The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 16, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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THE OPTIMIST ABILENE TEXAS. .
Members of Teams lnter-Colleglate Press Association.
LEON CARTER
Editor-in-Chief
A. C. ETTER
Business Manager .
Garnett Wilks .'. Associate Editor
Elwyn Bcdichck...... News Editor
Olan Hicks ....... .. Assistant Editor
Wado BdnoWsky Assistant Manager
Jcsso Coffmnn . Collection Manager
Entered as second class matter June 28 1029 nt the Postofflce at Abilene
Texas under the Act of August 24 1012.
SOPHOMORE STAFF
Everett Maxwell Editor
Bernard Helton.. Assistant Editor
Logan Buchanan .Sports Editor
Maurice McMulIen Religious Editor
Virgil Bernard -Typist
Reporters Virgil Bernpl Wourine Tittle Evnbcl Vnughan and C. W.
Cecil.
SPRING TERM
In the springtime a young man's fancy turns to baseball and other
activities that have nothing to do with scholarship.
Wo should ho in college primarily to learn to develop ourselves so that
wc can better serve humanity. But wc can not be educated if wc nro
going to day-dream during classes or spend so much time seeking pleasure
that we can not study. These are the days of spring tonics and inactive
fantastic draemcrs. Let us beware of these inhibitors to action. Let us
resolve to study harder and finish the the year with honors.
Miil.tf.rm examinations nre looming lnree in the near future ; the teach
ers attempting to get the student ready for the test. Now is the time-
not for all good men to come to the aid of their countrymen hut the time
for each individual to muster analyze and classify his thoughts that he
will he ready to make a Hying tmisli to
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THE RECENT
We have just concluded one of the best meetings wc have ever had.
The singing was good and the sermons were extraordinarily touching nnd
appealing. Much interest was shown in it on the part of the student body
which revealed plainly its true worth. Everyone seems to have been
lifted nnd encouraged by the exhortations of Evangelist Clark; we should
all he inspired by the sermons to better Christian living and a closer
walk with God.
Many times has President Baxter and others of tho faculty tried to
impress on us the fact that wc arc just n'large family and there is no reason
why we should not be such. .The environment in A. C. C. is the best in the
world nnd even though wc do have a few wayward students we should try
to live right regardless of them Let us not forget when this meeting is
lone past to keep up the zeal and ardor that has been manifested the past
week. Let us not grow weary in well
for the faith.
Baxter has made the statement in chapel that the student body here is
much superior to student bodies elsewhere and he extends an invitation
to any person who defies that statement to come and see. Wc know not when
that person may come but should realize that the eyes of tli world are upon
every student in Abilene Christian College everywhere he goes and that each
student has a part in the making of the reputation of A. C. C. Let us try
to live better daily lives and make this school the best by a long way
of any in the whole world. Maurice McMuIlcn.
EXCHANGES
A roadhouso near Colorado Uni-
versity has arranged for students to
ride in taxis free of charge to dances
held there.
Dr. O. B. Williams associate pro-
fessor of bacteriology at tho Univers-
ity of Texas has found that germs
object to loud noises and nre actually
killed by high frequency audiblo
sounds. In conjunction with Profes-
sor Newton Gaines of T. C. U. Dr.
Williams performed experim e n t s
showing tho effects ' of sound upon
bacteria which have received wido rec-
ognition. Coeds in the university havo ap-
proved of tho "cotton dress idea" for
springtime wear.
Girls living in sorority houses at
tho University of Nebraska havo re-
cently been annoyed by tho continual
visits of a "Peeping Tom."
The University of Texas has re-
ceived an invitation from authorities
nt Drake University to. enter n team
in tho 440-yard football relay race
nt the Drako Relays April 24-25. Tho
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RESOLUTIONS
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MEETING
doing but ever press on in contending
race which Is between teams mado
up of varsity letter men from cham-
pionship football teams will be run in
commemoration of Knuto Rockne.
Officials at the University of In-
diana aro still trying to catch the stu-
dents who opened the safe in the
offico of tho sociology department and
pllfcrred copies of tho final exams.
At tho U. of Rochester officials
have recently installed a special tele-
phono system for uso between tho dor-
mitories of men and women students.
Moro college women than men get
married; this has been shown In a
survey at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity. It cost the University of Illinois
more than ?17000 to financo its track
team last year.
A professor In S. M. U. offered to
bet tho smartest student in ono of his
classes that ho would not make over
twenty on a test to bo given giving
him odds of twenty to one. The stu-
dent refused.
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Norvene Crnmor Grace Littlef ield
and Martha Miller were Winters
visitors last weeK.
"I'm completely disgusted with this
Sophomore bunch." Tho Owl wishes
to npologizo for this rank and vile
statement made last week as under
tho putrid Influence of tho lowly Jun-
iors I becamo nauseated and can not
bo hold accountable for my horriblo
scrcechings."
Tho Owl "counted his chickens bo-
foro they hatched" last Sunday when
ho wroto a nice long editorial on "Why
Doesn't Somebody Cut Some Weeds 7"
not anticipating that tho work of de
struction would begin Monday; so thecoc high and Miss Campbell Is teach-
said editorial was consigned to tho .
wastcbaskct along with several of his
other literary endeavors.
At a recent mass meeting of Eliza-
beth Brewer's admirers the following
answered roll call: Lizzio Brewer
Bess Brewer E. Brewer Beth Brew-
er Eliza Brewer Bessio Brewer and
Miss Brewer.
Probably less of the Taylor horso
laugh will be heard around tho campus
this summer when Georgo will no
longer have Mary Jo's beautiful deep
dark brown eyes to cheer him.
George's ears droop lower and lower
evory tlmo ho thinks of that approach-
ing dread event her going homo for
tho summer.
Bernard Helton wns tho recipient of
a largo bottlo of Pcpsodent Antisep
tic through tho mall Tuesday. Per-
haps his best friend wouldn' tell him
but sent him tho bottlo as a gcntlo
hint.
Myrlam Carpenter lias the most
convenient and ephemeral (ask J. Ed-
dio for definition) headaches - when
she wants to get rid of nn unwanted
suitor and take on nnother one. For
particulars as to tho specific occasion
ask Don McKinnfs.
.
Hazel Smith has been reducing
since school started in September.and
has lost tho net sum of two (2)
pounds. Keep right on exercising and
eating oranges Hazel; you may nc-
qulro Venus-like proportions yot
Overheard over tho telephone:
"Hello" hello Yes this is McKen-
zie. That you Fred? Something
wrong nt the dairy What is it Ono
of tho cows dying? What's tho mat-
ter with her? Think It's just old
age? Wihich one is it Not Susie!
Why she's been my pot for thirty
years. It can't be her (sniff sniff)
You say she's suffering? Well
shoot her (sniff sniff) nnd I'll bring
tho truck right out and bring her up
to the dining hall. Yeah we're just
about out of meat up hero and wo'U
need it for dinner tonight Good bye.
(sniff sniff)."
"Pardon me" said Professor Yowell
to his reflection in the mirror "but
haven't I seen- you somewhere be-
fore?" .
The Owl's Hall of Fame nominco
this week is Alvln Hughes who had his
first date a few nights ago. This
lucky girl took the whooping cough
tho next day nnd went homo. Alvln is
resting well according to latest re-
ports. A. C. C.'s championship glutton is
Kermlt Upshaw who consumed thir-
teen packages of salted peanuts a day
or so ago in tho exact time .of twenty-one
minutes. It is understood he
is going nfter a new record in tho
near future
Her0.8 a mtle food for thoUght:
With The Exea
Paulino Connor a student for tho
past two years is now a lawyer's
secretary at her home in Coleman aft-
er having completed a business courso
in Dallas.
Haymond Howard who attended A.
C. C lust summer is teaching at Lo-
meta. Sallie V. Jordan a student of tho
past .three sessions is teaching near
Brady.
Max Leach and his wife nee Leila
Page students of last year wero hero
Sunday visiting in tho Page homo.
They aro teaching at Chilllcotho and
Klrkland and plan to return this sum-
mer to tako their B. A. degrees.
Irvin Cheatham '30 Is farming near
Brownwood.
Osier "Doc" LoftiB studont of last
year is now attending the University
of Arkansas and is a member of a
fraternity there.
Roy Stono and Evelyn Campbell
both of tho class of '30 attended
church last Sunday nt the college.
Stono is teaching and coaching at Ros
ng nt Hermloigh.
"Buddy' Craig brother of Earl and
a student in 1923 has recently been
transferred to Abilene from Dallas
whero ho is employed by a largo bank
ing concern. After attending school
here ho transferred to S. M. U. whero
ho lettered two years in football and
baseball.
Aubrey McMulIen who attended A.
C. C. In 1920 recently moved tp Cali
fornia from Tennessee. Whllo en
route to his present home ho stopped
off hero and visited his brother Mau-
rice. Among tho exes present nt tho Dan-
iel Baker meet Saturday were: Mar-
lon Smith Harry Ward "Chill" Ad-
ams Roy Stevens Hughle Adams nnd
Arthur Coleman.
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Paul Simon and Jack Pope
New Sub T-16 Members
Two new members wero taken on
board tho good ship Sub T-16 Monday
night when the Bailors convened for
a business meeting in Port Optimist
As all of next year's vacancies will
probably not be f illedThis term a sen-
ior Paul Simon was taken in to help
man tho oars for tho remainder of
the year and Jack Tope n freshman
wns voted in as a pledge.
Concluding tho business meeting
tho sailors adjourned to tho Reese
Lowlands whero tho cook served a
bountiful meal of weiners buns mus
tard pickles beans bananas and
cakes. After a poorly rendered song
by the pledges taken in nt tho last
niecting with tho assistance of Simon
the crew turned their noses toward
homo and followed them.
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MISSION STUDY MEETS
At the weekly meeting' of tho Mis-
sion Study class last night Paralec
Patterson spoke on tho subject of
"South America." '-
Tho Owl wonders how mnny of tho
boys who have ''steadies" on the cam-
pus stand them up on Saturday nights
and havo dates out in "town; also why
everyone jon tho campus seems to con-
sider a boy and girl as good as mar-
ried when thoy have a date or two to-
gether. COMPLAINT COUPON
If you don't liko this edition of
the Optimist check tho proper
space bolow clip this coupon and
mail it to tHo Owl c-o Optimist
enclosing $2.60 to cover packing
and mailing charges etc. As a re-
ward for your labors and oxpenso
tho Owl will hoot at your window
at exactly 7:11 p. m. Friday morn-
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Confcctionately yours
HAL HOOTS.
VOUNG MEN'S MEETING
Aprlf 20 1931 - ' ' "
SUBJECT! "PRAYER."
READING:' MATTHEW 0s5-16. '''' '"
1. "Elements ofPraycr" Matt. 0:6-13 Luke 18:9-14.- "' VV'i'j'
2. "How to Pray" Matt. 21:22; John 14:1314; Romans. 8:20;
Cor. 14;1B. '" '.." - ''
3. When to Pray" 1 Thess 6:17; James .6:13; Col. 4j2. "
4. "For What to Pray" Matt. OilB-13; James 4:3; Col. 4:3; Phil. 410 .
Room: .1:
Leader !Palu Thompson
Song .LcadcrxPrcsloy Smith
Reader Shirley Nix
Prayer Alvln Hughes
1st Speaker A C. Etter
2nd Speaker.
3rd Speaker.
Wade Banowsky Logan Buchannn Cleo Scott
Gerald Fruzln Mclviri Whitfield Wllburn Hill
4th Speaker-.. Batsol B. Baxter Aaron
Faculty G. C. Morion James
Writer Disproves
"Absence Makes the Heart
by C. W.
Youth has been under nn illusion
long enough." For eons tho elder gen-
eration has camouflaged tho truth
with such deceptive nnd false delu-
sions as Santa Claus and fairies but
tho idcu that absenco makes tho heart
grow fonder is the haziest of theso
"wool pulling" schemes (nsk Garnott
Wllks Comer Clay or Levi Gentry
for corroboration on this point).
Tho belief that absence makes tho
heart grow fonder has caused many
scheming Lochinvars to go afar to
return as Enoch Ardcn to find that ho
has been superseded by somo ignor
ant and brutish Don Juan. Ah fickle.
frails 1 But such haranguing has
nothing to do with tho intent and pur-
pose of this manuscript Tho purpose
of this masterpiece Is to provo to tho
younger generation that tho belief
that absence makes tho heart grow
fonder is merely a bugaboo.
It is a well known fact among sci
ence teachers and possibly among a
few students that Newton after being
hit on the head by a falling apple was
glad that pumpkins did not grow on
applo trees. At tho samo tlmo it oc-
curred to him that tho attraction of
two bodies is directly proportional to
their masses and .inversely propor-
tional to the squaro of tho distance
between them. The prototypo of this
noble thought is F MM1 D2. Nearly
everyone accepts this except Newton's
rival Einstein who says that the
force of attraction between two bodies
depends on the degree that space is
warped.
But back to the argument. Let us
say for examplo that a boy and girl
aro friends (?) Tho boy weighs 150
pounds or in tho metric system ho
weighs approximately 08200 grams.
Tho girl should weigh 170 but duo to
dieting she weighs 132 or approxi-
mately 60000 grams. (Note to old
maids and bachelors: ago has nothing
to do with tho attracting force).
Wo aro now ready to proceed with
our theory. Suppose tho aforemen-
tioned boy is with his girl friend in
tho girl's parlor. Tho distanco be-
between them which at this tlmo is
unity. Now let us fill out the formula
given to us by Newton. Forco of at-
traction equals mass of boy and
mass of girl divided by tho distance-
between them wheih at this timo is
nil or unity. 68200gx60000g equals
4092000000 dynes. With all this nt-
trnctivo power is any wonder that
wo often hear of broken hearts. If
however the girl weighs 170 pounds
as sho should have thero would havo
been a force of attraction between
them of 6460000000 dynes instead
of 4092000000 dynes. Now I ask
you does it pay to miss your meals
and diet?
Now supposo Miss Nelson carno
along and told the boy that absenco
mado tho heart grow fonder. Ho
would believeiier nnd "would leave and
go lot us Bay 600 feet away or tech-
nically speaking 15240 centimeters
away. Let us now" seo how much at-
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Leon Carter Dwain Jones
Herman SchruggcOlan Hicks ' - ' f
Ernest McCoy Bernard Pruitt
Earl Craig Haskell Canovor
J. M. Baker . A. G. Hobbs -
Fry
F. Cox
'Geo. Robinson.
II. L. Schug
Ancient Thoery
Go Flounder" Substituted
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tractive forco there would be between
the boy and girl. There would bo
08200 times 60000 15240 cm.
equals 202231 dynes or only .0049 per
cent of what it was when he was in
her presence. It requires 202231
dynes forco to hold 'two dollars of
nickels in tho palm of your hand. And
yet they still and will continue to say
that absence makes the heart grow
fonder.
A moro appropriate saying would
bo "Absence makes tho heart go
flounder."
(Editor's note: I did not read this
paper beforo it wns priritcd. If I had
I would not have printed it).
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Preaching the Word
Woodie Holdcn preached for tho .
church nt Trent Sunday morning.
Wllburn Hill met with tho church
at Jayton Sunday morning doing tho
preaching and then came over to
Swcnson and took Eris Ritchie's place
in the pulpit that night
Earl Craig filled his regular ap-
pointment at Albany Sunday.
Forrest Waldrop preached at Haw-
ley Sunday at his regluar appoint-
ment Clydo Corner preached at Ivan Sun-
day morning and filled Dwain Jones'
placo at Eliasvillo Sunday night
A. G. Hobbs went to Tuscola for
his appointment thero Sunday.
Eris Ritchio reports a restoration at
Swenson Sunday morning.
Thomas McDonald filled his regular
place in tho pulpit at Baird Sunday
morning.
Dwain Jones preached at Eliasvillo
Sunday morning returning in tho aft-
ernoon to let Clyde Corner fill his
placo that night
Everett O'Dowd filled his regular
appointment at Breckcnridgo Sunday.
Levi Gentry was with tho church at
Ballinger over Sunday doing tho
preaching for them.
Harold McDonald reports good At-
tendance a Swan's Chappcl Sunday.
Paul Simon met with tho church at
Hope Sunday doing tho preaching.
J. Eddie "Wccms reports good Inter-
est in the worship at Buffalo Gap
Sunday.
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SCHOLARSHIP CLUB
nEARS L. E. DUDLEY1
(Continued from page ono).
ctry wo forgot tho struggles and
drudgery of tho world' 'ho said. "Not
only do wo get financial returns from .
an education in literature but uv
creased pleasuro and service woi aro
able to render to man. Thoso who un-
derstand poetry and music get enjoy-
ment impoBsiblo to others."
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Maurino Bennett visited friends
and relatives in Sweetwater during
the wcok-end.
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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/m1/2/?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.