The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 24, 1927 Page: 1 of 4
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Wildcats Are Ready For Hard Battle With Daniel Baker Mill Billies
Six Regulars And Ttvo1
Subs Are In Their Last
College Football Game
REVENGE IS SOUGHT BY
A. C. C. FOR LOSS .
IN 1926
Almost two weeks ngo the Wildcats
"' satisfied their appetites ntthe ex-
pense of the Tech Matadors and to-
day they are again raging: This
.time its for goat meat of the species
-found in Brown wood in the neighbor-
hood of Daniel Baker College.
The team is in fine shape with no
one on the hospital list and every man
has been fighting for a place on the
starting' line up. With the team In
such condition and with the plays be-
ing worked exceptionally well. Couches
Morris and Scruggs should present a
winning combination in this turkey
day classic against the Hill .Billies.
Should the Wildcat machine work so
smoothly today at Brownwood as it
did against Tech there is no doubt
but that the victory will be brought
home by the Morrismen.
Yet it will pay ono to note that this
is a Thanksgiving game played at
the home of the Billies and such con
dltions are always dangerous.
This game is the most important one
" of Iho season for the Wildcats bo
cause of more than one reason. Last
year the Brownwood team set the A.
C. C. bunch down to the sound of 13
And 0 and the felines arc stickers for
revenge. Not only is the game im-
portant because the schools are ancient
rivals but its outcome will have an
impressive bearing on tho final T. I.
A. A. standing of both teams; and
.there may be another reason later.
Thoie are six men who play their
last game for tho Purplo and White
on the gridiron this afternoon and
they will go into the game with the
thought in mind that they must win
for their alma mater in this last
battle.
I Powell and Hill no doubt the two
best all round athletes ever pro-
duced in A. C. C. and perhaps in the
southwest will put on the moleskins
as Wildcats for end of their college
football careers. PoweU last year
all-T. I. A. A. fullback has not lot
Ifvcir .during this s""PV and if any
commeiigep'-d be rfi h'8 ploying
hasimprovca .ajiiawno r tho work of
last year. Its ln 'the Billies to
stop this sandy haireft lad if they have
hopes of winning from tho Morris-men.
Hill filled tho position of center last
year on tho T. I. A. A. mythical
eleven and no one has been developed
in tho association this season who
can come near beating him out of his
borth. His defensive work against
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A. C. C. vs. D. B. C.
' During" the last six years A. i
C. C. has had seven games with
Daniel Baker.
Each college has won three 1
games and tho remaining game y
was tied 7-7. In 1D19 two
games wero played the first in
Brownwood and the second in f
Abilene. l
Tho scores for the games aro
as follows:
1919 A.CC. C D.B.C. 13
1919 A.G.C. 21 D.B.C. 7
1920 A.CC 8J. D.B.C. 0
1921 A.CC -0 D.B.C 65
1924 A.CC -3 D.B.C 0
1925 A.CC. 7 D.B.C 7 ..
192& A.C.C. 0 D.B.C 13
With tho exception of last
year's gamo and the tie in 1925
A. C. C has won every game
from Daniel Baker that was
played in Abilene; and she has
Jost every g:mo in Brownwood.
Coach Morris promised ihat
this will not be tho case this
year as the Wildcats aro going
to beat tho Hill Billies on their
Tiomo field.
ANNUAL FALL MEETING TO
BEGIN SUNDAY
MORNING
BROTHER HORACE W. BUSBY
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Classes Will Bo Cut To Forty-
Fivo Minutes Throughout
Mooting
The annual fall meeting of the Col-
lego Church of Christ will begin next
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock.
Evangelist Horace W. Busby of Fort
Worth has been selected to hold tho
meeting.
At tho present Brother Busby is
conducting a revival in California and
will bo unable to reach Abilene until
Tuesday night Until that time
Brother Brooks local minister will
do the preaching.
Brother Busby assisted in two meet
ings hero last year one at the Coll ego
and tho other at the north side church.
Tho meetings wero very successful at
both places and resulted in tho con-
version of. many souls
The students of Abilene Christian
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"I'm sure going to bean you this
year" was the statement of Brother
McKenzle at the beginning of the term
when the crop reports showed that
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keep Ills promise for at the rate ho has
been putting out beans we will con-
vtume 11404800 before we lcovo Abi-
tlcno Christian College at the end of
-this year.
t It is figured in the following '.way.
(There are approximately 1200 beans
Jin each bowl of beans. Each table
' .receives one bowl of these delicious
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VlOO of them per meal. A" therefore
limes 1200 beans eaten at. each meal-
Thls gives 20400 the total number
fthat are "eagerly" devoured every
As wo havo Sunday beans on Sun
day we can figure only six days to
the week. Then during one week we
eat six times 20400 which gives 310-
800 beans that are disposed of during
each week.
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30 weeks; so during tho year wu cat
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ypars and' havo received our degrees
wo have been tho caiisie of '45010200
beans disappearing.
Life In A. C C Is just one bean
after another but youwill have to
admit that wo gebaVariety of them
anyway: ino muin-iueu is mm nu is
npVU we get and with all of the
45.C19.200'' beans wo could not get
cheaper and better food anywhere ln
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Two Hundred Students
Band and Football Men
Are All On Special Train
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
For those that aro on the
special to Brownwood a full
day with every minuto taken
care of is promised.
Tho train is due to arrive in
Brownwood at 10:45. At 1:00
n parade will bo staged by tho
band and pep squad. The pa-
rade will end about 11:30 and
then the students will disband
in order to wrap themselves
around a turkey dinner.
The gamo will begin at 2:30
and it wil lend about 4:30. As
tho train will not leave Brown-
wood until 6:00 this will leave
ample time for all to eat sup-
per before leaving for Abilene.
The train is scheduled to ar-
rive in Abilene at 9:15 P. M.
A Thanksgiving service will
be given in the college audi-
torium Thursday morning for
those who do not go to Brown-
wood and for members of the
College Church. Brother Bell
and Brother Carter will havo
charge of the service.
Brother Brooks stated yester-
day that n largo crowd is ex-
pected at the services.
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE
IS PRICKLY PEAR
QUEEN
SENIOR CANDIDATE GETS
MORE VOTES THAN
ALL OTHERS
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
AS TRAIN LEAVES
ABILENE
MISS CURE IS 1927 QUEEN
College Orchestra Furnishes Pro-
gram Friday Night For
Queen Contest
The Prickly Pear staff announced
yesterdny that the Seniors had won
the Queen Contest by a largo margin.
Tho classes finished in the following
order:
Seniors
Sophomores
Freshmen
Juniors
Academy.
The Senior representative is Miss
Oraa Cure. Miss Curo was one of the
favorites last year.
The Seniors had little competition
in tho raco as they sold more tickets
than all tho other classes put together.
Tho contest was conducted on a per
centage basis and the Seniors sold
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The special train headed for Brown-
wood pulled out of Abilene this morn-
ing a little before eight o'clock. About
two hundred students and twenty-five
friends and supporters of Abilene
Christian College boarded the special
before the porter gave the familiar
cry "all Aboard."
The Band has promised to furnish
some real music from the middle coach
and from all indications any thing
except crape will be observed by tho
tobacco chewers and champion whit-
tlers as tho train flashes through the
small villages.
The train is due to arrive in Brown-
wood at 10:45 n. m. A few yells will
bo given at tho station and the Band
will play one or two pieces. Immediate-
ly after this a parade will be staged
through the town. Tho Kots and Kit-
tons will follow tho band in the parade
and loyal friends and exes of A. C. C.
will bring up tho roar.
After the parade a general rush
for cafes that serve turkey dinners is
expected. It is the desire of Brother
McKenzie that no ono cat so many
beans that he or she will not be able
to yell at the game.
Tho gamo is scheduled to begin ut
two thirty. The football field is about
six blocks from the business section.
However Brownwood is a hard town
to keep one's bearings and Brother
Baxter states that he will bo surprised
if he doesn't get lost.
Coach Morris declares that tho gamo
will be over by four thirty; so ample
time will be left to eat before tho train
leaves for Abilene at six o'clock.
Tho special will leave Brownwood at
six sharp and tho discipline commit-
tee will greet all those who do not
catch the train.
If tho special runs per schedule it
will arrive back in Abilcno at 0:15.
Both the Kats and the Kittens will
bo well represented on tho special and
at the game. It is their plan to show
tho Daniel Buker fellows what real
pep is.
In order to secure the train it was
necessary to make arrangements with
the Abilene Southern and tho Santa
Fo Railroads.
Each round trip ticket nctually
cost tho Collcgo $3.05 but Brother
Baxter decided o let students of Abi-
lcno Christian College have them for
$3.00.
The College is also taking caro of
tho expense of entering the gamo.
The railroad companies envolved in
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Do You Know Why Today
Is Being Celebrated By Us
As A National Holiday?
The Origin of Thanksgiving Day
A dreary winter accompanied by
much suffering had passed.
Hunger cold and illness had played
their parts relentlessly and by the ar-
rival of spring hardly fifty colonists
remained. These were tho conditions
that 'prompted the Pilgrim Fathers to
hold the first Thanksgiving celebra-
tion. It was held. December 10 1021
ono year after tho Mayflower had
been anchored at Plymouth.
In 1023 drought threatened to do-
stroy tho crop and a day of humilia-
tion and prayer was obsorved after
which came a copious rain which
saved the harvest. In gratitude a
thanksgiving day was set apart. This
was the second celebration of its
kind.
Wo do not know whether there was
a yearly thanksgiving celebration held
from the time it was first inaugu
rated by our Pilgrim Fathers; we do
not havo authentic records. Wo do
know however that Thanksgiving
Day was not made national until
morethan 240 yoars later.
It came at the close of the Civil
War. Gettysburg and Vicksburg had
been captured by tho Federal army
and since these victories wero the
most momentous events of tho war
there was great rejoicing. An inter-
esting feature of the rejoicing was
Lincoln's proclamation of a national
thanksgiving borrowed from tho old
New England festival of tho Puritans.
Tho precedent has been followed every
year since 1805 and for that reason
wo have Thanksgiving Day every
year. By Roy Stone.
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Irene and Blanche Bcckner's par-
ents were recent visitors on the
campus
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