The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 10, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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Taking a New Look at a New Year: Students Association Leaders for 1963-64
ROYCE MONEY. Vice-President-elect:
junior Bible
major; A-Club; Alpha Chi; Di-
rector of Religious Activities
1961 '62; Knights.
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VOLUME 50
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Homeward-On your mark ...
By CAROLE STRAUGHN
Hour by hour today as classes
are dismissed students and foe-
ulty members of Abilene Chris-
tian College will drive ride and
fly from the campus in ull di-
rections until by late tomorrow
the once-ithriwing college com-
munity is expected to be virtual-
ly de-populated.
Students and faculty members
alike were delighted with the
Calendar Committee's announce-
ment In chapol Thursday that
this year's Spring vacation would
be lengthened by a lialf-day over
the previously scheduled time-
off. Three reasons for the change
as outlined by Dean Boauchamp
n landing member of the Calen-
dar Committee are the following:
1. The Tuesday . Thursday
classes were meeting 200 more
minutes than were the Mondny-
WedncsdayFriday classes before
the change which will correct
this difference about 75 minutes.
2. The committee on safety rec-
ommeded to the Calendar Com-
mittee that it would be much
' s?ier to begin the holidays Thurs-
day morning in order to give the
students the cnltire day Thursday
for travel rather tian only the
7 afternoon as originally sched-
uled: 3. The committee felt that the
students and faculty had done on
unusually good job thus far in
the semester in class work and it
wanted to reward them by ex-
tending another half-day of va-
cation. Elaborating on this last factor
Dean Beauchamp said he felt it
was obvious thalt "there is a more
serious attitude on the part of
thf students." To him this was
i'$ indicated as he saw "a few more
denying Chcmseive3 traps etc. on
their own than has been the case
before."
Having worked so hard In
courses this semester students
and faculty will welcome the
spring holidays as a chance to
do things ithey have been putting
GARY McCALEB President-elect: junior speech major;
President of his Sophomore Class; Junior Class senator; TISA
State Conventions 62 '63; SCOPE chairman '63; Sargeant at
arms of Student Senate; Vice President-elect of TISA for '64;
Vice president of Galaxy.
PTIMIST
ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE.
off all year.
A majority of students will be
going IKome where they will
finally get to sleep oat home-
cooked meals ride horses picnic
and compare notes with high
school buddies. Some claim they
wCll write bok reports. Many are
taking a fiance home to meet
mother and dad. Others secretly
ACC's Mid-April Activity
Centers on Lectureship
Following the holidays the
Abilene Christian College cam-
pus wtll be the scene at busy pre-
paration itor ithe lectureship and
related activities of fthe next
week.
Leading the events on Satur-
day April 20 will be Parents
Day the University of New Mex-
ico dual meet and the seventh
annual Sing Song production.
PARENTS DAY
Highlights of Parents Day will
be:
The Dean's Reception for par-
ents and faculty in the Bible
Building;
A symposium on "Christianity
and Education" by Dr. Fred J.
Barton dean of graduate school;
Dr. James W. Culp English de-
partmenft; Parents luncheon with M. I.
Summerlin chatrman Parents
Association master of ceremonies
and Dr. John C. Stevens assist-
ant president speaking on "The
Abilene Christian College De-
sign for Development." All stu-
dents are invited to atltend the
luncheon free of charge Reserva-
tions must be made by Thursday
April 18.
Saturday afternoons acuvilaes
include a track meet pitting ACC
against the University of New
Mexico and ithe ACC freshmen
ABILENE. TEXAS APRIL 10. 1963
expect to bring one back to
school
Teachers will visit friends
children grandchildren and
imathore-ln-law. Some intend to
clean-up paint-aip and fix-up
around the house to practice-up
their golf games or even catch-
up on grading book reports be-
fore the students bring back a
against Howard County Junior
College and Lubbock Christian
College.
SING SONG
The seventh annual ACC Sing
Song will be held Saturday night
in Ab'leno High School auditor
A Stalemate
... is the plight of chess at ACC decried by player Al
Post in the second of the Freshman Sound Off Series. (See
page 5.)
SUZANNE DAVIS. Secretary-elect:
junior English ma-
jor business minor; junior
class senator; co-secretary
SCOPE '63; TISA delegate.
NUMBER 23
Set ... Go!
new baich after the holidays.
At any rate students -- and
faculty are strongly encour-
aged to resist the temptaltion to
pursue these alluring activities
beyond the deadline sot for re-
turning I'.o ithe academic salt
mine. Spring holidays end at 7:30
a.m. Tuesday April 16.
ium with Lanny Hester and
Melissa Starnes serving as em-
cees. Judges will be James Thomp-
son choral director at San Angelo
High School; Ira Shaniiz of How-
ard County Junior College Big
Spring; and Richard C. Von Ende
(Continued on Pag 2)
DON CRISP. Treasurer-
elect: junior accounting ma-
jor; Alpha Chi; A-Club; Trea-
surer of Galaxy.
NACTA Bids
Justice Lead
South Area
Dr. Justice Head of the agri-
cu'tu:e department; was elected
d rcter cf tr e southern region of
tl'e National Association of Col-
1po Teachers of Agriculture las:
i-k at he national meeting in
Unys Kansas.
The function of the association
i the improvement of agricul-
tural teaching In colle.;s !n the
U.S. The NACTA has divided
United Sta'es into four regions
and as director of the southern
region Dr. Justice Is responsible
'or inceasing membership and
conducting regional meetings
pnior to the national convention.
About 50 colleges in the south-
ern region teach agriculture.
Three Abilene Christian Col-
lege agriculture students accom-
pan ed Dr. Justice -to Hays Kan-
sas where they attended the na-
tional meeting of the Delta Tau
Alpha. The Delta Tau Alpha Is a
national organization which rec-
ognizes scholarship in agriculture
students. It is sponsored by the
NACTA.
These students were Wendell
Cullers Bryson junior Ronald
Sosebee Anson junior and Bob
Birchum Westhaff sen;.or.
According to Dr. Justice Cul-
lers and Sosebee missed being
elected to a national office by a
narrow margin.
According to Dr. Justice one
of the highlights of the program
was a talk presented by Robert
L. Toriiz on "A Paper on the
European Market and U.S. Air
Trade."
In 1081 the .uMmal meeting
of this organization was held at
ACC.
New Standards
Pres. Don H. Morris; Assistant
President John C. Stevens; Dr.
Fred Barton dean of the gradu-
ate school; and Dr. Walter H.
Adams dean of the college re-
turned last week from the region-
al meeting of the Southern As-
sociation at Dallas.
Executive secretary Dr. Gor-
don Sweet conducted the meet-
ing on new standards for regional
colleges. Highlighting the meet-
ing was a roundtable discussion
which stressed qualitative rather
than quantitative standards and
emphasized Improving colleges
rather than checking for mem-
bership.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 23, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 10, 1963, newspaper, April 10, 1963; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99315/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.