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VOLUME 35
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. ABILENE. TEXAS WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1948
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By BETTYE ELROD
"Nlghtmaro Alloy" would havo
been a better title for tho "tacky"
party given by tho Homo of Rep-
resentatives last Friday night In
tho student center.
'Twas the night before Valen-
tine's day but oh the monsters
that did show up! And being as
this is Leap Year the girls asked
the boys for a date paid admis-
sion of 25 cents and brought a
Valentine. The money was put
into the fund to pay for the new
piano in the new dorm and the
Valentines were exchanged by
drawing them from a box.
Group Singing
Master of ceremonies Bob Page
led the unsightly party-goers
in the songs "Roll Out the Bar-
rel" "Let Me Call You Sweet-
heart" and "When You Wore a
Tulip " Martha Batson was still
wearing a tulip on her head for
she had a "Hedda Hopper" hat on
with all the trimmings.
Next came the parade of the
"tacky." Alice Marshall Willard
Paine and Dean Howard were
selected as "unprejudiced" judges
to judge the tackiest even though
they each voted on themselves.
There Once Was a Chap
Named George (Washing-
ton that is) Know Him?
The re once was a chap mimed (ieorge Washington was the
last name.
For short they just referred to him as "The Father of
America" so there wouldn't lie any mistaking him for someone
else.
(ieorge when he was small was a stickler for the truth anil
lie eut down a cherry tree once upon a time just to prove to his
father that he wouldn't lie to him about chopping it down even
though he knew that his pop would probably tan his hide
good and proper.
Frankly it was just wasting a good cherry trre!
Anyway when George grew older he saw that America
couldn't maintain its isolation policy and get in the conference
squabbles with Hussia unless it had its independence so he told
another (Ieorge this time King George of Hiigluiul tlmt he
was sorry but that he had to fight the Revolutionary war.
Me had been reading up on his history books lately and
was very tickled that lie had been included in the scholars'
description of the first years of the new republic.
Ho he fought Gettysburg San .hum Hill I wo .Jima and
Valley Forge then he crossed the English Channel in a boat
manned by six trusty oarsmen. On the Delaware side of the
Channel he met Paul Revere from whom he had received the
tidings that the Redcoats were coining and charged the Light
Brigade.
George (Washington that is) was very thoughtful in that
ho managed to have his birthday on Feb. 22 so that it would
be easy to celebrate. You see that's when America celebrates
it and it all panned out just right see! Bob Page.
There was plenty of competi-
tion in this inartistic dress of the
tacky. In the group division Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Kyker Jerry War-
ren and Lewis Fulks who were
dressed as gypsies were award-
ed first place. Jo Reagan Bilhc
Schultz and Ann Banowsky were
awarded second place.
ChiChi Buggsy Win
Chichi Meaders won first place
as the tackiest girl and Buggsy
Scott won first place as tho tack-
iest boy. LaJuana Payne and
Dick Quails won second and
Wynelle Watson and Jerry Price
third.
Musical selections were played
by the Hungry Five composed of
H. C. Godfrey Dan Whitaker
Lowell Johnson Jack Bryant and
Johnny Stephens. A "Joe and
Smoe" routine was given by Bill
Scott and Joe Clayton making
with the songs and jokes. The
quartet sang three popular selec-
tions "I'm My Own Grandpa"
"Till Then." and "How Soon."
"One-two-three blow!" was the
signal for the bubble gum con
test. Jo Carolyn Wallis and Bill
(Continued on page 2)
Second in the Abilene Chris-
tian college 1947-48 concert
series the original Deep River
Singers America's foremost
male quartet will appear in
Newell auditorium Fridav eve
ning Feb. 20. Tickets are on
sale in the Students' Exchange
on the campus and in the Mel-
ody Shop 4GG Pine. The prices
are regular tickets $1.20 and
students COc.
Tho Program
Tiieir program though subject
to change will probably include
the following numbers: Dear
Lane of Homo Sebeilus; The
Open Road Kountz; Lullaby
Brahms; Asleep in the Deep
Petne; Song of the Bayou R.
Bloom; Po Lil' Lamb Dunbar;
Shortnin' Bread J. Wolfe; Never
Feel Too Weary to Pray M. Wil-
son and Wagon Wheels DeRose.
In addition to these numbers
there will be a selected tenor
solo selected buritone and bass
solos a piano solo selections from
Porgy and Bess and Negro spiri-
tuals. The theme of the program
is Deep River Burleigh.
The group was organized in
1929 under the name of the Deep
River Quartette with the express
purpose of giving to the public
the true interpretation of folk
music especially that so closely
connected with the Negro race.
In giving to the public their
renditions they hope to create
inter-racial good will.
Improssivo Record
In 1930 they were entered in the
Chicago Tribune Musicland Fes-
tival winning the award for the
best quartet to appear later ap-
pearing in the Chicago World's
Fair in 1933 and 1934. Until now
they have appeared in the lead-
ing concert halls on the major
networks many independent ra-
dio stations and have made 38
National tours besides trips to
Mexico Canada and Cuba.
Individual Records
Morton Smith tenor was born
in Patterson N. J. He entered
the Knenpher School of Music
then Muhlman Opera school
taught by the famous opera star
Adolph Muhlman. He has worked
with the Mundy Choristers and
Clef Barons.
Albert Yarbrough tenor is a
native of Evanston 111. and a
former student of the American
Conservatory of Music. He was
a member of the Mundy Choris
ters Eureka Jubilee Singers and
sang the part of Nanki Poe in the
Swing Mikado. On entering the
Navy he was vocalist witli the
band and served as director of the
glee club.
Earle Robinson baritone of St.
Louis Mo. majored in music and
physical education at Lincoln
university . His first professional
work was with the Legend Sing-
ers of St. Louis. Entering the
army he was assigned to the
special service division which pro-
vided entertainment for the armed
forces. While stationed at Bos-
ton he furthered his musical stud-
ies at Boston university. After
the war he entered the Chicago
Conservatory of Music.
James Lapsley bass was born
in Paoli Kan. While employed
as doorman at the McCormick
YWCA in Chicago his musical
talents were discovered and he
was encouraged to study by the
staff and residents of the building
He studied with Charles Keep
and Mr. Onifrein. After several
years he was presented in Loop
recital and received very high
praise from the critics of the local
papers. In New York he was a
member of the Show Boat cast
serving as understudy to "Joe"
and a member of the quartet. He
appeared in Philadelphia at the
Academy of Music as guest solo-
(Continued on page 2)
Loft to right abovo are four of
next week's lectureship speakers:
Molvin Wiso Norvol Young Cline
Padon and E. W. McMillan.
Belnice fiadt-
New York Piano Instructor
Guest of Burford Studios
Bernice Frost New York piano
instructor who is affiliated with
the Juilhard School of Music will
be in Abilene Thursday Friday
and Saturday Feb. 19 20 and 21
to give lectures and private piano
lessons. She is being sponsored
by the Burford Studio 1220
Sayles boulevard.
Her lectures will cover piano
education procedures and mate-
rials for preparatory piano study
through early advanced study.
Each duy while here she will
give private lessons at the college
several hours a day. Her lectures
will be. from 7:00 until 10:00 in
the evenings.
Those who plan to take private
lessons from Miss Frost are Sally
Croom Anna Louise Patterson
Marian Wood JoAnn Williamson
Frances Carr and Leonard Bur-
ford. This will be the fourth time
that Sally Croom has studied with
her. Miss Mabel Burford and
Leonard Burford studied with the
New York teacher for the last two
summers.
Max Leach Organizes
Houston Ex-Students
At Week-End Meeting
Max Leach public relations di-
rector of ACC spent Thursday
and Friday in Houston assisting
in the organization of the ACC
Ex-Students association in that
city. He icports that approxi-
mately 50 exes were present at
the meeting.
Louis Welch is president-elect.
Clifton Rogers is vice-president
and Olga West Money is secre-
tary. A Cappella Schedules
March Appearances
The ACC A Cappella chorus
will present programs at Lub-
bock Snyder Sweetwater and
Roscoe on Monday and Tuesday
March 1 and 2.
On Monday they will present
a program at Lubbock high school
at 1 o'clock and at the Broadway
church of Christ in the evening.
Tuesday they will appear in Sny-
der Sweetwater and Roscoe re-
turning to Abilene that night.
Patsy Powell Duncan
Presents Recital
Patsy Powell Duncan presented
her senior speech recital Tues-
day night at 8 o'clock in the par
lor of the new
dormitory. She
read "Cinderel-
la." Mrs. Duncan
a senior drama-
tic arts major is
an instructor in
the speech de-
partment. While
a student in
ACC she has
been a member
of the Melpomenean Players Al-
pha Psi Omega Campus Service
Organization Pickwickian club
and Ko-Jo-Kai. She is a former
editor of the Optimist.
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Coming Events
Feb. 19 Phi Omega Chi pic-
nic. Feb. 20 Deep River Singers.
Feb. 21 National Malo Quar-
totte. Fob. 23 Lecture week.
W club lea. New Dorm 3:30-
5:00. Feb. 24 Faculty wives. Now
Dorm 4:00.
EvangelisticForumHears
James F. Cox At Meeting
James F. Cox of the Bible de-
partment will be the speaker for
the Evangelistic Forum Friday
Feb. 20. The subject will be the
"Development Selection and
Stimulation of Teachers."
Last Friday evening members
of the forum heard Bro. Bill
Davis give his suggestions for
improving the song leading as a
part of the church worship pro-
gram. All young men who are in-
terested in future church leader-
ship as well as those who plan
to be ministers of the Word arc
invited to hear these instructive
talks by capable and interesting
Christian men. Christ was in
constant preparation for his min-
istry for a period of about P-O
years. This should be a remind-
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Cecil eh
en
Chinese Air Force Veteran
From Singapore New ACCian
A veteran of six ears in th
Chinese air i'oree lias enrolled
this semester in Abilene t'luis
tian college lie is Ceiil ("Inn
of Singapore Malaya. (Veil s
ancestry is Chinese ami li'
served with the Chinese nation
ali.st forces all during the war
although Malaya is now uinU r
British control.
Learned of ACC from Boglo
Chen who was baptized by a
Chinese missionary dunng hi-
youth in China first learmd of
ACC from Chet Bogle a fornur
lieutenant in the army air corp1-
Bogle who graduated from ACC
last spring was one of Cecil's in-
structors at Luke field in Phoe-
nix Ariz. Cecil was sent to Ari-
zona in 1945 for flight instruc-
tion in the operation of US P-51
and P-47 fighter planes.
The new ACC student now 24
first became a member of the
Chinese air force in 1940 after
studying two years at the South-
western university of China in
Kun Ming. This university oper-
ated by the Chinese government
was formed from several colleges
and universities that were moved
from areas occupied by the in-
vading Japanese armies. It is no
longer in existence as the several
colleges were moved back to their
former sites after V-J day.
In 1945 the US AAF slated re-
Fellowship Dinner To Be
Special Feature; Talks
Scheduled Till Thursday
Bunging visitois fiom all over the United States the annual
Abilene Chiistnn college lectureship is scheduled to begin Sunday
Feb. 22 and continue through Thursday night Feb. 2G according
to President Don H Mollis of ACC.
An unusually large gathering of
preachers will be featured at the
fellowship dinner given by the
college at 5 p.m. on Wednesday
evening. The dinner is in honor
of preachers and eldcis.
Impressive List of Speakers
This year's list of speakers is
impiessive because of their first-
hand experience and knowledge
of their subjects. Speakers sched-
uled include Glenn L. Wallace
minister of the College church of
Christ; G. R. Tinius of Oklahoma
City who will tell of the Chris-
I tian colleg. to be established in
Oklahoma nea inu icnsnp Mis-
rouri border; E. W. McMillan of
Nashville Tenn. recently re-
turned from a tour of the
churches of Christ in Japan; Nor-
SCHEDULE
Sunday. Feb. 2211 a.m.. Glenn Wallace. "A Christian in tho 20 th
Century"; 7:30 p.m.. Carl Spain. "God So Lovod the World."
Monday Fob. 2311 a.m. J. D. Bales. "Jesus tho Christ ihe Son
God"; 7:30 p.m. Molvin J. Wise "Standing for the Right." Dr.
John G. Young "School for the Colored."
Tuesday. Feb. 241 1 a.m.. G. R. Tinius "Abilene Christian Collego";
2:30 p.m.. G. R. Tinius. "Central Christian Collego"; 7:30 p.m
John Bannister. "Characteristics of a Christian."
Wednesday. Feb. 2511 a.m. E. W. McMillan "Tho Orient and Iti
Possibilities"; 2:30 p.m. F. B. Shepherd "Holy Ground"; 7:30
p.m. John Bannister "Making Christian Homos."
Thursday. Feb. 26 11 a.m.. Norvel Young "Opportunities in
Europe"; 2:30 p.m.. Cline Padon "Opportunities in Europo";
7:30 p.m. John Bannister. "Tho Judgment."
By KENNETH OVERTON
CECIL CHEN
placement of the old P-4Qs still
in use by the Flying Tigers and
Chinese by newer North Ameri-
can P-51s. Chen was a member
of a flight that went to India for
the planes but the planes did not
arrive on schedule. Later that
year the group was ordered to the
United States and he trained in
late 1945 at the San Antonio
aviation cadet center. He was
later transferred to the Phoenix
Ariz. field where he met Bogle.
The pleasant smiling Cecil de
vel Young minister of the Broad-
way church of Christ in Lubbock
which is sponsoring missionaries
in Italy and Switzerland; Cline
Padon 1947 graduate of ACC who
recently returned from a tour of
Italy; Carl Spain who occupies
the church of Christ Bible chair
at Texas Tech; J. D. Bales head
of the Bible department at Hard-
ing college; Dr. John C. Young
practicing Dallas physician and an
elder of the Scars and Summitt
church of Christ; John Bannister
minister of the church of Cluist
at Tenth and Francis in Okla-
Imnv) City and F. B. Shepherd
minister of the Su ectwater church
of Christ. Speakers for the 9
a.m. programs are to be selected
after the lectureship begins.
scribed Bogle as "a very nice
man." The two continued writ
ing to each other after Chen re-
turned to China.
Back in China
Back in China in 1940 Chen
again flew with the Chinese air
force; this time he flew six
months with the nationalist forces
in the Chinese civil war. He was
discharged in October of that
same year.
Now enrolled as a freshman in
ACC Chen is taking courses in
Bible physics mathematics and
English. He wants to remain in
ACC until he graduates and
would like to get a job as a Dart-
time flyer to help pay his ex
penses.
ACC Is Fino
ACC. he commented is "fino."
He also expressed a liking for
the student's friendliness noting
that they are "good to one an-
other." Rooming with freshman
student Paul W. Cooper of Moody
in one of the ACC barracks he
has enjoyed talking not only with
American students but with
ACC's other foreign students es-
pecially Christopher Dutt of In
dia.
Besides representatives from
India and China students are
enrolled in ACC from South
Africa Australia Canada Guate-
mala Italy and Mexico.
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