The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 26, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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Students
Although all Abilene Christian
students and teachers contacted
by the Optimist back the United
States action of blockading Cuba
there was wide difference of opin-
ion on what should be done now.
iMany of the students thought
the acton should have been taken
sooner.
ALTHOUGH the United States
at the present is not blocking
food or medicine to Cuba several
students thought that this role
should be taken.
Charles Groves Students As-
sociation president said that he
thought that food and medicine
should be blockaded. Tom Hud-
dleston a graduate student said
that the United States "ought to
starve them out."
ON THE OTHER side Marlon
Prison Counselor Osborne
Feels Right at Home Here'
The tall very tall man leaned
over the pulpit In Sewell Audi-
torium to address the chapel
audience and said softly "I feel
right at home here speaking to
a captive audience. Except at
San Quentin they don't have as
many guards around. Really."
FOR 23 of his 39 years Roy
Osborne has been preaching but
during this time he also has sand-
wiched in jobs as Director of
Radio and Telcvison for the
United States Air Force program
director for an Abilene radio sta-
tion and counselor at San Qucn-
tin Prison.
Osborne a Church of Christ
preacher from San Francisco this
week has been holding a gospel
meeting for the College Church
of Christ and speaking daily to
chapel audiences at Ablleno
Christian.
HE HAS BEEN constantly on
the move while in Abilene work-
ing "25 hours a day" as he de-
scribes it. Everyone ' attempts to
sec him for some reason or other.
While he was being Interviewed
by an Optimist reporter two per-
sons had to speak with him.
There was one student who was
trying to arrange a meeting with
Osborne to talk about prison
counseling.
Then "Sister so-and-so" from
the College Church of Christ
came to talk. She was "going to
bring a Baptist to church .tomor-
row night and I want you to
speak to him."
OSBORNE HOLDS about four
meetings a year and at everyone
of them he keeps about as busy as
he was this week.
"People arc interested in prison
-work and I speak to organiza-
tions about the work. And a good
many of my meetings are held In
college towns so I have to speak
to college grdups.
All the rushing around to do
just one more thing or see just
one more person seems to have
little effect on the easy-going Os-
borne as he takes it all In stride.
For six of his nine years in the
San Francisco area he has been
a counselor at San Quentin.
HE GOT his position as coun-
selor pretty much by accident. A
woman from Southern California
whose son was in San Quentin
asked Osborne to counsel her son.
He told the mother that he
couldn't even get Inside the
prison but finally the mother
persuaded the prison authorities
to allow Osborne to counsel her
son.
The prison authorities then got
Interested in having Osborne as
a counselor and invited him to
join the school of religion at San
Quentin.
Profs Bock JFK
Stephens a junior said that
blockading food and medicine
was "not even human."
On the same matter Norman
Hogan assistant professor of his-
tory said that he had "no opinion
at the present." Dr. B. Frank
Rhodes professor of history said
"I don't know."
Dr. J. W. Roberts professor of
Bible and John White graduate
assistant in history said they
thought food and medicine should
not be blockaded.
On the blockade itself com-
ments were:
WHITE: "Assuming President
Kennedy's information is right on
ICBMs being placed in Cuba the
blockade was necessary for our
defense." The blockade should
not have been started earlier
ROY OSBORNE
. . . preacher counselor
According to Osborne minis-
ters of many faiths teach at the
prison and credits in religion
courses can be transferred to
some seminaries. Many prisoners
want to go into religious work
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90000th Volume Shelved
Mrs. Everett Taylor member of the Abilene Christian
Library staff shelves the 90000th volume acquired by the
library. The book "Presidents and Deans of American Colleges
and Universities" makes the ACC collection triple what it
was ten years ago.
"considering the attitude of other
countries."
'Dr. Roberts: "I agree with the
blockade; from the government's
point of view it was the only
thing we could do.
Dr. Rhodes: "I suppose so' '(that
Cuba should have been blockad-
ed.) "There's no easy answer and
I'll go along with whatever they
did"
iNorman Hogan: The blockade
was "long over due."
DR. ROBERT JOHNSON as-
sociate professor of Bible: "Presi-
dent Kennedy's patience was
pretty well exhausted; it was al-
most inevitable that it would
happen."
Tom Huddleston: It was "over-
due." "It should have been dono
when there were the first out
THE
VOLUME SO
Swarm of Exes Expected at
Homecoming Next Week
Approximately 2500 visitors
are expected to swarm the Abi-
lene Christian campus for the
school's annual Homecoming cele-
bration next week.
Registration of returning ex-
students begins at 9 a.m. Friday
Nov. 2 and the opening review of
Homecoming displays built by
Tickets Selling Well
For Musical 'Carousel'
Tickets were selling well at
mid-week for the Homecoming
production "Carousel" according
ward signs of Communist help In
construction of military objec-
tives. We should have1 Invaded at
the Bay of Pigs; if the Monroe
Doctrine means anything we
have the right to invade."
Marion Stephens junior: "I'm
behind Kennedy all the way. I'll
go tomorrow If he wants me to."
(Stephens said he got his applica-
tion for student deferment Mon-
day the day of President Ken-
nedy's speech.)
JOHN WADDILL. freshman:
"We are right in the blockade. It
should have been done a long
time ago. The Russians won't
back down without seeing if we're
bluffing."
Don Hill junior: "I agree with
the action but I think it's a little
behind time.
PTIMIST
ABILENE TEXAS OCTOBER 26.
student organizations will be held
at noon that day.
A PEP RALLY and the annual
bonfire is scheduled Friday night
to be followed by special class re-
unions for the classes of 1006-19
1922 1027 1932 1942 1947 1952
and 1957. A general reunion for
exes and students will be held in
to Lewis Fulks director and de-
signer of the Rodgers and Ham-
mcrstcin musical.
FIRST PERFORMANCE in the
four-day run will be given
Wednesday night.
Fulks Is being assisted by Gary
Aday graduate assistant in
speech. Rollle Blondeau instruc-
tor of music is chorus director
and orchestra conductor.
"Progress on the play has been
very encouraging" Fulks com-
mented. He said that there has
been no unusual trouble in get-
ting costumes. Rentals from a
large California agency arrived
two days early.
FULKS DESCRIBED the re
hearsals as a "most pleasant
period."
Tickets for the Sewell Audi-
torium production are on sale in
the Ticket Booth.
Wednesday and Thursday per-
formances are $1.50 for Abilene
Christian students and $2 for the
general public. Tickets for Friday
and Saturday performances are
$2.
RICK WICKMAN and Glenda
Hargrove head the cast as Billy
and Julie.
Others in major roles are Ann
Brazzil Chris Ayers Virginia
Brack Vic Hunter Donna Rank-
in Judi DeFoor David Young
Bob Anderson Bill Showers Max
Nigh Dale Ward Dennis Connel
Lynn Nelson Marcus Hall Larry
Dotson and Alice Sacra.
Abilene Christian's Graduate
School was formed In 1953 with
majors In Bible religious educa-
tion and education.
But Views Differ
On Future Action
Dr. Woodrow Wilson associate
professor of Bible: "I am a con-
scientious objector and opposed to
war for Christians but as a na-
tional policy I don't see anything
else that could have been done.'"
A YOUNG teacher who is In
the National Guard and asked
that his name not be used:
"Kennedy should have acted
more authoritatively during the
Bay of Pigs invasion; but we
should stand. It should have
been blockaded long .ago."
A senior girl who asked that
her name not be used: "Kennedy
is right. But this action definitely
should have taken before now.
Krushchev better get out of
Cuba. If we can't call their bluff
now I'm afraid what might hap-
pen." 1962
NUMBER 6
Catchlngs Cafeteria Friday from
8-11 p.m.
Reunion breakfasts will be held
at 0:30 a.m. Saturday Nov. 3 by
members and former members of
social clubs at ACC. The annual
Homecoming chapel program Is
scheduled at 10 a.m. and the
Homecoming barbecue1-at 11:30
a.m. Saturday.
THE HOMECOMING football
game between Abilene Christian
and Arlington State is scheduled
ifor 2 p.m. Saturday in the Abi-
lene Public Schools Stpdium.
Another feature of Homecom-
ing will be the Rodgers and Ham-
mersteln musical "Carousel"
which begins the night of Oct 31
and continues through Saturday
night Nov. 3 in Sewell Audi-
torium. Political Survey
Won't Be Held
A political poll sponsored by
the Young Republicans to deter-
mine student sentiment concern-
ing the Texas gubernatorial race
will not be held according to Ed
Brown sponsor of the group and
director of forensic at Abilene
Christian.
Brown told the Optimist
Wednesday night that both he and
Don Wright president of the
Young Republlcians talked with
Dean of Students Garvin Beau-
champ on the matter.
Beauchamp felt that it would
be' best not to have the survey.
Brown said.
That's Just Ducky
On a vocabulary test in one sec-
tion of reading improvement
teacher Walter Frazler asked stu-
dents to use the word "quaff In
a sentence.
One student puzzled by the
vagaries of the English language
wrote: " 'Quaff Quaff Quaff said
the tongue-tied duck."
In case you are also wondering
quaff means "to drink."
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