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EDITORIALLY SPEAKINQ
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More than once we have been asked why we did not
comment editorially on the recent trustees meeting
specifically on the discussion regarding the admission and
the athletic policies. The saying goes that excuses only
satisfy the one who makes them and if that be true then
we want to satisfy ourselves. In the pre-Thanksgiving
issue we devoted our editorial columns to the outstanding
address Dr. Richardson delivered on the Veterans Day
program. Thus explains the absense of our comments
up to this point. However it is bad enough to have it
thought we are cowards without our proving it by ignor-
ing the issue therefore below are our comments.
Regarding the admission policy it is our opinion that
the Board of Trustees made a wise decision; one that will
not hinder the growth and development of Hardin-Simmons
but rattier one that will bring about added dis-
tinction and prestige in the eyes of the denomination and
other educational institutions. True there is the possi-
bility of some adverse opinion and possible reaction but
what great causes have our nation fostered that have
escaped the wails pf opposition? In our opinion Hardin-
Simmons has risen to meet one of the greatest challenges
of the day. '
Now for our views on the athletic situation. Again we
say that we feel a wise decision has been made regarding
the athletic program here. The Athletic Committee of
the Board of Trustees the Faculty Athletic Committee
and members of the administration have come up with
what we consider to be at least a logical solution to the
present problems. Only time will tell whether or not this
is the answer to the seriousness of the situation.
Our feelings are simply thus: the possibility of dropping
inter-collegiate athletices could have a painful result on
the enrolment the spirit and the prestige of the univer-
sity; however at the same time the continued existence
of the program as it has been could eventually result in
such a drastic financial embarrassment that we do not
even care to think about it. Not by any means being an
authority on the situation nor even having conversational-
knowledge of the present circumstances we have there-
fore limited our opinions to above with the sincere hope
that a satisfactory answer has been found and that in
due time the situation will work itself out.
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Hardin-Simmons University has survived another holi-
day without any traffic fatalities for which we all should
be extremely grateful. When one reads the highway
death tolls in the paper and sees so many of the nation's
colleges and universities' students in the obituaries it
causes one to stop and think how fortunate Hardin-Simmons
has been. Not since 1957 or 1958 has H-SU lost a
student in the holiday traffic pile-ups. With the Christ-
mas holidays just around the corner it would be a wise
thing for each student driver to start checking his car
now getting it ready for the trip home in December.
Vacation time will be here before we know it and then
the students will not want to wait to have their cars tun-s
ed up. So do it now and avoid the rush. Remember the
trite but still very true saying "The life you save may be
your own or that of the friend riding with you."
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Opinions expressed in The Brand are those of the
Editor or of the writer of the article and not necessarily
those of the university administration.
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during the term by the Board of Publications of Hardin-
Simmons in the interest of the Student Body of Hardin-Simmons
University.
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By MONTY ALLEN
In our modern world of super
highways it is relatively easy for
and person to find directions to
any place he would like to go. A
person may easily drive into an
Humble service station and re-
ceive directions to any state.
Let us pretend today that each
Well once again I came face to
face with ye ole editor so here I
am by special threat from said
being to pound out another crude
column.
I trust each of you little earth-
lings had a happy turkey day and
like any. red blooded American
student you are anxiously awiat-
ing the Christmas holidays.
Holidays have such great po-
tential to be my favorite time of
the year but each and every one
is marred by the gastliness of
family reunions!
Our clan gathers to celebrate
everything from Washington's
birthday to ground-hogs day. Al-
low me to share with you the
events of the blast I had Thanks-
giving. Thanksgiving Eve:
5 p.m. Sit down and begin mo-
tions of eating a good home cook-
ed meal.
5:01 Maud and her family ar-
rives they 'have great power of
their five senses: smell they
can smell food cooking zones 1-5;
hear always hear the dinner
bell; touch translated this
means "grab all edible potions in
sight"; feel after three hours
eating feeling good and full;
sight see me starve!
5:15 Eating hot dog and
drinking coke at corner cafe.
6:00 In the middle of great
love story on big eye.
6:02 Clem and his unruly
dozen make the scene.
6:03 Discover how much
Clem's kids hate love stories
they turned to Gunsmoke!
6:04 Decide to stand up for
my rights and turn back to love
story.
6:04 14 Being charged by
Clem's dozen.
6:05 Suddenly decide to
watch Gunsmoke.
6:30 Settle back with a good
novel.
6:35 Enter one loud husband
accompanied by one gossipy wife
trailed by two year old twins
three year old triplets and one
very exuberant four year old.
6:40 Suddenly find my novel
in the hands of six small children
whose combined age total would
have constituted a minor for such
reading material.
6:45 Begin picking up pieces
of my novel.
7:00 Still searching for chap
ters one iour ana ten!
7:05 Find myself in an in-
describable state: upset nervous
hungry pent-up emotions bent-
up sad blue gloomy hateful
healthless.
7:06 Decided to do something
drastic went to bed before Twi-
light Zone came on T.V.
All Night:
Had nightmares about relatives!
Thanksgiving Day:
Discovered nightmares were
realities!
8 a.m. - 12 noon Parked at
front door taking hats and coats
and greeting relatives.
12:01 Prepare to' feast on
big Thanksgiving turkey and all
the trimmings.
12:02 Realize the fact that
Maud and her family are still
here (refer back to 5:01. Thanks-
giving Eve!)
12:15 Eating hot dog and
drinking coke at corner cafe.
12:20 Realized the real mean-
ing of Thanksgiving 'decided to
be thankful there was a bus leav-
ing in thirty minutes'
12:30 Packing bags and get-
ting ready to go back to school
for a rest. '
I want you to understand that
it's not that I don't love my rela-
tives it's just that . . . well . . .
now that I think about it myabe
that is it! ''"
ROTC
Review
By DEE MOSTELLER
Brand Military Writer
This summer H-SU's military
department lost a fine man to Ft.
Sill and next week will see a re-
placement coming from the same
Oklahoma army base. Lt. Col.
Joseph E. Stopp will arrive at
Hardin - Simmnos next week to
become professor of military
science of the university's ROTC
unit. He will replace Lt. Col.
Charles Spann who was reassign-
ed to the artillery and missile
center at Ft. Sill.
Other "shakeups" in the cadet
program include the promotions
of five cadets to higher ranks.
Promoted to first lieutenant were
cadet second lieutenants Wayne
Downhour Thomas Echols Win-
field Featherston and Donald
Taggart. PFC Delbert Crosthwait
was promoted to corporal. These
promotions were authorized Nov.
27 by Maj. Charles Howard pro-
fessor of military science.
Today and tomorrow a 10-man
rifle team from H-SU is partici-
pating in the annual Fourth Army
Rifle Match at Ft. Hood. The
cadets are firing in competition
with all other college ROTC units
in the Fourth Army area.
Those on the team are team
captain George French Johnny
Sanders Phillip Miller Jimmy
noiioway Bryan Shelbourne
Robert Thornton Glynn Mathis
John Peckham Delbert Hollis
Mike Chastain and Robert Gors-
line. Now I will sign off closing my
most military-like military col-
umn for the semester! Rear
March!
of us gives humble service. Thou-
sands of people also pass through
our lives. Is it not our duty to
give these people directions when
when they are lost? The Bible is
in part a map giving us direc-
tions in finding God. A person
may ask us "How do you find the
state of immortality with God the
Father? And we will answer go
to the first road marker which
is Christ Jesus turn right and go
straight.
These directions sound easy
but they are .actually hard to fol-
low. Perhaps the reason that they
are so hard to follow is because
most of us are used to living "the
life of Riley." Today most of su
have spacious shelter ' abundant
food labor-saving and brainsav-
ing mechanical devices and se-
curity from the cold.
We have all just returned from
our Thanksgiving holidays. What
did we thank God for this year?
Three hundred and forty years
ago the founders of Plymouth
Colony thanked God for being
able to come through the hard-
ships of the past year Jfor being
able to conquer tneir narasnips.
Perhaps today we should offer
a different type of Thanksgiving
prayer. William Hard has sug-
gested the following prayer.
"Let us not our comforts God
shatter our soul.
Keep us still kin to Pilgrims.
Keep us whole.
They conquered weo Thy will
divine to please.
Let us to serve Thee God now
conquer ease. Amen."
When we as American citizens
conquer esae we may truly be
humble service stations for those
seeking the way of the Father.
Mrs. J. William Rudd
Dies at Age 82
Mrs. J. William Rudd 82 long-
time Abilene resident died at
Hendrick Memorial Hospital at
12:35 p.m. Tuesday after an ill
ness of three weeks.
Born Minnie Roe in Rockey-
head Ala. Aug. 24 1879 she mar-
ried J. W. Rudd in 1898. They
mvoed to Abilene from Gorman
in 1923. Mr. Rudd died in 1924.
Mrs. Rudd was a former teach-
er and taught in Alabama and in
Comanche County Tex. for a
number of years. She was a mem-
ber of the University Baptist
Church.
Funeral services were held in
Elliott's Chapel of Memories at
3 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev.
Maple Avery pastor of the Uni-
versity Baptist Church officiat-
ing assisted by the Rev. P. D.
O'Brien Baptist minister from
Big Spring and R. N. Richardson
of Hardin-Simmons University.
Burial was in Cedar Hill Ceme-
tery under direction of Elliott's
Funeral Home.
Surviving are three duaghters
Miss Euna and Eva Rudd of 2613
Hickory both assistant professors
at H-SU and Mrs. Roy Skaggs of
1407 Grape; one son J. P. Rudd
of Colorado Springs Colo.; one
brother H. H. Roe of Dallas;
eight grandchildren and 11 great-
grandchildren. Pallbearers were Roy Carwile
Sr. John W. Hassey Robert Kuy-
kendall Ollie McMinn Guy
Pope Tommie C. Roe L. A. Mus-
ton and Dr. Albert Lundy.
Stanley Saraff .
About 30000 children and
adolescents ia? the U. S. suffer
from rheumatoid arthritis scoord-
Jtarcn ox -Dunes wnuat is- seek.
I ing the cause and cure uT . '.
Summer Employment
Is Opened in Europe
The American Student Informa-
tion Service is again seeking
young people in colleges and uni-
versities in America who are in-
terested in summer employment
in Europe. The opportunities
seem to be excellent according to
the American Student Informa-
tion service and Claude Hicks
director of student placement.
There will be approximately
3000 jobs available in nine coun-
tries for next summer. Wages
will range anywhere from room
and board in Spain to approxi-
mately $150 a month in the high-
est paid positions in Germany.
This generally includes room and
board plus the $150 a month
Hicks said. The purpose of the
American Student Information
Service is not the opportunity to
make money and get rich quick
dui simpiy tne opportunity for a
student to travel in Europe meet
new peopie maKe friends and
work with people of other coun-
tries so that they may better un-
derstand people in other lands.
"Students who are interested in
securing additional information
concerning the opportunities of
summer employment in Europe
may come by the placement of-
fice and look over the brochures
and pamphlets which we have
from the American Student In-
formation Service" Hicks stated.
One H-SU student has taken
advantage of this in the past
Hicks said. In the summerof 1960
David Brown took advantage of
the opportunity to tour Europe
and found it most educational
and beneficial. We would encour-
age any student who is interested
to come by the office for further
information.
The three chief disease targets
of The National Foundation sup-
ported by March of Dimes con-
tributions are birth defects
arthritis and polio.
THE NEW MARCH OP DIME
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Music Department .
Has Student Recital
The music department present-
ed a recital Tuesday night Nov.
8 m Caldwell Hall under the di-
rection of Andy Patterson recital
chairman.
The recital consisted of both
instrumental and vocal students.
Those participating were: piano
Nannette Flynt; voice Ann Bry-
ant Charles Kirkpatrick Tommy
olnIsouie Mclntire Glenda
Smith Mina Taylor Mary Carrell
Marilyn Hall James Martin Jois
Martin James Reed Barbara
Mayes Conrad Bratton Kenny
Shepherd David Smith. y
Violin Leslie Nichols Pat
8 Huff Sue Spillman; organ James
ueen: Sue Siitmln Karen
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The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, December 1, 1961, newspaper, December 1, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth98515/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.