The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 17, Ed. 1, Friday, February 23, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 49
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. ABILENE TEXAS FEBRUARY 23 1962
NUMBER 17
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ACC Speech Tourney
Held Today Saturday
More than 20 junior and senior
colleges from Texas Oklahoma
and Kansas will be on the Abi-
lene Christian camrAis this week-
end to participate in ACC's 29th
Annual Speech Tournament.
The tournament will be held at
the College Church of Christ
building. Ed Brown director of
forensics at ACC is in charge of
arrangements.
DEBATE ACTIVITIES will in-
clude three major divisions: Sen-
ior men Junior men and Wo-
men. About 80 teams arc expected
to enter the dcbalte contests. The
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individual events will consist of
competition In Poetry Reading
Oratory and Extemporaneous
Speaking and will be open to two
divisions Men and Women.
Entrants began registration for
the tournament Thursday at 7
pjn. and must have been regis-
tered by 8:30 ajn. Friday. The
individual events will get under-
way at D a.m. Friday and will
continue through the afternoon
with thc finals scheduled for
Saturday morning. At 1 pjn.
Saturday the winners of the in-
dividual events will be announced
at a special awards assembly and
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. . . ACC CLASP chairman
CLASP Kicks-Off
At Dinner Monday
By MARY JACKSON
The Abilene Texas CLASP will
kickoff its annual drive with a
rally-dinner Monday Feb. 26 nt
8 p.m. in the Hardln-Simmons
University cafeteria.
THE COLLEGE Loyalty Alum-
ni Support Program is a cooper-
ative effort in alumni annual
giving to be undertaken by 13
Texas colleges and universities
which will conduct simultaneous
fund drives Feb. 20-March 0
among their ex-students living in
Abilene.
There will be no pooling of
funds raised by the participating
schools.
More than 100 ACC alumni
volunteers and President and Mrs.
Don H. Morris will attend the
rally. The main speaker will be
Dr. Dan Proctor president of
Star Engraving Co. of Texas.
HEADING THE group organi-
zation for the city is chairman
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a sweepstakes trophy will be pre-
sented to the school accumulating
the highest number of points In
the individual competition.
THE FIRST THREE rounds of
the debate contest will take place
Friday from 1:30-4:30 pn. A
special feature of the next three
rounds which will conclude the
preliminaries Saturday morning
is power matching. In these last
three preliminary rounds teams
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Bid Night
For Ladies
Saturday
The second of Abilene Chris-
tian's traditional Bid Nights for
the Women's social clubs will be
held Saturday at 8 p.m. In West
Gardner parlor.
..BIDS FROM the men's social
clubs were mailed Monday and
Wednesday the new members In-
dicated their preference. Saturday
night the women will receive
their bids and make their de-
cisions on which club to enter.
Approximately 200 names were
sent to the Dean's Office to see if
the individuals had the sufficient
grade point average. Out of this
number 28 women and 31 men
did not have the grades.
MEMBERSHIP IN a social club
on the ACC campus is based
largely upon an indivlduals's in-
terest. However there are cer-
tain requirements an ACC student
must meet before he is eligible for
admission to a social club.
He must have been a student
in ACC for a minimum of one
semester and one full summer
term (twelve weeks) or for one
long session (nine months). He
must have credit for a minimum
of twenty-eight hours of residence
work in ACC iwth an average
grade of "C."
IF HE HAS been here more
than three semesters his grade
point will be computed from his
last two semesters of work. '
No member of a social club will
be permitted to take part In the
activities of the club unless he
is passing three-fifths of his work.
Boys Will Be Boys
By JAMES WOOD -
The itinerary for visitors to
Edwards Hall Monday night read
"Open house refreshments served
no entertainment." But there was
entertainment!
There was an endless array of
rooms capturing a variety of
eras cultures and moods. Walk-
ing into some rooms was like
walking through a door into a
different century.
A favorite was the Civil War
room not just a museum of
Rebel relics It actually captured
the proud spirit of the South. The
occupant when asked If he hailed
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Kirks Speech Wins $500
From Freedoms Foundation
Edward L. Kirk assistant
professor of education and
coordinator of the West Texas
Schools American Heritage
Project Thursday received the
Principal Award in the Pub-
lic Address category in the
Freedoms Foundation's thir-
teenth annual National and
School Awards.
The presentation was made
at Valley Forge Pa.
Dr. John Q. Stevens assistant
president of Abilene Christian;
from Mississippi proudly replied
"No but I am going to!" Other
rooms of the past ranged from
the humble early American room
to the rowdy western room com-
plete with gunfire (on record of
course).
Other doors lead to different
countries the China room per-
fectly equiped with bamboo
shades and burning incense and
the Mexico room capping Us
atmosphere with a burning candle
in a green wine bottle. These
were only a beginning of a world
tour.
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College itself; the Campus School;
and the West Texas Schools
American Heritage Project also
received awards from the Free-
doms Foundation. '
Prof. Kirk received an encased
George Washington Honor Medal
and $500
IN A LETTER to Prof. Kirk
Kenneth D. Wells president of
Freedoms Foundation said "After
thorough research study and re-
view you have been chosen from
great numbers for the Founda-
tion's highest award in this cate-
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capture various moods. There was
the suave sophisticated bachelor
apartment strangely enough oc-
cupied by a suave sophisticated
bachelor attired with pipe smok-
ing jacket and cane. Quite a con-
trast to the White room which
created a calm restful mood.
This room was appropriately
called Sanctum Sanctorum.
All visitors were impressed
with the cleanliness of rooms and
the resourcefulness of the stu-
dents. But the real high-lights
were the humorous etchings and
signs. Seen on dorm doors were
such signs as "Through this door
Sewell
By JUDY JOHNSON
Last night was the first per-
formance of a three-night run
for "Dial M for Murder" an
exciting murder mystery di-
rected by Lewis Fulks.
Tickets for the two remain-
ing performances Friday and
Saturday nights at 8 o'clock
in Sewell Auditorium may be
purchased for $1 for reserved
seats and 75 cents for general
admission.
Although the play is a mys-
tery violence does not play
the key role. The tension
Is quietly produced within
rather than on the surface.
Brooks Atkinson of the New
York Times said "Dial M for
Murder" is not only high in
suspense but "Is original and re-
markably good theatre quiet in
style but tingling with excite-
ment underneath."
THE CAST and crew have
found a different kind of chal-
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lenge in staging "Dial M for Mur.
der" due to the nature of the plot
and dialogue. '
The sets which are completely
original were designed by Prof.
Fulks.
Special sound effects include
telephone conversations in which
both. parties can be heard by the
audience.
The cast Includes Glenda
Graves as'Margo Wendice; Buddy
Mayo as Max Halliday; Leon
Valentine as Tony Wendice; Vic
Hunter as Captain Lesgate; and
Charlie Young as Inspector Hub-
bard. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR of the
play is Frank Morris of the ACC
speech faculty; Linda Hearne is
assistant director and stage man-
ager; Sue Rummel is in charge of
lighting; Bob Anderson is In
charge of sound; Glyn Warwick
is supervising costumes and
props; David Young is handling
publicity and ticket sales; and
Gaylota Glaze is house manager.
"Dial M for Murder" written
by Frederick Knott was first
presented in London in 1952.
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walked the most beautiful women
in the world. Lefs you out
doesn't It?" And "Dancing no
cover charge."
For the baths the clever stu-
dents came up with an exit sign
and a "Chaplain" sign. Trash
cans were adorned with "men at
work" and "room for rent
cheap" signs. Over the water l
cooler signs varied from "Gin
80 proof to the slightly shocking
"Holy Water." Each contributed
to the world's fair atmosphere.
All this and refreshments too?
They should have charged admission!
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