The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 21, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 17, 1948 Page: 1 of 4
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Wildcat Band Leaves Campus Monday
On Tour of South Texas High Schools
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Hinhpuint of tin- .war's netivities for the A(T band will be
Hominy iiiornine;. March '22 when tlie.v leave on the annual
sprinir tour. Director Hill V. Davis has announced the pro-
gram as follows
Orlando Palandrino (overture) Haydn
Adagio (trombone solo) Haydn
Atlantis (suite) Sanfranek
Alouette (march) Goldman
Prelude from Traviata Verdi
French Military Marching Song Romberg
Two Paira of Slinpers (four trombones) Putnam
Three NegTo Dances Price
Egmont (overture) Beethoven
On Monday at 10:30 a.m. the
band will make its first road ap-
pearance at a 30 minute program
in Ballingcr. At 1 o'clock on that
day they will present a program
lasting from 30 to 45 minutes at
Coleman and at Brownwood at
3 o'clock they will present an-
other program probably a pay
one.
On Tuesday March 23 at 10:30
a.m. they will play a 30 minute
program at Brady at 2 o'clock a
program at Mason and at 7:30 that
evening they will perform at
Kerrville high school.
On Wednesday March 24 at
0:30 a.m. they will play a concert
at Thomas Jefferson high school
returning to the campus that
evening.
Personnel of the band is as fol-
lows: Elizabeth Echols Mildred
Scott and Gay Nell Morgan
flutes; Ann Harper and Lennie
Lou Coleman oboes; Doris Lind-
ley bassoon; Betty Barnett
Lowell Johnson Billie Jo Rea-
gan Clovis Meixner Sue Faust
Dorothy Reynolds Lavona Bee-
son Charles Land and Joy Bout-
well B flat clarinets; Jack Bry-
ant alto clarinet; Virginia Spears
Maude Ann Epperson and Ann
Muirhcad alto saxophones; Clyde
Barber tenor sax; Bill Scott
baritone sax; Dan Whitakcr Jim-
my Wade Everett Holloway E.
J. Clark Herman Mason and Max
Leach cornets; Betty Joiner
Charles McAnulty Margery
Demic and Alvis (Frog) Rogers
french horns; H. C. Godfrey Bill
vaught Jack Nail Leslie Havens
Betty Hornbaker and W. B. (Dus-
ty) Garrett trombones; Wayman
Young Muriel Tuttle and Gene
Bogart baritones; Buell Lindlcy
and Johnny Stephens basses;
Betty Koonsman Bottye Robber-
son and Mary Joyce Fowler
drums; Elaine Starnes cymbals;
and Ruth Wood timpani
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Monday April 7 the A Cap-
pella will sing on the program
for city schools over KGKL from
5:00-5:15.
Climaxing the scries of professional musicians brought to Sewcll
auditorium by Abilene Christian college this year the Dallas Sym-
phony orchestra one of the outstanding musical organizations of
the United States will present two concerts Friday March 19.
Antal Dorati director has announced the programs for the
orchestra's matinee and evening concerts on the ACC campus.
MATINEE PROGRAM
2:30 p.m.
William Tell Overture Rossini
Afternoon of a Faun Debussy
Sorcerer's Apprentice Dukas
Classical Symphony Prokofiev
Ride of the Valkyries Wagner
EVENING PROGRAM
8:00 p.m.
Egmont Overturo Beethoven
Symphony No. R Beethoven
Violin Concorto Sibelius
Rafael Druian soloist
Rosenkavalior Suite Strauss
Arranged by Dorati
Adams Announces
About Pay Hike
Dean Walter H. Adams an-
nounces that veterans will be
notified as to the provisions of
Public Law 411 80th Congress
and as to the action necessary on
their part when an increased rate
of subsistence allowance is sought
because of a dependent or de-
pendents. This information will be for-
warded to the veteran by means
of an "insert sheet" to be furn-
ished by tiie central office to the
regional disbursing offices for en-
closure with the subsistence al-
lowance checks for the month of
March 1048.
Dean Adams says that this
from the Veterans Administration
may help some veterans better to
understand how the new law is
going to affect them.
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W Club Initiates
1 5 New Members
The W club had a special meet-
ing Thursday to vote on new
members. Those selected arc Ann
Bannowsky Norma Church Tom-
mie Fain Irma Fulbright Virginia
Overton Naomi Reagan Jean
Smith Bernice Waggoner Dor-
othy Williams Jo Ann William-
son Sue Wilson Marion Wood
Evelyn Bartlctt Ruth Benson and
Patsy Duncan.
"These girls were selected for
their scholarship leadership and
character" explained President
Wilma Ruth King.
The purpose of the W club is
t oinspire girls to noble woman-
hood and recognize girls who
have rendered outstanding ser-
vice to ACC. The new members
were initiated in a candlelight
service in the New Dorm parlor
Monday night at 8:30.
The Optimist
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ABILENE. TEXAS WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17 1948
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Don Quixote Napoleon
Attending School at ACC
By BILL
Psychologists are not the only
people who will go to an enor-
mous amount of trouble to find
the answer to an obscure ques-
tion. I too did just that. For
quite a while I have been won-
dering just how many people
there are on the campus who are
called Bill
So last Wednesday afternoon
when I wanted to see both Max
Leach and W. R. Smith and
neither were in at the moment
I had some time to kill so I wan-
dered into Dean Howard's office
just in time to interrupt his dic-
tation. He was nice to me so
naturally I was flustered. I stam-
mered out my mission pausing
once in the middle of a sentence
to make sure the door was open
in case I had to beat a hasty
retreat. It was so I concluded.
His secretary gave me a heavy
card file containing the names of
Ag Department Hosts
First Annual FFA Meet
The agriculture department was
host to 14 FFA chapters repre-
senting West Texas high schools
Saturday. This was the first
judging contest undertaken by the
ACC Ag department assisted by
the Aggie club. It is planned to
be an annual event.
In the livestock judging con-
test Haskell and Hobbs tied for
first place botn receiving a
plaque. There was a three way
tie for individual high point hon-
ors and J. W. Henderson of Rotan
drew the lucky number to receive
the pig. Howard Alvis of Has-
kell was the high point individual
in the Hereford judging contest
receiving a belt and buckle set.
In the dairy judging contest
the Loraine team won first place.
There was a four-way tie for high
point individual. They also drew
lots to see who was to get the
registered Jersey calf and James
Miller of Haskell drew the lucky
number.
Incroasod Domand
Demand for the Dallas Symphony orchestra has increased its
schedule of 42 concerts of the 1940-47 season to a minimum of 52
appearances during 1947-48. These are exclusive of its weekly
radio programs and several national network concerts scheduled.
Where the Dallas Symphony made 15 out-of-town appearances last
year this season 22 Texas towns will sec and hear the orchestra
that national concensus places among the finest in the world.
Conductor Dorati
Dorati has been nn American citizen since last spring. He was
born in Budapest 41 years ago and since then his musical activities
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PUCKETT
nil male students of the college.
1 staggered out into the hall and
sei to. At first I was going to
catalogue every first name in the
file but as soon as my back
started aching I gave that up.
I did however take time to
list unusual statistics such as:
There are two lads called Robert
Barnett. two named William
Smith; eight boys go by the
monicker of Wilson seven by
Scott 12 by Williams and 15
characters are leferred to as
"Smith."
In the category of unusual
names we find Lyric Beck Don
Quixote Caple Napoleon Elam
and Dave Van Winkle distantly
related to Rip.
And by the way just how
many people do you think there
are named Bill? Well I found
that if we call all the Williams
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Other team winners included:
dairy Coleman second Abilene
thud and Ballingcr fourth. Live-
stock Wylie. third and Hamlin
fourth.
The awards were piesented by
President Morris after all scores
were tabulated.
School teams participating were
Coleman Hobbs Roby Ballinger
Blackwell Haskell Loraine Ham-
lin Sweetwater Wylie Abilene
Tuscola Rotan and Lawn.
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Music Of Romberg
On CS0 MusicHour
The Music Hour sponsored by
the CSO Sunday March 14 fea-
tured the music of Sigmund Rom-
berg. Romadene Alexander and
Jeannette Scruggs were in charge
of the music and Addlyn Painter
was in charge of serving refresh-
ments to the guests. Everyone is
invited to attend these programs.
Well Known Writers
To Judge TIPA Meet
Loula Grace Erdman and Ver-
non T. Sanford have accepted in-
vitations to speak at the annual
convention of the Texas Inter-
collegiate Press association to be
held at McMurry college Abilene
April 29-30 William A. Ward
TIPA president and McMurr
senior has announced.
Miss Erdman is a recent win-
nt i of the $10000 Dodd-Mc.id
hteinry award for her novel
"Fair Is the Morning." and is a
nu mber of the English clcp.irt
ment of West Texas State colli gc
Mr. Sanford is manager of the
Texas Press association ami he In
a similar position in Oklahoma
for 13 yeais.
Approximately 250 Texas col
lege students are expected to at-
tend the two-day convention at
McMurry. There are 18 member
colleges of the association and all
have indicated that they will send
10 to 25 delegates each. The pro-
gram will include conferences for
creative writer s newspaper
magazine and yearbook staff
members and sessions in other
i elated fields.
Announcement of winners in
newspaper yearbook and maga-
zine contests and individual en-
tries in literary and newspapei
competition will be made at the
closing session a banquet on Fu
day night. April 30.
Pi Epsilon Beta Has
Ten New Members
Pi Epsilon Beta art club on the
campus initiated ten new mem-
bers Monday night in a formal
ceremony in the parlor of the
new dormitory.
President Jack McKinney pre-
sided as Anita Bornschlegel
pinned the pledge ribbons on each
new member. Dolores Pittman
read the constitution and then
refieshments were served.
New members are Fred Stir-
man Herman Williams Jean
Roberts. Gwen Glynn Bill Strain
Dons Kramer. Lucile Catauro
Charles Kelley Nina Jean Jones
and Herb Wagner.
Commercial Art Class
Studying Illustrating
Since commercial art demands
ability to illustrate a thought as
welt as the ability to do excellent
lettering the commercial art class
is illustrating and printing by
hand a book in order to obtain
somewhat these abilities just men-
tioned. Betsy Sumner is using the bal-
lad the Eve of St. Agnes and
Lois Thomas is working on the
incomparable book Geronimo the
Last of the Fighting Apaches.
Loyce Weathers is illustrating
the poem by Holmes the Last
Leaf. Dolores Pittman is depict-
ing the fable about the midget
Thumbling and Jean Jones the
Wedding of Jenny Wren and Cock
Robin a children's story.
Anita Bornschlegel is portray-
ing a comical version of the
Witches Who Couldn't Eat Pickles
and Pat Bradford is wondering
how Gunga Din would be illustrated.
have taken him into every corner of the earth. He is now a
self-proclaimed Texan and a property owner In Dallas but he
travels abroad every year. His home in Dallas is the first one
he over owned. He was one of four conductors invited to appear in
the Hollywood Bowl during the summer of 1947.
The 12 nations represented by musicians in the orchestra are
Hungary Franco Sweden Russia Italy Germany the Philippines
Rumania Greece Mexico England and the United States. A major-
ity of the personnel are veterans ot fhc armed services.
The Dallas Symphony records exclusively for RCA-Victor.
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CHALIO
When Chalio Salas fiom Du-
lango Mexico enrolled in ACC
last year he was told that he
would piobably be called upon
to perform on his Spanish guitar
so typical of his native country.
Not long ago Chalio was intro-
duced to the 1500 students in
chapel and with his Spanish mu-
sic leceived a gracious applause.
Without a lesson nor any sheet
music Chalio has played the gui-
tar for eight years. His father
plays as a pastime as does his
brother. Two years ago Chalio
played over a radio station in his
Camera Club Suffers
From Spring Fever;
Ope
ns 'Girls' Contest
The Camera Clubbers must
have had the spring fever during
the past few weeks. At any rate
they have not been too snappy
with their cameras. There was
only one entry for the "Skyline
of Abilene" and that entry was
made by Alvin Jennincs of a
sunset on the campus of our Alma
Mater. It won over all the com
petition. You can see by this that
you have a chance to win a con
test and get your snapshot in the
Optimist. The subject selected
by the club for the next contest
was just plain "cirls." Anvone
should be able to win this well
anyone should be able to get a
good picture of a girl.
ballad.
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SALAS
home town His favorite song is
"Memories of Durango" and other
songs with a touch of Mexico in
them.
He was influenced by ex-student
Wayne Partain and Bill
Reeves still attending ACC when
they were preaching in Durango
to come here last spring. Now
Chalio is enrolled again as a spe-
cial student and says his two
greatest piobiems so far are
"learning the English language
and getting over my stage fricht
in chapel." Buttye Elrod.
Rodeo-Minded Studes
Invited to Take Part
In West Texas Rodeo
ACC students are invited to en-
ter the all-college rodeo to be
held at West Texas State college
at Canyon on April 24 at 2:30 and
7:30. Any college student is
eligible to enter the contest. En-
trance fees are $5.00 for all events
which are calf roping bare back
bronc riding saddle bronc riding
ribbon roping and bull riding.
Accommodations will be had
for housing visiting contestants
and facilities for taking care of
their stock. Contest entrance fees
go 100 per cent to contest prizes''
and contestants are asked to
bring some sort of proof that
they are now attending college.
Entry blanks may be obtained
by writing the Aggie club at West
Texas State college.
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