The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 17, 1963 Page: 5 of 8
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Pre-test Tension Lifted by Laughter Thursday
HILARIOUS is the word for the fac-
ulty impersonations last Thursday. Students
felt sure they had witnessed the very re-
incarnations of several professorial eccentrics.
Faculty members (such as the knee-slappers
on page one) enjoyed seeing their colleagues
lampooned. Pictured above is senior business
major Roger Tate impersonating Dr. J. W.
Treat and four ACC students impersonating
themselves.
DR. HEBER TAYLOR head of Abilene
Christian College journalism department rests
a weary foot which was broken at the faculty-senior
softball game during All Students
Day. Encased in about 50 pounds of plaster
(at least it feels that heavy says Dr. Taylor)
the foot was fractured in three places when
senior accounting major John Merryman slid
into base where the professor was playing.
"We got the breaks of the game" Taylor
quips "We won." Score: 5-3.
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. . . but this is the fourth time I've seen this
By JACK SPEER
"Where do you want to sit
Jimmy ol' buddy?"
"Oh anywhere Mr. Reagan."
"'MR. REAGAN'I? How many
dimes do I have to tell you
Jimmy buddy the name's Bennyl
None of this formal stuff for mel
No sir! You just call me plain
Benny like the rest of my friends
do."
"Well actually it's pretty close
to class time. I wonder if I
might"
"Come on Jim! You always
have (time for a free cup of coffee
dqn't you?"
"Well I guess I might"
" Sure you can! Why don't we
Bit at that booth there at the
back. We need a place where we
can really talk. Say waitress!
Bring my friend Jim here any-
thing he wants and bring me a
carp of coffee"
'.'JUST COFFEE please."
"Jimmy you don't know how
much I've enjoyed talking to you.
Ever since I read in the paper
about you and Sherry getting
married I've wanted to have a
little chat I was just remarking
to my wife last night that Sherry
was one of the prettiest girls on
this campus. And here you are-
old Jim not only married to
(the prettiest girl on campus but
you've got her working. That's
shrewd! Man is that ever
shrewd!"
"Well she is working this year.
I hate for her to do it. Tills will
be her only year."
"SURE JIM don't get me
wrong. I was only kidding. But
back Co our little chat. Jimmy
let me ask you a question. Do you
thoroughly understand the policy
as I've outlined it to you? After
all I'm just here to serve you.
That's all. Just here io serve you.
I want to be sure that you under-
stand all the outstanding advant-
ages of this wonderful plan."
"Yes I think I unders'nnd. As
I mentioned this is the fourth
t.me I've seen this insurance. It
was only last week "
"JIM PALI I don" want you
to think this is just an insurance
policy. This is Estate Planning.
You just sign your name and the
Old Stag life Insurance Com-
pany of Broken Bow Oklahoma
has created for ydu an estate of
one zero zero zero zero zero
dollars. Jimmy that's a lot of
zeros boy that's ten thousand
dollars! That would take you a
while to scrape up in the preach-
ing game wouldn't it.'' '
"It's not really Jhat I object to
the policy"
"Jim i.hat's what worries me.
You're just putting the thing
off. And because of that very rea-
son I'd like to tell you a story.
I don't usually tell stories Jim
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because you and I boh realize
that there are many unscrupu-
bu3 people who have built whole
careers cit of trying to scare
peop e into buying Insurance. I
believe that this .s not only un-
ethical but downright cross and
crude. But Jimmy .this could be
you."
"WELL really it's about class
time."
"But Jim you haven't had
your second cup yet. Hey wait-
ress fill this young man's cup up
again.
"Now like I was tell you Jim
there was th"s young preacher-
student here at Birch Knoll. Joist
about your age! He had a fine
little wife and was just about to
graduate. Fines' young men you
could ever know. Well one of
those terrible things happened
tJhnt you read about everyday In
'the paper. He was killed in a ter-
rible car accident. Left his little
w'fe all alone in the world with
a baby on the way and not even
a penny for her husband's fun-
eral service."
"Like I said before Mr. Reagan
I mean Benny I get out of
school in May and we were think-
in? more in terms of ihen."
"JIMMY BOY I'm not trying
Io tell you how to run your busi-
ness but I've found from per-
sonal experience I went to
B'rch Knoll too you know Jim
JIM (SHERIFF) Burgess waves uhowdy" to his friends
in chapel at ACC where he kept the grounds for 25 years.
Sheriff retired to Comanche in 1960.
ACCEPTING FOR . . . hrxnph . . . President Don H. Morris
the first copy of the 1963 Prickly Pear from Editor Carolyn
Cunningham is Dean Walter Adams who took the opportun-
ity to impersonate the boss to the roar of a delighted
audience.
i hat your f.nanclal situation
will remain about the same. You
get rid of one kind of payment
nnd p'ck up another one. The
thing to remember Jimmy is
that your sacred obligation to
your wonderful little wife re-
mains ithe same at all times.
Jimmy' you may think you can't
afford Insurance but Jimmy you
can't afford not to afford insur-
ance." "Well we've worked out our
budget pretty carefully and
we're willing to chance a couple
of months."
Dear Kipper
How could the semester have
gone so fast? Just one more week
and we'll be finishing up. I just
don't think I can do all this work.
Next week I've got to get or-
ganized. You should see my room
note cards everywhere in not-6o-neat
stacks a poor beginn'ng
to a research paper lying there
staring at me and a messy room
which likely will only become
clean when I stuff it all in a mil-
lion boxes and send It home.
Finals are again upon me and
all my long range planning to
insurance!'
"Like I said Jim I've been
pretty fortunate this year. But I
just haven't been able to pay all
my back hospital bills. I need
your policy .to tide me over this
week. It -wouldn't hunt you to buy
a couple months early would it
Jim?''
"I guess I'd better wait."
"Jim if you're really sure OK."
"Well I'm already late for
class."
"HEY. THAT'S RIGHT! Say
could you loan me twenty cents
to pay for our coffee? I got off
this morning without any change.
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study weeks before those grue-
some tests has certainly not ma-
terialized. In ifiact I believe those
plans to avoid procrastination
were left back at the end of first
semester. Maybe I'll learn to plan
ahead next year.
I need to spend all day in the
library tomorrow but by after-
noon I'll be ready to relax so
guess I'll go to the Freshman
social. I may not finish my paper
but how can that be as important
as loyalty to my class?
A panicked procrastinator
Nelly Fish
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 17, 1963, newspaper, May 17, 1963; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99320/m1/5/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.