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The Students' Handbook for 1929-30 is available online courtesy of ACU's Brown Library Special Collections. To make it easier to navigate, we include the following table of contents:
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STUDENTS' HANDBOOK
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Abilene Christian College
EDITOR
Paul Southern
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Presented by the
STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
FIRST EDITION
1929-1930
FORWARD
The purpose of this handbook is to introduce the students to life at Abilene Christian College. It contains the ideals of the school, mentions briefly the major activities, and extends a warm welcome to both old and new students.
The songs found herein are copied from the A. C. C. song book compiled by Paul C. Witt. Due credit is given him for his untiring efforts in keeping the spirit of the institution before the students of our Alma Mater.
Although intended primarily to give Freshmen information which will assist them in becoming adjusted to the new environment, the booklet will also be of assistance to every person who is part of this institution.
It is the hope of the Students’ Association that every student will take an active part in the activities of the college and begin here and now to promote its future growth and development. With that aim in view this little Handbook is sent forth upon its mission.
PAUL SOUTHERN,
President of Students’ Association.
Abilene Christian College,
August 18, 1929.
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STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
Paul Southern
President
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Max Leach |
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Lelia Page |
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Hubert Derrick |
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All regularly enrolled students of Abilene Christian College are members of the Students’ Association. The aim of the Association is to bring the faculty and students into closer and more effective contact in the advancement of progressive school movements. Officers are elected by secret ballot in chapel on the morning designated by the constitution and announced by the president of the Association.
Great fields of service are opened to the Association as the school opens in a new plant this fall. The executives ask the co-operation of every student in making this a banner year in the history of Abilene Christian College.
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COLLEGE CALENDAR.
1929-1930
September 20-23.....Freshmen Registration
September 26.....College Night
September 28.....Faculty Recital
October 5.....Football, John Tarleton at Abilene
October 12.....Football, West Texas Teachers at Abilene
October 19.....Football, Southwest Tex. Teachers at San Marcos
October 26.....Football, Sam Houston Teachers at Abilene
November 2.....Football, Durant Teachers at Durant, Ok.
November 11.....Holiday—Football, Texas Tech at Lubbock
November 19.....Football, S. W. Oklahoma Teachers at Weatherford
November 28.....Holiday, Football, Daniel Baker at Brownwood
December 20-January 1.....Christmas Holidays
January 2, 3.....Winter Term Registration
March 22....Spring Term Opens
April 1.....Holiday—Faculty-Senior Ball Game
June 4, 5, and 6.....Spring Term Examinations
June 7-9.....Commencement Exercises
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THE PRESIDENT'S GREETING.
Abilene Christian College is glad to welcome our new students. Your coming to us means that you are interested in the vital things of life. We are here to help you to make the greatest progress possible in the things that are worth while.
The watchword of the college is “Personal Service.” You are invited to bring your problems to the members of the faculty. You will find in them encouragement and sympathetic consideration for every matter that has to do with your welfare.
Batsell Baxter
President.
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IDEALS OF A. C. C.
Pioneers of Christian education in Texas opened the doors of Abilene Christian College in a small brick building with twenty-five students in September, 1906. “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free,” was the foundation upon which the school was established.
Believing that the word of God should be taught every creature, the leaders of the institution have tried to carry the message to the whole creation. Those who make Abilene Christian College believe in the Divine inspiration of the Bible, and seek to give the glory to God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
It has been said that education consists of learning how to live. To live rightly means that a student must be educated in the head, heart and hand. Abilene Christian College seeks to give that kind of an education. The purpose of the institution is to develop strong Christian men and women who are prepared for service in every honorable activity of life. It also looks beyond the sunset of life and introduces the student to “mansions in the skies.”
Students entering this environment should become a part of the institution and uphold its worthy ideals. The college believes in a true democracy. Every person is placed on his honor and initiative. Although the idea of service to fellow students prevails, success or failure rests primarily with the individual.
That you may succeed in both the special lines of work you have chosen and that you may leave this college fully prepared to perform the duties of life in Christian society is the wish of the older members of this guild.
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MOTTO
The motto of the College is , “Veritas vos liberabit,” and is found in John 8:32, “The truth shall make you free.”
COLORS.
Purple and White have been officially adopted as colors of the college. The raising of flags representing class colors is positively forbidden. Violations of the rule is punishable by expulsion.
HAZING.
Hazing in all forms is prohibited. All students regardless of class or position are treated alike. The wearing of green caps by freshmen is not permitted.
LOST AND FOUND.
The official Lost and Found Bureau of A. C. C. Is conducted at the Optimist office in the southwest corner of the auditorium building. All lost and found articles should be reported there instead of at the Dean’s office.
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ATTENDANCE.
Class
An unexcused absence is termed a “Cut,” and three such absences from a college class during any term will automatically subtract one hour credit from the course. Three unexcused tardies equal one unexcused absence. Students should adopt the habit of being on time at every class.
Chapel
At 10:30 a.m. each school day students assemble for chapel exercises. The program consists of singing, Bible reading, prayer and addresses by faculty members. Student attendance is compulsory. Three unexcused absences from chapel during any term will deduct one hour credit from the student’s work.
Church
Attendance at church services on Sunday and Sunday night is expected of all students. In addition to these services, they are welcomed to Bible school on Sunday mornings and to prayer meeting on Wednesday nights.
Excuses
Very little provision is made for class and chapel absences. If the occasion demands it, however, the Dean will excuse an absence provided an excuse is submitted within three days after the absence period. All work missed by the student during absences will have to be made up.
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DISCIPLINE
The college life is that of a great family. The students and teachers are bound together by mutual interests. The discipline is parental in character. Principles are stressed as motives for action.
Students are required to pursue diligently their prescribed course of study. In case of a failure to maintain satisfactory standing, either in grade of work, or in conduct, the student may be removed from the class or from the school.
A student may be deprived, for any sufficient cause, of any honor or privilege, where the good name of the college may suffer.
Boarding students will not be permitted to spend a night away from their regular boarding places.
Student are not permitted to receive guests except by special permission.
Halls and stairways must be quite and free from disturbances at all times. After 7 p. m., the students’ homes will be kept quite so as to afford full opportunity to study. After 7 p. m. there must be no visiting from room to room. The time from 7 p. m. to 10:30 p. m. is meant for study and students must not waste their time nor that of others in idleness or frivolity.
The use of alcoholic drinks, cards, profanity, vulgarity, and other such vices will not be tolerated on the campus at any time.
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Attending balls, card parties, pool rooms, or other such places of amusement as are calculated to interfere with studious habits and good morals, is prohibited.
The College believes that the use of tobacco in any form is injurious to the user. Its use on the college campus will not be tolerated. No student who uses tobacco will be permitted to represent the college in any public way. This means that such student cannot represent the college in any music club, public speaking contest, or any athletic team or to hold office on any college publication.
Clubs and societies must not be organized without the permission of the faculty committee on student organizations.
Any student may be asked to leave without having committed a special offense, provided that in the judgement of the committee on discipline he is out of harmony with the interest of the school and student life.
1. Students on arrival in Abilene are subject to all the regulations of the college and are responsible for the observance of these regulations as long as they are in Abilene.
2. No student may arrange for or accept a boarding place without first getting permission from the president’s office.
3. Girls are not allowed to spend the night out in town except in teacher’s homes, or with visiting parents or mature, close, relatives.
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4. Permission to visit out of town, in town, or to receive calls from gentlemen not attending A. C. C., is given by the Dean of Women only after special requests (stating name and address of persons to be visited, or gentleman caller) have been sent by parent or guardian direct to the Dean of Women.
5. Visitors spending the night are allowed only on week-ends, except parents who are welcome at any time.
6. All arrangements for guests should be made through the office of the dormitory.
7. All guests are under house rules and their hostess is held responsible for their behavior.
8. Callers are not permitted in the parlors during the hours of any religious service on the campus.
9. All students are expected to attend Sunday church services and to take part in some Bible-study class.
10. No girls (except seniors) are allowed to eat Sunday noon meal away from the campus.
11. Quiet hour must be observed by all girls from 2 to 4 on Sunday afternoon and from 7 to 10 on study nights. No visiting from room to room is allowed at this time.
12. Halls and stairways must be reasonably quiet and free from disturbance at all times.
13. Social engagements will be permitted on Sunday from 4 to 6 p. m., and for any open program or church service.
14. Seniors may have social engagements on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights from 7 to 10.
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15. Seniors are allowed to ride with gentlemen friends, but not at night except to and from engagements. (Subject to regulation No. 4.)
16. Girls (excepting seniors) are not allowed to ride with gentlemen without permission and a chaperone selected by the hostess of the dormitory.
17. Monday and Saturday afternoons are the regular times for shopping. Special permission must be secured for going to town at other hours.
18. Girls will not be allowed to go to the stores across the street from the campus after the evening meal.
19. Girls leaving the campus for any purpose must sign out and in at the office of the dormitory.
20. Musical instruments are not to be used during quiet, study, or recitation hours.
21. Lights are to turned out in the individual rooms at third flash—at 10:30.
22. Every case of illness in the dormitory must be reported promptly by roommate to the dormitory office. No excuse for absence from class on account of illness will be signed from the office unless the illness has been promptly reported.
23. Trays for the sick may be secured by the roommate by requesting it at the office before meal time.
24. Students are expected to keep their rooms and clothes neat and clean and at all times open to inspection by the hostess of the hall.
25. Girls are expected to dress modestly. Sleeveless dresses are not allowed. If the dress is made butterfly style, it should come two or three inches over the shoulder and fit closely about the arm. Skirts should come two or three inches below the bottom of the knee-cap, according to the height of the girl.
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HOW TO USE THE LIBRARY.
To draw a book from the library first get a CALL SLIP. Write your name and date on the slip. If you know the name of the author go to the author-index (alphabetically arranged) and find the exact title of the book and the SHELF-NUMBER. Write the Shelf-number, author’s name and title of the book in the proper places, leaving empty the parentheses space only.
If you know the exact title go to the SUBJECT-INDEX (also alphabetically arranged) and find the Shelf-Number and Author’s name there. If you know the general subject under which you wish a book but have no particular author or title in mind, look under that heading in the Subject-Index and choose the book that best fits your need.
For example, suppose you wish a book on Secondary Education by Inglis. You find under the Author the card with the figures in the left hand upper corner “373" In 4 (the shelf number); Inglis, Alexander James (Author’s name); Principles of Secondary Education (Title). Put all these your name and the date on the Call Slip. In order to avoid payment of fines, observe all notations made in the book by the Librarian.
For Reserve Books (one-hour books), you need only to give the Librarian the Author and Title.
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Acquaint yourself with several good magazines and current events publications. Above all, learn of the religious periodicals such as Missionary Review, The Way of Truth, Firm Foundation, and Christian Leader.
It is very important that entering students be careful in the selection of their course of study. Several suggestions are given below that should be helpful to the freshmen in this selection.
1. Study the requirements for graduation. The following are of special importance.
a. Freshmen and sophomore English and three additional hours are required.
b. Freshmen Bible is required and in addition thereto, the candidate must present twelve other hours.
c. If a student has had two years of foreign language in high school, he must do 18 hours in college; if he has no foreign language in high school, he must do 21 hours in or foreign language or 18 and nine in two foreign languages.
d. Not less than 18 hours must be offered in Social Science. Geography, History, Economics, Sociology, and Religious Education will be accepted as Social Science. Three hours of this must be in Modern American Government and six hours in American History.
e. Eighteen hours of natural science, including laboratory work, must be done. Young ladies may offer as much as nine hours of Home Economics, and young men offer three hours in Home Economics, toward meeting this requirement.
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f. Not less than nine hours of Mathematics must be offered; or, in lieu of this, nine hours of an ancient language.
g. Two years, or six quarters of Physical Education are required.
h. Three hours of public speaking and three hours of Psychology are required.
2. As much required work as possible should be worked off during freshmen and sophomore years.
3. You will not be permitted to register for more than 16 or 17 hours the first term.
4. The ministerial students are expected to take the course outlined in the catalogue, page 49. Suggested pre-law and pre-medical courses are outlined on page 50.
5. Those who expect to secure a teacher's certificate at the completion of the freshmen year should take the following course:
Bible 301, 302, 303.
English 301, 302, 303.
Education 300, 310, 314.
A foreign language or mathematics.
A natural or social science, or public speaking.
6. For those who plan to be here until they graduate, and who have not definitely decided what their major is to be, the course suggested under "5" might well be taken, although the student might substitute something else for the education courses. It is strongly urged that a foreign language be taken during the first year. It is also advisable to work off the Math requirement.
7. The teachers will be glad to assist you in arranging your courses.
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FACTORS MAKING FOR SUCCESSFUL WORK IN
COLLEGE.
- Proper attitude toward work.
- Curiosity—desire to know.
- Habits of work.
- Previous training in the particular field.
- Awareness of relationship of course to life of the individual—how it may be used.
- Interest necessary—student should hold himself responsible for interest in work.
- Definite goal.
- Why have you selected this course?
Prepare each assignment with a definite aim in mind.
- Methods of work.
- ave materials for work at hand.
- Form regular study habits—order—definite time to begin—short rest period.
- Set time limits for your work.
- Practice concentration.
- Assume a critical attitude.
- Question constantly.
- Work for yourself.
- Organize your materials with compact units.
- Practice outlining your lessons.
- Take notes in class.
- Take notes on outside reading.
- Permit no exceptions in the practice of good study habits.
- Begin now to practice efficient methods of study.
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- Physical vigor.
- Rules for keeping physically fit.
- See that your room has sufficient ventilation.
- See that your room has sufficient humidity.
- Take regular outdoor exercise.
- Practice deep breathing.
- Form regular eating habits.
- Eat wholesome foods.
- Avoid over eating.
- Use plenty of water, both internally and externally.
- Stand, sit and walk erect.
- Keep from worry.
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HOW TO USE STUDY SCHEDULE.
1. Write name and number of each course you are taking in the proper space.
2. In the space opposite Monday above the broken line write the time set aside for study.
3. Just below the broken line write the time the class meets.
4. Do this for each of the courses for each day they meet.
5. Fill in with pencil at first and make changes when necessary until you have your program just as you want.
6. Compel yourself to follow a definite program from the beginning.
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CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
“A” Club
Max Leach, President.
James Chambers, Secretary-Treasurer.
The “A” Club was founded by G. C. Morlan as an honor organization for men which should further the interests of A. C. C. And Christian manhood. Built primarily for service, the club demonstrated its ideal when it erected the gymnasium on the old campus site.
“W” Club
Evelyn Arceneaux, President.
La Verne Duckworth, Secretary.
The “W” Club was established as a sister organization to the “A” Club. It has established a loan fund for the school, donated quite a large sum to the development of a park on the campus, and has for its slogan these words, found in the thirty-first chapter of Proverbs, “A worthy woman who can find, for her price is far above rubies.”
“C” Association.
Rudolph Black, President.
Jerome Reese, Secretary.
This association was organized to promote closer relationship between the athletic letter men of the school, and to establish and preserve athletic tradition. It stands for better and cleaner sportsmanship at all times, keeping the ideals of the school foremost. Only letter men of the major athletic sports are eligible for membership in the club. The annual homecoming business meeting, and banquet of ex-lettermen are sponsored by the Club.
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Press Club.
James Chambers, President.
Leon Carter, Secretary.
Students who have completed sixty hours actual work on either the Prickly Pear or the Optimist, or have written twenty galleys of material for the Optimist, and are passing with a fair average at least ten hours of college work are eligible for membership in the Press Club. This club elects the editor and business manager of the Optimist. Representatives will be sent to Hunstville in the spring for the annual convention of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
Scholarship Society.
The James A. Garfield Scholarship Society is the A. C. C. branch of the Scholarship Society of the South. It was founded by Dean Cox and comprises the upper ten per cent of the junior and senior classes. It sponsors a more active spirit of friendship and good will among the three sister institutions of Abilene.
Pre-Medical Group.
This club was organized for the benefit of those students who are preparing to enter some branch of medical study. The members are encouraged by professional men and women who meet with them during the regular meeting periods.
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Pre-Law Club.
This organization is open to all who plan to become lawyers or to study law. It fosters the study of law among the students, plans to secure in the curriculum an enlargement of courses relating to law, and to furnish a forum through which meetings can be had and ideas and problems arising in the minds of members may be discussed.
Evangelistic Forum.
This is an extra-curricular activity for preacher students. The meetings are conducted under the direction of Elder McMillan and President Baxter. The programs vary from singings, prayer, Bible reading, to talks on pertinent subjects discussed either by faculty members or members of the forum.
Mission Study Group.
This work is directed by Professor Schug. Each Wednesday the group meets to study the best way of conducting missionary work in local fields and foreign lands. The class assists Prof. Schug in the Spanish mission Church and hears reports from various missionaries.
Kitten Klub.
Evelyn Campbell, President.
Ruth Tolleson, Secretary.
The Kittens comprise the girls’ pep squad of A. C. C. Members must have spent at least three months as students in the College. Roll is limited to sixty.
Kat Klub
Max Leach, President.
The Kat Klub is the boys’ pep squad of the college, which furnishes pep to complete with that of their sisters.
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Home Economics Club.
This group is sponsored by Misses Arledge and Moore of the Home Economics department in order to promote the necessity of having Home Economics in Abilene Christian College.
The A. C. C. Press Club plans to sponsor the publication of a magazine during the 1929-30 session. Committees have already been appointed to begin the work.
The Optimist.
Paul Southern, Editor.
Roy Stone, Business Manager.
The Optimist is the Abilene Christian College newspaper, which is published weekly. It aims to be a comprehensive sheet which reflects every activity in A. C. C. Capable assistants aid the Editor and Manager in making the paper a success.
The Prickly Pear.
Elden Busby, Editor.
Leslie Huff, Business Manager.
The Prickly Pear is the college annual. Having been improved each year, the annual in its fifteenth volume should be the best yet. It embraces clever sport-write-ups, a well rounded-out club section, catchy feature snap shots, with plenty of publicity and advertising to make it an excellent yearbook.
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SOCIAL CLUBS.
S. O. S.
Beatrice Pierce, President.
The “Smile, O Smile,” which is the motto of these gay red and black senoritas, means to put a little more happiness and a closer bond of friendship between the girls of A. C. C. Parties and picnics, and an annual banquet are scheduled for the good times which are to be sponsored by Mrs. Lucas North.
G. A. T. A.
Evelyn Curtis, President.
Evelyn Harvey, Secretary.
The Girls’ Aid to Athletics has as its chief interest athletics—or athletes. It enjoys parties, banquets, and picnics besides the regular meetings. Annual features of entertainment are the G. A. T. A. hunt and the banquet.
Lucky 13.
Lelia B. Page, Secretary.
“Fun and more fun” is the slogan of this club which was organized to show that all town girls are not superstitious of black cats, horseshoes, and other emblems of eerie mystery.
Ko Jo Kai.
Lois Manly, President.
Dorris Scott, Secretary.
Fond of enjoying life are these devotes of the Japanese motif and background, with their breakfasts, luncheons, midnight feasts adding to their good times.
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Sub T-16.
Paul Souther, Skipper.
Sixteen jolly lads compose the crew of the old Tuscaraora as she launches forth on the cruise for 1929-30. Organized for the prime purpose of having a good time, the club has yet striven to uphold the ideals of the school and select for its members those who are best representatives of the various activities of A. C. C.
Glee Club and Choral Club.
These clubs are directed by Miss Dunn, one of the most efficient instructors in Texas, who drills the members both in voice training and the fundamentals of music.
Dramatic Club.
Virginia Rollins, President.
Lelia B. Page, Secretary.
This group produces a three act play each term of the session, with one-act productions interspersed. Plays are broadcasted over KFYO. Stage management and make-up are taught by Miss Hale, sponsor of the club.
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Speech Arts.
This class is composed of the students in the Speech Arts department. Student recitals are given, members broadcast over KFYO, read in chapel, and are presented in fine arts recitals.
Debating Society.
Students interested in intercollegiate debating are urged to join the debating society, which is coached by Walter Adams and Don Morris. Teams are developed and meet with representatives from various institutions.
Piano Class.
The piano students of Miss Malone are presented in recitals, fine arts programs, in chapel, and over KFYO.
Palette and Brush.
The student artists have banded together to form the Palette and Brush club under the direction of Mrs. Locke. Parties add life to the social activities of the club.
Band and Orchestra.
These musical organizations are directed by Hughie Adams. The Orchestra is presented often at programs in near-by towns, in chapel, and sometimes furnishes music for the plays of the Dramatic Club. All students who play a wind instrument of any kind are urged to take part in one or both of these organizations. The band plays for the football and basketball games and furnishes pep for various occasions.
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College Quartets.
By a process of elimination, the best singers of the choral and glee clubs are selected to fill their respective positions on the official college male and female quartets. Last year the male quartet won recognition not only in Abilene, but in West Texas towns for several hundred miles around. They also made the fall and spring trips with the Orchestra.
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OH! DEAR CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
Oh, dear Christian College, we love you
Our dear Alma Mater today.
Like stars shining brightly above you
Your fame shall shine brightly for aye,
To you we’ll prove faithful and loyal
While ever upholding the right
And, gladly we’ll give forth the royal
Three cheers for the purple and white.Then we’ll pledge our love to Christian
To her is honor due.
While we gaily sing let praises ring
For our Alma Mater true.We gathered while safe in your keeping
Bright jewels of wisdom and truth,
Preparing life’s field for the reaping,
Improving the days of our youth;
Whenever the call comes to labor,
We’ll answer with hearts true and right,
With pen, palette, chisel, or sabre,
We’ll honor the purple and white.Still upward and onward we’re pressing
To win the great battle of life,
True courage and brave hearts possessing.
We’ll never grow faint in the strife,
And when our life’s journey is ended,
And our sunset is shrouded by night—
In the warm after-glow we’ll see blended
The beauteous purple and white.
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ABILENE, FAIR ABILENE.
We love the City Abilene.
Abilene, fair Abilene—
Of all the West she is queen,
Abilene, fair Abilene—
Rangers of old here used to roam
Welcoming all who chose to come,
Brave men of old here made their home,
Abilene, fair Abilene.First as a famous border town,
Abilene, fair Abilene—
Throughout the nation won renown,
Abilene, fair Abilene—
Cowboys of old here left the trail,
Stood by the bar drinking their ale,
Revealing many a border tale,
Abilene, fair Abilene.Out of the past came better days,
Abilene, fair Abilene—
She has a worthy claim to praise,
Abilene, fair Abilene—
What is she now, this border town?
Queen of the West, of great renown,
And Christian College is her crown,
Abilene, fair Abilene.
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ARE YOU FROM A. C. C.?
Hello there, stranger, how do you do?
There’s something I’d like to say to you,
Don’t be surprised, you’re recognized,
I’m no detective, but I just surmised,
You’re from the place where I long to be,
Your smiling face seems to say to me
“You’re from A. C. C., my dear old college.”
Tell me, can it be?Are you from A. C. C.?
I say from A. C. C.
Where the dear old campus beckons to me?
I’m glad to see you, tell me how be you?
And the friends I’m longing to see,
If you’re from Daisy Hall, or Zellner Hall, or McDonald,
Or anywhere around the city of Abilene,
Then you’re from A. C. C.
Hurrah for A. C. C.
For I’m from A. C. C.
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When that old A. C. C. team falls in line
We’re gonna win again another time;
For the dear old school we’ll yell, yell, yell,
For the football team we love so well, well, well, well, well.
We’ll fight, fight, fight for every score
Circle ends and then we’ll win some more,
And we’ll roll old———————in the sod, in the sod,
Roll, Roll, Roll.
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IN DEAR OLD ABILENE.
In Dear Old Abilene
Where we are often seen,
Beneath the skies of blue,
Dear college here’s to you,
We’ll give our college yell
And all our praises tell,
With many a heart sincere,
Our college dear.For, dear old A. C. C.
We’re fighting on to victory,
Our colors are purple and white,
Our streams clear and bright,
’Neath Texas’ skies of blue
We will ever give our best to you,
Our praise shall ever be,
For A. C. C.Our school will never fail
As on through life we sail,
And our trustees will win,
For they will not give in,
They'll fight with strength renewed,
Till they go plunging through,
And win victory,
For A. C. C.
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TO THEE, CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
To thee, Christian College, our praises are due
For thy spirit of service and love,
And honor for those who to thee have been true,
In the name of the Master above
Oh, heir of the glory of pioneer days,
Let thy spirit still shine pure and bright,
And thou shalt have blessings and honor and praise,
In the sons of the purple and white.We shall sing and be glad with the days as they fly,
For the time that we spend in thy halls
And in sadness we’ll part when the day have gone by,
And our paths turn away from thy halls.
Till the sunshine no more to they campus shall come,
Till the stars cease to give forth their light,
We shall sing of the glory and praise thou hast won,
And our love for the purple and white.
HAIL, HAIL, THE GANG'S ALL HERE.
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
What the world do we care?
What the world do we care?
Hail, hail, the gang's all here.,
What the world do we care now?Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
Let us take our hats off,
Let us take our hats off,
Hail, hail, the gang's all here,
Let us take our hats off now.
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TO OUR COLLEGE
Our college is going to win again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
O, won't we all be happy then,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We'll cheer and yell, we'll shout and sing
Until we make the welkin ring;
O, we all feel gay,
For we'll win the victory.Our praises are all for A. C. C.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
As she marches on to victory,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
College we love you, that we do;
We'll stand by you and we'll be true;
For we all feel proud
Of our glorious A. C. C.Then come let us cheer for A. C. C.
Hurrah! Hurrah!
And give our college three times three,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We have the will to dare and do;
We have the pep to carry us through;
O, we all feel gay
For we'll gain the victory.
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HAMBURG SHOW.
We're going to the Hamburg show
To see the monkey and the wild kangaroo,
Oh, we'll all go together, sunshine or rainy weather,
We'll stay and see the whole thing through.
("Stir up the lion, Johnny") ROAR.
("Twist the monkey's tail") SHRIEK.
OUR COUNTRY
Our country, unrivalled in beauty
And splendor that cannot be told,
How lovely they hills and they woodlands
Arrayed in a sunlight of gold.
The eagle, proud king of the mountain,
Is soaring majestic and free;
The rivers and lakes in their grandeur,
Roll on to the arms of the sea;
Roll on to the arms of the sea.Our country, the birthplace of freedom,
The land where our forefathers trod,
And sang in the wilds of the forest
Their hymn of thanksgiving to God;
Their bark they had moored in the harbor,
No more ocean to roam;
And there in the wilds of New England,
They founded a country and home;
They founded a country and home.
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Our country, the past, and its glory;
Still honor the names of the dead;
The statesman that crowned thee with laurel,
The heroes and veterans that bled,
Mount Vernon, where Washington slumbers,
The soul of thy freedom for years,
The willow droops tenderly o'er him,
Go hallow his grave with thy tears;
Go hallow his grave with thy tears.Our country, with ardent devotion,
In God may thy children abide;
In Him be the strength of our nation,
His laws and his counsel its guide
Our banner, that time honored banner,
That floats o'er the ocean's bright foam,
God keep them unsullied forever,
Our standard, our union, our home;
Our standard, our union, our home.
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Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! for A. C. C.
The school that every student here adores
Come Christian boys and girls all gather round
And rend the air above with rippling, tearing sound.
We are from A-B-I-L-E-N-E
Are we a peppy bunch? Well, yes I guess
We are the same that put the 'aim' in fame, always
game, A. C. C.
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WE LOVE NOBODY BUT YOU, BOYS.
We love nobody but you boys,
We love nobody but you,
You have won our hearts, boys,
Sure you will be true;
Don't turn us down, boys—
No other boys will do;
From morning till night,
We're telling you right,
We love nobody but you.
Our boys are fine, and our boys are grand,
And when our boys play they play to beat the band,
And it's rah! rah! for our boys, our boys,
Rah, rah for our boys, our boys!
Rah, rah for our boys, RAH! RAH! RAH!
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If you want to see some basketball I'll tell you what
to do,
Watch those Wildcats pu the ball through;
They grab that ball and they pass it quick,
Never seen a team that we couldn't lick.
Play by ear, play by note, watch out——we'll get
your goat.
Eat 'em up, tear 'em up, chew 'em fine, we'll never
stop playing till they yell for time.
Are we all dead yet? Are we all dead yet?
No, I want to tell you there's five left yet!
Are we all dead yet? Are we all dead yet?
No, I want to tell you there's five left yet!
————come get your quinine, come get your quinine,
Come get your quinine,————come get your quinine.
Come get your quinine, from A. C. C.
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THE STAR SPANGELD BANNER.
Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleam-
ing.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thru the peril-
ous night,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly
streaming.
And the rockets' red glare; bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?On the shore dimly seen thru the mists of the deep,
Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream;
'Tis the star-spangled banner: Oh, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.Oh, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their loved home and wild war's desolation;
Blessed with victory and peace, may the heaven res-
cued land
Praise the Power that has made and preserved us a
nation,
Then conquer we must, if our cause it is just.
And this be our motto, “In God is Our Trust”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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AMERICA.
My country 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty;
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrim's pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.My native country thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love,
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.Let music swell the breeze
And ring through all the trees,
Sweet freedom's song.
Let the mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.Our father's God to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King.
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