The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 4, Ed. 1, Friday, October 1, 1971 Page: 2 of 8
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THI OPTIMIST
OCTOBRR 1 mi
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off
The peoples pride the people joy;
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and sometimes
the peoples toy;
Blectod for . . . Elected by . . .
Elected - why?
?' Mon of valor men of grace;
- : Men of people
r and of face:
' Govern: equal reps for all!
. Can you hoar that evil call?
Promise big wn
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Once in office; don t forget those -.'.&
who gave and those ' .-'.lk I -
who GET! ."'.
Pass a buck; save a place. '".;' '
Don't forget . . . (human race).. .
Debate discuss pass fail:
For awhile - sit
on the rail.
Now you're in . . . Your name's on glass "
forget the people kf
seek out the Brass; '
But this is wrong!
Can't you see???
This is not De-moc-ra-cy.
The peoples pride and the peoples joy
shouldn't be just a toy!
Elected for???
Elected why???
He is there to help ' $$K V
to pass to TRY; J
Men of valor men of grace:
They represent your sin-gleface;
. Keep the name upon that glass
but...
;V seek the people t- t -
":' not the brass. . H '
;
. .. ' " . ' '
A.koperberg
. . . think about it
with margaret clayton and raymon fullorton
by PEGQY CROW
Seeing m how it's rainy and
cold outside and I am sitting me
down warm and toaety in my
Utile room with the sounds of
Bngllah madrigal swirling In my
eara I'm In the perfect mood for
pulling a Julie Andrews. That la
to aay I feel very much like
sharing with you a few of my
favorite thing. So pray draw thy
newsprint to thy breast whitest I
pour forth; or whatever.
Today'a rain game may
already be a ehosen one with
you cyeltsta. If you have not yet
discovered this one beware: it
may beoome a worse obsession
than avoiding sidewalk oraoks.
But putting reason aside onward
to the game . . . Pint the eyellat
must search out the moat
rainbow-shimmering oil puddle
available. Onee apprehending
this object of hi desire he la
now ready to position his
bioyole bull-ehargingm:ttador
style at a distance afore the
puddle.
The goal from here on I
purely the aesthetic appreeiatlon
of puddle popping. There (s
great room for individual vari-
ation as one seeks personal
satisfaction in this art. Some
find their eestasy in smashing
the puddle patterns; others in
gently swirling the oil rainbows.
Experimentation will no doubt
briefly answer these qualms for
you.
My next favorite thing comes
in the form of a man. Who
eome in the form of a poet.
Whose name eome in the form
of small letters. Ah yea it's true
tk e. e. summing. Not only
does this miraculous word-man
confound grammarian and write
about balloon men and wheee
but he also lines poem of love.
Sueh a thi one which I happily
dieeovered recently.
She (Frieda Freshman)
couldn't believe she had only
been on campus three hours and
already found her Christian
husband. And so began another
thrilling episode of The Old
Snow-The-Freehman-Girle Trick
by the UpperclaasMEN of
Abilene College . . .
They met in the Bean. She
asked for red Jello. He smiled
and poured her some tea. It was
luv.
He said he would eall a soon
as he eould break away from his
BMOC meeting . . . Shall I oall
home new or after the date? . . .
Did he say bring my oar over
there ... or are we gonna walk?
. Did she say her name was
Jean or Jeanette or Johnette
oh well honey will suffice.
lverything is going great. Of
course sinee it IS luv chapel
seat together are In order She
ehangaa her major so that their
please are the aema. Hurry
through lunch and a quick dash
Into tJae bushing room (eorreo
t(s living room) for a little
after iunohestlt-ehat.
Itli been going strong for two
weeks now. He is there to pick
her Up when the dorm opens and
she drives him home at the end
of eaeh day. He suggest keeping
her oar (for "convenience").
Last word of oil-man father ring
in her ears. But surely he didn't
have my future husband in
mind she thought (handing him
the key).
He whine by at 90 mph In
"their" oar. Who we that girl
with him ask best pal. (All
Friedas have beet pal). Oh but
they are just good friend she
rationalised. (The beginning of
the end.)
She never really knew what
happened. All she did was
propose marriage and ... He
grumbled all the way to the
Dean's office. This is fourth time
be ha changed ebapal seats this
month. He I still starving; a
quick stop by the Bean.
They met in the Bean. She
asked for red ello. He smiled
and poured her some tea . . .
think about it.
(reprinted from the Opttmlet
September 11 1970.)
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Dan Rowan takes time out from
"Laugh-In" TV's tep-rated
Rowan and Martin show te have
a health eheekup. The American
Caneer Society urges a complete
checkup onee a year aa the major
defense against cancer "You
can help fight cancer" says
Rewan "with a eheekup to help
yourself and a cheek ta the So-
ciety to help others."
mrtaja
KSM)ty
1 am so glad and very
merely my fourth will cure
the laateat self of weary
the hugest sea of shore
to far your nearness reaohea
a lucky fifth of you
turn people Into each
and coward into grow
our can't were born to
happen
our moat have died In more
our twentieth will open
wide a wide open door
we are so both and oneful
night cannot be so sky
sky cannot be so aunful
1 am through you so 1
One last share before I go.
Thi pereonhood to whom I wish
to introduce to you la Macon
William's delightful creature. He
Is a grand prince who thinking
Hfe stupid lives in a world of hi
own in which he likes the thing
all people like but for different
reason. Hence the prince may
be heard moat any morning
ordering toast and color. A very
reasonable order If one happen
to like butter for it color. But
waitresses residing a world away
never seem to understand saying
they have never heard of toast
and color. The angry prince then
proceed to choke them whloh
can lead to a rather measy life
full of arresting and bookings.
But the meat is yet . . . Having
a hundred eoeker spaniels called
panties because they did that
mostly the kind prince would
ran them ragged to hear them
pant. Hence the dog got fed up
oheaed the prince against a fence
and he was eaten by his pan tie.
Need I word a moral?
So proceed we from our
private world of salny day
favorite lest we toe die marly
Wl WW? OTHfl
ecology anyone?
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Ml' 'J? Sr -..
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"I'd like you to meet my cousin Fred (rem
down back of the nuclear power plant."
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