The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 14, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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WE-WELCOME YOU TO'
THE CAMPUS OF ACC
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CORDIAL GREETINGS TO
YOUj MR. THOMSON '
"A glad heart makcth a cheerful countenance" Proverbs 15:13
Vol. 22
Abilene Christian College Abilene Texas Thursday February 14 1935
Number 19
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Lair..o
A world alt washed and fresh
windows and floors all (scrubbed
and shining and speeches songs
and phi'B nil worked out (a per-
fection for lectureship visitors. Wc
topc it clears up for next week's
Catherines but even if It doesn't
thnt wen't affect our having the
biggest lectureship. Look back nt
this year's homecoming the otlicr
time it rained.
Thcro'vo been a lot of nice vist-
'tors nround tho Lair the current
three weeks marking genuine
southern hosp'tallty.
A marvelous precedent hat been
pet Vf lib tho short course this year.
How many fold Wc can be made to
.realize our responsibilities as well
as our opportunities with just thli
little bit of consecrntcdi concenjrat-
cd effort.
Yes Old Maff February has been
pretty busy around tho Lair but
not too busy to touch la rites with
approval. Congratulations nnd
gratultlons speakers for ACC. And
thanks Wlldcnt cagcrs" for tho vic-
tories i
The New Bean Bell sounded
pretty good even "if It was a bit
stiff and rusty whether front rain
'"or dUuHc.
And since Edward Abncr Thom-
son is here ton ght wo can't help
wishing Ire fad been hero beforo
finals. Wo can't think of n bolter
way to get outaido reading "off
in English literature. Truly as
Pope told the classes tho other day
a HttUi expression can add immeas-
urably to dry discourse.
The Optimist feature on the li-
brary not long 'Mnec was Interest-
ing. If you're interested In a study
of ACC student life there's no
better place to make jour survey.
When ACC gets her new library
wo'll indeed liuvo n prized posses-
sion. No placo could bo moro sur-
rounded with memories life 'n the
present surrounded by life of all
ages in Us most palatablo form.
bter-Ciass Play
Taken By Juniors
In Finals Tuesday
Tho Juniors won tho intra-
mural yolloy ball toumamont
at Abilene Christian College Tues-
day afternoon in (ho final round
with three of tho teams being
picked oti tho ull-stnr selection nf-J
ter tho tournament.
Each class team played each
other team in four round making
12' games played by every "team.
Tho Juniors finished first with S33
.average; tho freshmen second with
777; and tho sophomores and sen-
iors trailing with .333 and tl77
averages Respectively.
" Tho oil-star tenm picked by
managers of tho tournament is Ar-
den Lnwronco. Carl Lnndirs Har-
old Showaltcr Charles Meeker
Wycllffe Malphurs and Don
Woods. Tho juniors who playe4
in the tournament were Carr
Haggard Buchannan. Young Moi
yis Keycs Bruce Pixler Mosor
Meeker Showalter and Woods.
W M. Dowell J(oa4tfJb6 dejl
n&rt)nt "sf physical education
and Charles SmKwT student man
age fcd the. t?uniamcnt
jMUenunuiHi on rago rour
Speech
SIXTY-ONE TEAMS FROM 15
SCHOOLS STAGE 74 CONTESTS
ACC Wins First In Women's Debate; Second In
Men's Debate And Oratory; Baylor H-SU
And Durant Teachers Are iWnners
Under the direction of Homer Utley forensic manager
and Don Morris debato coach the largest annual speech tour-
nament wus held here last Friday nnd Saturday with sixty-
one teams from fifteen schools participating in 74 forensic
contests.
May Ree Harrison nnd Hope Reed of A. C. C. took the
women's debato championship by defeating Denton Teachers
in tho final round. Helen Anglin and Lillian Wade composed
tno opposition.
J. S. Robberson and Frank Gib
bard. Durant Teachers won a 2-1
decision ovor Trino Starncs and
Homer Utloy in the last event of
tho tournament Saturday n'gnt in
men's debato finals. Tho Okln-
homnns went into tho finals by vir-
tue of defeating Floyd Patterson
and Morris Kceton of. S. M. U. and
tho locals entered by winning over
Dura Stephens and Luther Harris
of 0. B. U. in tho semi-finals.
Kelly Darnctt of Hardln-Sim-mons
and Frank Rosson won tho
oratory and extempore speak ng
cups respectively. Trina Starncs of
A. C. C. won sccod in the oratory
division with second in extempore
Bpcnking going to Don Wright of
Edmond Teachers Oklahoma.
New Events in '36
According to recent announce-
ment next year will mark four now
d'vislons In tho forensic meet. Un-
der tho supervision of Miss Mar-
garet Ehesmann these four divi-
sions will includo tho art of reading
in Bible poetry short story and
one-act play. She will servo as
co-director of next year's tourney
which Is scheduled for Feb. 8 and 9.
A. C. C. Is High Point
Each year tho local team has
emerged victorious as far as points
are considered in tho meet. Each
of. tho two preceding years tho
school has won tho cups in oratory
and extempore speaking. This year
tho total was one first in women's
debato and two seronds oratory
(Continued on Page Four)
Membership Gained
By ACC In Acfor's
National Society
Utley Dawkins Jordan
Elected To Offices
In Local APO '
Last Thursday marked tho ad-
mission of Ablleno Christian Col-
.lege into tho Alpha Psl Omega na-
tional honorary dramatic fraternity
with seven members of tho local
Mclpomencan Players elected to
membership.
Homer Utley Junior of A. C. C.
was elected president of the local
chapter. He is also president of
the local dramatic group. Kir by
Dawking s vice-president of the
now chapter and Homer Jordan is
secretary-treasurer.
Miss Ma'rgaet Ehretmann head
of the speech arts department and
urani'vt-o coach was conferred
membership In tho organisation.)
Others frlven mem be rah in wero:
Marguerite Bell James Stuggs nnd.
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Adelaide Wolfe.
Tho Alpha Psl Omega Is com-
posed of 125 chapters In colleges
and untvcrt:tjcs.of the ration. A.
r. & 11.. ..'.. . -. .... .
as Baylor Unlvera'ty T. C U and
other Texas schools aro in the io-
clety.
.u.ii.-ib hi) iirsi scroti in uiwjwr-'married stuuents suspect it io do a me iaci uihv in lurituy u wuiuuu un ns niose no
rltory besides Tex. Teen to recpYvVsentenSfc.. O B. Shelbumo famed never sees her husband before jna.rJ cat4 wHtiffeye
admission. The University of Tex- historian until this year contended riage here in America she doesn't cussed Love
Tourney Held
'W CLUB TAKES IN
TEN NEW MEMBERS
Ten new members were elected
by tho "W" Club at Its regular
meeting Tuesday evening Fcbru
1M WTrZs3 consisted ottwopfano selections by'
l V- Kf'' M.rtfie?0 JuTsa-ijlss McGregor and a talk by Mr.
urv
f'dilon
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pOSHlUllliy UI lll uvvum ns -"
yolved no matter how ho nnswer-
- m ! intncrpna I r
Watson Eva Howard Lois John-
son Susio Keith and Cecil Dean
Schwartz.
Plans for the "W" Club silver tea
Which is to bo held February 20
In the parlors of. Zcllner Hall weio
also completed.
A' Capella Plans
To Give Operetta
"Ask Tho Professor" on oper-
etta directed by Leonard Burford
will bo given tho latter part of
March. Tho cast is being taken
from the members of the A Ca-
pella Chorus.
Elizabeth Finley Forrest Kirby
Omar Blxlcr and Ircno O'Neal;
hnvo leading roles. Tho A Capella
group will sing tho choruses.
Tho piano accompaniment will
bo played by Miss Jewell Sears.
An archcologlcal exped tlon at
Tcrpe Gawrn Mesopotamia uncov-
ered dice estimated to have been
used in 27C0 B. C Ex.
Expostulation On Marriage
Given By Unmarried Observer
Much has been written said and
thought on tho fathom-deep sub-
ject of marriage but who has ever
given an intelligent discussion of
that great mystery ?
It has been commonly reported
that A. C. C. Is tho best marriage
factory in Texas and bo it far
from any of us to deny it when
even our faculty sets us examples.
There aro times howover when 't
Is not ndvlsablo to follow even tho
example of our ciders.
But what is marriagoT Well
first marriage is an institution.
Second marrlago is Iovo. Third
sinco our noael writers inform us
that lovo is blind we conclude that
marrlago is an institution for the
blind.
Harvey Childress describes mar.
rlai?e for us In those words: "Mar.
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riaco Is a mousetrap; easy to get.
Into hard to get out of and the'
husband is tho piece of cheese." J.
Eddie Weems says that marriage Is
a serious word but many 'of. his
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stoutly that all men wore born free
and equal but now he adds until)
ifiHir uge upon inwriwiuc btu
Alpha Chi Holds
Installation Ot
Officers Monday
Oath .Given To Shelburne
Keagy Birchitt And
McGregor
Installation of. tho newly-elected
off'cers of the James A. Garfield
chapter of Alpha Cht was tho chief
business of the scholarship society
at its meeting Monday evening
February 11 Officers that wore
instated wore G. B. Shelburne
president Chestor Kcagy vice-
president Trentie B'rchltt secre-
tary and Elico McGregor treasur-
er. Paul C. Witt nrosided nt tho
Initiatory rites with the assistance
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nf Ml. F.litnWli Ni.lnnn. fnrnltv
advisor. M ss Mablo Burford p'ny-
cd tho piano during tho ceremony.
Following this tho president
oresided for the nrocram which
anvitt. In his d scusslon of an ideal
bholar he included the trn'.ts of
(Continued on Pago Four)
Freshman Players
Lose Two Battles
Tbo freshmen bnsketecrs loit tWo
games to fast independent teams
last week. O'Brien's fast-breaking
attack beat the freshmen last Sat-
urday night 47-38. Chasten wns
high point man with 15 points.
As a preliminary to the Austin
College game Tuesday night the
Avoca independents featuring two
former all-state high' school men
plastered a 45-30 defeat on tho
frosh. Chastcen with eleven points
was again high point man. Cox and
landers played good floor games.
Chastecn in ten games thus far
this season has an average ot 11
po'nta per game.
Tho freshmen Journey to Lnmcsa
for two games Friday nnd Satur-
day with the Lamesa high school.
This school went to the finals of
the state high school lcnguo last!
year. '
ther Baxter concerning thts omnip-
otent subject ho says "the man
who coined tho word 'altar' must
have been an Englishman who
I dropped his h's."
After thinking upon" -these opti
mistic views let us look to tho dark
side of It as well. Tho trouble w th
present-day marriages I think wo
will all agree is that they ure too
dlvorcifled. Somo people marry for
love and some for money but most
seem to marry for short time be
cause girls no longer marry a man
for better or for worse but for
more or less.
Marriage however Is very edu-
cational. It tcallics one tho three
It's Romance Rce and Rockt.
June seems to be tho month of wel
dings nnd cooing but the billing
usually follows Tho two stones
most commonly associated with
marriage are tho diamond and tho(
( grindstone Other depressing facts
concerning mnrriage is that desplto
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see him very much afterwards
BecauseVoC these discouraging
puiivmeiua muny yauosu
THOMSON APPEARS TONIGHT
FOR READINGS "HAMLET
Famed 'Reader Appears Here In Most Western
Point Of Twentieth Tour Of Nation;
Students Receive Special Rates
Edward Abner Thomson will interpret "Hamlet" Shake-
speare's greatest tragedy in Sewell Auditorium this evening
at 8 o'clock.
Abilene is Mr. Thomson's most western point in this
his twentieth tour of American platforms. The speaker has
been recognized as one of the nation's greatest readers and
is to give "Hamlet" at the special request of Miss Margaret
Ehresmann who aided in securing the famed interpreter for
un vuiitno puriormancc.
General admiss'on will bo 75c
and student rates aro 40c. A. C.
C. attendants will be admitted for
2Gc.
A school official In tho cast re-
cently said of a Thomson perform-
ance: "Our students left the hall
under tho spell of valiant deeds
Bonorous love and spiritual clo
nuonpo."
OUCHCC.
Mr. Thomson arrived In Abiicno
at 1:40- yesterday afternoon came
immediately to tho campus visited
with students and school officials
te dinner nt tho dining hall and
wont homo with Leonard T Bur-
ora wnere no is being entertained
in Abilene.
"Art for nrt'o sntoi I thoroughly
anathematize" he said. "It is art
for humanity's sake! There is art
In religion In business and in in
dustry and tho highest nrt is su
premely useful. There should nott
be a wide distinction between tho
nrt of Bpeech and the utility of
I speech" -
Asked about the differences
(Continued on Pago Four)
in
Lecture Week Art
Planned
Tho art department will have an
exhibit of its work in the' parlor
of Zcllner Hall during Lecture
Week. Outstanding pieces of work
to be included in tho exhibit will
bo specimens of wood carving done
by Mrs. Locke under tho instruc
tion of Frank Sullivan and water
color sketches by Eugcno White
The best work in 'oil painting
pencil sketching nnd charcoal
drawing from the art classes will
also bo included.
foro leaping twlco. Paul Moore's
philosophy is "where singlcncbs is
bliss 'tis folly Uo bo marr'ed."
Miss Nelson studiously states that
"marriage seems to have developed
into a problem which has to be
worked out of." We have at last j Christian College Is favored to win
learned Miss Ehresmann's views tho Texas Conferenco crown again
She remarked "marry In haste and with comparative ease. Coach
you'll never have any leisure to re. ' Weems is working his team espe-
pent in." cially hard at tho present tix so
Tho causes of marriage aro sev- that thoy will be ready for the
eral but usually aro said to be Border 'Olympics at Laredo on
traced to love. Lovo has been do-1
' scribed as that feeling that makes
a woman make a man mnko a tool
of himself. Sir Roger de Coverly
must havo been quite human.
Sometimes marriage can be traced
to love at first sight. The cure for
this in Sw-coud sight Mary Alice
Leathers recently decided to writo
a book on her lovo affairs. We'ro
guess'ng that it Btartcd with Chap.
i. Noted authorities say that the
inmgg inni a man says wnen iib is
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uruiiK Yttui liquur uiu irciui um
Buys wnen inioxi-
So having dls-
Romnnce and Mar
riage It seems the only safe th'ng
to do is to remain singlpf'and to
teach posterity to stay the sameS
A CAPELLA SINGS
ATBANGSSIJNOAY
Wecms Speaks At Regular
Appointment
Threo programs wero given by
tho A Capella Chorus at Bangs
Sunday. J. Eddie Weems minis-
ter for tho Church of Christ at
Bangs accompan'cd the singers
and spoke nt tho morning service.
Director Leonard Burford and 17
singers mado the trip nnd sang at
tho morning and evening services
and participated in an informal
program in the afternoon at which
t'mo talks wore made on Abilene
Christian College by the boys in
tho chorus.
Besides tho director singers
were Kathcrine Springfield Do
Nola Elrod Elizabeth Finley Vir-
ginia Walker Helen Snell ng Es-
tcllino Box Rhoda Copoland Irene
O'Neal Elizabeth Niblack Chrys-
tell "end Louise Moser Shirley
Morgan Eugcno White Forrest
Kirby Omar Bixlcr Welber
Daugherity and Marlin'Carruth.
Tho chorus has a trip to Strawn"
scheduled for March 10 and two
programs next week In Ab lenc. On
Wednesday Fcbruury 20 they will
sing in a program at Abilene high
school and tho same afternoon the
cntlro chorus will sing in a fine
n'ts program in connection with
tho lccturesh'p program.
Weems Tracksters
Drill For Cpmirig
jim r I tfillir
Probable Entries Cj..
For Laredo Trip
Soon
Coach J. Eddio Weems' hope ot
winning his eighth consecutive
conferenco track championship
will depend largely uon sopho-
more talent. Only five lettermen
from last year's squad have re-
turned. Nevertheless Abilene
February 22.
At the end of last soason a num-
ber of outstanding track men such
as John Simmons and Worth Wat-
kins were lost to the team but
sophomore talent has filled the
gaps and with other veterans back
in their places the team looks tho
best in Uie conference by far.
Howurd Green who won second In
tho 440 yard dash last year at tho
National A. A. U. meet In Mil-
waukee will continue to tako care
of this race and one of the posi-
tions on tho relay team Kesgy
who won the mile at the conference
meet last year will be the best in
this race.
Chrisman will replace Simmons
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