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SOPHOMORE EDITION
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"A Glad Heart Maketh n Cheerful Countenance." Proverbs 15:13.
Volume 26
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ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE TEXAS Thursday March 16 1939
Number 23
Holton To Deliver
The Senior Sermon
Class Prepares
Plans For Final
Week In School
A. R. Holton minister of tho
Church of Christ In Sherman and
father of tho senior class presi
dent has been picked to deliver
tho baccalaureato sermon on May
28.
Several men nro being consider'
cd by tho class to deliver the
commencement address Monday
evening May 29. President John
Holton sas that the speaker will
tc announced soon
From now until tho end of school
tho seniors will ho special pro-
grams Catherines nnd events The
first main program planned is the
senior play which will bo staged
on April 28. A committee will se-
lect the play In the next few days
Opening tho senior week start
ing May 21 two senior ministerial
students hnvo been picked to de-
liver tho sermons for the college
congregation. Ervln Drlsktll will
preach tho morning lesson nnd the
evening address will bo by Claude
Guild.
Each chapel program during the
final week will be presented by thi
senior class announces Holton.
These programs will bo of various
natures: devotional talent displays
musical entertainments and prob
ably a one-net play.
Thursday night a largo group
of tho seniors will lcavo on the
annual trip to Carlsbad New Mex
ico. Tho group will return late
Saturday night of that week.
Sunday will bo the baccalaureate
sermon by A R Holton nnd Mon
day night May 20 tho commence
ment exercises The class will
also hold a breakfast either Mon
day or Tuesday morning of that
week.
mtiiHRHM-LHTlWTU'-nTS&S
To Hold Reviva
1
Educational
ors
DEBATERS ATTEND
LOUISIANA STATE
NORMAL CONTEST
Friday and Saturday of this
week tho 10 debato and speech
students that brought back tho
seven places In the Trinity speech
tournament last week end will en
ter a similar tournament at Louis
iana Stato College Natchitoches
Louisiann.
rioy Hood and Bob Holton will
enter the poctrj reading divisions
Gaston Cogdell Nick Craig and
01io Jnno Wilson will enter ora-
tory and extempore speaking; and
thero will bo four debato teams
one women's nnd three men's en-
tered Tho debaters: Gaston Cogdell
Nick Crnigj Eugcno Smith L D.
Webb; Jack Lewis Garvin Toms;
Dlive Jnno Wilson and Durnjj
Mao McIIam.
At the Trinity tourna
ment held at Waxahachic Floy
Hood won first place In women's
poetry reading presenting "Pat-
terns" by Amy Lowell.
Olive Jnne Wilson won second
place In oratory nnd third In ex
tempore speaking in the women's
divisions with Gaston Cogdell tak
ing the samo honors In tho men's
division".
In debate Smith nnd Webb wore
eliminator! In n qnnMni.finnl wi..t
vhlch include! nun. . Charles H Koberson head of the
nnd ACC. giving Smith and Wch'. Bbk llJPartmcnt ttU bo onc of
Receives Honor
i .I mi jHMimi
Musical Department
To Present Operetta
E. W. McMillan
"Our Lords torowoll Message
to Man" will bo tho theme of the
series of sermons to be delivered
in tho revival meeting March 20
through April 1st by C W Mc-
Millan of Nashville.
Services for the spring meeting
will bo daily at 11 nm and 7 JO
schedule Homer Hailcy of tho
Highland Church of Christ held
last ear's spring meeting.
ROBERSON NAMED
TO TEACH SHORT
SUMMER COURSE
Degree Fields
(her 42 per cent of the 73 ACC
smiors who will mnich down tho
aisles of Scwcll auditorium May
20 have majored in tho educational
and business administration fields.
The educational department
leads with 1 7 majors 12 women
nnd five men; following closclv
there were 14 choosing business
administration nino men and six
women; and ten in tho English
field with nlno women and one
man
There weio the samo number of
men and women applying foi de-
i grecs this spring as thero were
Inaf tnni ft f tm. nnl flQ .. M.mn
Though there are tho samo num-i "soclnto E"elish ProtoT has
ber in the two classes tho number l00" "n'lnatc' "" ' thc
in .ho .mnm-ni f.i.i. i. .niu "" club- " international hon-
" -"- -.v.o .....u o.....l. - .
or organization lur pruimueui
poets.
Each j car tho organization holds
a meeting in May at Atlantn
Georgia For thc main speaker
at this convention tho group In-
vites somo contemporary poet.
Complete plans for this year's
program havo not been anounccd
Also recently Mrs. Garrett was
asked to servo on the nnfional
board of council for "Southwest-
er" a literary journal. Sho Is a
member of several other similar
organizations and hns had her
works published in n number of
prominent literary collections.
Rctta Scott Garrett
Adding another honor to her
long list Mrs Retta Scott Garrttt
with 40 this jear choosing bichel-
or of science degrees to 35 for
1938 and 27 b-ichelor of nrts de-
p m McMillan is a lormer i Brecs n comparison with 38 last
preacher for tho college congre-
gation .and teacher In ACC.
During tho week tho college
classes will be on tho 45-minuto
Around This
Wildcat
L
venr
Tho 73 students registering their
applications for degrees with Dr.
Walter H. Adams arc:
Bachelor of arts: (Bible) Claude
Guild Caldwell Idaho; Joo Har-
per McKinney; Paul McClung
Bod; Norman Beaman Stophen-
vllle; and L D Webb Wilson
Okla. (English) Joo Bill Duck-
(Contlnucd on Page 4)
CHAPEL PROGRAMS
Tlie chapel programs for the fol-
lowing week arc
Iridnv hjmn morning
Satin da student association
With a hlp-hooray and a yum
yum wo bcancry boosters note the
Wednesday evening Improvement.
The boys didn't look half so much
like starched socks when they had
some reason to wear their collars
buttoned and bo dignified. Thanks
Mrs. Templotonl
"Mondro" the magician
performed unbelicvablo feats
right in front of us yet nil
the time we watched him pull
rabbits out of a hat wo knew
It was "i lie.
Speaking of picnics tho sopho-
mores arrived at Stato Park with
one class president too many. You
can't mako us bclfovo that it was
capital punishment for Tim to gulp
Ice cream at tho Bophomores' ex-
pense H(
From the wallop Mrs. Morris
lent to the baseball bat at (he
soph picnic we would be will-
ing to bet that she has had
previous prlvato rehearsals.
thiid place Cogdell and Cra'j
l cached the quaitcr finals before
bung eliminated
In women's dobnto McIIam nnd
Wilson tiok second place losing
in the final debito of tho tournj-
ment to a team from Noith Texas
Teachers College of Denton
Vice-President Don II Mm m
nccompanled tho group to Wnxa-
haehie nnd Mrs . B Morris will
go with the students to the Lou's-
iann tournament.
Baley's Article
On Classic Cicero
Given Recognition
Mrs. Clarence E. Baley assist
ant professor of English and for-
eign language in ACC is this week
tho recipient of twenty compli-
mentary copies of tho March Clas-
sical Bulletin containing her ar-
ticlo on "Tho Overplus In a Cicero
Course "
Mrs Baley's articlo is concerned
with wnjs to enliven tho teaching
of a reading course based on tho
Roman orator Cicero. It was writ-
ten at tho request of Professor
James A Klcist editor of tho
Classical Bulletin after ho had
read Mrs Baley's articlo on "Cic-
eronian Metrics and Clausulao"
which appeared In tho Classical
Journal last year.
Tho Classical Bulletin is a
monthly magazino 'published under
tho auspices of Saint Louis Uni
verslty for students nnd teachers
of Greek and Latin.
WALLER PREACHES
E-AlkD FUNERAL
the anchors in the encampment at program
Mondnv speuh b W R Smith
Tuesln fine arts program
Wedmsdnv 'roup mn tins'
1 hursdnv h mn morning
nndlnkc luly 24 28 which is be
ing sponsored b tho Sheiman
Uiuieh of Christ
Tho encampment this cir will
be a school for tho training of I
church leaders Uobeison will con-1 ITIPITIMf viVnf
duct a courso covtiing the tcich- YljlilllU ritlUlVO
ings of Jesus J P Sewoll mln- nrnifiiniiiKiim
Ister of tho Grove Ave Church of1 ARp PkKVKNTINI
Christ in San Antonio will hold . rtUJj 1 AUiOLdllimi
classes in teacher training nnd in l11in prri; IWI A nfll Of
tho administration of a Biblo! llAllJlJjl lYlilillJl LL
School in n local church G. C.
Brewer of the Broadway Church' James Ikndrickson and Claire
of Christ In Lubbock will preach : Brucu Co Shakespearean Players
each night. from New York City will appear
A. R. Holton minister of tho in SLWe11 Auditorium Wednesday
Walnut Street Church of Christ
In Sherman is in charge of tho
program and is securing a faculty
to cover every phaso of tho
church work. Holton will conduct
classes In "Worship In a. Church."
Eagle Band Gives
Network Program
Abilene High School Eagle Band
will be guest artists on tho ACC
weekly Texas Stato Network pro-
gram Saturday from 0 15 until
0 30 a m This group is under tho ncting
LADD AND HOLTON
ARE TO REPRESENT
ACC AT McfflURRY
March 22.
This organization has been pre
senting plays throughout tho East by vote of thoso present Saturday
ACC's most collegiate couple
named bj populai otc of tho stu
dent bod hist Wednesilaj was
Bob Holton nnd Mar) Ixmiso Ladd
Thc other representatives fiom
ACC at the McMurry "Penny
Tnir" will be Farl McCaleb and
Earlcno Day.
Reba Jo Billlngslcy and J C
Hicks rnnking third in tho voting
will be alternates in enso onc of
tho other couples aro unablo to
attend.
Ono of tho features of tho Mc
Murry affair will bo tho picking
of Abilene's most collegiate couple
WINNING ARTICLES
OF LOCAL CONTEST
ENTERED IN STATE
In tho local T.I P.A. writing
contest Ben Bailey Leon Henthorn
and Samuel Blackwell won more
plnccs than any other students en-
tering selections In the eleven di
visions
Each j ear a school-uido contest
is conducted by this paper to se-
lect the material to represent the
school at tho Texas Interscolleg-
into Press Association contest
held at thc convention of the
gioup each spring This year's
meeting will bo April 21 and 22
at Fort Worth
Tho winners in tho eleven divi-
sions. News stories. Ben Bailey first
place with Samuel Blackwell tak
ing both second and third honor.
Feature stories. Ben Bailey
first; Leon Henthorn both second
and third place.
Essays: J. P. Sanders first;
with second nnd third places going
to Selma Chapmond.
Editorials' Leon Henthorn firsc;
lien Bailey second; and Samuel
Blackwell third
Sports stories1 Nolan Hatch
fiist; Pen Ballev second rnd
Leon Henthorn 'hlrd
i'portc columi' Nohn Hitler
first. Leonard Trapp accord nd
npii Hatcher tn.d place
liM Lono Johnson fiist
place Pntsj Cook second; nnd
LnMcvio Henthington third
Feature column Gaston Cogdill
won all thiec pi ices in tills divi-
sion Short storios Lonn Johnson
fiist and second plnco went to
Pdlth Adams
Photograph) Julian Dendy
first placo and Hnrrj Tompkins
second.
First nlacn in advertisements
went to Samuel Blackwell
Mrs. Morris Chosen
Dramatic Director
Of "Iolanthe" Cast
"Iolanthe" by Gilbert and Sulli-
van is tho operetta to bo present-
ed In April by thc musical depart-
ment of ACC.
Tho cast. Clint Cooke Earl of
Mountararat; Wayno Mickey Tho
Loid Chancellor; Robert Hornba-
kcr Earl Tolloller; Frank Dunn.
Strephan (Arcadian shepherd);
Dartha Faulkner Queen of tho
Fairies; Klcta Belle Holt. Iolanthe;
Billie Ruth Loving Colin; Paulino
Green Leila and Jcncllo Cathey
Phillis Thc part of Private Willis
has not been cast.
Mrs A B Morris is speech
director; Leonard Burford nnd
Mona Sieh aro directors of tho
musical side.
"Iolanthe" or "Tho Peer and tho
Perl" is in tyo acts; tho first
sccno is an Arcadian landscape
and tho second is in a palace yard.
ACC Group Attends
Teacher's Meeting
Six ACC faculty members at-
tended tho district seven meeting;
of tho Stato Teachers Association
held Saturday in Wichita Falls.
Two of the main speakers at
this conference were Dr. Hob Grey
of tho University of Texas and Dr.
Sutton superintendent of schools
in Atlantn Georgia
The teachers attending were: Dr.
Walter II Adams Mr and Mrs.
V C Siltes Miss Tsslo Rambo.
Mis O G Gllbieath Miss Ruby
Poweis and Miss Juanltn Tittle.
direction of R T. Bynum.
for eleven years. Tho group Is
being sponsored hero by tho Mel-
ponencan Players.
Before organizing their company
each of them had appeared on
Broadway in productions of mod-
ern plajs and nlso in tho classics
New settings havo been designed
for this season's toui
It is the custom of tho company
to invite n limited number of local
students to appear as supernumer-
aries in scenes requiring group
Theso students will wear
1 tho costumes of tho peiiod
night. McMurry and Hardln-Sim
mons will also enter two couples
each
Several booths will be construct-
ed by the classes nnd organizations
ind various other numbers will bo
en tho evening's menu
Other couples nominated by pe-
titions of 20 nnmes were: Jncque-
lino Gilbert and Harold Dean Pcrs-
1 Viiglnin Necso and Bill K rk
dwendolsn Mnrchant nnd Merlin
Fnulkne' Ginham Oir nnd I llza
Ixth Clark. Gcoigo Bernard and
Ribn Jo Blllingsley.
Neither Do Men Put Mazdas Under Bushel
Tho shining light of perhaps your see-nothing near-nothing ported missing Sunday March 11
Ted Waller ministerial student
Dean Adams swung high and n .. .. . ' . .
w f.-f w a .wQuccn- on tlmo resident of Balrd
then low first fast and then slow
trying to start crank Claudo Cov-
ey's "automatic paddling canoe"
but even a Dean can't dock a bot
for tardiness nnd get by with It.
With practically every club
and class on the campus tak-
ing a half-holiday and the Mel
pomenean club taking a com-
plete Philip Barry "Holiday"
the Lnjr this week has several
times been a deserted one.
Sunday afternoon at tho Church of
Christ.
Henthorn Wins Award
Leon Honthorn's "Campus Char
acters Carlcnturlzed" won tho
Press Club awnid In March 0 edi
tion of Tho Optimist
Tho article was a chnractoriza-
tlzatlon of Dennis Manly sopho
moro student.
ono of tho most publicized sought
after and greatly to-bc-dcsircd ni-
ticlcs of tho present semester and
ono that should havo eventually
found its way to tho clearance de-
partment of tho student council's
newly formulated "Lost and
Found" department never shed Its
radianco on tho "dunemonds" tho
lost studs for Joo Beadle's fath
er's mismatcd shirt and collar
Leonard Trapp's only partially
used postcard (tho ono that shows
in technicolor and tho fourth dl
mension all thico blocks of Flor-
ence Alabama's paved streets) and
all tho other miscellaneous urti
clcs that are putting Littlo Boy
Blue to sliamo In tho art collect
Ing dried particles of Mother
Earth in tho Optimistic's cubby
holo
Rumor (hideous monster that
SHE is) has reliably reported to
tell-all author (lady's man that ut fl.ld P. M but which In real
HE Is) that thirteen gallant tried Ity wis stialthily removed at 12 52
(everything) nnd truo Romeos
peisonally hired tho best gum-
shoed sleuth obtainable for lovo or
money from Tho Eyo Findcm Do-
fectivo Agency (phono 1234; 5078
North 0th street; open 1 00 A M
'till; pd Adv ) so that tho faint
almost imperceptible winks of this
dlspcrscr of light might again
unlto in a stendj homey glow
from its usual bed of copper nnd
threc-tleicd blnnkets In tho up-
light indirect light that is Just
south of tho column that is two
skips a hop and 7 12" WSW of
the doublo dooi that leads into tho
sanctum sanctorium whoio tho
Chief Hunter of this rndlant glow
icigns supreme.
Whllo tho diligent search for
this 300 watt 120 volt Mazda bulb
patented 1029 (that was first ro
M Thursday March 8) was
being conducted somo highly sue-
ccssful and hitherto unknown tuses
wcro used by tho afore-mentioned
Romeos so that they might say
their tender words of affection
fnr-removed from tho also afore
mentioned sanctuary that had been
denied them by tho equally aforo
mentioned Chief Bulb Hunter who
ovidently needed a littlo LIGHT
on tho subject.
Three fncts should mako thi:
littlo dissertation tho only ono of
its kind In captivity; that only
four sentences wero used through-
out; that novel before wns such
phraseology conceived by tho brain
or fnbricnted by tho hand of mor-
tal man; and that on tho whole It
Is a remarkablo truthful document
BECAUSE I GOT THE BULB.
New Pictures
Added To ACC
Campus Movie
Tho movie film taken on thc
ACC campus several years ago
rictunng students' activities 11
going to bo revised soon. Fot
scvoral months Dr. G. C. Morlnn
nnd Dr. Walter II. Adams have
bten taking pi' ures for this pur
1 oso
Tho present film of an hour anl
1 if teen minufes length will bo
touched up thioughout to bring it
up to date New pieturcs of tho
musical department tnd of tho out
ot-statc students will bo soma of
thc main addltlo is to thc strip of
campus pictures.
This film is to bo used about
t'c country to at quaint friencs
of the collego and pirents of stu
dents with the school nnd tho
student life
"All-Student" Day
To Be April 20
Thursday April 20 is the date
set for ''all-student day" tho day
when teachers stay homo and stu-
dents reign supremo from the
picsident's off ico to managing thc
campus work.
Eurl McCnlcb student associa-
tion president announces that a
committee composed of students
from each class will bo appointed
to nriango tho day's program
They dip thoir pens in our
hearts and think thoy nro inspired '
Tho right road nlnays leads out
at tho right placo.
Campus
Characters
Caricaturized
Tho orchid of the week goes to
Mrs Rebecca Morris tho wife of
Coach "Bugs" Morris. Heretofore
most of us have known her as
"Mrs Bugs". Well this year sho
is making a name for herself.
Sho is sponsor of two clubs
on the enmpus the Melpomenean
nnd tho Ko-Jo-Kai Her success-
ful "The Late Christopher Bean."
has been lauded and praised high
ly. She Is teaching four classes
this semester radio speech phoet-
ics and two fundamental courses
in speeches Tho first drawing
room performance ever to bo pre-
sented in Abileno Christian Col-
lego Is to bo picscnted Thursday
Frlda and Saturday nights of
next week with Mrs Morris as
dircctoi
Mis Moirls Is to direct tho
senioi play and also tho A Cappel-
ln operetta Sho teaches several
privato speech lessons
At tho dining hall Mrs. Morris
demands n tablo for Coach.
Charles and herself. Sho doesn't
enjoy her meals unless tho threo
of them can bo together.
Mrs Mon is is so genial and
understanding that sho always
finds timo to listen to students
trivialities Could that bo bocauso
it has only been n few years sinco
she herself wns a student in Abi-
lene Christian Collego?
Two of her pet nvcrslons mico
nnd tnrdv students In fact it a
student is not to class on timo ho
often finds himsolf locked out.
And mice sho jumps In tho near-
est chair at tho merest mention of
them
Mrs Morris dresses sYnnrtly.
Aro wo getting too personal when
wo sa sho surely has kent her
"schoolgirl comploxion?" Sho Is
an enthusiastic spectntor of bas-
ketball and football Sho swings n
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