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

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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

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1 mid modest brick build- ! ings that formed their ,I own fortress, grass burrs if K that lined the sides of ch long, smooth pathways, and newly planted young trees that represented growth, LCC became that special place that set the scene for all of us as we opened the '76- 7'7 chapter in THE BOOK OF OUR LIVES. The setting of any remembered story has a great deal to do with the flow of events as well as the outcome - and in our case, this was no exception. As if .Fa-E .Q-Sf 1 11 - , . placedlit in a symbolic location for hi book, our college blended well in th far west section of Lubbock. Like th new buildings and businesses surround- ing it, LCC continued to grow an develop in this pioneer area of the city. an author had created LCC and hac G E c Each of us, as individuals, also hac to adjust to this setting around us. Put- ting up with scalding or freezing show- . . , 1 e l ers, giving up Mom s cooking fo J.O.'s, and finding the quietest plac on campus to cram for a test were al v i .u 4-'

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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 - ' '