The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 16, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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Hugh Clark Closes
Successful Meeting
On Sunday Evening
Visible 'Results of Meeting
Include 12 Baptisms and
25 Restorations
Excellent; .Attendance
EVANGELIST GOES TO BROWN-
WOOD FOK TEN-DAY
REVIVAL
Sunday night marked tho close of
tho spring meeting of the College
Church of Christ. The revival was
attended by largo crowds the avcrago
number at night services being about
eight hundred and resulted In twelve
bnptismB and twenty-five resoratlons
as visiblo results.
A Hugh Clark an cx-student who
Is now minister of a Church of Christ
in San Antonio did th preaching for
tho meeting. He and his family left
Monday for Brownwood where he will
conduct a ten-day meeting beginning
tomorrow. E. W. McMillan minister
of the College Church of Christ will
join him in a meeting at San Antonio
on May 1.
A brief summary of his sermons
both morning and evening since tho
last edition of tho Opti"ist on Thurs-
day is given as follows:
"WORLDLINESS AMONG
CHRISTIANS"
Discussing "Worldlincss Among
"Christians" Thursday evening in the
auditorium Clark showed that tho
.church was like a ship out on tho
ocean the ocean representing tho
world. As long as tho church keeps
tho world out of it it will stand but
when tho world leaks into it it will
sink. Tho denominations and many
of tho Churches of Christ have com-
promised so that tho world has leaked
into tho church. Among tho things
condemned wcro: profanity drinking
dancing mixed bathing indecent
dress card playing and suggestivo
talk and action.
"REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE"
"Remember Lot's Wife" was the
central theme of the sermon Friday
morning in chapel. Clark stated that
Lot's wife was like many persons to-
day. Sho lingered to go and 'after
she had started away from sin she
had looked back. She had a divided
" heart and art undecided will Tho di-
vided heart and undecided will will
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library Receives
Books On Negroes
1433 Books Issued for March
And 1617 For February
Several -new books have been re
ceived by the library this week ac-
cording to Margaret Bishop librarian.
They are "Up From Slavery" by
Washington; "Tho Negro In American
Civilization" by Johnson; and "John
Brown's Body" by Benet.
More books wcro issued in February
than in March as shown by the re-
port for tho two months submitted.
Total circulation for February was
1017 and for March 1483.
The detailed report for February
is as followst Week books issued
1180 and reserve books 428. This is
tho total issued exclusive of the books
used in the reading room. Of this
number 197 were books in sociology
171 in fiction .144 in lltcraturo and
82 in religion.
The March report is; Week books
issued 1128; rcservo books 305. Of
theso29G were in sociology 203 on
literature 182 in fiction and 117 in
religion.
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Elton Abernathy Chosen
' Senior Edition Editor
At a senior class meeting Tuesday
afternoon Elton Abornathy was elect-
ed editor of tho senior class edition
of tho Optimist which will appear
next week. -
At the recommendation of Leon
Carter editor-in-chief he 'was elected
by acclamation. Abernathy has not
yet selected hi staff members.
Academy Seniors to Present
Annual Play
"Cupid Scores a Touchdown"
Is Three Act Comedy
To BeK Given
Thursday evening nt eight o'clock.
tho senior class of tho academy will
present a modern comedy "Cupid
Scores a Touchdown" by Osgood. Tho
play has been extraordinarily success-
ful in its presentation in the leading
high schools and is suited for amateur
production. Tho theme is n domestic
one and deals with the romanco of
Dulcy Connors and Stanley Comson
football hero and Its effect on the
business affairs of her father.
Tho leading roles are taken by Eliz-
abeth Wray as Dulcy Connors and
Frederick Ross as Stanley Comson.
Perhaps most of tho humor is furnish-
ed by Othel Lowe's interpretation of
tho part of Gladys F'luttcrmore an
amateur gold-digger and Roy Hailey
as her victim Chubby. Mrs. Con-
nors tho shrewd mother is played by
Frances Wood. Johnnio Murchison
takes tho part of Angelica McNulty
who has married a millionaire and
constantly criticizes the family.
Tho supporting cast is a strong one
and is composed of Herman Osborn
as Barton Hawloy a rising young pol-
itician Alary Vanco Keneaster Stan-
ley Comson's sister Vera Nell Harts-
field tho English tutor and Ruth
Reese as Betty.
The A. C. C. orchestra under tho
direction of Ruth Laslcy will play dur
ing the intermissions.
Admission will bo thirty-f ivo cents.
Debaters End Sea-
son With Argument
At Austin College
Wilks and Abernathy Drop 3
To 0 Decision to Sher-
man Team
Closing their debating season Gar-
nett Wilks and Elton Abernathy lost
a 3 to 0 decision to Charles Brookhart
and James Leath ranking debaters of
Austin College at Sherman Tuesday
evening on the question of "Resolved:
Tha: tho Nations Should Ajdopt a
Policy of Free Trade." The debate
was held in tho Y. M. C. A. building
there.
The debaters wont to' Sherman
Tuesday morning in President Bax-
ter's car spent the night there and
returned Wednesday. They were ac-
companie by Mrs. Baxter and Hazel
Legate.
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Clark Addresses
Preachers Friday
A. R. Lawrence Is Speaker
For Tomorrow Evening
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Evangelist Hugh Clark an ex-student
of Ablleno Christian college who
has been with the church for the past
week in n meeting spoke before tho
Evangelistic Forum last Friday night.
Clark said: "The saving of human
souls is tho greatest work a man can
do." He showed how'ono should put
his wholo heart into the work and
somo of tho problems that ho will
bo confronted with. Among other
things ho said that the people were
tired of stories and jokes in tho pulpit
and arc really wanting tho plain gos-
pel preached.
The group will bo addressed by A.
R. Lawrenco tomorrow night on tho
subject of "The Baptist Doctrine Ex-
amined." All ministerial students aro
urged to attend.
Evabel Vaughn Will Play
In Chapel Tomorrow Morn
Evabel Vaughan. on advanced pi-
ano student in the Fino Arts Depart-
ment will play in chapel Friday
morning Sho will play only one se-
lection "Valso in A Major" by Lo-vitski.
Tuesday Night
WEEMS MAKES STATEMENT
BEFORE GOINGJO KANSAS
lievc that Abilcno Christian Col-
lege is tho greatest school in the
world and it is great because of its
unexcelled spirit and because of
the cooperation of those who love
the school.
The support that the track boys
get from the students tho teachers
tho trustees and the friends of tho
school is enough to inspire them
to break records. Just before the
boys run at Kansas and at Drake I
am going to remind them of tho
many loyal friends in Abilcno and
in Texas who are waiting for a ro-
port from the meets. I believe that
the encouragement that the boys
have received will "inspire them to
win the races and probably to break
some more records
(signed) J. Eddie Wccms
Tho boys on the relay team will
have a real test at tho Kansas and
Drake Relays. I regard the Drake
Relays as the best thing that I
have ever seen in track and the
Kansas Relays arc almost as good.
Tho Wildcats will be running
against the best college men in the
nation and I want all our stu-
dents to realize that. At the Drake
Relays last year our boys defeated
some universities that have several
thousand students enrolled in their
schools.
In behalf of the track team I
express to our loyal friends our
sincere thanks for your support.
The boys called on some of you to
help to send them to Kansas and
you responded liberally. Without
your help the boys could not have
gone to Kansas. We arc indebted
to our college trustees for furnish-
ing us a good automobile in which
to make the trip. I sincerely be-
Ruth Lasley Is
Accorded Praise
Is Complimented On Playing
At Musjc Convention
High praise is accorded Miss Ruth
Lasley violinist and director of the
Abilcno Christian college orchestra
in an extensive article in tho last
issue of the Southwestern Musicalc
official Texas music publication. The
article is tho direct result 'of the part
sho played in a program given before
the South Plains Music Teachers' As-
sociation which convened recently nt
Lubbock.
An excerpt from tho article reads:
"The attention of the audlcnco was at
once Keld by tho power and color of
her tone and the authority begotten
by knowing exactly what was to bo
done and how. As tho evening pro-
ceeded it became evident that Miss
Lasley is a young player of intenso
musical feeling authentic musical
ideas and a solidly-grounded techni-
cal mechanism."
Senor Willie Treat
Of Spaniards Begin Spanish Diet
by Maurice
Senor Willie Treat and his mighty
Spaniard band of close followers
marked a high spot in recent activities
when he demanded" a special table pre-
pared and served by a Spanish girl
to feed Spanish-minded students when
they get hungry in Spanish. It re-
minds one somewhat of having a
class in school to hear such strango
babblings and a dismal atmosphere is
thrown over tho entire dining hall to
think how they must bo suffering
trying to eat and recite at tho same
time.
Senor Treat Btates that there is one
rule that tho table lias that must not
be broken; namely that no food of
any sort is passed to anyone until he
calls for it in Spanish; he also states
that so far no one has starved. The
aforseaid Treat presides and talks
boisterously so as to bo heard at tho
other end of the table but for all ho
knows they talk in English at the op
Two One-Act Plays
Will Be Staged By
Local Dramatists
"The Ghost Story" and "Art
Where Art Thou" Will
Be Presented
Admission Ten Cents
TWO COMEDIES WILL BE SHOWN
THIS EVENING AT EIGHT
O'CLOCK
One of Booth Tarkington'o out-
standing one net plays "The Ghost
Story" will be presented tonight at
eight o'clock in Scwell Auditorium
along with "Art Where Art Thou"
a play sponsored by tho Art Depart-
ment in celebration of Art Week.
Tho leading roles in "The Ghost
Story" are taken by Hers'chel North
and Grace Virginia Connor supported
by Willie Evans Blanche Beckner
Maxlno Barber Bcrnnrd Helton Wade
Banowsky Gene Shockley and Julian
Shownlter.
"Art Where Art Thou" deals with
the effect art has in home life. The
outstanding roles aro taken by Mar-
garet Dunn Dorothy Locke Ruskln
Smith and .Julian Showalter. Others
in tho cast arc: Maxino Barber
Grace Virginia Conner Hazel Ban-
owsky Margaret Wolf Josephine
Coleman Rosamund McCollum Willie
Evans Zelma Bledsoe Jennie Joe
Bently Lois Reese Lula May Kling-
mnn and Lucille Adrian.
Both plays are under the direction
of Mary Hale head of tho Speech
Arts Department.
Admission will bo ten cents.
Scholarship Clubs
Hear L E.Dudley
In Chapel Monday
Garfield Society Is Host To
Honor Groups of McMurry
And Simmons
The James A. Garfield Scholarship
Society tho Abilcno Christian Collego
chapter of the Scholarship Societies
of tho South was host to the Scholar-
ship Societies of Simmons Univers-
ity and McMurry Collego Monday
morning in chapel when L. E. Dudley
principal of Abilene High Schol
spoke before the three groups on tho
subject of "Whnt Poetry Means To
Me." Comer Clay local president in-
troduced tho speaker.
This visit paid the local college is
an annual affair each society visiting
tho other schools sometime during tho
year toN hear some distinguished
speaker.
In giving tho advantages of study-
ing poetry -Mr. Dudley stated that
poetry is the highest expression of
beauty it improves n person's aes-
thetic senses and opens his eyes to
tho beauties of nature.
"When wo givo our attention to po-
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With His Band
McMullen
posite end of the table and do not let
him know it.
It was thought for a while that it
would savo Brother Mac a little
"grub" but it seems that ho is losing
out they cat so long. Really they
have troublo in getting what they
want having to study so long what to
call it so they lose time and finally
lose out.
La mesa in Espanola havo el
beano ct al to eata. The dieta is tho
sama as tho otherd but they get it
differenta.
Those worthy of horriblo mention
as to exposing their ignorance at such
a public place aro Senorltas Parolee
Patterson Louiso Nelson Mclba
Rutherford Blanche Beckner Pauline
Oliver Pauline Toombs; Senors WHUe
Espanola Treat in person Kermit
Upshaw Orvllle Hamilton V. L. Allen
and Wilburn Hill tentative with oth
ers to bo added later
Wildcat Relay Team Leaves
Today For Kansas and Iowa
To Compete in Relay Events
Speeding over tho northern Oklahoma countrysido in the college Oldsnvo-
bilo at tho present time arc six Wildcat trackmen. They left Abilene and
A. C. C. at about 7:30 this morning full of determination to bring back
tho tr phics and the watches in a two week trip to Kansas and Iowa. Eddio
Wccms and his five relay men Captain Elmer Gray BUI Wccms Jesso
Wood Jimmy Lawrence and John Simmons are tho six missing men. They
will return a week from Tuesday.
While on the trip the Wcemsmcn will enter tho two-mile relay and tho
regular milo relay in the Kansas Relays at Lawrence Kansas Saturday and
tho medley milo and tho regular mile at the Drake Relays the following
Saturday afternoons. With favornblo l
weather tho Wildcats are rated to win
and set records in most of their en-
tries. In tho two mile relay at Lawrence
Elmer Bill Jesse and John will run
while in tho regular mile Lawrenco
will substitute for Simmons. Tho rec-
ord at the Kansas Relays is 8:02 but
the Wildcat organization is capable
of running the race in 7:52 but allow-
ing for a breeze are doped to win over
Pittsburgh Teachers the record hold-
ers with case to tho time of 7:55 set-
ting a new record. In tho regular
mile nt Lawrence the meet record is
3:21 and last week the A. C. C. relay
team ran it in 3:21.5 within half a
second of tho record. Barring a wind
and slipups the Abilenians should set
a new record.
At tho Drake Relay Carnival to bo
held a week from Saturday tho Wild-
cats will be back on their own spe-
cialty the sprint medley mile. Tho
official world record in tho collego
sprint medley was set by A. C. C. at
the Rice Relays and she also holds
tho Drake meet record with 3:33.3.
At the Rico meet the team ran a
3:31.0 medley so a new record will
probably be set in this event
Pittsburgh and Kansas offer the
toughest opposition in this race but
tho Wcemsmen outran them at tho
Rice Relays. In the regluar mile at
Drake tho meet record was set in
1925 by Butler University with tho
creditable performance of 3:18.2. Tho
nearest the Wildcats have como to
tying this record is 3:21.5 but with
the additional energy and enthusiasm
prevalent in the big meets it is pos-
sible that a new record will bo set in
this race.
At the Kansas Relays gold watches
are to be givon to the four relay men
and the coach of the winning teams.
Tho six men plan to come back loaded
down with "joolrey" and trophies.
FAST TIME EXPECTED IN
KANSAS RELAYS SATURDAY
LAWRENCE Kans. With the 1931
crop of American athletes cracking
track and field event records in al-
most every meet of importance to
date this season the prediction seems
safe that relay marks in the great
outdoor relay carnivals now coming
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Press Club Takes
In Five Members
Delegates To T.I.P.A. Meet
To Be Selected Monday
At a meeting of tho Press Club
Tuesday tho following new members
having completed tho required amount
of work were voted in: Cozetto Mc-
Daniel Fred Harlan Bernard Helton
Clovis Watson and Van Jones.
Plans were also discussed concern-
ing the election of T. I. P. A. delegates
and sending them to tho convention
to bo held at Nacogdoches May 1 and
2 final action being deferred until
another meeting to be held Monday.
A. C. Etter president requests all
members to bo present at that time.
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Cox Announces Mid-Term
Examinations Next Week
Next week is mid-term examination
week according to a statement given
out by Dean J. F. Cox. Teachers will
give examinations at any time during
tho week they see fit to do so.
Mid-term reports will bo duo April
20. The yellow slips will bo sent out
and tho list posted on tho bulletin
board as soon as all notices of fail-
ures are received in fie office.
Training School
Presents Spring
Festival Monday
Fifty-Six Pupils Take Part In
Gay Carnival; Naomi Busby
Is Crowned Queen
Fifty-six youngsters from the train-
ingschool were presented Monday eve-
ning in a spring festival tho annual
program sponsored by the training
school.
Tho program was in the form of a
carnival in which the king and queen
were entertained by Mother Goose
characters story-book favorites for-
eign children animals and comic
characters.
One of the features of tho enter-
tainment was a colorful wedding of
tiny flower folk.
Naomi Busby was crowned queen
of May in an elaborate May celebra-
tion. Others who took part in tho enter-
tainment were: Dorothy Martin Nor-
man Haskcw Mary Greer Neal Shep-
herd Phil Lovclady Bernard Holly
Alva Cox Mary Carter Ycaton Alice
Alene Morlan Matrrine McKcnzie
Gene Bennett Ellene Jennings Gwcn-
dell Smith Clco Haskcw Georgianna
Lock Jean Lawyer Jim Cox Eloiso
Birge Gurden Busby Helen Scclyc
Freeman Holly Peggy Carswoll
Glenna Powers Mary Katherine Bax-
ter Walter Jackson Jr.
Charles North Leon Reese Owen
Holly Margaret Arledgc Christine
Seelye Tony Levey Enmon Lovclady
Mary George Turner Margaret Ben-
nett Bill Helvey Happy Greer Verna
Mao Willoughby Paul Wood Melvin.
Earl Gililand G. C. Morlan Jr. Mary
Gorce Cox Elizabeth McMillan Avis
(Continued on Pago 4)
1931 Prickly Pear
Nears Completion
Chambers Announces Fea-
tures of New Year Book
All copy for tho 1931 anniversary
edition of tho Prickly Pear with tho
exception of tho track and humor sec-
tions and advertisements has been
sent to tho printer according to James
Chambers editor of tho year book.
Tho covers for tho annual aro nl-
ready in and are somewhat different
to nny former design. They aro tint-
ed with a beautiful combination of
blue and silver having a picturo of
the administration building embossed
at tho bottom.
Tho annual will contain many now
features that havo never been used in
a previous edition among theso being
drawings for tho humor section by
Buford Tune former student and now
a famous cartoonist.
Tho Prickly Pear will bo ready for
distribution about May 15.
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Cozette McDaniel Named
Editor Of Frosh Edition
Cozetto McDaniel was elected edi-
tor for tho freshman class edition of
tho Optimist at a class meeting
Tuesday afternoon. Sho nppointed Van
Jones assistant editor for tho paper
which will como out April 30.
Both Miss McDaniel and Jones aro
experienced journalists having work-
ed on tho Ablleno High School Bat-
tery before entering" school at A. C
C. They nro also reporters for the
Optimist.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 16, 1931, newspaper, April 16, 1931; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91544/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.