Howard Payne Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 7, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume XXIV. No. 25.
BROWNWOOD TEXA8 THUR8 DAY APRIL 7 1938.
Prloa 5 Canto
MUSINGS
Seems that the talk this week has
been mostly about the fire destroying
the old Godbold Gymnasium. The
building was burned to the ground
and the value of what is left would
amount up to exactly nothing.
The thing of the moment Is "what
are we going to do for a gym next
year?" That remains to be solved.
No definite plans arc being made at
the present according to authorities
of the school.
This writer has never seen so many
different shades of plain and fancy
colored pajamas and robes as he did
Tuesday morning. Most of the stu-
dents poured out of their rooming
houses around the campus in a very
short time after the alarm was given
and the sight was one to behold.
In our opinion Howard Payne Col-
lege was lucky that the gymnasium
was the only building that burned.
Luckily the wind was from exactly
the right direction to keep the flames
from catching some of the other build-
ings. This writer thinks that there should
be a law against sports editors. Or
maybe we should say sports editors
of a certain type. At any rate you
will likely notice that the sports editor
of 'this rag had an "idea" If you will
notice the first part of his column
Ideas are alright in their place but
they seem a bit out of place in the
head of a sports editor a: any raie
It wasn't an original Idea. We do
wish that if the sports editor were
going to have Ideas he would have
original ones.
Spring holidays are bing Initiated
this year. As you all heard in chapel
Wednesday if you went to chapel
we will be allowed next Thursday
and Friday in which to go home and
dig dad for a new Easter outfit and
then sport it around for a couple of
days before we return to school. That
is If Dad is promotable.
The Muser would like to add his
congratulations to frosh prexy Glen
Smith and his cohorts who made pos-
sible the Freshman Day celebration
at the State Park at Lake Brownwood
last week. We believe it was the most
enjoyable picnic that has been given
by any Freshman Class since we have
been In Howard Payne.
Speaking of holidays and picnics
brings us back again to the flag fight.
This question clouds our mind: "What
if we had had the flag fight and some
one had been seriously injured?" We
are In a position now where we must
have a new gymnasium If we had
had the flag fight and someone had
been injured our chances for getting
one would have been lessened very
much.
The May Queen contest will
close at twelve o'clock tomorrow
according to announcement made
by the officials of the sophomore
class yesterday. All managers
will turn In their money at that
time.
Congrats to the Male Chorus. We
understand that they made quite a
nice appearance In Cleburne and did
quite a bit of nice advertising for
Howard Payne.
Congrats also go to Mrs. Leta New-
by Shelton and her Howard Payne
Players in their Initial appearance of
the year. We enjoyed the play very
much and everybody else did too.
We gotta go and when ou gotta
go you can't stay.
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Woods To Speak
At El Council
John Wood local Game Warden will
speak to the Elementary Council this
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock In Mrs. Bak-
er's Education Room.
His subject will be "Conservation of
Wild Life." Visitors are Invited to
attend and all members are urged to
come.
After the talk by Mr. Woods plans
will be made for the annual banquet
of the organization.
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"The horses of members of Con-
gress" records Jefferson "were some
times turned out into the street be-
cause the livery stable keeper was
unpaid."
The effect of old age on sight Is to
lessen the ability of the eye to change
its focus.
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Godbold Gym Home of Fourteen
H P Basketball Teams Destroyed
One could walk by in the mornings 1
and hear sounds of ghls tripping light-
ly to the tune of some folk dance.
Then one could return in the after-
noon and hear boys holleiing as they
played an intramural game. After
about 8 in the evening one could hear
the crowd of five hundred yell them-
selves hoarse to beat Simmons.
Those were the sounds that used to
emerge from the old gymnasium be-
fore it burned Tuesday morning at
5 '00 o'clock.
She went up in flames Tuesday
morning the cause of the fire being
undetermined and possibly will never
be known.
The building was made into a gym
in 1924 six years after it had been
built as one of the army barracks
used by the S. A. T. C. during the
World War.
In 1924 the school officials seeing
that they did not need the barracks
any longer for housing pulled the
building apart and converted it into
one of the gymnasiums in this section
of the state.
The first game played in the gym
was with Sam Houston State Teachers
College and the game was lost. So was
the last game that was ever played in
it. That one was with Southwestern
University this season. Southwestern
Stunt Night To Be
Sponsored By Jrs.
On Friday night May 6 the Junior
Class will sponsor a Stunt Night Re-
view. The services of Charles R.
Boud have been secured to aid in the
staging of this production. The re-
view will be presented In the form of
a combined stage show and stunt
night.
The Junior Class is announcing this
affair early in order to allow the vari-
ous clubs and classes to start work In
preparing a stunt.
All campus organizations are urg-
ed to work up a stunt. The stunts
will all be considered and several of
the cleverest stunts will be chosen to
be presented at the stunt night review.
A prize of five dollars will be given
to the organization or group having
the best stunt on the program of the
Stunt Night Review. An unbiased
committee will be selected for the pur-
pose of choosing the winner.
FIRE LAST TUESDAY MORNING
having only one conference win to
their cicdit before hitting the Jackets
whipped out the Gold and Blue 30-25
in a heart-breaking game.
The first team to play in the gym
in 1924 was coached by Cap Shelton.
Joe Bailey Chaney later coach of the
team was captain of the first squad.
In between those two games the
first and the last came fifteen seasons
of up and down basketball. Only one
time was a team from Howard Payne
cvei crowned the winner of the Tex-
as Confe:ence. That year was 1936
the first year that McAdoo Keaton
was at the helm of the Jacket bas-
ketball squad.
That year after losing several
games at the start of the season the
Jacket cagers suddenly got hot and
came back to win the Conference flag
pulling away.
Dad Amis tried to win for 4 years
Cheaney tried it for seven years and
Keaton turned the trick in '36.
In that space of years good teams
and bad teams as well as mediocre
teams have been turned out. Teams
that were doped to win and lost;
teams that were doped to loose and
won; and above all teams that beat
Simmons.
Many high school games were play-
ed in the old Godbold Gymnasium
AderholuTo
Music Festival
Miss Angellne Aderhold head of
the Piano Department of the college
was in Dallas last week-end where
she setved as examiner for the Second
Annual Music Festival sponsored by
the State Music Association.
College Dept.
To Have Social
Friday evening of this week April
8th the College Department of First
Baptist Church will have it's last for-
mal Departmental social for this
school year. Every member of the
Department is urged to be there and
wo believe you will not be sorry you
came. Remember the date (if you
get one) April 8 1938. 7:30 P. M. In
College Dpeartment.
Many a district winner and several
that that went far in the state meets
have gone into the gym on Saturday
night another country team and
cmctged a District Champion.
All in all a total of around 1000
basketball games inter-collegiate in-
tramural and high school were played
in the old gym.
She has been the scene of heart-
break and triumph. Howard Payne
students have left the old building
with hearts heavy after a drubbing
by the sheepherders from up Sim-
mons way. Then on the other hand
they have left her with shouts of joy
on their lips after the Jackets had
.successfully turned back Simmons and
other Invading teams.
She wasn't much just an old frame
building. Just a makeshift gymnas-
ium with a floor that swayed In
places with a top that leaked when it
rained with windows that let In the
cold north wind but she served How-
ard Payne's team for fourten years.
The estimated $6000 damage was
covered by $3000 Insurance. She
stands now a pile of ashes not a foot
of plank in her that was not burned.
What will take her place? We have
our dreams but our dreams can not
be realized on $3000.
HP Students
Present Program
At Cleburne
Last Sunday at the Field Street
Baptist Church In Cleburne Howard
Payne students participated In both
the morning and evening services.
Jeff Moore filled the pulpit at both
the morning and evening hours. The
Gleemen presented a varied program
of musical selections during the regu-
lar B. Y. P. U. period.
The program rendered by the Glee-
men Included "Remember Me" "Bells
of Shandon" "Soldiers Chorus" from
Faust. "Lo How a Rose" "Swing Low
Sweet Chariot" and "Silent Mead."
Mr. Boud sang a solo at the B. Y.
P. U. hour and during the regular ser-
vice. Charles Day also presented a
piano number on the same program
Many Howard Payne students who
live in and around Cleburne were in
attendance at the services.
Spring Holidays To
Wednesday At Two-Thirty o Clock
Sophomores Visit
Schools In
Interest OfHP Day
Eleven students visited high schools
in the surrounding territory Tuesday
In interest of the Annual Howard
Payne Day being sponsored by the
Sophomore Class April 30.
Some twenty-five schools were visit-
ed Tuesday and about ten schools
were visited by a group Wednesday.
According to those on the trips the
response was great and it looks likv
the annual day will be a great success.
Those making the trip Tuesday
were: Dow McBride Evelyn Jones
Margaret Denman Elizabeth Stone
Merton Stephens Thomas Levisay
Lillian Shaw Roberta Howard Or-
vllle Etheridge and Theodore Mc-
Donald. Those visiting the schools Wednes
day were: Bessie Rae Coats Jean
Strickland Dow McBride and Evelyn
Jones.
Schools visited that indicate that
their seniors will visit Howard Payne
are: Early Blanket Sidney Com-
anche Proctor Dublin De Leon Gor
man Desdemonia Gustine. May Wil
Hams Rising Star Cisco Ranger
Eastland Putnam Carbon Cotton-
wood Baird Cross Plains Pioneer
Cross Cut Bangs Santa Anna Cole-
man Burkett Brady Rockwood Buf-
falo Grosvenor and Eden.
95 Seniors In
Line For Degree
Ninety-five members of the senior
class will be candidates for degrees
this spring according to announce-
ment made by Mrs. Grace Pleasant
Wellborn registrar yesterday.
Whether or not all of these seniors
will fill the requirements for gradu
ation remains to be seen.
Announcement was made in chapel
several days ago that all seniors who
are anticipating receiving their B.
A. degrees this spring should consult
the registrar in the next few days.
Some of those listed below have not
done this and Mrs. Wellborn states
that several who are expecting to
graduate will not be able to do so and
should consult her not later than the
end of this week.
Candidates for degrees this spring
will be: Adams Novalene; Albertson
Lily; Allen Estill Jr.; Barnard Ger-
ald; Bays Sam; Braley Mrs. H. C;
Brandon Mary Hlggs; Bradshaw J.
W.; Bowden Josephine; Brown Pat;
Brooks Benton C; Cain Mrs. Ger-
trude; Chastain Maurice; Cleveland
Mayo; Cofer. Wirt E.; Commander
Boyd; Cox Annie Mae; Cross Jennie
Ann; Commander Mrs. Boyd; Crumly
S. C.j Curb Ursula; Cunningham
Emmett; Curb M. H.; Davis La Verna
Dunn Stella Mae; Dunn Mrs. J. M.;
Eargle J. H.; England Hugh; Edgar
Robert; Evans Nell; Farley Alma;
Galaway Robin; George Lucille; Gib-
son Mrs. Travis; Gibson Travis;
Havins Bob; Hays Samuel; Henson
Buck; Howard Melvln; Howard Em
mett; Howard Milton; Huddleston
Juanlta; Ivy Joe Francis; Jane way
Lorena; Jenkins Opal Inez; Johnson
Elolse; Kerr Ray; King Verena;
Kluge Reinhardt; Knudson Glenn;
Landreth Naomi; Levisay G. C;
Macon La Veda; Marshall Winnie D.;
Moore Edwin F.; Moore Jeff; Myers
Charles L.; Nelson. Clifford; Parker
Addle Hope; Parker Trultt; Pitts
Charles; Polnac Huron; Pulliam
Watts; Queen Jeffe B.; Riddle Ger-
ald; Rogers J. D.; Ross Marguerite;
Sartaln L. A.; Schurman Leal; Shaw
Uless; Sheppard Ernest; Sheppard
Mary Lillian; Skinner W. A.; Smith
Theda; Sparkman W. T.; Strickland
Cecil; Stanley Lawrence; Stone
Elizabeth; Sunderman Earl; Taylor.
Corlne; Terrell E. Eugene; Townsend.
Louis; Turner H. M.; Tucker Elean-
or; Vandlver John; Velez Neftall;
Watson Roy C; Weedon Herschel;
White A. C; Whitehead Elbert; Wil-
cox Juanlta; Williams D. H.; Wlnn-
lngham Opal; Yeager Jane; Young
Charlie Neal.
A glider as determined by the
bureau of air commerce Is an air-
craft heavier than air which Is sim-
ilar to an airplane but without a pow-
er plant.
An Indian art student has engrav-
ed portraits of King George V and
Queen Mary on a grain of rice one-
eighth of an inch long.
Begin Next
New Custom May
Be Instituted
By Administration
Announcement was made in chapel
Wednesday morning that Howard
Payne students will be given a double
holiday Thursday and Friday of next
week.
This is the first year in a long time
that Howard Payne has observed the
Easter holidays.
President Thomas H. Taylor in
making the announcement said that
in view of the fact that the students
had behaved well on April 1 we will
do away with the holiday usually
given April 21 and be allowed April
14 and 15.
There is a good possibility of this
becoming an annual tradition and
coupled with the tug-of -war will like-
ly take place of the annual flag fight
Charley's Aunt
Well Attended
In their first appearance of the year
the Howard Payne Players presented
the play "Charley's Aunt" to a large
crowd Tuesday evening at the Mlms
Auditorium.
The play a three-act comedy was
well received by a large audience and
showed signs of much work put in by
the cast.
rhe plot of the play centered around
an aunt of Charles Wykeman played
by Carlton Lee who was supposed to
come visit him and since she did not
her part was played by another of the
male students Lord Fancourt Bab-
berly who was portrayed by Leal
Schurman. Many escapades were at-
tached to this impersonation of the
aunt by Babberly.
The cast was as follows: Brasset a
servant to Jack Chesney Jack Co-
be rn; Jack Chesney Junior Strasner;
Charles Wykeman Carlton Lee; Lord
Fancourt Babberly Leal Schurman;
Kitty Verdun Mrs. Spettigue's ward
Lurllne Poe; Amy Spetttque Spetti-
quc's nelce Jane Queen; Colonel Sir
Fiances Chesney Jack's father John
Goodman; Stephen Spettique Weldon
Robinson; farmer Gene Robertson
Dona Lucia d' Alvadorez Pearl Marie
Landua; Ela Delaney an orphan Inez
Smith; and Maud Spettlque's maid
Chestllle Todd.
Music before the play and between
the acts was furnished by the Howard
Payne orchestra and the Stump Jump-
ers. Committees working on the play
were as follows: Make Up: Margaret
Denman Chairman; Blllle Faye Har-
ville Peggy Smith; Advertising: Joe
Fielder Chairman; Claudia Bowman
Audra Mae Franklin Alvie Strasner
Jr.; Properties: Margaret Denman
Geraldlne Evans Peggy Smith Morris
Myrick Chairman; House: Bobbie
Ruth Mowrey Chairman; Blllle Faye
Harville; Stage Manager: Ray Moore
Jack Shelton. assistant.
Life Service Band
Presents Program
Continuing its good work in the ex-
tension department the Life Service
Band reports four programs given
Sunday.
The morning service in Brecken-
ridge was on "The Rich Church" and
the evening service was centered
around the subject "It Is Finished."
The same group that conducted these
services took part in a program at
the Caddo Church in the afternoon.
Another group of the Band also
held services in the Rehoboth Church
in Brownwood. A great work is be-
ing undertaken in the revival it is to
hold in this church April 10-17.
Buleah Duncan represented the Band
at Melwood Baptist Church where she
spoke Sunday evening on the need of
missionaries to our own people in New
Mexico.
A very interesting play by the How-
ard Payne Y. W. A. was featured at
the regular meeting of the Band
Monday evening.
The date for the annual Rerteat has
been changed and plans will be an-
nounced as soon as the dates are set
Plans are being held up until an ans-
wer can be had from Rev. Bill Mar-
shall who it is hoped will be a guest
on the Retreat.
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