The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, January 24, 1964 Page: 2 of 6
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H-SU BRAND
Friday January 24 1964
EDITORIALLY SPEAK1NQ
Pause For A Second
So the end of the semester. A time to tie loose ends and
to catch up on many things. The annual mid-term rush is on.
But the Brand will pause for just a "second" call it "30"
for a short while. Appreciation is in order. Not just to the
people who have cooperated in making this a campus news-
paper both workers and readers-but to the people who
strive to make this a better campus in general.
The Brand must represent the campus; therefore it must
have something worthwhile to represent before it can be
worthwhile itself. Overall the H-SU forty acres is progres-
sive it has a spark somewhere that makes it try. Com-
paratively she has good spirit and a unity not always found
on a college campus. And she has a loyal following of
alumni and friends without whose support she would be a
much weaker school. These are but a few of the factors
which should be duly appreciated. These are untintangibles
which become taigible in the form of Cowboy Band student
committees some extremely interested faculty members and
on . . .
Most of all the fact that the school honestly strives in
many areas to improve herself should be rewarded with
praise. She will never grow stagnant if she continues to try.
And she has that all-important ability.
That is why we say thank you at the close of the semes-
ter. For being a worthy organism to' represent. . . .
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
You have expressed the think-
ing of most of us who know the
events that led to the discontinu-
ing of football at Hardin-Simmons
University. "No Funerals
Please ..." was an excellent .edi-
torial. Kenneth Hill told me of being
asked by one student about the
reaction of the alumni to the ac-
tion of the Board of Trustees. I
can answer that question for the
San Antonio alumni.
Thirty-two of us met within a
week of the announcement of the
board's action for our College
Loyalty Alumni Suport Program
banquet. At the close of the
meeting there was a motion made
that we voice our full support and
confidence in President Landes
and the Board of Trustees with
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A Weekly College Newspaper published every Friday during
the term by the Board of Publications of Hardin-Simmons in
the interest of the Student Body of Hardin-Simmons University.
Opinions expressed in The Brand are those of the Editor or of
the writer of the article and not necessarily those of the Uni-
versity administration.
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the assurance that there will be
no criticism from San Antonio.
This action was not planned.
The motion and the unanimous
standing vote that followed were
spontaneous.
Ours is a great school! With
thinking like you expressed in
your editorial and support such
as has been made evident by the
San Antonio alumni it will con-
tinue to be great. Let us be
thankful that Hardin-Simmons is
not dependent on any one area
for its success.
We are proud of our school and
you who make up the student
body. We welcome the day
when you take your place with
us who have already graduated
and look forward to your partici-
pation in the alumni activities.
Sincerely
Hal Haralson
San Antonio Alumni
Association President
.$1.00
318 Mary Frances Hall.
Ext. 222 or 723
paid at Abilene Texas
JDee Mo teller
.George Tuck
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to offer a few
rather succinct animadversions in
rebuttal to the Letter to the
Editor in the last issue of the
Brand concerning the "unseemly"
attire of the Cowboy Band at the
McMurry Band at the McMurry-Hardin-Simmons
basketball game
last week.
In the first place the attire of
the band was not at all as ghastly
as the letter made it sound;
judging from the tone of the let-
ter the most logical conclusion
that could be made by the unin-
formed reader who did not see
the game would be that the band
came out on the court in their
underwear. But no; the band
wore jeans shirts and apparent-
ly to the letter writer's great dis-
pleasure various and sundry
whacky hats. If the "attire" of
the band is to be.used as the crit
rion for judging how well they
represented the Hardin-Simmons
student body just think how often
the football team has poorly rep-
resented H-SU when the results of
the game wore a losing score; how
often the student body has been
maligned when a member of the
debate team mispronounced a
word; how many times we should
have hung our heads in shame
when a drama student forgot a
line; and so on ad infinitum.
The all-important factor that
the letter ignores that little
apparently so small that it was
totally overlooked in the critical
conflagration six-letter word
spirit. The score the pronouncia-
tion the lines the attire are not
really basically important
although they indoubitably are of
significanse. It is the attitude
that makes the difference between
a representative and an unrepre-
sentative performance and per-
haps no other organization on this
campus has as much pure un-
adulterated school spirit and
esprit de corps as the Cowboy
Band. They did not play at the
game because they were told to;
rather they assembled the group
themselves without a director (as
a result of Professor Marion B.
McClure's hospitalization for fur-
ther heart surgery) rehearsed
and put on the performance un-
doubtedly giving up other import-
ant things in order to do so. And
they were criticized on their
attire!
In conclusion let me add that
just as the author of the letter
was embarrassed by the attire of
the band I was rather embarrass-
ed to say the least by the attire
of the letter especially when
it degenerated to the point of
making innuendos of the basest
sort as to the personal cleanli-
ness and self-respect of the band
members. Even if the main point
of the letter was valid and I still
maintain that the whole thing
was in extremely bad taste if not
positively a farce such juvenile
tactics cannot be justified on any
grounds. And I would raise the
question of just how well an atti-
tude totally concerned with the
externals of such a performance
or event with so little apprecia-
tion of the spirit and attitude of
that performance is representing
our school and the student body.
Most respectfully yours
Geoff Brown
Editor of The Brand:
Would you accept a word from
an old Ex? If so it is this:
How wonderful it is to know
that never again will ACC or
Howard Payne beat us in football!
Solon R. Featherston '18
Editor's Note: Agreed!
H-SU Other
Colleges in
CLASP Drive
Hardin-S i m m o n s University
Will take part in the Fourth An-
nual College Loyalty Alumni
Suport Program drive. Also par-
ticipants will be Abilene Chris-
tian College and McMurry Col-
lege. ACC will serve as the host
school for the 1964 drive.
In CLASP each school solicits
support from its own alumni and
there is no pooling of funds.
Funds are used for whatever pur-
pose each participating school
outlines.
The 1904 CLASP drive will run
from April 13 to April 28.
Briggs Todd president of Abi-
lene' First State. Bank will head
the CLASP drive '
It's Been Said Before
By DAVID MURRAH
Columnist
The Adventures of Little Joe
Part I
"Only nine more months" Lit-
tle Joe thought to himself as he
trudged through the snow to
Susie's House "and I'll be out in
the world and into the first grade"
(The Little Joe in our story is
somewhat younger but just' about
as brilliant as that one of Bon-
anza fame). As Little Joe turned
down the block he couldn't help
but think how much bleaker
things looked this winter since
Daddy had taken the football
away from him.
"None of the kids I like come
over to play with me since he
took it" he mused to himself. "In
fact the only ones I see are girls
(phooey) and all they want to do
is play dolls or have tea parties."
(Little Joe didn't mean all girls
were that way.) "Now Susie I
like. She's a good kid (cute dish).
Got a brain on her too."
Joe couldn't help but wonder
what Susie had in store for him
that day. The last time she visit-
ed him she took him for a
whole week's allowance (twenty-
five cents). She had sold him a
ten cent comic book and not being
able to read the price Joe paid
her a quarter (well he's only six
and not too bright at that).
"Susie better give me my money
back" he thought as he rang her
doorbell.
"Hi Little Joe. Yes Susie's
here. She's down in the play-
room." "Thank Miz Busio" Joe said
as he grabbed an apple off the
table.
Susie had tacked a sign on the
door of her playroom that read
"Susie's Art Studio" (Susie was
in the second grade and knew all
the tricks including reading and
writing).
"Hi Joe!" Susie called. "Sit
down. I have to draw your pic-
ture." "Have to? You don't have to
who says? I want my money
back!"
"Yes I do. You're in my house
you have to do as I say. What
money?"
"You charged me twenty-five
cents for a dime comic book. That
money!"
"Oh that" Susie said. "I'm
sorry that you didn't understand.
Since I bought the book in the
first place and since we are
friends I thought it only neces-
sary that I get a little more out
of it than its worth (that doesn't
make sense). What I can do Joe
is to let you sell it to me for
um say half-price thirteen cents.
"What!" Joe yelled. "That's
highway robbery."
"Take it or leave it" she said
as she strutted over to the table.
(Will Joe take it? Will he let
Susie draw his picture? Tune in
next week for our next exciting
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY
First Semester 1963-64
January 27 1964 (Monday)
8:00 a. m.- 9:50 a. m. All 8:00 a. m. MWF Classes
10:00 a. m.-ll:50 a. m. English Composition All Sections
(Place and supervision to be
arranged by English Depart-
ment) 1:00 p. m.- 2:50 p. m. All 1:00 p. m. MWF Classes
3:00 p. m.- 4.50 p. m. All 3:00 p. m. MWF Classes
7:00 p. m.- 8:50 p. m. Classes meeting on Monday even-
January 28 1964 (Tuesday
9:50 a. m. All 8:00 a. m. TT Classes V
11:50 a. m. All 10:50 a. m. TT Classes
2:50 p. m. All 12:45 p. m. TT Classes
4:50 p. m. All 3:35 p. m. TT Classes '
8:50 p. m. Classes meeting on Tuesday even
ing
January 29 1964 (Wednesday)
' 9:50 a m- All 9:00 a. m. MWF Classes c
11:50 a. m. AH 10:40 a. m. MWF Classes
-2:50 p. m. All 2:00 p. m. MWF Classes
4-50 p. m. AH 4:00 p. m. MWF Classes
8:00 a. m.
10:00 a. m.-
1:00 p. m.
3:00 p. m..
7:00 p. m.
8:00 a. m.-
10:00 a. m.-
1:00 p. m.
3:00 p. m.-
8:00 a. m.-
10:00 a. m.-
1:00 p. m.-
300 p. m.-
7:00 p. m.-
January 30
9:50 a. m.
11:50 a. m.
2:50 p.m.
4:50 p. m.
0:50 p.m.
January 31
8:00 a. m.-
10:00 a. m.-
9:50 a. m.
11:50 a. m.
I
February h
8:00 a m.-10:5v a. m.
episode entitled "How Green
Are Her Crayons" or "Will My
Quarter Come Back Mollie.")
Hardin-Simmons once again re-
ceived national coverage with the
disposal of intercollegiate foot-
ball. On the Saturday following
the Friday announcement of the
Board of Trustees the New York
Times carried a UPI report say-
ing that "Hardin-Simmons was
one of the best known small col-
lege powers in the country. But
it has been four years since the
Cowboys had a winning team."
Getting closer to home the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram in a
feature story stated that "the
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys were
once known as one of the most
colorful of college grid teams en-
joying great success and a national
reputation with such stars as
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner."
"Glorious" Past
The essence of every report
gives credit to the glorious past
of H-SU football. The Abilene
Reporter-News in our opinion
reflected a most positive attitude
toward the situation and paid
high tribute to our past years with
a lengthy account of Cowboy grid
warfare in years gone by.
Certainly the entire student
body is to be commended for its
fine attitude and we hope the
alumni of this institution can
possess the same and can make a
move toward remeding and help-
ing the school's financial situa-
tion. The Texas Athletic Conference
is drawing considerable attention
since the move. There is some
speculation that Midwestern may
withdraw from the league in
order to be able to give full bas-
ketball scholarships.
Full Basketball Scholarships
Even if this is not their inten-
tion it is our wish that every
member of the conference could
give full basketball scholarships
in order that a better brand of
basketball may be maintained.
We would like to see Hardin-
Simmons fill the football vacuum
with a strong basketball program
but yet not completely stab the
TAC in the back. Why not urge
the whole conference to give full
basketball scholarships? This idea
may be what Midwestern desires;
it would not cost a great deal
more; and would enhance H-SU's
Abilene's and the TAC's whole
athletic program. The return
would be greater. Better compe-
tition draws larger crowds.
In this week's Saturday Even-
ing Post the editor in his last-
page editorial said that "The
Texas conference served to
achieve another important
result . . ." Now isn't that na-
tional recognition? Of course he
goes on and mentions something
about Johnson and Erhart but
that is irrevelant.
1964 (Thursday)
All 9:25 a. m. TT Classes
Phys. Ed. 111WF All Sections
All 2:210 p. m. TT Classes
Classes meeting
evening
1964 (Friday)
on Thursday '
All 11:40 a. m MWF Classes
IN 4 (Saturday)
Class meeting only on Saturday
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