The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 14, Ed. 1, Friday, January 25, 1974 Page: 4 of 8
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P I was a illicitly nervous freshman back in September 1070
when I was assigned by my Optimkt editor to Interview Dr Don
Heath Morris about how he was enjoying bin pott a chancellor of
the college
I was afraid as I walked Into Dr. Morris' office that o man of his
stature might find such a type of interview for the college newspaper
as one of the irritating facts of life. I was wrong. Two hours later I
walked out with hardly any information for ray story but having had
a most enjoyable visit with a man who loved life and people.
x In fact in many of my later Interviews with Dr. Morris I
discovered that ha was trying to find out ac much about me as I was
about him. But when I could get him to talk about some of ACC'a
earlier days he did so wiiib a flair mat would rival the style of any
novelist. Indeed his anecdotes could fit a book.
He would never admit it to you but were it not for ike
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IfyouVe looking for a nice
surburben' residence m the
Bemesda Maryland area I've
got just the. place for you. Spiro
T. Agnew you remember him
has put hla 12-room fieldtone
colonial up for sate asking
$135000 more than he paid for
It.
Agnew purchased the home
less than a year ago for
$190000 and It'a now being
offered through a Washington
A look
at dating
at ACC
MY
TURN:
Critic finds movies are violenter than ever (oh
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by LEE JOHNSON
Managing Editor
As I began to look over the
new movies I felt my stomach
would never be the same.
Violence has become the major
theme for the film world for the
Spring of tliis year.
If you go to the (heater be
prepared to have a head roll
onto your lap as you watch
"Paplllon" whero a man k
guillotined and you have a
ring-aide seat. The stare arc
dynamic and the story concerns
the only escape from Devil's
Wand. The member of the eaet
arc old hands at thk type of
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real estate firm for $326000. It
appears that this inSeteeVprke is
based upon Improvements made
on the home at taxpayers
expense while Agnew was vice
president.
According to reports the
government spent over $124000
on so-called security features for
the home before the Agnew
moved in last June. Some of
these features Included a
$39500 brick and redwood
by SANDY JONES
UMlLLa tLsS irttlitn rial nt
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Ameriean females are clamoring
for their rights the ACC gWs are
toying to get tee guys out en
Saturday nigbta.
Most of the girk don't want
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they want to invade all-male
territory they want the males to
invade their territory.
Perhaps the ACC male is not
aedlmated to the dating
situation Why the necessity of
the Sadie Hawkins weekend If
the deting situation is fine?
ACC . presents a unique
situation in dating The fact la
that not only are the majority of
students Christians but ako
dating takes place in an unreal
situation. A limited time is
allowed to get to know a perspn
In depth and the exterior that
many people present is a barrier.
Many ' people become
violence. They include Steve
McQueen and Duetin Hoffmen.
If thk type of Nterary Intrigue
does not suit your tastes you
can always see the re-enectment
of the murder of President
Kennedy. . The movie k called
"Executive Action" and stars
Robert Ryan and Burt
Lancaster. Since the startling
success of the bloody cops and
robber movies of 1973 the
producers of thk type of film
have opened their old dead files
of blood and gore movies and
heve produced them with stark
The most drastic film using
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happening
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fence a $12000 driveway
about $lf00 worth of new
bullet-resistant windows an
added bathroom in the
basement upgraded lighting and
air conditioning a smoke
detecting" system and much
more.
The General Services Admini-
stration In Washington has
announced that Agnew Is not
required by any law to
ekseified wiin their dub
dorm or their alhktic status
wbleh leads to a question: b It
more eee4 to date a jock or the
member of a particular social
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only way to imprMs a ajri is to
spend money on her. Seme guys
take you out to et to a show
and to play miniature golf if
thete it time. Many think this
stilted situation is great.
The moat fun I have bad is
going bike riding rappeWng
(jumping off cNffi with a rope)
picnicking (if the girl can
construct a sandwich) hiking or
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question in a date.
For those who have a
"steady" perhaps a dutch treat
or the like could be applicable
The mala does not always have
to pay.
Some males claim shyness as
the reason for not dating. The
violence has to be "The
Exorekt." It k the story of a
child possessed by a demon and
the removal of thk possessor of
souk. I recommend that If you
ace many flims of thk type wear
an old pair of jeans The .floor
become very interesting when
something gory occurs on the
screen.
For the most pari I feel that
thk type Of movie could be done
without. The violence k
disgusting and the film k
becoming too reaUetio m Ik
production. When heeds begin to
roM Into the aktes of the theeten
and the re-enactments of
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today tie) Influenced thousand to
of people extended far beyond their
My last persons! interview wiwi ui un b"w
We visited for about an hour and as I left he told me to "come back
and see me again sometime soon." I never made it back to o him
except for visits after chnpel.
And so when I heard Paul Harvey announce Jan. 10 that Dr
Morris had died the previous afternoon after suffering a heart attack
on the ACC campus there was a rush of shock and grief but ako a
sjHmmer of apweciation for having seen Don Morrla for ..the
wonderful man be was. .r-
He leaves behind a personable example of a fine Christian lewier
people at ACC would do weM to follow.
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reimbuiM the federal govern-
ment for any expenditure on
the property. The GSA wHl
make an attempt to recover any
items economically retrievable
and reusable. But the GSA did
admit that most of the
improvements will be left.
Isn't that something? In this
day and age when the honest
working man ponders how to
pay for a 50-cent gallon of gas or
his growing tax bill our
BJrfe ean help In this case. A male
needs to Ml thai he" is
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want to risk asking the girl out.
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you often k not reeNy doing ao
bscause he thinks that you ate
funny-looking. Maybe he thinks
that you might Mke him but he is
afraid to find out. Give Mm a
push. Dont ahaae him but be
friendly. Anyway what tost can
friendly intentions bring?
Again the dating situation at
ACC is stilted in that after a
eoupie bee a few dates everyone
thinks that they are "going
together" and label it as such.
Hence people stop asking the
girl for dates and the male is left
to play the field.
For people who have had a
steady boyfriend thb stigma
exists in another sense. None of
his friends or club brothers will
ask the girl out or if they do
they are very reluctant to do so
hearbreaklng deUlk of assassina-
tion of our most important
people strike too deep the time
to apeak up about our own
opinions must begin.
Beginning next week thk
column will be devoted to the
comments of student speaking
up about movie. If you have an
opinion or a review of a new
movie please write It down and
bring It to the Optimist offices.
Address it to: Comment to the
Optimkt or send it to Lee
Johnson Fine Art Editor 686
CoBege AbUene Texas 79601.
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$135000 profit on the acte of
Ms taxpayer-improved home Ofc
well! I guess it'a no different or
worse than the cm of mat new
swimming pool at Camp David.
Mr. rWdest dwrnt like the old
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or the cxeteedy may Ignore him.
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the opposite sex can be very
rewarding. You gain an ewHoo;'
on Hfe different to your own.
You ako gain a view of the oihec
sex that many times you cannot
comprehend.
Abilene may not be the fun
capital of West Texas .but
constructive couples can find;
much to do In this area. "f - 'v
(Ms. Mies is sports editor of.
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MOVIES THIS WEEK
MAJESTIC. "State of Siege''
with Yves Montand. Rated tQ
PARAMOUNT. "Charley Vor-
rkk" with Walter Mattkau.
Rated PG. WESTWOOD. "Mr
InvUtbie" with Dean Jonee
Rated G. CINEMA II. "The Way
We Were" with Bajbra Strekend
and Robert Redford. Rated PO.
CINEMA I. Held overt "Magnum
Force" with Clmt Eastwood.
Rated R. METRO "Rang the
Drum Slowly" with MJehte!
Morlarty and Robert De NlroZ
Rated G. Plus: "The Fearless
Vampire Kiliera" with Jack;
McGowan and Sharon Tate.
Rated PG.
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