Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 275 of the 1949 volume:

Iaowco HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ART EDITOR i—’ liAM Ml 1E« °a'Hsu; ln ■'I’tlr,.. ' 4 x«n.I ,iyo‘‘r •” ’i tT - ■cu °°l«« ' «■erf “esnie J 've' ou? Jahmahd Smith Mall Manter Memorial Mall Marses' Mo me President's Mome CowdeH-PcudOH Mall lerguson Mall Mars ton Qymnasium Rose ?ield Mouse Riding School wKKR Dining Mall library If ii i hctv the brain, those ten-gallon hats will cover it well ... at least until they leave H-SU and Hardin-Simmons became the oil capital of the world for one day last October 13 when the name of former Mid-Con- tinent Oil and Gas Co. president and school trus- tee, J. C. Hunter, was be- stowed on our new girls' dormitory . . . These men who helped in making our school what it is today, got together for chow and re- accounts of those wild- cat days in the early President - Board of Trustees President's Message Board of Zrustees W. P. Wright OFFICERS W. P. WRIGHT.. RAYMOND W.FOY. O. D. DILLINGHAM E. W. LEDBETTER ......... . . President . . . First Vice-President Second Vice-President ..............Secretary John H. Alvis..... George S. Anderson Mrs. W. J. Behrens C. M. Caldwell... T. C. Campbell T. N. Carswell Barney Carter .... E. M. Collier..... Frank Cowden . O. D. Dillingham Otis W. English.... Wayne Evans Solon R. Featherston ...........Wich: Raymond W. Foy J. Ralph Grant Abilene Abilene Abilene Abilene Abilene . Abilene Tyler . Abilene Midland . Abilene Lubbock Hereford Falls Dallas Lubbock MEMBERS M. B. Hanks Abilene W. W. Haynes........Abilene Arthur C. Hoover....Ozona J. C. Hunter, Jr. Abilene M. A. Jenkens Abilene Leroy Jennings......Abilene John J. Keeter. Throckmorton J. Henry Littleton..Abilene Tate May.............Hamlin Jesse Northcutt ....Abilene P. D. O'Brien ......Big Spring T. A. Patterson Beaumont Mrs. H. A. Pender Abilene Thomas E. Roberts . . Abilene Jesse H. Rogers.....Amarillo J. D. Sandefer, Jr. .............Breckenridge C. R. Simmons. . . . Sweetwater Hall Walker.........Ranger George T. Wilson, San Angelo W. P. Wright Abilene Vernon Yearby . Midland Honorary Members Ben Allen. Hobbs, N. M. W. P. Ferguson, Wichita Falls Rupert H. Johnson ...... New York, N. Y. Edgar J. Marston . Colorado Springs, Colo. Henry Record Monument, N. M. ‘Deceased FACULTY ROBERT M, WAGSTAFF WALTER POPE ELEANOR WOOD HEIBERT ). OSBORNE. JR. - ALBERT LUNDAY FACULTY FACULTY JACK MARTIN Basketball Coach E ROBERTSON WILMA COLLIER K OONSELMAN FACULTY STAFF stephwson Council ALICE OSBORNE RALPH CATON BEX Rocky EEE j t. WALTON SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS BET Y DOZIER LOUISE BLAKEMORE Treasurer RAYMOND TROUTMAN President BOBBIE BILDERBACK JOE CAUDLE BERRY APPLING Reporter SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS CLIFTON GARDNER Colts Club, '48, '49; Anson Club Pres- 1SIDORO GARZA VIRTUS EVANS GIDEON WILLIS C. GARNER, JR. HELEN MARIE GARRETT JOSEPH MAYES GARRISON MUledgevine, Ga. B. A. JENNINGS BRYAN GIBBS TOMMIE SUE GLASS Library Club, '46, '47; Business Ad- Cowboy Band, '44; Business Admin- SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS §msm aW3« SENIORS SENIORS DARREL KNIGHT ROY LANDERS JOHN B. LEDBETTER CHARLES D. LE ROBERT E. KNOX ALBERT REX LEE WILLIAM D. LESSING SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS Sii lsi§5 BENIAMIN T. PLEASANT SENIORS p™sS Snssii SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS SENIORS JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS JUNIORS ADAMS, LENA BETH BEATTIE, SHIRLEY EVELYN BOEHLERT, EDITH BRASELTON, BILLY BROWN, BARBARA BURGESS, GAIL WELDON ALFRED, MAURICE BROWNING, JUNIORS CRUTCHFIELD, I MARGARET A JUNIORS JUNIORS GREGORY, ROWLAND G HALLMARK, DOROTHY GROSS, THOMAS HAINES, BILLY DALTON JOHNSON, JACK ALLEN Weinert JUNIORS KENNEDY, THOMAS LACEWELL, ROBERT LAYTON, CHARLES McCLATCHY, LaVERNE LaDUKE. TRAVIS B McCHES JUNIORS JUNIORS MARION EUGENE SALAZAR, EPIFANIO POWELL, WILLIAM S ROBERTS, ROBERT WELDON JUNIORS SCARBOROUGH, SHELBURNE, SHELTON, ROSEMARY SOUTHERLAND, STAMPS, WILLIAM H SWEATMON, NURSES SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS JONNIE DELLE BROCK ELLA BOSTICK Secretary PATSY CAMPSEY JIM HARRISON SOPHOMORES Alexander, Billy J...........Abilene Bailey, Nadine ... South Bend, Ind. Bailey, William P....Tucson, Ariz. Baker, Bobby......... Ballard, R. L........ Barker, Herbert C. . Monahans .. Colorado City Abilene Abilene .. Haskell Bostick, Ella ........ Abilene Brannen, Truett G... Bumam, Retha Ray.. Caffey, Gayle......... . Childress SOPHOMORES Childers, Dee................Dalhart Coke, Jimmie Blanche..........Plains Collings, Edith Raye........ Midland Conger, G. W................Tennyson Cook, Bennie Jeanette.........Quanah Cook, Virginia Ann............Merkel Cox, Othella Jay...... Craig, Pat............ .Gainesville .. Haskell Crites, Frank W.. . Culpepper, Troy . Darden, Jo......... . .Prescott, Ariz. .....Chillicothe ..........Argyle Davis, Patty...............Abilene Davis, Ralph Dale..........Abilene Davis, Wilton...............Austin Dawson, Harold V...........Abilene Deaton, Robert L...Santa Fe, N. M. Dennis, Bryan. . . Hot Springs, N. M. Denton, Ruth...............Knox City Dickey, Billy J................Comyn Dickman, Maria ...............Dallas Dillon, Bill ................Abilene Doyle, Gerald Wayne...........Vernon Edwards, Jerry...... Edwards, Vondell .. .. Lueders Eiland, Lois Dee.... Everett, Richard.... .. Levelland SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORES Ingram, Jay.................Baytown Jackson, Billy.........Breckenridge Johnson, Patsy Ruth. . . . Dalhart . Fort Worth Jones, Darrel ........Oakland, Calif. Joyner, James A.........Wolfe City Kelley, Doyle ............. . Lamesa Kendall, Douglas. Leominster, Mass. Kennemer, Joan..............Abilene King, Oleta.................Quitman Kniffen, Norma........ Chicago, 111. Kouvelis, Johnny......San Angelo Latham, Hervey H........Tennyson Love, Betty........... Clovis, N. M. McBeth, Sybil ...............Winters SOPHOMORES t a i 1 A 'N i eBw� ' l J g V ,� 16 m: r A o % V� P P if! i r SOPHOMORES SOPHOMORES Stout, Herbert L..... .Hobbs, N. M. ......Austin Swindler, Jerry..........San Antonio Takagi, Katherine .Haleiwa, Hawaii Talley, Winfred ..............Abilene Tapscott, Robert Leldon........Dallas Taylor, Charlene . . Taylor, Patsy Ruth. Teaff, Saralyn....... Terrell, Edwin L. . . Hobbs, N. M. Big Lake .Midland . Haskell Terry, Rupert Dan . . Goodlett .Paducah Tincher, Bettie Tolbert, Betty . Canon City .Fort Worth .Amherst . Abilene Trittin, John W......... Turpen, Pansy........... Vernon, Hazel Walker, Dell.... Walker, K. P. Ward, D. W....... . Chillicothe Wash, Bobby...... .... Forsan Webb, Aaron...............Stamford Wells, Mary F...............Odessa SOPHOMORES West, Pollye.................Fort Worth White, Velma J...............Fort Worth Womack, Gladeene.........Eastland York, Nelda Belle Young, Will Ann FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS BILL AUSTIN RICHARD COLLINS GRETA BROCK FRESHMEN FRESHMEN FRESHMEN .Lubbock FRESHMEN FRESHMEN Abilene ★ GRADUATES AND SPECIALS JOHNSON, Kay.....Elk City, Okla. LAMB, Margaret Ann....Abilene McLEAD, William C.....Abilene NEWMAN, Norma.........Abilene PETRY, John...........Houston POPE, Rhama Dell......Abilene SIKES, Charles R......Big Spring STEGALL, Bill ...........Abilene TALBOT, Beryl ...........Abilene TARPLEY, Joe F.........Merkel UPSHAW, Eugene L......Abilene VANDERPOEL, Lucille ...........Gladstone, Mich. WATERHOUSE, Sidney L.. .Abilene WILLIAMS, Norma Jean..Dallas Sudan WOLFE, Fannie Lou.. Queens - Sweetheart - Favorites Nominees - Beauty and Beast - Who's Who informed that she had been chosen for the highest honor a girl can receive on Abilene, is president of the Texas Rho chapter of Alpha Chi, a member of the ALICE OSBORNE UNIVERSITY QUEEN NATILYNNE WILLIAMS SUMMER QUEEN JEANNINE JOHNSTON BRONCO SWEETHEART WISTIE REID SENIOR FAVORITE SUE ANN DUNCAN JUNIOR FAVORITE HELEN BURROUGHS SOPHOMORE FAVORITE MINA MATTHEWS FRESHMAN FAVORITE LORA HAYNES KATHLEEN RITTER AND RICHARD COLLINS BEAUTY AND BEAST Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges are students selected to represent H-SU in the national honorary organization, sponsored annually by the University of Alabama. These members rep- resent leaders who have made more than the usual contribution to H-SU. Selection is based on scholarship, leadership, morality, participation in extra- curricular activities, and possibility to future usefulness to society. This year a total of fourteen seniors and six juniors were added to the campus list of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. These personalities, along with the nine already selected, were picked from a group twice this size by the special committees and faculty members of the school. Who I m o ii cj J. W. STEADMAN S tilde n t s BOB McCHESNEY BETTY DOZIER FLOYD STRICKLAND GLEN BURROUGHS FLEUR WALTON ni American RUBY NEWMAN PERKINS EARL ROWAN ALICE OSBORNE VIRGINIA DUNAGAN BOB ERWIN WAYLAND YATES CHARLES TANDY OMAR MOORE KAY JOHNSON Honoraries - Publications Music - Religious Groups Clubs - Councils - onoA Ability and tournament experience are the two requirements for membership in Pi Kappa Delta. Pi Kappa Delta members are young orators and de- OFFICERS Whit Giddens Wanda My rick baters who have truly distinguished themselves in speech activities. President Secretary PI KAPPA DELTA ALPHA CHI OFFICERS Alice Osborne Marie Saunders . Virginia McCormick Minor Berry Virginia Randel Otto O. Watts .....President . Vice-President .....Secretary . Treasurer . Reporter .....Sponsor Even at Hardin - Simmons, there are a few intellectual giants and they be- long to Alpha Chi. These Folks are eligible for Alpha Chi because they made good grades. Quite an achieve- ALPHA PSI OMEGA OFFICERS Virginia Dunagan........Grand Director Virginia Randel Grand Stage Manager Fleur Walton... Grand Business Manager Wilma Martin Worthy Playwright Katharine Boyd . Worthy Faculty Adviser Nora Everton Anna Margaret McGraw ..........Honorable Faculty Members Alpha Psi Omega members are the cream of the crop in the world of collegiate drama. Acting ability makes them people of distinction. OFFICERS Lylictn Bctllenger Eleanor Rogers . June Posey Jerry Gunnaway Mary Curry, Mar Jack Dean ....... ...........President .......Vice-President ...........Secretary ............Treasurer tha Curry . Reporters ..............Sponsor Beta Mu Kappa ... is that Greek to you? Well, according to authorities, Beta Mu Kappa means, er, uh, let's see now—oh, yes, it means better mu- sic club. After much thought, we arrive at the brilliant deduction that Beta Mu Kappa is a club for people who like better music. Pity the members of the Publications Committee for they are the ones who have to decide which students have the most intelligence, journalistic skill, and enery to head the staffs of the BRAND and the BRONCO. But, as far back as we can remember, they have always selected the right people. We're happy to trust their verdicts. PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE First Row: Mann, Levetl, Schooley, Everton, Yates. Second Row: Bond, Hutto, Burroughs, Tolbert, Walton. RANGE GUIDE Wanda Myrick Editor-in-Chief Ben Brock............ . . Assistant Editor name only, how does he go about making a date? Why he looks up her telephone number in the Range Guide, of course! But the Range Guide ... a useful pamphlet indeed . . . gives more information than merely the tele- phone numbers of pretty girls. It introduces the reader to important people on the Forty Acres and makes mention of famous H-SU traditions. The Range Guide might better be entitled WHAT EVERY FRESHMAN NEEDS TO KNOW. SUMMER BRAND Dorothy Lee Lewis David Garrett... Dub Mason ...... Wayland Yates . . Ben Brock Assista Berry Appling Louise Cole..... Fleur Walton.... John Petry Rosemary Shelton Dan Williams ... Dorothy Crabtree David Bost Editor-in-Chiet . Business Manager Associate Editor . Editorial Assistant Business Manager .....Sports Editor . . Feature Editor . Fine Arts Editor .....Music Editor ... . Society Editor . Religious Editor ........Cartoonist Editorial Adviser During summer, months, campus news is as hard to find as the proverbial needle in the hay- stack. But BRAND journalists . . . newshounds that they are . . . put out the paper faithfully even if they have nothing more than interviews with local gophers to print. A bouquet of roses to H-SU reporters who pound typewriters dili- gently despite West Texas heat. Many months ago, we, the staff, began the hectic task of producing a creditable yearbook for H-SU. We concerned ourselves with all the problems of editing from getting photos at the right angles to meeting all the deadlines on time. When we got into the spirit of the thing, we enjoyed working under high tension and now that our labors are over, we miss the excitement we'd known for so long. But it's a great pleasure to hand over to you this Bronco for we are instinctively aware of your grati- tude. We have a sense of accomplishment now for we feel that we have faithfully portrayed pictorially the joys of campus life. We hope you feel the same way. BOB WOODRUFF AND DOYLE TAYLOR Photographers THE 1949 BRONCO STAFF STAFF Bert Mann Edith Boehlert Ellena Pettersen Olan Richards Bob Woodruff Doyle Taylor... Ben Brock...... Dorothy Kincaid Jane High...... Dalmon McNair Rex Smith....... Virginia Randel David Garrett ... Beth Johnson Dorothy Crabtree Marida Ray Louise Blakemore Jim Marsh..... Helen Engle . Zelma Malone . Homer Hutto . Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor .........Assistant Editor Art Editor ..........Photographer .........Photographer .........Copy Editor ........Copy Editor ......... Copy Writer ........Sports Editor Assistant Sports Editor .........Organizations .........Senior Editor .........Junior Editor Sophomore Editor Freshman Editor ...........Features ........Faculty Editor ...... Personalities ............... Typist Faculty Adviser THE H-SU Lett to right: Lewis, York, Turlo, Moore, Winter, Lawhome, Vernon, Knox, Coats, Livingston, Hood, Collins, Lantz, Brown, BRAND STAFF Every Saturday H-SU students lay down their comic books temporarily to peruse the beloved Brand. It takes about fifteen minutes to read one issue but hours are spent in getting one issue out to the stu- dent body. Brand staff members who get the news, report it, editorialize it, and make features about it deserve a few words of congratulations for their ability to meet the deadline. SCHOOLEY STAFF Way land Yates George Hine, Jr. . Berry Appling Duane Sandlin Dorothy Kincaid Wiley Dub Mason Ben Brock........ David Garrett Gabriel Duty Ernest Welsh..... Ann Carothers Winston Moore Dorothy Crabtree Rosemary Shelton Dalmon McNair Richard Collins Eugene Schooley ...............Editor-in-Chief Business Manager .............Sports Editor ........Sports Editor ..........Associate Editor Associate Editor Editorial Assistant ..........Editorial Assistant Assistant Business Manager ..........Religious Activities ......................Exchange ......................Features ....................Cartoonist .......................Society .........Staff Writer ............. Staff Reporter ............Faculty Adviser PRESS CLUB OFFICERS .....President . Vice-President Way land Yates . Bert Mann Ann Carothers Ben Brock Rex Lee......... Richard Collins Homer Hutto Eugene Schooley Secretary-Treasurer ..........Reporter . Social Chairman Sergeant-at-Arms ..........Sponsors Birds of a feather flock together, someone once said, and certainly this statement can apply to our campus journalists. Twice a month they wash the printers' ink from their hands and come to a meeting of the Press Club. It's under the auspices of the Press Club that they learn the practical jour- nalistic codes and meet more experi- enced members of the newspaper pro- fession. And then when shop talk is exhausted, Press Club members relax and have some plain old f-u-n. Yates Appling Crabtree Mason Garrett Marshall Garrett Martin Schooley Burns Duty UNIVERSITY QUARTET BOB SMITH, First Tenor JIMMY LODEN, Second Tenor MAURICE ALFRED, Bass CHARLES DOWNEY, Baritone COWBOY BAND OFFICERS Dub Crain......................President Mac Fullerton Vice-President Gary DeShazo...................Treasurer Ernest Tye . ... Reporter Marion B. McClure Director Three cheers for our most popular group . . . the Cowboy Band. 'Tis the Cowboy Band that relieves the boredom of chapel going and adds to the excitement of foot- ball games. 'Tis the Cowboy Band that makes dern Yankees eager to come to Texas for a visit. Yep, those strutting musi- cians of ours have made H-SU famous. Let's give the Cowboy Band three more cheers! members Norman McDaniel COWGIRL BAND OFFICERS Wilma Jean Adams....................President Betty Roberts..................Vice-President Karmen Challacombe...................Reporter Lora Beth Bradberry...........Social Chairman Dale Schoonover......................Director H-SU's answer to Phil Spitalny is the Cowgirl Band which is com- posed of beautiful young ladies who are real musicians. These girls are truly the pride and joy of West Texas. Here's hoping H-SU will always have a Cowgirl Band in its colorful pageantry of music. Karmen Challacombe Joyce Chapman Doylene Gilmore Betty Roberts Charlene Tucker Betty Wilkerson Tommie Williams CHAPEL CHOIR PERSONNEL Geneva Anderson Mary Bayliss Joan Beard Geneva Beeman Robert Coleman Ted Cotten Asa Couch Constance Cowden Corinne Cowden Donald Davis Elaine Davis Joanna Davis Elouise Eschue Elnita Faubin James Goodman Marie Griffin Jackie Hamilton Ruth Hamilton Bonnie Herckimire Andy Howland Christy King Ann Kitchens Eileen Kong Bob Laurey James Mahan Betty Morris John New Margaret Parish Norma Parks Forrest Posey Doris Reit Gordon Robinson Glen Sutton Charlene Taylor Rupert Terry Bob Todd Melba Waters Gladeene Womack Mary Wells A UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL GIRLS' TRIO LYLIAN BALLINGER LENA SUE CHILTON First Soprano BARBARA BROWN MEN'S QUARTET BILL SMITH Baritone MARION RODMAN Second Tenor LEON WALTON First Tenor CROSBY CRAWFORD GIRLS' QUARTET POLLY WEST PAT JOHNSON Second Alto EARLENE SINGLETON Second Soprano GLENNA PARR sa’ ’ Linking the student body to local needs BSU. Gwen Griffitts .... Dorothy Kincaid . . . Wendall Parker .. . Norman McDaniel OFFICERS Magazine Representative Dan Williams......... Robert Tapscott...... Floyd Strickland Jack O'Neal.......... Prof. W. C. Ribble ... Truett Sheriff....... .....Sunday School Representative .....Training Union Representative . . Liie Service Band President (Fall) ....................Faculty Adviser BAPTIST STUDENT UNION COUNCIL Y. W. A. OFFICERS loan Freeman.......................................President Mabel Wells ..................................Vice-President Melba Waters.......................................Secretary Dorothy Elam..........................................Social Chairman Ganelle Newman ...............Mary Frances Hall Chairman Willie Mae Rankin........................Smith Hall Chairman Virginia Keeter.........................Hunter Hall Chairman Kay Weatherford........Senior and University Halls Chairman Mildred Rogge......................................Publicity Chairman Geneva Anderson .....................................Pianist Barbara Brown......................................Chorister Erma Nell White......................................Program Chairman Betty Vee Morris......................................Window Representative Aileen Culpepper.....................................Sponsor What can we say about the Y. W. A.? Just this . . . it's a quietly but faithfully laboring organization composed of consecrated, devoted members. Is there anything nicer to say about any religious group? OFFICERS MINISTERIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS mzi i MINISTERIAL AUXILIARY LIFE SERVICE BAND RADIO CHOIR President Vice-President ....Secretary Treasurer . Drum Majorette .........Mascot ......Sponsor OFFICERS Fleur Walton Edna Edwards................... Wanda Baker Sue Ann Duncan Ann Carothers..... Jean Morgan Kay Haynes Ethel Trice ................... COWGIRLS The Cowgirls make up an exclusive group; no men allowed. But what male would seek admittance anyway, considering the pledge system of the Cowgirls? Would-be Cowgirls have to lose dignity and friends by eating garlic and wearing egg yolk for chapeaus. Ah, but being in the Cowgirls is worth the misery of Pledge Week. The Cowgirls add color to H-SU parades, pep up H-SU school spirit, and serve well all worthy causes. COWGIRL MEMBERS Fleur Walton Edna Edwards Wanda Baker Sue Ann Duncan Ann Carothers Jean Morgan Ethel Trice Kay Haynes Nadine Bailey Joan Berry Bobbie Bilderback Louise Blakemore Nona Blakemore Ella Bostick Barbara Brown Patsy Campsey Karmen Challacombe Nellie Choate Dorothy Crabtree Martha Curry Mary Curry Beverly Dyer Julia Edwards Helen Engle Paula Hazel Maewyn Bailey Herring Ra'Ortez Howington Faye Huff Myra Sue Ice Jeannine Johnston Elaine Justiss Jo Kirk Joan Lewis La Moyne Line Betty McMinn Pat McMinn Jessie Myers Wanda Myrick Alice Osborne Charlese Powell Doris Reid Wistie Reid Nell Rhodes Betty Roberts Betty Sanders Virginia Claire Smith Durelle Stokes Patsy Taylor Paula Jean Terry Martha Ann Waddill Dell Walker Dosey Walton Kay Weatherford Sue Williams Billie Wise Jackie Hamilton Ruth Hamilton Lula Mae Hampton Lora Beth Bradberry Carolyn Hannah Johnnie Delle Brock Lora Haynes UNIVERSITY PLAYERS OFFICERS Whit Giddens Virginia Randal Winston Moore . Charlese Powell Larry Skylstad . . . Katharine Boyd ......President (Fall) . . . President (Spring) .......Vice-President ...........Secretary . Committee Chairman .............Director Bill Austin Richard Collins Constance Cowden MEMBERS Donnie Estes Eddye Fouts Johanna Griffin r e a yen for Shakespeare? Dream of a Rmnrl If so. Players Club will make you a thespian T is). Players Cl„h ™ , p an • • ■ (whatever that layers Club members ... hams that they are ho, .1 CM ,o ,™ mmion „ h™ Gwen Griffitts Lera Joyce Hale Kay Hallmark Clara Jane Harrell Shirley Harris Frances Harvin Joe Haynes Tollie Herndon Abbie Holmes Kenneth Johnston Virginia Keeter Bonnie Krinkie Jerold May Robert Moon Winston Moore Jerry Myers Joan Neprude Richard O'Brien Robert O'Brien Gymme Odom Isabel Parfch 'ell Don Rogers Cecil Rutherford Marcella Rogers La Verne Saylor Rosemary Shelton Kathleen Skylstad Mary Jo Skipper Jimmie Sumrall Libby Sumrall Mary Sweet Don Sypherd Mary Tanner Marilyn Trainer Merle Jean Vaught Fleur Walton UNIVERSITY PLAYERS ART LEAGUE Henry Hermann Dee Childers.... Harold Carden Edith Boehlert Dorothy Crabtree A. M. Carpenter, S Maurice Martin OFFICERS .........................President ........... . First Vice-President .............Second Vice-President ...............Secretary-Treasurer ..........................Reporter fv Car Art L OFFICERS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CLUB OFFICERS Joe Favor...................... Curtis Bennett .......... Alvin Woody..................Fii Bert Mann...................... Monte Rhea Porter ............. James Garrett ................. David Garrett ................. Eleanor Hiebert, W. C. Ribble ...............President First Vice-President (Fall) rst Vice-President (Spring) Second Vice-President ...............Secretary ...............Treasurer ................Reporter ................Sponsors MEMBERS Leroy Barbee Curtis Bennett Verbon L. Boyd J. R. Brannon Bill Braselton Alice Brigman Violet Brown Fred Browning Mary Alice Browning Bill Burkhart C. B. Campbell Lester Cape Howard Carroll Frank Carter Joe Caudle Bill M. dark Alfred Cluck M. E. Crawford Reba Ford Winston Gann David Garrett Earl Green Dalton Haines OFFICERS Travis Hendrick................................President CHOW HANDS Tad Kikugawa Vice-President Ludelle King.........................Secretary-Treasurer Ruth Hall.......................................Reporter Gene Shelburne....................................Social Chairman Mary Collins.....................................Sponsor Ruth Hall MEMBERS Bob Roberts KHSU STAFF MEMBERS Winston L. Moore . Bob Moore Kay Johnson....... Dorothy Kincaid . . Merle Jean Vaught Marcella Rogers Robert Wilson..... Don Sypherd Billy Frazier George Hine, Jr. . Scott Smith....... Bruce Brooks .....Station Manager Commercial Manager Program Director .....Continuity Director Traffic Manager Musical Director .....Chief Announcer Special Events Director .....Religious Director News and Sports Editor .......Chief Engineer Radio Co-oridinator Soap operas, quiz shows, disc jockeys . . . they're all a part of radio and radio is a part of H-SU now. Yes, indeed! H-SU has its own station which uses local yokels for talent. And on the Forty Acres there is radio talent. It's all used to produce some good radio listening, too. STATION KHSU OFFICERS LIBRARY CLUB Violet Brown......... Lunelle Lewis ........ Margaret Ann Wheeler Earl Cook............ Dorothy Crabtree..... Thelma Andrews....... ........President . Vice-President ......Treasurer Social Chairman .........Sponsor MEMBERS -ge Gadberry Robert O'Brien President Richard O'Brien Vice-President Martha Curry .............................Secretary Dee Childers..............................Treasurer Janie West.................................Reporter Mary and Betty Post Corinne and Constance Cowden . Social Chairmen Rex Smith.................................Historian Aileen Culpepper............................Sponsor MEMBERS Dee Childers Constance Cowden Corinne Cowden Mary Curry Fay Huff Winona McClatchy Winston McClatchy Richard O'Brien Robert O'Brien Martha Pliler Mary Pliler TWINS CLUB COLTS OFFICERS Barbara Brown.............. Frank Fuller .... Genevieve Wellborn Richard O'Brien, Robert O'Brien. AnnCarothers.............. Kenneth Hill.... ...... ........President .....Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer . . Social Chairmen ..........Reporter .............Sponsor MEMBERS Maybe these students' ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower but they did come to H-SU. And these students followed in their footsteps and are apparently proud that they did. Attending H-SU is a nice tradition for any family. MEMBERS Sam Morris Richard O'Brien Robert O'Brien Charles Osborn Shirley Ann Price Virginia Rondel Raymond Reddell Lavonia Redden Betty Ann Riek Joyce Roberts Nancy Roberts Marcella Rogers Cooper Rutherforc Rose Marie Shann Lois Shirley Earline Slaughter Billie Jean Smith Ruth Watanabe Wendall Willis COLTS HOME ECONOMICS CLUB OFFICERS Betty Sanders.... Colleen Culpepper Tye Featherston . Billy June Balch . . . Bennie Pendley . . Lillie Mae Houston. .......President Vice-President .......Secretary ......Treasurer .......Reporter Social Chairman .........Sponsor Pots and pans, needle and thread... they make no trouble for home economics students. These domestic science scholars know how to make a house a home . . . which is quite an art, by the way. MEMBERS Betty Sande OFFICERS Fleur Walton ..... Dorothy Kincaid Jack Yates................... W. A. Stephenson............. President . Secretary . Reporter Sponsor With or without soapboxes, O. and D. members can make stirring speeches. They can also, at the drop of a gavel, debate either side of the Federal Aid to Education question. They are so skillful that we send them to tournaments to win the honors for H-SU. Grady Allison Clyde Arender Minor Berry Ralph Caton Whit Giddens MEMBERS 0. D. COUNCIL H-S CLUB OFFICERS Howard McChesney...........................President Glen Burroughs........................Vice-President Paul Bailey..................... Secretary-Treasurer Jack Boles ....................... Social Chairman Elmer Biddy Bill Braselton Glen Burroughs Leon Cooper MEMBERS Hugh Higgins J. C. Hillin Edwin Petty Paul Petty Earl Rowan J. C. Smith Bob Surratt OFFICERS PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLUB W'THHALL COUNCIL •■3S2SP ! £r MvqRTw. P'esen'atives p elnita £cjrns o S 08hS 1S r COUNCIL SENIOR HALL COUNCIL CHARLESE POWELL President MARIE GARRETT LYLIAN BALLENGER Secretary LOUISE BLAKEMORE Reporter JEANNINE JOHNSTON Social Chairman MRS. COVA COLLIER Sponsor MARY FRANCES HALL COUNCIL £? « ta§? ■ |PO£C 4 'gi 0 %A rf ? ; flS 4� ?� ' � HelZ ld s n2£ H?yio, «°°dy ' “a� ftos,”se MUZONK ClUB PHILATELIC CLUB BOB CAT CLUB 7 7 DALLAS CLUB COWTOWN CLUB SWEETWATER CLUB LAMESA CLUB ODESSA CLUB MIDLAND CLUB Football-Yell Leaders-Basketball Boxing-Golf-Baseball Tennis-Intramural Sports football COACHING STAFF In his sixth year as athletic director and head football coach, Warren B. Wood- son again produced a Hardin-Simmons eleven that was respected throughout the Southwest. His Cowboys, who gained the title of Bowlingest team in the nation, won two and tied one in post season dates with teams in three states. Over a regular, eight-game season, the Cowboys won four, lost two and tied two. Able assistance of Line Coach Murray Evans, Freshman Coach A1 Milch, and Joe Grba, team trainer, enabled Wood- son to compile one of the better records in the Southwest and maintain his phe- nomenal march of success, initiated when he came to Hardin-Simmons in 1941. JOE GRBA Team Trainer CO-CAPTAINS A couple of capable ends, J. W. Stead- man and Bob McChesney, captained the 1948 Cowboys. Steadman, a senior student who has played his final year with the Cowboys, and McChesney, an all-Border Conference selection, proved their worth to the Rancher eleven by turning in outstanding defensive and offensive work. McChesney, 6' 2 Van Nuys, California, junior, was the lead- ing pass receiver in the conference and ranked third among major college re- ceivers during the season. Steadman, 185-pounder, ranked third in the Border Conference in pass receiving. Both re- ceived their third letter with the Cow- BROOKS ALLEN, PAT BAILEY, HUGH HIGGINS, H-SU 28 NEW MEXICO U. 19 slim lead and held on for a 28 to 19 win over ing before 13,000 hometown fans, made a good EARL ROWAN, NOLAN HARVEY, TOM PROCTOR, Tackle H-SU 27 TEXAS MINES 27 Johnny Ford's passes paid off in points in El Paso when the Cowboys, who scored a point a minute in the last fourteen minutes, gained a 27-27 tie with the fired up Texas Miners in one of the most thrilling games of the season. The Miners, victory hungry after a 15-year drought in games with the Cow- boys, led the Ranchers 13 to 6 at halftime, and went ahead 27 to 13 one min- ute in the fourth period before the aerials of Ford began to connect with top receivers and salvage a tie with their Border Conference opponents. H-SU 34 OKLAHOMA CITYU. 21 A slim crowd turned out but they weren't disappointed as the Cowboys came through in their first home game of the season to hand the Oklahoma City Chiefs a 34 to 21 defeat at Fair Park Stadium. The Ranchers worked hard in the first half, went ahead 21 to 0 before the Chiefs could get their defense set up, and held on through a stormy last half to walk away with a victory over the rough Chiefs. The victory marked the first non-conference win of the season for the Cowboys. TOM ADAMS, JACK BOLES, End PAUL FROST, EDWIN PETTY, Center JESSE CLARDY, Guard PAUL BAILEY, Guard H-SU 28 WEST TEXAS STATE 6 Chilly weather greeted the Cowboys and the Buffaloes of West Texas State as the two elevens battled before a slim Armistice Day crowd at Fair Park Stadium. The Buffs commanded the game for the first five minutes as they completed a sustained drive by scoring a touchdown. But the Cowboys came back, tied up the game handily, and went on to hang a 28 to 6 defeat on the tired Buffaloes. The victory marked the second Border loop win for the Ranchers against one defeat and a tie. Davis halted by West Texas State. H SU 63 ARIZONA STATE 25 Hometown fans were treated to an offensive show when the Tempe State Sun Devils and the Cowboys battled for 60 minutes on the turf of Fair Park Stadium, scoring a point and a half per minute. The Cow- boys, who got to work early to produce a comfortable lead, triumphed 63 to 25 with all Cowboy backs and ends J. W. Steadman and Bob McChes- ney showing the way. The Sun Devils displayed a threat in Whizzer White, speedy half- back, but began rolling too late to seriously threaten the offensively potent Ranchers. McChesney pulled in by Tempe Sun Devil alter long gain. RALPH HARDY, End HARLAN DAUPHIN, Guard LEON COOPER, Tackle H-SU 35 COLLEGE OF PACIFIC 35 One of the greatest offensive duels of the season was staged in the Lodi Grape Bowl when Hardin - Simmons' Cowboys and the Tigers of College of Pacific battled to a 35-35 draw before 12,000 thrilled fans. The Cowboys took command early in the first half, scored an easy touchdown and went on to grab two more before leaving at half- time with an apparently comfortable 21 to 0 lead. But the tough Tigers, with their little All-American ace, Eddie Le- Baron leading the way, stormed back in the second half and scored at will to overcome the Ranchers' lead and head the Cowboys 35 to 28 with only a few moments left before Hook Davis re- turned a Tiger punt to scoring position, allowing the Ranchers to knot the count. The ever-ready Tigers lashed back and on a double reverse play had taken the ball to the Cowboys' one- yard line when the final gun sounded. H-SU 40 OUACHITA 12 Bowl game number two went to the Cowboys in Little Rock as Coach Wood- son's gold shirted warriors came from behind after halftime to blast the Ouachita Tigers 40 to 12 in a Shrine benefit game played in Little Rock's new The Cowboys, though they began rolling only after Ouachita had jumped ahead 12 to 7, proved too much for the scrappy Ouachita eleven and the game ended with the Ranchers several lengths out front of Coach Wes VERNE STAMPER, Back NOLAN TIGER, Back ROLAND STARKEY, Tackle H-SU 49 WICHITA U. 12 Climaxing a three-day festival season, Hardin-Simmons' Cowboys jumped on the Missouri Valley Conference runner-up Wichita University and scored a 49 to 12 kayo at the expense of the outclassed Shockers in the first annual Camellia Bowl game. Appearing in their third and final bowl game of the year, the Ranchers got busy early, used the John Ford to Bob McChesney and J. W. Steadman system, and turned what was supposed to be a close game into a near rout. The Cowboys played without the services of their ace All-Conference halfback, Wilton Davis, but didn't need him as they passed and ran to an easy win over their less formidable opponents. HERMAN RAPHELT, Tackle HOWARD McCHESNEY, Center J. W. STEADMAN, End FRESHMAN FOOTBALL The first post-war freshman eleven at Hardin-Simmons came through in five out of five during the 1948 football season, bowled over three topflight junior college elevens, and handed defeats to two other frosh teams. Cisco Junior College became the first victim of the junior Cowboys when Coach A1 Milch's frosh rolled over the JC team 14 to 7 in the latter's home city. In San Angelo the Cowboys made it victory number two by gaining a touch- down and holding off San Angelo Junior College's Rams to Decatur Baptist College furnished the frosh their only home entertainment when they succumbed to Milch's forces 20 to 0 on Parramore field. A couple of victories over Border Conference freshman elevens, a 20 to 0 win over West Texas, and a 35 to 6 humiliation of the Junior Red Raiders of Texas Tech, rounded out a perfect, undefeated and untied season for the Hardin-Simmons freshmen. Twenty-eight future varsity candidates were awarded numerals at the close of the highly successful season. First row: Atwood, Wilson, Gumm, Murry, Taylor, Langwell. Second row: Burkhart, Tiger, Edwards, Wat- son, Riddle, Offield, Stamper, Blair, Orfanos, Coach Milch. Third row: Haymie, Williams, Hamm, Balch, Mus- grove, Holder, Cooper, Champagne, Troutman. Fourth row: Swain, McGahay, Pierce, Cagle, Kelly, Hart, Davis, Hood, Goode. YELL LEADERS They're hep with the pep — these terrific yell leaders of ours. They knock themselves out to get us to roar some more for dear old H-SU and how they do generate school spirit! They're always on the job rooting for the famous Cowpokes. Let's give three rousing cheers for our cheerleaders. basketball JACK MARTIN BILL SCOTT Varsity Coach Freshman Coach In his first year as head coach of the Hardin- Simmons varsity squad, Jack Martin produced a highly-respected quintet of polished hard- wood performers who won 13 of 23 regular season contests, including ten out of 16 Border Conference games. The Cowboys finished in third place in final Conference standings, the highest mark ever attained by a Hardin-Sim- mons five since the school joined the confer- ence in 1941. Martin, a former Cowboy player himself, took over coaching reins following his graduation in 1948. Bill Scott, a former Hardin-Simmons football and basketball performer, coached the Cow- boy freshmen through a successful season, his aggregation winning ten out of 16 games. Norman Pinson of Corpus Christi and Glen Burroughs of Valera captained the 1949 Cowboys through their most successful season in years. Both three-year lettermen, each was an outstand- ing performer and contributed heavily to the high conference standing registered by the Cow- boys this year. NORMAN PINSON BILL BRASELTON WAYNE PRESTON PHILIP McGAHEY “ °� M co sXiuSUS ou,s,”dta — - final border conference School Won Arizona U Texas Tech Hardin-Si m mons West Texas State New Mexico U. . Flagstaff 11 10 Texas Mines 7 New Mexico ASM FRESHMAN BASKETBALL Billy Preston, brother of varsity per- former Wayne Preston, captained the 1949 Cowboy freshmen. The first fresh- man team since 1941, the junior Cow- boys met some of the top freshman and junior college teams in the area and compiled a respectable season record, winning 10 of 16 contests in regular season play. Besides their perform- ances against scheduled opposition, the frosh met the varsity in daily scrim- mage sessions, giving their upper class- men valuable experience. BILLY PRESTON Captain Moving For the second year the Cowboy boxing team stood out as a top athletic unit on the H-SU campus. The Cowboy mittmen, who met some of the top- flight amateur competition in the Southwest, crowned four open-class re- gional Golden Gloves champions and one state champion. Tom Adams, light heavyweight, was crowned state Golden Gloves champion for the third straight year. Bill Burkhart, welterweight, competed in the state tourney for the second year, reaching the finals in 1949. Beau Champagne, a heavy- weight, and James Fowler, featherweight, each won their divisions of the Abilene Regional Golden Gloves tournament and appeared in the State meet. Intercollegiate bouts with Cameron College of Lawton, Oklahoma, and North Texas State College, afforded the Cowboy boxers valuable ring experience. BILL BURKHART Welterweight JAMES FOWLER Featherweight baseball J. B. Gibbs, pitcher-outfielder from Beau- mont, was the captain of the 1949 Cowboy baseball nine. Playing his third year in a Cowboy uniform, Gibbs displayed out- standing pitching and hitting ability. The Cowboy diamondmen, who got off to a slow start by dropping four early season games to Southwest Conference opposition, got busy the last half of the season and completed their 1949 campaign with five straight victories over collegiate and pro- fessional opposition. Final season records found the Cowboys ahead in percentage points with seven victories against five defeats. Zen nis Otho Polk, physical education director, again directed the Har- din-Simmons tennis team which met several opponents during the season. Matches against Texas Tech, Texas Wesleyan, Abilene Christian, New Mexico A M, and McMurry, offered the varsity candidates needed ex- perience prior to their appear- ance in the 1949 Border Confer- ence tourney in Tucson. OTHO POLK NORTON DARNELL JOHN BOWDEN A RWELL DAVIS JEAN MORGAN EDNA EDWARDS LAMOYNE LINE JEANNE BAXTER Coach A1 Milch directed the Hardin-Simmons track season over the 1949 compaign. Although lacking in seasoned varsity candidates, Milch had a large squad of freshman performers training for the future. The freshman team, competing with top frosh teams in the Southwest, placed third in the annual Southwestern Recreational Track and Field Meet in Fort Worth. A nine-man varsity team was to compete in the annual Border Conference tournament in May. Murray, Gibbs, Mr. Polk, Fry. INTRAMURAL COUNCIL The Intramural Council is in charge of all intramural sports on the campus. The council is elected by popular vote of the entire student body each spring, with one member chosen from each of the three upper classes. This year Glenn Murray was chairman of the council, with J. B. Gibbs and Charlene Fry representing the Junior and Sophomore classes respectively. Under the direction of Otho Polk, intramural sports attracted a large group of non-varsity athletes. Sports that were represented this year are football, basketball, baseball, tennis, badminton, golf, ping-pong and boxing. INTRAMURAL FOOTBALL Touch football, the first sport in Feud Bowl to defeat the All- INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL Two leagues were set up in the intramural basketball program with teams in each league competing in a double round-robin program. The Bootleggers triumphed in the National league and the Effinghams won the American league. The Bootleggers were crowned champions after besting the Effinghams in the cham- pionship game. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Some girls like athletics; others prefer athletes. At H-SU, girls seem to thrive on sports. They keep their figures trim by chasing balls in Rose Field House and making home runs on the field outside Ferguson Hall. Needless to say, every room in Ferguson Hall is equipped with a strong pair of binoculars. The Women's section of the P. E. department always provides a good show. BASEBALL The famous Casey at the Bat whose baseball feats and de- feats we recite in poetry would have enjoyed going to H-SU. At H-SU baseball is the latest fad. Even the girls are playing it. TENNIS Tennis has gotten to be quite a racket too. (Pardon my puns.) The popular tennis courts are used day and night by energetic ball whackers. Ah, tennis— it's a great old game. BADMINTON Badminton game. Watch the birdie, please. PLAYS-REGISTRATION-CORONATIONS CHURCH PARTIES-SIMMONS CORNER VETS VILLAGE-DORM LIFE FOCUS WEEK-CHURCH TIME HOMECOMING Eureka! Romeo, thou? • picture, this . whereto11 art Romeo. w Well, he' anyway- “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE' Portia Faces Hardin-Simmons — in the summer production of Merchant of Venice. H-SU players took a dash of Shakespeare, mixed it with modern stage techniques and made enough enter- tainment to serve a large number of people. Ah, Shakespeare— if the old boy works hard, he'll become a great writer! September '48, B. P.—(Before Pre-registration). Yep, there were lines to go through in them thar days but we survived the ordeal. Even the faculty mem- bers were able to start classes on the day after reg- istration. Rose Field House during Fall registration was filled with clattering typewriters and chattering enrollees. A hectic memory! SUMMER CORONATION H-SU Royalty all dressed up. Natilynne Williams was Queen for a Summer. HAZEL FAUGHN MAEWYN HERRING ELOISE DOVER escorted by escorted by escorted by GLEN BURROUGHS RALPH CATON REX LEE Drums rolled, trumpets blared, people cheered and then ... out limped Bob THE BOB HOPE SHOW Hope wearing cowboy boots presented him by our own Dr. Richardson. Hope, that delightful ski-nosed comedian, kept us in stitches for over two hours and then H-SU students went wild when he took note of our pride and joy, Rose Field House. Said Hope, say, this is a nice bam! What time did they take the and Les Brown warmed up the place with his terrific jazz. Really a great show. VIRGINIA RANDEL as Esmeralda CECIL RUTHERFORD WHIT GIDDENS as Henry Antrobus Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Thirty-three other parts were cast. The Skin Too many kibitzers spoil the game. Oh, well, must be a hot EL PASO TRIP H-SU football fiends . . . well loaded (with lug- gage, that is) . . . stampeded into El Paso October 29th for the big gridiron battle between Texas Col- lege of Mines and H-SU. The invading group of H-SUers yelled like Indians on the warpath and managed to cheer the Cowboys on to an unexpected tie. It was quite a trip. WELCOMING PARTIES Wal, shet mah mouth! Those folks at the First Baptist Church served us watermelon that gave us a southern drool and then proceeded to entertain us with real plantation party life. We got enough of the South in us to please even Senator Claghorn. Speaking of Senator Claghorn, the University Bap- tists poked fun at politics with their 'Welcome Shindig.' As the reader can plainly see, the SimmonScratic con- vention was something on the hilarious side. These 'Welcome Clambakes' . . . they're a lot of fun. escorted by WAYLAND YATES ELAINE JUSTISS RALPH CATON escorted by escorted by BILL TOLBERT WILTON DAVIS WISTIE REID escorted by RAYMOND TROUTMAN MINA MATTHEWS BURL TROUTMAN UNIVERSITY CORONATION VIRGINIA McCORMICK escorted by FARIS WEST JEANNINE JOHNSTON BEN BROCK FLEUR WALTON escorted by BOB McCHESNEY The man who has asked more questions than an exam paper . . . the original Dr. I. Q. He's known as Reverend Jim McClain now. At the University Coronation, Rev- erend McClain helped our diges- tion by making an after-dinner speech. Alice Osborne was crowned queen on that auspicious occasion. nvMt TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL COACHING CLINIC The camera caught the high school coaching clinic session in operation. Here's Mattie Bell of SMU; Say coach, haven't you learned to dress yet? . . . . . . H-m-m-m-l one big huddle. November 27, 1948 Homecoming . . . when exes return to view new buildings and old profs. We celebrated with a bonfire and then the Cowboys tried to beat the heck out of Texas Tech. They almost did, too. FRESHMAN STUNT NIGHT There's something 'fishy' about these pictures of freshman stunt night. Stunt Night . . . that was the night the freshmen showed that they could be just as silly as sophomores. Little Dick Collins delighted the audience by rescuing his pet 'flea' from Mrs. Moody's ear and someone or other imitated A1 Jolson. Or, maybe that was A1 Jolson who sang. Oh well, the freshmen went cr that night and had a good time doing it. GAME TIME A football game . . . full of sound and fury. While the boys get their heads bumped and their bones crushed on the field, the people whistle, yell, and holler in the grandstands. Sort of ex- citing in a way. Some more pictures of some more people. If you'll look carefully, you'll see: the well dressed folks who were in the Home Eco- nomics style show, the Cowgirls and the Cowboys on parade, and eleven gorgeous gals who ran for University queen. WE EAT Mary Collins has had plenty of experience in feeding the lines speaking cafterially, that is. Four studes shoot the breeze— one seems to be studying. Tsk, tsk, madam! Didn't you know that studying is taboo at H-SU? H-SUers who have refined hitch- hiking. They don't thumb for rides; they yell for 'em ... at Simmons Corner, of course. Three coeds fight the eternal battle against dirt at a nearby washateria. And at the H-SU barber shop, we find a fellow getting all spruced up for Sat- urday night, no doubt. SIMMONS CORNER ELIXIR OF LOVE If you're a vulture for culture, you undoubtedly enjoyed the opera, Elixir of Love. H-SU singers, magnificently garbed, romped through their high C's quite well. MARDI GRAS The shades of New Orleans! University Baptists, under the direction of Mrs. Ethel Trice who prefers Louisiana to Texas, staged the Mardi Gras or a reasonable fac- simile. This occasion was the annual Sweetheart banquet. LIFE IN MEN'S DORMS Take a peek, girls! Here are snapshots of the campus males as they work, play and loaf in their own private world . . . the men's dorms. What do these males do in their dorms? Well, they do everything from rolling trash barrels down the stairs to throwing firecrackers in the showers. Pretty exciting, eh, fellows? Of course each men's dorm has its bull sessions and the favorite topics, we hear, are women, women and women. O-o-o-o-h, boys, what do you say about us girls, anyway? LIFE IN WOMEN'S DORMS For men only—this section of Life in the Women's Dorms. Okay, fellows, stop panting and take a good long look at these coed cuties. On these pages you see them going through the rigors of dorm life which consists of everything from having pillow fights to dressing in, er, uh, (pardon the expression), shorts. There's not a male in any of these snapshots but the girlies seem to be pretty happy anyway. 4' FOCUS WEEK Religious Focus Week was the out- standing week of the year because we emerged from it spiritually re- freshed. We got close enough to consecrated Christian personalities to catch a little of their Christlike- ness for ourselves and we learned that Christian principles can very definitely be applied to everyday living. Mountain top experiences characterized the entire week. CHURCH TIME Some folks say that American youths are going to the dogs. Well, we don't know about that but we do know that H-SU youths are going to the churches. Every Sunday morning, the casual ob- server can see an exodus of well- dressed young men and women going to the churches of their choice. It's an encouraging sight of the times—the sight of college students taking a day from their busy week to worship God. HAWAIIAN PARTY Hawaii — land of swaying hula girls—er, palm trees, that is. Hawaii — that land of enchantment. . . became something of a reality to First Baptist Church young people at their Sweetheart Banquet. At any rate, judg- ing by these photos, our party going friends seem to be enjoying Hawaiian at- mosphere. THE GREAT BIG DOOR- STEP—a play that is for- ever clever. For the bene- fit of those who dozed during the performance, (as if anyone did), The Great Big Doorstep was about Louisiana Cajuns. A stupendous, super-du- per play—a stupendous, super-duper cast. THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP r. Tobir Ol Man Winter came whistling in bringing snappy breezes—slippery ice—nice cold snow—and snowballs that hit their targets much too often. We bundled up like Eskimos, shut our mouths to keep our teeth from chattering, and shivered through the season. IT WAS COLD IN ABILENE Above: These art students ain't shirkin'; they’re workin'. Oh, you eager Below: Three girls try to find a few lost chords on an organ while Russell and Paula saw earnestly on their fiddles ... Two classes in action: First Aiders whiskey . . . Key klachers in action . . .E-e-e-e-k! Turn the dial; looks like our WE WORK AND PLAY Variety is the spice of life at H-SU. Students manage to dab- ble in a little of everything. They eat, work, gossip, loaf and play and some of them even study. Here we take you behind the scenes at H-SU to show you well known campus personalities in the business of filling their wak- ing hours. Notice the facial ex- pressions. Earnest, aren't they? These folks aren't a bit camera I ..i:;- VETERANS' VILLAGE SANDEFER MEMORIAL Cowboys and Cowgirls and even two cows got in these pictures. Note Gene Autry surrounded by four admirers. Whar's your horse, Gene? Dr. Wiggins got his picture took too. He must be making a speech in chapel. We'd better not forget to call your attention to the mixed quartet smiling at the bottom of the page. They got left out of the Music Department section. Also, in this rogues' gallery, are snaps of folks who haunt the bookstore, more vets posing for the cameraman, and two girls from El Paso—one of whom is demonstrating how the material shortage has affected the modern day bathing suit. ALTON UNANGST Loved by all who knew him. 3 « iH r m n r i a m HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ANTHEM AUTOGRAPHS . . .