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VOLUME XXXIII
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. ABILENE. TEXAS MARCH 1. 1946
NUMBER 20
Record
Around This
WILDCAT LAIR
ACC welcomed all visitors during
the past week and we want to say
you arc always welcome here any
time. Wo are already looking for-
ward to your presence at next year's
lectureship.
Jack Duncan. a 1945 graduate
has been a visitor on the campus.
Ruth Rambo. who is a teacher in
Coleman with her mother and fath-
er attended two days of the lecture-
ship. Charles and JohnE. Corner of Bol-
ton have beon visitors. Charles grad-
uated in 1944 and JohnE. has attend-
ed ACC two yoars.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Finley. the
former Frances Jackson arc the
parents of a baby girl. The same
congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Cox.
Geno Goodson who Is a froshman
left Monday for his homo in Alice
where ho will await his call to tho
army.
Ray McGlothlin who attended
ACC last year is home on a ten-day
leave. Ray is in the navy and is sta-
tioned near Houston.
It's rumoured that some girls are
trying to "horn in" on the We Want
A Hundrod Thousand Dollar Club
with a 1941 convertible.
Martha Jane Jones and Dot Wil-
liams ACC exes who now arc en-
rolled in the University of Texas
visited friends here a while. They
are having between-semester holi-
days. Tho campus welcomes Mr. and
Mrs. Furman Cauthon back again.
Mr. Cauthon is tho assistant minis-
ter at the Broadway church In Lub-
buck. Mrs. Cox was Sherley Shepherd
before her marriage.
Sara Meggs Anna Phlce and Anita
Cobb havo visited friends during the
past wook. Sara and Anna are from
Dnlals and Anita Is attending Trin-
ity university In San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Chenault and
daughters of Sweeny visited their
son and daughter Jamie and Marie
during lecture week.
Anothor mumps victim is Sam
Loe. As brother Slkes said. "He's all
swelled up."
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Roberts of
Pampa have been our guests this
last week. Mrs. Roberts is the form-
er dean of women and matron of
Zellner hall.
Crowds Attend Lectureship
Pictured Above Is the Abilene
Christian College Wildcat band
for 1945-46. Mombors aro Kath
ryn Joinor Botty Barnott Billy
Fioldor. Virginia Spears. Icy
Thomas Doris Jean Glonn. Leo
Thomas Yvonno Starncs. Alvah
Joan Henderson. Donald Gay.
Mac Barteo Eloino Siarnos Bot-
ty Torry. Juno Linn. Tox Sto
vons. Bill Vaught Chris Clark
Osby Bingo. Jamie Chenault.
Buoll Lindloy. Clay Nicks. Vic
ACC Places
Second In
Conference
With the closing of the Texas
Conference cage season ACC oc-
cupies a second scat leaving the
mighty Southwestern University in
the scat of honor.
ACC's one loss to McMurry more
or less dropped them out as South-
western went through with only one
defeat. The Texas Wcsleyan Rams
came in third leaving the McMurry
Indians to fourth.
Though their ambitions were hard-
ly fulfilled the Cat Cagers are look-
ing forward to next season with all
the expectancy in the world. Next
year's tale will have a different end-
ing. o
CSO Presents
Five Scullions
Five new scullions have been
elected by the Campus Service or-
ganization honor organization which
recognizes service of girls "with love
and beyond the line of duty" in one
of the following fields: music jour-
nalism arts sports science and
leadership. Candidates for member-
ship must have a recommendation
from the head of one of these de-
partments and must serve a six
weeks' probationship as a scullion.
Those and the field in which they
were selected are June Fry senior
from Tulia journalism; Loisteen
Glimp senior from Levclland lead-
ership; Ernestine Shclton a post
graduate and honorary member
science; Kathryn Lawyer sopho-
more from Abilene speech and
Betty Barnett junior from Spur
band.
It is also the duty of CSO to wel-
come all guests and to give infor-
mation about ACC besides other
forms of service. Mrs. Clarence Baley
is president and Jewell Christine
White is president. Dot Luck is vice-
tor Plerson. Jonny Rhodes. BU
ly Brown. Ann Scarborough
Mary Noll Harpor Bob Honea
Botty Robberson Dan Whltacro.
Ralph Sink. Marjorio Domic
Kenneth Aston. Moxlno Elms
Billio Jo Reagan. Harlsoll John-
son Mary Suo Faust Mary
Closo Natalio Smith Paul Mayr
Ann Harpor. Mary Lou Mclx-
nor. Barbara Bishop Dorothy
Taylor and Peggy Lut troll.
Wildcat Band Begins
Tour Monday March 11
Members of the Wildcat Band will
begin their tour Monday March 11.
The band will travel on two char-
tered busses. Monday they will give
concerts at Albany (or Paducah)
Seymour (or Childress) and Ver-
non; Tuesday at Altus Lawton and
Duncan Oklahoma; Wednesday at
Ardmorc Oklahoma; and Dcnison
Texas; Thursday at Banham Paris
and Greenville; Friday at Sherman
and McKinncy (or Gainsville).
Bill Davis director of the band
states they have been practicing dil-
igently and are looking forward to a
successful tour.
W Club Honors
New Members
W Club honor organization for
women on the campus has elected
nine second-semester members.
Membership is based on character
scholarship and service to the
school. Sophomores must have been
in ACC three semesters juniors two
semesters and seniors one semes-
ter. Those selected are Mary Jane Ar-
lcdge Roscoe; Jewell Dean Arms
Celina. Tenn.; Margaret Cox Abi-
lene; Winona May Anson; Rudye
Naugher Chase Ala.; Ellene Park-
er Grand Falls; Mildred Rampy
Washington D. C and Jo Scott Un-
ion City Tenn.
president Kitty Hanks secretary-
treasurer; Betty Grey McKinncy
Ann Roberson Martha Tipton Mar-
garet Walton Anne McLeod Marie
Chenault Jeanne Waid Dot Luck
Gaylan Collier Dot Dowdy Monta
Jo Smith Betty Hays Eugenia Scott
Joella Hall Peggy Kirkland Mar-
garet Cox Lois Reynolds Ruthye
Tabor LaVerne Burk Lu Boyd
June Allen Estelle McLaughlin and
Minta Tidwell.
Board For
Negro School
Begins Work
J. S. Winston of Fort Worth col-
ored member of the executive Board
of Trustees of the church of Christ
negro college that Is being planned
emphasized the need of such a school
in a speech after the regular lecture
Wednesday night. Dr. John G. Young
of Dallas who is chairman of the
board added that a location is be-
ing sought in various Texas cities
by a committee.
The purpose of this school would
be to train the colored people and
colored ministers. There arc only
approximately 450 negro preachers
of the church of Christ. Many of
these preachers are not properly ed-
ucated some having only finished
the fourth or fifth grades. The
amount of members of the colored
race has increased from 20000 to
75000 in the past 25 years. Now
these people are having to depend
on state and denominational schools
for their training.
"We decided to go as far as we
could go and hoped that your peo-
ple would see the need and come
to our aid" stated Mr. Winston.
The fund campaign is being plan-
ned. Personal and congregational
offerings will bo accepted.
There arc 45 members of the
Board of Trustees. The rest of the
members of the executive board are
Walter H. Adams of .Abilene. D. B.
Rambo of Huntsville J. L. Watson
of Austin M. E. Davidson of San
Antonio Gayle Olcr of Quinlan J.
H. Richards of Fort Worth J. R.
Fleming of Weatherford J. B. Mc-
. Ginty of Terrell B Sherrod of Lub-
bock Otto Foster of Cleburne. J. D.
Hnll. Jr.. of Tyler C. M. Cockrell
of Dallas and G. E. Steward of
Oklahoma City.
Programs Plann ed
Each Saturday
For Students
From now until the end of school
a program will be presented each
Saturday night by some specific
group on the campus. Everyone is
invited and the programs will all be
free of charge. First in the series of
these weekly programs was the
Valentine party held last week. Fol-
lowing is the schedule as far as it
has been planned at the present
time:
February 23 Music Students Mr.
Burford. .
March 2 Aggie Club Party Mr.
Gist.
March 9 CSO J. C. White.
March 10 East of Mislssippi
Wayland James.
March 23 Spring Meeting church.
April 0 Physical Education De-
partment. April 13 Speech Department
Fred Barton.
April 20 H. S. Department Mr.
Scruggs Miss McClellan.
May 4 Physical Education.
Abilene Christian College's 1940
annual lectureship came to a close
Thursday evening after having the
largest audience ever to be present
since Lecture Weeks were first be-
gun. This is the first peace-time Lec-
tureship to be held in four years
so people from all over the United
States were present. Most of the vis-
itors were guests of the college in
that they stayed in the dormitories
or in a room provided for by the col-
lege. Lectures were held each morning
at 9:41. each afternoon at 2:15 and
3:30 and each evening at 7:30.
"Things That Cannot Be Shaken"
Hebrews 12:18-29 was the general
theme for the morning and evening
services. "Work In New Fields"
Mark 16:14-10. was the theme at
2:15 and "The Church at Work"
Hebrews 4:1-0 at 3:30.
Tho following woro speakers
throughout tho week: R. C. Boll
"Stoadfastnes"; W. B. West. "God
Is" Paul Southorn. "This Changing
World"; Yator Tant. "The Bible.
God's Rovelalion"; Charles H. Rob-
orson. "Tho Bible For All Peoples";
C. R. Nichol. Jesus Christ Tho Son
of God"; E. W. McMillan. "Tho
Kingdom That Cannot Bo Shaken";
Ruol Lemmons "Tho United States";
Mack Korchevillo Olan Hicks. "Be-
yond tho Wcstorn Homlsphoro";
Norvel Young "Tho Congregation
at Work"; J. H. Richards and E. A.
Sanders. "Tho Elders and Their
Work"; F. B. Shepherd. "Tho Proach-
or and His Work"; and Orval Fil-
bock "Tho Christian In Business."
Before the evening services Tues-
day and Wednesday the Band and
A Cappella presented musical pro-
grams. o
Speech Students
Attend Meet
In Durant
ACC speech students are attend-
ing the annual speech tournament
sponsored by the Savage Forensic
at Southeastern State Teachers col
lege at Durant Okla. This tourna-
ment is the largest of its kind in the
Unites States excluding the na-
tionals. ACC entrants and the events they
arc entering are as follows:
Radio Speech
Men: John Scott Gilbert McLes-
key Foy Kixkpa trick.
Women: Gaylan Collier J. C.
White. Jeanne Wold.
Oratory
Men: James W. Nichols. John
Scott.
Women: Gaylan Collier Eugenia
Scott
Extemporaneous Speaking
Men: Bill Fain. John Scott. Gilbert
McLeskey.
Women: Eugenia Scoti.
Bible Reading
Gilbert McLeskey. Foy Klrkpnt-
rick Chris Clark.
After-Dinner Speaking
Melvin Weldon Bill Fain. Foy
Kirkpatrick.
Institutional Toast
B1U Fain.
Debate
Men's: Bill Fain Robert Farrar.
James Nichols. Ernest Grixxard.
Mixed: John Scott Eugenia Scott.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 20, Ed. 1, Friday, March 1, 1946, newspaper, March 1, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99124/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.