The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 18, 1962 Page: 2 of 8
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EDITORIALS
Bye -Bye
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Bye-bye
We're going now.
This is the last issue of the Optimist for this year.
No more scandalous liberal articles; no more ridiculous
conservative tripe no more no more.
We've seen many interesting things happen this semester:
the first Negro entering school; nearly a million dollars in
gifts announced at Lectureship; the integration of the junior
and senior classes to name just a few.
But next year we'll be back (we hope). So just hold on.
Rules Rules Rules . . .
Have you been guilty of complaining about College rules
which require girls to be in their dormitories at 11 p.m. on
Friday and Saturday nights?
Take a look at a few of the rules for ACC girls in 1952-53
and at 11 o'clock on a Friday night be thankful that you
weren't in school 10 years ago.
The rules:
Permission should be obtained from the dormitory
hostess to have meals away from the campus such as a
"Dinner Date."
Girls must return to the dormitory by 11 p.m. Satur-
day and by 10 p.m. on all other days. Girls are given 20
minutes following the Wednesday and Sunday night ser-
vices to return to the dormitory.
Lights are to be turned out in the individual rooms
at 10:30 p.m. except on Saturday when the time is 11:30
p.m.
A small birthday party may be held with the per-
mission of the hostess. The party is not to exceed 30
minutes and the hostess must have a list of the names
of those in attendance.
If a student is ill enough to be in bed she shall be
kept in the hospital rooms.
No girl will be permitted to keep a car without
special permission from the office of the Dean of Women.
Wax for waxing floors may be obtained from the
maintenance office on the following dates: Oct. 24-31; Feb.
15-22; and April 14-22. You are requested to use only the
wax provided by the school. Clean floors daily. You are
not a good housekeeper unless your floor is well kept.
(And last but not least) Before young ladies go on
. dates in cars they should receive permission from the
hostess. They are not to sit in cars after returning to
the campus.
Other Viewpoints
By Associated Collegeialo Press
We like to believe the world
revolves around us at least
that is until someone asks us to
help save our world.
Th(-n we're suddenly weak and
Insignificant or claim to be
according to an editorialist in the
Jongleur St. Francis College
(Indiana):
It is very difficult in fact it is
well nigh impossible to incul-
cate In the average human being
a sense of responsibility to the
common good. As soon as we ap-
proach b fellow-man with the
proposal that on him as an indi-
vidual and on us as a group of
individuals rests the destiny of
our nation he immediately pro-
tests that he has no such influ-
ence. "What am I" he walls de-
precatlngly "in the face of so
many thousand others?"
This reaction strikes most of
us as being very untypical of our
decidedly egocentric race. It nor-.
mally requires extraordinary per-
suasive power to convince us that
we are really not the center of
the universe; we feel that we are
all important the axis on which
the world revolves; if anything
goes wrong with us Nature must
needs sit down and weep.
Well then why the sudden
profound humility? Why do we
persist in talking and acting as
if we believed ourselves all pow;
erful and yet when called upon
to vindicate our claim we hide
under a cloak of self-depreciation?
Is it a question of expedi-
ency or do we really not believe
in the power of the crusading in-
dividual? History has many lessons to
teach us in this regard but some
of us do not wish to learn. We
persist In refusing to understand
that one individual plus one in-
dividual plus one individual
make up a nation.
THE
PTIMIST
Publlihad waakly axcapt during vacations
nd examination! by itudtnti of Abilana Chris-
tian Collaga. Subicrlptlonu $1 par year. Entar.
d at lacond clan mitttr Juna 29 1929 at
the poit cfflca of Abltana. Tax.i undar tho
Act of Auguit 24 1912. Addraii all communl.
cation to tha Optlmlit Box 397 Station ACC
Ablltnt Taxai. Talaphon OR 2-8441 Ext.
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Oplnloni iprauad In tha Optlmlit ara
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editor" '
Charlla Smith
BUSINESS MANAGER
Clanda Gantry
Sporti Editor .".... David Spradlln
Photographan M. Jm Rldagway
Circulation Managar .- Janalla Campball
COPY EOlTORSi BrooVi Oarnar Marilyn
Roil Nancy Cann.
REPORTERS. Glan Thornton Nava Morgan
Jim.. Wood Marilyn Ron Gall Stapham
John Clark Jr.. Judy Johnton Jaannatt El-
mora Janalla Campball Mary Jackton Lynda)
Ball Jimmy Pariona.
COlUMNISTSi Jamat Batti Bob Colamart
Ronnla Robarti Phil Elklni.
ADVISOR
Dr. Raglnald C. Wattmoraland
There is ono characteristic of
most all college newspaper col-
umnists they feel they have to
tell their readers goodby. . . .
Goodby.
But not yet. I have about 300
good or bad words left. Three
years is a long time to think of
something to say. And there have
been things happening worth
Here There Everywhere
Home Ec Professors
Plan Summer Work
The four Abilene Christian
home economics teachers have
varied plans for this summer.
Dr. Marie Wilmeth head of the
department plans a two-week
vacation near Estes Park Colo.
She says that this is the second
trip she has made to the park
and she is staying in the same
cabin that she stayed in on her
previous trip.
FROM ESTES Park she will go
to Ames Iowa to attend a two-
week Institute for College
Teachers of Foods and Nutrition.
She will return to Abilene
about the first of July to teach
summer school the second six
weeks.
Miss Wanda Walton plans to
attend the World's Fair in Seattle
Wash. about the middle of July.
She will also visit the home eco-
nomics department at the Uni-
versity of Wyoming for four days.
Then she may continue her trip
into Glacier and Yellowstone' na-
tional parks.
Miss Lyllan Arledge plans to
spend most of her summer at her
home keeping house and taking
care of her family. However she
does plan short visits to Brown-
wood and to Stamford.
THEN. ON Juiy 2 she will at-
tend a workshop on Child De-
velopment and Family Relations
at Texas Tech in Lubbock for at
least one week.
Miss Burnya Mae Moore will
teach dressmaking and housing
Mima Williams
AAUW Speaker
Miss Mima Ann Williams as-'
siatant professor of English will
speak at an American Associa-
tion of University Women tea
honoring graduates of Abilene
high schools Saturday afternoon
May 19 in the West Parlor of
Gardner Hall.
Dr. Marie Wilmeth head of the
home economics department is
chairman of the Fellowship Com-
mittee which is sponsoring the
tea. Miss Callle Faye Milliken
head librarian is president of the
Abilene Branch of the American
Association of University Women.
Miss Williams will cite the
need for utilizing women's poten-
tials in all fields of science busi-
ness industry education and gov-
eminent. She will also explain
how young women can find a
way to attend college and how
they can pursue higher degrees
aided by fellowships granted by
the American Association of Uni-
versity Women.
By JAMES BATTS
saying words about;-But I won't
Matter of fact I won't say any-
thing about it for about 275 more
words.
ACC has changed over the past
three years from a "Bobby"
oriented student body to an
"Earl" oriented group. And the
process will continue as residents
of the Hill continue to observe
Tlrst Things First' Forever . . .
and home furnishing the first six
weeks of summer school. Then
she is considering going to the
World's Fair to a workshop.
Culp Appointed
SCCA Group
Chairman
Dr. James Culp head of the
-Abilene Christian English depar-
ment has been appointed chair-
man of a committee to study
basic issues in the profession of
the teaching of English.
The appointment was made by
the president of the South Cen-
tral College Association.
The study will deal with a
specific study 6f the relationship
between teacher loads and effec-
tiveness. Opinlonnalres questionnaires
and correspondence will be tho
mode of study. A report of find-
ings will be given at a meeting
of the Solith Central Modern
Language Association to be held
at Southern Methodist University
in Dallas next October.
CLUBLICITY
PHI DELTA PSI
Charla Granbery was named
sweetheart of Phi Delia Psi social
. club at its annual banquet Friday
May 11. "Land of the Pharoahs"
t was the theme of the banquet.
Now officers are Jim Stigers
president; Paul Weyandt .vice
president; Chester Boston secre-
tary; Tom Bost treasurer; Ronnie
Davis N.M.K.; Dan Lee Small-
wood corresponding secretary;
Jimmy Hodges reporter; and
Tommy Lyons sergeant-at-arms.
PANDORAS
New officers were announced
at "the club's spring social recent-
ly. New officers are Jan Mayo
president; Gay Abston vice presi-
dent; Bette Carter secretary;
Becky Hodges corespondlng sec-
rotary; Jenny Massie treasurer;
Nancy Crews I.S.S.C. representa-
tive; Janey McCurdy historian
Ann Baker reporter; Gloria
Storey Sergeant - at - arms; and
Linda Hearron sprite mistress.
KO JO XAI
Ko Jo Kai announced its now
officers at Its spring banquet last
Saturday. Officers are Charla
if
And there is1 an interesting
story about the fate of that little
banner which heralded "First
Things First Forever" to ACC
chapel-goers of very recent vin-
tage. But t'will not be told here.
Memory also conjures on in-
famous chapel occurence which
has since become known as simp-
ly "the Bombing.' Who that was
on the Hill last year can forget
that marvelous cloud of rice
flour and astonishment which de-
scended upon the hapless Gary
Colvln boy mlssonary during
chapel one unforgettable morn?
Another of those stories whose
half has never been told. And
probably never will be.
Then there wot Dudley Lynch
. . . Living proof that a person can
(bppose the powers-that-be and
survive for greater things. Those
who were here can hardly forget
his aproach to news at Abilene
Christian College and the great
student support that endorsed
his Optimist the one semester
he was at the helm. They sold
him down tho river . . . But he
floated.
There are also some phrases
which have received now evalu-
ation in the ACC community.
TISA . . . International Commun-
ist Conspiracy ... He sold us
down the river ... 08 per cent
. . . "right thinking" students . . .
The Optimist . . . liberal . . . con-
servative . . . truth.
Then there was the 1901 Pessi-
mist. Then there wasn't tht 1962
Pessimist.
That Is pretty well the story of
the last three years - from this
chair. The Optlmisttand the Pessi-
mist. Therein Is the whole story.
Oh yes It seems the vogue to
end a column effort with a mem-
orable saying. Heart-rending
apropos suggestive sentiment-
al and of course proper. How
about "Remember the Alamo."
Granberry president; Charlotte
Droll vice presdent; Judy Ogle-
tree secretary; Charotte Loveless
treasurer; Judy Ellison reporter-
historian; Pat Taylor I.S.C.C.
representative; Judy Walker in-
tramural director; and Ellen
Jones Keeper of the Garter.
CADETTES
"Looking at the World Through
Colored Glasses" was the theme
of the annual Cadcttes spring
banquet last Saturday.
New officers who were an-
nounced at the banquet are:
Cookie Cook president; Donna
Worloy vice president; Wanda
Curtis corresponding secretary;
Judy Moseley recording secre-
tary; Janelle Rice treasurer;
Gayle Moore reporter and
I.S.C.C. representative; Dorothy
Pancratz historian and parlla.
mentarian; and Oma Dell Ryan
chaplain.
AGGIE CLUB
The Aggie Club has recently
elected new officers for next
year. They are: Bill Hays presi-
dent; Robert Birchum vice presi-
dent; Wendell' Cullers secretary;
Ronnie Sosebce treasurer; and
Frank Fahrlender reporter.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 18, 1962, newspaper, May 18, 1962; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99294/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.