The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 14, Ed. 1, Friday, January 23, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Wildcats Defeat TCU
In Speech Preliminaries
Of Baylor Tournament
Finley And Findlay
Go Into Semi-Finals
Abilene Christian trimmed Texas
Christian at the Baylor debate tour-
nament last Friday and Saturday
but T.C.U. won the contest and ACC
was eliminated in the semi-finals.
ACC public speakers returned this
week from the Baylor meet with a
record of which coach Fred Barton
said "I'm pleased." In individual en-
tries June Scllen coached by Mrs.
A. B. Morris won a rating of ex-
cellent and third place in women's
extempore speaking. The debate
team of Finley and Findlay went
into the semi-finals the team of
Woods and Roberts won three de-
bates and that of freshmen Money
and Williams took one.
In the seven debates which took
them into the semi-finals Ernest
Finley and Robert Findlay lost only
two. Both were to North Texas State
Teachers college. After defeating
ACC in the semi-finals North Texas
was beaten in the finals by TCU who
had bowed to Finley and Findlay
in the preliminaries.
Bursar Lawrence Smith
Says Annual AndCatalog
To Be Campus-Printed
Mickey Will Bind
ACC Press To Print
For the first time in the history
of ACC the Prickly Pear and college
catalog will this year be published
on the campus.
With printing by the ACC press
and binding by the library bindery
400 volumes of the annual will be
ready for students about MayH ac-
cording to Bursar Lawrence L.
Smith.
The paper selected will be the
same quality used previously when
the Abilene Printing company print-
ed the Prickly Pear.
The cover is yet to be selected ac-
cording to J. B. Ellis Prickly Pear
editor.
Wayne Mickey will be in charge
of binding. -
Four thousand 1942-43 catalogs
will bo printed next week in the
college print shop under the direc-
tion of the college printer Homer
Howie
The catalog will be approximately
the same size as that of last year and
will be of similar materials. Last
year the Abilene Printing company
did the work.
Chorus At Barkeley
First civilian mass movement in
tho famous army "Jeeps" occured
Thursday night when drives of the
45th Division loaded the A Cappella
chorus into several of tho "blitz bug-
gies" and drove them to Camp
Barkeley.
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Editorial-
Future Optimist Policy
No neither a shortage of paper linotype metal or ink prevented
printing of the Optimist last Friday. It was lack of an editor.
A modified staff which includes a new editor publishes today's
Optimist. This new masthead feels a statement of policy necessary
in order that the stuudent body of ACC understand its general edi-
torial position and then expect consistent adherence to that commit-
ment. Every good newspaper has four salient objectives: (1) To inform
(2)' To mold public opinion; (3) To entertain; (4) To advertise. To-
ward each of these the Optimist pledges to follow a definite route.
To Inform the school of campus news is of course the primary
purpose of this paper. The news will be accurate and fresh. Future
events will be given a marked preference to those of the past.
To mold public opinion is not a major interest of the Optimist
Any influences exerted by it will be through editorials or clearly de-
fined "columns." The editor will avoid pettishness and the column-
ists cliquishncss.
To Entertain is certainly an important service of the publica-
tion and proportionate space will be given to it. Optimist enter-
tainment will be clean on a college level and in conformity with
reputable newspaper styling.
To Advertise. Firms or individuals advertising in these columns
will be dependable and worthy of student patronage.
In short the staff hopes to bring to press an Optimist of superior
style quality reflecting the student body and faculty as they are
and preserving and perpetuating the true spirit of Abilene Christian
College.
ROTC's And SATC's Not Wanted
Says Army At Maryland Meeting
"I would like to point out that at the meeting of government officials
and representatives of the association of colleges in Baltimore stress was
laid on the importance of staying in college and keeping our current educa-
tion program intact" said President Don H. Morris this week commenting
on a report from the Texas college representative.
President Morris called attention
also to a message from President
Franklin D. Roosevelt to the associa-
tion colleges in which he said "I am
anxious that this national crisis shall
not result in the destruction or im-
pairment of those institutions which
have contributed so largely to de-
velopment of American culture."
J. A. Hill president of West Texas
Teachers college and Texas repre-
sentative at the Baltimore council
termed "the largest assembly of col-
lege and university presidents ever
held in this country reported state-
ments had been made there that
more R.O.T.C. and S.A.T.C. units
were not wanted by tho army that
technical and vocational workers
were desparately needed that physi-
cal education be compulsory for all
and that the current American edu-
cational program be preserved.
Suggestions at the college-government
gathering from such men as
Robert P. Patterson undersecretary
of war; Brigadier General Lewis B.
Hcrshey; Edward C. Elliott presi-
dent of Purdue university; and Isaiah
Bowman Johns Hopkins university
head were:
"Technical and vocational workers
arc desperately needed in both the
military and civil divisions of our
government
"Do not tear down our current
educational program. When peace
comes our country will sorely need
educated men and women to lead in
the restorative and civilizing pro-
cesses. .Encourage every American
youth to get all the education possi-
ble. "Every college is urged to study
its own program with a view to ac-
celerating the educative processes.
A twelve month's school year has
much favor. Make programs to gra-
duate students In three years but do
not dilute the offerings.
"Compulsory physical and health
education throughout the entire
college course Is recommended."
Registration Saturday
For Second Semester
From 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
"All students should bring their re-
cord books with them to the registry
room" Miss Clara Bishop said Mon-
day looking forward to second se-
mester registration Saturday Jan-
uary 31.
"As far as I know there will be no
early registration and therefore all
students will have the same oppor-
tunities to get into tho various class-
es" Miss Bishop said.
Beginning at 8 o'clock Saturday
morning the registration will be con-
ducted through alphabetical group-
ing until 5 o'clock p. m. Late sched-
ulers will have to pay a fee of two
dollars.
Classes will start Monday Febru-
ary 2.
ACC Gets Airplane
ACC was possessor of an airplane
this week through CPT instructor
Lewis assured that no flights would
be made in it.
The machine sent to the college
to be used in ground school instruc-
tion is ancient history. It is an old
Travelair with an OX-5 motor. Not
airworthy It has been appraised as
adequate for demonstration purposes
by CPT.
Gibson Will Teach
War Medical Aid
Students Urged To Apply
ForCivilianPilotTraining
To Fiji Ten-Man Quota
CPT'erg Must Be 18
Have 30 Hours Credit
Spring course in Civilian Pilot
training will open with ground
school instruction beginning Febru-
ary 3 and flight training a few days
later later. Prospective students
must make application immediately
ground school instructor Hosca Lew-
is announced Wednesday.
Applicants must have reached the
age of 18 by January 2 1942 and
must have completed thirty semester
hours of college work. They are re-
quired to pass a special physical ex-
amination. Since ACC has a quota of only 10
students all young men interested in
the course arc urged to see Instruct-
or Lewis at once.
Upon completion of the course
students may become army or navy
air corps pilots ferry pilots com-
mercial airline pilots or CPT in-
structors The ground school three or four
nights a week for two hour periods.
With ground school examinations
held last night and flight exams
scheduled for the next few days the
present CPT program lists eight
prospective graduates: Harold Fry
Fred Bonner Manly Ballard Leon
Reese Carl Travis Don de Spain
James Black and Eugene Stanford.
Other students who left before
completing the course were Kenneth
Walters who volunteered for the
Army Air Corps last week and Erie
T. Moore.
Honor Group Meets
Monday Evening
To Adopt Program
Proposed Project
Recreation Park
On Monday night the "A" club
will meet at the home of Professor
Paul Southern to discuss and adopt
the proposed park project according
to P. H. Hill president.
"Final authorization from the
board of trustees is expected short-
ly" Hill said Wednesday.
The park to be located below
Dean Adam's house will include a
pond picnic grounds baseball dia-
and rock-constructed pifclc benches
tables and ledges are to be features
of the new amusement center.
Much of the work is to be done by
"A" club members and by volun-
teers; while expert outside advice
will be sought regarding the lands-
caping according to Hill.
Christian Schedules
Eight New Courses
To Meet Emergency
Eight new courses were Abilene
Christian college's answer this week
to the government's request for
skilled men and women to meet the
national emergency.
Latest additions to the curriculum
were medical corps first aid and
home nursing. Others are radio en-
gineering trigonometry an Intensi-
fied shorthand course army paper
work standard first aid history of
the Far East typing fundamentals
and Civilian Pilot Training under the
CAA.
Dean Walter H. Adams announced
the first aid courses and home nurs-
ing in chapel Wednesday morning.
Taught by Dr. J. P. Gibson school
physician the medical corps class
will work with an outline furnished
by the U. S. surgeon general's office.
Mrs. W. M. Dowcll registered nurse
will teach standard first aid and
home nursing.
Army paper work an intensive
shorthand course and trigonometry
as well as the announced first aid
and radio engineering classes will
be added to ACC's second semester
curriculum toward meeting the gov-
ernment's request for trained men
and women Dean Walter H. Adams
announced this week.
The course in army work includes
training in personal records and re-
ports company supply and supply
procedure mess management records
and reports company funds and the
organization and operation of the
personnel office in the regiment
Object of the study will be to pre-
sent a comprehensive appraisal cov-
ering all army regulations and other
official instructions which have to
do with administration of a company
or similar unit and to explain and
demonstrate preparation of reports
required to be submitted and records
to be maintained by the administra-
tive personnel of a military company.
Although ACC has offered courses
in shorthand in the past a special
course is being given for those who
have had no training and want to
learn it in a short time. Those
taking the subject will meet six
hours a week and earn six hours
college credit in the one semester.
If there is sufficient demand for
it at the time the writing class will
be scheduled at night Dean Adams
said. It will be open to anyone
whether regularly enrolled In school
or not.
A review of both algebra and tri-
gonometry will be followed by a
basic study in the fundamentals of
electricity.
Twenty Minute
Petition Granted
In response to a petition
from the student body a period
of twenty minutes in which to
get refreshments after campus
meetings has been granted by
the faculty .Announcement
was made by Mrs. Retta Scott
Garrett in a meeting of the
dormitory girls Tuesday.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 14, Ed. 1, Friday, January 23, 1942, newspaper, January 23, 1942; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101370/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.