The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 26, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 14, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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Freshman Edition
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FISH PRICES
GOING UP
KV-JKt53
Volume 25
Harvey Scott Will Take Up
Work With College Church
On The First Sunday 01 May
T.C.U. Graduate
To Live In Boys'
Hall First Month
Hnivc) fecott ministir fiom
Tlel Texas will fill thi college
( hurch pulpit beginning Mhj 1
His fnniil) will not nunc to Abi
kne until the end of tin. school
xeni Dunng the month of Mav
Mi Scott will bi 1 guest in tlK
I vs dornutoi)
Mi mui Mr hiott have tluci
hi lien two sons ages 1U ind
1 mill one diughter 11 Mi-
1 tta Siott Gurrett assoeiit
I ftssor of I nglish in A ( C
i lll IHlUl
Mi Siott ueeiicd his haihilo
1 its degree fi mi Texas i In i
n Iniversitv in I i ind n w
! i completed III Mil I I unci
I wc ik louiiiil In l ulul i f
I v nit deguc
II mug loui ve irs . i 1
I lu ho state s th it tl i i
f thi bist iiutlioils hi kt c ws
I ii u h thi pioph iiikI 1iOis to
I ihli to lisp it in thi ihuiil -
w ik pioginm Inn in hiluu
Hi usults fiom this method of
ik h-uc bien outst indmg I
PliLVCIUNC SINCL 1917
Hi began his loial chun.li woil
in 1017 with tin Hoics Street
church of Christ in S in Antonio '
Since then hi his done loial work I
in the following congrcg-itions
aeveial of which an piomlnent
churihcs Floresvillc Itasca Chil-
dless Grove Avmui eongicg-ition
in San Antonio Sherman Pol)
tichnic church in Foit Woith and
Tvler
This gimes him ixpiritnce with
congregations fiom a mcmbeishjp
of BO to 800 and in towns or cities
with t population of (000 to 200
000
In Tyler this picsent cir
he was first ice president of the
Kiwanis Club ind president of the
Tler Council of Pircnt Fducation
Tyler is the only cit m Texas
to complete the council which
holds membership in tin Nntion-il
Council of Parent Fducation
BISHOP POSTS
HONOR RATING
FOR MID-TERM
ELEVEN RATE A
IN FIVE COURSES
Two bundled and mint) oni
students made the honoi list us
the mid sinnstci gi ides were
pisted bj Mrs Clua Ilishop ug
i tiai I liven students mile the
honoi roll in five couisos with
' one in school lei living six
' Vs'
I he re weic 21 students who
i itid ibovi 10 pci cent in foui
i f then courses and r.) who made
t in time
I hose miking the honoi i oil in
five subjects u Maiv I iiinecs
(Continued on Pate J)
HAILEY TO HOLD
DENVER MEETING
Homer Hiik) who rccentl)
held the annual spring meeting fen
the college congicgation left
Mondii) foi Denvci Colouulo
where he will conduct a meeting
which will continue thiough Sun
la April 24
This will be nn exchange meet
Ing with Yatcr Tant ministei of
tho Denver congregation who w
hold i levival nveoting for the
Highland Stieet congugatlon clui
jng the summer
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE TEXAS. Thursday April 14 19.8
HARVEY SCOT
Aliu Foui i ir
Ehresmann
BAND BEGINS TOUR
MONDAY MORNING
Baird Is First Stop
TO GIVE CONCERT
ON ACC'S STAGE
MONDAY THE 25TH
Three conceits will be staged
ilnil) by a select gioup of the
Abilene Christian College W illicit
Dane! on its annual fivediv toui
beginning mxt Monday envoi ins
t number of towns in (cntiil
Tix-is
Dunng the toui tin following
numbirs will Li phvul Maich
( oloiado ' G F Holniis -i con
cut maich ovcituu 'Slavonic
Rhipsodv C rriidinnnn class A
silcctid mi m be. i loinit tri)
Ihiec Kings W M Smith plav
id bv Walton Pixsli) Nolan
Hatchei ind Jimmv Wnns oiu-
tuie ' Diane ' ( 1 Holniis now
iltv Tin Ihiee Trees 1 Mi
auihton oveituu Tin Caliph
of Picdad ' A llonldien eliss (
iiquiicd numbei ovutuii Tin
naiiatoi 1 I Hmhtil ilass I
uquiml nunibu ovntuie Mom
ing Pi ici Isihiikowskv ilass
I) ruiuiiul k ntcst numbei ovu
tun Iluilileis of With (hailes
O Ni ill class II iciiuiicd contest
nunibii ovutun lleatiiic I t
Hi m lie t II Rn In 7 class A u
liiucel contest numbei
Upon ith ictuiii tin ban 1 will
piescnt a conceit in Scivell audi
toiiuni on Mi mill) nicjit piil J
I he following daj tin eioup will
plav foi the Wist Texts ( hambui
of ( omnicice convention it With
itn Falls Texas
On A pill Jh 10 tin bands plans
to intei the state contest at San
Angelo Texas The national con
test in the bind division will be
held in Abilene Mi JO Tho win-
nci at Sin Angelo will compete
with lcpicsentntives fiom 11
states
(A calendai of the band tour
schedule containing places and the
time of appearances at each will
; be found on page T )
"A Glad Heart
"Band Music" Topic
Of Chaucl Address
K T Ilynum Abilene high I
school bund diuctor spoke Tuis. I
div morning in chapel on Hind'
Music I
Opening thi talk In mintioiiid
scvcinl students with whom hi
had worked in Abiluu high and
also complimented the W illicit
Uinil
He told of the hlstoiv ind the
rnpid progress of b inds It
begun ' said Mi H mini ' foi thc
pin post of making noise with
ihout thi ce Instiumenls the kit
tit drum n lone; trumpet ind n
reed instalment
High school binds in thi mi Id!
Mst niconling to the ndclrms np
tin iars in nuance of thi
hiiHi
school binds of this siction but
the binds of this section an now
developing vxtv fist
ORIGINAL POEMS
TO BE READ MAY 3
Puts of Abilini will appeal tin
gin st piogram Mav 1 in tV
I Poimitoiv uncling ortgirPil
li t ns This pi i foi maun wflll
I nxiiid b tin Speech rts
i f AI lie in ( hi i-1 1 in Col
Resigns
Fred Barton Chosen
Speech Instructor
peech Instructor
For Fall Semester
I
lit till (if
Mm gin it I lucsniann
the speech aits ilepiitiiient of A
n . ' "
I (. has annouiuiil In r nsumu.
tion ind it his been accepted b
mil it hs I. P nn i i.. -
I'lesidint James I- Cox Mis
ifhusminn has been a member
of the college faeultv loi the
1 ist foui vcais
I hul Itirton giaduatc of ACC
tin 1917 has bten addtd to th-c A
U C faeultv as i public spiaking
m-truUoi foi next )cai in
nounccs Piesnlent Cox tied II u
ton his been teaching the sixth
gi ule in the rair Paik -inl
school dunng this vein While in
A C ( he majored in public speak
ing moving his II A degiii.1
upon gi uluation Piisnlent Cox
commented that anothei public I
speiking tc-iehii was nceilid next
I fall since Don II Mouis's woik
I called him out of town friquenth
i Iltfoix coming to A C ( Miss
Hiitsmann taught in Huiiitt Col
Icgi in Cimibeilaiid Tinilessci nml
I thin thru jenis in Hauling Col-
leiTi in Sclllev Arknnsns I m Ihr
i
next veil and n half she studied'
ab.o.d in Iomion ps d l Students Give Recital
en na
IlctuiiiiiH to Ameiica sin con I rwo s.nioi speech students G
clue tc (1 il voice school of he i ownlc llilviv and I mile ( uie will
in Icuisville Kentuckv foi thixc givi a joint leiltnl at S o'clock to
veils in I then nnvel In i studio nicht G C Hclvei will ic id Tin
Nishville when -h. stivil fi 1
(C i ntinuid i n P i(.i -')
DAME FASHION DEVELOPS NOSTALGIA
ON VIEWING HER MODISH CREATIONS
On In-tn m inline llann 1 ish
ion lists Sin ecps cnlv till llkll
vxniti in blinds it the pinidc sin
has disiciiid a slow slink bio id
ens into a gnu as sin notices the
pioplc on tin pionicnadi as the)
oil) hei slielitest vvhinis Ivm
hi i most f u I li nn "I is i ai i ic I out
to the fullest extent
With i sigh that the veil's
woik his been well done she
leans luck in hei ihth Quicklv
pai.es of fashion aie tumid ovei
and she lemembcis when she
stinted the mode of ceitain st)lcs
and how she used things foi con
venicncc not expecting them to Ic
come fashionable
Just nftei a nm she was spoil-
ing and the gnats weic peisistint
in thin pursuit so she letuinid
to the housi and loveicd her hat
nnd hei face with mosquito net
Makcth a Cheerful Countenance " Proverbs 1") 13
Total Mission Gift
Amounts To $105
Oiu hundied nnd five doll irs
and seientj one cents was tin to
tal contiibution receive! bj Geoigc
S Alison picsident of Hniding
College and sponsoi of i South
Afiica building fund sajs i letter
o appreciation leccivcd fiom him
This contribution takm up in
ehapcl dining tin shoit eouise was
foi the construction of noimiil
school buildings !t thi N-imwiingn
Mission in Noithein Ithndcsi i
South Africa This mission was
starttd In 11 U b Geoigc M Siott
and tin work his bun Inn Heap
ped bicausi of lack of ncrissni)
'""'R
With the ixieptlon of the con
tiibution mule b n church to
Luild oiu entiii building tin Ai C
gift has liein the Inigest oin niude
to the fund
This is tin pictuu of tin dun
onstiation and high school building
of ACC vvhnli is to be just
i. - ..? T. nu..l. fr t . . l...nt. r..
IHIk 11 1 1111111.111 j X " IIUIIIL (II
.u . .e i :i n -.
tht ccntci o fthis building csti
mitid to cost 75 000 dollars will
be n combinition gjmnasium and
auditoiium The high school und
elemental) school will be in sopi-
DOUBLE HOLIDAY
Piesieknt lames I Cox an
nouin-es that the students ot
ACC will not Ik ieiuued to
meet classes on Apiil 10 and
18 This double holidii) Is the
icsult of the iction of the stu-
dent council which voted to take
the ttaditional A pi il first Hull -dav
ilong with the legular
1 aster holiihv
Miss HizalHth Nelson libia
inn also ilinolineed that the
libi u v will bi closid at 10
rndav and iisuvcd books mav
be taken out anv time aftir
noon rinliv It will opm agiin
at 8 00 Tuesdav ninining
llish p s ( andlest el Iv N.iinin
Mi K inn I Pi i nn in -t u mint i
ting biiniom. saw he i an I n
llUllked th it c lied I e iut is
nivstiiioiis Those wolds stmt unv
feniinini lient dung tin dipsv
du lie riiat was In i fust whim
sic il fishlon
Ilolelos lieeainc g od just ilttel
1) inn I ishion lignn wealing oni
It liappuicil like tins moths had
bla7iil ti ills ii nun I tin bottom
of hi i cont she seldom got cold
excxpt on hi i elbows so she clini
inhd the bottom of the wuip
'Ohs and ahs issued fiom in
tciested watchers
lunges too weic stinted un
intuition ill) An umeliabli hum
di that sent Dame rashion s
clothes back thicadbine is icspon
sible foi the lavels on drcssol up
people
Sometimes she gets piettv sick
of the whole mess she e in t even
! - If at?; Jv '
IN CORONATION
Young To
Los Allegros Give
Feature Program
ParvAmcncanism Topic
I os Allegros Spanish club of
ACC will piesint theli second nn
nuiI Pan Amu lean piogi ini ovu
KKI1C Thursday Apiil 14 The
puiposi of thi progrims is to in
suie the fiiindship tint iMsts
between the nitions
lor the opining nunil ci I o
Allegios will sing I'nniimii
Mutha ( oniland will nad two
South Ainciiiiin poems O Amei
ica mil Mno Indio flist in I ng
lish and then in the oiiginnl Spin
ish followed bv Mai I imiklin Mi
EDUCATIONAL
rati units one in nthn wine.
I loni the fust to thi sixth (Tide
is lonsidiiid as thi w ml school i
with tin mxt thin gialis torn
jioslng the junioi high Thi high
school consists of the 11th and
1.2th guides
Mr and Mis G W Cox of
( anvon nndc the piincipal con-
tiibution to thi fund being col
ALPHA PSI OMEGA
THREE-ACT PLAY
SET FOR APRIL 29
Alpha Psi Omigi eta chap
tci will piesint Giants in tin
Eirth on Apnl JJ Tin plav Is
diannti7id bv 1 nomas Job trom
O I Itihaags novel
Flu dranin consists of a pio
loguc and thice acts Thi Dakot is
foi m thi setting fot this unusual
ti iged) The cust consists of Pel
Haus i Kohert Hoinbikei Ileiet
rein Hoinbick Oh llilln Until
oung linns Olsa ltoln.it Holton
Sen ina Katlniine Hobiison Ton
si tin lohn Holton Kjinoti Mai
qucllte He lis ministei M I
iuiLhnn Aslik Tjoini Itcbi lo
IJlllingslev I!ruleet T i e n t i e
Ulichitt and Ilcni) Solum bv Wei
don Dennett
live I Call Sandbuig will be ic id
1 v I mi ( in e
step out on the stieet without hi
mi. watclieil and hi i slightest
whim hcccincs a lashieii clem mil
Anothei el iv whin she Wtlf le
Hilling the goc I ol davs she
elimleil up into thi nttii and dm
mil hei aiehaiiallv elesigucd Gib
son Gill lostunn Hei appcu inn
in the ginb caused tidings to la
speeding acioss the continent that
inv glil louldnt go thiough i
seceessful si i ml siascn without it
Tin Gibson Gnl was tumid n
Must
Wntihing such pnadis alwavs
gives lie l a faint case of nostalgia
so she luslns into hir bedioom
nnd giabs hei oldest giov lion
net "with a fiw fiills upon it an I
joins the crowd of joous march-
ers The moment sonu fishlon
tioupcr spots hei. Panic I asluon
will be off on anothei spue
Attend Banowsky
Gehcc with IstrelUta a Mexican
A discussion of the contiibution
01 me new worm to thi iconomli
woild will be made by Gordon
Teel
Diuct tribute will be paid both
Cubi ind Mexico in the singing
of theii natioml inthcms An In
tcrview on the subject of Pan
Amein inisiii will In. held bv two
memtirs of the dub I
to Golondiina will be sung b
the I os Allegros quartet compos-
ed of Icon Henthorn Jncqullemj
(rlthc.it Gioigi Ilerniril tnJ 'Miss
rem Hollu
rmphisls will be placed through-
rut the proginni on the good will
and nmicnblt commercial iclatlonsl
that iist iKtwem the Pan Amen
can countiies
BUILDING
luted t luulil th - unit This gift
consisting of i taini consciva
tivcl) estim-itcd at $7 000 was
given on the condition that the
lest of the ncccssar) nionev be
inised to constiuct the school
These diawings were mile b)
Gasklll and MeDanicl aichiteets
of Abilene
Pickwickian Club
Presents Chapel
i Program Tomorrow
To Invite McMurry
And Hardin-Simmons
Literary Members
rndav April IC the Pnkvvicl
urn Club will pusint its fnsti
chapel ptogiam in ACC hlstorv
IU ailing of oiiginnl solutions I
bv niimbeis of tin wi iters dub
will compose the piogi ini Several i
of the selections re id will nppc u
in the Spiiug edition of the Piel-I
wickei scheduled to conn fiom th"
puss tin last wick of Apiil I
Invititlon his bun eiviu to tin
Galliiii stall' at McMunv Coll gel
and to the w liters club at Hni
din Simmons Uniuisitv to ittcnd
the cxciciscs Fudav
Han Id line i sins phili sophu il
tie itlse on Gills whiih states
that a gnl inn bi mti at anv
thing if sht extinds hu little fin
I'll giiiicfullv a till phone con
veisntion vviittin bv Gaston G (.
dell md a shoit short stoiv I In
Sissv bv lion Ileiithoin will
compose the lightei pint of In
dnv s piogiam King of Cats a
xliuit stoiv bv Oseai Stilus is ol
medium weight
An essnv bv I P Sandiis No
Oni Must Know a skitih bv
Selnii Chnpmondi Kimimbiiing
a ptuii b) I cm lloinbuk nn'
Ihilma loliffi s Pnsonus All
an sehedulid to complete the ex
ciciscs
Pickwickian memlcis believe
such pioginms as tin oni to be
piesintcel I lidav will stimulate in
tcust among campus writers'
snvs Icon Hinthoin piisnlent of
the gioup
Mntciiil rind in chnpil is ihos-
in fiom that turned in at regulai
intle meetings of the Pickwickian
i lub All membeis will icid their
I own selections
Number 2
Tcn Chosen por Tram
'ATTENDANTS FRO
5 OTHER SCHOOLS
Ulllie Ruth Young was select!
Jisterday by thi student body
representative of the studenta'
sociation for the annual Kitti
Klub Koiomtion to be held on tl
cvming of April 11 in Scwcll ami
tnrium This affair centers nroul
the coronation of Rlanchc Dal
ovvsky is queen of tho annual
ension
Shi will be attended bj a (
nnd hir escoit from each
tin ACC c lasso from the Au
lene Christ! in High from
loscph Acidenn Haidin Simmon
McMurry nnd l ilene High schol
Most of tin attendants and
crits are t l i nnnunced lati
Thosi nlit idv i il known
the follow inc. I s JoscI
Vadimv M In has be
i h i n i m 1 1 I I I e Dug
i i igiann il t i nccoij
I mini bv II i! 1 v.l K will ril
nt the
( High .schol
1
huh will m I Iieni M
then iipiescntatie Cl
Kil att nk
Muri)
the choice of J
Pomp and the atmosphere
rojalt) will be the order of. t
evening as the enhance of Blanc
of the House of Unnowsky is h
aided by the couitier followed
the announcement of her att
ants As the legal process!
headed bv Uhnche and her esc
cntcis tbe inteiest of the cveni
begins its ascent reaching its c
mniating point with the coronati
of the queen
Students Present
Recital On KRBC
last Tuesda) ovening at 0
four students of the fine arts
piitmcnt piescnted a piano rccil
over KKBC fiom Scwcll audit!
urn stage.
Mon.i Hamstieet opened
piogiam pli)ing 'Shadow DanJ
bv McPow-ell The second numa
was lso a selection b) McDq
ell 'Maich Wind" b) U Nc
Ciuutheis
Concluding the piogram thol
fineeis of ( athuini Fpperson tfl
Naomi Woods combined to pi
i A Dincc bv Nivin
Kelcy Hoick Meeting
Fot Idalou Church
liavnn n I k In leecnt winl
of the C ix I tcmpri spealil
cintest lie.an n nv Mil mcctl
Apt il S at Id il u In home cl
gicgation Hi held a spiingmq
ing foi the chuich of Chust thi
last spnng ills This meeting
disc Sundiv piil 17
BURFORD SPEAKS
SUNDAY AT ANSOI
'Chin eh Musu will be the
jeet of Ieonaid Buifords scrii
next Sundii) moining at 11 a
in the Anson chuich of Christ
Cecil Hill mimsvci of tho
son congicgation who has ll
timpoi-ml) filling the Colli
Chuich pulpit and the officci i
the ihuich reccntl) tendered
special invititlon to Ivonaril
foul
The entne evening hour will!
devoted to a song service
dull directed b) Burforcl
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