The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 11, 1937 Page: 2 of 4
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AGE TWO
THE OPTIMIST
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11. 1937
editor....
lousiness Manager.
Faculty AcUnor
r . 1
HOfiSSti
....Samuel E. Blackwcll
ouio Welch
Member Texas Intercollegiate Press
Official Student Publication of Abilene
Cferistitn College. Entered as Second Class
Matter June 29 1929 at the Post Office at
KUulene Texas under the Act of August 24
1912.
STAFF
Associate Editor
Copy Editor
Religious Editor
Women's Editor
Afistant Business Mgr.
0. H. Tallman
Hope Heed
Silns Triplet!
Wilma Dee Smitli
Huocll Itidman
Paul Southern
Business Staff: . Herman Johnton Leslie King
News: Ben Bailey Loyd Bixler Marlin Carrutli
Ion Ucnthorn Robert Kelly Aubrey Mercer
Kathryn Molloy Hope Reed Carl Spain
O. H Tallman
Teaturcs: Ben Bailey Loyd Bixlcr Marlin
Carruth Marton Crass Howard Davis. Leon
Henthorn Hope Reed 0 H Tallman Silas
Trlplett Wilma Deo Smith
Sports: Otis Garner Nolan Hatcher Monte Kcagy
NOVEMBER 1918
Nineteen yeais ago the command lang
out through a warworn world to cease fil-
ing. Blessed silence once more leigned
along battle fronts that had so long re-
sounded with the din of shrapnel and con-
non. A sad and weary world looked retro- -spectively
over its evil past. Theie is no
doubt that Armistice 1918 brought rejoic-
ing to millions of hearts but to thoughtful
men and women everywhere it brought the
obligation to sit down and count the cost.
What price glory7 we begun to ask our-
selves. Beyond the 400 billions of dollars
we had spent we had to leckon the toll of
millions of lives ; we had to reckon the heart
aches and the tears the blasted hopes and
broken dreams and above all the saciifice
of Christian principles and ideals. For war
and Christianity are simply not compatible.
"War destroys what Christianity would
build. War engenders a spirit which Chris-
tianity would defeat.
And yet today feverish preparations' are
Doing made for war. Most of the nations
of the world are speeding up programs of
armaments ships tanks and ammunition
laboratories are seeking to discover furth-
er modes of destruction in germs and gases.
Christianity is once more at stake. The
challenge comes to every individual Chris-
tian. We have learned that war cannot end
war. We have learned that such a peace
as was made at Versailles is only a peace
which will end peace. God's way is the on-
ly way now. Why not try it. Christianity
spread and propagated loved and lived
alonu can save this world from the honors
of war. Can an vho "know and read First
Timothy 2:1-2 cioubt that God's way out
of war is. Christian prayer? Paul's words
ix Timothy aie "J exhort therefore tha't
first of all suppb'cations prayers Intel ccs-
sions5and giving of lhanks-beiride for all) V
Men j forcings and for all that arerin au-
thority; that Ye.mayJeaa a'nuicij'anrjifpeace-
juile life in all Godliness and honesty."
Clarence E. Baley.
OVER tHERfe ....
"War I do abhor" epitomized the feel-
ing of the ex-service man as most of the
-world yesteiday observed the nineteenth
anniversary of the signing of the Armis-
tice. Visions of the buddies "over there"
asleep in Flanders Fields come back with
the breaking of dawn in the east
Barbed wires . . . . dusty trenches . . . kha-
Jri-clad . . . machin guns ... air laids
creeping clouds of poison gas . . . bursting
shells . . . shrieking shrapnel . . . climbing
tanks . . . Red Cross caiavans . . . wounded
men with arms feet hands dangling . . .
"war-crazed soldiers .... Madness.
Living death still stalks in the govern-
ment hospitals where men exist but do not
Jive. Twice each year the nation remem-
liera these men who twenty years ago cher-
ished the same hopes that are dear to Amer-
ican students today.
A vacant place or a wheel-chair stands
in many homes marking the place left emp-
ty by a father son or brother who fbught
for democracy.
With much-conjecture in' the1 'air as to
world conflict the prayer of thqse veterans
is for peuco among all nations'. James E.
Freeman.
THE
WORLD
AND
ACC
Student Slants on
News of the Day
byOHT
Chiang Kal-Shck Is opposed to
a direct Slno-Jopaneso peace par.
ley. Two factors enter Into his
statement Chinese effective re.
slstauco of invasion and dlstiust
of Japan's wo id
Generalissimo Kal. Slick
fetls that Japan would make
only unicasouablo dcauands
unsustainable by Chinese of.
flclals and unsatisfactory to
the Nino Power Conference.
Slneo any terms would be In
danger ot Japans momentary vi-
olation It would not constitute
na's independence Siuco the gen-
ua's Independence Slnccth e gen-
last three months conservation of
Chinas plan of resistance In tho
Inst three mouths cousnntlon of
power while exhausting the me
my s he determined to c nttnuo
tho sanguinary struggle until
"justice is ro-cstaljlshed In this
part ot the world "
Confident of ultimate Chin-
ese victory Chiang said Chi-
na's position was based on
unswerving adherence to the
nine-power and other treat
les and on cooperation In a
collective effort to compose
the Far Eastern Situation
This week Madrid celebrated
his first anniversary ot success-
ful defense and tho twentieth
anniversary ot Russia's revolu-
tion. About 500000 Government
troops have been put In the
field during the ear and
stout defense has been main-
tained. As Franco plans for
his great offensive on tho
Terucl front Government
reinforcements hurry to
block this drive which if suc-
cessful might prove success
tul to their cause.
Seeming Indifference to tho
Windsors' visit to America caus-
ed the Duke to cancel his ar-
rangements Following tho decis-
ion he sent a message expressing
his regret to President Roosevelt
that ho could not visit tho White
House- Varied reasons wore ex.
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A DREAM ON ARMISITCE
Armisiic . Day had passed and all was quiet now
All biJv i the wind that moved" the trees outside. i
All diry had been parades of Hags and bands
And sdlc iers marching marching- down the streets
And in ny dream I saw a soldier tall. '
I slept! ii nd as Ilfslcptjrt dreamt u dream
Youngf? Yes his face was young but oh n
I can t forget 'the ages in his eyes.
His walk was slack for he'd been wounded sore
His uniform was never neat and pressed
But mud and blood-stained showing that he'd been
One of those who would parade no more.
1 said to him "Sir who arc you to haunt my dreaming in this
winter night?
His answer was "I am the spirit of the dead the dead who
died on Flanders Fields.
I am the spirit of all those who arc beyond
Who died in that mad madness men call War.
I come tonight to tell tho world of men that war is wrong
That war is not a flag and a fife and beating drum;
Is not a gay parade good food and well pressed uniforms;
Is not a glorious death a hero's death.
But war is crushing giief and burning pain-
Pain of the mind and pain too of the soul
The body's pain is great but not so great
As burning heart at knowing murder's done;
As knowledge that Christ died in vain
If love is not found here upon earth
Oh wo were young and stars shone in our eyes
And beating drums and dress painde and glory seemed to call
We did not know when we all marched away
That war is villainous is vile and vict'ryless
For victory is not a thing that war can ever bring
Then wo were taught to kill to bring to some one else:
Our brothers of another tongue that glazed ee that lifeless
form
That means the body of a man will suffer here no more
Out here beyond all that we know at last
That glory there was none that better it had been
For us to stay at home and plow our fields
And work with strong hands clean and not blood stained.
For here we all are brothers victor vanquished one
And he did not fight. We all arc one.
And you almost a score of years have passed
Since peace came to a bloody world-
And now before a score of years has gone m
you fight again. Is not tho lesson plain? $
You war and hate Why why do men
Find place for hatred in their hearts? - ty
There is no hate when men do cross ' ' j
The borderland twixt life and death. '
Those burning eyes then ceased
His fojmj became a shadowy one
I wakdd and found the dawn
And Ilafose to ponder much
. . Titus
and
Timothy
With the proper conception ot
the church and Its relation to the
world the child of God Is far bet.
ter prepared to meet life's stttia.
tlons succcssiilly and with Hod's
approval.
The word means "called out
of or ' called from" and Implies
separation and segregation It
docs not neccssai lly have a i e-
Ugious meaning.
To tho disciples of Jesus said
"Yo ate not of the wotld hut I
chose on out of the wond
therefore tho world hateth you'.
The world has nlwn)s hated thuso
trul called out of It.
But this separation lc not
ph steal such would bo bail
Tho Mictor said "1 pny not
that you shouldest tnko them
from tho world but tint thou
shnuldcst keep them from tho
evil ono". Christianity can
permcit society only to the
extent that individual Chiis-
tlaii8 mlnglo with and Influ-
ence humanity for Christ
Then what does this splrltuil
saparation from tho world Imply?
Tho child ot God Is separated
from the world s methods from
dishonesty nnd creed; from the
world's motives In working and
earning money
There are certain things
that Christians cannot af-
ford to read Worldly enter-
tainments not conducive to
christian principles ot con
duct have to be shunned
Cards tho dance Immoral
pictures on Buch things each
one wll have to draw the line
for himself since people
have a way of dlsreg'rdlng
lines drawn by other people.
A helpful question Is Will
my participation In such
things Injure my Infli nee as
n Christian? Are they ' ot
good report'?
If wo obseive Paul's admonl.
tion to "be not unequally joked
with unbelievers" but toko a flt-
tle higher ground on the ladder
so to speak and make friends
with Gpd's children We will find
a sweet fellowship joyful In life
and full ot comfoit at death
It you are looking for a chance
to get even you aie just adding
another burden to jour cares
taki: homj: a rim vi
tp .burp
had come
. . . . .. ...
I
' Fern HoVnback.
FREEMAN BREAKS ALL TRACK
RECORDS IN ONE MILE DASH
"Ono quiet morning two of us
wero out walking around look-
ing tho placo over when all of a
sudden a machine. gun stnrlo
shooting our way That dear
class 1b when I mado a mile dash
in nothing flat Was I so unkind
as to) Icavo my buddy behind?
No sir you can't run from any-
one there ho was right with me
The enemy was about GO yards
from us wo fatcr found " James
Freeman.
Bell sij8 ono should not mar-
ry while in school jet ho wns
tho only guest at tho Bennett.
Buttercup wedding
Concerning tho aboo corj bo-
dy know It wns coming sooner or
later hut vorj fow oxperted it
sooner.
Mirtha I.lzzy Copoland Is top-
ping out qtllto steidj pith as
much variety. Ono night It Is N
P Craig and tho next It Is Ben
Billej Wo wonder If sho know
sho is 14th on Ben s list ot (.Iris
he Intends to date? Or docs sho
havo to date whenecr npportun.
Itj knocks?
Rajmond Kelcy seems to havo
been quite excited ovoi tho cero
momy he performed last Friday
Judging from the wreck he had
Saturday night Ho said tho girl
ho was with had nothing to do
with It
Mis Cogdell Is very accommo-
dating boys Read the fols owing
story A boy calls up girl girl
lant understand what he Is try-
ing to say Mrs Cogdell takes
receiver and makes date with
boy for girl boy knows nothing
about it and doesn't yet
Wh does P. Jordan talk so
much? Docs ho think It will get
him ncaier SMU or If it did
would we miss him if he went to
Dallas for keeps?
Organic Chemistry
Difficult Subject
What is the most difficult col-
lege subject?
Organic chemistry
This Is revealed In a study
made by the Bureau of Educa-
tional Surveys New York City
The bureau found that the use
of college outlines and other sup.
plementaiy aids tc study was In
direct proportion to difficulty In
tho subject experience- by tho
student and that the number of
students In organic chemistry us-
ing college outlnles far exceeded
that ot any other course
According to the study science
courses as a group are a major
source of difficulty with history
particularly ancient medieval
and European not far behind
Study of Shakespeare s plajs
rates "hardest" ot the English
literature courses
The subjects most baffling to
students In order of theli diffi-
culty as revealed by the survey
are Organic chemistry statistics
physics goneral psychology inor-
ganic chemistry principles of ec.
MONDAY NIGHT MEETING
November 15 1937
6:30 P.M.
PROPHECIES AND FULFILLMENTS
ROOM 15
LEADER: L. D. Webb
SONG LEADER: Roy Palmei
PRAYER: Howaid Davis
I READER: Silas Tiiplett
II READER: Weldon Bennett
III READER: Raymond Kelcy
IV READER: John Stevens
FACULTY: Earl Brown
I READER: PROMISES;
First piomise of Messiah Gen. 3:15
Piomise to Abraham Gen. 12:1-3 Mt. 1:21
Piomise to Isaac Gen. 26:2-4 Gal. 3:16
Promise to Jacob Gen. 28:18-14
II READER: PROPHECY IN DANlEL
Dan. 2:31-49; Acts 2:1-36. t
III READER: PROPHECY IN PSAIiMS
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After only thrco years of hard
work Mary Evelyn Fusion final-
ly makes the OATA's
Marjoile Bush the West Vlr.
glnia lass Is runlng pretty heavy
herself only four different dates
the same day.
Junta Johnson Is runlng down
another poor hoy. Sorry Bill Hat-
cher maybe you will havo enough
luck to shako her as hae oth-
ers Tho freshman sccictaij Max.
iuo Smith turns down tho KoJIcs
foi tho Cadcttcs At least sho Is
not losing ground In hot choice
I.eon Iluithorn bus Icirned
tho Indian I.oo Call Mujho It
works or majbo It doesn't Maj-
ho Frances could tell us
A little bird tofd us that Rip
Dennett had better bo thinking
Whut ho 'k going to eiy when Er-
ln Drlsklll comes nround claim-
ing that dale with Edith Yes
Kivln has ono coming becauso
ho was Invited 'way back when
Mir Rip was In pre-nuptlal
hllsi lust one inoio complication
ot gutting married.
Wo linaglno Emma Sue Guthrie
has to do Bomo closo coin "Ipplng
to decide which of the two Ida-
honns (Claudo or Arnold) to
date when they both ask her tho
samo night.
Sara Iec McCalob doesn't get
much cooporatlon from one Carl
Spain When sho comes around to
sec lilm he plays up to har and
tries Ito shoo hor on before Mil.
dred MtClung conies.
A now romunco has sprung be-
tween John Sosobeo am Mary
Fiances Tltiro They hae had no
publicity as yet but hei Is a
fow.
I l
onomlcs political science gener-
al blologj hlstoiy of the mlddlo
ages history of Europe Ameri-
can government and English llt-
eiature Students questioned rtuilng the
study stated that tho collcgo out.
lines simplified Hair work by gl-
lng them a plctuio of tho courso
as a wholo in ndMince of the He'd
to be cWtU'ed and weie especially
vnluable tof review purposes Fa.
culty members whllo gcncially
opposing thtlr use in cinmmlng
for exams found them useful as
manuals around which to build
lectuies and class discussions and
In encouraging students to do
supplemental y reading
ACADEMY PUPILS
ATTEND PICTURE
Students ot the high school de-
partment ot the " demonstration
school attended a motion picture
show Monday afteinoon In Sow-
ell Auditorium by A. W Lee
Also An attendance at tho tea.
litre wire college science and
homo economics classes Mr Leo
is connected with the C and II
Sugar Company
J.tmes Benson
Ervin Duskill
Chailes Kelly
Samuel Blackwcll
O. II. Tallman
Paul McClung
Call Spam
Walter Adams
-1; 83-25'--
Missionary Group
Hears Bell Speak
R C Bell addressed Mission
Class Wednesday ovening on tho
topic of personal endeavor In
mission work Ills discussion cen-
tered around tho conversation
between Christ and tho woman at
tho well at Sychar recorded in
John 4.
Christ's approach on this occa-
sion Is the perfect examplo of
personal work. The (Ireat Teach
cr used His sparo tlmo to win tho
wi etched woman he mado an op.
proach found It was not tho ef-
fective ono retreated and camo
to hei on another point of com- t
nioii Intel est
Jesus demonstiated a hue for
her soul and a genuine Bjinpi.
thj when ho saw tho woman In
tho sinner not the slniict In the
woman
Within her Clnlst created a
thlist for tho water of life that
mado her foigot hor mod of tho
caithlj water and othei tempor-
al Jtppotltos The woman 8 pur-
poses In life wcic sublimated A i
more glorious tr insfoimatlon
was wrought than would hao
been If tho low boggj sltinej
serpent-Infested junglo lauds ot
tho tiopits been nevaled thous-
ands of feet to becomo a great
mountain cipped with anows whi-
ter than the dream ot tho fuller
who strives for perfection in his t
nit Tho spaikling brilliance ot
snow would bo dimmed by tho
purity of her thought and pur.
pose and the masslvo rocks bor
dcrcd lnrrrcn In comparison to
the great rock upon which her
faith and hopes wero laid
Lair-
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tho paucltj of women faculty
speakers in chapel?
W R Smitli braves stud-
ent scorchers and Invites
with pi om I so of no after-
maths student opinion of
"What's wrong with this
tlass? Well not much Bro-
ther Smitli I s one of tho gen-
uine college profs on out fa-
culty certainly a more pio-
gressivcly minded ono could
scarcely have been found for
ACC s curriculum.
It may bo that students aie
going round and lound by tho
tlmo a class in social science or
government Is ovei but who
ot us frogs wants to lle In stag-
nant pools air our life . .
C W Cecil clcer and tin.
deliberately so at least
not oblously deltbciatcly so
rolcd something of the gla-
mour ho must havo held for
his contempoiary Laiiltes . .
which after all wasn't so
long ago . .
Lusty ions of bachelors Jn
prayer meeting Wednesday night
. . . not that we weie looking for
news items but wo coidn't holp
noticing that raw of black backs
and whllo collars down about
row K Nottingham J Stevens
Bus Man (business mauagei
not omnibus driver or Is It?)
Welch Freshman Tompleton and
Kinest Dalo Taylor . .
But ah thero was Bill
Nichols and Orella Davis
nnd Raymond CllbbR and Ev-
elyn Bookout at tho other
end of tho row
Appearance cf wldoly-publlclz-ed
fountain flxlu' on 3rd Mc
Donnld has turnod out to bo n
mlrago shall posterity staivo
after nil ah how oni tonguo
hangs out when wo see that rusty
pipo pi oti mllng from tho wall
EX-STUDENT GOES
TO COLORADO CITY
Woodlo Holden graduato ot
Abilene Cluistlan Collcgo In 1934
has moved from his position with
tho church at Hamlin to Colora-
do whero ho will sone as minis-
ter Whllo enrcfled In ACC he was
leadoi of Mission Study Class
and since that tlmo has been en
gaged lu rellgicAis work. Mrs
Holden formorly Ruth Reoco Is
also an ex.studqnt of tho college
JX We are here to make a life not
a living. r. B 6hplierd
TAKK HOUB A lTUEND
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