The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, April 27, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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GRADUATING SUITS
FOR YOUNG MEN
When your son graduates from High School or College you'll want to see. that he
makes as good an appearance as the occasion deserves. Its a pretty- important
event for him and he wants to look at his best. ' . ""...
HART SCH AFFNER & MARX
make clothes that are especially designed for graduates; they're youthful in lines;
not the same as for older young men or for high school principal or president
of the board. We have clothes for them too; but the young graduate wants
something different. We can supply it; hr a large variety of fabrics' and col-
ors; dark wprsted blue serges fine tweeds; all wool and perfectly tailored
and correctly fitted. Gome in and let us help you in the selection of this impor-
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"Slm-flctldb" for our now Mend tho
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Everybody enjoyed working on tho
Brand this week.
Tho only class' which tho Slrkus
failed to pleaso was tho "FlBh."
There - lis -an opinion - prevailing-
around. Simmons that college llfo Is a
dead calm.
. There are still several people In Ab
ilene who don't realize that wo havo
some college out hero.
JESSE R.-WILSON HERE:
INTEREST Y.M.C.A. WORK
Makes Two Splendid Clinpcl Talks to
. Simmons Students
EPSILON SIGMA PHI
FEDERATION MET '
... AT BAYLOR COLLEGE
. Meets at Simmons In 1918.
Tho Seniors aro In a joyous mood
as they watch their bank account
grow' by leaps and bounds.
Tho faculty havo decided to abolish
tests' quizzes exams etc. as' a spec-
ial favor to tho uppcr-classmon.
Why doesn't Bomcono got busy and
capture a few honors for Simmons
nothing doing along this llne(?)
BAPTIST WOMEN HOLD DIS-
TRICT MEETING AT COLLEGE
Tho Annual meeting of tho Contrail
West District B. W. M.. W. was held
in the auditorium p tho Collego all
day Tuesday. There .wero .about 20C
women present 55 coming from othoi
towns. Two of tho state officers Mes.
dames Addle Buckner Beddo'o of Dal-
las and J. W. Byars of Waco wore
present to givo counsel and inspiration
to the meeting. Mrs. Beddoo is Cor
Sec. and Mrs. Byars Juvenile Leader
Mrs. T. 'C. Jester of Training School.
Ft. Worth was also present. They pro.
nouriced tho dttondanco and program
the best of tho District meetings they
had attended.
Of tho District leaders present then
were Mrs. L 0. Cox of Itoscoo Juvo
nllo and Mlsa Broedlovo of Slmmonn
College Educational. Illness presented
Miss Wyatt of Abilene Y. W. A. Loadoi
and car trouble kept Mrs. Williamsoi
of Colorado Mission Leader from at.
tending
The Education .Leader presented to
tho District a scholarship for glrlii
not living' In Abilene given by Presi-
dent Sandefer She also presented ait
accumulated $140.47 for tho Geo. W.
Smith Memorial Loan Fund for Girls.
The details of tho award of the schol-
arship and terms of the Loan Fund
wore left to a committee.
After Mrs. Byars. had talked aboutd
Buckner Orphans Homo a Cash offer-
lng of $17.05 was' mado and sent to
Father Buckner.
At the tchapel hour Mr. Anderson
head- of the -Music pepartment played
k Chopin Polonaise in his masterful
way. M1m 'Dowdy accompanied by
'Mlsa Singleton gave Indian Lamenf
and Liebensfrend on the Violin. Thwi
weVegfwtly appreciated by the' fro-
Men.;. ..'.j 'f ' .
i'The ottJcr8'wereMrs.O H; Cooper
Preeldetf fMr. Jf p Nealt TrftMurer
aad Kis re4k)ve) 'flewfttary.
. Jesso iC Wilson Stato Student Soc-
xetary of tho Y. M. C. A. Spoko In
chapel Wednesday morning. Ho la
hero for- a confer.enco-wlth-tho- men
about tho work of tho association.
Ho Invited attention " to tho groat
Sbuthwestern conference .of Y. M. C.
A. workers' to. bo held at HollIstor.Mo.
beginning Juno 15. Many things will
bo thoro to attract tho attention ot'
wide-awake - collego men. Tho' pro
gram will bo of tho very best Tho
morning hours will bo. given oydr td
conferences; platform addresses' and
general discussion The afternoon
will bo devoted to .recreation. "As tho
city Is in tho. beautiful Ozarks this
featuro will bo taken advantage of
with pleasure.
Tho very fjnost men of the colleges
and universities of tho Southwest will
bo there and according to Mr. Wilson
there will bo more collego spirit and
pep there in ten days than ono will
obtain during his four years .college!
life.
Mr. Wilson closed his' chapel talk
by giving instances to prove that
when a question is presented to take
one dido" or tho otlior. He urged clean
living so as to ralso tho moral stand-
ards and ideals of. tho community in
which wo live. By taking a deflnlto
stand wo will command as much res-
pect as we demand.
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Misses Iya Boren and Grace Jones
represented tho Popo Society at tho
annual meeting of tho Epsllon Sigma
Phi Federation ' which met at Baylor
College at Belton on the 14th 15th and
16th of this month
Tho reporb an excellent attendance
of delegates from tho different colleg-
es also that tho meeting was a great
success socially as well as from tho
standpoint of tho promotion- of a great-
er and bettor society spirit. Much bus-
iness was transacted ono important
item being the planning and enlist-
ment campaign for tho purpose of en-
listing other colleges in tho Federation.
The delegates say that as full as
wero tho days with business so full
were tho evenings with entertainment.
Tho Belton young women proved them
selves to .bo most charming hostesses
and tho delegates wero royally enter-
tained. Tho. meeMng' Is to bo held with Sim-
mons Collego next year.
Where STYLE and
QUALITY Count
DR.
OLSEN ADDRESSES. : '
MARY E'S AND PHIL08
DB. BALL SPEAKS AT Y. M. C. A.
Tho .Y. M C. A. had tho privilege
last Thursday evening of hearing Dr.
Ball of the Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary He is tho or-
iginator of tho Baptist Student Mis-
sionary Movement of North America
which has for Its object tho bringing
of all Baptist students into closer fel-
lowship to worlq for tho good of all.
Dr. Ball formerly hold tho chair of
Blblo in Simmons and his closo rela
tionship with tho collego mado his ad-
dress all tho more Interesting. He
stressed the faot that in collego our
Ideals aro changing our old ideas giv
ing way to newer and better ones.
Tho Y. M. C. A. as a missionary as-
sociation he brought out with threo
Important points which need to. be
strossed in life: (1) That of Cod's
Impartial and unlvorsal Interest in hu-
man wolfaro; (2) Tho great value of
human life; add (3) the essential uni-
ty1 of tho human race. God byneahs
of this world war is opening mon's
hearts and is bringing a great task to
Christians in which He has promised
to help that of tho evangelization of
the world.
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A Jubilee dance and celebration will
be Held Friday "evening in Prexy's
parlors in honor of the reinstatement
ot'Fratf " ".- -'. - -
On Friday afternoon April 20 Dr
Olson spoke to tho Mary E's and Phi-
los in Joint session on "Tho part that
Science Will Play1 In tho present War."
Ho vividly pictured tho multltudlnour
devices which have been invented 'to.
help overcome 'adversaries. Dr. Ol
son compared tho scientific ability of
the Germans with that of American!'
and In this way ho brought homo -the
'necessity of preparing to put into use
.tho Inventions which have been largely
American. Dr. . Olson showed that
with modern scientific methods war
fare is many- times more horrible thai
In any previous timo
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WITH THE POPE 80CIETY
In tho Pope Society there continues
tho spirit of Interest and enthusiasm.
At the last mooting only a very small
number failed to answer to roll call.
Ono of tho most interesting program?
of tho entire year 'was renderedit be
In? a fine arts program consisting of
piano vocal and mandolin solos read
ings and a quick picture drawn in col.
ors it is tho purpose of the members
pf tho society to maintain this spirit
to tho. end.
Any one -who has been to Simmons
and does not want to go back.
It is rather interesting to note thai
tho lnyentor of tho channel brick to
be used in the construction of tho new
gymnasium was formerly a student
of president Sandefer's. at Strawn
Texas. President Sandefer says he
would not have it understood "howevr
er that Mr. Miller got anything from
him that would enable him to devise
a brick that is the challenge and won-
der of'sludenls ot 'architecture.
Mr. -Arthur -Miller the inventor of
'the brlok.ntfw lives' in Nw York City.
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The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, April 27, 1917, newspaper, April 27, 1917; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96497/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.