The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 19, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1951 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 38 Abllono Christian College Abilono Texas FEBRUARY 9. 1951 NUMBER 10
18th Annual Festival
Staged This Weekend
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Approximately 200 students
from 21 schools are thronging the
ACC campus for the 18th annual
Abilene Christian college Speech
tournament today and tomorrow.
The contestants are here to par-
ticipate in debate oratory ex-
temporaneous speaking after din-
ner speaking radio poetry inter-
pretation and Bible reading.
Registration began yesterday
evening at 7:30 in the Student
Activitiy center in McKinzie hall.
Registration was completed this
morning.
Debate Finals Tomorrow
Contests in individual events
began at 9:00 a.m. today and will
continue this afternoon. Debating
will begin at 4:15 p.m. today.
There will be four preliminary
rounds of debate and finals will
be held tomorrow afternoon.
Finals in men's extemporaneous
speaking will be run off Saturday
morning in chapel and results of
all individual contests will be an-
nounced at that time.
This year's tourney is tho larg-
est in the history of ACC. The
largest number of schools to at-
tend any previous meet was 18.
Last year 16 schools attended tho
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Debaters Score
In Baylor Meet
Melpoms Present
Irish Play Tonight
The cast of tho "White-Headed
Boy" will give its final prcform-
tmce tonight at 8:00 in Sewcll
auditorium.
The play is the second major
production of the year to be pre-
sented by the Mclpomencan Play-
crsfof Abilene Christian college.
"Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay" was the first play given by
the group.
The "White-Headed Boy" pre-
sented for the first time last night
is the story of the spoiled favor-
ed child of an Irish family and of
his attempts to wrangle money
from his brother in order to con-
tinue his squandering ways.
TJie cast members are Kate
Twinkle Nagyj Mrs. Georgegan
Nancy Barnett; Hannah Runettc
Plowman; Jane Elaine Gilbert;
Capacity Crowds Seen
For Lecture Program
Capacity crowds are expected
for the ACC Lectureship again
this year.
This year's program tho 32nd
annual Lccturship will open one
week from Sunday and will con-
tinue through the following Thurs-
day. Speakers will include ministers
of the church of Christ from Italy
Australia Japan England and
Germany. """"
Lost year overflow crowds of
over 2000 people thronged into
Sewell auditorium for the even-
ing programs of the series. Simi-
lar crowds are expected for the
main sessions this year. Because
of the large crowds present the
college will be unable to arrange
for places to stay for out of town
visitors.
The program will begin Sunday
morning Feb. 18 when Glenn
Wallace minister for the College
church of Christ in Abilene will
Donough Bosman Dwight Wor
ley; Baby Janice Davis; Aunt
Ellen Jon Jones; Peter Peter
Dart; Delia Sally Pannill; and
Duffy Clarence King.
Gaylan Collier is director of the
production.
Tickets arc on sale at the ex-
change. Price is 50 cents for ad-
ults and students and 25 cents for
children.
All scats are reserved.
Three Abilene Christian college
debate teams advanced into the
elimination rounds at the Baylor
university debate tournament in
Waco last weekend.
The top performance for the
ACC squad was turned in by a
junior men's team made up of
Jack Hutton and Jack Scott. Hut-
ton and Scott advanced to the
semifinals of the meet before they
were eliminated by Texas Chris
tian university's number one jun-
ior men's team.
It was the first collegiate tour
nament that Scott and Hutton had
ever participated in.
In seniors men's bracket Bob
Owen and Pat McMahan led the
way for the ACC representatives
by advancing i& the quarterfinals.
Owen and McMahan defeated
Texas Tech in the first elimination
round and then were defeated by
Baylor university's top team in
the next round.
Edwin Broadus and Bill Car-
mack senior men's team won two
and lost two in the preliminaries
and did not reach the eliminations.
The junior women's team made
up of Gayle Thomas Frankle
Bozeman and Joyce Harlan also
won two and lost two.
The three teams reaching the
eliminations won three and lost
one in the preliminary rounds.
The squad as a whole won 15
out 6T 25 debates. They had their
greatest success on the negative
side of the question where they
won over 70 percent of their cpn-tcsts.
Question this year is "Resolved:
that the non-Communist nations
should form a new international
organization."
Besides debate members of the
squad also entered oratory ami
extemporaneous speaking. Paul
Earnhart led the way for ACC bv
winning second place in junior
men's cxtemp. Other cxtemp fin-
alists were Bob Owen and Edwin
Broadus in senior men's division
and Everett Ferguson in junior
men's division.
Jack Hutton and Everett Fer-
guson reached the finals in junlo"
men's oratory. Frankle Bozeman
was in junior women's oratory
finals.
During their two day stay in
Waco the ACC forensic represen-
tatives stayed in homes of mem-
bers of the church of Christ Ar-
rangements were made by Trine
Starncs minister for the Colum-
bus Avencue church of Christ in
Waco. Starnes is a graduate of
ACC and a former collegiate de-
bater. Rex Kykcr accompanied the
group. The trip was made in the
ACC bus.
NEWS BRIEFS
speak.
Evening speakers will be Mel
Vin J. Wise Dallas; Leroy Brown-
low Fort Worth; Reuel Lemmons
Cleburne; and John Bannister
Dallas.
Other speakers will be A R.
den Frascati Italy; Charles Tin-
Holton Nashville Tenn.; Cline Pa-
ius Sidney Australia; Harry Rob-
ert Fox Jr. Ibarakl Japan; Frank
Worgan Lancashire England; J.
W. Treat Abilene; Otis Gatewood
Frankfurt Germany; and Leon-
ard Mullins Dallas.
There will be two sessions on
Monday and four on Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday.
Programs each day will begin at
0:30 in the morning which will
also bo the regular chapel period
for the college during Lecture
week.
Classes will meet on a short
schedule during the week to en
ablo students to attend more of
the programs If they desire to.
Witt Addresses Chapel;
Students Get Grades
Paul C. Witt head df the natur
al science department addressed
the student body and faculty of
Abilene Christian college at last
Tuesday's chapel program.
Witt's subject was "Setting the
Heart." He emphasized the need
of setting our minds on the most
desirable goals in life.
Women in Zellner hall are plan-
ning a Valentine's day party for
next "week. Each girl will draw
tho name of some other girl and
present her with a small gift at
the party.
John Stevens ACC dean of men
is speaking on a lectureship in
Waco tomorrow evening.
were made available to students
last Tuesday afternoon.
Students who have not yet re
ceived their semester reports may
get them in the registrar's office
in the Administration building.
The ACC student council met
with the McMurry council last
Monday evening at McMurry.
The McMurryites had previous-
ly attended a get together at ACC.
"Members of the ACC student
council are Jimmy Jivlden pres-
ident; David Fry vice president;
Jo Ann Howard secretary; Don
Hall Johnny Ramsey Bill John-
son Ken Ford and Bob Hall.
Otis Gatewood church of Christ
Last semester's grade reports J missionary .in Germany who is
now touring the states has been
visiting ACC this week.
Gatewood's family is living in
Abilene while they are in this
country.
Abilene residents shivered in
their worst cold wave in several
winters last week. Tho tempera-
ture dipped to a frigid one degree
above zero Thursday morning.
Homer Hailey ACC professor of
Christian education spoke to
Men's forum and Girls' Training
class last Friday evening. His sub-
ject was "The Relationship of a
Christian to His Government in
Time of War."
The meeting was held in Sew-
ell auditorium.
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