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EDITORIALS
92.7 of Students
Members of Church
Of the 2441 students now enrolled in Abilene Christian
2263 of them are members of the Church of Christ that's
92.7 per cent.
Over the past several years the trend has been a drop of
a few percentage points In the number of members of the
Church of Christ attending the College.
In addition to those 2263 students who are memlbers 21
list the Church of Christ as their church preference.
In second place aiew student back is the Baptist Church.
There are 77 students who are either members of 'or list their
church preference as the Baptist Chuch.
The Methodist Church is in third place with 27 students.
The next largest group of students is the 15 who listed no
church preference.
Then in order Christian Church 13; Catholic nine;
Episcopalian five ;Presbyterian four; Lutheran three; and
Disciples of Christ two.
One student each listed Nazarene and Undenominational.
No Russians Wanted
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From The Daily Texas
There will be no Kussians allowed in West Texas. No sir.
Oil company officials have announced that they have re-
scinded an agreement to let 10 Russian natural gas special-
ists inspect facilities in the Texas Panhandle because of op-
position by residents in that area.
Undoubtedly this must be the best way to move 'toward
a world in which.all men can live free and in peace. Let's just
pretend that Russia doesn't exist. Or better yet let's not show
them any of the technical advancements which have been
made in a free society. Let's cover it up and keep it secret.
Secrecy is the stronghold of a free society.
After all if they were allowed to visitf our natural gas
operations and other industrial facilities and to see an open
American community in operation they might not believe all
of the lies and haif-truths that they got in Communist prop-
aganda. And certainly we would not want to give the Russians
any reason to doubt Communist propagenda.
American gas experts visited Russia last July as part
of an exchange program). But we shouldn't be involved in
cultural and educational exchange with Russia. That might
result in something drastic like countries learning from each
other or might be an indication that we were sincere in our
efforts to achieve a world where all men could live peacefully.
Other Viewpoints
By Associated Collegiate Press
A senior who was "just out
chasing girls" was fined $20 in
police court for displaying a red
light on top of a vehicle reports
the Unlverlsty Dally Kansas. He
entered a plea of guilty but
asked the court to consider the
fadt that he was using a small
flashlight and was just glrl-
chaslng. The new student-staff directory
lists the University of Minnesota
dally paper as the Minnesota
Dairy.
Qulped a Dally editorialist:
"We wouldn't mind except for
some of the calls we've been re-
ceiving." The most recent was a
woman asking whether we make
local deliveries. Another gave us
an order for six cases of butter-
(milk before we could explain
ourselves.
"And Thursday someone called
who wanted to bring In a sick
cow'
Fellow students and "the col
lege community" saw to tt that a
Wilmington College senior from
Jordan could fly home for Christ
mas after his father's death.
Contributions totaled $780 in a
few days enough to send Mo-
hamad Abel-Mabl to the Middle
Eadt to arrange family affairs.
According to the Monitor Mo-
hammed commented on his re-
turn: People ip the Bast thing of the
U.S. in terms of dollars. When I
told them how my friends at
Wilmington showed their feelings
and sympathy they were ex-
tremely surprised. This I thought
served as a good example and
the nicest feeling from people to
people."
Students at Iowa State down
more than 3000 pizzas a week
estimates the Dally. Varieties
range from shrimp to bacon and
Include such oddities as sauer-
kraut and chicken. A survey of
pizza parlors turned up this un-
usual request someone once
ordered a pizza with "Happy
Birthday' spelled in sausage.
Approximately 57 per cent of
the eligible voters cast Uieir bal-
lots in the campus elections Tues-
day jprobably the highest turn-
out In ACC history. This is good
but it doesnt answer one ques-
tion. What about that other 43
per cent who "pledged" their
votes In chapel on election day?
For shame! (
This brings up another Inter-
esting question: when 'has a los-
ing candidate ever waged a more
clever campaign than did Gary
Wallace . . . and garnered fewer
votes? Just goes to show that
politicians ore not always the
people's choice. Or. that campus
elections are usually decided long
before the voltes are tallied. Any-
way our hat's off to Wallace for
a very very shrewd campaign.)
Which brings us rather clr- t
cumlocutlously we admit to the
(topic of discussion this week!
How to win elections at Abilene
Christian College. Or more speci-
fically how to be elected Presi-
dent of the ACC Students As-
sociation. There it a pattern which if
followed faithfully 'will lead to
the president's chair: (In all mod-
esty this writer concedes that all
of these are not his original ideas
but hare been discussed rather
offhandedly over many a cup of
brew in the GrilL)
First on the list of musts Is: be
popular. No master how many
circulars one passes how many
tags are worn how many
speeches he makes or how good
they are he should. bear one
great fact in mind 'student elec-
tions at ACC are in the main
No One Seerris Fully Satisfied
With Brazilian Government
By LEON TESTER
The question has been asked
concerning my oplnon of the
political situation in Brazil. It is
a complex situation. No one
seems to be fully satisfied with
the action (or rather in most
people's opinion the lack of it)
by congress and the executive
under the Parliamentary system.
Yet even here some of the
action initiated by Janle Quadros
while he served as president is
being carried on. The political
fence-straddling of trying not to
displease Russia while enjoying
the friendship of the United
States is going on under the
guise of "true neutralism." When
diplomatic relations with Russia
were resumed a few months ago
the people in government spoke
out- very sharply against the sys-
tem and made it plain that recog-
nition of such a government in no
way indicated the approval of the
system. The Commulst party con-
tinues to be outlawed here In
Brazil. One of the results of this
"true . neutralism" was a major
speech In the United Notions by
Brazil's delegate who in effect
told both Rujssla anjd western
powers that colonialism was
wrong whether practiced under
despotic or democratic institu-
tions.' He specifically criticised
current actions of both powers.
More recently Brazil was very
outspoken against the Russian
atmospheric tests and atomic ex-
plosions and officially took a
done toward minimizing the cf-
By JAMES BATTS
nothing but popularity contests
This is hdt to demean the abil-
ities character etc. of any can-
didate but is given as a simple
statement.
Secondly It doesn't hurt to be
a member of a social club. The
records are Incomplete and va-
gue but there Is little to indicate
that any but a social clubber has
held the presidential title.
Thirdly begin campaigning in
your freshman year but don't
orerdo it. And her is a primary
point to consider! with very few
exceptions it is political suicide
on this campus to be elected
president of one's freshman class.
Better to get In the Senateestablish-a
record as a good worker
and Identify oneself wiihv the
Students Association. ijUJ?-.
In the sophomore year&lc best
to still follow a moderato'feourse.
Maybe a class office but not
president or sdve'm'lheSen-
atc again. Continue lq7pC'Jdentl-
ffed with key SA activities. And
get involved in as many'favor-
ablc extracurricular activities as
time permits.
Step up the pace in the junior
year. It would be a good idea to
grasp the leadership of your class
Correction
The picture which ran with the
story in last peek's Optimist
about Pat Duncan's being named
Miss Elementary Teacher of To-
morrow was not the picture of
Miss Duncan Stillwater Okla.
junior who won the teacher
award. It was the picture of an-
other4 Pat Duncan.
"posltlon contrary .to further
atomic explosions by the Soviets
or Americans."
It carried out this .official posi-
tion in a note of regrot to the
United States. Stating Its position
and referring to its previous ex-
pression at the U.N. of the appre-
hension caused by nuclear "tests
Brazil referred to Kennedy's ex-
planation of why he felt com-
pelled to authorize tests in April.
"Although President Kennedy de-
clared that everything will be
THE
PTIMIST
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nd eiemlnatlons by students of Abilene Chris
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Act of August 24 1912. Address all communi-
cation to th Optlmlit Box 397 Station ACC
Abilene Texas. Telephone OR 24441 Ext.
344.
Opinions expressed In th Optimist are
thos of th writer tnd not naeeiiarlly those
of th administration.
EDITOR
Charll Smith
BUSINESS MANAGER
Gltnda Gantry
Sports Editor David Spradlln
Photographers ..................... Jim Rldegway
-John Clark Jr.
Circulation Manager -...... Janelle Campbell
COPY EDITORSi Drools Garner Marilyn
Rots Nancy Cann Sign Ware.
REPORTERS Glen Thornton Neva Morgan
James Wood Marilyn Ron Oall Stephens
John Clark Jr. Judy Johnson Jeannette El-
more C. B. Forbess Janelle Campbell Mary
Jackson lynda Bell Jimmy Parsons.
COLUMNISTS! James Bstts Bob Coleman
Ronnie Roberts Phil Elklns.
ADVISOR
Dr. Reginald C Westmoreland
if you can and continue to work.
All through this period of prepar-
ation it is good to become known
as a student who stands for
something.
Finally when the election rolls
around at the end of your junior
year start stumping. Signs liter-
ature and speeches are all fine
but nothing gets votes' like per-
sonal contacts and friends.
Here are two additional points
to consider! (1) Remember that
as a rule ACClans will vote as a
bloc and that the freshmen often
hold the key to the election! (2)
There is no place in an election
for personality clashes and name-
calling not on this campus any-
way. Be posltlre not negative.
Have a plan.
And so Is completed the lesson
on how to win an election at
ACC. It is not a fool-proof plan
but we daresay that if one should
follow this plan faithfully he
would .be better than oven odds
to grab the presidency.
Elaine Woods Presents
Senior Art Exhibit
Elaine Woods Topeka Kan.
art education major will present
her senior art exhibit in Abilene
Christian's Nelson Hall Friday
from 7-9 p.m.
The exhibition Wlll.'cdhtaln a
collection of approximately 30
pieces of Miss Woods' work dur-
ing her four years of college. It
will Include pottery oil paint-
ings sculpture and paintings
done in casein.
fetits of these new explosions
and although it is understandable
that the progress made during the
recent Soviet tests should bo
taken into consideration by U.S.
research Brazil expresses regrot
at the decision taken."
In many ways Brazil U.S.
relations resemble that a a teen-
age girl with a crush on her
teacher. In some things Brazil-
ians are very well versed on cur-
rent affairs and vital statistics of
of other counrties especially tho
United States. Some things that
I would suppose ge minor story
treatment in the States get frontpage-right
treatment here. Thero
Is very little that the United
States does in an official way
that is not reported at once in
ithe leading journals of Brazil.
Usirally it Is reported and editor-
ialized on favorably.
However Brazilians are not
he3ltan!t either 'to suggest that
her big neighbor really doesn't
know she exists. The big neigh-
bor's visiting children don't try to
learn the language of the Brazil-
ians. The big neighbor only now
and that after a Cuban debacle
is beginning to pay attention to
her southern neighbors (even tho
most Important one Brazil). But.
they are just as quick to note that
the ambassadors and lesser con-
suls are learning the language
now and that Brazil is being con-
sulted on matters of hemispheric
interest. And like the unnoticed
lover she is Impatient for tho
gifts the unaware object of her
love could give.
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