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Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Abbott Sr.,
the new 1987-88 Aggie Parents of
:he Year, are “timegivers, not
moneygivers.”
This is one of the main reasons
the Abbotts won the title, said Renee
Dix, chairman of the Student Gov
ernment Parents of the Year Selec-
ion Committee.
The committee’s decision was an-
lounced at the Parents’ Weekend
wards ceremony last Sunday with
!,220 in attendance at Rudder Audi-
orium.
The Abbotts were surprised when
hey won the title.
“We were at the ceremony, but we
ad no idea of what was about to
appen,” Joanie Abbott said. “We
*ere videotaping the ceremony be-
ause we are making a tape of our
ion Frank’s senior year.”
Frank, the Abbotts’ youngest son,
is a fifth-year civil engineering ma-
f"
1 “When they announced our
Bames, Mr. Abbott just kind of put
Bie camera down,” she said. “One of
our boys said later, ‘Dad, you kind of
propped the camera!’ ”
I The Abbotts have lived in Long-
Hew for 24 years.
I Neither attended Texas A&M,
Inor did their eldest son, David, who
went to Trinity University in San
Antonio.
I The Abbotts’ two younger sons
did attend A&M. Preston was the
Corps commander in 1984, and
■rank was the Corps operations ofFt-
licei in 1986.
I Frank nominated his parents for
Rggie Parents of the Year by submit-
iing an explanation of why he
thought his parents were worthy of
the title, and 10 letters of recom-
Photo Courtesy of Office of Public Information
Frank G. Abbott Sr. and Joan Abbott of Longview accept the honor
of being named Aggie Parents of the Year for 1987.
mendation from people who know
the Abbotts.
“What they lack in the ability to
give large sums of money, they more
than make up for in both time and
spirit,” he said in his four-page es
say. “They have come to love this
University as much as you and I, and
their support for the Corps of Ca
dets is never-ending.”
One letter was from John J. Kol-
dus, vice president for student serv
ices.
“Over the years, they have carted
a portable barbecue pit back and
forth between Longview and College
Station to all of the major events
happening on campus,” Koldus said
in his letter. “Tney’ve provided
many fine meals to many people, but
most important, they’ve snared their
love with all whom they have come
in contact.”
Each year, the Abbotts host a bar-
beque for high-school students from
the Longview area who have chosen
to go to A&M, Joanie Abbott said.
“The kids are able to meet people
that they will recognize when they go
to A&M, and they can get all their
questions about the school an
swered,” she said. “For the past
three years we’ve had the head yell
leader at the barbeque.
“We only cook occasionally — ei
ther for five or 300 people!”
Another letter of recommenda
tion was from Denis Lee Davis, the
1985-86 MSC president.
“An encouraging statement and a
well-intended piece of advice are a
guaranteed part of any conversation
with Mr. & Mrs. Abbott,” she said.
“Even though we are collegiate
young adults — cooking our own
meals in our own hotpots — we still
need some parenting.”
Renee Dix said the Abbotts are
very involved in the University.
“If there’s something happening
on campus, they want to know all
about it,” she said.
The Abbotts’ four-page list of ac
tivities greatly influenced the Par
ents of the Year Selection Commit
tee, she said.
Joanie Abbott is the seventh vice
president of the Federation of Aggie
Mother’s club, and has been the
president of the Deep East Texas
Aggie Mother’s club.
Frank Abbott is an Aggie Club
member and a board member of the
East Texas Area Council of the Boy
Scouts of America.
The Abbotts are active in the lo
cal, regional and national levels of
the Presbyterian Church, and re
cently have started their own broker
age service.
“Our boys got us involved in
A&M,” Joanie Abbott said. “The
school is kind of an extended family.
“So many people have touched
our lives — it’s fun to be able to give
to others.”
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By Frank Smith
Senior Staff Writer
I The leader of a self-proclaimed constitutional
|fiberties group Thursday night at Texas A&M
laid that although leaders of the “religious right”
are entitled to participate in the political process,
they are wrong in stimulating censorship activ
ities in public education and bringing religious
intolerance to the political arena.
I John Buchanan, chairman of People for the
American Way, spoke to an audience of about 60
in a program sponsored by the Memorial Stu
dent Center’s Political Forum committee.
I People for the American Way is a privately
funded group boasting a membership of some
,260,000. It espouses the pluralism and diversity
» . live ill.£• ltsa y s ' s a fundamental part of American society.
1 - , j Buchanan, a former Alabama congressman, is an
•ii l,n . , ( Irdained Baptist minister.
entertaining • ■ j-i e S p en t a p ar t of his presentation criticizing
rent ju$tf° r( Wecent court rulings on textbook cases in Ala-
York Map Hama and Tennessee. In Alabama, textbooks said
.by a federal judge to teach “secular humanism”
ai the expense of Christianity were removed
from classrooms. In Tennessee, parents were
given approval to remove their children from
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Buchanan said the rulings interfere with the
freedom to learn.
“We believe that the 89 percent of the young
people who rely upon the public schools for their
chance in life are important to our country,” he
said. “What public schools need to do is teach sci
ence as science and teach history as history.
“What parents and churches and synagogues
must do is to train up children in religious Faith.”
Buchanan also spoke against the “scorecards”
of congressional voting records distributed by
some conservative religious groups to illustrate
politicians’ stands on “Christian” issues.
In 1980, while still in Congress, Buchanan
scored a 29 out of 100 on one such scorecard. Yet
that was higher than the rating given to any other
clergyman in Congress, he said, and was good
enough to outscore the entire black caucus.
“This is a political agenda,” he said, waving a
copy of a scorecard. “One of the first things I
learned when I got to Washington is that those
who are people of devout faith and are truly fine
Christian people cover the (political) spectrum.”
In addition, Buchanan said People for the
American Way has taken particular interest in
the textbook selection process for Texas’ public
schools. He praised the work of Mike Hudson,
who works as both the group’s legal counsel and
its Texas coordinator.
Hudson formed a coalition of citizens — in
cluding scientists, science teachers and religious
leaders — that Buchanan said has had a positive
influence on the textbook selection guidelines
used by the state’s textbook committee and
school board.
Buchanan emphasized that because of Texas’
size, its textbook guidelines play a large part in
helping determine the content of textbooks in
public school districts throughout the nation.
He said that three years ago, when testifying to
the state school board on evolution guidelines, he
told legislators he was reminded of how God can
reveal his truth through science as well as
through biblical revelation. At that time, Bu
chanan said, most biology textbooks in the nation
contained few references to evolution.
One book, he said, contained a disclaimer in
side the cover saying all subsequent references to
evolution would present it only as a theory. In
fact, that disclaimer was the only reference the
book made to evolution.
“You don’t have to tell the kids in the public
schools they have to choose between creationism
and evolution,” he said. “Kids don’t have to make
that choice unless we insist they do.”
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