The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, December 13, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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The smile mirrored on this student's face as he walks through his daily paces in the
"Bean"' is quite unlike the expressions of his colleagues in the background. Perhaps his
joy lies in the fact that he only has to "grub" in the cafeteria one-half week more before
Christmas vacations.
Master's Degree
Offered in Greek
Here This Spring
Abilene Christian College will
offer the master's degree in Bib-
lical and Patriotic Greek begin-
ning with the spring semester of
1064 it lias been announced by
Dr. Fred Barton Dean of the
Graduate School.
The Graduate Council approv-
ed the program upon the recom-
mendation of Dr. J. W. Roberts
and Dr. Abe Malhcrbe who point-
ed out that the program is need-
ed by ministers and by teacher
in high schools and colleges. Only
nine hours of new course work
had to be added to the present
curriculum in order to offer the
new program.
Prerequisites for the program
include the B. A. degree with
an undergraduate major in Greek
or its equivalent including 30
hours of New Testament Greek
one year of classical readings
6 to 8 hours of Latin and He-
brew. Other requirements under the
new program Include' one year
of residence including 30 hours
above the undergraduate major;
a reading knowledge of German;
an examination' in translation of
Biblical and Patristic Greek
authors; and a written examin-
ation on Hellenistic or Koine
Greek. The new program brings
to 22 the number of .areas in
which a graduate student may
concentrate toward the master's
degree.
The master's degree is offered
in Bible (seven areas) biology
business admlnstration (two arc-
as) chemistry education (seven
areas) history mathematics and
speech.
uhh What's Cooking Mac?"
Raging Winter No Hazard
For "The Lettermen" Show
The howling first gales of win-
tertime proved no hazard to en-
tertainment as a large crowd of
some 1100 students braved the
strong winds to hear the musical
talents of the vocal trio The
Lettermen.
The Monday night performance
by the group captivated the aud-
ience for two hours of versatil-
ity music-wise us the three en-
chanters moved swiftly and eas-
ily from the sound of the modern
to the ever-popular folk voice
and the contemporary stage of
theatrical harmonics.
The only dull 'minutes occur-
red during the overly long inter-
mission as the trio regrouped
their musical voices and talents
and swung rapidly back into
stage action and song.
Featuring the musical wizard
of a very apt arranger-conductor-pianist
the combo backing the
Lettermen added much to the
thrilling performance. The only
musician who could said to be
Campus Faculty Offices
Post Holiday Schedule
All school offices will be open
during the holidays. They will
be closed on December 24 and
25 and January 1. Each person
will have five and one half days
off besides the" three holidays.
Anyone needing to see persons
during the holidays should find
if and when they plan to take
these days off. The offices will
be open from 9;00 until 4:00 dur-
ing the week. They will bo open
from 0:00 till 12:00 a.m. on Saturdays.
lacking was the drummer who
gradually improved as the show
moved on and his ear adjusted
to the inharmonics of the old
stage of Sewcll Auditorium.
A wide and varied array of
voice and talent was obvious to
all listening as the trio displayed
their musical wares in top notch
style. Each member of the group
took a solo and this lead to one
of the high points in the pro-
duction with the much applauded
"What Kind of Fool Am I?"
However as a whole audience
interest was foremost when the
trio sang as three and probably
the best received number drew
second-half approval in the wist-
ful "Heartache Oh Heartache."
Adequately displaying show-
manship the Lettermen proved
master of comedy throughout the
night although the humor often
bordered on the ever-dreaded
side of being "corny."
The vocalists obviously did
their best when sticking to their
contemporary pop style which has
netted them several million wax
singles as well as six well re-
ceived long-playing records.
The ready manner in which
they swung from pep to various
other segments of the musical
field was no doubt a tribute to
the abundant versatility and tal-
ent of the group.
Probably the slowest portion
of the performance fell immed-
iately after intermission when the
men tried thejr hand at the cur-
rent trend of folk lyrics. Al-
though the musical harmonies
cannot be said to be poor at this
stage they were far from the
best and likewise far below the
quality attained in other types
of music throughout the show.
Win Second Place
Abilene Christian won second
place in sweepstakes honors last
week at tho debate tournament
in Ada Okla. John Ferguson and
Larry Bradshaw captured first
place in men's division debate
but were defeated by the North
Texas women's division winner
for the tournament championship.
Lynn Nelson and Ed Craighead
advanced to the quarterfinals be-
fore being defeated by Oklahoma
University who Ferguson and
Bradshaw later defeated in the
final round.
Three of the eight debate teams
journeying to Ada received su-
ACC Receives
Alumni Award
ACC took five first places and
a third place for the alumni ac-
tivities in competition among Dis-
trict schools of the American
Alumni Council.
The results were announced
Friday night in Houston at a
banquet which ended the three
day meeting of representatives
from District 4. Sixty-one schools
In Arkansas Louisiana Texas
and Old Mexico attended and
competed.
The firsts included:
(a) Worker training and re-
ports category for an alumni
campaign workers kit designed
by director of alumni relations
Bill Johnson.
(b) Best single piece of annual
giving for "The Coloring Book"
put together by assistant to the
president Bob Hunter and art
director Brent Green.
(c) Homecoming and reunion
category for ACC's 1963 home-
coming promotion campaign di-
rected by Johnson his assistant
Gary McCaleb and alumni of-
fice secretary Mrs. Danna Fry.
(d) Newsletter of the Year
for the Alumni newsletter by Dr.
Reg Westmoreland director of
public relations.
(e) Annual giving campaign
for the annual Abilene business
campaign directed by Gene Lind-
er assistant in development.
ACC was awarded third place
in the alumni magazine category.
The two issues of ACC's Hori-
zons were put together by Harold
Straughn formerly editor of the
magazine and now doing gradu-
ate study in the Harvard Finan-
cial School and Art Director
Green.
Only the University of Texas
outranked ACC with six first
awards.
This Week Deadline
For Semester Accounts
All accounts for this semester
should be paid in full this week.
Anyone working for the school
on an hourly basis should esti-
mate his December and January
earnings and pay the remain-
ing balance this week. Anyone
not positive his account is paid
should come by the Bursar's of-
fice and check to make sure
according to Leao McDanlel accountant.
perior ratings. They were Fergu-
son and Bradshaw with a 6-0 rec-
ord Tom Bost and Tommy Buf-
faloe 6-0 and Nelson and Craig-
head who were 0-1.
At this tournament a pentatha-
lon was included in which each .
contestant entered five events.
Edwina Schneider received a su-
perior rating in the interpretation
events; both Larry Bradshaw and
'John Ferguson won superior
praise in the public address con-
tests and Lynn Nelson received
an excellent in interpretation.
Also in the pentathalon Ad-
dcanc Shumate rated an excellent
in public address; JoAnna Mason
and Lynn Nelson copped excel-
lent awards in the interpretation
division of the contest.
Others entered in the tourney
were Mark Reynolds and John
Justice in men's division Edwina
Schneider and Addeane Shumate
and Judy Cunningham and Jo-
Anna Mason in women's division.
Sam Carpenter and Gary
Beauchamp Dennis Smith and
Jeff Clevenger and Bost and
Buffaloe entered the novice di-
vision. This week the debate squad
will travel to Winfield Kansas to
participate in the oldest debate
tournament as well as one of the
largest in the United States. Ed
Brown will be taking four men's
teams and four girls' teams to
enter the individual contests.
ACC's John Stevens
Accepts Post Honors
Of Freedom Foundation
By JILL FENDER
ACC's assistant president John
Stevens has accepted the offer
of the Freedom Foundation at
Valley Forge to become a mem-
ber of the Board of Lecturers.
In accepting the offer and hon-
or Dr. Stevens may be called
upon several times during a three
year period to deliver lectures at
Valley Forge at the Freedom
Seminar. He will use the subject
"American Studies in the College
Curriculum" for which he was
awarded the George Washington
Honor Medal in 1962.
The Freedom Foundation at
Valley Forge began in March
1949 as a non-profit non-
sectarian and non-political organ-
ization. The purpose as stated in
the Freedom Foundation charter
is: "Create and build an under-
standing of the spirit and philos-
ophy of the Constitution and Bill
of Rights and our bundle of
indivisible political and economic
freedoms inherent in them; To
inspire love of freedom and to
support the spiritual unity born
of the belief that man is a dig-
nified human being created in
the image of his Master and by
that fact possessor of certain in-
alienable rights."
"The organzation's honorary
president is Herbert Hoover and
honorary chairman is Dwight D.
Eisenhower. The very distin-
guished company of members in-
clude attorneys ministers edu-
cators editors writers military .
and civic groups.
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