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BUOWNWOOD TEXAS THURSDAY DhCEiMBEU 13 15)39
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HIT ( AMPUS PERSONALITY
Jacket Honors Tennison;
Ail-Round Prominence
f'li'U.cltnt. oi' one of the busic.it
m!c tiiisaes in school history is
Clllt r TcnuUon and the reason
o. .in Rainess Is "Pistol" himself.
Xotii.; the difficulty with which
prev.ojs third-year classes labored
ti:ir ti. mlSv' the uind.i necessaty
toiiiiuiee the annual junior prom
durn.0 the spring semester he
staiied them to working eatly.
"Pistol" cuirently hails fiom
Wirhlla Kails but was born at
Veilington Texas. He teccived
his secondary education at the
Crosbyton high school. During
these high school yeais he was
president of all thiee of his classes
letter eit In football basketball end
Premonitions
By ROY FOX
CHRISTMAS EVE:
The frost Is bright
The lamps shine white
Along the city streets tonight;
The people throng
Those streets along
With here a jest and there a song.
Can they not hear
Where faint yet clear
Across the night-winds drawing
near
Strange music swells
Of camel-bells
While rich and deep the incense
smells?
Too blind they are
To watch from far
The rising of the Sacred Star;
Too quick and loud
The hastening crowd
To pause before a Manger bowed.
O hearts of men
Grow soft again!
Miracles happen now as when
On Mary mild
The Savior smiled;
Christ lives in every new-born
child!
ON CHRISTMAS:
And it came to pass in those
days that there went out a decree
from Cesar Augustus that all the
world should bo taxed.
And all went to be taxed every
one Into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee out of the city of Naza-
reth into Judea unto the city of
David which is called Bethlehem
(because he was of the house and
lineage of David)
To be taxed with Mary his
espoused wife being great with
child.
And so It was that while they
were there the days were accom-
plished that she should be deliv-
ered. And she brought forth her first-
born son and wrapped him In
swaddling clothes and laid him In
a manger; because there was no
room for them in the inn.
And there were In the same
country shepherds abiding in the
field keeping watch over their
flock by night.
And lo the angel of the Lord
came upon them and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them;
and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them
Fear not: for behold I bring you
good tidings of great joy which
shall be to all people.
For unto you Is born this day
In the city of David a Saviour
which Is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe wrap-
ped in swaddling clothes lying in
a manger.
And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the heav-
enly host praising God and saying
Glory to God in the highest and
on earth peace good will toward
men.
For unto us a child Is born unto
us a son is given: and the govern-
ment shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Won-
derful Counsellor The mighty
God The everlasting Father The
Prlnco of Peace.
Of the increase of his govern-
ment and peace there shall be
no end upon the throne of David
and upon hla kingdom to order
It and to establish It with judg-
ment and with Justice from hence-
forth even for ever. The zeal of
the LORD of hosts will perform
this.
Pianists To Present
Recital Monday
Next Friday afternoon at 4:15
Mrs. McAdoo Keaton of the piano
department of Howard Payne will
present her pupils In a recital In
the Minis building auditorium.
luuk and (Jebntcd a gnat deal.
li ".('17 he enrolled at Howard
1'i.jnc. During this Initial jeur
he was an outstanding debater.
V . ing his sophomore year he
went off to Wayland for a semes-
ter but he came back this full
.uul hi. entered enthusiastically
Into cvtiac.i.rlcular activities. He
was one nf the eleven students
selected t icpiesent Howard
iTijne In the Who's Who In Amer-
ican Colleges and Universities.
Tennison is a ministerial stu-
dent who for his prominence in
school affairs was selected by tire
Yellow Jacket as campus person-
ality of the week.
Havins Lectures
To Club Meeting
Due to a misunderstanding in
connection with the date on which
lie vas to gnc u lecture beiore
the Inter national Helatious club
last Ihuisduy night the Hon.
Uiarles L. South United States
representative ot the 21st congres-
sional district did not appear as
previously scheduled.
Following a short and well or-
deied business meeting Pi of T. K.
Havins delivered an interesting
and enlightening lecture on the
war situation as it now stands
'ihe original lecture to have been
given by Hon. South was the
American policy in regard to the
present European crisis.
Prof. Havins described the char-
acteristics of Russian government
and showed that it results from
Karl Murx the late socialist. He
pictured the deplorable situation
in Russia irum a social economi-
cal unci governmental standpoint.
His assumption was that the aim
behind ull Russian movement Is
a desire for an Atlantic port and
consequently complete control over
the Baltic. Further he assumed
that Stullu has seen his opportun-
ity to comnrunize the world which
lb the basis of the continuation
ol his five year program.
Band To Present
Program Friday
Under the direction of W. R.
Parker the Howard Payne Yellow
Jacket band will present the first
of a series of four concerts for
the college students and general
public in the Minis auditorium Fri-
day night at 7:30 o'clock.
Featured on the concert pro-
gram o special Christmas music
by the ' ellow Jacket band Fri-
day night .vlll be Joe Evans Tra-
wick of Brownwood. Trawlck
talented cornet soloist and pupil
of Director Parker will be guest
mus.cian tor the occasion.
For the past weeks the Yellow
Jacket baud has had numerous re-
hearsals according to Mr. Parker
to piepare the group for the con-
ceit. Popular at all football games
this year and guest band for nu-
merous gatherings over central
Texas this fall the Howard Payne
bund is expected to give one of
the most colorful and pleasant
programs of the holiday season.
According to Mr. Parker the
college band is to give four con-
certs during the remainder of the
school year with the Christmas
pi. gram Friday night being the
initial. On each occasion the
the group will present a talented
young musician to the public.
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Library Club Plans
Acl.':ties In Forum
Library club met last Wednes-
day afternoon and Lois Bledsoe
president appointed Billye Jane
Eoff j?.itcuL i J. oi and Elizabeth
Wndo to plan the piogram for the
remainder of the year from a fo-
rum received from the Texas A&M
col'ego library
The program under the direc-
tion of Jerry Shuler consisted of
a talk on Literature and Democ-
racy by Estelle Miller and a re-
view of Field's All This and Heav-
en Too given by Mrs. R. L. Patillo
Jr.
Christmas Social Is
Held by Coggin YWA
The Ann Lassitcr Y. W. A. of
the Coggin Avenue Baptist church
met at the home of Mrs. J. M.
Bradford for its Christmas party
Thursday Dee. 7.
From 6:30 until 8:00 the group
went Christmas Caroling. Mrs.
Mary Ruth Blankenshlp had
charge of the games that were
played afterward. The gifts wero
toys with which the games wero
played. These toys were later do-
nated to the nursery of the church.
Religious Emphasis Week Is Under Way
Piov.d Popular . . .
C.IAKLES RUSSELL BOUD
Main reason for the outstanding
growth and development of the
music department of Howard
Payne college during the past
three years is Charles Russell
Boud music head of the college.
Pictuied above Mr. Boud will di-
rect the first annual Christmas
song service of Brownwood that
will be held in the Memorial Hall
urday night. Mr. Boud also di-
rects the Howard Payne Choir
that will appear on a special holl-
uay piogram at Coleman Monday
and is organizer of the college
Girls' Sextet nnd Trio.
Home Ec. Coffee
Slated Saturday
Members of the Home Eco-
nomics department of Howard
Payne college will entertain Sat-
urday morning with a coffee be-
tween the period of 9 and 11:30
o'clock irr the Home Economics
practice cottage.
Each girl of the department is
to invite three guests for the de-
lightful occasion that is to be held
on the campus.
it is the plan of the home eco-
nomic students to acquaint and
entertain guests who have never-
been in the department on a pre-
vious occasion.
The practice cottage will be at-
tractively decorated throughout
with the Christmas motif to add
holiday spirit to the entertainment.
Editor Finds Need of Help on
By ROY FOX
Jacket Editor
The time: Two weeks before
Christmas 1939.
The place: In the slums of
Brownwood Texas.
It was only a shanty hardly
that we might say--and it was
only one of hundreds of shacks
used as homes by those underpriv-
ileged families of this Central
Texos city where those needy and
deserving units of American so-
ciety live no barely exist and
where pretty little children have
no thought of realizing Christmas
in the true spirit. They are not
expecting Santa Clans In fact
they would appreciate a visit of n
grocery man much more than ole
Saint Nicholas because many of
thenr are hungry from lack of
nourishing wholesome food.
More than 1000 men women and
children practically without means
of income compose an element of
need In this wintry Christmas sea-
son. They compose approximately
250 families crowded into the same
number of tents on a tract of land
on the Lake Brownwood road. No
more fortunate than these are
several hundreds of families like-
wise almost without means of ex-
istence who are living in shacks
on the Northslde shacks built of
boxes cardboard old tin anything
that will ward off the cold wintry
winds and partially shed the sea-
son's rains.
"All men are born and created
equal possessed with just rights"
yet children are being brought into
this world shackled and con-
demned by society even before
they see the light of day even be-
ing torn from their right to live
because of medical needs food
clothing and shelter tho barest of
necessities of life. Future Amer-
ican citizens are being reared in
abject poverty without sufficient
food huddled together in inade-
quate abodes like animals to keep
warm without sufficient shelter
A discouraging picture of des-
titute and hopeless poverty not
Mrs. Mathis Climaxes
Week of Prayer Here
Cirmu..irrg the observance or the
Week of Prayer the lio.vard
P.yne college Y. V.'. A. Imu as its
guest Friday aileinoon u iKi.vard
I'tiyno hall Mrs. R. L. Mathis state
young people's leader and Mas.
B. A. Copass state W. M. U.
president.
Attei lea eaeli girl piesent
placed her Lottie Moorr oifering
at the foot of a Christmas tree.
The ottering which was excep-
tionally good was then counted by
the counsellor Miss Gladys Hicks.
Mis. Mulhls gave a shoit address
and introduced Mrs. Copass who
inspired everyone present when
she gave an explanation of what
tile surplus ofleilng was accom-
plishing and helping accomplish.
Howard Payne was the only col-
lege in the slate to observe the
entire "week of prayer."
Feb. 29 Deadline
In TIPA Contest
Thursday Feb. 29 was set as
the deadline at the meeting ot the
Press club Monday night lot en-
tries in the Texas Intercollegiate
Pi ess Association contests on this
campus.
Any student may entei as many
divisions of the contest as he
wishes and the winning entry in
each division will represent this
school in the annual convention to
be held at Southwest Texas State
Teachers college at San Marcos in
April.
Judges named for the HPC con-
tests are: Miss Cleo McChrlsty
chairman F. Yantis Robnett Mrs.
J. Wesley Lynch Miss Estelle
Smith Miss Eula Haskew and
Mrs. Grace Pleasant Wellborn col-
lege English instructors.
Prizes ot five dollars are award-
ed in each of the following con-
tests open to any student of the
college: Essay (familiar or for-
mal) news article spoits story
editorial sports column news of
feature photographs column (not
sports or scundal) feature story
poem one-act play and advertise-
ment. Only the news article and
advertisement are required to have
been published in the college
paper. Entries may be given to
either Roy Fox or Ronald Vib-
bert. Both the yearbook The Lasso
and the weekly paper The Yellow
Jacket will be entered In publi-
cation contests.
in the least exaggerated but even
withheld of its more frightful con-
ditions. All ot this and rrrorc greeted our
sympathetic eyes last Saturday
afternoon when we accompanied
Miss Mabel J. Puekett social
worker and registered nurse em-
ployed by the Junior Service
League for work among the under-
privileged on a routine tour
through her district. We siw the
diverse conditions In which these
people strive for existence a
chance to earn an honest living
and more than all r. hance to
possess Just rights.
We visited s -vernl families
where Miss Puekett took orders
for medical needs to be furnished
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Twas the night beiore Christmas and all through the
house not ti creature was stirring- not even a mouse. No
stockings hung from the fireplace for there was no fireplace
and the children had no stockings.
There was no prospect for a Christmas dinner in this
little house's cupboard; in fact there was little chance for a
square meal for the family's seven members. As for Christ-
mas toys for the five children such a thought had long been
dismissed from their minds.
The Junior Service League of Brownwood has a list of
more than 200 families which will be in this condition come
Christmas Day. Twenty-six clubs on the Howard Payne
college campus could change this story for the like number of
families. Could you not share part of yours with them. Com-
paratively you have plenty they none.
Following is a H"1 of the twenty-six organizations on this
campus which it is hoped will prepare food baskets : Howard
Payne Choir Howard Payne Players Howard Payne Band
H-Club Jacket Coeds B. S. U. Council Life Service Band
Cosmopolitan Club Ministerial Council Ministers' Wives
Dormitory Council Urbanite Club Office Club Press Club
Library Club Spanish Club International Relations Club 18-
Club Elementary Council Panhandle-Plains Club Science
Club Alpha Chi B. B. A. Club Home Economics Club Fi
Kappa Delta and Y. W. A.
FIRST THiP OK KEASON-
Choir Schedules Proqram
At Coleman Next Mon.
'iiiiimj their Hist trip of the
season the Howtud Pajrie choir
will journey In card to Coleman
Monday afternoon Dec. IS where
they will appear In the evening
vesper services of the First Pres-
byterian church. A sj stein of
loudspeakers will broadcast the
program over the entire city.
The choir directed by Chailcs
Russell Boud will have charge of
the program and will sing ar-
langemeuts of Christmas Carols
and other uppiuprlale Christmas
music. It will be assisted by the
Howard Payne Girls Sextet who
will sing special numbers.
Entire program lor the Christ-
iiius service is us lollows Angels
liom the Realms or Uloiy Smart
and Shepherd of Israel B.irnian-
sky the choir; Haik the Herald
Angels Sing and Silent Night
Girls Sextet; The Three Kings tia-
dllional air and Gioiious Foievei
tachiiianinofi' the choir; The
r'irst Nowell traditional all and
U C.iuic- Upon a Midnight Cleat
Willis Gills Sextet Canlllan
Cain and O Come All Ye Faithlul
17th century the choir
Homemakers Social
Held Thursday Night
Home Lionoirriui club ol How-
ard Payne enjoying its liveliest
school year on recoid entertain-
ed with a delightful formal Christ-
inns paity Thursday evening in
the parlors of the Home Econom-
ics practice cottage.
Many popular table games in-
eluding doi. inios (lick up sticks
bingo and loity-two constituted
the major part of the evening of
turr and activity lor the club mem-
bers and their selected guests.
The ( limaxing event was the
Christmas tree where inexpensive
but clever gifts weie distributed
to tlie entire group. Santa Clans
In the person of Dean Z. T. Hull
presented the gitts to the stu-
dents. Besides the Home Economic club
membeih and their guests Dean
and Mrs. Hull' club mother and
ci sponsor and Miss Gladys Hicks
dean ot college women weie pres-
ent. Tour of Poverty
I y the Leag' e In one lam y irr-
i hiding five . hildieu a baby as
i ute a child as any on whli h we
have ever laid eyes was suffering
. shin disease. .She smiled and
laughed free of any knowledge
that her life and health was be-
i lg endangered. Two pretty blond
daughters S and 10 needed shoes
and coats. This family of seven
slept on two beds irr a two-room
shack which was void of plumbing
and sewage disposal. The hus-
band has been out of work for
some months and cannot lie placed
by the WPA. Their money is
gone. Two boys who should be in
.school piik up a few nickels sell-
ing papers and shining shoes In-
3
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l'he group plans to return Imme-
diately following the service.
Members of the choir who plun
to tuke the trip are sopranos:
Elizabeth Cranford Norma Guy
Doris Mcintosh Ada Lee Wil-
banks Cleo Wright Mary Law-
rence Pauline Joyncr Irene
Marsh Yolarrdc Magncss Mary
Steakley Or a Alice Newman
Dorothy Mcintosh Mary Elizabeth
Pitts Jean Stephens and Ruth
Hopkins.
Altos: Trixle Wood Sue Alice
Day Sue Lawrence Claudia Bow-
man Mary Spence Cecelia Arm
Schwartz Lena Mae Leach Doris
Huddleslon Gloria Armstrong
Adelo Watkius Zella Mae Rey-
nolds Frances Evans Shirley
Williamson Billy Louise Williams
Janice Sorrels Jean Cash and
Eloise Lane.
Tenors: Lawrence Mohr Donald
Lummus Udell Smith and Hugh
Campbell.
Basses: James Stanley Alvle
Strasuer Winston Watkins Bon-
riet Rice Jimmy Hardin Me'.vin
Ratheal J. C. Elam and Leo Armstrong.
Thomas H. Taylor
Addresses Chapel
Speaking in his usual interest-
ing manner' Thomas H. Taylor
college president discussed The
Winning Spirit with Howard
Payne students in chapel Friday
morning.
Dr. Taylor expressed in his sim-
ple but torcelul speech serious
thoughts on the ideals of life as
it should be lived by true Chris-
tians. The Baptist Student Urrlon pre-
sented a splendid program of mu-
sic and song on its chapel pro-
giani Thursday morning. A cor-
net duet composed of Ted Trent
and Glenn Smith played Bearing
His Cross for Me and the Howard
Payne Girls' Trio sang I Gave My
Life for Thee and Near the Cross.
Discussing the Value of a
Closed Mind Dr. W. D. Hudglns
of the Broadway Baptist church
of Fort Worth spoke to the asso-
ciated students of the college in
chapel scr vices Wednesday morn-
ing. - Stricken Slums
sufficient to feed a lamlly of sev-
en. At another place an 18-year-old
girl was trying vainly lo take the
place of her mother who had died
a few weeks previous. The father
lurtunutely was working with tire
WPA but his s.ilary was hardly
adequate to satisfy rrrore than the
barest of needs of his motherless
childicn ages IT) 13 10 5 and 2.
Pride was the predominating
factor of another family probably
the only thing that assured the
courage to keep going. The house
though it was built of discarded
shingles and cardboard boxes was
r.ttr active. Flowers of several va-
rieties artistically arranged about
the tiny yard added beauty and
gave signs of hope. A girl 10
1 nndlcapped by weak eyes nnd
t ho had failed her school work
i ither consistently previous to
f.vo months ago when the Junior
I ervice League hud glasses fitted
lo her eyes was doing remark-
ably well. Her last report In
s hool was completely satisfactory
and she was able to help hor moth-
er about the house. The step-
father of this family of four was
in the CCC.
Wo could go on to paint more
desolute pictures for you of the
poverty illness and in some cases
hunger that we encountered on
our Saturday afternoon pilgrim-
age. But it's there for you to
see if you are Interested. What's
being done; what can be done?
It Is a problem that is facing al-
most every metropolis and vil-
lage In the nation. True It's a
disheartening situation.
Santa can't visit these homes
but students of Howard Payne
college can help the grocery man
to visit a few of them. Do you
want to help? If so give to your
club baskets and let's have as
many baskets of nourishing
wholesome staple food as pos-
sible next week to turn over to
tho Junior Service League for dis-
tribution during tho Christmas
seajon to these the underprivi-
leged of Brownwood.
Rev. Spencer Is
Revival Pastor
Services To End
Friday Morning
With emphasis. placed on living
for the religion of God Almighty
Howard Payne's annual student
revival will come to final cause
wlrcn Harry Lee Spencer pastor
of the Travis Avenue Baptist
church of Fort Worth and re-
spected friend of the campus de-
livers his conclusive of a group
of eleven sermons In chapel ser-
vice Friday morning.
Earlier- in the week Rev. Spencer
stressed tho necessity for students
of Howard Payne to open their
hearts and campus to the religion
of Christ to overcome the prob-
lems and obstacles that will block
their righteous path of the pres-
ent and future.
The all-college revival under the
sponsorship of the Howard Payne
B. S. U. has been touching every
aspect of campus life during the
week and scores of prayer meet-
ings have been held throughout
the student quarters. More than
eleven such prayer groups have
been in progress at night during
the past six days with from five
to twenty-five students partici-
pating in each.
Bob Burnett piesident of the
college B. S. U. stated that a true
spiiit was manifest In the all-
night prayer meeting held in the
Mlms building Wednesday night.
Burnett also said that the response
from town students had been en-
couraging at the nightly prayer
meetings held in collaboration with
the revival at the Mlms building
for their benefit.
In no way this year has Rev.
Spencer or any group tried to em-
barrass any individual but all
have strlved for a true brotherly
atmosphere with the will of God
predominating.
Assisting the Fort Worth pastor
in the revival period is Charles
Russell Boud head of the college
music department. Music for the
entire union has been under the
direction of Mr. Boud and the col-
lege choir.
Students To See
Wildlife Scenes
Motion pictures of Texas wild-
life photographed by E. P. Ha-
don photographer of the Texas
Game Fish and Oyster commis-
sion will be shown at Howard
Payne college Friday afternoon
nt 3:30 o'clock.
Fred Thompson director of in-
formation for the commission will
bring the photographs to the cam-
pus and will make bilef talks dur-
ing the showings in collaboration
with the special Information week
now being sponsored by the state
commission.
The pictures are of big game
animals game birds non-game
birds and other animals and birds
in natural color In their native
habits.
There will be no admission
charge for the motion pictures
State Game Warden John Wood
said today.
Besides to the students of How-
ard Payne the pictures are being
shown this week at the CCC camp
at Lake Brownwood the Brown-
wood Lions Club Daniel Baker
Coleman schools Santa Anna
schools and Comanche schools.
League Compliments
College On Baskets
Officials of tho Junior Servico
League have complimented How-
ard Payne students in their move
to assist in tho making of Christ-
mas Day a happier occasion for
needy families of this city by fill-
ing Christmas baskets of food.
It was pointed out that moro
than 200 families in this city have
been listed as deserving and in
need of assistance "We cannot
expect to get around to every un-
derprivileged family but we are
going to do ull we can" It was
said.
Tho Junior Service League is
doing worthy work among this
city's needy. It pays the salary
of a social worker and nurse who
devotes her entire time to work
among those who cannot afford
assistance. Tho Junior Service
Leaguo clinic gives free medical
attention to those in need.
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