Texas Techsan July 1967

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Paul Meyers, instructor, GM Training Center, Warren, Michigan

By JOSEPH L. SCHUSTER Associate Professor of Range Management As the result of actlvtttes of the Mesquite Eradication Association of Texas and the insistance of Representative Bill Heatley of Paducah, Texas, legislators appropriated funds which will aid the Texas ranchers in their fight against 88 million acres of mesquite and other brush which is paralyzing the ranching industry. A $1-million state appropriation for brush control research to be administered by Texas Tech and the Texas Department of Agriculture was proposed by the state's budget board, of which Rep. Heatley is a prominent member, and was considered by Texas legislators.

The legislature, with all its financial demands, approved $100,000 of the amount for 1967-68. This will be a shot in the arm for the fight against useless brush, the universally recognized plague of range lands. It will mean that new ideas and new approaches of range scientists at Tech can be brought to bear on a pest that is estimated to cost the western livestock industry over a billion dollars each year in money spent in controlling noxious bruJh or lost to the ravages of this pest.

The importance of the Texas brush problem is paramount with individual ranchers confronted with the fact that brush is quietly but surely sapping the precious water from his PAGE

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soil before forage plants can make use of it. To him this means less beef per acre, higher feed bills, and less net profit from livestock sales. To Texas it means less prosperity and growth. The plight of the rancher has been recognized by such public agencies as the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the State Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, both of which adopted resolutions during 1966 pledging their support of the fight against brush invasion on Texas rangelands.

Extent of the Brush Problem A survey in 19 S8 by Kenneth Platt of the Bureau of Land Management showed that noxious woody plants occupy to some degree S99 million acres of our western rangeland.

Fortunately brush does not sterilize the land it occupies, nor is most brush valueless as forage for livestock and wild animals.

To the contrary, a certain amount of woody plants may even be desirable for dietary reasons. The problem arises when unproductive woody plants occupy space and compete for water and nutrients with more nutritious forage species. Moreover, brushy species once established are able to maintain themselves and even increase in spite of the best grazing management. The primary reason being that they are ecologically dominant over the lower growing grasses and forbs.

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Estimates are that brush reduces grass production by 52 % where it exists on western ra~ges. Prorating this over the 769 million acres of rangeland m the 17 western states shows a reduction of 11.4% in production due to brush alone.

It does not take an economist ~ realize that even the livestock industry cannot afford such a loss for long.

In Texas the problem appears even more severe. Less than 25% of our grasslands have as much as half of their original good forage plants. Another 3 0 to 3 5 % have less than a fourth of the original forage plants that made Texas the great livestock producing state that it has been. Brush invasion is a big factor in the decline of range production. In fact, brush is considered by most range authorities as the number one problem on Texas grasslands.

The Soil Conservation Service reported that in 1963 brush occupied some 8 8. 5 million acres or approximately 8 2% of Texas' rangeland. The most widespread species being mesquite, cactus, junipers, oaks, creosotebush and tarbush. Mesquite which occupies a whopping 56.2 million acres presents the biggest individual problem. In spite of extensive control efforts it has spread over 1. 2 5 million acres and increased in density over much of its range since a previous survey in 1948.

During the same period junipers have increased their range by 3.5 million acres, an increase of over 19% in 15 years.

Another shocking example is that of Huisache and Retama plants. These two species introduced as ornamentals in the late 18OO's now occupy 2. 5 million acres of South Texas grassland.

The change of Texas' ranges from open grassland to brush is well documented. Early pioneers described West Texas as a vast grassland. In less than a century the picture has changed to one of brush and trees with only occasional breaks where the soils are not suitable for brush or the conscientious rancher has waged an expensive war against the invasion of this pest.

Why The Problem?

Just as there is a logical reason for most biological phenomena, there must also be an explanation for the recent increase in brush on rangelands. The factors most accused of increasing brush are ( 1 ) grazing by domestic livestock (2) seed dispersal by rodents and birds, ( 3) climatic change and ( 4) control of range fires. Overgrazing because of its breakdown of the grass cover and soil compaction has reduced the competition once afforded brush by vigorous grasses. The result is a disclimax with the invasion of unpalatable brush which in turn makes the microclimate within the brush even more unfavorable for grass. Continued grazing, no matter how moderate, perpetuates this situation. Grazing animals also act as transportation agents of seeds of noxious plants.

An example is the mesquite bean. Relished by cattle and horses it is actually more viable after passing through their digestiye tracts than before. When driven or shipped from bean infested pastures cattle carry with them large quantities of mesquite jULY,

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beans to be deposited at their distination. Rodents, rabbits, coyotes and birds also act in spreading brush in the same way or by cacheing the seeds for food reserves.

Range fires were once the dreaded scourge of early ranchers. Now extensive range fires are seen only in older western movies. The reduction of range fires is the result of continued control efforts and widespread practices of overgrazing which leaves little grass as fuel for fires. Many researchers believe that fires, either accidental or set intentionally by Indians was a primary factor in keeping our grasslands, grasslands, and not brushlands. The thinking is that periodic fires burned both brush and grass, but grass is able to re-establish itself more quickly after fire. The result being that grasses would quickly recover the soil and effec- . tively keep out brush. The repeated occurrence of this process is believed to have formed our grasslands as found by the first pioneers crossing the vast plains area. The validity of this theory is yet unproven, but it is reasonable and deserves investigation by those studying the cause of brush invasion.

Another factor contributing to the spread of brush is the barbed wire fence. Before the advent of widespread fencing of range animals, first the buffalo and then the longhorn were free to move to greener pastures if drought and overgrazing diminished their food supply in local areas. This brought about double benefits. First, the animals were able to maintain continuous food supplies. Secondly, the exodus from the dry areas resulted in a natural deferment of the abandoned area giving the range a chance to recover from any overgrazing which might have occurred. With the coming of the fence this nomadic type movement of range animals was stopped. Today, except for some movement on large spreads livestock are fenced to stay within the confines of their fences-unless of course the rancher ships them to market. If the rains don't come and the grass doesn't grow severe overgazing generally occurs. This results in a grassland left babre and open for brush invasion-an inevitable occurrence on overgrazed rangeland.

What is Being Done Most ranchers realize the seriousness of the 'brush problem and are using whatever means available to combat this pest.

Present methods are limited primarily to various methods of chemical or mechanical control. The use of hannone type chemical such as 2,4,5-T, which disrupt the metabolic processes, of the plants is widespread. Mechanical methods such as hand cutting, dozing, root plowing, mechanical chopping and chaining are also used. At best these methods result in only partial control and must be repeated to be effective. All are expensive. Better and less expensive methods of brush control are urgently needed. ·

New Approaches Needed Over a million acres of brush are controlled in Texas each year. Despite these efforts the statistics show that brush, PAGE THREE

such as mesquite and juniper, are not only increasing in density on formerly infested ranges, but are also encroaching onto once brush free rangeland.

Obviously the fight against brush must be intensified.

New approaches must be tried and proven. The proposed $1 million state appropriation, if funded, would allow Texas Tech's range scientists to direct their talents toward solving the brush problem. Tech's Range and Wildlife Department now has four professional range management personnel with wide experience and training in range ecology and brush control. If research monies become available more specialists with new ideas could be brought in.

The approach could logically be that of a team, with the team working toward a common goal of developing an overall brush control program, but with individual team members attacking the various problems involved. One aspect needing attention is that of chemical control. The present chemicals and their methods of application could be studied with the possibility of finding new and more effective chemicals. The phenology and physiology of the various brush species would need study to determine the best time and rates of chemical application for most effective control. The use of chemicals to induce growth during adverse conditions or to prolong dormancy so that plants might be more subject to natural environmental hazards, such as freezing has not been tried.

Chemicals or radiation might also be used to cause favorable mutations or to render the plants more susceptible to insects or pathological diseases.

Presently used mechanical methods also need examining as to their effectiveness, economics, timing, and speed of ·application. Such study could lead to the engineering of other types of equj.pment. Untried techniques such as the use of radiation or lasers could ~ tested and adapted to range use.

Other members of the team could study and · perhaps develop the use of fire as a means of brush control. The timing, fuel and heat requirements and repetition sequence of fires, and its effect .upon desirable vegetation would need study.

Another approach would be the use of insects, pathogens, or animals as natural enemies in the fight against brush. Biological control is not new. Australian authorities introduced cactoblastis larvae onto their 60 million acres of cactus in 1929.

By 1933 95 percent of the cactus had been destroyed. The introduction. of a predator that would rid Texas of its 56 million acres of mesquite would be worth millions of dollars to the ranching industry and to the state economy. The predation-prey relationship is constantly present in nature and its

beneficial use in the fight against brush deserves concentrated efforts.

No matter what the approach, in the final analysis the answer to the brush problem would appear to be that of Replacement Control-this is, replace unwanted brush with desirable forage. Nature abhors a vacuum. When a species is removed from the ·plant community its place is filled with another. So it is when grazing or drought removes or weakens the grass sod. The vacancy is filled with brush or weeds. This principle must be applied when brush is removed, either biologically or artificially. It must be replaced hy a species that will benefit the plant community, the grazing animal, the rancher, and mankind. In the case where brush is replaced by grass, good grazing management practices must follow.

Tech Projects Underway Tech already has active projects underway which should help rid Texas of its brush problem. Researchers are engaged in research on mechanical brush control, and the management of ranges after brush control. Chemical companies are cooperating in trials of new chemicals. At least five studies are underway concerning the use of fire for brush control and the effect of fire on rang~ forage and soils. An observational study on biological control of prickly pear was initiated in 1966 when an isolated colony of cactoblastis cactorum was found affecting prickly pear in Garza County.

One of the most interesting leads is night time application of chemicals for the control of prickly pear. This typically semi-arid species which occupies over 3 5.7 million acres of Texas rangeland combats drought conditions by carrying out its transpiration and respiratory processes during the cool of night. Most plants absorb chemicals most readily during the period of most rapid transpiration. This theory was tested at the Texas Tech research farm near Amarillo with unprecedented success in plant control. The study is being expanded to include other species d~ring 1967.

The availability of research monies will allow Texas Tech to expand present projects and to explore new approaches in solving one of the livestock industries biggest problemsbrush. The individual rancher is limited in his brush control efforts by time and money, but it is not inconceivable to believe that ranchers and researchers by combining their efforts can control another pest in much the same way as they did the screwworm. The establishment of a brush research laboratory at Texas Tech would greatly strengthen the chance for success in the fight against brush invasion of Texas.

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RESTAURANTS

ere Tech's Spring Commencement marked the end of a way of life for 1, 6 2 0 seniors. It was a life of studying, college athletics, Greeks, dormitories, 1 0 a.m. coffee hour at the Union, and the other . things that mean life at Texas Technological College.

Although the exercises began promptly, it required almost one-half hour for the largest graduating class in the school's history to move from the rain on the parking lot into seats on the coliseum floor.

Included in the record number of degrees conferred were 13 6 master's degrees, seven doctorates and four honorary doctorate degrees.

While the audience of about 9,000

persons fanned themselves with programs, Lt. Gen. W. A. Davis, former vice commander of the Air Force Systems Command, a 1936 graduate, told the graduates, uyour generation will be in position to shape the future much sooner than generations that have gone before you."

The speaker suggested four basic challenges facing the new graduatesthe challenge of a world ~orn by ideological differences, the great gap between highly-developed and underdeveloped nations, the need to keep improving the environment in which we live, and the overwhelming challenge presented by rapidly advancing knowledge of science and technology.

He reminded the gathering, uyour generation soon will control progress, but its directions still ·are unknown."

Special honor guests at the exercises were members of the first graduating class. The 19 2 7 Spring class · consiste~ of 14 members, 13 of whom are still alive.

Also honored was Dr. R. C~ Goodwin, former President of Texas Technological College, who was attending his last Commencement Exercises. Dr. Goodwin, who will retire this summer and move to Florida with Mrs. Goodwin, was given a standing ovation by the huge crowd and the graduates.

Included in the record num·b er of degrees co.Qferred were four honorary degrees. The Commencement speaker received an honorary Doc tor of Science Degree, as did Rice University Chancellor Carey Croneis, a long-time close personal friend of Dr. Grover E. Murray. Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees were conferred on Lt. Governor Preston Smith, '3 4, and House Speaker Ben Barnes.

The ceremony was dual for the Smith family since daughter Jan also received her degree during the exercises.

The five students graduating with highest grades in the College's five undergraduate Schools were honored during the ceremonies. Those so honored were Paula Diane Hefley~ Lubbock, School of Agriculture; Nancy Ruth Taylor, Fort · Worth, School of ·Arts and Sciences; Samuel Ray Cummings, L~bbock, School of Business Administration; Stephen James Stephenson, Borger, School of Engineering; and Marsha Ann Wilson, Lubbock, School of Home Economics.

Each of the five students ·received a plaque and a ~cholarship .from The· Ex-Students Association to allow him to do graduate work at Texas Tech.

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Sixty-five of the class graduated with either honors or high honors. Each will receive a Certificate of Merit from The Ex-Students Association.

Doctor of Education degrees were conferred on William Lewis Butefish, Perryton; Donald Cates, Lubbock; and Doris Johnston Webb, Lubbock.

Four students received Doctor of Philosophy degrees. These were Forrest Dean Burt, San Diego, California; Anthony Z. Dube, Mont Carmel, P.Q., Canada; Porter Andrew Stratton, Portales, New Mexico; and Reesa Mae V aughter, Lubbock.

Lt. Gen W . A . Davis, former v ice commander of the Air Force Systems Command and a 1936 Texas Tech graduate, was speaker at ' the Commencement Exercises. '

The Preston Smith family look at Dad's picture in a 1934 La Ventana. Daughter Jan (left) and her father both received degrees during the June Commencement Exercises.

Looking on are Preston M. (Mickey) Smith, Jr. '6S and Mrs. Smith '33.

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Wichita Falls Even though the scheduled speaker, Dr. Grover E. Murray, was unable ~o atten(l and the weather was bad, 1ver 60 members of the Wichita Falls :::hapter attended a fish fry held May l3 in Lamesa Park.

Chapter President Earl Sargent pre;ided at the meeting.

New officers elected Wjere : Presiient, Dub Heffington '60; Vice Presiient, (Program) Jon Bear '57; Vice President, (Membership) Duke Frisoee '58; Treasurer, Bob Hughey '60; 5ecretacy, Mrs. Betty Higgins '58; and PublicitY Chairman, Billie Burrell '47.

Elected as diliectors were : J. W. M:arti.n · '47; ~ith Downing; Zac Henderson '49; Charles Harper '55; Don McDermitt '57; and Ronnie Ruck~r

'62.

· Oklahoma City It was a cold, rainy day in Oklahoma ·city on Texas Tech Day on May 6.

But the weather certainly didn't ){eep down the Texas Tech spirit of the members of the Oklahoma City Chapter.

Red Raider Assistant Basketball Coach Charlie Lynch '59 and Ex-Students Association Field Secretary Charles · Steinman '64 spoke to those attending the barbecue at Spring Lake Park.

Assistant City Manager Charles V. (Buddy)··· Hill '58 was elected to succeed H. S. (Tex) Newman as Chapter President. Bobby Wheat '57 was elected Vice President and Mrs. Sue LaMar Wheat '57 was elected Secretary.

Earl Sargent, left, retiring president of the Wichita Falls Chapter, shakes hands with his successor, Dub Heffington. In back. are other new officer~. from left: Bob Hughery, treasurer; Ronnie Rucker and Charles Harper, directors; Jon Bear, vice president; Betty Higgins, secretary. Not shown is Billie Burrell, publicity chairman.

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Houston An informal talk by Texas Tech Executive Vice President Dr. W. M. Pearce '34 highlighted the observance of Te-'(as Tech Day by the Houston Chapter.

More than 90 Exes attended the barbecue dinner and meeting at Linkwood Park Recreation Building. Special guests were Mrs. Pearce, the former Frances Campbell '38 and Wayne James '57, Executive Director of the Ex-Students Association.

Preston Mason, Chapter President, presented a report on the chapter's activities for 1966-67.

Introduced as officers for 1967-68 were President, Bob Dyer '59; Vice President, Floyd Dellingier '59; Secretary, Karl A. Ransleben '62; Treasurer, Reuben Lambert '62; and Re]ULY,

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porter, Mrs. Sue McAdams '66.

Trent Campbell '32 was presented a set of Texas Tech Bridge Cards for being the earliest graduate present. A lollypop and a set of bridge cards was presented to Rodney McAdams, the youngest member present from the 1966 class.

Lubbock County "Wow! What a meeting," was the way Chapter President Mrs. Ralph (Athalene Allen '51) Daniel described the May 6 meeting of the Lubbock County Chapter.

A group of some 100 persons-most of whom were students, some of whom looked like beatniks, some barefooted and unshaven-staged a noisy demonstration outside the meeting site.

Half a dozen students planted ''Texas State University" stickers across 'Texas Tech'' decals on cars at the K. N. Clapp Party House while chapter members gathered inside. Some of them carried signs about the name change.

The gathering of the demonstrators unreeled to the beat of a five-piece ''washboard and jug band.'' Four of the five beatnik-styled members of 1

the band said they were not Tech students. One told The Lubbock AvalaJtche-Joumal, "I have a vital interest in this matter because I was refused admission to Tech.''

One Ex-Student told demonstrators he would prefer to have the TSU sticker removed from his car's windshield. A student who said he had affixed same dared the man to "call the cops'' and two others said they would remove the sticker 'and paint TSU on there for you.''

After a heated debate the Exes retir:ed to their meeting, shutting the door behind them.

One of the half-dozen or so selfappointed leaders of the demonstration shouted protest, ''They think they're going to ignor,e us. It looks like the only way we can get attention around this town is to burn a flag . . . we're going to burn the flag bearing the antiquared name of our university,'' he announced as others produced a red and black cloth bearing an insignia they described as the ''official Texas Technological College symbol.''

Meanwhile, Mrs. . Melba (Rick) Bowden '44, program chairman introduced Mrs. Lasley, who presented several vocal numbers.

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Dr. S. M. Kennedy '43, Vice Presi... dent for Academic Affairs, spoke on "Tech, Its Past, Present and Future."

Named to succeed Mrs. Daniel as president was Roy Middleton '56.

Other officers elected were Pat Garrett '50, vice president; Mrs. Dan K. Williams '55, secr,etary; Mrs. "Red" Read, treasurer; and Roy Grimes '50, program chairman, and Mrs. Lila A. (Allred '29) Kinchen, reporter.

Las Vegas, Nevada What a city to have a T~xas Tech Ex-Students meeting ! !

Twenty-five Tech Exes met at Louigi's Restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada to observe Texas Tech Day. Rex A. Tynes '40, presided at the meeting.

A committee was appointed to make arrangements for the next meeting in late June or in the fall. Members of the committee are Mrs. Conrad (Nema Frances Ross '50) Rickwartz, Edward C. Sessions '51, Robert A. Fielden '61 and Rex A. Tynes.

Parmer County A group of Texas Tech Ex-Students observing Texas ~ech Day in Friona

Some of the demonstrators at the Lubbock. Exes meeting try to burn a cloth representing the official Texas Tech flag.

A group of some 100 persons, most of whom are students, staged a demonstration about the "name-change" issue outside the meeting of the Lubbock County Chapter. Several Exes, including new Chapter President Roy Middleton and Russell Bean, are shown talking to the students.

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voted to organize a Parmer County Chapter and elected officers for the new chapter. . . . .

The meeting was an official activity of the Tri-County (Parmer - Deaf Smith - Castro) Chapter. Those in attendance· voiced belief that by forming individual chapters, more ex-students could be reached in each county.

Berl Huffman, Tech freshman football, head baseball and varsity assistant coach, addressed the group ·.which assembl~d at the Frio~a State Bank Community Room. A display of Texas Tech's y~arbooks and a painting exhibit by fellow Ex-Techsan Bobby Wied was also featured.

Bill Ellis '60 presided at the meetjog.

· Officers ~lected were Robert N eel: J~y '64, President; Keith Broc~ '56, i\Tice President; and Eddy Willmon :~65, secretary-treasurer.

Prescott, Arizona Association District Representative ~erry W. Jackson '55 was in charge of a meeting of Texas Tech Exes in the Prescott, Arizona area in ob~rv­ ance of Texas Tech Day. Featured speaker at the meeting was Dr. John W. Barnes. Dr. Barnes, who. has been serving as Vice President of Kilgore Junior College, has accepted the presidency of Yawapai Junior College in Prescott.

Corpus Christi S. L. Hurlbut, Vice President of the Texas Tech Dads Association, was featured speaker at the meeting of · the Corpus Christi Exes on Texas Tech Day. The meeting was held at nearby . Welder Park in Sinton during the windup of Buccaneer Days.

Chapter President J. E . Coppinger '49 pr7sided at the barbecue meeting, at which plans for a bus trip to the Red Raider-Longhorn football game in Austin next fall were discussed.

Bill Koy '50 was e~cted Chapter President. Ralph Ramsey '62, a rancher . at Goliad , was elected vice president, Hollis Lloyd, secretary, and Dwight Eisenhaver '65, reporter.

Elected directors w.ere Bill Goza '61 a~d James B. Boggs '62. John Coppmger was a carry-over director.

East Texas McMahan '57 was elected President of the East Texas Chapter for 1967-68 at a Texas Tech Day meeting in Tyler on May 6.

Chapter President Jim Hays presided at the meeting at Bell's Lake House which included a social hour ~nd a barbecue supper. Those that t'raved the threatening w.e ather condiIons saw the film of the Red Raiders' 2116 · over Arkansas last fall.

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Bill Little '59, seated, was named president of the Arlington Chapter as the group celebrated Texas Tech Day with a barbecue. Speaker and honored guest was Tony Gustwick. '62, Assistant Director of the Association. Other officers chosen, left to right, were Mrs. Edna Goodyear '50, director; Dr. R. G. rrWick.'' Alexander '58, vice president; Mrs. Betty Noyes '47, secretary; Harold Schrader '52 , director, and Mrs. Carol Lawrence '60, reporter.

Other officers elected included John Cooke '61, Vice President; Mrs. Don (Mary) Bartley, Secretary; J o e · France '49, Reporter; and Directors Joe Griffith '51, Jim Hays '60, and Fred Vinson '66.

Austin Probably the most sought after speaker in all of West T~xas was the main speaker at the annual spring meeting of the Austin Chapter on a cold Sunday afternoon, May 14th.

But the cold weather didn't keep a large crowd of Tech Exes away from the barbecue dinner meeting at scenic Barnhart Lodge and from .~aring Coach Berl Huffman talk about the Texas Tech that he knows and loves.

Huffman shared the program with Wayne James, Executive Director of the Ex-Students Association, who spoke briefly.

Special guests were several members of the Legislature and their wives. Attending were Rep. Frank Calhoun '56, Abilene, Rep. and Mrs. Malouf Abraham, Canadian and Elmer Tarbox, '39 Lubbock.

Pat Thurman '50 was elected again to serve as President of the Austin Chapter. Dick Lowke '59, who has served as officer of the Corpus Christi Chapter, was elected Vice P~esi­ dent. Other officers elected were Georg,e Bowie '63, secretary-treasurer; and Neil McMullen.

Retiring officers were: Stan Kingery, President; Charles L. Strehli, Vice President; James McAlister, Reporter; and Jerry Hall, Treasurer.

Greenbelt Texas Tech was described by a wi~ely traveled professor of law, who will serv;e · on the faculty of the college's new School of Law when it opens its doors to students next Fall, as "a place that is very much on the move."

Dr. Justin Smith, associate dean of the National College of State Trial Judges at the University of Nevada before assuming duties on the Law. faculty last February, said that Tech has one of the finest physical plants in the nation and a "staff that is PAGE NINE

raise money for the Texas Tech Loyalty Fund would be conducted in San Antonio during the month of May.

Abilene Ex-Students Association President C. H. Cummings '34 of Lubbock was the main speaker at a May meeting of the Abilene Chapter.

John W. Chism '60, Vice President of the Abilene Bank of Commerce was elected Pr,esident to succeed Gerald Galbraith '63.

Other officers elected were E. H. ''Mac'' Andrews '52, ViCte President; and E. R. "Dick" Brooks '61, Secretary-Treasurer.

Special guests at the meeting were Mrs. Cummings and Wayne James.

Gerald Galbraith '63 (right), president of the Abilene Chapter, smiles as he hands over information on the chapter to new president, John Chism '60.

superior to that of any school that I have visited."

Dr. Smith was guest speaker for the annual meeting of the Greenbelt Chapter and a Red Raider Fish Fry in Allingham Park in V.ernon. Cecil Carroll of Crowell caught the fish and cooked them for the fish fry.

Smith shared the program with Charles Steinman '64, who recently assumed duties as Field Secretary with the Ex-Students Association.

New officers elected were Curtis Johnson '62, President; Glen Halsell '49 of Crowell, Vice President and Charles LeBus '61, secretary-treasurer.

Retiring officers were Joe Robertson, President; Cecil Carroll '43 of Crowell, Vice Pr~sident and Mrs. Ross Hendrix, secretary-treasurer.

San Antonio An outdoor Mexican dinner, attended by over 75 Exes at the home of Chapter President Raymond Ince '48 and his wife Loyce highlighted Texas Tech Day activities in San Antonio.

Texas Tech Athletic Director Polk Robison '34 and Ex-Students Association Executive Director Wayne James spoke to those present.

Tullus C. Thomas IT 62, a Stock Broker, was elected Chapter President for 1967-68. A form.er President of the Amarillo Chapter, Andy Behrends '51, was elected Vice President.

Dr. Harold Brannan '53 was elected Secr:etary and Max E. Waghorne '34 Reporter. Elected Directors were James I. Campbell '48, Wallis Champion '57, A. L. Kincheloe '50, Olaf Lodal '32, Dan Webster '61 and Raymond B. Ince '48.

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Odessa If you want to

see a surprised ''Aggie'' just let him come home from a hard day at the office and find that over 60 Texas Tech Exes have taken over his home for the eViening.

That's what happened to Dr. Edwin Dempsey, who is a graduate of Texas A&M. An organizational meeting of Odessa Exes had been set for May 19th, 7:30 p.m. at Shervvood Park. The only thing was at 4:30 p.m. it came a light rain shower in the north part of town. The Dector's wife, the former Jerry Nell Reeves '55, volunteered their home as site of the barbecue supper. So by 5 :30 all the Tech Exes in Odessa had been called. The only thing-someone forgot to call Doctor Dempsey. By the time the Doctor arrived home, all the guests had arrived.

Red Raider Basketball Coach Gene Gibson '50, and Wayne James and Tony Gustwick from the Ex-Students Association Office spoke to those present.

A second meeting was set for June 30th at which the film of the TechArkansas game was to be shown and new officers elected.

Dallas County Texas Tech Ex-Students in Dallas County met a week befor.e Texas Tech Day on April 29th in order to get two top speakers from the campus.

Coach Berl Huffman and Dean of Engineering Dr. John R. Bradford '42 spo~e to the group of Exes that gathered for a picnic featuring hot dogs and beer at Willowick Party House.

Special guests were Harold Hinn, a member of the College Board of Directors and Wayne James, Executive Director of the Ex-Students Association.

Tom Rollins '47, a Dallas insurance executive, was elected President to

succeed Wallace Smith '58 of Richardson.

Other officers elected were Vice President, Kenneth ''Termite'' Lee '63; Secnetary, George Morgan '56; and Treasurer, Troy Marshall.

The ' 'name change issue·' ' was dis.. cussed and most of those present signed a petition favoring a change to Texas Tech University.

Lamesa Lamesa and Dawson County Exes observed Texas 'tech Day with a round of golf at the Lamesa Country Club, followed by a picnic supper.

Tom Wilson '66, former all-SWC quarterback and now Red Raider quarterback coach, spoke to those present at the picnic. Entertainment was provided by Lanny Allen, accompanied by Mrs. Troy Dale. Music was provided by "The Coachmen," a junior high instrurn.ental group.

Richard Ge'n try '61, outgoing president, presided over a short business meeting that was highlighted by the election of Bob Brown '59 as President.

Other officers elected wer.e 0. W. Richardson '40, vice president; Mrs. Don (Jieannene Pieper '61) Bryant, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. David (Carole Brashear '65) Rankin, reporter. Directors elected w~re Bill Reid '49, Jerry Bell '59 and Richard Gentry '61.

Washington, D.C. Texas Tech Ex-Students in the Washington, D.C. area observed the traditional Texas Tech Day with a dinner meeting and .evening of fun at the Shertaon-Silver Spring Motor Inn in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Lt. Don Ledwig '59 was master of ceremonies for the evening. Honored guests were Congressman and Mrs. George Mahon.

The scheduled speaker for the evening, President Grover E. Murray was unable to attend. Colored slides of the campus and other information supplied by the Ex-Students Office wer.e shown.

The committee in charge of unusual entertainment featured at the me,eting included Ledwig, Mrs. Dapheene Goodpasture '41, Mrs. Joel (Marlee Kochis '62) Anderson, Capt. Howard Smith, Jess Mcllvain '59 and .

Merihelen Jones '60.

Officers of the chapter are President, Jim Tom Casey '41, Falls Church, Va.; Vice President Mrs. Maurice Goodpasture, Arlingt~n, Va,; Secretary, Lewis H. Earl '39, Bethesda, Md., and Treasurer, Mrs. Russel (Josephine Welmaker '40) P.erkins, Silver Spring, Md. Another meeting is planned for August or September.

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orn Four Texas Tech professors--each a nationally recognized authority in his· field-have been named recipients of the first Horn Professorships by the Texas Tech Board of Directors.

Receiving the professorships, named in honor of Tech's first president, Paul Whitfield Horn, were Dr. F. AI ton Wade, Professor of Geosciences, Dr. Carl Hammer, Head of the Germanic and Slavonic Languages Department, Prof. Elo J. Urbanovsky, Head of the Department of Park Administration, Horticulture and Entomology, and Dr. Ernest Wallace, Professor of History.

The Horn Professorships were established by the Tech Board in 1966 uto r ecogntze . scholarly achievement and outstanding service" at the university.

El'tgt'b·1· I tty was based on attainment of national or regional distinction for outstanding teaching, research or other creative achievement. jULY,

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arne Dr. Wade, who joined the Tech faculty in 19 54, is internationally known for his expeditions to Antarctica. He made his first polar trip in 193 3 with Admiral Richard E. Byrd and returned from his fifth expedition early this year.

A graduate of Western Reserve, Kenyon College and Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wade headed Tech's Geosciences Department from 19 54 until 1964 when he resigned to devote fulltime to teaching and research.

He holds two Congressional Medals for his work with Admiral Byrd and was cited for work in Korea by the Air Force in 1952. Kenyon awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science in 1962.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Dr. Wade is the co-author of Elements of Crys-

tallography and Mineralogy and Physical Geology, and has published several papers on the geology and glaciology of Antarctica and Greenland.

Prof. Elo J. U rbanovsky is one of the leading authorities on parks and recreation areas in the United States. Under his direction, Tech's Park Administration Department recently presented a proposal to Gov. Connally for a scenic parkway system in Texas designed to revolutionize auto tourism in the state.

A native West -Texan, Urbanovsky graduated from Texas A&M and did graduate work in landscape architecture at the Uniyet3ity of Massachusetts before joining the Tech faculty in l949.

He has served as president of the American Institute of Park Executives, holds an honorary fello~ship in the National Recreation and Park Association and was cited by the association for outstanding work in 196 5.

Pope John XXIII conferred ·the Pro, Excelsia Et Pontifice on Urbanovsky in · 1963.

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two U.S. speakers at the Third World Congress in Public Park and Recreation Administration in England.

international reputation in Germanic studies. He is considered one of the leading authorities on Goethe.

Dr. Ernest Wallace, noted historian,

A native North Carolinian, Dr. Hammer was graduated from Catawba College, earned his master's at Vanderbilt and received the doctorate at the University of Illinois where he was Phi Beta Kappa.

Other graduate work includes studies at the University of North Carolina and the University of Jena in Germany.

Dr. Hammer recently was selected to head Tech's new Department of Germanic an~ Slavonic Lan~ges which opens in September.

He has written eight books and more than 2 0 articles related to his field and is a constant contributor to journals.

Currently president of the Texas Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German, Dr. Hammer was cited by the University of Illinois in 19 58 as one of the top ten graduates of the German Department in the last 50 years.

He was awarded the Schiller sesquicentennial medal by the Federal Re-

teacher, and author, joined the Tech faculty 3 1 years ago. Concentrating his area of historical interest in the Southwest, Dr. Wall ace is co-author of The Comanches: Lords of the Sauth Plains, considered by experts to be the most thorough and complete history of that tribe. He is also a recognized authority on Gen. Ranald S. MacKenzie, an early military leader in Texas.

A graduate of East Texas State, Dr. Wallace holds a master's degree from Tech and the Ph.D. from The University of Texas.

A native of Daingerfield, he did postdoctorate work at Harvard under a Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship in 1952-53.

He holds memberships in several national and regional historical societies, and has published numerous historical articles in addition to several novels.

Dr. Carl Hammer Jr. joined the Tech faculty in 1964, bringing with him an

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Academic Vice President S. ·M. Ken. nedy, who headed the committee which selected the Horn nominees, said the four were lauded by experts in their particular fields throughout the United States. uwe were gratified to receive so many unreserved recommendations for the Professorships from these men's col. leagues," Dr. Kennedy said.

Horn Professorships, as outlined by the Board of Directors, are for five years, subject to renewal. They carry with them a minimum salary supple· ment of $2,000.

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Best way to sum 1t up ts to compare the situation coming up in September with the one Texas Tech faced in September, 19 6 6.

Coach J T King had to carry over to last fall the problem of deciding who would be the No. 1 quarterback -John Scovell or Guy Griffis.

Now, the question facing the Tech coaching staff, to be decided in September drills is who will be the No. 2-junior Tom Sawyer of Plainview or sophomore (red-shirted last year) Joe Matulich of San Antonio.

No. 1 post has been decided. Again it's John Scovell, the senior from Dallas, who did such a good job replacing Tom Wilson last year.

Scovell sat out much of the spring training, letting a thumb injured in a Saturday scrimmage game, repair itself. But both Sawyer and Matulich looked good, especially in the RedWhite game. Both sent their forces on lengthy touchdown drives in the closing moments. Sawyer hit end Lou Breuer of Richardson on the last play of the game with a 20-yard scoring pass giving the Reds a 17-13 victory.

We'll go into the football outlook more in the next issue, but now, here's a round-up for 1966-67:

FOOTBALL: High point of the season--4- 6 overall, 2- 5 for sixth in the SWC-was the 21-16 upset of Arkansas. It was the first Tech win over the Hogs since the series began 10 games back. It was recognized nationally as the upset of the year, one that was accomplished despite an un}ULY,

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precedented wave of injuries that even disabled two Raiders the afternoon before the game.

End Larry Gilbert, unanimous allSouthwest Conference, made the AP All-America second team. Halfback Mike Leinert was also a consensus allconference gridder and tackle Phil Tucker made the all-conference team selected by players. Tackle James Henkel and halfback David Baugh played in the North-South All-Star game at Miami, Tech's first such selections, and guard Ronnie Pack made the Shrine East-West game at San Francisco and the Hula Bowl.

BASKETBALL: Only Billy Tapp, the team's sixth scorer in 196 5-66, re. turned to the starting lineup. Injuries and illness caused several to miss much of the schedule. Still, after winning only one pre-conference game and just one of their first seven conference contests, the Raiders were probably the hottest team in the SWC at the close.

Tech captured six of its last seven conference games. The Raiders took two of three from NCAA playoff representatives, defeating New Mexico State University and splitting with Southern Methodist (they beat the Mustangs in Dallas in one of the all-time dream upsets) . Tech was 9-15 for the season, 7-7 in SWC play for fifth place. Vernon Paul overcame a mid-December appendectomy to gain first team allconference honors, and defense-minded Billy Tapp made the coveted 300 point club. Tech's outstanding comeback caught the attention of the professionals, but Gene Gibson turned down an offer to coach the Dallas club.

SWIMM:ING: Some near-misses on a rough road schedule resulted in the Raiders compiling a 6-9 dual record.

However, at the Southwest Conference Meet, where Jim McNally's Raiders were hosts, Tech finished a strong third, nearly overtaking second place University of Texas (Austin). Robert Graham successfully defended his 50yard freestyle championship. Eleven school records fell.

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GOLF: Robert McKinney, a junior bringing only 3-3 round-robin play credentials into the tournament at Dallas' Glen Lakes, pulled a big surprise. He wound up Southwest Conference champion by shooting a 72-hole total of 27 6, eight under par, 10 strokes ahead of Spec Stewart of Texas. Gene (Butch) Mitchell Jr., in his first year as coach saw his team finish fifth in dual match competition.

TENNIS: Big news was the victory, 4-2, over Rice, first ever by a Texas Tech tennis team. Playing three sophomores and two juniors, Coach George Philbrick's Red Raiders wound up third in a race so close they could have won the title on the last day. Sophomore Mike Beene, No. 1 singles, was eliminated in the semi-finals by Ted Gorski of Texas, defending champion.

TRACK: Biggest news in some years was the Southwest Conference championship won by the 440-yard relay of Gary Golden, Richard Hardy, Don Parrish, and James Jones. Injuries and illness had kept them off stride most of the season, but they attained a 40.7 clocking, a new school record. Tech scored 3 0 points, its greatest ever, in winding up sixth, highest finish since 1961. Freshmen ·also had an individual champion to point to, discus thrower Ronnie. Mercer. During the seasontheres will be some post-season competition for the relay team and weight man Ed Mooney, second in both events-Vernon Hilliard's track team won the Southwestern Recreation Meet and a pair of triangulars (with Texas Christian and University of Texas (Arlington) and with McMurry and Eastern New Mexico) .

BASEBALL: Still in competition at deadline, but Berl Huffman and Kal (Sonny) Segrist experienced one rnajor satisfaction. They witnessed not only the close at 17, the streak of Tech losses to perennially well-endowed Sui Ross, but also the Red Raiders sweep of all three games with the Lobos. Don Champion is again leading the batters, David Callarman the pitchers. uwait 'til next year" really means something

this spring, for in 19 6 8 the Red Raid. ers officially will begin championship competition in baseball.

PERSONALLY: Dr. J. William Davis, Tech's athletic committee chair.. man, was elected to the all-powerful N.C.A.A. Council, executive body of the major organization governing intercollegiate athletics. It was a well-deserved tribute to the man who has helped the entire structure of athletics through his work on the infractions committee, his development of the in- . ter-conference letter of intent, and his. formulation of the pre-enrollment ap.. plication acceptable to the In terscholastic League ... Gene (Butch) Mitchell Jr., became head golf coach when Danny Mason moved to Arkansas to work on a doctorate and coach golf . . . Grant Teaff left the head coaching job at McMurry to succeed Harry Buffington on the ~ootball staff; Tom Wilson became a full- time mem~ her of the staff; and Gene Henderson came from Nederland when Jim Wright joined the Mississippi State staff . . . Mrs. Ruth Sturtz, prominent in Lubbock 'business women's activities, succeeded Mrs. Mildred Wright as tickM et manager . . • Bob Kitchens was named assistant track coach when Billy Hardage took the head job at Way· land . . . Athletic Director Polk Robison continued on the N .C.A.A. television committee, and Jim McNally again worked on the swimming rules group . . . Hilliard was honored as referee of the West Texas Relays and the Colorado Relays.

All ex Saddle Tramps are invited to a Tramp Reunion October 14, 1967. Activities and a Bar-B-Que Saturday, after which Tech will meet A&M in a SWC thriller.

For reserved seats, send reservations to Saddle Tramps, Box 4 2 63, Texas Tech- before Oct. 1. Game tickets are $ 5. 50 each. Make checks or money orders payable to Tech Athletic Dept. (Please enclose 2 5¢ mailing fee) .

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a me There will be no name change for Texas Tech this year. uFurther study for an appropriate name" was recommended by a special committee after a two-hour closed-door meeting on May 3. t(We had a very friendly and constructive session," committee chairman C. A. (Buzz) Cash, Amarillo, reported, ((b ut we recommend no action on a name change be taken at present."

He added: ««There's no chance further study could result in agreement in time ft r action by the Legislature before it adjourns Ia te this month.''

Student, faculty and ex-student representatives on the committee said they could not agree on any new name because each felt himself bound by earlier actions of their respective groups. uwe five in this room could agree on a comprom1se · name, I'm sure, but we think more study is necessary," ac}ULY,

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cording to C. H. (Cliff) Cummings, Lubbock, representing The Ex-Students Association.

Exes have voted repeatedly in favor of uTexas Tech University." Students and faculty members have favored uTexas State University" in various polls and referendums. ccThe action," Cash said, ««does not mean that either of those names necessarily will be ruled out in the future."

The name-change committee was authorized by the college Board of Directors in April, with Chairman Roy Furr, Lubbock, appointing the members.

((All we could agree on," Cash said, uwas that the word «university' should be in the institution's name . . .

Whether this committee or someone else makes the further study we recommend is a decision the Board of Directors will have to make."

a me In answer to questions from an Avalanche-Journal reporter, the committee chairman, who also is a board member, said the group udiscussed dozens of possible names" at the meeting. ««We had several informal votes," he said.

Asked whether any of the votes showed near-unanimity, Cash said uwe didn't come anywhere close to agreement."

Under t~e ground rules, it had been decided no recommendation would be made unless all could agree. uA lot · more work must be done," faculty representative Dr. William E. Oden said.

He and Cummings agreed they were uencouraged" by the fact this year's controversy over renaming the institution had not created the intense furo'r of two years ago. At that time, the board recommended uTexas Tech UniPAGE FIFTEEN

versity" to the Legislature but the bill died in committee.

Student Body President Bill Beuck was a committee member. He said the student opinion precluded him from . approvtng a compronuse name.

The committee met in the office of Dr. Grover E. Murray, president, who was out of town. After a brief picture-taking s~sion, Cash directed all but committee members to leave the room. uwe don't know what we're going to get into,'' he explained. uwe can discuss the matter more freely in private."

Two hours later, the committee announced its actions--or lack of itand answered questions. uwe've had just three weeks to work on this," Harold Hinn, a director and committeeman from Dallas and Plainview, said. ult's just going to take more time, that's all."

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The day following the committee meeting, the first of five or six demonstrations about the name change was held.

The first two demonstrations were primarily over the committee's failure to make a recommendation back to the Board. These demonstrations were made up of people . supporting both Texas Tech University and those supporting Texas State University.

However, later demonstrations were led by supporters of Texas State University.

Approximately one-fourth of the student body, 4040 students, voted in an all-campus election on April 28.

Texas State University was picked as a solid favorite for the proposed new name as both first and second choice.

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2nd 3rd 1st Choice Choice Choice HO 6$3 Texas State University 1814 Texas State U. $86 46} & Tech. College 630 Texas State U. 379 of A, s, & T 290 136 The Texas State 278 University $32 lSI University of 320 the Southwest 25$ 220 47 Cap rock University 26 26 The University of H4 Texas Tech 183 283 Texas Technological University 230 332 287 Texas Tech University 6JO 424 388

Approximately 3 00 students and several faculty members protested the proposed name-change on Friday May 6 by marching around the Ad Building and rallying at the Double T Bench. The group chanted uwe want a name change, and we want actton NOWT, ·wi· Numerous signs were displayed criticizing the Board-appointed nameCf

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change committee and its decision to table making a recommendation this spring.

Dr. S. M. Kennedy, vice president for academic affairs, spoke to the stu-dents. President Grover Murray was at ·home ill.

Following Kennedy's talk dent shouted uTry to get a a degree from Texas Tech." answered: ttTry to get one

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The next day, Saturday, about 600 :students and faculty members marched .from the Tech campus to downtown Lubbock, carrying signs and chanting uwe want a change." The group marched down Broadway to the City Hall on Texas Avenue, and finally gathered at the Avalanche-Journal building at eighth and Texas A venue.

During an earlier rally at the Administration Building, one protester even burned his dormitory meal ticket to the delight of the crowd.

Approximately 100 of the demonstrators gathered outside a May 6 meeting of the Lubbock County Chapter of the Ex-Students Association.

Russell Bean '3 3, chairman of the then inactive Joint Name-Change Committee which supports Texas State University, spoke to about 150 students at a session sponsored by the Student Senate on May 9.

Student Association President-elect Max Blakney appointed a special committee to plan and promote student interest in the name-change issue. The Student Senate ratified a resolution giving the officially-recognized student name-change committee full support for any demonstrations and other actions necessary to pursue .t he namec~nge issue.

Even though it received little support in the student election, just before finals there was a concentrated move on the campus for support of University of the Southwest.

But at least until the Governor calls a special session or maybe until even January 19 6 9, the name still remains Texas Technological College. ]ULY,

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would you give m.ore of your estate to your grandson than to your wife? would you appoint a total stranger as guardian to your children? would you direct that your nephew's children inherit your entire estate and your adopted child inherit none? would you turn your back on the legitimate avenues open to lower taxes on your estate?

If you die without a will, many of your decisions will be made by state law, and the things you meant to do may never be accomplished. Protect your family, conserve your estate, minimize your taxes, and give concrete expression of your concern for those who come after. Make a will, k~eep it up to date, and remember your Alma Mater.

The Committee on Wills and Estate Planning Texas Tech Loyalty Fund, Box 4009, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas

News briefs about the college, its family, students and ex-students.

By WAYNE JAMES

Governor Approves WIN Gov. John Connally has signed a bill authorizing a gigantic televis i o n television network linking 18 W.est Texas colleges and universities.

Known as the Western Information Network, th.e system will have its center of operations at Texas Tech.

The elaborate network will tie the Colleges and Universities and West Texas together by the use of two-way closed circuit television, computers and other means of interchanging information.

The system will enable professors to teach students at any other school via a two-way hookup. Industrial firms also will participate, using university professors to keep their employees abreast of the latest advances in any particular field. ''This system can put Tech in the forefrol)t of new educational frontiers,'' Dr. John Bradford '42, Dean of Engineering at Tech said. He said that the network will allow a professor on any of the campuses to lecture by TV to classes at any combination of the others and provide a ''library interbraries available to faculty and stuchange" making material in all lidents on each campus.

Dean Bradford said plans are to launch the pilot program next year by linking Tech with AmarillD College.

Financing of the multi-million dollar system is expected to come from three sources. State supported schools will go to the Legislature; they also will apply for federal funds available for network education; and a nonprofit organization will be set up to accept funds from industry and private foundations.

He explained that the closed-circuit TV teaching will be unique in that it will be tw~way. " This is particularly important in graduate courses. The teacher will lecture and demonstrate and then students in El Paso or Abilene or Borger-or all three-can ask questions. They can see the professor and he can see them.''

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asking that graduate-level engineering course be taught their employees.

Institutions involved in the initial planning of WIN were Frank Phillips Junior College, Borger; Clarendon Junior College; South Plains College, Levelland; Midwestern University, Wichita Falls; Lubbock Christian College; Odessa Colleg~; Howard Country Junior College, Big Spring; Abilene Christian College; Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene; McMurry College, Abilene; and Howard Payne College, Brownwood.

Coaches Visit in Area Golf and fellowship will be high on the menu this summer as Texas Tech coaches and faculty members visit 15 West Texas and Eastern New Mexico towns.

The visitors will meet with civic clubs at noon and play golf with fans In the afternoon. Talks by the coaches are scheduled at evening sessions.

In addition the coaches will be assisting Red Raider Club Executive Vice Persident Leete Jackson to raise funds for the Red Raider Club at the evening sessions.

Tours to be visited in June include Seminole, Seagraves, Brownfield, Levelland, Ralls, Abernathy and Tahoka.

The schedule for July includes Big Spring, July 5; Plainview, July 6; Post, July 11; Muleshoe, July 12; Midland, July 13; Amarillo, July 18; Wichita Falls, July 20; Slaton, July 24 and Hobbs, July 25.

Agricultur.e, served Tech 30 years, from 1925 until he retired in 1945. H~ was responsible for many of the print ciples and practices which brought the School of Agriculture to its pre. sent state of eminence, college officials noted. Dean Leidigh died in 1955t i l\1rs. Johnnye Gilkerson Langford; professor emeritus of physical education and a former dean of wom.en headed Tech's department of physical education for women from 1925 until she retired in 1950, with the exception of the years 1945 through 1948, when she served as dean of women. She now resides at 4505 15th Street, Lubbock.

The third designation honors the late Capt. Charles A. Bassett, Air Force Officer and astronaut who was scheduled for orbital flight in one of the later G,e mini projects at the time of his death Feb. 28. Capt. Bassett received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tech, with honors in 1960. He had built up an enviable: academic and Air Force record, log-( ging in excess of 3,200 hours of flight 1 time, mostly in jet aircraft. j The commons dining hall also was ! designated as Wiggins Common in ! honor of former Tech President Dr. D. M. Wiggins of Lubbock for whom the entire complex is named.

The first thr.ee towers, scheduled for occupancy this fall, were named Chitwood, Weymouth, and Coleman Halls in honor of prominent Texans instrumental in Tech's founding and development.

Each of the towers will accommodate 572 students with a total occupancy of 3.432 when all are in operation.

Dormitories Are Named Two members of Texas Tech's original faculty and a distinguished graduate have been honored in the naming of the remaining three towcers in the Wiggins residence hall complex.

The high rise dormitories, scheduled for construction in the second phase of the multi-million dollar project, will be known as Leidigh Hall, Langford Hall and Bassett Hall.

The late Arthur Henry Leidigh, as Professor of Agronomy and Dean of

Graham Is All-American Robert Graham has become the . first T.exas Tech swimmer to make : All-American for the second time.

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Graham and diver Jesse Marsh, San Angelo w.ere chosen to the 1957 Ali-America. Graham, a 1968 graduate from Tyler, will join Libe~ Mutu~l Insurance Company in Philadelphia this summer.

Sexton is active in many civic affairs. He is a District Representative to the Ex-Students Association Council.

Sexton's wife is the former Sue Ann Hunt '58. The Sextons have three children and live at 3407 41st Street.

Censorship Is Lifted

Jim Sexton Is Honored Jim Sexton '55 has been named Outstanding Young Man of the Year by the L u b b o c k J u nior Chamber of Commerce.

Sexton is now assistant vice president in the public relations department at the First National Bank.

He majored in marketing and management at Tech and received his degree in 1955. H was a member of the Red Raider Basketball team, Double "T" Association and Phi Delta Theta.

Dr. Byron R. Abernethy, whose ouster as a government professor at Texas Tech in 1957 triggered a 10year dispute, has declined ''for personal reasons" to accept reinstatement. ''He asked that I convey to the board his sincere appreciation," Dr. Grover E. Murray told directors recently.

The American Association of University Professors, an organization which "censured" the board for the summary dismissal of Abernethy and two other faculty members, recently lifted the blacklisting after the college offered to give Abernethy his job back.

Both Murray and Abernethy said. the entire incident ''now is closed.''

Abernethy emphasized his decision not to Iiejoin the faculty was based solely on career considerations.

"Since 1957," he said, "I have devoted . 10 years to establishing myself in a new profession and to the build-· ing of a new career as a professional (labor-management) arbitrator. My efforts have met with some success.

I find this, too, to be a· satisfying and challenging profession and I have simply decided that it is more to my advantage to continue with what I am now doing than it would be to return to Texas Tech at this time.'!

Earlier, Abernethy, who still lives in. Lubbock had said he considered the offer of reinstatement a vindication of him.

The Board voted at its April 8 meeting to offer Abernethy his old job subject to the AAUP removing Tech from its censure. Tech Piiesident Dr. Grover E. Murray got permission to negotiate with the AAUP before accepting the T.e ch Presidency last year.

Dudley Johns, friendly campus mailman for many years, was honored by two campus organizations recently. Shown below, Jerry Peek, president of Saddle Tramps is congratulating Dudley on his honorary membership into Saddle Tramps. Also Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, initiated Dudley into membership and awarded him the chapter's first rrservice To The Campus Award" for his dedication and outstanding service to Texas Tech.

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Neither Murray nor Abernethey wou give any indication that any money for •'backpayt t was offered Abernethy. ousted professors be reimbursed as a Over the years, the AAUP has demanded that he and the other two condition of lifting the censureship.

College officials had constantly pointed out that state laws bar such action. AAUP officials had pointed out that they do not necessarily ~x­ pect state funds to be used for the reimbursement. As late as last year the AAUP had lowered the amount from full pay for 9 years to be paid Abernethy as ~eimbursement to a lesser amount.

Game to Be Televised The Southwest Conference will have the same number of teams appearing on television this year as last but will draw down more money.

The reason is that there will be four appearing on national television and two regional, whereas last year two were on national and four regional.

A game on national 'IV pays $330,000 to both teams. Eighty per cent is taken out and given to the conference, which distributes it among the eight members. The two participating teams keep 20 per cent and then share in the 80 per cent.

A r,egional telecast pays the participating teams $212,000. They keep 20 per cent and give the remainder to the conference for an eight-way distribution.

Arkansas, because it appears in one national and one regional game, will get the most money, receiving $141,600.

Texas is only in one national so it will get $120,200. Southern Methodist and Texas A&M also are in one national appearance and each will be paid $120,000.

Richard Amandes, d~an of Tech's new School of Ltrw, spokes recently to ExStudent chapters in Dallas, Austin, and Roswell, N.M. Amandes, left, is shown examining a School of Law bulletin with Wal/ace Smith '58, president of the Dallas chapter.

Texas Tech is in one regional tete; cast and will receive $108,600. · Baylor. Rice and Texas Christian are in neither national nor regional but each will receive $87,200.

Texas A&M and Southern Methodist clash on nationa! television Sept lS and Texas and Arkansas Oct. 21 Texas Tech and Arkansas appear ~ regional television November 25.

KoShari Reunion Held One Hundred and eight former members of the KoShaii Club met at the Villa Inn in Lubbock on Saturday, April 22 for a reunion to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the club on the Tech campus.

Registration began at 10 o'clock, followed by a formal luncheon at 12 :30. Mrs. Kenneth Looper of Lubbock was mistress of ceremonies.

Gifts were presented to Dr. W. C. Holden and Miss Dorothy Rylander, former club sponsors.

All former presidents were introduced, and a number of former patronesses of the club. Members of pledge classes beginning with the first group in 1932, through the last group to pledge in 1952, were introduced by years. Someone was present from every year during this period.

Guests included members from Corpus Christi, Midland, Amarillo, Plainview, Brownfield, Crosbyton, Ralls, Big Spring, Claude, Marlin, Abilene, Denver City, Levelland, Floydada, Wellington, San Angelo, Fort Stockton, Quanah, Bovina, Wylie, Snyder, and Lubbock. One former member from Arizona was also in attendance.

The KoShari Club was disbanded when national sororities were installed on the campus in 1952.

Former Prexy Honored Dr. E. N. Jones, former president of Texas Tech who is secr.etary of the Christian Educational Commission of the Baptist General Convention of .Texas, has been named Elder Statesman of Texas at the annual meeting of the Independence Asso· ciation at Independence.

The Elder Statesman award is given annually by the Independence Association and the BGCT to a Texas Baptist in recognition of long and devoted s.ervice to the Texas Baptist program of work.

Or. Jones formerly ·was on the faculty of Baylor University 17 years and was dean of instruction and graduate studies at Midwestern University, Wichita Falls.

He became secretary of the Christian Education Commission in 1960.

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He directs ~e ?enomina~n's ?ve~­ all program m Its educational mstitutions and the Baptist Student Union programs.

He is the ninth person to receive the state award.

The Independence Association meeting was held at Independence Baptist Church, T~xas' oldes~ Baptist church in continuous service. The church was organized in 1839. Sam Houston was · baptized in nearby Rocky Creek in 1854. The church is the only one owned by the BGCT, itself comprised of 3,927 churches and 502 missions.

Myers Hired By HBC Gerald Myers, who be.c ame one of the winningest coaches in Lubbock schoolboy history in a seven-year stint at Montertey, during which time his teams compiled a 153-50 record, has resigned.

He has accepted the position of basketball coach of Houston Baptist College in Houston.

Myers was the first Raider athlete to gain all-SWC honors in a major sport, and also was selected to the Small Man's All-American Team in 1958.

In 1962 he was selected to coach the Texas All-Star Team, becoming

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the youngest coach ever pegged for that honor.

Many of his players-including Russ Wilkerson, Billy Tapp and Jerry Haggard-have played college basketball.

Myers is married to the former Carol Simpson and they have one child, a daughter, Laurie 6.

Zinn Named A H Head Animal scientist Dale W. Zinn has been named head of Texas Tech's Animal Husbandry Department, Agriculture Dean Gerald W. Thomas bas announced.

Dr. Zinn has served as acting head of the department since June of 1966. His new appointment is effective June 1.

The West Virginia native holds two degrees from the Univtersity of West Virginia and has completed all requirements for the Ph.D. in animal husbandry at the · University of Missouri.

The university's Animal Husbandry Department is the largest in the School of Agriculture and one of the larger departments in the nation.

More than 320 undergraduates currently are enrolled at Tech.

Zinn, 37, is the author of more than 40 scientific and technical papers. He joined the Tech faculty in 1961 after serving as assistant ·professor of animal _ husbandry at New Mexico State ·University.

At Tech, he has coached the meats judging team and has directed the meats industry program. He teaches grading and classification of meat animals and meat processing and merchandizing.

Mrs. · Vigness Honored Lubbock's "Woman of The Year" is Mrs. David Vigness, the former Winifred Woods '42.

She was honored by the Altrusa Club of Lubbock, who has sponsored selection of the Woman of the Year in Lubbock each year since 1946.

Mrs. Vigness received a bachelor degree in 1942 and a master's degree in 1943. When she received the master's degree she was 20 years old and was recognized in the commencement service as the youngest to re· ceive a master's degree at Texas Tech.

She is married to Dr. David Vigness, Head of Tech's History Depart· ment and they live at 3523 58th and have two children.

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4,151 men enrolled at Tech, compared to 2,909 summer school coeds.

Judging Team Wins

Ed Aiken Jr. has been unanimously elected Mayor of the city of Sweetwater, Texas.

Aiken, a 1958 graduate of Texas Tech, is President of Sweetwater Federal Savings and Loan Association.

At Tech he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

Texas Tech's Soils Judging team has added another national champion~ip to its record books by capturing the National Soils Judging Contest at Cornell with a total of 1796 points.

The Tech squad, coached by Agronomy Prof. B. L. Allen '48 beat out second place Oklahoma State which finished with 1780 points. OSU is coached by Clyde Stanhke, a former student and team member of Dr. Allen's.

Purdue was third with 1779 points, Michigan State was fourth at 1762 and Penn State fifth with 1728.

Tech team member Tommy Hallmark of Snyder was second high point scorer in the 12-team contest with 636 points. Bill Harris · of Colorado .City was fourth with 604, and Bill Doak, also of Snyder, had 556.

The alternate Tech team member was Mike Risinger of Bulah. Tech won first place in the regional contest last fall at Texas A&M. Tech's Soils teams won the national last in 1964 and finished second in 1965 and 1966.

Enrollment Record Set

Dunn Receives Award

A summer time record of 7,060 students registered at 'rexas Tech for the first half of the 1967 summer session, Asst. Registrar Evelyn Clewell has reported.

Miss Clewell said enrollment was up 145 over last year's previous high of 6,915 at the end of the session's fourth day. Miss Clewell said this year's enrollment figure was 2.1 per cent ahead of last summer's total according to the unaudited figures.

By class standing, graduate students led the list this year, with 1,759 men and women signing up for post graduate work, while the School of Arts and Sciences led all other Tech schools in registrations with 2,547.

Miss Clew;ell said the school-byschool breakdown looked like this : Agriculture, 368; Arts and Sciences, 2,547; Business Administration, 1,378; Engineering, 589; Home Economics, 419 and Graduates, 1,759.

The class-by-class breakdown looked like this : Freshmen, 1,363; Sophomores, 1,138; Juniors, 1,465; Seniors, 1,335, and Graduates, 1, 759. The graduate student figures were not segregated by schools in the preliminary count.

The assistant registrar said the first week of summer session saw

Roy Sylvan Dunn, director of Texas Tech's Southwest Collection, has received the first H. Bailey C a r r o 1 1 Award at the Tist annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Austin.

The award, in honor of the late Dr. H. Bailey Caron, historian, professor and long-time director of the association, was given to Dunn for writing the best article to appear in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly for 1966-67. Dr. Carroll received the first advanced degree given at Tech in 1928. Dr. Carroll's widow, Mary Jo, made the presentation.

Dunn's article, "Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas 1860-61'' described the build-up of southern opposition to the northern abolitionists, the rise of a secret, military organization- The Knights of the Golden Circle-as an opponent of northern abolitionists and brings into sharp focus the activities of the group in Texas.

The author of 66 publications, Dunn received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas.

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Aiken Elected Mayor

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He also received training at the National Archives.

Dunn joined the Southwest Collection as an archivist in 1956.. He is an associate professor of ~oc1olo~?' B; t Tech. His graduate seminar, Sociological Uses of llistorical Materials" is used to stimulate the scholarly use of archives.

Dunn has written 22 biographical studies contained in ''Builders of the Southwest''. His analysis of ag~cul­ tural development in 23 West Texas counties was included in ''A History of Lubbock." He has had several articless published in historical, farming and travel magazines.

WRC Honors Pennington A student loan fund named in hon-

or of Texas Tech Vic.e President for Business Affairs Marshall L. Pennington, has been entablished by Women's Residence Council.

Sandy Harris, senior from Corsicana and president of WRC announced the loan fund and presented Pennington with a certificate which lauded him for his support of the women's residence program. The award to Pennington also recognized his help during the Carol of Lights festivities, an annual Christmas affair sponsored by the WRC. Miss Harris also presented Pennington with a color photograph of the Tech campus and buildings outlined in lights at Christmas.

Carol Weingartner, Houston senior, and chairman of the loan fund, said all women living in dormitories were eligible to borrow from the fund with a limit of $25 on each loan.

Money to establish the Marshall L. Pennington Loan Fund was earned through WRC activities this year.

Snyder Renamed Editor The Student Publications Committee

has named David Snyder to continue as editor of The University Daily (successor to the Toreador) for another year.

Snyder, a junior accounting major and journalism minor from Denver City, is vice president of Sigma De~ta Chi, men's professional journ~hsm fraternity, member of Phi Eta Sigma, . freshman men's honorary; and Ph1 Kappa Phi national scholastic honorary. ' Snyder will be the third person to s~rve as editor for two years. James Lm~sey '36, director of Public Information and Publications at Texas ~ & M, was editor from 1935 until . · Ralph Carpenter, '62 now asSistant d"1rector of Public Information '

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1967

Mrs. G()rdon Cooper pins Angel Flight wings on daughter Cam, a Tech freshman, after her initiation into the women's auxiliary of the Air Force ROTC. Looking on proudly is Col. Cooper, Cam's dad, who is an astrcmaut.

at Tech, held the position from 1960 until 1962.

The committee also named Freddie Koenig, a senior advertising major from Wilson, as advertising manager for the paper. He is a member of Alpha Delta Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Parks Program Presented May 3, 1967 was a memorable day in the history of Texas Tech.

Most people may think of it as the day the special committee, selected to study the "name-change issue," m·e t and decided not to do anything at that time.

But to Texas Tech, the most important thing happened in Austin where more than 700 persons from throughout the state attended a program at which Tech's Department of Park Administration pr.esented the r:esults of an 18-month research study.

Elo J. Urbanovsky, head of the Department of Park Administration, Horticulture, and Entomology, presentation with the support of the Texas Tech Choir. The Departments of

History and Economics assisted in the study.

With Governor Connally, House Speaker Ben Barnes, and other state and civic leaders in attendance·, the program zera;ed in on one proposed tourway that would link such attractions as the LBJ Ranch, the Alamo, San Jacinto, the Gulf c6ast, and other historic sites.

Specially designated highway would link the sites. The South Texas Tourway, for example~ would be within an hour's drive of 4.2 million Texans, and would be expected to attract thousands of other tourists each year.

The plan is . designed. to get visitors and Texans, too, off the beaten paths of high speed highways and onto the byways of · the state for a leisurely look at the state's past and present.

The program was de~igned to unify recreational, historical, educational, and scientific resources throughout Texas. The tourways, if developed, would be expected to boom the state's tourist trade.

Gov.e rnor Connally expressed his '. personal pleasure .o n the reSearch report. He immediately appointed a five-man committee to implement a PAGE TwENTY-FIVE

system of tourist parkways as sugg.ested by the report. The Governor called the Tech proposal ''a completely new innovation in dealing with tourist matters and historical interests."

The presentation brought Tech the type of publicity and public relations which money can't buy.

Prexy is Proud Father N.ever let it be said that Cliff Cummings '34, President of the Ex-Student Association, doesn't do his best for the Association.

The Cummings family added three new members to the growing organization with graduation exercises at Tech early in June.

Twin sons Sammy and Jimmy were honor graduates in the 41st spring commenc.ement exercises. Sammy was the graduate with the highest ranking grade point average-3.93 out of a possible 4 point-in the School of Business Administration. In his four years at Tech he has only a couple of B's on his record.

Jimmy wasn't far behind with a 3.5. Actually, the two brothers were ''neck and neck'' until last summer when Jimmy got married. He held a part time job last fall, which cut down some on his studying time.

The third member of the family to rec.eivie a degree was Jimmy's wife, the former Jan Gummelt, who received her degree in elementary education. She too, had exceptionally high grades.

The thDee graduates didn't spend al~ their time studying. The twins found time to be active members of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi Social Fraternity, Beta Gamma Sigma and several of the campus organizations. Jan was a member of Gamma Phi Beta Social Sorority and Sigma Tau Delta.

The two brothers are determined not to let their education stop with just a Bachelor Degr~e in Finance.

They missed commencement rehearsal in order to enroll in the first summer sesslon of Law School at Baylor University in Waco.

After completing registration that morning, they flew back to Lubbock in time to attend a special afternoon reception for second generation Tech seniors and their parents. The two were among approximately 80 students graduating in June whose parents w.ere former students at Tech.

And Jan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Gummelt, 3215 32nd Street, Lubbock, is also a second generation Tech graduate. ·

Cliff Cummings '34, president of The Tex as Tech Ex-Students Association, is shown looking at a 1934 La Ventana with his twin sons, Jimmy (left) and Sammy. The Cummings boys were among the 1600 graduating seniors at the June Commencement Exercises. ~e_

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The latest person to get in on the ''Name Change'' issue was Lubbock's own publicity-seeking Mayor, W. D. Rogers, Jr. The mayor is promoting changing the name of College Avenue to University Avenue or University Boulevard.

"The College (Texas Tech) definite.. ly is going to be named a university," the mayor told the City Council.

He asked the City Council to change the name, proposing that the change would become effective January 1, giving property owners along the street six months to make changes such as printed materials (stationery) now bearing College Avenue as address and phone book changes.

The mayor, who was elected on a write-in vote last y,ear, reminded the council that last December he had proposed · the change and had sent letters to 220 College Av·ertue addresses. He said 207 were delivered, and he had received 123 responses.

Mayor Rogers noted that 66 answered in favor of University Boulevard or Avenue, 51 answered nega-/ tively to the change, and six an swered y.es but with conditions at tached.

Council members decided to adver tise for a public hearing to be hel1 on July 13 on the change. \

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The Texas Tech ..Century Club is continuing to ~cltew-rrrembers.

Forty-two individuals or couples have joined the Texas 'tech Century Club for the first time in 1967. These include: Mr. and Mrs. William L. Adair, Houston; Mr. L. V. Assiter, Bussum, Netherlands; Mr. L. D. Barrick, Chatham, New Jersey; Mr. John H. Beauchamp, Fort Worth; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Gray, Amarillo; Dr. and Mrs. Gene Hardy, Arlington; Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Keal, Arlington; Mr. and Mrs. Stan 0. Kingery, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pow;ell, Jr., Roswell, New Mexico; Dr. and Mrs. Gene Nowlin, Arlington; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams, Arlington.

New Century Club members from Lubbock are: Dr. and Mrs. R. N. Arnold, Mis·s Mabel D. Erwin, Mr. and Mrs. Montague S. Hasie, Mr. H. T. Luther, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Owens, Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Ribble , and iss Anne Snyder.

Membership in the Century Club, · which is an organization of ex-students and friends of t~~-~~llege , is b ased on a gift of $100 Y"t o the Texas Tech Loyalty Fund.

David Casey '34 has announced that each gift for membership is deducti· ble for income tax purpos·es. Memberships may be paid all at one time or through the Bank Draft Authoriza~ tion Plan.

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Mrs. Anna Belle (Collins) Collier, who is assistant cashier of 'the Park Cities, Bank and T·rust Co. in Dalla:s, was general chairman of a cdnference Olf Bank-Women Inc. last -month. ·She is a member of Texas Tech Foundation board of directors and lives a;t 4425 Druid !Jane in Dallas. _l

'31 . President of Luce Construction Company, rne. in Vern'dn is Stephen Luce. A Civil Engineering major at Tech, he and his wife live at 2405 Creacent Drive in Vernon.

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former Texas 'TeCih baJsket'ball player, J. T. Gee is Elementary PrinC:i·Pal rat F'riona.

He !and hi·s wtfe, the former Lilah Gaye Rodgers '3'2 are living .in Friona.

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Otho Whitefield is farming and raising sheep at Fliona. An Agricultural Eoonolllli'cs maj-or, he was a member of t:he Aggie Club and ·active in Intramural Sport:s at Tec:h.

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Superintendent of the ~'Tiona Independent School Distridt is Alton Fair.

The immediat-e past president of the Oklahoma City C-hapter is Homer S. (Tex) Newman. An Economics major at Tech, he oi-s Regi-strar and Secretary of the Oklahoma County ElecUon Board. Mrs. Newman is the furmer Wyona Burnett '3 7. '!'!he N ewmans and their two children live at 85'10 N. W. 18th Street.

Mrs. Hurley Carpenter, the f,ormer Maydalen Dedrick, has been elected president of the women''S division of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. She live·s at 1907 36th in Lubbock.

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A former president of the Austin Chapter, Lewis Spears and his wife Mary are making their home at 2205 Hopi Trail in Austin. Now a Director of the Texas Education Agency, Lewis played ro·otball and was a Physical Education Ins·tructor aJt Tech. llr. Beauford Connally Neal is serving as .Superintendent of County Schools in !Bell 'Coun~ ty With offi-ces in the new Court House Annex i'n Belton, Texas. In addition to his duties With the county schools, Connally is working toward his Ph.D. at Baylor UniversUy in Waco. The Neals live at 1922 S. 41st Street in Temple, Texas.

Jack P. Davidson has been named an assis•tant manager of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife and two sons live at 3309 31st ·Street in Lubbock.

Rex Webster, a senior pa-rtner in the firm of Webster, Harris and Welbor'n Advertising Agency in Lubbock was named winner of the P~inters Ink Silver Medal Award at a dinner chmaxing Texas Tech Annual Advertising

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1967

Recognition Week. He earned both hi's BA and MA in government from Tech.

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Editor of the Texas State House Reporter, Inc. in Austin is Jim Forbis. At Tech Jim was a cheerleader and a member of Kemas and Sarldle Tramps. The father of two children, he and his family live at 2703 Greenlee Drive in Austin.

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Eric Rushing owns the Rush!ing Insurance Agency in Friona.

Rex Tynes and. his wife Gliadys are living at 81·2 Ann Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada. An Electric:al Eng:ineering major and a member of the band at Tech, Rex is Executive Assistant to the President of Nevada Power Company.

Miss Winnie L. Temple recently completed her twenty-first year as Chi·ef Dietician at the Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic.

Miss 'Temple resides art 25(}1 West Ave. Z in Temple, Texas.

Col. Robert E. Lee Michie ·bias just recently moved to 12405 1South 2'3rd •Street in Omalla, Nebraska. He is with the SAC headquaxters in Omaha. H-e ha:s a son who is a freshman at Tech. Col. Michie earned a BA in math from Tech.

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Paul M. McGuire h!a-s joined the staff of The University of .Chi·cago as Midwest Regional Director in the ''Cam-paign for Chicago,'' a fund-raisin-g e'ffort on behalf of the Un-iversity.

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J. Griggs has been named city manager of Euless. He and his wife, the former Fayrene Booker '40 live at 1140 Soutth Cooper i'n Arlington, Texa·s.

Charles ·F. Dvoracek, who played f-ootball and was a member of Silver Keys at Tech, is living a·t 315 North Drive in San Antonio wi'th his wife and two children. He is em·ployed at _Kelly Air Force Base.

Art Weber, Cmdr., Naval Reserve, recently embarked on the USS Randolph from Norfolk, Va., on a two week tour of duty. A former Saddle Tramp and member of the Double T Association, Art and his f.amUy reside at 7529 Deane Hill Drive in K'noxville, Tenn.

Lt. Col. Dudley s. Akins received his second a ward of the AF Commendation Medal during retirement ceremonies at Kincheloe AFB in Michigan. A 25 year veteran, Col. Akins was a ward-ed the medal for meri•torious service as assistant deputy under commander for mai'ntenance at Kincheloe.

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John M. Gray has been named Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Ba'n·k of Commerce of Dallas. John resides at 4626 North Lindhurst in Dallas.

'47 Edward Lehman, Jr. is ranch:tng and farm~ ing near Vernon. He and his wife, the former· Janette Pollard '50 1and thei•r four children receive their ma:il at Route 3, Verno'n, A Commander in th-e Unrted States Navy and stationed in Corpus Christi is Cdr. H. D. Stence.

Dr. Paul Phillips h'as graduated from, Baylor University College of Dentlstry. He lives at 106 Greer in McKinney, Texas.

George L. Hay has been promoted to Vice President, Manufacturing, of Lumi'niBJtor, Inc., of Plano, Texas. George and his wife, the former Dorothy Frances Day, reside at 105'17 Wyatt in Dallas.

Dr. Bevington A. Reed will become Texas' assistant commissioner of higher education for senior colleges and universities August 1.

'48 Travis G. Allen has •been appoi'nted d·ivision systems supervisor for Pan American Petroleum CO'rp(}rati'on'·s Fort Worth division. Travi~ resides with his wife an'd three ch'ildren at 1309 Biggs Terrace in Arlington, Texas.

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1\olrs. Joyce Harden will receive her Ma\Ster' s Degree from Texas Christian University in August and has been 'n•amed instructoT in speech at the University. Mrs. Harden, her husband and their three children l'ive at 6924 Valhalla Road in Fort Worth.

A Division Engineer for Halliburton Company in Corpus Christi is John Coppinger. .John and his wife and two children live at 529 Parade in Corpus Chris•ti.

Capt. Exa F. Hooten attended the recent 38th Annual Aerospace Medical Association meeting in Washington, D.C. Capt. Hooten is a member of the USAF Nurse Corps and is a dietitia'n with the Medical unit at Westover AFB, Mass. She earned her BS from Tech and MS from State University of Iowa.

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Wallace and Earlene Cooper and their two children are living at 1605 W. 3,9% Street in Austin, where he. is a Geolo~ist for the Texas Water Development Board, At Tech he was President of the Geology Club and Sigma Gamma Epsil~m.

Billy C. Koy is an Independent Petroleum Engineer in Corpus Christi. He and his wif-e and three children live at 4125 Harry in Cor~ pus Christi.

A Designing Engineer for the Texas High~ way Department in Vernon is George Fraser Boone III. He and his wife, the former 1\larllyn Wilgus '51 and their three children live at 2506 Houston Street i'n Vernon.

Ed Hutchins, who played footba,ll at Tech, is a Department Manager for Reynolds Elec~ tri'c in Mercury, Nevada. A Civil Engineering major at Tech, he and his wife and three

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child·ren live at 4512 Nolan Lane in Las Vegas.

Marlon Phillips is a Consulting Geologist in Oklahoma. He and his wife live at 6608 N. W. 20th Street in Bethany, Oklahoma.

Thunnan E. Brown has been promoted to acting manager of the planning department in Pittsburgh, Pen'nsylvan'ia for the PPG Industries Chemical Divls'ion.

Major Charles F. Watson, Jr. has been presented a M·ilitary Alrlif.t Command Safe Flying Award at Travis AFB in California, in recognition of his 5,000 hours of accidentfree flying. Major Watson was recognized for his outstanding skill ·and for his alertneSIS and adherence to sound flying practices. He received his BBA In management from Tech, and stud:led at St. Mary's University in San Antonio.

Mrs. Mary Ann (Goddard) Regan is now at horne at 12466 Mooreknoll in Houston with her family of three children, Pamela, Emily and Kathleen. Her husband Curtis is a Iandman with Kerr-McGee Corporation. Mary Ann received her degree in Spa·nish from Tech.

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Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lamesa is George Warrell. He and his wife and four children live aJt 601 N. 19th Street in Lamesa.

Charlle M. Cole is a Drilling Engineer for Fenfx and Sclsson, Inc. in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He and his family live ~t 6224 Factor Ave. i'n Las Vegas.

Charles L. Cade is now fanning in Uvalde, Texas. He lives ~t 745 Skyland Drive in Uvalde.

Walter B. Rogers ha·s been selected to do research for the Bolivian government and the Stanford University Research Institute. He will be in La Paz, Bolivia through August.

L. B. Smith has been named ge·neral manager of Ca:bell 's Dairies, 'a division of the SouthLand Corp·oration, effective immediately.

He earned his 'Masters from 'Tech and is presently a mem,ber of the board of directors of the Standards Committee of the Dairy Products Institute of Tex~.

'52 A Drilling Engineer for Fe'nix and Scisson in Las Vegas, Nevada is William W. Bumpass.

A Petroleum Engineer major •and member of College ·Club, at Tech, he and his wife and

three children live ast 717 Ann Drive in Las Vegas.

Leslie Neal !an'd hls wife, the former Beverly Powell, are teaching in the Clark County School District i'n Las Vega!S, Nevada. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi and a Beauty at Tech. The Neals and their two children live at 3326 El Camino Real in Las Vegas.

John D. Lee has written an article wltieh appears in the Apr'il issue of Holiday. The article, "The Expatriate Press" is a light essay on English language newspapers throughout the world. John is an assistant professor in the department of journalism at the American University in Washington, D.C. He lives at 1()43 Cecil Place, N.W., Washlngton, D.C. Lt. Col. Bill C. Powell has been ~Selected to attend the Command 1and General Staff College at Fort LeavenW!Orth, KanJSas, thi"s fall.

He received a Masters of Building Con·struction from the University of Florida in 1960 and his BA in architecture from Tech. Mrs. Powell is the former Marilou Williams '51, who received -her BA i'n journal:ism. The Powells have four ch'ildren, Marc, Gary, Gaye, and John, ·and they are at home at 3023 Kadola Place in Falls Church, Virginia.

MaJor Billy F. Harris has been decorated with the USAF Commendation · M·ed.a.l at Robins AFB, Ge'orgla. Major Harris was awarded the medal for meritorous service as chief forecaster of a weather detachment at Cam Ranh Bay AB i'n Vietnam. A member of Alpha Zeta, Major Ha·rris earned his BS from Tech.

Thomas B. Burnham recently resigned his position with Austin National !Bank to become a disability deterrnina:tion 'Officer with the Texas Education Agency, ·Thomas is residing at 809 Tirado i'n Austin.

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Bob Henley has recently been transtern!(i~:'io the Issaquena F'arms Corp at Fitter, M1S.S.ii:j8 vice president of operations. He and .~Jij, wife, Mary Nell and their three children five at the farm. ·.·

'55 Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Yeates now live at 3s0s Oaklawn in Bryan, Texas. B. F. is state horse specialist for the Texas Agricultural Ex· tenSion Service. B. F. and Janet (Vines) '59 have two daughters, Sharla .Tan, five months, and Ohristie, three years.

Robert c. Brown who received his MBA from Tech, was amo'ng th'Ose who have been awarded the professional design·ation ·Of Chartered Financial Analyst by the Institute of Chartered Flnanclial Analysts. Robert . Ja vice president and director of research for Financial Programs Inc. in Denver, Col~ra~o.

'Managing Editor of Prescott Courter in Prescott, Arizona is Jerry W. Jackson•.. A member of Phi Ga.m·ma Delta and a Personnel Management major, he is marrtiE*l to the former Patricia Diann Shlleutt '63, who is an art teacher in the pu bUc schools in Prescott The Jacksons have one child and live '&t 723 Bertrand. Jerry is a District Representative of the Ex-lStudents Association.

A Consulting Geologl·st i'n Oklahoma City ts Charles 0. Tucker. He and Ms wife live at 140'5 S. W. 69th Street.

Dr. E. W. Kiesling, who taught seven years in the Civil ·Engineering Depai'Itment at Tech, is S·enior Research Engineer for Southwest R-e!aearch Institute in San Antdnio. Mrs. Kiesling i·s the former Ju&nita Haseloff '57, who was President of the Association of Women Students and Tech Woman of the Year In 1957. The Kieslings have three children and live at 906 Mt. Kisco.

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'53 Vernon "Buddy" Barron is now in the real estate and insurance business at 3060 34th Street in Lubbock. Buddy was previously associated as vice presid·ent of Caprock Leas:ing and Caprock Investment for ten years. Mrs. Barron is the former Ruth Hopping.

Tax Collector for Palmer Oounty is Hugh Moseley. A member of Pi Kappa Alpha and Saddle Tram·ps, he is married to the fD'l'mer Wilma Louise Snider '45 and they live in Farwell.

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Mr. and l\lrs. Jack Kirkpatrick, who live on a ranch southeast of POist, ar-e the proud parents of a -son, .Joel Stoker, wh'O was born Feb. 23. Between their ranches at Post a:nd Las Vegas, N.•M., and their four sons, Jack and Zoe (Merriman) stay pretty busy. Jack played football at Tech and Zoe was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Raymond D. Thornton has been elected to the office of comptroller at the Houston Bank and Trust C'ompany. He and his wife, the

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in a series of four fl:i'ght tests tfcipa.ting being conducted as UlSAF spa.ce research 1n the field of recovery and entry pro~' . ehicles Capt. Norwood, an 'astroV e of spa£ • nautteal engineer, received a HSME from Tech. He and his famlilY aTe at home at 9625 ISis, LOS Angeles, Ca'lif.

'57 The laW firm of Nelson, MtCCleiSkey and garrdger has announced rthat R. Rex Aycock bas become a partner in the firm. Rex ·and bis wife, Bonnie, and so'n live at 520'3 14.th Street in Lubb'ock. Rex was a ·member of Delta Sigma Pi, Saddle ~amps, and Student Council while attending Tech.

David M. Groves has been promoted to staff engineer in the Distillation Se·c tion of Humble's Baytown Refinery Tech'nical Division. He and his Wl"!fe, Oa·r olyn ·s ue, an'd their two daughters . Jive at 114 O&ldwell in Baytown.

The consolidated chemical dtvi-si'On of Stauffer Chemical Company has announced the appointment of Roy A. Baker '49, and Johnnie L. Vest&l, Jr. '57, to ad.m.inistrative posts 1n th'e division. Roy was named division engsineer, and earned his degree in chemielal eng'ineering from Tech. Roy will be making his home in Houston. Jbhnn'ie Vestal bas been named plant manager of the Bay'town division. He ·also earned a BS 'in chemi·c al engineering a:t Tech.

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Guy s. Barks and his wi.fe, the former Mary Flatt '47, a'nd their two oh.ildren are making thei·r home at ~126 Dwblin in Corpus

Christ1. Merchandising M·a nager for Sea.rs Roe'buck an:d Company, he was a member of ·C ollege Club at Tech. Mrs. Barks, who is Field Director far the Girl :Scouts Council, was a member of Forum., Phi. Upslilon Omi·cron, Las· Chaps, and the Teeb. ·Supreme Court.

Richard Ligon is Training Director for National Foundati<Yn Life Insuranee Company in Oklahom)a City. R:ichoa:rd was a member of Saddle Tramps, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Block and Bridle, Alpha Zeta and Pre!Si'dent of the Juni'Or Class at Tech. He and his wife and two eh:Udren live .aJt 2532 N.W. 49th ·street in Oklahoma CJ.ty. ·A partner in the A.cooun·ting Firm of WUson, Woods ·and 'Coffey, in Lamesa is Joe E. Coffey. Joe and his wi'fe and oh!ild live on Route D, Lame!Sa.

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The State Senate of Texas this sprin·g eonfirmed Governor Connally's nominati'on of Wayne Gibbens as Director of the Washtlngton, D.C. .o f.fiee fek the State 00: TexaJs. Gi!bbens and his wife, Beth, are the proutl pa.rents of a d81ughter, Elizabeth Ann, who was born M·ay 8. The Gibbens live at A:pt. 521.JS, 1600 S. Eads, Arlin•g ton, Virginia. Gibbens was active in student government at Tech and was President of the Saddle Tramps and Kappa Sigma. He later attended The University of Texas Law Sohool and served three terms in the House of Representat'iv~.

Lloyd G. Jakeway has formed hi'S own full serv.ice advertising and public relations agency.

It ls called Lloyd G. Jlakeway Advertising and.

PubJ..ic RelJa.t!ions and is looateld l'n Houst'on.

Lloyd receives h'i:s maJil at P.O. Box 646 in Houston.

Dick . and Ma.rilyn (Adrian) Lowke and thei·r one ch!ild .are liVIing at 900 ·s. !Jamiar, AJpartment 310 in Austin. Diek, who is Vice PreSident Oif the Austin Exes, i\9 Branch 'Man-· a.ger for Ph:U Priee Company in Austin. Dlck WI8.S a member -of Phi Gamma Delta.

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Bobby Brown hla:s been elected President of the Student Body at Hastings C'ollege of Law of the University orf Cal'iiforntJ.a in San Francisco. He wUl begin hioS seniar year at Law School in September. He was Lulbbock 'Community Am'bassador to Ohile in 1959. He and his wife, the former .Judith Hyatt, reSide at 1365 Franci'SOO Street in Berkeley, Oaliforn'ia.

Gene A. Johnson and h1\9 w.i·f e, the former Judy Speer '59, . are temp'Orarily living in Ooronado, california. Gene is o'n temporary duty from· MdDonell Alrerarft in ·S t. Louis to North Island Naval Station to make modtfica't'i'Ons on the F-4~B aircraft. They wi:ll return to St. Louis in J.uly. Thei·r add·r es·s in MisSouri is 1265 St. Anthony Lane, FloriSS'ant, Mi·ssouri.

Eddie M. Brown hals been appointed parks super:intendent 'for the I.;os .Angeles, Oalif., Departmeqt of Parks and Recreation. Eddie. was formerly pa..rks and recreation dlrec:rtor in Abilene, Tex-as.

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A ftlgbter ~ilot for the l.J'n.tted States Air Force is Capt. wnua.m 0. Scott. A meDIIber of Phi Qam.mra. Delta at Tech, he is married to the former Sallle Jo LeMond '61, who was a memb~ of Delta. Delta Delta. They have one cblil'd 'and live at 2128 ElUs i'n North liaS Vegas, Nevla:da.

Fred Brown is now Senior Accountant with the A. Regilll8ld Evans .Company in Temple, Texas. F.red and hls w:ife and two chlld·r en l1'V'8 at 3813 I.Jancelot ·rn Temple. .

Mrs. Michael B. Bogard, the ·former Amelia

Forrest, now resides at 2313 Marshall Street in Vernon, Texas. The Bogards ha.ve one son.

Dr. Lynn Skelton is currently servtlng two ~ active duty in the U.S. Public Health Service as a research associate in the cardi~ ology branch of the National Heart InsU.tute at Bethesda, Maryla!n'd. He and his wlfe, the former Carolyn Ames '61, and . their two daughters reside at 13'210 May Court in Silver · Spring, M-aryland. Wlhlile at Tech, Lynn was a member of Phi Delrta '!'beta and Carolyn was a mem'ber of Sigma Kia;ppa.

'62 V. E. (Gene) Hamm, .Jr. is a Senior Wage and ·Salary 'A nalyst for Reynol'ds Elecl.r:lcal and Engineerin-g Company, Inc. in Las Vegas, · Nevad-a. A Sigma Ohi at Tech, Gene and his W~fe live at 1543 Vegas Valley Drive in Las, Vega;s.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Stafford are the proud parents of :a daughter, Klimberly Kay, born December 2·7 , 1966. Dick is now Humble'·s Terminal ·Supervisor in Waco. Mrs. Stafford is the former Julia Harrell '62. nte Sta·f fords live at 5407 Laura! Lake Dr. in Waco. While at Tech, Dick was a member of the Varsity Football te·am., Phi Delta Theta, and the Double T Association.

'63 Robert Neil Harris has been awarded the silver wings of an American A!lrli'nes flight ·o fficer. Hoe and his wife, Anita, will make their home in the New York City area, where he has been based.

While at Tech, Robe·rt was a member of Phi Mu Alpha fraternity.

Capt. and Mrs. John F. Bashore recently returned fro·m three years in Europe. John is attending 1tlhe Sign'a.l Corps career course at For.t Monmouth, New Jersey, and ·w ill report to Vietnam this summer. J'Oh.n was a member of Phi !Kappa Psi and Glenell, Gam·m a Phi Beta. The BashoTes have two sons, and they are -at home at 5208 Wectgeway in Fort Worth.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Amon Burton who live at 7000 Isa'Belle in Austin, are the parents of a son, Scott, born in J·anuary. The mother, Linda (Barnhill) '62, an elementaJry education major, was a member of Pi Beta Phi. Amon is attending law school and was recently elected case note ed.·i tor of tihe '67-'68 Texas !.Jaw ReV'iew. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta.

'64 After working with h'is father for several yeam on a fu.m near Sl'a;ton, James A. Buxkemper is now operating his own fa:rm. in Oa;stro Coun,ty. He receives his m'ruil at P.O. Box 141, Nazare~, Te~as.

Bob Covington and h'l.s WJ:fe, the former Betty Louise Marks '66 ai'e now at 31~0 W. Belatiregard Apt. 12 in San Angelo where · Bob is tlhe manage~ of the Olive Nursery on Sherwood Way. T. John Ward has recently been elected V.ice President af t:he Senior Class of Baylor :ua..w Sell~ for the yea.r 1-967-68. John a'nd his wife, the former Elizabeth Anne ''Cissy'' Clark '6&, live S~t 815 James in Waco. While art Tech, John was a member of Alpha Phi .

OJIJ~e~gta, Phll De'MJa Theta, a Va1'81ty Cheerlelader and was Mr. Texas Tee/h.

Da.ryle E. Allison 1s now a.ssooiated wlth Dempsey-Tegeler & Co. Inc. in Lubbock as a representative. Daryle and his Wife Kaye Ann

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reeldlng at 6603 36th. While at T~l Daryle waa active ctn the tennlB team and earned his BS In Phy81cal Education.

Ralph W. WIUiams Is presently engaged In tarmtng. He and his wife, Gwen, have two children and receive th-eir mail at Route A, Lamesa, Texas.

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'65 Anne Elizabeth Wood was married on February 17. 1967 to Mr. Daniel Mark Loudder.

They reside at 250% Senisa, San Antonio.

E. L. Duncan bas served as editor of the Baylor Law Review for the past school year.

In July he will be gol'ng to a new position as brte!lng clerk for the Supreme Court of Texas tn Austin. Mrs. Dun·c an is the former Darlene McDou&al '8ti, who was a member of PI Beta Phi at Tech.

Dan D. Smith has been a•p pointed Field Agronomist !or the Agricultural Chemicals Division of Tennessee Corporation and will make his headquarters In Lubbock. He a'nd his wife and d·aughter live at 2007 West 20th Street, Plainview.

Larry and Janie Shadow currently live Sit 17'53 Magnoll.a, Apa·r tment D, Handsboro, Misstuippl. Larry Is a second lieutenant In the U .S. Air Force and is undergoing tralni'ng as a communications officer at Keesler A~, Miss. Mrs. Shadow is the former Janie Nelson '88.

David E. Barber has been comml·ssloned a second lieutenant in the USAF after graduation from OTS at Lackland A:FB. He Is being asstbned to Lowry AFB In Colorado for training as an aerospace munitions officer.

MaJor Charles A. Betts has been presented the VSAF Outstanding Unit Awa·r d at MeChord AFB in Washington. Mlajor Betts, a

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1o1m Fields has been accepted into Veterinary School at Texas AltiM. and Mrs. Fields, the former Jen'l Dugger '66 is teaching at Stephen F. Austin High School in Brya'n. The Fields receive their mail at Box 475, Sonora, Texa-s.

Katb.r)'n l. Re:ve reeen Uy graduated from Continental Airlines' lwstess training school and h!as been assigned to Dallas.

Louis West baa been named as administrator of the Edgar B. DaV'la Memorial HOBpital in Lul~ing, Texas. He received a BBA from Tech In business admfnllltratlon, and was assistant admJ'nistra.tor and medical technician at Davis Memorial. He and b:1s famlly of wife, Betty, and two children, Mark and Dawn, are residing at 1211 Wilson Strem. in Luling.

Miss Kitty P. Steele is now in Nkata Bay, Malawi, Africa, where she is a Peace Corps volunteer working on a tuberculosis control progmm. She received her BA in psychology from Tech. She receives her mail a:t Box 4, Nkata. Bay, Malawi, Africa..

Lt. Ulen D. Kennemer completed an engineer officer course at the Army Engineering !School at Fort Belvoir, Va.., in February. Lt. Kennemer received his oommtssion through the Reserve Officers Trla!lning Corps at Tech w-here he earned his BS. Mrs. Raymond Kotrla, formerly Carole Chom is resid·i ng in Tustin, Calif., where she Is employed by Compt<>'n Public ·s chools. Since her recent marriage to Lt. K'Otrla her current address is 17131 Altadena Drive, Apt. D in Tustin.

Lt. John M. Farrell is currently enrou te to the Mediterranean as oomma.m.fca.ti'ons officer aboard the USS Davts, a destroyer homeported out of Newport, Rhode Island. Lt. Farrell received his BA i'n arohitecture and is a member of Phi ~appa. ~1.

Employed by Business Forms, Inc., is R. tfqn Crumley. J'on and bf.s family are at home at 8300 Morley Drive in El Paso, Texas.

Mrs. Crumley Is the former Judy Haley '66.

Jon earned his BBA in business admlnfStration and was a member of ~ppa Sigma.

Jerry Ralph Tbomp·s on was one of the 44 trainees who were recently graduated from VISTA Training Program at a national traintog center in San Diego, Calif. As a volunteer tn service to America, Thompson will spend one year working with the Ullliversity Methodist Church in Los Angeles. Jerry earned his BA in history from Tech.

2nd Lt. WUJJam E. ~hulz has C'Ompleted an engineer offlicer course at the Army ·E ngineer School in January. Lt. Sch-ultz received his BA from Tech ·a nd W'as -oommissioned through the Tech ROTC ·program.

Richard E. Henderson has been commissioned a seeond lieutenant in the USAF upon graduation fl"'m Offi~er Training School ;at Lackland AFB, Texas. Richard earned hls BBA from Tech.

2nd Lt. Jobn K. Young ba8 completed the air defense officer basic training at Fort Bliss. He received 'nine weeks of tra1n:lng l.n air defense artillery, and was trained In the operation of missile programs. Lt. Young received his B·S from Tech.

Malcolm E. Kirkland has been commissioned a second lieutenant ln the USAF after training at Lackland AFB. Lt Kirkland is bei'ng assigned to Am-arillo AFB for training as a supply ~peraUons officer. He received his BBA from Texas Tec:h.

Being trained for duty as an administrative officer at ·sewart .A.FB in Tennessee fs Lt. Grecc Splekard. U.. Sp~kard recently Will· pleted tl'laining a:t OTS tn Laekland ~. He will be working tin combat a.irpower wh1Je ~ Sew'art.

After receiving his M'BA from Tech, ~ N. Laae was oommi·s sioned in'to the us where he is a second lieutenant folloWing · grta'duaUon from OTS. Lt. Lane wut go .

Langley AFB in Virginia for further tratnin·~ Lt. Edward H. Schmidt m ba:s recentt; been assigned to duty at Chanute AFB lb Illinois following his gradUiation from OT8 at La.ckland AFB. At Ch'a.nute the lieutenadt will sp~Lalize as a missile launch officer. Hi received his BBA 1n accounting from Tech. !

A former m'e!Ilber of Sigma Alpha Epgu0 n, David A. MeDonald, is n:ow in the USAJ Where he is a second lieutenant. David wtil be assigned to Reese AFB for the rest of hll training. He received his BA in government from Tecll.

Employed by Diamond Alkali Co. in Deer Park, Texas, :i s Leslfe W. Tompkins. Leslft is a process eng.lneer for the company. He IJ resid'fng at 3003 Broadway, Apt. 61 in Houston.

John H. Cunningham, .Jr. has enrolled In the Universilty of Tennessee Medical School.

John earned his BA in English from Tech.

Miss Shirley 0 . Hurt is now ln Florida where she Is teaching in the nongraded high school at Melbourne High School. Shlirley received her BS from Teeh.

Employed as an auditor for the Texas Liquor Control Board is Harry Park, Jr. Htarry 1s workiftg through the Dallas office and is living at 2517 W . .Jefferson, Apt. 209 In Dallas.

Army private James A. Wingo was assigned to Headquarters Company at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Pvt. Wingo received hts BS in ma.th from Tech and was a member ·of Phi Kappa

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2ncl Lt. Winston H. King has graduated from the 3-week weapons controller refresh&r course at Keesler AF'B in Mississippi. Lt. K1ng received his BA from Tech and was a member of Kappa Alpha ·a nd the Arnold Air Sooiety.

Lt. Leroy Titus has bee'n a warded the USAF silver pilot wings upon graduation at Reese AFB. Lt. Titus is 'being reassigned to Barksdale AFB in Louis'l.ana ·f or flying duty.

Lt. Titus earned hls BA from Tech.

Completing a course as transportation officer at the Army TraDISPO:rta.tion School in Fort Eustfc, Vorgtn'l'a Is 2nd Lt. John L. Daugherty.

During the nine-·w eek course, he was trained in the procedures of transporting milita ry personnel and equipment. Jdhn holds a BA from Tedl.

'67 Dwight WUUford has been named superi'n· tendent of Garner State Park, near San An· ton'io. He and his W'i'fe, Glenda, and son will live at Garner State Park.

Prof. George A. B&rdos h'as been named an iDIStructor ln psychology and associate director of student guidance at NorwJch Un'iversity in Northfield, Vermont. George earned his MA from Tech this year a'nd will be in Vermont for the oomtng 1967-68 s chool year.

He earned -his BA from Franklin College in Indiana, ln 1965.

Donald C. Tierce has joined the safety de· partment of PPG Industries Chemioal Plant in Corpus Christl, TeXias, as a sa;fety engineer.

Donald and his family are at h·o me a t 7436 South Padre Island Drive in Corpus.

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emor1am A Texas Tech student from Vernon was k1lled when hiB car overturned on U.S. 82 two and a halt mlles ea.st of Dickens. Kllled In the eraeh waa James Boy .Jonee, 22.

Lemon Slaton, superintendent of Slaton PubHe Schools from 1929 to 1940, died June 12 of an apparent heart attack In Sulphur Springs Memorial Hospltal.

Arter serving as supennten'dent at Sla·ton, he mov&d to Sulphur Springs and was engaged ln insUMnce, real estate, ranching and mortgage loan buslnesses. Lenwn waa a graduate of Trlnlty UniverSity and completed graduate work at Texas Tech.

Survivors l'nclude bla wl·fe, three daughters, a son, Rawlings Lemon, & 1960 graduate of Tech; a brother, and three grandcbUdTen. Mr.

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Mn. Alfrecl Jackson, Lubbock County farm couple, were kUled in an auto crash Jun-e 12. Jackson was a rettred school teacher and a member of the New Deal Lions Clu'b. He ret~red from teacrh:lng in 1941, after havfng taugttt In Dk:~s. BelVin and Lubbock Counties. She bad taugbt school near Wlc'hlta. Falls and at Dickens before tile couple moved to Lubbock County in 1925. She taugb t school l.n the Lubbock ana. untU 1938. '!be couple is survived by a son, Alfred Deen Jackson,. a 1958 Tech gradu'ate, New Deal, and two grandsons. Jack:.Eron's other survivors Include three bMhers and three sisters.

Mrs. Jackson also la survived by three si.s ters.

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James D. (Jimmy) Carter '65 died June 7 nea.r the Demilitarized Zo'ne of Vietnam after being hlt by a sniper's bullet.

Lt. Carter bad entered combat on A:pril 20 and was nominated for the Bronze Star followl.n g action on Hill 861.

Jimmy was a business administration major at Tech ahd a. member of Pi Kappa Alpha F'ra.ternl•ty. His wife, a former Tech student, and their infant son Uve ln Houston. ·L t, C&l'lter 1'8 also survived by his mother, Mrs. ·F rancis Turner, Lubbock: a sister, •M rs.

Jerry Ragle, PDainV~lew; and a brother, Ctwlstopher Turner, Lubbock.

A senior architectural engineering major at Texas Tech, James Roy doaes, 22, was killed recently when his car overtu.m ed on U.S. 82 two and a half miles east of Dickens.

He was a 1962 gradua:te of Vernon High School.

Survivors include his w!.fe, the former -Susie Woolford: a daughter, Allison, 2; hJs parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jones, Vernon; and a sister, Mrs. Robert L. Bertram, Vernon.

Cap&aba Gerald A. Bnwa. a 25-year-ald otflcer. who In 1963 was named among the top 10 Army ROTC cadets tn the nation while a senlor at Texas Tech. was killed May 16 by u amall bosUle arms•• tn VIetnam.

He left for duty in the war zone as an adviser to VIetnamese sold·l ers tn June. 1966, and waa due rotation back to the states in three weeks. He was scheduled to go t'O Fort Bragg, N .C ., for tra.lntng as a Green Beret.

His motbe.r , Krs L. F . Splauld.tng of 6312 Circle Tra.ll. Fort ·Worth, quoted part of a hand·wrttten two-page letter that bad been delivered to her In the ease of hls death. "I believe tn our country and in all of the ide,a ls

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on wbich It was founded and I prefer death rather than to be guilty of not defending it or tts prlndLpa.ls to the maxiJnllm. '' While at Tech Brown attained tile ra'nk of cadet colonel while serving as brigade com· ma.nder of Army RO'OO cadets. He also was elected president of the Tech RO'l'C Association, executive officer of the ·Assoc'latton of Army ROTC, and adviser of the Tyrian Ri.f1es RUles drill team.

He received the Assoeiatron of 'the U.S. Army ROTC award in 1962, and the departmental academic achievement a.wa.rd . In 1962 and 1963.

He wa.s commissioned an Army officer upon graduation from Tech 1n .June, 1963, when he received a bachel'Or of science degree ifn range management. (),Irs. · Spaulding, said, however, ••He wrote me he was proudest of being caHed '11le KoolAid Kid,'' a tltle wtllclh he obtained unofficla.lly ·b ecause af his efforts 1n behalf of Vietnamese people. He repeatedly asked his mother to send him Kool-Aid and other items which he used for good-will pur.poses. The request drew publlctty fn Fort Worth news medJa and resulted In an outpourin·g of supplies from .Fort Worth reSidents.

Robert B. Prlee, 74, head of large dairy operations in Texas and New ·M ex.tco, and a long-time Friend of Tech, d-i ed in his dtflce apparently of heart attack. He was president of Price's Producers Iuc., Price Black Thrms, and VaUey Gold Dairies. He -also wa:s o'n the boards of Prloee Creameries, In-e ., .and Beatrice Foods Co. He was a former member of the Texas Tech ·B oard of Directors.

A life-long resident of El Paso, Miss .Jerle Ann Gordy, who Uved at 9525 Desert Hills, d•l ed May 14. 'Miss Gordy had attended Texas Tech and the Untverslty of Texas at E'l Paso.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cha.rles W. Gordy Jr., El Paso; a sister, Linda Jane Gordy, SMU, and her gran~ther, Chules W . Gordy, San Francisoo, caUfornla.

Texas Tech student, Mlehae1 Bay Prater, 18, was killed In a one-car crash April 26. He was a 1966 gradu&te of Ozona Hl•g h School, where he pa.rt'iclplated In football and track and was a class vice president.

Survivors include his parents, a brother, a sister, and grandmothers.

Texas Tech student, lohn Allen ()oppiDger, 21, was found dead !In his C8.11" on a country road several mll_es north of AbDene recently.

He was apparently returning from Tech where he had completed his junior year. Verdict of dea'th was self-inflicted gunshot wound. A note lef't for his parents gave no clue to the motive for Coppblger's actions.

Coppinger was a membe-r of the Texas Te·c h Student Senate and of Alpha Tau Omega. He was an honor graduate of Abilene High School in 1964. ·S urvivors Include his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Parker Coppinger, Abilene, a grandmother and several aunts and uncles.

Charles B. Mahoney, 66, of Washington, D .C., a former member of the faculty of Texas Tech, died May 3.

Mahoney, a native of Colorado, received bis b&chelor's degree at the University of Arizona

and master of science degree from Texas A and M. He became a member of the Texas Tecll faculty as an associate Professor. In 1926 he became a full professor of horticuJ. ture. H-e received his doctorate at Michigan State University. After leaving Texas Teeb, he was on the faculty of the Unlven;ity of Maryland in addition to Michigan State University. He later was associated with the National Oanners Assoolatlon, as head of the Ra.w Products Research Bureau, in Washing. ton. He retired in 1966.

Survivors are his widow, the former Alice Richey of Tucson, Ariz., and three sisters. ()harles A. Walton, a Tech student from 1939 to 194'1 , died in h'is home in ·Mill Valley, california, o'n February 24 aJfter a ·long 'illness with cancer.

Followtlng his departure from LU·bbock in 1941 he attended the University of Missouri, then served in the Navy during the war and was graduated from the Universlty of '?lis· souri in 1947. He liived in New Orleans and San Francisco, a'nd at the time of his death was a. realtor and contractor in Marin County, California.

He m survived by his mother, MT·s . James K. walton, Sr.t of :Albuquerque, New Mexico; his brother Ja.mes K. Wwton, a: 1941 Teeh graduate; and a niece; and two nephews.

Lt. Charles Don Witt, 31, commander of a 14-boat P.'S .- Naval ·p a:trol in Vietnam, was killed while -patrolling aJong the Melrong 'R'iver.

Son of Mr. and 'Mrs. fBates Witt, he was a NaV8Jl Aeademy graduate in 1959 and a 1954 graduate of ·L ub'bock High School. He also attended Texas Tech for one year.

Survivors include his wi.f e, Katye of Costa Mesa, Calif. ; a son and daughter; his pa:rents: two sisters ; and a brother.

Mrs. Evelyn Stovall, Counselor at Texas Tech's K'na.pp Hall for the past 10 years, died in Elizabetht'on, Tenn. Mrs. Stovall, a native of Elizabethton, was a counselor at Knapp from September 1957 until her retirement because of Ul hea:lth last February 28.

She was the wife of the l'S.te Dr. J. Willis Stovall, former head of the department of geology at the University of Oklahom'a .

Jim J. Cloud, 69, 3115 32nd, Lubbock resident for 22 years and former Dickens County Judge, died April 9 ·i n the 'M. D. An·

derson Hospital in Houston after a lengthY Illness.

He and his parents moved to Dickens County in 1908. He was a member of the first class to attend Texas Tech. He served as Dickens County Judge from 1933 to 1936.

A World War II veteran, he moved to Lub· bock ;fn 1945 and joined the Veterans Adminis· tration, retiring in 1960 a·s a member of the rating board.

Survivors include his wife, Opal: two brothers, H. G. Cloud of Wichita Falls, and A. B. Cloud of Waco.

Killed in a -car accldent on May 8 was Mrs. James Diamond Mellyar, the former Ollie S.e Armstronc. '42, who was a Tech Beauty.

At the time of her death she was residing in Towsom, Maryland, where her husband Is employed wUh the Frlderani Corporation.

THE TEXAS TECHSAN

Robert W. Leu, C.L.U. Peoria

'l'm--Proud that my career allows me to be a full-time member of my family:" "You see, I want my family to respect my business life, but I also want my bread..winning to allow me the necessary time to be a full...tinie member of my family! I've been a Mass Mutual policy... holder since the age of I 0 - and I knew when I was a college sophomore that I would make a career in life insurance.

There aren't many men who can say that!

It was following the advice of my father and the dean of the College of Commerce at Bradley University that I chose Mass Mutual as the company I'd represent.

And I'd do it all over again if I had the chance. :'It's a matter of real pride for me to be JUst as professional with my clients as .any physician or attorney. After· diag... nosing their needs, my 'prescriptions' go to Mass Mutual. There the Under... writing and Benefit departments are

wonderfully flexible in producing the combinations of features that enable me to solve each client's problems to his best interest.

"And I've been able to continue, ever since . college, the ·personal pleasure of being Field House Announcer for Bradley basketball games. Also important to me has been serving on the Peoria Park Dis... trict Board of Trustees. I couldn't have participated with good conscience in these or my other activities if my business had required travel or keeping hours dictated by someone else. I guess I've been my own severest timekeeper.''

Bob Leu has been one of the top I 00 Mass Mutual agents for I9 of the past 21 years. He is now servicing some $20 million of life insurance. He has been a member of the Million Dollar Round Table every year since 1954 and is in

Mass Mutual's select Inner Circle made up of those who have sold $2 million or more in a year. Bob Leu is just one of the highly skilled Mass Mutual professionals throughout the country.

If you're looking for the same kinds of satisfaction - professionalism in your career, substantial income together with the opportunity to enjoy your family and participate in your communitywrite a personal letter to Charles H. Schaatf, President, Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co., Springfield, Mass. He is always intereste~ in hearing from a good man.

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Some of the Texas Tech alumni in Massachusetts Mutual service: John T. Gregg, '51, Lubbock Spencer Blocker, '54, Lubbock Jesse C. Chambers, C.L.U., '54, Lubbock Bobby L. Rains, C.L.U., '54, Lubbock Joe Jack Reynolds, '55, Lubbock

Lowell· D . Richardson, '55, Lubbock Robert S. Rodgers, '61, Lubbock Jay R. Eagan, C.L.U., '62, Lubbock Joe N. Sparkman, '63, Lubbock Leo M. Brown, C.L.U., ~ 64, Lubbock

Jimmy D. Potter, '64, Lubbock Ronnie A. Foster, Lub~ock John W. Kin1ble, II, Lubbock Tommy 0. Middleton, Lubbock N yal H . Witham, II, Houston

IF YOU'RE ATECHSAN, WHEREVER YOU LIVE THERE'S. . .

I We sell lots of leSabres . . . probably 1more percentage wise than any Buick dealer in the Southwest. We would like to do business with our ferfow Te.xas Techsans wherever ttiey live in the area. Because of our farge leSabre vollume, we think we can save you 'money on your next car buy. Won't you give us a chance?

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