Howard Payne College - Lasso Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 176 of the 1955 volume:

WALKER MEMORIAL LIBRA ' Howcl PcajnLCfrlUcjL Foreword Perhaps the goal of any yearbook is an accurate portrayal of student life in every phase. In this Lasso, we have tried to go a little beyond accuracy — we have tried to capture for you the warmth and vitality of our lives together on this campus. Now and later, we hope this Lasso will be to you a crystalization of the aspects and attitudes that belong only to Howard Payne — that spirit that makes Howard Payne mean what it does to all of us. The Editor and Staff DEDICATION 4 BUILDINGS 6 ACADEMIC SCHOOL 12 Administration 15 Classes 25 PERSONALITIES 58 CAMPUS LIFE 78 Sports 81 Organizations 111 Departments 127 Snaps 143 ADVERTISING 163 contents Dedication Dr. Thomas H. Tatjlor The well known ivy-covered college pictured in Howard Payne College reveals a different adventure for every student. Within its walls are memories of book reports, test grades, chapel rolls, even the beginning of romance. Every student has found a challenge within these walls. The picture of this building will always be symbolic of personal achievement to every Howard Payne Yellowjacket. LJ. Mims Building Walker Memorial Librarii Daniel Baker Administration Building Yantis Hall Howard Paqne Hall ACADEMIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION 2sps: 5- Kffirsniss s raran. .r ’SSss ' ■ “ “ Administration FACULTY Dr. Richard A. Eads Mabel Eubanks B.A. M.A., Ph.D. B.S., M.A. Dr. Sever L. Eubank B.A., M.A., Ph.D. FACULTY Joe AvmGayte Speech Dr. H. Grady Harlan Mable Gayle B.M., M.Mus., Ph.D. B.M., M.A. FACULTY FACULTY FACULTY CLASSES Graduates Barbara Ballard, Brownwood Marjorie Bowman, Goldthwaite Martha Joy Childress, Rising Star Elsie Ezell, San Saba Marjorie Fair, Cleburne Izena Cardner, Brownwood Josephine Gray, San Saba Gladys Kuykendall, San Saba Paul Muhle, May Patricia Palm, Brownwood Percy Parsons, Comanche Eleanor Pauline Roberts, Rising Star Floyd H. Sorley, DeLeon Hattie O. Taylor, San Saba Helen Terry, San Saba R. D. Wright, DeLeon Future Alumni Seniors President......................Wendell Traylor Vice-President.................. Evelyn Sowell Secretary ....................... Faye Shows Treasurer ............... Weldon McElreath Reporter ............................... Camie Jay Pianist ....................... Minnie Spruill Student Council Rep...................Marshall Fair FALL SEMESTER OFFICERS Vice-President.... James Newman Secretary............ Vernell Price Treasurer............ Betty Friend Song Leader.......Wendell Traylor Pianist.......................Joan Walker SPRING SEMESTER OFFICERS 28 Seniors Seniors Seniors Seniors Seniors Frances Miller.........................Abilene Education; Art Homer Miller .......................... DeLeon Accounting; Business, English Daisy Morgan ..................... Corpus Christi Business, Education Biology; Chemfstry, Music, Spanish Lee A. Nelson----............. LaGrange Bible; Greek Mrs. Pat Porter....................... Mullin Education Vernell Price----- Clarktvood 33 Martha Priddy Education; Art Seniors 34 Seniors ble ' S3S-i.... Juniors President............Weyland Snipes Secretary......Margarette Stanfield Treasurer ............ Carlton Bell Reporter.....................Vernon Vaughan Student Council Rep..Eddie Rodgers Pianist..................... Sylvia Rundell Song Leader...........James Crow FALL SEMESTER OFFICERS President...............Carlton Bell Vice-President ................ Sue Elder Secretary.............Patti Steward Treasurer ........... Lloyd Elder Pianist ........................Ann Murray Song Leader........Murray Allman Student Council Rep. . Eddie Rogers SPRING SEMESTER OFFICERS Juniors Rachel Ayala .................... Houston Kenneth Baker............................. Snyder Carlton Bell ................ Shelby ville, Tenn. Wanda Blue ............................ Iredell Rebecca Bolding......................... Slaton Nathan Booth...........................Victoria Willis Cash................................Pearl Harlen Center................. Berkeley, Calif. Jack Clack ............................... Cisco Juniors Vera Mae Clack............................Cisco Charles Coburn.....................Cross Plains Jim Cole..................... Brownwood Esther Crawford ................ Dallas James Crow....................Whitesboro Denny Day......................Brownwood Betty Fisher........................Rising Star Dublin Larry Gregg . Brownwoocl Waxahachie Bobby Haun ......................... Stephenville Floyd Heard . Letha Hatcher Weldon Hill .. ...... Okra Cletus Lovelady....................Amarillo 39 Leland Maples .................. Coleman Billy Moreland .................. Burnet Jack Ormsby....................Browntcood Martha Palmer ................... Ballinger Wayne Peck...................... Fort Worth Albert Rand .. Eddie Rogers......................Gallup, N. Mex. 40 Juniors Josephine Ruiz.................... Fort Worth Sylvia Rundell........................Florence Patti Steward..................... Dallas Vernon Vaughn ................... Houston Bob Walker Mrs. A. M. Whitis.................Hamilton Sophomores SPRING SEMESTER OFFICERS Sophomores Bill Akins ....................... Lubbock Daniel Aleman ..................... Austin Joe Allcom...........................Talpa .... Haskell Perry Barnes ................. Brownwood Dorothy Baskett ................. Dallas Mary Alice Baucom................Coleman Robert Beal . Bob Beaman Brownwood Betty Bryan..........................Garland Ralph Bullard.........................Odessa Cleve Butler Claude Byrd Sophomores Janis Carrigan.................. Throckmorton Joan Carroll...........................Sidney Norma Center.......................... Dallas Bill Chapman ....................... Brownfield Richard Champ.................Grandfield, Okla. Fay Clary ............................... Mason Margie Coffee .................. Bangs Zimmalew Cooper..............Brownwood Keith Corley.................Brownwood Curtis Cozby ...................... DeLeon Jack Cromartie..................... Quanah James N. Crouch..................Brownwood Benny Davis......................Fort Worth Alis Dickinson ................... Brownwood Charles Ditmore..................San Angelo Roy Dunavant ......................... Ropesville Ben Elliott ............................. Calvert Jane Ellis ............................. Imperial Glynn Ensor.......................Tahoka Lorene Ensor.................. Brownwood Isabel Espurvoa.................Edinburg Roy Flournoy.....................Breckenridge E. J. Gober ... Kenneth Grant Hillsboro, N.C. ... Santa Anna Betty Hallford Robert Hickey...............Brownwood Duane Hill................. Brownwood Samuel Hill Mary Neal Huff.................... Mesquite Wanda Hyman.........................Garland Rex Jones ............................. Electra Carl Kauffeldt...............Grandfield, Okla. Cynthia Keeler ........................ Blanket Farrell Kent......................Wellington Patsy Lee............................... Dallas M. Lton Martinez......................Dallas Charles Maynor...................Brownwood Ruth Melindez.............Roswell, N. Mex. Larry Miller.........................Eastland Betty Mitchell......................Trickhatn Loveta Morrison.........................Talpa Ralph McCalmont.................Austin Frank O’Banion ................ San Antonio Dennis Oliver.................. Hale Center Ft. Worth Howard Pierce...............Brownwood Randall Purvis......................Freeport Leighton Railsback.................Levelland Bob Ramsey..............Oklahoma City, Okla. Teddy Reddick ..................... Phillips Vernon Roberson..................Weatherford Venson Roberts.................... Brownwood Durwin Rutland ................... Brownwood Yolanda Ruiz...........................Ft. Worth Allan Sheppard ................ Spicewood Bill Shoemake......................Wickett Leota Smith..................... Brownwood Joe Smithwick................Senoth, Mo. Mary Elizabeth Smith..............Lampasas Thelma Snow...................Indian Creek Don Stacy ........................... DeLeon Valton Sudderth.................... LeveBand Maurine Tate......................Brownwooel Catherine Taylor................Ft. Stockton Darlene Tennison.................... Dalhart Marilyn Thomas........................Snyder Kenneth Thompson............... Madisonville Nadean Towery......................Brownwood Marion Townsend ................. Browntvood Joe Tyler............................Kilgore Bill Waldrop..............Lovington N. Mex. Lelia Wallace......................Rochelle Mary Walton........................Guthrie Diane Webb.......................Brownwood Jim Webb.............................Cisco Hattie Welch.................... Brownwood Dorothy Williams....................Mullin Hendricks Williams...............Lakeview Annie Laurie Wood....................... Sinton Jim Woodle...................Marin City, Calif. Freshmen Vice-President..........Joy McCullough Secretary..................Jan Prcstridge Treasurer.............Ronada Bradford Reporter.....................Lane Smith Pianist...............Glenda Sue Bales Song Leader...............Kenneth House FALL SEMESTER OFFICERS President......Robert Schmetekoff Vice-President........Bill Kaufman Reporter.......... Melvin Williams Pianist...........Glenda Sue Bales Song Leader..........John Watkins SPRING SEMESTER OFFICERS Freshman Ernest Bailey .................... Fort Worth George Batcheler....................New Braunfels Clara Bolinger............... Richland Springs Gary Boubel .............................. San Antonio Larry Breazeal.........................Canadian Patsy Bromblett....................... Mullin Julia Bruton .......................... Bangs Betty Burleson ................. Fort Worth Bobby R. Clark .. Bill Coffman.... 51 Freshman Margaret Cooper ..........Royse City Harold Cox................... Brooksmith Wayman A. Culp ................ Brownwood Dolores Ellis ... Wilfred Emshoff Bud Epperson ... ...... Willis ___ Brenham J. B. Everett ... Patsy Fisher ... ___Winters Eugene Fleming...................DeLeon Bobbie Fortune................Brownwood Edith Freeman....................Dallas Billy Gilley . .. Hamilton Brownwood John Johnson ................. Bucyrus, Ohio Pat Kelton .............................. Waco Dabney Kennedy Rosella Kenner .. Betty Kittle..... Mesquite .. Ranger .. Mullin Bob Leach......................Fort Worth Clydale Matthews......................Rochelle Deraid Meador.................Clayton, N. Mex. Gerald Melton ... Helen Moores------ Joy McCullough .. ............ Big Spring 54 Harrel McKinzie ................ Browntvood Myrle Wayne Neal ................... Snyder Juanita Newman................... Galveston Virginia Newman..................Brownwood G. W. Niederhofer................. LaPorte Shirley Niederhofer............... LaPorte Mary Nowotny.................Brownwood Judson Nowotny ............. Brownwood Gene Osborne....................Forney Ray Patterson_______ Shirley Patterson . Mary Jane Pattillo J. J. Petrey_____ Clovis, California Keith Potter ... John P. Powell . Norman Powell Brownwood .....Olton Robert Prince........................... Bangs Viva Lee Pulattie.....................Hamilton Rosemary Quinn .......................Amarillo Billie Renfrow ................... Brownsville 55 Joy Richards......................Little River ... Houston Mason Rose ... Sue Rowlett ... .... Bellville Mullin Don Sasser............ . Chipley, Florida ............Kyle Texola, Oklahoma Betty Shockley ... ....Odessa Brownwood Frank Singdahlsen .... Brooklawn, New Jersey Reba Smith...........................Brownwood Billy Don Soules ................ Sweetwater Nadell Stewart........................Godley Betty Taylor................... Weatherford Wesley Taylc Sue Teague David Walls______ Charles Warford Nay Dell Weir .. Roff, Oklahoma Blake Winn ..... Esther Wolfe_____ Hugh D. Wright . Myrtle Wyatt....................Brownwood Lester Yeakley..............Wichita Falls Personalities Homecoming Queen Joan Carroll Harvest King and Queen Minnie Spruill Don McCullough 62 Mr. and Miss Friendliness Upper-Classmen Johnny Pedroso Freshman Senior Favorites Junior Favorites Sophomore Favorites Freshman Favorites Who’s Who In America’s Universities and Colleges Camie Jay U ho’s W ho In America’s Universities and Colleges Beauti Unda Steere Jan Prestridge Beautij Mqrtle Jane U qatt Henrietta Hill Wilma Mobley Runners-Up Joan Carroll Jane Ellis Runners-up Sylvia Rundei: Student Life Sports Texas Conference Champions ! honlo,e-|f(Jen squad and produced the conference oha ■ ™ _____ Ht has proved himself a capable leader as well asaThis was Joe’s secc second team, NAlA All-American All T« r If proeff,CIent football player lames o repicstnt Howard Payne in Who’s All-Americai u years, Williamson m American Colleges JACK BROWNING BILL BROWNING ROBERT RIDDEL: BOB WALKER Sophomore , LOUIS DENNY: LELAND MAPLES GEORGE BATCHELER RALPH BULLARD Sophomore The Yellowjackets traveled into vvebfoot territory to no avail. They were a brok- enhearted bunch of bovs after dropping a hard fought decision to the Louisiana LARRY MILLER KENNETH THOMPSON CAVITT DAVE SMITH 9 ear Jetterm n Halfback HPC 53 UCC 7 The Jackets registered victory number six as the second and tliird teams led in a massacre of the University of Corpus Christi team. The Jackets simply out- classed the Tarpons as Coach' Guy Gardener tried every trick in the book to hold down the score. The entire Jacket HENDRICKS KENNETH BRADBERRY Halfback CHARLES GRIMLAND BOBBY LEACH HPC 13 McMurry 6 The Exes were well-pleased with the old Howard Payne type of football. The de- fensive strategy of Coach Bennie Wil- liams in the crucial battle for the confer- ence championship paid off well. The invincible line led by James, Jack Brown- ing, Maples, Bullard, and Beal would not JOE TYLER Fullback'6 JACK CROMARTIE S°FuUback AH-Confm'nc-e i ything except straight a The Yellow Jackets led by Little All-American Joe James put their 9-1 season record on the line this bright sunshiny Turkey Day against a fine ACC Wildcat crew.' The Wildcats, previous confer- ence power, turned to an independ- ent schedule this season to enable them to play better competition. They were well supplied this after- noon as the Jackets almost ran them off the field. Joe James, playing his last game for the Jackets, lived up to his Little All-American honors as he blocked a punt to set up the first Jacket touchdown and made nu- merous tackles and consistent as- Jack Browning also was out- standing in his final Jacket appear- ance. These senior tackles led the now famous line. Scoring for the Jackets and out- standing also were Holt, Cozby, and Johnson. Smith and Millsapps were also outstanding in the final game of a successful 1954 season. 93 Football Sweetheart Jane Ellis £ S Members of Howard Payne Varsity Squad are Meadows, Coach Bennie Williams, George Charles Clary, Robert Moore, Ben Elliott, Marlin Dodds, Jim Webb, Charles doore, Randall Purvis, Walter Edwards, Tommy Towns, and Robert Schmeltekopf. Sophomore, One Letter, Center, Total Pts. 57 Game Ave. 2.4 HPC 79 McM 87 HPC 87 ENM 78 HPC 90 ENM 86 OPP. 2061 Members of the R” °an Owens n,i,„s9uad are- D,. ■, , W rfI«ASS. ■� « , 98 Teddy Beddiet I yMUsap Kenneth Baker 100 Members of the track team are: Elkins, Tyler, Fambrough, Cavit, Schumann, Browning, Amonett, Shepard, Miller, Harris, Hill, Tipps, Hayes, Moore, Ratcliff, and Cap Shelton. H PC Track Weldon Hill Pole Vault™ Hurdles Cheerleaders ’54-’55 ssrt. =stJ5?£, sasSTT Bt Volleyball “ni—CSS ta M£f5£5ft X«.Sc „= d w M Merle Neil Wanda Hymen Carol Mussett Intramural Basketball Intramural Basketball Champions Runners-Up Intramural Football Champions Tennis Team Tennis team members are: Norman Fisher, Don Huckaby, Bobby Seal, Jerry Benbow, and Coach Severl Eubank. Golf Team Organizations Student Council Sylvia Rundell Jack White Officers Vice-President Representatives Fayma Rundell, Don McCullough, Carleto Bell, Ina Simmons, Eddie Rogers, Sylvia Rundell, Joan Walker, Jack White, Henry Sollers, Beth Toole, Wendall Traylor, Barbara Kyle, Don Ingle, Robert Schmeltekopf. 112 Alpha Chi Vice-President Members Don Huckaby, W. E. Schubert, Lila Crawford. 113 Alpha Beta Sigma Members Jackets for Jesus Officers President............................................ Leland Maples Vice-President ......................................... Robert Beall Secretary............................................Teddy Reddick Members Charles Clarey, Joe James, Don Shepherd, Dave Hughs, Lewis Holt, Charles Grimelin, Robert Bealls, Leroy Cox, Doiig Johnson, Bill Evans, Ralph Bullard, .Henry Sollers, Robert Schmeltekopf, Lewie Hayes, Rovce Science Club MEMBERS Weston Trawick, Mary Jo Hassell, Willis Cash, Clyde Matthews, Dr. Sanders. Y. W. A. OFFICERS Vice-President.......Beth Tolle Reporter..........Betty Shockly Mary Huff, Wanda Hymai MEMBERS Locker Scholarship MEMBERS Mary Starkey, Mildred Richardson, Margarette Stanfield, Betty Pinkston, Wayne Stanley, Cleve Butler, Pi Kappa Delta MEMBERS F. T. A. OFFICERS Secretary .......... Mrs. Hill MEMBERS Vera Boykin, Janice Lohn, Camie Jay, Mrs. Hill, Helen Moores. Ministers Alliance Art Club Rifle Club 119 Circle K OFFICERS President.............Don Huckaby MEMBERS Jerry Harris, Fred Carter, Bob Ramsey, Gibbon Smith, Joe Allcorn, Charles Powell, Curtain Club OFFICERS MEMBERS 120 Press Club Home Economics Club L. 5. B. Jacket Coeds OFFICERS 1955 Lasso Staff Business Manager...............................Jack White Art Editor.....................................Jack White Sports Editors....................Waydell Hill and Marilyn Thomas Glenda Sue Bales Department Editor................. Ruth Nevil Davis Club Editor...........................Marlene Raper The Vellow jacket 125 B. S. U. Executive Council OFFICERS Walter Edwards. ' ' Departments Agriculture Art Business Accounting General Business Secretarial Training Education English and Speech 132 133 Music A Cappella Choir Music The Qrand Chorus Mr. Hall Helen Moores Carolyn McDonald Sue Rowlett Second Roto Betty Hallford Gloria Kimbro Joyce Byerly Joyce Garner Cynthia Keeler Joan Carroll Nadell Wilson Lettie B. Owings Third Row ear; t Bob Ramsey Bertha Cantu Mary NeaHiuff George Faught Robert Amrine Petra Ynostroso Jean Gates Shirley Niederhofer Brylene Henderson Melvina Orrick Roy Flournoy Paul Goodwin Ralph Lindsey Barbara Kyle Henrietta Hill Band Howard Pat ne Majorettes Margie Coffee, Vivian Chandler, Loretta Rice, Martha Palmer. Howard Paijne Orchestra Jo Verne French, Doris Tovvery, Shirley Patterson, Johnny Powell, Jerry Benbow, Dabney Kennedy, Murray Allman, Jarrel Finch, Roy Flournoy, Pat McShan, Ernest Weedon, Tommy Watley, Norma Burns, Brylene Henderson, Glenda Bales, Bob Smith. Band Sweetheart 138 Vivian Chandler The Vellou jacket Band iif ssstsr— Religion Science and Math Social Science Historij Government Foreign Languages Sociologq French Snaps Slime Caps September Registration Lines Football Season Brings: High Tension Cheerleaders And Football Sweetheart Organizations Have Get Acquainted Parties 147 Homecoming The Jackets Nest and the Student Center Boxing and the Donkeq Ball Game Jacket Coed Banquet 153 Student Activities 154 Student Life; The Daily schedules and the extras 158 159 Kangaroo Court Sadie Hau kins Week 162 SCHWARTZ COMPLIMENTS EAT SHOP ROBINSON’S SHOES MILLINERY WEATHERBY LOUDERMILK CLEANERS Motor Company CARS . . . TRUCKS THE CHICKEN HUT UNDERWOOD’S E. D. Chisholm, Owner PIT BAR-B-Q 207 E. 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Ice BETTIS 8c GIBBS DAIRYMAID 1812 Coggrin baoujiwjood Bflnntfi COGGIN AVENUE DRUG P““8 ...BERRY’S BUSINESS MACHINES... 201 East Lee Dial 5413 QUEEN FURNITURE COMPANY SHEPPARD AND PARKER Your MAYTAG Dealer DIXIE DOG FRED NOBS 1005 Main Here’s to a brighter future at Howard Payne, with the students showing the spirit and the enthusiasm of 1955. 172