The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 13, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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ABILENE TEXAS MARCH 13 1959
NUMBER 2S
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Mr.. Miss FT A Chosen
KING . . . first place
Morgan Phillips and Jo Ann
Jay have been chosen Mr. and
Miss FTA of Abilene Christian
College.
They were picked by the ACC
Student Education Association to
be candidates for the titles of
Miss Future Teacher and Mr.
Future Teacher of Texas.
The pair will compete with
candidates from other Texas col-
leges and universities at the
Texas Student Education Associa
tion convention at the University
of Houston March 10-21.
Teaching participation in cam-
pus activities and experience in
youth organizations will be con-
sidered by judges who will pick
the winning boy and girl.
Miss Jay and Phillips were
chosen candidates after short
speeches in competition with four
other ACC candidates.
In her speech Miss Jay stressed
the beauty of awakening the light
King's Paper Wins First
In TASCA Competition
A science paper written by
Kerry King Abilene Christian
College senior from Kilgore won
top honors from among 37 papers
submitted to the TASCA con-
vention last December.
It was announced this week
that his paper titled "Queuing
Analysis of Traffic Problems"
was first of the top four papers
in the science competition.
King's paper dealt with the
possibility of finding a mathe-
matical formula for saving time
at traffic lights.
AFTER EXTENSIVE research
counting some 3000 cars and test-
ing under actual traffic condi
tions King discovered that if
there are five or more cars in the
right lane one could save time
by keeping in the left lane.
When there are less than five
cars in the right lane one's
chances are better if he stays in
the right lane.
Of course this does not hold
true for every light but over a
long period of time the formula
will save time says King.
He is a mathematics major.
BESIDES CARRYING a full
academic load King is engaged
in operations research with Dr.
James Bradford assistant profes
sor of mathematics.
Dr. Bradford is writing a book
for Chance-Vought Aircraft Inc.
His book is to emphasize opera-
tions research in aircraft and
weapon system analysis.
King serves as president of the
ACC chapter of the Texas Acad-
emy of Science Collegiate Acad-
emy. He is corresponding secretary
of the "A" Club chapter of the
National Blue Key Honor Frater-
nity secretary of Phi Delta Psl
men's social club and a member
of Alpha Chi.
of knowledge in a child. Phillips
showed how teaching fulfills the
basic underlying purposes of life
to love and to be loved.
THE PAIR will deliver speeches
before the judges in the state
competition. Their topics are to
be on the theme of "Proud to
Teach."
Other nominees for Miss and
Mr. FTA of ACC had been Jack
Horvath Wally Adams Laquita
Higgs and Cynthia Reynolds.
Phillips better known to
friends as "Pinky" has been ath-
letic manager for the Abilene
Christian College basketball
squad for three years.
He transferred to ACC his
sophomore year from Paris Jun
ior College in his home town
where he attended on an educa-
tional scholarship.
FOR THE last three summers
he's been hitting the "sample
case trail" selling books to fi-
nance his schooling.
He has been in the United
States Naval Reserve since 1954.
He plans to start a teaching
career in September and says that
after a few year's experience be
might get a master's degree and
perhaps teach abroad.
Miss Jay is a junior in hours-
completed but she counts her-
self a "sophomore at heart."
Her major is elementary edu-
cation and she is to serve as sec-
retary of the ACC Student Educa-
tion Association next year.
SHE GRADUATED from Abi-
lene Christian High School am
valedictorian of her class and war-
given the "Miss Fish '62" award'
as a freshman in college.
A member of GATA social club
she is treasurer of the sophomor
(See FTA page 3)
MEMBER QUOTA CUT BACK
Blue Key Tightens Rules
NOTICE
The awarding of tha Social
Club Scholarship Cup will ba
Wednesday evening in the Wo
men's Building at tha fair
grounds. Present holders of
the cup axa Ko Jo Kai and
Frater Sodalls.
A tighter new member policy
designed to hold maximum mem-
bership to near 20 was begun this
semester by the "A" Club Chapter
of Blue Key National Honor Fra-
ternity. According to Joe Ritchie presi-
dent the club is seeking to better
follow its motto "We live to
serve" by being more selective
and avoiding "dead weight" of
members who have no will to
serve.
IN PAST years "A" Club mem-
bers were students with "B" or
above grade averages who had
only to be recommended by the
heads of departments in their
major fields.
Under the new policy Blue Key
members will decide on new
members from a list of men
recommended by the faculty
Student government religious
and student publication leaders
of the campus are automatically
I put on the prospective list.
Blue Key members look at this I prospect during the selection pro-
prospective list and a current cess.
members volunteers to sponsor a I (See BLUE KEY page 6)
Draft Exam
Deadline Set
Applications to take the April
30 1959 College Qualification.
Test are now available at Selec-
tive Service System local boarda
throughout the country.
Eligible students who intend to
take this test should apply at once
to the Selective Service local
board to be registered for an ap-
plication and a bulletin of infor-
mation. The results of the test will b
reported to the student's Selec-
tive Service board of jurisdiction
for use in considering his defer-
ment as a student.
Applications for the April 30
test must be postmarked no later.
I than midnight April 9 1959.
Variety Staged Tonight
Malone Given TISA Reins
By Delegate Acclamation
Climaxing his four years In col-
lege David Malone was elected
last weekend to head the Texas
Intercollegiate Student Associa-
tion for next year.
The president of the ACC stu-
dent body was elected by accla-
ination when all the other presi-
dential candidates withdrew from
iht race.
' He was installed at the closing
Iwnquet Saturday night. This
concluded the three day annual
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convention jiciu at uaiui
Varsity in. Waco.
Uni-
Forty-one Texas colleges jun-
ior colleges and universities with
a combined enrollment of over
120000 students sent 325 dele-
gates to the eleventh annual
gathering.
Malone a Bible major from
Fort Worth plans to do graduate
work at ACC next year.
Other students representing
ACC at the convention were Jo
Ann Jay Jack Horvath Angela
Wheeler Dickie .Matthews .and
W..G.!Black.
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"Say It with Music" is the tag
given tonight's variety show to
be presented at 8 in Sewcll Audi-
torium by the Big Purple ACC's
concert band.
"It'll be strictly light entertain-
ment" said Douglas Fry director
of the show.
He said the variety show would
involve a 28-piece stage band. The
regular ACC stage band will be
bolstered by a group of orchestral
instruments for accompaniment
purposes.
BILL MARTIN will act as mas-
ter of ceremonies for the show
which Is to be styled after much
of television's variety and humor.
Besides music there will be
take-offs on stand-by TV pro-
grams panels and quizzes.
The stage band will do feature
numbers and the program is also
to Include what Fry calls his "Top
Forty."
"We've taken forty of the best
voices from our band in an effort
to out-do Tennessee Ernie's Top
Twenty" Fry stated.
THE GROUP will sing such
numbers as "Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes" "Say It with Music"
"You'll Never Walk Alone"
"Begin .the Begulne" and "Love
is a Many-Splendored Thing."
A number of "Guest" perform-
ers also will appear.
Kathy 'Matthews Marlow.
Okla. freshman will be"a ''fea-
tured vocalist.
The Embers a quartet com-
posed of Jimmy Treat Doug
Young Kyle Ellison and Charles
Wilks will sing two numbers.
A flute quartet Mona Wilbeck
Ida Pearl Mason Jayletta Glaze
and Peggy Drennen will play
"Dance of the Flutes" from the
Nutcracker Suite; and Janet
Heath Tulsa freshman who has
won national honors as a baton
twirler will perform her spec-
ialty. 'TESSOR Fry said that all the
selections will be set to lights and.
staged in an entertaining way.
"All staging will be done in tha.'
open" Fry commented "sort caV
like television variety shows."
Admission to the one-hour show
will be 75 cents per person and)
no seats will be reserved.
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SAYING "FUN" with music is the goal of the Big Purpli
tonight in Sewellf Auditorium. The band has a variety show-
ready to go at .8 p jn. (Staff photo by Dallas
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, March 13, 1959, newspaper, March 13, 1959; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth95937/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.