The Yellow JacketNovember 15, 2017 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 108, Issue 6

Flash joins HPU rock climbing class

Hey there. My name is Flash, and I

get to tell y’all all about the adventure I went on with the Howard Payne begin-ner rock climbing class.

My best friend Gabi Di-azdeleon signed up for the class this semester, and I kind of laughed when she told me because … well, let’s just say she isn’t very “outdoorsy,” but she has re-ally come to love the sport.

I was so excited when she said I could come on a class trip with her. We hit the road towards Arlington on Sat-urday, Nov. 4, to climb in a huge indoor rock climb-ing gym called Dynorock.

I got to spend some real

quality time with my new friends, Rachel Lilley and Mike Hord on the ride there.

Their teacher, Stephen Sullivan drove very safe-ly, and so we had plenty of time to play games and sing lots and lots of songs.

Once we got to Dynorock, we started climbing right away and I got to practice be-laying for all my new friends.

Dr. Rick Beelby was in charge of taking a lot of pic-tures. He got some great shots of me, if I do say so myself.

Once we felt like our limbs were no longer attached to our bodies, we round-ed everyone up and head-ed to for the mountains.

Well, as big as the mountains can be at Min-eral Wells State Park.

I have to admit I was a little nervous when we got to the campsite, because this

was going to be my first time camping. But once I got my s’more and won a game of spicy Uno, I felt right at home.

Unfortunately, I made the rookie mistake of sleep-ing in my hammock instead of the tent, but the breakfast burritos and coffee that Wes

Curton made quickly dis-tracted me from my soreness.

After breakfast, we head-ed straight to the routes because, according to Ste-phen “WE HAD TO BEAT THE BOYSCOUTS” to all the good ones!

My new good friend, Josh-ua Dykes, led a great de-votional once we got there.

He talked about how rock climbing is like our low and high points in life, and how God is faithful at all times.

God was so good through-out our whole trip. We had delightful weather, and no injuries or delays.

I’m so grateful for be-ing able to spend my first time in the wilderness with such amazing people.

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You can do it......................2Asclasswork and semester bear down, here’s how to

deal with it.

Eating Healthy?.................3Unless you eat salad every day, eating healthy at The

Caf is a challenge.

Senior Bucket List.............3Some HPU graduates in De-cember and May shar their

bucket lists.

War Movie..........................4“Thank You for Your Ser-

vice” shares struggles when veterans return home from

combat.

Evening of Theater.........6-7HPU theatrical and musi-

cal students combine their talents in one show.

High on a Mountain...........9Mountain climbing can free

fears and cultivate faith.

A Peek into the Past........10Dr. Mangrum takes a look at Howard Payne’s catalogue

from its first year.

Real Thanksgiving...........11This year, focus on the art of

giving, not eating.

Gabi Diazdeleon

staff writer

Courtesy PhotosFlash enjoyed the great outdoors (left) as well as the s’mores (right).

Courtesy PhotoFlash clings to Gabi Diazdeleon during the rock climbing.

There are four weeks left in school this semester. Four weeks to wrap up and catch up on all our assignments. This has been a busy semes-ter and some of you may be asking, “Will my sanity last until Christmas Break?”

I’ve been ask-ing the same question.

This is the time that will make or break your semes-ter, and so this is the time ev-eryone is especially worried about their performance. For me, this has been the most stressful of all seven semes-ters I’ve gone through so far. Maybe it’s just the fact that se-nior work is so much harder, maybe it’s because I’m editor of the newspaper, maybe it’s some non-academic things that have been happening to people around me. I’m sure whatever is stressing you out is just as valid if not more.

But I’m going to tell you a secret – one that’s keeping me afloat right now: There are only four weeks left in school. Only four more weeks to sur-vive. Each day is a step clos-er to the end, and when it’s all over, you can start anew. It’s not the end of the world.

Most of this is just me con-vincing myself that no matter how badly I fumble through these last few weeks, it’s go-ing to be in the past soon. I often write as a type of ther-apy. While I certainly don’t want to turn the editorial into my personal diary, here is my checklist for staying sane. It has worked six other semes-ters, so I’m going to trust it will work again this semester.

Find someone to talk to. Be it a best friend, parent, sib-ling, boyfriend or girlfriend, the school counselor, a pas-tor, anyone. Just find a way to get everything out into the open so you can see what’s re-ally stressing you. Sometimes

I just write it all out in a big long list, but it’s always better if you talk to a person instead.

Take things one step at a time. Don’t worry about the 15-page paper that’s due in a week until you’ve dealt with the five-page paper due tomorrow.

Don’t forget to eat and take naps when you can fit them in. Also, don’t forget to drink water. Surprisingly, my mood and performance are greatly decreased when I haven’t had enough water. Make sure you stay hydrated; it actu-ally makes a big difference.

Pray. You may not feel like you have time for God, but even just a few minutes of prayer

will genuinely help. And let other people pray for you, too.

One thing that I never really had to learn, but I watched other people learn is that you don’t have to be strong by handling everything by your-self. It sounds cliché, but you’re not supposed to handle it by yourself. That’s why you have family and friends and most importantly, God.

Find what works for you, but don’t panic.

You can do it, I believe in you, and there are so many other people who be-lieve in you, too. Don’t give up. Stay determined.

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Opinion/NewsNews Briefs

CampusHoward Payne’s Zeta Beta

chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi will present its Month of Musician-ship recital at 6:30 p.m. Thurs-day (Nov. 16) at Grace Chapel. The concert is free to the pub-lic. The month of November is National Month of Musician-ship for Kappa Kappa Psi, a national honorary band frater-nity. This event was created to reflect the organization’s goal of celebrating college music.

LocalVoters in Brown County re-

cently rejected the proposed Ranger College tax annexation by a 5,912 to 169 margin. Ranger College had campaigned for the annexation of Brown County into the taxable base for the school’s funding. Ranger College’s main campus is located in Ranger. It also has campuses in Brown, Erath, and Comanche counties.

StateInterviews with more than two

dozen current and former lawmak-ers and legislative aides indicate sexual harassment regularly goes unchecked at the Texas Capitol. And sexual harassment policies rely on officials with little incen-tive or authority to enforce them, particularly in cases of harass-ment by lawmakers. The revela-tion this week as sexual miscon-duct accusations pile up against men in power across the country.

ClarificationsDjimonii Jackson, this year’s

Howard Payne Homecoming Queen, also goes by “Monii.”

Eanna O’Gorman was a HPU men’s soccer coach for the 2017 season. He was an unpaid, volunteer coach.

Rachel Hughes

Editor In Chief

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Through Dec. 1: “Recent Works,” Art of Susan Harmon, Doakie Day Art Center Room 106.Nov. 15: Church Planting Event, 3 p.m., The Hub.Nov. 15: HPU’s Children Show, 9-10 a.m., Lyric Theatre.Nov. 16: The Backstreet Beard’s Bake Sale, 8:30 p.m., Outside Grace Chapel.Nov. 17: HPU Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon, Beadel Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m.Nov. 21: Residence Halls close, 6 p.m.Nov. 22-25: Thanksgiving holidays.Nov. 26: Residence Halls open, 1 p.m.

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Eating healthy at The Caf is challenging

Do you know why The Caf – aka Beadel Dining Hall – is always so packed on Yellow Jacket Mondays?

YJM means chicken fried steak. Chicken fried steak means probably the best meal that The Caf serves. You know what you are going to get. Now, chicken fried steak is not healthy in any way. It is a red meat smothered in batter and fried and usually served with starchy mashed potatoes. If this is the best meal The Caf serves, what is the standard of “best” that is being served to the students?

I have tried to eat gluten

free in The Caf and failed mis-erably. I tried to eat healthy in The Caf and failed miser-ably. Unless your heart’s de-sire is to eat a salad bar every meal, it is close to impossible to eat healthy in The Caf.

Let’s look at the options. When you first walk in to the left is the food line that always changes. This is where the famous chick-en fried steak is served with various sides. The options here are always interesting. Some-times it is some form of pork with a starch as a side. Then it is the pasta bar that is just oily/buttery noodles and a red sauce.

If you continue to the middle, there is now the new sandwich bar. I find myself eating here a lot. They offer gluten-free bread. You can get up to four or five meats but lettuce and tomatoes

are the only vegetables available.If you continue walking to-

ward the middle right, some days – my favorite days – there will be a made-to-order bar. They usually only serve grilled chick-en Caesar salad, but they now have grilled chicken available.

This spot used to be the healthier alternative. There was stir fry, grilled options, and many more. I used to get food only from here until they limited this part of The Caf down. Now, they only open this spot maybe twice a week.

Turning to the right is what I like to call carb central. There are quesadillas, grilled cheese, burgers, and fries all the time. I do respect the consistency here. You cannot go wrong with one of those items, but those op-tions are not healthy. If you ask

the server for a turkey burger, he or she will make you one.

Oh, I forgot the pizza line but that is self-explanatory. The upside to this is you can ask for a gluten-free pizza, and they will make you one. But just because something is gluten free does not make it healthy if it is still loaded with carbs.

In the middle is the salad bar. Here, they have a selec-tion of toppings and dress-ings and occasional pasta and fruit salad. It’s a pretty good salad bar, but it does get old when it is your only option.

There is a vicious cycle here. If you live on campus, you must have a food plan. But if you are utilizing that food plan as they expect you to, how can you eat healthy? If the only veg-etarian options are the salad

bar and anything loaded with cheese, how do you expect not to gain the horrid freshman 15?

Sodexo will work with you if you have a food allergy, but the quality of the food is ques-tionable. There is no alterna-tive. If you are living in the dorm, you end up paying for a meal plan that you do not use and there is no kitchen avail-able to make your own food.

I don’t think you can eat healthy in The Caf – unless you desire to eat lettuce twice a day for seven days a week. Howard Payne expects the best out of us, and because of that, I do not think it is bad to ask the best out of Howard Payne.

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Haylee MAddox

Food Columnist

Graduation candidates reveal their bucket lists

Do you have a bucket list of something you want to do before graduating from Howard Payne?

Jakob Morgan, a Pre-Law/Academy major, wants to make a 180 on the L-SAT. He also wants to beat Professor Lori-ana Kelley, Assistant Profes-sor of Government, in a Legal Sass competition. A May gradu-ate candidate, Morgan would also like to find a philosophical way to support that the con-stitution is for communism.

Morgan has also heard about the Brownwood tunnels, which he would love to find before he graduates. Another tale he heard is that there is a ghost lo-cated in the Academy building named Elsa, and he would like to meet her before he graduates.

Kelsy Bellah is English Edu-cation major who said that for

the whole time she has been at Howard Payne she has yet to eat in The Caf – aka Beadel Dining Hall – which she has said is on her bucket list. Bellah, a May graduation candidate, is a non-traditional student who hasn’t lived in the dorm while at HPU.

Ethan Molnari, a Practical Theology major with a music mi-nor, said for his December grad-uation bucket list that he would

love to get all of his work down because “there’s still time to mess all my things up horribly.”

He would also like to play some of his saxophone solos in a church here as well as wak-ing up early and being in bed at least by 10 p.m. He would like to get a group of people together and sing the doxology. Molnari also wants to say all his good-byes by the time he graduates.

“I started to cry with this one,” he said.

Carissa Higbee, a Music Education major set to gradu-ate in May, would love to star-gaze in the H-pond, go to thrill hill and go check out the new and improved bowling alley in Brownwood. She also wants to pull another 4.0 GPA before she graduates, and lose the weight she gained during her fresh-

man year. She wants to make it to TMEA a fourth year in a row and have nothing go wrong.

Brendyn Porter, a Music Education major with a coach-ing minor, said one of his May graduation bucket list items is to break the record for Jacket Golf. He also would like to go through the Chime In cer-emony before he chimes out.

Britni Hays

Staff Writer

Jakob Morgan Kelsy Bellah Ethan Molnari Carissa Higbee

‘Thank You for Your Service’

War is hell. This phrase now exists as an often-used cliché, particularly in war-obsessed American culture, but it is true.

In “Thank You for Your Ser-vice,” this truth is piercingly portrayed. As is depicted in the film, the horrors of war inevi-tably follow veterans home, leaving them little escape.

The film is based on the book of the same name by journalist David Finkel, who wrote about the lives of sol-diers as they return home from deployment to Bagh-dad and the re-acclimation to life away from the battlefield.

The screen adaptation is directed by Jason Hall, who manages to create a beauti-ful movie that does not rely on action, but instead on sub-stance, to grasp attention.

Miles Teller (“Whiplash”) plays the real-life Army veteran Adam Schumann. Haley Bennett (“The Equal-izer”) plays Schumann’s wife Saskia, while Beulah Koale (“The Last Saint”) and Joe Cole (“Green Room”) play Schumann’s comrades who return with home with him.

All excellently embody their characters with a vi-brancy that will evoke the utmost empathy from the audience. Through their per-formances we gain insight not only into the lives of the characters on screen, but also a glimpse at the lives of thou-sands of families in America.

The horrible realities that the men experienced are in-escapable. When paired with returning to find families and lives that have drastically changed, a soldier’s readjust-

ment becomes a full-time job.The families are subjected

to these same realities through their loved ones. One soldier tells Schumann of attacking family members, and we wit-ness similar scenes as soldiers struggle with memories of combat. These scenes will be familiar to many who know vet-erans or are family of veterans.

These men have been sent to an alien land – only to return finding their home is now the alien land.

One character says, “I don’t belong here,” commenting on his feelings just days after returning home. For the re-turned soldiers in “Thank You for Your Service,” this is their reality. They do not belong.

These veterans have come to know living in danger as a normal state of being. This consistent pressure combined with trau-matic events markedly affects the soldiers depicted in the film.

A scene in which two friends go hunting together horrify-ingly illustrates the effects of PTSD. For these characters, there can be no return to a “nor-mal” life as every-day activi-ties become triggering events.

The film is not about post-traumatic stress, though. In-stead, it includes PTSD as one of the many costs that veterans of combat have to pay over their entire lives.

For the returning veterans of this film, the heroes are their families and one an-other. These heroes, both vet-erans and their loved ones, are called on to continu-ally sacrifice just to maintain any sort of life in the after-math of combat deployment.

The men and women of the United States Armed Forces are not heroes because the fight and kill in the name of America. They are heroes because of their sacrifice of family, physical and men-

tal health, and their lives. Viewers of “Thank You

for Your Service” should feel moved to thank a veteran for their service. But also, they will

have an understanding that no number of words can compen-sate for the tremendous price that they pay, visible or not.

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Seth Rainey

movie columnist

War movie shows struggles when veterans return home from combat

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Earlier this semester, two senior instrumentalists pre-sented their recitals. There are still two Howard Payne seniors waiting to pres-ent their upcoming recitals – mezzo-sopranos Victoria Malone and Marissa Godbey.

Malone is a senior Vo-cal Performance major from New Orleans, and later Fort Worth. She is a member of local HPU sorority Delta Chi Rho, and has been heavily in-volved with Concert Choir, Heritage Singers, and several on-campus musical groups.

Malone will be presenting her senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday (Nov. 17) at Grace Chapel. She will be present-ing a wide range of genres, including French Arias, Eng-lish Spirituals, Broadway style, Oratorio excepts, Op-eratic excerpts, and a piece

for violin, voice and piano.When asked how both HPU

and music have impacted her life, Malone said, “I love how the professors here support and encourage each student, even when we do not feel we did our best. Each professor that I have worked with dur-ing my three years at Howard Payne, in the music depart-ment, will forever leave an enormous print on my heart.

“I would also like to thank my parents for being the most supportive parents I could ever ask for, because with-out them I would not excel in my career,” Malone said.

Malone will be graduating this December. A reception will follow her recital in the Davidson Music Complex.

Godbey is a senior Music Education major from Aus-tin. She has been extremely involved all over campus with groups, including Con-cert Choir, Heritage Singers, BSM Leadership, Student-Led Worship Coordinator, Fresh-

man Council Small Group Leader, Pi Theta Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, and as a Resident As-sistant for Veda Hodge Hall and the Smith-Bell Duplexes.

She will be presenting her recital at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 28 at Grace Chapel, accompanied by HPU student Abraham Cooper.

“There will be beautiful art

songs and arias of all languag-es as well as a very interesting-ly spooky contemporary piece called ‘Will the Wind Whis-per?’ written and composed by Elaine M. Ross. This piece was premiered in 2000 by our very own, Dr. Celeste Church. I am proud to be performing a piece premiered by one of

my dearest professors and my greatest mentor,” Godbey said.

When asked how HPU and music together have impacted her life, Godbey said, “Each year that I have spent at HPU studying music, I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with music and all that it is. … I could not be more thrilled with the education I’ve received through the music department as well as the education de-partment. … I would especial-ly like to thank Dr. Gregory Church and Dr. Celeste Church for not only being outstanding professors, but also constant and unconditional friends. I would also like to thank Dr. Christopher Rosborough for inspiring to give my all to the music making process and en-couraging me to be the best conductor/educator I can be.”

Godbey will be graduat-ing in the fall of 2018. A re-cital will follow her recep-tion in the choir hall of the Davidson Music Complex.

Carissa Higbee

Music columnist

Victoria Malone Marissa Godbey

By HPU MediaRelations

Works by Howard Payne University’s David Harmon, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art, and his wife, Susan Harmon, adjunct instruc-tor of art, are available for view-ing in a variety of locations this month with exhibitions in Tem-ple, Austin and Brownwood – plus an article published in the “International Jour-nal of Arts and Humanities.”

The couple has a two-person exhibition of their paintings at the Saulsbury Gallery of the Cul-tural Activities Center in Tem-ple, open to the public through today. In conjunction with the

Temple exhibition, the couple recently held a combination lec-ture and workshop in watercolor with 35 people in attendance.

The Harmons’ works are also featured in a group ex-hibition at the Austin Art-ists Gallery throughout the month of November.

The paintings of Susan Har-mon are on exhibit in HPU’s Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery inside the univer-sity’s Doakie Day Art Center through Dec. 1. The exhibition consists of large-format abstract paintings based on her study of tragic events during the 21st century. She has extensively exhibited her work both do-mestically and internationally

with recent gallery and museum exhibitions in Asia and Europe.

HPU’s gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays.

“Her work is full of ex-pressive painterly marks with the goal of providing heal-ing amidst tragic circum-stances,” said David Harmon.

David Harmon was recently notified that his article, titled “Modernism and the Machine,” will be published in the Novem-ber issue of the “International Journal of Arts and Humanities.”

For more information, contact David Harmon at 325-649-8088 or via e-mail at dharmon@hputx.edu.

Art faculty exhibits work, publishes article

Courtesy PhotoThe artwork of Susan Harmon is on display in HPU’s Dorothy and Wendell Mayes Art Gallery inside the university’s Doakie Day Art Center through Dec. 1. Pictured is a painting titled “Of Jimmy.”

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Evening of Theatre is one of the Howard Payne Theatre De-partment’s favorite events. Stu-dents from different theatrical and musical backgrounds come together as a student-led collab-oration of scenes, monologues, and songs for the public to enjoy.

“This wasn’t my first experi-ence with Evening of Theatre but it was definitely one of my favorites.” said Ashleigh Moss, a junior Theatre Education Major. “I found out one of the acts was not going to be able to perform the second night, so I volunteered and managed to learn the routine the morn-ing before the performance. It was exciting and definitely a little nerve racking, but I had

trust in my partner and that’s all it really takes sometimes.”

For me, the most engaging aspect of Evening of Theatre is the ability of its performers to choose whatever scene they wish to do. Each actor and actress has so much potential, it just takes finding the right scene and hav-ing fun with the performance.

Originally, I wasn’t going to be able to perform due to a debate tournament. When my schedule opened up, Tanner Crow and I decided to do a scene. He and I explored various options, but we knew we want-ed to incorporate different facets of mental illness. We combined poems and prose from various authors such as Neil Hilborn and David Sedaris and added some original material which resulted in “Manic & Me,” a 10-min-ute scene focused on “Me,” a seemingly normal guy plagued by his mental illness “Manic.”

Manic does everything he can to sabotage Me’s attempts at normalcy, and their struggle eventually reaches a confron-tation. Afterward, they learn they must learn to exist as one, not as separate individu-als trying to outlive the other.

“We only had a week to get it perfect,” said Crow, “but it felt so natural that it came together really quick. I’m re-ally proud of it, and I hope that Christopher and I can per-form it again in the future.”

The Spamalot scene, a crowd favorite, appeared once again. Many audience mem-bers remembered how funny King Arthur’s adventures were the previous Evening of The-atre events and wanted more.

“It’s a tradition now,” said senior Bryce McWhirter, who directed the scene. Thanks to his organization and di-rection, the Spamalot scene

again was a great success. HPU graduate Isaac Howell

returned to the stage to par-ticipate in the famous “Shan-non and the Babes” improv group scenes. Just as Spama-lot, audiences look forward to the improv and the interaction between actor and audience.

For next year’s Evening of Theatre, don’t be sur-prised to see more improv, Spamalot, and scenes stu-dents spend hours perfecting.

2017 Evening of Theatre Per-formances:

“The Staggering Heartbreak of Jasmine Meriweather (Don Zolidis)” – Hailey Green, Cas-sia Rose.

“Be Kind to Your Parents (“Fanny”) – Laurel Pinkney.

“The Funeral Parlor (Christo-pher Durang)” – Katey Cravey, Deejay Moses.

Improv Scenes:“Shannon and the Babes”

All the World’s a Stage (Wil-liam Shakespeare) – Hayden Jacobs.

“Don’t Rain on My Parade (“Funny Girl”)” – Piper Davis.

“Dead and Alive” – Caleb Bostick, Jake Bowren, Ashleigh Moss.

“I Know Things Now (“Into the Woods”)” – Cassia Rose.

“Manic & Me” – Tanner Crow, Christopher Freeland.

“Sweet Nothing in My Ear (Stephen Sachs)” – Sara Hein-richs.

“Laughing Wild (Christopher Durang)” – Hailey Green.

“Antigone (Sophocles)” – Cassia Rose.

“Spamalot (Eric Idle)” – Tan-ner Crow, Christopher Freeland, Ransome Looper, Bryce Mc-Whirter, Luke Victor, Josh Col-lier, Jake Bowren.

“DMV Tyrants (Christopher Durang)” – Bryce McWhirter, Gabby McWhirter.

Christopher Freeland

staff writer

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The Howard Payne football team finished a 1-9 season with a roster heavy on freshmen and sophomores under first-year head coach Braxton Harris with a 61-38 loss Saturday to Louisi-ana College.

The Yellow Jackets finished 1-8 in American Southwest Conference games.

It was a short Senior Day ceremony before the Louisiana College game as HPU had just five seniors this season. They were Justin Barrera, Caisson Montieth, Cyle Johnson, Patrick Hunt, and Abner Reyes.

Against Louisiana College, freshman Hunter Batten rushed for 197 yards and two touch-downs. Freshman Brett Mar-tinez followed with 71 yards on 18 carries. Freshman quar-

terback Mitchell Jennings was 18-of-30 passing for 207 yards, three TDs and two intercep-tions.

Lucas Steinkanp led the HPU defense with nine tackles and Colton Dickerson, James Ben-son, and Austin Killgore adding seven tackles each. Killgore is a sophomore while the other three leading tacklers are freshmen.

Basketball to begin this week on the road

The HPU men’s and women’s basketball teams both begin play this week, but neither will host a game until Dec. 2, when Southwestern University comes to Brownwood for a double-header.

The HPU men open at 7 p.m. Thursday at NCAA Division I opponent Abilene Christian.

The Jackets will be led this season by the return of senior guards Khyce Randall and

Rickey Guillory. Randall aver-aged 18.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game last season. Guillory averaged 14.6 points and 5.1 rebounds. Guard De’Marcus Hurd averaged 9.1 points per game last season as a freshman.

The Jackets are picked to tie McMurry for fifth in the Ameri-can Southwest Conference West Division, according to the con-ference’s preseason poll. The top ASC West teams in the poll are Concordia, Sul Ross, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Hardin-Sim-mons.

The Lady Jackets open their season at 7 p.m. Friday at UT Tyler, although this meeting will be a nonconference game.

The HPU women return sev-eral players from last season, including guards Valarie Mat-lock and Presley McKethan. Matlock averaged 10.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists last

season. McKethan averaged 7.7 points and 3.1 assists.

The Lady Jackets, who won the ASC West last season, are picked to finish second this season behind Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Alumnus Nelson inducted into coaches hall

Eddie Wayne Nelson, a 1972 Howard Payne graduate, was recently inducted into the 2017 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.

Nelson, who also received an associate degree from Lon Mor-ris Junior College and a mas-ter’s degree from Prairie View A&M University, began his career as an assistant coach at Howard Payne.

The remaining years of his coaching career were spent as head basketball coach for Bay City High School, where he retired in 2012. In his 36 years

with the district, he led the Bay City Blackcats to 16 district championships, 13 bi-district championships, 12 area cham-pionships, five regional champi-onships, six regional finalist ap-pearances, four state semifinals appearances, one state semifinal championship and, in 1985, one state championship.

Nelson’s overall record at Bay City was 745-357. He was 16 times named Coach of the Year and was designated most victorious in a decade for 80 district games in a row.

“Eddie Nelson is a Texas leg-end,” said Hunter Sims, HPU’s athletic director. “He has been extremely successful through-out his entire career. We are blessed that Coach Nelson is an HPU alumnus. Coach Nelson has represented HPU extremely well as a professional through-out his life.”

Sports Roundup: Jackets fall in football finale

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An Evening of Theatre

Photos by Vivian Nguyen and Josiah Hughes

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Entertainment

Concert Choir and Heritage Singers

Photos by Andria Garza

‘The Mountains are Calling’

Jaws always seem to drop when I tell them that I love to mountain climb.

The first mountain I ever climbed was Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas. Since then, I have also climbed to the highest points in Arkan-sas, New Mexico, and Tennes-see. Additionally, I have sum-mited mountains in a slew of national parks across the Unit-ed States as well as Canada.

Despite my hiking accom-plishments, though, my great-est fear is surprisingly heights. People always laugh when I admit it, but it’s true. I am deathly afraid of even sitting on the top row of the bleach-ers at a high school football game, let alone marching myself along a mountainous rocky ridgeline trail. Yet there is something about the act of hiking that enables me to break free of my comfort zone.

There is truth in the saying, “The mountains are calling and I must go.” The gravitational force pulling you towards new heights and horizons very much exists. It’s liberating.

However, as freeing as mountain climbing is, the thing I like most about hiking is that it cultivates my faith. I tend to see God’s love in all things.

In Matthew chapter 22, Je-sus says to love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. That is the first and greatest commandment, and the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

When I am immersed in na-ture, I am blown away by the enormity of this earth. I am en-chanted by its beauty and mes-merized by its intricacy. God’s creations are captivating.

We are so insignificant in

the grand scheme of things, yet we are so blessed. I do not understand how some-one cannot adore a creator who has designed a world as this for his children.

Furthermore, I have wit-nessed a wild selflessness that flourishes along every trail. The community shared among hikers is surreal. If someone stumbles, everyone reaches out to hoist them back up. If some-one thirsts, everyone offers to quench it. If it rains, everyone huddles under a single branch – friends and strangers alike. Everyone says hello in passing, and the decorum is genuine.

Aside from the community, hiking has enabled me to grow as an individual. I have learned my breaking points, physically and mentally. I have learned to cope with fear, be it heights, or walking through bear country.

I’ve learned that a bite-sized

candy bar can replenish my energy far more than any

Sunday evening supper can; wading through ice-cold gla-cier water makes the muscle aches and pains disappear; and a sunset view at 13,000 feet has the power to stop a heart and re-plenish a soul simultaneously.

I’ve learned that life is a lot like hiking. You’re only as strong as what’s in your pack and who’s at your side. It’s like graduating, too.

The hike is strenuous. There are deadlines and due dates to beat and daylight to race. There are peaks and vales. You get out of it what you put into it. But I have a feeling that come May, when I walk across the stage as a gradu-ated college student, I will feel the same way I do every time I summit a mountain.

I will be exhaust-ed, but I will be proud.

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features

Kelsy Bellah

Staff Writer

Photos by Kelsy BellahWhitaker Point in Kingston, Arkansas.

Photo by Kelsy BellahGrinnell Lake and Mount Grinnell in Glacier National Park.

Photo by Kelsy BellahHidden Lake in Glacier National Park.

Photo by Kelsy BellahWaterton Lakes in Waterton National Park in Alberta, Canada.

A look at the catalog from HP’s first academic year

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

Recently the university re-ceived a copy of a very rare doc-ument, the HPC “Announce-ment” for the university’s first academic year, 1890-91.

The cover showed a line drawing of the proposed Old Main building. The 22-page booklet, published by the Ap-peal Book Print of Brownwood, listed the faculty beginning with Dr. A. J. Emerson, presi-dent, graduate of Wake Forest and for the “past 17 years’ late professor in William Jewell College,” who was to teach philosophy, theology and “lec-turer in English and history.”

Professor Charles W. Down-ing, BA William Jewell, was slated to teach Latin, Greek, and math; Miss Kate M. Ca-baniss, graduate of Bonham Institute and Sam Houston Normal, had mathematics as her primary teaching respon-sibility. Miss Annie Emerson, Lexington Female College of Missouri, was assistant English and history teacher.

Under the natural science faculty, one finds Mr. W. D. McChristy, Baylor, assistant in natural science and in the Preparatory Department. Pro-fessor J. H. Grove, graduate Kirkville State Normal and former principal pf the public schools of Liberty, Missouri, was listed as the principal of the Preparatory Department. Miss Elva Tannehill, gradu-ate of Hardin College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, was the teacher of

music and piano. The last member of the first faculty was Miss S. Fannie Taber, graduate of Lester Seminary of Holden, Missouri, who taught drawing, painting, etc.

On Page 3, the academic cal-endar noted the fall term was scheduled to begin Sept. 16, 1890, with one scheduled holi-day, Thanksgiving Day, before the Christmas recess, which began on Dec. 25. The spring term opened Jan. 20, with Washington’s birthday as the only spring holiday. The spring term ended on June 4, 1891.

A general statement fol-lowed in which HPC was described as “an institu-tion for the higher educa-tion of young people of both sexes under christian [sic] influences-in an atmosphere distinctly religious. It is un-der the control of the Baptist Denomination, but will not be sectarian in its methods of culture. It will recognize fully the claims of religious liberty.”

HPC was the result of an “intense desire. . . to have the best in education . . . to join in the forward movement of this great denomination . . . in the establishment of colleges and universities-in which the moral and spiritual faculties, as well as the physical and in-tellectual may be trained for the highest usefulness in all the professions and business pursuits of life.” Training of young ministers was also planned and a Theological De-partment was “contemplated.”

HPC, the booklet touted, was located in Brownwood with scenery “as charming as an English landscape.” With a prosperous and growing town on the Santa Fe railroad, there was an “assurance of rapid growth and dense population in the immediate future.” The al-titude of the college was 1,500 feet and this was “favorable to health, and gives promise of

great vigor of body and mind for the students; conditions fa-vorable to the highest culture.”

A narrative of admission and withdrawal followed. The students were cautioned about being absent without special leave and observed “regular attendance is abso-lutely necessary to success in education.” Entrance exams were required of the students in “all previous studies of the class they wish to enter.”

The tuition in HPC’s first academic year was paid in advance for each term. A fee of $17.50 was required for enrollment in the Prepara-tory Department while $22.50 was the amount collected for college enrollment. A fee of $1 per student was collected for those enrolled in chem-istry. Finally, a fee of $5 was collected for graduation.

Housing and board were delimited next. A large, three-story boarding house was constructed in order to ac-commodate the young ladies. The ladies would be “under the control and subject to the discipline of the Faculty of the College.” Board would be furnished at $2.50 per week. Individual Brownwood citi-zens were also prepared to house and provide board at the same rate per week. “Ar-rangements are being made for a boarding club, or mess hall, where young men can board themselves on the co-operative plan, not exceed-ing a cost of $1.75 per week.”

The college was organized in nine departments: Latin and Greek, English and His-tory, Mathematics, Natural Science, Philosophy, Modern Languages, Music and Fine Arts, Business, and Theology. The Preparatory Department or School was designed “to afford a thorough preparation for the college classes, and . . . give its students a practical

training that will fit them for the ordinary duties of busi-ness life.” The Theological Department was for ministe-rial students and was so orga-nized that the subject matter could be taken in conjunction with the literary departments.

Of course, there were rules, which every one was ex-pected to follow; if a student violated the rules, demerits were issued. When a student received 50 demerits notifica-tion was sent the parent; if the number reached 100 during an academic year, “the stu-dent’s connection with college will be ipso facto severed.”

The students were required to attend chapel every morning before classes began as well as attending church every Sunday.

The Preparatory Depart-ment offered a two-year pro-gram to prepare the student for college work. Included in the courses to be taken the first year were: arithmetic, Latin grammar, U.S. history, spell-ing, English grammar, geogra-phy, reading and composition. The second year, the courses were: algebra, Latin grammar, Greek grammar, geometry, Caesar, English and composi-tion, and physical geography.

Within the college course offerings, a list of the text-books to be used in a particular course or the areas to be stud-ied was detailed in depth. The students attending HPC were definitely going to receive what can only be described as a “classical” education. Be-ginning on page 14, one finds a breakdown of the course work following either the clas-sical or semi-classical course of study leading to the bach-elor of arts degree. The major difference seems to be in the choice of electives with the semi-classical having choices within music, instrumental and vocal, drawing and painting, or the preparation for teaching.

Near the end of the book-let, one finds the stated poli-cy concerning examinations. “Each professor examines his class orally at each recitation and keeps a merit roll, the marks in which are modified, not only by the verbal accu-racy of the answers, but by the clearness of the understand-ing shown. Merit marks are reported every two months to parents and guardians. Two examinations of each class are held during the session-the first called the Intermediate Examination; the second, the Final Examination . . .. These examinations are conducted in writing. (Numerical values were, of course, attached to the tests and if the value was 75 percent or better) the stu-dent is ranked in ‘the first divi-sion;’ if less than (75 percent) in “the second division.’ ”

If a student made less than 50 percent the standing would be “conditioned” which meant that student would have to repeat the course. Certifi-cates reflecting such desig-nations were published at the end of the school year.

For a student to receive a BA degree, he/she had to attain an average grade of 70 each year in order to be promoted to the next higher class. “A student passing thus through the four classes (freshman-senior) and complying with all the regulations of the col-lege is graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts.”

For a student to receive the master of arts degree, he would have to pass “through the entire course of required and elective studies and has attained a minimum grade of 75 upon each examination of the course and has com-plied with all other regula-tions of the college receives the degree of Master of Arts.”

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Dr. Robert Mangrum

university historian

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Religion/News

Weird, gelatinous cranberry goo. Relatives you may or may not know. Mountains of casseroles, i.e. Thanksgiving.

That may be the brief descrip-tion of your thanksgivings. I’ll pray that it isn’t, though.

Maybe celebrating the na-tional holiday on the third Thursday of November is not a tradition in your fam-ily for cultural reasons and you’re just enjoying a few days off from school, as is good and proper for the saints. Either way, a unique

opportunity is upon you. In about a week’s time,

families will gather to share a meal and will be present-ing you with the perfect plat-form to embrace a heart of thankfulness. In 2 Corinthians 4:15-16 Paul says, “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore, we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

Now, I know talk about “wasting away” does not seem very encourag-ing. Nonetheless, these are some of my favorite verses.

I am an introvert at heart, so I restock on energy when I am alone. Sometimes, loving other people and giving up my time to just be in community is exhausting to me. This is espe-cially true when I am trying to spend time with friends after a long day of classes and work.

These verses in 2 Corin-thians remind me that why I spend time in community with people. Even though my body may be broken at the end of an afternoon, with God’s people, my heart is always full. In the context of the pas-sage in chapter four, Paul is saying that the atonement for sin and all the suffering in-volved was “for your benefit.”

I pray that this season

would not be normal for you. This Thanksgiving holiday should not feel mundane to you. Instead, reflect on the price of salvation and what was won on the cross. Even when everything else goes wrong, we always have the cross. We always have a me-diator, and we always have a reason to give thanks.

This might be the perfect opportunity for you to try do-ing the Prayer of Examen. This is a prayer technique that helps us reflect on the past and listen to where God is leading us for the future.

The following five steps are adapted from Sacred Ordinary Days’ Weekly Examen calen-dar. First, rest your mind and

heart in God’s presence. Sec-ond, reflect on the previous weeks with gratitude and hu-mility. Third, pay attention to your emotions. When have you been near or far from God’s presence. Fourth, ask God for guidance so that you may be faithful and gracious in your reflection. Fifth, reset and look toward tomorrow with hope.

Do not allow yourself to become overwhelmed. Rest in Him and give thanks for the life of freedom that was won for us. Grace and peace to you, friends!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 “give thanks in all circum-stances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

Cecily McIlwain

Religion Columnist

HPU’s Social Work award presented to local caseworker BY HPU MEDIA

RELATIONS

Howard Payne University’s Social Work Advisory Board recently present-ed its Spirit of Social Work Award to Anna Moulder Cloud of Brownwood.

The award is presented annually to an individual whose career re-flects an outstanding contribution to the social work profession or to the field of human services in general.

Cloud, who worked as a secretary in the communication department at Abilene Christian University for 10 years, decided to pursue undergradu-ate and graduate degrees in social work. She graduated from ACU in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts de-gree in social work; and in 1995, she completed her Master of Science de-gree in Social Work from the Uni-versity of Texas at Arlington. While at UTA, Cloud assisted with research on the evaluation of day care centers.

Cloud began a nearly 14-year career in 1996 as a caseworker with the Texas Youth Commission (now Texas Juve-nile Justice Department) at the Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex. She had the opportunity to work with the substance abuse and

sex-offender-treatment programs, and served as the security unit caseworker.

Cloud has served her communi-ties in many other ways as well. She taught a Bible class for 20 years at Hillcrest Church of Christ in Abilene and volunteered as a van driver for disabled and elderly church members for 10 years. Cloud has also partici-pated in nursing home and homebound outreach ministries at Austin Avenue Church of Christ in Brownwood for 12 years and has been the coordinator of those services for the past six years.

HPU has also been the recipient of Cloud’s generous love of social work as she served as a field instructor for the university’s social work program. Dan Humeniuk, assistant professor of social work and chair of the Depart-ment of Social Work and Sociology, offered his congratulations to Cloud.

”I had the pleasure of working with Anna at the Ron Jackson Com-plex for 10 years,” said Humeniuk. “During that time, I found her to be most compassionate and high-ly professional in her approach to her assigned duties. She certainly represents the true spirit of social work.”

Cloud and her husband, Aaron, have been married 56 years.

Courtesy PhotoDan Humeniuk (right) recently presented the HPU Social Work Advisory Board’s Spirit of Social Work Award to Anna Moulder Cloud.

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Sports

Honored on Senior Day were five HPU seniors: Justin Barrera (14), Caisson Montieth (10), Cyle John-son (75), Patrick Hunt (38), and Abner Reyes (91). They are pictured with HPU athletic director Hunter

Sims (left) and head coach Braxton Harris (right).

Braxton Harris wraps up his first season as HPU’s head coach.

Senior Caisson Montieth played mul-tiple positions in four years at HPU,

including quarterback and punter.

Senior cheerleaders Lindsey McK-inney (left) and Fallon Ferguson.

Chase Eisenmann breaks a 15-yard run. Eric Haverstock caught two touchdown passes Saturday against Louisiana College.

HPU defenders Patrick Hunt (38) and Jake Wright (40) help stop Louisiana College on Saturday.

TheLast

Football Game

Photos by Andria Garza