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Editor of Religion
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RELIGIOUS REALM
HUH
SADIE HAWKINS DAY
Br BOB CRUSE
Robbie Realnson
Bab Crase
Gordea Stolen?
AdrartUlng Manse .Mart CUara
Facultr Sponsor WadaU BesUcbek
Reporter Bobbye Alaxandac Betty Ollaa.
Anna Howard. R. H. Patty. Pal Hanry. Mack
McFadden. Nad Smith. Jack RUmay. William
Graan. John Murphy. Jean Smith. Bill Hart.
Harvle PruiU. Dorothy Phillips. Barbara Allen.
Dana Cummlnff Rose Bullack Raycsend Mc-Nutt
Published weekly except during iumm va-
cations by the students of Abilene Christian
College. Subscription: One Dollar per yaar.
Entered as second class matter June 30 1M9
at the post office of Abilene Texas under Act
of August 34 1013. Address all communications
to the Optimist Station A Abilene Texas.
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Speak Your Mind!
Do you have something you want to sayt
Then say it.
If you have something on your chest that
would be of interest to the majority of the
student body that you think should be
brought to the attention of the student body
then say it in a letter to the editor of the
Optimist.
The Optimist is a student newspaper
originated for the service of the students. If
it can serve you by allowing you to express
your views on any subject via its pages it
is fulfilling one of its purposes.
The Optimist in cooperation with the
House of Representatives plans to place a
question and suggestion box in the foyer of
the Administration building or in the Stu-
dents Exchange in the near future. Students
will be invited to drop in this box any
question they would like to see discussed
letters to the editor on any subject affecting
ACC and even news items. The box will be
opened each Friday and contributions culled
for use in the next week's paper.
Until this box is set up letters to the
editor suggestions etc. should be turned
in directly to the Public Relations office in
the northwest wing of the Exchange build-
ing. Four limitations must necessarily be placed
on letters. First the subject must be of wide
campus interest; becond they must be of
'"feuSirinro'i'crleiTgth preferably no more than
200 words; third they must not contain
libelous remarks; fourth they must be
signed to be published.
Of course any views expressed in letters
to the editor do not necessarily express the
policy of the Optimist; all statements arc
those of the letter's author.
The editor reserves the right to decide
what letters shall be published and to edit
them to his discretion.
It's as simple as a piece of pnper If
you've got something you want to say then
say it.
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What Causes War?
Will we have to fight a third world war?
That question is in the mind of practically
everyone today. Another important ques-
tion is "What cun we do to prevent another
wart"
With the use of the atomic bomb another
war would kill and maim millions of people.
Therefore we must do all that it in our
power to prevent war.
What causes wart If we can determine
the underlying conditions which precipitate
warfare it will be easier to avoid another
world conflict. There arc many causes of
course but we will discuss two of the
major ones: greed and misunderstanding.
Greed is one of the major weaknesses of
human nature. Iu some it is inconspicuous
while in others it is very obvious but it is
present to a certain degree in almost every-
one. Greed causes men to violate all laws of
humanity. It blinds people to the feelings
and desires of others. When a nation's greed
progresses to a certain point that nation
becomes willing to kill and destroy in order
to expand its territory and increase it
wealth. If we are to avoid war we must
suppress our greed.
Misunderstanding is another major cause
of war. We can hardly sympathize with
those whom wo do not understand. Some-
times it is difficult for us to realize that
the people of foreign nations are also hu-
mans with desires fears feelings and af-
fections like ours.
If we study the lives and habits of for-
eign people wo very often find qualities
that we admire. When wo learn how they
work and play we can easily become friend-
ly with them. But when we know nothing
about those who live in foreign lands it is
easy for us to be suspicious of them and
hostile toward them.
We can see then how important it is for
us to over come our greed and misunder-
standing in order to provent World War III.
Larry O'Rear.
Few Christians understand
fully the significance of the
wise old proverb: "As a man
ihinkelh in his heart so U he."
This is a paraphrasing of Solo-
mon's words in Prevecbs 33:7.
and embeales a potent truth
which wa shauld think much
about. Someone has aptly ex-
pressed it in these wordst
"Right thinking equals right
conduct wrong thinking equals
wrong conduct."
Jesus recognized this principle
as the key to the solution of many
social and individual problems
prevalent among men. His teach-
ing was: "Out of the heart come
forth evil thoughts murders
adulteries fornications thefs . . ."
(Matthew 15:19). He would have
men purify themselves by casting
off "evil thoughts" which
prompt all social crime and im-
morality. Then he taught a tol-
erant livable society would re-
sult from the lives of these right-
eous individuals.
But you ask is it possible for
us to purge our minds of every
evil thought? No matter what the
answer to this question one thing
is certain: we must strive toward
that end. God deals with wrong
thinking as with any other sin.
In order that we may be assured
of an inheritance in the "eternal
kingdom" of Christ we must put
away corrupt thoughts as well as
corrupt acts.
The only way to get impure
thoughts eut ef a mind is to
put pure theughta into it Just
as a stream ef fresh puxo
water will cleanse the stenoh
and filth from a stagnant pool
so a constant stream of whele
some uplifting theughts will
drire sin and guilt from a cor-
rupt mind. The Bible is the
great reservoir from which we
may draw an infinite supply of
purity and lighteausness. It is
the only source ef that "water"
whldh can became in us a
fountain "springing up unio
eternal Ufa" (Jehn 4:14).
The Psalmist wrote: "Thy word
have I laid up in my heart that
I might not sin against thee"
(Psalms 119:11). This is the secret
of living happily and of grow-
ing in "wisdom and stature and
in favor with God and men."
When God's word is in our hearts
it will come out in our lives.
Listen to Isaiah the Praphei
as he sets ferth the inward far
righteous thinking. In a beauti-
ful expression of praise and
daTOtlon ie Jehevah b said
"Thou wilt keep him in per-
fect peace wheee mind Is
stayed en thees beoeus be
irusteth in ihea" (Isaiah 31:1).
OK! yOU CAUGHT ME.
HAY WHERE'D SHE GO?
ORGANIZATIONS
Constitution-
(CaaUnued froni page 1)
man Sophomore Junior and Se-
nior classes and the Speaker of
the House.
Section 3. The House of Repre-
sentatives. The House of Repre-
sentatives shall consist of twenty-
four members six to be elected
from each class.
Article II. Officers.
Section 1. Executive Council.
The Officers of the Executive
Council shall be the Officers of
the Students' Association of Abi-
lene Christian College.
Section 2. The House of Rep-
resentatives. The Officers of the
House of Representatives shall be
a Speaker of the House and two
Secretaries.
Article III. Duties of Officers
Section 1. Executive Council.
A. President. It shall be the
duty of the President to preside
over all meetings of the Execu-
tice Council. It shall also be the
duty of said President to cause
the withdrawal fo any delinquent
members of the Executive Coun-
cil. B. Vice-President. It shall be
the duty of the Vice-President
to preside over meetings of the
Executive Council in the ab-
sence of the President. Said Vice-
President shall also serve as
Chairman of the Entertainment
Committee.
C. Secretary-Treasurer. It shall
be the duty of the Secretary-
Treasurer to keep a permanent
record of all proceedings of the
Executive Council. Said records
are to be typed and bound by the
Secretary-Treasurer and to be
kept in such a way that they may
be displayed on notice. It shall
also be the duty of the Secretary-
Treasurer to keep an accurate ac-
count of all Executive Council
funds.
Section 2. House of Represen-
tatives. A. Speaker of the House. It
shall be the duty of hte Speaker
of the House of Representatives
to preside over all meetings of
the House of Representatives. He
shall be the duty of the Speaker
tive and spokesman for the House
to the Executive Council.
B. Secretaries. It shall be the
duty of the Secretaries of the
House of Representatives to
record accurately all proceedings
of the House of Representatives.
(Continued next week)
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Nola Smith traveled to Hale
Center Texas to spend the week-
end with her parents.
EAST OF MISSIPPIANS
HOST WEST COASTERS
On Sat. Oct. 30 the East of the
Mississippi club were hosts at
State Park to the West Coast
club. High spot of the day was
the softball game between the
two clubs. The boys played two
innings and the girls attempted
two. The East of the Mississippi
by a slight margin defeated the
West Coast team thanks to the
hind-catching of Dana Cumming
and pitching of Joy Boutwcll.
Dot Dollar Mac Bar tec and
others kept the see-saws busy
while others roamed through the
woods and took pictures.
A picnic lunch was served to
approximately eighty people.
Faculty members accompany-
ing the group were Mr. Stevens
and Miss Rambo.
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THIRTEEN MEW MEMBERS
ADMITTED TO ART CLUB
Thirteen new members have
been chosen for the Pi Epsilon
Beta campus Art club. They are:
Durward Grubb George Odom
Bill Williams Nell Galbrcath
Carole Jones Maxine Mitchell
Lillian Hearnc Eldon Orrick
John Bell Raymond McNutt Jim
Middleton Ross Davis and Rich-
ard McCormick.
Officers of the club arc: Presi-
dent Paul Moffltt; vice-president
Robert Hall; secretary Sue Gib-
son; reporter Jimmy English
and sponsor Juanita Tittle.
MELPOMOIfEAN PLATERS
INITIATE NINETEEN
The Molpomoncan Players
campus dramatic group initiated
19 new members Tuesday No-
vember 2 in Sewell auditorium.
They were: Peggy Austin Kelly
Martin Vernon McCuistion Da-
vid Ramsey Johnny Turner Jane
Proctor Frank Graves Zina Lee
Taylor Bill Holley Joann Tay-
lor Shirley Welford Edward
Kramer Bill Logue Jo Ann How-
ard Willie Perkins Jim Phillips
Peggy Powell Alice Marshall
and Pat Cummings.
Officers of the club are: Presi-
dent Staff North; vice-president
Bob Lowry; and secretary Alice
Marshall.
After the initiation the group
went to Elliott's Chapel to hear
the junior recital of Joyce Jen-
kins. t
"W" CLUB DISCUSSES
HOMECOMING BREAKFAST
Regular monthly meeting of
the W Club was held Tuesday
evening November 2 at 7:00 in
the parlors of McDonald hall.
Programs consisted of poems read
by Perk Niblack with appropri-
ate background music by Irma
Fulbnght.
Virginia Spears chairman of
the social committee reported on
plans made for the W club home-
coming breakfast to be held at
8:00 in the colonial room of the
W o o t e n hotel Thanksgiving
morning.
Each member of the club was
appointed to help write invita-
tions to be mailed within the next
week. The club discussed various
means of gathering information
for the "W" annual paper for
ex-W club members by the mem-
bers. They decided to pass out
mimeographed sheets asking for
information to exes at the home-
coming breakfast and mail them
to the exes who are not present.
The next regular meeting of
the club will be December 7.
SCIENCE GROUP HEARS
LEUKEMIA DISCUSSION
On November 2nd the Science
club was addressed by R. L. Al-
len from the Allen laboratory on
the subject of leukemia dreaded
cancer of the blood stream.
The club was told that leuke-
mia is a rapid multiplication of
the white cells of the blood leu-
kocytes so rapid that the red
cells are crowded out of exist-
ence and not eaten or ruptured
by the white cells as is com-
monly thought. R. L. Allen stated
that doctors reserve the diagnosis
of leukemia until every other pos-
sibility has been exhausted for
they know that when this word
is spoken the death sentence has
bpen passed.
Hot coffee and stuffed graham
crackers provided background for
a social period.
Members are urged to pay
their dues as soon as possible.
Members who plan to give
papers at the annual convention
should be preparing them. Titles
of papers with names of their stu-
dent authors should be in (he
hands of the officers of the club
not later than Nov. 21st.
Convention will be in San An-
tonio on December 9 10 and 11.
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ALPHA PSI OMEGA INITIATES
THREE NEW MEMBERS
Alpha Psi Omega a National
Honored Dramatics Fraternity
initiated Alice Marshall Joyce
Jenkins and Parker Henderson in
a candle-light ceremony Tuesday
night November 9.
The initiation took place after
Parker Henderson's play "The
Terrible Meek" was presented to
the Melpomeneans and the play-
ers club from Hardin-Simmons
University and McMurry.
These students were accepted
on their points earned by accept-
ed stage work acting in plays
and directing plays.
The present officers are: Presi-
dent Bob Lowery vice-president
Staff North secretary Roma-
dene Alexander and sponsor
Rex Kyker.
COWTOWN CREW CHOOSES
SHARP PRESIDENT
The last regular meeting of the
Fort Worth Club was called to
order by Leon Sharp temporary
chairman. The following officers
were elected:
President Leon Sharp;
Vice-President Paul Faulkner;
Secretary-Treasurer Noel Ech-
ols; Reporter Hardin Knox.
Mr. Paul Southern was unani-
mously selected as sponsor. It was
decided that the regular meet
ing time be changed to the first
and third Monday nights at 8:00
p. m. The next meeting will be
Monday November 15 1948.
PLEDGES ENTERTAIN
DELTA THETANS
Members of Delta Theta were
entertained with a breakfast in
McKinzie hall Sunday morning.
Hostesses at this time were the
seven fall pledges of the club
who were recently presented.
SKIT PRESENTED BY
ZETA RHO PLEDGES
Members of Zcta Rho met in
Zellner hall parlor Wednesday.
An amusing little skit was pre-
sented by the pledges of the club
and refreshments of punch float
and sand tarts were served. The
five pledges who were present-
ed two weeks ago finished their
pledge duties on Friday of this
past week. Plans for the informal
and formal initiations are being
made at present.
CADETTE PRIVATES
INITIATED FRIDAY
Maude Ann Epperson was hos-
tess to the Cadettes Wednesday
evening in McKinzie hall.
The eight privates were for-
mally initiated early Friday morn-
ing in McKinzie hall parlor.
KO-JO-KAI ADDS NINE
NEW MEMBERS
Ko-Jo-Kai had its informal ini-
tiation Monday night followed
by the formal initiation early
Tuesday morning. Nine pledges
became members of the club at
this time making the total mem-
bership twenty-three.
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Student Opinion-
continued from Page 1)
Truman won the popular vote as
well as the electoral vote. Harry
S. Truman will do more than in
the past because of the senate
and house both being Demo-
cratic." J. Q. Carter speaker of the
house of representatives: "It is
my belief that the results of the
current presidential election will
insure a continued period of pros-
perity for at least a year. Labor
small businesses and agricultural
interests stand to profit from this
election while big business can
expect little relief from the in-
come tax."
Bill Decker student body presi-
dent: "It means we are in for im-
provements in national and inter-
national affairs. More progress
in governmental affairs will be
possible because of Democratic
control of congress."
James Jensen campaign mana-
ger of the campus Dewey for
president club: "I was very much
surprised at the number of Demo-
cratic votes. I believe that Presi-
dent Truman will bring back the
O.P.A. or a similar organiza-
tion repeal the Taft-Hartley Act
and advocate a stronger govern-
ment control of business. We
should all unite behind Truman."
YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETNIG
Novombor 15
Chairman Room 51 Room 52
Song Leader Paul Faukner Mac Fitzgerald
Reading Jim English Dean Freetly
Prayer Wesley Fillmon Fred Gibson
Talks:
House on the Sand. Bill Fling E. N. Franklin
Mt. 7: 26
House on the Rock Ncal Fry John Gay
Mt. 7: 24
Room 108
Don Finto
Bob Francis
Arthur Golden
William French
Bill Gibson
Sharp Stuff
Malcolm Usrcy tolls of tho timo ho went
to the hospital to hove his appendix out:
"Tho first time the doctor saw mc ho
told mc I had a fallen chest. lie must have
seen me trip over it us I came into tho hos-
pital. "I was worried about tho doctor that was
going to operate on mc. They say he troatcd
a patient ten months for first degree burns
before he found out the man was an Indian.
"One patient asked 'Doctor how can
I save my falling hairt The doctor replied
'Put it in a paper sack.'
The doctortor wanted to know whether
I wanted the $100 or the $150 operation.
'What is the difference t' I asked.
"The doctor said 'With the $150 opera-
tion we sew your backup.'
"Finally we were able to get into tho
operating room. The doctor before us had
just finished his last caso. The nurse put
the bottles back in the case and told us to
como on in.
"They had to give me a local anesthetic
because they were out of the foreign type."
" 'Doc' I said 'What if I don't pull
through t'
" 'Don't worry ' he said. "I'll lower my fee
to half-price.'
"After it was over he told me to take
one pill once a day for seven days. I still
haven't figured out how to do it.
(Note: When the appendix are taken out
it is called an appendectomy.
When the tonsils are removed it is called
a tonsillectomy. What is an operation on the
head called t For answer consult your near-
est barber.)
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Andrew Dacus has observed that the door
of Dr. Leach and Dr. Filbcck bears the in-
scription "SOUND AND LIGHT." What
Andrew wants to know is "Which one is
sound and which one is light t"
Robert Farrar reports that when the boys
are out in the rain serenading the girls that
it would be appreciated if the girls in Mc-
Donald Hall would not pour water from
the second and third story windows. They
have a hard enough time keeping dry as
it is.
Mr. Ed Sharp was on the campus the
other day and as he entered the parlor of
Zellner Hall he asked "What is this the
auction ringt" ! ! !
Two McMurry freshmen were down town
the other day and one says to the other
"Let's go out to A. C. C. and sec what is
out there!" The other replied "Not on
vour life they are pretty good with clippers
tool"
David Vanderpool: "Can you think of
any thing that would be worse than a gi-
raffe with the sore throat t"
Bill Anderson: "Yes a centipede with
corns!"
Visitor: "How manv people work hcrct"
Mrs. W. R. Smith: "About one out of ten."
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Cleanliness rates with some people right
up there with godliness. Last April the
banging of doors and the wet mop signaled
the opening of my annual spring cleaning
offensive. With a 'kerchief wrapped around
my head I looked like the gal on the Old
Dutch Cleanser can.
I was making a stab at trying to solve
some Trig problems the other day when
my roommate charged into the room. Sho
looked down at the toy junk yard on our
desk. "You'll have to do something about
that" she said. "It's collecting mice." I
couldn't see anything wrong with our desk.
The papers on the left under the Ivy were
important problems requiring immediate at-
tention. The papers in the middle under
the clock I hadn't started yet were prob-
lems I should have worked a month back.
The papers on the right under tho suede
shoe brush were problems too old to bother
about solving.
Suddenly I heard n yelp of anguish. I
looked over at the drawer and saw her toss-
ing out bundles of letters snapshots and a
rare book on Horticulture.
"Go easy on that stuff" I hollered. "I
need everything iu there." From the top of
the heap I picked up a newspapera. It was
the October 14 194G issue of "The Opti-
mist." "Look what you want to throw out"
I said to her. " 'The Goose Men of
Mars'!" I intend to rend this first
chance I get."
"Into the trash Kid" said my roommate
firmly.
I picked up a bundle of letters. "Well
maybe you're right nbout this old junk" I
said. "Why should I keep letters you wrote
mo when wo wero first planning to live to-
gether t"
There was n nice moment of silence My
roommate took the letters out of my hand.
She half-read a couple then handed them .
back. "You mean you've kept these since
1945?"
I nodded.
"You win" she smiled and walked out
of the room.
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The girls on McKinzio's third floor oro
taking up a special collection for the purpose
of buying a life-boat and a pair of hip boots
for Elizabeth Britton and Marion Files. It
seems that the girls can't keep water out of
their room 1
It tukes courage to refuse to do something
wrong though others do it.
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