The H-SU Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 11, 1977 Page: 1 of 4
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H-SU athletics to be restructured
In an announcement make official
Saturday morning the Hardin-Simmons
University Athletic Committee approved a
recommendation stressing the restruc-
turing of the present athletic program at
H-SU.
The result of the recommendation is the
incorporation of head varsity basketball
coach with the position of Athletic
Director currently held by Executive
Vice-President William 0. Beazley.
Prestion Vice present head basketball
coach has chosen not to apply for the
newlycreated office leaving a specially
organized search committee with the task
of selecting an experienced man for the
job.
The move by the Athletic Committee
composed of H-SU trustees and faculty
members is one to improve the men's and
women's sports situation on this campus.
Women's athletics has been maintained
under the Physical Education Department
for years. As H-SU steps up its support of
female sports the strengthening of the
Athletic Directorship will be one definite
move in the direction of equality.
The search committee has been ap-
pointed by Bill Tippen chairman of the
Board of Trustees and has already met
this past week.
"Our committee will need the help of the
Cowboy Club alumni and others in
locating the best qualified man for Hardin-
Simmon" said Bill Sorell chairman of the
search committee.
"The Athletic Committee and the ad-
ministration commend coach Vice and
assistant Donnie Wood for their splendid
service to the University" said Dr. Elwin
L. Skiles President of H-SU.
"I plan to stay in college coaching" said
Vice. "I haven't had very long to think
about where I'm going but right now I'm
more concerned about my players."
"With three starting sophomores and
one freshman I felt we were on the verge of
getting together as a unit. I'm going to do
my best to find a coach that they can
communicate with before they begin
drifting apart."
Vice will stay on as basketball coach
until the end of the current school year or
until he can land an immediate coaching
position.
Vice has been with Hardin-Simmons
since July 4 1971 when he Joined the staff
headed by the late Glen Whitis. Vice was
promoted to top assistant after Whitis was
killed in an automobile accident in
February 1972. He served in that capacity
until he replaced Russell Berry in
December of 1975 as head coach.
Vice compiled an 18-31 record in his two-
year tenure as head coach. Dr. Skiles an
officials agree that Vice's record had
nothing to do with the dicision to
restructure the athletic program.
"Having the Athletic Director and the
head basketball coach as one job is the
way it should be" said Vice. "I appreciate
the chance I've had. ..the circumstances
were not the best when I came but I'm
grateful to Dr. Skiles and H-SU for giving
me a shot at it."
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Volume 64
Abilene Texas
March 11 1977
No. 23
Replaces Turpin
Missionaries
Jones appointed to head libraries making decision
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L)r. Elwin L. Skiles Hardin-Simmons
University president announced recently
that Dr. Kenneth W. Jones director of
media services at H-SU has been named
to replace Dr. Calvin Turpin as Director of
University Libraries effective im-
mediately. Dr. Turpin who has been at Hardin-
Simmons since 1970 as library director and
professor of religion is retiring for health
reasons.
Dr. Jones who came to Hardin-
Simmons in 1975 said he is excited about
his new position. "It's an opportunity and
a challenge" he said. "The library is the
educational center of the university."
Among the highlights ot his seven-year
career at H-SU Dr. Turpin cited the
planning and construction of the new
Rupert and Pauline Richardson History
Center which is a research center for the
Southwest was a highlight.
Another feature which Dr. Turpin said
stands out in his career is the cooperative
efforts of the three college libraries in
Abilene and the Abilene Public Library by
which all four share their resources. In a
similar vein he said he is also impressed
with the Southwestern Academic Library
Consortium through which many
libraries including H-SU's share their
resources.
"There is no library that is self-
sufficient" said Dr. Turpin. He feels that
libraries must share their resources to
best serve people.
A final highlight cited by Dr. Turpin is
his experience of teaching several hun-
dred students in his capacity as professor
of religion. Since coming to H-SU he has
always served in the dual role of library
director and professor.
Dr. Calvin Turpin
"I've never been one of those persons
who had the luxury of one job" said Dr.
Turpin. "I've usually had two or three."
Although a native of Granite City 111.
Dr. Turpin has lived most of his life in the
South and the Southwest. He has received
degrees from Baylor University Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary Peabody
College and Golden Gate Baptist
Theological Seminary.
He worked at seven colleges and
seminaries before coming to Hardin-
Simmons. His careers as student and
educator have both spanned the three
types of colleges: state-supported church-
related and privately endowed.
Dr. Turpin has been included in a
number of fraternities organizations and
honors listings including Beta Phi Mu
(International Library Science Honor
Fraternity) Dictionary of International
Biography Personalities of the South and
Men of Achievement.
Dr. Turpin is currently serving as a
Dr. Kenneth Jones
chaplain in the Civil Air Patrol. He and his
wife Eudell live at 2010 North
Mockingbird. They have two children
Mary Susan who will graduate from H-SU
in May and John Thomas who is a fresh-
man at H-SU.
Dr. Jones a native of San Diego Calif.
has received degrees from the University
of Southern California University of
California at Santa Barbara and
University of Alabama. He worked at the
University of California and Judson
College before coming to Hardin-
Simmons. He is a member of several historical
associations and has published several
articles and book reviews. He has also
worked with manuscripts in the William
Wyles Lincolniana Collections at the
University of California at Santa Barbara.
At Judson College he was instrumental in
strengthening the library collections.
Dr. Jones and his wife Glenda Gail live
at 2149 Regent.
Singers Ho! to perform at Disney World
Singers Ho! of Hardin-Simmons
University have added another feather to
their cap after accepting an invitation to
perform on the Fantasy Faire Stage at
Walt Disney World in Florida following the
close of the spring semester.
Organized in 1967 by Dr. J. G. Martin
associate professor in music education
and head of the Department of Music
Education and Church Music the singers
present a variety of music styles and
types. They sing popular selections as well
as the Broadway and film favorites. They
combine their music with staging and
choreography for an over-all professional
view presentation.
The present group consists of 16
members which includes three basses
five tenors three altos four sopranos and
one drummer.
They are Inland Mitchell sophomore
from Jakarta Indonesia; Rick Alkire
sophomore from El Paso; Robert Jones
freshman from Alamogordo N.M.; and
Jack Tosh sophomore from
Breckenridge.
Bob Beck sophomore from Mineral
Wells; Sain Buddin sophomore from El
Paso; Bob Peters sophomore from
Colorado Springs Colo.; and Bob Jaggar
sophomore from Iowa Park.
Annette Bunch junior from Grand
Prairie; Kan-en Everett freshman from
San Antonio; Kathy Redeker freshman
from Broomfield Colo.; and Kathy
Thomas freshman from El Paso.
Candy Faust freshman from San An-
tonio; Linda Iittlejohn freshman from
Fort Worth; Mitra Barnett freshman
from Fort Worth; and David Simmons
junior from Pasadena drummer.
See SINGERS HO! page 3
NAIROBI Kenya (BP)-Six Southern
Baptist missionaries assigned to Uganda
will remain in Nairobi at least until
Monday March 7. They plan to meet
before mat date to discuss the matter
again before coming to a final decision
about their return.
Two of the couples Mr. and Mrs. G.
Webster Carroll of West Virginia and
Florida and Mr. and Mrs. Harry B.
Garvin of Texas went to Nairobi the
weekend of Feb. 19-20 to be with their
children over a school holiday. Their
children attend Rift Valley Academy a
boarding school outside of Nairboi.
The third couple Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Rice of Virginia went to Nairobi to attend
a Feb. 22 meeting with other missionaries
from the area.
The missionaries decided to remain in
Kenya after Americans were ordered to
report to Ugandan President Idi Amin. But
Amin postponed the meeting with no new
date set. Americans in Uganda were
prohibited from leaving the country but
this order has since been lifted.
Davis L. Saunders the Southern Baptist
Foreign Mission Board's area secretary
for Eastern and Southern Africa said he
was expecting to receive another report
from the missionaries if there was any
change in the situation.
Saunders emphasized that the decision
on whether to return to Uganda is one
which the missionaries involved wll make
themselves. The Foreign Mission Board
does not attempt to tell its missionaries
when to leave or return to troubled
countries he said.
The board's area representative for
East Africa John R. Cheyne said there
had been no indication that any of the
national Baptist people have been directly
affected by any actions reportedly taken
by President Amin.
The Ugandan government has been the
center of worldwide attention in the wake
of news reports filtering out of Africa
which claim a purge of Chiristians is
underway and that Amin murdered
Anglican Archbishop Janani Luwum.
Amin denies the reports.
The Rices are both from Christian-
sburg Va. Garvin was born in Anson
Tex. and his wife in Hamby Tex. Carroll
is a native of Bluefield W. Va. and his
wife was born in Lakeland Fla.
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