The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, January 6, 1956 Page: 3 of 4
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Friday January 8 1958
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Afterf trailing North Texas
State 25-22 at the half Tuesday
night in RFH the Cowboy reser-
ves put on a second half rally to
down the Eagles 61-52.
The Cowboys were paced by
Barry King's 10 points and John
Howerton and Pete Murray's nine
apiece.
The Eagles were led by their
6-6 ace Fred Hopkins who scor-
ed 22 points seven below his 29.5
average. Twelve of these points
were accredited to free throws.
The Cowboys hit only 16 per-
cent of their shots in the first half
but a strong last half brought
their percentage up to 33. Al-
though the visitors hit 29 percent
the first half they only managed
a 25 percent game total.
After falling behind 16-7 mid
New Fund Result Of
Rockefeller Gifts
By JIM
Another "boost" to Christian
education has resulted from a
youth of seventeen being made a
trustee of a Baptist church and
tackling his first big financial
problem that of paying off a
mortgage of $2000 on the church
building.
The "boost" is the new Sealan-
tic Fund gift of $20000000 half
of which is ot be given to Protest-
ant theological education. The
money as the Ford grant is to be
used as endowment the income
of which is to be applied solely to
supplementing teacher salaries.
The fund was a gift of the youth
and the youth was John Davison
Rockefeller who was made a
trustee of the Erie Street Baptist
; Church at the age. of seventeen.
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way through the first half the
Pokes perked up and pulled
even with 3:30 remaining in the
first half.
Following the half NTSC got
their largest lead of the night as
they rolled ahead 14 points.
Then the Pokes caught fire and
with seven minutes left in the
game Ronnie Ryan sank a field
goal to put the Pokes in front
47-46. Two and a half minutes
later the Cowboys were leading
55-48. The -final minutes were
spent with the reserves stalling
the ball most of the time.
It was the third victory of the
year for the Cowboys against
eight losses. Delnor Poss who
had scored 202 points previous to
this game pould only manage
two points all evening .
THOMPSON
pears that from the age of little
more than sixteen and earning
less than $4 weekly he had al-
ready begun the practical giving
such items as these were in his
records: "Missionary cause No-
vember 25 15c; Ministerial stu-
dent 10c; Sabbath school 5c;
present to Sabbath school super-
intendent 25c."
As his means increased he con-
tinued to give in the same rela-
tive proportons which resulted
in gifts and donations of large
amounts.
This newest Rockefeller gift to
Christian education though com-
ing long after his death is only
the latest of many donations he
had previously given to the same
cause. His aim in life seemed to
be two-fold: To gain all that he
honestly could and to use that
gain for the welfare of his fel-
low men.
Evidence of this is the recorded
history of the University of Chi-
cago where Mr. Rockefeller's
first gift was $100000 toward the
establishment of this Baptist col-
lege and the ultimate gifts from
him to the college exceeded $33-
000000. By the early 1920's the
Rockefeller philanthropy had ex-
pressed itself in monetary
amounts exceeding $500000000
and he continued to give.
Rockefeller has proven himself
a friend of Baptist institutions.
He gave sums 'aggregating some
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R0TC Unit To Be
Inspected Tuesday
Next Tuesday the local ROTC
unit vil be visited by two mem-
bers of the Fourth Army staff.
This is a laison visit to inspect
the different ROTC classes to in-
spect the maintenance of the
unit's weapons and to inspect the
operation of the supply room by
the Military Property Custodian.
The inspecting officers are Lt.
Col. Ospar A. Mall Chief of In-
spector Branch of the G-3 section
(ROTC Division) and Maj. R. H.
McCauley.
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FOCUS WEEK
(Continued from Page 1)
The seminar committee is
headed by Bettye Deweese with
Emogene Emery as faculty ad-
visor. The committee consists of
Don Waddell Tom Herman Betty
McNiece Bernice Tanioka Wally
Joseph Jim Tom Parks Pattsie
Andrews Wretha Whittle Mari-
dell Fisher Wendy Davis and
John Carpenter.
Shirley Sizemore is chairman
of the hospitality committee. Fac-
ulty advisor is W. C. Ribble and
those on the committee are Su-
zanne Houston Rita Smith Pat
Kirita Betty Oliver Vernon Scott
Bill Millican Billy Martin and
Erna Lee Reynolds.
Meads Heads Music
The music committee is com-
posed of Bill Meads chairman
Jack Dean faculty advisor
Georgi Bohannon Ann Smith
Becky Helmer John Baker Er-
lene Hren Jackson Williams Na-
thalie Foster and Sue McCown.
Judy Christian is chairman of
the social committee. Faculty ad-
visor is Janet Norberg and com-
mittee members include Dale Har-
alson Joyce Ray Jo Campbell
Loyetta Johnson Jerry Proffitt
Barbara Halcombe Betty Baty
and Jerrye Rodgers.
The spiritual preparation com
mittee is composed of Hal Har-
alson chairman with Edwin
McClain as faculty advisor and
Darlene Phillips Barbara Estes
Nanallene Miller Shirley Same
Lloma "Poe Brad Helbert Gene
Saur Robert Groom" Carter
Tucker Dall'as Lacy Shirley
Graves Arthur Travis and
George Ray on the committee.
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comprehensive information on
study in the United States for
foreign students and on
study abroad for American
students with chapters de-
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systems American education
and government regulations.
It lists more than 100 scholar-
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available to students here and
abroad. Students planning
advanced study next year
may find the book helpful.
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Buttons Lose Squeaker
To HC JC By 74-73
H-SU's battlin' Buttons lost a
thrilling 74-73 heart - breaker
Tuesday night in Rose Field
House to the Howard. County
Junior Collegians in a game that
was carried in to overtime.
The regular game ended in a
69-69 tie with both Art Travis
and Cecil Seeburger tallying two
points in the extra period.
Howard County's Kloven and
Blassingame also posted two
field goals but the deciding
point came on a free throw by
Jim Robinson high point man
for the visitors.
Carl Knight Button center led
the scoring with 27 points. Travis
scored 13 points while Bpb Groom
and Clay Curry both hit 12. Doyle
Edmiston posted five and See-
burger notched four.
$5000000 to the Old Ministers
Fund of the Northern Baptist
Convention and gave an early
gift to the then new Relief and
Annuity Fund of the Southernt
Baptist Convention' of $300000.
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It looks like everybody re-
turned from the Christmas holi-
days in' good spirits and reason-
ably good condition.
The girls had a happy Christ-
mas the boys had a merry
Christmas and the Cowboy bas-
ketball team just had it.
The "coin" was not overly
impressed by the Pokes showing
in the All American Tournament
in Owensboro Kentucky but it
must be taken into consideration
that the competition was a little
steep.
The loss of Tremaine to the
squad is making itself more sig-
nificant in each and every game
the Cowboys play. In spite of
the fine play by Delnor Poss and
the rest of the Cowboys the fact
that H-SU is in grave need of a
high scoring center is getting
more evident as the season prog-
resses. End Losing Streak
Tuesday night the Pokes broke
their eight game losing streak
with a 61-52 win over the North
Texas Eagles in Rose Field House.
Trailing nearly all the game
the Cowboys grabbed 0the lead
late in the fourth quarter and
never relinquished it. Johnny
Howerton was a standout offen-
sively as well as defensively for
the Pokes.
Tomorrow night the Red Raid-
ers of Texas Tech will play host
to the Cowboys in the opening
game of the Border Conference
for the Pokes.
Although neither team boasts
Pokes Win
Five During
H-SU Cowboy basketballers
have suffered five defeats since
the last issue of the paper. One
of the losses was to the touted
team of Memphis State whiph
eased by the Pokes 75-73.
Panthers Dump Pokes
After trailing 41-36 at halftime
the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers
caught up midway of the final
half and then used semi-stall
tactics to dump Hardin-Sim-mons
68-60 on December 15 at
Rose Field House.
Delnor Poss walked of with
individual scoring honors as he
meshed a total of 26 points. Pan-
ther ace Linville Puckett garner-
Little Action In
Intramural Play
Action in Intramural Basketball
picked up this week after a week
of sparse play in which only one
game was played.
On Tuesday night December
14 the Cowboy Band won a
thrilling overtime game from the
Vigilantes 43-42.
High point man for the win-
ners was Robert Chancellor who
meshed 13 points. The Vigilantes
were led by Carol Hudson who
put through 14 points.
All Monday night contests that
were not played will be made up
on Saturday afternoon's.
The leaders in their respective
leagues are:
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League A Little Joe's 1 0
League B B-29's 2 0
League C Flat Footed 2 0
League D Rodeo Team 1 0
The Winner's of the Men's Bad-
minton doubles championship are
Gerald Petree and Dallas Lacy.
Patsy Smith and Shirly Langdon
are in the finals of the girls
singles badminton tournament.
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Sports Editor
an impressive record the game
will be of considerable import-
ance as far as the conference is
concerned.
B-29ers
Speaking of impressive records
the intramural B - 2 9 e r s have
mowed down several intramural
teams and have ventured off the
campus for a couple of victories
with outside teams.
Their basketball team is com-
posed of Tommy Coulter John
Henry Lyle Connie Baird Pete
Hart Don Sizemore Carlos Berry
Donnie Campbell Joe Sharp K.
Y. Owens and Bob Womack. Ken-
neth West is their overseerer who
provides the bail money for any
emergencies.
Salad Bowl
Last Saturday in Phoenix Ari-
zona the second annual Salad
Bowl was unreeled matching the
Border Conference All-Stars
against the All-Stars of the Sky-
line Conference.
The BC nosed out the Skyliners
13-10 coming from behind to wipe
out a 10 point deficit in the final
half.
Seven Cowboys participated in
the contest. They were K. Y.
Owens Kenneth West Big John
Waedekin John Henry Lyle-
David Nelson Bob Womack and
Marshall Doke. Doke was respon-
sible for one point as he booted
an extra point after the first
touchdown.
In the class AA championship
game Stamford blasted Hillsboro
34-7.
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Holidays
ed 16 points for scoring honors
for the visitors.
Memphis State Wins Squeaker
With guard Elmore Fortner
tossing in four free throws in
the last 30 seconds Memphis
State came from behind to defeat
the Cowboys 75-73 Saturday
night in Rose Field House.
Guard Delnor Pass again sup-
plied the scoring punch as he con-
nected for 26 points followed by
Ronnie Ryan's 16 points. Forest
Arnold Memphis State Center
won scoring honors for his team
with a total of 21 points.
Ail-American Tournament
During the Christmas holidays
the Cowboy basketball team
journeyed to Owensboro Ken-
tucky to take part in the All-
Amerijcan Tournament. Although
finishing last the Pokes played
good ball against top ranked
teams.
In their first game the Pokes
lost to the eventual tournament
winner Evansville 79-56. Del
nor Poss led the Pokes in scoring
with 29 points.
Pitt Topples Pokes
Pittsburgh handed the Pokes
their second defeat 74-67. The
Pokes held a five point lead over
the Panthers in the first quarter
but ran out of steam and never
threatened seriously in the second
half.
Poss again paced the Cowboys
with 29 points the second best
individual performance of the
tournament. John Whatley was
the only other Cowboy to hit in
double figures as he scored 12
points.
The College of Pacific won a
thrilling 59-57 victory over the
Cowboys in a battle for seventh
place. Poss led in scoring with
19.
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