The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 20, 1930 Page: 2 of 4
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Weekly by tho Students of Abilene Christian College.
Optimist Office Green Building
Per Year
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nil Correspondence uud make nil Money Orders Payable to
THE OPTIMIST ABILENE TEXAS.
embers of Texas Intor-Collegiato Press Association.
PAUL SOUTHERN
Editor-in-Chief
ROY STONE
Business Manager
BKY
. Associate Editor
Assistant Business Manager
Circulation Manager
pbell ....... . AdvcrUsina
ardclin Page Ehvyn Bcdichck Elton Abcrnatliy William
Ward Comer Clay Ccncva Hail Pauline Chappie Anabcl
ict Wilks Olan Hicks.
:ond class matter June 28 1929 nt the Postoffice at Abilene
i T .!. A.. f A . nA lnin
icAus unucr uiu iiui oi august 4' t-'Ji-z..
EXCHANGES
Dr. J. W. Hunt nrosident of Mc-
Murry eolk-sre. recently underwent a
nasal operation made necessary by an
Otfenslvo bona in his noso which im
paired his breathing.
Sixty-five students have cither been
dropped or have withdrawn from C.
I. A. because of low erodes made dur
ing the first semester and 170 stu-
dents were placed on the warning list
for failing to pass a minimum of nino
hours' woik.
Dr. Ivan Lee Holt who has a work-
ing knowledge of fourteen languages
and holds the Ph. D. degree from tho
University of Chicago is now enr
gaged in a revival meeting at S. M.
U.
IMUSIC IN ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
? AltlDfMti Pf tf"T1
auld play a more important role in Abilene Christian Col-
s it Hint music tlic greatest ot all arts is tnouglit ol so
fnnlllltt rt.lll lm efiwlntlta nf Alillnll PI. .-id ! n .. PnllnnnV Tl
Auitt.nj uuvt mi oiuubiita jl iuiiuiiu viiiisiitiii v.uui;ui;i 11
ye have efficient instructors in both piano and voice but
hnot create a spirit for music.
r Inn llln flpr dull llm PJlnrnl r!llll llln nrplinalrn mwl tlin
lit Sincinc and Harmonv. But what do these amount to
no interest among the students? There are a few members
117Jlhnn lvnn lllrft nnrn nr twirp n unplr imrl fin n 1 S 1 1 lr
t work for that is the way most of us think of it and never
ilcasure and joy we get trom music. Why is it that every
ilene Cluistinn College is not a member of one of these
ing everything to learn music the keynote of culture and
It is because there is no interest in or appreciation for
lown by the faculty or students at large. There is no Ioe
is a language of its own that no one ecr can translate.
I.when we trv tn exnress linw mimic nuiL-pa na fpnl. Mtmin
lions and thoughts that urc below and above the longest
Krds and pictuies. The other aits express the intellectual
inusin nvtirnssp.s gnmnlhinrr iIppiht innn's ami). Mimir 14
iitself but a means to a higher end.
lean learn to love good music only by listening to it. But
in listen with all one's might. May every student strive
ic love for music and thus create an interest in Abilene
cgc for great music.
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A. C. C'S NEED OF A GOOD BAND
By Everett Maxwell
The Dramatic Club of Howard
Payne college presented "A Full
House" n three-act comedy Tuesday
night.
S. Andrews Dubc member of the
Servants of India Society in Luck-
now spoke to students of Southwest-
ern university recently giving a brief
of tho political and economical con-
ditions of modern India.
Tho formal onenlncr of n new li
brnry at Sam Houston Stnte Teach-
ers' college Huntsville was cele
brated Friday February 14. Visitors
from many pnrts of the state were
present for tho ceremony.
(From now on says his-tutor wo'll
have LITERATURE). In other
words something beside well what
over tho Owl has been writing. It
WAS on unkind cut.
The departmcht .docs not contend
that ho is a soothsayer but he does
believe that at 12:01 on Saturday
thero will bo a clean swept campUB
(If tho 'prevailing Westerly keeps
blowing from tho South).
By action of tho board of trustees
of Texas A. & M. it has been decided
to raise the room rent in dormitories
to a maximum of SCO per year.
Ont.l tlin Mftnf llt-rtnl fnwl wVinn n
hundred' Btudes rose as one in a un
animous shout and clamour for a holi-
day only a few days back sez ho
"They'll ruo the day they asked the
superintendent for a day off. But
they asked him and now they'll have
their 'holiday'." The Owl was in
formed that Saturday had been set
aside as the day and five-hundred
collcgiatcs named as the principals.
Here is the proclamation hitch and
all: "All students shall have Satur-
day as the said promised 'day off.'
At 8 o'clock every enrolled person-
age shall report for chapel. There-
after ALL shall set about to use their
muscular ability to aid in beautifying
the local campus. Three hours shalt
thou work -and not whimper. Then
thou art dismissed."
Havo you discovered the hitch in
the promise? Tho Owl recollects
that on regular duty he is dismissed
at 10 o'clock. Then there is the studo
who regularly- has Saturday off.
Fifteen men. fifteen for tho holiday
fifteen can do tho work as well as
five hundred.
T.nnvlnw n ftAnth rihnr nlnr. certain
ly netted for the Owl n severo cold
botweon tne ears tno otner nigni. u
his livelihood lay in speaking instead
of hitting the keys of an under-
nourished linotype machine he would
bo living on chili for tho week.
Sam Hair eighteen-year-old youth
from tho University of Oklahoma
was recently found dead in .his room
at Texas Tech where he was enrolled
as a student in the liberal arts de-
partment. According to nn announce
ment by the justice of the pence Hair.
took his own life by swallowing a
potion of strychnino sulphate.
Vilu
hardly be- a better advertisement of a school than a good
; along in peppy stjle in neat uniforms and playing nt
y good music. A. L. L. lias a band but it is not what
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ll Ulllllllllg lint 11 UWU UllllUi JILUlll (111 II 13 VJIM1 1 U 1
oolball and basketball games; then the music is not what
WJial A. t.. t.. meeds is a band capable ot playing concert
i forms and a teacher who is employed for that purpose
a can nive hi undivided attention to his work.
ind commands attention anywhere. If A. C. C. had such a
n nirnn ltflinrn it Tilnvpil wntllfl tlilTilr nf A C. C in pnn.
more students would come to A. C. C and more people
inded of A. C. C.'s existence. A good band would also
pint.
Init'nrcitu lino n iininriJnlt rrnnil nnnn nnl A 1 i. nntllfl
y'VllJ'1; "J " JI1UMW.MH..J (JVVU ) MIIV W. -. ww.
ins good or better than that of Simmons if a little effort
t and it band students were ottered a little inducement to
' C a it ia nil tin crnnA mncininno in tlin ciirrniltlMl''
fcl'iJP 8 t0 college go to Simmons because fji unch con-
fC. Benyojiupcts of a number of trjus-tfrtlcne3) tunn fslj
;he double ririb aihsiMfOeo and caKe wasjjgrj olIcrs
i i ix iiii.....bj..;i0 incm. me -
iand the in rMfy Bell McDonr'Y.. .. inpSp nf this
overshadows all-J-. unuus m - "'" . f i..
officials of the school decided to have a real band and I . rt.e
iffort into it thenit could not be said hat A. C. C. is deficient
:ct.
ANNUAL LECTURESHIP
banding feature of the car at Abilene Christian college is iih.
tl " - rnl vnnrV uroaram brings a feast of good things
lacultv members and visitors of the institution.
irnirrnm several college insirueioia uu uuu. - ---
irogrnm stvLrui -" o . nt .i- fiC hcdule.
A. C. C. speakers are going iu m - " - -- .
' ... ' i :.i f iim snirit wh nh charactcriyes
ing will get a ueuei iu v "- -i
tioTtrtheTomc speakers that will deliver lectures here next
A Slnyden. of Fort Wort.. one o i "TtZj w. Z.
airist will also gnc lour uuurcs;. ... --
list is n so scheduled to uemer one khhui.
aresh p program nas ueen uu uuuuu ..... .-.
"' ' '.. D i M...aa .:inl nlinrnli nnd life nrobleins.
PPrescntative speaKea . .. y - .-.- - - -- .
na nrt under wav to care mi " """' j" -
ns art uuut-r u jt:nl niinl these
ler mends ot t nc scnooi utc iui"'j ...." -
ILl m"'"3 .. I i . mnlcn the
. mom ipr nt 1 lie llisuiuiiuu nut "" --' -
ant profitable and enjoyable one. 0. II.
Enrollment in John Tarleton col-
lege for this semestou has reached
1013 the .largest in the history of the
school. Tnrleton's previous record
wns 1011 in' 1928.
The Owl was certainly a victim of
scientific research on a recent lift to
school n few days back. Gladly -accepting
a ride by a benevolent faculty
member he lounged lazily in the
back seat. With spontaniety did he
rise. A thorny limb with well grown
antlers eouced ffesh. he specie is
supposed to be a limb from the direct
lineage of the kin which grows in
the Holy Lands. We agree it is a
perfect specie (and grows and thrives
in this own prairio land as well).
Keen-eyed watchfulness over tho
western horizon while whiling away
a class period the other day resulted
in a discovery which wo wish to dis
close. From a window view about
half a milo to west a slowly creeping
thing was seen to crawl with phantom
like eaBe toward tho city. Smoke
rising from its head? and Inaudible
sounds of screeching were all that
were given to disclose its identity.
Tho snake-like specie almost with
unseemingly inertia reached tho pub
lic highway stopped let motorists
pass and then continued. It is a type
siinnnscd to be extinct however the
Abilene Eastern has seen fit to keep
it on the weekly run.
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SPEAKERS PRESENT PLANS OF
CLUB TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY
t
Spring Suits
$23.5.0 $28.
"Vyhy pay $40.00 when you-can got tho samo patterns correctly
tailored in tho new light patterns of tweeds Iwlsts and cashmeres
at $29.60 and $35.00 with Iwp pantB
If its. Spring Clothes with snap you want bo suro and seeMiur
Churchill Clothes before buying. - . r
Suits wo are proud to sell and you will be proud to wear.
23.50 28.00 t '?li
Ward Clothing Co.
210 Pino St.
(Continued from page 1)
the now buildings that -we have "Mor-
ris declared in tho concluding speech.
"Does A. C. C. Havo a Right to
Exist?" was tho subject of the even-
ing address by E. W. McMillan min-
ister of tho College Church of Christ.
"The fact that A. C. C. has in her
curriculum n study of tho Bible and
has for her main objectivo the mold-
ing of Christian character should be
sufficient cause for her existence"
the minister showed.
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WRITERS BEGIN WORK
ON PRESS CLUB MATERIAL
Plans nro under way to construct a
new boys' dormitory nt David Lips-
comb college. Tho building will con-
tain ono hundred rooms and will cost
approximately $100000.
Tho Owl trots recocnition coming
nil tho way from Oklahoma a mail
fan appropriately remembers him
with the season's greetings. A well-
groomed Owlet with a come-hlther-look
in his eyes huddled around a
Valentine which was stamped with
the phrase "Get wise" (and read
Hoots of tho Owl). Inside the fold
was the consollnc sentence: "I don't
rvlirsv n HfAf -i nmrnnn lttit tmwwttf 11
A student in tho Wichita Falls .... . T ... vhi nost-ll
. .i i i v illumine. tveu. i. ujiu-t- -i - t
Junior colleeo has presented tho bi- . .... .ji. i. -ui '"
- " . ior nnvuno jwtfLUUiMib ou m . . .
ology departmnt with a mounted nnd jr.rrZ w f.. .. Eve noois
preserved buffalo head JlZ7.ttl "you (dear readers).
from the nvtt'rtT l "ne greetings come from Bertha
. rfith red hearts. .. cam0 nviMinma. Wo
LuoUUU) nitiiiMi..
onnnnao Hhp is a bic sister to our
Itmmmmmmmmmaammmmmmmmmmmmaamm
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(Continued from nago 1)
that A. C. C. will win some honors
this year" Chambers said in speak-
ing to tho contestants Monday.
Those entering the contests include
Geneva Hall Lula Mae Klingmnn
Paul Southern Wilburn Hill Elwyn
Bedicheck T. R. Atkinson Noreno
Culbert Noreno Watson Wyndell
Hall James Oqmbcrs Fred Harlan
' . ..nil C.ni
Save For Your
Future!
In these days of stiff competition a young man is woefully
handicapped without a college education it is his future but
money is necessary to obtain it. Save your money in order"
that you may obtain this education that your fathers failed to
get. You won't regret it. - '"
Central State Bank
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BEAUTIFUL NEW PRINTED
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Members present .-.- cnlnv.
Totsy T """"" "' '
Four pledges were initiated at a
Valentino party given by tho G. A.
T A.'s of Oklahoma Christian coubbu
Friday night.
nr!nnino- this week tho four col
lege classes nnd tho journalism class
of Simmons university win eacn uu..
one issue of the Brnnd weekly news-
paper. The first contest edition wil
come out Saturday and wllLbo edited
by the journalism clnss.
tt inaf wnnk. twelve girls had
i fnr onrinir nractico in the
riding club at T. C. U. The e ub
meets every Thursday to practice uu-
forent formations and paces.
own little Cnsada of pur locality.
i :.
Helen Dudley Max
nett Wilks.
o-
Fred Harlan M . r 1Tf MThaMTl
-ndJgai'H. iTll IravJ-NJ
Lh-iMW Take HarweU8 pies Pastries a.
xismssswssmmssssmsssisjsswasii "-$&!;
id Malted Milk Bread and U
THE BOOK CORNER
w cot n note all about some co-
nl walkine- home. They seemed to
get all excited about tolling us about
their daring deed in much flowing
words. The girls got daring they
say grabbed luggage anu nut
for Podunk or Mulberry Bridge i De-
lieve they said was their destination.
Extremely gleeful were they over the
fact that they DID catch a ride and
with a laundry hack. Well tho Owl
w tint In that class. Ho has flitted
to and fro in some mighty fair
buggies. Ho has sniled the local
prairies to a great extent tar anu
wide. He is graduated to the open
road. Well wo will recognize the
nvninits nf these Biddy lassies any-
be assured of an enjoyable lunch
HARWELL'S BAKERY
fiil -.. i i-mst Hilt I llfvjinill :-l
M Hi0 .ffy....i...J..u..iium...myomm
KKirtn?W.VV""L ""WlVy"".''"" ''WtiMtiM'HiMWllFMfMWMlvii.i"'".-
irmCTnnmBrcrc(OTrcBgffltIK
As ono feature of entertainment . Q . w jJke to wnger
Last iexus . . i.ui.1I1b fnrtVior each day
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Week
In History
Exposition opened on
1915.
February 20
February 21 General William Te-
cumseh Sherman American general
was buried in New York February
21 1891.
17 Thomas Jefforson
Jnf t.Vi United States of
ns elected president Feb-
801. In the presidential
1800 tho Republican can-
ferson nnd Aaron uurr
al votes. It devolved upon
Representatives in ac-
i the system which then
mnke one of the two
(Hamilton used his influ-
or of Jefferson and sue-
ettlng him elected.
1R.Tnfferson Davis was
w ---.
nrovislonal president of
ferate states at Montgom-
Fcbruarv 18 1801. La-
fear he was formally elect-
people and was again in-
U nulnlinr 10. 1HU1. at
KJl Www.
7a.
tin Tho nhonograph was
Ibruary 19 1878. Tho first
production o I recorded
been nccompiunen uy
lEdlson in 1877.
February 22 Georgo Washington
ntiornl. statesman and first presi
dent of the United States was born
ut Bridges Creek near Fredericks-
burg in Westmoreland county Va..
on February 22 1732. Little is known
of his childhood in tho small four-
room houso on tho Pappahannock a
fact which invited Mason L. weems
to write absurd fictions regardtng
tho hatchet and the cherry tree.
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FORENSIC SOCIETY
SELECTS DEBATERS
U lrnnintP club of
State Teachers' college commerce
will present "The Swan" during the
annual convention ot tne u him...
Scholarship Societies there Friday
and Saturday.
Mrs. II. M. Rector 80 years old
has enrolled for work in tho State
Teachers' college Conway Arkanas.
She is back in school after a 05-year
vacation.
Prnfnasor F. E. Buldain head of
tho Spanish department of Baylor
university will conduct ono of tho J.
E. Hawkins tours througn opnin "
summer. Tho main feature of tho
tour will bo n twenty day study in
Madrid. .
o
than did these dames on their long
lap to tho home town. It is four
miles across tho municipality to his
hangout four miles back. Two trips
n day figure that out.
When these musings are in print.
A. C. C's varsity debaters will bo
vwl fcnnum nubllclv: the Owl Could
lay his hands on tho ones now but It
I. Wfn. in lfit. Mr. Allams UISCIOBO
tho fact.
"Did you ever seo n lassie go this
way and that. If you did she's a
You remember that popular m.
hnllad. In this case she's not any
thing mentioned in tho song out a
tirn lnncer. model or will take
in ironing. Real early in the morn
Melanges offcrts a Gcrnand Baldcn-
spcrgcr (Librairlo Anclenno Horiore
Champion Paris).
In Franco it is tho custom to offer
to some distinguished literary person-
ago n collection of lectures and
articles pertaining to his field of
mri- This collection of essays on
general and comparative literature
was offered to Fernand Baldenspor-
ger on tho thirtieth anniversary ot
his professorship of comparative
literature. The two volumes comum
4fnrt nf such subjects as
Nietzsche ct Dostoievsky Voltaire ci
la "Gazette Lilteralrc" Uocthc en us
pagne Amlel et "Faust" K. u "
.. T.n France. Milton and Von
del and many others. . A few of the
-u-io n.n written in Enclish. Others
i -donnVi Ttnlinn. German ana
oro in "w'i - '
Rnnntsh.
tt j t. e.lmer. nroiessor OI
--n innirnncca in Abilene Chris
t- riin.To is tho only person in
Texas whosoname appears in the list
of subscribers printed In tho dook. a
- . fwn ncro he toad of Its con
templated publication and ordered a
copy. Students of comparative lig-
ature will certainly find pleasure in
reading this excellent work.
Let us engrave your name on your fountain pen or
pencU. We have the famous ENGRAVOGRAFH
Machine.
The Pender Company
Manufacturing Stationers
Abilene Texas
M3iflmaHEgaa?nmtflCT
omiEEEEIKC
rvinflniipd frnm tiaue 1)
miiaf hn mlnnted. Mr. Clay gave con
elusive evidence that tho plan is
fallacious and should not he adopted.
Tho achievement is remarkable in that
Mr. Clay did not seem to forgot whicn
ulHo lin wns tnklntr.
Those who will compose tho
women's team will bo selected in the
near future. Evelyn Arcenteaux anu
Noreno Culbert will debate Weber
niiiorrn nf Utah. Thursday. February
20. The girls' debate tour wm begin
MANY A. C.C. INSTRUCTORS Alt" " cng8 room in
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GllAUUAi Yement a bunch of early-ris-
" .. i. nvhlllrnttnor vounit co-eds ccr-
-njsssa'awdissjtia.'sii:
.i n. ninrriuiin Him uui luuiu - ---- m
school was movuu iu ".- -- . ... nf i.n. thov are out
WO-U-BII. wi w -.
for the exercise not intending to be
a stage tripper in futuro days urace
more abundantly may be attained but
ttin nvul will nlace his earnings on the
n thnt none will become stage
satellites in art of Jingo nooicim
Hoptchic or trip to any other light
fantastic.
to Morrilton and
changed to Hnrding Collego I taught
there. I also taught nt uaviu mi-
scomb. I attended Uunter uimu
College." . t
E. W. McMillan was also a student
... r.. Tin nttended there six
Those teachers wno nave ih.-iv..
all their Christian college experience
in A. C. C are; Lyllan Arieuge
Margaret Bishop Pat Malone Burnya
Mao Moore Mary Hale Mrs. W. C.
Sikes Ola Hutchison Kssie iwm
Mary Gladys Arledgo Trentie uirc-
itUWflHer Adams Earl Brown Paul
Witt Lawrence Smith Willie Treat
and Dalton Hill.
O" '
xr.rtno Stewart Bnent tho week
aJiSrsss-r u utmm w - -
Believe it or doubt mo;
p...intiiii nr nnt the prettiest
(That Is .tho boys aro not) The
local college has ft reporter on its
budget. You wouldn't havo thought
that the old Institution would support
a reporter is it for publicity's sbkoi
Well wo learned that tho Proxy him.
-! ..... n. i. tavj venra a unit of a
BBJl - V" V. - ... ...Ill
newH-gathering tabioio. ine uwi .
writo no more themes while in school.
A Room of One's own oy virgium
Woolf (Harcourt Brace and Co.).
This critical essay is by a woman
who has gained great famo as a nov-
iif nmi critic. The Outlook com
pares her to tho Brontes nnd Jano
Austen. WOien askeu to iccturo ui.u..
the subject Women and Fiction Mrs.
Woolf produced this rambling discus
sion in nn attempt to expium i
women have not achieved more in the
mnlm of literature. She compares
and contrasts men's colleges with wo
men's showing wherein men nave tne
advantage and finally she visits the
British Museum where she examines
innumerable books written by men
about women. She finally predicts
. Hi fnturo for female literary
aspirants Is brighter and that with
favorable conditions women wm u
ii tn nPnmmUh wonderful things.
These favorable conditions are a fixed
income and a room of one s own.
Don't be discouraged in the middle
nf tw hook and not finish it. Just
be patient and she will come to tho
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