The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 33, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 21, 1986 Page: 1 of 6
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Monday at exactly IX un. follow
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tag the uaiverriiy's iM station
The station is named in honor of
the Me comasuokarioa professor
Df. Lfewell Q. Perry.
'jPvpni6 widow Earllnc was
presented a picture of her husband
and Dr. William J. Teague presi-
dent of the university. A welcome
letter to her husband written in
1948 by Don H. Morris former
president of the university was also
presented to Perry.
"I am just very very ap-
preciative. It pleases me and my
children. . .that you the radio and
TV division and the administra-
tion would want to honor Lowell
by renaming the station KLGP"
said Ferry.
Perry used radio throughout his
life primarily "as a means of
reaching people with God's
message"' said Teague who served
as the first station manager in 1951
ofwhat was then KACC.
"Lowell Perry didn't let the
meager budgets ... deter him in his
efforts te eatabUth the station" said
Teague. "He woiked as hard a he
could to fulfill hi dream."
Dr. Edward Brown chairman of
the communication department
said Perry "touched lives and made
a difference. There was a special
humility about this scholar."
Perry came to the university in
1948 and died in a plane crash in
1977. "It was in the work of
spreading the gospel around the
world that Lowell ended his days
with us" said Brown.
In conclusion Brown used a
quoted from Perry's memorial ser-
vice. "He was really not more than
a "man but in the New Testament
tense he was a saint."
Thirty-five years ago this month
the first campus radio station sign-
ed on the air. "
McKinzfeoloses
y KENDALL COX
Optimist ataff
McKinzie Hall was closed at the end
of last semester forcing approximate-
ly 75 women to seek other living
quarters.
The decision was made last semester
to close the dorm for more than
$300000 in repairs said Bill Hilton
vice president in charge of finance.
Scheduled to reopen next fall the
Campaigners visit
By BYRON tiAHAELL
The working class was the target
group for the global campaign that
went to Meridt Mexico January
2-11.
Thirty-seven students and five facul-
ty members went to Merida as pan of
a Christmas break outreach said Les
Bennett missionary-in-residence.
Merida is a dry of approximately
500000 people on the Yucatan
Peninsula
Students working with the campaign
sang in a chorus and helped pass out
flyers advertising the five night
meetings. Dr. Dan C Coker
missionary-in-resldence was the
speaker for the meetings.
The choral group sang to the people
of Merida in blocked-of f areas of the
city streets. Bennett said the people of
Merida were very receptive to the
singing because they don't often hear
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Earilno Porry widow ol the lato Dr. Lowoll G. Perry former professor of communication spoke
Monday at tho renaming ceremony of KACU-AM to KLGP-AM. The university's AM station was
renamed in honor of Dr. Perry who developed ACU's first campus radio station. (Photo by Brian
Chism)
dprm will be used for office space and
men's housing Hilton said.
The decision to close the dorm
created emotions ranging" from slight
disapoimment to anger for the dorm'
former residents.
Strongest resentment appeared to be
caused by the timing of the decision.
"Why didn't they close the dorm at
the beginning of last semester or at the
end of this one so we wouldn't have to
move at Christmas time?" asked
the four-part harmony type singing
that the students used. The only
lingual requirement of any campaigner
was that the songs had to be memoriz-
ed in Spanish he said.
Bennett outlined three major results
of the Merida campaign. The first was
the evangelistic result. Two hundred
seventy-five people attended the first
meeting. By the fifth night the
meeting attendance was more than
500. Ten people were baptized during
the campaign.
The second visible result was the
changed life apparent In the students
who went to Merida.
"The students who &o get a totally
different vision as tp the need for
preaching the gospel in other coun-
tries" said Bennett.
The third and greatest result of the
campaign was the unjty that was
created in the church in Merida said
Bennet. Some of the church leaders in
Merida had not been working in unity
Optimist
& abilene christian university
for renovation
Melissa Gooch junior psychology ma
jor from Oakland Calif.
Dr. Gary McCalcb vice president in
charge of campus life said that hous-
ing need were always greater in the
fall and that the dorm's repairs were
too extensive to be completed in one
summer. Thus the Christmas closing
of the dorm became necessary.
Many former residents said that they
were also upset because the ad-
ministration had told them that their
Mexico
but one meeting prompted two strug-
gling Christian brothers to resolve
their differences and join together in
the Lord's work.
"Christ in the Cultures of the Ka-
tions" was the theme for the Merida
campaign and a cultural-philosophical
approach rather than a "Bible-
thumping evangelistic approach" was
used said Bennett. Many Latin
Americans are very interested in
philosophy so Coker tried to relate the
reality of Jesus as he is presented in the
Bible to Latin American culture.
The cultural-philosophical approach
doesn't come across as preaching said
Bennett. Ko congregational singing is
used nor any other elements of tradi-
tional gospel meetipgs. Counselor
tables are available for those needing
to t-!k with someone.
The site for the next Global Cam-
palgu in May has not been confirmed
but Bennett said Tegucigalpa Hon-
duras will most likely be the target.
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they relocated to more expensive
dorms.
The women said they believed this
agreement had been broken when their
housing fees were increased at registra-
tion. Cynthia Cooke dean of women
said this was not true.
She said the computers were not set
up at registration to charge the ex-
McKinzie residents Iqwcr fees and
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Doggie bag
This 6-week-old DachsunShelty mix named Allsa spent the better part of Friday afternoon Inspecting
attacking chewing a-nd licking bygMwers In front of the Campus Center. Allsa Is owned by Paul and
Melanlo Severance both'management majors from Abilene. (Photo by Brian Chism)
tuesday
Sing Song '86
accepts bids
The Sing Song executive committee
is deciding how Sing Song proceeds
will be used this week.
JefT Kelson director of university
events estimates the proceeds to be
around $25000.
Anyone wishing to make a bid for
the money can bring suggestions by
Kelson's office Zellner Room 221.
The Sing Song executive committee
consists of the presidents and directors
from each club and class.
Gene Schulle Sing Song co-
director said the committee will spend
SA decides no
major concerts
The Students' Association will not
sponsor a major Concert during the
spring semester for the first time in
two years said Teal Gamble senior
psychology major from Tulsa Okla.
and SA entertainment director.
The SA has sponsored two major
concerts a year for the past two years
one in the fall and one in the spr-
Jfegr Bur Gamble"-said- 'that "Amy
Grant's scheduled appearance at
Taylor County ColiLeum-ln March
will prevent the SA from sponsoring a
major concert this spring.
Other activities ore causing pro-
blems in scheduling said Gamble.
"We can't have concerts during Sing
Seeg and April is when clubs start
New senior personnel
representative named
Fred Jamison has been appointed
the new senior personnel represen-
tative replacing Luther Morris who
died in October according to an ACU
press release.
Jamison said his duties as senior per-
sonnel representative include being a
liaison officer with the community in
finding job opportunities for students
4 and working with the safety committee
"" on campus.
Many students need to work while
going to school to cover tuition and ex-
penses said Jamison. His office mat-
ches students with the opportunities
they qualify for he said.
Jamison visits merchants in the com-
munity and posts job descriptions on a
bulletin board in the Administration
Building. He then interviews students
with interest in finding a job and at-
tempts to connect them with suitable
empoloyers.
A variety of jobs opportunities are
listed including babysitting jobs
secretarial positions grocery store
clerking positions and loading dock
jobs.
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this week discussing possible bids with
their groups. All suggestions are due
Friday. A list will be compiled from
the suggestions he said.
After the committee has edited the
list of bids all club and class members
involved in Sing Song will vote.
Ballots will be passed out Feb. 4. and
will be due back by midnhe that day.
"The decision process this year is
different from last year only in that it
is longer" said Kelson. "We are try-
ing to draw things out and take a little
more time with it."
having socials" she said"so we're
looking at either the two weeks before
or the week after Spring Break in
March."
Amy Grant is scheduled to appear in
Abilene in March. Her concert has
prompted the SA to cancel its plans for
a concert on campus. "We couldn't
find anyone to compete with her" said
Gainblc. ' '
The SA will not sponsor Grant but
it will sell tickets and try to reserve stu-
dent sections at the concert Gamble
said.
The SA has planned some other
entertainment for the spring but
Gamble said that no contracts have
been signed yet.
Fred Jamison
Koting that many students know on-
ly of the placement office Jamison
said the main difference between that
office and his is the fact that the place-
ment office helps students find full-
time work after graduation and his of-
fice aids students with part-time work
during the school term.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 33, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 21, 1986, newspaper, January 21, 1986; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth92031/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.