The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 20, 1951 Page: 2 of 8
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THE H-1U BRAND
Saturday October 20 1151
EDITORIALS...?
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7ne Stepped On
We have tried this year to keep from treading on any-
one's toes editorially unless we felt that those feet needed
to be stepped on.
We even went out of the way to look for the reasons
behind some actions that we questioned such as the 15
per cent raise in the fees in the university. We stepped on
to see the tickets in use this week.
We tried to tread on some feet about the plight of the
Rangers in their non-descript uniforms if they can be dig-
nified by tjie term uniform. We still think the Rangers need
a better deal so that they can hold their heads up around
the resplendent Cowboy Band and Cowgirls.
We have wanted to comment on the uninspiring tone
of the chapel programs which have given us a steady diet df
death bed stories almost since the beginning of this semes-
ter. But our editorial policy being as strait laced as a New
England old maid we can't step on the toes of the people
who can raise a howl if they are trampled upon. We can't
really howl in the first place. The toes we can safely step on
are those of the little people the students who don't seem
to have much place in the system of campus big wheels.
Too we'd like to gripe about the policy of only three
football games on the campus but we seem to be doing
pretty good away from home having won three out-of-town
games.
Of course to keep perfect harmony in all quarters we
can write an editorial column that is all sweetness and
light but then sure enough our few loyal readers would
abandon us. Controversy is the life of a campus and a few
tender toes just ache to be stepped on.
We are not infallible. We don't pretend to be. And
we haven't been able to find anyone on the campus who
makes no mistakes. We got told loud and long about the
mistakes we make. Isn't it fair that we should be able to
print a quiet editorial about the mistakes other people need
to correct as we see it.
We can't do it of course. We write on innocent sub-
jects which make deadly dull reading and arouse no com-
ment but we are safe from the stepped on and the steppers.
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guarantees."
Ijotuuf lwuUl Audience
With Stxteenik Recital
By LLOYD WRIGHT Brand Staff Writer
WUat Aa Men?
"Where are the boys? Don't they have any spirit or en-
thusiasm at all?"
The above questions were spoken by a freshman last
week during one of Hardin-Simmons 'better' pep rallies
that is one presented in the Corral at night.
Seems the Cowgirls were there 60 strong as were the
Cowboy Band and a few Rangers. In fact the Corral was
almost filled with girls that is.
Too bad the women of the university have to shoulder
the spirit and pep of a football team or any other activity as
far as that goes. And it looks like the women students on
the forty acres are way ahead of the men when it comes to
enthusiasm and pep.
For example take the pep rally held Oct. 11 at 7 a. m.
at the airport. The university thanks to the administration
chartered busses to the airport where students were to see
the team off to Tempe Ariz.
But when 7 am. rolled around the only people in sight
besides the players were the Cowgirls and in uniform by
the way the cheerleaders about 15 or 20 girls and perhaps
five boys if we stretch it a bit.
Surely the men on the forty acres have more spirit than
that. And we don't think it would hurt them to show it
once in a whil6 by showing up for student-sponsored pep
rallies.
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THE H-SU BRAND STAFF
Associate Editors.
Sport Editor
Feature Editor
Religious News
JBeitle Todd. Lloyd Wright
T.arry Fiisgeraid
JLeo Lambert
Roger Paulding
Dean E. Edwin Young stepped
out of his role of instructor last
Tuesday evening and emerged
a virtuoso who completely thrill-
ed an audience composed of
music lovers of all ages at his
sixteenth Abilene piano concert
in Behrens Chapel.
From the first chord of the
lilting "Fantasia in C Major" by
Handel to the final strains of an
encore number it was evident
that the 400 hours spent in pre-
paration for the concert were
well rewarded.
As he continued wtih "Prelude
and Fugue in C Sharp Major"
and the constantly changing
tempo of "Prelude and Organ
Fugue in G Major by Bach the
audience displayed complete at-
tention living the music just as
the pianist gave his all at the in-
terpretation. Bach's "Organ Fugue in G.
Major" had no prelude so Dean
Young selected the "G Major
Prelude" from Bach's second
volume of the "Well Tempered
Clavier" to precede it.
Chopin Music
The second portion of the
concert was devoted to music by
Chopin and included "Two
PJreludes in C Sharp Minor
Opus 45 and Opus 28 No. 10."
The first was one of the later
Son' fytll Joyce
Anybody Could Com
By JOYCE HARRISON
No one would be surprised
that there are 15 or 16 Bills
Jims Joes Marys James or
Bettys on the H-SU campus
but that there should be 17
Joyces living in the three
Hardin-Simmons dorms is
something unusual.
s There are actually 17 of the
girls named Joyce not con-
sidering the ten or 11 Joys
scattered generously arbund.
Of these Joyces three live
in Smith Hall Joyce .Over-
street Joyce Parks and Joyce
Beavers; four in Hunter Hall
Joyce Harvey Neva Joyce
Biddy Joyce Cox and Joyce
Carolyn Gersch.
Mary Frances Hall tops
them all with a total of ten
Joyces residing there. Five
of these girls go by the name
Joyce and all those but one
live on third floor of Mary
Frances.
The third floor Joyces are
Joyce Roberts Joyce Thomp-
son Joyce Sides and Joyce
Harrison and the other Joyce
is Joyce Horn. Joyces who
go by other names include
Joyce Carolyn Loudder
Joyce Abigail Nelms Joyce
Patricia Rosamond Nancy
Joyce Burks and Joyce La-
nell Connel.
A Joyce coincidence is that
two of the Joyces are Joyce
Marie Joyce Marie Harri
son and Joyce Mane Harvey.
So it is realy complicated
when someone goes into the
hall of Mary Frances Smith
or Hunter and calls for Joyce
That coideHe so many girls.
works of Chopin full of irides-
cent beauty and frequent key
changes. The latter was a short
brilliant selection strictly in
piano style executed with amaz-
ing dexterity by Dean Young .
To conclude this portion of the
program Dean Young played
"Etude in C Sharp Minor Opus
10 No. 4" by Chopin. The con-
stantly changing tempo the court-
ly grace and impetuous vigor of
this selection so pleased the
crowd that Dean Young was
brought back for three bows
preceeding intermission.
The compelling and insinuat-
ing charm of "Nocturne in D
Flat" by Debussy soothed the
audience with ultimate enjoy-
ment from the soft melodious
beginning to the slightly increas-
ed climatic ending.
Scriabine'sJStude
This was followed by Scria-
bine's "Etude in E Major Opus
8 No. 5" another selection con-
taining a calm and refined style
though in a slightly more modern
vein. One could detect a distinct
relationship to Chopin in this
selection and justly so. For until
three or four years before his
death Scriabine's piano composi-
tions were written in extraordin-
ary mood and technical affinity
wxhii vuupiu.
Strawinsky's "Etude in F Sharp
Major Opus 7 No. 4" followed
and embodied such an entirely
different tempo fast furious
throughout that one felt an-
noyed that it should follow the
two previous selections. Again
Dean Young displayed uncanny
adeptness of fingers as he execut-
ed the rapid movements. One be-
came more engrossed with the
artist than the rapid selection
however.
In conclusion he played his
original compostion "Sonata of
the Southwest Wind" a magnifi-
cent selection named and inscrib-
ed to President Rupert N. Rich-
ardson. The first movement ex-
presses the majestic greatness of
the state of Texas. Frequent and
sometimes abrupt key changes
indicate how rapidly the scenes
change as one travels along the
highways. The second move-
ment reveals the peaceful calm
which prevails and the great dis-
tances one may see across the
unfenced miles of ranch land.
The third and last movement de-
picts the busy life of the people
within the cities and contains
both melodic and harmonic
canon in a modern vein.
Insistent Applause
The insistent applause at the
conclusion of the concert was a
sincere complement to a magnifi-
cient artist and it was evident
that any as we were wondering
if in this short time the concert
could be ended conclusive proof
that the concert was well done.
Student anci faculty comment
on the concert varied from "won-
derful" "very good" "sheer
genius" to a summation state-
ment by one student who said
"we should be thankful to have
such a man as he as head of our
music department and available
as an instructor on the campus!"
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Don't fail to see the Naomi
Lancaster art exhibit Friday in
the Sandefer Memorial Library.
By BETTIE TODD
Horace Heidt and his show
presented the bright spot on the
campus this week.
He and his -group of young en-
tertainers delighted most stu-
dents who were also delighted
that they got to use their hard
won activity tickets. We were
kind of disappointed when the
tickets weren't punched to give
us something to show for the
evening.
The Cowgirls who checked ac-
tivity tickets at the program
soon learned that any resemb-
lance between the picture on the
activity ticket and the bearer
thereof was purely coincidental.
But back to Horace Heidt
Ho pleased H-SU first by
selecting Doris Crudgingion
as first place winner of his
talent search next by the
pointed comments concerning
the famed dips in Hickory
Street and last but not least
by having Johnny "Stanley
the Bo-Peep "evangelist" on
his show. No other University
could appreciate Stanley's
pulpit-pounding and book-
boating as much as Hardin-
Simmons did because of the
long exposure the students
get here to such theologic
historionics.
Fair warning should be given
to future visiting speakers that if
the phrase "it's in the book" is
used from the pulpit of Behrens
Chapel there is liable to be great
hilarity in the audience.
According to one man's opinion
Heidt shouldn't try so many roles
in his show. He is good but with
so much youth in his troupe he
looks old especially in the ro-
mantic numbers in which he cast
himself.
The student body enjoyed Don
Mcllvain the impersonator who
was called back for several en-
cores; Dick Lane the Marine
pantominist who appeared sev-
eral times throughout the show;
and Lou Di Maggio of the famous
Di Maggio family who played the
accordian.
Doris who sang near tho
end of the show showed no
signs of nervousness except
a tendency to cling Sinatra-
like to the mike. If we had
been in her shoes we would
probably have climbed the
mike so we didn't hold that
against her. Bill Woods her
accompanist followed her
slightest whim and her dic-
tion andshading were fault-
less which ain't easy on
something like "Blue Skies".
She wore a black tafeita
dress with rhinestone neck-
lace and earrings. She look-
ed glamourous.
The Heidt-Steppers discovered
Bill Forbus during the "Country
Style' 'square dance. The boy can
shake a mean hip as he demon-
strated in a version of the
square dance which must have
originated near the hula. Cliff
Wilcox winner of freshman stunt
night was also drafted for the
square dance.
Of course other things hap-
pened around here this week.
Mrs. Ethel Trice Prof. W. C.
Ribble and the University Quar-
tet were gone until Thursday
attending the New Mexico Bap-
tist General Convention in Clovis
N. M.
The University Quartet was
trying its wings away from home
for the first time at the conven-
tion so they wired Euell Porter
their director after their first
number on the convention pro-
gram. The telegram notified Por-
ter that they thought they had a
good blend and were feeling good
about the song. Bill Hardage Bill
O'Brien Judson Prince and Nor-
man Ward compose the quartet.
Mrs. Trice spoke at a youth
workers banquet Monday which
preceded the convention. She and
Prof Ribble represented the uni-
versity at the convention ses-
sions. Perhaps tonight if you keep
your ear glued to KWKC at
game time you can hear the
broadcast of the bout be-
tween the Cowboys and the
University of Houston. Some
faithful fans 'struggled
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