The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 21, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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COWGIRL
EDITION
COWGIRL
EDITION
VOL. 18
SIMMONS UNIVERSITY ABILENE TEXAS APRIL 21 1934
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No. 25
CLASSES GO ON PICNICS MONDAY AFTERNOON
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High School Seniors Honored By Simmons University Next Week
Preparations Made
For More Than 1000
Visitors Saturday
Local WMU Sponsors Picnic
Here On Campus
April 28
.Wiggins Plans Affair
Chapel Program Saturday
Morning Will Begin
The Day
Seniors of high schools within n
radius of seventy-five miles from
Abilcno will bo honored by Simmons
with a picnic on the campus next
Saturday April 28.
The affair is sponsored by ladies
of local Daptist churches led by the
W. M. U.'s working through mission-
ary societies in the various West
Texas towns.
A program in the university chapel
at 10:00 Saturday morning planned
to interest the high school students
is the first thing scheduled for the
day. Following this demonstrations
and games will bo conducted on dif-
ferent parts of the campus in which
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Mawnlng boys and gals how arc
your nerves? With all this sudden
burst of print there will likely be
several more and better names placed
upon the "Who's Who" list in the
Hall of Science.
It takes a well-balanced person to
take a short cut from one floor down
to the other especially for "ad-getters."
Happy landing Janol
It's Just like I've always said
"Your sins will find you out." Think-
ing that he was confiscating some
new kind of candy Johnny Hill the
man famous for nothing "atall" bit
savagely Into a dog biscuit. He was
stopped not by his own willingness
mind you after he had consumed over
half of it.
The girls' volley ball team showed
up right well Tuesday afternoon
against Otho's 24 teams tho "Can't
Hold Outers" and tho "We've Had
Enoughers" They brag about the
victory.
Looks like the rainy season is down
upon us. Nico when tho showers of
blessings fall during chapel. The ab-
sence of alarm clocks was thankfully
received the morning we had visitors.
Wilhelmina stood up for 'cm all alone.
There was a young lady from Decatur
Who went to sing in the theatre
But the poor little thing
When she started to sing
Was hit with a rotten tomato.
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The Brand would appreciate any
information leading to answer of the
question Who was "Gob" Fitzgerald
supporting Thursday night?
If Geraldine Hill didn't park her
car in front of tho Science Hnll every
night Stringer and Macbcrry
wouldn't have anywhere to go.
It's about time for us to hear a
spring speech on "holding hands"
since the one on "animals and tho
ark" has passed.
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Come on everybody open season on
student offices. I haven't heard of
anyone starting their own petition
and I don't believe it's so.
And with Spring comes a new crop
of fever blisters. There must be lots
of night work going on.
Well "steweds" this is my first
and last appearance. I'm good enough
but Just don't have the time to take
over the Job. So toodle-doo. (Now
bow's your nerves?).
One Week Granted
Students Seeking
Election To Office
Reason For Changing Date Is
Because of Conflicting
Arrangements
Politicians will have one more week
in which to make their picas accord-
ing to the chango agreed to yesterday
by the students assembled in chapel.
In order that the campaigns may be
climaxed by an all-university picnic
it was decided that election day be
postponed from May 2 to May 0.
Because of conflicting arrange-
ments it was necessary that tho dato
bo changed if a rally and picnic were
to bo held beforo tho election. Due to
this change tho deadline on petitions
has been moved up to Wednesday
April 25.
"Publicity and electioneering stunts
will be in order" says Bobby Ken-
nedy student president. Each candi-
date will cither speak for himself or
have a representative. Music will be
furnished by tho fine arts depart-
ment and refreshments will bo served
through the courtesy of the candi-
dates. Twenty-five petitions havo been
turned in to date. Ono candidate
Calloway Westmoreland running for
head yell leader has no opponent yet
and no petitions have been received
for the position of yell leader ploco 2.
"In caso of mistakes omissions or
errors in tho last of candidates pleaso
sec mo immediately and have them
corrected before tho ballots are print-
ed" says Bobby Kennedy.
The official list is: president stu-
dent body Will Edwin Routh Walter
Kerr Moxlcy Fcathcrston and J. L.
Desmond; secretary student body
Rosa Crockett Irene McCreary Mil-
dred Richcson and Oliio Lena Olscn;
chairman intra-mural council Wcldon
Steele and Truman R.iley; Council
place 2 Loo Safell and Buck Howell;
Council place 3 Harmon Morrison
and SI Addington; vice-president stu-
dent body Burgess Brown Sam
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Pre-Meds Hear Talk
On X-Ray By Doctor
Dr. Palmer E. Wigby of San An-
gelo will speak on X-ray Monday
night at 7:45 at tho chapel auditor-
ium as the guest of the Simmons Pre-
Medical club.
Dr. Wigby is connected with tho
Shannon Memorial hospital and the
San Angclo .Medical and Surgical
Clinic of San Angclo and is consid
ered an authority in his lino of work
ad research. Members of the Mc-
Murry and Abilene Christian college
prc-medical clubs will also bo guests
of the Simmons organization and
Simmons students are invited to attend.
Cowgirl History Tells Story
Of Nini. Years Of Progress
Gcnello Jennings Cowgirl '27 '28 '29 '30
Tho Simmons university Cowgirls
an organization of "fair co-eds" was
organized in 1025 by Miss Willie Ray
McDonald speech director in Sim-
mons. The membership was made up
of volunteers and numbered about
thirty-fiv. Thir first uniforms con-
sisted of purplo skirts gold blouses
purplo and gold head bands nnd
brown oxfords.
In tho fall of '20 Glenna Fay
Grant a senior and charter membor
of the organization became assistant
drum major of tho Cowgirls.' Boots
were added to tho uniform and also
ten-gallon hats and purple ties. Tho
girls did a little marching and drill-
ing but it was not until the next
year (1027) that tho famous "Cow-
girl Stomp" was created by Glcnna
Fny who took over tho entlro leader-
ship of tho organization. It was
through her versatility that tho club
took on new color and inaugurated
"rush week" wherein a hundred girls
were entertained at several parties
of various types and tho membership
chosen from this group.
It was in 1027-1028 that the Cow
Drum Major
Glcnna Fay Grant
Dedication
Give credit where credit is due to a
Lender in every respect. Since tho
Establishment ot fho Cowgirl organ-
ization her
Name has become significant. Every
New Cowgirl learns early that a very
Able personality will be her drum-
major. For the nine years that she has been
with us
Always has sen been found ready and
willing to
Yield her "all."
Gladly affectionately and
Respectfully wo the Cowgirls
Add our vow
Never to fail her and to her wo ded-
icate This issuo of tho Simmons Brand.
Delegates Chosen
For TIPA Meeting
At ACC Next Week
Tarpley and Flynn Elected
To Represent
Simmons
Dan Tarpley and Ivan Flynn edi-
tors of tho 1935 Brand and Bronco
wcro chosen to serve with Frank
Junell as official Simmons T. I. P. A.
delegates Thursday afternoon at a
meeting of tho press club.
In addition to these three six non-
voting dclegntes will represent Sim-
mons as the convention which meets
with A. C. C. April 20 27 and 28.
They are Martin Murdock Dorris
Garrett Grace Carol Ponder Myrtle
Eugenia Haggard Lloyd Parmelly
and Katharyn Duff.
Simmons has entered contest ma-
terial in some thirteen events includ-
ing news .story feature story formal
essay familiar essay poem humor-
ous short story serious short story
sport story editorial advertising
newspaper and annual.
girls' fun reached its penk in the
famous trip to Little Rock. Tho fun
was preceded by days of intense
salesmanship. Tho Cowgirls sold
"full house" for the Cowboy band
concert and thus earned the trip.
No ono person could havo led the
group and gained such complcto co-
operation as Glenna did. Even
"Proxy" was convinced that sho could
"function" as leader of the Cowgirls.
Ho trusted the entire group to
Glenna's care and did not oven sug-
gest another chaperono for tho Little
Rock trip.
Every Cowgirl who mado tho trip
will remember tho thrill of breaking
into Patho News being received by
tho governor of Arkansas; not to
mention the trip to Hot Springs in a
fleet of Yellow cabs. It was a glori-
ous week full of thrills.
Tho days of '28 and '20 wero hard
ones for tho Cowgirls. Under tho
presidency of Winnie Lou Compere
tho organization maintained a booth
at the West Texas fair where hot
dogs candy and Dr soda pop Pep-
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Cowgirls Set Date
For Annual Reunion
Of Alumni Exes
Old Members Help New Girls
Plan Homecoming
June 1-3
200 Guests Expected
Banquet Saturday Night And
Sunday Breakfast
Featured
Tentative pans for tho annual Cow-
girl homecoming to bo held on tho
Simmons campus Juno 1 2 and 3
wcro made at a ioint meeting of tho
ex-Cowgirl and campus committees
Monday night at tho gym.
An outline of tho activities for the
thrco day reunion to bo held in con
junction with tho official Simmons
homecoming was made and plans of
the entertainment and social commit-
tees were approved.
A formal banquet at ono of the
down town hotels Saturday flight
Juno 2 will bo the feature of tho
week-end. Registration will begin
Friday and continuo through Satur
day in tho lobby of tho Science hall
Informal gatherings will bo held Fri
day night and an informal campus
picnic Saturday afternoon. After a
formal breakfast Suday morning ac
tive Cowgirls will escort the ox-Cow
girls to the baccalaureate services at
the First Baptist church. Informal
gatherings will bo held at tho girls
dormitory Sunday afternoon.
Invitations aro being sent to tho
more than 200 ex members of tho or-
ganization and a largo attendance
is expected. General headquarters for
tho reunion will bo at Mary Frances
hall.
Officers of tho Ex-Cowgirls asso
ciation which is sponsoring tho home-
coming aro: Juanita Barrow Abilene
president; Mrs. Virginia Hawkins
Boyd New Orleans; Elizabeth Board
Clovis New Mexico secretary; Mrs.
Nelson A. Hutto Abilcno reporter.
Student committees appointed were:
entertainment Mary Balch Dorothy
Doughty Gcraldino Holmes; car com-
mittee Olivo Ann Hale Jane Guinn
Ruth King; houso committee Lota
Faye Terry Ollio Lena Olsen Nadino
Barrow; menu Glynn Floyd Fannie
Lou Stokes Dorris Garrett; social
Paulino Melton Carrie Bess Gowen
Margaret Canon Gladys Foley.
Tho alumni committee assisting is
Juanita Barrow Gcnellc Jennings
and Mrs. Hutto.
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Albany San Angelo
And Breckenridge
To Hear 'Mikado'
Entire Company Will Make
Trip April 26 and
May 11
Tho "Mikado" which was such a
success with Simmons students will be
presented in threo out of town per-
formances within tho next few weeks.
Dates havo been booked for appear-
ances at Breckenridge and Albany
and tentative plans havo been mado
for one performance at San Angelo.
Tho ctire chorus and orchestra will
mako tho trip to Breckenridge for a
matinee Thursday April 20 and on to
Albany for an appcaranco Thursday
night. Tentative dato for the San An
gclo performance has been set at
May 11 but final arrangements havo
not yet been mado.
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Richardson Reviews
Book To History Club
Dr. Rupert N. Richardson head of
the history department of Simmons
reviewed his recently published book
"Tho Commanche Barrier to South
Plains Settlement" at tho regular
meeting of tho history club Thurs-
day afternoon.
This book which is a description
of tho life and customs of tho plains
Indians and an account of their re-
sistance to tho advance of tho whites
was recontly reviewed by tho Boston
Transcript one of the oldest and
most widely read Boston papers.
President Simmons
Peggy
Editor Says Annual
Will Be Out May 15
McGraw and Ponder Editors
Of Quirt Section Say
"It's Mild"
May 15 has been set as release
dato for tho Bronco according to
Martin Murdock editor. After a
chapel dedication scrvico on that day
this year's annual will bo distributed
to the students.
Tho book lacks about CO pages being
ns largo as last year's book but ns
to content it is not any smaller. It
contains more pictures than did the
1033 annual and the editor claims
that more students arc represented
than over beforo.
"Although highly condensed noth-
ing was left out" says Mr. Murdock.
"Realizing that tho reading matter in
an annual is rarely read wo tried to
replace that with pictures thus mak-
ing tho book more interesting."
A new plan of financing i3 being
tried thi3 year. Instead of charging
each club for its space as was dono
for several years or assessing each
student 25c for each timo his picturo
was printed the staff this year will
ask each club to assess its members
enough to pay for tho engraving and
any member not paying such assess
ment will bo charged tho 25c fees
when ho gets lm book. It is felt
that this plan will be moro economi-
cal for the student in the end and
cause better feelings toward tho
staff.
Billy Boy Sewell Midlothian
Wonder Boy
By NOLL
This is your old pal Billy Boy
Sewell way down hero in Heavenly
Midlothian dropping a few lines to
tho Brand per request. Can you im-
agine it requesting me to write a llt-
tlo junk for tho local sheet concern-
ing homecoming day during gradua-
tion week? In fact can you conccivo
of anyono requesting mo to write any-
thing? And to top off tho whole
works tho plea comes from a Cowgirl
and sho would liko for me to urge all
former Cowgirls to bo on hand for
tho roundup.
This is supposed to be a call to
tho ex-students and alumni so tho
f ir3t thing would bo to give a defini-
tion of an old timer student: ono who
can remember when Cowgirls used
to yell at football and basketball
games. (Hs I gotcha there Glenna).
Somo folks used to think I disliked
tho Cowgirls but I rcnlly didn't
I loved a few of them; and you boys
can take it from mo it wasn't such
bad lovin cither. I now regret I
didn't lovo moro of tho girls.
I understand that in tho spring all
ranches havo a roundup to brand tho
U. Cowgirls '34
Gideon
Band Contest Date
Changed To April 27
Irons Berts and Wiley Have
Been Chosen To Judge
Contestants
Tho date for tho annual band con-
test for high schools of West Texas
sponsored by Prof. D. O. Wiley and
the Simmons Cowboy band has been
changed from April 28 to the 27 due
to conflicting dates.
Fourteen bands have already reg-
istered for tho contest. Bands which
will compete in tho class A division
arc Breckenridge and Abilene. Class
B participants are Midland nnd
Wink. Albany Monahans and Lev-
elland havo registered in tho class C
department. Wink Brownwood nnd
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Campbell Addresses
YWCA Session Mon.
Miss Irma Campbell professor of
English in Simmons was the first
speaker presented Monday night in a
scries of book reviews sponsored by
tho education department of the
Young Women's Christian association
of Abilene. Sho reviewed "Of Thee I
sing" nnd its sequel "Let 'Em Eat
Cake" by Gcorgo Kaufman and Mor-
ris Ryskind.
Second in tho series will bo pre-
sented April 23 when Miss Pauline
Chappie instructor in Abilcno Chris-
tian college will review "Anthony
Adverse."
Exhorts Exes
SEWELL
cattlo and check over and see how
much new stock has appeared on the
range. And tho homecoming planned
for commencement times is of the
same order. From all the marriages
that have taken placo during tho past
several years I am suro checking over
tho new little Simmonsltes will bo n
lot of fun and interesting work. I
have received several reports from
former students and from tho way
things look Simmons will never run
out of new material. It's funny the
way the papas and mamas liko to
name their prides after their old
time idols and favorites. Several little
tikes must drag through lifo with the
monicker Jeff Davis tied on to them
many are going to answer to Rupert
N. nnd Dossio has proven popular
and ono mother told mo confidentially
that her child was named Prexy after
Mr. Cagle. Naturally tho little boog-
ers can't all bo football players or
cute clover handsome newspaper men
liko Papa Sewell so wo two eomo
named Mary E. and someone named
ono Ivy and to cap the climax one
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Juniors And Slimes
Go To Buffalo Gap
On A 'Dutch Treat'
Sophomores And Seniors
Each Decide To Go
Separately
Groups Leave At 1:00
Charge of 25c Per Person
Made To Defray
Expenses
As a climax to local cases of "spring
fever" all classes will hold their an-
nual picnics Monday afternoon. Jun-
iors and freshmen classes will go to-
gether ns is the custom but tho soph-
omores and seniors decided to go
separately.
The jaunt will bo tho last class
party of the spring semester. Jun-
iors and freshmen will go to Buffalo
Gap and will Icavo tho campus at
1:00. Places for sophomores nnd sen-
iors will remain unknown until tho
afternoon of tho outing. All classes
aro chargig 25c per person to cover
entertainment expenses.
Committees that were appointed by
class presidents aro:
Seniors: transportation Levi .An-
drus Ty Boyd; place P. J. Manly
Chig Burnam; finance Grayson Ray;
menu Glynn Floyd Sally Eakln Carl
Sprabcrry Mona Prichard. Tho class
is sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Bur
nam.
Juniors: menu Rosa Crockett Lil-
lian Stokes Mary Balch Moxley
Foatherston W. D. Phipps; entertain-
ment John Paul Rudd Maggie Stuart
William Ragsdale Jessie Merle Do
Loach; transportation Loyd Parmelly
D. O. Huddleston J. L. Desmond
Mary Alice Short Sam Chambers;
finance Dan Tarpley Joe Iko Artiss
Robbie Windham Gladys Foley. Tho
juniors aro sponsored by Glcnna Fay
Grant Otho Polk Mr. and Mrs. Rib-
ble. Sophomores: placo and transporta-
tion Billy Morrow Carl Pratt Car-
rie Bess Gowan Valda Moore; fi-
nance Carl Pratt Carrio Bess Gowan
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McLaughlin Taylor
Arnold and Haggard
Cast In One-Act Play
Mrs. Levy Pupil of Harwell
Reads To Players
Wed. Night
"Tho Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary"
one-act comedy was presented by
Mrs. Nora Levy pupil of Mrs. E. T.
Harwell at a regular meeting of tho
Players Club Wednesday evening.
Plans for tho club picnic which will
be held next week wcro discussed. An
original way of answering roll call
was introduced with each member
giving soma item of interest about
modern drama.
Tryouts for a one-act play "Thurs-
day Evening" by Christopher Mor-
ley wero held. The cast will include
Howard McLaughlin Anna Maude
Taylor Eva Nell Arnold and Myrtlo
Eugenia Haggard. Harold Haley will
bo student director.
Artists Exhibit Work
To Be Sent To Austin
Work by tho six members of tho
Simmons university Art League will
exhibit their pictures in Austin dur-
ing tho annual meeting of tho Texas
Fine 'Art association to bo held on
May 4 and 5 was exhibited nl chapel
Thursday morning.
Pictures presented wore: "Autumn
Sunshine" a naturalistic study in
pastels by Robert Flnnejr; "Abileno
Hall" water color and "Sentinel
Pines" a creative work in oil by
Milton McKenzio; "After tho Show-
er" nnd "A Study in Green and Pur-
ple" creative works in oil by Lois
RIstcr; "Lake Abilene" u decorative
technlquo in oil by Mollie B. Stokes;
"Autumn Poplars" a creative sub-
ject in oils by Thelma Morgan.
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