The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 14, 1929 Page: 2 of 4
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THE SIMMONS BRAND
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A tMi47 iwirtpaper published every Saturday during' the -school year by
A SWmmom Press Club In the interest of Simmons University.
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Campus Office Room 108 Science Building.
Downtown Office Abilene Printing and Stationery Co.
Editor In Chief .
Managing Editor .
operts
EDITORIAL STAFF
..Jack Scott
Exchange Editor
SenMv.
Club Editor
Feature Editor .
Georce Giazner
JSdcar S. Keefe
E. L. Howard
Nika Landers
Fat Thomas
.Lena Spence
FROM OTHER CAMPUSES
Plans for the third annual triangle
debate between Toxas Christian Uni-
versity Baylor University and Sim
mons University havo been completed.
The Pi Delta question will be used:
"Resolved that nations should adopt
a plan of complete disarmament ex
cepting such forces as are needed for
polico purposes."
February 7 has been set as the
dato for the contest. The debates
will bo held as follows: Baylor vs.
Simmons at Abilene; Texas Christ-
ian vs. Simmons at Fort Worth; and
Texas Christian vs. Baylor at Waco.
Simmons is manager of tho trianglo
debate this year.
Simmons University won tho con-
test in '27 '28 and Baylor University
won the '28-'29 contest.
Business Manager
Assistant Business Manager .
Advertising
Auditor
BUSINESS STAFF
Circulation Manager .
Collections
..L. P. Walter Jr.
..William Wheeler
0. C McDermett
.. Fate Thomas
.. A. R. Tyson
.Hilly Lawerence
Reporters: Lena Spence Mary McKcnzic Fay Thomas Edgar S. Keefe
Rufus Hyde V. Marie Stephens Harold Owen Dclores Tilloston Feldon
Reed Nita Donahb Dorothy Grccnfi Blanton McCord Gencllo Jennings
and Frances Pryor.
THE FIFTH WHEEL
Years ago when someone wante dto describe how useless a certain
thing was he would say: "It's as Useless as a fifth wheel to a coach."
This expression has lost its original meaning. For in the kind of
coaches that go through our streets today the fifth wheel is the most im-
fiOrtant of all. The fifth wheel is the steering wheel and without it the
our would run into trouble. No matter how sound the other four wheels
may be without the fifth wheel in working order the best automobile is a
dangerous engine of destruction.
Every life is equipped with a fifth wheel which is more important
than any other part. ' The fifth wheel is the will power or the power to
control one's impulses and keep from collision.
There was a young man about a hundred years ago who almost made
a wreck of himself because his fifth wheel waV not in working order. The
young man was sent to college with a thousand dollars. .It was possible
for a boy to go through that college with a thousand dollars' and pay all
his expenses for the four years. His father expected him to do that.
In one year he went through the entire thousand dollars. His fifth
wheel was not working but all the other wheels were and he was running
OB them. He was covering ground but he wasn't steering. Every un-
even place in the road would swerve the car from the track.. He' let him-
self be guided by reckless companions. He neglected his studies and lived
When he found that his money was gone lie did a little self-examination
and came to a decision. "I have fooled away a year's time and a
thousand dollars" he said. "I'm going to do 'it no longer."
Then he took a grip on that fifth wheel of his life his will power
and instead of letting his appetites rule him he began to rule them. He
steered away from every luxury pleasure Or sore that interfered with
the straight course he had set for himself and steered along the highway
of study and development. It was not easy for temptations were many
and detours were inviting. But he kept his eyes on the road and did not
reldx his grip on the steering wheel.
He soon found himself at the head of his class and he led it through-
out the course so that when he graduated he received the highest honors.
This is not an imaginary ''story of a make-believe boy. It is about a
real boy. After he finished college he kept right on steering his life along
the' road. He steered it into the governor's chair of his state then he
steered it into the national house of representatives then the senate. Finally
Jie steered it into the president's cabinet. It was William S. Seward who
in 1867 "was responsible for the purchase ofAlaska by our government.
It was the fifth wheel that made the difference. The youth was well-
equipped in other 'ways. He was. physically brave and mentally bright
but he had 'to develop self-control before he could succeed.
- Is your .fifth wheel in good order and are you gripping it or are you
settling back and taking things easy letting your tear go where fancy
leads?
Thcro is a possibility that for the
one season the annual game with
Payno may be omitted from Simmons'
schedule. Representatives of the
Brownwood school at Dallas declared
that they were not ablo to bffor any
date later than October 25 so that
part of tho meeting was disbanded
without a decision being reached.
Tho conference officials Monday
put an end to "all-star" games during
the holidays after this year. It prob
ably would be a good thing if the
rule were in effect this year for the
senior crop in tho conference this year
is admittedly Inferior to the records
set by the respective teams. The
game between tho stars of tho Big
Ten and of tho Southwest will not be
a true test of tho strength of the
two conferences.
"HI-WAYS ARE HAPPY WAYS"
The colorful phrase "High ways are happy ways" will mean more than
a mere title of simple melody to thousands of collegians this week. The
closing of universities and colleges for the yuletide vacation will send;
happily students every where to their respective homes.
Nine hundred Simraonsites will join in the big parade that leads
to the dearest spot on earth to them.
Christmas the season to Which we once looked forward with a great
deal more anticipation than we now do should not have lost its real
signficlance to college trained people. We hope that this Christmas will
mean as much to you .as when ''you were just a .little tot" and hung up
your stocking over the mantle to await the presents of St. Nicholis. It is
our desire that tho spirit of Christmas may envelope each of you; forgetting
past misunderstandings and begin the new year with a kindly feeling to-
ward everyone; that you may enjoy thoroughly the intervening days be-
tween now and the time when the next Brand will come to you.
A Merry Christmas to all! A .Happier New Year than you've seen
before! And Goodbye until 1930!
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We have always heard that it was
worse to fall in love than to have the
indigestion but we never knew why
until we read tho following from Dr.
W. F. Peterson of the University of
Illinois college of medicine:
"Worrv is one real cause of fatigue.
Half of tho battle in tuberculosis
centers about the nervous apparatus.
Give it a chance dbn t fret don t be
neovish. don't be to sensitive and
whatever you do don't fall in love.
That is worse than indigestion.
Emotions upset the body more com-
pletely than most other things."
Baylor Bells.
Minorities now rule the world
through the use of propaganda.
Propaganda decides what you buy
it decides what you wear it decides
where you be buried it decides with
what country you will war it decides
what school your children will at-
tend it decides almost every act of
yours.
The commercial world is based up-
on effective propaganda. The florists
establish a mother's day. The haber-
dashers establish a father's day. The
painters and so forth establish a
clean-up-week through a steady
propaganda which is taken up by the
commercial clubs throughout the
country. O. B. U. Bison.
When the Longhorn Band marched
on Kyle Field for tho annual Turkey
Day classic its members were dressed
in new uniforms made possible by
tho authorization November 25 of the
Athletic Council for the purchase of
CO now coats belts and caps.
Since the school year 1929-1030
marks the thirtieth anniversary of
the band on the campus of tho uni-
versity there is occasion to look back
and trace the development of this
organization.
Tho Longhorn Band was formally
organized in 1900 and was to some
extent an outgrowth of a symphony
orchestra of about twenty musicians
directed in 1897-98 by Dr. E. P.
Schoch of tho department of chemis
try of the university. Daily Texan
SPECIAL
We make a Specialty of Cleaning
Clothes Clean
J. N. BRISTER
LAUNDRY
See Fred at Ferguson Hall
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C. M. PRESLEY
Simmons Jeweler
We strive to please with
Courtesy and Quality
209 Pine St Abilene
Rex Studio & Gift Shop
Kodak Finishing
Gifts for all Occasions
249 Pine Phono 3757
CLARENCE SAUNDERS
3 Stores 3 Markets
Lee Duckworth Owner
GO TO SIMMONS SERVICE
STATION FOR GAS OIL ETC
Wragg 8C Higginbotham
Tel. 3502 -2181 Hickory
Where Price Quality and Service
Meet
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DESIGNED IN THE MOST CORRECT AND
EXHILARATING MANNER FOR THE MOST
DISCRIMINATING TYPE OF COLLEGE MAN.
SEVEN TO TWENTY DOLLARS
AGENTS IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
NU-WAY GROCERY
8C MARKET
821 Hickory Street
This Store is Home Owned.
WILL BE FOUND HERE
EXCLUSIVELY
Abilene's Leading Store
For Men and Boys
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Abilene's Leading Store
For Men and Boys
Simmons Supply
Store
Home of the Famous Milkshakes
Dial 5229 1365 Ambler Ave.
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DELICIOUS VIRGINIA LEE CANDY
1 Lb. 80q; 1-2 Lb. 40c; 1-4 Lb. 20c
THE MONTGOMERY DRUG CO.
Next Door to Woolworth's
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entertaining your visiting friends or sweeties give
mem a reat treat urive over tne
OCEAN WAVES AUTOMOBILE TRACK
Located Across Street from City Airport
Open Daily Until 11 p m. v
As quoted from a leading maga-
zine "Learning has replaced earn-
ing as ouf ruling passion" Cold
hard facts bear out this statement.
We find that expenditures for schools
have increased 250 per cent within
the last decade and grown-ups havo
decided that just because they missed
an education while young is no rea-
son why they should not have an
'education.
The Arts and Sciences are- thriv-
ing. For example tho little theatre
is retrieving the stage from tho low
estate into which it had fallen and
chemistry of all sciences is especial-
ly deserving of mention for tho
marvelous fiefds'wbich it-Is opening.
Roads have so improved that it is
quite possible to hop in the car for
a tour of the Continent to see and to
learn Weatherford Coyote.
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FOR RENT Six room house all
modern conveniences. One-half block
from campus. Vacant December
20 1929. $25.00 per month.
Phone 5754
Young City Lady (on visit to
ranch)t "For what purpose do you
use that coil of line on your saddle?"
Cowboy: "That Lady is used for
catching cattle and horses."
Young Lady: "Oh Indeed I May I
Mk what do you' use for bait?".
New Dixie Maid Milk Bread
MADE WITH MILK
See the Dixie Maid in the Blue Diamond
Dixie Baking Co.
(Schepps-Putnam Baking Co.)
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For Expert Shoe Repairing See
RICHARD'S SHOE SHOP
Across From Reporter Bldg.
O. C. McDermett Solicitor
at Simmons
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Musser Lumber Co.
"The SimmonJ Friend"
Walnut at 5th Dial 7664
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Compton's Stores
Are Good Stores and Appreciate Your Trade
Complon's No. 5 Alexander Building
Compton's No. 7 150 Cypress Street
Medical Arts Pharmacy Third and Cedar
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Simmons Cafe
HOMB OF THE COWBOYS
When you buy a Meal Ticket from us it will be good a year
from now. We are here to stay. We make Sandwiched .others
try to imitate. The one place of business in Abilene that has
never refused 'to grant a favor to a student of Simmons U.
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The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 14, 1929, newspaper, December 14, 1929; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96747/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.