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ORGANIZATIONS
"The man who has 'both feet on the
ground' will never get nnywherc." There
arc exceptions to this rule of course but
the truth of this statement as it applies to
most cases is self-evident.
Also to bo considered is the possibility
that the person with both feet on the ground
might be perfectly happy in that position.
"So be kind to your fine-feathered
friends for n duck mny be somebody's
mother. ..." This is a quotation from a well-
known song usually sung by persons not
considered to have "both feet on the
ground."
Docs this mean you will get somewhere
by singing about the possibility of a duck
being somebody's mother? Not necessarily.
But by the same token it might accomplish
some good in that it might make the singer
happy.
The whole thing then boils down into
this: If one person is inclined to be pro-
gressive and another is a staunch conserva-
tive with "both feet on the ground" the
progressive has no business trying to con-
vert the conservative if said conservative is
happy not getting anywhere and is not hurt-
ing anyone else by standing still.
The reciprocal is also true. If a radical
person who considers himself progressive
wants to hop around town on a pogo stick
and doesn't run over any dignified conser-
vative with both feet on the ground it is
his privilege to do so. The conservative has
no business telling the progressive what to
do so long as he is not being bothered by
the progressive.
The Noblest Mind . . .
According to Spenser "the noblest mind
the best contentment has." Mr. Spenser is
wrong. No social reforms or improvements
in government were ever made by anyone
who lay contented in his "little lowly her-
mitage . . . down in a dell hard by a forest
side." Liberty has never been won by men
who philosophised that "truth crushed to
earth will rise again" but by courageous
individuals who were nobleminded enough
to fight for the inherent rights of humanity.
Thomas Edison was one of the world's
greatest benefactors but he did not have:
"to'lulle him in his slumber soft strickling
streame from high rockes tumbling downe
and cverdrizzling raine upon the loft Mixt
with a murmering winde much like the
sowne of swarming bees to cast him in a
swone.'
The phonograph is not the product of
"slumber soSi-'.' nor is the electric light the
result of being cast "in a swone."
Any Chinese can be content if be has his
opium and any American bum is happy if
he has his whisky. Such characters do not
build up a nation morally physically or
any other way. Yet they arc content.
The noblest mind is that which is discon-
tented with the world's present ignorant
state and tries to improve the situation.
Therefore the noblest mind the least con-
tentment has.
Can You Do Better?
"If I couldn't do better than that I'd
quit."
How many times have you caught your-
self making that statement?
Finding fault with others is one of the
most common of all human tendencies.
Of course criticism can be helpful if it is
given in the right manner but we are some-
times too eager to say what is wrong and
not suggest a way to remedy the wrong.
When you tell a person he is wrong you
should be able to tell him how to become
right. And if you cannot prove he is wrong
you should be willing to let him try to prove
he is right.
Whenever you start to criticise anyone
stop and think: "Could I do any better?"
If the answer is no then you have no right
to make the criticism.
We humans are sometimes apt to forget
our own faults and weaknesses and see only
our neighbors'. If we could just take a little
inward look at ourselves now and then the
other fellow's faults might be very small
compared to our own. After we have cor-
rected our own faults then we may have
the right to work on the faults of our fellow
men.
The Optimist
THE STAFF
Editor
Associate Editor
Society Editor ..
Sports Editor
Editor of Religion
Kennolh Overton
. . Fred McClung
Mary Allen
. Robbie Robinson
Bob Cruse
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Photographer Gordon SUlcup
Advertising Manager .. Morris George
Faculty Sponsor .. Wendell Bedlchek
Reporters Bobbyo Alexander. Betty Giles.
Anno Howard R. H. Petty Pat Henry Mack
McFadden Ned Smith. Jack Rigney. William
Green John Murphy Joan Smith Bill Hart
Haxvie Pruiti Dorothy Phillips. Barbara Allen
Dana Cumming Rose Bullock Raymond Mc-
Nuit Published weekly except during summer va-
cations by the students of Abilene Christian
College. Subscription: One Dollar per year.
Entered as second class matter June 20 1029
at the post office of Abilene Texas under Act
of August 24 1912. Address all communications
to the Optimist Station A Abilene Texas.
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Bridc-to-bc Irene Phillips is
McKinzic Hall's choice this week.
Irene who is a senior from Ar-
lington Texas plans to marry
Kenneth Ross of Arlington after
graduation. Art and piano are
Irene's major and minor sub-
jects. Although art plays a big
part in her activities playing the
piano is her hobby.
Irene is a member of Pi Epsilon
Beta Girl's Training Class Young
People's class Mission Study and
is the president of the Gata social
club this year. She has also been
in the Hiking club Ellen H.
Richard's club and is a CSO scul-
lion this year representing the
art department.
Irene attended Sunset high
school in Dallas where she was
on the annual staff and a mem-
ber of the Girl Reserves.
Irene's favorite color is blue
and her favorite chow is chocolate
pie.
Irene also enjoys her teaching
career in the afternoons over in
the Demonstration school where
she teaches the first second and
third grades art lessons. When
asked what she thought about
ACC she replied "I don't think
it's as friendly as it used to be
when I was a freshman seems
like the school needs more "small-
school get-togethers" and more
school co-operation.
Irene says that two of her most
exciting adventures were when
she became engaged and when
she went on the art sketching
trip to Lake Buchanan recently.
Runners-up are Joyce Jenkins
and Jerry Mings both seniors.
Joyce is a dramatic arts major
CREATIVE WRITERS WRITE
FOR THE "PICKWICKER"
Creative writing is being sub-
mitted by the members of the
Pickwickian Club for publication
in "The Plckwickcr." "The Pick-
wicker" is a creative writers mag-
azine which is published annu-
ally on the Abilene Christian Col-
lege campus. Eighteen selections
will be chosen from among those
submitted for publication.
To gain membership in this or-
ganization a prospective member
must submit three original selec-
tions. These selections arc then
judged by the membership com-
from Mart Texas. Black-eyed
Joyce has dark hair and fair com-
plexion and is always ready with
a smile for everyone.
Joyce played a part in "Harriet"
and "Ramshackle Inn" two of
the dramatic art department's
major productions. She is a CSO
scullion member of Zcta Rho
Alpha Psi Omega and Melpomo-
nean Players. She attends Girls'
Training Class and Mission Study.
She was a member of Los Alcgrcs
last year.
"Red is my favorite color and
I like everything to eat except
liver" says Joyce. After gradua-
tion Joyce plans to teach dra-
matics in a public school.
Jerry Mings is a petite blond
senior from Lubbock Texas and
a business ad major. She likes
the color blue and her favorite
food is avocados.
Jerry's hobby is photography
and after graduation she hopes
to work for an oil company.
Jerry is one of those girls who
has the talent and can find time
to be in "everything on the
campus." Besides helping Mrs.
Sweet in the nurse's office she
has taken part in these activities
since she enrolled in ACC; Gavel
club Alpha Tau Lambda secre-
tary of Melpomenean Players
Alpha Psi Omega CSO W club
Delta Thcta of which she has
been historian and treasurer se-
nior representative for the House
of Representatives McKinzic Hall
council assistant editor of tho an-
nual the Prickly Pear snapshot
editor Camera club Los Alegres
Business Ad club and Science
club.
Next week "Girl of the Week"
will be chosen from Zellner hall.
I RELMSnoiijS REALM ll
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By BOB CRUSE
Worry is one of Satan's most
potent weapons in his constant
war against tho human soul.
This wise old master of strat-
egy realizes that with worry he
can swiftly destroy tho de-
fenses of even the strongest
most faithful hoart and loavo
it hopelessly vulnerable to in-
vasion by his "forces of evil."
Then ho knows his occupation
forces commanded by his trust-
ed Generals Temptation and
Sin will bo assured a long and
lucrativo reign therein.
Satan has conquered many
souls with this precise well-
planned method of assault but his
success need not continue. Jesus
Christ the great General of our
salvation has laid out a perfect
defense against just such an oper-
ation. His teaching on "worry" is
clear definite and practical and
it will repulse the devil's on-
slaught. Jesus said "Be not anxious
for your life what yo shall eat
or what ye shall drink; nor
yet for your body what ye shall
put on. . . Behold the birds
of hoavon that thoy sow not
neilhor do they reap nor gath-
er into barns; and your heaven-
ly Father feedelh them. . . .
Consider tho lilies of the field
how they grow; thoy toil not
neither do they spin: yet I say
unto you that even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed
llko ono of these" (Matthew
6:25-29).
By thus showing God's care for
even the lowliest things in His
creation Jesus vividly pictured
for his disciples God's even more
bountiful care for man the crown
of His creation. With this beau-
tiful illustration He sets forth the
only real cure for anxiety con-
cerning tho necessities of life: a
strong simple faith in God.
Neither should we allow spirit-
ual matters to cause worry or
anxiety in our minds. The apostle
Paul clearly taught this when he
said "In nothing be anxious; but
in everything by prayer and sup-
plication with thanksgiving let
your requests be made known un-
to God. And the peace of God
which passeth all understanding
shall guide your hearts and your
thoughts in Christ Jesus" (Philip-
pians 4:0 7). Peter too exhorted
Christians to cast "all their anx-
iety upon God" (I Peter 5:7).
Again we see that trust in God
for spiritual necessities will nul-
lify this type of worry.
Faith in God is. in fact tho
primo defenso against every at-
tack of tho devil. With faith
wo can build up a fortress
around our hearts which will
rcpulso every type of worry as
well as any other weapon Satan
chooses to employ. Solomon
oxpressos this great principle
beautifully in Provorbs 3:5 6:
"Trust in Jehovah with all thy
hoart and lean not upon thino
own understanding: In all thy
ways acknowledge him and ho
will direct thy paths."
mlttcc and those which seem to
show the proper talent gain mem-
bership for their writers.
Don Liles president; Jeannine
Mathls vice-president; and Mar-
tha Batson secretary - treasurer
make up the officers of this club.
Members arc Jean Crawford
James Culp Nona Foster Madge
Hill Joyce Lindsey Mick Mason
Kenneth Overton Gene Read
Bottye Robcrson Genio Rollings
Jessie Rollings Winnie Soscbce
Icy Thomas Sherlie Welford and
Gwyn Wilson. Sponsors are Mrs.
Garrett and Miss Watson.
FORMAL INITIATION HELD
BY ZETA RHO
Five girls were formally Initiat-
ed as new members fo Zeta Rho
on November ninth in McKinzic
Hall Parlor making the active
membership of the club twenty.
Pledges initiated were Elolse
Herring Berta Ropkins Margie
Young Rose Koehler and Wy-
netta McLaughlin.
A dinner at Harper's Cafe fol-
lowed the initiation. Those pres-
ent included both the old and
new members of the club and
Miss Lillian Arlcdgc sponsor of
the club.
Plans for a homecoming dinner
were made at the meeting of the
club in Zellner Parlor November
tenth. The dinner will be held on
Thanksgiving evening following
the homecoming game. Several
ex-members of the club arc ex-
pected to bo present for this oc-
casion. NEW MEMBERS MEET
WITH GATA
The nineteen new members of
Gata had their first meeting with
the club on Wednesday Novem-
ber tenth in McKinzie Parlor.
Hostesses at this time were Jean
Roberts Fern Carver Lorna Gib-
bons and Irene Phillips.
The new members of tho club
are: Bobby Holdcn Jean Roberts
Esther Tudor Frankie West
Yvonne Cogswell Virginia Tur-
ner Carol Ann Jones Bettye El-
rod Martha Jo Collier Fern Car-
ver Mary Ann Shipp Helen
Plumlce Lorna Gibbons Jo Merle
Harris Gloria Mathis Pat Patter-
son Jerry Hayes Jean Bachman
and Patsy Padcn.
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CADETTES PLAN FOR
HOMECOMING
Plans for a homecoming break-
fast at Mac Eplens were made by
Cndettcs at their meeting last
Wednesday. The club met in Jean
Crawford's room with Jean and
Wanda Norris acting as co-hos-
tesses.
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SKIT PRESENTED BY
DELTA THETA PLEDGES
An amusing skit was present-
ed by the pledges of Delta Theta
at the meeting of the club on No-
vember tenth. The meeting was
held in the room of Icy Thomas
with the pledges acting as hos-
tesses serving refreshments of
grape punch and sand tarts at
the conclusion of the skit.
NEW JACKETS FUTURE
PLANS DISCUSSED
Plans were made to purchase
or make new CSO jackets at the
meeting Tuesday November 9.
Thirty-one scullions met with
the members to also discuss a
major project for the club to start
on soon.
JAYHAWKERS ENTERTAINED
BY GIRLS QUARTET
The Jayhawkers met last
Thursday evening in the parlor of
McKinzie Hall to enjoy an hour
of social entertainment.
After a discussion of business
a program was presented cli-
maxed by a girls' quartet consist-
ing of Rebecca Nelson; Rose
.Bullock; Dana Cumming; De-
lores Tucker. They sang "Tell
Me Why" and "You Call Every-
body Darling."
PLAY KEYNOTES NEW
MEXIO CLUB MEETING
New Mexico Club met Tuesday
night in Zellner Hall parlor. An
impromptu play started the meet-
ing rolling with Kay Young tak-
ing the leading role of tho timid
young girls. Jerry Welst directed
the entertainment.
Mrs. Britan played the piano
as the members sang. Refresh-
ments were served.
MI5S ARLEDGE HOW
MUCH YEAST DID YOU
SAY TO USE?
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Homecoming-
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cue dinner to be spread on the
northeast corner of the campus
cast of McDonald hall.
The Homecoming festivities
will get under way Wednesday
evening.
Alumni members of college
honor and social organizations
will gather for dinners Wednes-
day and breakfast Thursday.
The honor organizations the A
club for men and the W club for
Women will hold their break-
fasts at 0 a. m. at Hotel Wooten.
Social organizations' alumni and
student members will eat at va-
rious places in the city at 7 a. m.
Prayor Service
Special attention of ex-students
has been called to the weekly
prayer meeting service of the Col-
lege church of Christ Sewcll au-
ditorium Wednesday evening.
The service will begin at 7 p. m.
To enable those who wish to
attend both gatherings the col-
lege administration announced
the Homecoming rally will be
held in Bennett gymnasium be-
ginning at 8:15 p. m. followed by
the bonfire.
World News-
(Continued from Pago 1)
corridor limits with an even
groater number missing thorn
in bad woaihor.
General Lucius Clay Ameri-
can commander in Berlin says
ho will "deal with" tho matter
when and if tho Russians put
this restriction into offoct
La t e r important develop-
ments may occur by the lime
this goes to pross.
General DcGaulle has made a
sweeping victory over the com-
munists in France. He can be ex-
pected to gain in strength be-
cause of the governmental crisis
there.
Dean Adams Saturday speech
touched not only questions of in-
ternational politics but a sub-
ject which ACC students arc now
debating: The question of
whether or not the federal gov-
ernment should give federal aid
to education and increase danger
of governmental domination and
possible dictatorship. A similar
question is the proposition to so-
cialize medicine.
"If a nation becomes socialized
to a certain extent it becomes a
dictatorship to that same extent"
President Morri3 commented af-
ter Adams' speech.
Band JSivzetUeabt
Maminaiioni. Made
Nominations for Band Sweet-
heart were made Friday. The five
finalists for this honor are May
Dell Baker Pat Morris Owen
Glenn Jo Reagan and Sarah Ann
Cogburn.
The winning beauty will be
presented at the homecoming
game.
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Lucille Payton visited with her
grandmother in Austin Texas
this weekend.
Carrol Deere was homeward
bound to visit with her parents
for the weekend in Levelland
Texas.
Mary Alice Williamson visited
with her family in Dallas Texas
this weekend.
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Betty June Roper spent the
weekend with her girlfriend at
T. S. C. W. in Denton Texas.
Sharp Stuff
OVERHEARD IN THE BEANERY . . .
"The guy that wrote that piece about tho
dying calves in the sunshino must bo the
goon that sits beside me in chapel; I havo
novcr heard such nwful noises in all my
life "
"Pass the salt please." "What for?"
"To put on a bird's tail silly."
"Sho embarrasses me somotimes . . .
sliding down tho banisters in tho stato
capital isn't exactly tho customary
thing to do. . . ."
"Going to college wouldn't be so bad if
you didn't have to meet class study or
work "
"Did you know I take Bible under Wood-
row Wilson. ..."
"Did you hnvc your radio on last night?"
"Yes." Did it fit?"
"This fish is delicious if you put enough
catsup on it you can't taste it."
"Will you excuse me?" "Only on one
conditio'n." "What is that?" "That you
leave immediately?"
"I fry mine in butter. ..."
"Do you know there is n girl in one of
my Bible classes who actually has this name:
Twinkle Nagyl And her first name is Merry
and she spells it M-o-r-r-y. ..."
"That sure was a good speaker wo
had in chapel this morning; I could
take notes on him very easily becauso
ho stayed on his subject so well."
"Yeah I reckon ho must have becauso
I could sleep pretty well and thoy wako
mo up when they change subjects. ..."
"I like to starved to death. ... I would
go through the line and she would be dish-
ing out great big helpings to everyone else
and when it came to mc she would just put
a little bitty dab of food on the plate. And
when the other girls started to give mc good
helpings she would slap their hands. I never
knew a picture could make a girl so mad. . ."
"Personally I'm not going to join any-
thing any more military than the boy
scouts. ..."
"No use flirting with her she won't give
you her dessert."
"Is the A club for people who make A's
and the C club for those who make C's?"
"And I was up in the loft stacking hay
and I was a-working-away and about that
time some slipped under me and about that
lime dad walked in below with an arm-lood
of corn. . . . And the next thing I knew I
didn't know nothing; and the next thing I
was on my laying the ground and so was a
lot of com and Dad was off a little ways
on his hands and knees looking sorta
dazed. ..."
Don Finto has been singing this
lately:
"There's a tree in front of Zellner
And Mary standing by
And carved upon that tree I sec
It's Gillintinc or I die."
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If the weather were warmer we bet that
Jay Carver would have a swarm of bees on
his hands er back cause no ordinary bee
could resist Jay's black shirt with the huge
pink roses!
Here's advice boys Both beautiful and
dumb should your true love be beautiful
so you will love her and dumb so she will
love you.
Another word (jf advice Sometimes the
best way to get out of a love affair is to get
into another one.
Iteturn on the investment :
"I sent my boy to college
With a pat upon his back;
I spent n thousand dollars
And got a quarter-back."
Notice the strange sequence
Mr. Wallace told the girls last Sunday how
to get a man then all week they had the
opportunity to catch n man then he told
the girls how to keep the man after ho was
caught ! Besides all that it is Leap Year!
Charles Hudson cliaims that he is the presi-
dent of the newly founded sorority called
the No-Rata-Data Society
Speaking: The art of diluting a
two minute idea into a two-hour vocubulury.
Add red faces an ACC senior boy who
was going to the show instead of to church
Sunday night climbed into a bus fished
out a token looked for n place to put it
and turned red ... tho bus was the speciol
bus to Graham street church.
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PHC&WICMAN .
PUNCTOATHONS
PORTRAIT
You aio hard and brown and polished
Llko an old lacquered box
Which Grandma kept trinkets in.
Do you. like tho trinket box.
Have a hidden catch which one must pross
To see your secret hoard?
And listen!
If you want us to think
That you are hard and brown and polished
You shouldn't let tho silver dust
Seep through your cracks.
Jeannine Mathls.
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