The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 1, 1928 Page: 1 of 4
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ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE DEBATERS GAIN DECISION
BoysTeam
' Professor Witt (after a trying eight
o'clock class): Somo tlmo ago my
doctor advised me to exercise early
overy morning with dumbells. Will
tlio class please join me tomorrow
before broeakfast?
Avis Wiggins was in Kansas one
time with his Ford (he calls it "True-
Love" because it never runs smooth)
when a tornado cntno up and tore off
a strip of tin from tho village store.
Haying a sense of humor ho wrapped
a few strands of baling wiro around
it and Bhipped it to Henry Ford. In
a short timo he received this com-
munication: "It will cost you $48.50
to have your car repaired. What in
the world hit you?"
Perhaps you have read this:
There was a young man named
Teedle
Who wouldn't accept his degree;
He said "It's enough to bo Tcdle
Without being Tecdlo D. D. Dirge.
Visitor (viewing one of' Noll
Chism'if? paintings): I wonder why
it... tl-l L- ..1K.1 Alt. t4-rtwt
UIUBb IIAB KUIICU utia liiyi.4v
n
Other Ditto: 'Because there's no
place like it I suppose.
Meanwhile for those among our
number who have Frlgidalres tho
"Carnegie Puppet" offers a little sol-
iloquy: Our father slipped upon tho ice
Because he couldn't stand.
He saw the glorious stars and stripes
We saw our father land.
A Winnipeg Manitoba paper tells
u
.this yarn. "A subscriber to our paper
was caught out in tho woods in a rain
storm and crawled in a hollow log to
kcop dry. The rain swelled tho log
and the preacher couldn't get out
and thinking his end was near be-
gan to think over his sins. Ho thought
of all the wrongs ho had done and
when ho remembered ho had not paid
his subscription to this -paper he felt
so small that ho crawled right out
of tho log without difficulty. Does
this story fit you?
Two fleas Charlie and Millard
were talking in a zoo-.
"Join mo in a game of golf" said
one.
"Where?" asked the other.
"Over on the lynx" said the other.
And that reminds me that no mat
ter how ambitious a flea may be he
always goes to tho dogs.
.
Somo of the young sprouts around
hero who live in Dallas think it is
somo big city but It hasn't been long
since a salesman went there and was
attempting to soil one of tho chief
inhabitants a household article and
got this reply:
"Say I only spent ono dime in all
my life for foolishness an thatNvas
for a pair of socks."'
And one tlmo when Walter Morgan
was crossing the ocean going around
from first ono continent to another
h lost his clothes. The steward ask'
ed him where ho had put them and
he roplled that he had put them in
the Httlo cupboard with the glass
1oor to it. Tho steward gently broke
the news that that was nothing but
a porthole I don't remember tho
rest of tho Btory.
f
"Yassuh ho sho is a membah of do
Wavh nnd Means Committee."
"la. is ho? Den ho sho is in do
rijrht Place. Dot nlggah knows mo
ways. of beln mean den any
culled man I knows."
other
Onco upon a tlmo there was a
mother who was on the lookout for
anew name for her infant. Sho was
passing down tho hall of tho court
(Continued on page 3)
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Debates Tonight and Girls
E.TDOWDAND
COMER CLAY TO
DEBATE S.S.T.
EDUCATION QUESTION TO
BE DISCUSSED AT
SEVEN THIRTY
Girls Meet 0. B. U.
Misses Arconeaux And Dennis
Will Dobato On Capital
Tuesday Evening
Two Inter-collcgiotc debates will
bo held in tho local auditorium dur-
ing the next fire days according' td
an announcement by Forensic Mana-
ger Acton McCollum. ' "
Comer Clay and Everett O'Dowd
meet Southwestern Stato Teachers
College of Weatherford Oklahoma to-
night at eight o'clock. Tuesday eve-
ning the girl's team which is com-
posed of La Vcrno Dennis and Evelyn
Arccncaux debate the girl's team of
Oklahoma Baptist University.
Clay nnd O'Dowd will defend the
negative of tho question Resolved
That a department of education
should bo established with a secretary
in tho President's cabinet. (Tho con-
stitutionality is waived.)
Clay has already had a great deal
of experience in debating. Ho was
on tho Abileno High School team last
year and went to tho Stato meet. Ho
and his colleague wero defeated by
tho State champions." Besides his ex-
cellent record in high school debating
Clay represented Abilene High School
icarJ)eionuJfl8tin.-.tha xoxtflmporo
speaking contest lie placed nrat in
the debate tryout this year.
O'Dowd will be in his first inter-
collegiate debate but ho has been
working hard for somo time and ho
is due to offer tho Sooners plenty
of opposition.
In tho debate tonight each speaker
(Continued on page 4.)
"A" Club Edition
Appears Thurs.
OHAS. DAMRON IS CHOSEN
EDITOR OF CLUB
EDITION
The "A" Club edition of tho Opti-
mist will appear next week. Charlie
Damron has been elected by the "A"
Club to edit this edition.
Mr. Damron has not yet selected
his staff but it will bo mado up of
members of the "A" Club. Mr. Dam-
ron was business manager of tho Op-
timist last year and is business man-
ager of the 1928 Prickly Pear.
It has been tho custom in Abileno
Christian College to have an "A"
Club edition and a Journalism edition
of tho Optimist in addition to the
five class Doners which ore entered
in tho publication contest.
o
Mission Students
' To Have Meeting
Tho Mission Class Study will moot
Wednesday evening at 0:30 in room
seven . Brother Weems will speak to
tho class on the subject "Combining
Missionary Work With School Teach-
ing." Tho Mission Study Class is a band
of earnest young Christians who meet
every Wednesday evening and study
mission Droblems. Brother Schug has
kept tho missionary interest allvo in
A. C. C. through this class.
There aro several young people in
the class now who are preparing to
bo missionaries. Ono or more of
them will receive their A. B. degrees
this year.
GIRLS QUARTET TO SING
AT P. T. A. MEETING MONDAY
Next Monday at 4 o'clock the Girl's
Quartet of Abileno Christian College
will entertain the Parent-Teacher's
Association. The Quartet is composed
of Maurino Stewart Edith Witt Lu-
die Adrian and Ruth Harris.
Bernice and Tulllne Buckellew have
returned from Temple and will move
out into town this week.
Brother Carter
Speaks Tuesday
"HOW TO CONTROL CRIME"
IS DISCUSSED
IN TALK
"How to control crimo is ono of
the most important questions of the
hour" declared Professor Morgan H.
Carter in a stirring chapel talk Tues-
day on tho subject of "Crimo Con-
trol." "Crimo is a scientific problem just
as medicine is" the speaker stated.
He further suggested that scientific
men should bo in chargo of .such
problems.
In discussing somo of tho common
methods of controlling crime Pro-
fessor Carter said that "Men cannot
bo made better by tho severity of
punishment. Killing peoplo will not
mako others good."
The speaker stressed tho point that
retribution and repression will not
euro crimo. "What we need today is
for peoplo to know and understand
about God" ho suggested.
He emphasized the fact that Chris-
tian education will do more to reform
criminals than any other thing.
HOMILETICS. CLASS
MEETS THIS EVENING
Tho Homilctics Class will meet as
usual on Thursday night in room 7
at 0:30. Tho subject for discussion
will bo "Tho Crucifixion."
Earl Craig will- lead the singing
Alfred Lieb will lead tho opening
.v . ' gmxjiy3rtlwji-Ajiw..w'- f 4 ivteu
the closing prayer.
Several of the visiting preachers
talked to the preacher students last
week about outlining sermons and tho
great work of preaching the gospel.
Those who spoke to the class wero:
Brother Oliphant Brother Clod Wal-
lace Brother Dickey Brother Harvey
Scott Brother Young and Pullias.
BRO. BAXTER TO ADDRESS
EVANGELISTIC FORUM
FRIDAY NIGHT
Brother Baxter will speak to the
preacher students Friday evening at
0:30 in room seven. Brother Baxter
has not yet announced his subject.
The young preachers meet onco a
week to discuss their problems. Us
ually some member of tho faculty or
a visiting preacher addresses them.
All tho preacher students in A. C. C
are expected to attend these meetings.
Theme Written by Lindbergh Proves
Ace of Air Has Some Literary Ability
The following theme was handed in
by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh when
he was a student at tho University
of Wisconsin sevoral years ago. The
theme has been reprinted in pamphlet
form by D. C. Heath & Company
from which this is taken:
St Peter was not in a charitable
mood. During tho hours of an earth
morning spent in viseing passports
to tho celestial realms far too large
a percentage of tho credentials had
been lacking in minor points and had
required careful inspection.
Came a mortal applying for ad-
mission. "Your former occupation?" ques
tioned the saint.
"I was an Amorican clergyman"
replied the inhabitant of the earth.
"Urn" mused St Peter. "From
tho United States?"
"Even so."
"Your living was "
"Precarious. I did not survive."
"Your passport please."
The minister handed him a weighty
document carefully typed. St Peter
frowned for tho task of reading tho
manuscript was not to his liking.
"Was this written by somo literary
syndlcato?" he asked.
"No I wrote it myself"
Tho credential began "I have been
a good truo and faithful servant."
POOE? QUALITY DOCUMENT
Meet pklahoma Baptist
DEAN C03f AND
WILLIE TREAT
ARE DELEGATES
ANNUAL CON
TION
OP
GARFIELD
P0D3TY
IS
D
Plans Formulated
V
Baylor Bclton G$tl 1929 Meet
Of Council Of-gociettcB
Of The fo'uth
By Wlllltf&reat
Dean Cox and WJlio Treat wero
sent as delegates or tho James A.
Garfield Scholarship Sfpclety of Abi-
lene Christian Collegi to a convention
of tho Scholarship. 'Societies of the
South which met in Brownwood Wed-
nesday February 22?
The delegates f roth '(tho chapters of
tho various colleges und universities
of tho South wcroroyally received
and entertained bjj the Lincoln Schol-
arship Society of Howard Payne Col-
Tho meeting was called to order at
0 o'clock by DeanNoblo of San Mar-
cus Stato Teachers College who has
served as president of the Societies
of tho South for the'pnst seven yenrs.
The won Vas snoot in a regu
lar buslnesA tjwith attention to
changes hv i6tution occupying
most of the t Before adjourn-
ment various JtoifimlUees were ap-
pointed .by Preafceni Noble to report
on 'tho things TiroJrht before
the
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gates wero welcomed into the dining
hall of Howard Payno College to en-
joy a luncheon that was characteristic
of a luncheon in a college dining hall
cornbread black-eyed peas etc.
At 2 o'clock tho meeting was again
called to order and tho business of
tho morning completed after hearing
tho reports of the various committees.
Among the things of importance dis-
cussed wore: the question of member
ship elegibility fees and the pins
and shingles. Afcr having finished
tho business tho meeting was given
over to a period of inspirational talks.
The representatives from each chap
ter reported tho happenings and
workings or functionlngs of the
chapter of which ho was a represen-
tative. Then came an important issue
that of the selection of the place of
meeting for the "onvention in 1929.
After invitations had been extended
from five or six colleges the cam-
paign speeches made and the vote
cast. Baylor College a college for
girls only located at Bclton was se-
(Continued on page 4.)
"You havo omitted tho comma in
tho form a b c" criticized tho saint.
"I am 40 years old" protested the
other. "In my day such punctuation
was correct."
"Wo aro progressive" snapped St.
Peter. Everything within our juris-
diction is entirely up to date."
He continued reading 'My relations
with tho profiteers and grafters were
problematical."
"Entire lack of coherence" asserted
the saint.
"If it plcaso your saintship tho
conditions themselves wero incoherent
impossible of solution."
"No matter. It was your business
to clear them up."
For a few minutes ho read in
silence: Tho question of inherent
right; and which I had expounded for
weeks was still a puzzle to them."
St. Peter mopped the perspiration
which oozed beneath his halo.
"See Woolley 221B" he snarled.
"I am not acquainted with Mr
Wooloy" explained the mortal meekly
"No matter" retorted tho saint.
"You ought to be. The book is for
sale by D C. Heath Company Boston
New York and Chicago; and is used
by many instructors of note."
Followed silence for half an hour
while the shadows lengthened beyond
the golden portals. Now and then tho
Dramatic Club
To Present Play
'THE ANNONYMOUS LETTER'
IS COACHED BY
MISS COOK
Tonight's offering of tho Dramatic
Club for tho approval of the student
body of Abilene Christian College will
be "The Annonymous Lotter" by
Kenyon Nicholson at 7:30 j M. this
evening.
The plot is of a modern homo in
which( tho wife receives an annony-
mous letter concerning her husband's
actions at a convention in another
city. Her suspicions aro aroused to a
high degree but tho matter is finally
cleared up and peace is restored
within tho domicile.
The play is being directed by Miss
Aileen Cook whose work as tho wise
grandmother in "Tho Romantic Young
Lady" last fall was truly commend-
able. Tho cast contains the following:
Joscphino Moyers as Mrs. Elmer
Swank John E. Bobbins as Mr. El-
mer Swank and Charlie Damron as
Ernest Gott.
T. T. T.'S MEET WITH
MISS GRIGGS MONDAY
Margie Griggs was hostess to the
"Triple T" Club Monday afternoon
at 3:30. A short business meeting
was held during which it was decided
to have a forty-two party Saturday
night at tho homo of Kate Burrus.
sors" "feather on tho sheet" "for-
feits" etc. At tho close of a flower
contest prizes were awarded to: Kate
Burrus a dainty bud vase; and Mary-
ann McGrady an amusing whistlo.
Refreshments wero served tho fol-
lowing members: Kate Burrus Evelyn
Dawkins Inez Caskey Opal Dawkins
Juanico Blakely Mary Ann McGrady
and Clifford Wolfe.
CLASSICAL CLUB HAS
MEETING TUESDAY EVE.
The Classical Club met Tuesday
evening at 0:30 to discuss plans for a
Chapel program to be given on March
10. Tho probability of a social for
this term was also discussed.
There will be no meeting next
Tuesday night because of the basket-
ball game and debate but there will
bo a meeting two weeks from this
post Tuesday. The program will bo
posted on the hall bulletin board for
that time.
.fr-
minister caught glimpses of the Nippy
throng within and heard faint weet
melodies from distant harps. He
pondered. He knew that his work on
earth had been well done. But so con-
fident had he been of having earned
his everlasting reward that he paid
little attention to the grammatical
form of his passport although he had
verified every detail of its substance.
Now as ho watched Heaven's door-
keeper the doubts accumulated. Per-
haps in splto of a life filled with good
works he would be found wanting.
Some excellent touches" mur
mured the soint. "Good atmosphere."
Again silence while the saint
finished the last page; then with a
sigh he returned the passport to the
minister. Slowly shaking his head he
gave the verdict:
"A pity to permit so many minor
mechanical errors to bar good ma
terial from eternal commendation.
You are not permitted to pass on."
Bewildered but rebellious the
mortal began his downward journey.
"And to thlAV' he hurled back t
St Peter "that my brother . is a
professor of English at Yale."
"Another case of need" answered
the saint "where practical help from
one's relatives reaches the vanlshinng
point."
OVER 0.
University Tuesday
Lecture Program
Ends Sun. Night
EVANGELIST O. M. PULLIAS
DELIVERS CLOSING
ADDRESS
The 1928 Lectureship camo to a
close Sunday night when approxi-
mately fifteen hundred persona as-
sembled in tho auditorium to listen
to tho concluding address of Brother
C. M. Pullias upon the subject "To
tho Uttermost Parts of the Earth."
This lecture was tho fifth of a
scries delivered by Brother Pullis
under the general heading "Witness-
es For Jesus." Surpassing all his
former efforts in oratory tho speaker
presented his final address in that
sweet Impelling manner which is so
characteristic of tho man.
The auditorium was filled to over-
flowing Sunday night and many of
the adjacent rooms were seated in an
effort to accommodate tho crowds.
Despite tho fact that the audience
was crowded and uncomfortably sit-
uated good attention was maintained
throughout the service. '
The message Sunday night was a
continuation of tho study of Acts
1:8. Brother Pullias centered his
speech upon tho journeys of the
Apostle Paul and showed tho will-
ingness of tho apostle to go and
carry the gospel to all tho world. Ho
suggested that such a spirit of will-
ingness to serve is needed in tho
church today.
"When Jesus goes into tho heartof
a man something must go out"5w
one of the striking fitatenientkSrf
Hrother Pullias. He
iaunrai ay7lfWflfamRftifotH . "
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tho work of the Lord
and leavBHdH
other good things in the hnndsVof
God.
This address concluded a scries of
seventeen lectures given by some of
tho leading evanglists in Texas and
the adjoining states.
o
Voice Pupils
To Appear In
Recital Friday
MISS
MYRTLE DUNN WILL
PRESENT TUPDLS
MARCH 2
Miss Myrtle Dunn presents a num-
ber of pupils at the Abilene Christian
College Auditorium in a recital on
March 2 at 7:30. Tho program is as
follows:
Golden Star Waltz Starabbog
Hilda Thomas
Vacation Is Here Dutton
Cheerfulness Rowo
Francis Aderhoit
Orange Blossoms Granfiold
Flo Caldwell
Cherry Time Faeth
The Bobolink Williams
Mercedes Kroeger
Elsio Baugh
Whun Evening Shadows
Fall . .
The Harpist
Mildred Adlar
Mclntire
Elsie Pearl Couch
A Song
A Xery Queer Story
Bilbro
-Bilbro
Ann Payno
Off to the Hills Lachlan
Banjo Pickanlnics Lachlan
Helen Lcako
A Curious Story Heller
Hallis Hammond
Take the Laughter
- . Alexander MacFaryen
Lucilo Smith
Idilio - Lack
Jessie Royal Curtis
Alt-Wien Leopold Godowsky
Solfeggio Ph. E. Bach
Marjorio Fry
Chant Negre Walter Kramer
Marie Vcale
Troika Tschaikovsky
Lovelle Cooper
Oh Lovely Night Laudon Ronald
Robbie and Sterling Wooton
Little Study .- . Schumann
Lovely May Schumann
Margaret Reed
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor..Bach
Minnie Lu Compere
o
Edgar Hudglns Avis Wiggins and
Lanier Forgason went to Cedar
Sunday evening to take pictures
Gap
and
to climb the hills.
C. U. TEA
WILLIAMS AND
MOODY WIN 2-11
VICTORY HE
WEDNESDAY D I S CftJl
PROVES TO BE
CLOSE
Is Held Li Chapl
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A. O. O. Studeii
Chapel DebaS
Ellis Williams and Foy
rcsentatives of Abileno Cli
logo won a two to ono d
the strong Oklahoma City
in a debate which was
1 1 ...S!J. 1 i J-Im
during tho chapeMrotir.iK
Tho contest was a close ti
it was not until tho last fowwrM
of tho debate that A. C. C. lT
slight margin but tho margl!.
great enough that there was
doubt as to who was tho winner a
Williams and Moody defendedjj
negative of the notional Pi Kaj
Delta question w r"u
United Stater" . "tudentB ffen
w ormAl
m exeB- oecauso vens.
foreign cou! Ljast ". low
mal declaratTheo Powo1 F
Horace RobVL(U.neldon By-
both excellent BH1 Clynch 100-
team rffifonriprl -vard dash; J. B.
gene Dycho is ie; .Thooi?OTell
and his wor t$
Urinative.- The Sopti
.yroaBixyof their eight
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. r .iwiirw mo .r.an
panIed--6bInsotw. f
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did except jK;!;
their argu$a$V - in
that presented by 0." -j iy.
ativo won the decisirVjo
tho plan presented b' vj 0v iQT
by arguments base Y j iiigh
Doctrine and-V ?es time
ism would f oltf l to st0Pie Ejcdo
lives even thStfai jjs
protected. rong
The debate was ono of the nG
leresung discussions max.
been held in the A. C. C. a
.. . j i
and not too much praise
given to the A. U. U. debaters
argument and delivery showe
many weeks of careful prep;
had been made
Mr. Knox a local minist
Professors Glass and About
McMuri iv iCfludgj!.M.i
'yam
SCHOLARSHIP SOOSTV
JO HAVE OPEN RROGRAJ
T
The James A. Garflold i
Schol
Society of Abileno ChrlslTaif"
will hold its ono open program'
year in chapel Wednesday row
March 14. 1!
It is the privilege of every c
ot the Scholarship Societies f
bouth to have oneopf"- .ini
ing each scholastic 'year anJ. h
chapter has selected the abP'
w ua iiw5.Miiii - n
Tho Garfield Society lh"1'
Dr. Cooper of Simmons Uk!10
be the speaker of the occavor
will speak on some phased o .
ship in an effort to pron to
interest in scholarship attal of
In addition to tho speech.-
oe other numoer 01 int
sentcd by
chapter.
members ojtp
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HUGH SMITH WINS TH1
PRIZE IN CLASS CON
10
Hugh Smith has been
a?
the winner of an essay conte-
sored by tho Coca Gola Bottlin
pany of Abilene Texas.
Some timo ago the Sar
Class chaperoned by Miss rV
visited tho Dotting CoicjfSHji
wero treated with much courtt
kindness by the proprietor Mr
Jay and tho bookkeeper Mr. L
Ward. A prize was offered t
student who should make tr
write-up of tho visit to tho p!jv
Hugh Smith has now becnjdo
tho winner of first place; WL
and Ilnv Tisrinln tied fofilii
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