The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, April 20, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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"WILSON BROS."
The label that stands for Comfort Fit and
Wear in Men's Unionsuits and Athletic
Underwear. Keep in harmony with the
season by buying "Wilson Bros." Shirts
Pajamas Hosiery Handkerchiefs Belts
and Notions.
Experience will justify jour confidence
in every article which bears this name.
Underwear $ 1 .00 $ 1 .50 $2.00
JOHN PRICE CO.
WHERE ITS PRICED RIGHT FOR SIMMONS
T. C. U. ENTERTAIN8 INTERCOL-
LEGIATE PRE88 ASSOCIATION.
Delegates Report Enjoyable Time
Banquet at the Westbrook Hotel
an Elaborate Affair.
Tho Annual Meeting of the Texas
Intercollegiate Press Association was
held with T. C. U. Thursday and Fri-
day April the 12th and 13th 1917.'
The Simmons delegates arrived In
Fort Worth bright and early Thursday
morning and at onco went to T C. U.
where they were met and welcomed
by Mr. Alden Evans president of T. I.
P. A. after which they were conducted
through the beautiful' buildings and
grounds which constitute Texas Chris
tlan "University.
As some of the delegates wero de-
layed in arriving it was impossible to
transact much business Thursday. T
W. C. was'Jpyously and heartily wol
corned into the association. Ever
college represented expressed Its ap-
preciation of tho progressive spirit If
Press Work .which is manifested bj
T. W. C. and voted -unanimously t
accept their application for member.
ship.
Thursday afternoon was spent op
the athletic field watching the traci-
meet ball game and tug of war. lv
tho evening everyone was given t
chance to meet everyone else at th
informal reception given at Jarvli
hall.
Every .college in the. Association
was present to answer roll call Frldaj
morning with the exception of Trin.
lty who through some misunderstand
ing .came aweek earlier than tho dat
of the meeting. Tho entire day wat
spent in business session. The nee
essity of revising tho constltutloi
was so evident that much time wat
spent in doing this. Tho winning
short story poem and eBsay were reai
and greatly enjoyed. Simmons woi
first In story .Baylor first in pqeff
and essay.
Mr. Formway Stamford received
a message calling him home because
of the serious Illness of his mother
All expressed their sympathy an'
hopos that hid mother would seen re
cover.
The. climax of the convention wai
reached Friday evening when; tho vis.
itors and T. C. U; Press Clubbers en
joyed tho Annual Banquet in tho Eng-
lish room of the Westbrook Hotel.
The banquet table was loyely wltli
its centerpiece of cut flowers Midi
ferns. The appointments were per-
feet in every detail the banquet being-
elaborate throughout
The programs wore attractive and
unique affairs being miniatures of tho
collego paper "Tho Sklffetto" (PreBr
Club Edition) contained tho program
of the eventng'.'together with some in
tero8tlng notices concerning T I. P.
A.
Toastmaster. Chas. Christenberry
.introduced first Mr. Alden A. Evanr
who pracioualy expressed the "Wordi
of Welcome."
Mr. T. TJ. Smith captivated all wit
his brilliant talk on "The Arlstocrac)
of the Ink."
Miss Vestal Tompkins proved -a ver.
ltable charmer with her lovely voice
Lastly the speaker of tho evening
Col Louis J. Wortham was Introduq-
ed. To JookJ at Cpl Wortham who li
president of the "Star-Telegram" ir
to be Interested In him bo needless t
say bis addrees was greatly enjoyed
Ho gave every person who is inter-
ested in newspaper work somethinr
to think about and impressed upor
everyone the importance of newspa-
per work and the difficulties lnvolv
ed. His talk was especially suited U
people interested In Press work.
Short Impromptu speeches wen
made -by Mr. 11. W. Foy Simmons
Mr. W. B.. Slack Southwestern Misr
LInnio Hallman C. I. A. Mr. Chas
Garrett and Miss Jessie Wilson ol
Baylor. Each expressed thanks for
tho hospitable way in which they
were entertained. It was the wish ol
all that
"May the T. I. P. A. both as an or.
ganlzatlon and Individual be alwayi1
as successful in any 'pressing' whicb
they undertake as tho T. C. V. Presi
Club has been in its 'pressing' hos
pitallty.' "
The delegates from Baylor were;
Misses Jessie WIlBon Carlyn Traut-
weln Sammle Coffee and Mr. Chas
Garrett.
C. I. A.; Misses Lennlo Hallman
Lyda Smith Rhoba Taby.
Stamford: Mr. Formway.
T. C. U.; Mary Hefner Ora Loverld-
ge C. W. Christenberry Aiaen isvans..
Southwestern; Miss Tiny Mao Bass
Mr. W. B. Slack.
Simmons; Misses Mildred Paxton
Mamlo Goodnight and Messrs Raymond
Foy and Carrol Spangler.
Baylor extended to all a hearty
invitation to moot again with them
in 1918 bo tho Association closed to
meet with Baylor U one year from
this April 12.
duty. Whtlo Winters was tossing the
"leather clad Bphere" In grand style
for Simmons. Hardin decided to re-
peat his feat ol! tho day boforo. and
drove ono'ovcr tho fence for a trot
around all tlio bases. Then White a
ilttle later in the gamp duplicated this
feat by giving tho "pill" a longthy
aerial trip over ktho fence.
Stamford succeeded in getting two
scores oh account of misunderstand-
ing infield signals on Simmons part
and a couplo of wild throws. Tho
second gamo's close showed Simmons
to have galloped around tho bases for
seven counts while Stamford had
only mado it twlco.
Batteries for Simmons: Winters
and Hlpps.
Battorics for Stamford: Cannon and
Thompson.
Tho men that made tho trip are:
Godfrey LeeB Hardin Bradloy Thom-
as Hunter Ballew White Newman
Norman Hlpps Magco Payne and
Coach Bradley.
SIMMONS COWBOYS TAKE TWO
GAMES FROM STAMFORD COL.
Tho Simmons "pill tossers" J6ur-
neyed to Stamford Monday morning
for games Monday and Tuesday. The
first game each cow-boy was supplied
with an abundance of . "Ellxer-a-la-control"
and as a result their throws
were accurate and speedy. Their bat-
ting eyes wore wide open and heavy
stick work resulted.
Cannon the main firing gun for
Stamford waB on tho tosBlng mound
however his duration was short when
Godfrey the first man up for Sim-
mons came to tho bat Cannon "looked
him over" and give him a free pass to
first base. Lees coming up next
pounced on to one of his "firings" for
a single then Hardin camo to the bat
and silenced the heavy artillery of
Stamford when ho clouted out a homo
runt thus three scored resulted and
Cannon retired in favor of Baker.
Hardin who was doing tho "offor-
lng' for Simmons had Bmooth Balling
and was touched for only two hits.
While tho rest of the team gave "alr-
tlght'' support Tho game progressed
smoothly with Simmons constantly
koplng Stamford on tho defense. The
close of tho ninth chapter showed
Simmons to have aoyen while Stam
ford had not yet gained sight of the
homo plato via tho scoring route.
Batteries for Simmons: Hardin and
Ballew.
Batteries for Stamford: vCannon
Baker and Thompson
SECONp GAME.
Stamford stirred by the pangs of
defeat and tho faint hopes of victory
determined upon string comeback in
second game. Gannon's shooting wing
was seemingly going some better on
Tuesday and he was assigned mound
Simmons has been directly connec-
ted with a series of several delightful
successes hero of Jato but to bo sure
none of them have surpassed tho Press
Club banquet in completeness of do-
tall. Tho banquet was hold on. tho
evening of April 12 at Hotel Grace.
Misses Breedlovo and Hill' wero the
chaperoncs.
Mr A. C. Miller was toastmastor.
The central theme underlying tho
various discussions and toasts of the
evening was "Press Problems In Slm-
mens.''
Mr. W. D. Bond discussed tho rela-
tionship between press work and tho
English department Miss Florence
Morrow "Press Work and the Stud-
ent" and Mr. Jcsso Hodges offered a
solution to the problems' thus arising.
Miss Myra Barnes toasted tho win-
ners in the T. I. P. A. contest and Mr.
Claude Lloyd responded for himself
and In behalf of Miss Mamlo Good-
night who was away ab tho T. I. P. A.
convention.
After a prolonged applause the toast
mastor Informed Dr. O. H. Cooper an
honored guest of the Club that he
would be expected to deliver an ad-
dress immediately. Then came a time
when merriment reached Its height.
Dr. Cooper toasted and commented up-
on subjects varying from a Freshman's
literary ability to President Sandefer's
Inclination to tell a good Joke.
Thereupon President Sandefer was
given an opportunity to provq to his'
hearers that ho was so inclined. This
he did with" a. hearty abandon.
President Sandefer then expressed
deep appreciation of the work "of tho
various student publications. Ho paid
somo very high .tributes to those who
are responsible for the Installation
and successful publication of tho
Brand. Ho said that he believed that
hore were three main factors contrib-
utory to the upbuilding of any great
college. Ho Included press work as
one of the most important Of tho three.
He also commended the work of tho
Press Club and wished it every suc
cess in its efforts to make Simmons
Collego Journalism strictly first class.
It might be said hero that tho cui
sine of Hotel Grace has been tested
by tho Press Club for several years
on occasions similar to this and that
the menu of-Thursday evening was
thoroughly In keeping with Manager
Beckham's reputation.
Tho menu was as follows:
Fruit Cocktail
Celery Ollvea
FrlcaBsed Chicken
Stuffed Potatoes Petit Pols
Rolls Marmalade
Sweetbread Patties
French Salad Cheese Balls
Crisp Crackers
Apricot Ice Cake
Cafe Nolr
Mints Salted Nuts
It may bo safely believed. that when
tho tlmo came to go more than half a
hundred wore of one mind in saying
that tho evening had. been most pleas-
antly and profitably spent. College
Journalism had been Bet. upon a higher
plane and tho social lire of tho institu-
tion had received a decided impetus.
Ab one of the guests expressed it
there had been "a feast of roason and
d flow of soulas well as a sumptuous
spread of 'eatB.'
Mr J. W. Moore left for Waxahachle
Wednesday where ho will represent
Simmons In tho Stato Oratorical Asso
ciation.
II
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and Ladies Spring- Suits Cpats
Dresses Millinery and Red Cross
Sh6es.
This store extends every
courtesy t'q Sirrirnons Students. and
Faculty.
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WE HANDLE A FULL LINE OF
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Phone 58 Hotel Grace Bldo.
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