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HOWARD PAYNE HALL
. . . Going to the Highest BidderEra Ending: Howard Payne Hall Is Coming Down
Howard Payne Hall is coming
down. Built in 1912, the beautiful
old colonial structure, which served
for years as the home away from
home for hundreds of college girls,
and lately for college boys, will be
razed in the near future.
College officials were to take
bids for the sale of the building
until noon January 16. Only the
building is being sold and the pur-
chaser will have 120 days to re-
move the building and level the
ground and fill the hole left by the
old basement.
And with the going of the old
building, an era will be ushered
out at Howard Payne.
Time was when Howard Payne
Hall was the college's finest in the
way of living accommodations. In
its earlier days it housed women
students on the top three floors.
The basement contained the kitchen
and dining room for all boarding
students. Men, at the time, were
housed in the old barn" and old
Todd Hall, both of which have
given way to more modern build-
ings.
With the building of Veda HodgeHall in 1955 as a new residence
hall for women, Howard Payne
Hall was converted into a men's
dormitory on the top two floors,
with offices on the first floor, and
a student center and book store in
the basement.
A couple of years ago college of-
ficials were told by two engineer-
ing firms that the old building was
unsafe, and that other facilitiesshould be built to replace it.
Jennings Hall, the replacement,
was dedicated at Homecoming in
November, and the move of men
students, bookstore and student
center has been completed.
With the passing of Howard
Payne Hall, only modern fireproof
dormitories will be left on the
campus, the oldest one-Thomas
H. Taylor Hall- built in 1947.1 HPC Exes Get SWBTS Degrees
A Howard Payne graduate was
to deliver the commencement ad-
dress and seven HPC graduates
were to receive degrees Jan. 16
from Southwestern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary.
Dr. William H. Hinton, (Class of
'43), president of Houston Baptist
College and formerly executive
vice-president of Howard Payne,
was to be the speaker at the FortWorth institution.
Scheduled to receive the Master
of Religious Education degree were:
Royce C. Burrows (Class of '51),
Robert Lee Stout (Class of '59) and
L. Bruce Stovall (Class of '61).
Due to receive the Bachelor of
Divinity degree were: Charles G.
Justis, Jr. (Class of '60), Donald Lee
Lacy (Class of '60), George R. Mc-
Horse (Class of '57) and David B.
Stanley (Class of '59).THE LINK, JANUARY, 1964
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Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.). The Link, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1964, periodical, January 1964; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth744502/m1/3/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.