The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 19, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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Welcome
Harvey Scott
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Harvey Scott of
Fort Wortli Will
Begin Revival
Local Minister Asks For
One Hundred Per Cent
Support Student Atten-
dance. Harvey Scott minister for the
Polytechnic Church of Christ in
Fort Worth will begin a series of
revival services with the College
congregation October 22 to con-
tinue through October 29.
The Fort Worth minister has
been' a. successful evangelist in
Texas for a number of years. He
is known as a live active man.
This last year he took the bachelor
of arts degree from Texas Chris-
tian university in Fort Worth.
Students who have been here
before know the value of these
meetings and freshmen as well as
other first year students on the
A. C. C. campus will find this
meeting to be one of the most ben-
eficial occurrences of the year
A. 0. Col ley local minister ex-
presses his csire for one hundred
per cent support in attendance for
the student body. The messages
colt will bringwill be simple
plain and forceful.
"He's a good ol' boy" we often
hear of some one on the campus
and what do we mean? There's
a term that though it may seem
vague and broad carries none the
less a very definite meaning. Just
stop to think about the boys who
are called "good oP boys." There
are several of them on the campus.
What-.havc they in common? Not
wealth necessarily. They arc not
all leaders on the campus nor arc
they members of that group com-
monly culled "spirts" a group
that 'has its bad side as well as Us
good. We have reference to some- j
thing deeper hut what's the use of (
analyzing it even if we could? j
Suffice it to say-we're like the
Freshman who -said that his col-
lege ambition is to become one of
those good qP boys. j
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.And there arc some "good old
girls" on the campus.
Burford's favorite the Choral
Club has been mighty quite about
something or other so far this
year. Especially is this strange in
view of the fact thut its member-
ship is composed entirely of la-
dies. But we have it on good au-
thority that we arc due a surprise
in chapel not many days hence.
Some campus nuisances: That
gang of imbeciles in the south sec-
tion of chapel who cheer at the
most infinitesimal things. It is
gratifying to note how clattering
the applause is. An equal nui-
sance are tenors with megaphonic
voices who try to make solos out
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Piano Presentation
Is Chapel Program
Oiapel exercises for. Friday
morning will be featured by a fine
arts presentation from the piano
department. Willie Pauline Owens
will nlav three numbers.
The numbers are: Bell Walts
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"The Optimist affirms the Pessimist denies life."
ADILENE
FORMER STUDENT
PLAYS TENNIS IN
MONTERREY MEX.
Roy Moody former A. C. C. and
T. I. A. A. tennis champion is
now in Monterrey Mexico where
last week he represented San An-
tonio in the Annual Invitation
Tennis tournament held there.
Moody entered the singles but
his progrcis in the tournament was
checked when he was beaten in a
close three-set match by Wcltcns
member of No. 2 doubles team of
Tpxas University. Wcltcns proved
his ability last June at Havciford
Pcnn. in his advance in the Na-
tional Intercollegiate tournament.
Moody will be remembered as a
constant winner in A. C. C Abi-
lene and conference circles.
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Burns Looks Over
A & W Park; Says
Desirable Lay Out
Thrcc-Hundred-Sixty
Students Contribute
Robbie Burns a professional
golfer from town was out Tues-
day looking over the grounds that
the A. and W. clubs have donated
to the students of Abilene Chris-
tian' College to build a golf course
on Burns states that it is a most
.cxixllenL piece oC. ground upon
winch to lay out a golf course.
He only walked over the grounds
and will be back" after this writ-
ing to lay it off.
There has been S90.5O contrib-
uted by the students of the
college to use in helping defray
the expenses that the course
Thora nra about forty stu-
dents on the campus that do
net care whether ACC has
a golf courso or not. That 1$
the way thoir actions sponk
reoardlcKs of wbnt thoir ton.
nuog say. But In snlto of ths
forty unloyal students ACC
is aing to havo a noil course.
There ere 3C0 loyal ctudants
that want tho courso bad
enough to pay tho 25c regard-
less of whothor thsy had t)
beg or borrow tho money.
Tho 300 students gavo 990.50.
The working students of the
college arc to do most of the labor
on the course to help pay for
their tuition. Six boys are to help
Mr. Burns and Jack Pope survey
the course. It is not known defi-
nitely but the work on the course
is thought to begin shortly after
the fall meetij; which begins the
22nd of the month and goes
through the 29th. It will be ready
for use by the time the next term
stars.
Rudolph Is Winner
Tennis Tournament
Melba Bray Is Ousted In
Final Bracket
Audrey Rudolph won the wom-
en's fall tennis tournament for
women Wednesday afternoon by
defeating Melba Bray 4 6 64
62 in the final bracket.
The final match was closely
contested all the wuy both con-
testants exhibiting good tennis.
The complete results of the our-
nament were: First round Billy
De Spain bye; Audrey Rudolph
defeated Muriel Moore 6 2
6 3; Elizabeth Lawrence defeat-
ed Olga Sue Chappcl 5 7 6 3
64; Melba Bray defeated Mrs.
Bnniar Gist 6 4 61.
Semi-finals: Rudolph defeated
Do Spain 62 61 5 Bray defeat-
ed Lawrence 61 60
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE
Largest Homecoming
In History of ACC
Is Being Arranged
Visitors from a half dozen or
more states are expected to attend
the annual A.C.C. Homecoming
November 25 says J. Willie Tuf t
secretary of the Ex-Stucnts associ-
ation. Plans are being laid to
accommodate the largest crowd
that lias ever been in attendance
at an A.C.C. reunion.
Wendell Bedichck editor of the
Big Spring Herald is cluirman
o( the publicity committee which
is to be composed of a hundred or
more persons scattered throughout
Texas. Information and invito-
tjons arc already going out and
Bedichck is to superintend ex-
tensive advertising.
A complete program is soon to
be published. Highlights on the
menu of entcrteainment will be a
giant pep rally on the eve of the
annual Wildcat- McMurry grid
battle which will be the feature
of the program and a general con-
vocation in Scwcll Auditorium in
tho morning.
Date of the homecoming was set
last week at a meeting here of the
executive committee of the Ex-
Students Association. Charles
Damron president of the associa-
tion appointed chairmen of com-
mittees on publicity arrange-
ments anil foods concessions pro-
gram .and lodging. Other com-
mitteemen are being named this
week as the organization becan to
1 take definite shape.
MELPOMENEANS ORDER BROADWAY
HIT; MAY BE FALL PRODUCTION
Two One-Act Plays Will
Be Produced One Nite
In Each Month During
Rest of Year
"Three Cornered Moon" now
playing on Broadway has been or-
dered by the Melpomeneans to be
considered for the fall term dra-
matic production. The play pub-
lished by Samuel France is how
in a successful run on New York's
"show street."
Whether or not the play will be
used for the present term produc-
tion will be determined by the
play selection committee compos-
ed of Miss Gist Hcrchel North
Melpomenean president Homer
Utley May Ree Harrisan Eliza-
beth Brewer and Jennie Jo Bent-
ley. The first three-act term play of
the season is scheduled for the
first week in December.
The Melpomeneans have order-
ed six one-act plays which will be
produced monthly. Two one-act
plays will be given one night in
each month throughout the school
year according to tlie-Melpomen-ean
president.
In response to the letters' sent
out to twenty-six schools inviting
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Reporter Tells Yes And No of Skating
And so the fads come and go!
But this one seems to be with us
to stay.
Skating!
"Here a skater there a skater.
Everywhere a skater" This de-
scribes the situation unless it
might also be said that the crunch-
crunch goes tin intermittently
throughout the day
Fad sport exercise art or ex-
tra curricular part of the educa-
tion? Yes and no.
It was a fad but now it isn't
because It STAYED. It Unt a
TEXAS THURSDAY OCTOBER
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In The Days News
Johnny Conncl. He manufac-
tured the score that gave the gums
to the Cats and not the Eaglc in
Denton on Friday-Thc-Thirteenth.
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Harvey Scott. The Fort Worth
minister comes to A. C. C. to hold
the fall revival. The students wel-
come him.
Audrey Rudolph. This is the
girl who won the women's tennis
tournament. Congrats Audrey!
Hcrchel North. The campus
scholars elected him proxy for this
year. Congrats also Hcrchel.
Freshmen
Wonder
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When a freshman comes to col-
lege there are so many things he
(and she) just simply cannot un-
derstand. And some of the things
the first year students are still
wondering about are:
Why Jack Pope thinks he should
be president of everything.
Why the sophomores have so
many "very important" meetings.
How Willy Saylor makes a cer-
tain freshman girl thinks he is
good.
Why the north door of Cham-
bers Hall squeaks so.
Why Woodic Holdcn is seen so
much with a certain young lady.
Who Willie Treat comes to see
at Zellner.
WJto is supposed to pick all the
rocks out of the beans at the kitch-
en. Why the history teacher is so
popular in the dining room espe-
cially at thp time of mid-terms.
Why the Dramatic club does not
(Continued from jingo two)
By Margaret Bell
sport because nobody WINS at it.
Yes you win it you can get hold
of a pair of skates.
Did some one say an exercise?
Yes and no. When one skits about
placidly for approximately un
hour exercise. But we can not
be persuaded to say that a stall
and a follow-up nose spin with
continued nose-spins is exercise.
That's insanity at the mildest.
Art? Sure it is when you learn
to leave out the part where the
nose spin and barrel roll takes
place. That's aviation not ekat
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19 1933
KITTENS RECEIVE
NEW PEP UNIFORMS
'lhe Wildcat pep machine the
Kitlcn Klub was in receipt of
tin ir new uniforms on Monday
afternoon. The new ensemble con-
cists of a duplicate after last
ytar's pattern with the exception
of the tarns. The skirts arc six
(oic corduroy with white cordu-
roy jackets.
The hat is patterned after the
band being purple instead of
while.
The Kitten Klub will make its
debut in uniform before the stu-
dents at the first game to be held
in Abilene with Howard Payne
November 3.
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Seventeen Members
Of Dramatic Club
In Passion Play
McCook Has Priest Role
Vaudaline Rogers
Scarlet Woman
The Pojsion Play was given in
the Fair Park auditorium Tues-
day October IR. There were two
performances the first beginning
at three in the afternoon and the
second performance beginning at
eight in the evening.
Several members of the A. C. C.
Melpomenean Players took part in
the production. Dale McCook
played the part of a priest and
Vaudaline Rogers the part of the
sinful woman. Others in the cast
were Frank Trayler Luryl Nishett
Frederick Ross Oscar Smith
Claude Osborn Burdcll Adcock
Margaret Wolf Allcnc Krcagor
Marjoric Nell Sherman Mary
Louise Sessions Martin Bo yes
Elizabeth Brewer Douglas Willis.
Wei don Johnson and Charles
North.
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Students Service
Station Is Robbed
The Students Service Station lo
cated at 12th and Walnut operat-
ed by Buford Laffcrty John Ross '
and Francis Showers was robbed
shortly after one o'clock last Sun-
day afternoon. The robbery oc-
currcd while Ross attendant at the '
time was fixing a flat tire at the
side of the station for three men
who were alleged to have been the
robbers. I
Shortly after the men left the
station six dollars were found
missing. The men were identified
and traced into the next county by
officers who were not allowed to
make arrests there. The men were
reported to be intoxicated.
ing.
The skating society which has
come into vogue on the campus is
certainly not exclusive. Ex and
frosh girls and boys clubs mem-
ber and independent athlete and
scholar they make up the skating
herd.
Good part: Beautiful blending
of colors and beautiful silhou-
ettes. Bad part: Divots made in the
lawn near the sidewalks and di-
vots made in the skater near the
close of day.
Number 5
Wildcats Engage
Tarleton Friday
In Non-U Go
Cat and Plowboy Records
Predict Favorable Out-
come for Christians
John Tarlcton's Plowboys are
cxpeccted to plow a crooked row
as they face the Wildcats tomor-
16W ufler'noon at Stcphenvillc in
A.C.C.'s last foreign game this
year. Tho locals invade Stcphen-
villc with a big paper advantage
but the Denton episode ought to
onvince any gainsayer that dojie
is flimy stuff.
Not without a struggle will the
Farmers yield. Tarleton has a big
aggregation litis autumn and n
turally their usual toughness has
increased to the comparative de-
gree. Captain Hoover Crook and
Taylor are the brilliances of the
Tarlelon li"c. Stnpp and Long
are aloe mediocrity in doing up
the chores in the rear.
Will Cats Repeat?
Morris' team and John Tarleton
are old acquaintances. For some
years they have met annually the
Cat having begun the last two
seanons against the Plowboys. Last
year the) dropped the argument
in a (j-6 lockout. In 1931 the
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Beginners Band Is
Organized by Cox
Prospects around this school
seem to be good for just about
everything and that holds true for
the Freshman band. A meeting
of all those interested in starting
band work wus held last Friday.
A. C. Cox said that between 20
and 25 students would compose
this new organization.
The purpose of the beginners'
band is to train students on various
instruments so that later they will
be able to play in the Wildcat
band. It is possible that they will
meet about an hour each day for
practice if the hour can be so
arranged. The school has some
instruments that it will rent to
those who are unable to buy them.
"There was quite a good re-
rponse" said Director Cox "and
about eight have had a little expe-
rience. It looks like there will bo
a good instrumentation too."
About three weeks ago a march-
ing contest was held to select the
drum major for the coming year.
The field consisted of three candidates--Stanley
Sanders David
Rose and Charles Rohcrson Jr.
After an hour's marching the
judges decided upon Stanley San-
ders. The judges were Lawrence
Smith Don Morris Owen Holley
and Dale -McCook and D. W.
Crane from the band.
Cox also stated that there was
a possibility of making the trip to
the Stephenville game.
Last Friday night the Wildcat
band together with the Simmons
Cowboy band and the Abilene
high school band played a con-
cert on the Federal lawn.
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Klingman Donation
SWells ACC Library
The ACC Library is in receipt
of near one hundred books which
havo been donated to the school
by C. C. Klingman former fac-
ulty member of the college.
The books are being classified
and. will be on the shelves soon
U librarian announces
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 19, 1933, newspaper, October 19, 1933; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101231/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.