The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 15, Ed. 1, Friday, February 9, 1962 Page: 3 of 8
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FEBRUARY 8 1962
THE OPTIMIST
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If; Columnists Defend Positions
cal schedule with the card dls- ' I f VWIIIVIIJ
cal schedule with thi rvi
-trlbutlon points in mnnv Hlffnrn
rooms Instead ol the former way
of having one distribution point
ALSO THE Bursar's Office was
in three different locations. Stu-
dents who iteid their bill' with a
loan scholarship or cash did not
all converge on one Bursar's
Office as In the past but went to
a separate office.
One of the few flaws In the
registration procedures was an
occasionally temperamental IBM
machine which printed and
punched Information for several
sKudents all on one card. The IBM
equipment ACC now uses which
is all rented has been adapted to
the College's use but Rasco hopes
to obtain machines designed for
the needs of the College.
ABOUT 18000 IBM cards were
used during registration Rasco
estimated. For the statistically
minded the cards cost less than
one-tenth of a cent each.
Rasco said he hoped that one
day the entire registration pro-
cedure would be taken care of -by
IBM cards but he added there
are some'bugs still to be worked
out.
Bob Coleman Says Best Policy Is
Liberal Philosophy in Government
Court .
(Continued from Page 1)
spring elections on( the Hill.
Cheerleaders
will be
elected
March 14 SA officers March 27;
class officers 'April 28; and class
senators and justices May 8
Bob Robertson reported that the.
marque announcing ACC happen-
ings cost approximately $700. This
is taken from funds provided by
the 19C0-1061 SA.
Ho said that Alpha Phi Omega
campu3 service organization has
accepted the responsibility of
keeping the sign up to date.
APhiO member Donald Wright is
in direot charge of this working
fwlth Dean of Students 'Garvin
Beauchamp.
Aggies to Hear Guitar
Earl Guitar prominent v"e&i
Texas rancher will address the
Aggie Club Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
In the Agriculture Annex.
Abraham Lincoln exoressed thi
philosophy as President that .the
government should do for tho
people what the people cannot do
for themselves. This philosophy
In my opinion is a sound one to
guide the government of the
United States or any state gov-
ernment of the United States or
any state government.
In the complex society we live
In no man Is independent of an-
other. No organization can exist
without influencing and being in-
fluenced by others. With this com-
plexness of so-
ciety the need
for regulation
of society in-
creases. The re-
sult is that the
government has
to move Into
different areas
of society to
regulate them
or to give them
help. As society
grows more complex the need
for more government Increases
prpportlonally.
Bolioving that this provious
description is true today and that
tho philosophy of Lincoln and
othors of tho past who expressed
the same viewpoint is right I am
a liberal Democrat.
p Webster definesllbcral as "not
bound by orthodox tenets or
established forms in political
Ronnie Roberts Feels Government
Out ofN Place in Certain Fields
COLEMAN
philosophy ; independent in opin-
ion." To a great extent this def-
inition holds true. It starts early
in our history. In fact when I-
look at some of "the men in the
past who have held to the liberal
viewpoint men like Hamilton
Jackson Lincoln and Roosevelt
I gain a deeper faith in the phil-
osophy I uphold.
Perhaps I should interject this
at this point I do not believe in
the complete control by the gov-
ernment of certain parts of
society.
For Instance I believe that the
government should allow busi-
nesses to operate freely as long
as they do not usurp more power
than should be theirs e.g. mono-
polies cartels etc I believe that
the labor unions Should be allow-
ed to determine the type of bar-
gaining unit they want e.g. open
shop union shop etc. but I feel
strongly that tho corruption in
labor today should be prosecuted
under the Landrum-Griffln Act.
Many people today would not
agree with the stand I take on
governmental policy. However In
the society we live in with its
wide distribution of money goods
and opportunities it seems to me
that there is a need for some
central control for some central
help. In my opinion the only way
to got the adequate policy is to
maintain a liberal philosophy In
government.
One of dur country's founding
fathers Thomas Jefferson em-
phatically remarked "Govern-
ment Is best which governs least."
Although Mr. Jefferson was not
classed as a conservative in that
day this line of thinking has be-
come an inherent characteristic of
true conservatism.
In connection with this thought
rests the basic difference between
a conservative and a liberal. The
liberal feels that we should let
the national government provide
for us In the
areas that we
cannot handle.
There are how-
ever certain
areas that I as
a conservative
feel the govern-
ment has no
part In.
While the lib-
ROBERTS col is concern-
ed with equal-
ity through national legislation a
conservative recognizes man as
embodying certain freedoms and
responsibilities that should be
'manifested in his political ideals.
Is it not then understandable
that man must develop economi-
cally but that this development
must come by his own doing and
providing and not by the hand of
the federal government.
It is for this reason: individual
economic advancement commen-
surate with Individual freedoms
that the conservative opposes
governmental programs and poli-
cies which usurp his God-given
right of independent develop-
ment. Governmental programs such
as federal farm financing old ago
benefits compulsory health Insur-
ance and aid to education all de-
tract from the responsibility that
man has to provide for himself.
Frederic Bastiat an authority
on law once stated "There Is a
tendency that Is common among
people. When they can they wish
to live at the expense of others.
This is not a rash uncharitable
accusation.
This fatal desire has its origin
in tho very nature of man in
that universal unsupresslble in-
stinct that Impels him to satisfy-
his desires with tho least possibls
pain."
Usually the least possible pain
in America is "Uncle Sam can do
it better than I can so -let him."
As a conservative it is my sincere
belief that we are losing the In-
dividual responsibiitles and free-
doms that we are intended to have
when we vest in government tho
power to decide everything for
us through national p&licy . . .
Cbngressman Raps Proposed Department
(Editor's Note: The following
was written by Congressman
John B. Anderson of Illinois and
was distributed by the Com-
mittee on Constitutional' govern-
ment. The Optimist does not
necessarily endorse these views.)
During the current fiscal year
federal expenditures will .'exceed
revenues by at least seven billion
dollars. One of the first items on
the agenda of the second session
of the 07th Congress will be to
act on an Administration request
xo raise we present debt ceiling
fp 208 billion by 10 billion dollars.
It Is" simply inconceivable to me
that we should in this context lay
the foundations for yet another
bureaucratic empire with all its
trappings the proposed new De-
partment of Urban Affairs and
Housing.
I am fully aware that the Bud-
get Director n testifying on this
bill stated that the net cost of
All the World
Missionary Situations Observed
By PHIL ELKINS
Going south from Paris we
stopped in the city of Chateraux.
We contacted brethren who were
stationed at the U.S. Air Force
base and there were about 50
Christians meeting in a nice
building there. The only name I
recall though Is Ronnie Frazlcr.
Ho is a very special kind of mis-
ionary one that I remember not
for anything he said but for what
he Is.
Ronnie Is the son of an Air
Force pilot and was elected out-
standing high school quarterback
of Europe. The team he has quar-
terbacked for has not lost a game
in two years. He always carries
his Bible with him everywhere.
He reads it in the snack bar and
at other free moments. He has
earned the respect of his team-
mates and the admiration of fans
all over Europe. In the stands you
hear them speak of him as tho
"Bible - carrying quarterback."
Ronnie lives his Christianity so
much that his fellow players work
their hearts out to please him.
When I think about Europe I
think of Ronnie as the Ideal mis
sionary. I am earnestly honinc
that his desire to come to Abilene
Christian wUl be fulfuUed in
order that each of us might catch
some of his mission vision.
Ronnie would have been here
last semester as a Bible major but
he lacked funds to attend. He was
offered football scholarships at
several universities and is at-
tending one of them until he can
find a way to enroll here.
In Toulose France three mis-
sionary families told us about a
very different type person. When
the work was begun in that city
6ome three years ago a man
named Pierre began to attend all
tho services. . -t
w
He said he wanted to be the
first member of the 'church. He
would arrive about 3d" minutes
before services and when he
would see one of the missionaries
approaching he would gallop up
to the car and yell to them. When
they were ready to leave ho
would run as hard as he could to
the end of the block to wave
good-bye.
One day he took horn a copy of
every kind of tract that the
Church had read them all and
then told the workers which
three were the best. He then in-
sisted on handing these three to
every visitor at each service. Once
he wanted to show the brethren
how many tongs he knew and
began to sing solos before the
services. He sang very loud and
off-key.
During question and answer
periods he will try to get back
at people.. v$o have attended de-
nomonations that threw him out
(He has been in almost every re-
ligious group in town.) He does
this by asking about scriptures
which condemn certain denomin-
ational practices. He rudely ln-
temrots conversations ( dresses
very ' slopp)ly and Is a lottery
ticket salesman by trade.
Pierre is an example of one of
the problems most of the mis-
sionaries face in beginning new
works. .There are Plerres In al-
most every city fh every country.
I havo related this example in
order that each of us might bet-
ter appreciate tho problems our
brethren face In mission work.
establishing this new Cabinet de-
partment would be only an addi-
tional $64000 a( year. However
this is only a very small part of
the down payment. When we look
to the approprialtions for the last
Cabinet department to be created
the Department of Health Educa-
tion and Welfare we are not per-
suaded. Between 1952 and 1961
these appropriations virtually
doubled until they are now hover-
ing around the four billion dollar
mark. . .
The argument that this new
Department will effect the effic-
ient coordination of all federal
activities In the field of housing
makes little or no sense when you
consider the following facts. The
Federal Home Loan Bank System
and the Veteran's Home Loan
Program contribute to approxi-
mately 63 per cent of the nation's
residential mortgage financing.
They would not be Included in
the new department.
The proponents of this legisla-
tion protest that they are not pro-
posing to shift local responsibility
for the solution of urban and
municipal problems to the Fed-
eral Government. Yet in almost
the same breath they list every-
thing from fire protection to
snow removal as being within the
possible purview of the new de-
partment . . .
Rather than creating a new
Cabinet post and clothing this
.type of federal activity with the
aura of permanence we ought to
be seeking means of getting the
federal government out of direct
competition with the private sec-
tor of our economy. Of course
such a suggestion would be an-
athema to tho state planners who
are constantly seeking ways to en.
large the public sector.
A Department of Urban Affairs
and Housing would provide the
facade. In name of "coordination
greater government efficiency
etc." we would see immense
strides- towards total centralized
control of both our economy and
those activities of state and local
government which up until now
have escaped the spreading ten-
tacles that radiate out from Wash-
ington' in such bewildering profusion.
Negro Enters
Grad School
After more than half a cen-
tury of segregation the first
Negro student is enrolled at
Abilene Christian.
Washington D. Harris prin-
cipal of Wallace Elementary
School in Colorado City en-
rolled Tuesday in the Gradu-
ate School for a once-a-week
graduate education course.
Harris holds both the bache-
lor's and master's degrees.
ACC opened its Graduate
School to all qualified persons
the fall semester of 1961.
The undergraduate school
is still segregated.
A Club Will Again Offer
Graduate Scholarship
The A Club is again this year
offering its $100 scholarship to a
graduate student.
All graduate students are eli-
gible and may apply in writing to
the president of A Club Box 048
Applications will be accepted
until Feb. 15.
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