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ICE lammi Student n loom 31# ’licatloiii ION S» AMES lice. Eve. task McCall announces resignation Baylor's Judge retires at 65 THE BATTALION MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981 Page 5A United Press International WACO — Judge Abner V. IcCall, Baylor University president e 5tudei(|nce 1961, announced bis resigna- jn Friday, effective May 31, 1981, Baylor’s Board of Trustees named -I-!®’ r. Herbert H. Reynolds, now ex- :utive vice president and chief lerating officer, to succeed him. McCall will remain with the uni- irsity in an advisory capacity as lancellor. McCall informed the board sever- lyears ago he wanted to be relieved fhis responsibilities after his 65th IENTER idliday on June 8, 1980. The trus- Oji >es developed a long-range plan in ihich Reynolds would succeed IcCall. Except for a three-year stint with ie Federal Bureau of Investigation om 1943 to 1946, McCall has been sociated with Baylor since 1938. tat was the year he was awarded a ee, and he immediately be- in his career at Baylor as an assis- mtlawprofessor, receiving his mas- ir's degree in 1942. McCall was dean of the Baylor aw School from 1948-1959. He also srved as an associate justice on the exas Supreme Court from 1956-59. became executive vice president the university in 1959. He was installed as Baylor's 10th iident in 1961. At that time, Baylor University isted of 25 buildings on 50 acres ith capital assets of $36 million, the campus has more than 40 tags on 300 acres and $180 mil- m in assets. In 1961, there were 600students and 300 faculty mem- rs.The university now has 10,100 idents and a faculty of 538. More than 35,000 students — 54 ntofall Baylor graduates since school was founded in 1845 — have received degrees during icCall’s presidency. McCall was born in Perrin but was raised in the Fort Worth Masonic Home and Orphanage, where he, his brothers and sister were placed fol lowing their father’s death in 1918. He graduated first in his class from the Masonic High School and was awarded a scholarship to Baylor. McCall is especially active in the Texas War on Drugs Committee and has been associated with the Texas Judicial Council, the state Education Commission, the state Baptist Gen eral Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. He has also been honored in “Who’s Who in America.” Reynolds, after earning a bache lor’s degree in industrial psychology from Trinity University in San Anto nio, received a master’s in psycholo gy in 1958 and a doctorate in ex perimental psychology in 1961 from Baylor. He was a member of the Baylor faculty from 1956 through 1961 as a lecturer, teaching fellow and assistant professor. After seven years of service with the Biomedical Research Laboratory in Alamogordo, N. M., Reynolds was made commander of the Air Force Human Resources Research Labor atories in San Antonio. He retired from the Air Force in 1968 after 20 years of active service to become management consultant to General Dynamics Corp. Reynolds rejoined the Baylor administration in March 1969 as its senior vice president. Since then he has been treasurer and provost be fore assuming his present duties as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He has tenured professorships in psychology, man agement and higher education. McCall was renowned for his strict, conservative posture, consis tent with the university’s creed. Among his more notable actions Dates for special mstate election set United Press International AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements has set Feb. 10 as the date for a special election to fill the vacancy created by the House’s decision to void a legislative race in San Antonio. The House Thursday overwhelmingly voted to void the race in which Republican Alan Schoolcraft defeated Rep. Al Brown, D-San Antonio, by 1,038 votes in the November election. Earlier a special committee recommended to seat Schoolcraft, but the entire House accepted the committee’s minority report to void the election, Clements, who announced the date Friday, also set Jan. 21 as the filing deadline. Brown claimed that nonresidents of the district were allowed to vote ibsentee by mail. He said if the questionable votes were thrown out the result of the race would have been different. ^ Sun Theatres 1 333 University 846-9808 The only movie in town Double-Feature Every Week 10 a.m.*2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-O p.m. Fri.-Sat. No one under 18 BOOK STORE & 25c PEEP SHOWS ci r 116 EXTS! Bion ^ be ons Cp- *ent snth ned -on for ear 002 098 $20 COULD GO FARTHER THAN YOU THINK! Ifyouare a person who needs to travel, $20 could lead to a boost in your business. 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The university newspaper. The Lariat, published pro and con editorials on the matter, and McCall dismissed three student editors for their actions. In 1978, McCall and university trustees heard rumblings that some Baylor professors were not following the Baptist Faith and Message State ment of 1963 that advocated teaching the Bible as the inspired Word of God and interpreting it literally. A trustee committee investigated the school’s religion department and ruled that religion department pro fessors must use the Bible as its main textbook. The same year, McCall banned an informal campus group which had been present since the 1930s. The secret Noze Brotherhood’s members dressed in outlandish garb and pul led relatively harmless campus pranks. McCall reprimanded the group several times and finally dis banded it when it proclaimed McCall pope upon the death in the Vatican of Pope John Paul I. 107 DOWLING RD. 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