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

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People make it unique hat made more than 4,000 students from across the nation and around the world come to Abilene and Abilene Christian University? The answer was usually the same. It was the people who made life enjoyable in the small, wind-blown'West Texas city. Opposite page: Although Texans and non-Texans argue about the attributes of the West Texas coun- tryside, few students could ignore the colorful autumn beauty of the Big Country. A view from a cliff overlooking Buffalo Gap provides a glimpse of the autumn foliage. This page: A cow grazing in afeld near Coleman lazily looks at the camera. It's not un- common to see farm animals roaming jields in rural areas surrounding Abilene. One particular lady captured the hearts of the students and typified the spirit of the entire school. Her name was Beulah Cain Arvin, and she was ACU's oldest living alumna. Beulah, a member of the first class to enroll in Childers Classical Institute in 1906, celebrated her l0lst birthday on Nov. 24 in Chapel with the entire student body. he crowd in Moody Coliseum responded with cheers as Beulah waved her handkerchief. Students accompanied the Big Purple in a boisterous version of Happy Birthday, and it was obvious that Buelah was the sweetheart of ACU. President William J. Teague said, Not many of us will match Mrs. Arvin's longevity record. However, the spirit of support for ACU that she exhibits should be in all our heartsf, Opening

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Q exan ,dra full house ut Beulah wasn't the only person to cap- ture the heart of the student body. Short- ly after students helped celebrate Buelahls 101 years, they celebrated Christmas with a group of songsters at least 90 years younger. Vocal performances by the long, tall Texans Opposite page: top - Joyce Holley, a freshman zdvertising major, shows surprise as she lands in the fountain after a playful ruckus with afriendg bottom - McKinzie Beach becomes apopular silefor ACU women to take advantage of the warm February temperatures. This page: top - Members of GATA social club sing their club song, Flaming GATAS, as they stand around the edge ofthe GATA jountaing bottom left - A nighttime view of the annual West Texas fairy right - Newly-inaugurated president Dr? William J. Teague addresses the inaugural audience. from Taylor Elementary School ensured a crowd in Chapel despite upcoming final exams for the fall semester. Chapel-skipping seniors sent the word around to all their friends that the Taylor choir would be in Chapel, and freshmen were urged not to miss the big day. Peggy Drennan, director of the Taylor choir, said the elementary students looked forward to performances at ACU. Coming to ACU to perform is the highlight of their year,', she said. Of our eight perfor- mances throughout the year, ACU is their favorite place to sing. They love itf' And from the excitement exhibited by the grade school and university students whenever Taylor performed, it was obvious that the fascination was not one-sided. Opening