The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, January 7, 1966 Page: 3 of 4
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Roberts Will
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J. W. Roberts ACC Director
1 of Gradunte Studies in Bible
will bp tho featured speaker at
the 1060 Greatv Lakes CKrWlan
College Lectureship January
25-28.
Roberts' lectures will bo a
special series of studies from
I and II Timothy and Titus on
'"The Elder and the Preacher."
. His topics:
"The-Preacher and the Gospel
Message."
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Speed Is in
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. turned paper route earnings back
into the car tuning adjusting
always improving it. Before grad-
uating in May 1961 he won six
first place trophies in regular
competition.
''The call of screeching tires and
whining motors was In Lambert's
blood and there was no quitting
now He was hooked. He wanted
to" go to better and faster cars
and tho thrills and excitement of
higher competition.
The summer of 1961 the year
Lambert graduated he met Dan-
iel Gray also of Odessa. Gray
owned a homemade dragster
chassis so Lambert offered his
motor and the two combined re-
sources talents and time to build
themselves a top notch dragster.
A regular dragster also known
as a slingshot or rail is quite
different from an automobile
used only on the street The av-
erage rail consists of a frame
driver's seat roll bar motor
. wheels clutch brakes steering
mechanism and that's about all.
There is no starter to add weight
Since a race usually lasts only
10 seconds or so there is no need
for a radiator because the motor
doesn't have time to get too hot.
The car is built to go straight
only so an elaborate steering
mechanism is not needed. Some
rails use no brakes but carry a
parachute to slow them down.
There is no transmission and only
one gear. A rail can run either on
ordinary ethyl gasoline or on a
fuel mixture called nltro-ben-rene.
Nltro-benzcnc called simply
"fuel" adds a great deal of power
and speed to a car. The boys at
the track call it "liquid dyna-
mite". .
Many Trophies "
Lambert and Gray raced their
car all over West Texas and
Eastern New Mexico. Their rail
ran quite fast for its weight class.
It could hit 152 miles per hour
in a quarter of a mile covering
the 440 yards in 10.2 seconds.
First Gray then Lambert would
drive and the two won 30 first
place trophies in less than an
year.
"There are lots of thrills In
racing1" says Lambert "You can
really feel the tension at a big
track like the one at Hobbs N.M.
There may bo 5000 people in tho
stands sitting forward in their
seats anticipating the start.
"But there are also heartaches.
Maybe you work on the motor
until 3 a.m. every night and
then in tho first warmup run on
Sunday tho motor blows up and
you spend the rest of the after-
Changing Your Name?
All women who are now
married or axe planning to
be married before second se-
mester registration should
turn la their married names
to the registrar's office if
they hare iot already done
BO.
Be Featured
Lectureship
"The Preacher and the Local
Church."
."Workers Together with God."
tf-'JMU Thy Ministry.1'
"TheTastoral Epistles; Nature
and Message."
"Elders Their Ofice and Qual-
ifications.'' "Elders and the Local Church."
"Worthy of Double ' Honor."
Great Lakes Christian College
is in Reamsville Ontario Canada.
His Heart
noon picking up parts.
"But the trophies speed and
thrills make it worth every bit
.of the trouble and breakdowns."
New Disaster
Then there was the day in
San Angelo. It was the. summer
of 1965. Gray was driving. The
track was perfect. The motor was
running-Ule a charm. They were
off together but the opposing
driver got over anxious and gun-
ned it too hard. His front wheels
left the ground giving him no
steering control. His car slid Jrito
the wrong lone and he dropped
his parachute to stop. Gray had
no parachute and couldn't stop
as quickly but did brake his
car handling it beautifully to
avoid what might have been a
fatal crash. A pile up was avoid-
ed but the light weight racing
frame couldn't stand the strain
and it bent badly. There would
be no more racing for Gray and
Lambert this summer.
However there Is no holding
back two young men with speed
in their hearts and gasoline In
their veins. After more grinding
and welding more' tinkering and
adjusting they face next sum-
mer with great expectations
and a brand new car.
Are We I
Christian
Puppets?
By ROY PALMER
We are the puppets of society.
We who are God's chosen peo-
ple still follow society wher-
ever it leads. Instead of Judging
as Christ would Judge we Judge
by standards society dictates and
reject for the same reasons that
society rejects. We reject those
for whom Christ died.
How Inconsistent! We are a
peculiar people separate from so-
ciety yet we Judge by standards
set by society by those who
have no regard for Jesus 1 We
are concerned about whether or
not a person dresses in the latest
style whether he shaves every
day whether he cuts his hair
short. Are these standards of
Jesus or of society? Can we fol-
low Jesus while being concerned
with standards set by the world?
If a fellow wants to look like
a beatnik has Jesus Christ re-
jected him? If we are like God
would we Judge by standards not
set by God? Is it not true that if
we truly love a person it does
not matter what he wears or
how he looks? When someone
makes us "uncomfortable" by
his appearance do we try to
change him because we love that
individual or because we love
ourselves and do not like to be
uncomfortable?
OPTIMIST
Should the Holidays Be Divided?
By MARY DELLE HANCE
Christmas holidays will be ap-
proximately three days shorter
this year because of tho addition
of ACC's first Thanksgiving holi-
days. However a recent' survey
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FHEDA HICKMAN
. . . forgets so much
indicates that students are highly
in favor of two vacations.
Previously the one long Christ-
mas vacation had been the only
fall semester break.
Senior Tommy Buffaloe of
Jackson Miss "klnda enjoys
both" vacations.
Freda Hickman Clyde sopho-
more found an academic reason
for favoring two separated holi
m
The Optimist Always
By LOLA SUE BATTS
Returning to the campus talk-
ing over former times and atti-
tudes ex-Wildcats realize that
passing time's gentle eraser has
caused many things to be forgot-
ten. However there is one old
classmate whose memory is per-
manent the Optimist.
Leafing through pages of the
56 year-old campus newspaper
mellowed exes and zealous young
students alike are perhaps most
impressed with the fact that
times don't really change all that
much.
... the editor of 1930 became
incensed over the state of campus
dress and wrote on the import-
ance of both boys and girls wear-
ing socks. Recently an Optimist
columnist wrote "the current fad
of boys not wearing socks is in-
dee'd repulsive."
. . . Unnecessary clubs were
criticized in 1928. The social club
controversy reached a fervored
pitch in 1950 when letters to the
editor debated pros and cons. In
1965 editorials and letters have
once again aired tho social club
problem.
Times Change .
The reader notices however
that there are times of change
some of them brought about by
the prodding of the Optimist.
... In 1927 an ex-students
association was advocated. Today
ACC has an award - winning
Alumni Association.
... In 1953 an editorial de
nouncing sloppily dressed West
Texas males brought some imme-
diate changes. The next morning
a large portion of the male stu-
dent body appeared "dressed In
formal suits and tics with sneers
on their lips."
Familiar Names
Many familiar names leap up
at the ex as he looks over the old
mastheads.
Students would quickly recog-
nize the names of faculty and ad-
ministrators W. Earl Brown
head of the social science depart-
ment; Douglas Fry director of
the Big Purple; Max Leach head
of the psychology department;
Lawrence Smith bursar; Don
H. Morris president of the' Col
days. She says that when the
Christmas break Is too long she
forgets so much.
Freshman Ralph Stone of Dex-
ter N. M. finds Thanksgiving a
fine time to get a car if you don't
already have one.
Mary Somer Odessa sopho-
more; Roberta Harshaw Flores-
ville senior; and Held Stoeckler.
Winters freshman all feel that
students need a break from the
pressures of college between Sep-
tember and Christmas. "Thanks-
giving Is as good a time as anyl"
they say.
"It's too long till ChrlstmasI"
say Diana McNayr. Lawton Ok-
la. sophomore and Paul Rogers
Sweetwater freshman. They feel
the time goes faster when there
is a Thanksgiving break.
Linda Fuller. Dallas freshman
agrees that it is too long to wait
until Christmas to go home. Since
the weekends are really not long
cnbugh to travel Thanksgiving
vacation is very important she
feels
Faye Thompson from Artesla
N. M. simply casts her vote af-
firmatively for "both I"
Since she lives in Abilene
freshman Jane Connolly says that
It really doesn't matter; but she
enjoys having the same Thanks-
giving holidays that the rest of
lege; Carl Spain Bible professor;
Paul Southern head of the Bible
department; Norman Whitefield
head of the art department; Paul
C. Witt head of the chemistry
department; J. W. Roberts Bible
professor; James Batts journal-
ism instructor; Weldon Bennett
associate Bible professor; and
Jack McKinney foreign language
instructor.
Recognises Names
The ex recognizes the names
of Optimist staff members who
have gone out into the business
or professional world Olan
Hicks founder of the Christian
Chronicle; Bettye Elrod Nichols
editor of the Christian Woman;
Roy Lanier; Burton Coffman
minister of Manhattan Church of
es Hold
Holiday Fete
Ko Jo Kal held a two part
Christmas party during the holi-
day season.
First KoJIes and their dates
sang Christmas carols at the Abi-
lene State School.
They" next formed a car cara-
van and went to Camp Jonkawa.
Surrounded by Christmas decora-
tions they ate a turkey supper.
After a program by the Nu Nus
pledges a devotional was held
to close the evening.
Honored guests were: Mrs. and
Mrs. Harold Wilkinson Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Brecheen and Mr. and
Mrs. Don Drennan.
Scholars Chosen
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Jr. of Lynwood Calif. will ap-
pear at the third session.
Woods who is on the faculty
of Freed-Hardeman will discuss
"The Nature Activities and
Teaching of the. Non-Literary
Prophets."
Meador will discuss "Early
Medieval Preaching in England:
The Homily."
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her family does.
"A longer Christmas vacation
provides more time for travel and
visiting' says Doug Nelson grad-
uate student. Nelson needs the
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DOUG NELSON
. . . longer Christmas
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travel time since his home is
Thermopolls Wyo.
Junior Eddie Moore of Dallas
joins Nelson in preferlng a longer
Christmas vacation. Moore feels
that the extra time Is good for
"enjoyable outside activities and
on the side studying."
However no one suggested
abolishing the holidays!
Remembers
Christ; Homer Halley; Buford
Tunc cartoonist; Wendell Bedi-
chek. Reuel Lemmons editor of the
Firm Foundation; Charlie Marler
head of the ACC Information and.
Publications Office; Woodie Hol-
den; Omar Blxler; Trine Starnes;
Otis Gatewood former president
or Michigan Christian College;
Norvell Young president of Pep-
pcrdlneClark Potts ACC In-
formation 'and Publications Of-
fice; "Prexy" Anderson; Louie-
Welch mayor of Houston; A. C
Greene; Jack Bryant; Johnny
Ramsey; and Harvey Pruitt.
The Paper Changes
Turning through the now
brown pages the reader sees in-
dications of change and progress
in the newspaper itself.
The Optimist was begun in 1912
under the editorship of Arthur
Slater who originated the publi-
cation and then became reporter
copy-reader proofreader type-
setter and? printer all rolled into
one. He even supplied the press.
Throughout the years the staff
has ranged from this one man
size to a high of about 30 to 25
today.
The format has taken all shapes
and sizes tabloid to regular news-
paper Ize; five to eight columns;
four to eight sometimes 16
pages. Edwin Broadus upped the
pages to eight in 1950 and Charlie
Marler standardized the paper at
the five column and eight page
tabloid which it is today.
'Hller Prints
Tho weekly is now printed at
the ACC (print shop under the
direction of former staff member
Irvin Hiler.
The faded pages closed and the
volumes placed back on the
shelf the ex leaves the library
his memory refreshed.
As the fall semester ends and
the spring semester begins as
the 1965 school year passes on
more memories are being re-
corded. And some day when
time has drased other minds to-
day's students too can return
to their alma mater and find an
old classmate wha has not forgotten.
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