Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1953-1954 Page: 21
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make more than 75,000 books, 625 periodical titles, and 30 newspaper
titles accessible to students and faculty.
The Library resources are selected to provide for the needs of
the curriculum, general cultural developmnt, vocation selection
and/or advancement, and recreation. Although the Library is not a
government depository, it receives many government publications
from the issuing departments or through the courtesy of our congressmen.Special attention is given to the Bible and Biblical language
collection which contains rare volumes, numerous versions and
translations of the Bible, periodicals, and pamphlets.
In order to facilitate the use of the Library, all materialsgeneral
circulation books, reference items, and bound periodicalsare
arranged on open shelves according to the departments of the
curriculum. The building is divided into six reading areas, two conference
rooms, a record-listening room, and a faculty-staff room.
Information concerning the use of the Library is printed in the
Student handbook, "Now That I Am a Student in ACC," and is
posted on the bulletin boards in the Library and various buildings
on the campus.
The Library is for the service of students and faculty, and is
also available to local people, ex-students, and friends of the college.
THE ACC PRESS
Abilene Christian College is one of the few colleges in the
Southwest that maintains its own publishing facilities. Most of the
college printing is done by the ACC Press, directed by Irvin D. Hiler.
Included in the shop equipment is a linotype, two automatic cylinder
presses, a flat-bed newspaper press, a proof press, a job press,
a power paper cutter, two folding machines, a power drill, a power
stitcher, and other bindery equipment, and a complete darkroom
and press for lithographic printing. The College bulletins, newspapers,
catalogs, and all student publications are printed in this
shop, as well as all office forms and stationery.
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES
The most important period of the day in Abilene Christian
College is the period from 10:00 until 10:30 each morning when
students and faculty assemble in Sewell Auditorium. This assembly
is always begun by a devotional period in which students, or faculty
members, or both, conduct devotional exercises consisting of prayer,
reading of the Word, and singing of hymns. Many times the entire
chapel period is given to this devotional.
An average of 96 percent or more of the students enrolled in
Abilene Christian College are members of the church and attend
services conducted by the congregations of the church in the city.
On Sunday afternoons, the College congregation sponsors two
young people's meetings, one for high school students, and one for
college students. On week-nights, in addition to the regular prayer21
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Abilene Christian College. Catalog of Abilene Christian College, 1953-1954, book, May 1953; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45996/m1/23/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.