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

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of California Ronald Reagan. ACU faces dotted crowds and centerstage at the inauguration. Herb Butrum, ACU's former coordina- tor of special alumni activities, helped coordinate the inaugural festivities. The Big Purple marched down Congress Avenue in the parade. Dr. Rex Kyker, head of the depart- ment of communication, read the preamble to the U S. Constitution accompanied by the University of Texas band, and many ACU officials special guests section. ACU Vice President Bob Hunter, also executive vice president of the Independent Colleges and Uni- versities of Texas, was already be- ginning the legwork which led to passage of the Texas Equalization The sides became clearly drawn for a battle that, in the words of a state representative, would make the Thrilla in Manilla' look like a Sunday picnic. On one front, there was Speaker of the House Bill Clayton, whose ambition to be governor may be the worst kept se- cret since the Sharpstown scandal. On the other side was Clements, the man who had spent a fortune for a job that pays him what he considers pocket Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, the man who captured his political ideology ir it ain’t broke? £ astound the old guard leaving them new gov£ jpport

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Presidential candidate John Connally (middle

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teacher pay hikes in excess of five percent, a figure big city superintendents said,' We can’t live with, but he’s made it clear it’s not negotiable.’’ The teachers' outcry of he's getting even for their support of Hill, drew lots of press, but no pay raise. Despite the predictions of the lobbyists, Clements announced he'd oppose an increase in the allowed homeowner rates. Observers outside the Lone Star State anxiously awaited the legislature’s decision on scheduling the Texas Presidential primary. The opportunity to host the pre- miere primary in 1980, getting a jump on New Hamphsire, was forsaken in the interest of fiscal con- servation. It’s cheaper to have a good way to keep the conservatives voting in the Democratic primary. With appropriations unsettled and the capitol at odds with the governor’s mansion on the subject of referendum, the Prickly Pear went to press with no better guess than the Austin grapevine about how many special sessions the maverick governor would call. 140 days every two years and some have wondered if the public interest of Texas might be better served if it met two days every 140 years. But somehow it all fits with the political scene of Texas. The people who gave you Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Ma Ferguson, Billy Sol, Lyndon, Speaker Sam, and Dolph and Janey, now give you a Republican governor, senators split 50-50 and chaos on capitol hill. Is this what they mean by