The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 21, 1931 Page: 4 of 4
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THE SIMMONS BRAND
Mrs. Ruth B. Owen
IP WEATHER MAN CAN
MEASURE CORRECTLY
SENIORS CONSIDER
IMPORTANT PLANS
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Eurnam and Landers
Are Hosts to Ladies
02 the Eound Table
Clara Mae Jones Heads
Cafeteria Workers Club
Captivates Group
With Charming Way
Congresswotnan Displays
Rare Addressing
Ability
Simmons Round Tnblo members
meeting .Wednesday In tho club room
In tho university sclenco hall for-
mulated plans for tho annual Christ-
mas dinner to honor their husbands.
Tho dinner will bo given December
17 in tho W. J. Work homo. Mrs. J. D.
Sandcfcr president named Mrs.
Rupert N. Richardson as menu chair-
man; Miss Mary E. Head in chargo
of cntertainmont and Mrs. Lcslio M.
"Cranfill to arrange decorations.
Mrs. A. E. Pool wldoly known
artist was gucst-spcakcr on Wednes-
day's program giving an interesting
and informative lecturo on American
Art.
Mrs. 0. II. Cooper announced u
program hero Saturday when Mrs.
Phoebo K. Warner chairman of rural
cooperation of tho General Federa-
tion of Women's Clubs will lecturo
on "Tho Club Women's Market." at
Carnegio library under nusplcc3 of tho
City Federation of Clubs.
Chrysanthemums and autumn
leaves wero lavishly used as decora-
tions for tho club room where Mrs.
Emmett Landers and Mrs. J. E. Bur-
nam wero hostesses. Cherry pio and
coffea wero served.
Others Dresent wero Miss Head
Mmos. Work Richardson Sandefcr
D. M. Wiggins J. T. Haney N. A.
Moore Hoyt Ford 0. E. Baker
Cooper W. D. Bond D. W. Arnctto
and Lcslio Cranfill.
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Ex Grad o2 '2 Ffiaarios
En Kloming Ceremony
(Special to tho Brand)
COLORADO Nov. 14. A former
Simmons student joined hands in
matrimony this morning in a cere-
mony at tho First Baptist church.
Sho is Miss Beatrlco Logan former
graduate of tho piano school of Sim-
mons. Tho croom is Rawlins Clark.
Tho brido graduated from Simmons
with tho class or -zu.
Sho is tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs
n M. loi?nn. both of whom aro well-
known in this section. Sho has stud-
io in Oklahoma University after
graduating from Colorado high
Mr. Clark is a druggist at Midland
whore they will mako their home.
l Chic-Coed
iMiiiiimmiiiiillll
Students working in tho cafeteria
held an after supper meeting Monday
evening for tho purposo of organizing
a Cafeteria club. Tho following of-
ficers wero named:
Clara Mao Jones president; G. L.
Hucstis vico - president; Ina Mao
Rick secretary; and Hulo Hartley
reporter. Mr. and Mrs. McCluro aro
to bo tht club sponsors.
Other members are: Martin Mur-
dock Bernard Seed Richard Cross
Hamilton McClurc Clint Irwin Lona
Joyncr Stump Hamilton Kenneth
McKinnon Puny Wranowsky Cecil
Meadows Pinky Koonce Carr Spray-
berry Nat McClure Turner Leo Hcn-
don. and V. Julictt Phillips.
Tho purposo of this club is to meet
at least twico each month for a social
hour when there aro no dishes to bo
washed or floors to bo swept. Re-
freshments will always consist of tho
excess ico croam which is ordered for
tho football and basketball men. In
tho near futuro tho force plans for
somo sort of an outing trip.
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PRE-MEUS WILL TAKE
A. M. C. MENTAL TESTS
(Continued from page 1)
cously without confusion and under
tho most favorablo conditions for all.
Aufitudo tests were adonted by the
Association of American Medical Col
leges in October. 1030. and wero ad
ministerod throughout tho United
States for tho first time last year.
Last vear's test contained tho follow'
ing six parts: Scientific Vocabulary;
Prcmcdical Information; Comprehcn
sion and Retention; Visual Memory;
Memory for Content; and under-
standing of Printed Material. This
year's test will bo very similar in na-
ture and will involve tho general prin-
ciples underlying last year's test. Tho
actual question contend of course will
bo different.
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OLSEN CHAPTER HAS
FIFTEEN ADDITIONS
Tho alluring pa jama cnsemblo is by
no "means dono by tho approach of
cold weather. It can bo found in rich
colors and in lovelier fabrics than
over before. But it has simply moved
indoors to tho fire soft lights and
softer music.
Tho tailored modo in pajama en-
sembles is tho smartest. Thcso cre-
ations accent tho mannish note cut
with just enough fullness to bo be-
coming pressed down tho center and
finished with turn-up fold at tho
ankles.
Many of thcso in-tho-homo suits
aro also mounted into tho waistband
with tiny pleats similar to those Lon-
don tailors put into men's trousers.
Theso arc of course tho most man-
nish and tho smartest.' Mora numer-
ous aro those mounted on a hipyokc
and combined with many bright col-
ored fabrics.
Various combinations aro being fea-
tured this season such as gold metalic
cloth and red velvet black and white
satin blue yellow or green corduroy
transparent velvet and satin red
purple and bluo jersey.
Theso suits vary from fullness to
almost severity and from gingham
and bright colored plaids to tho most
expansivo and exclusive satins and
velvets. So any and every ono can
havo a creation to match her eyes
hair and personality with no coet
and littlo troublo.
No co-eds room could be complete
without a pair of thcso attractive
pajamas hanging on a chair or in
a closet
PROGRAM FEATURES
(Continued from page one)
Green Jewel Wofford and Loree Guf-
fey. singing "Out of tho Dusk to
You" and "Stay in Your Own Back
Yard." Sophomoro selections and their
escorts were Peggy Gideon Marguer-
ite Parish Johnny Head and Carr
Spraberry.
Men in tho quartet which followed
wero Euell Porter Bernard Rieliards
Mack Garden and Tyler Cagle. Their
group included "Old Folks Medley"
una "Tho Futuro Mrs. Hawkins."
Nominees from the junior class were
Mildred Horton and Grace Davis who
had as their escorts Dub Wofford and
Euell Porter.
Music by the women's quartet com'
posed of Shirley Atwood La Ruo
Mann Mary Frances Moore and
Paulino Barrow followed. Their nc-
companist for two numbers "Sing
Sing Birds on tho Wing" and "Smll-
in' Thru" was Katrina Moore.
Senior candidates Carol Johnson
Clara Parmelly. and escorts G. L.
Huestls and Billy Cooper concluded
tho presentation. A grand finalo
closed tho program.
Only tho men students voting by
signed secret ballots wero allowed to
express choices. Tho balloting was
close in every! instance.
Miss Mary E. Head and Miss A. M.
Carpenter wero faculty advisors for
tho program.
(Continued from page 1)
annual convention of tho Southern
Scholarship society and tho local
chapter in conjunction with chapters
in tho other mnior schools of tho city
will act as host. This organization
is to the schools of tho south what
Phi Beta Kappa is to northern insti
tutions.
Following is a list of students who
wero received into tho society: Tom
Barnes Charles Barnes Bob Tyson
U. S. Marshall Vornon Stafford
Tructt Blackmon Ethel Comer Hule
Hartley Gladys Palmer Reba Crow-
ley Bessio Langston Ethol Yar-
brough Elba Reeves Carrol Robin-
son and Hoyland Arnettc.
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Texas U. Has Miniature
Oil Field On Its Campus
Tho University of Texas not only
owns oil fields in tho plains of West
Texas but it is also tho possessor of
a minlaturo field of liquid gold on its
own campus. This field is located in
tho basement of tho Engineering
Building for tho uso of students in
tho department of petroleum engi-
neering. It is a perfect imitation of
a field which was constructed at Sug-
arland Texas at a cost of ono mil-
lion dollars. Thcro can bo found in
this minuto construction derricks oil
wolls and pipo lines.
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SIMMONS ANNEXES
20 TO 0 VICTORY
Defying tho acuto conventionalism
usually confronting n lyceum speaker
Ruth Bryan Owen congresswoman
from Florida spoko an hour Saturday
nignt as tho first speaker on the
artists course program.
Sho wns informal in Jior nttlro as
well as speech and broucht a slmnlo
messngo or her work and tho govern-
ment's work In systematizing educa
tion ana patriotism.
Her oratory though profuse was
not volumnous. She bears a distinct
reputation ouher father's manner of
address ho being tho late William
Jennings Bryan sometimes called
"America's greatest Commoner."
Mentioning tho study of individual
rights pertaining to tho government
she said "The prime aim of the gov-
ernment is to educate tho nation that
power was imbeddod in tho constitu-
tion to give tho nation's populaco a
nana in the control or tho govern-
mental machine."
Tho speaker was introduced by Dr.
Rupert N. Richardson vico president
of tho university.
Discrediting tho theory that her
oratorical ability is inherited sho
states taht sho has worked out tier
own techninuo slowly and painstak
ingly and taht sho studied for year"
learning tno secret or holding her
audiences attention.
Early Political Growth
Mrs. Owen was born in Jackson-
ville Illinois. Daughter of William
Jennings Bryan and Mary Baird
Bryan her childhood was was sur-
rounded by tho enviroment of political
and public questions. Sho know the
democratic platform at cloven. Her
first public speeches wero mado as
a young girl when sho campaigned
lor tno election or her father to tho
presidency of tho United States.
No cut-nnd-drlcd phrases fall from
her tongue. Sho has no need to fall
back on tho time-worn words that
come from tho mouths of many other
speakers but instead her own experi-
ence is so rich and varied her own
mesago of pcaco and idealism so im
portunate her problem is rather to
find tho timo to tell all her ideas.
Tho longest' congressional district
in the land is hers 500 miles from
Jacksonville to Key West and with
moro than a half million population
In congress sho "has been an over col-
orful yet amazingly effective figure.
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RUTH BRYAN OWEN HAS
POLITICAL PERSONALITY
(Continued from page 3)
head the ball going G2 yards and out
on tho .Austin nine-yard line an ad-
vantage that led up to tho last touch-
down. Pee Pulls Prize Play
Peo's return to tho lineup at the
start of tho fourth quarter got quick
results following a nip and tuck third
chukker. Simmons got tho ball on its
49-yard line and in thro playB had
carried its third and last tally across.
Peo dashed 17 yards on tho first.
Byron grabbed nino at a tackle and
Peo .finished it with a 25-yard run on
tho nrizo play of tho day. Taking a
backward pass from Byron ho raced
tho Austin left end to tho sideline
and mado his way to tho goal. He
cut back through a mazo of tacklers
gave tho goal a close call but missed
it.
Monday's win was Uio first for
Simmons against Austin college
since 1027. It raised tho aggregate
conference score for tho Cranfillmen
to 132 to 0 against four confcrcnco
foes and by scoring 10 points pn
Howard i'ayno saturooy woy cun
equal the' record of 143 piled up by
tho champion Yellow Jarkets in tho
1030.
Tho lineups:
AUSTIN (0) Pos. SIMMONS (20)
McConnel LE Huestls
Messick LT Hamilton
Cox LG . Spraberry
Gago C Golightly
ltotercau uu uenuey
(Continued from page 1
of oratory seeking to convey their
message. Then off-stage they are
dull drab personalities speaking lit-
tle. Mrs. Owen is not that way.
That brings1 another tendency of
hcr's to view. Sho speaks in an in-
formal tone. Polished yes but with
simple clearly-defined moaning with
a warmth of gentleness undefined in
other persons. You might) call it
"motherly" bearing. Surely it is
most inspiring.
Ideas of Ambition
This congresswoman who is serv-
ing her third year in that capacity
says "Speaking of ambition I havo
found that if you rcallv believe in a
thing body and soul havo your
mind set on it. visualizing it clearly
tho attainment of that goal is much
tho easier."
Her hair is silvered and sho readily
admits she is no young woman and is
never mistaken for a girl in her
"teens." Her bearing is what wo ex-
pect from tho "first lady." Her con-
tact with .world affairs is most amaz-
ing. Her interest is sublime and un
interrupted even when it comes to
brimrincr up tho compliments of an
overly-assuming reporter. When told
her stylo of speaking was admirable
sho replied hastily "Really was it
I want to put so many things over to
my audiences and it is a great puzzlo
just how to address them".
Sho possesses that lingering type of
personality that ihas cultivated her
reputation in Florida to tho extent
that sho is a most beloved individual
in her district Sho annually spends
her own money out of her salary
stimulating interest in national 'af-
fairs and citizenship.
A commendable project wo may
add.
(Continued from pogo 1)
I beginning tho ycar 1000 when a total
tor less than ono Inch of rain fell dur-
inir thn whnln nnrloil.
Fiction with settings in this section
and occasionally even geography
texts sot forth vivid descriptions of
West Texas Summers with blistering
Buns parched ranges and gllmmcry
snnds. Somewhat contrary to com-
mon opinion however January and
February for one-half century havo
been our driest months.
"Tho hottest day I remember"
ponders another veteran of tho rango
stroking a native Van Dyke some-
what grown wild "Now let mo see.
Must have been about tho middlo of
July '80 or '87."
Official records show that the tchr-
momctcr Boarcd to 110 on July 18
1880. but my elderly friend completely
overlooked a day in Juno 1007 when
the mark was equaled. On August
10 1030 a recent maximum was es-
tablished with a recording of 105.
Not every timo arc tho old timers
unjustly influenced by "tho good old
days" complex In their accounts of
tho various extremes in tho phenom-
ena of tho elements. Ono and all
they aro agreed that th blizzard in
tho final year of tho nineteenth cen-
tury with an official recording of six
degrees below zero is an all timo
Kcord for minimum temperatures.
Many of them will further remind
you that tho Winter of 1888 was a
"cold up" A bit of research justi-
fied their contention and revealed
that January 15 of that year was just
ono degree warmer than tho '00 rec-
ord breaker. Somo sort of a freak in
the elements brought a now low for
tho Summer months on Juno 3 1010.
Panama hats wero traded for wool
t'hlrts as tho mercury shrank to Just
twelve! degrees abovo freezing.
In a section rather noted for kito
and straw hat flying old timers could
scarcely bo expected to rccoru tno ex-
treme of windy days. One ihowover
crossed a pair of bowed legs and ob-
served that tho Spring of '02 was
"powerful blowy."
In searching tho records for verifi-
cation it wns found that ho was cor-
rect in tho year and that on May 8
a straight wind whipped out of the
Southwest at tho rac of fify-four
miles per hour. Again modern ap-
proaches o tho record passed un-
noticed and ho failed to mention a
galo of 1012 just four miles under tho
maximum.
With nlrnlc.q. hnscball. swimminc
and golf tournaments all thriving
Summer is commonly accepted with-
out argument as tho season of sun
shine. But figures- onco moro ignore
public sentiment and grant Sol an
average of fifteen completo days
reign in October for the past forty-
fivo years; January turo to form
tops tho cloudy division .with ten sun-
lcs sdays each year.
If this year is average wo will have
157 complete days of sunshine 110
partly cloudy and 02 cloudy. As
further evidenco that wo aro neither
living in a London nor a Miami wo
havo anaverage maximum tempera-
ture of 03.7 degrees and a mean min-
imum of 33.1.
If wo pause to consider tho vast
ehnnires undergone by tho South
Plains in tho past fifty years it be-
comes easier to understand why pio-
neers aro prone to assign weather ex-
tremes to the "good old days." Mod-
ern heating appliances make us com-
fortable in tho coldest blizzard. Toll
buildings check tho strongest wind.
Paved streets and highways havo
mado mud practically taboo. Even
snowstorms have their best efforts
swept away by an efficient street
cleaning apparatus.
W. H. Green local representative
of tho United States Weather Bureau
decidedly is not making his observa-
tions daily to rcbuko our older friends.
On ono hand it Is rather valuablo to
know when tho season is right for
planitng wheat. And then ono of
thcso days we will bo vets and. pos-
sibly our children will doubt tho ver-
sion wo relate of tho 1030 blizzard.
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(Continued from pago 1)
faculty representatives but ho con
tract is awarded to tho company that
tho class will select.
On a motion from tho class tho
awarding of a contract was postponed
until next Tuesday night at which
timo nil bids will havo been received
by tho committee. Ordors will bo
booked at once and rings should bo
dlivcred before tho term ends.
Trees Suggested
Suzcrcstions and recommendations
for tho selection of a class gift wero
broucht un for tho first time. Morgan
Evans class president outlined a plan
by which tho seniors would purchase
fifty shado trees to 'bo used in the
beautiflcation of tho campus. If tho
clnsa will sunnlv fifty trees an addi
tlonal fifty can bo secured from other
sources thereby making 100 trees
available.
This plan was followed immediately.
with another suggestion for campus
beautiflcation which would also give
a nermnnent location to tho old bell
that hung originally on tho building
which wns replaced by tho Sclcnco
Hall. By this plan a frame for thoj
old bell would be erected somewnere
on the campus and tho old bell paced
there. Tho low cost of this project is
expected to find favor when discus-
sion Is resumed by-lhe class "al a
later dato. v
. A called meeting of the class to dis-
cussed tho unfinished business at
hand is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
SEARS'
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Wl GVlAAtrrtl tATHPACTKM Oft TOUft MONIT SACK
1052-58 No. Fifth Street
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George Bancroft
In
"RICH MAN'S
FOLLY"
SUNDAY-MONDAY
Ann Harding
IN
"DEVOTION"
PHymnpiipintuiDiBrt)gtninDn)tDii)tiimflmnniipflg
Simmons Supply Stor'
"Red and While -Stores" '
1365 Ambler Ave
Dial 5229
NOTICE!
SIMMONS STUDENTS
TAXI from Atkinson Drug
to Business District 20c
TAXI from Dormitories
to Business District 30c
Rent Cars per mile 10c
Guarantee of 5 miles per hour
RENT-A-CAR CO.
357 Cypress Dial 5221
"The West Texas House"
The Pender Co.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS
Complete Line of Office Supplies
Phone 7225 Abilene Texas
TEXACO
$G&ffiAM Tires and Tubes
Simmons Service Station
"Free Road Service on the Campus'
Phone 20059
Gas and Oils
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Davls
Elliot
Matlock
Carter
Flewharty
Officials: Meyer (T. U. U.) rciereo;
Payno (Bothany) umpire; Morris
(A. & M.) head linesman.
Fitzgerald
Stafford
Byron
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Marshall
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AT
DRV &OODS CO. INC.
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Typed reports or noteboks are not
expensive ace Troy urinin ior iwj
work at low prices. Call at Brand
office.
YOU HAVE OUR
SUPPORT
COWBOYS
For Expert Shoe Repairing
Come To
Richard's Shoe
Shop and Shine
Parlor
Leo Varner Solicitor 2134 Hickory
i Where Gems and Gold
Arc Fairly Sold
REX A. SMITH
Jeweler
Br
Leslie Howard and Annllnrdlng
in "Devotion" RKO Pathe
Production
This young Southerner who scored
an immediate hit with film audiences
by his remarkably fine performance
in "Rebound" and followed that by
a neat triumph in "Tho Common
Law" can bo seen in another BKO
Patho production "Devotion" com-
ing Sunday and Monday to tho Para-
mount Theatre.
Let Troy Griffin do your typing
for quick work neatly done. Low
prices on notebooks themes and re-
ports. Call at Brand office.
Modern Beauty Shop
Fjnger Waves 50c
Phone 5135 for Appointments
1174 North 3rd
NOTICE STUDENTS!
For the Best Shine in Town Go to
CHARLIE at
Simmons Barber Shop
Shoes Dyed
PIGGLY-WIGGLY
Four Stores Four Markets
In Abilcno
Operated by J. P. Nichols & Sons
gEa
C. M. PRESLEY
Jeweler
209 Pino Street
SCIENTIFICALLY PASTEURIZED
GRADE "A" MILK
r .7 Tttti
Cream Butter Buttermilk
Creamed Cottago Cheese
and
TkWn PURE F00D ICE CREAM
Candies "Healthful and Delicious"
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Make Better Grades by
Typing Your Papers
on a
NEW PORTABLE
UNDERWOOD
Absolutely noiseless being the
very tiling for uso in your room
type while your room-mate sleeps.
Ask For a Demonstration
5c0e(C&
Abilene Printing
and Stationery
Company
Store 1091 North Second
Factory 241 Hickory
We Have Had the Senior Sweaters the Last
Three Out of Five Years
1927 1928 and 1931. Why? Because our Sweaters wear and
f;ive service and are moderately priced. This year they are $1.50
ess than last. Wo would like to havo the order for '32 believing
we can givo belter values for less money.
BILL WARD'S
(Successor to Ward Clothing Co.)
"The Largest Clothing 'MerchantdntWest Texas"
REMEMBER
STUDENTS
We have an interesting selec-
tion of Fountain Pens Pen-
cils Stationery Felt
Goods Simmons
Jewelry.
THE SIMMONS
BOOK STORE
"The Students' Friend"
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to An Expert?
Let us do your Thanksgiv-
ing Cleaning Now.
We Will More Than
Please You
Listen! Cowboy Bandmen!
Let us Clean and Block your Hat before making
' the California Trip.
MODERN CLEANERS
1333-41 Ambler
Dial 7456
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