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

Text from Pages 1 - 290 of the 1954 volume:

I Ml The 1954 PRICKLY PEAR Abilene Christian College CHARLIE MARLER. EDITOR GARY FREEMAN, ADVERTISING MANAGER MRS. RETTA SCOTT GARRETT, FACULTY ADVISER CONTENTS BCOK 1—THE SCHOOL BOOK 2—THE CAMPUS LIFE BOOK 3—THE RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES BOOK 4—THESE WERE KNOWN BOOK 5—THE SPORTS BOOK 6—THE ORGANIZATIONS BOOK 7—THE CLASSES BOOK 8—ADVERTISING b0(ASSESSSES LASSEIESES BOOK ESSES BOOKSSES Dedication . . . Dr. Grover Cleveland Morlan . . . BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS GIVEN TO THE PURPOSE OF DEPICTING LIFE AT THE SINGING COLLEGE, IT IS APPRO- PRIATE THAT THE 1954 PRICKLY PEAR BE DEDICATED TO A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN HIS ENTIRE LIFE, HIS SERVICE AND HIS DEVOTION TO THE SCHOOL. IT IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE HE MADE HIS EVER- LASTING PLEDGE TO THE SCHOOL WHEN HE WROTE: “To you we’ll prove faithful and loyal while ever upholding the right, And gladly we’ll give forth the royal three cheers for the purple and white.” SO TO THE MAN WHO IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SONG, “OH. DEAR CHRISTIAN COLLEGE,” THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED IN SIMPLE THANKS FOR THE ORIGIN OF THE MOST DEEPLY ROOTED TRADITION THAT “THE SINGING COLLEGE” UPHOLDS. Oh, Dear Christian College Adapted by Dr. G. C. Morlan Arr. by Leonard Burford d ecurCkr vjtu TTf The School ... ITS CAMPUS ... ITS ADMINISTRATORS ... ITS FACULTY of ACC. sings. Many, who are exes of ACC are past members of the faculty would provide an inspiring scene as they open each session with a prayer and one or two songs. In spite of the that have made the school the Singing College—there is no obvious effort by the officials to make ACC the Singing College—students just sing. SCIENCE BUILDING ZONA LUCE BUILDING ZELLNER HALL PRESIDENT’S HOME 'mm' Board of Trustees of how President’s Message . . . Administration JAMES E. FREEMAN . . . studied at Southern Methodist Univer- sity and took an M. A. degree in 1926 there. and head of that department in addition to his duties as fiscal agent. JOHN STEVENS . . . Dean of Men ... at ACC since 1948 from ACC in 1938. He was president of the graduated cum laude. He received his M. A. degree from the University of Arkansas in 1948 with history and political science majors. Universities of Arkansas and Colorado. MRS. W. C. SIKES . . . Dean of Women . . . ACC since 1927 • ■ • was graduated from ACC in 1926 with a B. A. in education with Bible and English minors. While in school she was a member of the W Club, and is now a member of the Association of University Women and the National Association of Deans of Women. Faculty . . . PROFESSORS FRED J. BARTON, Ph. D. Head of Speech Department W. EARL BROWN, M. A. Head of Social Science Department LEONARD BURFORD, Ed. D. Head of Music Department ORVAL FILBECK, Ph. D. Education and Psychology MAX LEACH, Ed. D. Head of Psychology Department GROVER C. MORLAN, Ph. D. Head of Education Department MARCUS E. MULLINGS, Ph. D. Head of Mathematics Department FRANK PACK, Ph. D. Bible PAUL SOUTHERN, Th. D. Head of Bible Department J. W. TREAT, Ph. D. Head of Modern Languages Dept. JEWELL WATSON, M. A. MARIE WILMETH, Ph. D. Head of Home Economics Department PAUL C. WITT, Ph. D. Head of Natural Science Department ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS LYLIAN GRACE ARLEDGE, M. A. Home Economics MRS. CLARENCE E. BALEY, M. A. English Faculty FRANCIS M. CHURCHILL, M. A. Head of Agriculture Department DEWEY DAVIS, M. S. Agriculture FLOYD W. DUNN, Ph. D. Chemistry J. R. ENDSLEY, M. A. RETTA SCOTT GARRETT, M. A. English REX P. KYKER, M. A. Speech HCSEA H. LEWIS, M. A. Physics and Mathematics JOHN P. LEWIS, M. A., B. D. LeMOINE LEWIS, S. T. B. Bible L. HAVEN MILLER, M. A. BURNYA MAE MOORE, M. A. Home Economics B. FRANK RHODES, Ph. D. J. W. ROBERTS, M. A. Bible RALPH A. SMITH, Ph. D. Social Science J. D. THOMAS, M. A. Bible . . Faculty ASSISTANT PROFESSORS JOHN D. ANDERSON, M. M. Music T. W. COLBY, M. S. GAYLAN JANE COLLIER, M. A. Speech JAMES WILLIAM CULP, M. A. English MRS. DEWEY DAVIS, B. F. A. CLARA MAE ELLIS. M. A. English A. OVERTON FAUBUS, B. A. Business Administration DOUGLAS E. FRY, B. S. Music MRS. PENN GILBREATH, M. A. DONICE HAWES, M. S. Home Economcis A. Z. HAYS, M. E. Education Faculty . . . CALLIE FAYE MILLIKEN, M. A. Head Librarian A. B. MORRIS, B. S. Head of Physical Education Dept. MRS. M. T. PASSMORE, M. B. A. Business Administration PAUL W. ROTENBERRY, M. A. GUY A. SCRUGGS, M. A. Physical Education ERNEST D. SHELTON, M. S. English W. C. SIKES, M. A. Mathematics METTA DEAN SMITH, M. A. Physical Education JUANITA TITTLE, M. A. Head of Art Department MIMA ANN WILLIAMS, M. A. English J. ROY WILLINGHAM, Jr., M. S. Biology WOODROW WILSON, B. A., B. D. Bible INSTRUCTORS LYNDON C. ALLEN, B. S. GARVIN BEAUCHAMP, M. A. Physical Education H. DOUGLAS DEAN, B. S. Biology . . Faculty MARY BETH D’SPAIN, B. A. Music LEWIS FULKS, M. A. Speech GAY GOLDEN, M. A. MRS. MARY HALE HARLOW, M. - L. D. HILTON, M. E. Business Administration PHYLLIS HOYT, B. M. Music ROBERT L. JOHNSON, M. A. Bible MRS. GORMAN KENLEY, M. A. Education JERRY DEAN LYON, B. B. A. Business Administration BILL McCLURE, M. E. Physical Education J. C. McCURDY, B. A. Business Administration JOHN T. McKINNEY, B. A. Modern Languages MRS. FRANK PACK, M. E. English RICHARD C. PALM, B. M. Music O. T. SHIPP, Jr., M. S. Industrial Arts Faculty . . . NORMAN WHITEFIELD, B. A. ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS NORRIS C. CAMPBELL, B. S. Speech BILL DECKER, M. A. EVERETT FERGUSON, B. A. ROBERT E, (BOB) SCOTT, : MRS. ELIZABETH BEATY, ! MERLENE DENMAN JANE GRUBAUGH, R. N. IRVIN D. HILER, B. JON JONES, B. S. . Faculty HELEN MORAN, B. S. Secretary to Fiscal Agent MRS. BERNICE McCLINTOCK . LURYL NISBETT, B. . MRS. RICHARD C. PALM MRS. J. W. ROBERTS, B. C. L. SMITH ROBERT L. STEWART, B. S. ELISE TAPP. B. A. BILL TEAGUE. B. A. Assistant to President MRS. MARY TITSWORTH Hostess of Zellner Hall IRA S. TRANTHAM id Grounds I The Campus Life ... IS SPICED BY . . . WOULD-BE-CARUSOS’ . SPONTANEOUS SINGING . . . everywhere. Everybody enjoys singing and does sing at the Singing College. They sing anywhere—in the Students Exchange, in their labs, at their campus jobs, on the buses, at club meetings, at picnics, on hayrides, in the showers, over at Woosleys, down in the SAC—just anywhere you The usual thing that happens after the picnic grub and everyone is sitting around feeling full and sentimental, is for someone to suggest “why don’t we sing?” That’s all else suggests “Tell Me Why,” and the gang has settled down for their own rendition of the day’s hit parade and the old Mabe Day Mabee Foundation. The original inspects the duplicat ‘Through these portals Frank E. Stickle, trustee of the Mabee Foundation, unveils the placque dedicating the dorm. Homecoming Activities The blaze was touched off by the senior football players Tiny Moore, Gallant watchdogs! CT Job Is Done . . . Bonfire Burns “Keepers of the Flame Warm tribute to the Fish of ’57. A.C.C. 28 - McMurry 6 ravishing beauties? Down Abners I i ■ Vl £ ClVin You ;!: Kickapoo” Campell drains the jug . . . Dogpatch royalty. The torch parade caught by a time exposure from the top of Morris Stadium . . . There’s one in every crowd (That one straggling light to the side is Lloyd Deal.) Dig that crazy weiner Building Up A Little Wildcat Spirit Hey, where’s the fire?” The Faculty At A Glance Ken Rasco, the happy man with the smile The Italian basso and the French nasal are adequately demonstrated. Fish Banquet . . . Glee Club Sweetheart Ohhhh, aren’t we all happy. Joan Brooks is presented as the first Sweetheart of Men’s Glee Club. Picnics, Picnics, Picnics . . . Cowtown serenaders picnic at the State Park. “Eddie Arnold” Boren gives out with a tune . . your eyes, charred weiners, a rough, cold wind, the night before Christmas” . . . Just a party. Smoke in They're Working Their Way Through College This was the publicity crew. “This book is due Feb. 17, please” . . . They take their job It's All In A Day “Knit one, pearl two . . After chapel scramble for the the mail Bertie’s Beanry boys bury barre Students Exchange . . . Melody What's What In A.C.C. Hi! Ho! Splinter . . . Campus Queen (You can have three guesses who and then we will tell you that it is Tommy Carter.) Bright boy Bramblett Lyon . . . You can tou jig and little of it ... A bass (fish) mouthed tenor, Billy doubt about his ancestry. A Whirl Around The Campus The ACC Amazons. lush, Ronald, Mush” . . . Stage crew working Park gets into the limelight . . . Whom’s she w Ken “Burford” Helterbrand and Reid “Ronald” Earnhart, “Icebound” sets . . . Say Eddie, he needs a little on top . tonight? . . . Who got more attention than Chris?_____ They fly o’er the ice with the greatest of ease . . . Spread eagle Stolz . . . Cracked up . . . Ohhhh, Prentice . Halftime Frivolity Moneybag Sikes—you had better watch him, boys. Fashion-plate Scott shows off the latest Fifth Avenue creations. u The Religious Activities . . HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY WORSHIP ... IN PSALMS AND HYMNS . . . AND SPIRITUAL SONGS” . . . ever since the College was founded in 1906 when the students gathered together for a chapel period in which two or three hymns were sung. Chapel singing is only one such activity. One newspaperman described one of the Tuesday “The chill night was suddenly filled with the soft strains of ‘Nearer My God to Thee.’ “There in the darkness, and without any given signal, “The first song was completed. I waited for some one to address the 400 college students, but, again without a word being spoken, the voices drifted into ‘My Jesus I Love “As the February moon broke into the clear, and as the heavens became a mass of stars, a male voice began to repeat, ‘The heavens declare the glory of God: and the firmament showeth his handiwork . . .’ “Then there was a brief prayer and the students started singing ‘Abide With Me.’ “As a conclusion, another began ‘Blest Be the Tie that Binds,’ and everyone, with one voice, joined in the hymn. Then all left, going the various ways to their dormitories— no noise, no boisterous laughing.” Girls' Training Class sons with them in mind. Speakers each Friday night at 6:30 o’clock bring lessons on such things our faith, and methods of teaching different age Girls’ Training Class panel discussion on the problems of “Friendship.’ Each meeting is designed to help meet the spirit- ual needs of the girls and is under the direction of the elders of the College Church of Christ. The class will be a success if its members become better Christian women, wives, and mothers be- cause of the lessons they have heard in these meetings. Men's Forum Meeting at the same time as Girls’ Training Class, 6:30 p.m. each Friday, Men’s Forum is designed for the men of ACC to bring them lessons to fill their particular needs. Forum, rather than being for just the preacher students, is for all the men in school with lessons on such subjects as a stronger faith, tendencies in the church, Men’s Forum further education, being real men, playing the Christian role all week. Practical lessons were also brought on the work of a preacher, in the sense that every Christian is a preacher. Speakers included faculty members, local preachers, and preachers from other towns. MAX HUGHES Mission Study Class From the Valley, from Korea, from Wisconsin, from Mexico, from Africa the reports came to the Mission Study Class. Each speaker telling of the progress and needs of the Lord’s work in his field. Many of the speakers in 1953-54 were ex-students who two or three years before had been members of Mission Study Class. Other speakers were the Mission Study Class older, battle-scarred soldiers of the Cross. Missioi Study, under the direction of the Elders of th« College Church of Christ, meets each Wednesday at 6 p.m. The common plea from all the worker! in all the different fields was the same —foi The Great Command . . . Monday Night Meeting J These Were Known . . . FOR BEAUTY . . . FOR FRIENDLINESS . . . FOR LEADERSHIP ... at the Singing College. These are the students that were selected, largely by the students themselves, as the out- standing people on the campus in upholding its traditions of friendliness, fine leadership, and scholarship. The Beauty and Favorite selections were made by student balloting while the Student Life Committee chose the individuals for Honor Boy, Honor Girl, and the Who's Who selections. Beauty . . . . . . Lola Anderson Patty Bentley . . • . . . Beauty Beauty . . . . . . Joan Billingsley Beauty Patsy Etter . . • Beauty . . . . . . Betty Boles Freemai Shirley Goodpasture . . . . . Beauty Beauty . . . . . . Nancy Oldham Yvonne Ragle . . . . . . Beauty BOBBIE ABSTON MARY LOU RYAN All-School Favorites . . . LOLA ANDERSON J. W. CAMPBELL Senior Favorite . . . . Linda Fly Max Hughes . . . . . Senior Favorite Junior Favorite . . . . . . Peggy Gambill . . . Junior Favorite Fuzzy Lunsford . . Sophomore Favorite . . . . . . Edyne Miller Sophomore Favorite . . J. E. Braziel Freshman Favorite . . . . . . Glenda Parks Leondous Fry . . . . . . Freshman Favorite Runners-Up Honor Girl . . . . . . Anita Wood Jack Scott. . . . . . Honor Boy LaRUE BOYD, senior elementary education major from Tipton, Okla., because she ... is Senior Class secretary . . . Delta Theta president . . . is member of Optimist Staff, Press Club, Ellen H. Richards, W Club, CSO, Kitten Klub, and FTA. TOMMY BURLESON, senior medical technology major from Oklahoma City, Okla., because he . . . is speaker of the House ... was Junior Class president and Sophomore Class vice president . . . is Frater Sodalis vice president ... is member of Circle K. Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities BOBBY CAMPBELL, senior medical technology major from Abilene, because he . . . is co-captain of 1953 football squad . . . co-president of C Club. TOM CROUCH, senior business administration major from Texarkana, Tex., because he ... is Melpomenean president ... is member of Alpha Psi Omega, Circle K, Frater Sodalis, Gamma Epsilon Who’s Who American MARGARET D’SPAIN, senior music education president . . . W Club treasurer ... is member of A Cappella, Ko-Jo-Kai, Orphesians. PATSY ETTER, senior education major from Abi- lene, because she ... is president of Kitten Klub, GATA . . . secretary of Pi Epsilon Beta, Alpha Chi . . . member of CSO, McKinzie Council, FTA. LINDA FLY, senior English major from Phillips, because she ... is McDonald Council president . . . Pickwickian vice president . . . Press Club secretary . . . member of CSO, W Club, Alpha GARY FREEMAN, senior Greek major from San president . . . Prickly Pear business manager . . . member of Pickwickians, Pi Epsilon Beta, A Club. MAX HUGHES, senior secondary education major from Freer, because he ... is Student Association vice president ... is member of Circle K, FTA, Mabee Council. Universities and Colleges • u J A BURL McCOY, senior physical education major from Merkel, because he ... is member of A Cappella, Men’s Glee Club, Frater Sodalis, Track squad . . . was on basketball team last year. BETTY McDERMETT, senior English major from Abilene, because she ... is Optimist editor . . . Zeta Rho vice president ... is member of W Club, CSO, East Texas Club, Sigma Tau Delta. JOANNE McKINNEY, senior psychology major from Kansas City, Mo., because she . . . was Girls’ Training Class leader ... is member of Jayhawk Club, McDonald Council. GERRY PERKINS, senior art major from Pampa, because she ... is CSO president . . . Los Ale- gres vice president ... is member of Alpha Chi, CHAPIN ROSS, senior Bible major from Sulphur Springs, because he ... is KACC manager . . . is member of A Club, Alpha Psi Omega, Melpome- neans, Phi Delta Psi. Universities and Colleges JACK SCOTT, senior Bible major from Sweet- water, because he . . . is Student Association pres- ident . . . Alpha Chi vice president . . . member of Frater Sodalis, A Club, Forum, Pi Kappa Delta. GRACIE WALES, senior secretarial training major from Eden, because she ... is member of Delta Theta, W Club, Gamma Epsilon, FTA, Science Club. WALLS WITT, senior chemistry major from Free- port, because he ... is Chi Beta Pi vice president ... is member of Alpha Chi, Houston-Gulf Coast Club. ANITA WOOD, senior music major from Musko- gee, Ckla., because she . . . is Student Association secretary . . . FTA vice president . . . McKinzie Council president . . . member of Kitten Klub, Alpha Chi, W Club, CSO, Ko-Jo-Kai, A Cappella. HAROLD WOOSLEY, senior psychology major from Abilene, because he ... is member of basketball squad and Sub T-16 first mate. Who's Who in the Senior Class . . . Front row: Linda Fly, Houston Goodspeed, Anita Wood. Second row: Max Hughes, Diane Estes King, Jack Scott. Third row: LaRue Boyd, Patsy Etter, Gary Freeman. Fourth row: Tommy Burleson, Jimmy Jackson, John Clovis. . Who’s Who in the Junior Class ont row Bernice Bourland, Annette Lee, Fuzzy Lunsford, Max Leach, Jerry Barnhart. Second row: James Cobb, Glenn Wamble, 1. Who's Who in the Sophomore Class . . Left to right: Ira Hill, Lanny Henninger, Lacreta . . . Who's Who in the Freshman Class Left to right: Leondous Fry, Jenny Appleton, Walter Kreidel, Howard Norton, Bill Young. The Sports . . . SCRIBES DUBBED . . . THE WILDCATS . “THE SINGING CHRISTIANS” . . back in 1950 when they were rolling to an undefeated, untied season on the gridiron; they were most famous as a team of singers. That year they played Gustavus Adolphus in the Refrigerator Bowl in Evansville, Indiana. Before the game they gave a fifteen minute radio program of singing. Following a victory over the McMurry Indians at the Homecoming game this year a story written by Fred Sanner, REPORTER-NEWS sports writer, read like this: “As usual the Singing Wildcats lived up to their name on the bus back to ACC Hill with Don (Half-Moon) Mullins leading the hallelujah jam session. Guard Martin Duncan, a voice major from Chickasha, Okla., was prevailed upon mock applause every time he opened his mouth.” The 1953 Football Story Losing only three tilts out of a ten game out ACC’s competition as members of the Texas Unusually, Coach Garvin Beauchamp’s men began the season even before registration for the fall semester was underway with a night game This game started the season off in high. A replay of each game of the season would reveal ten weekends of action-packed football as follows: FAIR PARK STADIUM, Sept. 12—Late in the third quarter here tonight the ACC Wildcats re- fused to budge another inch and clawed back to hand the Southwest Texas State Bobcats a 26-19 defeat. The game opened the season for both teams. Leondous Fry, a freshman quarterback, play- ing his first game in college competition pitched and ran the Wildcats to victory as he gained a total of 47 yards in seven carries and completed four of nine passes for 79 yards. Fry passed for one touchdown and slashed over for another. Jimmy Hirth returned a punt 76 yards for one Wildcat counter and Gene Boyd pitched to end Von Morgan for another. Later in the game Mor- gan scored again as Fry hit him with a pass for a 60-yard TD play. COMMERCE,' Sept. 19—East Texas State ex- tended its win streak to 20 here tonight as they tripped the Abilene Christian Wildcats by a slim 28-27 margin. The game was a thriller all the way as the teams matched touchdown for touchdown but the Wildcats failed to convert after one TD and the Lions capitalized on it for the win. The Lions’ George Riley scored first but then ACC came back with Jimmy Hirth flipping to Von Morgan for a counter. Gene Boyd smashed across a few minutes later to put the Purple and White Cats ahead. Before the half had ended the Lions pulled ahead 14-13. The Cats then came back with a duplicate of an earlier touchdown play—Hirth to Morgan for six points. Hirth later added a 39-yard dash for another six points but the failure to 1953 FOOTBALL SCORES 26 Southwest Texas State 19 27 East Texas State 28 7 Arkansas State 19 13 Midwestern University 7 20 Florida State University 7 28 McMurry (Homecoming) 6 26 Lamar Tech 21 14 '•'Texas A I 25 25 Austin College 13 34 Howard Payne College 6 ME CHRISTIAN COLLEGE GENE BOYD LAURENCE BRAMBLETT WAYNE BRAMHALL Fullback End Guard convert one point in the first half doomed the Wildcats as the ET Lions roared back for two more touchdowns and the victory. JONESBORO, ARK., Sept. 26—Ritchie Woit over the Abilene Christian College Wildcats to- night. The Wildcats tried hard enough but the door to the touchdown room was slammed in their faces Indians but the highlight of the game was a slithering 65-yard punt return for the Wildcats’ Tommy Morris, alert left end for the Cats, wasn’t enough to stop the Indians. to work on. The final paydirt thrust was made by ACC halfback Tommy Morris from the FSU 2-yard line. FAIR PARK STADIUM, Oct. 17—Leondous Fry and Von Morgan ganged up on the McMurry Indians this afternoon as they executed three TD pass plays to hand ACC a 28-6 victory over their Little Jimmy Hirth playing with a novacain filled ankle, swept around left end for the Wild- cats’ other counter. Fry booted all three conver- Three of the Wildcats’ scoring plays came in the opening period which entirely demoralized the Indians as they trailed 21-0 until late in the third quarter. Homecoming Queen . . . . . . Patsy Etter Homecoming Royalty . . . . . . Bottom row: LOLA ANDERSON and BARBARA KING . . . Second row: NORMA SOUTHERN, ANITA WOOD, DIANE ESTES KING . . . Third row: MARY SUE MERRITT and BETTY WORLEY The 1953-54 Basketball Story Outplayed, the 1953-54 Wildcat cagers lost 15 games of a 21 game slate during the season. Despite this dismal record, the Cats closed out the season with a bright note as they won their last Texas Conference basketball game by beating the already crowned TC champs, Howard Payne College, in the final game of the season by an 88-71 count. Three of ACC’s wins were in the conference and the two others were over Eastern New Mexico University 66 to 56 in the Sunshine Tournament and Midwestern University in a 78 to 70 upset victory. TOMMY MORRIS VIRGIL BENNETT Bill McClure, backfield coach and assistant basketball coach. The Wildcat Sports Story of the Year ABILENE, TEX., Nov. 5—Abilene Christian College will withdraw from the Texas Conference at the Loop’s December meeting; it was announced Tuesday night at a special meeting of the executive committee of the col- lege’s Board of Trustees. ACC is withdrawing from the conference in hopes of “Improving our athletic situation by permitting the arrangement of better schedules and the development of a better balanced program,” according to President Morris. Coach Garvin Beauchamp emphasized to the executive committee that the coaches “have no intention of going big time or sacrificing a single principle we stand for.” ACC will go independent in athletics “until such time as a new conference can be formed,” according to a resolution passed by the faculty athletic committee. ACC entered the loop in the fall of 1933 and has participated in conference football, basketball, track and field, tennis, and golf activities with the exception of the war years, 1943, 1944, and 1945. Cheerleaders . . . . . NOLA SUE COLE and ROSEMARY HARLOW . . . DOUGLAS FRANKLIN and JEROME SAVAGE . . . MAX LEACH, Head Cheerleader '54 Track Stoi ilous ACC Wildcaj (3) Become the Tex; April 2 and 3. Deadlines i in this record.) The fottcn “The greatest affiti [describes this year’s personnel as on on March 13 at the Border Oly Texas State with a total of 45‘4s LEPARD. GEORGE ADRIAN 9C ■v,we we had since the war.’.And frankly, he expects his ' itself the best Ever to represent ACC.” formers ever — 1 ‘Coach Oliver J; The Catsj finished s had 53%. It was a great day or sophomore Mack Clark as he wiped out a twenty year low hurdle mark of 23.9 with a 23.4 time. In doing so he also erased an all-time ACC record of 23.7 which had stood since 1934. M all. Coach Oliver Jackson’s men took six first places at the Border r anchored the 440-relay team to a 43.1 time and first place. The mile relay team took a first place with a comparatively slow 1954 TRACK SCHEDULE March 13—Border Olympics at Laredo. March 20—Quadrangular Meet at Austin. (Uni- versity of Texas, Southwest Texas, Howard Payne, and ACC). March 27—West Texas Relays at Odessa. March 27—All-College Meet at San Marcos. April 2, 3—Texas Relays at Austin. April 14—Five-way Meet at Abilene. (Texas Tech, McMurry, Hardin-Simmons, West Texas State, and ACC). April 17—Kansas Relays at Lawrence, Kan. April 24—Drake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa. May 1—Dual Meet with North Texas in Abilene. May 6—Triangular Meet at College Station. (Texas A M, North Texas, and ACC). May 13, 14—Texas Conference meet in Abilene. June 4, 5—NAIA Meet in Abilene. June 11, 12—NCAA Meet in Ann Arbor, Mich. The 1953-54 Intramural Story The intramural scene during the 1953-54 year was dominated by the Aggies of the National League in football and the Pirates of the American League in basketball. The Aggies beat the Frats 12-7 to take the football crown the second straight year. It was also the second straight year that the Frats were in the World Championship play. The Pirates beat the Beanies 48-44 to take the basketball championship. Other intramural activities were softball, tennis, and badminton. AGGIES: WORLD SERIES CHAMPS The 1954 Tennis Story The scrappiest bunch of tennis players ever to swing rackets for the ACC Wildcats kept the tennis courts of Texas schools sizzling with their classy play this spring. At the time this story was written they had a 6-1 record written down in the books—the best ever owned by a Cat net squad. The only match they had dropped was to TCU in Fort Worth. Later in a return match played on the ACC courts the Cats took the Horned Frogs into The Cats took two sets from the Texas A M netters, a 6-0 sweep of the Baylor University team, a 4-3 victory over East Texas State, a 5-1 win over Tarleton State College, and trounced the Texas Tech Red Raiders 6-3 on April 10. They could be classed as just about the hottest Coach Guy A. Scruggs’ charges are largely underclassmen, which was even more encouraging when considering the future of tennis on “The Hill.” Max Leach, Jr., the No. 1 man, is a junior and a two year letterman. Jerry Griffitts, No. 2, No. 4; and Jack McCall, No. 5; are all freshmen. Jack Arnold the No. 6 man is a returnee to the squad—he played for the Cats in 1949 before going to the armed services. Walcher and West were teamed up as the No. 1 doubles team for Coach Scruggs. Leach and Griffitts were No. 2 and McCall and Arnold played the No. 3 spot in doubles. Matches with Texas Western on April 17 and another return with TCU on April 26 in Fort Worth were also on the Cat slate. The Texas Conference meet was held on the ACC courts May 14. SANDFORD DOGGETT RONNIE WALCHER JERRY GRIFFITTS The 1953-54 Badminton Story Again the Wildcat badminton squad completely dominated the Texas badminton scene in 1953-54. This is turning into an annual custom for Coach Guy A. Scruggs’ teams. Jimmy Jackson, No. 1 player on the squad, was ranked as the No. 8 junior player in the nation by the American Badminton Association. In the Texas Intercollegiate Tourney and the Texas Open tourney the team walked away with almost every honor. It was an all-ACC finals in the Intercollegiate division. Jackson beat Don Kinney in the men’s singles. Nola Sue Cole triumphed over La Verne Counts in women’s singles. Nola Sue Cole and Wilma Maddox trounced Celia Ann Johnson and LaVerne Counts in women’s doubles. In mixed doubles Jackson and Nola Sue Cole won over Kinney and Counts in mixed doubles and Jackson and Kinney took Tommy Burleson and Bob Ellis in men’s doubles. In the consolation bracket of the Intercollegiate tourney Burleson took the men’s singles title. Ben Cole beat Jackson for the Open Tourney men’s singles crown. Cole and Jackson then teamed up to go to the finals in the men’s doubles event. The Organizations . . . MUSICAL GROUPS . . . ADD A PROFESSIONAL . . . TOUCH TO SCHOOL’S FAME ... as the Singing College. The eighty-voice A Cappella chorus and the forty-voice Men’s Glee Club sang religious states, and gave dozens of concerts. In addition they were the music and drama departments. But for the other thirteen hundred students who do not in this section provide an outlet for the urge to harmonize since group singing is a favorite pastime at club outings. The Students' Association Approximately 1,450 students enrolled in ACC last fall to become part of that big family called the Students’ Association. This was the largest enrollment since the post-war rush for college educations—the prospects for a great year were booming—and as the year roiled along it was great. Led by the officers of the Students’ Association—Jack Scott, president; Max Hughes, vice presi- dent; and Anita Wood, secretary; the students pitched in whole heartedly to make this year a success. One of the biggest projects ever sponsored by the Association leaders was the chartered train trip to Wichita Falls for the football game with the Midwestern Indians. This trip fused every student in the college into one as it built up the Wildcat spirit. Then came Homecoming. The Student Body officers aided in making the 1953 event one of the biggest. Oh yes, the Council purchased a Wildcat as the official mascot. He was dubbed Chris but fate set in as the fellow died during the Christmas holiday. These were not the only activities sponsored by the student govern- ment—there was the freshman jamboree, the Sadie Hawkins week activities, and the annual carnival held March 19. Also one of the main projects of this group of leaders was to bring the constitution of the Students’ Association up to date by amending it. Amendments were worked out and put before the student body. Every proposed amendment passed almost unanimously. ACC was also the center of student government throughout Texas since Jon Jones, graduate student, was presi- dent of the Texas Intercollegiate Students’ Association. Student Council The Student Council is the chief governing body of the Students’ Association. The Council met each Tuesday night in the SAC and decided upon many of the details which made such activities as the Midwestern train trip go off so smoothly. The Council is composed of the officers of the Students’ Association, the presidents of the four classes and the speaker . Henderson, sophomore; Bourland,_ junior; A. Lee, junior (secretary); T. Burleson, senior (speaker); Y. Ragle, TOMMY BURLESON House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the governing body of the Students’ Association at ACC. Members of the House are elected by the classes—four from each class plus the class vice president and secretary. As one of its main functions the house votes on issues which concern the welfare of the student body or makes suggestions. As a rule most of the issues which are enacted upon by the House are passed down to them from the Student Council. Once the course of action is decided upon the House aids the Council in carrying it out. A Club The A Club is the men's honor organization on the campus of ACC and is devoted to the purpose of serving as an incentive for the development of leadership and the growth of Christian manhood through student activities. Membership in the organi- zation is based upon scholarship, leadership, participation in extra-curricular activities, and devotion to Abilene Christian College and her ideals. The motto of the club is, “We live to PRESTON PARKER Girls' Sextet Wanda Kelley . . . . . . Aggie Sweetheart Alpha Chi HOUSTON GOODSPEED Big D Club Big “D”—Dallas! Patriotism for the Big D town and formation of better friendships among the students of ACC who hail from Dallas and small surounding towns is the pur- included a skating party held during the first semester and a Christmas party in the home of Lynda Hall in Dallas during the Christmas holidays. C Club Lettermen in the sports of football, basketball, track and field, and tennis at ACC are all eligible for membership in this organization which gives recognition to Wildcat athletes. The club held a breakfast during Homecoming week at the Y.M.C.A. for all ex-members of the groups who were attend- ing the annual festivities. Bobby Campbell who is not pictured was co-president of the C Club with Weldon Hayes. WELDON HAYES Cadettes California Club Circle K Circle K Club at ACC is the two year old son of the down- town Kiwanis Clubs. It is a men’s service organization. As men- tioned above they are affiliated with the Kiwanis and also with the International Circle K group. Members of the group are mote campus activities. One of the largest jobs taken on by the organization was the task of ushering during the 1953 and the 1954 Lectureships. Each year as one of their foremost aims they purchase a gift for some department of the school. Last year a trampoline was presented to the physical education department with the proceeds from a show staged by the Flying Cats. GLENN WAMBLE Delta Theta ROGER RUMMEL East of the Mississippi Club The East of the Mississippi Club is a geographical organi- zation which consists of students hailing from east of the Big Creek. A glance at the picture above might lead one to believe that it was the Roger Rummel Fan Club, but, to the contrary that is not so. The main function of the year was a picnic held in the Scout Hut during the second semester. East Texas Club Why this group of students ever came out to this wind blown land to go to school when they could have the trees and grass of East Texas we sometimes wonder. The East Texas Club is another geographical organization which is comprised of the students whose homes are in that area. The highlight of the year for the club was a hayride out to the State Park which was rained out, almost. BOBBY HOUNSEL NONA SUE KEENON Ellen H. Richards When this club meets the house is full of housekeepers for its members are all interested in home economics. The purpose of the organization is to provide professional, business, and social experience through its associations and to prepare the members for a life of home economics. Each fall and spring the activities of EHR are highlighted by a formal banquet. tv Eta Beta Pi Flying Cats The Flying Cats is a junior organization—that is it has been here since 1951 when a couple of freshmen, Doug Franklin and Ben Zickefoose, dreamed up the idea of the club and it was a hit at once. The group has grown into one of the most popular entertaining groups in this area, not only giving pro- grams at ACC but in Abilene and the neighboring towns. They do everything from doing hand stands on top of five chairs, stacked upon top of one another, to clown acts. Future Teachers of America Future Teachers of America Frater Sodalis GLENN WAMBLE Beta Chapter of Frater Sodalis, men’s soeial club, which was formed on the ACC campus eleven years ago, grew to its largest membership this year when eight new members were taken in during the spring semester bringing the membership to thirty-six. The year was climaxed by the annual Sweetheart Banquet when Lacreta Isbell was presented as the Frat Sweet- heart. Other activities included a hayride, the annual sham battle, and the sunrise breakfast at which the officers for 1954-55 were announced. Lacrefa Isbell . . • Frater Sodalis Sweethearts You’re the sweetheart of Frater Sodalis You’re the girl that we cherish so true. With a smile on your face, You have shown by your grace Whenever we all shall depart Your love, we hold dearly, Will always remain in our heart. GATA GATA, women’s social club, was organized in 1920 and is the oldest social club on the campus of ACC. Its colors of red and white, emblems of love and purity, show the club striving to develop oersonalitv, leadership, initiative, and social poise. The innual climax of GATA activities is the spring banquet. PATSY ETTER ” McClintock (reporter), Bobo (secretary), A. Lee (treasurer), 1 Gamma Epsiloi Gamma Epsilon BOBBIE ABSTON l, May, Mayhew, E. Miller, Monroe, B. Morgan, F. Morris, B. Morrow. ss, McCarley, McKee. McKinnon, R. Phillips, Pogue, V. Porter, Prather. . Stephens, I. Stewart, Sumerford. N. Taylor, Thedford, M. Thomas, B. Thompson. Golden West Club A redheaded Westerner blew onto the campus last fall with big ideas and converted the Golden West Club into the most active geographical organization on the campus. The “Hi! You Guys!” signs announcing the meetings of the club became familiar landmarks. By the way the redhead was Dick Shelton. To top the year off the club held a banquet during the spring semester—the only one of the year that a geographical club held. Heart of Texas Club geographical club which is formed live in the area around Austin and Waco. From the looks of this picture for these girls—really there are some ing that night. Ex Libris Ex Libris, meaning from the book, was organized in 1953. The purpose of the organization is to create and stimulate an interest in the use of the library, to promote good library service, to help publicize the activities of the library and to strengthen the band of friendship between members of the library staff. Houston-Gulf Coast Club Students of the Houston-Gulf Coast area comprise the membership of this geographical club which was about thirty- five strong this year. During November members and dates journeyed out to Fort Phantom Hill Lake where the fall picnic was held. The activities of the club were concluded with a picnic during the spring semester. JACK BILLS International Club Kappa Kappa Psi Keppa Kappa Psi, national honorary bandsmen fraternity, recognizes outstanding work among the men of the Wildcat Band. Members of the organization have had several projects including the painting of the music stands in the band hall and fixing the music folders for the band tour—in this sense it acts as a band service organization. The highlight of the year for Kappa Kappa Psi was the presentation of Darlene Weide as their sweetheart. Kappa Kappa Psi has been on the ACC campus since 1950. DARLENE WEIDE Kitten Klub The Kitten Klub is the girls’ pep organization which usually has some eighty to ninety members. The main function of the club is to promote the Wildcat spirit among the fans. sit in a group at most of the athletic events. The climax of the year was the presentation of Patsy Etter, president, as the Most Valuable Member of the Year at the annual spring banquet. Bobo (secretary). B. Brown, R. Allen, Hail'ey. Bush, J. Roberts, J. Mitchell. Second row: N. Lacy, M. Taylor, P. Stephens, J. Brooks, Boswell, Carpenter, H: Neal, Poynor, Puckett. Fourth row: Roley, J. Wooley, M. Miller, Hawkins, Bauder, Pratt, Pickens, G. Vaughn, Graves, Copeland, R. Shelton, McLeod, M. FUth row: S. Garrett Hufstedler, C. Wamble, Belew, N. Morgan, Welihausen, W. Walker, E. Miller, Kleeman, Weide, Coffee. Patsy Etter . . . . . . Most Valuable Member CHARLOTTE HARRISON Jayhawk Club The Jay hawks is not an ornotho- logical organization as its strange name might suggest. Neither is it a specie of extinct birds. It is a geo- graphical organization whose mem- bership is composed of those students at ACC who hail from the state of Kansas. Its purpose is to promote a closer relationship between these stu- dents. Le Cercle Francois Le Cercle Francais, translated li- The membership of the club is made up of students who are enrolled in French courses and are interested in furthering their knowledge of the lan- guage and the people. C. L. SMITH Mabee Dorm Council For the first year since the girls took over McDonald Hall the boys of Abilene Christian College have had a dorm to live of better coordinating and carrying out the suggestions and representative from each floor of each wing and the supervi- sors, C. L. Smith and Richard Palm. Men's Glee Club Melpomenean Players Melpomenean Players, the dramatics organization, staged two major productions this year and joined with the music de- partment in the presentation of the opera “Aida.” “The Hasty Heart” was produced in the fall with Dwight Worley, Rita Jo Allen and Jim Wright in the lead roles. The spring production was “Icebound” in which Chapin Ross, Ken Miller, and Jean Kleeman played the starring roles. All these Melpoms aren't actors, however, for membership is gained through other theat- rical activities such as lighting, makeup, publicity, sets, and house management. The dramatic productions at ACC are en- hanced by the sets designed by Lewis Fulks. McDonald Dorm Council The McDonald Dorm Council is the center of all McDonald activities with the rough draft of functions in the dorm being born and finished in after-devotional meetings. A get-acquaint- ed-with-everyone-in-the-dorm coke party in September opened the calendar’s events, followed by a costume Halloween party. Another coke party was held in January for all the new girls in the dorm. Open house in February brought hundreds of guests in to inspect the rooms of the 152 occupants. The 1953-54 activi- for the entire dorm and guests—it was the first in the history McKinzie Dorm Council Orphesian Society The Orphesian Society of music seeks to further the study and production of good music on the campus. It sponsored monthly recitals in McKinzie parlor for the first time this year featuring different music department students. In all its ac- tivities the Society strives to prove that “a day can be a melody, a year can be a song, and a lifetime can be a symphony.” The Optimist Member Texas Intercollegiate Press Club Editor Sports Editor Photographer Faculty Adviser STAFF BETTY McDERMETT LINDA FI.Y BERT SHIPP BO DEAN PARHAM ALICE McDERMETT LaRUE BOYD CHARLIE MARLER RUTH McBRIDE J. W. CAMPBELL REX VERMILLION WALTER E. BURCH DEAN HOWARD President Panhandle Club One of the strongest regional delegations on the campus this year was the group of panhandlers who blew in with tiie first sand storm last fall. The Panhandle Club is a geographical club which is organized for the purpose of bringing the slu- the fall and spring picnics. BOB KRANER Phi Delta Psi Phi Delta Psi is one of the four men’s social clubs on the ACC campus and is the youngest of these, being in existence only two years. Activities of the year included steak frys, bean feeds, and the climax of the year was the spring banquet. Pi Kappa Delta Pi Kappa Delta owns the distinction of being one of the newest organizations on the campus. A formal definition of the club would show that it is the national honorary debate frater- nity. Its members can claim the honor of being part of one of the most successful debate teams in ACC’s history. Pi Epsilon Beta GENE PATTERSON Pi Epsilon Beta, the art enthusiast’s club, serves the pur- pose of further interests in creative art among the students of ACC and to acquaint the art student with his profession. Pre- Models of 1954 at the annual spring banquet climaxed the acti- Darlene Weide . . . Faye Allred . . . . . . Artists' Models Pickwickian Club CHARLIE MARLER GARY FREEMAN The Prickly Pear The Prickly Pear KACC-AM-FM CHAPIN ROSS «Jf ’ Radio Station KACC Radio Station KACC operates as approved by the Federal Bureau on Communications as both AM and FM station. The FM station is strictly an educational unit and has a broadcasting range of about fifty miles. Norris Campbell, who is a licensed operator, is director of radio and it is upon his license that the station is able to operate. Other than that KACC programs are produced and broad- cast by the staff who are all members of the ACC student body. This is one of the few college oper- ated educational FM stations in the nation. Sample Case Sitters The membership of this oddly named organization includes the ACC students who go into the East and Northeast each summer to sell Bibles. Their name stems from the fact that they usually sit on their sample cases while making a sale or demonstrating a book. Its purpose is to encourage mutual feel- ings among those interested in selling Bibles—or even in sales- manship. Shiloh Club The Shiloh Club is composed of young people with a desire to further Christianity in the Northeast. Its members are ACC area during the summers. Omega Rho Alpha Omega Rho Alpha is an honorary organization which re- cognizes outstanding ability and accomplishments among fresh- man English students. Membership is taken from the upper Sooner Club r ■fm Symphony Orchestra The history of the Abilene Christian College Symphony Or- chestra is as brilliant and remarkable as it is brief. Since its organization under John D. Anderson in the fall of 1951 this group has enjoyed phenomenal growth in personnel, repertoire, activities, and popularity. The philosophy of the orchestra is that each program present a variety of music which will please the most highly aesthetic person in the audience while enter- taining the person who is surprised to find that he “really does like orchestra music, after all.” Spanish Club Happiness for all; All for Hap- Club, was organized in 1929 by Dr. Treat’s and ACC’s first year on the new campus. Los Alegres members participate in Pan America programs, dramatic work and other activities. Theta Gamma Kappa Theta Gamma Kappa member- of the Student’s Exchange. Its chief purpose is to promote better relations among the workers. The activities of the club included a hay ride and wei- ner roast during the fall semester. t. Rhoads, P. Gambill ( Trojans The Trojans, one of five men’s social clubs, was organized on the ACC campus in 1930. The initial project of the club was to build a sidewalk between McDonald Hall and the Library. HOUSTON GOODSPEED W Club Women’s Glee Club In its first year at ACC the Women’s Glee Club was under Jean Locker as his assistants. This organization is composed of the women of the A Cappella Chorus. On the spring tour of the A Cappella the group sang “The Waltz of the Flowers” from Tschaikowsky’s “Nutcracker Suite;” “Myself Through Thee;” and “Lift Thine Eyes” from Mendelssohn’s “Elijah.” Front row: W. C. Han, M. Taylor, A. Tapp, D. Wilson, St. John, A. Tinsley, Morlan. Fourth row: D'Spain, Baccus. M. Coffman, Graves, Yowell, Lock'nr, Molloy, E. Hejl, M. Hejl, Cargile. Wildcat Band JOE BARNETT Under the direction of Douglas Fry for the first year, the Wildcat Band, turned into one of the snappiest musical organi- zations in this area. Athletic events, chapel programs, guest appearances at other schools, and parades were the main acti- vities of the band. Norma Southern was presented as Sweet- heart of the band at the halftime of the Howard Payne basket- ball game in Bennett Gym. Then to climax the year the band made a one week tour of the West Texas area in March. FLUTES: Lomax. J. Turner, C. Willis, P. George, Milner, Eddins, W. Hollingsworth, Hodgkiss. CLARINETS; J. Clovis, D. Etter, H. Gipson, R. Jones, Penton, Ohlund, McFarland, P. Green, Hogan, Pence, Lehrer, Laseter, N. Fowler, Latham, Edmiston, Gil- breath, B. Reynolds, C. Powell, W. Russell. BASS CLARINETS: Wilks, S. Ellis, N. Smith. OBOES: T. Cox, F. Alexander. BA- SOONS: Belote, Gaiser. SAXAPHONES: J. Miller, Owens, McCord, Felts, P. Cobb, Bozeman, D. Williams, Gant, B. Hicks. CORNETS: J. Arnold. T. Wheeler, Rackley, G. Nichols, Kellar, Akins, Grace, Upshaw. BARITONES: R. Parker, W. Roberts, D. Ady. FRENCH HORNS: P. Crain, M. Leach. Ritchie, E. M. Smith, Gentry, J. Burleson. TROMBONES: Barnett, Bushong, Ham- by, Treat, Farris. Adkins, Sloan. TUBAS: Dick, Hibdon, Horn, P. Phillips, Cummings. STRING BASE: Wisenbaker. PERCUS- SION: J. Thompson, Haas, D. Powell, Alkire, J. Davis, P. Kelly. CELLO: M. Meyer. NOT PICTURED: M. L. Daniels, J. Cawyer, . . . Band Sweetheart Norma Southern . . . PAT POWER President WRA “A girl for every sport; a sport for every girl.” That is the motto of the Women’s Recreation Asosciation better known as the WRA. As the motto expresses, its purpose is to build for wholesome recreation for all girls. Awards are presented to the outstanding members of the group each year at a spring ban- quet. Officers for the following year are also announced at that Zellner Dorm Council The Council is organized in Zellner Hall for the purpose of carrying on necessary business, to develop leadership, to culti- vate friendship, and to promote Christian principles among the girls living there. Council-sponsored projects were a get-ac- quainted party; the annual open house; and peanut week. The cooler for the dorm. ? Zeta Rho Zeta Rho, women’� social club, claims as its goal the attain- ment of the highest ideals of womanhood in promoting a friend- ly spirit of comradeship by bringing them into active service in the club’s work. Presentation of Bobby Hounsel as the Zeta Rho Star at the annual spring banquet climaxed the activities Bobby Hounsel . . . . . . Zeta Rho Star The Classes . . . EACH STUDENT IS ... AN INTEGRAL PART ... OF THE SINGING COLLEGE . . . and almost everyone sings. One of the privileges of to stand following an after-chapel class meeting and blend their voices together in the singing of “Oh, Dear Christian College.” Other classes make a low groan in the first re- action, but then they also rise to their feet and the strains of the song burst into every corner of Sewell Auditorium. Often the tune of “The Eyes of Texas” comes to someone’s mind following the singing of the alma mater and then it is the “foreigners” who groan while they receive hard looks . . . LaRue Boyd, Secretary . . . Gary Freeman, President . . . Houston Goodspeed, Vice President Senior Class Officers . . . Sub T-10. g DAVID GILBERT ALLAN Bible—KACC, Spanish Club. CHARLES LEO BAKER Abi VIRGIL LEE BENNETT, Jr. Fo: JACK KENNETH BILLS Hou; MAXIE B. BOREN Seniors . . . '54 Borger DANNY BOYD Fairbanks, Alaska Bible—A Cappella, Circle K, Inte; national Club, Men's Glee LaRUE BOYD Tipton. Okla. Kitten Klub, Delta Theta, W Club, Who's Who in AUC. ARLEE BROWN Amarillo JAMES ED BROWN FRANK BROWNING Rosemead, Calif. JOE BULLOCK Lewisville DON C. BUNNELL Horse Cave, Ky. JIMMY BURLESON Tupelo. Miss. Business—A Club, Band, East of the Mississippi Club, Or- TOMMY BURLESON Oklahoma City, Okla. Speaker of the House, Who's Who in AUC. CARL EDWARD CAIN Dublin BETH CAWYER Coast Club. Orange JOHN D. CLOVIS St. Marys, W. Va. MARY NORTON CLOVIS Snyder JAMES COBB Athens, Ala. JERRY CLAY COCHRAN Abilene GORDON COCKERHAM MARILYN COFFMAN EARL COGBURN Seniors . . . 54 Ko-Jo-Kai, PEMM, Rio Grande Club. MAX COMER Booker Religious Education—Basketball, House of Rep., Panhandle JEAN CCOK Houston Medical Technology — Houston-Gulf Coast Club, Kitten Klub, Prickly Pear, Optimist, Rodeo Club, Science Club. BYRON DEE CRAIG Sunol, Neb. RAY CROOK Chattanooga, Okla. Study, Skating Club, Sooner Club. TOM CROUCH Texarkana, Tex. Business—A Cappella, Alpha Psi Omega, Frater Sodalis, JOHN CROW' ' Big Spring Bible and Greek—Alpha Chi, Men’s Forum, Mission Study, MARGARET SUE D'SPAIN McLean Music Education—A Cappelia, CSO, Ko-Jo-Kai, Orphesian. WILLIAM H. EASON, Jr. Anson JAMES S. EASON Birmingham, Ala. JANE ECHOLS Abilene GEOFFREY H. ELLIS Willowdale, Ont„ Can. JOHN EOFF Ballinger PATSY ETTER GATA, Kitten Club, W Club. Who’s Who DIANE ESTES Abilene Klub. Sigma Tau Delta, W Club. Who’s Who in AUC.' BARBARA BASS EVANS Abilene Psychology—Ko-Jo-Kai, GTC, Kitten Klub, Mission Study, Press Club, Shiloh Club, W Club, West Texas Club. Seniors ... '54 DWAIN EVANS Dallas Bible—Big D Club, Frater Sodalis, Circle K, House of Rep., Kat Klaw Klub, Press Club. WELDON FLANAGAN Marietta, Okla. LINDA FLY Phillips English—Alpha Chi. CSO. House of Rep., Optimist, Pick- SUE FORREST Waverly, Tenn. GARY FREEMAN San Leandro, Calif. Greek—A Club, Cheerleader, House of Rep., Pickwickian Club, Pi Epsilon Beta, Prickly Pear, Who's Who in AUC. GERALD OZAN FRUZIA, Jr. San Antonio WALTER L. GANT Pueblo, Colo. Secondary Education—Band, FTA, Kappa Kappa Psi. JOAN GARDNER Rocksprings PEGGY GEORGE Gainesville ELAINE GILBERT Abilene Elementary Education—FTA, GTC, KACC. Kitten Klub, HOUSTON GOODSPEED Dallas Psychology—Big D Club, Sample Case Sitters, Trojans. DAVID S. HALBERT San Antonio ence Club, Shiloh Club. Sub T-16, TASCA. JOANNE HACKLER Muskogee, Okia. ROY HALE Tucumcari, N. Mex. Accounting—Alpha Chi, Gamma Epsilon, Men's Forum, HAROLD D. HAMMONS Spicewood WHA CHUNG HAN Seoul, Korea Music—A Cappella, Alpha Chi, German Club, International WHA SHIM HAN Seoul, Korea CHARLOTTE HARRISON Gould. Okla. Psychology—CSO, FTA, Kitten Klub, Ko-Jo-Kai, Science Seniors . . . ’54 CHARLES EDWARD HARVELL JACQUELINE HARVELL JAMES E. HAWKINS MARY BETH HEMPHILL EMILY HENDERSON Club, Skating Club, WRA. CLAUDE HENDRICKS Abilene Albertville, Ala. Pheonix, Ariz. Gilbert, Ariz. DON HICKS Epsilon, Phi Delta Psi, Sooner Club. DONALD HIETT Wellington GEORGE HILL San Antonio n M !i tk JACK HILL Abilene ROY L. HOLLAND Fort Worth DONALD WADE HOOKER Hale Center DEAN HOWARD CHARLEY HUFFMAN _ Fort Worth Winston-Salem, N. C. appella, A Club, Circle K, FTA, Seniors . . . '54 MARY LOU JACKSON Troup Gulf Coast Club. BETTY JENSON FREDLENE JOHNSON MARSHALL KELLAR. Jr. KEN KENNAMER Poteau, Okla. Quartet. DON KINNEY Altus, Okla. Agriculture—Aggie Club, Trojans. JOLENE KIRKPATRICK Earth Elementary Education — FTA, Kitten Klub, Ko-Jo-Kai, Panhandle Club. Club, Men's Glee Club. Phi Delta Psi, Spanish Club. DELBERT LANGFORD ERNEST P. LASETER Montgomery. MAC LAYTON Tulsa, WILMA MADDOX Sulphur Springs ABE MALHERBE Johannesburg, S. Africa JOHN MARLETT Minneapolis, Minn. Seniors ... '54 Abilene House of Rep., Kat Klaw Klub, Men’s Forum, Mission Study. KEIKO MASATO Los Angeles, Calif. Home Economics—EHR, International Club. JOHN R. MAYHEW El Paso Business—Gamma Epsilon, Jayhawk Club. JOYCE MEEK Ardmore, Okla. Primary Education—Choralaires, EHR, FTA. Sooner Club. BERT L. MERCER Dallas Religious Education—Omega Rho Alpha. KEN MILLER San Antonio SHIRLEY OCHANEE MIMS Abilene Elementary Education—Cadetles, FTA. DEAN MORGAN Perryton Range Management — A Club, Aggie Club. Badminton, THOMAS RAY MOSES Los Fresnos Marketing—A Cappella, Circle K, Frater Sodalis, Gamma MARCUS MULLINGS, Jr. Abilene JUNE MARIE MUSIC Big Spring TOMMY McCORD Borger BURL H. McCOY Merkel Men's Glee Club, Track, Who’s Who in AUC. BETTY McDERMETT Abilene English—CSO, French Club, Press Club, Optimist Editor, ROBERT HAROLD McEOWEN Kingsville JOHN McKEE IRVIN LEE McKINNON Baytown Seniors ... '54 BO DEAN PARHAM Raymondville English—CSO, Prickly Pear Editor, Who's Who in AUC. FRANKLIN BUTLAR PARKER Quanah Alpha, Pi Kappa Delta, Sigma Tau Delta, W Club. ROX1E PATTERSON Abilene GERRY PERKINS TOM W. PICKARD Oklahoma City, Okla. Chickasha, Okla. Chi. Cadettes, FTA, KENNETH ROWLAND JACK ALAN SCOTT JOHN SEHON TRUDY SELLERS Biology—Alpha Chi, Pi Epsilon 1 JAMES CATO SHEERER WARREN P, SKELTON Animal Husbandry—Aggie Clui W. B. (DUB) SLATER, Jr. DENNIS PAUL SMITH MAX STEPHENS Blue Mountain, Miss. DALE THOMAS a . c ti § n diMrtk r o t Nfe Seniors ... '54 % O A ai i f ,1 , r : i McDALTON THOMAS Huntsville Business—Camp Shiloh Club, Gamma Epsilon, Houston- Gulf Coast Club. ROLLO TINKLER Fairbanks Men's Forum, Mission Study, Phi Kappa Delta. HUGH TINSLEY Belfast. N. Ireland GLORIA TOOMBS Fluvanna Club. Melpomeneans, Mission Study, W Club. Zeta Rho. JAMES TURNER Fort Worth BOB VANCE Portland. Ore. JAMES LESLIE VANOVER Beaumont BARBARA VASSAR San Francisco, Calif. Club. FTA, Rodeo Club. Sigma Tau Delta. JOHNNY J. VOELKLE Collinsville TOLINE PORTER WADE Longview WYLIE WALDEN San Antonio Physical Education—Aggie Club, Alamo City Club, PEMM, GRACE MARIE WALES Eden KATHARINE WALKER Coleman GLEN WALTON Chireno JANICE WATSON Atmore, Ala, Psychology—A Cappella, East of Mississippi Club, Kitten EVANS N. WENTZ Hillsboro Fort Worth Club, Men’s Gl TOMMY WHEELER Waco Wildcat Seniors ... '54 Kansas City, Mo. JO WILLIAMS Chandler, A HAROLD WINSLOW Magnolia WALLS T. WITT Freeport Chemistry—Alpha Chi, Houston-Gulf Coast Club. Omega ANITA WOOD Muskogee, Okla. DWIGHT WORLEY Abilene VALETA YOUNG Dalhart WILMA YOUNG Hope, N. M. Seniors ... '54 .. . J. Juniors ’55 DAROL ADY, Las Cruces, N. M. BILL AGNEW, Rising Star THANE AKINS, Brady GLENN ALEXANDER, Baytown KAY ALEXANDER, Kansas City, Kan ERWIN ALKIRE, El Paso SMITHY ALLEN, Detroit, Tex. LOLA ANDERSON, Lubbock ARTHUR ARMSTRONG, Abilene MARY ARMSTRONG, Buenavista ARLONA ASH, Desdemona CARLA ASHLEY, San Lorenzo, Calif. THURMAN ATCHLEY, Denton Valley MAXIE BACCUS, Fort Worth ROBERT BANKHEAD, Abilene DICK BANOWSKY, Fort Worth JOE BARNETT, Fort Worth BONNIE BATEMAN, Drumright, Okla. OSCAR BATTEN, Coahoma LAYTON BERGMAN. Laredo CHARLENE BLEIKER, Midland PEGGY BOBO, Texas City CHARLES BOSHART, Dallas BERNICE BOURLAND, Itasca DONALD BROWN, Abilene HELEN BROWN, Ft. Collins, Juniors '55 WELDON BROWNING, Swt ALFRED BURDEN, San PAT BURGES, Pensaco JIM BURTON, Odessa J. W. CAMPBELL, Roaring WELDON CANNON, Eule OPAL CARROL, Yoaki TOMMY CARTER, N ILAUDINE COFFEY, 1 RUTH COMPTON, Fr KENNETH COURTRIGHT, PATTY CRAIN, New De JEANNE CREWS, Mem; MARTHA CURREY, I KENNETH CURTIS, St. Ca EDNA DALLUGE, Tulia PETER DART, Abilene FRANK DAVIDSON, BOBBY DONALSON, R DRISCOL DRAPER, ALICE DUNCAN, Longv JERRY EARNHART, i JERYL EATON, Tyr SEABOURN EICK NORMAN ELLIS, I GAYLE FAGAN, Od Juniors '55 JO ANN FINLEY, Cleburne ALVIS FISHER, Stanton ELVIS FISHER, Stanton W. L. FLETCHER, Hamlin PAULA FOUTZ, Sweetwater PENNA MAE FOWLER, Eden EDITH FRAHM, Abilene ROBERT FRAHM, Abilene DOUGLAS FRANKLIN, Bethany, Okla PEGGY GAMBILL, Fulton, Tenn. BOB GARRETT, Perrin NELDA GARY, Batesville DENZ1L GASKINS. Colorado Springs, Colo. PAT GATEWOOD, Vernon WADENA GEORGE, DeLeon LINDSAY GIBBONS, Houston ;NE GILMORE, Hole JACK GLASGOW, LEOLA GLAZE, . BETTY JANE GRIFFIN, PASTY GRIFFIN. Spad MARY HAILEY, Tam KENNETH HELTERBRAND, McAlester, O.eb. JAMIE HEMPHILL, Brady MARINEL HENDERSON, Abilene EVELYN HIBDON, Brady JIMMY HODGES, Winters NELL HODGKISS. Bonham Juniors '55 MARGIE HOMSLEY, WARREN HOOD, C CHARLES HORN DORIS ANN HOWARD, VERA HOWTON, Conroe DONALD IRVIN, Los Angel' JERRY JENSON, Poteau, CARL JENNINGS, Cany NORMA JENNINGS, Kilgore NONA SUE KEENON, Sen MELBA KELLY, Altus, SAM KILLEBREW, Tipton, CAROLYN KILPATRICK, LaVERNE KING, Sterlin BILL KNIGHT, McAIester, Ok ORVILLE LACEFIELD, Eva ANNETTE LEE, Spur ROBERT DEE LEE, Comanche ROBERT E, LEE, Poit Arth NANCY LEWIS, Gastonia, DORIS LISCUM, Genes RICHARD LUNSFORD, Olney CHARLIE MARLER, Tulsa, LAWSON MAYO, Galena MARY SUE MERRITT, Hawley EUGENE MITCHELL, Abile MARY LEE MOFFITT, Lo- REPHA MOORE, El Mo Juniors '55 SHIRLE MOORE, Premont NINA MORGAN, Montgomery, Ala. VON MORGAN, Vallejo, Calif. ALMA FAYE MORLAN, Abilene DON MULLINS, Valley Mills BILL MURPHY, Dimmitt GOEBEL MUSIC, Jr., Elk City, Okla. DOUGLAS MeARTHUR, Spur THOMAS McCLELEN, Beeville CAROLYN McCLINTOCK, Mt. Pleasant ALICE McDERMETT. Abilene EARL McMILLAN, Oklahoma City, Okla. TOM NEWHOUSE, Mullin DON NICKSON, Crosbyton ALBERT OGREN, Elmore, Minn NORMA O’NEAL, Gainsville RAY OUSLEY, Pampa HAROLD PARKER, Tucumcari, N. M, PAT PARKER, Baytown BOB PATTERSON. Weatheiford GERRY PATTERSON, Hereford JOANN PAYNE, Fort Worth ART PENDERGRASS, Petrolia ROM1E PERRYMAN. Waxahachie LOLA PHEMISTER, Weinert SARAH PHILLEY, Abilene PAUL PHILLIPS, Opelika RONALD PHILLIPS, Abilene Juniors '55 0 0 MARY PIERCE, Dallas HARRIET PORTER, Barnh WANDA PORTER, Fort JOE POWELL, Amarillo PAT POWER. Odem JACK PRATHER, Lamesa CHARLOTTE PURSLEY, CHARLINE RIGNEY, Fort Wo PEG ROBERSON, Fort SmitI WAYNE ROBERTS, Waco GERALD ROBINSON, A1 PHYLLIS ROGGENDORF, Man JAMES SANTLEBEN, Knipp JEROME SAVAGE, Stamfc GEORGE SCHUSTER, Kc ANNE SCOTT, Harlingen LUCILLE SHIELDS, Cloudc RALPH SKELTON, Walk BETTY LOU SMITH, San Anto BILL SMITH, Paradise NORMA SOUTHERN, 1 FRANK SPEARMAN, Bartlesvi MINNIE LOU STANLEY, Tah TED STARNES, Abilene CHARLES STENNETT, Pi GALYA STEPHEN. Fort Worth JANE STEPHENS, Hemphill DONALD STEWART, Abilen HERBERT STEWART, Boe Juniors ... '55 WOODROW STEWART. Bowling Green, Ky. JEAN TARTER. Wellington BUSBY TAYLOR, Gould, Okla. t 1 MARIAN TAYLOR, Amarillo CRISTENA TERRY, Stamford BOBBIE JEAN THOMAS, Beaumont o o MILDRED THOMAS, Gallup, N. M. SAM THOMAS. Pasadena JOHNNIE THOMPSON. Lakeview LEON THORNTON, Rockport p ii JOYCE TOMLINSON, San Angelo MARGARET TOWNSEND, Abilene CAROLYN JO TURNER, Chillicothc JOHN VASSAR, San Francisco, Calif. BRYAN VINSON, Houston JESSICA WAGGONER, Longview OSCAR WALTERS, Olney p ik 10 •JL GLENN WAMBLE, Dallas JO ANN WARIX, Fort Worth GRADY WATSON, Colorado City DOLORES WATTS, Abilene Jlra|£ A JANETTE WAUGH, Perryton BETTY WHITENER, Shawnee, Okla. =“ JACKIE WOOLEY. Dallas BETTY WORLEY, Fort Worth BEN ZICKEFOOSE, Wichita, Kan. n I % Sophomore Class Officers . . . . . . Lanny Henninger, President . . . Myrna Henderson, Secretary . . . Tom Bell, Vice President ft 2L 1 Q ft f5 9 Vi Bab ft ft GEORGE ADRIAN, Los Angeles, Calif. MAY ALEXANDER, Pioneer RITA JO ALLEN, Oklahoma City, Okla. SIDNEY ALLEN. Austin WILLORA ARMSTRONG. Denison DAVID ARNOLD. Bowie JIMMIE ATER, Roscoe CLARA AYCOCK, Springfield. Mo. BOBBIE BACON, Angleton HOMER G. BAG LEY. Lubbock JOHN BAILEY. Radville, Sask., Can. VERNELL BAILEY. Dallas LARRY D. BALES. Sharp CHARLES BARNARD, Cross Plains 30B BARNHILL. Ft. Worth BOBBY BAXTER, Lockney KENNETH BEARD, Grapevine Sophomores ... '56 MARY LEE BENNETT, Milton, Kan. JIMMY BERRYMAN, Lubbock CARROLL BISHOP, Duncan, Okla. NECIA BISHOP, Abilene ft 1 © 5 tktik ,2 AUBREY BLACK, Abilene BETTY BOLES. Mt. Enterprise SUE BOMAR. Nashville, Tenn. R. C. BOSLEY, Tulia o mk Qii, 1 ■ S MARY ANN BOSWELL. Memphis, Tenn. DON BOWEN, Oklahoma City, Okla. BRUCE BRANSCOME, Akron, Ohio STANLEY BRATCHER, Dallas 0 o lik J. E. BRAZIEL. Baytown JOSEPH BRIGHT, Carlsbad, N. M. WYNELLE BROOKS, Itasca | DOROTHY MAE BROTHERS, Sandy. Utah | BARBARA BROWN, Lovington, N. M. | 1. 9 0 i BARBARA BROWNING, Lohn JO BROWNING. Pensacola, Fla. NANCY BURLESON, Oklahoma City. Okla. BETTY BURLESON, Fort Worth BEVERLY CAMPBELL, Fort Worth CAROLYN CARPENTER. Waco KENNETH CLAEORN, LARRY CLABORN, Tro MACK CLARK. Roches RONALD COLEMAN. Wellington ANNE COMPTON, Fort Worth DON CONDER, Little Rock, Ark. CHARLES H. CONKLING, Norman, Okla LAVERNE COUNTS, Batesville Sophomores ... '56 DIANE COXHEAD, Charleston Hts. Br„ S. C. JUDY CRAIN, Nacogdoches QUINN CROWNOVER, Grandview BOBBY CRUME, Farwell LANE CUBSTEAD, Green Mt. Falls, Colo. MARY CUMMING, Dallas NITALEE DALLAS, Clayton, N. M. BOB DAVENPORT, Del Rio WAYNE DAVIDSON, 1 JANELLE DAVIS, Lit MARILYN DAVIS, Ab BOB DOUGLASS, Portland, Ore. MARTIN DUNCAN, Chickasha, Okla. VICTOR DUR6N, Torreon, Coah., Mex. FRED EASTLAND, Commerce RICHARD EDGAR, Abilene PEGGY EDMISTON, Voca MRS. SEABOURN EICKE, Snyder LON ELKINS, Childress EVERELL EYER, Logan, Okla. BETH FARMER, Eula KEITH FARRIS, Denver, Colo. BOB FAUSETT. Albuquerque, N. M. WAYNE FIELDS, Culver, Ore. RICHARD FINCH, Clarendon MARY FITZGERALD, AbUene BILL FLETCHER, Crosbyton DAVID FOLLIS, Houston EVELYN FORREST. Stamford HAROLD FORSHEY. Caldwell, Idaho JOHNNY FOUST, Oklahoma City, Okla. NOMA JOYCE FOWLER, Brady DON FRASIER, Dallas EDDIE FRENCH, Canute. Okla. Sophomores ... '56 TOM FULLERTON, Oklah. MAE LEE GAISER, Tyler CARROLL GIBSON, Dallai GEORGAN GILBREATH, ! LOYCE GILSTRAP, Ralls CAROLYN GRAVES, : GLENDA GREEN, Gru' RICHARD GREEN, Ho BARBARA GREENE, ! DONNA GRIMSLEY, 1 BOB HALFORD, Suns. JIMMIE HALLER, Ab JUNE HAMILTON, Oklahom FRANCES HAMMONTREE, C GLENN HANNAH, Dearbori MELVIN HARBISON, Fort JUANDA HARRELL, Littlef ft u - RALPH HARVEY, Oklahoma City, Okla. EARLENE HATCHETT, Lamesa MYRNA HENDERSON, Artesia, N. M. LANNY HENNINGER, Baytown GEORGE HOWELL, Idalou MARVIN HUFFMAN, Shreveport, La. MARY HUFFMAN, Brady CHARLES HUGHES, Dallas ELMA HURST, Deming, N. M. J. T. HUTCHENS, Pampa WILLIS HUSEMAN, Los Angeles, Calif. JEANNE IRVIN, Abilene LACRETA ISBELL. Lawton FRANCES IVES, Carlsbad, N. M. HASKELL JACKSON, Huntsville, Ark. JAMES JACKSON, Prescott, Ariz. Sophomores . . . 56 JO ANN JACKSON, Lovington, N. M. CARL JAMES, Abilene JIMMY JAMESON, Montague MARY JARMAN, Kermit JAMES JOHNSON, Comanche JIM JOHNSON, Safford, Ariz. DOVIE JONES, Abernathy GERALD JONES, Kerrville JOE JOPLIN, Lovington, N. M. GENEVA JUSTUS, Paris, Tex. JO KEASLER, Olton GLEN KEENON, Seminole R. WHIT ACRE KELLEY, San Antonio N. D. KELSO, Lubbock ED KILPATRICK, Chowchilla, Calif. BOB LAMBERT, Abilene JAMES LATHAM, Gainesville BERNICE LEWIS, Winter Haven, Fla. LESTER LEWIS, Cleburne I, SHIRLEY LEWIS. Livingston, Mont. DENE MANGHAM, San Antonio ALAN MARSHALL. Eugene. Ore. HARVEY MARTIN, Medford. Ore. ROSEMARY MATHEWS. San Augu VIRGINE MAYES. Chickasha, Okla JOHN MEYER. Kit Carson, Colo. EDYNE MILLER, Vernon GENE MILLER, Heavenor, Okla VETA MILLIGAN. Gainesville JO ANN MITCHELL. Abilene NELDA MOLLOY, Hollis, Okla. TED MONROE, Cordell, Okla. MARY MOODY, Dodge LEON MORGAN, Vallej A. C. MORRIS, Midloth FRANK MORRIS. Musk Sophomores . . . '56 JIMMY MURPHY, Childress DON MEYERS, Ardmore, Okla. RETHA McCUISTION, Beaumont JAYNE McFARLAND, Longview BARBARA McGEE, Hereford MILDRED McLEAN, Kansas City. Mo. ARTIE McLEMORE, Worden, Wash. BARBARA NEAL, Dallas MARGIE NEWHOUSE, Roby ROGER NORRIS, Jr., Premont CHARLOTTE NORWOOD, San Saba MARY ODLE, Gordonville NANCY OLDHAM, Abilene GLENN PADEN, Brownfi GENE PATTERSON, Car' SHIRLEY PATTERSON. KAREN PERKINS, Lovington, N. M. SHIRLEY PERKINS, Lefors WANDA PETTIGREW, Abilene NELL PHILLEY, Abilene EDWARD PITCHFORD, Dallas VERNON PORTER, Andrews DICK POWELL, Kermit LARRY POWELL, Iraan DOUGLAS POWER, Houston MARTHA POYNOR, Alameda, Calif. LaVONNE PRIDDY,’Lubbock YVONNE RAGLE, Plainview BILLY REDDING, Abilene RONALD REED, Stafford, Kar BOBBYE REYNOLDS, Cisco EDWIN ROBBINS. Killeen JACKIE ROBERTS, Long Beach, Calif. JACKIE ROBERSTON, Electra Sophomores ... '56 % p p XMik £s. A w 2 M o dm p a iJji P A EDWINA ROBINSON, 1 JERRY RODGERS, Ant JOE ROGERS, Abilene SHIRLEY ROGERS, Ft JERREL ROWDEN, Brownsfield ROGER RUMMEL, Toledo, Ohio MAXINE SANDERSON, Tucumcari, N. M. BILL SCOTT, Ransom, Kan. RAYMOND SCOTT, Thackervillc, Okla. SHIRLEY SEHON, Odessa EDWIN SETLIFF, Crowell DICK SHELTON, Boise, Idaho GARLAND SHERIDAN, SHIRLYN SHIRLEY, Pe SAM SHORTES, Fort W BIL-L SIMPSON, Ferris JUNELLE SIMS, Shamri ? f'4 £1 f f g ft £ v nt J ( ft U JOANNE SLOAN, Mt JIMMY STEGER, Mertzc CAROL EDD STARK, I CHARLES STANCILL, ( IVAN STEWART. Caspei JERREL STONE, Pos JAMES STOVALL, I GARY SWAIM, San DARRELL TALLY, 1 ELMER THOMPSON, ; WAYNE TIMMONS, N BOB TIPTON, Fresno, JERRY TRENARY, De Sophomores ... '56 Freshman Class Officers . . . . . . Walter Kreidel, Vice President . . . Jenny Appleton, Secretary . . . Howard Norton, President Freshmen ... '57 Freshmen '57 FARROLD BELOTE, Garland SYLVIA BENNETT, Lubbock JOAN BILLINGSLEY, San Jose, Calif. RUGENE BLACK, Wellington ROBERT BLACKBURN, San Angelo NEVA BOHANNAN, Van Nuys, Calif. JAMES BOLES. Kaufman DAN BONNER, Sweetwater LILA BONNER, Sweetwater DON BORING, Grand Prairie CLAYTON BOWERS, Beaumont SARA BOWERS, Lamesa SUE BOZEMAN, Springlake BETTY BRADFORD, Big Spring WAYNE BRADFORD, Haskell EDDIE BREAUX, Merkel FRANK BRISCOE, Cleburne JOAN BROOKS, Amarillo HAROLD BROTHERS, Pecos BILL BROWN, Calipatria, Calif. CHARLES BROWN, Port Arthur LEXA BROWN, Mason SHIRLEY BROWN, Salem, Ore. MARCA LEE BRYANT, Salem, Or PEARL BUCHANAN, Martinez, Calif. JEAN BURLESON, Tupelo, Miss. CAROLE BUSHONG, Winter Haven, Fla. MARY BUTLER, Lubbock EDDIE CAMPBELL, Fort Worth JANE CAPPS, Mason MARY LOU CARGILE, Sanderson LARRY CARROLL, Alice ELSIE CARTER, Childress HOWARD CASH, Eugene, Ore. JANICE CAYCE, Fort Worth MARGARET CHAFIN, Knox City MARY ANN CHANEY, Vernon JACKIE CHAPMAN, Yuma, Ariz. ELIZABETH ANN CHEATHAM, Abilene Freshmen '57 RAY CHILDERS, Midland SONNY CHILDRESS, Minneapolis, Minn. IRENE CHIPMAN, San Angeio GERALD CLEVELAND, Paradise DEWITT COFFEY, Seminole CHARLOTTE COFFMAN. Lubbock DERRELL COFFMAN. Jr., Pampa WALLACE COLLIER, Houston JOY COMER, Booker PATRICIA CONE, Alice KENNETH COPE, Neosho, Mo. MERLE COPE, Seymour SHIRLEY COPELAND, Tulia Freshmen ’57 ROBERT DOUGLAS, Okla JERRY DRUMMOND, We BETTY DUGGER, McKinr REID EARNHART, McAle JAMES EASTER, Houston MARY FRANCES EDDINS, EDWARD EKDAHL, Stamfor MARY FRANCES ELLIOTT, RICHARD ELLIOTT, Pawne MARGARET ELLIS, Colored SARA ELLIS, Abilene C. L. EMBREY, Jr., Port Art' BENNIE ENER, Pineland TONITA ENGLE, Oklahoma BILL FAIRES, Jacksboro LESTER FARRAR, Dallas HARRY FIELDER, Grapevir JAMES FIFE, Port Arthur DELLA FISK, Craig, Colo. JEAN FITZGERALD, Abiler DICK FLETCHER, Crosbyton GLADYS FOUTZ, Nacogdoch- LUCY FREEMAN, McAlester. CLIFTON FRIDGE, LEONDOUS FRY, B NORMAN GAINES, JERRY GARDNER, I SHIRLEY GARRETT, S SAMUEL GARVIN, An: PATSY GAULT, Welli: WILLIAM GENTRY, H MARY GILLAND, Franklin DUANE GIVENS, Manitou, O! MAEZEL GIVENS, Yuma, A JOHN GLASGOW, Abilene SHIRLEY GLASS, Fort Worth Freshmen ... '57 JOHN GOBLE, Nocona JOHN GOLDMAN, Bayside MAX GOODGION, Lawton, Okla. SHIRLEY GOODPASTURE, Lubbock M. Si , ifl « ELANE GOSSAGE, Quanah JOYE GRAHAM, Snyder JAMES GRAVES, Clay City. 111. KATHERINE GRAY, Dallas ' £ r‘ EARL GREATHOUSE, Dallas PATSY GREEN, Sherman JAMES GREER, Lubbock JOHN GREESON, Hydro, Okla. CHARLES GREGG, Borger p LAVERN GREGSON, Spade SHIRLEY GUGGOLZ, Waco SUE HAGGARD, Austin SHIRLEY HALE, Lamesa o (5 LYNDA HALL, Dallas WINSTON HAMBY, Beaumont W. D. HAMTON, Megargel JEANINNE HARGROVE, Tucumcari, N. M. DAVID HARKRIDER, Nacogdoches DOYLE HARPER, Kermit ROSEMARY HARLOW, Dallas JO ANN HARMONSON, La Canada, Calif. LA RUE HART, Borger JLS £ MARGARET ANN HAWKINS. Austin MAXINE HAYS, Yeso, N. M. CHARLES HEAD. Alvarado EVELYN HEJL, Midland CHARLES HELMS, Columbus. Miss. .f5 ARTHUR HENDERSON. Quanah ROY HENDERSON, Idabel, Okla. VALINE HENDERSON, Gruver H. K. HENNIGER, Winters Freshmen '57 RUTH ANN HENRY, Austin SHIRLENE HENSLEY, Olustee, Okla. CLARENCE HIBBS, Borger BOBBY HICKS, Fort Worth BARBARA HILL, Abilene DON HINTON, Fowler, C BRENDA HODGES, Junci SAMMIE HODGES, Hale DELORIES HOGAN, Coli JOE HOLLAND, Abile THOMAS HOLLAND, SONNY HOLLIS, Lami ALICIA HOLMES, She: MARTHA HOLT, Fort VERNON HOLT, Joplin, Mo. LARRY HORNBAKER, Stafford, Kan, ANNE HORTON, Sundown LESLIE HOTMANN, Houston BARBARA HOUTS, Raymondville MARTHA HOWDESHELL, Houston JO HOWELL, San Angelo ARNOLD HUDDLESTON, Abilene CAROL HUDELSON. Tulsa, Okla. PASTY HUFSTEDLER, Lubbock JAY HUGHES, Cross Plains JANET HUNT, Garwood, Texas TOMMY HUNTER. Lamesa WILLIS HUSEMAN, Los Angeles, Calif. CONRAD IMMEL, Dallas RICHARD IVEY, Abilene MARGARET JACKSON, Amarillo VIRGINIA JACKSON, Moses Lake, Wash. GAYLE JENKINS, Salt Lake City, Utah HAZEL JENNINGS, Abilene ODY JERDEN, Houston ANNE JOHNSON, Abilene Freshmen '57 JAY JOHNSON, Rocky Comfort, Mo. LON JOHNSON, Corpus Christi PATSY JOHNSON, Austin PAUL JOHNSON, Crowell REBECCA JOHNSON. Wallowa, Ore. ROY JOHNSON, Keller SHIRLEY JOHNSON, Holland BARBARA JONES, Stephenville CLEILDA JONES. Iowa Park DAVID JONES, Grand Saline MARY FRANCES JONES, RICHARD JONES, McAles ROBERT JONES, Stephenv E. J. JOSLYN, Abilene BOB KENDRICK, Shreveport, La. ANN KENNAMER, Midland STANLEY KINGERY, Roaring Spr ngs BARBARA KIRK, Lark JEAN KLEEMAN, Clovis, N. M. PAUL KLEWER. Oklahoma City. Okla. KENNETH KNOWLES. GORDON KOONCE, Wl LACY KOONCE, Corpus WALTER KREIDEL, Fo BARBARA KRONIG, Farmington, N. M. MEL KRYER, Little Reck, Ark. RUTH NELL KUYKENDALL, Midland BARBARA LACY, Turkey NANCY LACY, Shreveport, La. ALBERT LAGUNA. Yuma, Ari?.. ANNA LANOTTE, Anson BONNIE LAUDERDALE, Baytown BILLIE LEHRER, San Saba Freshmen '57 MR ft § ft £2, a f a ft � k 2 o MA a % E V J. £ § a vl D Ilk % M M a 'it ij a ft 2 Cl 0 ft C JOE LEMMONS, Brown woe KENNETH LONG, Sweetw JIMMY LUMPKIN, Three MARTHA MACK, Lubbock DELLA MACOMB, Los Fre BETTY MADDOX. Sulphur JO SONDRA MAGERUS, LAWRENCE MANN, Green ROGER MANNSCHRECK, BILL MANSUR, Purcell, O: CAMILLE MARTIN, Carne ELIZABETH MARTINEZ, ALDRIDGE MASON, Abile GLENN MATTHEWS, Lame BOBBY MEDFORD, Texas SHIRLEY MELTON, Snyde PATRICIA MERRIOTT, Sta CAROL MERRITT, Easl V BARBARA MEYER, Clovis, MICK1E MEYER, Dallas EVELYN MILLER, Stafford JOHN MILLER, Terrell JUNE MILLER, Iraan WELDON MILLER, Mt. Pie J ANELLE MILNER, Little MARY MITCHELL, Oklaho CLAUDE MOFFETT, Clarei MARTHA MONTGOMERY, LEROY MOORE, Midlothiai BARBARA MORGAN, Ode JERRY MORRIS, Abilene BARBARA MORROW, Danl RUBY MOSES, Los Fresnos BEVERLY MOZENEY, Cor Freshmen '57 RAY MURPHY, Diminitt MARLIN MURRAY. Oklahoma City, Okla. GENE McCARLEY. Galena Park CAROLYN McCORKLE, Lubbock SHIRLEY McCULLOUGH, Hereford GILBERT McDONOUGH, Eighty-Foui VANNA McFARLAND, Coleman DERREL McGLATHERY. Tyler BOBBY McMILLAN, Lampasas JIMMY McNEIL, Abilene NELWYN McSPADDEN, Quanah LYNDA NAYLOR, Arlesia, N. M. HELEN NEUBER, Wiesbaden, Germa CHARLES NICHOLSON, Quinlan HOWARD NORTON, Fort Worth JERRY NUNNELEY, St. Jo CARLENE OHLUND, La Marque KENNETH OLLER, San Antonio DON ORMOND, Abilene JOANN ORR, Kingman, Ariz. HASKELL PADEN, MILTON PADGETT, JOYCE PARKER, Iraan WANTA LEE PARKER, Houston GLENDA PARKS, Killeen PATRICIA PEARSON, Lawton, Okla. GLENNELL PEMBERTON, Lovington N. M. TED PEMBERTON, Lovington, N. M. SHIRLEY PENCE, Brady A. P. PENTON, Gainesville BOB L. PERKINS, Lamesa, Calif. Freshmen ’57 BOBBY PERKINS, Lefors SHIRLEY PERKINS, Lefors YVONNE PETERS, Wauneta, Neb. NEAL PETROSS, Palisade, Colo. CHARLSYE PETTIET, Tulia ARMONTE PETTIGREW, Abilene ANNELLE PETTY, Abilene JAMES PETTY, Robert Lee CARROLL PHILLIPS, Mt. Pleasant JOYCE PICKENS, Little Rock, Ark. GERALD PINKSTON, Lubbock MELVIN PITCHFORD, Dallas VERYL PLUMLEE, Phillips DON POLING, Toledo, Ohio LEO PORTER, Olney CORA POWELL. Amarillo DALE POWELL, Salem, Ore MARY POWELL, Portland, ( BOBBY PRATT, Abilene MARIETTA PRATT. Dallas WESLEY PRICE, Brownfield ELOYCE PRUETT, Mathis CECILIA PUCKETT, Crosbyton JOHNNY RACKLEY, Canadian JERRY RAGLE, Plainview GLENNA RAINEY, Senath, Mo. HELEN REAGAN, Brownwood GLENN REECE, Roscoe TWYLA REESE, Murfreesboro, Ark. FLOYD REEVES, Prairie Grove, Ark. CHERRY REID, Tulia JACKIE RICHARDS, View ERIS RITCHIE, Troup BLANCA ROSA RIVAS, Dilley JAY ROBERSON, Alex, Okla. DOROTHY ROBERTS, Victoria GENEANE ROBERTS, Corpus Christi IONE ROBERTS, Sentinal, Okla. Freshmen . . . '57 KAREN ROBERTS, Sai PATTY ROBERTS, Wa; HARRELL ROEMER, 1 DELL ROGERS, Stami KENNETH ROGERS, Cleburne CHARLES ROUNDTREE, Duncanville JOHN HARVEY ROWLAND, Anson SHIRLEY ANN RUSSELL, Plainview ft a % M CAROLYN SANDERS, Houston GLENN SARGENT, Brownfield DONALD SAVERANCE, Lawn LEO SCHREINER, Manitou, Okla. a £ dL ELAINE SCHULZE, Denver, Colo. JOYCE SCROGGINS, La Habra, Calif. DAVID SELBY, Stamford MARY ANN SELLERS, Waco i| Q ? SHERRELL SELLERS, Waco JEANETTE SHIPP, Glade water PEGGY SHERLEY, Megargel Z z JIMMIE SHIU, Houston DARLENA SHORT, Hale Center LARRY SHULTZ, Topeka, Kan. JANET SICKLES, Abilene LEWIS SIMMONS, Coleman ft StL a f HERSCHEL SINGLETON, Marble Falls OPHELIA SKIDMORE. Paris DOLORES SMITH, Hobbs. N. M. ELAINE SMITH, Blanket a ROGER SMITH, Denver, Colo. JO ANN SORRELL, Eden JOY SOSEBEE, Stamford SYLVIA SOUTHERN, Abilene e Freshmen '57 JAMES SPICELAND, Del DONALD SPRADLING, L JOYCE SPRINGER, Eldor GARLD STAFFORD, Peco GERALD STAFFORD, Pe MABEL STANLEY, Ray PATSY STEPHENS, Temp] RANDALL STEPHENS, H BILL STEWART, Guymon JACK STEWART, Ennis TED STIFFLER, Aztec, N. THOMAS STINSON, Color LOMA STIRMAN, Odessa JACKIE STOCKTON, Bro‘ MARTHA STONE, Baytow SONNY STRAND, Stamfo JO SUMERFORD, Gatesv ELIZABETH SWINGLER. BRYAN TEAGLE, Shrevep ELLEN THOMAS, Maryne JEANNINE THOMAS, Ho BOB THOMPSON, Conroe PAT THORPE, Rubottom, JESSE TOMASEK, Lovin JIMMIE TRANTHAM, Ab SHIRLEY TUBBS, San Fr BILLY TUCKER, Rockpor MARILYN UPSHAW, Ath FRED VANDERPOOL, Pla FAYE VAUGHN, Kent GENTA VAUGHN. Ch PAT VERNON, Kilgore MARY VOORHIES, Dj EDWARD VOSS, Pone VERNETA WADDILL, Ga MAX WADE, Tyler JAMES WALCHER, Amar JOHNNY WALDROP, Okl BETTY WALKER, Gaines Freshmen . . . 57 WANDA WALKER, Tyler CHARLES WATERS, Abilene BILL WAUGH, Colorado Springs, Colo. GLENN WEBB. Lawton, Okla. SHIRLEY WEBB, Sulphur, Ok DARLENE WEIDE, Colorado £ SHIRLEY WELLBROCK, Salei CHARLENE WELLHAUSEN, JEAN WHITAKER, Whiteface CHARLES WHITMIRE, Midland FREDA WHITT. Copperas Cove WELDON WILEY, Snyder DAVID WILLIAMS, Raymondville GLYNDA WILLIAMS, Abilene MAXINE WILLIAMS, Spur MINA WILLIAMS, Robstown RICHARD WILLIAMS, Dallas LOU WILLIAMSON, Salem, Ore. CARLA WILLIS, Dickinson CHARLOTTE WILSON, Winslow, Ariz. VIVIAN WILSON, Willcox, Ariz. MARCIA WISENBAKER, Woodland, Calif. BEVERLY WOODWARD, Shreveport, La. CAROLYN WRIGHT, Oklahoma City, Okla. JIMMY WRIGHT, Sweetwater VIRGINIA WRIGHT, Fort Worth ROBERT WYRICK Odessa MELTON YORK, Abilene CAROLYN YOUNG, San Lorenzo, Calif. SIDNEY YOUNG, Killeen WILLIAM YOUNG, Laramie, Wyo. GLEN YOUNSE, Deer Park JAMES ZINCK, Cannon City, Colo. Miscellaneous GRADUATE STUDENTS HUBERT BRANDENBURG, Middletown, Ohio EVERETT FERGUSON, El Campo R. L. JOHNSTON, Abilene JON JONES, Fort Worth CHARLES PAYNE. Childress DICK ROBINSON, Abilene HALL C. ROLAND, Henderson, Tenn. ROBERT E. SCOTT, Ada, Okla. WILLIAM SCOTT, Norman, Okla. FRANK VAN DYKE, Henderson, Tenn. ELLA RUTH YOWELL, Abilene SENIORS JASPER HOWARD Greenville PRESTON PARKER Nocona MARY HOTMIRE WILLIAMS SPECIAL STUDENTS DAVID DARNELL, Cisco JANICE ELDER, Corsicana CHARLES GODLOVE, Turtle Creek, Pa. BILL GRASHAM, Phoenix, Ariz. BEVERLY MOORE, Fort Worth WENDELL TEEL, Riner, Va. JOANNE TINDEL, Chickasha, Okla. AGNES TINSLEY, Belfast, N. Ireland RICHARD WILLIAMS, Lefors MYRL WILSON, Winslow, Ariz. Afterword Advertising The Prickly Pear staff extends thanks to: ROBERT'S STUDIO Photographer Abilene LLOYD JONES STUDIO Photographer Abilene ABILENE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE PRESS Abilene H. V. CHAPMAN AND SONS Abilene SOUTHWESTERN ENGRAVING CO. Engraver Dallas AMERICAN BEAUTY COVER CO. Cover Manufacturer Dallas Ballard and Manly Agency “Insurance at a Substantial Savings’’ 746 Pine Congratulations to the senior class! !5Tr 1175 North 2nd St. Phone 2-3735 HIGH'S A. C. Greene's FLOWERS BOOKSTORE — MAGAZINE SHOP 365 Cypress St. Everything You Road j Hall) to brousel To the graduating class of 1954 — our sincere congratulations. S Q “The House of Better Photography” 1138 N. 2nd DISTINCTIVE — CREATIVE For All Occasions . . . For All Information . . . Call 2-3703 Jxobcris Jiudu DRAKE BARBER SHOP “Congratulations to the Senior Class of 1954” The Bootery Foot Comfort Through Balance, Control, Fit Lewis Fool Health Shop A.C.C. Friends Meet at— WHITEHURST'S Distinctive Clothing for 274 Cypress Phone 4-6158 Delicious Food Good Refreshments A.C.C. CAFE Now One of Abilene’s Largest and Finest Restaurants “Shop at your Campus Grocer’s” McClarty GROCERY MARKET We have appreciated your patronage during the past seven years, and we trust our service will continue to meet with your approval in the future. Abilene’s Oldest Established Jewelry Store Rex A. Smith JEWELER 1056 N. 2nd Phone 4-7045 Abilene, Texas 1401 Butternut Phone 2-0096 Private Dining Room for Club Parties Alterations Cleaning Pressing A.C.C. Cleaners 1634 Campus Court Phone 2-0084 Around the Corner from A W h £)H 0 Graduation—an event no student ever jTM. IC J M l It forget8- Refreshment is always in order to celebrate the occasion. So, have a Coke. Coca-Cola just naturally goes with never- to-be-forgotten times. And Coca-Cola is always just around the corner from any- where. It belongs with happy moments and friendly living. Western Chevrolet Company Cadillac Dealer 4001 South 1st Phone 3-2561 Quality Supreme Cleaners Laundry The ACC Students Exchange — Your Own College Store Where You Are Served by Your Friends and Classmates Esther Parker Bill Oldham Monda Oldham Peggy Gambill Jackie Roberts Anita Wright Homer Anderson Shirley Pence Carla Willis Bcbby Hounsel FOOD - RELIGIOUS BOOKS ■ SCHOOL SUPPLIES TEXTBOOKS - NOTIONS POST OFFICE A.C.C. Students Exchange At the Crossroads of the Campus Farmers Merchants National Bank ABILENE'S OLDEST Over 60 Years Dependable Banking Servic - United States Government Depositary Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation The A.C.C. Drug Supply Across the Street from Campus WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS Mr. and Mrs. Ivo Woosley Faculty and Students are always welcome at Harper's Cafe Lunches Dinners Mexican Food Sandwiches Hamburgers Malts Free Parking at 4th Cedar for our customers Congratulations and Best Wishes To The Senior Class of A.C.C. Abilene Hotel Association HIGGINBOTHAM-BARTLETT COMPANY Lumber, Paint, Builder’s Hardware 802 Pine St. Phone 4-7117 SERVICE SANITATION A.C.C. Barber Beauiy Shop SATISFACTION A. B. Barrow Furniture Co. Home Furnishings 3rd Cedar Phone 4-4396 Phone 2-1082 Compliments of Hendrick Memorial Hospital