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Ex-Student Recalls Cap's Role In 'Cop-Out'
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is
the first in a series of columns
in which selected former stu-
dents will relate recollections
of their time at Hotard Payne.
The author, Don Newbury,
(HPC '61) is director of com-
munity relations at Tarrant
County Junior College in Fort
Worth.
Wonder if any other Howard
Payne student was taken on
"freshman walks" every year
for five successive years?
Perhaps it was because of
my work in sports publicity,
which involved travelling to
the various athletic events for
newspapers and radio, that
athletes deemed it "fitting
and proper" to include me
among freshman initiates on
annual spring walks.
Then, came 1961, my final
student year. Upperclassmen
on the track team, knowing
of my many "freshman walks,"invited me to go along as an
"honored guest" when they
took the freshmen out. . . . .
I was honored in that I was to
be privileged to ride out-and
back. The freshmen were duly
blindfolded, and were not to
know of my presence during
the trip (lest they have reason
to "get even" for my being
along). . . .
They were
"delivered" toa desolate a-
rea some 25
miles n o r t h
of Brownwood
and during my
hasty retreatDon Newbury
to the car, I fell down, causing a
senior to exclaim, "Good grief,
Newbury, can't you stand up?"
Freshman ears perked, and,
on their return to the campus,
they vowed to take me-just
me- on a walk I'd never for-
get. During the two remaining
weeks of the semester, I "hidout," except for time at work
and in class. I didn't sleep at
home, and Groner Pitts (HPC
'48) let me do my daily radio
sports cast frim his basement
office at Davis-Morris Funeral
Home. By day and by night
the freshmen cruised around
town, looking at places they
thought me to be ... .
Then came the next-to last
day of school. The late and
beloved J. H. (Cap) Shelton-
as he had so often done-
invited me to have dinner at
his home that evening. Perhaps
I surprised him when I accept-
ed, and perhaps he was even
more surprised when I accept-
ed his and Opal Shelton's invi-
tation to spend the night in
their home . . . .
Maybe he was surprised. But
probably he knew more about
the foiled "great walk" than
the pursuers and the pursued
may have thought... .Dr. Lindsey: Academic Dean
Dr. Guy Newman, HPC president,
receives exemplary service medal
at San Marcos Baptist Academy.
Quick Takes Position
As Assistant To Dean
Mrs. Joyclin Quick, who has de-
grees from both Howard Payne
(1948) and Hardin-Sinmons Uni-
versity, is the new assistant dean
of students at IIPC.
Mrs. Quick and her husband,
Robert, came to Brownwood from
Abilene.
Both are graduates of Brown-
wood High School. The couple has
three children-John, Lisa and Rob-
ert.Dr. Henrv Carlton Lindsey, form-
er vice-president of academic affairs
at Ouachita Baptist University, has
assumed duties as Howard Payne's
vice-president for academic affairs.
Dr. Lindsey succeeds Dr. Frances
L. Merritt, a member of the How-
ard Payne faculty since 1939.
Dr. Merritt has asked to be re-
lieved of her duties as dean in orderto retire. However,
she plans to remain
on the faculty with
a reduced class load.
Dr. Li n d s e y
comes to HPC from
Mississippi S t a t e
College for Wom-jII!'~ /
en, where he was Dr. Lindsey
head of the speech department.
He has served as an educator or
administrator in college and uni-
versity circles for approximately 20
years.
In 1969, Dr. Lindsey was acting
president of Ouachita University.
He was vice-president of the insti-tution from 1968 to '69, and served
as dean of its college of arts and
sciences from 1964 to '68.
Foundation...
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will be used for scholarships.
President Guy 1). Newman, com-
menting on the foundation, said that
churches are invited to use the fa-
cilities of the foundation in hand-
ling scholarship funds.
"One church has decided to es-
tablish a scholarship fund of $600
a year," he said. "Priority will be
given to students from that church
under guidelines set up b y t h e
church, and if that church's students
don't need these funds, we will help
someone else, as the church h a s
directed."
Trustees of the foundation are Paul
Cates, A. L. Evans, Charlie Lamkin,
Rev. Leon Aduddell, Henry Evans,
Roger Sweeney, A. C. Garvin,
N. Frank Smith and Bob Havins.
Six students also will serve.
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Howard Payne College (Brownwood, Tex.). The Link, Volume 19, Number 3, Fall 1970, periodical, Autumn 1970; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth744556/m1/3/?q=%22Howard+Payne+College+%28Brownwood%2C+Tex.%29%22: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.