Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 4 Student Life 16 Greeks 74 Organizations 98 . Sports 126 University Profiles 162 Students j || ! 214 •

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1988-89 Bronco dedicated to Dr. Edward Hughes of Geology Department e HSU geology progra only way I might sylvania achieve this goal was to enroll in sum- mer courses. I had never attended a summer class, so I did not know what to expect. Upon hearing of my plans for summer, friends took it upon them- selves to enlighten me of my foolish error. “Two hours a day, five days a week, you’ll be bored to tears!” They obviously had not experienced a sum- mer session with Dr. Edward Hughes. To be quite literal, I have never looked forward to attending any course with quite such anticipation as I felt when I signed up for Oceanography. Perhaps that is a part of the reason that the course and, more so, its instructor remain imprinted on my mind. Hughes is a good-hearted, patient man with a gift not many instructors possess: the ability not just to impart knowledge, but rather to share it. While many are able to impress the necessary information upon the student’s mind adequately enough for the student to pass examinations, Hughes somehow had his heart and mind connected to plate tectonics and the manner in which Ohio, Tennessee, Minnesota and Mis- souri, obtaining his Ph.D. at Washing- ton University in St. Louis. Hughes said his doctorate was gained through sac- daughters all picked up roots to attain that goal. As with probably most Ph.D.'s in the scientific field, Hughes' dissertation is mind-boggling in title, carrying the name “Calcareous Nannoplankton and Biostratigraphy of Late Miocene to Late Pliocene Sediments in Conrad Cores from the Blake Plateau, North Atlantic. In layman’s terms, Hughes studied microfossils from core samples and correlated them with strata of the earth. His professional career is no less im- pressive; Hughes has served with Gulf Oil Corporation as a Petroleum Geol- ogist and Cities Service Research Cor- poration as a Micropaleontologist. These experiences have enabled Hughes to offer HSU students a wealth of practical information. Those who take his courses will not only receive such teaching but be called upon to applied program, stated Hughes. “And my job is to challenge students and force them into thinking.” Hughes is an advocate of hands on” experience. Whether he is with stu- dents on a sand bar in the Gulf of Mex- ico, or in the classroom analyzing core samples of the earth’s crust, he realizes the value of experience. “I have ex- perience in the [geology] industry and I know what the kids will need to suc- ceed in the ‘real’ world, he said. Outside of the classroom, Hughes has a genuine interest in the students. He believes that the student is the most important part of HSU. He values the interaction that occurs between himself and the students. The students grow up with us, he began. You see them day in and day out, for four years. You basically live with the student. This prpvides the teacher with the awesome opportunity to train and help the student academ- ically and spiritually. Being able to see a child mature into an adult and leave HSU is very rewarding. But, my job does not end just because the student (continued on page 8 ...)