The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 10, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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ONE WEEK before Abilene Christian College students were to return to the Hill a blanket of snow fell 'adding serenity to an already empty can
.pus.' The whiteness melted away long before the Jan. 5 return of life to the campus when snow would have added zest to refreshed examination.-
bound students. (Staff photo by Dalias
A Club Gets Day
At Hill Pharmacy
"Operation Radiation for Edu-
cation" gets a financial boost
Tuesday as Tcmplcton's Phar-
macy opens its door for a day's
business in which all proceeds go
to the year's project of the "A"
Club.
Joe Ritchie president of the
"A" Club chapter of the Blue Key
National Honor Fraternity said
Players Chosen
For Drama Work
Villi 'Crucible'
Arthur Miller's provocative
study of the Salem witch hunts
entitled "The Crucible" wilt be
the next production of the theatre
division of the Speech Deport
ment to be staged Feb. 5-7.
The Miller play opened in New
"York Jan. 22 1953 and won im
medate critical acclaim.
The cast of 21 people features
Abilene Christian College veteran
performers Jo Ann Rigney Don
"Wilmeth Connie Bennett David
Bigney Warren Williamson and
Jim Bob McQueen who arc now
in rehearsal according to Dr.
Oaylan Collier director of the
production.
Assistant director is Jill Ander-
son with Frank Morris serving as
technical director.
Also in the cast are newcomers
to ACC stage: Floyd Odom Eddio
Thompson Madene Walker Bar-
bara Breed and Peggy Ward.
registration for prizes will encour-
a;a students to drop by Temple-
ton's as the regular employees
and "A" Clubbers operate the
ltore.
Ritchie said that the project of
the club is to assist the science
department in building a radia-
tion laboratory where its expen-
sive radiation producing equip-
ment can be used safely.
The day will be much like last
year's fund raising operations at
Jerry's Conoco Service Station
with the idea of getting as many
ocoplc to trade there as possible.
"I'd like to encourage all stu-
dents to make plans to help in the
project by making "A" -Club day
at Templetons a busy one" said
Ritchie.
Last year's "A" Club project
was the system of closed circuit
Educational TV now in operation
at Abilene Christian College.
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VOLUME 46
ABILENE. TEXAS JANUARY 10. 1959
NUMBER I4i
HUNTER REMINDS
CLUBS OF CONTEST
Nearly a doxen entries have
been made In the Sing-Song
contest according to Bob Hun-
ter. Director of Alumni Rela-
tions and of the Sing-Song.
The deadline for entry is
Building to Go Up
For Industrial Arts
songs given approval on a
"first come first served" basis.
Hunter anticipates approxi-
mately twice this number of
entries in the contest to be pre-
sented as a climax for Alumni
Day Feb. 21.
A new $40000 building for .the
Industrial Arts Department of
Abilene Christian College is now
under construction and is sched-
uled to be completed in Febru-
ary. The new building which is to
be located northeast of Edwards
Hall for men is a 32 by 112 foot
structure and will be completed
in tme for use in the spring sem-
ester of 1959.
According to Dr. Delwln Wil-
liamson head of the Department
of Industrial Arts the building
will provide quarters for a gen-
eral metals shop and three fac-
ulty offices.
IN THE new building will also
be a machine shop sheet metal
equipment a foundry arc and
acetylene welding and bench
metal equipment and an engineer-
fore."
According to James Freeman
Fiscal Agent of Abilene Christian
College and the one who is in
charge of construction the new
building will have a concrete slab
foundation and walls of feather-
weight block which will eventu-
ally be covered with brick to
match the other buildings on the.
campus.
THE ROOF will be a steel truss
superstructure and marble top.
finish.
Freeman stated that the plumb-
ing was already completed for
construction of the building.
(See BUILDING page 3)
set as Feb. 12 with chosen ine drawinn and blue print room
drawing and blue print room.
Dean Walter H. Adams said
concerning the building "It will
enable us to give a well-rounded
program in the feld of industrial
arts. We will be able to offer
courses in metal work which we
have not been able to offer be-
Karney Elected President
Of Texas Science Group
An Abilene Christian College
physics major David Karney was
recently elected president of
TASCA during a convention held
in Houston.
TASCA Is an organization of
science clubs from Texas colleges
and universities. (Texas Academy
of Science Academy)
Karney was nominated by tho
ACC delegation which attended
the convention held the weekend
before holiday began.
Kerry King Kllgore junior
made the campaign speech as
each nominee was to have some
one else make the speech Intro
ducng the candidate.
Karney is active in ACC science
club work and has written several
scientific papers for TASCA com-
petition. He is a junior from
Dallas. Besides being a member
of the Knights social club he be-
longs to Blue Key men's honor-
ary organization and the Alpha
Chi. He also serves as a represent?
ative of the junior class in the
Student Senate.
As president his responsibilities
include the organization of next
year's conventon ito be held at
Texas Unversary in Austin.
Also at the convention ACC
science majors presented and read
papers in annual TASCA com-
petition. The results of the judg-
ing are not yet known.
Entering papers were Sue Rum-
mel biology; Kerry King mathe-
matics; James Haller Jim Hill
David Karney and Robert Glp-
son chemistry; Russell Klnnlng-
ham Eugene Couch Bennle Jay
and Karney physics.
Editor's note: this corrects
an earlier Optimist story which
was erroneous in not only stat-
ing that the TASCA conven-
tion was to be held at Abilene
Christian College bui also on
the wrong weekend.)
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Home Bound
Homeward bound for the Christmas holidays two
Abilene Christian College students and a Hardin-Simmons
University student were killed Thursday December 18
about 5:30 a.m. when their car hit a bridge abutment near
Eupora Mississippi.
Two other persons one a student at H-SU were re-
ported critically injured but since have been released
from the University Hospital in Jackson Mississippi.
Two ACC students involved were Edward Whitmlre
21 freshman from Chattanooga Tenn. and Edward Gar-
land 19 sophomore from Collindale Pa.
Frank Fitzgerals 21 H-SU junior ministerial student
from Silver Spring Md. was the third fatality.
Those Injured were David Brown 20 H-SU ministerial
student from Lang Branch N. J. and Joe Gibson of Ross-
vllle Ga. who was believed to have been attending a
college in Oklahoma.
The crash occurred on U.S. Highway 82 cast of Eupora.
College officials here said the students apparently left Abi-
lene at noon Wednesday.
Mississippi Highway Patrolman W. H. Bowcn said the
driver may have dozed at the wheel.
A doctor at the hospital in Jackson told Paul Faulkner
assistant dean of students at ACC the victims were not
found until about 30 minutes after the accident.
Next of kin for Whitmlre were Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Mullican of Chattanooga Tenn. while the nearest of kin to
Garland were listed as
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A check of records kW 3
showed the two deaths
to bo ACC's first Christ
mas holiday fatalities
since December of 1954
when David Cato also
a freshman was killed
near Paintsvllle. Kv. WHITMIRE
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 10, 1959, newspaper, January 10, 1959; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth95930/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.