The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 48, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 18, 1972 Page: 1 of 4
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ROTC to he presented MacArthur
ROTC will receive a statue of
the late Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur at ceremonies to be held
today at 10:30 a.m. in Mabee
Hall.
Zenon C. R. Hansen of Allen-
town Pa. president and chair-
man of the board of Mack
Trucks Inc. will present the
statue.
Brig. Gen. Leo. E. Soucek
Craig's Wife' is
May production
irenearsais are currently be-
ing held for "Craig's Wife" a
drama written by American
playwright George Kelly which
is to be presented as this year's
Spring Production according to
Miss Gail Egleston technical di-
rector of Van Ellis theater.
Dates set for the production
are Tuesday Thursday Friday
and Saturday nights May 2 4 5
and 6 and it will be presented
in Van Ellis theater.
According to Miss Egleston
who will be directing the play
"Craig's Wife" is about a mar-
riage in which prestige is more
important to the wife than her
husband. Material things are
more important to her than peo-
ple. "Craig's wife is told through-
out the play that people who
keep to themselves are event-
ually left along" added Miss
Elementary Ed student
teachers to meet today
All students planning to do
student teaching at the elemen-
tary level next fall have been
askecf to meet at 4 p.m. today in
Room 105 Abilene Hall.
Dr. Jack Blair associate pro-
fessor in Education will meet
with the group.
Bands hold concerts
this week on tour
Cowboy and Concert bands
are conducting their annual
spring tour scheduled for April
17-21 according to Marion Mc-
Clure director of the Hardin-
Simmons bands.
The H-SU Cowboy Band will
play Tuesday April 18 at Fal-
furrias High School in Falfurris.
Wednesday April 19 at Edin-
berg High School whose direc-
tor is Pat McNallen; and Second
Baptist Church in Corpus Christ!
whose pastor is Dr. Epifanio
Salazar an alumnus of H-SU;
Thursday April 20 Lockhart
High School whose band direc-
tor is Eugene E. Rehmann; and
Killeen High School whose
band director is Carroll Moffatt
an H-SU alumnus.
Friday April 21 Hamilton
directed by Albert Lykins.
Performances at 11 a.m. will
be at Mason High School' Edin-
berg High School and Lockhart
High School.
Evening performance will be
at Houston High School Falfur-
rlas High School Second Bap-
tist Church and Kilken High
commander of Fort Won
Mineral Wells and commandant
of the Army Primary Helicopter
School will also be present
Soucek was on the campus
last September when Gen. Wil-
liam C. Westmoreland spoke at
dedication ceremonies of the
ROTC's Mabee Hall.
Hansen a member of the
Board of Development and Mrs.
Egles'ton. "And this is exactly
what happens to her."
"Craig's Wife" is "somewhere
between a comedy and heavy
drama" according to Miss Egles-
ton. Cast consists of Debbie Wil-
liams senior from La Grange
as Mrs. Craig; Gaylord Hohler
senior from New Lebanon Ohio
as Mr. Craig; Donna Dorsett
junior from Abilene as Miss
Austen; Ruth Huff freshman
from Clyde as Ethel Landreth;
Bonnie Moon senior from Bal-
linger as Mrs. Harold.
Betty Shiffer sophomore from
Odessa as Maizie; Bob Strauss
senior from Abilene as Billy
Birkmire; Steve Vincent fresh-
man from Abilene as Eugene
Fredericks; Norman Grubb
sophomore from Abilene as De-
tective Catelle; and Evelyn May-
field senior from Abilene as
Mrs. Frazier.
Making up the crew is Lyn
Vancil senior from Abilene
stage man and light designer;
Betty Shiffer costuming; Karen
Chandler sophomore from San
Antonio working with sound;
Donna Dorsett set man; Carmen
Hoffman senior from Dallas
make-up.
Kathy Ziegler will be assist-
ant director for the Spring Pro-
duction. School.
The performance at Hamilton
High School will be given at
10 a.m.
McClure is best known for his
leadership of the school's widely
traveled Cowboy Band. He was
named recipient of the John J.
Keeter Jr. Alumni Award an
award given to the alumnus
who has contributed the most in
his field of endeavor toward the
betterment of H-SU.
McClure was recently named
"Bandmaster of the Year" by
the Texas Bandmasters Assoc-
iation. A member of various
professional organizations Mc-
Clure is listed in "Who's Who
in the South and Southwest"
and "Who's Who in Music." He
has led the Cowboy Band in
playing at three Presidental Ina-
ugurations the most recent in
1909 for President Nixon.
McClure a recipient of both
the bachelor of arts and bache-
lor of music degrees from Har-din-Simmohs
also earned the
master of music degree from
Vandercook College and studUd
at Eastman Schopl of Music.
Douglas MacArthur have pre-
sented similar statues to the
Freedom's Foundation and the
Douglas MacArthur Academy
of Freedom at Howard Payne
College in Brownwood.
On hand to receive the statue
will be President Edwin Sidles
and Lt Col. Clark F. Kreitler
professor of military science.
Hansen is scheduled to arrive
in Abilene at 9:30 a.m. and leave
at 11:15 a.m.
General Soucek will arrive on
campus at 10 a.m. and visit with
Pres. Skiles. At 10:30 a.m. he
will attend an awards ceremony
in Mabee Hall and tour the
building afterwards. At 12 noon
General Souchek will attend a
luncheon with univeristy offi-
cials. Helicopter orientation
rides for the students and Cap-
ers a unit of the Coed Affiliates-
Pershing Rifles will be given
from 10 a.m.-l p.m.
General Souchek who holds
three Legions of Merit the Sil-
ver Star for gallantry in action
six awards of the Distinguished
Flying Cross two Bronze Star
Medals 84 awards of the Air
Medal six awards of the Army
Commendation Medal Korean
Presidential Unit Citation also
wears the Combat Infantryman's
Badge and the wings of a master
parachutist. He has also been
awarded several foreign decora-
tions. A 1949 Virginia Military In-
stitute graduate the Nebraska
native hold master's degrees in
Civil Engineering from Texas
A&M University and Interna-
tional Relations from George
Washington University. He is
also a graduate of the Army's
Command and General Staff
College Armed Forces Staff
College and Naval War College.
General Souchek has also
completed the Army's Basic and
Advanced Engineer Course Ba-
sic Airborne Course at the In-
fantry School Jump Masters
Course and Embarking and
Landing Course. Aviation trail-
ing includes air ground opera-
tions fixed and rotary wing
flight training instrument fly-
ing and twin - engine transition.
From September 1966 through
January 1968 the general serv-
ed in Vietnam in various posi-
tions with the 1st Aviation Bri-
gade later as commander of the
11th Combat Aviation Brigade
and later as commander of the
11th Combat Aviation Battalion.
General Soucek returned to
the U.S. in early 1968 and was
assigned to the office of the As-
sistant Vice Chief of Staff Wea-
pons Systems Analysis Wash-
ington D.C.
Rodeo queen
election planned
If you want to nominate
someone for Rodeo Queen pe-
titions will be in Moody Center
today.
Election of a Rodeo Queen
will be Friday April 21 in.
Chapel. The only qualifications
for the queen is that a petition
is picked up and signed by the
students so she may be put on
the ballot.
Last year's. Rodeo Queen was
Annette Loclittfe
The general returned to Viet-
nam in the summer of 1969 as
commander of the 1st Calvary
Division's 11th Combat Aviation
Group. In January 1970 he was
named G3 of the Delta Military
Assistance Command Vietnam
Board hoIdsDevelopment
annual spring meeting
Board of Development mem- campaign Skiles said "With
bers Thursday in their annual God's help these needs will be
spring meeting received a pre- met."
view of an upcoming canital t1-j - r.. . - .
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certain other facilities.
(Byron Bryant assistant to the
president and coordinator of the
campaign said that planning for
the drive is "on schedule." A
staff is at work already in the
Development Center preparing
for the camapign.
In the next few weeks meet-
ings will be held in various
cities throughout the state to
select leadership and identify
prospective donors.
Bryant said that H-SU's plans
for the campaign have been ap-
proved by the Executive Board
of the Baptist General Conven-
tion of Texas.
He introduced Charles Trim-
ble of Ketchum Inc. of Pitts-
burgh Penn. who has been
employed as a consultant for the
drive.
Bryant said that upon com-
pletion of the preliminary plan-
ning the public phase of the
solication will be launched.
The financial campaign is a
part of the school's "Profile for
Progress" report a two-year
study setting out H-SU's needs
for the 1970's.
Several speakers during the
day urged involvement and sup-
port of Board of Development
members in financial support
and in the enlistment of pro-
spective students.
President Elwin L. Skiles in
concluding remarks at a noon
luncheon told the board mem-
bers and their spouses that
H-SU "is strong and solid."
Commenting upon the upcoming
Music plans recital
Thursday in Caldwell
The School of Music will pre
sent the senior recital of Terry
Jacobs tenor senior from Abi-
lene and Melody Russell mezzo
soprano senior from San An-
gelo. The recital will be Thurs-
day April 20 in Caldwell Recital
Hall at 8 p.m.
Accompanied by- Karlene
Eastman Jacobs will sing:
'Psalm 39" by Terry Jacobs;
"Mein Schoner Stern" by Rob-
ert Schumann; 'Wie Meledoien
zieht es mir" by Johannes
Brahms; "Verborgenheit" by
Hugo Wolf; "Zueignung" by
Richard Strauss ;v "The Endless
Life" "The Night Has a Thou-
sand Eyes" "How Did You Die?"
and "She walks in Beauty' by
Terry Jacobs.
Accompanied by Larry Wolz
Miss Russell will sing "Nel cor
piu non ini sento" by Giovanni
Paisiello; ''Come ragglo di sol"
statue
and in July 1970 assumed com-
mand of the 164th Combat Avia-
tion Group.
General Soucek and his wife
Evelyn have three children Le-
anne 14 Leo Jr. 12 and Steven
10.
- ts;
urged members to help brine
il-bU's enrollment up to 2000
students. "Let's get active and
become involved in the recruit-
ment of students."
Hicks announced that Board
of Development members will
begin holding " meetings from
time to time in such metropoli-
tan areas as Dallas Fort Worth
and Austin.
Two new board members
were introduced and presented
framed membersip certificates.
They include Leroy Jennings Jr.
of Marlin formerly of Abilene
and Dr. William M. McCord ot
Seabrook Texas.
Other highlights included:
A report from Dr. Jim
Tanner new academic dean on
the H-SU campus. Tanner
stressed that the goals now will
be to strengthen an already
strong faculty with qualified
faculty members with Ph.D. de-
grees to eliminate and reduce
course offerings in certain aca-
demic areas and to build a more
efficient academic program.
Word from Dr. Clyde Chil-
ders vice president for develop-
ment that H-SU has received
$991207.67 in gifts since June 1
and $90384.72 in March.
A report from Dr. Lee
Hemphill vice president con-
cerning estate planning and the
upcoming dedication of the
Cowboy Band Hall on April 29.
A report from R. B. Tall Jr.
assistant vice president for de-
velopment on recruitment and
(ConHnued on Pago 2)
by Antonio Caldara; "Deh vieni
non tardar'by Wolfgang A. Mo-
zart; "Die Mainacht" by Johan-
nes Brahms; "An Die Leier" by
Franz Schubert; "Apres un
Reve" by Gabriel. Faure; "To
the Queen of Heaven" by Thom-
as F. Dunhill; "Symphony in
Yellow" by Charles T. Griffes;
"At the Cry of the First Bird"
by David W. Guion; and "Pulse
of Spring" by Leo Sowerby.
This recital is in partial ful-
fillment of the bachelor of mu-
sic degree with 'a major in The-
ory and Composition (Jacobs)
and with a major in Music Edu-
cation (Miss Russell).
Miss Russell is from the stu-
dio of Grace Morrow and is a
member of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Jacobs is a member of Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia studies compo-
sition under Andy Jt Patterson
and is coached for recital by
Tom Pack.
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