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TRAIN RESERVATIONS GO ON SALE MONDAY
Lauded United States Navy Band To Play Two Concerts In Hardin - Simmons Auditorium
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Musicians To Open
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Of Artto Billings
Give Program November 5;
Activity Tickets Pay
Admission
Coming to Abilene as the first
presentation of the 1937 Hardln-Slm-mons
university artist course the
great United States Navy band will
appear for two concerts in the uni-
versity auditorium next Friday Nov.
5 afternoon and evening.
A special student matinee concert
will bo played at 3:30 and the regu-
lar evening program will start at 8
o'clock.
Hardln-Simmons students will
be admitted to either concert on
their activity tickets. These how
ever must be exchanged at the
business office for concert tickets
Friday. Activity tickets will posi-
tively not be honored at the box
office or door artist course offi-
cials emphasized.
Featured on each program in ad-
dition to the grand assemblage of 85
picked musicians under the direction
of their veteran director Lieut.
Charles Benter will be four soloists.
Probably the most outstanding figure
in this group is Oscar Short last
soloist of Phillip Sousa's renowned
band with his cornet. Other featured
musicians will be Bernard Rosenthal
violin; Clarence Edwards trombone;
and Louis Goucher xylophone wizard.
Inquiries received by the artist
course office the past week indicate
a capacity crowd for each program.
Band directors from all sections of
West Texas have signified intentions
of bringing large groups of their
students to Abilene for the concerts.
Well children despite the unwar-
ranted predictions that your editor
could not last longer than the third
issue here is your seventh weekly
publication of the campus news and
gossip. Yes Female Judgment Town
Hall News and even the Branding
Iron aro still appearing each Satur-
day morning.
And now the authors of Female
Judgment are accusing me of getting
my gossip from ardent followers of
the B. S. U. delegation. Something
is rotten someplace because only last
week I was taking my "puny medio-
cre half-way bloody little contribu-
tions" from Female Judgment thus
destroying its value to the campus.
We may be notlonate but the B. I is
not in the habit of going to such var-
ied extremes in personalities for its
dirt.
As for the contributions accepted
it seems time that someone gave the
students an opportunity to voice their
dirty smudges. Female Judgment
certainly doesn't give them a chance.
Its authors confine their petty griev-
ance mud slinging to their own weak
ingenuities.
ELMERINB BARRON has been
taking an active interest in B. S. U.
work since the convention at Lubbock
was announced. Just in case you miss
her bright and smiling countenance
on the forty acres today perhaps she
has decided to make the little week-
end jaunt with the ministerial dele-
gation their wives and matrimonial
hopefuls.
The B. I. is sincerely interested in
learning why SELBY ASWELL has
recently become such an avid reader
of books concerning crisis. Why all
the secrecy ASWELL?
And there is the story of the Sal-
vation Army worker who called at the
office to see Dr. Richardson and was
escorted by AMELIA SPIERS to a
seat with a tack in it. AMELIA you
ought to be ashamed to pull such
pranks. - .
Special Attention Harry Hayea
MELVIN BIVENS requested the B.
I. to publish the following ad:
"Will anyone finding a beautiful
female on these forty acres please
communicate with me immediately. I
want to see at least one before I be
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Vol. XXII X713
Young To Present
Recital Monday To
Dedicate New Piano
Gipsy Smith To Sing Speak
On Formal Program
Monday Night
E. Edwin Young dean of music and
professor of piano in H.-S. U. will
present his fourth annual piano re-
cital Monday night Nov. 1 at 8
o'clock.
The occasion will be the formal ded-
ication of the new $3000 Mason and
Hamln concert grand piano which
was given the university by the fac-
ulty and trustees.
Caldwell Speaks
The program will include introduc-
tory remarks by C. M. Caldwell for-
mer president of the board of trus-
tees formal dedication of the piano by
Gipsy Smith noted evangelist and
singer a group of English classics
and other selections by Dean Young
and three baritone solos by Gipsy
Smith.
The sale of tickets is being handled
by the Cowgirls and all proceeds of
the affair will go to the fine arts de
partment. General student admis
sion is 40 cents and reserved seats
are priced at 75 cents and a dollar.
Tickets are on sale at the university
business office on the campus and at
Hall Music company downtown.
Gipsy Smith coming from New
York by train arrived in Abilene
Wednesday night. He has been vis-
iting with Mr. and Mrs. Young who
accompanied him for several years on
his evangelistic tours.
H..S.uT0ffidals
Represent School
Attend Regional Conference
Of College Association
Held In Dallas
Three administrative officials from
Hardln-Simmons ore to represent the
school at the regional conference of
the Association of American colleges
holding sessions at Southern Metho-
dist university Dallas Nov. 1 and 2.
President J. D. Sandefer Dr. R. A.
Collins dean of students and J. T.
Haney secretary-treasurer are those
scheduled to attend this third in a
series of four regional conferences
hld by the school organization this
year. The meeting is the only one
being held in the Southwest and is
the first one staged in this section
of the country. Sessions usually meet
in the north and east.
The college association is not an
accrediting agency but is an organiza-
tion created for a better understand-
ing of relations pertaining to colleges
and universities. Leaders of the var-
ious schools come together in the
meetings to discuss pertinent ques-
tions of school administration.
TRICK ROPE ARTIST
Cowboy Fresh
Dazzles Gridiron Fans
By Lev
We have a real Cowboy on our cam-
pus! He is Rex Felker the dashing
young gentleman that dazzles foot-
ball audiences between halves with
his trick roping and expert riding.
Rex is a special student at Hardin-
Simmons and a native Texan. Born
at Haskell some 20 years ago he ac-
quired the ambition to become a trick
roper at an early age. While attend-
ing a rodeo ho was fascinated by the
antics and trick roping of a clown
and there was born an ambition that
was to carry him to the top in his
chosen field. He has worked with
such notables as Lenord Strand Ches-
ter Byers and the late Will Rogers.
This is not Rex's first contact with
H.-S. U. however as he worked with
tho Cowboy band in 1931-32. Follow-
ing this he free-lanced it making ro-
deos and shows adapted to this type
of work for a few years then he or-
ganised the famous Junior Rodeo at
HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
Alumni President
MRS. II. A. PENDER
B.S.U. Convention
Opens With 50 H-S
Students Present
Group To Invite Confab
To Hardin-Simmons
For Next Year
Fifty enthusiastic Hardin-Simmons
students loaded into two large Page
fusses here shortly after noon yes
terday bound for the State TJ. S. U.
convention in Lubbock. The busses
arrived in the convention city about
5 p.m.
In the opening session last night
Dr. Baker James Cauthcn brought
the devotional message on "The Joy
of Discipline" following a welcome
and introduction by Dr. Bradford
Knapp president of Texas Tech.
Abilene Chamber of Commerce is
making a strong bid for the next
state-wide convention to bo held hero
ut Hardln-Simmons. A telegram to
that effect from the Abilene Cham-
ber of Commerce reached the conven-
tion city this morning.
Hardin-Simmons with the largest
quota of all schools represented this
year fulfilled its goal of fifty. This
is twice the number of H.-S. U. rep-
resentatives taken to the convention
held in Austin last year.
University Omits
Hallowe'en Social
The traditional all-university Hal-
lowe'en social will not be held this
year according to Mrs. Mary E. Head
chairman of the social committee.
Because of the postponement of the
party held Oct. 18 the school offi-
cials decided that the student body
would appreciate a social held later
in November more than they would
now
From Range
Hudspeth
Haskell. This project won state-wide
attention and probably resulted in his
acquiring a position as an instructor
of western riding in Camp Waldemar
last spring
While engaged at Camp Waldemar
Rex had under his instruction 120
girls gathered from all'parts of tho
country; ho taught them trick roping
and western riding and a discussion
of this led to his confiding to us
that he has an ambition to start a
riding school here at H.-S. U.
This idea has been developed to
some extent and' if it is carried
through we will have a stable and
riding school on the campus of Hardin-Simmons
university
Rex may be seen most any time
north of Ferguson hall with is pal
tho big white horse working and
practicing. This suave cowboy is a
person worth knowing and an asset
to any campus.
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ABILENE TEXAS OCTOBER 29 1937
Homecoming Dec. 4
Features Pep Rally;
Barbecue HP Game
Noll Sewell Mrs. Pender
Davidson Smith
On Program
Are you coming? You mustn't
miss it. Hardin-Simmons Homecom
ing is the big event of the year. Fun
and frolic for all. You don't have to
bo young or rich to get in on the
rip-roaring good time that Hardin-
Simmons university has in store for
Its exes on December 4.
The university is sponsoring a gi-
gantic pep rally Friday night and
the rival team will havo to yell "high
wide and handsome" if they expect to
be heard. Representative Noll Sewell
ox '32 of Midlothian will be master
of ceremonies nt tho rally. He will
also take an active part the follow-
ing day. A unique idea which ho in-
tends to carry out is sure to be a
hit.
Direct Chapel
Saturday tho exes take over the
chapel program with Mrs. Mary Pax-
ton Pender '11 president of the
Alumni in charge. Outstanding men
who will assist Mrs. Pender are State
Representatives Howurd Davidson
'31 of Rotan and Lonnie Smith 29
of Fort Worth. Directly after chapel
exercises the Alunni will havo a
very short meeting in the main audi
torium on the campus.
A i eul ole We:rt Texas! barbecue
will be served to the gucs. The bar-
becue committee is composed of G.
P. Jones C. M. Caldwell Lance Sears
'20 Joe McCIuskcy '29 D. D. Parra-
more and Gib Sandefer '28.
Main Event
And then tho main event leads the
way to a victory over the Yellow
Jackets of Howard Payne college. At
least that is what the school is look-
ing forward to. The Hardin-Simmons
Cowboys at this time aro undefeated
unscored on and untied. A record
like that couldn't be broken in tho
one game of tho year when the tradi-
tional rivals kick off.
After tho game the social hour will
begin. The guest may inspect the
buildings and meet old friends.
Plans are under way for a banquet
at one of the local hotels for the ex-
Cowboy band members. '
We're expecting you to come to our
bigger and better Homecoming and
revive old memories. We will ex
pect you December 4.
Music Club Holds
Three Day Meet
Texas Federation Convenes
For Eleventh Annual
Conferences
The eleventh annual fall convention
of the Gth district of the Texas Fed-
eration of Music clubs will hold its
formal opening Thursday for a three
'day session to be held at the Hilton
hotel.
ISardin-Simmons university is to
be represented each day of the ses-
sion. Thursday night Lola Gibson
Dcaton will sing tho aria "Je Suis
Titanla" from tho opera "Mignon" by
Thomas. Her encores will be "The
Last Hour" by Krammcr and a Nor-
wegian love song by Clough "My
Love He Comes on the Skee.'
Tho Hardin-Simmons string ensem-
ble will appear Friday night on the
senior programme. They are playing
two numbers L'Allcgro from the
Serenade in four movements by Moz
art and "RjsverJe" by Engelman.
Tho string quartette composed of
Saretta Morrow first violin Alma
Jano Page second violin Dorothy
Mack Aman viola and Wanda Fox
cello will be presented Saturday in
three numbers: "Sarabande" by-Handel
L'AUegro from Quartette In "F"
by Beethoven and Engelman's "Reve-
rie." Miss Saretta Morrow will play
a solo number "To a Wild Rose" by
MacDowell.
Miss Wanda Mae Clements a pu-
pil of E. Edwin Young will play a
group of her own compositions. Miss
Clements will appear Saturday.
No. 7
Dr. Estes Jr. Replaces
Lamented Father As
University Physician
Dr. J. M. Estes Jr. will assume his
duties as Hardin-Simmons university
physician commencing Monday Nov.
1. He takes over the position held by
his father for the past 15 years and
until his accidental death on Oct. 9.
The new surgeon was chosen by
President J. D. Sandefer with the con-
sent of the board of trustees of the
university. Ho has worked with the
students before and had helped his
father in his work until recently. For
tho past few months Dr. Estes Jr.
has been associated with Dr. Bynum
at Hamlin doing general practice and
surgery.
His school tqaining includes col-
lege work at Southern Methodist uni-
versity prc-medical study nt Texas
university and medical work at Van-
dcrbilt in Nashville Tcnn. Ho served
his interneship at the Robert B. Green
hospital at San Antonio.
Dr. A. D. Thurman who has been
caring for the medical needs of the
school during the past three weeks
will go to the post vacated by Dr.
Estes at Hamlin.
Juniors Upset
Tradition Name
Bronco Beauty
Tho 1937-38 Bronco beauty will be
named by the junior class. Eighty-
five 'percent of the class had their
pictures made in the Bronco contest
leading the other three by a consider-
able margin. The nearest rival the
seniors mustered only 70V4 pcrsent
with the sophomores and freshmen
coming in with G9 and 60 Vi per cent
respectively.
Clyde Crawford editor of the
Bronco has asked that all students
taking snapshots for the yearbook
meet him in the Bronco office
Monday at tho chapel hour.
The total number of students to
have their pictures made to date is
421 which is 180 short of the desired
100 per cent. Those students that
have failed thus far to have their pic-
tures made must do so immediately
as that section of the annual will bo
sent to the printers in the near fu-
ture. Tho junior victory was somewhat
of a surprise as the honor usually is
won by the senior class. Last year
that class named Norma Sue Tippen
for the honor. The juniors have not
as yet named their choice.
Reads For Klwanis
Karl Bonneaux recently elected
president of the freshman class ap-
peared on the regular weekly program
of the Kiwanls club at its Wednesday
noon luncheon.
STRANGE SLANGUAGE
Donald Duck Famous Quack
Sqawks For Band Etc.
By Susan
On a 7000 acre ranch called "Quinn
Ranch" the original Donald Duck
came into being. A young boy nine
years old spent his time hunting
fishing and riding. He had several
saddle horses and would spend much
time with them. He would ride into
the timber lands before sun-up to
hunt squirrels and ducks. He was at-
tracted by the strange barkings of the
squirrels and ducks that he hunted
in the lakes and timber lands and de-
cided to learn to imitate them.
Hunters often use duck-callers but
this boy learned to uso his mouth.
The first word he learned to say1 in
this strange language was "Foxy"
and later "Pony Boy." He began to
talk to his horse and for five years
he practiced alone. He didn't pay any
attention to this new pastime of his
but began to learn more words four
years ago This all happened before
Cowboy Boosters To Head North
Early On Next Saturday Morning
For Gala Holiday At Wichita Falls
Round Trip Tickets May Be Purchased From Bookstore
Or Business Office For 2.30 Per Ducat;
Game Reserve Seats Ready
A 11 fl. C
Xiipna jM uOCiety
Names Nominees
Honor Organization Chooses
Eighteen As Eligible
For Chaper
Informal examination and initiation
was given Tuesday evening for 18
nominees to membership in the Ju-
lius Olsen chapter of the Alpha Chi
scholarship society.
Formal initiation ceremonies are to
be held for thest students at the home
of Dr. Julius Olsen. All save one
pledge were present for the test given
Tuesday evening.
Those eligible for selection to mem
bership in the organization are Edgar
Bigclow C. H. Boyd S. T. Briggs Iru
Bray Marjorie Dobbs William Gad-
dis Aaron Grant Florence Hughes
Merrill Hutchins Robert King Mar-
tha Linton Albert Lunday Harry J.
Mitchell Burncal Scott Virginia
Ruth Sharp Amelia Spiers Margaret
Louise Stewart nnd Louise Toombs.
' Nominees were taken from the
upper one-tenth of the junior nnd
senior classes and chosen on the ba
sis of character scholarship and rep
utation.
Pressmen Elect
West As Prexy To
Fete Ex Members
Plans aro being formulated for spe
cial homecoming festivities to be
given in honor of all former press
club members attending tho program
at Hardin-Simmons on December 4.
The publications organization se-
lected its new officers for the en-
suing year at its regular meeting
last week. Those chosen were: pres-
ident Hoyt West; vice-president
Clyde Crawford; secretary Dolores
Self ridge; and reporter Sarah Pcarce.
Herschel Schoolcy director of pub-
licity and journalism instructor will
serve as sponsor of tho organization.
Berean Men Give
Church Program
The Berean Young Men's Bible class
of the University Baptist church had
charge of the regular morning ser
vices of the South Side Baptist church
last Sunday. The group headed by
its president Douglas Kelly supplied
in the absence of the pastor W. C.
Ashford.
Kelly was assisted on the program
by S. E. Smith Byron Pletcher nnd
C. H. Foley.
This is a part of the extension pro
gram of this aggressive group of
Hardin-Simmons students. Prof. H.
R. Arrant of the chemistry depart
ment is the teacher of the class.
The group is now in a membership
drive to enlist 100 university men on
its rolls.
Franklin
Walt Disney created Donald Duck of
movie fame.
At tho ago of 14 he moved to Bor-
ger in tho Panhandle and in his last
year in High School began to. talk
to people in this new-fangled way.
Thus it was that the world first heard
Donald Duck In person. Little chil-
dren would sit spell-bound listening
to his carryings-on.
Donald Duck first made his ap-
pearance in Hardin-Simmons univer-
sity when the band boys made a trip
to Omaha Nebraska In 1030. After
bumping into a drinking fountain on
the train he burst forth in his own
inimitable style. The others hearing
him his career was begun. Last year
he appeared on several Cowboy Jam-
borees here at school.
And now in case our reader is still
ignorant our Donald Duck is none
other than Joe Dene Propst Cowboy
band singer.
Loaded with Cowboys Cowgirls
nnd layman boosters of the Cowboy
?'" f0;enV00tb?11 olId)y
in Mitinui runs wnure me iiancn-
ers meet tho strong Emporia Kansas
eleven next Saturday morning nt 0
o'clock.
Students may start making reser-
vations Monday at cither tho book-
store or business office. Already the
entire membership of the Cowgirl or-
ganization has retained scats on
the train. Members of the Cowboy
batnj will also be aboard.
Receive Ducats
Three hundred student reserve
tickets were received by the athletic .
department this week and will go on
sale Monday in tho bookstore. Price
of these ducats is 66 cents and will
be good for scats on the 40 yard line.
"These tickets are printed 'Hardin-
Simmons Students Only' and will be
doubly checked" Business Manager
G. B. Sandefer said. Regular charge
for other reserve tickets is $1.10 and
$1.05.
This will be the only chance for
students to ride a football special this
season administrative officers stated
and we are hoping a large number
of students will take advantage of
this opportunity.
Round-trip rate will be $2.30.
Full Program
Festivities will oegin in Wichita
Falls immediately after the arrival
of the special train with a downtown
parade lead by the Cowboy band and
Cowgirls. Highlight of tho day's
program which has been officially
proclaimed "McKinncy Day" by the
mayor of Wichita Falls in honor of
their home town boy who co-captains
tho Cowhand football aggregation
will be the clash between Hardin-
Simmons and Kansas State Teachers
of Emporia in Coyote stndium. Kick-
off whistle will sound at 2:30.
Tho train will leave the Wichita
Falls station at 7 p.m. Saturday and
arrive in Abilene about midnight.
The special fare however carries a
two day lay-over privilcgo for tho ac-
commodation of North Texas students
who may desire to remain in Wichi-
ita Falls over ttie week-end.
Classes Organize
For Ensuing Year
Karl BonneauxWayne Evans
Avery Lee Are Chosen
As Presidents
The junior sophumorc and fresh-
man classes met during the past week
and organized their respective classes
for tho year.
The juniors met Thursday and
elected the following officers: Avery
Leo of Oklahoma City president; Pete
House of Rotan vice-president; Ann
Rader Dallas secretary; Johnsula
Beck Sylvester treasurer; Vernon
Ragsdale Santa Anna reporter Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Beard were selected
as sponsors for the class.
Tho sophomore class held their
meeting Thursday and the following
were elected: Wayne Evans Here-
ford president; Kirk McKinnon La-
mesa vice-president; Jean Christo-
pher Abilene secretury; and June
Brnhoney Abilene treasurer. Plans
for the selection of reporter and spon
sors have not been completed.
Wednesday the freshmen organized
with the following selections having
been made: Karl Bonneaux Abilene
president; Ralph Beard Marlin vice-
president; Mildred King Abilene
secretary; Tid Compere Abilene
treasurer; and Harper Van Ness
Mexico Mo. reporter. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry II. Hayes will sponsor the
freshmen for this year.
MID-SEMESTER REPORTS
Mid-semester reports are due in the
registrar's office November 0.
Grades submitted by teachers at the
close of the period are written as G
P or F (good passing or falling).
All students failing in their work will
be required to see Dr. Julius Olsen
as soon as the records are completed.
Prexy Makes Trip
President J. D. Sandefer spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week
in Dallas. Last week he journeyed to
Odessa and Midland for a three-day
trip to those points. Both jaunts
were business trips.
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