The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 13, 1922 Page: 2 of 4
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WENDELL II. BEDICIIEK
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Bruco Curric Oran rreeman
Margaret Dishop
Associate Editors
HOMESICKNESS.
"Breathes there a man with soul so dead
Who never to himself has said
This Is my own my Alma Mater?"
From tho correspondence which has been
dripping Into tho A. C. C. post office it
seems that the regular annual July A. C.
C homesickness epidemic has como upon
ull who have been exposed to that dis
case. The discaso is very contagious one
being sure to contract it upon remaining
in A. C. C. as a student for three months
or even some timo three weeks.
Tho symptoms of tho disease is a glar
ing far-off look in the eyes of those who
have been exposed to A. C. C. and have
been taken away from her. They nro see-
ing things when they look that way. Shad-
ows fall upon their paths. Some one of
them see in tho shadows the barren
stretches of Wildcat Field as the stately
sunflowers swing in the wind whero once
upon a timo there stood a Wildcat warrior
in full battle array armed to the teeth for
the enemy whether he be a Dull Dog a
Yellow Jacket a Tiger a Buffalo or a
plain old blaiting Hill Billie. That same
sufferer from this terrible malady may sec
tho old grandstand as it stands empty
while once upon a time it was filled with
tlirco hundred or mora leather-lunged
Wildcat rooters.
Another vlciim in tho first stages sees
a big brick building. He thinks in Ids
delirium that he is setting in the window
of his Emergency Hall room and he thinks
that he sees the lights shining out of the
windows of Zellncr Hall and he thinks
that ho hears the mumble and hum of
the voices of his fellow students in the
other rooms of the building but he docs
not. He only wishes that he did and as
ho cannot being miles away from A. C. C.
he has fallen into a terrible stato of un-
consciousness which grows worse as the
days go by No doctor has found treat-
ment which may aid him. No medicine
or Burgical operation can help him. The
disease is fatal if he Is not subjected to
one certain treatment. And doctors of
medicine cannot administer that treat
ment.
The treatment which is imperative to
his recovery is first a ticket to Abilene
then a trip to this city then a mad rush
to the Campus of A. C. C. and then nine
months more of living the visions which
had hzunted him ull during the summer.
lie is overjoyed to ceo icnl things instead
of ctery fancies.
Such Is homesickness for A. C C.
And so it seems that each summer helps
to further the prove that there is no "soul
so dead who never to itself has said this
is my own my Alma Mater."
BRICKBATS AND BOUQUETS
Vacations.
Vacations are really very queer tilings
B. and B. thinks. Vacations sometimes
are taken to mean that the taker of the
vacation is the very luckiest person on
the map because he is to get the chance
to go for two weeks or three months for
a complete rest that with the beginning
of his vacation his eyes will automatically
close to all that is not beautiful and good
to' look upon that his cars will hear noth
ing but the cool swish of the waves upon
the sandy beach or the song of the hum
mlng bird in the tree which is laden with
fruit or the sound of the contents of pro
-verbial horn of plenty as they are poured
out at his feet. It is sometimes thought
that the recipient of a vacation becomes
for the time a sort of super-men one who
had no worries.
But vacations are not such things. They
are changes from the old order of things
all right but they are only changes from
one order to another. When A. C. C.'s
student tody threw down books moved
trunks out of the halls ordered their mail
forwarded home bought the ticket to
Pultltc Texas or Okla or somo other state
they all were "going to have such a great
vacation."
Said sister Sue "I'm going homo and give
a house party and have all the Pulaski
county bunch come."
Said Mister Bill Jr. "Hot dog boy when
I get back to that littlo old burg I am
going straight to the gin tank and tako a
swim and from there I go to the ball park
and get on the team for -tho summer and
boy when I step on that jitney sho is go
ing to speed far and wide. I'll paint the
old town Purple and White."
Said someone else something else and
.someone else said something different from
that.
And so It Is. Each vacation is different.
Each cx-student is now having his or her
vacation but they are all different And
tho next vacation which they have will be
different from tho present crop.
However it Is safe to say that when
sixty-eight more days have rolled around
everybody will be ready to fall in lino
for registration and then we will all have
a vacation again a nine months' vacation
from the old hum drum of a summer at
home.
Someone please rake up tho fellow with
a life long vacation which never grows old.
It can't be done.
"MIRACLES" SUBJECT OF
SUNDAY EVENING SERMON
Brother Batsell Baxter spoke to the con-
gregation of the Church of Christ wor-
shipping in the A. C. C. Chapel on last
Sunday both at the morning service and
at the evening hour.
His subject on Sunday evening was
"Miracles: what they are; do they still
exist and If so how?" As tho scripture
reading for the evening ho read from Exo-
dus the Fourth Chapter from tho first to
the tenth verse.
"Miracles are around us every day. The
tiny plant which grows from a seed is in
itself a miracle. Tho processes of nature
ore wonderful it is the product of Cod
and He cares for it. Man cannot perform
the work of nature. Tho word miracle
comes from a Greek word which means
wonderful" said Brother Baxter in tho
opening of his sermon.
He continued in part us follows: "Many-
people deny miracles simply because they
have never seen one. When we are told
something which Is contrary to our nature
and experience we do not believe It. When
compared to the infinite wisdom of God
the experience of the greatest of us is
small.
"Miracles began in the beginning of
time. 'In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth and the earth was
without form and void and darkness moved
upon the face of tho deep.' God brought
out of the great mass the moon the stars
waters animals etc. Above the animals
he created man and by his side he created
his mate woman.
"In the seventh chapter of Exodus we
find where God's adversaries performed
miracles. When Aaron cast down his rod
and It became n serpent Pharaoh had the
mou'eiuns do likewise. Their rods be
came serpents as Aaron's had dono and
Aaron's lod swallowed up the rods of the
magicians signifying the greatness of
God's power. The magicians worked all
the miracles which God performed but
one and when 'they failed to do that one
they said 'this is the finger of God.' In
tho 16th chapter of Acts we find the ac-
count of a demon being cast out of a
maiden by God which shows His power
over demons.
"In Deuteronomy the 18th chapter It is
said that prophet must show signs that
his message Is from God. In the 17th
chapter of Matthew we find where tho
apostles failed to heal the epileptic boy.
They failed because of a lack of faith.
Any man who works miracles must have
faith.
"The purpose of Miracles is to produce
faith. The miracles which God gave
Moses the power to perform were for the
purpose of causing the children of Israel
to believe that Moses was sent by God.
When the miracles were performed they
had faith and bowed their heads and wor
shipped.
"There were mlrucles performed all
through the Bible from the beginning to
Revelations. But now miracles have ceased.
We cannot raise the dead and make the
lame walk. Why
"Moses used miracles to prove that he
was sent by God and to make the children
of Israel believe it. When Moses died
no other prophet performed miracles in
order to prove Moses' work which was al
ready approved by tho pcoplo and which
was recorded and so it was with all the
older prophets.
"The new Apostles went out and work-
ed miracles to prove tho new law. After
hey wcro written down no other miracles
were performed to prove what was said.
(Mark 16.) Only tho Apostles ever gavo
power to work miracles. When they pass'
sd off the stage of action miracles ceased
They ceased because tho need ceased.
"Thro s one miracle which is yet to
-omc when God shall enmo back In flam-
ng firo and gather his own to Him. Wo
mitt serve Him faithfully and wait for his
coming.
PLUM PR'SERVES TO TICKLE
STUDES' PALATE IN FALL
Editor of The Optimist Samples
Product ot busy Workers In
Daisy Hall Cannery.
The Editor of Tho Optimist is the grate-
ful recipient of a jar of plum preserves
home-canned in Daisy Hall kitchen. The
Jar of sweets is the gift of Sister Sew ell
who with tho aid of several others during
last week canned eighty gallons of fine
plum preserves which will be used to give
l little extra tang to the meals served In
Daisy Hall dining room during the com-
ing session.
The preserves are of plums which were
jrown in tho orchard of Brother Counts
)f Clyde the greatest little fruit market
in the South.
It Is good to know that someone is work-
ing to make things a little more comfort-
iblc and pleasant for those who arc now
hinking ahead to the time when they will
board the train for Abilene and A. C. C.
:ither to contlnuo their work or to begin it-
Hurry folks and come here to get the
iwccls which nro waiting for you. Not
inly nro thcro plum preserves but scores
if other sweets of every sort and kind.
NEWS FROM A.C.C.ITES
NEW AND OLD
Byrd Ray Lewis of Irene Hill County
is spending the summer at home working
In his father's merchandise cstabliohmcnt.
Miss Merle Allen '25 of Stephens Ark.
writes to a friend In A. C. C and snys
hat she is enjoying her vacation to the
'ullest extent. Merle said when she left
here a month ago that she would more
ban likely return for next year. She add-
ed in her communication that sho had to
have the Optimist each week.
Miss Bett)e Travis '21 writes that ccry-
hing is lovely around the little city of
Ralls her home. Ralls is the biggest lit-
le place in Texas and from there have;
some several of the best that A. C. C. has
had in the way of students-
Miss Carina Thomas '2 J of Lockney
writes to The Optimist that she has not
received eieiy is.ue of the Summer Optim-
st and that she must hac the back num-
bers. P. S. -Sho has paid for them. Others
will reecho the back numbers if they
send a dollar.
Miss Fiances Cato '22 next year's Pro
lessor of Expression in Abilene Christian
College of Fine Arts writes from Lebanon
Tennessee and says among other things
that she has been receiving The Optimist
regularly and that she "thinks The Optim
st is better this summer than ever if pos
ilble." She expresses her appreciation of
the work done by the Editorial Staff dur
Ing the past year and offers to help the
members of that staff in any way possible.
She says that she is spending the sum-
mer in eating sleeping talking (she adds
"of course).
Her summer address is Lebanon Tenn.'
)nd she will be there all the summer save
two weeks in August when she will be in
Asheville N. C.
(Miss Cato will be called on to do much
for The Stall when they run ouf of pep
which they often do for if anyone can
put pep into things it is she. Each stu-
dent of '21-'22 will agree to that fact.)
Miss Lois Kelly '21 of Marietta OLla.
writes from the place that her Ford Sedan
Is doing its duty this summer and that
ihe is enjoying the vacation which she so
rightly deserves. Lois will long be re
numbered by all those who knew her not
only for her winning Irish smile but for
tho entertainment which her exceptional
Who's Who
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W. R. Smith member 6f the Class of
'21 of Abilene Christian College passed
-through Abilene the first part of this week.
He was enroute to Bardwell where he was
superintendent of schools last year. After
closing some business there he will do
some preaching before taking up his
duties with tho Plalnvicw Public Schools
for the coming session. He has recently
been employed by the authorities of that
city. Ho visited his brother in this city.
soprano voice has afforded all lovers of
music In A. C. C. for the last two years.
It might be interesting to state that Miss
Kelly says "I have been entertaining a
visitor from out of town for the past few
d0)8."
Boy page the detcctho bureaul Who
will guess as to the identity of that per-
son? It may not bo and still it may be
someone who has been in A. C. C. These
West Texas boys sometimes leave homo
in tho vacation for tho purpose of break-
ing the lonesome spell which the lack of
Social Hours in Daisy or (in this case)
Zellncr Hall brings upon some lads.
SOWING THE SEED
Brother S. V. McCasland is visiting
friends in A. C. C. this week and Is on
his way to his home in Winters where he
expects to spend the summer on the farm-
Brother R. H. Rogers was a visitor in
A. C. C the latter part of last week. He
is soon to begin a meeting at Myrtle
Spring's Texas. Brother Matt McCall will
take the work at Baird for the remaining
part of the summer.
Brother Elmer Nichols recently passed
through Abilene on his way to Sagerton
to hold a meeting. He had just closed
a successful meeting at Princeton Texas.
There were eight baptized and two re-
stored. Brother II. E. Speck closed his mission
meeting at lberis with four baptisms.
Much interest was shown there and the
work will likely be renewed (his fall.
Brother Virgil Smith went to Knox Cil
two weeks ago to start n mission meeting
for bis father in a community near there.
limber J. P. Kirabrell left A. C. C.
for Erst Texas recently where he will
hold a two weeks' meeting.
Brother Walter W. Sikes is again able
to preach and preached for the Church
at Eastland two Sundays ago. He has
taken the regular work there moved his
family there for the summer and will try
to take a partial rest until school opens
in the Fall. He makes weekly visits to
A. C C. to see after some things which
ho only it seems can do.
Brothers Paul C. Witt Ben Holland and
Bruce Currie filled appointments on July
the 2nd at Flatwood Dothan and lberis
respectively.
Brother Ernest Witt writes that he is
spending the summer on a farm near
Gainesville.
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Brother Carl Etter has just closed a
successful meeting at Paducah Texas. He
is now in a meeting at Kress Texas with
Brother 0. M. Reynolds.
I Miss Vera Ray is teaching Piano at her
j home Youngsport during tho summer.
ono was principal or me riorence itexas)
I i-unuc acnooi until uio close on June the
12th. She has sent her reservation for a
room in Daisy Hall for next ear and will
return to do her Senior work.
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