The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 5, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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!Vol. 21
"A" Club
"A" Club Directs
Campaign For Golf
Course On Park Lot
Ticket Selling -Begins
At Chapel Hour
Wednesday
SKIT GOES OVBR
Entire Student Assembly
Agrees To Aid In
Programme
.Xatfdlng qiil again for the third
time In the history of the col-
lege in "directing a major build-
ing Twegrem tho A Club men's
honor organization has thrown
its latest salient in the form of a
golf courso in tho A and V col-
lege park.
On Tuesday morning in chapel
the 'organizations introduced II-
uelf'to the-new students nnd con-
ducted the regular exercises of
the-tiour.'Ori tho following morn-
ing a clever skit was prcsested
fhihtdpirfl a parlor scene
In the girl's dormitory tho dia-
logue pointing out the need for a
ceUcJfce golf course. In cllinaxt
Jack Pope student president and
Av Club head put tho question to
the student assembly and asked
for student opinion. Class offi-
cers responded and the enllro
tu'dtVHjgroup stood In gesture
of cooperation in the ticket-sell-.lagi'WHWyaigp.
Awarding ito the directors of
the campaign a golf courso can
(Conthuttd-ifrom'pngo three)
Ground
CThe
air ....
It may seem that Optimist staff
writers are a bit fanatic when
it' comes to -mesqultocs. For tho
past three weeks thcso'low stub-
byungracoful trees hnvofoundn
place in its -columns. But why
fthouldn't we he as proud of tho
ones found on our campus as
Yale and Harvard are of their
dirts1 for after nil arc -they not
as 'typical of' A. C C nnd Texas
as tho stately elmsnre of Yale
and- New England? If you aro
in aieed of inspiration for nny-
thing t from the traditional fresh-
man iheme ""My Impressions of
Abilene Christian Collego" to tho
famous Creek 'thesis on "How
Many Angels Can Dance on the
"Tipof the Finest Cambric Nee-
die" then by all means visit tho
miniature mesqulte forest east of
the girls' dorm some windy aft-
ernoon . . . and keep your ears
open..mesqultocs only whisper.
(Coutlnued c; pojjp three)
Prominent Abilene High School
Students Enroll Now In A. C. C.
Twenty-five graduates of Abileno high school are now freshmen
in A.C.C The various extra-curricula activities have sent their out-
utanding students from -each group.
Graduates and their chief out
side activities are: Elizabeth Law.
rence shorthand state champion
debateiahd business staff of Bat-
ttry.ischool paper; Eloiso Hawk-
ins pep leader; Til lie. Korr
Louise Robertson nnd Llllle Ruth
Brittaln Gleo Club; Christine
ColfMan. -Mildred Hicks nnd
. . --ir2.it
re pep squau;
fcConnor Glenn
iltt n'Pn
si$ uBri iwf9)S
r nmniiiiH nn
"The. Optimist affirms the Pessimist denies life.". Emmw.
ABILENE
Plans Student Golf Course
Melpomenean Try-
Outs Swell RoD
To Forty Members
v
Texas Tech Invites ACC
Players To State
Tournament
As n result of thc'try-oubvheld
by tho 'Melpomenean Dramatic
club last Thursday night -twenty
names were added to-tho club
roll making a total of fbrty
members for the present 'year.
Announcement has been made
that all members must pay their
dues by Friday at noon. A meet
ing is to be held soon in which
new members will bo familiariz-
ed with club rules nnd Initiated
into the group.
A piny selection committee has
been named by tho director
Miss Gist composed of tho fol-
lowing: Ilcrschcl North Eliza-
beth Brewer Homer Utloy MaV
nco Harrison and Jennie Jo
Bcntlcy.
Illcrschcl North president re
ports that plans aro being com-
pleted for tho one-net play tour-
nament to bo 'licld hirlng tile
winter term. Jnvltallons "have
been sent to n number of col-
leges but ns yet only one school
the El Paso School ot Mines has
accepted. Texns Technological
collego of Lubbock has answered
that they cannot comt to tho
local tourney but invited the A.
C C. club to Join the Texas In-
tercollegiate Players and attend
a tourney they nro sponsoring
in March. A decision to accept
has not been reached by the
Mclpomcucnns.
Those students elected to mem
bcrshlp nt tho recent try-outs:
Dudley Favors Ann Smith. Ed
Connor James Stnggs Mildred
Sellers Hanson Granger. Allcnc
'Kreagor nobert King Mary
Allco cathcrs Lurline Linn Dry-
(Continued on page three)
W. flub Will Give
Presents To Exes
Miss Oma Hello Blxler prcsi-
'dent presided at a meeting of
W Club Tuesday afternoon.
Wedding gifts for cx-members
were approved. Ex-members who
will receive theso gifts are the
formor Misses Annabel Stanfllf
Grnco Utlloflcld Mary Ethel
Tnckct nnd Mclba Rutherford.
Tho members decided to give
up their hold on tho A nnd V
Club park for tho use of n golf
courso.
Requirements for new mem-
bors were presented ns was a list
bf prospective members.
Griffith dramntlcs; Llovd Bax
ter library; Joephlno Grisham
orchestra; Bud Drydcn track nnd
football; Marguerite Bell editor
of tho Battery and member of
the Gleo Club.
Other students of tho '33 class
are: Macon Moore Corn Bello
Burrus Ruth Knox Dallas Kath-
crine Smith Mary Louise Calfee
R. D. Tyler Miriam Phillips and
Martha Linton
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE
MINISTER
'A. o. COLLEY
In The Days News
Edith Wolf. By winning the
student association office of sec-1
rotary she proved again the old
adage that the busy person Is nl-
jvnys in demand. Sho Is assist-
ant to tho bursar end president
of the Pickwicklans.
JackPopc. It is news wlich a
student proxy wins a toiinls
tournament. If not it's nt least
versatility
Homer Utloy. Ho is -president
of the class which won the holi-
day the sophomores. Modeling
is in his lino too.
A. 0. Collcy. He's the new
minister for tho Collego Church
of Christ. His coming is n loss
to tho Dallas congregation but n
gnin to A .C C
Sophomores Are Victorious In
Annual
Juniors Come In Second
Only To Fall 3.4
Per Cent Under
The annual cnmpnlgn of tho
collego yearbook tho Prickly
Pear started off with a bang last
week as tho class picture contost
began. Alvin Osborne the photo-
raphcr did a rushing business
tho Freshmen taking tho leml
and tho Sophomores and Juniors
following closely.
But Monday of this week told
a different talc. Tho order of tho
contestants was reversed nnd tho
Juniors took tho lend the Sopho-
mores and Freshmen following
with a diffcrenco of i per cent.
The contest closed Tuesday ovo-
nlng nt six p. m. with tho Soph-
omore class the wlnnor with a
percentage of 50 per cent and the
Junior class a closo second with
480 per cent. Tho prlzo is to be
n holiday. "Curly" Cooper Prick-
ly Pear bualnoss manager stat-
ed that tho campaign as n whole
had been much moro successful
hnn thoso in previous years.
Cartoon plucards mndo by Wll-
ford Saylor were tacked up on tho
bulletin boards and doors to ex-
hort class members to hnvo their
(CwUnu'frwn turn)
TEXAS THURSDAY OCTOBER
Siarnes Foresees
Favorable Season
For Debate Teams
Twenty-Nine Report For
Activity At Recent
Gavel Meet
According to Tilne Stnrnes
forensic manager and president
of the Gavel Club the prospects
for the doming forensic season
are excellent. At a recent meet-
ing twcnty-nlne reported inten-
tions "for trying out in debate
eleven In the extempore speak-
ing division nnd seven In oratory.
Extensive plans are being laid
for the West Texns Speech Tour
nament which will be hold here
February 0-10. Several nut-of"
stato colleges will bo Invited to
nttend this meeting. Don Morris
debate conch holds great hopes
for the success of this year's
tournament.
An nttempt is also going to be
mado to gain recognition in the
Pi Kappa Delta national dobnt.
ing fraternity during tho coming
year.
It Is probable that thedebaters
will nttend the Windficld Knnsns
tournament nnd also the Nation-
al Tournament to be hold In'.Kon-
tucky. Dcfinnto dates for tryouts In
tho respective contests hns not
been announced but will be known
when the debate question Is re-
'vcalcd. This year's prospects in boys'
debate center upon the veteran
material In Jnck Pope Trine
Stnrnes Homer Utley and Eu-
gene White all lcttcrmcn of last
year; and Junius Carter George
Stephenson nnd others will nlso
compose competition in this divi-
sion. May Bee Harrison and Ola
Belle Bixlcr lust year's girl de-
baters ore back together With
fnvorahlo prospects In new ma-
terial. Mary Coffeo nnd Louise
(Continued from page three)
Class Picture Contest
EDITH WOLF IS
STUDENT SECY
Winning by a mn;orl(y of six-
teen votes over Vera Dec Edith
Wolf was elected secretary of
tho students' association last
Friday in chapel. It was neces-
sary for an election to b0 held
ufler Fnyo Shclton failed to re-
turn to school.
Miss Wolf is president of the
Pickwicklans and is a member
of tho "W" Club. .
SOPH OUTING IS
SET FOR MONDAY
The sophomore class wll! en-
Joy their first social for thiW
term on Monday afternoon when
tho group leaves tho campus at
3:30 for tho Abileno filtering-
( plant south of tho city. Miss
Paulino Cliappp sponsor will
accompany tho class.
Tho class has also won tho
right for a full holiday by win-
ning tho Prickly Pear picture
contest and will sot the day for
a form cf social soon
5. 1933
Cats Go Against
DBC Tomorrow
To win their first Texas con-
ference grid tangle; to start the
conferences marathon with a vic-
tory their first on the road do
the throne room; and to break u
deadlock with an ancient enemy
This Is tho 'Wildcats' assign-
ment tomnrrow night ns they
crash moloskins with the Daniel
Baker Goats nt Brownwood.
A tough assignment did you
sayT It's Just -that yand moro
Blllle dope has it that 'the Fe-'
lines will have to paw against"
a much Stronger set-up than that'
of last year when they plastered
the Hill Billies 12-0 In that glor-
lus homecoming clash hcre. The
Brownwood bntnllion is health-
ier too than Inst year not hav-
ing skirmished sufficiently to fill
itho benches with useless onlook
ers.
Andy Crionlod
Anderson Cat quniter who last
yoar brought down the stands
with a dazzling 88-ynrd sally for
A. C. C's second countormay not
have the opportunity to ropcat
pitch a thriller tomorrow night.
He has been on tho bench for
tho past two. weeks since n bnd
leg was made worse In the Amn-
rlllo melee. Cockrcll tho weigh-
ty tackle may also set it out be-
cause of an incapacitated leg
Loss of these two men would be
a set bnck for tho Morrlsmcn.
Their prcformnnce In their 0-28
loss to the T. C U. Horned Frogs
marked the Billies as n tough
aggregation. Spec Smith Is
the main light among tho Goats
but he is not all of It. Change of
Jock Snodgrnss from guard to
(Continued on page four)
Pope Beats Showalter
In Heated Match To
Win Tennis Tourney
Doubles Tournament Is
Under Way And Girls
Play Will Follow Up
The annual fall tennis tourtin-
fnent for men closed Tuesday nf-
tcrnoon in n heated match be-
tween Jnck Popo and Harold
Showalter Pope taking three of
tho fivo sets played.
. Shownltor started strong to
tnko tho first set GO only to be
taken back by Pope's driving
rally which won for.him tho next
two sets 0 2 G-i. Tho next set
Shownltor copped by a 0 -I count
but tho last set was won by Popo
D2 to decide the match.
Tho two gained tho final
round by Walker's default to
Popo and Showalter defeating
Doyle Allen. Twenty-seven play
(ors began tho tourney which
(started last Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday afternoon the
doubles tourney opened for men.
'Pnlrlngs.nt that time were: Pope
land Healer; Ward and AValker;
JBeasley and Stanley; McGrnw
i and Shcoban; Showalter and
Rose; Calvin aihl Wntklns; Al
lien nnd Carter; Lnwronco and
Smith.
When the men's doubles tour-
nament has bqen run off the
slpglos tournament play for wo-
men will .begin. AH girls aro
permitted to entor and may seo
IMty Reynolds or Willie Treat
for ntri.
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T'. ' NO. 3
Community Artist
Course May Bring
Don Cossacks Here
Other Nationally Famous
Artists Will Be
On Program
TickeUselllng drive for tha
artist courso to be brought to
wAbilene-.thls-faU by tho Abileno
.Community Concert Association
will open shortly said Mrs. Ina
AVpoten Jonos president ot tho
association Tuesdny. Dcfinnto
plans will possibly be announced
noxt week.
A. C. C hns taken the responsi-
bility of selling thrco hundred
season tickets. President Jnmos
F. Cox says that the tickets aro
ready for distribution pending
announcement of tho opening of
tho campaign. At least thrco
numbers ato guarcntccd with
possibility of another. Tho as-
social Ion plans to include on the
locnl progrum u piano a violin
.and a. chorus number. Tha origi
nal Russian songsters Don Cos-
sacks Chorus may appenr here.
Quoting Cox this artist courso
offqrs nn "unusual opportunity"
to music overs. "Programs of
thjs type usually cost ?2 00 each."
he said "and the present prlco
of 11.00 to students for the wholo
season is an unusunl offer."
Faculty members and towns-
people will not bo able to benefit
of the special price to s'lidcnts"
'$5.00 being tlm rcgulnr price for
n senson ticket. Tickets purchas-
cd hero mny nlso be u cd in San
Augclo nnd Dnllns where simi-
lar proginms will be singed.
A. C. C nnd Mr.Murry nro co-
operating with Abienc Communi-
ty Concert Association in securing
nationally famous artists for pres-
entations here. President Cox
has invited the association to use
Scwcll auditorium.
(Continued from pago two)
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HEART OF AMERICA
ADDS NEW MEMBERS
A regular business meeting of
tho Heart of America club was
held Tuesday afternoon at ono
o'clock in the administration
building nnd plans laid for tho
year.
Because of the geographic lo-(
cation of Tcnncsseo and Ohio
students from these stntes worn
invited to becomo members.
The pledges were Bachcl John-
ston Bryan Mcsscr and James
Staggs from Tennessee n n d
Bernard Mann Tom Cnmpboll
and James Taggart from Ohio.
'Others nro expected to enroll
with the club.
MAGAZINE CLUB
APPOINTS HEADS'
At t'o regular mooting of tho
Pickwickian Club Tuesdny night;
plans for thls term's literary
magazine were djscussod. Adn-
lnido Wolf was elected art editor
Leo Healer feature editor and
Bernord Mann lltorary editor.
No definite arrangements wore
mado but tho editor Homor Ut
ley announced that ' tho Pick-
wicker staff will begin work nt
once.
Original articles by mcmbnrs
of the club wre then .read and
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 5, 1933, newspaper, October 5, 1933; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101229/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.