The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 11, 1937 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday February 11 1937
THE OPTIMIST
.
Ministerial Students I
Cover Wide Territory
Texas Appointments
Thirty-two mlnlstorlnl students
of Abilene Christian College were
busy last Lord's Day with preach-
ing appointments covering & large
territory In and around Abllono
Adolphus Rollings Is In his sec-
ond year of successful work with
the Morkol church. 8llas Trlplott
Paul M McClung Raymonl Olbbs
Weldori IBennott" Ervln brlsklll
naymond Bkelton and Marshall
Patton preachod this weok at
Drorito Hope Buffalo Cap Rob-
ort (Lcot Hamlin Noodle and
Doole respectively.
Loyd Smith spoke at Cisco;
.Fail Edwards at Moraii James
lleynolds at Sidney; L. D. Webb
nt FiBko; Curtis Loo Davis at
Shlolds; arover C Hoss at CroBs
Plains; and Duck Parham at Mln-
oral Wolfs. Uomar Gist reports
three placing membership with
the Hanger congregation whore
ho preaches regularly.
North 4d cast of Ablleno
churches in cloven towns heard' ACC aro interested In clothes too
ACC boys: Rochester Loroy'and a gllmpso at tho Vassar
Brownlow; Hawloy Martom campus during class tlmo'rovcals
CruBs; Tnbcrnocle Roucoo Not- j that "anything goes." Tweed
tlngham; Knox City J. N. Luns- 8klrts sweaters ahd polo coats
ford; Itulo. E. B. Rhodes; CJorcc nro popdlar although blue Jeans
Murray Marshall; Luodors Eur
gone Dlment; Quthrle Carl
Spain; Throckmorton John Stev-
ens; Pnducah llatBell Darrott
Baxter.
Eugcno Smith Roland Lewis
Joe Harper ond Willie James Mc-
Donald spoko at tho county Jail.
Eugeno Froeze spoke at the Qrapo
Street church Ablleno und It. C.
Bell .filled his appointment ntt
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Page Three
ce beau monde
By WANDA MAYFIELD
STYLE SHOW .....
A glamororirJjlQhiof attractive vgirls in spring's
newest and most fanciful creations will be seen tonight at
the Ellen II. Richards style revue in Sewell Auditorium.
MODELS ....
Twenty-four phahges will be made. And in the group
of dazzling modqls yiVt be street clothes evening gowns
sport suits and '.formal daytime frocks. Earl McCaleb
official escort will wear spring suits for men from S.&Q.
Clothiers Dress shops represented are La Mode Hollywood
Fifth Avenue and Sorority.
ACCESSORIES :ub.. ! '
Accessories according to the latest dictates of Paris will
accompany each costume making this glance at early season
fashions complete. Girl models-will be Dorothy Bowmnn
Mary Alice Leathers Marcella Rogers Gwendolyn Marchant
Reba Jo Blllingsley and Vivian Day.
VABSAH . . .
Other co-eds besides
mules aro rcaulred to minimize
thoso of 0B06. At 10:30 evory' girl must
bo In ho hall. Sho may study n.'l
night It she wishes but. usually
sho Is in bod at 11 o'clock? -
RADIO BROADCAST
ON NEW SCHEDULE
Change of time for the WPAA
broadcast "On Southwest Collego
Campuses" was announced by Hal
Thompson program editor this
week. Tho now tlmo Is Monday
ovoning 9:4G to 10:00 o'clock.
For tho paBt several weeks Ab-
lleno Christian College has receiv-
ed recognition with othor colloges
and universities In tho Southwest
in tho nows broadcast which was
originally scheduled at 0:30 on
Wednesday oventngs. Publicity
dopartmont of. the collego will fur-
nish results of tho ACC Invita-
tional s pooch tournament held
Friday and Saturday of last week.
It Is. probable that this news will
bo heard In next Monday's broad-
cast -i
ABSENT MINDEDNESS
TAKES ANNUAL TOLL'
1 AT ACC
i
So That's' What I Thought fas A
.y. .y. .y. .y. .y
ACC Has Radio Studio on Campus
Vi
Vacuum Cleaner!
.y. .y.
Radio Mystery Solved
Ily U If.
"Skwe o o o 4 4 a w
r r--ackl This Is Radio Sta-
tion W5FIU running interference
for tho receiving sets 'way out at
McDonald Hall on tho A.C.C.
campus."
And Ts our now radio station
dynamic! Anyone who doubts
Its action. getting qualities may
receive conclusive1 evidonco of
their presenco by calling nt Room
310 and nsking for Jimmy WIms
operator and solo owner of tho
station. Whon you discloso your
skepticism he will bo oif.y too
glnd to turn on hlg set nnd let you
see for mysolf. All you have to
do is tako hold of bis bed-stead
and touch the tablo on which tho
recolvor rests. You will bo mado
thrllllngly aware of how much
Titus and
Timothy
(Continued from pago two.)
gainst you and shall cat your
flesh as If it wore tiro ..."
Absent-mindedness begins to ! nowcr a two-tube outfit can gen-
MundayV
aroMd the LAIR-'
and shorts aro the new vogue.
Ovor a thousand girls attend Vns.
sar and such an assortment of
clothes 1b eoon among that galaxy
of girls!
8TKI .IilOHTIA ....
Vassar co-eds wear saddle strap
or tennis shoes careful that com-
fort rntcs first. In the nlno dorr
mltcrles satt slippers. Instead of
'i
VAX1TV . . .
These girl's scarcely worry
about hair-do's and powderod
noses becnuso there nro fow men
around. Nevertheless on Sunday
and town days formal attire be-
fitting n proper young lady Is
warn and beauty parlors aro pa.
tronlzcd. Tho average Vassar
student spends about six hundred
dollars annually on clothed books
boauty candy and shows.
T
(Contlnucd from page two)
nt Ellen H. Richards stylo show
Friday night . . . reminders of
nonlor piny responsibilities . . . .
echoes of processional strains as
acceptance Is recolvcd from Char-
les It. Ilrowor to bo senior bncca-
laurcato speaker for 1037 . . . .
And hero It Is Thursday
again and nnolhor ordinary
wook flits by bofqro we know
it. : '
THE WORLD-
. (Continued from page one)
Mexico to Alaska. I'll ask hor
how bIio thinks sho can do it.
Sho would purchaso port of
Texas along tho border that
hnn plenty of oil.
1937 Valentines' Not So Modernistic
As11" Rest Of World Says Writer;
Trend Remains Mid-Victorian
By JOYCE LINK
Folks seem to think my llfo 1st
JiiBt a bowl of cherries always I
happy and loving and gay. After!
all. thoy say my labors only last
one day of Uio year. Thoy don't
soom to' realize tho heart-aches' I
witness; tho . Jlllloiia of' hands
through which I passj nnd tho 'de-
ceptions to which I am a party
take its toll around the ACC enm-
pus. As springtime ana valentine
npproach appalling lapses of mom-
ory hnvo been reported. Porhaps
thoy nro proparlng for alibis In
cases of flat pocket-books and mi-
nus signs for big red hearts of
candy.
At nny rate In addition to tho
episodes related in tho curront
Sport Soup by Sonny Cowan on
Freshman Deavers there comes
word of President Cox's riot only
forgetting to 'moot his class Tues-
day morning. He failed to show
up1 In'chapei' tho other day and
nuked concernedly about his
whereabouts ha scratched his
head characteristically arid mu'r-
milrcd. "Well you know I just
forgot It."
But wo won't grow nlnrmod un-
til wo hoar that ho has mlBsed
his bodtlme or perchance forgot
to milk his cow.
orato. It's really qulto shocking;
on0 of tho current surprises of
McDonnld Hall to bo exact.
About the practical vnjuo of
WIms' sot? Well up to now
sinco ho moved bin station from
Falrvlow Oklahoma WIms will
admit that ho really hasn't sont
any messages that to bo frank
his transmitter just isn't acting
satisfactorily. But you muBtn't
laugh at his roccriYor. It's quite
a romarkablo unit. IC you put
tho headphones on carefully with-
out touching the part that sends
tho Juice shooting through you
and If you nro smart 'enough to
bo ablo to pick up anythlitg at all
you can literally fllr. youl cars
with dots and dashes as thoy como
rattling through tho other.
Oh yes Jimmy's set will re-
coivo stations on tho broadcast
band too. ICRBC comes in just
as plain as anythtiig but as
Jimmy will explain hlg receiver
wns build for code and it Is ex.
tromoly sensitive or something.
So if tho car phones whlstlo in
your ertrs till tho drums practical-
ly burst don't blnmo that on tho
sot. After nx. you asked for It!
Again the words of Christ:!
"For what Is a man profited if he
shall gain the whole wortd bh4
loso his own soul?" In this simple
question Jesus puts tho vatua ot
a soul a slnglo man's soul abore
tho value of the entlr0 world.
.Then ot what Inestimable vaj
uo must bo the valuo of all tho
souls of all men of all tlmo. Ver-
ily wo would do well to think ot
tho responsibility wo as preach-
ers teachers students have la
connection with those couutlcas
souls.
Tho
spokos.
wheel of fnto has many
ABILENE
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BAGGAGE and TRANSFER
II. D. Cardcn .Owner
ORATION-
(Continued from pago one)
through no fault of my own
In 193G 1C0. 000 000 p00 ciga-
rettes wero sold In tho United
States. This Is a 32 per cent In-
cfcoBO over 1934. Tho hourly
consumption" wns C70 miles of clg.
.I'm such a common 'little walf
with Just a heart plumed by one
ot Cupld'a darts und a verse that
goes something like this: "To the
only girl In tho world" or this
"And my heart gooA with It my
Valentino." (It's both umUBlngl
and pathotlc to tnko notice of the
tnnuuiorablo hearts each young
gentleman gives away cnclu Fob-
uury 14.) I'm so Inexpensive nud
I hope you Htarvo Jor love somo
day .
Ab I have longed for love from
you."
tho profession by practicing do-
colt and frnud upon tho pcoplo
yot In choosing tho law ono has
tho responsibility of trying to
advance thoso high ideals1 upon
No stnto can .prosper howoveri which It is baBed. I see tho tro-
WIN DEBATE-
Sho (If It wero a she) must have
felt like tho 'little Negro leun-
f Jng against tho tree trunk a for
lorn shadow on a golden moon
who said:
if )' "Eiveryuouy am so giuu
Ah wants to cry.
Dey knows whoso Valentino dey
is
But whose am I?
or maybe like tho poor little Fuzzy
dog sitting alono on u bench who
said:
I4.gotta lfitta symptoms.
H-
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ot courso the sontlmuut is Just
right so tho- young fellow takes
nrotios. ino it. J. iioynoMM io-tt zon .Tho nlert ulo dl)rk
bacco Company hBt year earned . boha ti0 counter drops a dozen
$29253135. .Llggot and Myers f mo t0 a 8ack nul wltn n
.mado $24207632 and all that coM ..Tlumk you. cnll aKaln"
dosplto tho millions of dollars lMrnB t0 nnnthor cuatoinor. Some-
spoilt In advertising. Tho feml-1 how thoy on.t undorHtnna thnt I
iilno smoker probably will receive i to0( nnvo n ieart
loan nttentlon than formerly since
tho American woman already Is My friends -havo tho samo
ti constant smokor nnd Is bolloved ' thoughts but not ho mauy as I.
to bo" tho highest per capita con. Some nro ot lavender and old lace
Humor In tho world with tho pos- with u lovely si.houette of young
slblo exception ot hor Bisters in i lvo nnd tho lino "To my sweet-
Franco and Kngland. heart" in quaint old-fashioned
Cigarettes have Increased n cent i script. These nro moro expensive
a pnek. This will tntnl
$80000000 for tho year.
And I don't know whnrtb'do'-r
What's good for LONESOM1
NESS?
I dunno do you?
Speaking of Plckwicklans.
hero's how another expicssed it.
Maybo bo was Just trying to bo
funny und to hldo his Incllim-
(Contlnuec rrom pago ono) j
finalists in the seml-flnalB Eliza-
beth Nelson nnd Mnncra CraBs;
and Loretta Lowls nnd'THartlin
Copeland. This Is tho second
year in succession that the samo'
women's team from Baylor Unl-'
verslty has won tho ACC tourna-
ment. H-HU WINS KXTK.W'ORR
Avery Loo of H-SU took tho
championship In extern poranetfug
speech flnnls Saturday morning
during the ACC chapel exercises
In ono of the most heated contests
" cf 4tho tournament. Frank Rob-
son. nnyior wpu sccona; nna tee
Murphy VEdmond Okla. third.
Matt bawflon ot Baylor won
first In oratory; W. F. Martin.
McMurry College second; and
Avery I.ee. H-SU. third.
Friday each dobato team partlc-
Ipntod In threo debates and each
team which won two debates on-
Presldeut Roosovift Is meet-
ing with stronuous opposition
to his proposed supromu court
'rovlslon. Hlrain Jolinaon of
California niul William K. Do-
rah of Idaho combine to try
nnd block tho proceduro. This
comvlnntlon defeated Wilson's
Ienguo of Nations covenant.
about than I and of courtio they fit
only ono' purpose so they know
less of drudgfery and moro of sin.
corlty thup I. Then thero nro
thoso "To Mother;" "To My
Mom" "To Dad" and "To My
Dear Teacher." This last Is less
In demand limn tho rest ot us.
Thoro's ono group of my
friends thnt I llko to call uvoug-
cr. Hero's their sontlment: "
. Bill Tilden and his tennis troup
will bo showing off at 8:15 March
10 in our awn gymnasium.
'There is nothing no nothing
Innocent or good that dlos and is
forgotten. Old Curiosity Shop.
tions but maybe wo could guess tored the final rounds on Satur
day. Teams from Texas Tech
Baylor Duraut Oklahomn State
Tcachors CoJIego Edmond Stato
Toachors Collego entered tho fi-
nal rounds ACC had threo teams
In these rounds and H-SU and
Baylor two each? making ten
teams In tho elimination flnnls.
"If a tonder lent is what you'y'o
got.
Then rocka aro soft and Ico is
hot."
Tho meditations of a Pickwick-
ian brought to us this samo
vopgofut philosophy; "Valentino!
tho day for wishes true."
FOR BETTER-
Milk
Buttermilk
. Butter and
Ice Cream
i .
P
anncr
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''they taste better?'
who and why?
"I'm not endowed with romantic
inclinations;
My pootry does not hold rhythmlo
syncopation;
So what to do? Increase your ag
gravation 7
Nol Just bo my Valentino?
Add to your education."
Ho mado niu think of so many
of my .friends who nro bought by
timid souls. Qna lova sick young
follow bought five al different
to sond to tho samo Adorable Ono.
Thoy said "Llttlo Bo Poop Can
Keop Hor Sheep I Want You."
Then Imagining himself a police-1
man ho said "When you'ro nr-j
ound I'm off my boat;" then as n
bell-hop ho says "I'd hop bells tho
rest of my llfo for you My Val-
entino." Then growing a bit old-
or ho bought this ono:
"I need not sond a Valentine
To toll you what you know
But Vnlontlno this ono Is hero.
Because I lovo you so.1'
Oh my! What an eventful day
Lit has beon! My crow nro grow
ing flmmor nnd slimmer. Ah!
Hero comes a nonchalant young
agent. Ho spies mo first. "Only
Hlx lo?t" ho says. "Well I'll
take them anyway."
And so my oventful life U Just
begun; that Is I'm leaving the
humdrum of store llfo and going
to mako falv maidens' blushes
m oro radiant and their eyes more
lustrous. And of course I'll
keep tho secrets of the prlvato
lives of us Valentines.
rich tho land or varied tho re-
sources .where human rights aro
not respected. Justlco Is tho cor-
nerstone 'of a Republic. It Is tho
very fountain of liberty.- With-
out It wo could not maintain thoso
standards which havo become
known as American ideals.
It Is tho law which guarantees
this Justlco. Aside from Us cor-
relative law Justice would bo an
Impossibility; for It Is only
through this means that It Is at-
tained. I respect tho Raw for that.
HIDEBOUND STATIC ItUIKH
And then I honor tho law for
I its necessity. Too often wo hear
tho law Bpoken of yen ovom tho
1 Buprome law tho constitution as
a sot of' hidebound static rules.
I answer that tho law Is a body of
k living principles tfibrariti vital
( real. Freedom of contract? In-
1 dustry has been builded upon that.
' Freedom of warship? Christianity
' has hen established through that
Tho constitution? Why a nation
hag beon builded nnd IS being
builded upon that. Law in a 0.
ccsslty. How well did William
Pitt say "l.uw ends where tyran
ny begins." Next to a man's ru. 1 1
llgion his rights aro most sacred
i It is through tho law that wo
havo these rights. Yes law has
given us life I'.lborty and the pur-
suit of happiness.
What am honor It will bo to up-
hold rights bequeathed by Rovo.
lutlouary battlefields; rights
maintained by thoso who1 fought
thnt government of tho pcoplo by
tho pcoplo nud for tho peoplo
hould not perish; rights that
havo been enlarged nud made to
llvo by n John Marshall a Willi-
Kvuils Hughes. I honor tho law
for Its necessity. 4
OPPORTUNITY Mill hKUVICK '
Afli then I love thr lnv for its
!
mondous responsibly trusting
whatover powers may help mo arid
with my -wholo being commit my:
elf td its service. ( .
I haVo chosen the profession ot
tho law.- I dare not'bo less than
n lawyer. Tho law has honored
mo. May I honor it!
Piggly-Wiggly
In Abilene
Operacd by J. P. Nichols
and Sons
Four Stores Four Markets
Valentino glf(H( when purrhns-
m1 hero will 1h clnhorotitly "Val-
entino Wrapped" ORATIB at
MINTER'S.
C. ML PRESLEY
JEWELER
Service and Quality
209 Pine St.
LEE DUCKWORTH'S STORE
Free Delivery Six Times Daily
377 Walnut St. Phone 60GG
City Service Taxis
NICE NEW AND LUXURIOUS - .
Ride in a Taxi that looks like a privately owned car
with prices as low as any.
PHONE 5221 '
In tho second elimination round opportunity ror sorvico. ur a)i tno
Dobbs nnd Allen of .Baylor do- definitions of law. I bollove I llko
featod Bllllo Greeno nnd Frank be8t 'hnt old Samuel Johnson;
Hlbbard of Durant State Teachers 'Law s tho la8t rosult ot huinnn
but since the latter teams had wisdom nctltlg upcyi human ev-
lost points both teams remained porionco for tho benefit ot man-
In tho Beml-flnnl round nnd drew kind." It Is with this purpose of
trying to bcnoflt mankind thnt I
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BETTER
CANDIES
each othor ugaln. Tho teams wero
required by tournnmont rules to
change sides from nfflrmntlvo to
negative and vlco versa and to do-
bato again. Baylor won In tho
next round and entered the finals.
DKIIATi: NMMINATION8
In tho oocond round tho ACC
team No. 4 drew hyo nnd Edmond
Oklahoma Toachors team 1 de-
(inter tho law. It law daoH mean
justice; If it Is a necessity; if It
does seek tho preservation of
ttacrcd rights thou what a dial-'
fonging vocation for usefulness.
I embrace its jiosstbllltles with 1
eagerness. At tho samo tlmo I do
so with a full realization of tho
responsibilities ot tho office 1 1
featod Baylor teum 1 ond drew tho Know well tho position of trust I
ACC team for tho semi-finals. Tho wlV 10 expected to occupy. I havo
Edmond team Bob Capshaw and consldoord the fact that somo day
Leo Murphy defeated tho ACC a "" fe "' hod tll
team 4 'Robert Waller and eu-' balance of my intellect; my
gene Smith In this round nnd re-1 knowledgo of tho law and my
ntr.i Mm finnia nPiitiiKt rinhiiH iwwor to Interprot It aright. I
havo reflected utKin that biggest
responsibility of representing the
lawl Oh I realize that which J
havo pictured to you Is by no
means the prevalent conception.
Admitting thoro aro some -who
have degraded tho calling by dis-
torting facts niid perverting luw"
thnt somo havo ovon prostituted
entered tho finals against Dobbs
and Allen of Baylor. All debates
wero 011 tho national PI Kappa
Delta question fur collego debates
this season: "Resolved that Con-
gress Should Bo Empoworod to
Fix Maximum Hours and Mini-
mum Wages in Industry."
Each team or individual who
won. a division of tho tourney was
nwnrded a trophy and each Indi-
vidual winner who won first or
second placo received n medal
Vfco' President Don H. Morris
dobato coach of ACC was general
chairman of the evont and John
Stovens forensic manngor of ACC
assisted in arrangements for tho
tournament.
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