The Yellow JacketFebruary 7, 2018 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 108, Issue 9

Ten things on campus you should do before graduating from HPU

1. Jacket GolfThis might be a given, but

Jacket Golf is iconic at HPU. Years ago, a student at HPU invented this game with the concept to use a golf club to hit important landmarks around HPU with tennis balls. The school ended up condon-ing this game and the rest is history. Students can go into the Wellness Center and checkout tennis balls and golf clubs.

2. Go see Bozo Winebrinner is home to the

alligator who use to live in the H-Pond. Bozo is legend to HPU campus. There are tales that this alligator use to chase the students around campus, just as the stray cats do now. You can now go into Winebrinner and see Bozo hanging on the wall above the copy machine just inside the main north entrance. Also, as the legend tells, if you touch Bozo before a hard exam, you’re 10/10 going to pass.

3. Go across campus on the stinger shuttle

If you have a car, you have probably never ridden the

Stinger Shuttle. Also, liv-ing in Brownwood, there is not exactly opportunities for community transportation. Since some of your tuition is going there, you might as well hop on it once or twice. Even if you only go on the shuttle to go from Veda to TAC, might as well do something you have never done before.

4. Go rock climbing at the ORC

Students can go rock climbing at the Outdoor Rec-reation Center. The ORC will provide students with all the climbing equipment they may need such as shoes, har-nesses, ropes, etc. If climbing is not quite your thing, the ORC also has a skate park a basketball court, and provides students with skateboards, scooters, roller blades, fris-

bees, basketballs, and soccer balls. Also, if you’re free on a Friday night, you should drop in for “Fire Side Fridays” for games, smores, and coffee!

5. Ride the elevator in the library

This elevator is a gem to the HPU campus. Being that elevator looks like it came straight from “The Lizzie McGuire Movie.” The door to

get inside the elevator is ex-tremely hard to push open, but it is all part of the experience. Once the door is open, you can see the gates, buttons, and all its glory. Just remember to shut the door behind you!

6. Sit on the steps of Jesus The statue of Jesus is an im-

portant landmark on the HPU

Katie Cravey

Staff Writer

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newspaper.Big Week for Sports........2The editor writes about the Super Bowl and the start of the Winter Olympics within

the same week.

National Winners.............3HPU Moot Court team-

mates Jordan Hahn and Isaac Sommers named National Champions.

Want to be an RA?...........5Do you have what it takes

to be an RA.

Wonderstruck..................62017 was a year of wonder

in the movie world.

SSB 5th at State...............7HPU’s speech and debate

team placed fifth at the TIFA Spring Championship.

Let’s Talk..........................9A look at what’s available

for students through HPU’s University Counseling

Services.

Historic season..............10HPU guard Khyce Randall

is putting together a histori-cally good basketball

season

Photo Shoots............11-12A photographic look at HPU

basketball and softball. Ten Things→ Page 4

This week is a fairly big one when it comes to sports. This past Sunday was the Su-per Bowl, and Thursday is the opening for the Winter Olym-pics. I’m not a very sports-oriented person, but these are two sports events I will actually take time to watch.

Many of you probably watched the Super Bowl. Some of you watched it for the sports, some of you watched it for the commer-cials, some of you watched it for the halftime show, and some of you watched it just because everyone else was watching it and you wanted to be able to participate in con-versations about it afterwards.

Initially, I was just going to watch it for the commercials. They’re usually entertain-ing, and I don’t really under-stand much about football. Some years I also watch it for the halftime show, but Justin Timberlake wasn’t re-ally on my musical radar.

But it just so happened that the live stream we were using at my friends’ house didn’t include the commer-cials; it just gave us a “Super Bowl coverage will be right

back” title card message.I actually ended up watch-

ing the football part of it. I was also doing some home-work at the same time, so I wasn’t paying all of my at-tention to the game, but I found that I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

I’d ask my friend Ethan questions about any football thing I didn’t understand, and I learned things. I’m not sud-denly a diehard football fan, but I can better understand what’s going on each year when I watch the Super Bowl.

When it comes to the Olym-pics, however, I get very in-vested. I pay more attention to the Summer Olympics than I do the Winter Olym-pics, but I still find some

way to watch the events, especially figure skating. This next week I will prob-ably be doing my homework with some sport streaming in the background on my TV.

Sometimes when I watch Olympic events, I try to step back and appreciate talent for what it is without bias. If another country has a figure skater who does better than the United States, I am go-ing to objectively acknowl-edge that they did a great job. I watch the Olympics to be entertained, not to prove the U.S. is the best at everything. Sometimes during the Sum-mer Olympics, I will even root for a different country in basketball if somebody from the San Antonio Spurs is

playing for their home country.Of course, politics and the

Olympics have gone hand-in-hand with one another for a while now; the U.S. has even boycotted the Olympics once on political grounds. I can try to pretend it’s an objective test of athletic ability, but it’s not. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that the Olympics is really a way to prove which coun-try is the best, but there will inevitably be a strong sense of loyalty and nationalism.

While I can acknowledge other nations have some very talented athletes, I still want the U.S. to win a lot of gold medals of course. GO USA.

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CampusHPU’s Department of Art will host an art show through Feb. 27 titled “Intimate Studies: Nature and Landscape Forms.” The ex-hibit is available for viewing at the Doakie Day Art Center, and there is no cost to view this exhib-it. “The work in this exhibition is comprised of four Waco-based artists who all studied visual art at Baylor University,” said Da-vid Harmon, professor and chair of the Department of Art. The four artists are Kim Abercrom-bie, Katherine Makowsky, Jen-nifer Seo and Trisstah Wagstaff.

CampusHPU will host Rev. Suzii Payn-ter, executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, for the university’s 11th annual Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics. The lectures will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, and 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at the FLLC. Admission is free but reservations are requested. Contact HPU’s School of Christian Studies by e-mail at currie-strickland@hputx.edu or by phone at 325-649-8403.

NationalThe Philadelphia Eagles won their first Super Bowl on Sun-day, rallying for a 41-33 win over the New England Patriots. Eagles quarterback Nick Foles, who grew up in Austin, was a backup most of this season. But he became the starter after an injury and wound up the Super Bowl MVP after passing for 373 yards and three touchdowns Sun-day. Foles, who almost quit foot-ball two years ago, also caught a scoring pass. Patriots QB Tom Brady passed for a record 505 yards, but was denied his sixth Super Bowl win. Bill Belichick also was denied his sixth Super Bowl win as the Pats’ head coach.

Rachel Hughes

Editor In Chief

What’s the Buzz?To submit items and events to this HPU campus calendar, email mlee@hputx.edu.

Through Feb. 27: Winter Art Exhibit, Waco Artist Group, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Doakie Day Art Center.Feb. 8: Student Led Worship, 9-10 p.m., Grace Chapel.Feb. 11 & 18: Disciple Makers Bible Study, 8:30-9:30 p.m., Mabee Center Balcony.Feb. 13-14: Bowl Painting, 2 - 5 p.m., Mabee Center Balcony.Feb. 15: Currie Strickland Distinguished Lectures, 7:30 p.m., FLLC.Feb. 16: TX Civil Rights Workshop, 3:30 p.m., Bullion Suites.Feb. 16: Currie Strickland Distinguished Lectures, 10 a.m., FLLC.

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Moot Court students claim national title F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 8 P A G E 3

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By HPU MediaRelations

Howard Payne University students Jordan Hahn, sopho-more from Burnet, and Isaac Sommers, senior from Boerne, were recently named National Brief Writing Champions dur-ing the American Moot Court Association’s national competi-tion at the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law.

Hahn and Sommers secured HPU’s second national cham-pionship title in the history of collegiate Moot Court, with the previous title occurring in 2002.

Moot Court is a competi-tion during which students participate in the prepara-tion and arguing of cases in front of judges, designed to simulate argument before the United States Supreme Court.

In addition to writing the top brief, HPU’s team was ranked ninth in the oral component of the tournament, placing in the

top 3 percent in the country. Additionally, each student was recognized as a top orator in the tournament, with Hahn finishing as the 13th top speaker and Som-mers as the 20th top speaker.

Lorianna Kelley, HPU’s as-sistant professor of government, advises the Moot Court team. “This tournament tops off an

incredible year for HPU, with several wins, top orator awards and countless hours of hard work behind us,” Kelley said. “It also is a great way to finish the collegiate career of our one graduating senior on the team, Isaac Sommers. He has ad-vanced to nationals every year of competition, so it’s great to

go out with a win!”Hahn said it was an im-

mense blessing to have had such success at the national championship tournament.

“I would never have ex-pected to be at this point in only my second year of Moot Court,” she said. “I’m thank-ful for my fantastic partner and

my coach who made it pos-sible. Isaac and I have worked hard all year to prepare for this tournament, so it feels amaz-ing to have that recognized and bring home a win for HPU.”

Prior to the national competi-tion, Hahn and Sommers posted wins in their final two tourna-ments to finish undefeated dur-ing the 2017 fall semester. Hahn and Sommers were named tour-nament champions at the St. Mary’s School of Law Invita-tional Tournament in October as well as at the Texas A&M Uni-versity School of Law Region-al Tournament in November.

At the October tournament, Hahn and Sommers defeated a team from Baylor Univer-sity to win the tournament in the finals and teammates Justin Harris, senior from Fort Worth, and Bailey Myler, junior from Brownwood, were named oc-tofinalists. HPU competitors were also recognized for their individual speaking skills. My-ler was the overall seventh-best speaker, Hahn placed second and Sommers was the top speaker at the tournament.

Thirty-one teams competed at the regional tournament in November, representing 13 schools from across the country. HPU faced multiple schools, including the United States Air

Force Academy, Texas A&M University, Sam Houston State University and the University

of Louisiana. Hahn and Som-mers again defeated a team from Baylor University to be named tournament champions.

Jordan Hahn and Isaac Sommers secure HPU’s second championship

Courtesy PhotoHPU Moot Court competitors Jordan Hahn (left) and Isaac Som-mers recently secured the university’s second national champi-onship title in the history of collegiate Moot Court.

The 2018-19 FAFSA is now available! Get started at

www.fafsa.gov.

Flu ShotsLocation:Veda Hodge Hall, 1st floor

Cost:$15 per vaccine, cash or check accepted

Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday

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campus located right outside of the Mabee Center. Hanging out with the Jesus statue is per-fect for any occasion such as selfies, praying, mental break-downs, etc.

7. Go hammockingThe “Hammock Hotel”

is in front of Davidson Mu-sic Complex, or you can just use the trees on campus to go hammocking. Either way, hammocking is a great way to ‘hang’ out with friends, de-stress from classes or make homework a little less dread-ful.

8. Run the ‘Jacket Mile’ Just kidding. You can defi-

nitely just walk the Jacket Mile. A cool thing about the HPU campus is the entire pe-rimeter of the main campus is approximately one mile. So before binging Netflix all day, you can take some friends and head outside for a nice stroll around campus

9. Watch movies in The HubIf you live in the dorms,

chances are you never experi-ence the luxury of couches un-less you’re in the lobby where people are constantly walking in and out. The Hub is a cozy escape from florescent lighting and it’s usually stocked with food. Nothing really gets bet-ter than that. The Hub is open every day of the week until 11 p.m.

10. Take a self-tour of the Academy

The Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Build-ing use to belong to the Daniel Baker College in 1889. HPU took over the building in 1952 after merging with Daniel Baker. Today, the building has been renovated and has history all over it. Each room has a dif-ferent theme so after you ride the Stinger Shuttle over, go ex-plore this historic building and check out the rooms – as long as class is not in session.

Want to be an RA? F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 8 P A G E 5

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Living on campus, your Resident Assistant (RA) was probably one of the first peo-ple you met on move-in day.

RAs coordinate move in, get to know their residents, build community, handle emergen-cies, and generally make them-selves available to the stu-dents in their residence halls.

When asked why she wanted to become an RA, Emma Reed shared that she couldn’t think of a better way to reach out to fresh-man and pour into the lives of other young girls like herself.

Emma has been an RA in Veda Hodge Hall for four semesters and says that her favorite thing to come out of her job is “building awe-some relationships with the other RAs and my residents.”

Cooper Hering, who has been an RA in Jennings for two semesters, shares his simi-lar experience and says that his favorite part of his job is that it “leaves the door open to build new relationships with the guys who live in Jennings.”

Jessica Catlett who has also been a Veda RA for about two years, said that she became a RA because she can remem-ber that “my freshman year I was really nervous, and my RA made herself available to me and made me feel comfort-able, and I just wanted to be able to do that for other girls.”

Being an RA can be a fulfill-ing job in of itself, but there are also some pros and cons to consider before applying.

Some pros include receiv-ing a private room at no

extra cost, good hours, good pay, and you will get to be a part of an awesome team.

Sadly, like with any oth-er job, there will also be things you won’t love, such as trash and weekend duty.

But Jessica makes a good point when she says “week-end duty can be worth it since people always bring me food and each RA only has to do it twice a semester. Also, you never know who is going to come into the of-fice to entertain you while you’re on duty. It is always a great way to make friends.”

As for the guys’ dorms, Coo-per does warn of “exploding toilets and 3 a.m. fire alarms, but what’s college without a few exciting surprises.”

So, if these cons don’t scare you away and if building re-lationships and pouring into other students seems like a

job you could see yourself fit-ting into, try to attend the last information meeting at noon today (Feb. 7) in the Bullion Suites located on the second floor of the Mabee Center.

If you cannot make it to the informational meet-ing, reach out to the resi-dent directors on campus:

• Dr. Eric Covington is the RD for both Taylor Hall and the on-campus apartments.

• Wes Curton is the RD for Jennings Hall.

• Kelly Eason is the RD for Veda Hodge Hall.

They can give you an ap-plication to apply to be an RA for the fall semes-ter of 2018. The interview-ing process will take place through the end of February.

Here are some pros and cons to consider before applying

Courtesy PhotosTop Left: Jessica CattletBottom Left: Emma Reed Top Right:The Jennings Hall RAs Above: The Female RAs

Gabi Diazdeleon

staff writer

‘Wonderstruck’ hopes to leave audiences in wonder

2017 was a year of wonder in the movie world, literally.

Over the past year, the word was ever present in the titles of movies. The blockbuster su-perhero film “Wonder Wom-an” and the touching drama “Wonder” are just two of a cluster of movies that seemed to have coordinated titling.

Of the many “wonder” films released in 2017, “Wonder-struck” appears to have slipped by audiences largely unnoticed.

Directed by Todd Haynes and starring Oakes Fegley (“Pete’s Dragon”) and Milli-cent Simmonds, the movie is a relaxed, but also thoughtful ex-amination of the wonder with which children view the world.

Fegley and Simmonds are impressive as children who are in search of personal un-derstanding and belonging in an unfamiliar setting. Sim-monds is particularly great in what is her feature film debut, playing a part that is very un-conventional when compared

to most modern movie roles.In addition to the excellence

of the child stars, Julianne Moore (“The Hours”) pro-vides a meaningful sup-porting role to the film.

Author Brad Selznick adapt-ed his novel of the same name for the screen and seems to have tried to project the same tone present in the book in the film.

“Wonderstruck” really feels as close to reading a book as a film can get, resulting in a somewhat unusual viewing experience. Large parts of the movie go by without exten-sive dialogue and there is little obvious exposition. Just as a reader cannot skip a page in a book, viewers are required not to turn away so as not to lose track of the narrative.

In addition to evoking the slow-paced plot movement typically found in books, the movie borrows stylistically from silent films. At vari-ous points in the film, char-acters watch silent films, all while characters act out in the slightly exaggerated manner of early films.

Instead of using heavy conversation between char-

acters, Haynes uses excellent sound design and fantastic visuals to tell the story. This is both an artistic choice and a choice required by certain elements of the plot. The recur-ring silence present in “Won-derstruck” may initially be confusing, but becomes an en-dearing element of the movie.

Haynes ensures the film maximizes the silence and sound present in the various settings. Using these visual and audio techniques, the film captures how children view the world as a far more hopeful and magical place than it usually is.

The film’s simple musical theme is a powerful tool used to help to drive the story, adding to the engaging soundscape. The score will surely be play-ing in viewers’ heads long af-ter watching “Wonderstruck.”

The movie will probably frustrate viewers in its slow-paced opening 20 minutes. However, given the chance, “Wonderstruck” tells what is an essential and typical sto-ry through a nontraditional lens. The themes of family and childlike awe run strong through the film, in hopes that

viewers will be left in wonder. “Wonderstruck” recently

left theaters, but is avail-

able for purchase and rent-al online and for stream-ing through Amazon Prime.

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Seth Rainey

movie columnist

School of Education DeadlinesIt is time to complete application to the School of Education Educator Preparation Program (EPP).

If you want to be a teacher, coach, band/choir director after graduation from HPU, you must apply to the EPP for admission into the program by the March 1 deadline if you:

1) Have completed at least 30 hours by the end of this semester, fill out Phase 1 application and set up an interview. Bring your Driver License with you.

2) Have completed at least 45 hours by the end of this semester and want to teach Elementary (EC-6), fill out Phase 2 application.

3) Have completed at least 60 hours by the end of this semester and want to teach secondary, coach, or direct bands or choirs, fill out Phase 2 application.

4) Have completed all coursework, with the exception of EDU 4375 and will Clinical Teach next semester, fill out Clinical Teaching application.

You may fill out these applications in Office 106 at the School of Education in Newman Hall. If you have any questions, contact Susan Sharp via email at ssharp@hputx.edu, by phone at (325) 649-8144.

SSB finishes 5th; Freeland makes All-Texas squad F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 7 P A G E 7

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HPU’s Student Speaker Bu-reau Speech and Debate team placed fifth overall at the Tex-as Intercollegiate Forensics Association Spring Champi-onship tournament last week-end at Blinn College in Bryan.

Christopher Freeland, junior theatre major from Bangs, was named to the prestigious Texas All-State Forensics Squad. The honor is bestowed on students who have excelled in competitive forensics, aca-demics, and demonstrate lead-ership and character. Freeland advanced to finals in poetry and parliamentary debate.

The debate team of Free-land and Tyler Olin, social sci-ence jurisprudence and Guy

D. Newman Honors Academy major from Howe, were semi-finalists in parliamentary de-bate. Olin earned ninth place top speaker at the tournament. These debaters were in the top four teams from Texas, earning their semifinalist ranking by defeating schools such as Tex-as A&M, Rice, Texas State and the University of North Texas

“Advancing to semifinals is a great accomplishment at this tournament. We are competing against some of the top teams in the state,” said Dr. Julie Welk-er, head of the communication department and SSB coach. The HPU team competed against 17 schools from Texas.

Additionally, Esmeralda Maldonado, communication, social science jurisprudence and Guy D. Newman Honors

Academy major from Whit-ney; and Lucy Manning, com-munication, public policy and Guy D. Newman Honors Academy major from Fort Worth; were named Top Nov-ice team at the tournament.

“These two freshmen have been honing their debate skills this season and it paid off at the tournament,” said Welker.

Sophomore Madi-son Neal also compet-ed at the tournament.

The team will travel to the National Christian College Forensics Association na-tional tournament in March.

The HPU speech and debated team that placed fifth at the Tex-as Intercollegiate Forensics Association Spring Championship last weekend was comprised of, from left, Christopher Freeland, Madison Neal, Lucy Manning, Esmeralda Maldonado and Tyler Olin.

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Students attend CASL; HPU will host event next year

Dallas Baptist University hosted the Christian Asso-ciation of Student Leaders (CASL) this year. Represen-tatives from on-campus or-ganization like Res Life, Stu-dent Government, Greek Life, Baptist Student Min-istry, and Student Activities were picked to attend CASL and meet with other schools about the way they function.

Next year, How-ard Payne will be host-ing CASL here on campus.

CASL was full of fun events and refreshing moments. This was a leadership retreat with networking events, if I had to put it on other terms. I represented Student Govern-ment Association (SGA). We were put in a room with other schools like Mary-Hardin Bay-

lor, Hardin-Simmons, Missis-sippi College, and many more. We all sat down and talked about what works for our or-ganizations and what does not.

There was also a speaker and a band, which lead wor-ship. This time was so amaz-ing. As a whole group DBU rented out Top Golf and ev-

eryone who was at CASL was welcomed to join in on the fun.

CASL opened my eyes to more possibilities for things we can bring to HPU. It was also

nice to hear about all the things HPU is doing right. I am genu-inely exited for our campus to host CASL 2019. It will be a time of learning and renewing.

Courtesy PhotoThe HPU delegation that attended the recent CASL conference hosted by Dallas Baptist University.

Haylee MAddox

Staff Writer

Daniel Baker College merges with Howard Payne in 1952

The following is an excerpt from FOR HOWARD PAYNE MY ALL: 125 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDU-CATION AND SERVICE 1889-2015, AN ENCYLCOPEDIA, by Dr. Robert G. Mangrum.

President Thomas Tay-lor once stated, “Perhaps the greatest event, when I was president of HPC, was the consolidation of Daniel Baker with Howard Payne.”

This occurred during the 1952-1953 academic year.

Taylor’s “History of How-ard Payne College,” written in 1961, contains his recollec-tions of this momentous event in the institutional life of the University. He noted three circumstances concerning the early establishment of Daniel Baker College. The first was the claim by some of the DBC literature that the college had begun classes in 1889, a year before HPC. Taylor then noted that Dr. Havins had found evi-dence in Austin that the correct date for DBC’s first semester of classes was Sept. 12, 1890.

This would indicate that both colleges opened for classes the same fall semes-ter in 1890. Taylor then ob-served, “Since the institutions are now united, there would be no need in quarreling about which school opened first.”

A second concerned the de-nominational origins of DBC. Dr. B. T. McClellan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Brownwood and founder of the college, was a Northern Presbyterian. “In some of the

rivalry that ensued, some of the Howard Payne Baptists called the Daniel Baker Northern Presbyterians, Yankees, a rath-er unpopular term in that day.”

After mentioning that one “might find a place where the Baptists apologized for the use of that unchristian term Yan-kee” Taylor went on to explain how this connection between the college and Northern Pres-byterians influenced upon the later constituency needed to support the college.

By not training Southern Presbyterian preachers, many Presbyterian churches in the region did not feel a tie nor a need to support Daniel Bak-er. For example, a far greater number of Presbyterian min-isters were trained by Austin College in Sherman. Taylor elaborated by relating that in 1929 Texas Presbyterians moved to concentrate all their resources in only one college.

“They had hoped some big city like Houston or San Antonio would build a Pres-byterian University. But the big cities wanted them to build a university. So it was decided to abandon Daniel Baker College after paying its indebtedness and con-centrate on Austin College.”

A meeting of Brownwood concerned citizens was held in Mims, at which Taylor presided. As a result, a spe-cial offer was made request-ing the Texas Presbyterians to concentrate on DBC. Taylor indicated that HPC was will-ing to cooperate with DBC as part of the “University move-ment for graduate study.” Un-fortunately, a majority of the committee were graduates of Austin College; the decision was made to concentrate on

Austin College for the univer-sity and graduate programs.

A third factor in the early years concerned the physical location of the two colleges. In 1889, the initial location of the Presbyterian college was on Center Avenue, approxi-

mately where Winebrenner Hall sits today. In fact, when the foundation was excavated for the science building, por-tions of the original DBC foundation were discovered.

Dr. John D. Robnett, pastor of First Baptist Brownwood

and founder of HPC, was one of several citizens of Brown-wood who purchased land in several parts of the county. Along with S.R. Coggin,

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Dr. Robert Mangrum

university historian

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Courtesy PhotoCoggin Hall on the Daniel Baker College campus in 1913.

The reason HPU has two campuses

Let’s Talk: University Counseling Services F E B R U A R Y 7 , 2 0 1 8 P A G E 9

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The university provides free personal counseling services to every enrolled student.

I am often asked what goes on in counseling or other questions about who can come, the process, what students most often want to talk about, etc. I would take the opportunity of this publication to better inform everyone about the uni-versity counseling service.

First, the counseling ser-vices is part of the Student Life department. As such, Dr. Magen Bunyard, vice president for Student Life, is the head of the department. It is through her efforts that

this counseling services de-partment came into being.

For many years the uni-versity had no dedicated person or department for students seeking counsel-ing help. This changed two years ago when Dr. Bunyard created this department. It was obvious the need was present, and the professors who were trying to provide some counseling services where simply not able – due to lack of time – to help the students over long periods.

Two years ago, I was hired and contracted by the university to provide coun-seling services as the Uni-versity Counselor. I spend about 20 hours per week in dedicated counseling to any student who requests this ser-vice. I provide professional counseling for personal is-

sues of most any kind. I am not an academic counselor. Those services are provided by the Registrar’s office.

Second, trust is the founda-tion of successful counseling. In order to assure the neces-sary level of trust the student expects, all of my work in strictly confidential. No one will know who comes for counseling, the content of the counseling work, or any de-tails about the student unless the student gives their written permission. All data, files, forms and information of any kind belongs to me and is not accessible by anyone.

Third, my 36 years of pro-fessional counseling training and experience have brought me in contact with just about every issue imaginable. If I don’t have some reasonable counsel for a student I will

find someone who does and make an appropriate referral.

All counseling is provided in a nonjudgmental man-ner. I spend time getting to know the student client. I want each one to know that I have a genuine interest in them. Nothing the students says or has done will al-ter my desire to help them.

Fourth, helping usually involves gathering enough information to understand the needs and goals of the student. Typically, a proper assessment will take place before any counsel is given. Everyone is complex. Time gathering the right kind of information and devising a plan for counsel or treatment is critical to the success of the counseling experience.

The goals of the student client should always in in the

forefront of the counseling process. I often tell people, “You are the Captain of the ship. You tell me where you want to go. I am the Naviga-tor. I will work to get us there.”

Lastly, I would encour-age all students to come for a visit at the beginning of a problem rather than waiting until it worsens. If the is-sue is complex, time will be needed to assess and work on its resolution. The university and myself want you to suc-ceed and have a peaceful life.

If we can help, then con-tact me and Let’s Talk.

Jerry Leslie

University Counselor

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Robnett had “acquired con-siderable land for a town lot development near the loca-tion of the Coggin Academy, on and along Coggin Avenue. They had planned to have Howard Payne College lo-cated on the site of Coggin Academy and later develop a town site development for the benefit of the college.” [Rob-nett had a nice farm on Willis Creek and on Austin Avenue, just opposite the current DBC site, he had a beautiful home.] Many HPC supporters thought this site too far away and, on their own, they acquired the block on Austin (the land be-tween Fisk and Center). This was one block from the excava-tion site of the DBC building.

As a result, plans were ad-justed. Mr. and Mrs. S.R. Coggin purchased the Coggin Academy land, which had pre-

viously been operated (from as early as 1870) by Profes-sor Paul and Mark E. Rags-dale, and later by a Professor Starnes, as the earliest school building in Brown County. The entire block was thus ac-quired and deeded to DBC for $650. (The present Acad-emy Building is the remod-eled DBC Main Building.) Taylor noted that the adjacent block was also purchased; the girls’ dorm as well as a pic-nic area was located there.Taylor then quickly shifted to the last years of DBC when he noted DBC “lost prestige when the church abandoned its sup-port. Heroic teachers kept it go-ing for many years. Financial problems were difficult and in time it could no longer main-tain the standards of the Texas Association of Colleges.” Thus, following WWII, in 1946, DBC entered into an agreement with Southwest-ern University at George-town (a Methodist school) to

operate DBC as a branch of what is Texas’ oldest univer-sity (Southwestern traces its origins to Ruterville College established in 1840). In ad-dition to the main campus, Southwestern had a junior col-lege campus at Tehuacana (six miles west of Mexia), a junior college campus at Weather-ford, and the newly acquired DBC campus in Brownwood.Daniel Baker’s faculty and course offerings were included as part of Southwestern’s cata-log until 1950-51. Southwest-ern was unable to maintain its high academic standards without special funding and endowment for DBC and re-quested that the DBC Board release them from the contract in which they had agreed to operate Daniel Baker on be-half of the Brownwood Board.At that time, the Episcopal Bishop of the Dallas Diocese, C. Avery Mason, made an of-fer to operate DBC as the Epis-copal College of the South-

west. However, the diocese did not embrace this dream of Bishop Mason; as a result, after three years the institu-tion had a large debt. Wendall Mayes approached Joe Weath-erby, president of the Howard Payne Board, Brownwood member of the DBC Board.Several meetings were held; an agreement was finally reached in the fall of 1952 whereby the two old rivals would con-solidate their institutions.

Under the terms of the merg-er, DBC students desiring to re-main at DBC during the spring semester of 1953 “would have all their credits validated and that students graduating ei-ther in the spring or summer of 1953 would receive Dan-iel Baker College degrees.”

The agreement was ap-proved by SACS in their April 1953 meeting. Rever-end Wilford O. Cross, presi-dent of DBC, was present at the combined graduation cer-emonies in May 1953 to con-

fer the last DBC diplomas.After the beginning of the

spring 1953 semester, “all lib-eral and fine arts work [would] be done in Howard Payne as a college of liberal arts and all work in agriculture and practical arts should be done in Daniel Baker . . . as a Col-lege of Agriculture and useful arts.” Further, the DBC en-dowment would continue un-der the DBC Board of Trust-ees who were selected by the Howard Payne Board of Trust-ees, composed of 14 from HPC and seven from DBC.

A Dallas mortgage com-pany would underwrite the DBC indebtedness, $72,000. By 1961 the complete DBC indebtedness had been paid. The terms of the Mattie Cog-gin were to be fulfilled as well.

Thus, Daniel Baker Col-lege melded into How-ard Payne University.

A season like no otherKhyce Randall is having a his-

torically great basketball season.The senior kinesiology major

from Beaumont currently ranks No. 1 in the American Southwest Con-ference for scoring at 24.0 points per game, rebounding at 9.9 per game, and defensive rebounding.

Since the ASC was formed dur-ing the 1996-97 school year, no HPU player has led the con-ference in both scoring and re-bounding in the same season.

Also, no Yellow Jacket player from the ASC era has averaged a double-double for an entire sea-son – although multiple Yel-low Jackets accomplished that feat when they were in the Lone Star Conference prior to 1987.

To Randall, these accomplish-ments came as a surprise. “I will do whatever it takes to win the game and be a leader for my team, so seeing those statistics is just a bo-nus,” said Randall, who leads HPU in scoring, rebounding, field goals made, 3-point goals, free throws made, assists, steals, and minutes played. He’s averaging 35 min-utes out of a possible 40 per game.

Leadership is important to Ran-dall. As one of the few seniors on the men’s basketball team, Randall hopes that he can be a great leader both on and off the court. “Being a senior with a team full of younger guys, they look up to me, so I want to be a good leader through my actions and by working hard,” said Randall.

He also credits his friend and fellow teammate, Rickey Guillo-ry, for helping him along the way. The two came to HPU together from Beaumont and have been teammates since middle school.

“Ricky Guillory has been an ex-treme part of my success here,” Ran-dall said. “Without him, I would not be as good of a player or person. He and the coaching staff are really moti-vating and they have molded me into a great guy, so without them none of this success would be a possibility.”

Randall and Guillory gave HPU an effective 1-2 punch at the guard posi-

tions for the last two seasons. Unfor-tunately, Guillory has not been close to 100 percent this season because of a knee injury suffered late last season.

Not only is Randall leading the conference and his team in scor-ing and shooting, he is doing so with poor vision. “[Playing blind] is something I’m used to. I have always played blind. My mechan-

ics are pretty good so I know where the goal is and where my teammates are,” Randall said.

“It helps that we wear differ-ent jerseys, but for the most part it doesn’t really bother me too much. I feel like [wearing contacts or glasses] will throw off my percep-tion a little bit, but I have actually tried to play with contacts in middle school and it didn’t work for me.”

To Randall, it is almost a super-stition now playing with correc-tive lenses. “I have been playing blind for so long, I don’t want to change what I’m doing,” he said.

Randall has been playing basket-ball since elementary school and has no plans of leaving the game he loves after college. He is looking into playing overseas after he graduates.

“If [playing overseas] works out, I will probably go and do that for a little while. I can travel around the world and show peo-ple that no matter what you can achieve your dreams,” Randall said.

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SportsHPU SPORTS UPDATE

Women’s BasketballRecord: 13-8, 9-4 in ASC

Jan. 25: UMHB 72, HPU 66Jan. 27: Concordia 56, HPU 44Feb. 3: HPU 95, Sul Ross 65Feb. 8: HPU at McMurry, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 10: HPU at HSU, 2 p.m.Feb. 15: Concordia at HPU, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 17: UMHB at HPU, 2 p.m.

END OF REGULAR SEASON

Men’s BasketballRecord: 8-13, 4-9 in ASC

Jan. 25: UMHB 87, HPU 70Jan. 27: HPU 93, Concordia 84Feb. 3: Sul Ross 91, HPU 73Feb. 8: HPU at McMurry, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 10: HPU at HSU, 4 p.m.Feb. 15: Concordia at HPU, 7:30 p.m.Feb. 17: UMHB at HPU, 4 p.m.

END OF REGULAR SEASON

SoftballRecord: 0-3-1, 0-0 in ASC

Feb. 3: Schreiner 10, HPU 1Feb. 3: HPU 7, Schreiner 7 (tie)Feb. 6: SW Assemblies at HPU, 1 p.m.Feb. 9: HPU at Austin Coll., 1 p.m.Feb. 13: Huston-Tillotson at HPU, 1 p.m.

Men’s TennisRecord: 0-5, 0-1 in ASC

Feb. 2: TLU 9, HPU 0Feb. 2: Schreiner 9, HPU 0Feb. 3: Sul Ross 5, HPU 1Feb. 3: Centenary 5, HPU 2Feb. 9: Austin Coll. at HPU, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 10: HPU vs. Ozarks, at Austin

Women’s TennisRecord: 1-4, 0-0 in ASC

Feb. 2: TLU 7, HPU 2Feb. 2: Schreiner 8, HPU 1Feb. 3: HPU 5, Sul Ross 2Feb. 3: Dallas Bapt. 5, HPU 0Feb. 9: Austin Coll. at HPU, 5:30 p.m.Feb. 10: HPU vs. Ozarks, at Austin

BaseballRecord: 0-0, 0-0 in ASC

Feb. 7: Schreiner at HPU, 12 p.m.Feb. 17: Univ. Dallas at HPU, 12 p.m.

Khyce Randall is on pace to lead the ASC in scoring, rebounding

Photo by Andria GarzaKhyce Randall is on pace to become the first HPU men’s basketball player to lead the American Southwest Conference in both scoring and rebounding in the same season.

Khyce’s NumbersSenior guard Khyce Randall leads the HPU men’s basket-

ball team in the followingcategories:

Category Game Avg.Scoring 24.0Rebounding 9.9Field Goals 7.03-Pointers 2.8Free Throws 7.2Assists 2.8Steals 1.2Minutes 35.0

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HPU Basketball vs. Sul Ross

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SOFTBALL HOME OPENER

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