Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 1, Ed. 1, Friday, September 25, 1953 Page: 4 of 4
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Agriculture Program is Completed
With Headquarters at Daniel Baker
Plans have been completed for
the establishment of an agricul-
ture program at Howard Payne
according to William B. Cowan
head of the college's agriculture
department located on the Daniel
Baker campus.
Daniel Baker College now
known as the Daniel Baker Col-
lege of Agriculture and Useful
Arts merged with HPC last Feb.
1. Scholarships in agriculture are
being offered to Brown County
Band Clinic will
Be Conducted on
Campus Oci. 3
Some twenty-five bands from
throughout this section have been
invited to attend a band clinic to
be held at Howard Payne Oct. 3.
HPC's Yellow Jacket Band
headed by W. R. Parker will be
host to the visiting bands.
Dr. Earl D. Irons chairman of
fine arts at Arlington State Col-
lege and immediate pas president
of the American Bandmasters
Association will be guest clinic-
ian. Martha Dean Palmer of Ballin-
ger new chief drum majorette of
HPC band will conduct twirling
classes for majorettes at the clinic
here.
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S43.000 Site
For Dormitory
Is Purchased
Preliminary plans for construc-
tion of a $700000 air-conditioned
fire-pioof girls' dormitory for
HPC was revealed Aug. 7 when
Dan L. Garrett of Brownwood
chairman of the real estate com-
mittee of the college board of
trustees announced the purchase
of four city lots adjacent to the
campus.
The property which cost $46000
is lucated across Center Avenue
from the main campus. It includes
some 298 feet of Center Avenue
frontage and is 200 feet wide.
We intend to salvage some
$13000 worth of buildings on theed bachelor's degrees at Howard
property making a net cost of exorcises held at the ends of the
some S30.000 for the actual dor- two sessions.
mitory site" Mr. Garrett sad. The college had eight candi-
The lots purchased were owned dates for master's degrees during
bv Mrs. George Kidd Mrs. E. A. the summer four master of arts
Walker Mrs. Datye Byler and
W. B. Cross.
Serving on the real estate com-
mittee with Mr. Garrett are A. F.
Porter. E. P. Wodruff and Smith
Bell al of Brownwood; Thomas
J. Pitts Odessa; Rev. Roy Sha-
han. Memphis; Fay Eggleston of
Vernon and Dr. E. R. Amnions of
Fort Worth.
The new dormitory will be
modern throughout and will in-
duce dining hall facilities. The
buil lin'4 of the dormitory is part
of Tlowrrd Payne's expansion
pro"ra:n.
I .'. Thomas II. Taylor presi-
de :'' nl" the college said early this
iiki! tl that immediate plans now
call fo" the beginning of solici-
tations to build a supplementary
fund which will be required be-1
lute ihe college can start con-
struct; n of the building.
A cntinuous fund drive calcu
late 1 1.) extend
pei.o'1 m'U be
over a live-year Chester 1-irunson Morton; .Jacic
required to payC:iin Englo Mew Mexico; Eu-
off 'he entire indebtedness incur
reel in the building of the dormi
tin v. Dr. Taylor said.
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Shoe Repair Shop
112 E. Parker
students under provisions of the
Coggin will.
Recent gifts by Dr. and Mrs.
H. L. Locker and sons Dr. Lewis
H. Locker and Dr. S. Braswell
Locker all of Brownwood offer
scholarships to students coming
from Brown and adjoining coun-
ties. Dr. Thomas H. Taylor HPC
president has approved the fol-
lowing general plans for the es-
tablishment of the agriculture de-
partment: Organization
The HPC board of trustees will
appoint an agriculture council to
help supervise the program. This
council will be composed of lead-
ing ranchers and farmers of this
section.
The agricultural council will
appoint local committees to help
plan and execute the agricultural
program
These committees will work !
with such phases as agricultural
facilities agronomy beef cattle
twine sheep and goats horses
poultry dairy cattle agricultural
engineering horticulture and flor-
iculture. Administration
The head of the department will
serve as the administrator in set-
ting up and carrying out the agri-
cultural program of the colege.
He will be guided in his activities
by the policies of the college the
advice of agricultural consultants
and the recommendations made
by the local agricultural com-
mittees. Courses
Two types of courses will be
offered terminal courses and ap-
proved courses. The approved
courses can be transferred to oth-
er major 'agricultural colleges in
Texas without loss of credit. The
terminal courses cannot be trans-
ferred. The terminal courses will be
offered upon demand only. They
will consist of practical courses
related to farming in this locality.
FATHER AND SONS HONORED
31 Candidates Receive Degrees
M EM of Summer Sessions
Payne's summer commencement
A total of 31 candidates receiv-
degrees and four master in edu
cation degrees.
Four honorary degrees were
conferred July 28.
Rev. R. C. Tennison pastor of
the First Baptist Church San
Saba and his sons Clifton R.
Tennison pastor of Calvary Bap-
tist Church Borger and Rev.
Grayson C. Tennison Southern
Baptist Missionary to Campina
Grande. Paraiba. Brazil were
nvnrded honorary doctor of di-
vinity degrees.
Daniel Baker College conferred
the honorary doctor of divinity
dogivo upon Rev. Morris F. El-
liot rector of the Emmanuel
Episcopal Church San Angelo.
Dr. Thomas II. Taylor presi-
dent of Howard Payne present-
ed degrees and awarded special
honors for the college.
Receving B.A. degrees at the
July 2'i commencement were
p-ne Copilr-nd Dallas; Mrs. Zel-
nm Ilav.s Brookshire; Kyo-Hyuk
Kim Seoul Korea; Mrs. Nell
BROS.
Phone 2501
The approved courses will not
be installed in the college except
when adequate teaching materials
and adequate laboratory facilities
are provided. Approved courses
eventually to be offered include:
fundamentals of crop production
The college will establish an
general animal husbandry farm
power and machinery general
horticulture farm shop and live-
stock management.
Curricula
An approved curriculum has
been worked out for the first two
years of college work. This cur-
riculum involves a study of not
only agricultural courses but also
biology chemistry English math-
matics economics and physical
training.
Facilities
agricultural library as part of the
Walker Memorial Library. Labo-
ratorics for the teaching of agro-
nomy agricultural engineering
horticulture and allied subjects
will be established in buildings on
the Daniel Baker campus.
A 211-acre farm 133 acres of
which is suitable for cultivation
will be developed and fully util-
ized by the college as an agri-
cultural laboratory and as a
source of income in developing
the department. It is anticipated
that a part of this farm will be
put under irrigation.
Help From A&M
Agricultural educators at Texas
A&M College have been very
helpful in giving advice concern-
ing the establishment of an agri-
culture department at Howard
Payne Mr. Cowan said.
All courses offered by the HPC
agricultural department will be
definitely correlated with the
same courses now offered at
A&M College he added.
Mr. Cowan counselor of cadets
at A&M College since 1951 re-
signed his position there Aug. 1
to accept the position as head of
the agriculture department here.
Seider Indian Gap; and Ray Tin-
dol Bceville.
Howard Morgan Mullin. and
Homer Rose Brownwood earn-
ed the B.A. degree at the end of
the August short term.
The Bachelor of Science degree
was awarded July 28 to Bobbie
Helen Brian Brownwood; Mrs.
Jimmie Coon Stanton; Cora Lou
Daughtery Brownwood; Mrs.
Frances Lois Edwards Fabens;
Talmadge Hensley Lampasas;
Mrs. Sue Hill Sierra Blanca;
Jack Odom Brownwood; Jean
Smith Evant; BMen Doyle Sud-
derth Levelland.
Earning the B.S. degree at the
ends of the short term arc Mrs.
WerdnaLyon Gary. Cross Plains:
Delbert Grmes Graham; Opal
Howard Cleveland Ohio; Ruth
Ingram Blanket; Addie Little
Brown field; Mrs. Belma Reid
Medina; Dilliu Ruth Rutledge.
Sierra Blanca; Mrs. Alyne Sick-
man Rising Star; Maxie Turner
Hale Center; Mrs. Lou Vainer
San Ck'.n.n-i. Calif.
Receiving the B.M.E. degree at
the July 28 commencement were
Doris Boland Deslodge Missouri;
Mrs. Juaniia Wheeloek Jones
Fort Wot th and Carrol Low.1
Rosenberg.
Graduate students who
the Master of Arts decree
eame I
ivlud-
Zephyr: ed Marvin Luther Cobb
Marguerite Ross Comanche;
Fraives Sloano Brady and Mrs.
Narel Smith Brownwood.
Master's in Education degrees
were earned by Mrs. Doris
George Brownwood; Betty Rae
Schmidt Brady; Addie M. Wil-
liams Lufkin and James M.
Crump Brady.
Dr. Boone Adds More Historic Items
To College Library Relic Collection
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Boone
were on the campus July 2 to add
further gifts to the Boone Col-
lection in Walker Memorial Li-
brary. Dr. Boone now minister of the
First Christian Church at Level-
land brought three original frame
water color paintings of Jerusa-
lem Hebron and Joppa painted
in 1839 by David Roberts one of
the royal artists of England.
The paintings and other items
were added to the massive collec-
tion donated to the college earlier
this year and housed in the li-
brary. Among other items added to
the collection during Dr. Boone's
visit here was a framed copy of
the Texas Almanac Vol. I No.
34 dated Dec. 7 1862.
Then printed tri-weekly at Aus-
tin The Texas Almanac was
printed on oil paper because of a
scarcity of other paper at the
time. Among its ads is one of-
fering three Negro girls and two
Negro boys ages 15 and 16. They
were to be auctioned off in front
of the Stringer Hotel Austin.
Also donated was a bound
volhme of different Texas news-
papers giving detailed accounts of
the Harlingen Hurricane. An-
other newspaper added to the col-
lection was a copy of the Bunker
Hill Centinial showing a copy of
the order for the colonial troops i
to fortify themselves on Bunker
Hill.
A copy of The Saturday Even-
ing Post printed in 1823 has also
been donated to the collection.
Pi Kappa Delta
Invited To 3
Tournaments
Pi Kappa Delta HPC debate
club has already received invi-
tations to three debate tourna-
ments for the fall semester and
its members are looking forward
to an interesting year of debating
the "free trade" question club
sponsor Clyde Vinson has an-
nounced. Five prospective members at-
tended the meeting Thursday
September 17. They were Esther
Crawford Marilyn Thomas Faye!
Shows Ronnie Cox and Norman '
Fisher. i
The club this vear wants to add i
a Speaker's Bureau to its activi-
ties. This bureau would give the
club the opportunity to know
which students could perforin
make after-dinner speeches pre-
sent oral interpretations or
speeches of any kind and to know
when they would be available to
perform for banquets commun'ty
club gatheings or high school
programs.
Diamonds Watches Silverware Gifts
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SCHOOL SUPPLIES PHOTO EQUIPMENT-
COSMETICS TOILETRIES CANDY
GIFTS SODA NEEDS LUNCHES
Store No. 1201 Center Store No. 2400 Center
And a 32-page Lindberg souvenir
pictorial issue of the New York
Times printed in June 1927 was
also added during Dr. Boone's
July visit.
Also added were several small-
er publications a number of old
letters and documents and an as-
sortment of coins and paper
money.
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Ferguson Will
Head Press Club
Paul Ferguson senior student
from Burkburnett was elected
president of the Press Club when
the organization had its first
meeting of the year Wednesday
afternoon.
Other officers chosen were Ruth
Nevil vice-president; Beth Lack-
ey secretary; Henery Burton
treasurer and Glen Wallace re-
porter. Joe Swan and Mrs. Bru-
netta George were selected as
sponsors.
Ferguson is an English major
and is reporter for the senior
class.
Ruth Nevil from Waxahachie
is a cheerleader and a member of
the Jacket Coeds and Pi Kappa
Delta. Beth Lackey a freshman
art major is from Brownwood.
She is a member of the Lasso
Staff and Alpha Rho Tau.
Henry Burton is a history maj-
or from Wylie. Glen Wallace a
sophomore student from Beaver
Falls Pennsylvania is majoring
in business administration.
Ferguson appointed several
commttecs for fall activities.
Plans are being made for a social
in the next month.
Membership in the organization
is open to those interested in
journalism.
Revival Closes
At 1st. Church
Revival services at First Bap-
list Church Brownwood. began
Sunday Sept. 13 and closed Sun-
day Sept. 20.
Rev. Fred Swank pastor of the
Sagamore Hill Baptist Church in
Fort Worth was the evangelist
and Wayne Philpot a recent
graduate of Baylor University
led the singing.
Rev. Swank is a graduate of
Hardin-Simmons University and
has been pastor of Sagamore for
the past 20 years.
Howard Payne students who at-
tened Noonspiration last week
met Wayne Philpot. He led the
singing there each day. He is the
director of the B.S.U. Choir and
led a young people's choir each
night of revival.
Finest Jewelers"
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