Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 7, 1939 Page: 2 of 4
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Yellow Jacket Editorial Page
Thursday December 7 1939
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The annual college revival or
ligious Emphasis Week is at hand. Since college revivals are
not held in all colleges our revival adds to the aim of Chris-
tian education that is predominate on the Howard Payne col
Give God a Chance at
Your Life During
College Revival
to follow. Since college is known as a place for making great
decisions it should also serve as an opportunity for the mak-
ing of the one "big" choice or decision in life. It is a turn-
ing point in the students' lives. A student must choose
whether he is going to use his life in Christian service or let
his soul become dormant.
In all sincerity fellow-students this decision will be the
most important that you will make during your college career
or for that matter your entire life. Let your Maker help
you make this decision don't avoid Him let Him have a way
with your life let Him direct you along life's way it is the
easiest way when He is along.
It is said that "life is what you make it" and this phrase
is true if you leave Cod out of it. But why not have Him
with you and let life be what the two of you are able to
make it.
Many of you already have confessed your lives to Christ
and will rededicate them to Him during the coming revival.
Many of you are Christians and have not really "found" Cod
as yet and will find him during the revival. Many of you are
not confessed Christians as yet and it will be our prayer dur-
ing the coming weeks that you will let Him have a chance to
touch your heart and soul your very life.
The services which will be conducted next week by Rev.
Harry Lee Spencer pastor of the Travis Avenue Baptist
church of Fort Worth will be helpful and will make an out-
standing contribution to our program of Christian Education.
The Rev. Mr. Spencer as have all other revival speakers in
the past will be remarkably successful on the campus next
week in giving practical suggestions concerning Christianity
and worthwhile service.
Let the truly great "Howard Payne spirit" continue from
the stands on the gridiron to the revival congregation for the
coming week. Let Coil have a chance at your life.
Help Make Christmas
Cheerful For Those
Who Have So Little
of us are counting our pennies to see how much we will have
to buy presents for mother father and girlfriend. True
enough most of us are joyful in selecting Christmas presents
for our loved ones and Christmas to us is a time for good
cheer.
This is a worthwhile and to-be-treasured trait but it
doesn't go far enough out into society. Most of the students
of Howard Payne though many of us labor for all of that
which we have will pass this season of the year in complete
comfort to say the least we will have the necessities of life
food shelter and clothing. Many of us will enjoy luxuries.
At the same time however right here in Brownwood just
as in any city in the United States or over the world there
will be those who will not have those bare necessities of life.
There will be those children clad in rags who will not have
a stocking to hang up for Santa or a fireplace or wall on which
to hang it. There will be families right here in this city who
hover over an inadequate outdoor fire share a piece of stale
bread and drink weak coffee on this Christmas Day.
Shall we share ours with these unfortunates and under-
privileged? Last week the Yellow Jacket suggested that clubs
on the campus of Howard Payne each prepare a basket of food
for distribution through the Community Center to those who
will not be so fortunate as we. The Press club members
unanimously agree to carry out the project with the filling
of a basket and to sponsor the project on the Howard Payne
campus. It is hoped that each and every organization of the
"blue and gold" will cooperate and lend aid to the completion
of this worthwhile and unselfish undertaking.
Instead of hoarding foodstuffs we would do much better
to conserve our emotions and store up some intelligence.
Scranton Tribune.
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make a wrong. Dallas News.
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Roy Fox
Editor
Joe Bell Al Hicks
Managing Editor Associate Editor
Sports Editor Blackie Sherrod
Social Editor Evelyn Henderson
Feature Editor - Edna McMaster
Religious Editor Eucene Ece
Radio Editor JE Fielder
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REPORTORIAL 8TAFF Joyce Wheeler Jean Stephens Rex McDonald
Laura Scudder Frances Levlsay Llllle B. Landua R. M. Frachlseur
James Davis and Jack Hext.
BUSINESS STAFF
Willis Denman
Business Manager
asisUriti Richard Gaines Winwon Watkinb
CinuUtien" Harold Lockwood Harold Austin
EDITORIAL COMMENT
what might be called Re
lege campus. College is a
place for making choices
especially as many students
come without knowing
what vocation they intend
There is more truth
than fiction to the adage
''it is more blessed to give
than to receive." Christmas
time is at hand and many
Candid Campus Cracks
Well the holiday! are over but they left their mark. The good
old Institution took on much the likeness of a baggage car Monday
morning whut with all the optical bags In evidence. 'Twas truly
a Pullmun Porter atmosphere and a long to be remembered week-end
according to the majority of teports.
As usual nuptial rumors run berserk after a holiday season.
Among the matrimonial tales drifting freely about the campus comes
the lmlr raising hitching of J. L. Bradford and Marlon Cookson. The
supposed groom frantically denies
the charge. The assumed bride
just grins and betirs it. At any
rate there Is one substantiating
bit of evidence to the gruesome
gossip. A wedding ring was being
nonchallantly flashed around by
the little girl nick-named after a
tasty culinary tidbit. Then she
appeared later without the ring
and It Is rumored that the groom
took It back to the store where he
purchased it and traded It on a
bottle of hair oil.
Another victim of Dame Gossip
is Roberta Howard. A newly fash-
ioned marital relationship for her
was reported dreamed up by her
and an unidentified party but you
know how things get around. Don't
believe everything you hear.
Speaking of marriage I don't
suppose everybody has noticed
the sparkler on that certain finger
of the left hand of Norma Guy.
Perhaps a premonition of things
to come. Jo-Jo Is leaving us soon.
Norma swears that she'll be in
school next year. Perhaps it's just
another ting.
Carrying kitchen culinary cour-
tesies on has reudily ripened a
romantic relationship between
Gene Blltch and Bess Scott. It
looks like Blltch has lit for uwhlle
ufter coming out with the bare-
laced statement a while back that
he always made it his policy to
play the field. Evidently Blltch'r
scope necessitates a narrow but
lair field.
Then Jack White the one-man
floor show comes up with a snaz-
zy Snyder snare. Well we won't
go so far as to say thut he has
snared Lola May Llttlepage but
anyhow unbiased onlookers are of
the opinion that the state of af-
fair hus already creeped past the
"just friends" stage.
Shirley Williamson was seen
having a hilarious time with one
of her finest friends' former friend
ti hotshot on the nation's No. 1
tootball team ... In the same
party Margaret Denman and a
male from down University way
... A new high was reached in
studiousness when on Saturday
night of the holidays Pauline
Knowlton and Otis Armstrong
didn't date because they had to
study ... a good story anyway
. . . HP's male populace are mak-
ing numerous queries about one
Lolcta Reynolds a glurnorous red-
head from down Houston way. It
seenih some of the boys ever on
the look-out for new talent have
just discovered the scarlet tressed
damsel who has somehow man-
aged to steer clear of a curious
horde of admirers so far. What
we all would like to know Is where
does Billy Vaughn come in?
Handicapped by the demands on
their time and thoughts by grid
activities our gridsters have not so
clearly made their presence felt In
romantic circles. Of course a few
affairs like the Cadenhead-KIng
Avlnger-Warren Clements-Nelson
Shaw-Russel and Larche-Lewis
were not perceptlbally slown down-
ed down by the pigskin pastime
. . . When the Simmons tussle
rang down the curtain on Jucket
grid activities for the current sea-
son it unleashed a motley horde
who can now devote more time to
the fairer sex. These brawny
brutes will boldly barge irr now
and set the so-culled "Rah-rah
boys" to quavering in their shoes
as to their status with the frails.
It is an established fact that a
pad clad athlete has the edge over
u common ordinary male student.
Witness the scramble for dates
amongst the Jacket Coeds for the
pigskin feast tossed last night by
this organization. Some of the
skirts had dates as much as two
and three months in advance.
That's what you call hustling . . .
And the girls were teally flashing
the boys too. It's an annual turn
of affairs for something to come
out of a few of these dates . . .
Among a few of the couples hlth-
ertoo unlinked at any time were
Mozelle Thlppens-Clyde Conners
Frances Levisay-Merton Stevens
Gludys Corbell-Charley Lawrence
Virginia Fields-Chris Sunderman
Rowland Michel-Pauline Allen
Pershing Goss-Snow Johnson
Amos Eggen-Beatrlce Gustlne
Floyd Corley-Georglne Clark Wil-
lis Edwards-Ann Gorman Melvln
Bachert-Ruth Hopkins J. T. Spangles-Mary
Brookes Martin Holder-
Floy Ray Jones Herbert Penn-
Bonlta. Bell Jim Jones-Tessica
Martin Bob Stokes- Evelyn Hen-
derson Gene Hertenberger-Geral-dlne
Barbee Roland Graves-Sue
Alice Day and Nervo Bowman-
Geraldine Elkenberg.
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Dear kin:
How are you. I am weU. I
went down towrr the other night
and there was a man on the cor-
ner waving a red flag and singing
to himself. I walked up to him
and asked him what he was do-
ing with his shirt unbuttoned and
he said that a man had sent him
down there and then left for the
depot. So I went down to the
depot and started talking to the
man with the red lantern In his
hand he stopped whistling und
said thut he had just werrt off
around the corner walking ort one
foot half the time. So I picked
up the bucket and took one long
last long look at the engineer and
started off for town. About half
the way back a dust storm blew
up and I spent half an hour
watching the prairie dogs digging
up Into the sky. How sad rro
trees. So I switched off the light
and went out. After I got back
to town I found out ubout all this
stuff. You see about thut and
everything anybody who will In-
tentionally say something like that
is of course open to uny criticism.
So when the man said what he did
in regard to the red flag affair it
made me mad as the dickens.
And of course the next thing I
knew they were all gone. So I
put back the bucket and went on
back to town. The first thing I
did was to report to the police and
the sergeant asked me If I needed
the whole squad and I said that
about three men would be enough.
So we took our different ways and
were to report at the courthouse.
When I got off to myself I got to
thinking about it. It occurred to
me that maybe we had done the
wrong thing. After all about that
and everything who were me to
judge what others should let us
do. I'm sure that he was serious
and had no bad thoughts about the
other boy. So I shook his hand
and gave him back his watch. I
went on home und went to bed.
Dear kin this is written in code
If you can't decipher it answer by
return mail. If you can I'll come
home and we'll pull .1 Daniel
Boone. Your son Horriss.
Station KGKO Gives
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News u tail Ilowurd I'ayr.e 1.4
being given eai h Tuesday night
at 10:30 o'clock by Milton Atkin-
son the K(iKO Campus Editor.
over Station KGKO operating on
570 kilocycles.
The Campus Editor reads Items
from The Yellow Jacket. Listen
for news about your club or ac-
tivity. This is an udded service
of The Yellow Jacket.
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Our Open House
Friday Evening
Special Showing of Christmas Merchandise
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Meditations
By EUGENE EQE
"And the King shall answer
and say unto them Verily I
say unto you Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren ye
have done it unto be." Matthew
25:40.
As we approach the Christmas
season It Is time we began to
think of what Christmas means
to us. To many of us the first
thought thut comes to our minds
is one of a vacation and a chance
to visit with our purents and
friends at home. We also arc
thinking of the gifts that we want
to give and those we hope to re-
ceive. Sonre of us feel that In
some cases we wish we could af-
ford more luxurious presents for
that friend who perhaps Is work-
ing artd will give us a much more
expensive present than we can
give in return. Nothing makes us
feel worse on Christmas day than
being remembered by someone
who in the rush of Christmas
shopping we failed to remember.
Nothing makes us feel quite so
satisfied us to know that we have
remembered every one with some
token of our esteem. But with all
thut has been mentioned so far in
this column we have not yet
touched the most important of
thoughts we should have at this
stuson of the year.
Too often we forget that De-
cember the 25th is the day we
commemorate as the birthday of
our Lord and Saviour. This day
above ull others we should think
of the Infant Christ who came up-
on earth in' the form of man that
In the end He might fulfill the
law by dying on the cross and
paying the debt of sin for each of
us. The wise men of old came
bearing gifts and so we today
carry gltts to those we love. The
wise men carried their gifts to
Christ. To whom do we cany our
gifts? Do we remember to bring
our treusures unto him? Do you
want to return in some measure
at least every gift you have re-
ceived this Christmas time?
The greatest gift you have ever
received and one which you can
never fully return was the gift of
eternal life which Christ gave to
every man who would accept when
He died on Calvary. The greatest
gift we can give Him in return Is
to lay our lives on the altar in ser-
vice for Him. If you have not yet
surrendered your will to KIs do
it before this Christmas season
bas passed.
In the scripture quoted at the
head of this passage we read how
we may bring gifts unto Christ by
rvlng and ministering unto his
ni-i'dy brethren here upon earth.
If ou have received the unspeak-
j Mo gl t uf His love you surely
will want to return in some mea-
ui e that which has been done for
you H.'ie in our school oppor-
tunity Is to be given for each and
" cry one ot us to help those in
this city who arc in need. Re-
member Christ said that what we
did for these we did for him. Let
us do ull we can for the Christ
especially in this season wherein
we seek to commemorate His
birth.
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Thoughts While Thinking
Thanksgiving Day editorials in newspapers and magazines
throughout the nation this year were extremely good we
thought as the people of this country seemed to find or at
least realize a little more for which to be thankful. One of
the best however that came to our attention was entitled
Thanks for What Wo Have Not written by Norman Kahl
We give thanks today for all the man-made terrors of
civilization that have NOT been visited upon us the things
we cannot afford the things we do not want:
Bombs bursting in air fearful eyes pinned on the sky
spiritless survivors picking among ruins of cities for all that
is left of loved ones. Hungry scrawny little bodies never
getting used to starvation never understanding why such
things have to be.
Men in trenches nauseated with fear knowing they will
probably die or come out crippled for life. Men at sea waiting
lor death in the form of torpedoes mines depth bombs aerial
attack. It doesn't matter how. Death is so much alike in all
its disguises.
We are grateful because we don't need to carry ration
cards when we go to the grocery store and because we don't
need to do without the things we're used to having at our
tables. We don't need to walk dark streets at night picking
our way dangerously along in blackness carrying gas masks
always over our shoulders.
We don't need to leave our factories offices and fields to
put on uniforms and carry guns and learn to shoot men we
don't hate. We don't need to stand along the streets and
wave our little flags and cheer as soldiers strut along when
in our hearts we know it is all wrong. We don't need to feel
the deadness and hopelessness that comes when fathe'rs and
sons and brothers and husbands exchange their places on
earth for little white crosses.
We made the mistake once before ; wo don't want to make
it again. We want to be left to do the things we were meant
to do to build not destroy. We want to enjoy all the bless-
ings we know today and all the others we can earn. We want
our children to be glad they were born into this world. We
want to give them a world that is not charred and stained
with needless blood.
We are thankful for having been given a chance to rebuild
our earth we nearly tore apart 25 years ago. We're sorry
some men again want to destroy it. We think it's big enough
for everyone to live peacefully.
We hope above all we can repeat these words of Thanks-
giving a year from now and every year thereafter.
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of the day intelligent conversa-
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Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 11, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 7, 1939, newspaper, December 7, 1939; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth102406/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.