Howard Payne College - Lasso Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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GOING OUT WITH A BANG!

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The Lasso 1988-89 Aubrey Stewart has served Howard Payne for 33 years. During those years, Mr. Stewart's cheerful outlook and friendly personality have made him a well-liked figure on campus. Howard Payne University Volume 78 Brownwood, Texas

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Wow! It's hard to believe a century's gone by for Howard Payne. But it has! In that period of time we've gone from a college of 24 students in 1889, to a univer- sity of almost 1,300. We've gone from one campus to two, when Daniel Baker College and Howard Payne merged, and we’ve seen Old Main, our oldest and most cherished building on campus, bum in 1984. Traditions were established in the past century that have become an integral part of what Howard Payne is. Initiation, with all its fun and craziness, began in the early years of the college and continues today as we distin- guish ourselves as one of the few campuses in the nation which still uses beanies. Another tradition is the friendly atmos- phere that is so obvious on campus that Thomas H. Taylor, former presidentof HPU, dubbed us as the college where everybody is somebody.” Sports are a special part of college life and our athletes have put forth a valiant effort to excel in the past century. Football, vol ley ball, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, track, and even boxing, have all been played at HPU. And, referring to our tradition of friendliness, both athletes and fans alike are known for their sportsmanship both on and off the field. Howard Payne has had several dedi- cated presidents who enjoy getting to know the students, and who use their time, talent and influence to further the institution. Dr. Don Newbury, our president since 1986, is one such president and has become a tradi- tion of sorts himself in that he is known as the Popcorn King by the students of HPU. Everytime his porch light is on, it means he's got popcorn ready to distribute to any hun- gry student, and he often brings bags of it to the movie on Friday nights or the TV rooms on weekends. Such events mark the passing of the first century in the life of our school, and it is this, our final year before beginning our second century, that we prepare to igniteeven more events in the future. With such explosive action in the works, it is easy to see why we are GOING OUT WITH A BANG!