The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 3, 1954 Page: 2 of 8
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Critics Cause Besentmexit
" Criticism one of the few things people would rather
give than get and one of the things than can do most
good when properly given and received yet the most
harm when issued.
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No one likes to have his habits practices or manner-
. Isms laid open to the impartial eye of constructive critic-
Ism and few people like to risk the resentment of their
- friends by calling their attention to the littie or big things
that need changing.
But fc concern for their well being and progress will
prompt a true friend to swallow his hesitancy and say
. "what he knows the other should know.
Under conditions like this only the deepest ingrati-
v tude could allow the germination of hard feelings. Yet4
there is a constant occurance of strained and broken re-
lations because someone is always being informed of the
"obvious fact" that he is not quite perfect but could be
more so with only a little effort.
A dormitory supervisor requests the cessation of
. some practice or a newspaper statement or editorial in-
dicates some condition that needs remedying and immed-
lately almost everyone concerned decides that the cor-7
rector has it in for him and is trying to destroy his posi-
tion by pointing out his weakness.
The most healthful climate for growth is found where
the rains of well-meaning criticism fall upon an open
mind willing to admit that it needs an occasional washing
to be as nearly perfect as possible.
Jbre You Clubbed to Death
There are over 70 "clubs and organizations.on the cam-
pus of ACC. But lately several new clubs are in the pro-
cess of being formed m the advent of enough interest.
Why are these clubs being started? It is a swell ad-
vertised fact at the beginning of school 'that there are
enough clubs for everyone on the campus to' be in at
least one.
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Clubs with no purposes ideals or requirements ex-
cept maybe the same last name are being formed while
service clubs honor organizations and professional clubs
are suffering lack of interest by members with "not
enough time for everything."
Only about 25 clubs on the campus issuelnvitations
for membership. For others as the geographical clubs
the only requirement is that a person is living. It is an
Unusual student indeed who cannot find a club to belong
to. And yet the phrase "clubbed to death" is worn out
' as are the members who feel an obligation to interest new
. members in their organization.
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clsion made between clubs of no purpose and those with
benefits for the student. Some might not get their pictures
in the annual those dozens of time but the few clubs
could feel the worth of every member's effort toward a
common goal.
MP Won't Compromise
The Howard Payne College Yellow Jackets could be
playing in the Refrigerator Bowl at Evanston Ind. Sun-
. day afternoon as the host team t- but they are not.
HFC coaches and team decided to refuse the bid from
Refrigerator Bowl officials when the -choice was laid in
their hands. Guy Gardner Yellow Jacket coach said that
because it was a Sunday game the boys refused to consider
. opportunity.
The Jackets gained a lot of respect from Wildcats last
Saturday afternoon on the gridiron but they should
. gain even more respect because they refused to sacrifice
principles by1 compromising to. gain sports prestige or
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THE St" UDENT AND GOD
Courtesy
Forgotten
"Finally bo courteous."
I Pet. 3:0.
UsUally when the word courtesy
is mentioned one thinks of tho
way a boy would treat a girl on
a date) walking on the outside or
opening the door. etc. This ver-
sion of courtesy is observed by
all who are even moderately in-
formed. But Paul's exhortation in I Pet.
3:0 as applied to students means
something to be considered by
every student in all his relations
with other people.
You have noticed how that
when chapel is dismissed every-
one makes a mad rush for the
aisle pushing and shoving with
one thing in mind to get out
quick. If these same eager beavers
would restrain themselves with a
little courtesy they would get out
just as quickly maybe quicker
and everyone would be much
happier about it.
The same applies at the Post
Office before and after chapel.
Instead of acting like a bunch of
gold rushers a lot of the confusion
can be eliminated. Why not use
that which we arc supposed to
stand for to help relieve the tug-o'f-war
every student has to go
through to get his mail.
This often neglected principle'
applies in considering the student
who is trying to study in the li-
brary or the domitory; it is some-
thing you owe fellow students
while entering and leaving class-
rooms as well as during classes;
and indeed it does include all of
those little things so often taken
for granted.
The Christian is a courteous
person.
LITER SIDE
Dave Williams Hides
In Bertie's Beanery
By DICK SHELTON
. This week let me tell you about
a very talented man-about- cam-
pus. His name is David Williams;
you probably know him. David
is a musician a painter and a
connoisseur of the finer things of
life especially fine food.
Last summer David received a
brochure from "the New Bean-
ery." Reading it through he was
delighted with the picture it
painted. "This
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there this year."
Poor David I He's so gullible.
When ho appeared at the end of
the Beanery line with one finger
poised delicately at a 45 degree
angle ho looked strangely out of
place It was the first day of
Echool and the lino was long but
David decided that this was a
good advertisement for the estab-
lishment since he remembered
standing in line to eat at smart
dimly-lit cafes with excellent
food. He was looking forward to a
'pleasant dinner houn
When he .first entered the
door he couldn't see that there
had been any radical changes
since the previous year. (You
tee. David was very unobser-
vant) He didn't see the decor-
ation Job until finally he spot-
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The perennial inter-class rivalry
between the sophomores and
freshmen reached a somewhat In-
fantile point Tuesday at noon
when a group of "Fish" trying to
rub it in that they had succeeded
in capturing the sophomore pre-
sident precodlng the sophomore
picrdc placed a sign on the bul-
letin board in the Students Ex-
change. The sign contained words meant
to cast dispurslons upon the up-
perclassmeh and also a picture of
the soph president during his
captivity.
Two prominent members of tho
"Fish" '57 group walked by about
this time and tried to prevent the
"Fish" from erecting the sign. A
scuffle ensued; several guys were
pushed up against the glass bul-
letin case shattering it. One or
two of the boys narrowly escaped
serious cuts.
Delilah Tactics Used
The whole deal started out
early Thanksgiving morning.
It so happens that I live next
door to the sophomore vice-president
in Mobec Hall. At 7 a.m.
that day I was suddenly awaken-
ed by wild Moravian yells and
screams as a group of freshmen
invaded the veep's room and was
carrying him away wrapped in a
blanket. Sophs living on that floor
rescued him before the kidnappers
could escape succeeding in almost
caving our door in.
However later in the day using
Delilah tactics the "Fish" suc-
ceeded in capturing tho soph
r
closer inspection he discover-
ed this to be the now cashier.
Tho next time David ale in
the Beanery was the' day after
Thanksgiving. (Some people
never give Up.) As he pushed
his tray along he noticed some
large shiny apples on the
counter. The only apples he
had seen on his previous visit
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PublUhad WMlly except during tummtr vacations by th itudnti ot Abilene
Chrtittan College. SubtctlpUont One Dollar per year. Entered at eeeond class
matter June 29 1029. at the post olltce o( Abilene Tens under Act oj August
34 1912. Address all communications to The Optimist Station ACC Abilene
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Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor .
Society Editor
Sports Editor
Photographer
Cartoonist
Advertisting Manager
Faculty Advisor
Reporters; Murrell Foster Elizabeth Ross Faye Lcdbetter
Milton Copeland Betty Colby A1 Terrill Ruthlo Henry Sandra
Thpmpson George Foster Steve Hilller Don Gage Betty
Whitener Paul Ellis. Lowell Maxey Kirk Kuykendall Larry
Schultz Mac Bedlchek Lloyd Ash Bert Shlpp J W. Campbells
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By CHARLIE MARLER
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prexy but failed' 4n repeating aU
tempts to get the vecp.
"Fish" Prepare Owrf Grave
Since that time it seems to me-
that tho '"Fish" have 'been seeing: .
just how far that can push the
sophomores before they turn on
them. It kinda boils down to" this
situation: "Fish" '58 are digging a
grave for "Fish" '57 and standing
with their backs turned looking
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By ELIZABETH ROSS
"Old grads never die; they just
fire away" or so say the police-
men who carted off the would-be
arsonists who constructed an im-
promptu bonfire at Union Square
in San Francisco "for the glory
of dear old UCLA."
Over-zealous exes ranging in
ago from 25 to 50 were the cul-
prits in the bonfire victory rally
staged before the UCLA-California
football game. Those "fired-
up" rooters made tho bonfiro
crackle to the tuno of burning No
Parking signs newspaper racks
and park benches.
. . . Now tho 10 have a "seat in
the pokey" for tho glory of dear
old UCLA.
A fractured pelvis fractured
knee cap and other injuries' ac-
companied Nancy Heap Colorado
University coed to the "big gome"
between Colorado and Oklahoma
according to The Colorado Dally.
In an accident prior to the foot-
ball game she and her husband
were In on automobile wreck re-
suiting in her hospitalization. la
order that she could sec tho gamo
however on ambulance took her
accompanied by her husband to
the stadium where her stretcher
was raised to bed level and' placed
so that she could view the gome-
from a sitting position.
STAFF
CHARLIE MARLER
MARY ODLE
ALICE McDERMETT
JO SONDRA MAGERUS
BOB LAMBERT
REX VERMILLION
ROY WARD
DICK SHELTON
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 12, Ed. 1, Friday, December 3, 1954, newspaper, December 3, 1954; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth95801/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.