The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 2, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 29, 1921 Page: 1 of 5
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THE OPTIMIST
The World is full of Good.
Cheer Up! Quit Knocking!
JVir IVorld is full of beauty.
- Open your eyes and sec.
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ABILENE TAYLOR COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 1921.
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A. C. C. WILDCATS SHOW
GREAT DEVELOPMENT!
(tcr two weeks hard training Coach.
Ruj.scll Lewis now has whipped into shape
nntl of the Iict elevens in this section of
slate '1 In? Wildcats seem destined to
go (through this season with n good record.
'Ihpro nro something like twenty five huskies
wh i uro in training out at Wildcat I'ark
fro ii whom has been drawn an eleven
wh ch will average about one hundred
sixtty-fivo pounds to the man.
A fuch new material has turned up dur-
ing the last week which looks like the real
stu (T E9ker Curtis from Vernon High
Scl iool is showing up well at quarterback
am is running Adams a hot race for a
per mancnt birth. Coombs a former Mid-
Ian I College man is at present making
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end while Mcrkcl is proving a tower
trength at tackle. Richard Kenly from!
hita Kails High School is also making
irong bid for one of the end positions.
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'oacn i.. ' j l'n a good assortment of
kficld men in Barry u' fullluck
It Collins and Colley at halfback; tnd
lis and Adams at nuartcrhack. All
e men arc fast and have much foot-1
V experience. I
or the end positions Kenley Cantrcll
Coombs arc a trio of fat men who
good at spilling tho enemies intcrfcr-
end
Mcrkcl and Etter arc at prccnt the reg-
ular! men at tackle. Until these men tip
the scales at one hundred seventy five
pou tuts
Kinney and Craig arc showing
up
posi
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as guards and bid fair to hold their
Uins. One of the strongest men on
team is I'.ldon Sanders center San-
is playing his second season at that
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lion for the I'urple and White and his
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k is .1 great help to the team
(Wilbur Coffee a new man is showing
iir well although he lus worked out but
a V ew days. Oilier men who are showing
up I well arc Klingman. Tandy Nichols
"'" lis. J C. Ilrown and Herbert Sikcs.
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orking them hard. Scv-
imes may lie played hy the Wild
against neighboring High School
Lit
RARY SOCIETIES
IN JOINT MEETING
O Saturday evening September the
24th he Harding and Zellner Literary So-
cieli came together in the College Audi-
toriu for a joint program
II program was the result of an im-
pron ii meeting of both societies which
was eld on last Thursday at noon. A
com i tec composed of representatives
fronaih Society had met and arranged
tho lowing program whiih was one of
the joint programs held in A. C C
.i su-timr.
1 Purpose of the Literary Societies.
Carl Ftlcr Earl Brown.
2 V ocal Solo. Vallie Joe Rhyne.
3. Heading Connie Travis.
4. Vocal Solo. Lois Kelly.
5. 'leading. Wanda Treat.
6. Welcome lo New Students. Herbert
Sikc
M'ssrs. Earl Brown Carl Ettcr and
Hcrbrt Sikes very clearly and correctly
outlied the purposes and ideals of the
two iJtcrary Societies. All the new stu-
dent were invited to become members
and iged lo do so promptly. Immediate-
ly a er tho program was ended the cam-
paig for new members was begun and
most of the new students enrolled in one
of I societies
DR
MATIC CLUB IS
TO BE ORGANIZED
Lola Harkins of the Department
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pression states that any student of
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illege is invited to become a mem-
the Dramatic Club and that a meet-
II be called of all those who wish
omo members of such an organiza-
tlie near future.
Si
I an organization is on innovation
in tlj
lieiu oi siuuem activities in n. i
should serve to add much pleasure
joyment to the many things from
pleasure and profit may be derived.
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ind fault with them.
ANNUAL COLLEGE NIGHT
PROGRAM IS ENJOYED
It is the custom of Abilene Christian
College to huve College Night on the cal
endar during the first week of every scs
sion 'Huh year the night of the 20th of
September was set apart for it "College
Night" simply means the first get-together
and get acquainted nucting of new stu
dents new faculty members old faculty
members old students unit many of the
members of the Church at this place.
At the sound of the hell every person
came lo the College Auditorium with his
name and address pinned on him. This
plan enabled each one to meet every one
else after merely glancing at tho name and
then each was off to become acquainted
with some other stranger. The meeting
proceeded in this manner until all felt
no longer as strangers feel in a foreign
land.
When all had been seated President
Sewell assured all of the students that
their stay in Abjlcne would be a pleasant
and profitable one. He insisted that they
k.iow that somo of Abilene's leading busi-
ness "rtien wtie their friends and were
welcoming them to th city and that at
the same time these men stand ready
help them if they show a willingness to
help themselves.
I.ec CofTman '21 was one speaker of the
evening. Mr. CofTman spoke of his feel-
ings when he was told long ago that he
was no longer the "baby boy" in his home
and compared that feeling to the feeling
that possessed him as he addressed the
student body of which he was so rtcentlv
a member. He expressed his deepest re-
grets that he was no linger the "babv
boy" a student of A C. C He slated
i however that he intended visiting the
school and that bo wauled lo be known
b each member of the student body a;
be had been for many years
'iIL. College Quartette composed of
Messrs I'.uil (' Will. Carl I Filer. Jesse
'vT - tuHT. nm Hn.rx. A k'lin..m.m Ir
proved to he a real attraction as they
have always been when they sang three
pleasing selection. The first song was
"Luiky Jim" followed by "Lasl Night I
Held Her on My Knee" whicl. in turn
was followed by "Fishin'."
No less appreciated was the unusual
Cornet Solo given by Dean II. E Speck
Much of the old and established A. C. C
"pep" was brought out in ihe singing of
several of the Collegi Songs. The pro-
gram was brought In a cloc with a few
remarks by Brother Sewell only after ev-
ery one present had attained more enthu-
siasm happier thoughts and many new
friends.
FACULTY RECITAL
HIGHLY ENJOYED
The Faculty of the College of Fine Arts
have already begun their contribution to-
ward making this session's work one of
pleasure. Monday evening September
26 lli the members of the Fine rts Facul-
ty of Abilene Christian College well il-
lustrated their ability to preside over
the teverul departments when they appear-
ed jointly in tho Annual Hecital of the
Fine rts Faculty.
By eight o'clock the College Auditorium
was filled with both students and towns-
people who greatly enjoyed the follow-
ing program:
Piano Scotch Love Poem (McDowell) ;
Sherzo (Mendelssohn). Miss Dabney.
Heading Here Comes the Bride (Kate
Langln lloshe) . (Original arrangement
by Mary Cary). Miss Frances Cato.
Violin Serenade (Schubert) ; Mazurka
IFryml). Miss Bernice Compere.
Songs My Mother Bids Me Bind My
Hair (llaytln) ; I Know Two Bright Eyes
(Clutsam) ; Hon Jour Ma Belle (Bell-
rend). Miss Myrtle Dunn.
Heading Tho Confessional (I'erchal
Wilde). ( play in one Act.) Miss
Lola Harkins.
This was the first appearance of some
of the young ladies before an Abilene
audienco and they gained the hearty
friendship of all their hearers. Each
young lady was presented with a bouquet
of yellow Chrysanthemums which in a
small way expressed the appreciation of
the audience. . i - .
STUDENT SELF GOVERN-
MENT IS REORGANIZED
BY DAISY HALL GIRLS
Thursday evening September 22 the
girls of Daisv Hall with Mist Vera liny
presiding us chairman met and began
a discussion of tho plans for the revival
of the Self Government again this year.
The old rules and regulations were read
and somo very interesting discussions
were given for the benefit of the new stu-
dents. The purpose anil aim of the Gov-
ernment was discussed by many of the
old students. New ideas were submitted
which will bo given further attention at
the next meeting. A few changes were
adopted however from that of last year
one of the most important being the adnp
tion of a rule which makes it possible for
for nn underclassmen to bo chairman of
the Student Sclf-Governmcnt Association.
A council of six members compose the
executive part of tho government. Miss
Connie Travis and Miss lla Duncan were
members of tho council from last year.
Miss Willie Pritchctt was unanimously
elected President and Misses Vera Hay
Grace Alexander anil Erlcnc Overb)
were chosen us the other members of the
council. Miss Mary Ellmore was elected
to be Press Reporter
The session of 1920-21 was the first
c Tie in about eighl years that Sclf-Gov-crnncnt
has been tried in A. C. C. Ac-
cording to some of the old timers this
form oi studenl government was not a
nn i c! al that lime but il was such a
big success lust session in Daisy Hall
that this session the aim of the Govern
mem is to grow bigger and accomplish
bigger lliingc. Stu lent Self-Government
has been tried and is a success in many
Colleges ami the Daitv Hull students
think that it lan be just as successful
hero if the -Indents will onljs co-operate
and work to the common end of "putting
it over."
"Tl.' y' il- are by no mean inkhed.
We hope im i n days go hy to have the
whole school una- one Sclf-Covemment
commonly called a Nipieii.c "Coui.i.ii nni'i
each to have its house management." said
a represeulativc Daisy Hall citizen
Manv of those who have been students
of Miilene Christian College in recent
years were very glad to see Mr. Rus-
sell Marlin of Martinshurg. Indiana re-
turn to A C. C. once more. "Indiana"
was a student here in 1917-18 1919-20.
The other afternoon Alfred Collins was
seen walking down the sidewalk in front
of Zcllner Hall with some young lady. Al
frequent intervals Alfred was seen to take
off his hat and look in it anil promptly
put it back on his bead Tho curiosity
of a frit ml of his caused him to look in
Alfred's hat himself and there he found
written on u piece of paper which was
glued in the top the name of tho girl.
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COLLEGE CALENDAR.
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SEPT. 29THOCT. 5 $
Religious Sen ices. is
Sunday 10:00 A M. Bible $
Classes. $
Sunday 11:00 A. M. Lord's Sup-
per and Preaching.
Sunday 7:30 P. M. Regular
c" Sunday Evening Services.
Monday :ju r. m. loung
Men'b Prayer Meeting.
Tuesduy 4:00 P. M. Ladies'
Meeting.
Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Regular
Mid-Week Prayer Meeting.
Students'
Acthitics.
Thursday 7:00 P
M. Choral
Club Rehearsal.
Friday 7:00 P. M. Orchestra
Rehearsal.
Saturday 7:30 P. M. Literary
Society Meetings.
Sunday 4:30 P. M. Social Hour. M
Tuesday 7:30 P. M. Glee Club Q
Rehearsal. C-
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NOW HAS FACULTY OF FORTY-FIVE. ENROLLED SIX HUN-
DRED AND THIRTY STUDENTS DURING LAST YEAR.
I1Y WALTER SIKES '19
On the morning of the 20lh of Septem-
ber Abilene Christian College begun her
sixteenth annual session. In spite of
"hard times" the management expresses
confidence that the capacity will be over-
run. Abilene Christian College stands as
a monument to tho faith and devoted
energy of the members of the church of
Christ of Texas. In 1906 a few members
of this church led by A. B. Barrett con-
conceived the idea of a Christian educa
tional institution to serve the youth of the
great and rapidly developing West.
Great Thing From u Small lleginning.
Tho materialization of these plans had
its beginning in the fall of the same year
when with A. U. Barrett as its president
anil a small corps of associates Childers
Classical Institute opened its doors. One
unfinished brick budding poorly furnish-
ed and a large residence converted into a
girls' home constituted the college plant.
If one should trace step hy step the re-
markable development of this institution
lie would sec it at times almost submerged
in debt with dark clouds hovering over
and obscuring the future. He might think
a few times that he was soon to witness the
(oming of the end. But each time he would
see a few men and women come to the
recue with funds and unremunerated toil.
From this small beginning has come the
splendid standard college which now graces
tho city of Abilene and serves not only
the State of Texas but a number of states
of the Union Its faculty noK-ntinbrr.
forty-five. Including assistants. These men
and women represcnjjho very highest and
7m. imnclcnt training homing degrees
and crtifiratcs from about thirty different
colleges and universities. This excellent
corps of teachers instructed during the
session of 1920-21 a total of 630 students.
These are cared for in the college plant
which exceeds $300000 in value
or. Fully Accredited and Recognized.
At the present no college in the stale
can boast of a higher official rating than
Abilene Christian College. As a junior
college which sphere she occupied some
lliree or four years she stood at the top
of the list. When the additional two years
work was added necessary for her lo enter
t lie ranks of the full colleges she was im-
mediately given by the officials in the edu-
cational world the highest possible rating
In order to serve the greatest number
possible the following departments or
schools are maintained: The College of
Arts and Sciences; The College of Fine
ils; The Special Bible College; 'Ihe
Academy ; The Modern Training School.
A student may enter this institution as he
enters the first grade and continue his
work for the following seventeen years if
he follows the curriculum to its end. In
this length of time he would have finished
Grammar School received a standard High
School diploma; graduated from college
with a Bachelor of rts degree and if de-
sired with state teacher's certificate good
for life and received a seminary or theo-
logical course equivalent to that prerequis-
ite for tho B. D. or Th. M. degree.
Christian Senice the End.
There are two coordinated ideals avowed
by the management of this institution:
First the promulgation of tho most efficient
training possible Instilling of the spirit of
the Christ into the lives of the students;
the second the most efficient training pos-
sible in the arts and sciences through
personal service to the individual student.
A motto coined by one of the former
students tersely expresses the purpose of
A. C. C: "Not the Biggest but the Best."
By this is not meant that there are no
other colleges as good; but that the pur-
pose of this Christian educational institu-
tion is not to expand In numbers at the
sacrifice of efficiency.
But such a purpose carried into execu
tion cannot fail to attract numbers as lias
proved to be true in this rase. So the
board of trustees thirty-five in number
COLLEGE
OWTH
and representing every section of this state
have found it almost impossible to provide
room for the increasingly large student-
body. At tho present time practically all
the available space has been taken by the
students who entered Seplcmher 20th.
These students como from every part of
Texas from Alabama Arkansas Arizona
Kentucky Ohio Oklahoma Michigan
New Mexico South Carolina and Tennes-
see and even far away Japan.
Greater Things in Prospect.
The management is now looking for
ward to the day when the present plant
can bo abandoned entirely to the Academy
and the oilier departments moved across
tho Texas and Pacific railway to the forty-
acre campus recently acquired. Here the
college expects to spend ultimately at least
a million dollars in a modern and complete-
ly furnished college plant which can be
used to house a complete university of the
demand makes this further expansion wise.
t the present time each year 6ees some
of the members of the regular faculty on
leave nf absence pursuing courses of
study that will better equip them for the
work they arc doing in Abilene. Christian
College. At present four members of the
faculty are on such a leave.
F.fffirnt Officer Make Grouth Possible.
It would be impossible to ascribe the
reasons for the present high state of ef-
ficiency of Abilene Christian Cr'ieiu to
any one person or to any number of per-
sons. Many scores of loyal studentft.scati '
tcred throughout Jr jniia'gVrSf-
a large and enthusiastic board of trustees.
many friends and patrons whose name '
could not tie given liere have all con-
tributed much.
But without doubt a great deal of the
credit is due the president of tho covJegc
who is now filling the last year of his SW-
ond five year term Jesse P. Sewell. Presrv
iknt Sewell is well known throughout the
slate as a school man who has held and
holds at the present places of responsibil-
ity and honor in the Association of Texas
.
Colleges His aggressiveness indomitable
energy and peculiar ability to associate
with him men of like character has given
to Abilene and to Texas this splendid
thriving and very promising Christian edu
cational institution.
ZELLNER HALL GIRLS
BECOME SELF GOVERNING
Another long stride toward self-government
in A C C was made last week when
the girls who reside in Zellner Hall or-
ganized that form of government in their
Hall. The Daisy Hall girls were tho first
lo become telf-gnvernmg having made a
success of that form of government during
last yeur The addition of the Zellner Hull
girls to the self-government ranks places
both girls' dormitoiies under tho same form
of government and should avoid consider-
able confusion resulting from the two
Halls being governed differently.
Miss Bess Glyn Hays is the newly elect-
ed President of Zellner Hall and she with
the Misses Annie Clarke Sybil Hender-
son Carina Thomas Viola Brown and
Mrs. W. W. Sikes constitute the council.
The Zellner girls adopted the laws of
the Daisy Hall government with a fc
slight changes and the girls of both Halls
are contemplating the organization of a
council which might govern such things
as the time for the girls to go to town and
which could have power to act outside
the dormitories.
One student who is a long way from
home is Mis9 Beatrice Stanley of Pontiac
Michigan.
Philosophy is the Romance of the aged
and Religion the only future history for
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 2, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 29, 1921, newspaper, September 29, 1921; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91203/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.