The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, November 9, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 50
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WILLIAM C. MOTT
. . . speaks tonight
Mott Lecture Set
In Sewell Tonight
For 8 O'clock
Admiral William C. Mott judge
advocate general of the U.S.
Navy will speak on "a Ringside
Scat at World Affairs" in Abilene
Christian's Sewell Auditorium
Friday at 8 p.m.
Admiral Mott has participated
for 20 years in the making of U.S.
foreign policy. He has served on
the staffs of former presidents
Roosevelt and Truman and also
on the staffs of two chairmen of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral
Radford and General Nathan
Twining.
He attended the Yalta Confer-
ence with Radford and Twining.
He was ordered to the White
House in 1042 to aid Roosevelt
during World War IL
During the past two years Mott
has appeared before every major
committee of Congress as a spec-
ial assistant to the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
At the present he is actively
engaged in the Cuban situation
and has Informed ACC officials
that he cannot discuss the crisis
because of his involvement in top
secret activity.
Tho program is the second in
a scries of lectures scheduled for
the 19C2-63 school year by the
Students Association.
Admission is without charge for
ACC faculty and students and
31 for visitors.
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38 Grad Nominated for
W. E. (Mose) McCook a 1938
graduate of Abilene Christian is
one of the nominees for the 1962
"Sports Illustrated" Silver Anni-
versary Ail-American Award.
His son Charles is a junior bio-
logy major at ACC and a quarter-
back on the Wildcat football
team.
ALTOGETHER 59 colleges and
universities have found candid-
ates from their senior varsity
football squads of the 1937 foot-
ball season for consideration for
the 23 awards this year to be
judged for outstanding accom
ABILENE TEXAS NOVEMBER 9
Folk Singers Set
Nov. 15 Program
Two bearded men In Brooks Brothers suits and a silky
blonde will take the stage in Sewell Auditorium Thursday
night for the first of the year's Students Association-sponsored
.entertainment programs. '
Peter Paul and Mary whose latest songs are 'The Lemon
Tree" and "The Hammer Song" will be singing at the 8 p.m.
performance.
Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey
and Mary Allin Travers
whose life-long interests in
folk music led all three to
Greenwich Village have ap-
peared on their personal tour
in clubs such as the Bitter
End Storyville Miami's
Lamb's Club the Gate of
Horn the Blue Angel and the
hungry i.
They also have appeared on
the "Today Show" and "P.M.
East."
WITH THEIR lean Intense
looks the trio might belong to the
hills of Scotland Tennessee or
the Balkans. Actually Mary was
born in Louisville Ky. and Paul
grow up in Birmingham Mich.
before they came to Peter's native
New York City.
According to Peter a Cornell
graduate "It would be dishonest
for us to imitate the folk singing
style of any particular ethnic
group. But our urban background
94.1 Per Cent Members
Of Church of Christ
Al the time of registration 94.1
per cent of the Abilene Christian
student body were members of
the Church of Christ a slight in-
crease over last year's 93.2 per-
cent. That means that 2.614 of the
record 2778 student body are
members of the Church of Christ.
Other leading groups are Bap-
tists 61. Methodists 31 and Dis-
ciples 15.
This year's enrollment include!
1557 men and 1.221 women. There
are 439 married students (278
men and 161 women).
plishment in the Intervening 25
years.
According to "Sports Illus-
trated" the slate includes many
very important business execu-
tives educators doctors lawyers
and military personnel.
THIS YEAR there is on unusu-
ally large group of players whose
reputations in sports have re-
mained undlmmed "Sports Illu-
strated" said.
Associate U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Byron (Whlz2er) White is
one of the nominees.
Before graduating from Abi
1962
NUMBER 8
is an asset. We can present in a
modern musical form the feelings
of many ethnic groups and do it
with integrity."
BEFORE THEY became a
group Peter was appearing as a
single after his own successful
tour that included the Newport
Folk Festival of 1960.
Paul was doing stand-up comic
routines in Greenwich Village.
Paul also was helping Mary get
back on her feet as a singer
after going down with Mort Sahl
in a Broadway flop called "Tho
Next President"
Their manager "had the idea
long before he had us" accord-
ing to Paul. "He believes the
American people will buy pure
beauty and dedication that this
vacuum exists in America and a
Jot of people want it filled."
THE GROUP doesn't feel it
has reached pure beauty yet but
Peter Paul and Mary are dedi-
cated. They spent seven months in
'the crucible working up their in-
itial repertoire of 18 numbers.
They learned the secret of
singing so closely together by
regular talk sessions as strenu-
ous as ther rehearsals in which
they try to reach a song's philoso-
phic implications before trans
lating it musically.
Burleson Speaks Here
Congressman Omar Burleson
addresses Abilene Christian stu-
dents in two chapel services Fri-
day. Following the second chapel a
brief reception for Burleson is
scheduled in the faculty lounge
Room 111 of the Administration
Building.
An ex-student of ACC Burle-
son has been a member of the
college's Board of Trustees since
1946.
lene Christian in 1938 McCook
earned letters in football and
track was president of his fresh-
man class and was a member of
the Student Council Athletic
Council "C" Club (lettermen's
organization) "A" Club Busi-
ness Administration Club and
Sub T-16.
AFTER HE was graduated from
ACC with a B5. degree in busi-
ness he earned a master's degree
from Texas A&M in 1948 in edu-
cational psychology and then did
a year's work toward the doctor's
degree at the University of Min
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PETER. PAUL & MARY
. . . folk singers here Thursday
Profs' Salary Raise.
Discussed by Board
The Abilene Christian College
Board of Trustees took steps last
week to improve faculty salaries
and to retire the College's short-
term indebtedness.
The Board met Friday after-
noon in its regular fall session.
PRESIDENT DON H. Morris
after making his regular fall re-
port to the Board made two rec-
ommendations that were approv-
ed. First he asked that Board
members work with the develop-
ment office of the College in seek-
ing unrestricted funds to apply on
short-term notes owed by the
school.
Also asked that a three-man
committee of Board members
work with him and Fiscal Agent
James A. Freeman in finding
other ways to reduce this indebt-
edness possibly through the sale
of certain property.
SECOND Morris asked for
authority to work out with the
Budget Committee a now faculty
salary schedule and possibly
plans for 12-month payment of
all teacher salaries and new stu-
dent charges for the 1963-64
school year. The plan is to be sub.
Honor
nesota
McCook has participated in var-
ious businesses and coached at
several places but his interest in
physical fitness and athletics
has always been evident "Sports
Illustrated" said.
IN 1938 he worked for Hall-
burton Oil Well and Cementing
Company but the following year
went into coaching at Brownfield
moving to Ozona in 1940
As head coach there in 1C42 he
guided Ozona to the first bi-dls-trict
football championship in the
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mitted to the executive commit-
tee of the Board for approval
and a new budget will be sub-
mitted to the Board at its April
meeting.
In his fall report Morris said
that the College had total liabili-
ties of $5161787.78 but total
assets of $15708364 as of Sept.
30 1962.
J. B. COLLINS. Board member
from Abilene reported for the
audit committee and Willard
Paine Board vice president from
Monahans reported on a Friday
morning meeting of the Gifts and
Bequests Committee.
At that meeting Tommy Jones
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Student Gets $150
For Winning Essay
An Abilene Christian student
has won a $150 award for an
essay submitted to "Life Line"
in a contest which had entries
from the United States and Eur-
ope. THE WINNING essay "The
Light of Darkness" was written
by Larry Johnson 'Nocona soph-
omore. The "Life Line' radio and
television programs are broad-
cast by Abilene stations.
Wayne Poucher announced the
winners on the Nov. 2 broadcasts
of "Life Line."
Johnson's essay will be pre-
sented later in the year on a
"Life Line" national radio broad-
cast. A SOPHOMORE pre-med stu-
dent at ACC he was an honor
graduate of Nocona High School.
He was listed on tht Dean's Honor
Roll both semesters lost year at
ACC.
Johnson was the only top win-
ner from Texas. Other top win-
ners were from Hawaii New
York California Arkansas and
Ohio.
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