I. A. A.
and the Texas Conference. But the fact remains that they did
and it was no reflection upon the ability of the Howard Payne
eleven to be held to these close scores.
All of which points out this: Next year can be the same
as this nothing is impossible. There are many good men leav
ing the school this year who will undoubtedly be missed at the
first gridiron call next Fall but that is all the more reason that
the school should work harder than ever to try and fill those va-
cancies. It means that if they are filled another Conference can
be won Howard Payne will again be the talk of the State as
never before. It can and will be done if only it is thought about
now and the campaign commenced right now towards that objec
tive. Let's do it.
with the "gift of gab." That gift
saying something really worth-while.
teachers are encouraging less and
themes and more and more actual u
for reading reports of various nature;
dirction. One instructor in this colli
on her examinations "Think more
slogan is universally adopted students will no longer consider
that it will raise their grade or be of value to them to write page
after page of what is generally termed "raving." The Prairie.
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This week is supposed to bo includ-
ed in the holiday season which is
presumeably one of good will and
Christmas cheer but judging from
the doleful expressions on the face
of most of the students something is
sadly amiss. So with our great
mind we have figured out the cause
of this by the deductive method of
reasoning and have concluded that it
Is solely the fault of the teachers.
For as you have more than likely
discovered by this time they have
unreasonably taken It into their heads
to give monthly exams this week. A
fine way to prepare for the holidays
Isnt it? But we still have hopes and
and it maye be that the students will
by Friday have brightened up and
have taken a more cheerful view of
life thus enabling them to enjoy the
holidays.
After having made a thorough
study of the climatic conditions
throughout the U. S. it is our expert
opinion that it will snow before
Christmas. If it doesn't do it before
we feel sure that it will afterwards.
Miss Gann
Trained Dietitian
Howard Payne College Brown
wood is one of the few colleges in
Texas that has a trained dietition.
Miss Pearl Gann instructor of Home
Economics holds this important pos-
ition. Miss Gann is a graduate of State
Teachers College at San Marcos Tex
as and has done graduate work in
Chicago University. She has had de
tailed courses in neutrition foods
chemistry meal planning table cook'
ing large quantity of cooking ex
perimental cookery specal courses in
child care and nursing diseases and
chronic ailments.
Her duties as dietition are to plan
well balanced meals attend to the
purchasing of food and to direct its
preparation.
Due largely to Miss Gann's effl
ciency there has been very little ill
ness this year among the dormitory
girls. There are a few individual
cases for which a special diet is re
quired and the results are being
closely watched by the dietition and
matron.
Besides the general routine there
are numbers of special occasions for
which Miss Gann is called upon to
plan and rupervlse the meals. Some
of these are banquets special fea
ture dinners or entertaining a large
number of visitors attending a con
vention.
With Exchanges
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Howard Payne trounced Southwes-
tern G9-0 to win the Texas confer-
ence championship thereby demon-
strating what school spirit has to do
with the success of a football team.
There is not a school in the South
that has more school spirit than
Howard Payne. Before the Simmons
game they had a rally in which the
players spoke to the student body
about the game. In the report of the
rally it was said that not a speaker
left the stand without tears In his
eyes. And among the speakers was
the president of the school. Howard
Payne was behind its team to a man
everybody. That Is the reason
Howard Payne won the conference
championship; that is the reason the
writer would rather see Howard
Payne win the championship If our
own team can't have it. A team that
won't be beaten can't be beaten and
a team that gets the support that
the Yellow Jackets get is that kind of
a team. Turner Looks 'Em Over
St. Ed's. Echo.
If you want to improvo your lot in
life improve your life a lot.
ANOTHER SCORE FOR PAPA
Little Sniffleblister "Say uncle
when are you going to play football
again?"
The Rich Uncle "Why I don't play
football. What makes you ask me
that question?"
Little Sniffleblister "Well pop
says that when you kick off we are
going to get a brand new automobile
and a house." Stevens Stone Mill.
From all repirts we are afraid that
this will be a very small Christmas
for everyone. But a few of the stu-
dents insist that they have been good
little boys and girls so they see no
reason why Santy should not visit
them as usual. They believe this so
steadfastly that they have written
tiieir customary letters and in order
that their childish faith in Santy may
not be destroyed we have agreed to
publish them. Here they are:
DO WE WANT ANOTHER WAR?
Newspapers magazines and high public officials set forth
their views of the disarmament program advocate less prepara-
tion for war and more for peace. Governments hold conferences
and try to complete some plan whereby war cruisers battleships
and other war implements are destroyed making each motion
more or less equal in comparison.
Yes we hear all of this and then just as the twelfth cele-
bration of Armistice Day passes we are astounded to see and
hear of such things as a new non-poisonous gas that will cover
Manhattan Island with a smoke screen in time of war battleship
practices flashed the world over and reviews of giant military
forces.
Everyone is needed in this campaign against war. Numer-
ous books have been written since the World War revealing the
conditions of war stripped of all glamour. But many others have
the idea that only through war or might makes right can a na-
tion forge ahead. They would sacrifice a generation of youths
wreck homes and gain the ill-feeling of other countries.
Students of this college may live through the harrowing ex-
periences "of a war one more deadly more scientific than the
world has ever experienced or conceived. It is their duty to their
country to start the trend of thought and actions along an entirely
different line ; that of preparation of peace. The Lasso.
Our Attempt to Humor With Humor
COLD FEET
Everything was in readiness for the
marriage ceremony and both groom
and best man had arrived at the
church in plenty of time. The for
mer however was uneasy.
"What's worryin' ye Tamson
asked the best man tiptoeing up the
aisle. "Ha'e ye lost the ring?"
The other gazed at his friend's im
maculate attire and general air of gay
bachelordom. Then he heaved a woe-
ful sigh.
"Na" he answered rather despon-
dently "the ring's safe enough man
but I've lost ma wild enthusiasm!"
London Answers.
A WORD OF MEANING
Lulu "What .does your father
think of your fiance ?"
Belle "Oh he says he's just an
other American tragedy." Virginia
Reel.
TERRIBLE
The wife and daughter of Colonel
Berry camp commander came to the
gate after taps and demanded admis-
sion. The sentry objected.
"But my dear man you don't un-
derstand" expostulated the elder wo
man. "We are the Berrys."
"I don't caie if you're the cat's
whiskers" retorted the sentry. "You
can't get in at this hour."
BUT DON'T ASK WHY
Archibald "I live in the country
now. It's terribly dull."
Florence "It must be. What do you
miss most?"
"The last train." Answers.
CHAMPION!
"Well boys" said the kindly old
gentleman to a group of urchins gath-
ered along the river bank "and why
do you gaze so intently upon yon
seething waters?"
"We're seein' who can stay under
water the longest mister" piped up
the largest "and Jimmy's been down
forty-seven minutes already." Iowa
Frivol.
"Why is it that a red-headed woman
always marries a very meek man?"
"She doesn't. He just gets mat
way."
Dearest Santy:
I don't want much this Christmas
because I want you to bring the poor
children something too. But I would
like to have an air gun to shoot deer
with and a bugle and lots of candy
nuts and fireworks. Also Santy please
bring Miss McChristy something real
nice so she won't snap at me when I
ask her perfectly simple I mean rea
sonable questions in class.
Lots of love Buck Gibbs.
PETE ANDERSON BARBER SHOP
First Class Barber Work
SOUTHERN HOTEL BUILDING
B0ULDIN GILM0RE & COBB
CENTER AND ADAMS
Federal Tires and Tubes . . . Atnalle Quaker State and Sims Oils
Jacks - Pumps Fan Belts - Locks - Chains - Polishes
Your Business Is Appreciated By Us
OUB STATION IS CLOSED SUNDAYS
Phone 803R1
Dear Santy Claws:
I don't want but one thing this
Xmas but I surely would appreciate
that. Would you please bring me a
little red wagon ? Then too you might
bring Liz something real pretty and
tell her I sent it.
Yours truly Ray Glasscock.
Dearest Santy:
I have been a pretty good little girl
this year so will you please bring me
a big dolly with sleepy eyes a doll
buggy some little dishes and several
boxes of candy.
Love Little Reddy Hooper.
Dear Santy:
I really don't want much this year
so if you will just put about five hun-
dred dollars in my stocking which
you will find hanging by the mantle
I'll be right happy
Maurine Buck.
Dear Santy:
I won't ask for much but please
please bring me the cuts of all the
club pictures for the Lasso. Then
too I would like to have a little blue
and gold trycycle to ride to school.
Thank you. Sheridan Newman.
Hoover is too smart a man (dem
onstrated during the war when he
had the co-operation of moneyed men)
to be entirely responsible for the pres-
ent conditions.
The combination of courage and in-
telligence is unbeatable.
W. H. Dodson & Son
First Class Shoe Repairing
Reglazlng and Dyeing
Prompt Service
All Work Guaranteed
506 Center Avenue
FRANK EMISON
&SON
Fresh Fruits
Vegetables Meats
Fancy Groceries
1500 Austin Avenue
WE DELIVER
COME TO
Taylor's Barber Shop
FOR BEST HAIR CUTS
908 Austin Ave.
PIGGLY WIGGLY STORES
EVERYTHING TO EAT
PRODUCE MEATS AND GROCERIES
Make our store your headquarters. You are
welcome whether you are buying or not.
Carlson Battery & Electric Co.
For Automotive Electrical Supplies
Come to See Us
THANKS!
C0GGIN NATIONAL BANK
A Good Bank in a Good Town
APPRECIATES YOUR BUSINESS
AUSTIN MILL & GRAIN CO.
Modern Millers
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Phone 1 4 Brownwood Texas
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