The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 24, 1936 Page: 2 of 4
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TliE OPTIMIST
Thursday September 24 1936.
""EDITOR tvlarlin Carruth
BUSINESS MGR- W. A- Sloan
Member Texas Intercollegiate Press Asso.
Official Student Publication of Abilene
Christian College. Entered as Second Class
Matter Juno 28 1929 at the Post Office at
Abilene Texas' under the Act of August 24
1912.
STAFF
WALTER DAUGHERITY
w. SAM BLACKWELL
WANDA MAYFIELD
. SONNY COWAN
THOMAS CAMPBELL
Associate Elltor ..
Assistant Editor
Society Editor
Sports Editor
Religious Editor
STAFF: Buna Edwards Hope Reed Lona
Johnson Aubrey Mercer Norino Gibson 0.
H. Tallman Kathryn Molloy Chanda Brown
'Dorothy Dabbs Joyce Link Weldon Bennett
Kenneth Badgett Earnest Carter Arlene
Small Iva Ree.d Omar Bixler.
WHICH HATH THE
FULLER LIFE? v""
I mqsed as I watched the passers by
the other 'evening. They represented
life. Theer was an old man drooped
and spent and untidy. Someone said
. sadly "What a failure his life has been."
"I'saw a woman too; berit and old and
heard another voice "Poor old soul."
Then along came a well-dressed well-
groomed young man. Briskness was in
!his walk but worry was in his eyes.
Everyone seemed to envy him his lot in
life money and all its luxuries. What
.more could one wish for?.
Then I laughed mirthlessly as I saw
the young fellow envied of the poor
stealing a glance of longingW those oth-
er two representatives of life. What a
glorious sunshine of love and responsi
bility and toil was portrayed in their
eyes.
So let us live more fully each day
that ve too may know the joy of con-
tentment in work of love in trials of
stability in sorrow and of faith through-
out life. J. Lv
THREE WEEKS
BEHIND?
Some wise student has remarked
The nice part about the thirdweek of
school is that we are only three weeks
behind in our work."
Remember at the close of last semes-
ter how we solemnly resolved that never
again would we allow ourselves to put
off the major load of our studying until
the closing of fie term?
Unfortunately however the discour-
aging process of waiting for texts to ar-
1 "
rive has been quite effective in smoth-
ering that portion of our original reso-
lution which survived the round of vaca-
tion duties and enjoyments. Assign
ments piled on one another can assume
huge proportions even in so short a time
and we may already have fallen into our
old habits. By this .time however most
of us have our books and are in a fair
way to revive our lagging enthusiasm.
Remember that twenty minqtes
spent in regular daily preparation net
larger results than three hours spent in
erratic outbursts of ambition.
Don't forget the wretched feeling at
examination time as you feverishly turn
back to the front of. the. book where you
left off readings i
One surciWayi'taomake this li success-
ful school year1 is to effectively dispose
of daily duties. Lit.
The wavthese scientists are expand-
ing the universe it won't be long before
a man's imagination will have to grow.
.
Editmal
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Review
Feature
Titus and
Timothy
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reason nor
rhyme
"THY WILli BE DONE"
I prayed: "Oh God
I want this for my own.
X must have this for always."
;But I did not say
"Thy will bo done."
I thought "If I ask not
Then I shall not receive."
But still I asked amiss.
And did not say
"Thy will be done."
jMy prayer was prayed in coin.
But now I came again before
Him
And I prayed "Oh Lord
X humbly ask this blessing for
my own
And may It last for life."
t
And having found the way at
last
I added 'Lord Thou knowest
'" best
Fern Hornbck.
A magnet great in strength and
. ray is drawing me
dot from depths to which I long
. td go my human form;
And lifts mo up on plains of joy
and peace.
'(That magnet of force so great it
moveB the world
JThough Indirect to me its force is
cast
Has brought me long temptations
past
'And pulled mo out from those in
which I fell
From out the very leaping flames
of helt
'And left me scarred though little
hurt for having fallen
'Thanks to you through whom
these rays are cast to me.
. John Bunkhart.
When death at last has come
and night
"Will there be stars and a moon
sew in the heavens
Cradled close to the breast of
clouds?
.Will sprlrF -"vlnds blow and rains
gently patter
pa the roofs and lull to sleep the
Will thetajhe. light and -truth and
05r - 'A . I
And peniet twilight" wlien the
birds are still? H jM-H
Will there be love and faith
Can these things be whendeath.
at last has come ;
And night? & '$. .
Athel IMUer.
" Secular speaking moves will of
men. Gospel preaching moves the
will of men to God. J. P. Bew.
Gospel preaching Is the finest of
Fine Arts. J. p. Sewell.
Jf your life doesn't come up to
your preacjilig Wop preaching
and wait until ycfar life catches
up. H. Halley.
You can make people respect
you by your life if it Is right.
II. Halley.
College girlg liave found year
Ib and. year oat that ACMKR
beautiful sheer silk hosiery at ft
1s Uio bet buy Sold aIN
VHEJVB ''-'
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"Pity the -Poor Merchant"
Must Be Turned to New
Slogan by ACC's Loyalty
l;
Call to arms students of Abilene
Christian College! And this early in
the year. .
This isn't just another gag about
"dying for dear old alma mater." There
are already examples classic to ACC of
momentous . drives tear-pulling sacri-
fice impressive bursts of loyalty.
We're proud of all those traditions
they're the things that make Christian
College unique in its sway.
All we're asking is that you look at
Optimist advertisers first when you go
to buy. i
Here's why:
It might make your blood boil if you
knew that one self-confident (you'd
call hjm miser at first) merchant told
your business' manager not so long ago
"Humph! I can get all the trade I
want from ACC and never take an inch
of advertising in your dinky little school
paper." ' ' J
Of course we used tact. We could "
have been. nasty. and advertised thajfact; n
VvrifrVi lli 1inlrtf 1i4-1a cAlil nanai
wuuugu uw uuij iK Qviiuui HMjy .
and not another student 'vouldtihave '
set foot inside his store. j
And yet we can hardly blame! him.
Abilene has three colleges a: high
school and three local news mediums
all of which are clamoring for advertis-
ing. Merchants as a general rule look
upon their advertising space in the
school papers as purely complimentary.
That is a magnanimous attitude and
admirable "in itself. When looked at in
that way we honestly can help but
pity the poor merchant among a sea of
ravenous wolves.
What we want the students of Abi-
lene Christian College to do as they
swamp the stor.es of Abilene you do it
anyway is to say 'Tm from ACC; I
read your ad in the Optimist."
Simple isn't it? And that's all it
takes to give you a seven-column paper
nine months out of the year.
Here's the group to which you can
say the magic password:
ACC Cafe .
ACC Bookstore
ACC Barber Shop V' :
ACC Cleaners :
The Diner (
Bryan Cash Grocery
i Wragg Service .Station
Johnson's Pharmacy!'
PnTVii-fViltt v.ii-''J'
City ServiWaxiM Bus
Modern Beauty Shop
AbileneJToxi Co? v
Yellow Cab
. Grace Barber Shop'
'iArey Ledbetter and Richardson Bar-
' '... ber Shop'
Mitchell's Barber Shop
Paramount Theatre
Hotel Wooten
Hotel Wooten Pharmacy
Campbells ' T
The Pender Co. i ' '.
Dub Wooten Co. 'V
S. & Q. Clothiers 'i
Minters
The Popular
Grissom's
Cinderella Shop
Ackers Shoe Store "
Fifth Avenue Shop
Waddington's
LaMode
Zesmer Slipper 'Shop
Hefley Drug
Army Store
Piggly Wiggly
Dr. Pepper1
Pangburn
Cluck's Studio
'Finlr PiihltnliTiin- 7n
fcrs. Kennedyiarid Reefeftf jfe "H
u4 ksv-u prJuuimiy :.- I i t-7-
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"THE IiAUGIIING BOY"
Oliver La Fargo
We know that different authors
choose different subjects and that
each author chooses different sub-
jects for his different works b.ut
we will notice upon Investigation
that very few authors choose to
write upon the customs of the
American Indian and to show
what the Americans have taught
the Indians. La Fargo has done
this in The Laughing Boy.
Oliver La Farge worked among
the Indians and was called the
"Indian Man" because of his love
for the Indians and of his likeness
to them in his appearance and
habits. Due to these experiences
Oliver La Fargo is able to provldo
us .wit(h this story of romance
which has for its sotting the
northwestern section of the Indian
Reservation.
Time Changes and
Senior Privileges
i
'S queer undeed but quite a number of hitherto prom-
inent Zellnerite upperclassladies remain Sateless this year
and remain and remain. It's irood to be able tofblame it on
the uneducated freshman class and all the non-returning
steadies" they had last year it might be better to look inside
tne old iront door something about-sparkling new lines
When it comes to paging yourself up and. down the halls
to bolster up a waning popularity it's really waning. It
would be god news to know who said '.this:
"Blankety-blank called the dorm five times before I gave
him ai'date." n't
MYeh whom'd he ask the. first four times?"
Local Theaters
GIGANTIC PICTURE "ANTHONY .
ADVERSE" BOOKED AT PARAMOUNT
- Hervey Allen's monumental literary
classic "Anthony Adverse" brought to
the screen with all its wealth of color
and dramatic fire has been booked by
Manager Wally Akin for the Paramount
Theater with 2 SHOWS DAILY Sun-
day 2:30 and 5 p. m. Monday and Tues-
day 8 and 8:15 p. m. Admission Sun-
day 10 and 40c Monday and Tuesday
matinee 10c and 30c nights 10c and 40c
Fredric March has the stellar role with
beautiful and talented Olivia do Havil-
land playing the leading feminine role.
The colorful and picturesque back-
grounds are set in five countries on
three continents. The scenes open in
France in the beautiful countryside and
a great chateau sweep through Swiss
and Italian Alps to the quain city of
Leghorn Italy then to Havana- Cuba
on to Africa and the great slave marts of
other days back to Italy and again to
Franco to the court of Napoleon Bona-
But times change say the lonely ones stoically. Maybe
it's just senior privileges. In years pastthalf a dozen sure-
fire romances would be flourishing and a half dozen more
equally new would be split to atoms and waiting for the rebound.
Nothing doing. ACC seems to be going .the way of all
colleges. . All but for the famous trio Leathers Hart and
Carruthers steadies seem taboo.
FREDRIC MARCH
parte. Other characters in the cast are
Edmund Gwenn as John Bonnyfeather
Claude Rains as Don Luis Anita Louise
as Maria Louis Hayward as Denis
Moore Gale Sbndergaard as Faith Pa-
leonogus and Steffi Duna as Neleta.
Big Thriller "Chin Clipper Booked at
Paramount Friday and Saturday
of This Week .
"China Clipper the new First Na-
tional production which is scheduled as
the feature attraction at the Paramount
Thursday through Saturday is a glam-
orous romance of the air marking a
milestone in the pictorial history of dar-
ing aviation. There is an exceptionally
talented cast which includes Pat O'Brien
Beverly Roberts Ross Alexander and-
others. The story is by Commander
Frank ..Wead fainous navy flying ace
with William I. Van Dusen.'itf th&'Pan-
Am&ican Airways serving as technical
adviser.
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Take Batsell for instance. First
black then white first Day then
Foutz. It. . doesn't rhyme
neither 'docs the editor of the
Prickly Pear. Wiata term theme
Xor.someone-7-the loves of BDB.
Interested. Edith? Come round
they're 'the two-week classifica-
tion. whlch cTes.you plenty of
material. .
Bennett's Just a caterpillar they
tell us as tar as Katberine Rob-
arson is concerned. It seems Wil-
son Dowell flits over tho Rober-
son back fence these days since
tho Reynolds havo gonB to Beau-
moot. Watchout Henry. "Aa one
llttlo moth to another that's an
old flame."
Rushing continues. Jones and
arrlson havo pretty definite ideas
about their Gataatatus. It's not
exactly a disease. something like
Insomnia or It is somnambulism.
That's one thing about "rush-
Inc." The backslapping doesn't
stop after you're pledged. '
Shipman tine and fat has at
last found his queen. More power
to him lest. ho be Hbei one' who sets
crowned. ;n 'i i i"
John: Watson Holton: Detroit
continues true' to .ihe ' Michigan
Miss-i-or "lBlf Ann -NOrlne? t
' t :-' " '
Forrest ' filially ' managed for"
Blonde Combs.1 Murrel goes the.
cradlq-r6bber ' f Or ' lttto broth '
oraham. Remaps
managed.
LAIR
BY THOMAS CAMPBELTj
Greatest danger of tho church
is not without its borders but
within. The only formidable foe
that denomlnationalism caa pre-
sent is not the foolish boasting
threatening and scoffing that te
across the moat from tho wall of
Zlon but it is the enemy that un-
der pcac0 flag attempts to seizor
the fortress when wo least expect.
Thus they often appear In thcr
church having been ffolly IniatcJ
but' their wicked heart has sur-
vived the lniation.
T-T
Tho hopo of tho Church or
Christ today lies not only in tho
young peoplo nut in thb roaringr
of those young. Better Christians
with true Ideals and correct cpn-
ceptlonB are found among tho-
properly church-roarod youne
than tho recently baptised middle
age. The latter can contribute but
llttlo to its ideal. Ho usually has
much to learn and much to study.
Too often this 8tludy without Its-
youthful foundation causes hint
to tnko extromo positions which .
nre not pleasing to godly man nor
his Creator.
T-T
It is my opinion that the errors
in th0 church today may bo traced"
to the fact that ho loader ot the-
error was brought Into the church
'from dfnomlnBJtlonaVam ancT
olthor he forgot to leave th0 old"
tendencies at tho water-brink or
he went to an extromo from these-
previous tendacles.
T-T
"A falso balanco is an abomina-
tion to tho Lord but n Just weight
is his delight."
MOIUUH ItE-KIiECTED
sorii. SPONSOR
(Continued from page ono)
through it yourself. This goes for
feathers as well.
Incidentally we have a
radio ourselves when we
choose to listen to It. Wo ap-
preciate the generosity of the
prowd owners of the one down
on the west end of third. We
do wish though tho would
n't switch It off onto Orphan
i ''Anhlft Tight When Wo est nil
worked rip over the Spldor's
chasing Dick Tracy.
Other .things wer0 going to
writo editorials .about: When
ytfu've been waiting an hour to
sco tho Dean or the Bursar and
Just when he's talked to the last
ono and you're all poised on the
edg of your chair ready to make
a flying leap in swoepa one of the
high UD8 for a nice lnnir rhnl
ibout the fishing trip he hud up
in me JvppiuaacKs. What
d mere student to do with
tlmo anyway?
has
his
. "More sympatijy ths'tlme
more cheerful and with' afore- '''
mentjonfid .Bursar wttnsaxfl
4i' going to saw off th front v.
f abOUt sir Inchon shnrtn than
Jthi back ones- You.difcy$'rfo be
rt'btifiit rather peculiarly to
.ariiko yflOTs61t comfortab'lo'-in
- ('such a position. About Ave
. minutes squirming and you
stand up. And after that trip
you had to the Appllondacks
Tl Anmmnn ..nrionnt Ilia llmM1 ' --kvll. VOI1 llntl'f milnh fool
AM3 Vi. ......... .W. .Q """" " " .. VU.
most obnoxious pimples are Jane Ukjo standing the rest of the
'th Combs
Walker who letB overybody know
she is of THE KoJ'o Walkers and
Evelyn White whom Jane leads
around by the nose.
Don Morris was re-elected class-
sponsor Wednesday morning lm
Sophomoro class mooting nnd
Norino Gibson reporter.
Earl McCaIcH president qt the
class urged all members to be-..
loyal to their class and havo.helr
pictures taken In the forthcoming:
contest. "Kor" ho said "we are
going to win that contest!"
Don't lot your manner of. life-
be something that is not a good
example lor others. II. HalleY.
hour and a half you had allot.
ed from your crowded sched-
ule for this visit. Why a school
this slzo can't furnish de-
ROCKCRUSHERS ENTERTAINERS
AT K1WANIS LUNCHEON WED.
Presenting a fifteen minute skit
the Rockqrusfcers pattlo music
organisation of around the camp-
us went urban when they appear
ed as entertainers at the Kiawanls
luncheon Wednesday noon at the
Wooten Hotel. '
Thomas' Campbelt.t Morris How-
ard IUch.od 0!Neal Martin Car
ruth Q. 0 HelveyJQucBr. Smith.
I -
Mordell Lynch Tommy Norrls
and ''Poweo" compose the unique
orchestration specializing in tra-
ditional Amerlcon tjunes.'
$dch ''Bogs" Morrjs flf h0
A(J9 Wildcats was ai guest" at thV
luofeon and addressed the mVm-
bojfaWp wto.coachea from toardlu-
8iptinsMcMurry and Abileno
JUghflehp.$.
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I i a iTTi liiNiliiii ' iiiiiii'Mniii i' i mi nil' iIHIImSimhiihimi . i ; '- ' -
the Doctor
says ...
BY J. I. OmflON M. D.
Collfgo riiyslclan
In 'order to me popuJu gtot
married and live happily ever af-
ter Just usc a certain mouthwash
to provent Halitosis; use a cer-
tain soap to prevent B. 0. and
cat Ironlrcd Yeast.
And of course 10000 maga-
zine ads couldn't bo wrong . .
Our natural interest In health
Is being shamefully commercial-
ized. Most of our health "knowl
edge" Is pure propaganda design
ed to make a sate. v-mM
K. .v ;; ;vjfa
HalUobj.MS Bsuallr'eac
dlrttoV .afceaeJiS th0 .-raoVvHrT
useaViy.MtgcpUo moutsh is
Just addfngner-8meHT'ttfian9br.
with no oiterttTon KiVe'4o. ti
cajBe. - yl .
V
There is the sad storr of tho
unpopular young man who 'spent
$300 getting cured ot Halitosis
only to discover hat he was still
unpopular
Whon we brush our teeth regu-
larly and havo tho dentist clean
them twice a year; give attention
to diseased tonsils and adenoids
etc. w0 will be insured against.
Halitosis.
The dentist eays "Be true to
your teeth or they will be false
toyou"
watting room mumble mum-'
ble mumble. ...
Still more cheerfully we re-
member that be&tltul and beauti-
fully read scripture Brother Rob-
ersoi road lij. chapel Mpinlay
mj)r ilng. A natural and easyand
profound dlgnltyft Brother5lJob-
orsoi'a provides a. vital cqnais-
teiicy.to a rcttdlnijlke Jthati1
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