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Page 2A RANGE RIDER March, 1979
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Two more H-SU students have been accepted by
professional medical schools giving Hardin-
Simmons with a 91 per cent acceptance rate over
the past two years ........... ......Page 7A
Dr. Clyde Childers ended his long and
distinguished service as vice president for
development on Dec. 31-but returned to work
the first week of January as special consultant.
And in April he will be honored by Hardin-
Simmons at a special luncheon ......... Page 4A
Exciting things continue to happen in the Division
of Education, soon to become the School of
Education ......................... Page 4A
The 1979 Distinguished Alumni awards honored a
coach, a policeman and a TEA official .. Page 4A
What has Hardin-Simmons got that Saudi Arabia
wants? ............................. Page 5A
The annual mission trip to Mexico over mid-term
break survived ice, material shortages and
communication problems . ........ Page 8.9A
For closeup looks at students who extend their
education beyond the classroom and are already
making names for themselves .... Pages 7,13,16A
The H-SU faculty is going places and doing
things ................. ..... . Pages 4,7,12A
On the cover
Most H-SU students haven't seen much snow in
their lifetimes-so when the campus turns white,
just about everyone turns into a snow elf. On the
cover of this issue of the Range Rider, Leann
Benson, a freshman from Garland, Texas, was
peeking around one of the trees that line the
reflection pool as photographer Mark Keuthan
happened by. For more images of the snowfall, as
seen by Keuthan, a freshman from San Antonio,
please turn to page 15.
The
Range Rider
Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, Texas
(March, 1979 Vol. 1 Number 3
Volume 30 Number 1
The Range Rider (USPS 455-360) is
published four times annually (February-
March; May-June; August-September and
November-December) by Hardin-Simmons
University, Abilene, Texas, 79601. Second
class postage paid at Abilene, Texas, 79601.
1978-79 Alumni Association Officers
President ................ Sherwyn McNair, Ex '43
Ist Vice President .. Bobby Siltman, BM '58, MM '63
2nd Vice President . ......... Connie Baird, BS '57
3rd Vice President .......... Don Seamster, BA '64
4th Vice President ... Harold Wicker, BS '52 ME '58
Secretary ............... Mrs. Sue Edwards, BS '65
Chaplain ............... Rev. V.D. Walters, BA '49
RANGE RIDER STAFF
Director of Alumni Relations. John Womble
Editor .......... ....... . Craig Bird
Folks & Facts Editor ......Barbara Bridges
Sports Editor ................ Kelly Autry
News Writer ............. . Pat Kilpatrick
Sports Writer ............. Greg laklewicz
GENERAL OFFICES: Hardin-Simmons
University Alumni Association, Sandefer
Memorial Hall. Mailing address: Box K, H-
SU Station, Abilene, Texas 79601. Phone:
915-677-7281, ext, 317Religious activity center unveiled,
Buske
Ribble remembered
A prominent Baptist family from the Texas
Panhandle and a committed Methodist family from
New Mexico joined with the Baptist General
Convention of Texas and Hardin-Simmons
University February 11 to dedicate H-SU's Religious
Activities Center.
The center was made possible through gifts from
the family of G.B. "Pete" Buske of Friona while the
prayer room was constructed and furnished by
memorial gifts in memory of Raulee Ribble,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ribble, Jr. of
Albuquerque. All immediate members of both the
Buske and the Ribble families were present in
Abilene for the dedication.
Plans for the center were already underway in late
November when Raulee died after a Thanksgiving
auto accident. A student-led effort resulted in a
memorial fund to make the prayer room a memorial
to the popular freshman.
"This is the first, permanent Religious Activities
Center to be opened on any of the campuses of the
universities and colleges connected with the
BGCT," Jack Greever told the crowd of 275 that
attended the Sunday afternoon dedication.
Greever is with the division of Student Work of
the BGCT.
The completed facility is inside the student center
complex and includes five offices (including one forthe campus evangelism coordinator and one for the
missionary-in-residence), a conference room, a work
room and a lounge.
The remodeling and furnishing of the 2,500-
square-foot center cost approximately, $35,000, H-
SU officials said. The Division of Student Work of
the BGCT provided furnishings for the center.
Buske, a pioneer in the development of the multi-
million dollar cattle feeding industry on the High
Plains of Texas, died in 1976. He came to Friona in
1929 as a 21-year-old.
In 1970 he was elected as Man of the Year in his
hometown. He served on the boards of development
for Hardin-Simmons and Southwestern Seminary
and was director of High Plains Baptist Hospital in
Amarillo and the Parmer County Hospital in Friona.
He was one of the original stockholders in Friona
Industries and was involved in farming, ranching,
financial institutions, and other investments.
Family members attending the dedication in-
cluded: Mrs. Buske and daughter Phila May (Mrs.
Phillip Weatherly) and son B.K. and their spouses,
from Friona; and daughters Deann (Mrs. Richard
Styles) of Abilene and Lila Gay (Mrs. Don Max
Vars) of Canyon and their spouses. Eight Buske
grandchildren were also present.
"That's a lot of family," H-SU President Jesse C.
See NEW CENTER - page 14A first for Baptist Schools
When H-SU dedicated its Religious Activities
Center in February it was the first such per-
manent facility for a Baptist Student Union at
ANY of the seven colleges and universities
associated with the Baptist General Convention
of Texas. Central figures in the dedication of the
Buske Memorial Center and the Raulee RibbleMemorial Prayer Room (see related stories on
this page) were, from left, Mrs. Deann Styles,
acting director of religious activities at H-SU;
Norman C. Ribble Jr.; Jack Greever from the
Division of Student Work of the BGCT; Mrs.
Ribble; Mrs. G. B. Buske and H-SU President
Jesse C. Fletcher. (Dirk Stricklin Photo)Raulee's death interrupts H-SU routine
By CRAIG BIRD
"This day we are less than we were-yet we are
more than we were."
The Nov. 30 chapel service at Hardin-Simmons
University was uncharacteristically quiet before
President Jesse C. Fletcher began speaking but an
almost total absence of movement that greeted his
opening words underlined the fact that death had
invaded H-SU.
Raulee Ribble, an 18-year-old freshman, had died
Nov. 29 after being injured the day before
Thanksgiving. She never regained consciousness.
"We are less because of Raulee's death," Dr.
Fletcher continued. "Many of you knew her-she
was that kind of a person-and I know you will miss
her and will many others.
"Yet we are more than we were because this week
we have learned something of ourselves as we
prayed for Raulee and ministered to the family and
to each other. I called the hospital several times,
only to find that some of you had called even more
often and some of you even drove to Lubbock to
visit her in the hospital.
"I talked to her father yesterday and I can'tdescribe the sense of peace and presence of God
that I gained from that man because they have
chosen to thank God for 18 years of Raulee's life.
"We often declare that longevity is almost
unrelated to meaning-yet it takes something like
this to fully illustrate how true that is.
"We are more because we have been called again
to realize that life is a gift, and since it is a gift then
we are stewards and we, strangely enough, can
celebrate life's dimensions more sharply because of
death.
"We are richer for the memory of her life and her
faith and we have profited by having walked with
her family during this time," he concluded.
A painful irony in the chapel program was that
one of Raulee's best friends, Mary Beth Mitchell of
Abilene, had been scheduled to sing at the Nov. 30
assembly months earlier.
So on Nov. 30 she stood before the student body
to sing, just moments after her friend had been
eulogized. But, drawing from the same faith Dr.
Fletcher had commended and despite tears, she
smiled as she sang, "Welcome Home Children"
including the phrase, "your work on earth is done."
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