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THE OPTIMIST
Friday January 12 1940
Me Two
THE GIRLS TRAINING (XASSlWo ;
rreacumg ineme
Of Yoweffs Talk
The following open letter found its way
3nto The Optimist's mail box with the re-
quest that it be printed. So here 'tis.
IDcar Girls of ACC:
"An ex-student can never tell the thrill
of joy ho receives when he reads in The Op-
timist of successes and victories that tell
him ACC is if possible growing into a
greater school than it used to be-
"Neither can an ex tell you about the
cold tight tugging at his heart when he
realizes that all is not well. That is what
3ms caused me to write this letter.
"That I was honored by being chosen
the first leader of Young Women's Train-
ing docs not make me feel that I have any
authority to dictate to the students of 1939-
40 what you shall make of it. However may
as best 1 can tell you again of the orig-
inal purpose of the meetings?
"Church and World" GTC Objective
"Girls' Training class was started by a
lew girls who wished to find a specific
means of cultivating spirituality and of pre
paring themselves and others for Christian
Woman's work in the home. Church and
world. That was its sole objective.
"Lectures by visitors and heart" to heart
talks by girls of the class on topics of spirit-
ual growth and Christian work and duty
planted inspiration so deep within us that
it will never bt lost Frequent devotional
meetings in which every girl had a part
"helped more than we will ever know to give
us a vivid realization of God's nearness. Our
work was far from perfect but all it meant
"to us can never be told.
"Perhaps some of you can guess how I
iccl and how many others both in school
and away feel to read that the once infor-
mal wholly religious meeting now called an
fORGANIZATpON" has been "raised to an
important position among campus clubs." No
I am not interpreting it literally girls but
that is only one of the many things that
liave been said that tell us that the work is
lagging! Dozens of girls who could be giving
no end of help are not even attending the
meetings I
"More times than I could tell you I have
lieord this prayer led by girl after girl:
"Father may these meetings continue al
ways throughout the years to be the in-
spiration and help that they are to us."
"Girls of ACC will you help to answer
that prayer by doing everything possible to
keep these meetings on the basis upon which
they were built? Can you be so interested
in style fashion etc. that you will forget
the weightier things of the Law? Can you let
these meetings begun with the purpose of
drawing girls closer to God deteriorate into
ja lightly spoken of "GTC" when prayers
BtDl rise from all those who have gone be-
fora: 'God may they continue as they
were!'?"
Kathryn Molloy
Carey Texas
Because it is the fault of The Optimist
that the above mistaken opinion of the work
of the Girls' Training class was formed and
to erase that opinion from the minds of any
other readers whom we may have misled
we take the liberty of answering this letter
in the folloing editorial statement:
The Girls' Training Class can never un-
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der a leadership like its present one bo a
"lightly spoken of GTC". We present stu
dents of Abilene Christian college ' believo
this because we have seen it expand under
its present leadership until it is attracting
many moro girls than it has ever drawn be
fore.
Where GTC formerly drew only girls
with so serious a religious intent that were
they not members of the church of 'Christ
they would be preachers it now numbers
among its members a more general cross-
section of Christian girlhood.
Its objective is still solely to cultivate
spirituality and to prepare those who attend
for "Christian woman's work in the home
Church and world."
The statement that it had become an
'organization . . . raised to an important posi-
tion among campus clubs" was quoted by
Miss Molloy from a feature column. 'Campus
Characters Caricaturized" in The Optimist
of December 15 in which a regular staff
member of the paper reviewed the person
ality and achievements of Martha Lou Green
present Girls' Training class leader.
That column never went through the
hands of our religious editor but passed the
censorship of our regular editorial channels.
The Optimist was in error for not being
more of a stickler for words for it certainly
realizes that GTC is neither a club nor an
"organization" in the sense that Miss Molloy
interpreted the words.
As to the discussion program which has
been followed by this religious group nil
discussions of "style fashion etc." have been
been led by men and women in the Church
with an eye not solely on improvement of ap
pearance but on modesty in dress and de
portment as a review of the write-ups of
the group's meetings will indicate.
We have heard more expressions from
the girls themselves of the good they are
getting from GTC meetings this year than
we have ever heard before. This is borne out
by the increased attendance and interest.
As to the "Dozens of girls who could be
giving no end of help" but who are "not
even attending the meetings" because the
work is "lagging" we believe Miss Molloy
to be misinformed. A check-up of those in
attendance now against the names of last
year's regulars failed to show the absence of
more than two of the non-graduating mem-
bers of the group and these vacancies have
been more than filled by others new in at-
tendance. Not by way of criticism to Miss Molloy
but in violent disapprobation of the misin-
former through whom she got her informa-
tion may we suggest that if anyone feels
that the Girls' Training class needs reform-
ing upon the basis of the grounds mentioned
in Miss Molloy's letter to us holds that feel-
ing because of an ignorance of the true na-
ture of this year's meetings.
Why doesn't that informer who we feel
sure is not attending this year's meetings
attend with on open mind. Then after see
ing unbiasedly what the meetings are like
if she still believes that the meetings are de
generating and the work "lagging" she can
start her reforming inside the group and not
by hammering noisily around the walls.
The girls now attending GTC sessions
are satisfied with the work which is being
done. Is not that with the group's increased
attendance and interest a fair indication
tliat Girls' Training class is still trying to
prepare those who attend for "Christian
woman's work in the home Church and
world"? We do not believe that this group
could change its objectives and still exist on
the Abilene Christian college campus ns a
religious organization.
"Tho Psychology of Preaching"
was discussed at Evangelistic For
um meting last Friday evening by
W. M. Yowell ACC instructor.
Yowell pointed out tho things that
make people do what they do and
how the preacher may take advan-
tage of the trend of thought of a
person to teach him the Bible.
Meeting time for Forum has
been changed from 0:15 to G:30 to
accommodate members working in
the dining hall.
Reporting preaching appoint
ments for tho preceding Sunday
were Rex Kykcr Moran; Garvin
Tome Pioneer; Clifton Rogers
Ellnsvillc; Luther Savage Cap!-
tola; Walter Bycrs Bangs j Eu-
gene Smith Coahoma; Clifton In-
man Menard; Boyd Reese Olden;
James Reynolds Ballinger; James
Johnson Joshua; Colin Smith Cle
burne; Leonard Tyler Strawn;
Nick Craig Knott
Nick Craig reports two restora-
tions at Knott
Hot Dog Dinner
Held In Memory
Of Old Hickory
You've hoard of Jackkon Day
dinners Hint cost $100 a plate;
juu'o heird of Jrok'f.n Tay dln-
neis 1 at cost on'y Jis n i-iato;
bui nuvp you heard uf the Jtck-
scn Day dinner that cost the
wholo sum of 25 cents?
In Austin on Jackson's birth
day January 8 tho Somorvlllo
Law School sponsored a 25 cent
HOT DOG dinner In memory of
Old Hickory.
The group at tho' school felt
that It should celebrate the an-
niversary In "a manner moro In
Marriage Discussed Sermon Of
inunsiramng The Week
mwuiig -imcty
W. R. Smith spoke to Girls'
Training class on "Qualities per
taining to a happy marriage" last
Friday evening. Ho will address
the group again tonight on a simi
lar subject.
Charles II. Robcrson spoke at
the last pro-holiday meting on
"Tho birth of Christ" not as a
Christmas story but as it apples
to us to day.
Members of GTC tho Mission
Study class and the Ladies Bible
class of the College church con-
tributed to a box of articles
which was sent to tho Bowser
School for Negroes in Fort Smith
Arkansas for Christmas.
Average attendance at meetings
of the Girls' Training class this
semester has been close to tho
sixty mark. Tho group meets each
Friday evening at 0:15 in room
15 of tho administration building.
and gonulne democracy of our-
solvea and Old Hickory than is
possible- at a swanky hotel whore
tho charge Is $25 a plato."
It was also declared that tho
hot dog is tho emblem of Amer-
ican Domocracy and "was so
recognized T"hen tho King and
Queen of England broke a bun
with our First Family and found
tho American hot dog both pal-
atable and nourishing."
Instead of "swolllng the cam-
paign chest" tho proceeds from
tho Hot Dog dinner were divided
botweon tho "heroic defenders of
World Dmocracy In Finland" and
tho Austin milk fund.
Member of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Assn.
Editor
Business Manager
Leon Henthorn
Gaston Cogdell
STAFF
Sports Editor
Society Editor
feature Editor
Religious Editor .
Ben Bailey
Patay Cooke
Selma Chapmond
Nick Craig
Assistants '
News: Beth Witt; Betty Rose Henthorn Loyd Bix-
ler Lela Par-tin Burnya Mae Mcllam Eleanor
Brockman Berneice Spiller Ona Faye Speck.
Sports Arvin White Foy Fanning
features: Kessler Ming. June Sellen Lea Short
Laura Jane Tidwell.
Religious news: Martha Lou Green James Reynolds
Luther Savage.
The Optimist relies for its information as to
dab activities on the clubs' reporters. The deadline
for club news is 10:30 p. m. Tuesday. Items not
turned in by that time will be published only when
we have room conveniently.
Subscriptions per year one dollar. Address all com
munications to The Optimist Station A Abilene
Texas.
Caranus office of Tho Optimist is in the northwest
comer of tho Utilities Building. Downtown offlco
la at 1141 South First Street
DORM DERELICTS
Strango as it may seem the Stu
dent Council lost-and. found box
keeper reports that a good many
more things are officially lost
than ever become officially found
No lost and found department
can be any stronger than Its
Itound" end; becuse after nil
no one gets any kick out of look-
ing for something which is lost
in a place where It isn't.
perhaps one of tho articles for
which someone is looking is in
your room. Maybe he parked it
there on a social visit some tims
and it .txfcame ono of those "1
don't know whose it is but It's
here If he wants to come and got
i" ltoms. Perhaps it's Boraethjng
ou borrowed and forgot to re-
turn until you forgot whose it
was. In any case why not check
your room and turn In those mis-
cellaneous Items to ft Council
tmembor? I
Hurry Girls Hurry . . Hurry if
you want some of these big silk
hose values. Archer and Artcraft
Brands to ?1.35 now offered nt 70c
keoplng with tho rugged honesty Pair nt MINTER'S.
YOUNG MEN'S MEETING
Monday January 15 1940 6:15 p. m.
Subject: Bndurance
Scripture Reading: Matt. 21:1-13 i
1st: How To Endure Heb. 6:15; I Cor. 10:12-13; 13:7
2d: The Need of Endurance Matt. 10:22; Heb. 6:15;
12:3-7; James 1:12.
3d: What Endurance I Cor. 13:7; 4:12; II Tim. 2:3;
10:12; 4:3.
4th: Extent of Our Endurance Matt. 13:21; 24:13
ROOM
Leader
Song Loader
Reader
Prayer
1st Speaker
2nd Speaker
3rd Speaker
4th Speaker
Faculty
rrayer
15
Graham Orr
Jim Bob Jarrcll
Forrest Beavers
Joo Clapp
Rex Kiker
Dow Wilson
Ted Underwood
Frank Dunn
W. Earl Brown
Merrick Pyeatt
27
J. D. Reynolds
Garvin Toms
Pat Wyatt
J. B. Ellis
Chesley McDonald
B. B. Harding
James Fowler
D. Wheeler
G. Belcher
Tyson Cox.
N. P. CRAIG
In a recent issuo of the "Path
finder" wo find somo very inter-
esting informaUon in answer to
tho question: "How often do you
go to church V This poll showed
that less than half of the popula
tion of the United States attend-
ing services regularly at least once
a week.
Percentages in to poll reveal
that of those questioned 8.3 per
cent do not attend church nt all;
17.3 per cent attend several times
a year; 10.3 per cent attend once
or twice a month; 40.2 per cent
attend church weekly or oftcner
while 14.0 per cent did not reply
to the questionnaire.
In comparison between the cit
ies and small towns the towns out
distance the cities by 4.2 per cent.
In other words out of every 1000
living in towns under 100000 pop-
ulation 705 go to church as com-
pared with 753 out of every 1000
in the largest metropolitan centers.
Polls or straw votes are rarely
accurate but in the above we can
get a fairly true picturo of tho
church habits of tho American
people. It Is interesting to note
that the larger the group the
smaller number of church goers.
An interesting survey that might
bo made in conjunction with tho
ono made by Pathfinder would bo
ono of tho church habits of college
students.
Students who have nttended ACC
and also some larger colleges and
university say that wo here at
ACC have something to bo proud
of in the way of spiritual oppor-
tunity and growth yet there are
those Lairltcs who are members
of tho church who will deliberate'
ly absent themselves from church
services to attend the movies or
to engage in a "forty-two" game.
Then wo wonder why certain in-
dividuals do not accept the (gos-
pel or will not attend church 1
Yet wo rather agree with Paul
Southern who asked the non-worshippers
to leave chapel Tuesday
morning. If we do not enjoy chap-
el ourselves and can not find it
In our hearts to worship the least
we might do Is to so conduct our
selves as to allow those round a-
bout us to worship his applies not
only to chapel but to regular
church services which some stu-
dents use merely as an excuse to
have a date with that certain
someone.
Religious ntmosphcre was con-
siderably improved following the
fall meeting but to quote J. D
Tant "BRETHREN WE ARE
DRIFTING."
Co-Executor Of
Hardin Estate
Dies Jan. 3
L E. Harwell of Burkburnctt
died early on Wednesday January
3 following a heart attack. Fun-
eral services ' wero held at Burk
burnctt on Thursday January 4.
Harwell a co-executor of tho
Hardin cst'ato and nephew of John
G. Hardin had benefitted n num
ber of students In ACC through
scholarships during his life ns
well as assisting in working out
tho Hardin gift to tho school.
Morlans Have
Faculty For "42"
Christmas Day
The G. C. Morlans entertained
members of the faculty with a
"42" party on December 25 last
year (and this isn't old stuff).
Four of the group dldn t seem
to caro for "42" so as a result
there was ono table of Chinese
checkers.
Tnoso present included Mr. and
Mrs. Charles II. Robcrson Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Bell Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Scott Mr. and Mrs. Gil
mer Belcher Mr. and Mrs. Don
II. Morris Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Tenncy Mr. and Mrs. Wnlter
Adams Mr. W. M. Yowell Mr.
and Mis. Mclvin Gllliland (not
members of the faculty) nnd tho
hosts Mr. nnd Mrs. G. C. Morlan.
G. C. Morlan Jr. nnd Alice Alene
Morlan wcro also on hand at tho
gathering.
JUST
JUNK
By JENKS
For them as an't heard Xmas
Is a thing of the past and the new
year is here. A new year with some
new resolutions to break and somo
semester exams staring us In the
face.
Yours truly was one of thoso
who went home during the holi-
days (on tho thumb) and came
back bragging about making tho
trip of about 1000 miles on $1.01
until I heard about "Stix" Love-
laco making almost the same trip
on 30c. So far ns we can find out
Ray Skelton is the champion hitch-
hiker of ACC to W. Virginia and
back on tho thumb a distance of
miles.
Into The Stretch
Saw Tony Everton nnd A. C.
Kyle all wrapped up in overcoats
and gloves eating Ice cream . . .
Guess you heard about the absent-
minded prof that poured the syrup
down his back and scratched his
pancake! . . . Wonder why so
many pictures are being turned to
the wall 7 Tsk Tsk these Xmas
vacations . . . Alleen Snyder is
wearing ono of "thoso" rings-
says it's for decoration only .
Skeet Holt has removed a few.
"barrots" from her ring finge:
cross examination she said she
didn't want to look like "Diamond
Lll" . . . "Little Mac" McDonald
got a letter addressed to Mr. Mc-
Donald caro State Hospital Abi
lene so that's where tho folks
back home think he Is . . . Scoop
(with the rest of the campus also
in the know) Just heard confi
dentially that Georgia Rope "took
unto herself" a husband over tho
weekend some boy from Dallas
. . . What do you think about the
Daniel Baker coach taking his
team off the floor the other night
Just because he didn't like the
ref's decisions . . Wonder why
Paul Southern almost fainted when
ho "pecked" into a certain fresh
man boy's room a fow days ago
. . . Hats off to tho H-SU publicity
department who has brought All
American honors to a boy so crfp
pled he didn't play in half of this
year's games . . . Don't say I didn't
warn you any day now a certain
young lady may barge up and ask
to trim your finger nnd too nails
what is It? Just n little "pledg-
io" who has to fill a Coko bottle
with tho aforementioned . . . oo
this is college!
Music Department
Most popular this week "Oh
Johnny" an old number revived
by Orcn Tucker and Wee Sonnle
Baker
You'll bo hearin' "Way back in
1030 A. D." "I Thought About
You."
As a new addition to this de
partment wo are starting a song
dedication unit. If you have any
dedications to make send them in
s "Whistle While You AVork"
dedicated to Charles II. Robcrson
and "Scattcrbraln" to Ruth
Morwin.
Thot for the week You nre
Judged by your actions not by
your intentions.
Bye nowt
Cadettes Have
Corrigannian
Picnic Fri
Cadettes bundled up food and
dates and headed for a 'picnic at
Camp Tonkawa near Buffalo Gap
last Friday.
Going In reverse English on tho
usual picnic procedure this social
club picked an afternoon which
was cloudy cold nnd damp and
a location nlrcady occupied by a
cavalry corps of tho National
Guards. It built a campfire In the
open nnd cooked and ato in the
mess hall.
Cadettes and dates had "oodles
of fun" exploring pup tents won
dering where the horses were and
watching tho cavalrymen toss tho
gallcping dominoes. They dined on
barbecued beef and all that goes
with -it and returned to tho cam
pus slightly after dark happy and
bcnrlng a brown-nnd-whito pup
which was wandering ownerless
about tho camp.
Unleashed were: Bob Gllliland
Ocoo McCasland; Joo Beadles Bet-
ty Gray Nix; J. W. Elrod Dot
Buster; J. D. Cone Merle Brock;
Tiny Pyeatt Mattlo Lou Arm-
strong; Leon Henthorn Permella
Scruggs; Walter Daugherity Patsy
Cooke; Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Crain.
LAIR
(Contlnuod from pago 1.)
to chalk up for tho Kojio pledges
thanks to Prexy Cox's cow. Said
pledges wcro to milk said cow on
a Monday morning. But tho ac-
tives had forgotten to ascertain
tho continued existence of tho cow.
And the cow had ceased to exist.
Now Proxy's eccentricities are nar
rowed down to hoeing his row to
the end and going to bed at nine
o'clock.
GATA and Ko-Jo-Kni heck
weeks happen to coincide this se
mester. If we seem to ignore tho
GATA's more or less pleaso re
member that the Kojies made moro
noise.
V. W. Kclley loves to tell about
the time he was embarrassed on
the Mexico trip. If wo wero he
we'd be trying to cover up.
Returning momentarily to
the band program the bant!
is fixing to sue KRUC. The
commercial which followed our
program advertised Black-
stone aspirin tablets. And real-
ly the musicians' spasm was
not quite that bad.
In a letter to Santa Claus
which our trustful ex Martha E.
Copcland published in tho Lawn
Longhom she asks for a booklet
of stamps. We trust Mean NIggah
Beavers is getting full benefit of
Santa's munificence. Incidentally
Miss Copcland edits the Longhorn
Lawn's high school paper.
It may shock you to learn that
Bro. Adolphus Lumley has recently
been missing. At least that's tho
report that set tho Abilcno police
looking for him a few days buck
osua idoj- no o uoippu
On hat same day an nmbulanco
came on a falso alarm to tho boys'
dorm after somebody or another.
We have Just been informed
that for about a month Arnold
Watson and Ruby; May White
both of ACC vintage have
been entitled to subscribe to
the Parents magazine (free
ail). The reason Arnold Wat-
son Jr.
And Guy Pettlgrew who quit as
a sophomore two years ago for
tho bliss of married life was
blessed with a little Carol Sue on
December 10. Oh well wo nil
have a littlo 1040 and if tho pic-
tures of him don't lie '40 is cute
enough for us.
Abilene Preacher In
Meetinc At Albany
Loyd Smith Abilene minister of
the church of Christ is conduct
ing a scries of meetings for tho
Albany church. The meeting be
gan January 3 and will continue
until tho 14th.
A graduate of Abilene Christian
college Mr. Smith recently return-
ed from missionary work In Wash-
ington Oregon Idaho Montana
nnd Arizona
May I be no man's one my and
may I bo tho friend of that
which Is eternal and abides. May
I never quarrol with those near-
est me; and It I do may I bo re-
conciled quickly. May i never de-
vlso evil against any man; It
any devlso evil against mo may
I escape uninjured and without
tho need of hurting him. May I
lovo seek and attain only that
which Is good. May I wish for
all men's happiness and envy
nono. Euseblus
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