The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, December 13, 1946 Page: 2 of 4
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THE OPTIMIST
Friday. December 13. 1946
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The Optimist
THE STAFF
Eugenia Scott Editor
Paul Dulanoy. - - - -- -Assistant Editor
Mildrod Harmon Organization Editor
Morris George Administration Editor
Kilty Hanks Business Manager
Jack Curroy Dan Cabo Robblo Robinson Sports
Rporters: Mary Nell Harper; Sports. Mildred Harmon James
Leo. Clinton Hurley. Martha Batson Morris George Bill Puckoti.
Al Hays. Alvin Counts. M. W. Young and Guy Sullivan.
Published weekly except during summer vacations by the students of
Abilene Christian College. Subscription One Dollar per year. Entered as
second class matter June 29 1929 at the post office of Abilene Texas un-
der Act of August 24 1912. Address all communications to the Optimist
Station A Abilene Texas.
SXecw Students:
In case you all didn't see the messages I left for you I thought
maybe I'd better write and tell you that I visited your campus re-
cently while on a tour of colleges high schools grade schools kin-
dergartens grocery stores busses street cars department stores
hardware stores homes gardens and every other institution that
I know anything about.
I was very favorably impressed with your school. I don't know
how many of you noticed but I was present at a football game you
had I believe it was the one where you played against a tribe of
WahWahTaySee Indians. It was a good game and I liked your ex-
ple of fine sportsmanship.
I also ate at the beanery that wonderful little crossroads of the
world where friends and enemies get together over a plate of meat
loaf. I was pleased to see that not very many students cut line. I
have seen just too much of this going on in some schools. But I
don't appreciate it one bit and don't know anybody that does ex-
cept the cutters naturally.
One thing on which your school is ahead of everybody else's
school and that is your daily chapel services which I enjoyed im-
mensely although I did have to stand up in the back. I guess it was
my fault for not having wired for a reservation.
Well I guess that's all I have to say except that I enjoyed the
lovely classical music on the juke boxes around there on the hill.
All I didn't like was that the wind blew my hat off. I'll quit now.
I just wanted you all to know that I WAS THERE!
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lottors to tho editor aro merely the opinions of those whoso
names aro signod and do not nocossarily represent tho policy of tho
Optimist.
TO THE EDITOR:
And so it is Christmas again. About two thousand years ago a
tiny babe was born in Bethlehem. The God-man the second per-
son in the Holy Trinity humbling Himself to come to us in human
form and direst poverty in order to teach" us humanity and brotherly
love.
Was His sacrifice in vain? Discounting all the lovely Christmas
carols and superficial evidences of so-called brotherly-love His ef-
fort certainly appears to be a colossal failure despite all arguments
to the contrary.
We say that we are all brothers in Christ yet some of us dare
to separate our brethren from our schools and churches because of
accident due to birth race or color. Does the color of a person's
skin affect his spiritual and mental capacity? His sensitivity? His
moral and legitimate right as a human being in this democracy? If
you harbor these false ideas do you classify yourself as a Christian?
Or are you merely a psuedo-Christian?
Christ prayed that we Christians might be united. "That they
all may be one" He said. Despite all of our preaching of Christian-
ity we have yet to practice it. We loudly cry at the injustices of oth-
er nations. Yet here in America we have granted freedom to the
Negro then dared him to use it.
If any students were to withdraw from this Christian school
because of the entrance of colored students into the classes would
it be a division in the school or merely a weeding-out process?
How can we teach Christianity in this Christian school unless
we practice it?
We would like to see the other side of this question printed in
the OPTIMIST.
(Signed)
Ira S. Ankeny Dorothy Lou Hill Morris G. Rogers David Clow
John F. Adams John M. Pike Numa Crowder Edward Montgom-
ery Valentine R. Hermandez Bill Puckett Warren Strickland
Hartsell Johnson Ralph Wolfe H. L. Vaughan Wendell Freeman
Herbert L. Coffman and T. P. Keesle. '
Love
JQfajoy.
The Greene
UAiC
BY A. C. GREENE
I want to thank all you good peo-
ple for the kind acceptance offered
this column last week. Not above
quivering; your obt. svt. had his
moments of doubt. Thank you again.
The subject of HAIR has been
brought to my mind lately. There
is so much pretty hair (and I'm
speaking of the unfair sex at pres-
ent) around here. A wise sage once
said: "Hair is as hair does." And I
believe him. Nita Nettervillc of
Nashville sports a crop that is pos-
tively luscious. I asked her if it
was DrcnetHalo Packers lemon-
juice or vinegar and she says "Nix:
It's Tennessee.'' (Charter member;
East of the Creek).
And there is a lot of taffy blonde
stuff around. (By the way I'm ig-
norant and all that but am I un-
toured or is taffy really that color?).
Maggie Short says her's comes from
strictly nature. I looked pretty close
and the color goes right on down to
the roots. I hate to say this but I'll
wager most of the blondes have to
give" nature a boost. Maggie agreed
but denied the personal inflection.
Cut kid.
Of redheads there are any mum-
bcr. Of course there are a dozen
shades of red ranging from the Bak-
er Flag red to the "Well it looks red
in the sun" school. But as any red-
head can tell you; It ain't easy. I
guess Betty Frances Knox has about
as nice a covering as you'll find in
the red shades. I must have seemed
brutal to this chick; I asked her a
question. "Henna; me? Why boy
how you talk. I use mercurchrome"
she answered.
I think we owe the girls a rising
vote of thanks for keeping their hair
so pretty in all this wind anyway.
Old Acquaintance
Tho Grapplor. or Orville McDon-
ald is the Number One man on the
campus in most of our books. Grap-
pler is from Geese Crick and is
handling a big problem with four-
teen humm-humm students around.
Famous for his sport coats his Ital-
ian converzatione and his curly
(red) haii Grapplor is rounding out
seven (7) lucky years on the hill.
Four as a student three as an Ex-.
Grapplor may end up as a lawyer.
And he may end up married. "By
the way why aren't you married
Grappler?"
"I tried hard Greene. I tried
hard."
And lo one Noblo (Spike Schnapps
etc.) Harris the Shiek of ACC goes
the unanimous vote for Best Dress-
ed Man. He should be. With shirts
dearer than toenails Spike doubles
in stripes and two white ones all
in one day. Harris cracked the whip
as a j. g. USNR in the recent conflict.
Worked at working in some of the
better department stores of Abilene.
Including Sears Montgomery-Ward.
Check the kid's wardrobe if you
would see what the Well Dressed
sport should sport.
No I haven't forgotten the ladies.
I'm saving the best 'til last. Who
else but the delightful recently elect-
ed secretary of Fish 50 Nancy
Howell. Nancy was brought force-
ably to our eyes in the recent select-
ing of beauties. She wears blue polky
dot 'jammies (four sizes too large
for her) ash blonde hair (and honey
pure honeyl !). Petite (there I've
always wanted to use that word).
And the purtiest eyes. Keep one of
your own on Nancy.
Harvesting Tho Random Remarks
James Thurber (cartoonist humor-
ist man) says that life is a war be-
tween men and women and that the
only neutral things are dogs; and
they like men best So do I .
Incidentally "Passe" is my pass-
ing fancy on the jukeboxes around.
Cleve Cullers is solely responsible
Siack 3m S&e.
Model 3 a
Look At This! Don and Walter Wore
Really Busy Back in Those Daysl
Take a squint at this excerpt from
the front page of the Optimist for
October 13 1023.
"ACC's debaters began another
season which promises to be a vic-
torious one last Friday evening
when the team representing TCU
was defeated by Don Morris and
Walter Adams representing ACC by
a unanimous decision of the judges.
The question was: Resolved that the
United States should become a mem-
ber of the permanent court of jus-
tice as it is presently affirmed. The
ACC boys affirmed tho question."
Such Popularity!
Another interesting excerpt from
the same edition is about our pro-
fessor of science: "Paul Witt ne'er
did realize how popular he is in
Zellner hall until he went away for
a day. When he returned Sunday
night one-half of the Zellner hall in-
mates greeted him with 15 rahs at
the 'station. Everyone wanted to
walk with him but it was not per-
mitted and they were chaperoned
home."
Such a Sense of Humor I
Here's another one from way back
when. Lawrence Smith was among
the nominees for the honored anil
distinguished title of "College Wit."
Thcso Modern Inventions!
A very momentous event occurred
on the campus of ACC back in the
early 20's when a Ford called at
Zellner hall.
Library Lines
The library has subscribed to a
new feature the "World News of
the Week" map service. Each
Monduy they will receive a large
colored news map with the most
important news stories of the week
printed at the bottom of it. The
maps will be placed one over the
other on a stand along the oast wall
center.
The purpose of the maps is not
only to present the news of the week
in a clear and vivid form but also
to interpret it.
The magazines which have been
at the bindery are back in the. libra-
ry this week-more than- 300 vol-
umns of them. Librarian Anderson
states that this should please those
who have been "howling" for mag-
azines the last two months.
o
Buy Christmas seals and help pre-
vent tuberculosis.
for "Beware" and Paul Bond likes
"Surrender." If anyone says they
like "You Know What and Chnl-
kin" Well aren't you tired of it yet?
YR. OBT. SVT.
CLUB
Club
Young peoplo's meeting
Gamma Epsilon (Pre-Law)
Gavol
Pickwickian
Scienco
Camora
Phi Beia (Library)
Alpha Tau Lambda
CSO
WEDNESDAY
Aud.
Mission Study Class
Houso of Representatives
Fine Arts and Public Programs
We Walk By Faith
BY JAMES WALTER NICHOLS
In these days of strife unbelief
and doubt men are seeking after
realistic and materialistic objects
and ideals. We have come to the
place in society that we require or
ask for proof and reason for ideas
that men express and ideals they be-
lieve in. Reasoning has been put on
a pedestal a throne and there tries
to rule the mind of man. Statements
cannot stand if they cannot be rea-
soned and proved.
But there are many things that are
rooted deeper than the human mind
can probe If all 'the reasoning fa-
cilities of man were combined they
could never probe any deeper into
the creation than "In the beginning
God created the heavens and the
earth." These is something deeper
and vet more sublime than the fac-
ulty of reasoning. It has been Faith
and Hope in the past and future that
have spurred men on to build by the
aid of the Creator the present civil-
ization. It is through Faith in the
Holy Word that we look to a better
and perfect Home everlasting.
My ears heard not the sons of God
shout 'for joy at the creation but
there is a voice of faith that assures
me and whispers "In the beginning
God created the heavens and the
earth."
I nevei hcurd the sweet melodious
strains from the voice of David but
I behove that the shepherd of Judah
sat beneath the throne of King Saul
and poured foitii his soul in psalms.
My oars heard not the sweet
strains of the angelic chorus on the
plains of Bethlehem when they sang
to a heartless world "Peace on earth
and good will toward men" I say
I never heard that but I believe that
there was born then the Babe of
Bethlehem.
My eyes nevei saw my Lord sus-
pended between a darkened heaven
and a cruel sinful and trembling
earth for your soul and my soul
but Faith whispers that a merciless
soldier pierced his side and warm
blood gushed forth from the bmken
bleeding loving heart of the mock
man of G.ihlco Oh. ale you going to
toll me that I cannot believe thiit he
uttered in all suffering "Father for-
give thorn foi they know not what
they do9"
My eyes have never witli rapt
vision spurning this matciial uni-
verse to which they are adjusted be-
held a gleam from the glad city of
God but through the telescope of
faith I have dipped into the great
beyond and beheld the New Jerusa-
lem. "We walk by faith and not by
sight."
"Oh my ears have never heard
the 144000 redeemed sing but I be-
lieve that some sweet dav in the
sweet bye and bye on the Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere when all of God's
singers get home that I shall sing
the sweetest song of nil tho song
of sweet deliverance tlv song of
Moses and the Lamb. Who cannot
now say that the best things of this
world are neither seen nor hoard?"
Truly I boIioTol
SCHEDULE
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Aud.
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Aud.
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Science 310
Ad. 27
Ad. 22
TUESDAY
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, December 13, 1946, newspaper, December 13, 1946; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99147/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.