The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 19, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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LET'S MAKE OUIl VISITORS FEET AT HOME
Abilene Christian College will bo boat to a largo number of former stu-
dents and friends next week who will come to attend tho annual lectureship.
impoi 1 Sono of tho former students
formanctco llielr graduation. It will bo the first visit of some of tho exes since
Dr. Iko C' C. has been moved to its now location out hero on tho hill. To these
The b' A C. C. that they left two three four fivo or more years ago will not
Christian J10 samo that they will return to next week. Not only will tho students
is n" siatt3trall8crs ana" some of the former faculty members bo gone but the
tended Aouutngs will be different. It is the desire that these returning stu-
The wed will seo the samo old A. C. C. spirit tho samo that it was when they
tho residen in school.
McMillan root on'y should tho students extend every hospitality to the returning
Mr. and Jr students but we should be as courteous and hospitable to the many
homo to t4s friends of the school.
homo on Hjellow students let's try in every way to make our visitors next week
! ltirely at home.
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' . . ;ir achievements in some particular field. Some schools have great
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Sunday after mt cncoura8c some field of activity which is visible to everyone
his homo sn($ftidvertisemenJ.ico Pepl cnn 'carn f tncm by reading of
seeen by tlic'oiuijialy 'mJuli"wiiIlilui. nunene umstian CSuckb is
scliool that stands for the pudding of strong Christian character. There
are many people who realize that Abilene Christian College is the proper
place to send their boys and 'girls but generally speaking these have
usually learned of the school incidentally or have been near enough to
have seen tho good work of the. school. There are many people who are
very reluctant in sending their sons and daughters away to school for they
know -the reputations that many schools have. These people would be
overjoyed to know that there is a school that offers the purest environ-
ment one could desire and at the same timo furnishes sufficient fields
of activities for tho students.
With all the religious educational and material advantages that tho
school has boys and girls would be eager to attend our college if they
knew it existed. People wil not come to a school that they know nothing
about. In the past steps have been taken to make our school better known
but an extended advertising program should be inaugurated so more could
learn. All die beauty of our modern buildings should not be wasted just
because many people have not come to the realization that the real school
'is in West Texas. Every person who has not lmd the opportunity to wit-
ness our material acquirements has not yet discovered the favorable condi-
tions under which the students attcend classes. If the name of our sMmnl
and the ideals for which it stands were placed before the jJeople more
extensively pupils would not close their eyes to a school of its sort without
first giving it a trial. Through publications of an advertising character
people could make a mental visit to our 6chool and could learn by reading
about the school. Jack Pope.
North Speaks On "Radio
Broadcasting" In Chapel
Representing tho Public Speaking
department Herschel I North spoke
on the subject of "Radio Broadcast-
ing" in chapel last Friday morning.
Ho showed how programs aro
broadcast over the United States and
why advertising is necessary to
broadcasting in America giving some
figures as to the average cost of timo
over one of tho national broadcasting
networks. Ho also showed whore tho
British system of broadcasting excels
the American system as tho radio
stations aro operated by tho govern-
ment in England and advertising over
them is unnecessary.
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STAFF
Keycs Logan Buchanan
Lucillo Adrian
T. R. Atkinson
.Cordelia Page Evelyn Arccneaux
J Cozetto McDaniol
.Bernard Helton Orville Hamilton
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of August 24 1012.
will bo coming back for the first time
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PUBLICITY PROGRAM
part of the nation are well known
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Annual College LecturcshipTo Begin
(Continued from Page 1)
Memphis Tenn.
Thursday: morning "Christian Ed-
ucation and Some of Its Problems"
addresses by 'Batsdll Baxter presi-
dent of A. C. C. and members of tho
collego board of trustees; afternoon
"Our Standard of Authority in Reli-
gion" Roy Cogdlll of Cleburne; eve-
ning "The Ruin and Redemption of
tho World" G. C. Brewer.
Friday: morning "The Kingdom of
Christ" J. W. Chism of Ardmoro
Okla.; afternoon "Facts We Must
Face If Christ Be tho Son of God"
T. W. Phillips Jr. of Albuquerque N.
N.evening "The Divine Companion-
ship" G. C. Brewer.
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An absence card turned in at tho
office shows that a certain freshman
did not attend classes and chapel
Wednesday becauso ho thought it was
Sunday.
Proxy has assorted that soma stu-
dents take his chapel talks to mean
just backwards to what thoy actually
mean. There's tho epitaph "Pay your
bills" which might bo understood as
"Bills you'll pay" but that is about
the same.
A library card reveals that tho book
"Royal Road to Romanco" was check-
cd out ono week by A. C Etter and
tho noxt week by Rayo Sparks. Great
minds run in tho samo channels.
Fato took an abrupt turn last week.
The senior boys escorted freshman
girls to tho senior dinner leaving most
of the senior girls without dates but
at that the senior girls were probably
luckier than the freshman girls.
Clyde "Undertaker" Corner was
onco a man of liberty but now ho too
has a steady. Maybe the next timo
tho quartet sings "Lucky Jim" tho
boys will dedicate tho song to poor
Clydo.
Julian Showalter the boy with a
patch on his upper lip has been loaf-
ing around Zellner Hall looking ro-
mantic. Moral you can't tell how
these bachelor boys wil turn out onco
thoy come to A. C. C.
Wo understand that tho Boles or-
phan children are coming next week.
Wonder how Joo Watts will handlo
tho situation with two of his girls
on the campus at tho samo time.
The Owl wishes that someone elso
w6uld start another fad like henna
ing your hair red so that sho might
have something to talk about. Come
on boys dyo your Bhirts red or your
hats green. f
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sho hates history but becauso Brown
is the only A. C. C. professor whoso
name would rhymo with drown so
necessary in that littlo poem
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Preaching the Word
Clyde Corner proached at tho Buch-
anan street church at Wichita Falls
for tho morning and evening services
Sunday.
Alvin Hughes preached in his home
town Munday last Sunday.
Paul Simon filled his appointment
with the church at Doole Sunday.
Forrest Woldrop was with the
church at Truby Sunday.
Erls Ritchio filled his regular ap-
pointment with tho church at Moron.
Dwain Jones preached at Albany
Sunday.
A. G. Hobbs was with the church
'at Bronto Sunday.
Harold McDonald preached at Rob-
ert Leo last week end.
Earl Craig was with the church at
Seymour.
Everett O'Dowd filled his regular
appointment at Breckenrldgo preach-
ing at both morning and evening
services.
HILL RBFEREES TOURNEY
Dalton Hill returned late Saturday
night from Colorado the host city for
tho eastrn division of the basketball
tournament of district sixteen whero
he was referee for the tournament.
'He called tho entire seven games of
tho tournament in which the Big
Spring Steers won the right to con-
test the Abilene Eagles for the dis-
trict championship
NEW YORK WEEK BY WEEK
By Walter Adaau
THE STOCK
(Note: This is a continuation of
tho trip to Wall Street and tho Stock
Exchange which wbb begun last
week).
Wo are now at Broad street and
down the street a fow steps wo see
tho Stock Exchange building We aro
surprised to find that iho Stock Ex-
change is not on Wall Street but Is
on a side street Today tho street is
all torn up by workmen who aro eith-
er putting down now pavement or are
widening tho street Wo entjr the
'Stock Exchange building and tho
doorman is not going to lot Us go to
tho gallery until we tell him wo aro
students from the university. Whon
wo tell him wo aro students ho calls
the guard at tho entrance to tho gal-
lery overlooking tho floor of tho ex-
change to admit us. Wo go up two
flights of steps and pass throgh an
entrance to tho gallery 'a small bal-
cony which extends tho length of tho
room on each side just wido enough
to permit two or threo people to stand
ono behind tho other and watch tho
proceedings below.
Wo aro too late for tho ringing of
tho bell at which timo tho "bedlam"
begins; everything seems to be in con
fusion below. Wo wonder at first bo-
for we know this is the market in
actual operation what tho troublo is
and when thoy aro going to get quiet
so business can begin. Several hun-
dred men aro rushing here and .thcro
shouting to each other excitedly and
then wo seo several writing something
in tho littlo note-books they carry in
their hand and wo are told that Borne
stock has been sold.
Suppose you aro the one buying
the stock. You havo given the order
to your broker there in Abilene ho
has wired it to his firm here tho
order clerk in tho office here has in
turn telephoned it to tho floor of tho
exchange where the firm has a tele-
phone booth. As soon as tho clerk
in the telephone booth gets the'order
ho presses a button which flashes tho
number of the broker of his firm on
In Remembrance of Washington
February the 22nd of every year
brings to our minds the name of tho
"father of our country" George
Washington for it is his birthday and
l YteLauM for a brief tlma in
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tnnigs we know about him
Many aro the myths and deplorably
few tho facts that havocomo to us
regarding the boyhood of Waahing-
ton. There can be no doubt that he
like all healthy boys got into a good
doal of mischiof and it is not at all
impossible that ho injured the fruit
tree and confessd that ho had dono
so with the famous saying "I cannot
tell a He."
It may be accepted as certain that
he rode and mastered many unbroken
thoroughbreds and it is possible too
that one of them may have burst a
blood Vessel in the process and died
and that the boy promptly told his
mother of tho accident But this is
the utmost credit these two anecdotes
can claim. That he lectured his play-
mates on the wickedness of fighting
and in the year 1754 accounted him-
self to be knocked down in the pres-
ence of his soldiers and thereupon
beggod his assailant's pardon for hav-
ing spoken roughly to him are stories
so foolish that they do not even de-
servo our consideration.
Washington stands as a type alone
in our history and he has stamped his
name deep upon the imagination of
mankind. Whether the image be false
or true is of no consequence the fact
remains. WJe know his deeds but
what was it in the man that has given
him such a place in the affection re-
spect and imaginaton of his fellow-
men throughout tho world. It is a
hard question to answer. As a man
he appears unfamiliar to the posterity
that reveres his memory but in spite
of all this and in spito of all that
wo may say concerning how little wo
really know of Washington we are all
supremely proud of this great man
who made the United States a free
country and on his birthday no ono of
ECHANGE
a largo board at each end of the ex
change room. Tho broker goes to tho
booth receives tho order and imme-
diately places the order for tho stock
at tho prlco for which it is thou Bell-
ing. Ho merely says to the broker
offering tho stock that ho will take
so many shares. No written agree-
ment is 'made at tho timo just this
Informal order yet mombors of the
exchang'o hold such contracts inviol-
able and as much as five hundod mil-
lions of dollars in contracts in one
day havo been made in this way. Tho
broker informs his telephone clqrk of
tho transaction ho phones tho. main
office of his firm which wires your
broker in Abilene that the shares
which you ordered havo ben bought.
This entire procedure takes but a mo-
ment or two provided you are ip a
city where tho brokerage firm has a
prlvato wire connocted with the firm
in New York City. '
Theso orders which are coming in
by tho hundreds create all tho excite-
ment which you seo below you on the
floor of the exchange room. When
tho stock was bought a clerk made
a memorandum of it on a slip of pa-
per handed it to a ticker operator
who flashed it over the ticker instru-
ments located in tho member's offices
in New York City and tho Western
Union flashed it over its wires to the
principal cities of the United States.
This tells everyone how tho market
is whether up or down.
This is by' no means all to be learn
ed about the exchange but since we
do not expect to havo much business
with it as a teacher's salary is none
too large wo leave the building won
dering how normal (or aro they acta
ally normal 7) human beings can
stand 'up-under the strain. of so much
excitement day in and day out. At
times whon somo popular stock has
taken a sudden urn upward a yell
resembling that which you students
mako when Pippcn or another of the
Wildcats rings a basket against Dan-
iel Baker is lot loose by tho men on
tho floor.
us should forget to stop and consider
this fact for a moment Grace Little-
field. ) "With The Exes
Victor Drinkard a member of tho
junior class beforo his withdrawal two
years ago is teaching near Snyder
Texas. Ho visited friends here Sun-
day. Victor was a member of tho
now extinct "Kat" club a brother or-
ganization of' tho Kitten club
Bynum Helton who married Miss
Jowel Rolland is in tho grocery busi-
ness at his homo in West Texas.
Master Orvill Stowman one of
Coach Hill's best "Ragknots" in foot-
ball last year has Joined tho Navy of
Undo Sam.
Jewell Brown sister of Dawson
Brown is now attending Texas Tech-
nological college.
Misses Rosa Cozart and Mildred.
Caruth aro teaching In the school at
Potosi.
Miss Evelyn Harvey collego favor-
ite this year and last year is assisting
ner lather in his dry goods store this
term. Sylvia Harvey a Junior last
year is also employed at tho Harvey
Dry Goods Company
Ono of our famous exes has joined
tho hero's ranks lately Coach Esker
Curtis of Ranger recently assumed
tho sheriff's role" in attempting to
drive away robbers. A Ranger the-
atro box office was being held up just
as Curtis with his wife nd another
couple approached. Tho robber after
getting a small sum became fright-
ened' at the appearance and ran. It
seem8 that "Eck" gavo chase but ho
lost his man in tho maze of the dark-
ness W have received a very optimistic
letter from Archie Gee Optimist staff
member during the fall term. Archie
wrjtes from Hot Springs Arizona
whero ho is working in tho Castle Hot
Springs Hotel
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Texas University has on display
tho valentine drawn bj 0. Henry for
his daughter Margaret 'together with
a piece of paying stontr from the
building whero ho published his
"Rolling Stones."
Students at the Unlvortfty of Cam-
bridge aro givon a mock funeral when
thoy leavo after bing expollcdX
Tho Players Club of Simmons Unk
fversity is to present Shakcspcaro's
"Merchant of Vonlco" in tho near fu-
ture Social activities at Baylor Univers-
ity of tho last wcok include a 'pos-
sum hunt and a miniature golf party
in the attic of the Memorial Dormi
tory.
Count Carlo Sforzo famous Italian
statesman is lecturing in tho Uni
versity of Texas under tho auspices
of the Carncgio Endowment for Inter
national Peace.
According to tho athletic bureau of
Yale Univorslty no ono connected
with Yale athletics in any capacity
can speak or writo on tho subject of
athletics.
Students of Montana Stato Collego
went on a strlko becauso tho girls had
to bo in. their dormitories by 11 o'clock
instead of 2:30.
Abilene Debaters Awarded Discussion
(Continued from Pago 1)
thing would bo produced where it can
be produced the cheapest and not rob
the people by making them buy arti-
cles by making them buy articles at
twice their worth In order to protect
infant industries.
Jack ' Pope mpt tho . affirma-
tive's arguments by 'stating that if
tho American people did not have pro-
tection against foreign products that
they would havo to competo against
the wages of the cheap laborers in all
parts of tho world. "It is considered
fair and proper" Popo continued "for
all nations to have Immigrant laws to
protect their laborers from cheap
foreign laborers. Then why is it not
fair for the civilized laborers tho
world over to have protection against
their prodcta?"
Reiff Proposes Plan
Tho second affirmative speaker
Mr. Rcifif proposed as the plan for
bringing about free trade between all
the nations that of tho removal of all
' zizzr. jzxjz:s UJ ""All nations. Hn
stated that no international enforce
ment would be needed.
Clay argued from tho standpoint of
tho practicability of a plan of free
trade. He refuted arguments advanc
ed by the affirmative. He contend
ed that International enforcement
would be necessary for tho carrying
out a policy of free trade among the
nations.
This debato was Jack Pope's tirst
appearance on the public platform as
a debator either in high school or col-
lege. Clay gavo most of tho destruc-
tive argument of tho negative while
Popo presented the constructive argu-
mont. Copp and Relff wore accompanied
by Porter Routh freshman debater
and their debato coach Mr. Matthis.
Mr. Capp i8 a nephew ot Mrs.. Mid-
dlcbrook of Abilene in whose home
ho visited while here.
Judges for the debate were Judge
Lee R. York and Joe Childress at-
torneys and F. Darcy Bone debate
coacn at McMurry.
204 READ BIBLE DAJLY
Out of a total of 340 who attended
Sunday school for February 16 320
were regular morabprs yj were visit-
ors und three new memb.ers 120
w vne loioi ejwoument 0f 440 wero
absent one being reported sick A
total of 2236 chapters wero read last
wsvk oy uiDie scnooj attendants while
8Q4 reported as daily Bible readers.
o
Rexfod Anderson visited In his
borne at JVometa tjho early pavt o the.
week
Victor Drinkard a former student
of A O. C. visited George Taylor here
Sunday.
THE BOOK CORNlBJ
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SHANDYGAFF
Christopher Itforlcy
Onco In every yoar or so 1
permitted to find somo book
brings a real tinglo to that
ofHho spinal marrow which resl
to th) vibrations of literature
a badWny to calendar tho years;
the really good' books they
Each tvwlvo months tho gammc
tho literary sun-dial is likely to cast
some a'i-'idow ono wilt not forget Thus
I marii this year 1031 as tho year that
lntrpiuccd mo to Christopher Mor-
ley's "Shanllygaff." Most of us re-
member 1030' for Richard Hallibur-
ton's "Royal Koad to 'Romance" or
"Scarlet Sister M'ry" If you profer
that Bort of thing. 1030 I also notch-
ed as the year in Which I got tho
"hang" of Conrad and iQuy Do Mau-
passant But best of air.in this year
1031 though It is still y$ung I will
remember it for "Shondy&iff."
"Shandygaff" having bec publish-
ed in this country is scaswablo to
kindlo an altar of flro for tnfe fanci-
ful and delightful author iftis cur-
ious that tho book is bo llttloknown
as it really is. His is a noveV8hot
through with tho phosphorescent
sparkle of imagination that is sojehar-
actoristlc of his works. "ShVindy-
gaff " is a most authentic knapsack of
GOLD. t
This book will bo found exceedingly
valuable for classroom uso by teach-
ers of theology hydraulics and! ap-
plied engineering. It is recommejulod
by the author that tho book be intro-
duced to students before their Trttnds
have become hardened clotted and
skeptical. The author does not hold
himself responsible for any of the
statements in tho book and reserves
tho right to disavow them undejr in-
tellectual pressure; ono nnd all1. It is
a real house of fun In one volujmo and
you will bo tho sadder if youj forget
SHANDYGAFFHarold Mitt.
Say That Watclj
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