The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 40, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 19, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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It the hoot k the Owl thit makes the
boom flesh crawL" That ii a nice little
Vadage the Owl thought up during his more
aeneus thinking moments. It mjr not
sea anything hut it has a wonderful
rbjrthm and sounds good.Some of these dapper co-eds and horse
laced what-nots would do well to paste
ihat bit of wisdom on their mirrors and
look at it occasionally. It might save them
and the press a little embarrassment.
Lord Nelson brick yard blond from
Dallas and Editor-Emeritus of the Optl-
ysrnlst surely had a heavy date the other
night. Judging from his appearance as
he walked out across the railroad one
-would think that he was goingvto spend a
month with his wife's people. With an
arm full of education books and a pocket
full of pennies he escorted the young lady
to tho movies. In addition to the books
M and pennies he also carried an alarm
clock and a Montgomery and Ward cata
logue imui is sim trying 10 uguro
.nut wtiv Iia 4oolf.11 thfl Mtrii liaffffsfrft. A
- miv rt xlnlvmintt . lm aWnv headed If he
ican't ay awake when he goes to see a fair
o-ed.
I didn't mention the girl's name in the
above paragraph hut if Tom Vaughn knew
as much as the Owl does he would be
sauntering up this way Immediately. Now
.guess who it was.
The Owl thinks there ought to be a law
against going with somebody else's girl. If
Den Lindsey is ever ehcted President I
am going right oter to Washington and
have him pass a bill to that effect.
Roy Stone has; just organized a new
club in Abilene Christian College which
he calls the "Dare-footed Club" It cer-
tainly is a great scheme and the Owl is
'highly in favor of it. The feet have been
sadly neglected In the past and it is high
time; someone did something about them.
This business can't go on forever without
an injury to the olfactory "pedunkle." Any
student in A. C C is eligible to member
ship in the Club provided the necessary
Tiimtnii!lnn i nxmrA. A rmti-.l nl.
sb is made of all feet If defects are found
as to size-color shape odor etc. on ef -
fort will he made to correct them. Mr.vla Pint of Christian belief and prac
;j Stone assures us that all information is
. strictly confidential. AIL you have to do
Is come to Ills office epd make applica-
tion for membership and no questions will
be asked. Ho say that he has openings
' for several young men and women at the
present time.
.Lois Manley has recently heen 'admitted
to this elite club and is very enthusiastic
about tho work H you aro in doubt aa
to the benefits to bo derived from this
great move ask her. "Anyone else wish-
Ing'to go'bire-footedr
- All together now; let's give fifteen for
X "Hoot" Gibson. He has staged a come-
' back that is nothing less than spectacular
' In fact it Is simply alarming that a man
w 0! his age could do it Mr Gibson has
been on the bench ever since the Spring
Term closed but the manager sent him in
as a pinch hitter the other day and he
peled out a homer the first time he went
to the plate. He Is batting above four
' hundred every day now.
'" '
If my phraseology beclouds your feeble
1 nlnd Til tell you what I mean. "Hoot"
lhas pitched his hat into the social ring
1 again and ho is socialising till -"there afn't
no use." Professor Gibson is just simply
jdarh'ng when he enters ooeiety" And he
jwrtly plunged Into it head-first last
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'Ik Gypsy InT Is
Presented By Gob
"The Gypsy Trail" a romantic comedy
in three acts was presented Tuesday eve-
ning July 17 by the Dramatic Club. Tol-
bert Kennedy as Michael and Lois Man-
ley as Mrs. Widdlmore an old lady gave
the best performances of the evening. Most
of the credit for this splendid and enter-
taining production goes to Miss Nell
Chism director of the Dramatio club for
the summer. Leslie Huff business mana'
ger of the club also gave a very creditable
performance as Edward Andrews the re'
jected suitor. In fact it can hardly be
said that any of the characters were bet
ter than the others each actor did his best
to make of the play the success that is un
questionably was.
Other parts in the play were 'Frank
Raymond the business man superbly
played by Robert Fox. Irene Chlsm de-
serves special credit foe taking the part
of Lyndall Scott as Miss Janet Raymond
the sister of Frank only the day before
the play. Brian McKenzie was lovable as
John Raymond the young son of Frank
Raymond. Herman Campbell portrayed
with unperturbable serenity the role of
Stiles the butler. Lota Wolford gave a
clever performance as Frances Raymond
the girl in search of romance and Deulah
Poison was splendid as Ellen the care-
taker of Andrew's country home.
A resume of the story of this delightful
little comedy is useless suffice it to say
that ever)' person in the audience went
home an uncurable romanticist due to the
winning voice of Michael the world ad-
venturer who gave up his roaming for the
creates! adventure of all. love.
SpeciaH mention -should ""be1" ' grrenJ"'tb
Standlee Mitchell and Trentie Burchett
who assisted Miss Chism in the make-up
work.
Lora Nelson Opal Ellerd Mary Middle-
brooks Nettie Lee Meeker and Elaine
Quails were the ushers for the occasion
'The beautiful furniture for the stage
was furnished b the G. W. Waldrop Co
Bro. Sewell Delivers;'
Sermon Sunday Morning
Brother Sewell talked on being "Servants
of Righteousness" Sunday morning. "A
servant of God of righteousness is like a
servant of man what he does and how
he does it must be a following of the
Lord's instructions the Scriptures. A
great trouble with Christians is that they
are saying for themselves what they shall
believe and practice when God has said
in His Word concerning these things.
We must think and think seriously about
our religious life but we must think only
Ion what God has said." The forccoinn
quotations contain the crux of theN sermon.
J "c emphasized that the teaching on tho
tice ore easily found and understood
Lord's Day worship for instance consists
In preaching prayer praise to Cod sing
ing giving of our possessions and the
Lord's- Supper.
"We serve God in serving our fellow
man. ... It will largely be determined
by you mothers and fathers whether your
children spend eternity in heaven or hell'
are sentences from concluding thoughts.
DrotherM. V. Showalter preached for
me college Lnurcb Sunday night
Local Singers Return
From Evangelistic Work
Emest Wijt Emmett Bryan Cullen Wil-
lis and Albert Walls returned late Mon-
day night from Quanah Texas where they
had been fpr two weeks singing in. a reviv-
al meeting which was being held by Broth-
er G. C Brewer of Sherman.
The quartet furnished musio through-
out the meeting. Special numbers were
presented at every night service and at
moat of the'day services. While there the
boys stayed in the homes of some of the
Quanah church members.
There were seventeen additions to the
church during the meeting. Services were
held twice daily and the crowds ranged
from flvo hundred to a thousand persons.
The night services were exceptionally well
attended according to reports.
AhHrfErccalksTo
Hav&Meetng Friday
Members of the exesutive committee of
the- Alumni .and Ex-Students Association
are called to meet at 7:30 p. m. Friday
July 20 in the office of Prof. Walter II.
Adams to discuss unfinished business and
lay further plans for the Lubbock and
Waxahachie reunions in an announcement
by Wendell 11. Dedichek '24 first vice-
p resident.
Other resident members of the executive
committee are Mrs. J. M. Sewell '24 sec
retary-treasurer and Walter 11. Adams
25 Paul C. Witt '22.
Non-resident members are Dee D. Ram
bo Huntsville president; Millard Humph-
rey '28 Canadian second vice-president;
Thelma Tolleson '24 Cleburne and
Charles Damron '28 Memphis.
A communication from (President Dee
D. Rambo will be read at Friday's meet-
ing it was ststed.
W.D.Campbell Dies
Jt Fort Worth Home
William D. Campbell minister for the
Central Church of Christ of Fort Worth
died last Saturday night at 'his residence
1806 Hemphill Street that city.
The funeral service Svas conducted at 11
a. m. Monday after which the body was
sent to Detroit by Gause-Ware Funeral
Home for burial. The service was in
charge of M. H. Moore superintendent of
the Fort Worth public schools. Brother
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'Campbell Sehvred iKe Iuneral"a"!l3fe8s.
The pallbearers were M. L. Munday W.
D. Cayce B. B. Hemdon J. Z. Harrington
T. Wi Echols and B. B. Pyeatt
Brother Campbell has been one of the
outstanding ministers of the Church of
Christ for almost forty years. He had been
pastor of the Fort Worth church for the
last three years. Before coming to Fort
Worth he preached in Detroit for thirty
jears.
Brother Campbell has preached in Abi
lene. and has appeared in the College Au'
dltorium several times a lecturer at the
annual Lectureship. A few years ago he
was the principal Lecture Week speaker.
He has held several meetings in Texas
but the biggest part of his life work has
been done in the north. He has preached
in Canada England and Scotland.
Mr. Campbell has been in poor health
for several years but his condition was not
considered very serious. Early Saturday
evening he was reported to be somewhat
improved and was making preparations to
preach Sunday. A change for the worso
came a little later and he died within
few minutes. His wife and two or three
close friends were present when the end
came.
Brother Gill And
Juan Amaro Visit
Brother Jesse Cill and Juan Amaro were
In Abilene last Monday and visited the
College before returning to their mission
work.
These two mission workers have just
closed a meeting at Darstow Texas which
resulted in the conversion oJ eight Mexi-
cans. They report a very Interesting meet-
ing with much enthusiasm among the Span-
ish people for the church. These mission-
aries are planning to return there at somo
future date and work among the Mexicans
for two or three months.
Brother GUI and Juan are now engaged
in a meeting at Dig Springs. No report
as to the aucees of the meeting ru avail-
able when the Optimist went to press.
Brother' Sebug says that thU work is
being sponsored by the Collefo Chunk of
Christ and tho SifetwaWr church. He k
anxious however thai otherohurehw over
the country will becoaoiatemted in Mex-
ican Missions and donate something for
the cause.
Salesman! "Has the electrio iron I sold
you last week proved satisfactory?"
Addio Biggs t "I guess so It's held its
beat all this time."
"An Easy Marie" Is
Feature For TonigM
"An Easy Mark" the third of the six
one-act comedies to be given by tile Drav
matio.Club this summer will be presented
by seven members of the club at eight
fifteen this evening in the auditorium of
the administration .building. The play is
being' directed by Nell .Chism. director of
the Dramatic club.
This production is an uproariously fun-
ny comedy of college life-. Th action
takes place in the study of at suit of rooms
in a boys dormitory in Hale College the
too complicated to attempt even a synop-
sis of the play here. The entire play has
been written and wiU be acted with the
idea of making the audience go away feel-
ing better because- they bare had an eve-
ning of fun and laughter.
Parts of thU farce Richard Chambers
a senior in Hale College in -whose rooms
the scene is enacted played by Perry "Wil-
mcth; Jack Knowlton on the baseball
team a roommate of Dick enacted by
Lloyd Wynne; Mike Doherty a wrestling
instructor Woodward Dobbins; Elmer Do
Boothe an escaped lunatic who fancies
that he is a great actor of Shakespearian
drama Sullivan Gibson; Harry Rensallaer
who takes the nart of a cirl in the pro
duction of the -Western College Dramatic
Club Delmer Fitzgerald; Dorothy Som-
en a guest at Hale College for commence-
ment Geneva Hall; and Mrs. Somen her
mother Jean Salyer.
There will be no admission charge for
tills play or any of tho other one-act plays
to be given by the Dramatio Club this sum-
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session recently.
Irvin McFadin Announces
Arrival Of "Mac" Junior
The Optimist is in receipt of a letter
from Mr. and Mn. Irvin McFadin of
Bartlett Texas announcing the birth of
a son "Mac" Junior on July 12: (
In in who is a former student of' Abi
lene Christian College says that the young
"Mac" is a fine boy and will soon be an
A C. C. star performer.
Mr. McFadin went to school here two
or three )ears but left in the spring of
1927 to go into business. At present he is
in business at Bartlett Texas. He is a
staunch supporter of Abilene Christian Col
lege and states that he reads each edition
of the Optimist with a great deal of pleas-
"Skipper" Klingman
Undergoes Operation
George A. (Skipper) Klingman Jr. un
derwent an operation at the Alexander
Sanitarium last Monday and is reported to
be recovering rapidly.
George will likely remain in the sani
tarium the rest of this week and would
apperciate visits from the students. The
operation was not very serious and there is
no danger of visitors worrying him and
causing a backset
He is in room thirty on the third floor
of the sanitarium.
Ernest Wright To Sing
In A Meeting At Jonah
Ernest Wright will leave tomorrow for
Jonahwhere he will remain for ten days
and lead the singing In a revival meeting
which will be held by Brother' Cled Wal-
lace of Temple. t
ThU b fernest's second meeting in that
section of 'the statet the other being the
recent meeting at Rogers He will bo ac
companied by hla brother Howard Wright
of Haskell who will assist him in direct-
ing the song service.
' The two brothers will vWt with Alfred
Wells a student of last year during their
stop-over in Fort Worth. They will return
to Abilene about July 30.
Misa Bishop: "Give Lincoln's Gettys
burg address."
Nettle Lee Meeker: MI didn't know
that he ever lived there."
Gdfcge Will Move
To New Location By
September 1 1929
Abilene Christian College will open
school at the new location in Abilene
Christian College Heights in September
1929 according to a statement made by
President' Baxter to an Optimist reportir
Tuesday.
Work on the new buildings which has
been held up for several months on account
of a lack of water is now progressing rap-
idly. By September 1 1929 the adminis-
tration building an education building an
auditorium the gymnasium dining hall
and two dormitories will be ready for use.
President Baxter said. One dormitory to
girls and one for boys each large. en- gh
to accommodate one hundred and Tifty
students will be completed by that time.
All the. buildings will be- modern in ev
cry respect. The best material available
will be used in constnict&Wi ond the equip
ment will be of the highest quality.
A ten inch water sank aa recently laid
to tluj new addition nod the workmen are
now being auppUsd with an abundance of
water for their work. Steady progress will
be made on tho buildings until they'ar
comDleted. '
The Abilene Heights Addition was. re
. . . .
cently annexed to the xlty and aU con-
veniences will bo supplied resident who
build there. Theaddition; has been cut
up into lots ard work on tho streets baa
begun. Sevewrf residences will be con-
structed In that section in the near future.
Brotbr PfeflusirToH;
Paint tWiPichires
Dean Cox one of the elden of the Col-
lege Church of Christ announced Tuesday
that the College church would assist Broth-
er Peter Plo'tkin in painting the twenty-
second Psolm and the fifty-third chapter
of Isaiah.
A committee has been appointed to look
Into the matter and to make plans for
equipping a studio in which to do tho
work. At tha present time a suitable
building has not been found for the studio.
As soon as a place has been found it will
be equipped and material for painting
the pictures will be supplied by the Col-
lege Church.
Ever since his convenion to Christianity
Brother Plotkin has been anxious to work
among the Jews in an effort to convert
more of them. He thinks that paintings
of the twenty third Psalm and of the fifty
third chapter of Isaiah will assist him in
preaching to the Jews. He will begin work
on the paintings in the near future.
Brother Plotkin and his family are now
living in Abilene out near Summons Uni-
versity." It is hkely that they will movo
to another location in Abilene soon.
William Brown Accepts
Sudan Coaching Position
William "Bill" Brown is now attending '
a coaching school at Texas Tech. Lub-
bock and states that he will not return
to school this fall but will coach and teach
at Sudan Texas.
"Bill" has been et Lubbock for two
or three weeks receiving instructions pre-
paratory to his coaching work this fall.
He attended Abilene Christian College
during the past two yean and played on
the football team each year.
tn addition to his work on the gridiron
'Wjlllam was also a member of the Wild
cat Track; Team this year. He partici-
pated in the shot put event and showed
up unusually well
He sends word to all the students that
he will meet them at the annual reunion
at Lubbock this summer.
W Club To Have Apron
And Overall Party Friday
' The W Club met at 6:45 o'clock Wed-
nesday evening in room ten. The meeting
was called for tho purpose of discussing
the club social for the summer.
It was decided that an apron and over-
all party should bo held on the Shady
Dell lawn Friday evening at 8)15.
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