The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 7, 1937 Page: 4 of 4
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THE OPTIMIST
Thursday January 7 1937
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Lubbock College Sends Quintet
To Abilene For Duo of Games
Tech Red Raiders
Scheduled For
Tomorrow Night
liibbock Bull'Fighters
Meet Starting Squad
of James Stone Owens
Parker Johnson Hudson
All of Hardtn-Slmmons la ex-
pected to lio on hand Friday und
Saturday nights when tho Ilcd
IKaJilers of Texas Tech Invade
ItenUett Oymnaslum for bouts
with tho Wildcats. Time for the
Souses Is set or 7:30.
Conch Hufffman's Tech boys
entered tho Oklahoma City tour-
nament last week nnd won third
place defeating Baylor of Waco
Rnr Ian points in tho consolation
roand. Curly WHkcrson treo-
op center Is tho leading scorer
tfbr Iho Dull Fighters aided by
Snoflgrass guard.
LmUc inf pvactlco Is likely to
fanxl ;lhe "Wildcats who hnd no
wtraiauts over tho holldnys. Most
KZkdly barters for Coach Morris'
nawir sire: Parker and Stono for-
vrnrfls; Hudson a n d Owens
nards; and olthor Johnson or
Jsxmas AHller at center.
CATS LOSE FIRST
TUT TO BIG SPRING
MJKES; SCORE 43-31
Owens Ties With
Johnson for Cats'
JHigh Point Honor
A young man by tho name of
Jtfr. Thomas Hutto cams to Abl-
Emvb liutore the holidays to play
Imilrutlmll against ACC. Tho rest
at tttio Big Spring Dukes came
uinnit to aid him somo in the 4G-
31 victory. Toll Tommy tossed
twenty-three tallies through to
xwjp Iho throwers.
This sama was the first played
by the Cats for tho season and
aUSiongh their play was ragged
tbey showed somo class at times.
"CMek" Owens proved that roL
rxcJcs still happen when ho made
efelit points to tie Freshman Bill
.Juttronon Cat center as the los-
crt' Ihlgh scorer.
ATE nT MLNTKR'H NOW but
3fon'U 1m-o to hurry our 7-dny
UCAltAJCi: closes Kut.uiduy ut
Z 1. JVL
Grease and Vacuum
Clean Your Car 75c
HILL & HILL
13th and ITne
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Serving Abilene and West Texas Since 1889
Farmers &
National Bank
ABILENE TEXAS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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SCIENTIFICALLY PASTEURIZED
GRADE "A" MILK
Quality Dairy Products Pujre Food Ice Cream
1272 North 1st. Dial 4378
'1 CANDIES Jj
sopriys
sport
soup
Anothor year gone by and for
tho first year In nlno a confer-
ence tltlo was not won by ACC'b
Wildcats. Howard l'ayno took
three frogs In tho year 1936
basketball track and football
which Is an excellent record.
S S S
Daniel Bakor looks ltko tops
in tho present basketball race
having lost to Baylor's Bears by
ono point during tho holidays.
They may bo seen In action at
the corral over at Hardln-Slmmons'
Friday night.
S S S
AtnnrlHo high despite its lo-
cal representatives b r o o zed
through for Its third tlraight
football title. First tlmo such a
stunt litis been pulled bIiicu Wa
co did It back in tho twenties.
' SS S
Alvln Chrlsman was a campus
visitor Tuesday. Looks prosper-
ous too And speaking of ChrlB
reminds ono of track.
a s a
Did you-over stop to think how
far a man runs In preparation
for truck and actual time spent
In competition? Tho Cats have a
squad of tblrty-flve men. On an
nvorago each mnn runs two miles
n day five days a weok. This to-
tals for tho cutlro squad threo
hundred fifty miles or approxi-
mately tho-dlBtanco from Abilene
to Alplno each week.
S S S
The toam works for olght of
tho nine school months. At the
ond tho toam total will be olov-
on thousand two hundred miles
or alnfost 'halfway around tho
world. Each man's .distance at
Wildcatography
FrtED HAUTON
Ono or our Alabama friends
tates our column this wook. Wo do
not hear so much from Fred Bar.
ton this year because Ills twen.
ty.ouo hours nro keeping him ra-
ther busy. Ho makes the honor
roll In tho majority of theso and
we predict that he will rate tho
Alpha Chi Honor Society.
Fred has a keen intellect and
to this is added a genuino person-
ality that has won. him many
friends. Wo cannot omit the fact
that he certainly minds his own
affairs and leaves other pooplo
alone. .
Somo few ot us heard him teach
during Dean Adams' absence and
we agree that Fred will be good
advertising for. Abilene Christian
College when ho Is graduated In
May.
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Merchants
tho end will bo threo hundred
twenty miles.
8 S S
A dash man who runs tho one
hundred In ten sec lids tho two
four forty in fifty-two seconds
Is In actual competition fourteen
minutes in a ton-meet schedule.
S S S
For tho benefit of tho CatB
opponents In bnsketball we'll
toll thorn that the smallest man
on the squad Aco Jones wears
n size ten shoe.
S S S
Work on tho stadium was go.
ing good Tuesday afternoon with
about fifty laborers and Monte
Kengy doing tho Job. Monto's
work looked llko that of tho Cats
when thoy played Denton and
Trinity last fall.
Whether Bull and Pnnsy ro.
main in school or not It will be
a close shave.
rime nor
reason . .
TllOliLKV CAHS
1 1 love to see a grinding bumping
I dunging yellow trolloy car
Swing stiffly around a corner and
stoplng at the next street
And then I llko to listen to its
hard breathing
As though the labor wore difficult.
A car flying down n hill
Rocking forward nnd backward
Llko a ship on a rough sea
Sounding forth Its musical warn.
Ing
And groaning ns though In pain
Hushing over It s steel- prison
bars.
I could rldo on a street car for
hours
Watching the peacotul homes of
men
And tho crowded Btreets and
houses of business go by;
I could watch tho pooplo on the
car
A man's largo noso;
Tho face und smllo of a pretty
girl;
Head tho yellow and red adver
tisements on the celling.
I like to lie In my bed at night
And bo lulled to sleep
By tho low swelling and fading
music
Of a distant car line.
D. Hall Finch
1'IIAYKK l'-OR TIIK XKW YJ3AK
At this beginning of the year
I ask Theo Lord to show me
Tho way to make for all more
cheer:
To lead at least one soul to
Theo.
Oh make my light a shining ono. .
I fear It oft Is dull and weak;
Help mo to follow Christ tho Son
Help mo Thy holy will to seek.
As at tho morning of 'each day
A now years starts Oh lot mo
then
...
Heconsocrato myse t and pray
For all the world of sinful men.
Oh make mo humblo " pure in
heart
Help mo Thy way of truth to
show
To others. Lot me do my part.
Lord help mo In Thy grace to
grow.
Fern Hornback
For real SINCLAIR Service
t Stop at
Wragg Service Station
G R. Wragg Prop.
650 Pine
Tracksters To
Try for Comeback
At Laredo
Border Races Set
For March 2nd;
ACC Among Nine
Big Texas Schools
Attempted comoback of Abilene
Christian track will begin Tues-
day March 2 at Laredo Texas.
Occasion will bo tho Bordor Ol-
ympics held annually In that city
Limit on tnu uumbor of men each
school may enter has been pluc-
ed at ten. Represented in tho bor-
der classic each year nro Texas
A & M Ulco Baylor SMU TCU
San Marcos North Texas East
Texas ACC nnd soveral schools
from Mexico a' high school div
ision Is also
featured.
Tentatlvo arrangements hnvo
boon in ado for moots with nice
Toxus A & M llowurd l'ayno nnd
TCU and tho Central Oklahoma
Tcnchers ot Edmond Oklahoma.
Also scheduled are the Texas Re.
! lays Drake Ilolnys and tho
Toxos Conference meet hold this
1 year In Sherman.
Coach Wooing has five seniors
four Juniors eleven sophs nnd
fifteen freshmen working out
dally. Six letternion nro Otis Onr-
nor Junior dlslnuco man and
Curo weights; Baulch dashes
und broad Jump; Wlilttonburg
mllcr; Parker weights; and Co-
wan dashes all seniors.
Junior Bqundmcu aro McCook
Bryan nnd Oliver nil In the
Jumps. Sophomores nro McAd-
nms dashes; Wilson dashes;
Orr quarter; Lovvorn quarter;
Dowell hurdles; Simpson half;
Weoms half McBeo Jumps; El-
lis dlstanco; Summers dashes
und Brogden half.
F reshmon: B aker dushos;
Prultt dashes; Hicks mllo;
North half; Pago half; Conncl
dashes; Burnett quarter; Bush-
ing mile; Lewis mllo; Jnckson
Jumps; 9. Cox Javelin and quar-
tor; Beavers weights; Do Buck
dashes; Williams hurdles; Ev-
ana hurdles.
MISSIONARY-
(Continued on pago threo)
oldor daughter won International
i-notlco when sho trnilslatod tho
book of Ituth Into the native dla.
lect. Literary critics ot tho Now
York Times and rollglous papers
throughout the country comraont
ed upon tho work.
A brilliant story tollor Brother
Merrltt hold hi
bound whon he addressed tho
Young Men's Meeting group Mon.
day evonlng ot this week. Ho gave
vivid accounts of nntlvo customs
Hon hunts tragedies ot tho prim-
itive life.
Moro lUlilo
"All women have tholr four
four front teeth knocked out" ho
said. 'If a girl doesn't possoas thlB
mark sho Is ostracized and called
a 'zebra' because sho will blto. To
uvold bathlug the womon plastor
their bodies with a mixture of
peanuts and red clay
"It Is romarkablo the value of
our teachings during those several
yeurs" ho continued. 'Wo noted
that although wo made no posi
tive effort to change tho customs
ot tho people that at tho end of
of tho people inav ni iu eim "
Itoppod
' QUt tfco rqnt tootu o
knocking
their daughters thoy wore no
longer putting this awful rod
paint on tholr bodies all bocause
ot tho teaching of tho Bible."
Aijd. then ho ndded with Ills
pleasant sense ot humor "soino
of my brethren bolleve thnt wo are
not touching tho Blblo enough in
tho United States."
800 Active CUrUtloJis
As a result of tho efforts ot
brother Merrltt and hU co.lobor.
ors Brothors Bhort and Lawyers
and their families $00 active
Christians aro In South Africa to
day with about forty capable na.
H-SU Players Present
Popular B'dway Play
Next Tuesday Evening
HardinrSlmmons Players will bo
tho first non.profosslonal com.
pnny In tho United States to pro.
duco Broadway's most popular
murder play of 1936.
Tho piny -right of January'
imi win i. i -.. rp....t.r.1
night Ih tho university auditorium our noxt XMctlt 80n80n wo hnvo
and takes its origin from tho 12 which to labor-
death of. ivnr ttreuger Swedish70" n WhlJh(1to torltt"" r
match king. cu"ont "solutions.
Plot of thb unusual production I "nwlHng those hlngs which
is the murder trial of Karon An. nrc ' bohln nnd ro1ncl'nK frlh un;
dre former secretary to DJorne t tho"o thlng8 which mo boforo
Faulkner whoso body hllrUed.Bhouia servo ns a O.olden Text to
down from atop tho Faulkner every student during these first
building on January 16. t0Zy " J
Jurors to hear
to.tinn.. n.i"
testimony nnd
return a verdict will bo solcctod
from tho audience. The conclu
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lion musi uo auapicu 10 1110 ju-
rors' verdict nnd necessitates
twp endings pno for "guilty"
nnd anothor for "acquittal". Such
e''"r zsrsrzz
Dompsoy HIcardo Cortez James
lloosovolt and others served as
Jurors In tho Broadwoy produc.
tlon.
Mrs. Norn Levy is directing
"Night of January 16th".
tlvo prouchcrs. Tho natives make
tho host preachers because thoy
use simpler language
It has boon six years elnco tho
Church of Christ has had a mis
slonary in Africa said Brother
Morrltt. Thoro Is indeed plenty to
do at home but there Is no excuso
for not going nnywhero else.-
"Whon you see you can do a
thing do it and you know that
God requires you to do It If you
don't do It you aro Just disobed-
ient." To dato Abilene Christian col.i
lege although active in mission'
work has sent no missionary out
Into tho field. "That Is a goal to
sot before you" said Brother
Merrltt.
T1PA WRITERS-
(Continued from pago ono)
lor division ana ono In junior
division.
Contribution) Ordinal
All contributions must bo orl.
ginnl. Tho nows artlclo must have
been published in tho colloge pa-
por previous to' tho time of the
contest ns well as tho advertise-
ment. Other articles may hnvo
boien published or unpublished.
Each college is nllowod only ono
contribution In ench division.
Vollowlng schools nro niombi
of tho Texas Intorcolloglato Press
Association: Collego of Arts nnd
Industries McMurry North Tex-
as State Toachors Collego Abilene
Christian Collego. Paris Junior
College Bam Houston Stato Tca-
chors Collego Stophen F. Austin
Stnte Teachors Collogo West Tox-
os 8tato Teachors College East
Texas State Toachors College and
Wichita Falls Junior Collego.
Abilene Christian Collego woa
first In tho Humorous Short Story
Sports Story and Advertisement
division last year.
THE WORLD-
(Continued from page ono)
tremo It he is not already thoro.
It is with groat ploasuro that I
turn my eyes from 'a mloody and
wnr-torn world to our peaceful
campus. . I nm rested nnd refresh-
ed whon I look In upon a scono
ot Utopian domlclllty. I boo a little
baby a loving mother nnd ono
who proudly calls blmsolf 'pappy?
A Clurendon girl writes in con
nection with this "Tommy's gift
was Bweot . . a darling white and
gold oloctrlo clock for our desk.
And for emphasis on 'something
different or die" ... a cuto brunette-banged
browueyed doll that
says "Mama" and wears a red
dress. Her name Is Wandann and
today her first birthday ho Bent
a tiny cako with ono candlo n
dog about two inches long and n.
dollies nursing sot."
Slnco that tlmo Wandana has
had anothor birthday (It comes
every wook). It would bo interest.
Ing to know what tho proud "pap-
py" has lavished upon tho child
this tlmo. Mother has assiduously
cared for her little tot; clothoB
and adornments have not beeni
wanting How my hoart was made
'iglad when .on (Sunday January
3 I was instrumental in rounltli?B
contrariness and opposition to any
thing ot French origin Vvlll pro.
bably swing him to tho other o-
Forgetting Those
w
Things Behind .. .
Man on tho Stroot" tho
other day
remtndod all tho "lis.
teners-ln" that only ono wook
coino's iJotwoon Christmas and
'New Year almost a year elapses
from Now Yea? until Christmas
Such tt 8U08tlon hn " PInt.
ot significance. From now until
i uiuw nine nns uikuu irom us
. - . ....
iiiu mm inurruu cuieiiuur 01 iuu
'vnn. nhlAh I. nw hl.lnrv. .riving
Mn 1U stead one with twelve shiny
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J10 foots-untorn unmarrcd
;um8Ci' To U8 brightly or not
"if1 te !ho lUOBtlon thnt l Bon
will decide. But how nroat It
. ass. r-- obz;:
t unreservedly that 1D37 will bo'
vW A
ubo In such a wny that at Its
ond.Vnrttitllor calondar mnv ho roJ
jCelvod 'without ombarra8smontl
i r i
J nnnnr
this happy family. "Pappy'' came
boarlng V bouquet of vlolots car.
natlons rod borrlos codar- loaf
and .chicken feathers. Dolllo sea
py" with outstretched arms call
ed to tho child with unmlstnk.
ablo accents ot parental lovo nnd
mama1 and "pappy' wore soon
walking hand in hnnd enjoying
tho sunshine ot each othors lovo
and-smlles.-
I pondorcd this Httlo scone nnd
thanked iny'lucky stars that I had
como to u school whoro tho grave
pld aonlors kept from their minds
tho struggles nnd conflicts ot the
world tuuljjcontorod them upon tho
structure that Is tho basis ot our
civilization homo. J was glad
that thor& woro such noblo and
contomplatlvo characters to light
tho way that each student would
' bo wise to follow. I felt too that
I should be allowed to smllo.
ing hlm'j coming Cwlco cried "mn-
maV.Mpma looking -ouf trJe-d?
"Como and got lior." Then "pap.
LOOK!
1937 brings a 25 per cent discount on all jLadies
and Men's Jackets at
Dub Wooten Co.
Athletic and Sporting Goods
1075 NORTH SECOND STREET
"Get the Habit of Coming Here First1'
Let Us Show You the New
WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PEN
Wo have a point that will fit every hand
The Pender Company
Manufacturing Stationers
273 Cypress Phone 7223
LEE DUCKWORTH'S STORE
Free Delivery Six Times Daily
377 Walnut St. Phone 6066
FOR BETTER
Milk
Buttermilk
Butter and
Ice Cream
P
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LJ W
"th'cy taste better?'
KgjRTOjjgH
liiiy GOOD rOR LIFE? v J
Students Faculty and
Patrons Urged to Fdl '
Out Questionnaire
l Again this year Tho Optimist
offors a "your chance to get us
I told." In this lssuo of the paper
ronaora wm imU a uosuonnairo
for tho uso of tho students faculty
readora will find a suostlonnalro
mombors and patrons of the
6chool
Every ronilor ot tho paper 1
d
bd In
tho lobby of tho Ad Building. Tho
nB0 appreclat0 ouU
J 0pUmat( a
irn.i that there aro InVarl
n.ir nornonB who would make. in.
tolllgOIlt criticisms but Who hCSl.
-
tato nutting tnoir namos ro u
article tho staff is not requiring
that responses be signed this year
although It is preforrod.
I SWUM you noi caro ro :uu u
- .-. -
commonts will bo sunicicm
Swinney Glass
And Paint Co.
1166 N. 2nd Phone 5333
vPiggly-Wiggly '
if iV
In Abilene
Opcraed by J. P. Nichols
and Sons
Four Stores Four Markets
C. ML PRESLEY
JEWELER
Service and Quality
209 Pine St.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 15, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 7, 1937, newspaper, January 7, 1937; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101335/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.