The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. XXXXVI, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 24, 1958 Page: 3 of 6
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Publisher Is Man-of-Ycar
Royal Ambassadors
To Hold Rally
On HPC Campus
Approximately KM) Royal Am-
bassadors from liaptist Churches
of tlio region will bo guests on
tlio campus Saturday wlion they
will hold their regional rally and
will join in several of the Howard
Payne homecoming activities.
Tlio rally is one or four being
held on Texas Baptist college
campuses as a part or the observ-
ance of Itoyal Ambassador Focus
Week in Texas said Robert Chap-
man RA leader for the Baptist
General Convention of Texas who
is directing plans for the rallies.
Others are to be at the Univer-
sity of Corpus Christi Baylor Uni-
versity and Ilarclin-Siinmons Uni-
versity. A. L. Oillespio will be the mis-
sion speaker for the conference
prom-am in Brownwood scheduled
for Hi: 30 a.m. in the auditorium
or the First liaptist Church.
Delegates will begin arriving at
S:30 a.m. to register in Walker
Memorial Library in time to march
in the I IPC homecoming parade
which starts at 0:15 a.m. in front
of Minis Auditorium.
Following the program Howard
Payne students will conduct the
hoys on tours of campus enroute
to the school cafeteria in Veda
Hodge Hall where they will ho
served a hamburger lunch.
During the meal the Howard
Payne cheerleaders headed by Lo-
roy Pollock will teach the hoys
some of the Howard Payne yolls
so they can join in the cheering
when they are guests of the col-
lege for the homecoming football
game between the Yellow Jackets
and Lamar Tech. Game time is 2
p.m. at Brownwood Lion Stadium.
"We feel that the RA rallies on
the four college campus will give
the boys an insight into the life
at our Texas Baptist Colleges and
help them to realize the advantages
offered by the schools" Mr. Chap-
man said.
The Order of Royal Ambassadors
he explained is the Southern
Baptist missionary organization
for boys between the ages of 0
and 17 years. It was founded in
1!)0S and now numbers a member-
ship of 1IJ2.721 boys in the South-
ern liaptist Convention and 21-
717 in the BGCT.
"Looking ahead is a good way
to keep from falling behind."
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Headquarters for . . .
COLLEGE GIRLS' CLOTHES
Honoree Millard Cope of Marshall
Is Former Editor of Yellow Jacket
MILLARD COPE
. . Man-of-the-Ycar
One or the top journalists in the
state Millard Cope publisher or
the Marshall N'ews-Messenger and
former editor of the Yellow Jacket
- has been named to receive I Io-
wa rd Payne's Man-of-the-Year
honors at the lli.'iS Homecoming
Friday and Saturday.
A student who was "just having
loo good a time at Howard Payne"
to leave and stayed an extra year
Mr. Cope enrolled in IIPC in 11)2."..
He had planned to do his last two
year's work at the University of
Missouri to get his degree in
journalism but changed the pro-
portion of time at the two schools
to include three years at Howard
Payne.
During his stay at HPC ho did
the college's publicity and served
two years as editor of the Yellow
Jacket. Smith Boll Brownwood
businessman who now is an HPC
trustee was business manager Tor
the student paper at the time
It was easy to get publicity Tor
the college Mr. Cope says and he
turned it out in reams. One or his
favorite stories concerned a foot-
ball game when Joe Bailey Choaney
- later to bo athletic director at
HPC caught the ball after a high
kick which burst it and ran for a
touchdown with a completely do-
high M-hool student and worked
summers on the Standard during
his nillege days. Alter graduating
from the University of Missouri
he started work full-time on the
Stand. u (I. which is one or tlio
Harte-IIanks group of papers. He
has been associated with tlio
Ilarte-llanks papers ever since.
lie was- publisher of the Sweet-
water Reporter in the days when
Robert S. Calvert. Texas comp-
troller who was lIPC's 1057 Man-of-the-Year
was working in that
city.
He also has served as publisher
of the Donison Herald and moved
to Marshall as publisher of the
News-Messenger in 1015.
Acclaimed for bis work within
bis own profession as well as by
laymen Mr. Cope was elected last
fall as president of the Southern
Newspaper Association which in-
cludes approximately 4U0 news-
papers in l-l states.
He also is serving on the Texas
Commission on Higher Education
which has supervision over IS
Texas institutions of higher learn-
ing and is a member of the Texas
Historical Survey Commission.
Like most newspaper men Mr.
Cope has boon active in the civic
at fairs of the communities where
Band Day Observance Scheduled
As Homecoming Parade Feature
Band Day sponsored by the
Student Council will be observed
in connection with the HPC homo-
coming with 21 neighboring bands
invited to participate in the home-
coming parade and to attend the
homecoming game.
The parade will form at 0:30
a.m. Saturday morning in front of
Minis Auditorium and will start
at 0:15 a.m. to move through
12 HPC Bandsters
Play in Austin
Twelve members of the Howard
Payne Band and the director Ed
Cain presented a program for
the meeting of the Austin Baptist
Association October 11 in Austin.
Making the trip in addition to
Mr. Cain were Johnny Milnor
Frances Lamb Aimer West Billy
McKeelian John Henley Gregg
B.iry Wilson Buieh Randy Shaef-
for Gerard Luhnian Russell Cor-
bin Gloria Piltman and Houston
Ross.
Tlie program included two num
bers by the wind ensemble a Is p rings
flated hall flapping in his hand. J ho has lived. Ho has been a Ro
downtown Brownwood.
Other parade units will include
the Yellow Jacket Band Homecom-
ing Queen nominees Millard Cope
(HPC Man-of-the-Year) approxi-
mately 350 Royal Ambassadors who
will bo attending an RA regional
rally on the HPC campus and Dr.
Guy D. Newman HPC president
and other college dignitaries nnd
special homecoming guests.
Three thropies will bo awarded
during the game half-time ac-
tivities to the visiting hands judged
best all around band best march
ing band .and best playing band. J
The guest hands will he seated In 1
a special section of the stadium
for the game.
Three cash prizes aro to be
awarded to the classes or organi-
zations having the best parade
floats.
Bands that have been invited to
enter into HPC homecoming ac-
tivities are from Early Brown-
wood Goldthwaito Rising Star
May San Saba Santa Anna Bangs
Ilallinger Cross Plains Comanche
. De Leon Colo in a n Richland
Stephenville Brady
number
several
quartet
by the trumpet trio and Hamilton and Cisco.
selections by
from the baud.
vocal
"A man never gets too busy to
attend his own funeral."
The white-tailed deer is Wis-
consin's official animal.
LET6ETTER & SONS
Mattress Factory Furniture
Upholstering
FISK& THIRD
i
English Faculty
Attends Conference
Six members of the Howard
Payne faculty attended the mooting
of the District Conference of Col-
lege and High School English
Teachers last weekend in San An-
gelo. They included Dr. Clco McChris-
ty chairman of tlio Division of
Language and Literature; Mary
Etta Hall Mrs. S. E. Weaver Mrs.
R. L. Dobson Eula Haskow and
F. Ynntis Robnett.
Mrs. Dobson assisted on the pro-
gram as a member of ono of tho
conference panels.
"All my life I know what I
wanted to do" Mr. Cope says. And
he started working toward his
goal at the age of 12 when ho
began work for tho Sonora paper
helping to set typo run the press
and address tho papers. Tho press
used by the paper at that time now
is a valued exhibit in the Fort
Concho Museum in San Angolo.
Mr. Copo was tho one-man staff
of the paper at Sonora High School
where he graduated and was ap-
pointed the first chairman of tho
executive board of the Texas High
School Press Association when it
was formed at Baylor University
in 1022. He also served as president
of the Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association which met in Brown-
wood the last year ho was at UPC.
Tho HPC Press Club still is a mem-
ber of tho TIPA.
His professional newspaper ca-
reer began even before Mr. Copo
entered college. Ho served as
Sonora correspondent for tho San
ngelo Standard Times while a
tarian 25 years and is a past
president of the Marshall Rotary
Club. He is a member of the Mar-
shall Chamber of Commerce. And
he is a deacon in the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Copo is married to the form-
er Margaret Kilgoro of San Angolo.
They have two children Lewis
who is on the start of tho Green-
ville Herald Banner and Peggy
a junior in Marshall High School.
Hick a person who looks both
ways before crossing a one way
street.
The moon was bright
The road was dark
The perfect place
To stop and park.
He gave a sigh
lie gave a groan
He cursed his luck.
He was alone.
TALK HOMECOMINO-Millarcl Cope of Marshall seated left
HPC's 1958 Man-of-the-Year checks homecoming plans with
left to right Henry L. Erans of Hiownwood HPC Ex-Student
Association president; Dr. Hussell Dennis HPC secretary of pro-
motion and alumni and Dr. Joe H. Hushing administrative vice
president. (HPC News Photo)
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The Howard Payne College Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. XXXXVI, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 24, 1958, newspaper, October 24, 1958; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth102716/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.