The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 2, Ed. 1, Friday, September 29, 1961 Page: 2 of 8
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AFTERTHOUGHT
By C. MARTIN SMITH
A FRIEND of ours calls his car "Mort Sahl" because it Is
hard to get Into reverse it just wants to go "onward."
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We wondered why it always rains during Ihe West Texas
Fair and the ACC Lectureship then we remembered that it says
it rains on the unjust and the Just
Although we are not sure just how accurate the report is we
have heard that three freshmen girls have laryngitis from saying
"Hello."
Those passing the local option petition said that the petition was
defeated by 'bigotry and 'pressure.' We wonder what they would
have said if President Kennedy had not won the election.
With the dresses of short skirt lengths the girls are wearing these
days it is a good thing that they have to wear modest gym shorts in
Physical Education classes.
After last weekend wo heard someone in the grill say. "By
jingo we ought to go down to Brownwood and paint them too."
After conservatism dies out maybe someone will write a history
of it called "The Rise and Fall of the Extremely Right."
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JAMES BATTS
LANA COKER
CHARLIE SMITH
JODY RENNER
JOE TEMPLETON
Probably the most important 'ingredient'
in the recipe for a well-founded education .is
books. And it goes hand-in-glove that books
make a library.
That libraries are at the core of the learn-
ing process is a universally recognized fact
and for that reason libraries throughout the
nation have been working steadily to improve
their facilities.
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The Abilene Christian College library is"
no exception.
Though it can seat only 16 per cent of the
student body at one time and is pitifully short
on shelving space the ACC library has im-
proved greatly in the past decade.
Statistics tell the story clearly:
In May of 1951 the ACC library listed""
27750 titles in its records'.
By May of 1956 this number had grown to
47000 titles and by May of 1961 it had mush-
roomed to 82200. The current inventory is
83107 titles.
But books alone do not make a library.
For instance the ACC library subscribes to
618 periodicals and has available for student
use 266 microcards 1218 strips of microfilm
1819 slides 304 filmstrips and 1212 recordings.
Evidence then shows that the ACC li-
brary has grown but its home has not. Even
though a steady stream of books is flowingIhto
the library it cannot increase its shelving
space because it would further reduce the
already scanty seating capacity.
The need for a new library has long been
recognized it is not a problem of 'will power
with the school but a problem of buying
power.
Tentative plans have been drawn up for
a new building and the construction of a new
library is high on the list of 'musts' in the
plans of the college.
It will be money well spent.
The management is willing but the loud
speaker system just won't work" could well
sum up the opinion of Neil Fry manager of the
ACC cafeteria concerning whether or not to
have prayers during the meals.
In a letter to the editor in last week's Opti-
mist Jim Ridgeway a transfer student from
Oklahoma Christian College bemoaned the
fact that there are no prayers given in the
cafeteria. Those who have been here in the
past know that when prayers are given it is
extremely difficult to achieve even a reason-
able degree of quietness and added to that
is the problem that the public address system
is out of order this year.
Also with persons contantly coming in
sand leaving the cafeteria it is impossible to
choose a'time when the prayer will not suffer
from interruptions. In addition to that prob-
lem a good many students are usually caught
wlthltheir mouths full of food at the time of
the prayer.
According to Fry there are about 100
workers in the cafeteria during lunch many of
them working around noisy machinery. These
persons can't hear the public address system
unless the volume is turned up so loud that the
speaker can not be understood.
One remedy which is being considered
tis to have a system of flashing lights which
could notify the diners of an upcoming prayer.
Another possible solution is to have speakers
with different volume levels according to the
job each speaker would do.
Fry's opinion is that prayer and worship
should be spontaneous and the students should
not feel that they are being forced into some-
thing by the cafeteria management. In the past
Fry has turned the duty of leading prayer
to different clubSj but soon those responsible
dd not fulfill their duty he explained.
Fry stated that "The trouble is not
whether we should have prayers but the
trouble is mechanical."
Westmoreland Writes History
Of Abilene Christian College
"The Early Years" first in a
series of articles on the history of
Abilene Christian College by
Reginald Westmoreland will ap-
pear in the October Issue of The
Minister's Monthly.
Dr. Westmoreland's series is
Business Manager
Sports Editor
. Columnist
Photographer
DR. REGINALD WESTMORELAND Sponsor
Editor Dr. Frank Pack
Speaks to Girls
REPORTERS David Spradlin Jan Dunbar Patty Mc-
Carty Jim Kisselburgh Lynda Bell Judy Swofford Mary
Jackson Wilma Schmudlach Neva Morgan Glcnda Gentry
Pat Dorrell Jim Ridgeway Judy Johnson Janelle Campbell
Jimmy D. Vineyard Peggy Weaver Larry Vinther Larry La-
motte Carolyn Nelson.
Girls Training class heard a
talk on "Alcoholism as a Disease"
given by P. H. Conoway Abilene
citizen Thursday.
The clnss open to all women of
the college is resuming activity
for the year and plans are being
made to provide programs of in-
terest each week.
Dr. Frank Pack spoke to the
meeting in its regular meeting of
Sept. 28 on "Christianity and
Communism."
based on information taken from
The History of Abilene Christian
College a thesis by Guy A.
Scrugg ACC baseball coach and
Like Star Shining Brightly by
President Don H. Morris and Max
Leach.
A History of Colleges Establish-
ed and Controlled by Members of
the Churches of Christ by M. Nor-
vel Young president of Pepper-
dine College and History and
Analysis of Donations to ACC by
Mrs. Viola Robbins who works in
the fiscal agent's office also pro-
vided needed information.
As further aids Dr. Westmore-
land used interviews with former
and present school officials the
.Public Information Department
files and material taken from old
Optimists Prickly Pears and cat-
alogs. Editor of the ministerial maga-
zine and former ACC student
Frank L. Cox requested that the
article be written.
Blume Suggests
Each Student
Has Facilities
Dear Editor:
I heartily agree with Jim Ridge-
way that we should not "become
so busy with the everyday rush"
that we forget God. However it
seems to me that rather than "ask
the student association and ad-
ministration to provide the facil-
ities and plan for the prayer at
each meal" each student should
take this matter upon himself.
Each of us has been provided
the facilities by our Maker and
should plan our own prayer of
thanks for our meals rather than
rely upon some association to fur-
nish a formal public prayer for us.
The circumstances in the cafeteria
are not at all favorable for public
prayers at meal time.
Sincerely
R. F. Blume
Abilene Texas
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