Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 14, 1940 Page: 1 of 4

Sweetheart Act of Howard Payne "Opery" to Preview 1940 Lasso
Students of the college will be
given a preview of the 1910 Lasso
college yearbook In the Sweet-
heart act of the Howard Payne
"Opery" that will be produced by
the campus choir In the Minis au-
ditorium Tuesday night April 2.
Charles Russell Boud director
of the choir's musical show an-
nounced that the college favorites
who will bo predominant in this
year's Lasso will be featured In
the closing part of the "Opery".
In an elaborate presentation
scene Charles Day editor of the
1040 yearbook will Introduce the
four girls who wete elected by the
associated students of Howard
Payne. Names of these girls have
been kept secret since the election
last fall.
"It should be a big surprise as
well as a sttong hint toward the
coining Lasso that is to be one of
the best ever produced on the
campus heie" stated Mr. Boud
In lefercnce to the piesentatlon
scene.
Also taking active part In the
choir production that will be
staged in April will bo many out-
standing campus peisonallties.
Melvln Ratheal senior president
of the choir plays the part of
Ole Black Joe and Alvlo Strasner
senior is the wagon boss in the
Home on The Range section. Itenc
Aluish member of the Nutt Fam-
ily cast will play the part of Aunt
Sadie In the Sweetheart part and
Don Lummiis freshman drum ma-
jor of the band who has gained
much lecognltlon here and
throughout Texas for his musical
talent will also be in one of the
male roles.
Other outstanding students of
the campus who will take part in
the musical include James Minor
piesldent of the associated stu-
dents of the college; Roy Fox
editor of the Yellow Jacket and
Willis Denman business manager
of the student newspaper.
So there will be no waning of
enthusiasm on the part of the au-
dience during bctween-act periods
Mr. Boud announced this week
that special attention is being giv-
en to the preparation of interest-
ing entertainment for BUch pe-
riods. A school-day scene and a
radio announcer in pantonine will
constitute the program between
the acts. The radio-announcer skit
will assure all plenty of comedy.
Vol. XXVI.
Premonitions
By ROY FOX
Last week in the Yellow Jacket
there appeuicd an article paying
tribute to mcmbuis of the Lasso
stuff foi their iiiit'i-mg and pro-
giossive woik. Wiittcn by Lillie
B. Lunduu a prominent member
of Yellow Jacket stall" the Lasso
story earned the young lady's by-
line. However the modest coed
failed to mention her own wotk
on the college's yearbook. As
secretajy to Uie editor Miss Lun-
dua bus done most of the typing
for the annual and has assisted in
much other work. At the pres-
ent time she Is interviewing
Who's Who and Intel estlng Col-
legians on the campus. Tluough
her chcei fulness capable woik
and pleasing peisonulity the pe-
tite brunet has been a dclinlte
asset to the yeaibook as well as
an outstanding member of the
Yellow Jacket staff. For this
leuson the Premonitioncr calls a
halt to welcome Miss Lillie B.
Lunduu into the journalistic mem-
beiship of the Fourth Estate.
At sometime during recent
months most of this column was
dedicated to members of the Yel-
low Jacket staff. The editor as
usual rambled at length as to the
capabilities and unselfish elfoits
of the mcmbeis of the weekly
newspaper staff. Wo lauded their
woik and praised their elfott. It
was not merely through courtesy
that he did this. The real motive
was appieciatlon and the printed
column medium was his only
means of expressing it. However
through complete oversight he
failed to make mention of a cer-
tain group which has a definite
part and impoitunt position in
connection with the paper. We
arc referring that which us-
ually is designated under the busi-
ness depattmont. Well as you all
know and some of you wish you
could forget is Willis Denman
who has been patading around the
campus for mote yeais than most
of us can icmcmber. Ho thinks
he'll get out next year but we
have our doubts. He's a good old
boy and all that us fur us that
goes; but you know how it is.
Seriously speaking Willis is mak-
ing a tecord of achievement as
business manager of this publi-
cation. Not only has advertising
increased duting ills icglme but
ad displays have reached a new
height in attractiveness and selling-power.
Not to be overlooked at this be-
lated time are several other mem-
bers of the staff. Richard Gaines
and Winston deserve credit as
Wit Denman's chief aids. On
circulation- mail business adver-
tisers and students nie scvciul
students whose efficiency deserve
praise: Harold Lockwood Harold
Austin Jack McAnear Troy
Taylor James Scale and John
Howell. Thanks to all of you in
the business department from the
edltoilal depaitment. It takes
the undivided work of all to com-
plete publication of the Jacket
every week.
TSCW STUDENT TO SERVE
IN COLLEGE LIBRARY HERE
Mrs. Vcnner Carpenter foimer
student of Howard Payne who is
now working toward a degree In
library work at Texas State Col-
lege for Women in Denton will
come to the campus hero for two
weeks of work in the college library.
DRAMATISTS GO TO McMURRY MEET
One-Act Play In
A group of Howard Payne stu-
dents accompanied by Mrs. Wes-
ley Lynch head of the college
speech department went to Abi-
lene this morning to participate
in tho Texas Intercollegiate Play
Tournament being held at Mc-
Murry collego through Saturday.
Tho Howard Payne Players will
enter a play When tho Whirlwind
Blows by Essex Dane in tho
tournament. Tho dramatic pro-
duction presented through tho
YELLO
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
OF HOWARD PAYNE COLLEGE ONLY SENIOR
Carnegie Lecture
Set For Friday
In a special appearance for col-
lege and public school students of
this section of the state. Dale Car-
negie will lecture on his book
How to Win Fi lends and Influence
People Filday ufteinoon at 3:30
In the Minis auditotium.
Carnegie's lectuio In the alter-
noon will be especially for stu-
dents and prices have been nr-
langcd In nccoidancc for this oc-
casion. Twenty-five cents will be
the admission pi ice for students
for the afternoon address but the
night lectin e will cost forty-nine
cents.
Thomas II. Taylor piesldent of
Howaul Payne college will intro-
duce the noted author In the af-
ternoon. Bcfotc the speaking Mrs.
Karl Mooie will play several ma-
rimba and violin numbers.
Mr. Cnincgie has thrilled hun-
dreds of audiences all over the
country with his lecture How to
Win Friends and Influence Peo-
ple. In many cities he attracted
the largest crowd in history of the
city with some audiences reach-
ing neatly ten thousand pcisons.
Ills book How to Win Friends-
and Influence People has sold
over a million and two hundred
thousand copies setting nn all-
time record for non-flctlon books.
Pieceding the afternoon lecture
Mr. Carnegie will be at Dublin's
to autograph copies of his famous
woi k.
Easter Holidays
Given Approval
Students of Howard Payne
have been lejolcing this week for
the teachers took on a soft heart
and voted for us to have Easter
holidays. The holidays will begin
Thuisday March 21 after the last
class and continue until March 26
on which day classes will be re-
sumed. Dean Huff announced in chapel
that students would have the Eas-
ter holidays provided "we were
good boys and girls before and
after Apiil first."
For a time the campus was sad
and gloomy because rumors were
spread to the effect that there
would be no holidays but since
chapel Friday on which day the
holidays were announced all of
the daik clouds have drifted away
and everything seems to be all
light again.
Homemakers Party
Held Friday Night
Home Economic club was en-
teituined Friday night with a
newspaper staff party. There
were eighteen guests and as each
came in the door she was given
her fiist assignment which was
a slip of paper with her partner's
name on it. During the course of
games they hud editors reports
etc. The star reporter of the
game was given a grand prize
consisting of a brand new cedar
pencil. Members also had a stylo
show of paper dresses made by
their partners.
The committee that planned the
party was Lois Bledsoe Dorothy
Burk Clara Louise Shelburne and
they were assisted by Juanlta
Browder.
State Intercollegiate Tourney
touitesy of the Walter H. Baker
Co. Is based on class conflict with
n setting in Russia prior to the
t evolution.
Cast of the play Includes Jean
Stephens us a member of the aris-
tocratic class Marlon Cookson in
the role of a servant girl and
Klolse Lane playing tho part of a
peasant.
Assisting In the production are
Loyd Tumor and Winston Wat-
kins stage technicians R. M.
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BROWNWOOD TEXAS
Friendly Speaker
Pictured above is Dale Carnegie
outstanding American author lec-
turer uullo peisonality and news-
paper columnist who will lecture
on Ills famous book How To Win
Friends and Influence People
from the stage of the Howard
Puync Minis building Friday af-
ternoon and night.
The special ufteinoon lecture
will be for students.
Today's Turkey Is
Lecturer's Topic
"Our conception of Turkey is
completely wrong and antiquated
because the buildings diess and
habits of that country uie just us
modem as ours over heie" stress-
ed Miss Louise Jordan us she
spoke to members of the Inter-
national Relations club and guests
in the administration building
Thursday night.
Speaking to more than forty
students and other visitois Miss
Jordan discussed and illustrated
in detail the modernization and ad-
vancement of Turkey in the past
ten years.
The guest speaker who was a
former teacher in Turkey and
who is now employed by the An-
zuc Oil company of Coleman
pointed out that the industry of
Turkey is just as modern as our
own but that the real drnwback
of the foreign country is the lack
ot proper transportation facilities.
In discussing the foreign lela-
tions of Turkey Miss Joidan
stated that Itusslu would never in-
vade that country because the
natural border defenses of moun-
tains and other physical hind-
rances would make such a move
entiiely out of reason.
Jacket Band Has
Postponed Feed
The Yellow Jncket Band ban-
quet has been Indefinitely post-
poned until after the Easter holi-
days due to the fact that several
membeis of the band could not
be present at the date as announc-
ed in the Yellow Jacket last week.
Dheotor Parker ulso announced
that early in April the band would
Journey to the cities of Brady and
Temple In response to their invi-
tations and present The Planta-
tion Party which was the band's
contribution to tho success of
Howard Payne Homecoming in
February and which was so well
received.
Frachlseur sound effects nnd
Elizabeth Wade costumer.
Tho play cast and Mrs. Lynch
will spend the entire three days of
tho tournament In Abilene. The
Dramntic club will go to Abilene
in a body Saturday to participate
In tho stunt night dinner being
held at the Hilton hotel Saturday
night and concluding tho tourna-
ment activities.
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COEDUCATIONAL BAPTIST COLLEGE IN TEXAS
THURSDAY MARCH 14 1940
BROADCAST SET SATURDAY
Girls' Trio Huff
On Radio Saturday
Dean '. T Huff nnd the Girls'
Tilo of Howaul Payne college may
be heard over radio station WBAP
ut Foit Worth in a iiftecn minute
bioadrast Sutuiduy morning be-
ginning at 11:4B o'clock.
The Howard Payne representa-
tives will appear on a special
lioadcaut devoted to the udvunt-
iigts ol Biownwood In collabora-
tion with Brownwood Day at the
annual Southwestern Exposition
and Fat Stock Show at Fort
Worth.
Dr. Huff will speak during the
mdio program in behalf of the
college.
Composed of Misses Doris and
Doiothy Mcintosh and Frances
Evans the trio will sing Calm
Bo Thy Sleep Shepard's Song
If You Love Me and Pop Goes the
Weasel.
HPC Graduate Is
County Candidate
David Moiris who recently an-
nounced us a candidate for County
Attorney of Brown county is a
Howard Payne graduate of 1936.
His fellow students will remember
him us president of the freshman
class of 1932; most representative
boy 33-34; piesldent junior class
31-35; president Dramatic club
3r-3G; member Alpha Chi scholar-
ship fraternity and president of
the Associated Students of 35-36.
After graduation from Howard
Payne David attended the Uni-
versity of Texas law school for
three ycurs being licensed to
piactice law in April before his
graduation In June 1939. Since
then he has practiced law in
Brownwood officlng nt 404 First
National bank. The Yellow
Jacket and Howard Payne friends
join in wishing him a successful
career in his profession.
Poetry Readers
Place at Trinity
Misses Roberta Howard and
Mndgc Bennett were the only
Howard Payne speech students
who placed In the Trinity Uni-
versity Forensic Tournament at
Waxahachle Friday and Saturday.
In the poetry reading division
of the Trinity meet Miss Howard
senior student from Dallas placed
second. Miss Bennett sophomore
from Valero won third place in
the same contest.
Howard Payne was represented
by six students in the diferent
divisions of the tournament. Mel-
vln Ratheal Elizabeth Wade
and Dawn Perry were the entrants
In ludlo spenklng which is quite
now In the field of speech work.
Winston Watklns was the only
entrant In tho oratory division.
The visiting Howard Payne stu-
dents were the guests of the Trin-
ity speech department nt Its pres-
entation of the popular play You
Can't Take With You on Friday
night.
Mrs. Wesley Lynch teacher and
coach of the local students accom-
panied the Howard Payne entrants
on the trip and served as a judge
at the meet.
Young Man's Strength
Chapel Talk Subject
Rev. J. H. McClaln pastor of
tho Calvary Baptist church vas a
guest of the associated students
of Howard Payne in chapel Mon-
day when he spoke on the subject
of Tho Glory of a Young Man
Is His Strength.
Applying this in a very tactful
way Dr. McClaln impressed the
minds of the students as to the
value of strength of physic moral
mental and spiritual.
Dr. Jewel Daughty spoke to the
men students last Thursday on the
subject Christian Courtship. Dr.
Daughety brought a very inspiring
message and a challcngo to tho
students.
Committees Are
Named By Seniors
Orders for senior Invitations
will be sent off Friday and the
down payments by all students
who want their Invitations for
this spring must pay their money
by March 15 it was decided in a
class meeting of the fourth-year
gtoup Monday.
One dollar and fifty cents the
down payment may be given to
Felix Susan Waymon Wilson or
Thomas Levlsay. Balance of the
money for the invitations will be
paid upon their delivery.
Names of the students on the
committees that will be printed on
the invitations were announced at
the Monday meeting. They are
as follows:
Invitation committee Bob Bar-
nett Roberta Howard Margaret
Denman Waymon Wilson and
Melvln Ratheal chairman; Con-
tribution Thomas Levlsay Felix
Susan Bessie Rae Wilson and Joe
Hext chairman; Finance Henry
Huffman George Roberts Ger-
aldlne Schuler und Clifford Over-
street chairman; Social Mary
Steakley Joe Fielder Jaen Strick-
land A. V. Bradley and Lurltne
Poe chairman; Program Dow
McBride Leonard Becktold Cleo
Wright Norman Fromm Helen
Ruth Range nnd Merle Dean Mc-
Naughton. The seniors plan to have a class
picnic In April.
Ministers Meet;
Attendance High
With the best attendance in sev-
eral meetings the Ministerial
Council met in its regular meeting
Tuesday evening.
A very inspiring program was
given under the leadership of A.
A. Palmer Otis Holllday stirred
the hearts of those present with
the devotional. Violet McDowell
and Florence Funderbunk sang
My Jesus I Love Thee as special
music for the meeting.
Following this Howard Shoe-
make spoke on Missions in
Brownwood relating the work be-
ing carried on by the different
g i mips each Thursday night.
A. V. Bradley spoke on Missions
In District 16 placing stress on
the value of this work as being
launched by the council and their
sponsors and those in this work
were urged to give it their best.
Several new appointments have
been made the past week and new
names have been given who will
support cars carrying the preach-
ers to these fields.
Of the sixty-five ministers pres-
ent there were reported fifty-seven
soimons preached tin- past
weekend.
Several ex-students and mem-
bers of the council while In school
were present at the meeting.
HPC CAMPUS PERSONALITY
Margaret Denman
Lady of Gridiron Stage
Football is past history but
Ho wind Payne's first lady of the
gridiron Margaret Denman foot-
ball sponsor is not past history.
Miss Denman popular senior Is
prominent in all phases of campus
life.
Margaret is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Denman of
Brownwood Texas. She was grad-
ated from Brownwood high school
in the spring of 1936. While a stu-
dent in the local high school she
was outstanding in declamation
activities representing the school
in several interscholastic meets.
In tho fall of 1937 Margaret en-
tered Howard Payne. During her
sophomore year she received na-
tional recognition in the field of
dramatics. This popular senior
coed placed second in a state-wide
No. 21
Radio Drama To
Be Presented
Piano And Voice
Students Billed
For the first time since the col-
lege began participating in the
series of Educational Hour pro-
grams over station WBAP of Fort
Worth the Howard Payne dra-
matic department will be featured
Saturday morning in a broadcast
from the Mlms auditorium.
Third in a group of broadcasts
this year the thirty-minute broad-
cast over WBAP will begin at
10:00 o'clock Saturday morning.
The Howard Payne players un-
der the direction of Mrs. Wesley
Lynch will present Nocturne a
radio dramaloguc by Lcota Haulse
Black during the program. Cast
for the play include R. M. Frach-
lseur Margaret Denman Gladys
Corbell Joe Garrison Roberta
Howard and Mrs. Lynch.
During the radio skit Mrs. Mc-
Adoo Keaton will furnish a musi-
cal background typical for the oc-
casion. She will play Nocturne
a musical selection on the piano.
Also taking part on the Saturday
morning broadcast will be stu-
dents of the piano and voice de-
partment of the college that will
include Miss Bernice Miller piano
Miss GeniA Sprinkle piano and
Jimmy Lee vocal.
Serving as announcer and mas-
ter of ceremonies for the occasion
in the absence of Charles Russell
Boud will be Roy Fox editor of
the Yellow Jacket.
Campus Editor To
Give HP Program
Guest on the Campus Editor
program next Tuesday night at
10:30 over Fort Worth radio sta-
tion KGKO will be Roy Fox
senior and editor of the Yellow
Jacket who will be interviewed
by Milton Atkinson the campus
editor on facts and figures con-
cerning Howard Payne college.
The Campus Editor program
was originated over station KGKO
by Atkinson a student of Texas
Christian university Fort Worth.
The progiam consists of clippings
from and comments on college and
university newspapers throughout
the state of Texas. Through this
medium Howard Payne has re-
ceived much publicity during the
past two years.
Next Tuesday night's program
marks tho second recent appear-
ance of the Yellow Jacket editor
on the Fort Worth station. Two
weeks ago he appeared as a rep-
resentative of the Brownwood
Banner on a Sunday morning pro-
gram the Suburban Editor a pro-
gram dealing with Texas weekly
newspapers.
"search for screen talent" contest
in the spring of 1938. Shortly af-
ter that she was interviewed in
Dallas in connection with the
search for an actress to portray
Scarlett O'Hara in the Gone With
the Wind production.
Having been a prominent figure
in extra curricular activities such
as Dramatic club enterprises
Jacket Coed movements and
achievements of other campus or-
ganizations she also ranks high
in the scholastic field as a mem-
ber of Alpha Cht Scholarship So-
ciety. Not only is Margaret a senior
favorite but a favorite of the en-
tire student body and very deserv-
ing of the honor of this week'a
campus personality selection by
the Yellow Jacket.