Howard Payne College - Lasso Yearbook (Brownwood, TX)

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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!

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GOING OUT WITH A BANG!

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■ In Memoriam - Dr. Guy D. Newman 1906-1988 By Michael Ganus and Melody Frerich As we bid farewell to a century of incred- ible works at HPU, it is easy to see why we are going out with a bang. The echo of our accomplishments will continue to resound mind that we honor one of the men who made it possible to reach this point- Dr. Guy Newman. This former president of Howard Payne, who later became chancellor, then president emeritus in 1978, was bom in Dorchester, Texas on December 9,1906, and was reared in the small community of Bug Tussle. When he was in the seventh grade, Newman’s family of 12 moved to Sherman. He worked as a soda jerk to help support his family and in his teen years did not see much point in finishing his education. As he put it, I never really learned theartof disciplined school, and he spent less and less time there. Finally he quit school altogether and decided to leave Sherman. So he and some of his friends took a Model T to Vernon, father of four. Dr. Newman kept a rather hectic schedule throughout his life. which was at that time a booming oil town, and found work at a drug store dispensing In 1926 Newman went to Amarillo where, at the age of 20, he married his first wife, Julia Herbst. They later had three children - Patsy Jo, Guy, Jr., and Charlotte Ann. It was also in Amarillo that Newman re- discovered God. After attending a revival at the request of the evangelist, Dr. T.L. Holcomb, Newman was amazed when his wife left the balcony seat in the church to go forward and commit her life to God. Because of this commitment and New- man's shame at having drifted away from the church, they became involved at First Bap- tistChurch in Amarillo. Newman taught the largest young men's class in the church and conducted prayer meetings. Then one Sun- day Newman was asked to preach. eventually pastored in Groom, Denison, Temple and Brownwood. He also decided to become better educated. Newman was accepted into Baylor Uni- versity under the provision that he fail no more than two courses in any one semester. His high school transcript revealed that he had received only eight of the 14 credits necessary to graduate. Thus he had to clear enough credits at Baylor to wash out his high school deficiency. In regard to the queries about his classification on campus, Newman wrote in his biography, entitled One Guy's Dream, It might have been better if the dean had put a label on my lapel: 'A student on trial for nine months!' Despite thisprovision, Newman gotalong reasonably well his first year, in spite of the fact that by this time he was 30 years old and a widower with three children (his wife had died of cancer when she was 25). However, by the second year, Newman faced the courses for which he had no back- ground in his few years of school. These 4 In Memoriam