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

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i I think it's neat to have anniversaries like that. We need to remember the past so we can know where we're going in the future, f Freshmen and transiens didn't realize anything unusual about the year; seniors were just trying to finish their degrees; and nobody else really cared, or so they said. Except, that is, for the time during the opening chapel service when Dr. Kyker read the preamble to the United States Constitution while the band played America the Beautiful and the giant flag was almost unfurled. Coach Smith’s pep talks before the big games instilled some school spirit in a less-than-spirited crowd. And the birth- day party for 100-year-old Beaulah Cain Arvin, ACU's oldest living alumnus, was celebrated by young and old alike. your throat during the war and fire scenes in the Homecoming Musical Pag- eant? Somehow all the events and activities seemed a little more special this year. This page: top — Student Association officers John Tyson, Danny Beasley, Tracy Huebner and Kyle Cotton help 100-year-old Beulah Cain Arvin blow out her birthday candles; bottom — The Big Purple sold spirit hands in the fall as Opposite page: Kathy Pettry and near McKenzie Dormitory.

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i I guess we should have grown beards and trimmed them in the shape of 75's. 1 -Rick Hall, senior i I think it brought back a sense of pride in the school that maybe was lacking in the past, and it helped some of the alumni to feel that sense of pride. ? - Dean Thurston junior The campus got a face-lift too. During the summer the new mall area was completed with grass, trees and sidewalks provided by last year’s Sing Song proceeds. The bell tower was also built as a gift from the class of 1980. More lights were added, 28 trees were planted, and flowers were placed in the usually empty flower boxes. Even the GATA fountain was cleaned up and given colored spotlights. This page: The women of GATA started a fund in the fall semester to beautify their fountain. Opposite Page: top — Student mainte- nance workers plant oak trees pur- chased with Sing Song funds; bottom - Flowers added color and fragrance to the campus.