Abilene Christian College - Prickly Pear Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Every year or so it’s something new. Be it roller skating, Toga parties, 42, backgammon or Mork, ACU students and the American public are quick to grasp any new craze that comes along. But that’s the way it has to be, so in 15 years a new generation can say, Oh Mother, you didn’t really do that, did you?”

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crossings at North 4th and Mesquite. It's mind boggling to discover that tracks cross the street between buildings and probably haven't been used for years. Oh well, they say we'll understand some day. Best vocal group. Essence. The group is comprised of Lanny Mullins, Cohn Drennan, Suzanne Martin, James Gambill, Angie Anglin and Hut” Hutto. In the fall they were chosen for a USO Carribbean tour. Best road out of Abilene. Any road that leads home. Best way to spend Christmas and spring vacation. Skiing. Instead of heading to typical Fort Lauderdale beach, college students are now heading to Winter Park, Vail and Red River. Skiing has become the “in” thing to do, something like wearing spiked heels with Best supplemental income in Abilene. An ACU professor's salary. Best “sharing experience.” Chapel, according to Dean Best all-round appliance for college survival. Any brand of popcorn popper that can also heat soup and water and fry bacon. Best profound comment at three in the morning. And I paid to do this to myself.” Denise Dillard and Vallorie Frederick Rho Alpha's second bid night in the fall. The best right) is definitely the best window. is the site of the best rendezvous(top left), and Daniels. Nick Pickle, Randy Clinton, Dave Gray, Best shower. McGlothlin Campus Center when Best rendezvous. The trees at the intersection of College Drive and Lincoln. Amorous couples like the privacy. Best equipped room. The television control room in the Morris Center. Best dorm mother. Mrs. Eloise Bern. She has been corralling freshmen in Nelson Hall for years. Best story. Cinderella” as told by Gary Hanna in the Freshman Follies. Best way to get sick. Place yourself downwind of the Bean on any day they fry chicken or shrimp.

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 Whaddya want for nothing . . . a rubber bis-kit? And so the Blues Brothers bow-bow” 'ed their way to But the Blues Brothers were only a small part of the fads of 1978-79. John Travolta and Saturday Night Fever” prompted disco dresses, disco shoes, disco shirts, disco 45s and even Disco Minutes” on TV. Why, only a few years ago the average American boy was a miniature mother into buying Fonzie linens, Fonzie toothbrushes, Fonzie underwear, Fonzie pajamas and a Fonzie doll — complete with upturned thumbs, imitation leather jacket and a drawstring Heeeeey!” Now suddenly Fonzie is old stuff and arrows through the head are in. Fads are those compulsive urges which in 1958 made the American citizenry spend $45 million on hula hoops, throw them away, then buy them back six years later for $3 more. Crazes of the 70s are far more expensive than those of the 60s. The beatniks economized. They grew beards to avoid buying razors; tripped out on free things — Oh wow ... dig the flowers! The hippies went one step further. life; and hitch-hiked wherever they couldn't walk. Unfortunately, today money has Warm-up suits, which come in sizes 18 months to 46 large, cost about $25. Prices for disco styles start at about $12 for T-shirts and go higher than Fortunately, not all fads are Thursday nights at 7 p.m., where are the crowds of students? In the Campus Center? In the library? (Only kidding.) Although some are sweating through doubt they'd much rather be planted in front of the nearest TV watching that charmingly zany alien from the planet Ork. Mork and Mindy was without a doubt the hottest new TV show on campus — as indicated by the number of ACU students who greeted each other with “Nanoo-Nanoo” and Shazbott. The show had it all — outrageous humor, the hyperactive antics of Robin Williams, a pretty girl and even an occasional moral. Along with the new TV show, an older form of entertainment swept the campus. Forty-two is a domino game that’s been played in Texas since the memory of man runneth not to the contrary,” as Pres. Stevens would put Once considered an old folks game, 42 has picked up a devoted following among students within the last few years. Probably more midnight oil is burned in dorms (especially Mabee) for 42 games than on studying for history In fact, a hot 42 game is about the only thing that could drag students away from “Mork and Mindy. Or is it the other way around? Not ones to be left behind for long, ACU students quickly joined in the phenomenon known as a Toga party. These struck college campuses across the country. The Kinsmen spring grub social was a Toga party, and a house on Ave. E, appropriately named Delta House, threw several in the spring. Inspired by the movie “Animal House, ACU's Toga parties were tame compared to the original and to those on other campuses, but they were Toga parties just the same. For those whose togas were out being cleaned, a safety-pinned sheet would do — preferably white, but if all you had was that pink floral print you got for graduation, it really didn't Comedian Steve Martin was another trend setter. Just about everything that wild and crazy guy did was imitated. Martin inspired cheerleaders, the Freshmen Follies, the triple-crown winner of Sing Song and even chapel And as if all that weren't enough to keep students busy, they also found time to see the controversial, long- running Rocky Horror Picture Show, flip butter pats onto the Bean’s ceiling (that's a no-no!) and scrounge cars. But the best thing about fads is they come and go. In two years or less, our beloved Mork will return to Ork leaving Mindy and other devotees here on