Abilene Christian College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 165 of the 1940 volume:

Copyright LESLIE KING EDITOR DOUGLAS FRY MANAGER Printed By ABILENE PRINTING STATIONERY CO. THURMAN'S STUDIO Engraving By STAFFORD ENGRAVING CO. TWENTY - FIFTH THE PRICKLY PEAR 1940 ANNIVERSARY Jesse P. Sewell Batsell Baxter James F. Cox DEDICATION To the men who have served as presidents of our beloved college, teachers of sympathy and creators of our traditions, friends of youth and inspirers to the spiritual life, believers in the inviolable sanctity and worth of the individual human soul, this book is dedicated with affection and devotion. Men of vision, we honor you whose efforts against unending hardships have ever led onward to a more progressive and a higher civilization. «mgt TWENTY - FIFTH FOREWORD Twenty-five years ago the first volume of the Prickly Pear was published. This year we celebrate its silver anniversary. Without the old there could be no new. Thanks to our Pioneers! We have tried to make of the volume a book of memories—a book of pictures of experiences which we have “caught as they hur- ried across the threshold of the present.” It is yours now as your future heritage. “Take it, my friends, this book of memories—not a moment’s monument, but a year’s. Take it and think of it as the return of a year already spent.” —THE EDITOR ANNIVERSARY ORDER OF BOOKS Administration Student Body The Life The Sports The Favorites Clubs Advertisements TWENTY - FIFTH O X S CQ w PS 'Such is the use and noble end of friend- To bear a part in every storm of fate And by dividing, make the lighter weight. g C CO !z; - Q BEAUTY S P O T S TO OURS OF 1939-1940: First of all I am thankful to our Heavenly Father that I have had the privilege of living and working during this year with such a fine group of young people as I know you to be. I am thankful for the excellent cooperation of a self-sacri- ficing, hard-working faculty, for it has relieved me of work and worry and has contributed very materially to the accomplish- ments of the great aims of A. C. C. Most of all, I am thankful to you, students, for your love and friendship. Speaking personally this has been my happiest school year, and it's because of you. No, you are not perfect, but you have been thoughtful of me and of the College. Your teachers and those in authority over you say you have done well. There have been very few things to mar our peace and happiness during this nine months. It has not been my privilege to know many of you personally, but anyway I am interested in you and my very best wishes are for you whoever you are, wherever you are, and as long as you live. When your life on earth is ended I pray that we may have a glorious reunion in that land that is fairer than day. JAMES F. COX. BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS W. H. Free ...................... E. D. Chambers .................. G. L. Jennings .................. B. Sherrod....................... Hollis L. Manly.................. .........President .....Vice-President .......Vice-President .......Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer MEMBERS S. N. Allen . Christoval Judge Omar T. Burleson Anson G. W. Birchfield . Fort Worth Dr. Chester Callan Rotan E. D. Chambers ... Afton J. B. Collins Big Spring G. W. Cox . .. Canyon R. L. Cooner ... . Gorman Judge Allen D. Dabney . . Eastland Clyde Echols . . . .Abilene W. H. Free . . .Abilene M. L. Hayes . . Mission G. C. Helvey . . Abilene W. F. Hejl . Midland C. T. Hutchinson Abilene G. L. Jennings . . . Abilene Wade Jones .. E. S. Lee Hollis Manly . J. E. Manly . . R. Martin.... J. B. McGinty . Robert Miller . George Peppei R. M. Pyeatt . J.R. Powell D. B. Rambo Crutcher Scott B. B. Sherrod . Otto Sosebee . C. A. Wade J. W. Watson . .Childress .....Abilene .....Abilene . . . Lubbock . Terrell . Ozona .....Junction ..... Clyde .....Tuscola . Huntsville . . . Abilene . . Lubbock ..... Anson . Sweetwater .. Colorado . San Antonio Abilene Christian College stands as a monument to the work, sacrifices and faithfulness of the men pictured on this page. They, with the coopera- tion of other Christian men and women, have built so that Christian edu- cation. may have a firm foundation in Abilene Christian College. DON H. MORRIS M. A., University of Texas Vice-President Energy, ambition, vigilance, in- terest and efficiency are the stamp of this man whose hearty service exalts his versatile duties, and whose cheerful devotion to Abi- lene Christian College inspires each of us. ORBIN MELTON Assistant Bursar MARGUERITE ANDERSON Assistant Librarian MRS. GRACE TEMPLETON Dietitian LAWRENCE L. SMITH M. B. A., University of Texas Bursar An alert, logical mind that is at home in classroom and office alike. Humorist of the campus—he Shy- locks our money painlessly. MRS. CLARA BISHOP Graduate Ward Belmont Registrar Mrs. Clara Bishop is the alert and conscientious keeper of our records. She is the first for the freshman to see—the last for the senior. From her we learn lessons of neatness and accuracy. MRS. SUSAN D. COGDELL Matron of Girls Hall MRS. ZELMA LAWYER Matron of Chambers Hall Supervisor in English mrs. ora McFarland Matron of Boys Hall FACULTY E. BROWN, M. A. JAMES E. FREEMAN, M. A. Head oI Department Business Administration GROVER C. MORLAN, Ph. D. Head of Department M. E. MULLINS, Head of Depart, Mathematic CHARLES H. ROBERSON, M.A. HOWARD L. SCHUG, Ph. D. Head of Department Foreign Language JEWELL WATSON, M. A. Head ol Department PAUL C. WITT, Ph. D. LYLIAN GRACE ARLEDGE FACULTY GILMER L. BELCHER, Ph. D. MRS. CLARENCE E. BALEY M. A. Associate Professor ol English LEONARD BURFORD, M. A. R. C. BELL, M. A. Associate Professor of MRS. RHETTA SCOTT GARRETT, M. A. English W. M. DOWELL, M. A. Head of Department Physical Education ELIZABETH NELSON, M. A. Associate Professor of HOSEA H. LEWIS, M. A. Associate Professor of Physics PAUL SOUTHERN, M. A. W. R. SMITH, M. A. J. W. TREAT, M. A. Spanish and English FACULTY W. M. YOWELL, M. A. NORENE WATSON B. A., B. F. A. FRED BARTON, M. A. ELIZABETH BAXTER, M. A A. M. COLEMAN, B. A. D. W. CRAIN MRS. W. M. DOWELL, M. A. Instructor in Physical MRS. GEORGE McDANIEL BURNYA MAY MOORE B. S.. M. S. Instructor in Clothing A. B. MORRIS, B. S. MRS. REBECCA MORRIS, B. A. FACULTY MR. W. C. SIKES, M. A. MRS. BERNICE BARNET, B. A. MRS. O. G. GILBREATH, B. A. MRS. W. C. SIKES, B. A. STUDENT COUNCTT, Chesley McDonald Graham Orr ..... Ocoee McCasland Wesley Cox....... J. O. Black Douglas Fry Earlene Day Sewell Cox....... Joe Beadles..... P. H. Hill....... Delbert Smalley . .................President ............Vice-President .......Secretary-Treasurer .....Athletic Representative .....Athletic Representative .....Press Representative .....Junior Representative .....President Senior Class President Junior Class President Sophomore Class . . President Freshman Class The Student Council is composed of students, who because of their leadership, ability and integrity, have been chosen to direct the activities of the student b„ody. Motivated by the desire for more student participation and encouraged by a considerate faculty it has introduced new student activities: radio programs composed and given by under-graduates; chapel programs; intramural sports; freshman week; and various other all-college functions. The Student Council encourages prospective students to attend A. C. C. It is the link between the faculty and the student body. m h s ' O (X co MARJORIE GRIFFIN . SOPHIA MAE GROSS WYLIE BILL JOHNSON ............... Bryson OFFICERS JOE BEADLES GARVIN BEAUCHAMP......... EARLENE DAY ............. ..........President ......Vice-Presideni . Secretary-Treasurer JUNIORS BEVERLEY GEORGE AMAON . RAY BAILEY MATTIE LOU ARMSTRONG . GARVIN BEAUCHAMP LLOYD BIXLER SELMA CHAPMOND GASTON COGDELL SHIRLEY COLE . LLOYD CONNELL . COX THELMA GREEN...............................Sylvester VELMA GREEN ...............................Sylvester E. L. HAAG BUDDY HART ............ Box 847 KLEJ BELLE HOLT .. rfrA rJ.. JOHNS1E MAE HUGHES .... Box 907 Idalou 'S .......Baird ALTHEA HYSO ............................Abilene 834 Cedar MARY LOUISE ILEY .......................Winters JACOB ISAAC.....................................Bartlett W. F. JAMES .................................. Lorraine IRENE JOHNSON ...............Hawley JACK LEWIS W. T. LAWRENCE LUCILLE LEWTER DENNIS MANLY 1245 Dewitt wilson McDonald . FRANCIS McGUIRE..... STANLEY McKEEVER BETTY GRAY NIX Olde LENNOS NORTON....................Valdosta, Georgia FARRIS NOWELL . . JEFFIE POWELL Red Sprinc DAVID PURSCH BOYD REESE . BILLIE YATER OFFICERS P. H. HILL President JOHN OWENS Vice-President MONETTE MOORE . . . Secretary-Treasurer SOPHOMORES ANDERSON Lubbock BENNIE APPLETON .............Clyde LUTHA JO BARNETT.............Texas City Box 322 ULDENE BIGGERSTAFF ..........Abilene Station A, Box 129 ELWANDA BIRDWELL ............Brownsboro IAMES BLACK PALM L. BRANCH .....................Abilene 517 Santos MERLE BROCK ELEANOR BROCKMAN .......... LOYCE BROWN .......... 1249 N. 17th Str SMITH BUCY ........ Statio: Abilene JAMES DABNEY ......... 605 S. Seaman THOMAS DABNEY ............... Eastland 605 S. Seamon FRANK DRIVER ................Noconc 204 W. 8th J. B. ELLIS ..........Chickasha, Oklahor ROBERT FINDLEY JAMES F. FOWLER . FREIDA FRITZ........Mt. View, Oklahoma STROUD FURR...................Menard LA VERNE GUESS .............. Haskell MARTHA LOU GREEN Altus, Oklahoma ELEANOR GRESSER ........Henderson ALLEN HARDGRAVE...........Sanderson EDWARD Route 10, Box 400 Abilene MELBA HEAD................. HARVEY L. HAYS, JR., ESQUIRE OWEN HOLLY ........... GILMER HUGHES ... ROBERT JAMES .. JAMES JOHNSON ,. Cleh GENE LAWYER ...................Abilene Station A MARY_MARIE LEINWEB ER , Ringgold 2 LOVELACE..........Fulton, Kentucky 300 F HENRY £ . Gainc MONROE MANSUR MARY FRANCES MARBURGER . KESSLER MING............Bre MONETTE MOORE ........... VASHTI MOSELEY DUANE MOSER HAYES MULLINS .Lubbock De VERTIS MUSE ...............Tipton, Oklahoma BURNYA MAE McHAM..........Wichita Falls 2014 Collins RUTH NEWKIRK ......Tolson, New Mexico FONCEALE NORRIS ................Rotan JOHNNIE OWENS.........Tipton, Oklahoma RUDOLPH PETIT ................Abilene DOROTHY PINKERTON ....... LAHOMA POPE ............ MAXINE ROSE.....Senect Snyder 3, New Mexico DOROTHY SCHNEIDER . RUTH SLATER . CHARLES SMITH . GWENDELL SMITH 801 San BERNICE SPILLER . R. G. STARNES .. HORACE TEMPLETON EDITHLYN THOMPSON . WYNONA THOMPSON . . .Abilene Corsicana .....Dawson LAURA JANE TIDWELL...........Dallas 659 Adolphus Hotel BONNIE MAE UPTON ............ Izoro MARY JO WATSON ................Bowi DOT WEATHERS ...................Abilene 649 N. E. 18th EDNA EARL WEEK...................Knott JOSEPHINE WELCH .................Tarza BETH WITT ....... 2401 DELNO WHEELER . GLENN WHITE .... LOUISE WOODS ... Route 6, CAMILLE YATER i _— ..................Dgllfe ' ondo .....Prospect, Teritfessse:-- ?7) ■ Abilone A■ DELBERT SMALLEY J. D. CONE MARY ANN BELL OFFICERS ..........President .....Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer FRESHMEN BOB ALLEN WAYNE ALLISON ......................Menard L. L. ANTHONY...................Odessi MARY ANNE BARNES.......Belen, New Mexico MARY PEARL BEARDEN ..............O'Donnell MARY ANN BELL ..................Dalla 4400 Abbott BERNADEAN BENNETT .................Lockney Box 126 GENE BENNETT ..................Abilene Station A NELLIE MERLE BENNETT ..........Mortoi ERNEST BROSSARD .......Sarasota, Florida 343 W. 8th CHRISTINE BROWN ...............Devine Box 2C1 WILFRED CLAPP...................Midway JIM CLARK...................... Odessa ) MARY ELLEN CLAY...................Hamilton J. D. CONE, Jr........Colony, Oklahomc BENNY CONNELL........................Clyde BETTY COPLIN ....................Crosbyton BETH COWART........................San Benitc Box 476 JAMES F. COX, Jr...................Abilene Station A LEOjk DAGLEY.......................Lockney (nHJkbVERNE DARTER .................Munday Howard DEAN............Lovington, New Mexico ■ PAUL DULANEY ........................Clyde JOE ELROD ................. Sweetwatei Box 397 JAMES EUBANKS....................Brady MAR1LEE FAVER ...............Sweetwater Star Route ROBERT FAVER .................Sweetwab WILL FAVER ...................Sweetw MARY FRANCES GANUS............Hillsboro MARY JO GARLAND...................Merk ROBERT GARNER..........Artesia, New Me Box 613 LOUISE GILES ..............Breckenridge 600 W. Elm GLENN GRAY...............Carrizo Sprit LOREN GRIFFIN ...................Ha: Box 353 MARGARET GRISSOM ........Henderson Route 1 HENRY GRUBBS ...................Abilei 2241 S. 8th LaVERA GUESS ....................Has ROLENE GUTHRIE..............Rocksprings TED HALE .....................Colorado Ci VIRGINIA DARE HALL ............Halls ROBERT HATHORN .................Wharton HUTTIE JO HAVINS ...............Abilei GOODRICH HEJL...................Mid: BETJY ROSE HENTHORN v . Kansas City, Mo, 2310 Myrtle BEL VIE LEE HILER.................Frio Tov SLAYDEN HILER .....................D KATHLEEN HILL ....La Vergne, Tennessee S. J. HOLDEN Q - . R........Paducah DOROTHY HOWARD ................Merkf FRANK HUDSON ................ Alb Box 334 BARBARA McKINNEY . 909 Glc cKINZIE CHRISTINE McLEOD JOHNNIE NIX PATTESON j LUCIL| ROW� j C£RBR( KPW fONE SELLEN HRISTINE SHANKS PAULINE SHANKS SHEFFIELD SHERROD, Jr SHORT JIMMY SHORTES GERALDINE SLOAN DELBERT SMALLEY ... 6143 Me FRANCES SMEDLEY . SNOW, Jr ALLENE SCHNEIDER . . . IMA JEAN SOUTHARD EXTRAS RUSSELL REDMAN •; Bus. Mgr. Optimist '5 (CHARLES WILLIAMS Junior CECIL THOMASON ELMER WOMACK -hi; B. A. Club. _ UmJ. -ji AusUS+tjfJ' } ft aM'- 0 WUi j y nf . yt'Ht’r. ;■ i A - V A Sunday afternoon walk (1915) style) . . . Flash Superman Morlan . . . Sidelines at basketball game (1915).. . Same game . . . Hollis Manly and crew (19?) . . . Beginning of annual Faculty-Student baseball game . . . Dean Speck and Dr. Morlan. The three stooges ... Henthorne lectures to freshmen . . . Bicycle built for three ... Into a place of knowledge .. .Farm gals . . . Musta been a good din- ner .. . Posing .. . Oh, Yeah! . . . Loafers . . . Grab ankles, freshmen. Apeses? . . . Resting . . . Kitten Klub gets together .. . Must be a picnic .. . Arched eyebrows . . . Peggy poses . . .e-e-e-e-E-E-E—K I'm going to faint . . . Just looking . . . Mrs. Bugs Morris. Pochahontases . . . Red and Scratch ... BEFORE (the wedding)... Twins .. . Choke him, Joe ... Speedsters ... They say all freshmen have big feet. . . Sonny looks happy ... AFTER (the wedding) . . . Roommates ... Two J. D's. Posed by Thompson . . . Iron-rope walker . . . Coming up .. . Going down . . . Mrs. Bean-hall Templeton . . . Bugs . . . Sun's in her eyes . . . Two Wildcats? .. . Gene Hollywood bound Sosebee . . . Stubb Dowell. . . Ask Bixler about this picture . . . Mrs. Cogdell... The Thinker? )lX- cJX——z ' JJu$ oJhut od x£L UAJsk «• a. Over the top .. . Gee they look little . . . Shine those shoes, freshmen . . . Good joke . . . Waiting for the bean bell... Dead dog... Freshmen cause motor trouble . . . Candidly . . . McHam musta pulled a good one ... Bogey man Smith. hir, lu°peS DJlnn ■ ■' MatcjhaL.. . . Lecturing . . . Walk soltly but co big stick Sanders . . . Leading a dog's life ... Lawrence and his dear lDrearnLg9ht f° °Se Wh° know him • • • Dumped . . . Harder Gainu ■� 0� The two administrators of A. C. C.. . . Down the walk trom the Ad. Build- ing . . . Dr. (1 beg your pardon) Schug . . . Brother Bell . . . Dr. Paul Gipson! .. . Mr. (A Cappella practice at lour o'clock) Burlord . . . Director Crain . . . Willie Treat gave the Mexicans a treat... (We got these pictures backwards). COACHES COACHES BUGS MORRIS AND TONTO COLEMAN LEAD THE ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE WILDCATS ON TO VICTORY IN EVERY FIELD OF ATHLETICS. SKEETER DICK AND J. C. HICKS BACKING THE WILDCATS FROM DAWN TO DUSK FOOTBALL Review of tl e Season The grandest and greatest football team in the history of Abilene Christian College is a brief but apt description of the Purple and White standard bearers for the season of 1939. The squad surpassed all previous marks in three different ways; namely, the de- feat of Sul Ross, at Alpine, the defeat of Howard Payne (on any ground), and the win- ning of the Texas Conference. Saint Edwards University was co-sharer of the pennant with the Wildcats. Although the back-field had its moments of ill-luck, the line never faltered during the whole season and their peers over this great football-minded Southwest could be count- ed on part of the fingers of one. hand. Outstanding among the linemen were Stromquist, Little All-American mention; Tyson Cox, Little All-American mention; Beauchamp; Wesley Cox, Co-captain; McKeever; Sose- bee; and Graham Orr, co-captain, who directed defensive action for sixty minutes of every game of the season. FOOTBALL ■ In the backfield were such outstanding athletes as Tugboat Jones, who more than doubled his nearest rival for conference scoring honors; James, who passed and directed offense to good advantage; Persky, pow- erful blocking back; and Buster Dixon, very promising freshman from Ennis. Those receiving service awards were McKeever, Stromquist, Sosebee, Wyatt, T. Cox, Pyeatt Lumley, Sparks, Beauchamp, W. Cox, S. Cox, Whitten, Love- lace, Virden, Orr, Beavers, Persky, James, Sanders, Jones, Dixon, Beadles, Young, McDonald, Hill, Owens, Sewell, McClure, and Connell. THE KICK-OFF A. C. C. 0—N. T. S. T. C. 9: At Sweetwater, September 23 The Cats' opener in the new bowl at Sweetwater with the North Texas Eagles ended disastrously, due to the exceptional kicking of the opposition and their de- ceptive defense that defied penetration. Tyson Cox and Red Stromquist did sensational defensive work in this A. C. C. 7—Sul Ross 0: at Alpine, September 30 For the first time in the history of A. C. C. the Wildcats downed the Loboes in their own den. The game was decidedly Abilene Christian's from the opening whistle to the final gun, the Teachers getting no nearer the Purple and White goal than the thirty yard marker. The score was effected by Persky who crashed over the line, after a deter- mined drive from near the center of the field to close scoring range by a series of power plays. Sosebee and Stromquist stood out in the line, along with Persky and Jones in the backfield. SOME REASONS FOR A. C. C. 0—Arkansas Teachers 0; at Conway, Octpber 7 Amid blood-thirsty mosquitoes and sweltering heat the little band from Abilene Christian College put up one of the finest battles of the season against the potent Bruins, winners of their conference for the past three years, to emerge the same as they entered, with reference to score. Dixon threatened on an intercepted pass at one time and Jones almost got free on another play but each was pulled down short of paydirt. Wesley Cox and Stromquist stood out in the line. A. C. C. 14—Trinity 7: at Waxahachie, October 13 With her pre-season schedule disposed of, the Abilene Christian College Wildcats assailed their first conference foe, the Trinity Tigers, with vengeance. Jones climaxed an 81 yard power-drive down the field by crashing over from the three yard line to draw first blood. Then the Ben- gals came right back with a score and conversion to set the score on an even keel again. However the Cats weren't in Waxahachie for the scenery or a tie, so they went to work immediately and untied the score. Jones made the second counter. Jones, Persky, and Hill stood out offensively, with Persky receiving much acclamation s. 2S!4 9- - , � - ' £ o 32 Jk WILDCAT SUPREMACY OWENS A. C. C. 7—Southwestern 26: at Abilene, October 21 With hopes riding in the clouds, the Wildcats stepped out into their backyard to suffer one of the most surprising upsets of the entire Texas Conference at the hands of the Pirates. The home-boys played Southwestern off her feet for the first quarter and part of the second. The Felines opened the second period with a score, but this lead was short lived for the Pirates had retaliated with a score of their own before the half ended. Then in the second half! Beauchamp played heads-up ball all the way, having in- tercepted three passes during the merciless aerial attack which the Pirates dealt out. James went into the game late and did some excellent pitching in retaliation, but finis” had already been written when he arrived. A. C. C. 32—Austin 6: at San Angelo, November 4 The Cats bounced back into the win-column with a very determined attack at the expense of the Kangaroos from Sherman. In this game A. C. C. showed just how much crushing, devastating power they could unleash, once their machine got rolling and their ire was properly aroused. Scores in this lethal attack were recorded by Persky, Jones and Stromquist. FOOTBALL A. C. C. 6—D. B. C. 2: at Brown wood, November 11 In sharp contrast with the sultry game played at Con- way, Arkansas, earlier in the season, was the cold, drip- ping Armistice Day sea-battle against the Baker Billies in Brown wood. With odds favoring a 0-0 tie due to the seep- ing atmosphere, the Cats came through brilliantly to climb a very slippery rung on the conference ladder by the slim margin of 6-2. As is always the case in mud, the teams early resolved the game into a punting duel, at which Chipper James was completely at ease. And with so much emphasis placed on kicking, plenty of pressure was brought to bear upon the safety men, wherein A. C. C. proved herself far superior, due to the spectacular fielding of that Mighty Mite from Abilene High, Bill McClure. The score was made from the 26 yard line by James, who lost his balance early in the trip, but was fortunate enough to hit a tackier at each stumble which enabled him to retain his footing until he had reached the harbor. Stromquist, Tyson Cox, and Beauchamp were standouts. A. C. C. 14—H. P. C. 0: at Abilene, November 18 Without doubt the best playing and coordination was manifested by the team as a whole wheji they trampled the title-defending Yellow Jackets so roughly in Morris FOOTBALL 3e %S3 Stadium on November 18. The first Wildcat break of the game came when W. Cox blocked a punt which even- tually led to the first score. The second tally came late in the game with the perfect execution of the be-whiskered hideout play, James passing to Hideout Dixon. Jones, James, McKeever, T. Cox, and Stromquist, starred. A. C. C. 26—McMurry 0: at Abilene, November 25 With Texas Conference supremacy, rivalry, prestige, student happiness, home-coming exes' happiness, and personal happiness as incentives, the Wildcat gridsters went into this curtain ringing game with a determination that would have stopped a far stronger team than that afforded by the Indians, from you know where. So-o-o, the score is mute evidence of just what transpired when Graham Orr, Wesley Cox, Sewell Cox, Chesley McDonald, and Forrest Beavers participated in their last battle for the Purple and White, supported of course by a mighty squad of underclassmen who, this department believes, will re- peat next year. Congratulations to the two greatest coaches we know, who make men as well as athletes, and to their squad of fellows who are MEN as well as the greatest team in the conference. ON THE A GLANCE With speed, determination, and unfailing sportsmanship, the Abilene Christian Col- lege basketball team marched through its 1939-1940 season to hang up a record that would be creditable in any school's hall of fame. The Cats maintained a perfect record for ten consecutive conference games before they were finally tripped by the ever for- midable Howard Payne Yellow Jackets. But the one loss wasn't enough to keep them from a post season playoff with the fast stepping Texas Wesleyan College Rams for the title of the Texas Conference. This playoff, however, ended disastrously for the Felines, as they lost two straight games by heartbreaking scores, 50-46 and 50-40. (In fairness to the valiant runners-up, it should be mentioned that experts rated the Rams on a par with South- west Conference schools). The marginal losses in the tests are mute evidences of the caliber of basketball displayed by the Wildcat basketeers during their successful season. The team was studded with standouts and little could be said of one player that wouldn't apply to the others. However special mention should go to Big Bill Johnson, all conference center and contender for leadership in scoring honors; and to Bruce Prior, all conference forward. Those receiving the C were: seniors—Bill Johnson, J. C. Hicks, Bruce Prior, and J. O. Black; junior—Leon Reese; sophomores—P. H. Hill and Cornelius Elliott; freshmen—Bill Hay, Guerdon Busby, and Gene Bennett. HARDWOOD THE TIP-OFF A. C. C. 37—American Liberty Pipe liners 40: at Abilene, December 11 The first encounter of the season saw the Cats pitted against an overpowering aggre- gation of ex-college stars, mostly from the Southwest Conference, who edged the fighting Felines by a marginal three points. J. O. Black was the outstanding scorer for A. C. C. A. C. C. 46-40—N. T. S. T. C. 56-50: at Denton, December 19-20 The Purple and White opened its pre-season road tour with two ten-point defeats by the North Texas Eagles at Denton. Several experimental playing combinations were em- ployed in these contests and the quintet composed of Reese, Prior, Hay, Busby and Ben- nett proved to be the most effective in this series. Reese was high point man each night with 19-13, respectively. A. C. C. 34-32—E. T. S. T. C. 51-45: at Commerce, January 5-6 The next stop on the Cats' calendar included the East Texas Lions who furthered the Purple and White's pre-season punishment with two decisive victories. The Lions were said by some of the players to be the strongest opposition met during the season. BASKETBALL A. C. C. 35-35—West Texas 49-56: it Canyon, Jan. 10-11 BASKETBALL A. C. C. 35—Howard Payne 27: at Abilene, January 30 The Cats continued their victory march by keeping the Jackets out, using a baffling zone defense which left the visitors helpless most of the time. The game was all A. C. C.'s except for one time, soon after the half, when Howard Payne crept up to within one point of them, but this margin was almost immediately widened again. J. O. Black led the scoring. Bill Johnson and Cornelius Elliott also turned in good performances. TENNIi With an impressive pre-season record behind them, Coach Treat's raquet wielders should go into the Texas Conference meet as top-heavy favorites to again bring the ten- nis title to the lair. The seasonal opener, dual match with Wayne University, nationally recognized for their prowess in this field, resulted in a 3-6 defeat for the Cats. However the loss wasn't as crushing as the score would indicate because almost every match was hotly contested. Next, the Cats played two matches with San Angelo Junior College, winning each 3-1. Following this was a test between Hardin-Simmons University and A. C. C. that saw the Cats victorious 6-1. Then came a 6-1 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders. A. C. C. still has (as this goes to press) practice matches in view with T. W. C. and Texas Tech which should add two more victories to their list. And then after that comes the Texas Conference Meet. The Purple and White will be represented in the conference tournament by Joe Tay- lor, runner-up for the past two years to Ace J ones, in the singles; and Murray Marshall, who scarcely can remember when he wasn't one on the winning doubles team, and Joe Elrod, a freshman showing much promise, in the doubles. Others playing for the colors are: J. W. Elrod, Leon Reese, Max Munn, and Edward Haun. TRACK The 1940 track season marked the first serious bid that Abilene Christian College has made for laurels along the cinder path since 1935. Although being weak in field events, she made a record in relays and distance races that bespeaks the Wildcats of old when the Purple and White was making national and international news in this department. Coach Coleman entered his speedy lads in several practice meets, among which were: Border Olympics, where Rushing was outdistanced only by one of the famous Rideout twins and Joe Beadles ran the fastest qualifying heat of anyone; Triangle meet with Texas A. M. and Sam Houston, with A. C. C. nning every distance race but the half mile and this loss was by scant inches; anoth ,-i triangle meet with San Marcos and Schreiner participating in which the Cats didn't fare so well due to scarcity in the field division; Texas Relays, where the Cats outstripped such notable teams as Drake, L. S. U., Rice, Kansas State, and others to place second to the national champion Indian combination; El Paso meet of Southwestern schools, that offered no resistance in the distance and spring Medleys; and a dual meet with Texas Tech that saw the Cats on top 80-56. In a class by itself is the performance turned iri by the relay team at the nationally recognized Kansas Relays. The foursome composed of Horace Templeton, Elmer Womack, Joe Beadles, and Ray Rushing blasted all TRACK competition by bettering the two mile relay record by two whole seconds and in doing so ran it faster than did the university division. But as if this weren't enough they substituted Sanders for Templeton, entered and won the distance medley, thereby placing Abilene Christian College once more in the national spotlight As this goes to press there is only a match with Texas Tech and the Texas Conference Track and Field meet left on the Wildcats' schedule. The meet with the Red Raiders should be fairly easy, considering the points made ir, their first meeting, but the Texas Conference title probably isn't to reside in Abilene for a few years yet owing to the aforementioned shortage of field men. The Wildcats should give a good account of themselves, however, in their specialty, relays and distance races. Those participating in the 1940 track season were: Joe Beadles, Qurell Sanders, John Sheffield, Robert Shaeffer, B. L. McCoy, Ray Rushing, Horace Templeton, Elmer Womack, Helmuth Stromquist, Mike Hughes, Joe Bob Sparks, Forrest Beavers, James Burnett, Vernon Hol- lingsworth, Jack Lewis, Bernard Witt, Gene Bennett, and Delbert Smalley. GOLF After an absence of a few years from the conference golf tournaments, Abilene Christian College is showing a reawakening interest in this sport and expects to be represented in the forthcoming meet which is to be held at Abilene Country Club, a marked advantage for the home team. However chances for any great success are slim because of the inaccessibility of the courses and the resulting lack of practice on the part of the contestants. The niblic wielders are: Virgil Peanut Keys, Forrest Martin, Clyde Hayden, Roland Howell, Graham Orr, Ed Lewis, Jim MaufrEEte, and Dale Whitlock. In case any of you want to know something about the person who is re- sponsible for the revival of golf here at A. C. C., Foy Fanning, here is a little of his pedigree. He played number one position at McMurry, lost in the semi-finals that year, has won a prize here and there including the'City Municipal title of Abilene (which he still holds), holds the course record at Willowcrest which is a 66 (two strokes lower than any other score), and is in the tourney at present defending the title. He has almost flat feet, a weakness for straw- berry short-cake and blondes. L BASEBALL The Wildcat baseball team began the season as a group of disinter- ested boys having some fun, or a reasonable facsimile, and were losing quite consistently, when that mighty little man of sports A. B. BUGS Morris took over. From a cellar crew they immediately assumed the air of a well trained team and forthwith began an ascent that has taken them to the top of the league standing as this goes to press. The games: McM. beat us 14-1; Recreation dittoed 3-2; and A. C. C. won from State Hospital; then coach took charge. The reorganized team went on to beat the All-Stars, McM., Hardin-Simmons. and Recreation to place them well in the lead. The line-up: Pitchers, J. C. Hicks, Guy Scruggs, and Raymond Bor- roughs; catcher, Buster Dixon; first base, Garvin Beauchamp; second base, David Kennamer; shortstop, Delbert Smalley; third base, Skipper Richard- son; left field, Bobby James; center field, J. O. Black; right field, W. F. James; and substitutes, Elliott, Johnston, and Skelton. RECOGNITION Ocoee fflcGasland fairys Walker CAMPUS FAVORITE Vatsy Book SENIOR FAVORITE Kleta Belle Holt JUNIOR FAVORITE Elm Jo Hudson SOPHOMORE FAVORITE ■ Louise §iles FRESHMAN FAVORITE WHO'S WHO AND WHY WHO'S chesley McDonald brought pleasing responses from both students and J. P. SANDERS SEWELL COX Homecoming, all those whom he has led through PATSY COOKE WHO . . WHO'S WHO . . J. C. HICKS ALLEEN OTT Cook(e). OCOEE McCASLAND EUGENE SMITH LESLIE KING It takes a full grown man to meet the responsi- bilities and finish the tasks of a Year Book along toward action. He is fitted for the tasks ahead. Watch where he is going. Long live the King! For Work YOUR PRICKLY . PEAR STAFF Leslie King...........................Editor Douglas Fry.................Business Manager Billie Yater...............Assistant Editor Charle_s Williams Assistant Business Manager Mrs. Retta Scott Garrett ............Sponsor DOUGLAS FRY Manager LEON HENTHORN Editor 19413 Leon Henthorn Gaston Cogdell Ben Bailey Arvin White Patsy Cooke Nick Craig Paul Southern ............Editor Business Manager ... Assistant Editor .... Sports Editor . Society Editor Religious Editor . Faculty Adviser OPTIMIST The Optimist set as its goal for 1939-40 A year of BESTS for ACC. Its staff has worked con- sistently toward making all college participa- tion the best in its history. To The Optimist, for its cooperation with stu- dent officers, with the administration of the col- lege, and with the student body, goes a large measure of the credit for the good year ACC has enjoyed. GASTON COGDELL Business Manager In addition to publishing a seven-column weekly campus newspaper, The Optimist sponsors two contests each year. One is a Class Edition contest in which freshmen, sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors each publish one edition of The Optimist, electing their own editors and business managers. The winner of this contest is presented with a perma- nent plaque which is placed in the lobby of Hardin Memorial Hall. The second is the local TIPA writers' contest in which 109 entries in eleven divisions of creative writing were judged this year. The winners in each division were entered in the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association contest at San Marcos. PICKWICKIAN CLUB J. P. Sanders.... Frank Dunn ...... Eleanor Gresser . . Foy Fanning...... Retta Scott Garrett Jewell Watson President and Editor .......Vice-President ...........Secretary . . . Business Manager .............Sponsor .............Sponsor The-Pickwickian Club is composed of college students who are interested in creative writing. Regular meetings are held weekly, at which original contributions are read and criticized. The club publishes each semester the magazine, The Pickwicker, which is made up of those contributions. Each year, during National Book Week, it sponsors the Give a book to the library. This year thirty-five books were presented to the college library by various clubs. The sponsors present annually an award to its outstanding member. That member this year is Patsy Cooke. publications. Eligibility is gained by writing ten galleys for the Optimist, working one hundred hours on the Prickly Pear, or on the business side of the Optimist. Representatives are present each year at the Texas Intercollegiate Association. The club is sponsored by Paul Southern and represented on the student council by Douglas Fry. OFFICERS Chesley McDonald Graham Orr ...... Jack Lewis ...... Leon Reese ...... G. C. Morlan ........President . . . Vice-President ........Secretary . Sergeant-at-Arms ..........Sponsor The A Club, an organization representing twenty-four years of service to Abilene Christian College, was organized by Dr. G. C. Morlan in 1917. The purpose of the club is to serve as an incentive to Christian manhood and leadership. Only young men of the highest character who excell in scholastics and in leadership are invited to membership. The club each year sponsors some project for the benefit of the college. This year its gift was a sound recording machine. Several informal meetings in the homes of Dr. Morlan and Dr. Adams, a traditional Mother's Day program, and the an- nual business meeting and spring banquet rounded out the activities for the year 1939-40. “W”CLUB Cora Fay Yater Emma Sue Guthrie Cecile Irene Reed Anna Lee Allen Mrs. Penn Gilbreth OFFICERS .... President . Vice-President .....Secretary . . Treasurer ..... Sponsor Twenty years ago Mrs. Jesse P. Sewell organized the W Club to encourage young women to be ideal college girls. This year's activities began with a tea honoring new women students of the col- lege. During homecoming a breakfast was given honoring ex W's . To increase the loan fund for women students, the annual silver tea was given during Lecture Week. On April 11th the club honored Mrs. Sewell with an informal breakfast. The activities of the year were closed by the annual business meeting and ban- quet on the afternoon and evening of May 24. OFFICERS J. P. Sanders....... Jack Lewis ......... Marguerite Anderson Paul Witt.......... .....President Vice-President .....Secretary . . Adviser The James A. Garfield Chapter of Alpha Chi, the honor so- ciety with national affiliation, has as its motto Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make ye free. Membership is based on scholarship and character. Members are chosen from the upper ten per cent of the junior and- senior classes by a faculty committee. In addition to awarding certificates to its members, the so- ciety each year formally presents complimentary shingles to the freshmen to stimulate interest in scholarly attainment and an award to the outstanding senior student. This year the award went to its president, J. P. Sanders. y JU- (3 . , GIRLS TRAINING CLASS Martha Lou Green, Chairman Olive Jane Wilson, Chairman . .First Semester Second Semester The Girls' Training Class meets on Friday evening to study Christian principles and their application in the lives of young women. The programs have included student discussions, stu- dent devotionals, and talks by older Christian men and women. During the year these young women have given spiritual pro- grams in the colored school, visited the women's Bible class of the colored church, contributed to the colored Bible School and to a student missionary. MISSION STUDY A ' £2 3 f BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CLUB OFFICERS J. C. Hicks Chesley McDonald ......... Dorothy Buster J. E. Freeman .......President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Loyd Bixler Charles Williams Leon Reese V. W. Kelley Durell Sanders The major purpose of the Business Administration Club is to give its members a more thorough knowledge of business and business relations. Under the sponsorship of James E. Freeman, head of the business -administration department, the club holds regular luncheons throughout the year at one of the down town hotels, to which outstanding Abilene business men are invited as guests and speakers. Other social activities give opportunity for the members to become better acquainted with each other. SCIENCE CLUB E. L. Haaq . . . Graham Orr . Evelyn Bissett ........ President .......Vice-President . Secretary-Treasui er In the session of 1939-40 the Science Club of Abilene Christian College was or- ganized to promote the development of an interest in science on the campus. It has had a highly successful year. Under the sponsorship of Paul C. Witt, M. E. Mullins, H. H. Lewis, R. D. Tyler, Elishia D. Walker, the club enjoyed many educational meetings and has been granted a charter to the Collegiate Division of the Texas Academy of Science. ELLEN H. RICHARD OFFICERS Irene Johnson ................... Frances McGuire ................. Margaret Arledge........... Mary Frances Jackson Burnya Mae Moore Lillian Arledge.................. .....President . Vice-President .....Secretary ......Reporter ......Sponsor ......Sponsor IRENE JOHNSON The Ellen H. Richards Club is composed of about fifty girls interested in the home economics profession. For the first time, the club sent two official delegates, the president, Irene Johnson, and Miss Moore, a sponsor, to the Home Economics Convention of college clubs. The functions of the year included a buffet supper; a Thanksgiving party; open house, of the department, during Lecture Week; a Saint Patrick's Day banquet; and a final- social at which officers for next year were announced, PRE-MED CLUB OFFICERS DENLEY WOODRUFF ....... SANFORD THOMPSON .... RUTH SLATER............ DR. J. P. GIBSON....... R. D. TYLER ........... ELISHIA DEAN WALKER ... L’ALLIANCE FRANCAISE ME OMENEAN PI AYERS FORENSICS (Gavel Club) OFFICERS Eugene Smith Jack Lewis..... Olive Jane Wilson Nick Craig .... Fred Barton ... .....President . Vice-President .....Secretary ......Reporter ......Sponsor The 1939-40 forensic program included the annual intramural tournament, participa- tion in the intercollegiate tournaments held at Baylor University, Abilene Christian Col- lege, Trinity University, and Louisiana Normal College; and regularly scheduled debates with Louisiana Technical College, University of San Antonio, and University of Redlands, Redlands, California. The senior men's debate team, composed of Eugene Smith and Nick Craig, placed third in the A. C. C. tournament, and advanced to the quarterfinals at Louisiana Normal. Olive Jane Wilson and Burnya Mae McHam, the women's team, placed third in their division at Baylor. Alleen Ott won firsts in poetry reading at A. C. C. and at Trinity, and second at Lou- isiana. Eugene Smith ranked first in extempore speaking at A. C. C. Olive Jane Wilson won seconds in extempore speaking and oratory at Baylor, and second in extempore at A. C. C. Henry Lynch placed second in oratory at A. C. C. Senior members of the sqWtd are Eugene Smith, Nick Craig, and Alleen Ott. xJir-X The A Cappella Chorus, a group of fifty mixed voices, pre- sented many concerts both religious and secular throughout the year. The group, under the capable direction of Mr. Burford, gave several important programs over radio station KFJZ of Fort Worth, and its affiliated stations. The chorus also enter- tained the civic clubs of the city several times. The annual spring tour carried the group to many East Texas cities, and to Shreveport, Louisiana. QUARTET COTERTE Clint Cooke....... Earlene Day ..... Sophia Mae Gross Norine Watson OFFICERS .....President . Vice-President .....Secretary Coterie was organized in 1936 to establish a closer bond of friendship between fellow-musicians of the various musical de- partments in Abilene Christian College. This year the club has purchased several symphonic re- cordings to augment the record library of the college. 'CdgLciJ hJj oj CADETTF.S OFFICERS Ocoee McCasland ............... Betty Gray Nix................. Melba Smith.................... Merle Brock.................... Melba Head f................... -MGffie Lou Armstrong ........ Permelia Scruggs .......... The loyal blue and steadfast gray of the Cadette ranks marched through a jubilantly successful year, fulfilling the club's purpose of welding town and dormitory girls together in closer friendship and unity in upholding the ideals of A. C. C. “ ■ UPLAND V c.1 - j y f The weekly feasts of fun were punctuated by such- memor- abilia as the anniversary party November 11; the Home-coming dinner November 24, at which Patsy Cooke was presented as sole first semester private; a picnic at Camp Tonkawa; the pre- sentation of seven spring privates February 1, at the home of Mrs. D. W. Crain, Commander-in-Chief; picnic at Sweetwater; and the final spring banquet, May 4. for fellowship OFFICERS Cecile Irene Reed Earlene Day.................. Una Jo Coffee ............... Eleanor Brockman............. Juanita Tittle....... G. A. T. A. .....President . Vice-President .....Secretary ....Reporter ......Sponsor This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the G. A. T. A. Club, organized to promote friendship among students, to de- velop high ideals, personality, leadership, and initiative among its members. Fall activities included rush parties; Home-coming break- fast at which two pledges were announced; Christmas dinner; house party, with formal presentation of eight pledges at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Adams; picnic, and breakfast. The spring calendar was climaxed by the annual banquet at the Hilton Hotel, April 20, at which time Dorothy Buster was an- nounced a member. Fairys Walker Evelyn White .... Kleta Belle Holt . Dorothy Schneider Mrs. A. B. Morris . . . KO-JO-KAI OFFICERS .....President Vice-President .....Secretary ......Reporter ......Sponsor In 1921, a group of girls organized a club in which they carried out a Japanese motif and called themselves the Ko-Jo-Kai. It is the purpose of Ko-Jo-Kai to make happiness, cheerfulness, loyalty, and friendship reign throughout a girl's college life. Its membership is chosen on the basis of personality, high ideals, moral character, and the ability to adjust themselves to college environment. An informal dinner announced three upper - classmen pledges of the fall semester: Jack Dunn, Selma Chapmond, and Mary Jo Watson. The annual Homecoming breakfast was given at the Wooten Hotel. A formal presentation in the parlor of Zellner Hall announced nine pledges of the spring semester: Mary Ann Bell! Maureen McKinzie. Marie Temple, Beth Cowart, Nellie Merle Bennett, Orveta Rowland, Louise Giles, and Virginia Dare Hall. Mrs. A. B. Morris has sponsored'the club for sever ral years. P. A. L. S. Joyce Graves Loyce Brown . Nita Shahan Dot Weathers Bill Haggard . Ruby Powers OFFICERS . . President .....Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer ......... Reporter . . Sergeant-at-Arms ........... Sponsor The P. A. L. S. Club, composed of a group of town girls, was organized in 1925. Emblems of the club are the black cat, wish- bone, rabbit's foot, and four-leaf clover. Club colors are black Social functions of the first semester included the Home- coming breakfast, a hay-ride, and a Christmas party for the members. Second semester activities included the formal presentation of eight new pledges, the annual banquet at the Wooten Hotel on April 20, and a picnic. GRAHAM ORR SUB-T-16 OFFICERS Graham Orr . Tyson Cox . . J.O. Black Leon Reese Bobby James .......Skipper .....First Mate . . Second Mate Quartermaster G. A. W. piloted by a worthy crew of :cessfully through the seven- Late in November the s h a nautical setting to further e e of blue and gold, Sub-T-16 steered ii uet, and to the soft melodious music another happy Dunn and Orr received their sails for distant lands. TROJANS With an eventful decade of pleasant memories be- hind it, the Trojan Club sal- lied forth early in the fall, with twelve warriors don- ning armor, toward the ac- complishment of its two-fold purpose of happy group as- sociation and the promotion of a generous spirit of good fellowship in Abilene Chris- tian College. Into the ranks in Novem- ber came two pledges. They were formally presented at the annual homecoming breakfast which featured the greatest number of exes KYLE HENTHORN WH1TEFIELD JOHNSON DAENEY SMITH CLARK WELCH U MS COX RICHARDSON JOHNSON MFR1WFTHFB JJH1 OMEGA CHI James Malcolm Smith . Leslie King ........... Louie Welch .......... Sewell Cox ............ W. R. Smith............ 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