Lubbock Christian University - El Explorador Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

Page 10 text:

s characters gathered on the LCC scene, we auto- matically took on roles that we would play throughout the school year. Some students were naturals who knew their parts in the plot from the first day, though others of us took a while to find our place, to express our own individuality in the sequence of events. Sometimes we played stock charac- ters. To play an Aggie, one adopted the uniform of western boots, cowboy hat, tooled belt, and fleece-lined jacketg a N-if.-0 liberal sprinkling of CB jargong and respect for the land, its animals al crops. The Athlete, a heroic role, meant certain relaxed power, a fierce loyal 1 to the team, some social glory, ax lots of sweaty discipline . - n . l e There were comic strip Clow ' Joe Cool hanging around the dorm a Sunday afternoon, a thumbs- Fonz cruising right out of a fifti high school yearbook, a junior-leav Don Rickles flattering everyone insults. And then there was just getting simpled out . The Evangelist, too, had ,nfl .J - ' '

Page 9 text:

rt of learning to handle this new part the world . Though not at all a castle in a fairy le, LCC proved dream-like to many us who found happiness in her small ze and comfortable surroundings. We o lived both in the dorms and apart- ents felt this same warmth and soli- de in our rooms at times: though, e the storybook prisoner in a castle ngeon, we also felt at moments the ed to escape from the school routine run around with friends, or perhaps, visit parents we love in an even ore familiar setting. Like the dorm room walls, Lubbock's undependable weather both confined and unified us as it invaded many scheduled plans on the campus. Notices such as Softball Game Can- celled Due to Rain and Club Picnic Postponed - Too Windy to B-B-Q caused rearrangements in many all- school and club functions. Though we were often disgusted by the sudden temperature changes that made us shed warm coats or share umbrellas, we still felt surrounded by an imaginary moat secluding and uniting us in a spe- cial cast of characters. K.: .-sf' L. . 1 ' t. IJ S 1 5 PREFACE - 3

Page 11 text:

le activities: carrying a large Bible, 'ffling through Greek vocabulary ards, going on campaigns, riding the us, caring. Being a Leader meant hearing trou- les from all sides, feeling looked up , getting pressure from above as well s from below, and exerting some ull. The Musician found identity in for- al clothes worn to math, in worrying ver the pitch, and in hours of stand- ng, of practicing, of riding the buses, f performing, of practicing, and ' ' and practicing. For the Scholar, life was a proces- sion of library sessions, of keeping up, of making the grade, of chasing down an elusive thought, of discovery. For the Socialite and the Romeo, life consisted of the whirl of events, the agony over the first impression, the challenge of finding out HIS name, the intrigue of achieving acceptance. Of course, most of the time, none of us was completely any one of these, but somewhere in between several, trying to act out our own individual personalities and places in the story. lf- J, l ,zu it sl H W , A , v 1 I A N A PREFACE - 5