The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 27, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 24, 1954 Page: 7 of 8

                                
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Goes Western For Week
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EVEN THE FACULTY got into
Stephenson Prof. Joseph Burnam
Young practice a few cowboy airs.
H-SU Offers Religious
Activities To Students
By LAWRENCE WEBB
Baptist Student Union activities
on the Hardin-Simmons campus
afford opportunities for fellow-
ship and. spiritual growth for
students preparing for secular
careers as well as for those stu-
dents entering vocational reli-
gious service.
Daily devotional periods are
conducted in the Little Chapel in
GI Hall at 7:20 a. m.. and 1:00
p. m. These worship services are
calledMorning Watch and Noon
Watch. A variety of programs is
planned featuring students
faculty and staff members and
guest speakers and singers who
visit the" campus from time to
time.
Young Women's Auxiliary for
women students; Ministerial
Council for male Christian ser-
irino vnlnntpprs! and Life Service
Band fo rail those who care to
join are unti organizations of the
BSU which meet weeKiy or uwce
- monthly on the campus.
Connect Student With Church
Primary function of the BSU
organization is to connect the col-
lege or university student with
local church during student days.
Special emphasis is placed on
transferring church memberships
early each school year.
nirpntinr thp work with Bap
tist students is the director of re-
ligious life Truett Sheriff with
offices in GI Hall. He serves as
general supervisor of all campus
religious activities. In him
many students fnid a friend
whose interest extends toward
their problems. He spends many
hours each week counseling with
students regarding the things
which confront them.
Students Elect Leaders
Working with the director of
relgiious activities are student of-
ficers who .are elected annually by
their classmates. Though their
duties are diverse the main job
of the BSU executive council is
inat oi ennsung muu- ic"
students into local churchs and
campus relgiious programs.
Kenneth Wright Midland jun-
ior is the newly elected president
Kit the BSU for the 1954-55 school
year. He plan sto enter ful-time
religious work but is indefinite
as to the exact type. He is a mem-
ber of the A Cappella Choir and
faas served this year as president
of the junior class.
Enlistment vice-presidents for
the coming year will be James
Taylor Houston freshman boys'
enlistment chairman; and Kylene
Perkins junior from Copperas
Cove girls' enlistment chairman.
Elolse Huffman freshman from
Breckenridge will be Morning
Watch devotional chairman. Noon
Watch will be directed by Eliza-
beth Scarborough junior from
Ruston La.
the 'western mood during Fracas Week. Left to right Dean W. A.
Prof. Hiram ATant Dean W. T. Walton and seated Dean E. Edwin
Carolyn Carver sophomore
from Pampa will be the social
chairman. Stewardship chairman
will be O. K. Bowen Post junior.
Secretary will be Norma Cook
Vernon junior. Other committee
chairmen include Wretha Whittle
Abilene freshman publicity; and
Verva Flaming freshman from
Oxnard Calif. hospitality.
LSB Is Active Group
Opportunities for service in
BSU are to be found in the unit
organizations. Perhaps the most
active group is the Life Service
Band which conducts weekly ser-
vices in Abilene jails established
Friday night mission points in
smaller churches in Abilene and
makes weekend trips to churches
in the Abilene area.
The newest Christian organiza-
loin on the campus is an athletic
group known as Cowboys for
Christ. The movement was born
two years ago during the spring
Religious jjocus weeK.
Students who have vocal abiilty
and are not members of one of
the University choirs may find an
interest in the BSU choir which
is called the Evancelaires. The
choir is directed by a sophomore
student George Patterson from
Fort Worth.
Pre-School Retreat
Prior to recistration for the
fall term the pre'-school retreat
is conducted at Lueders Baptist
Encampment Lueders. The week-
end which is open to the student
body is especially oeneiiciai 10
new students as it affords them
an early chance to become ac-
GUISEPE VERDI'S
"AIDA"
April 22 23 24 - 8:00 P. M.
Sewell Auditorium
Abilene Christian College
Tickets On Sale
McDANIEL MUSIC COMPANY
THE RECORD SHOP
A. C. C. STUDENT EXCHANGE
RESERVE SEATS ONLY $1.25
Rodeo Begun With
Downtown Parade
Bands floats posses and
clowns were the center of atten-
tion Thursday afternoon as the
eighth annual Hardin-Simmons
University rodeo got underway
with one of the longest parades
in the history of H-SU rodeos.
Eight bands ten floats six
sheriff posses and many cars rep-
resenting various organizations on
the campus and in the city of
Abilene took part. -
High school bands from Cross
Plains Merkel Albany Loraine
Baird Rochester and Hamlin
marched in the parade and were
guests of H-SU at the opening
show of the 1954 rodeo.
The parade under the direction
of Delton Galloway and Mrs.
Maurice Martin began at North
First and Orange and left the
north section of downtown Abi-
lene at the Pine street underpass
and ended on South Fifth.
quainted with school mates.
the H-SU BSU also promotes
annual state BSU meetings. A
convention is held in the fall and
a spring planning conference is
vdA aanh Anril Students are
further encouraged to attend
southwide assemblies at Ridge-
crest N. C and Glorieta N. M.
each summer.
Arnrnvimatelv 35 students are
'away from the Forty Acres this
weekend attending the spring
planning conference at Latham
Springs. Next October 15-17 the
Texas -BSU Convention will con-
vene in the First Baptist Church
of Abilene with Hardin-Simmons
acting as host school.
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When students returned from
their Easter siesta they found
that the Forty Acres had taken on
a slightly different air. The west-
ern atmosphere had risen to a
point of superiority about the
campus. There was little doubt
about it: Rodeo fracas week was
here.
Thp BnntiRt school whinh has
long boasted its Cowboy athletic
teams the Cowboy liana the
Bronco and Corral now seemed
to be an all-out cowboy campus.
Western duds were all the go
with reference to clothing. Them
stubborn dudes who wouldn't go
western tor the tew days oi invo-
lity received punishment ac-
cordingly. Windsor Enforces Laws
Sheriff Dee Windsor and his
federation of deputies laid down
the law and tried to see that it
was conformed to. They were es-
pecially looking for male citizens
of the 40 Acres students and
faculty who refused to let their
beards grow during the week's
frolic.
Fracas Week is a traditional
part of the life on Hardin-Simmons
campus and is observed
Traditionally the Rodeo and
yearly in connection with the
annual Intercollegiate Rodeo.
Rules and regulations for the
week's activities are worked out
by members of the Student As-
sembly the Inter-Club Council
and the Rodeo Association.
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Fracas events occur the last full
week in April with High School
on Saturday. This week is to be
no exception to the usual. Today
hundreds of high schdol students
from Texas and New Mexico are
expected to invade the campus
for the .annual open house.
Many will recall that the usual
was departed from last year as
the rode owas postponed until
the middle of May in order to
co-inside with the schedule of the
National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Association which met in Abilene.
Senior Day remained the last
Saturday in April however.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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sitions would become more ef-
fective and would make the
speech a little more interesting.
As long as chapel is a required
"subject" let's get someone to
handle the programs as a paid
duty rather than an extra ac-
tivity. Most campuses that have
chapel exercises have a man
trained in planning these pro-
grams. I believe that the student body
is very considerate in relation to
what we get. There are con-
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