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'- Abilene texas thurs day may jo i928
Everett O'Dowd: I onco had a
mustacha liko yours but when I found
out what it looked liko I cut it off.
'John O'Dowd: I onco had a face
like yours and when I realized I
couldn't cut it off I grew theso whis-
kers. Avis Wiggins is going to paint his
Ford red on one side and bluo on the
other so peoplo seeing him coming
and going will think he has two cars.
Willis Groen is tho fellow who
proved that you can't fly an airplane
thru the woods.
'
Tho glee club gathered up its swank
white flannel pants and black bow
ties nnd.hicd them hither to Lubbock
whero they sot the audienco up to a
program that mado them kick over tho
traces till they had fallen arches and
they had to lay 'cm in tho aisles.
Mr. Paul Southern did his regular
AStronimical observing whiio in Fort
Worth last week and reports that tho
moon came up exactly on time and
its work was satisfactory in every
way thank you.
Sign at Pongburn's: Fresh Straw-
berry Ice Cream. Take Homo a
Brick for Your' Wife.
..
They toll mo that when a certain
fellow on the campus was a kid he
was so dumb his pa had to cut oil hit
thumb so he'd know which was his
'left hand.
The following is an essay which.won
first prize at tho training school re-
cently: "A goat is tho subject I'm writ-
ing on. A goat is about as big as a
sheep. A female goat is called a but-
tress and a little goat is called a
goatee. Goats are very useful for
eating up things. A goat wil eat up
more thinks than any animal that
ain't a goat. My father had a goat
onco. My father is an awful good
man. Everything ho says is so when
mom ain't around. That's all I know
about goats."
Tom Vaughn believes in having ev-
erything done by professionals. Why
if he wanted a letter stamped he'd
call in a paper-hanger.
THE ROSARY
" Tho hours I spent
With thee Bweetheart;
Made me tho happiest of men.
But tho. jack I spent
On thee sweeheart
WaB something else again 1
Bro. Nichols: You missed my clasr
Tuesday didn't you? l-
Esther Smith: Not in tho least sir
not in the least.
Leah Baker has- borrowed Brian
McKinzle's skates and will take up
skating lessons. Sho reports that she
expects to learn in two or three slt-
' tings.
s Jessie Stricklin: Lend mo a dollar.-
MaryJTUoya: i-nsva.gjii bbu
dollar.
DosBie: Well let's have that and
I'll trust you for the other four bits.
Very few people can do this said
the magician 'as ho turned his car
into a telephone post.
Bro. Adams (exhorting his class)
Now these aren't my own figures that
I'm quoting. They're the figures of
a man who knowa what he's talking
about.
Lloyd Nelson was hanging around
in a drug store. A lady camo in and
picked up a magazine and handed him
a quarter He says he Is now loafing
around tho Cadillac sales room..
They say it gets so hot out in Ari-
zona in tho summer that tho tracks
fmand so much that thotowns are
nushed mlleB farther apart.. They
are.
Presented In Recital Tuesday
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Mable Buford -pianist and Jack Buford violinist with Leonard Buford
accompanist were presented in a recital at the Ablleno Christian College
auditorium Tuesday evening May 8 at 8:15 o'clock.
Ushers for the occasion wero Rita Adrian Mary Christian Boyd Lucilla
Adrian and Nettio Mac Bacon.
The Joseph Quarnerius violin was used though the courtesy of Dr. J.
11. Walker 1101 Graham street.
Miss Buford was dressed in a bouffant gown of delicate pink tints with
an exquisite shoulder corsago of rose-buds as an ornament. The almost
faultless technique the skilful touch the light fingering bespoke the many
hours of practice spent in preparation of the selections.
As an encore for tho last group tho violinist played Beethoven's "Min-
uet in G."
As tokcnB of the love of tho young musicians many beautiful bouquets
of flowers were presented to them after tho recital.
Tho following program was presented:
I. Preludes Op. 28 Nos. 7 21 Chopin
The Harmonious Blacksmith - -j r i Handel
Impromptu Op. 00 No. 4 .. . Schubert
II. Adoration. Borowskl
Scene de Ballet Bohm
Slavonian Dance i Bohm
Intermission
III.
Sous Bois
A Gringo Tango
The Crap Shooters
Thais Meditation
Gypsy Dance .. .
Liobesfreud
IV.
FINE ARTS REPRESENTATIVES
PRESENT VARIED PROGRAM
FRIDAY MORNING
Representatives of tho Voice De-
partment of A. C. C. entertained in
chapel Friday morning.
Lulai Maye Klingman sang "The
Want of You"' by Vanderpool and
"Tho Sleigh" by Kountz.
The Choral Club presented a se-
lection from "Carmen" "Tho Chows
Interesting Data is Found
in Considering Yellow Slips
Littlo do I care to be a psychologist
or a phrenologist but there is remark-
able interest to be found in studying
facts concernnig tho sorrowful pos-
sessors of the yellow slips which have
just been issued by Dean Cor.
TWonty "pretty A. C. Ci co-eds" and
38 of the less fair sex are tho recipi-
ents of theso unwelco'uicd warnings.
Ten of the girl" aro seniors; six are
juniors; three aro Bophomores; and
.ohutIs a freshman. All of this tends
'to prove the old theory of Aesop
"The further you go tho worse you
got." A reverse proportion is truo
Brother Showalter is corect in saying
in tho case of tho boys; so I suppose
"tho exception proves tho rule." How-
over I havo observed that in this in-
stance the exceptions are greater than
cases which should prove tho rule.
It must be as Paul Miller says "If
Aesop said bo then it is so."
After hours of gruelling and untir
ing efforts and after having been
slapped on both cheeks I havo found
those figures to bo true. Fifteen of
tho girls who received yellow slips
havo brown eyes; four possess blue
eyes; and as to the other one she
is the one who administered tho slap-
ping. Nineteen of those girls were
blondes and the other is what I would
call a half blonde and half brunette.
"Evidently the blonde portibn pre-
vails. I have learned that all of these
girls have teeth most of which are
Staub
..Eastwood Lano
. Eastwood Lane
Massenet
. Ernst
Kroisler
of the Cigarette Girls" and "The
Spinning Song."
The Glee Club rendered "Mother o'
Mine" and "Invictus" in such a pleas-
ing manner that they wero recellacd
for an encore for which they gave
"Littlo Prairio Flower."
Mrs. Bishop is away on her vaca-
tion in the Arkansas Ozarks. Sho
left last week and will return about
May 21.
very pretty. In fact ono girl has
teeth which arc liko tho stars they
como out at night.
I observed it to bo equally as in-
teresting in taking cognizance of sim-
ilar data concerning tho boys. Nono
'of tho 38 havo red hair freckles or
curly locks. Most of them seem to
havo hair that grows in the marshy
places but in more than ono case
is the busy street noticed.
Twenty-soven wear long trousers
the othors are collegiate. None of
tho unhappy youths employs his coat
sleeves in wiping his preboscis or ol
factory organ.
Thirty-fivo of the young men shave
themselves; two havo Mr. Lcdbetter
to shave them; and xno does not shave
at all this last is not Elden Busby
or Roy Stone.
Even though tho veracity of my
first statement nuy now bo doubted
lot mo asure you my kind reader
that this data is merely presented be
cause I had to havo something mat
would fill up space. Now that this
has filled the desired purpose you
may feol free to accept these facts
at their intrinsic value
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BULLETINS 5000 OF TnEM
Tho .offices of Abilene Christian
College 1b sending out five thousand
bulletins to the graduates of the Tex
as High Schools. These bulletins are
to advertise tho school and to invito
students to attend A C. C. next year.
TERMPLAYGIVEN
THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY
MELODRAMA "THE CAT AND
THE CANARY" IS HUGE
SUCCESS
Is Received Well
Somo Of Dramatic Club's Best Talent
Is Presented In Last Term
Play
"The Cat and the Canary" n three-
act melodrama by John Willard was
presented Thursday and Friday eve-
ning May the third and fourth in tho
college auditorium.
This was the last big play to be
sponsored this term by the Dramatic
Club of A. C. C.
Leading roles wero token by Paul
H. Miller as Paul Jones and Roberta
Warren as Anno Belle West. Tho
scenes took placo in the houso of Cy-
rus Canby West Glencliffo Manor
upon tho Hudson New York. Special
lighting effects to produce tho weird
and mysterious appearance were mndo
by Louis Shipman.
Other members of tho cast in-
cluded Comer Clay as Roger Crosby
a lawyer; Aleen Cook as Mammy
Pleasant the trusted housekeeper;
Duprec McGrady as Harry Blytho;
Edna Warlick as Susan Gillsby; Wil-
ma Curtis as Cicely Young; T. A.
Russell as Carley Wilder; Robert
Showalter as Hendricks; and Cecil
Vaughn as Dr. Patterson.
Miss Yotta Mitchell directed tho
production of tho play with Stand-
lee Mitchell as student director. Paul
Miller served as business manager.
The stage crew was composed of
Comer Cloy Theo Powoll Cecil
Vaughn and Robert Showalter.
Thft. mnkp-uPjCOmmiUrli inclined
Slondleo Mitchell Mavice" Carney
Maxine Whitmore and Trentio Bir-
chett. Ushers were Lota Wolford
Lois Manly Juanice Blakeley and
Mary Bell McDonald.
Music was furnished by the A.C.C.
orchestra.
Glee Club Appears
At Lubbock H. S.
Tuesday Eve
Tho A. C. C. Glee Club under tho
direction of Miss Myrtle Dunn with
Miss Yetta G. Mitchell nnd tho col-
lege male quartet appeared in con-
cert at Lubbock Tuesday evening to a
largo house. This was- tho last pub-
lio appearance of the Gleo Club this
term and it was perhaps tho most
successful of tho year.
Miss Myrtle Dunn is to ba highly
commended for tho splendid work she
has dono with tho Glee and Choral
clubs and the quartets thh year.
Miss Dunn will again havo charge of
tho voice department in A. C. C. the
forthcoming year.
Bro. Schug Talks
Saturday Morning
"Tho instructors tho students and
tho peoplo who support tho institu-
tion aro the threo factors which con-
tribute to the welfare and happiness
of a college" so said Brother Gchug
in his speech during tho chapel ser-
vices Saturday morning.
"Tho student body nnd faculty
should bo careful to put first those
things which belong nt tho head. If
a college is founded as a religious
school it should remain a religious
school and not become negligent."
A CHALLENGE!
"In order to settle this some-
thing over nothing proposition
I will stand with Brother Nich-
ols before the students of A.
C C. five minutes after chapel
any morning and have an audi-
ence decision to settle the ques-
tion. Neither of us will say or
do anything we will merely
stand before the students five
minutes and then hear the ver-
dict." The above is a statement
made to the Optimist by Bro-
ther Weems.
Tracksters Leave For T. I. A. A. Meet;
Coach Weems isGonf ident of Winning
Rita Adrian To
Present Recital
GRADUATION RECITAL WILL J1E
PRESENTED TUESDAY
EVENING
Miss Rita Adrian pupil of Miss
Pat MaloM will bo presented by Abi-
lene. Christian Collcgo in a piano
graduation recital noxt Tuesday eve-
ning May 15 in the Abilene Chris-
tian College auditorium at 8:15 p. m.
Miss Adrian will be assisted by her
3lster Lucille Adrian contralto. The
ushers will bo Mourlne Stewart Eve
lyn Hogue Edith Witt and Evelyn
A rpnnnnnv '
Miss Adrian is a senior in the col-
lege tho president of tho Worthy
Women's Club nnd a member of the
James A. Garfield Scholarship So-
cioty of tho Choral Club nnd of tho
Mission Study Class. She has at-
tended A. C. C. for tho past four
years and was also a student in the
Abilene Christian Academy for two
years.
The following program will be ren-
dered: Sonata: Op. 27 No. 2. .. Beethoven
Adagio
Allegnetto
Presto agitato
Stride La Vnmpa
Voice:
(II
Trovatore) Verde
Vnlse Op 04 No. 1 Chopin
Etudes Op. 10 No. 3; Op. 25
No. 2; Op. 25 No. 1.
Voice: Friend o' Mine Sanderson
Who . Tosti
LitUi rhUA tsm Hetun
Van Renncs
Fugato Humorcsque
on the theme of "Divie"
Mana-Zucca
To a Wild Rose MacDowell
Valve Moszkowski
BRO. WITT TO SPEAK
TO PREACHERS FRIDAY
Brother Witt will speak to the
preacher students Friday evening at
7:00 o'clock on the subject "Paul's
Charge to Timothy."
Brother Witt has asked every
preacher student to read first and
second Timothy before Friday.
The last time Brother Witt spoko
to the preacher students was No-
vember 11.
The leaders of tho Evangelistic
Forum urge that every preacher stu-
dent bo present to hear another in-
teresting discussion of God's word by
Brother Witt.
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Track Men Are Made Not
Born" Says Capt. Vaughn
It was stifling hot. A murmur ran
through the crowd "They're about to
start." Silence reigned.
On a white chalk line three run-
ners Paddock Alderman and Cock-
rell crouched. Each was a nation-
ally known sprinter and Jtho scene
was at a national invitation meet.
The starter's pistol fired. Liko so
many greyhounds three figures leaped
forth gathering momentum as they
hurtled through space. As tho white
tapo loomed ahead three streaks of
white bolted through spaco and from
the breast of Charles Paddock stream-
ed the string signifying victory.
A moment later the announcer was
broadcasting to tho audience "Char
Ho Pad-ock b-r-eakes the world's
r-e-ecccord" In the one-hundred and
forty y-e-a-r-d dasshe."
Just a natural born trackman was
the cry on everyone's lips. But right
thero is where I disagree.
If you will go to tho town where
Paddock spent his boyhood days you
will find that he was no faster than
the ordinary country lad. Fired by
nn ambition to bo a runner and by
hard and unceasing labor ho built
up that degree of cooperation be-
.twecn mind and muscle which
coupled with ordinary speed has' en-
abled him to rightfully wear the titlo
world's fastest human."
Taking the caso of Jim Reese hold-
ervof tho world's intercollegiate rec-
prd in tho mile run wo find another
As a closing feature of the athletic year the A. C. C. track team-left this
morning for Dento to take part in the T. I. A. A. track and field meet there.
The Wccmsmen compose one of the strongest cinder sounds to ever be .pre-
sented in the T. I. A. A. and arc favorites to win the meet. '-
Last week in the dual meet with Tech the Christian men better fourjr. I.
A. A. records and if tho track at Denton is in good. shape those records are
bound to fall this week. Dyle Vaughn surpassed his mile record of last er
by four seconds last week and in practices ho has done even better.
Nine Debaters To
Get Gold Letters
EXTENSIVE PLANS ARE BEING
MADE foil FORENSIC PRO-
GRAM OF '29
Nine Abileno Christian College de-
baters will receive letters this year
according to an announcement made
yesterday to the Optimist by debate
coach Walter Adams. The debate
committee has decided that gold
"C's" will be awarded to tho follow-
ing: Evelyn Arccncnux La Verno
Dennis Roy Stone Lloyd Nelson Foy
Moody Comer Clay Ellis Williams
LeRoy Baker and Everett O'Dowd.
Mr. Adams stated that the com-
mittee was planning an extended de-
bate tour through Oklahoma Kansas
Illinois Tennessee Missouri and Ark-
ansas for the ensuing year.
Applications will soon bo mado for
membership into tho Pi Kappa Delta
National Debate Fraternity by the
local debate committee.
Chapel Talk Givenfe
By Prof. Witt
Tuesday
"The thing that counts is the then-
some" stated Brother Witt in his
chapel talk Tuesday morning.
And to do the then-some one must
train his conscience to a keener con-
ception of the right and wrong atti-
tudes to a quicker interpretation of
tho daily problems of life.
Brother Witt stressed the necessity
if one would truly be a Christian of
living nccording to the dictates of his
conscience; but he added that con-
science must be educated from day to
day so that the ignoranco which
causes a misstep today may bo the
means of avoiding a pitfall tomorrow.
Apt illustrations were used to
classify tho points mode by Brother
Witt that honesty is the best policy
both towards one's fellow men and
toward God tho omniscient being.
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Leo and Myrtle Smith spent Sun-
day at Pleasant Hill.
super-human feat mado possible by
training.
While not classing myself with
theso renowned gentlemen I wish to
tell of a statement made to me some
time ago. A certain student told me
that if he were a natural track man
like me he would not mind coming
out for track.
I looked nt him and saw that ho
was a perfect specimen of humanity
large healthy and strong. I saw
nothing un-natural about him and
said:
"What do you mean by natural?
Do you know that I havo been run-
ning ever sinco I was large enough
in pursuit of my favorito sport. Do
you know that I camo out for track
four years in high school and despite
the fact that I never missed a single
practice never even lettered. Did
you know that tho best time I ever
mado in high school was 5:12 on tho
mile und 2:19 on tho half mllo? Do
you consider me a natural born run-
ner on tho basis of that showing?
Merely because I had tho stickabllity
to keep trying I have had tho titlo
of 'natural born' trackman conferred
upon me. I shall agree that not many
peoplo will keep on trying when it
looks as if they had no chance. Lis-
ten hero fellow if I had the physique
you havo I would break a world's
record natural born or not."
I havo come to the conclusion that
track-men are made not bom
By Dylo Vaughn.
Roy Stevens is duo to set two new
records. One in the broad jump and
the low hurdles. Tho other record
almost sure to be broken is the mile
relay. Last week the Wildcat team
ran the relay in 4:29.
Coach Weems stated thathe Is con-
fident that his men can win tho meet
for the following-reasons. The A.C C.
team has more stars and Is due to '
take moro first places than any of
the other teams. Dyle Vaughn can
be counted on for first place in the
mile and the half. Stevens can take
two firsts and at least a second for
thirteen points. Bynunu is to be re-
lied upon for the high hurdles and
the mile relay teams that beats the
Cats will have to be of wonderful
caliber. Seconds and thirds aro. al-
most sure to bring tho total to forty-
five or more points.
Tho above is a rather conservative
estimate but only timo can tell the
outcome. Saturday evening at about
five-thirty to bo exact.
The meet as a whole will probably
be the best ever to be held in tho
T.I.A.A. San Marcos Canyon Dr
ton and Sam Houston havo toms
that are exceptionally strong and com
petition will be the closest.possibl&.
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LASTl-ACTPL&O
tTHegiven
TONIGHT r
"Keepers of the Faith" a one-act
satire written and directed by Miss
Yotta Mitchell will be presented at
the regular meeting of the Dramatic
Club this evening at eight o'clock.
This will be the last one-act play
to be given by the Club this -term so
the cast has been carefully selected.
Tho leading roles are filled by Leslie
Huff as Tom Walseham a Justice of
the Peace nnd Lois Manly as Jano
Hoper a college girl. Other parts are
acted by Lota Wolford as Mrs. Sara
Hoper tho mother of Jane Tolbert
Ynter as the Reverend Ezra Engle
Mary Bell McDonald as Mrs. Engle
Lucille Davis as Mrs. Brooks pres-
ident of the missionary society end
Robbie Leo Tabor as Miss Reese
treasurer of tho missionary society.
A short recital will precede the
play and Junior members of the ex-
pression department will read the
following program:
Robert Gambrell "Willie Jones"
"Take a tater nnd wait" "Son you
washed?"
Clovis Mitchell "Tho Pert Chick-
en" "Imitations of Johnny."
Brian McKcnzic
"Bootblacks"
"The Boy and His Stomach"
boy's desire."
"W" CLUB RECEIVES NEW
MEMBERS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON
Six new members wero initiated
into the W club Tuesday afternoon.
They wore Lois Manly Wilma Cuith
Alice Crawford Mildred Sellers Bes-
sie Lynch Idu Wrny.
Tho president of tho club Rita
Adrian administered tho pledge for
the girls who afterwards made shoit
talks concerning their conception of
the W club and its work.
Committees havo been appointed
and havo begun their work in plan-
ning tho party which will bo given
for the members of tho W club nnd
their guests sometimo tho Inst of this
month.. At this affair tho new mem-
bers wil bo honor guests.
Other members will probably be re-
ceived into tho club at the last ot this
term when further amendments will
be added to tho constitution and tho
officers for tho next year will be
elected.
Jo Arlen and Bob Dixon from Lub-
bock Texas visited Paty Fitzgerald
and Lucille Davis Sunday.
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Charles Vaughn nnd Ray Tisdale
visited Tom Self and David Sowell in
Cleburne Saturday and Sunday.
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