The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, May 2, 1958 Page: 1 of 7
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THEY'RE IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW Sheriff Delmer Tipps has an odd assortment of Fracas Week
violators in the Hoosegow. Among them is Public Information Director Leo Lambert.
Trustees Approve Plans;
Caldwell Project Added
Members of the Hardin-Sim-mons
University board of trustees
met in an all-day meeting Tues-
day and put their tentative stamp
of approval on preliminary plans
for two new buildings a chapel-
auditorium and a student union
building and on a major re-
modeling job of Caldwell Fine
Arts Building.
The trustees also adopted an
operational budget for next
school year of just under $2 mil-
lion including an $85000 item to
be used to improve salary struc-
ture for faculty and staff.
The complete cost of all the
work laid out before the trustees
would be in the vicinity of $2.5
million including work on cam-
pus streets and parking areas.
Reports to trustees showed that
early pledges to the $1.5 million
campaign total $78002. Of this
students have pledged $10941 and
faculty and staff members $24604.
Running Start
As a running start on the build
ing project the school has been
granted $100000 from the Baptist
General Convention of Texas in
addition to the $150000 from in-
surance on Behrens Chapel.
W. P. Wright board president
was in charge of the meeting
which opened at 10 a. m. and
closed at 5 p. m.
Location of the two new build-
ings came in for considerable
discussion after J. C. Hunter
chairman of the board's building
and grounds committee asked
trustees for their opinion. Trus-
tees indicated their present think-
ing is to locate the new chapel-
auditorium on the northeast cor-
ner of the campus.
Preliminary location for the stu-
dent union building is east of
Sandefer Memorial and north of
old Mary Frances Hall.
New Pi
"Great Balls of Fire" and other
types of "hot" music will be
strictly forbidden on the new
$5000 grand piano just installed
in the auditorium of the Hardin-
Simmons University School of
Music
Dean William S. Mathis says
he would prefer "April Showers"
or other less inflammable music.
The H-SU School of Music now
has a new piano and organ. They
Caldwell Hall
The Caldwell Hall project is a
new one not included in the
original $1.5 million expansion
program although it has been
under consideration for some
time.
This particular project would
include remodeling and aircondi-
tioning of the old fine arts build-
ing and a three-story $172200 ad-
dition built onto the north. This
addition would include a band
and orchestra rehearsal room
classrooms practice rooms and
studios.
The preliminary plans fpr the
chapel-auditorium call for two
"auditoriums" (the big one to seat
2000 the smaller to seat 208)
which would use a single stage.
The small auditorium would be
surrounded by four small stages.
Swivel seats would be installed
so that various stage areas could
be used.
The big auditorium would be
Deaton Will Exhibit
1 -Man Show 12-16
Mildred Pender Deaton art in-
structor at Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity will exhibit a one-man
show May 12 through 16 in the
H-SU art department. Mrs. Dea-
ton's show will be sponsored by
Kappa Pi national art fraternity
at H-SU.
A tea honoring Mrs. Deaton
will be held in the art gallery
from 2 to 4 p. m. Friday 16.
Faculty and students are invited
to attend the tea and to view
Mrs. Deaton's varied and interest-
' ing works.
replace others lost by fire. Dean
Mathis says he's so afraid of fire
now that he's considering having
students check in their pocket
matches at the door.
When Behrens Chapel burned
last Nov 25 the school lost its
grand piano and organ. The uni-
versity had another grand piano
but it was in bad shape and
needed extensive repairs.
The instrument was sent ' to
"megaphone" shape to provide
better vision and acoustics.
Student Union
The student union building
would be two stories and a base-
ment which would include a six-
lane bowling alley and could pos-
sibly be expanded to 10 lanes.
Main floor of the student
building would be given over to
a cafeteria snack bar game room
(Continued on Page 8)
Students Debate
Capital Punishment
"Should we retain the death
penalty (or capital punishment) in
Texas?"
Last Tuesday afternoon four
students of Dr. Albert Lunday's
Penology class (sociology 473) at-
tempted to answer this controver-
sial question in an hour-long de-
bate. Speaking for the affirmative
were H. B. Terry senior from
Tuscola and George Mullinax
senior from Anson. Dorothy Wal-
ker senior from Abilene and
Nancy Rittenhouse senior from
Borger took the negative side.
In a class poll held after the
debate Walker and Rittenhouse
emerged victorious largely
through their ability to refute
their opponents' statements by
rebuttal speeches.
The participants were graded
on their mannarisms of speech
how well they presented and in-
troduced material their argu-
ments rbuttal documentation
and speech delivery.
Dallas where $1500 worth of
work was done on it. On the trip
back to Abilene a stray cigaret
got caught in the packing around
the piano and the rebuilt instru-
ment burned in the moving truck.
When it arrived in Abilene the
piano was a mess of charred ivory
broken strings and singed ma-
hogany. . .
The new grand piano is the
seven foot variety. The old one
"Gaslight" Will Start
Performances Friday
"Gaslight" the Player's Club
major spring production will be
presented Friday Saturday and
Monday May 9-10-11 Harry
Thompson director of the uni-
versity theatre announced.
"Gaslight" a melodrama by
Patrick Hamilton promises to be
very suspenscful" Thompson said.
It is the type of play that will
keep you glued to "the edge of
your chairs."
The play tells the story of the
Manninghams' of Angel Street.
Mr. Manningham a handsome
middle-aged gentleman is played
by Ivan Sinclair. Under the
guise of kindliness he tries to tor-
ture his wife played by Sharon
Tucker into insanity. He ac-
cuses her of hiding pictures rings
grocery bills and other minor
articles.
Manningham uses Nancy a
fresh cheeky maid played by
Marsha Fields as a tool in his task
of driving Mrs. Manningham mad.
Nancy believes that he has more
than just a passing interest in her.
She finds much to her dismay
that she has only been another
step that he has taken in driving
his wife mad.
Manningham's plans are de-
stroyed by Police Inspector
Rough played by Jim Spivey.
Inspector Rough visits Mrs. Man-
ningham while her husband is out
and ultimately proves to her that
her husband is a maniacal crim-
inal suspected of a murder com
Cowboy Band Holds
Banquet Tomorrow
The annual Cowboy Band Ban-
quet will be held tomorrow even-
ing at 8 p. m. at Lytle Lake
Shores Auditorium Hal Mann
president announced.
The theme wil be kept a secret
Mann stated but one of the high-
lights of the evening will be the
announcement of the new Band
president.
Truett Lattimer director of
alumni activities on the H-SU
campus will be guest speaker.
Main points presented by the
affirmative were: 1) That capital
punishment is a just reward and
2) the cost of execution in the
electric chair such as Texas has
would be of far less expense than
the cost of keeping a prisoner in
jail for life.
Points brought out by the nega-
tive were: 1) capital punishment
doesn't lessen the number of
homicides that are committed
each year and 2) The mental
torture suffered by the prisoner
and his relatives is almost inhu-
man. "The question of capital pun-
ishment is one that every Hardin-
Simmons student shoujd be inter-
ested in" Dr. Lunday stated. "In
the next few weeks we are go-
ing to make a campus survey in
an attempt to find out how the
students feel about capital punish-
ment as meted out by the state of
Texas."
What is your opinion?
Hot Music
was the large concert grand. It
was nine feet long. Dean Mathis
says however that the School of
Music prefers the smaller grand
because it is better suited for the
smaller auditorium in Caldwell
Fine Arts Hall.
The new piano and organ in
Caldwell Hall are expected to be
located permanently in the audi-
torium in that building. The
new chapel auditorium slated to
mitted 15 years ago in the same
house.
Elizabeth a quiet gentle cook
and housekeeper is played by
Ronda Lamb.
Ivan Davidson is stage manager
for the play.
The play will be of an unusual
nature for H-SU since it will be
presented "arena" style in Room
202 of Abilene Hall. "It is an
experiment as well as an adapta-
tion to our facilities" Thompson
said.
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Cowgirls Plan
Annual Dinner
H-SU Cowgirls held their reg-
ular weekly meeting a. Hunter
Hall Tuesday 5:15 p. m.
During the meeting the mem-
bers discussed plans for their an-
nual dinner and reports were
submitted by the various commit-
tees. A uniform committee was
appointed to see that all new
members are fitted for their uni-
forms and to order new uniforms
for those who do not have them.
A tentative constitution form
was presented to the members for
their approval by the constitu-
tion committee. Also nomina-
tions were made for officers for
the coming year. Officers will be
voted on by secret ballot and new
officers will be installed at the
annual dinner which will be held
May 10 at Lytle Shores Audi-
torium. Other business was discussed
and the meeting was adjourned.
Students Are Asked
To Settle Accounts
Hardin - Simmons University
students are reminded that page
24 of the current catalog states
that "Students will not be allow-
ed to take semester examinations
until satisfactory settlement of
accounts is made."
Last-minute reminders of this
grim fact are being sent to all
students who have not yet set-
tled their Student Accounts.
Rent Accounts Bookstore Ac-
counts and Featherston Loans.
The deadline for satisfactory set-
tlement this semester is Wednes-
day May 21.
Dr. E. W. Bailey Controller is
now processing applications for
Student Loans to those people not
otherwise able to meet their cur-
rent obligations. "Students
should make application before
May 10" stated Dr. Bailey "for
Student Loan funds are not ade-
auate to meet all the demands
that may be made and time is
needed to process students' re-
quests." Lest YOU be handed a "No Ad-
mittance" notice when you go to
take your final examination stop
by the Business Office and see
iust how your account stands.
But do it now for finals' sake ! ! !
All students who plan to do
student teaching during the
Fall semester of 1958-59 school
year must have their applica-
tion completed and filed in the
education office by noon Sat-
urday May 17.
Banned
be built to replace Behrens
Chapel is expected to have its
own piano and organ.
Both the new piano and organ
are being used frequently these
days. The instruments were
rushed to H-SU so that graduat-
ing students could complete re-
quired recitals in order to receive
degrees at the forthcoming gradu-
ation exercisqs in June.
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