The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, March 2, 1951 Page: 3 of 8
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MARCH 2 1951
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Smart Clothes Available
To Discrete Buyers
by Margaret Phillips
.Who In America is fashion fort
Only rich women? One might
think so with prices soaring.
But fashion is for every ono who
can be a wise and discrete buyer.
This idea of the well-spent dollar
predominates leading fashion
magazines this spring. By well-
spent dollar wo mean not a bar-
gain but value. Such buying is al-
ways essential to the college girl.
The basic ingredient in your
wardrobe will probably be a suit.
As featured in Margo's style shbw
at the Windsor hotel Monday ev-
ening it is bound to have cither a
fitted jacket or else a loosely cut
short box jacket that reaches just
below the waist.
Obviously the fitted suit is
dressier and looks particularly
new if it has its own stole of
matching fabric or shoulder cape
surmounting its jacket. All suit
skirts are slim and narrow though
some break into low placed pleats
for cosier walking. All remain
short about 15" from tho floor.
Most dresses follow the current
slim straight line but the newest
dress will have the molded waist
line and full blowy skirt They
too have short skirts. True to cus
tom many print dresses appear
for spring and stoics often ac
company them.
The thing this spring and a must
to make your wardrobe look new
is color. Very new are shades of
red carnation tangerine geran-
ium and a whole array of violet
to purple tones with emphasis on
amathest. These are favored but
by no means all of the colors from
which to choose. Black and white
will be seen particularly in small
checks.
Classic navy will of course be
good and what could be prettier
Bill Carmack Selected
KACC Production Man
Bill Carmack has been selected
new production co-ordlnator for
station KACC campus'n&lo sta-
tion. Carmack is a senior speech ma-
Bill Carmack
ABILENE BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY
Paint Wall Paper Oils Varnishes Glass Picture Framing
Artist Supplies Linoleum Window Shades
1 182 North Third Phone 8553
SHOE SERVICE STORE
Cowboy Boots Leather Goods
441 Pine St 8 aan. - 6 pan.
for spring? Grey particularly in
suits will be featured.
Fabrics to look for arc Irish lin
en and linen weaves and silk and
rayon shantung A new resort
fabric is pontung combination of
shantung and pongee which Is re-
puted to be washable. Another
vacation must is a nylon washable
dress which doesn't require iron
ing. Pique is used widely for trim.
You'll find many a dress and suit
fitted with a stiff white remov-
able dicky.
When a woman looks to spring
she "looks for the hat. Look this
year for hats of chlnoiserie shapes
peaked on top or flat as pancakes
or brimmed forward. The forward
looking line will be seen In oll
hats.
Hats are a little larger this
spring but smaller than large.
Flower trimmed ones of course
take the spotlight for Easter. They
may have an array of tiny blos-
soms or a simple shape completed
with ono large rose.
Opera pumps in color are the
news in footwear especially in
linen and shantung. Summer
suedes will be good again this
summer too. To complete your
accessories you will want a small
preferably barrel shaped bag
uioves are longer and In every
color. When in doubt though al
ways choose white and you will
be right.
Harpers Bazaar says take a fash
ion or leave it but don't wear it
just as it comes off the rack. Make
it your own with some touch or
accessory. By all means choose
somthlng becoming as well as
fashionable.
No season's musts arc so re-
stricted that you will have to
choose unflattering colors or lines.
As a last word use color with
discretion but use colorl
jor in the college. He replaces
Clovls Mcixncr who graduated in
January.
Carmack began work on the sta
tion when It first went on the air
last January and for the past few
weeks has served as director of
Thursday night programs. As pro
duction co-ordlnator he will be in
charge of over-all programming
for the station.
Since he first came to ACC as a
junior Carmack has been active
in speech work and has been a
member of the debate squad for
two years.
Before coming to ACC he at-
tended Cameron Junior college in
Lawton Okla. Carmack's home is
in Lawton.
As production co-ordlnator Car-
mack will work with Bill Teague
station manager and Lowell Per-
ry director of radio at the college.
Carmack asumed his new duties
last week. He will also continue
to serve as regular Thursday night
director.
ACC Students Find Grill
Crossroads Of Campus'
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Peter Dart serves Nancy
the Grill fountain
Magician Could Outdo
Best Fortune Teller
by Allen McDanlel
Last month an ad was run in
this paper by a fortune-teller and
several of our readers objected to
it
Fortune-tellers and so-called
spirit mediums are hangovers
from a superstitious age. They at-
tract a number of people and do
many wonderful things to demon
strate their powers. And a fortune
teller will tell you the truth part
of it
At the last count there were
11 "churches" in Texas that be
longed to the National Spiritual
association and they had almost
iuuu memDcrs.
I will grant that they do many
wonderful things in the sight of
the people as did the witch of
Endor and Simon of Samaria but
Jack Rlgney ACC's magician. can
with the proper equipment dup-
Arlists Iniiiaie
New Members
Art club initiated four new
members Monday evening in the
Art building.
New members are Sylvia Van
Valkenburgh Nancy Lyles Joyce
Dorrett and Gary Freeman.
After the initiation the club
discussed plans for their formal
banquet which will be staged
March 1G. Theme of the affair will
be "Southern Belles" and the high
light of the evening will be the
presentation 01 the Artist's Model
PRESLEY'S JEWELRY
209 PINE PHONE 7333
Wilson and Carrol Gregory at
licatc any trick they can pull and
many that they can't and without
claiming any special powers.
Harry Houdinl spent the last
part of his life successfully expos-
ing any so-called medium that he
came across. He gave his wife a
code before he died and promised
to try to contact her after his
death. No "spiritualist" has turned
up with that code yet.
In Abilene you can find several
of these frauds and books on as-
trology and the like can be found
in most drugstores. Any value ob-
tained from such things is purely
entertainment but the money one
must spend does not justify that
Christian people should realize
this and have no false beliefs a
bout such "sorcery."
Gospel preachers should be pre-
pared to challenge and expose any
such frauds and be ready to fight
superstition wherever it exists.
Professional magicians can and
have exposed these people but
most "mediums" have joined the
national brotherhood of magicians
and rules prevent one magician
from exposing the secrets of an-
other. Tho advertisement read "We an
swer any questions." I challenge
that statement. My questions are
honeys.
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by Janelle Bos well
Mail cokes books meals maga
zines stuffed animals earrings so
many different phases of activity
and "things" could only be found
in one place the Grill. Tho Grill
"crossroad of the campus."
When someone mentions the
Grill we automatically include
the post office and the bookstore.
Technically this "all in one" com-
bination is the student exchange.
Behind the big glass window In
the office at the east door of the
Grill you can usually find the
manager of our campus exchange.
Charles Chandler with James Ful-
brlght assistant manager keeps
the Grill running smoothly. Also
seated at a typewriter probably
typing furiously you will see Pat
Beard secretary.
The day begins at 7:00 a.m.
when the Grill opens. Business
picks up as students rush fran-
tically to get that cup of coffee
and donut before the last bell for
class. Behind the partition out of
which the good food comes and
the dirty dishes return wo find
a corps of workers.
Dishwashers cooks and etc
they are: Cecil Allen Verdia Bak
er Hudy Bradford Jerry Catchlm
Norton Dye. Dwight Oldham.
Grace Philley Mildred Sumerlin
Cled Wlmbish and Glen Riley.
Of course the Grill would not
run smoothly if it weren't for tho
waiters and waitresses. At the
counter or at one of the table you
might be served by Ruth Baker
Iwanda Bonnett Arweldia Boyd-
ston Peggy Davis Tincy Gorman
Edith Havens Jane Kersey Marie
Willis Peter Dart or Roy White-
side. The real stampede begins before
chapel each morning when every-
body is trying to get the latest
news from home. Getting our mall
to us and our packages for us
falls to the hands of tho five post
office workers. The "ACC mail-
men" are Albert Brown Bob
Cobb Charles Guttermuth Bobby
Hounscl and Gene Morgan.
Another section of the three
way combination is the bookstore.
If you aren't careful Edith Gam-
bill and Lois Gardner will sell
you anything from an eraser to a
pill box.
In the bookstore textbooks for
various courses are sold. You
probably become acquainted with
the bookstore.
The Grill serves the students all
the time in a multiplied number of
ways. It could truly be "a grlllln'
situation without tho Grill."
HILL CO.
PHONE 853a
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