Prickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 1916 Page: 56
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X. Y. Z. Plagiarits
ROY COONS -------------- Grand Plagiarist
WILEY BAZE -____- ____--------- ---__ Vice Grand Plagiarist
CECIL PATTERSON __ _______---- -----_- Recording Plagiarist
FRANK NEWMAN ___ __------------ -- Sentry Plagiarist
MOTTO
"We have it"
PASSWORD
"On their trail"
COLORS FLOWER
Yellow and brown Sunflower
History
In the Fall of 1915 there came into existence in A. C. C. the girls procured more yells which also soon fell to the
an organization of feminines, known as the G. B. C. Im- X. Y. Z's. A second time this fact was discovered and,
mediately there arose a sharp rivalry between this and rallying their forces, the G. B. Cs. made their final stand
the opposite sex, and as no normal boy can ever permit on the third floor of Daisy Hall to practice in subdued
himself to be surpassed by a girl, organization of the at- tone the third collection of yells. -.
tacked forces was made necessary. This was affected in
Needless to say the -Plagiarists, championed by the calm
the "X. Y. Z. Plagiarists" which declared its object to be to, cd b t
N yet forceful Claud Sikes and eloquent Mack Almson won
excel the G. B. C. in everything they should undertake.
the discussion.
This further strained the already tight tendons between
these two factions, and friendly antagonism rose rapidly, But this rivalry was friendly, and the fact that the
reaching its climax in the debate between the two parties X. Y. Zs. still love the girls was demonstrated when on the
in which the women contended for the rights of suffrage. evening of February the fourteenth they gave them in
Much spirit was felt preceeding the discussion, and was Daisy Hall an enjoyable reception, which will long remain
easily visible when on the day of the debate the Plagia- a pleasant memory to the Plagiarists if to no one else. And
rists, true to their name, secured the G. B. C's yells and as the year closes no one stands closer to us than "our
were over-heard practicing them. Aroused and determined girls" of the G. B. C.
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