The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 10, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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SOPHOMORE
EDITION
"A Glad Ileal t Mnketh a Checifiil Countenance " Pi 01 tubs lf 13
Volume 25
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE TEXAS Thunday Match 10 1938
Number 21
'BBnTrn aanm . t mm4 .:
Pickwickians Elect
Six New Members
Thelma Jolliffe Made
New Assistant Editor
Thelma Jollffe was chosin let
President and Assistant fditoi of.
the Tickwicklan Club last Friday
Six iv w members win votid
into the organization nt Friday's
meeting Initiates arc Iola rnjo
Cure Emllj hovvning c arl Spain
Emmi Fuo Guthrie Vclma Has
kcw and 0 W. Sellers Induction
ceremonies will be held next
Thursdaj evening at 7 30 in the
Zellncr Hall parlors
Plans aro now in progress lor
publication of the sprint; edition
of ' The Pickwickcr "
Last scmestci's issue of the lit
crary mngazino will be entered In
the state TIPA contest which
takes place in April
Around this
LAIR
of Wildcats
Spring is having a tough time
making its presence felt this jetr
Fickle winds plajing havoc with
the weather mix jou up jou stirt
put in jour now spung duds the.
wind changes and it's cold enough '
te freeze a bar of swing music Wlllttfield LeaVeS
Spring oi no the season is of- "tei WeeK S OlOp
ficinlb heie because the band no) whlttful(1 Resident of the
paraded the daj It came in So I CBlton Wt Scho()li nn( hi wfe
once again wc can pass off our I eft ACC tella fUl nwtcks
laziness on spring fever ut DurmK w plxsencc on hc
campus Mi Whittficld spoke be
foie scvcial gioups
Languor files and picnics are T nst Wedncsdnj evenmg Mi
sure signs of that old fill t spi ng i hittfield addiessed thc Mission
Of the three I'll take languoi stU(J cla5S in Room 13f in nn
and go on strike for an ciht niuatratcd lecture on the woik lie
o'clock Sundaj breakfast h-ts becn oin( in Cnlna
Mi Whittfield came to the
United States following tho on-
A fellow reallj needs Sunday folcci suspension of his work bj
mornings to catch up on the .lWtuibince niounl Canton
snoozes that a f t c l noon (and
night) comet tooters lob him of I
all week
I vvondci could wc maybe get a
1A PA project to lemove the echo
fiom the south side of Zellncr
Hall? Maybe with no echo some
of the noise would die out At
least thcred be no deafening u
boundMaybe a little New Deal legis I hieak up in time to get back to lies of chapel talks with his ad-
lation would fix that shouting at thc cnnipus bj 7 30 diess Iridnj morning at 10
campus strolleis from McDonald
windows It's AWFUL FUNNY
when jou're tho victimlzer but
just plain AWFUL when you're
the victim
Say speaking of noise trj the
hall below Sewell Auditorium
eomo afternoon Violina to thc
right of you pianos to the left of
jou Burford behind you and (if
jou'ro In the Optimist office) a
ladlo be f oic jou
The radio is a blessing because
if you turn it up loud enough it
will drown out thc other noise
And to quiet tho din of such mix-
ed harmony as assails the cars be-
neath the auditorium even the
stock market report is wclcomo
An afternoon below Sewell Au-
ditorium makes you sympathize
with the matrons' antipathy to-
ward "chopsticks."
Oh hum! With no lectureship
no short course no nothing to
take our time next week what'll
wo do? Maybe we'll have to
sweep our room to forestall en-
null But probably well Just
peacefully succumb to
Spring Feverl
Morris' Debaters
Go Far In Durant
Forensic Tussle
Steens Kclcy Reach
Quarter Fmals in Meet
l :mirr Kvf-otnrv hirmltc
last Timrsdaj to of acc8 dt-l
bate teams composed of liajinjiid
Kclcj and John Stevens mid Gas
ton Cogdell and Nick Craig ti.tv
elled up to Durant Okl ihoma to1
attend the Savage Ioienslc Totn-
nnment sponsored bj Southeast
irn Teachers College Oklahoma
Over one bundled colleges and
univcisitios fiom fie states weie
rcpiesented at the meet which
had divisions in orntorj extern-
poio spenking poctrj leading
and debate
ACC's first team composed of1""1? V.L luil'le "lid white satin
Stevens and Kelcy advanced
through the quaitei finals win
imiK seven out oi nine debates
n..
ning seven out of nine debates
inej were eliminated bj the first
Innm nf sntiun. ...i e.. '
had met once before in the toui-
nament and defeated
The second tenm composed ofl
Cogdell nnd inlg was eliminated'
in the first prcliminaij lound af-'
tei four debate
In the other divisions Craig ad-(
vanced to thc finals in extempore
speaking but failed to place
There were two tounds of prelim-
inarj speeches which he suivived
in oidei to enter the finals
ACC debatcis next will attend
thc Invitation tournament to be
held at Trinitj Univeisitj Wnx-
ahachie thc 25th and 2Cth of this
month
SUB'TS PICNIC
THIS AFTERNOON
SubT-lC is holding its Spiing
0UtlK lms amrnoon
About folty students took the
nftcrnoon off to E to "uffn'0
G" on the sailor's picnic
Mr nnd Mrs Paul Southein aie
chapcioning the lolic which has to
Sewell Auditorium Becomes Cuckoo
Roost Instead of Sparrow Haven
IMA DAinnBAMril
Rublic bird number one had i
hectic time of it after President
Cox's announcement that "Dead
or alive I'll give a twenty-five
cent bounty for that bird's scalp "
Of course the biid in question i
was the little English sparrow
that had been raising so much
sugar (I mean cain) In the Sowcll
Auditorium But Prcxy had no in-
tention of staiting the rampage
for two bltses that ensued
t irst of the booby-hatch ap-
peals that followed his offer was
rrcxy u tea worth two bits to
get one bird out Isn't It worth n
nickel apiece to you if I don't let
five more In?'1
Next problem to be met wag the
squad of frosh with butterfly nets
working over the campus shrubs
This move to obtain counterfeit
birds was nipped in tho bud by
Bro Burgess' ingenious scheme
Burgess put his campus work-
NOTICE I
This Is i class edition of the
Optimist and docs not neccsniilv
toncui with the editorial views of
the lcgulnr Optimist
Kitten Band FeteS
Mothers And Dads
Mtten Hand membeis entei-
tained theii patents Tues 1 1
night nt 7 10 nt a dintici held
in
the College dining hall
Presentation was made of the
two swcetheaits of the Kitten
Hand Tho sweethearts and thcli
escorts weie .dinette Sciuggs
escoited bj Winston Hi own and
I-oulse A d a m s attended bj
Charles Moirls Iho girls' cos-
a 'Z " Tr Zl
Two .special numbeis nnd sov
. J
ed the even nir ninirinm .Tnlm
t i i . --"--- --
'""" lueu a cornet soio
'long I ong Ago I'atsj Mori is
piesented i flute roIo Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star"
Present nt thi dlnnct were
mothers nnd dads of the band
membeis the entire Kitten Hand
and the dliectoi of thc Kitten
Hand I) W Ciain
MRS GEO BENSON
WILL ADDRESS GTC
Mis Gioige Ilenson will sjcnk
to thc Gills' Tinining Class fn-
daj evening nt 0 25 o clock The
subject Ins not jet been decided
Mrs. Locke Recovered From Operation
Returns As Head Of Art Department
Short Course To
Close Tomorrow
Benson Finishes Chapel
Talks Friday Morning
Two weeks of intensive stud
on cut rent religious pioblems wi'l
close tomorrow night
Lessons bj Leonard Bui fold on
Chuich Music constitutes the first
unit of tonight s and Fi idnj s pro
gram These lessons begin nt
0 30
At 7 in George S Benson
president of Harding College will
continue his lectuie series on tho
lellgious of othei countncs
Tally Aiccncaux of Dallas will
lecture on "Pioblems Concerning
thc Kingdom of Chi 1st nt 8
o clock
Dr Benson will conclude his c-
v
ers on thc task of painting all
shiubs ted Then when a bhd lit
on a shrub it got a red mark on
its leg When a biid was brought
to Bio Cox red mark no pay
Shoitly after came the rumor
that Don Morris had caught the
auditorium bird marked its leg
with red and let it go ngain
Don thc old publicitj fiend had
gotten thc idea that this proce-
dure would insuie tho" safety of
the Cox quartet and at the same
time lengthen the period of pub-
licity the school was enjoying as
a result of the bird episode
Substantiation of this rumor
was not long In coming and it
looked foi a day or so as if there
might be a nation-wide scandal
But a campus cat saved tho day
Now the cat Is fatter; Prcxv's
quarter is safe and there's no
scandal
But we have no quarter and the
bird isn t liannv either Oh well!
1 1 guess we can't have everything
HAIR SPEAKS AT
BUS AD LUNCHEON
Initial Club Function
At Hilton February 27
Major Will Halt addicsscd the
Business Administration Club -it I
thch initial luncheon in the Hll-
ton Hotel Mondny Icbtuarj 27
Majoi Hail's subject was.' Quail
fications of n Business Man
Purpose of the Business Admin I
Istiatlon Club is to lead its mem-1
ueis to a moie moiougii khowi
edge of business relntions to os
tabllsh eontacts between its mem-
beis and outstanding business
men and to ild Business Ad -nn
jors aftci giaduation i
Duilng the luncheon Mi Gam
1.1 f ...... . A V. . An .i ttl. ti.p..
vn .u.urii i..u K...u. ...m -""iuon e L'ht of the i twe ve confei-
nccoidlon numbeis On a Little
Dieam Hunch" uid leticca'
Guests of the club weie Haloid
D Austin lepresenting the T and
V. ."li-: " ' " '
nnucnoit i ne nisuiaiiie e.om
I
panj
( lub membeis piesent w ;l p ' droppd
flank farmer A r Page Paul! Thc .27( 28( 20f no and
Woods Claude Covcv Cecil Huff1
Conrad Hajs Leon Hcnthoin Otis i
Winboin Cheslej McDonald F Trinity U Lit Club
W Jacobs Bobby Hise Giotgia
Pope Carl Bush Frnest Dale ' Holds Poetry Contest
Taylor Reba Jo Billingslcj J W I . .
.'. . n Senptciaftcis Club of Trinitj
Iliod John Sosebec BUI Pope
Hniiiette Rogers Oibin Melton Univeisitj is sponsoring a poetij
Hauison Matthews Ijivvicnce -ontlt foi high schools nnd eol
Smith Otis Garnei Noble McGee leges in Texas New Mexico Ok
Annie Laurie Lewis Cecil Reed lahomn Aikansis mid louisiana
1 nil McCaleb Doris Clonts Mose Awnuls wil bo made in two thvi-
MiCook Henrj Bennett Nelson .
Witter Manly Billard I nj Huff Si0" n fr h'Bh sclo1 stulcnts
Samuel Blnckwcll Maicella Rog- IIK' ono fo1 collegians Winners
eis Hojd Skipwith Crjsell w"' be nnounced Apiil 20
Head
Replaces Birchitt
As Chambers Matron
Mis ( B Locke who his been
in Dallas for some time undu-
going un operation letuined to
hci teaching position heie March
2
Mis I ocke is head of thi Art
Department in ACC and matron
of Chambera Hall
Miss Tientic Biichitt who scrv
cd as mation while Mis I ocke
was in Dallas has moved back to
her old quarters in Zellncr Asked
why she moved she replied "Oh
something dispossessed me to
movi out '
Mis Locke has lcsumcd hci full
teaching duties since hci return
and lefuses to be tientcd like a
slik ladj '
'After all ' fhe sijs ' last week
I celebrated mj IX V4th birthdnj i
Whj should I go mound acting I
like n cripple'" '
Secictaiyship of the Leap cai
' i .
reais airo. is one of Mrs I ocke s
most chcnshid offices And that's
the secret she's a Fibruaiy 20th
babj
Right now she s lathu a thin
baby because of hci long illness
Mrs Templeton however has
phns to fix all that
Piano Pupils Give
Afternoon Recital
Wednesday afternoon March 9
Miss Evabel Vaughan presented
the folowing students in a piano
lecital In her studio
Martha Elizabeth Fchols Doi-
othy Yates Mary Joq Cartor
Clarence Yates Mary Sue Gibson
Helen Ruth Humphrey Louise
Whiting Jcnnctto Scruggs
Marjorlo Vera Echols Dotothy
Mao Doudy Margaret Cox Ann
Roberson Eloiso Clcmmcr Nancy
Estcs Lucille Lewter Fayo Mol-
lnv. All Almna Mnrlnn Wnnn.l
Woods and Catherine Epperson
ACC Basketeers Bring Home
38 Conference Championship
TITLE IS FIRST CAGE CROWN IN MORRIS' HISTORY
ln tllc tloph) cust n tilc i
nilnlstiatlon building now hing!
n pmL na( of victoij csult
of ACC.R filst basketball confei
ince lhinpionshlp
j vtl te ioi5 'iw9 las '
kno. thllt . . WoU .
ce tll0 crottn conK hi wn kcv
clnl Ume bcforC( )l0 hn comc
tlngllnglj close but this jcir's
ttam ls thc first in Abllcna Chi is
tinn LMlUBa hhll)1 to IlctUllliv
wnlk off vith tll0 cn(t cl()Wn
In mB tht tm Coadl M(mls
to Acc v i1(cnt biskctecr
.....
ence games
in 1020 onlj nine confeienco
games weie scheduled That eai
thc ( its took six out of thc nine
B-t out of the twenty games pav
cd that ear the three confcicnci
Lu "'"" Kul UL "" euineivue'
ence
losses weie nil thnt tho Moi rlsmon
Firti ies
March II
must be mailed bj
Thej should bo nd-
j dressed to Marj Shugart Scnpt-
cnfteis Club Trinitj Universitj
I W'nxahachie Texas frach entij
must war the wntei s mmo and
school
Ministers Report
On Sundaj I-cbiuaij 27
following ministerial r.tu.l. nu fii
cd appointments
Austin Vnrnei Mundaj Jiunes
Benson Lueders Paul McClung
Santo Rajmond Gibbs Moigan
AIills Silis Triplctt Rings Ilovd
Smith Clyde Guss tarnici Cap
itoia Bill Puce Rochestei ic'oi
Selieis Minimi Wells Rajmond
Kilcj Mil kit Goidon Till Con-
coid J C Stepp Doole I oathel
Roberts fronstburg Church
D Webb Goiman Wildon Ben
nett Robj ohn Stevens Bioivn
Quanah Claude Guild Buikctt I
wood I rvin Driskill Oldm
Harmony Hackers Now Big Time Outfit
Witfi Fan Mail And Request Numbers
Days ago there appcaud on thi
I campus a hectic quartet of har-
'
I ":. styling themselves the
Haimony Hackeis These hilnii
ous hoodlums who should have
lather styled themselves Hominy
Hecklers because of theii com-
bustible corny ihjthm fitst brile
out as a mild rash on ihnpel pro-
grams and at pep tallies
Soon after their inception he
Harmony Hackers (through tho
efforts of ex Slime Emersin)
pulled down a leguhu SatuuUj
afternoon job ut the Majectic
Theater playing for thc kidlets
on the birthday piogiam
Then came a couple of banquet
Jobs Then just to prove they
had arrived In blg-tlme the Hack-
ers had an offer to play for the
Ellen II Richards Club banquet
and turned it down
Now they've oven. had fan mail
Hcio's a letter they received le-
cintly fiom way down country In
Bnllingcr
Deer Boys
We are two women who llvo by
outselfs when we brung in tho
eggs io tho city on satlday ?nd
jlono out we eks shopln fcr vlttles
we herd your berth day program.
II were lean ones for Coach A
MORRIS i
Melpoms Announce
Ambitious Program
"Drums Of Death"
Goes To Lubbock
'Diums of Death' will be pic
sented bj the Melpomenenn PHj
ers in Lubbotk Mnich Jb 20 and
30
Bcfoie it goes to Lubbock to
lompete in the stitc intercollegi-
ite contest the plaj will be put
on in Sewell Auditoiium in con
junction with a drama The
Knife ' Tho proginm Is scheduled
foi the 18th
Tluough the Kevhole ' a three
act ccmidj will be given hue the
.25th of this month
Cast of 'Diums of Death' is
Col Sutherland Robcit Hoinbnk
u Iieut Hugh Suthe.lnnd John
Holton Doctoi Robert Holton
Suna a colonel maid Maiguente
Boles
Casts of ' The Knifi ' nnd
'Through tho Kejhole ' will bi
nnnouncid lntu
Scruggs Broadcasts
Eagles' Austin Loss
Guj Sctuggs coich of the
Aciidemj cagtis announced the
final game in the State High
School
Austin
Basketbnll loumej in
The tame Sututdny night be
twicn the Fagles and Woodrow
Wilson High endid in a dccislvi
win foi tho Dallas school leaving
Abilene in second placi
hits been minnic a jear sense wc
held sich purtj music as vou bojs
can make last sattidaj wc did not
get to heei jou alls musik
petuny that out hot so that pulls
thc buggj had tho colic jou all
shore can play purty we wish jent
wood play a piece fn us will jou
play led wing If you all play led
wing well reckon that you all np-
pieshcnt oui letter wo nevei rote
a letter to no radeo state itoie
jours truelj
Mathilda and Hetty Tompkins
Rumor has it that perhaps
just perhaps theie maj be added
to The Heckling Hackeis a fifth
Addition of new members would
In this humble opinion perhnps
better the ultimate quality of
their programs but it might iiai
their versatilo spontaneitv
Harmony itackcrs loster at
present is Harold Emerson clar-
inet and motivating genius of the
gtoup frenchy Glroir hatmonlca
swallow or and washboard pulver-
izer Boh Roberson guitar
Struv ipeter Dippy Pcmbei ton
jooco harp and juggcr In case
you're not interested ln hearing
vthenv Jaop tuned from KRBC nt
1 1 15 Saturdays.
B Morris on the hardwoods How-
ever tho average percentage of
games won during this slim pe-
riod was 404
Since 19J1 no Wildcat basket-
ball team has failed to win over
two thirds of its conferenco
schedule
In 1037 our final gamo of tho
season was with Daniel Baker in
Brownwood for tho Texas con-
ference title ACC dropped tho
game bj a hcirtbrcnklngly nar-
low margin
This j car with the support of
the Fish of last year's squad and
with "Ace" Jones and "Steak"
Hastings working like a million-
well jou know whnt happened.
There was just no stopping them.
Below as a reminder is our
lecord foi this jcai and don't
overlook the scores on our two
McMuny games
ACC 32 Texas Tech 22
ACC 10 Texas Tcih 48
ACC 40 St Mary's 20
ACC 40 fet Mary's 20
ACC 38 How aid Pajnc 30
ACC 30 Trinity 28
ACC 45 Tiinitj 34
ACC 30 Howaid Pajnc 3G
ACC 3'J Daniel Bakci 28
ACC i'i Southwistcrn 25
ACC 10 Southwestern 23.
ACC 45 McMuirj 25
ACC 42 Austin 17
ACC 5J Austin 31
ACC i0 Daniel Bikei 31.
ACC 48 St rdwards 34
ACC 52 St Edwaid's 37
ACC 40 MrMuirj Jl
With onlj one giaduating man
Steak Hastings on thc varsity
and with thue sicond jenr men
on thc first stung wc should
lenin how to wear thi TC crown
grnccfullj in thi next several
j eats
As a usult of thiii successful
I '"acc m the conferncc. thelW"d-
lillS WVIU UllUlUl'U UIl IIIVIUIWUU.
to the national intercollegiate
torn nt in Kansas ( ity this week.
The athletic council decided how-
ivu that the trip would bo un-
wisi Thc team will receive instead
of the Kansas Citj tiip special
jackets
At 7 o'cloik Saturday night
the Champs will be fitcd by a
banquet in thi Wooten Hotel.
Thnt .nnual bisketbnll
banquet
.. h . aP!ai lM ear.
Anv one ma v attend the banouct.
I admittance being conditioned only
I on pajment of one dollar to help
paj the cost of washing tho
I plates Picpaiations are being
m ulc foi one thousand guests.
Tickets an on snli now for tho
banquet bv la Vcinc McGregor
Vivian Daj Lanillc Caruthers
Ciystcll Head Mai cilia Rogers
Afton Walkit tun Butcham
Otis Guinei I ail McC-ileb Cox
Jot Beadlis Hollis Manly Crutch-
n Scott S Pniku Milton Cran-
fil Icstn Humphiej V W Rel-
ic thi McCaleb twins Manly
Ballaid
Coach Morris has announced the
following lcttcimen 'Steak" Has
tings "Ace" Jonis Bill Johnson
Benton Riddle J O Black Geno
Price James Miller Leon Reese
Stnnlcj McKeivit and J. C.
Hicks
These along with tho other
members of tho basketball squad.
will be honoi guests at the ban
quet Saturday night
"Ace" Jones was our only all-
conference first stringer this year
despite what wo think about it.
Bill Johnson got a second team
booth at center on tho all-TC
card but "Steak" Hastings Ben
ton Riddle and J O Black cot
nary a mention on the all confers
ence list
Speech Pupils To Roby
To Judge Vocal Tilt
FIoj Hood Carl Spain nnd
John Holton wont to Roby Tucs-
daj morning They judged debates
one act plays and extemporane-
ous speeches in tho county high
school contests held there
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