The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, March 14, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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THE 9PTIMIIT
MARCH 14 1938
EDITORIALS
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Wake lApl niou d5ookd
Wake Up and Read!
Wake up to a whole new world if you're part of that
60 per cent of the American population which last year
failed to read one book.
Wake up to what's going on in the world. And you'd
better hurry it's changing every minute.
With this slogan "Wake Up and Read" the nation
will celebrate a new national week March 16-22 National
Library Week
In these days of popular science and rockets of comic
books and pulp magazines it is a relief to know that
there are people who are still interested in good reading
matter in the classics in good modern literature and in
scholarly research.
Wake Up and Read it will do you good!
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Something should be done about March.
She's a blow-hard.
But then maybe she has to blow hard. To keep her
fingers warm.
Anyway she's in fine voice this year. She's whistling
over the Rockies and sprinkling snow across the plains.
She's been crying too . . . stormy teapot tears mostly
but sometimes gently splashing ones. Her tears drift
down on soft gray days when fuzzy fog nuzzles the
ground.
When she gets mad she stands up on top of Pike's
Peak and hurls snow cliffs into the cities. She flexes icy
fingers around roughened tree-roots and withered leaves
break like frozen icicles in a blinding rain. He breath
hangs heavy in the air her sobbing a silent roar.
Something really should be done about March.
Her days are numbered though. One of these days
April will come along and lure the lion back to her lair.
Ljreen Luroivd Jke fvii
"ACC Halls of Ivy" read the headline over an edi-
torial just a few weeks ago.
And one letter we received makes us feel like some-
one reads the editorials besides our advisers. Included in
that letter from ex-ACC president Jesse P. Sewell was a
check for five dollars with the notation "Use this to
start an ivy-growing campaign."
Mr. Sewell contends that ACC buildings need some
nice green ivy. Now we have a fund. Who will help?
Ex-students who are florists gardeners lovers of
beauty make your appearance!
OptfmisT
fuUhd weekly except during lummtr vacation! by the ttudentt of Abilene
ArlitUn College. SuWrlptloni One Dollar per year. Entered u second clau
natter. June 29 1929 at the post office of Abilene. Texaa under Act of Augun
14. 1112. Atlilreu all communication! to The O; tlrnlit Sutton ACC Abilene Ttxaa
THE STAFF
Editor
Associate Editor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Society Editor
Assistants
Sports Editor
Feature Editor
Photographer
Faculty Advisers .
Business Manager
Circulation Manager
BOB JOHNSON
ALICE ANN MANN
BARBARA ANTHONY
MARILYN MATNEY
. WENDY HASLAM
MARY WATSON
ESTELLE PARRISH
DAVID TREAT
BETTY DODDS
DAVID DALLAS
-HEBER TAYLOR
REPORTERS
REGINALD WESTMORELAND
CARL GARNER
DAVID TANT
Rachel Lipps Sonny Bateman Wanda Searcy Johnnie Rags-
. dale Talmadge Campbell J. D. Tant Moses Osborn Henry
""""S Green Barry Jackson Wilma Felder Leon Tester Sue Hallmark
I Dennis Renner Barbara Anthony Doronda Bradley Jerry Bob
' l0 Greer Phyliss Goodwin.
by MARILYN MATNEY
From the Colorado Flatiron by
way of the University of Houston
Sougar and the TCU Skiff here
is the secret of taking notes:
The professor says "When La-
fayette first came to this country
he discovered that America and
Americans needed his help if
their cause was to survive."
You write "Lafayette discover-
ed America."
Prof says ". . . most people do
not fully understand the Russian
viewpoint."
"You write "Prof. Gidsney is
a Red."
Prof says "The exam will be
closed book and notes may not
be used."
You write "Get seat In back."
Springvale Me. Nasson Col-
lege seniors have completed
thirty-two senior projects and
oral examinations as a part of
their degree requirements. The
seniors also took comprehensive
examinations in their major
fields. These factors plus an eval-
uation of their summer field work
will be averaged for a semester
grade.
The combined program of a
project oral and comprehen-
sive exams and field work is
designed Jo help lenion see
relationships in areas of study
and correlate practical training
wilh classroom knowledge.
Gainesville Fla. The Univer-
sity of Florida called in outside
consultants to tell it that its grad-
ing system for general education
courses is "anti-intellectual and
educationally blighting."
The survey says students are
so "exam conscious" that pro-
fessors are afraid to take the in-
itiative in presenting their mater-
ial. Students fail to respect teach-
ers because exams count so much
in determining grades. The report
suggests that the faculty should
determine at least fifty per cent
of the students' grades on class-
room performance.
Honor system talk is moving
across the campuses of TCU
and SMU. Students are debat-
ing whether there is any "real
proof Indicating an honor sys-
tem is needed."
Dissenters at SMU including
The Campus student newspaper
are arguing that honor and mor-
als cannot be legislated and that
the code should be a punitive
rather than ethical means of stop-
ping dishonesty.
The Campus comments editor-
ially: "The greatest significance
of the code is that it is issued in
the form of a threat . . . 'there
shall be no..."'
Dr. Coffman Speaks
To ACC Science Club
Dr. Moody Coffman of the ACC
physics department spoke to the
Science club at its meeting on
March 3.
Dr. Coffman outlined for the
club the qualities of a good scien-
tist and the attributes one must
possess in order to succeed in the
field of science. He then discussed
scientific reasoning in some of the
theories of physics. (
Anonymous Letters Ugh!
"Although I think that too much has already been said
about chapel attendance I could not help but write ..."
So started another one of lhoso anonymous letters
which newspaper editors aro always receiving. Since our
policy at the start of tho year asked lmpllclty that "you
sign your letters" with the name boing withold ii re-
quested we normally fllo anonymous lettors in the waste-
basket. But this time perhaps we should take time to clarify the
editorial in last week's paper entitled "Ready to Go Home?".
It seems as though Mr. Anon became quite distressed with
the very title. And we agree with him: it's not humorous
when someone is being dismissed from school. Rather it's
pathetic Mr. Anon. Perhaps those people who are on the
brink are a little ashamed of themselves now. At least that
was our purpose. We leave the humor to Martin.
A quote from the letter: "Also I would take issue with
the main point in the article. It implies that if something is
good for 96 per cent of the people then it must be good for
the other 4 per cent. That is a faulty argument as anyone can
see and I think the only excuse for such an absurd statement
is prejudice."
Judge for Yourself
Ami now a quote from last week's editorial "the main point":
"Why when the other 96 plus per cent accept chapel do these
students persist is breaking one of the rules they pledged to
uphold?" Is that prejudice Mr. Anon?
As for the rest of tho letter we'll bo glad to print it
If author anon cares to write up another copy and sign
his name. We're filing this ono in tho wastebasket.
The Hill is tall and the view is good but it is only as tall
as the hearts of its people.
SERIOUSLY SKEAKING . . .
Copeland Reveals Reports
"Not So Nice" for Christians
By MILTON COPELAND
Most of the time I walk around
very very proud of every thing
and everybody connected with
ACC ... at least 'most everything
and 'most everybody.
Occasionally I hear reports that
remind me that (1) this relatively
united body of which I am a part
consists of human beings liable to
error and (2) we all have plenty
or room for improvement.
Please do not think me a
prophet of gloom and doom for
fulfilling a rather unpleasant
task by recounting to you some
of the things that people have
made it a point that I hear.
You see there are many just
as concerned about them as I.
While eating breakfast in the
Beanery one of our nicest junior
girls felt compelled to find an-
other place to sit because of the
dirty and suggestive speech of
some ACC male students at the
same table.
Heard by two senior girls In
one of our dorms: "You been
smoking lately?" "Yes I have."
The silence that followed gave
profound consent.
Another of our fine female stu-
dents had a date with a service-
man from Dyess Base who was
sincerely surprised when she in-
formed him that it was against
the ACC rules for our girls to
smoke. (You sec she had refused
a cigarette and he wanted some
concrete reason.) The girls from-
ACC that he and his buddies had
dated smoked; so no wonder she
had to show him the regulations
In the Blue Book to convince him
these girls were breaking the
rules I
Upon another occasion some
ACC girls were seen smoking in
downtown Abilene.
All of these things have hap-
pened recently but not so re-
cently that I hare rushed into
print with the sordid details.
After much consideration it
seoms best for us lo think ser-
iously about tho problem.
What is the problem? It is not a
problem of malicious people who
are intentionally hurting the
school's reputation. It is not a
problem of basically immoral stu-
dents who have no code of right
and wrong. It is not a problem
of anarchists who rebel against
all regulations even to the detri-
ment of themselves and their
friends.
But there is a definite problem
on our campus much smaller
and less acute than on most col-
lege campuses but here nonethe-
less. And one should not be label-
ed a great reformer for trying to
view the problem objectively.
And if ho should wind up by us-
ing the term "liberalism" and
give good reason to back it up
are we so embittered against the
charge that we overlook the prob-
lem in attempting to ignore the
work used to describe it?
We do have a problem of
non-thinking people who are
hurling tho school's reputation
... a problem of students
whoso code of right and wrong
needs revising ... problem
of grown men and women not
abiding by regulations in exist-
ence for the good of themselves
and their fellows.
When this problem is described
as "liberalism" why should we
laugh at those who are opposed
to liberalism?
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