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THE OPTIMIST
SEPTEMBER 25 1M4
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"HURRICANES HARDLY HAPPEN" Professor Higgins
(Dale Ward) teaches Eliza Doolittle (Donna Rankin) to sound
her H's with the aid of a candle flame in a scene from the
1964 Abilene Christian homecoming musical "My Fair Lady."
The musical is set to run Wednesday through Saturday Nov.
4-7. Tickets for the Wednesday and Thursday performances
will be on sale Friday in the ticket booth of the Students
Exchange.
Lettermen Sing at ACC
Before Large Audience
A near-capacity crowd attend-
ed Monday night's performance
by the Lettermen in Sewell Aud-
itorium. Performing for the second time
fn two years the group appear-
ed to captivate the audience with
numbers such as "Kansas City"
"Smile" "Runaway" and "When
I Fall in Love". Besides each
member of the trio also did sev-
eral individual numbers.
Beckoned back by wild ap-
plause the Lettermen gave a 30
'Kisses' Opens at Queen;
Stars MacMurrajy Bergen
By GEORGE STEWART
What happens when a man lets
his wife run for President of the
United States on the supposition
that she hasn't a chance and
then 40 million women elect her?
This is the story element in the
motion picture "Kisses for My
President" which opens at the
Queen Theatre today.
This comic farce starring Fred
MacMurray and Polly Bergen is
in the exciting tradition of such
hits as "The Absent-Mlnded
Leo Scheer to Audition
String Bassoon Players
Leo Scheer director of the
Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra
is interested in auditioning any
string or bassoon players from
ACC.
Scholarships arc available for
those who qualify.
Those interested may contact
Scheer at OR 2-2192.
minute encore including a med-
ley mocking the Beatles. Upon
the insistence of the audience
one sang "What Kind of Fool
Am I". The Lettermen closed
their 19C4 performance to a
standing ovation after singing
"You'll Never Walk Alone".
Enthusiastic comments after
the program ran "They were
fabulous!" "I've never seen such
a versatile group" and "I wish
they could have kept on all
night!"
Professor" and "Son of Flubber".
Miss Bergen lovely as ever
gives an entertaining perform-
ance as the first woman presi-
dent of the United States. The
new "first lady" Fred Mac-
Murray is in his true comic ele-
ment with the chores he finds
in his new position such as run-
ning the afternoon teas for the
senators' wives and planning all
the menus.
The chief villains of the story
come in the form of Eva Gabor
and Eli Wallach. Miss Gabor
plays a former flame of Mac-
Murray's who is still out to
catch him except this time it
is only his name she is after.
As husband of the President his
endorsement of her cosmetics
company particularly the men's
toiletries division would indeed
be an asset. Wallach is the dic-
tator of a small Latin American
country which is about to lose
all American foreign old. The
entire sequence seems to be pat-
terned around the Profumo af-
fair of a few years back.
ACC Chorus
Boone Sing
In Midland
By LOLA SUE SCOBEY
Pat Boone refused to perform
without them so ACC's A Cap-
pclla Chorus began the 1904-65
season before a crowd of 8000
toonnrrfra nf n ro1lcrtntta.fAtt4mn1
youth rafly held in Midland on
Sunday evening Sept. 20.
"The Lord Bless You and Keep
You" and "God of Our Fathers"
wore sung by the group which is
directed by Vernon Moody assist-
ant professor of music. In addi-
tion Boone and the A Cnppclla
sang several selections from their
joint album "My God and I."
After hearing the musical per-
formance and Boone's talk on the
differences between a leader and
a follower Mrs. Vernon Moody
voice teacher said "I believe it
was very beneficial to all the
young people involved. The teen-
agers were simply elated with
Pat each was completely car-
ried away with the other."
The A Cappclla Chorus had
been rehearsing for only one
week but chorus member Judy
Roberts felt that "It was a fine
performance and quite a way to
begin the year. It seemed to
give us a certain esprit de corps."
The group arrived at Midland
about 4:30 on Sunday afternoon.
An evening meal was served by
the A and Tennessee Streets
Church of Christ. A short re-
hearsal was conducted after
church that night.
The rally was sponsored by the
Midland Jaycces and held in the
Midland Memorial Stadium.
Band Day Winners
Receive $50 Prize
Five outstanding high school
Dands were awarded a trophy
and a $50 prize at the Fourth An-
nual High School Band Day last
Saturday on the ACC campus.
Winners and their recpective
divisions were: Class 3A Gra-
ham High School; Class 2A
Brady High School; Class 1A
Rotan High School; Class B
Rochester High School; and Class
3C Lincoln Junior High School.
The nineteen participating schools
were classified according to en-
rollment. Judging was held during a
one-hour parade in downtown
Abilene. Judge Bruce Evans
bund director at Post and Char-
les Traylor band director at
Petersburg rated each band ac-
cording to alignment carriage
musicianship discipline and over-all
public appeal.
Commenting on the cancelled
halftime show Douglas Fry di-
rector of the Big Purple said
"These were the best bands we
have ever had participating in
Band Day. We had a perfect
show It's too bad it rained. Wo
could have gone on and perform-
ed but the playing field was
soft and we didn't want to com-
pletely destroy it." He added
"These were a real smart bunch
of kids they really caught on to
the half-time show quick."
Fry also said that a number
from almost every band came
and complimented him on the
campus the food and the organ-
ization of the program.
Band Day is Jointly sponsored
by tho West Texas Fair which
furnishes the prizes and judges
and ACC which organizes the
activities and provides one meal.
Letters have already begun to
arrivo applying for admission to
the Fifth Annual Band Day next
year.
Stud
By GEORGE STEWART
Tho spotlight beams its rays
this week on each of the talent-
ed performers who appeared in
last week's "All College Night."
Our fellow students who per-
formed for us that Tuesday even-
ing should certainly be lauded
for their efforts. Purd talent
showed through in every act.
Even though the singing groups
such as the "West Four" and the
"Two Brothers" were among our
favorites I feel that talent ran
high in each of the performances
collectively as well as individu-
ally. The hats of the student body
should especially be off to the
master and mistresses of cere-
mony for the evening Jerry
Burns Barbara McBrlde and
Marsha Hoppc. The distress of
Jerry in accordance with hilar-
ious antics of the two girls was
indeed a treat for the entire au-
dience. The original monologue deliv-
ered by one Jerry Brown re-
minded us once again of his
sense of comedy as displayed in
last year's "Teahouse of the Au-
gust Moon". It was also good to
hear tho "Dixie Six" and "West
Four" again. Even such old
stand-bys as the "Embers" came
through in fine style.
I am especially gratified to see
new groups coming into the field
of action on the campus. Groups
such as the "Hilltop Singers" and
"Linda Russ and Charles" are
to be congratulated on their en-
deavors and encouraged to con-
tinue. This brings up a question
which bothers me personally.
Why do we have only one stu-
dent talent show each year? "All
College Night" hold soon after
school opens each fall is really
the only time that individual
H-SU Schedules Five Concerts
For 1964-65 Concert Series
Hardln-Simmons University re-
cently made formal announce-
ment of its 1064-65 on-campus
concert scries. With five concerts
scheduled for this school year
all but one date have been def-
initely set with tickets now on
sale.
Appearing Oct. 15 will be the
world-renowned Norman Luboff
Choir. Tickets for this perform-
ance run from from $1.50 to $3.
Later the same month October
24 will sec Fred Waring and his
Pennsylvanians on stage in
HSU's Chapel Auditorium.
Tickets are priced from $1.50 to
$3 50.
On January 28 pianist Van
Cliburn will return for another
performance in Abilene. Tickets
arc $3.00 to $4.00.
Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt
will bring a Broadway song hit
festival on March 23. Ticket pri-
ces will range from $1 to $2.50.
The final concert of the year
will be by The Womenfolk a
woman's five-voice singing en-
semble. Tho date for this pro-
duction will be in April or May
but has not been definitely set
as yet.
Ticket prices are set com-
by tho various visiting artists In
iStlight
. H
student talents arc brought to
the attention of the student body.
Of course we have concerts
plays art exhibits recitals and
so fourth throughout the year.
This is all well and good. But fli
a rule they do not have the at-
tendance exhibited at "All Col-
lege Night" each fall.
It seems to this writer that a
campus and a student body of
our size not only could but
would support a student talent
show at least once each semester
and possibly once during sum-
mer school as well. Even if the
same acts were repeated they
would have changed somewhat
and added new numbers to their
repertoire.
This is only on idea. I have
brought it up with several stu-
dent leaders this past week how-
ever. They each seemed to go
along with the idea. If you the
student body would like to see
this go into effect why don't
you start talking it up among
yourselves and with your class
leaders and student government
representatives. You never can
tell what will happen.
I wish to express thanks to the
Students Association for the fine
show they brought us with the
Lettermen last Monday night. I
hope the other on-campus enter-
tainment they bring us this year
will be equally good and that
they will provide a variety of
interests for our enjoyment.
For all of you drama fans
H-SU is presenting its 'first
drama production of tho season
tonight and Saturday night.
The play You Ctn't Take It
With You by George S. Kauf-
man and Moss Hart is a re-run
of the production the University
Players presented during sum-
mer school.
order that the series may be a
self-sustaining but non-profit
endeavor.
The annual H-SU Concert
Scries Is a presentation of the
University Division of Institu-
tional Services set up to fulfill
the university's obligation to
provide a balanced program of
cultural educational and enter-
tainment events for the commun-
ity and tho area served by the
school. Dr. William O. Beosley is
in charge of tho program.
Ticket reservations may bo se-
cured for any program in the
series by contacting the office of
Dr. Beasley H-SU Chapel-Auditorium
Ext. 214; In person by
mail or telephone.
Fish -Soph Rivalry Day
Set by Dean Oct. 17
Freshman - Sophomore Rivalry
Day will be held Oct. 17 accord-
ing to Garvin Beauchamp dean
of students.
Freshman students will com-
pete against sophomores in vari-
ous sports events. Highlight of
the day will bo the traditional
tug-of-war over a mud hole.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 3, Ed. 1, Friday, September 25, 1964, newspaper, September 25, 1964; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99350/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.