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volume 71 number 56
Beyer Austin achieve
ByTIMYANDELL
Optimist Sllt
John Becr Bible major from
Lubbock and Steve Austin
pschology major from Abilene will
graduate Sunday with 4 0 grade
point aerages said Dr CG Gray
vice president for acacemic affairs
Beyer and Austin are the valedic
tonans for this year
Karrie Thompson Partin
Brunch to
By CLAUDIA CAVITT
Optimist Stall
Graduate students receiving their
masters degrees will be honored
Saturday at the Graduate Brunch
The brunch will be conducted from
10-11 a m in the Main Room of the
Campus Center
Billie Currey president of the
Alumni Association will be the
master of ceremonies said Suzanne
Allmon director of research for the
Faculty staff plan recognition
By CLAUDIA CAVITT
Optimist Stall
Several faculty and staff members
will be honored at the Faculty and
Staff Recognition Dinner Friday at
6 30 pm in Moody Coliseum
Faculty and staff members who
will be retiring at the end of the
semester will be honored said Joyce
Whitefield director of university
advancement services
The faculty members include Sue
Findley assistant professor of
English Dr Eugene M Findley
professor of education Loreta
Kelley assistant professor of home
economicsfamily studies Dr
ACU applies
for FM station
By CURTIS WILLIAMS
Optimist Stall
ACU has applied for a noncommercial
educational FM station
Gaston Welborn ACU attorney said
he hired an FCC counsel to represent
the university and to submit the ap
plication for the station The ap-
plication was filed Monday
I However Welborn said the ap
plication was submitted along with
another application for the same
frequency filed by Criswell Bible In
stitute
Tom Dolan broadcast engineer said
the proposed station will operate at
about a 100000 watt capacity with an
anticipated reach of about 35-40 miles
David Spiceland assistant professor
of communication said the proposed
station will broadcast at 89 7
megahertz and if no problems are
encountered a construction permit
could be expected within a year He
said he anticipates a 500-foot tower
' placed on campus and the studio placed
in the Don II Morris Center
At the earliest Spiceland said the
station could be broadcasting in the fall
of 1985
The station will cost about $200000 to
prepare for broadcasting The cost
includes purchasing new equipment
and renovating used equipment
However the building of the proposed
FM station will not mean removal of
Graduation
elementary education major from
Abilene will graduate with a 3 99
GPA and is the salutatorian Kevin
Keith Hogg a math major from
Abilene will graduate with a 3 97
average and is ranked as third in the
graduating class said Gray
Fourteen other students will
graduate with 3 9 or better
averages said Gray The class
consists of 593 graduating seniors
and 83 students receiving their
honor grad
development office
Dr Floyd W Dunn dean of the
Graduate School will be the main
speaker
Dunn will begin the program with
an introductory address to the
audience After the address four
students will make a thank you
response on behalf of all the
graduates
The students include Mala
Chiaranaipamch graduate student
from Lobi Thailand who is com
Zelma R Odle professor of English
and Dr Carl Spain professor of
Bible
Dora Ragsdale dormitory
supervisor also will be honored for
her 29 years of service to the
university
Four members of the Board of the
Trustees who will be promoted to the
Senior Board will receive cer
tificates and service pins said
Whitefield
These members are John II
Banister of Dallas HulenL Jackson
of Duncanville Rcuel Lemmons of
Austin and A Clifford Thornton Sr
of Abilene
Sixty two people will receive
the carrier current system at KACU
Spiceland said The AM station will
remain in service to be operated as a
' training station" and the FM station
will be operated mainly by upper
division students
"The facility will be professionally
run" Spiceland said "We hope to have
broad based programming with a
wide-focus appeal " He said he an
ticipates that the station will broadcast
12 18 hours per day every day of the
year
To help operate the station the
journalism and mass communication
division administration hope to hire
some full time employees including a
station manager Spiceland said An
ascertainment survey which will
determine from community leaders
and members of the community the
problems that exist in the area will be
conducted by students in certain
communication classes he said From
the survey station personnel will
decide how to meet the public's needs
The station will have news and in
formation programs as well as radio
theater call in talk shows and possibly
programs for school age children
Spiceland said Also included will be
programs from other faculty members
perhaps two or three minutes in length
"We want programs of interest to the
community" he said
Programming decisions Spiceland
said will be made by the journalism
and mass communication faculty
Optimist
abilene christian university
4.0 GPAs
master s degrees
Gray said more than 3 000 guests
are expected to be on campus for
graduation services Moody
Coliseum is always filled to
capacity he said
Dr F M Churchill professor of
agriculture will deliver the com
mencement address
Seniors need to pick up their caps
and gowns in Room 105 of Moody
Coliseum by Friday
students
pleting a degree in management and
human relations Laurie Norton
graduate student from Edmond
Okla human communication Bob
Kish graduate student from Fort
Worth Old Testament and Paul
Jensen graduate student from
Seminole Fla education
In other activities Steve Green
president elect of the Alumni
Association will induct the master s
degree candidates into the Alumni
Association said Allmon
service pins said Whitefield The
pins are awarded after 10 years of
service to ACU and thereafter at
five year intervals she said
Dr John C Stevens chancellor of
the university will make a special
tribute to the late Lawrence Smith
treasurer emeritus Smith was
working for the university when he
died said Cheryl Mann director of
information and publications Smith
was conducting historical research
about ACU and was planning to
write the history of the school
Dr George W Ewing professor of
English will be the master of
ceremonies at the dinner Reflec
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across the stage Sunday to
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Faculty members
retiring or resigning
ByMYRALOWE
Friday Copy Editor
Eleven ACU faculty members will be
retiring or resigning at the end of this
semester except one who will leave at
the end of the summer
Among those retiring said Dr C G
Gray vice president for academic
affairs are Dr Zelma Odle professor
of English Sue Findley assistant
professor of English Dr Milton Fin
dley professor of education Loreta
Kelley assistant professor of home
economicsfamily studies and Dr
Carl Spain professor of Bible
Odle came to ACU soon after World
War II and has taught at the university
for about 39 years said Dr David
Merrell chairman of the English
department Since Odle has been at
ACU she has been involved in the
Academic Council the Shakespeare
Society of America Delta Kappa
Gamma and has served in scholarship
selection for the department
Odle presently teaches courses in
Shakespeare and in drama and has
taught freshman and sophomore
English Her final activity as a teacher
at the university will be teaching a
class for Elderhostel a one week
program for elderly people conducted
this summer said Merrell
Sue Findley has served ACU for 17
years and has taught freshman and
sophomore literature Merrell said She
has recently taught a sophomore fiction
course emphasizing Southern writers
Findley has served on the Student
Life Committee the Physical
Resources Committee for the Southern
Association of Colleges and Univer
sides the accreditation committee
and in textbook selection said Merrell
Milton Findley teaches such subjects
as Multiethnic Studies and graduate
courses in supervision and ad
ministration and has been at the
university since 1968 Findley said He
has served such organizations as the
Academic Council for the College of
Professional Studies Phi Delta Kappa
the Faculty Senate and the Athletic
Committee Findley also served as
chairman of the education department
for four years
assembled the kits as finals week booster ald3 The kits
included goodies such as Twinkies gum pencils and
fresh fruit (Photo by Cassy Weyandt)
He said he plans to more to a ranch in
Edwards County after leaving the
university
Kelley has worked at ACU for about
15 years and is currently the director of
the Child Development Center located
at 1341 Cedar Crest said Dr Donice
Kelly chairman of the home
economicsfamily studies department
Over the years she has served as W-
Club sponsor and a member of Delta
Kappa Gamma an honorary
organization for teachers She also has
been active in the American Home
Economics Association and the Texas
Home Economics Association
Spain joined the ACU faculty in 1954
as associate professor of Bible and was
promoted to full professor in 1963 said
Cheryl Mann director of information
and publications
He is a member of the American
Academy of Religion and served as
president of the southwest section of
AAR in 1968 Spain has written
numerous articles and books Including
Volume 14 in the Living Word Com
mentary about ' The Letters of Paul to
Timothy and Titus "
Among those resigning said Gray
are Dr Rolhe Blondeau professor of
music Colleen Blondeau assistant
professor of music Dr John Williams
chairman of the foreign languages
department Carol Williams instructor
of mathematics Dr David Dowdey
associate professor of foreign
languages Dr Arthur Williams
associate professor of art and Coy
Pullara assistant professor of social
work and sociology
Rolhe Blondeau said he has taught
such courses as varsity chorus private
voice singers diction vocal pedagogy
sophomore ear training and opera
workshop He currently sponsors the
men's musical fraternity Phi Mu
Alpha he directs the Abilene Civic
Choral and he is a board member of the
Abilene Opera Association
Mrs Blondeau teaches private voice
singer s diction and opera workshop
The Blondeaus came to ACU in 1971
John Williams professor of French
has served as the chairman of the
Faculty Committee for the Southern
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Board
to review
appointments
By LES HUNTER
Optimist Stall
Dr C G Gray vice president for
academic affairs announced Thursday
the appointments of various depart
ment chairmen that will go before the
academic committee of the Board of
Trustees Saturday
Gray also said two new departments
vi ill be added to the university
Dr Phil Lewis professor of business
will be the chairman of the new
management science department This
department will be added to the College
of Business Administration Lewis will
oversee the data processing finance
management economics marketing
and office management degree
sequences Gray said
Dr Charles Felix professor of
physicsgeology will become the
chairman of the new geology depart-
ment Formerly a part of the physics
department the geology department
will include three faculty members
including Felix
Two other present departments will
change chairmen next year said Gray
Dr Richard Hughes scholar in-
residencc and part time professor of
history will become the head of the
history department said Gray Hughes
will replace Dr Bea Speck .professor of
history According to Gray Speck was
asked to stay during the 1983-84 year
after she was scheduled to retire
Dr John Little professor of biology
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