Texas Techsan May/June 1992

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Answering Your Ouestion1 ~ampaign to raise funds

/fo;~the remodeling and expansion of the Ex-Students Building is well underway and response thus far has been positive.

We have received 100 percent participation from our board and really great participation from past presidents, past board members and Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. These groups were solicited first, and their response has enabled us to have Bill Adling, project architect, begin serious work on Phase 1.

That phase will remodel the current building and add additional office space along the south wall where the patio is located.

The patio will be moved further to the south and west. This phase wilJ also relocate our entry from the east side of the building to the south side.

A brochure and Jetter of explanation will be sent to all exstudents asking for your support of the project.

I want to deal in this column with some of the questions that have been raised since we began the campaign, because I'm sure similar questions will be raised in the overalJ solicitation.

First, do we need to do this during difficult economic times?

Second, why did we not do something about the facility earber?

There is never a good time to do something like this and our board recognizes this. However, we have put this project on the back burner for 10 years because we felt there were more important things that needed to be done. One of those things was to raise a substantial endowment for academic scholarships. We have been successful meeting that goal with $1.7 million raised and invested. We also wanted to increase our level of support of the University's academic programs.

This includes academic recruiting, a Distinguished Professorship which the University placed in the math department, financial assistance to the President and the deans, aid to the libraries, recognition of outstanding professors just beginning their careers at Tech, and special funds for faculty and students who need small amounts to attend professional meetings to present papers and participate in competitions.

We simply have reached the point where something must be done. Our current facility, built in 1925, needs renovation. The electrical system and the plumbing system along with the communication system, need replacing. We have a partition in what was

the living room to accommodate staff who need a desk and orr1 space. Basically, I think anyone who visited the facility would~, question our need to remodel and expand. It speaks for itsd1 Three alumni directors who evaluated our program in the SUIIUTi of 1990 were complimentary of our activities but call ed ~ facility "the worst alumni center" they had visited.

We also do not have an Alumni Center where our ex-studa can come, get information or directions or just visit with fricti over a cup of coffee. This center would enable us to hold meetq of our volunteer board and committees without going elsewk It would be used for class reunions and Homecoming activitie~ would be available for small student organizations to use oo regular basis at a low cost. This would give additional visibil to our program with undergraduates. Again, visit the Univa~ of Texas Ex-Students Building or the Association of F001: Students Building at Texas A&M and then visit our facility. Tt comparisons will shock you.

We cannot possibly build a facility like the ones at UT ~:>, A&M and we are not going to try. But we do need to constnxt facility that our ex-students can be proud of to identify with.

Does this proiect have the blessing of the University?

Yes, Dr. Robert W. Lawless has endorsed this projectaslll Bill Wehner, vice president for institutional advancement. D Lawless appears on a video we had produced about the facility< states that, "Texas Tech has some of the finest alumni of a university in the country. What we don't have is the finestalllll center. In fact, it's almost non-existent. ... This is an opporturi for you to participate and help create an outstanding facili~ which you can come back, where we can visit with you and F can visit with other alumni, and we can really have the typei institution, from top to bottom, new students to alumni, that Wti dream of."

Will this construction change the architectural style ol• current facility - one of the original campus buildings? .

No. Architects cannot do anything without the approval oft Campus Planning Committee. It is their view, as well as ours.t this project will greatly enhance the integrity of the Old Presi!k1: Home and return some of its original beauty. You will notilt? the photograph accompanying the article on pages 2 and 3 thalt same style of architecture is adhered to in the expansion Iii building.

If you have any questions, please give me a call at (806l.1 3641. I want to answer any and all questions because thatts . only way we will obtain the support of our ex-students. 1J; support will be required to complete this project.

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Love Those Lady Raiders!

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Coach Marsha Sharp's team wins it all in her lOth season as head coach...

The Man Who Pulls the 'lligger

ABOUT THE COVER Dallas photographer Jan Halperin '90 shot our cover after the Lady Raiders' SWC Post-Season Tournament win. Coach Marsha Sharp's team this year truly has become a Tech legend.

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Dickey's Run 'n Gun team has strong first year...

APrimer of 'Thch-sana

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Texas Tech trivia ... for the inquiring mind...

In the Beginning_

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West Texas pioneers that time refuses to forget..

For the Record

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A list of information for your enlightenment and edification...

Bmggin' Rights

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Some of the really great things that are happening at Texas Tech ...

WANTED:

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Texas Tech pioneer women. Ask for Liz...

Cracked, Crazy, or Just Mad?

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Kent Gamble has drawn for them all...

Pnsdential Scholars

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Tech Today Texas Tech in Retrospect: Red Raiders

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n the Southeastern comer of the Texas Tech campus, under some of the oldest and tallest trees in Lubbock, stands the Old President's Home. From January 1925 until 1959, it was the location of high teas, student and faculty receptions and formal dinner parties hosted by the college's first six presidents.

Designed in Old Spanish Mission style architecture, the house featured a stucco exterior and red tile roof. The two-story main unit and one-story wing were accented with a formal courtyard featuring arched and shuttered gates and two patio areas.

The history of the Old President's Home is a rich one. Over the years, visitors have returned to recount memories of the house. Dean James G. Allen, for instance, told of sitting in a small, sunny breakfast room with one of the early presidents. The area is now a windowless Tech Specialties storage room. It was formerly a restroom.

Relatives and friends of the Tech presidents have toured the home pointing out their former bedrooms or retelling experiences. The late Marshall Formby was attending an Ex-Students function several years ago and told of President Paul W. Hom's death in an upstairs bedroom, now an office. And Ruth Hom Andrews, daughter of President Hom, remembered that she could see the Administration Building, located to the northwest, from her second-floor windows, except during storms. Now, campus buildings, including Hom and Knapp halls and the University Center, obstruct that view.

The Old President's Home served as the official residence for the administrations of Paul Hom through E.N. Jones.

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for academic affairs at Tech, succeeded Jones as president. The Goodwins already had a residence in Lubbock and preferred to remain in it. For the next 10 years, the President's Home was used as the home demonstration house for the School of Home Economics, offering students a place to live and learn "domestic skills."

Since 1969 the house has been used as the office of the Ex-Students Association. Through age, renovations and repair, the elegance that had earned the building the name "President's Mansion" in its earlier years, is now obvious only if one knows where to look for it!

Once beautiful wood work, for instance, is apparent on the stair case, and a tall arched ceiling area in the entry into the west living area added a sense of formality- once upon a time. Doors flanked the fireplace in the living room and once opened onto a south patio.

They are now covered by built-in cabinets, and the patio, overgrown in tree limbs, is never used and rarely even noticed.

Visitors to the Association still see the original facade of the Spanish-style home. But inside, what once was stately is now masked or obstructed by desks, storage boxes, old plumbing and partitions. As the University has grown, so have the activities, staff and responsibilities of the ESA. In fact, personnel have doubled- and tripled-up in some offices, while others have been placed in temporary quarters partitioned out of the living room!lobby. The receptionist sits, literally,. in a doorway.

Board meetings and all activities for students and alumni have had to be held off-premises, often totally off-campus.

Decades of roof and plumbing repairs have left stains and cracks on ceilings

and walls; and stucco, also in COlli repair, is literally falling off in chill from exterior walls when it rains. the case with most old houses, stoo space is non-existent. And with U. advent of new technology, necessa wiring for phones, computers, fax a copiers in the old building has mu creative artists out of electricians.

To be blunt, the time for expans and renovation has not only come,

critical.

"The board of directors oftheH agrees," said Bill Dean, executive.• president and CEO of the Ex-S~ Association. "Having periodicall1

r ussed this concern, the board had ~~ays put the project on hold, feeling nat other needs should be addressed One of those needs was for an lCadernic scholarship endowment. That was given top priority, and now $1.7 'Ilion has been raised and is invested n1 • • for annual scholarship presentations.

In the process, Dean added, the ESA ~as increased its level of support to various University academic programs.

"But in 1990, three alumni directors from Kansas, Iowa and Ohio evaluated ~e programs of the Ex-Student~ Association at Tech and were highly complimentary," Dean said. "But they called our facility 'the worst alumni e<:nter' any of them had ever visited. We tnewthen that we really couldn't delay lhe building project much longer."

Acampaign got underway this spring to raise funds for a new Alumni Center, wbichwould involve renovating the lU!TCnt structure and adding on office 1p2ce, a meeting room and banquet facilities.

An Alumni Center would enhance !he operations of the Ex-Students fi!St.

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Association and provide Tech-exes with · a 'home' on campus. Likewise, the building would be available for college reunions or to faculty and students needing a meeting place, Dean added.

Many Tech-exes have seen the lavish new Alumni Centers of Texas A&M and The University of Texas. Texas Tech is not proposing anything so extensive.

Priority is being given to keeping the integrity of the original President's Home, with virtually no structural changes occurring in that part of the building, Dean emphasized. Additions will be behind to the south and west.

Alumni of Texas Tech are being asked to help make the new Alumni Center a reality. Several methods of support are available, from small contributions to sums large enough to name the complete building in one's honor.

For those who would like to have their names associated with the new Alumni Center, bronze pavers for $250 will be located along the sidewalks leading to the main entrance; larger

black granite plaques for $1,000 will be set into the interior floor area along the Grand Hallway; 6-foot black granite benches for $5,000 will be engraved with a personalized message and located throughout the courtyard and landscaped grounds; and polished granite wall plaques will be located at the entrance of rooms dedicated to a specific family or corporation that pledges funds for that room.

These as well as any cash contribution or pledge to be used in the completion of the Alumni Center are taxdeductible. Further information may be obtained from writing to Bill Dean at the Ex-Students Association, P.O. Box 4009, Lubbock, TX 79409 or by calling him at (806) 742-3641.

"We're not trying to return this building to the 'mansion' status it once had, but we would like to return it to a state of respectability," Dean said.

"With the help of Tech-exes and friends of this University, we can provide a home on campus and a place they can be proudof."

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....Wither· Bil Dean '61 Edilar. Marsha Guslahon '76 ~ EGolar ·Curt Langford '90 Clau Noleo Edilar • Susan Bowen Aaoociation News· Jim Douglass '69 Aclwo1ioing DiNctar • Morii<J K.nnedy '79 Milt • K.nt Gamble '77

EXECUTIVE BOARD l'lwiclont Jim R. Rallill'61, Lubbock ........Elect ...... Prui" '69, Dallas

l'lwiclont Robott""' GosMit '70, Dollas AlhloiK c-~ t.,..........m..

Dan Law 'S7, lubbock Executiw Voce ,_icloftlancl CEO Bill Dean '61,lubbock

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Larry Adamo '72, Corpus Christi Margent Brannon 'SA, San Antonio Rob Brown, Jr. '58, Throckmo.ton Joe Dale Bryan •57. Lubbock Susie Buohl.r '81, Houslan Frank Burlce, Jr. '60, Dallas J.C. Charri>ors 'SA, Lubbock Didcv A. Grigg '70, Austin Or. Jack H.nry '60, San Antonio J. PcJt Hickman '75, Can)oon Glonn January '75, Houslan Jam.. W.Loty 'A9, Miclond Rid.ord G. ligon '58, PloiRYiW..!.y Mo-. '60, Amarillo WendOII ~.Jr. 'A9, Austin John C. Sims '65,lubbock Tony Slerling '74, San AnQolo Michael J. St.vons '80, Micland D<Md Thomas '83, Addison J. Patrick Walsh, Jr. '61, McAllen Allr.d While '79, Olalh., Kan. Bil Womble '60, Dallas Martha yorlc '61 , Lubbock Tho Ex·Studonla Anociation is an indopondont organizalion of T"""' Toch Un~ty lonnor studonh cooperating with and worlcing in bohalf of tho Unr..nity, but notalli~aledwith a. T.....TochsanMagazine is tho ollicial publication of tho Association.

Copyright 1992. Toxas Tochsan Magazine (ISSN OOAO-Anl I is published bi-monthly by tho Ex·Studonts Association. Annual mombonhip is $25, ofwhid, $5 isallacalod lor a subscription to Toxas Tochsan Magazine. Single copies ano <Miilablo lor $2.50. Editorialancl aclo..nisingollico: P.O. Box 4009, lubbock, TX 79409. Tolophono (806)7A2·36A1.Socand-classposiagopaid at lubbock. POSTMASTER: Sond addross changes to Toxas Tochsan Magazine, P.O. Box 4009, lubbock, TX 79409.

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I make my living by writing about other people in the entertainment field, and I am honored that Texas Techsan Magazine and writer Andy Wilkinson decided to tum the tables and write a story about me as a Tech graduate (March-April pg. 16, "The Accidental Critic").

Doubling my pleasure was being included in an issue with ·so many Tech graduates that I have for years considered very special talents. Like so many in Lubbock and elsewhere, I've enjoyed listening to the music created by Tom Braxton and No Compromise(pg.14, "With Tom Braxton, it's No Compromise"), and the unpredictable Eddie Beethoven (pg. 22, "West Texas Original").

I've spoken many times with Lanny Fiel (pg. 10, "Adventures inMusic"),oneofthefewwhocan transform a violin into a fiddle and back again. Kurt Tidmore (pg. 20, "Bigger 'n Dallas") is destined to make an even bigger mark as an author. And, even after all these years, I vividly remember being blown away the very first time I saw actor Matt Posey (pg. 19, "Long Day's Journey into Deep Ellum ") -and heard that booming voice- on a Tech stage.

Thank you so much for the kind tribute.

William Kerns '75 Entertainment Editor Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

AClass Ad Himself TheJanuary-Februaryissueof the Techsan is a splendid issue. I really thought the profiles of faculty were well done.

It just so happened that I received my copy ofmy alma mater's alumni magazine on the day the Techsan arrived. The comparison was inevitable. Tech and you especially certainly shine! I enclose

the issue for your edification.

Dr. James Brink History Department Texas Tech University

Texas Tech Teamwork Your update of my career in the March-April Texas Techsan Magazine summed it up well. My sister, Kae Stuart '65, a lawyer in Dallas, has become the manager ofmy life allowing my full-throttle work. The results of two Techexes' teamwork is now enhanced by the article in the Texas Techsan Magazine (pg. 12, "Against the Odds").

Thank you for your well-written story - a regard for my work from my home town.

Rosie Sandifer '74 Fort Collins, Colorado

Memories of an Early Tech The Texas Techsan Magazine is excellent! Sometime in the future consider an issue with pictures from the first 10 to 15 years of the college.

I trod the old campus when there were about five or six buildings on the campus, when Cedar Lane, now FlintA venue, was kneedeep in mud at times.

The treck from third floor of the Administration Building to the old bam and gym had to be made in five minutes. At that time, there was nothing but a barbed wire fence between the Tech campus and the North Pole. Attimes, however, that fence was blown down.

Some of us survived to be graduated in the old gym bam, with a portable wooden platform for the dignitaries and our walk across to receive our diplomas.

To register for a term the fall of 1932, one paid $10 plus lab fees and books. For a place to live, we traded services or farm produce in those Depression days. Others

hopped tables or washeddi~ can remember at Tech when~ were o nly three automobil~ the campus. One was Dr.Do)t Jackson's. His wife ran a Pfi• school on 8th Street. Her llill bought the Cadillac, nor ti Jackson's. With a Ph.D., liet ceived about $100 a month.

Even in the spring of 1~ when I turned in my fmal na nation, Lonnie Langston,myI!:! ematics of statistics teacher, l paid only $100 a month.The ~ of the civil engineering dtj! ment told my husband in 1 941~ he only received $100 a lll1ll income. Many of our OOlical: teachers could have made roo:d industry but chose to teacb.

Some of us who were gnl ated in those early days of!~ went out to serve in many~Ill We earned our living; westocla our own feet. We were notwclhr recipients in our lifetimes. M11 of us are listed in the 'MM\11 Who's Who" book, 'Califro Who's Who," the "Blue B~i· "Two Thousand Women Achievement" and myriads Ill'• Most of all, those of USij were teachers on any level~ part of us in the hearts and li of our students. Only eternilyT: reveal the influence of Tw Tech's Depression days slu~ upon the U.S. and theentirew« Thanks to Texas Techa!J faculty for our chance to ri;: our maximum!

Dr. Cornelia Klipstein F. ~

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Faculty Award. I apprecJa~~· honor and your interest iB faculty performance. ., Dr. Mary O~ College of EdJKtl

The annual Century Club Scholarship

and Awards Dinner , 'f' his major event during Texas Tech 1Homecoming Weekend, is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25~ 1992, at the Lubbock

Memorial Civic Center.

Invitations to the dinner will be mailed to Century Club members later this summer.

Fill out the information below to order your tickets.

Table Sponsor - $400 (seating for 8)

Individual - $30 (1 ticket)

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Love Those Lady Raiders "We're bigger than George Strait!"- Teresa McMm. Bv WALT McALEXANDER PHOTOS BY IAN HALPERIN

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the words that best express the ft.:eling of Texas Tech's women's basketball fans appeared on aT-shirt the final week of the regular season: "Love Those Lady Raiders ... SWC Champions." Yes, everyone was - and still is in love with the Lady Raiders. Just consider: • A sellout crowd of 8,174 viewed the 84-62 Southwest Conferenceclinching win over Texas A&M on March 4. Some 90 minutes after the game ended, more than half that group was still in Lubbock's Municipal Coliseum as the celebration continued.

• The SWC Post-Season Classic in Dallas was awash in the scarlet and black of Texas Tech. A crowd of 1,271 mostly Raider fans, viewed a methodical 89-62 first-round (Thursday, March 11 ) win over TCU. The highlight came when fans sitting across the court from Tech's bench began chanting "Pizza, Pizza, Pizza" when the Raiders surpassed the 75-point plateau. (Many Lubbockites wonder if Pizza Hut, which sponsored a free pizza buffet-for-two ad in the game program when Tech scored 75 or more points and won, has recovered from that 11-0 home record in which the fewest Raider points scored was 78.)

• On Friday the main group of Tech fans invaded Dallas, with the majority of the 4,467 fans in Moody Coliseum yelling for the Lady Raiders in a 79-67 win over SMU, then sticking around for halftime of the second game to see Sheryl Swoopes receive her SWC Player 6

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Loc/y Raiders "christen" Coach Marsha Sharp in celebration ol their new title as unc/isputec/ champions ol the Soutwest Conference ot the Post-Season Tournament. of the Year plaque.

• The championship outing against Texas was in Reunion Arena March 14.

The Lady Raiders received a standing ovation from their fans when they arrived at Reunion, some 90 minutes before the game started. The game was tied nine times, the lead changed hands

nine times and the 5,789 on hand Wrll deafening at times. When a Jennifer Buck pass led to a Teresa McMillan layup with 2:38 to play, the final deadlock was broken and the Lady Raiders led the remaining distance as each team scored 8 points in the final minute of play. It was McMillan's 1\\'0

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seconds left that rncbed the game. cl , McMillan celebrated her 22nd 'WthdaY by being named to the Aliament Team, and Swoopes, who Tourn d7 . ~ 24 points, 14 rebounds an ~.ststs, .....ed the Post-Season Classic s was n.....

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Ob those fans! If they weren't in the ~ds, it's likely they were in line for :lickets when (the last two, anyway) !ames were declared a sellout. It took less than five hours on Monday, March 16,six days before the firSt-ever NCAA women's playoff game would be played in Lubbock_ 56 hours before Tech's foe wouldbe decided - for Texas Tech fJCket Manager Carol Baker to run out llroom in the Coliseum. In mid-week KAMC-TV outbid the other Lubbock ilalions for local broadcast rights of that 1ame.

Later in the week a few additional llickets became available from the LWOSing team, and 8,323 fans were on hand to watch the Sharpshooters rally from an 18-point deficit (28-10 with 7:48left in the first half) by scoring 17 )Xlints and trailing only 30-27 at intermission. With Swoopes scoring 15 of If game-high 28 points the second 20 mii.nutes, the Lady Raiders never trailed after freshman Noel Johnson canned a 7footerwith 16:37 to play. The Lady Raiders went on to win 64-58.

Afterwards, Coach Marsha Sharp, who received a new extended contract, exclaimed, "The fans were great! They were a big, big factor in the comeback.

That (the comeback) was very impressive. The composure of the kids and the crowd were the biggest factors."

Krista Kirkland agreed. "When we started our run, I looked up once at the scoreboard and we were still down by 14. But the crowd was still yelling and lliat made a big difference."

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ago against Texas. That mark was obsolete three games into the home season as 5,617 were on hand for the 7865 win over nationally ranked Texas.

That, incidentally, was the first time ever for the Longhorns to lose in Lubbock.

Three games later, the 6,000 barrier fell as 6,750 watched the 79-64 win over nationally ranked Houston. Then four games later Texas A&M came calling.

Tech's final six home games drew 35,138 fans, an average of 5,856. On the year 46,209 fans viewed the 11 home outings, an average of 4,201.

Looking at that attendance total in perspective, the 1992 figures represent a jump of 434 percent over the 947 norm of two years ago and a 372 percent jump over last year's 1,128 average.

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The just-finished season was truly a year of firsts- and a launching pad for future endeavors. In addition to their first-ever regular season Southwest Conference Championship and Post-Season Classic title, the Sharpshooters won their first NCAA playoff game and, for the second time ever, advanced to the West Regional Tournament, held in Seattle, Wash., this year.

The 27-5 record was the best winning percentage in school history (.844) and tied the ninth best record ever by a SWC team.

It also marked the first time Tech has gone through a season unbeaten at home and the Lady Raider home streak is now at 17. That's the 1Oth longest current streak in the NCAA. Also, the final ranking of 12 by both The Associated Press and CNNIUSA Today is the highest a Lady Raider team has ever climbed in the polls.

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,-t ~-"We had many unselfish players who played roles that allowed us to win," Sharp said. "It's so important that each player does the things that allow us to win. I definitely don't think we were a one-player team. I felt we had tremendous balance. They all came through in clutch moments. And that's what allowed us to take it one notch higher than we had been before."

After falling to No. 3-ranked Stanford 75-63 in the Regional semifinal, Sharp empha!:ized to her players and the media- that Tech's frrst loss of the year to a nationally ranked team could - and wouldn't- overshadow an outstanding year.

Sharp did admit, however, that "It's

hard to separate everything that h11 happened this year and say that anJI event was the highlight. I thil\k alll coaching staff feels that the post·~ was really special ... winning the Southwest Conference outright ... winning the SWC Post-Season T~ ment ... then hosting our first NCAI game ... well, the last three week!~ March) of the season all togetherJ best part."

The coaches, however, had uttkl to rest. After returning from theli4 Four and the annual Women's B~ Coaches Association (WBCA) mcd in Los Angeles, they were on thenj less than 24 hours later recruiting. I days later they could sign prospects

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Teresa McMillon (left} one/ Sheryl Swoopes both were nomed to the Southwest Conferece Post-Season Classic AllTournament Team.

Swoopes was also nomecl as tournament Most Valuable Player.

What type of players would Sharp mdassistants Linden Weese and Roger Reding look for? "We first look at pyers who are unselfish and will keep latchemistry we like. We want to likesure of how they will interact with me another. I felt this year that all our payers were proud of those who Keeived individual honors (see Lady Raiders' 1991-92 honors with this .uticle), but overall the team awards were the most important to them.

'As long as that (thinking) continues, It'll he successful."

But is there pressure on the staff to tepeat the feat of '92? "Anytime you winyou feel the need to do that again," ·!harp said. "I don't think we'll have any ~ssure on us (as coaches), but we do havemore doors opening and more ~ponunities available to us as a team IIX! l know we'll strive to do the things ~at will keep us at this ievel.

"We'd like to get this group in the Top10nationally - and I think they're capable of doing that if they play well.

Recruiting off our success is one way to keep it going."

Recognition plays a vital role in the ;IIICCess of any athletic program. There's !oo denying that the 1991-92 Lady (Raiders fared well in that department, ~aotonly in Lubbock but across the state I~ nation.

I The crowning jewel came at the Final jFourwbere Sheryl Swoopes was fl!tognized as one of 10 Kodak Division IAU-Americans.

Swoopes thus becomes the first Lady Raider eager to be accorded that honor.

She was flown to Los Angeles April 1 (no joke!) and spent five days as guest of Eastman Kodak Co., which is in its 18th year as sponsor of the WBCA AllAmerica team. Included in the activities were tours of Disneyland and Universal Studios, participating in Special Olympic Clinics and watching all the Final Four games .

Kodak also presented the AllAmericans with cameras and film, plus a specially designed white warmup suit with the Kodak All-America patch.

More than 1,800 attended the April 4 banquet, at which time the team was presented their All-America Medallions.

What else can be said about the 1991-92 Texas Tech women's basketball team except "Love Those Lady Raiders!" t=

Noel Johnson {top right} was a strong contencler for freshman of the year honors. Kristo Kirlclanc/ (rigM 1eJ the Locly Raiders in threepoint shoaling one/ earned the leom's Fighting Heart Award.

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n the realm of coaching, attention is seldom given to much more than the bottom line - wins and losses. The character of a coach and his team is often lost in the numbers on the scoreboard.

Texas Tech basketball coach James Dickey, like all successful coaches, is intent on improving that bottom line. In his ftrst year as head coach, he led the Red Raiders to a 15-14 record, their ftrst winning season since 1986-87, and had them on the verge of receiving an NIT bid.

Dickey also makes it known, however, that he and his team have an obligation that extends far beyond the basketball court. In fact, the coach makes it clear that "his" team is not "his" team.

"I really feel like this team is not mine," he said. "It belongs to Texas Tech and it belongs to Lubbock. I want to have our team accessible as much as they can be for the people of the community. We went out Thanksgiving and helped feed some needy families. It was really special to all of us. There are some things that we want to do over holidays to help people who are less fortunate than we are.

"I think we have a tremendous responsibility to represent our program, University and community in a class manner, and we can be very good 10 • MAY/JUNE 1992

the • tr1gger ambassadors for Lubbock, Texas Tech and West Texas."

Not only has Dickey represented Tech in a class manner, he has handled his successes with a great deal of humility.

"I think a lot of it comes from my family," said Dickey, who was named the consensus Southwest Conference Coach of the Year and was named as District IX Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

"I learned at a pretty early age that if you were good at something you didn't have to blow your own hom, because someone will blow it for you. A lot of that comes from my family, plus the experiences I've had with Coach (Eddie) Sutton - seeing how he handled the great success he had at Arkansas and then Kentucky.

"Some people have trouble handling success. How successful you're going to continue to be may be detennined by how well you handle that early success."

The importance of family has not taken a back seat to Dickey's life as a major college head coach. Before the start of every home game, Dickey has one of the student managers bring his 3-

Dickey's Run 'n G• team has strong first year year-old daughter, Laureo Brooks, to him for a pre·g• good-luck kiss.

"My family is very impr. to me," Dickey said. "Theyl been supportive, and they'ref to be there every day, whethl win or lose. They're not alw. asking, 'Why didn't that gun more rebounds?' or 'How ca: that guy's not scoring?'

"They make a lot of sat) flees. I'm gone a lot, and K! · away from some of the Iiili have to spend at home. ~ when I do have a chancelD spend quality time with lllJ family, I like to do that."

Dickey, who was recently awaJd new four-year contract, believes progress was made in the baskelbal program last season, but he is quid point out that there is still much ws be done. He does feel that he andk coaching staff were able to institllkl system and begin to establish the If; they want the program to take.

Although the basketball progru suffered losing seasons the four p«i years, Dickey is very aware of the~ basketball reputation that Tech ana, enjoyed.

"I wasn't interested in a quickli said. "I wanted to make sure wegl program back to like it had been. f

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WiU Flemons onJ James Diclcey win SWC Player onJ Cooch of the Yeor honors. tradition has always been there. The resources are there. We just have to rekindle the fire a little bit.

"Ithink we've got our players relieving they can win again and to have ~at winners' mentality, which I think is so important."

That winners' mentality and the rooftdence that goes with it was evident Fiodically throughout the season. The Red Raiders' biggest victory was against lhen·undefeated and 19th-ranked Tulane atbome. The team scored at least 100 [11ints in three games, which was the lint time that has happened since the 1975·76 season. With the wins and exciting brand of basketball, the fans regan to return. Tech averaged more than 1,000 more fans per home game than the last two seasons.

'I think the coliseum can be a special ~ace to play in and can be one of the ~ghest places in our league," Dickey laid. "Our fans are very enthusiastic, .and there are a lot of great fans in West '!exas. We just want to get them back lllVolved in Red Raider basketball."

Fans can only be excited about the .future ofTexas Tech basketball. Dickey already has signed Dallas Kimball P!OductJason Sasser, who was the Class

SA Player of the Year in many publications and who is regarded as one of the top recruits in the nation. Tech also has signed Class 2A Player of the Year, Koy Smith out of Hale Center. Smith's signing also means an outstanding local talent will be staying close to home.

"I want our recruiting always to be looked at locally and regionally first," said Dickey, who still has two scholarships to give and hopes to fill those with an inside player and a combination shooting guard/ball handler.

"Anytime there's a player regionally, we certainly want to be aware of him and recruit him. Also, I think we've got to do a better job in the West Texas junior college league. We have to do a good job in our own back yard, and then I think it's important to recruit the state of Texas because there are so many talented players."

Dickey thinks that Smith and Sasser will be able to help right away, but he also believes it is unfair in a strong league to put too much pressure on freshmen.

"We want and expect our freshmen to contribute, but I don't want them to feel like the whole weight of the program is on their shoulders," he said.

Obviously, recruiting an athlete to Texas Tech means selling him not only on the school, but on the city as well. If James Dickey decided to hang up his coaching shorts, perhaps the Lubbock Convention and Visitors Bureau would seek his services. After all, here is a man from Arkansas who seems to have taken a sincere liking to West Texas.

"We really enjoy Lubbock," said Dickey, whose wife, Bettye, was a standout basketball player for the University of Arkansas. "I don't think either one of us realized how much we would like Lubbock or how special Texas Tech was when we first came out here.

"The thing that really impressed me the most when I came was the people.

Then to see what a quality opportunity Texas Tech was - that was really exciting for us. Probably because we're not on a major interstate, people don't get to see Lubbock. But when they come here and experience Lubbock and West Texas hospitality, they understand why it is a special place."

Dickey's excitement for Texas Tech extends far beyond his own team.

During the Tech women's first rough NCAA Tournament victory over Santa Clara in the Lubbock Coliseum, he was one of the 8,500 fans pulling for the Lady Raiders. The closeness he feels for the entire Tech Athletic Department is evident.

"I love coming to work everyday," Dickey said. "The people up and down the offices, the colleagues here, are quality people. I think that's a great tribute to what T. Jones has done with each one of the programs. I want to see everyone do well because they're good people and they work hard.

"It's a team effort, and it's one of the few institutions at the major college level where you will see this type of support for every program in the department. It's special to be a part of, and I like to see other people's programs dowell."

James Dickey is certainly doing his part to contribute to that team effort, and the classy coach has "his" team representing Texas Tech University in a positive way, both on and off the court.

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t is interesting, isn't it, that today's big news becomes tomorrow's trivia. Th~ big events and memorable people ofTexas Tech's past have become not just trivia, though, but loving and honored elements of "Tech-sana"- the legends and lore of Texas Tech. That is what we have painstakingly researched to offer you in this issue of Texas Techsan Magazine- a primer ofTech-sanafor the students of the past, present and future. Enjoy.

A Rimer of Tech-san Texas Tech trivia ... for the inquiring mu BY lEIGH (ROW

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eep in the mists of time gone by are the beginnings of Texas Technological College. Through a sevenyear effort by a dedicated group of West Texans, some who even threatened to secede from Texas if not given their way, "the Tech" came to Lubbock, and as the saying goes, the rest is history.

- Sen. William H. Bledsoe was introduced as the father of Senate Bill 103 establishing Texas Technological College. Gov. Pat Neff signed the bill on Feb. 10, 1923, designated as Charter Day for Texas Tech.

- The cornerstone of the Administration Building was laid Nov. 11, 1924. It marked the beginning of construction.

Dignitaries at the ceremony spoke from a bale of cotton donated by a Lubbock gin instead of from a podium.

- The first buildings on campus when Tech opened on Oct. 1, 1925, were the Administration, Home Economics and Textile Engineering buildings, the Stock Judging Pavilion, Dairy Barn, President's Home, and a cafeteria.

- The first schools were Liberal Arts, Engineering, Household Economics, and Agriculture.

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Cornerstone ceremony, Nov. J J, 1924.

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he designers of the campus deliberated on what atmosphere they wanted the buildings of the college to create. After considering architectural and geographic elements, architect and campus planner William Ward Watkin suggested to President Horn that the buildings resemble Spanish architecture.

Watkin reasoned that West Texas was similar to the vast lands of Central Spain, and patterning the campus after

Spanish architecture would link the campus with Texas history, sincetlx Spanish had influenced much ofTe.u tradition.

-The Administration Building~ modeled after La Universidad de~ de Hernales in Spain.

- President Horn selected the quotations, symbols and statesmen!

j}orn the Administration Building :;allery of Heroes. Ten carved portrait medallions are divided into two groups rostorical U.S. figures and Texas heroes.

Depicted are (to the east) Christopher eoturnbus, George Washington, AbrahamLincoln, Robert E. Lee and woodrow Wilson; and (to the west) lames Hogg, Albert )idney Johnston, Davy crockett, Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston.

Jne name that appears on be Ad Building has IXOUght a smile to :ountless persons over the ,ws. Evidently earlytty Texas stone workers were not familiar with "Michael Angelo."

-Also included on the north side of ~e building are seals of the six nations Ioder the flags of which Texas has been.

They are France, Spain, Mexico, The ·Republic of Texas, The Confederacy and ~e United States.

-The Stock Judging Pavilion became knownas the Mule Bam since it hosted ~I the events too large or unsui~ble for churches, namely Tech's first basketball .games. When two events conflicted, the kluderevent won the Mule Bam. Miss Gussie Teague's lecture on "Othello," for instance, was "herded out" by swine .jldging.

-The first dorms housing 640 1students were managed by Miss Mozelle !Craddock, who kept Lubbock wholesallersontheir toes by infonmng them that llbeirprices were too high. The dorms werefeatured in Life magazine on Jan. 4•1937, as part of the New Deal projects.

-Room and board in the dorms cost fue student $22.50 per month.

-Dr. William Curry Holden is responsible for the creation of the museum. He wanted it to represent all as~ts of the South Plains. A "Give-ABnck" campa1gn · was launched in September 1940 and was used to provide fue support for the addition of two floors

~o th~ museum. People literally brought m bocks to donate to the project.

- Th~ original Tech library was hou.sed m the west wing of the AdministratiOn ~uil~ing, along with anything else the Jamtor did not have a place to store.

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though the students were enchanted by its design, they soon realized a few inconveniences about the layout of the Tech campus.

-The distance from the T~~tile ~ngineering Building to the Adm1mstrat10n Building lacks 114 of an inch from being a quarter mile.

- Students used to call the textile building the "Amarillo Branch."

- Students walked in cowpaths since no sidewalks existed.

pig for Stangel's lecture. (Stangel is also the father of the first faculty baby, Ava Ruth Stangel, born Sept. 16, 1925. She was a 1946 graduate of Texas Tech.)

- Dr. William C. Holden, former director of archaeological research made excursions to Sonora, Mexic~, to study the Yaqui Indians. On one excursion, Dr. Charles J. Wagner, chief of staff at West Texas Hospital, removed a bullet from a tribesman's spine.

-Dr. Charles B. Qualia, head of the foreign languages department, was known for being appointed as an interpreter during World War 1.

-Julien Paul Blitz, former head of the music department, called his filing system the "zoo." He identified students with animal drawings that he thought resembled them. The budget was filed under a skull and crossbones.

- Before landscaping occurred, grassburrs were tall and prevalent, catching pant legs and skirts with regularity. After a rain, mud caused walking across campus to be difficult if not impossible, and in the winter, with few structures to break the winds northers were cold and made mo~ing from class to class cold and uncomfortable for early students.

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he Texas Tech faculty was a very special breed of dedicated people, who injected their personalities into the atmosphere of the college.

-Tech's first president, Paul Whitfield Hom, said he was the bestdressed man in Texas when he wore his suit woven by the department of textile engineering from cotton grown in West Texas.

- Because of inadequate books and lab equipment, W.L. Stangel, former professor of animal husbandry, taught his students to make a rope halter in case they ever found a cow. For the second class, a sick Hereford served as a guinea

Camp - Students repeatedly asked former engineering professor Edmond W. Camp to tell them where he was from, to which he replied, "Jawja."

- Miss Ruth Pirtle, former head of the speech department, took students to area dramatic performances during the academic year, and to New York in the summer to see the season's plays.

-Clifford B. Jones was the only Tech president not to graduate from college.

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"Slime Week." They were to wear! or Slime beanies with their name ~ until Thanksgiving unless Tech w~ Homecoming game. During the f~t. games, they were to sit in a group,1 the m~n had to p~icipate in a sh(}(l by taking off thetr shoes, placing tk on the 50-yard line and scrambling; recover them at the "go" signal. s~ were prevalent at Tech until the 1~

- Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos '49 is the first and only Tech alumnus to serve as Texas Tech's president. He was selected by U.S. President Ronald Reagan as Secretary of Education, making him the first Hispanic person to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.

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be dedication and charisma of the early Tech students set the stage for the Texas Tech we have today.

Although the students were not financially well-off for the most part, they desired an education and were willing to work for it, which they did.

- Of the 914 students enrolled the first year, 642 were men and 268 were women.

- Irwin Coleman was the first in line to register.

- One man walked 258 miles to Lubbock and washed the windows of the new Tech buildings to earn money for his education.

- Students paid no tuition the first year, but they did pay small fees such as a $1.75 medical fee and a $1 library charge. When registration was implemented, it was set at $15.

- Old football uniforms were issued

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- The first honorary degree was presented on May 26, 1930. It was conferred upon Amon G. Carter, chairman of Tech's first board of directors. Having not graduated from high school, it was Carter's first and only academic degree.

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arly Tech students were academically oriented, but they enjoyed a social life, too. Students formed clubs, helped needy causes, and supported athletics. Dr. Samuel Johnson said that a person could rarely find an "unclubbable man" on Tech's campus.

to those athletes who could not afford to

buy clothes. Frequently, students beard a loud commotion that turned out to be a big football player tumbling down the stairs from losing his step in his cleats.

- Some students brought their cows to school with them to trade milk for school expenses.

- On May 30, 1927, the first graduation ceremony was held. Receiving diplomas were 26 students who were finishing their degrees in May and in August. Mrs. Mary Dale Buckner pulled the slip with the word "diploma" written on it out of a hat, thus becoming the first graduate of Texas Technological College.

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-Fifty students from the Student Association caravanned in 13 cars to area towns promoting Tech to high school seniors.

- Despite Tech's tie (0 - 0) with McMurry College, students celebrated their first football game, forming a shirttail parade that marched down Broadway, into theaters and through the Lubbock Hotel.

-The tradition of harassing freshman students was present on the Tech campus. Freshmen were hazed if they wore their high school letters and were referred to as "Fish." Later, firstsemester freshmen were referred to as "Slime" and the first week of school was

-The Agriculture Club sponsor~ first rodeo in November 1930, fealll such events as Musical Chairs, whtt contestants mounted and dismounlt( their horses and raced to another sal to stay in the game.

- Kathleen Harman was crownoJ the first rodeo queen. Press releast~ she was decked out in full western t complete with a 10-gallon hat.

- A few days before it began, AI Western Days promoted the rodeo~ designating the campus sheriff to plt offenders not complying with the regulation of wearing western clo!N Offenders were dunked into a wall! trough.

- Students contributed to the ll'li effort in the '40s by gathering scrap metal, forming a blood bank and Sll bond drives.

-Greek-letter organizations wcr. formed at Tech in 1952. Kappa K ' Gamma was the first sorority, follor by 17 other groups in the first year.

- Among the organizations at T~ was the Ex-Students Association,~l had originated in 1927 with the fir!1 graduating class. They appointedoJ their seniors as the president- EdllK W . Camp.

- Lucille Graves was the ftrSt It student to enroll at Tech. She weou earn her doctorate.

- Danny Hardaway was the first black athlete in 1969. He played oli football team.

_Barbara Spect in the fall of 1969

as nallled as National Centennial ~I Queen.

_First Homecoming Queen at Tech as Suzanne Matteson in 1954. _The first Ph. D. degree was

varded in English on Aug. 27, 1952, to ~us Polk of Fort Worth.

_Tech's first and only Rhoades :holar was R. Canon Clements in 1938.

- Librarian Elizabeth West created the first yearbook, "La Ventana," in 1926. The yearbook featured sections such as "The Rack," depicting "campus parasites and low-lifes," and another section titled "The Kissing Situation at Texas Tech," in which Mr. Galbraith, a former professor of chemistry, remarked that a properly administered kiss holds a home together better than any doughnut ever made.

-The Saddle Tramps, formed by former student Arch Lamb in 1936, are the male spirit boosters of Texas Tech.

The Midnight Raiders are responsible for "painting the campus red" before home athletic games. They also peal Bangin' Bertha, a large bell donated to the Saddle Tramps by the Santa Fe Railroad, at athletic events and parades, and they ring the Victory Bells after men's athletic victories.

- The High Riders are the female counterpart of the Saddle Tramps, supporting the women's athletic teams and ringing the Victory Bells after women's teams win.

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hroughout its history, Texas Tech bas done more with less than most other schools, documenting the tsireto do well, a hard-work ethic, ttativity and ambition that Tech sans lrough the decades have possessed.

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-Tech's 20-member band played at ~first football game. Their uniforms ~not fit well, but alterations were Mdden with the help of a wide sash.

-The Student Dairy, formed by ·Kenneth Miller Renner in the fall of tm,produced milk and delivered it to ~ate customers in a horse-drawn ·~gon.

-The greenhouse, built by the ~culture department, had a section ~ "Citrus Row," featuring two lnnge trees, two lemon trees and one llapefruit tree.

-The school newspaper took the name "Toreador" in support of the football team. The toreador in Spanish tradition aids the matador. <

Center was built to house facilities for all sports and so athletes could train despite bad weather conditions. The unique structure with its inflatablemembrane roof is the only one of its kind in the world.

-Texas Tech owns KTXT-TV, which is a member of the Public Broadcasting System. The School of Mass Communications operates two radio stations with the call letters KTXT-FM and KOHM-FM, which has a classical format.

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andmarks and symbols dot the Texas Tech University campus, laying the history (and legends) of the college right before the students' eyes.

-Will Rogers donated $200 to help pay the cost for the Tech band to play at their game against Texas Christian University on Oct. 30, 1926. As a thank-you. the campus erected a statue of Rogers on Memorial Circle (see related story titled "In the Beginning").

-Memorial Circle was dedicated in 1948 by the Tech Wac Veterans Association in memory of all the Tech graduates and students in World War II.

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-In1947, the U.S. Army donated surplus buildings to Tech providing for a student "Rec Hall." Despite the low ceiling and leaky roof, the students loved to dance on its hardwood floor.

rang for the first time at the group's graduation. They rang all night the next fall after Tech beat TCU, keeping Lubbock residents awake.

Thereafter the ringing of the bells was limited to 30 minutes.

-Twenty-five years after Dean of Student Life James G . Allen suggested it, the University Center opened on Oct. 31, 1952.

- There are 107 steps leading to the top of the bell tower (but only 106 going down).

-The 126,000-square foot Student Rec Center opened in the spring of 1980.

The Aquatic Center's pool holds 775,000 gallons of water and is covered by the largest removable air-supported roof over a swimming pool in the nation.

- In 1986, the Athletics Training

-The Double-T Bench in the courtyard behind the Administration Building was a gift from the seniors of 1931. Supposedly, no freshmen are allowed to sit on it.

- An artifact discovered by engineers on March 7, 1939, turned out to be a stone from the Blarney Castle near

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Dublin, Ireland! The Blarney Stone at Tech carries the belief that if you kiss it, you will be given the gift of eloquent speech. It still resides outside the Electrical Engineering Building.

- When the class of 1938 donated the neon Double-T sign that now is affixed to the east side of Jones Stadium, it was the largest neon sign in existence.

was responsible for establishing Texas' ftrst Kappa Kappa Psi, the founding chapter in the nation.

named for J.William Davis, father.

National Letter of Intent and f~ chairman of Tech's Athletic Coulk' His frrst signee was E .J. Holub.

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-The football team played in~ Cotton Bowl Classic once, losingt: Mary's of California 20 -13 in 1 9~ Tech had been undefeated, untied, the highest-scoring team in the u~ (The game was played before theS served as host school for this bowl game.)

esult of pride and participation in their college, students and faculty have built many traditions, none the least of which involve athletics.

- In 1946, President William M. Whyburn declared a "Howdy Week" in response to Lubbock Avalanche-Journal editor C.W. Ratliffs slogan, "Every day is a Howdy Day at Texas Tech."

- O.B. Howell, a former professor of horticulture, made a suggestion to beautify the campus. Thus, Arbor Day was honored on the Tech campus with 5,000 trees and shrubs planted during the 10-year tradition.

- The carillon, located in the west tower of the Ad Building, was a gift of Ruth Baird Larabee. It contains 36 bells that were cast in The Netherlands. The bells were cast, tuned, framed and installed in 1966 for some $26,000.

-The Library's entry is called the William Lloyd Croslin Room and contains tropical plants, terrazo floor and a sunken pool and fountain. Tech's library is the second largest library in size in the state, with only the LBJ Library in Austin bigger.

- Happy VI, horse of the Masked Rider, had appeared in TV commercials before coming to Tech. He was one of the ftrst horses ridden by the original Marlboro Man, the late Carl "Biggum" Bradley, wagon boss for the 6666 Ranch.

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- The ftrst basketball game was against Daniel Baker in 1925 in the Stock Judging Pavilion. Games were later moved to the Intramural Gym. Tech won the Border Conference championship six times between 193256, and won its ftrst SWC championship in 1976. The ftrst game played in the Coliseum was in 1956 against Kansas City. The facility holds 10,000, but on Feb. 10, 1979, 10,449 watched the Tech vs. A&M game.

- The largest crowd to watch a football game in Jones Stadium was 55,008 in 1977 against A&M. The official capacity is 47,000. Football games were held during Tech's ftrst year at the Fair Grounds. Texas Tech joined the Border Conference in 1932, and on May 12, 1956, Tech was unanimously elected to membership in the SWC. Competition began during the football season of 1960 under Coach DeWitt Weaver.

- Baseball, track and tennis all began in 1926. Golf started in 1936 under Professor J.W. Jackson and won its ftrst SWC championship in 1959 under Coach John Farquhar.

-The Athletic Dining Hall was

- In 1953, the Red Raiders wen Border Conference champions aTIJ nation's top-scoring team. Also thl year, they were denied SWC mem:. ship!

-Early Tech baseball coach lk Feathers was the ftrst man in NH. history to rush for over 1,000 yard!

-James Mays is Tech's first t1v1 time All-American (track). Delro!

Poyser in 1985 matched that, but ~~ All-American in three sports!

-Tech's ftrst SWC champions~ football came in 1976 shared with!

University of Houston.

-Texas Tech has more than lU participants in intramurals, rankill!i University in the top of the nation - Curtis Jordan is the Tech pia~ with the longest NFL career.

he people of Texas Tech haveu obviously made it what it is ~ Every sacrifice, every decisionP every achievement have bearing01: this institution will be in the future.

Tech is built on a solid foundatio~

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(Sources for information in this artickr "Evolution of a University: The First~ Years," by Jane Gilmore Rushing &Kb Nail; "The First Thirty Years," by Roi~ Andrews; "Texas Tech ... The Unobscl Heritage," by Nolan Barrick; the !926~ Ventana; and various men's and worn~ sports' media guides provided by theTr Tech Sports Information Office.)

~·erything has an origin. But as time progresses, the B'stories of those beginnings sometimes become obscured. l{h were there secessionist movements when Tech was being ~t:blished? Why did Texas Tech get a statue of Will !ogers? Who were the Dogies? Who wrote the school song?

What do the symbols on the Tech Seal mean? The following ~ories will answer those questions and many others.

In the Beginning • • • West Texas pioneers that time refuses to forget Bv MARSHA GusTAFSON

\Yiuning the Tech When settlers in the western regions Dfthe state realized that old farming practices did not work in the area's arid zones, they sought an institution of rugher learning that would address their agricultural problems. At the same time, West Texans discovered that the region contributed more taxes to state coffers ~an the region received in state services.

The movement to gain a new college for W est Texas was an outgrowth of both ~mes .

It took seven years and two failed attempts to get Texas Tech established. ltcontinually faced obstacles such as economics and politics. 'Efforts began in earnest in 1916 by the West Texas A&M Campaign Association to create a rollege in West Texas.

The association first requested the establishment of a college on April 7, 1916. A year's work by the locating annmittee was ignored by Gov. Jim Ferguson as he arbitrarily chose Abilene as the recipient for the state's newest institution of higher learning. West Texans asked that the 1917 proposal to create the West Texas A&M be with-

drawn.

Ferguson became the flrst Texas governor to be impeached, and the

efforts to create a college were shelved, except in West Texas. Institutions downstate lobbied hard to divert the West Texas effort for a college "of the first class."

The 1921 legislative effort, the second attempt to create Texas Tech, was watered down to meet objections from downstate. The ensuing bill would have made the school a branch of Texas A&M. Bank failures and poor commodity prices saved Texas Tech when Gov. Pat Neff vetoed the bill, citing the state's economic conditions.

After talking some angry West Texans out of seceding, a third try for the college was made by the W est Texas Chamber of Commerce. It made the strongest proposal yet, and the bill passed. Gov. Neff signed Senate Bill No. 103 creating the college on Feb. 10, 1923.

More than 36 West Texas towns competed for the selection site, but in the summer, the locating board for the college chose the community of Lubbock, which had a population of 6,000.

Texas Tech is the result of regional politics in Texas with roots in the West Texas frontier. Here, settlers cooperated

to create schools - generally the first public buildings in frontier communities.

Schools became a source of pride and an integral part of the fabric that created "community." Texas Tech represents that principle on a larger scale.

Texas Tech Seal Designed by the campus' master planner William Ward Watkin in 1924, the Tech Seal contains the symbols of cotton bolls, an eagle, lamp, key, book and star.

In the 1928 La Ventana, words appear in the spaces normally occupied by the symbols. The lamp is "school," the key is "home," the book is "church," and the star is "state." Cotton bolls stand for the area's strong cotton industry and the eagle is for country.

Small replicas of the seal made of bronze and mahogany had been sold at the bookstore for $5 in 1933, then reference to the seal was lost in following years. During the administration of Tech's fourth president, Dr. William M. Whybum, officials began looking for a Tech seal.

George Long produced his replica purchased in 1933 and the seal was permanently resurrected. It replaced the TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE •

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State Seal of Texas on the college bulletin in 1947, and in 1948, it was placed on Tech diplomas. It wasn't until 1953 that the seal was officially approved as the "official" Seal of Texas Tech. Finally, on April27, 1972, the seal was placed at the Broadway and University entrance to the Tech campus in what became known as the Amon G. Carter Plaza. Made of red granite, the seal and base weigh 89,600 pounds. The walls are 2 feet thick and the seal stands 12 feet tall. Original cost of the project was $27, 167.

Riding Into The Sunset

One of the most-used symbols of Texas Tech is the statue of Will Rogers and his favorite horse, Soapsuds, located in front and to the east of the Administration Building on Memorial Circle.

One of four statures like it in the United States, "Riding Into The Sunset" was presented to Texas Tech by the Amon G. Carter Foundation in 1948.

(The other statues are located at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, at the Will Rogers Museum in Oklahoma and the fourth cast made in 1987 was for an undisclosed Dallas source.)

It was executed by Electra Waggoner Biggs, who was 18 when she was asked to design and scupt the statue. The great-granddaughter of Jhe moin entrance to lhe Tech campus.

Dan Waggoner, who began the The Fountain family's ranching dynasty, Electra is coThe 7-spigot electronic water founder of the Waggoner Ranch in fountain at Tech's main entrance actually Vernon. preceded the seal. The idea for a At the request of Amon Carter of fountain to beautify the official entrance Fort Worth, who was a longtime friend to the University was conceived in 1967.

Various organizations on campus of Rogers and the W aggoners, Electra adopted the project to fund the fountain agreed to the project. She was a and began all sorts of fund-raising promising sculptor and familiar with activities, one memorable event being a horses through her ranching heritage. sit-a-thon organized by the Saddle When the statue was done and in place, one old cowboy wrote to her saying, "/ Tramps, where students took turns sitting behind Will Rogers on his stone got down and looked underneath at the mount raising money through donations. back of the legs and all I can say to you, On May 29, 1969, seven columns of ma'm, is by damn, by damn." water, shooting as high as 25 feet, The statue was physically erected on graced the main entrance. An electronic what for a while was called Soapsuds sensing device monitors wind velocity Pavilion in 1951. It is offset 23 degrees and automatically adjusts the column north from west in order to face the rear heights. of the horse toward a favorite Tech rival When the red granite seal was added school. in front of the fountain three years later, the plaza became one of the most Texas Tech Songs beautiful university entrances in the whole state.

The official School Song was a 18

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R.C. Marshall mutual effort of Harry Lemaire arJ Marshall. Lemaire was band dil't!\ Tech from 1925-34. He composd, music. Marshall, editor of the La Ventana, wrote the words in 1930.

Those words, reflecting Texas Tlli original athletic teams' name, are:

The Matador Song Fight, Matadors, for Tech, Songs of love we'll sing to tlut, Bear our banners far and wid~ Ever to be our pride.

Fearless champions ever bt, Stand on heights of victory; Strive for honor, evennore, · Long live the Matadors.

The Tech Fight Song came aliXj later, with words written by Carrcj McMath. The Fight Song updatesb Matadors to Raiders, and the word! follow:

Tech Fight Song Fight, Raiders, Fight!

Fight, Raiders, Fight!

Fight for the school we love sode4 You'll hit 'em high, you'll hit 'emil You'll push the ball across thegrl Tech, Fight! Fight!

We'll praise your name, boost youlo' Fight for the Scarlet and B/od.

You will hit 'em, you will wreck'ta Hit 'em! Wreck 'em! Texas Tai. And the Victory Bells will ring£~

VrctoTY Bells

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Which brings us to the VIctory Bells. ted by the seniors of 1936, the bells /)J"a·n the east tower of the Administra~q t . tion Building. The large bell weighs 900 the smaller one 300 pounds. pJUOds ' lbe sound is reserved for Texas Tech athletic victories and special. occasions, dter which it rings for 30 mmutes.

first Team Names Most people know the Red Raiders fust were called Matadors. But an early ggestion for the new school's athletic 111 ~mscame from the Fort Worth StarTelegram on Feb. 24, 1925, which IUggested "Dogies." (A dogie is a calf that has lost its mother and bas been forced to look out for itself, the paper rxplained.)

The newspaper stated: "If ever Jtything had to rustle for itself, it was West Texas and the Tech College."

Mrs. Ewing Young Freeland, the head coach's wife, preferred "Matadors" kl'Dogies" because of the Spanish uchitectural influence on the campus.

Early students were no doubt pleased with the chosen name - imagine them having to stand in solemn dignity during official college events and sing "The ~gieSong."

The college colors of scarlet and Nack and team name of Matadors were Wjlted by students on March 15, 1926, during a convocation.

The name-change from Matadors to Red Raiders came from AvalancheJoumal sports writer Collier Parris, reflecting their red uniforms and a strong teaSOn. Covering a football game in 1932, he wrote: "The Red Raiders from

that a black and white calf was donated after Tech's 30-0 victory in the third game, the team's first clean win. The calf was branded with the score then later killed and barbecued.

The hide was to be displayed in the trophy room, but due to improper handling, all the hair fell out!

During the calfs one-year reign, no opposing fan was ever able to ride it without being thrown, a regular performance during the halftime of Tech's first games. The Matadors followed the calf with a bull named "The Black Invader," which proved to be more of a jinx than a help. He was replaced with a horse, named "Blackie."

Masked Riders The tradition of the Masked Rider began in Tech's early years by a group of students whose identity was kept secret until the mid-1980s. Called ghost riders, the first student to "borrow" a horse from the horse barn and appear at a football game was George Tate '37, who worked as a student horse herdsman.

When it came time for the ride, he jumped on a palomino stallion named Tony and galloped around the football field. As quickly as the horse circled the football field, it vanished again for the rest of the game.

Tate recalled the reason. "It was a sneaked out horse," he said. "I had to get him back quick!" Such was the case with all successors. The mysterious riders continued until the middle years of World War II. Tate and the other student ghost riders, known as Red Raider Riders, wore a red satin cape made by students in home economics. Tate's first ride was on Sept. 26, 1936, against TCU and their "Slingin' Sammy Baugh," a national powerhouse, which Tech beat 7-0.

Ruth Horn, daughter of Tech's first president, wrote of those mysterious riders: "Wearing a scarlet satin cape and mounted on the palomino stallion..., the rider circled the field at what looked like breakneck speed. The fans loved it. "

In later years, Bert Eades of the Hockley County Sheriffs Posse is credited with the idea of taking a horse to the Gator Bowl to lead the team onto the field that Jan. 1, 1954.

A horse named Blackie was loaned for the trip by Jim St. Clair. Joe Kirk Fulton was the ag student chosen to ride him. Fulton wore levis, red shirt, red and black cape and a black hat.

The Atlanta Constitution described Fulton as a "cowboy in a red cape on a charger" and noted that the event was "typically Texas." The dramatic entry of

Ttxas Tech, terror of the Southwest this year, swooped into the New Mexico University camp today."

The name caught on and by 1936 the M atadors had faded into history, replaced by the Red Raiders. (See a ltlated story about Coach Cawthon in ~is issue's "Texas Tech in Retrospect.")

Mascots The first mascot was not a horse. In fact, some people remember it being a buffalo. But officially, records show

~slcecl Riders (from left} Jennifer Aulill, Kim King, Perry Church, Jetre/1 Key, R.olynn Key, Dinlc Wilson, Colee Hopping ond Kurt Harris. (Pholo by Darrel Thomos} TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE • J9

the team and the black horse electrified the crowd as well as the team. Tech beat Auburn 35-13.

Ed Danforth of the Constitution wrote: "No team in any bowl game ever made a more sensational entrance."

The tradition, begun by early students who kept the secret of their identity for half a century, was officially adopted.

The Masked Rider remains one of the most impressive university mascots in the nation.

Raider Red Prior to the 1971 season, the SWC passed a rule that prevented members of the conference from taking live animals to non-home games, unless the host team had no objection.

Jim Gaspard, a Saddle Tramp, created Raider Red as an alternative to the Masked Rider when the horse couldn't travel with the football team.

Raider Red's student persona is kept a secret from the Tech community.

Similar to the character Yosemite Sam, Raider Red is dressed in cowboy clothing and boots. Two 12-gauge shotguns using power-filled shells were added to Red's attire in 1985. They are fired after every Tech touchdown and field goal.

Raider Red is a public relations mascot, shaking hands with the crowds at athletic events and posing for pictures.

He changes from boots to high-top tennis shoes for basketball season.

Red once had a girlfriend-counterpart named Arena Rita. But she just didn't catch on.

Carol of Lights Celebrated during the month of December, this annual event started in 1959 after Tech Board of Regents member Harold Hinn provided both the idea and the money to cover the Science Quadrangle and the Administration Building in colored Christmas lights.

Unfortunately, most of the students and faculty were away on holiday break and didn't see the beautiful display.

So in 1960, the college sponsored the Christmas Sing, which became the Carol of Lights the following year.

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(The distinction of flipping that flfSt switch included Biii Dean, who then was president of the Student Association.)

Sponsored by the Residence Hall Association, the event includes a musical ceremony, torchlighted parade Throwing the switch at the first Carol oll.ights. with trumpeters and thousands better name should be chosen. He sai6: of red, yellow and white lights covering each building from University A venue to 'The Daily Toreador and its tabloid size seemed to indicate a small co/leg~ the Science Quadrangle, Memorial which we no longer are. With the Circle and all the way down the Engichange in size and format, the commilltl neering Key. felt the time was opportune for a clum1 Radio personality Paul Harvey has in the paper's name. " described the Carol of Lights as being "a beautiful and impressive tradition of the spirit of West Texas."

Jones Stadium

The Daily Toreador The decision to give the Daily Toreador, Tech's first campus newspaper, a new look and name was approved May 11, 1966, by the Student Publications Committee following the decision to switch to a full-size paper. The Board of Directors approved the change to University Daily at their July 25 meeting in Austin.

In a letter to President R.C. Goodwin, the committee made the following statement: "In view of the new aura of maturity and sophistication which will accrue to the new-size format, and in view of the new university status granted the college by the State Coordinating Board, the Student Publications Committee recommends to the Board of Directors that the present name of the college newspaper be changed from the Toreador to the University Daily beginning with the 1966-67 school year."

Dr. Everett A. Gillis, chairman of the committee, felt the name Toreador had gone beyond its usefulness to Tech and a

Tech has not always had a facility• fine as the 47 ,000-seat Jones Stadium In 1925, the football team played inao improvised stadium at the Fair Groullli The next year, though, the games wen moved to a field located at the north cl of campus, southeast of today's stadiua In 1936, it was enlarged to a ho~ shoe-shaped structure, financed throup a loan from Lubbock businesses. In 1947, Clifford and Audrey B. Jones Stadium was completed and named fix the former Tech president and his wif~ who underwrote the project. It seated 18,000 and the first game was against Hardin-Simmons. Tech won 14-6.

Following the last game of the 195! season, earth-moving equipment beg21 preliminary work that led to the excan tion of the playing field to a depth ofJ feet. The stadium was to be widened• the east for additional seating.

The east stands, comprised of sel'll sections of concrete and steel weig~ over six to ns, were moved on steel rollers along iron rails fo,:- 226 feet. 'J'J project took three months to complett.

By the opening game of the 1960 with Tech a member of the rNC, the stadium was virtually :completed. That record-setting crowd of ~.000 watched Tech defeat West Texas )late39-14 in the new stadium. successive additions took the ~ium to 41 ,500 in 1969 and to 47,000 11972. Some 3,000 more can fit in the ~sy area on the north end of Jones )ladium. The largest crowd was 55,008 'i1 1977 for the Texas Tech vs. A&M ¢OD and

pme.

In I979, the Lettermen's Lounge was completed on the north of the stadium.

Alarge Double-T scoreboard was added ~ve the athletic department offices on die south, which were expanded and renovated in 1990 after the addition of !be Athletic Training Facility in 1986.

The Double-T Historical evidence suggests, xcording to the Southwest Collection, dlatTech's first football coaches, E.Y .

Freeland and Grady Higginbotham, are the originators of this campus trademark.

In a diary of Lucille Davis Ford while she was a student at Tech, dated Jan. 7, 1926, she wrote: "Matadors

uceive scarlet and black slip-on sweaters with (Double-T). " A1926 Toreador reports the first sweater presentation.

"Coach Freeland kept the boys in suspense as to what was on the sweaters by telling of the difficulties in selecting ~e/etter. When Captain (Windy) llicklaus stepped forward for his m·eater Coach held it stJ that the letter could not be seen. He told of some M'anting an M (for Matadors), some aT, and he thought a P (for Plains) would be ~mbolic of the great surrounding country of the college. When Windy rnfolded the sweater, he revealed two black outlined T's on the front of a solid JCarlet body. " An image study in 1989 brought out loud and clear that to Texas Techsans ~e Double-T represents tradition, pride and school identity.

The Peter Hurd Fresco Mural The impressive 1,300-square foot

fresco mural in Holden Hall, formerly the Museum of Texas Technological College, was created by nationally known painter Peter Hurd. Work began in October 1953 after two years of preparatory work by a group of individuals headed by Dr. and Mrs. William Curry Holden. Holden was director of the museum. He, with the assistance of Mrs. Holden, provided the vision and historic authenticity while Hurd furnished the artistic expertise to the project.

It was decided that the mural would cover the years of 1890-1925 and reflect South Plains development and some of the people who helped settle the Southwest during those years. Weaving the figures together in each panel is a panoramic background of the South Plains. Old photographs were secured showing what the country looked like before settlement.

While painting the figures, Hurd used actual models - the person if he or she could be there, and if not, others who were about the same size. Heads and faces, in these cases, were painted from photographs.

The mural was completed and dedicated on Nov. 18, 1954, after three sessions of painting over seven months.

Hurd considered this fresco mural his major work and it was so acclaimed. He had introduced not only fresco but painting to Tech students and Lubbock families, who came to observe this lithe painter in boots, jeans and cowboy hat, perched on a scaffold bringing the world they knew to enduring life.

Included in the Peter Hurd mural are the following people, representative of the hundreds of pioneers who developed the Southwest: Dora Nunn Roberts- pioneer woman; Daniel Robert Couch - stock farmer; Sid Williams Richardson - oilman; Marvin Cartmell Overton - doctor Marion Virgil Brownfield - town builder; Sam Cullen Arnett - cowboy; William Electrious Halsell- cattleman; Mary Mathias Dupre- teacher;

Robert Franklin Dunn - curcuit rider; Walter Samson Posey- freighter; Charles Ernest Maedgen - banker; James Lorenzo Dow- journalist; Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, John Avery Lomax, James Evetts Haley, W .C. Holden- chroniclers; Crone Webster Furr- merchant; William Harrison Bledsoe - lawyer; and Clifford Bartlett Jones - civic leader.

Texas Tech University During the name-change controversy of 1959-69, several alternate names were proposed for Texas Technological College. Everyone seemed to have his or her own idea about what would work best, but all agreed that the word "university" was necessary to reflect our growth in size and prestige.

Suggestions included such names as Texas State University, Texas State University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Texas Technological University and of course, Texas Tech University.

Strongest support was for retaining the Double-T, despite what name was selected for the university itself. Feuds erupted between students and administrators, alumni and faculty, and finally by 1963, the issue had spread beyond the campus. It prompted the board of directors to officially approve the title of "Texas Tech University," preserving aspects of the original name and retaining the symbol, or trademark, Double-T. The State Legislature resolved the dispute on Sept. 1,1969, by formally approving the board's recommendation.

Texas Tech University was official. The "schools" of Agricultural Sciences, Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Home Economics became "colleges."

(Sources for information for this article include the Southwest Collection, Dr. David Murrah, Richard Mason, Preston Lewis, "The First Thirty Years" by Ruth Hom Andrews, the High Riders and Saddle Tramps.)

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lJle are a wealth ofknowledge here at the Ex-Students Associafftton. We have to be. We are always being asked to provide information about the past cmd present, related to everything from Tech athletics to alumni. So, for your enlightenment and edification, we provide some frequently requested information in the following lists.

For the Recon Here's some more information to set the record straight Bv SuSAN BowEN

Texas Tech Presidents 1925- 1932 1932- 1938 1938- 1944 1944- 1948 1948- 1952 1952- 1959 1960- 1966 1966- 1976 1976- 1979 1980- 1988 1989-

Dr. Paul Whitfield Hom Dr. Bradford Knapp Clifford B. Jones Dr. William M. Whybum Dr. D.M. Wiggins Dr. Edward N. Jones Dr. Robert Cabiness Goodwin Dr. Grover E. Murray Dr. Cecil Mackey Dr. Lauro F. Cavazos Dr. Robert W. Lawless

Members ol the Tech Boorcl of Regents on Dec. l, 1988, incluclecl (from left, slonc/ing} J.L Gulley Jr., J. Freel Bucy, Corey Hobbs, Rex Fuller, Dr. W. Gordon McGee; (seotecl} Wesley Masters oncl Wendell Moyes Jr.

Chairs, Board of Directors I Board of Regents 1923- 1926 1927- 1938 1939- 1940 1940- 1941 1941- 1943 1943- 1957 1957- 1959 1959- 1962 1962- 1963 1964- 1965 1966- 1968 1968- 1970

Amon G. Carter Clifford B. Jones JoeT. Sneed James M. West Spencer A. Wells Charles C. Thompson W.D. Watkins C.I. Wall Manuel DeBusk WrightR.Armstrong RoyFurr Retha Martin

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1970- 1972 1972- 1974 1974 -1976 1976- 1978 1978- 1980 1980- 1982 1982- 1984 1984- 1986 1986- 1988 1988- 1990 1991-

Frank Junell Bill Collins Clint Formby Judson Williams Robert Pfluger J. Fred Bucy Joe Pevehouse John E. Birdwell Wendell Mayes Jr. J. Fred Bucy Alan B. White

Texas Tech Deans College of Agricultural Scient"~ 1925- 1945 1945- 1958 1958- 1967 1968 1968- 1970 1970- 1971 1971- 1978

Arthur H. Leidigh W.L. Stangel Gerald W. Thomas J. Wayland Bennett (interim) Gerald W. Thomas Samuel E. Curl (interim) Anson R. Bertrand

1978- 1979 1979-

William F. Bennett (interim) Samuel E. Curl

College of Architecture (started in 1986) A. Dudley Thompson (interim) R. Wayne Drummond 1987 - 1990 Willard B. Robinson 1990 - 1991 (interim) (died during term) Michael A . Jones J991Fall (interim) 1991SpringMartin J. Harms 1986- 1987

1946 - 1948 1948- 1950 1950- 1968 1968- 1970 1970- 1975 1975-

Trent Campbell Root (acting) Haskell Grant Taylor (acting) George Gail Heather Reginald Rushing (interim) Jack Donald Steele Carl H . Stem

College of Education (started in 1967) 1967 - 1968 Donald McDonald 1968- 1969 Glen Barnett 1969- 1972 Gordon Lee

College of Home Economics 1925 - 1953 1953 - 1911 1971 - 1981 1981-

Margaret W. Weeks Willa Vaughn Tinsley Donald S. Longworth Elizabeth G . Haley

Graduate School (started in 1937) W illiam Albert Jackson 1945 Robert Cabaniss Goodwin 1950 William Curry Holden 1963 William Bryan Gates 1968 Fred Durnford Rigby 1970 Lawrence Lester Graves (interim) 1911 Thomas A. Langford (interim) 1984 J. Knox Jones Jr. Clyde Hendrick

1937- 1938 1938194519501963 196819701971 1984-

School of Law 1966- 1976 1977 - 1980 1981 - 1984 1985 -

(started in 1966) Richard B. Amandes Frank W . Elliott Byron Fullerton W. Frank Newton

Athletic Directors

Former Arts & Sciences clecms (from left) Dr. J.R. Gooclin (slancling}, Dr. Robert C. Goodwin, Dr. S.M. Kennecly, Dr. Lawrence M. Groves oncl Dr. William B. Conroy.

College of Arts & Sciences 1926- 1945 1945- 1959 1959- 1966 1967-1970 1970- 1983 1984- 1986 1986 - 1991

1991-

James Marcus Gordon Robert Cabaniss Goodwin Sabe M . Kennedy Lorrin Garfield Kennamer Jr. Lawrence L. Graves William B. Conroy Joe R . Goodin Jane L. Winer

College of Business Administration 1942-1946

(started in 1942) John Orval Ellsworth

1972- 1973 1973- 1983 1983- 1989 1989-

192519271930 1941 1952 -

1927 1929 1940 1951 1960

E.Y. Freeland Grady Higgenbotham Pete Cawthon Morley Jennings DeWitt Weaver

Donald McDonald Robert H . Anderson Richard E. Ishler Charles W. Smith

College of Engineering 19251932 1949 1950-

1932 1949 1950 1955

1955- 1982 1982- 1984 1984-

William J. Miller Otto Vincent Adams Oscar Allen St. Clair Dysart Edgar Holcomb John R. Bradford Jimmy H. Smith (interim) Mason H . Somerville

Former Alhlelk Direclor DeWdt Weovw (lefiJ oncl current AD T. Jones.

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19601970197819801985-

1970 1978 1980 1985

1942- 1943

Polk Robison J.T. King Dick Tamburo John Conley T. Jones

1943- 1944 1944- 1945 1945- 1946 1946- 1947 1947- 1948 1948- 1949 1949- 1950 1950- 1951 1951 - 1952 1952 - 1953

Basketball Coaches 1925- 1927 1927- 1930 1930- 1931 1931 - 1934 1934- 1935 1935- 1942 1942- 1946 1946- 1947 1947- 1961 1961- 1969 1969- 1970 1970- 1971 1971 - 1991 1991 -

Grady Higgenbotham Victor Payne W.L. Golightly Dell Morgan Virgil Ballard Berl Huffman Polk Robison Bert Huffman Polk Robison Gene Gibson Bob Bass Bob Bass & Gerald Myers Gerald Myers James Dickey

Coach Jim Carlen 1986

Spike Dykes (bowl game) Spike Dykes

1987-

Editors, Toreador I University Daily ~ Cooch Pollc Robison

Football Coaches 19251929 19301941 1951 19611970 1975 197819811986

1928 1940 1950 1960 1969 1974 1977 1980 1985

E.Y. Freeland Grady Higgenbotham Pete Cawthon Dell Morgan DeWitt Weaver J.T. King Jim Carlen Steve Sloan Rex Dockery Jerry Moore David McWilliams

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1925 - 1926 1926 - 1927 1927 - 1928 1928 - 1929 1929- 1930 1930 - 1931 1931 - 1932 1932- 1933 1933- 1934 1934- 1935 1935- 1937 1937- 1938 1938 - 1939 1939- 1940 1940- 1941 1941- 1942

Harry Montgomery Charles W. Ratliff Tom B. Morrison Ottis V. Koen Hal Lary Frank Emison Marshal Formby Parker H. Taulman Bob Tracy Lomer H. Nelson James L. Lindsey H. Burgess Dixon Reeves Henley Ernest V. Joiner William Edward Kidd/ Bill Wood Bill Wood/William R. Latson

1953- 1954 1954- 1955 1955 - 1956 1956- 1957 1957- 1958 1958- 1959 1959- 1960 1960- 1961 1961- 1962 1962- 1963 1963- 1964 1964- 1965 1965- 1966 1966- 1968 1968 - 1969 1969 - 1970 1970- 1971 1971- 1972 1972- 1973 1973- 1974 1974- 1975 1975 - 1976 1976- 1977 1977- 1978 1978- 1979 1979- 1980 1980- 1981 1981- 1982 1982 - 1983 1983- 1984 1984- 1985 1985- 1986 1986 - 1987 1987- 1988 1988- 1989 1989 - 1990 1990- 1991 1991- 1992 1992- 1993

William R. Latso~ Barnett Bill Barnett/Margaru Long Allen Betty Ricks Wayne W . Kittley Bea Green John B. AndersonJr. Orlin L. Brewer M .Y. "Jerry" Hall Sue Holmes Watki111 John Norcross Shirley Y. Johnson Shelton Ralph M. Shelton David G. Clark Robert Rooker Ross Short C. J. Wren Ben E. McCarty Thomas M. Schmidt Ralph W. Carpenter Bill McGee Charles A. Richards Gayle Machen Noll Bronson L. Havard Cecil Green David M. Snyder William Seyle James R. Snowden James R. Davis Jr. Don R. Richards Laylan E. Copelin Mike Warden Robert Montemayor Robert C. Hannan Melissa Griggs Zoccolillo Jay E. Rosser Gary T . Skrehart Shauna Hill PeterSOt Chino Chapa Inez Russell Kippra D. Hopper Robin Fred Gilbert Dunkley Kirsten Kling Laura Tetreault Linda Burke Scott Brumley Guy Lawrence LeAnna Efird Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez Charles Pollet

Student Association Presidents 1925 -1926 l926 -1927 l927. 1928 l928 . 1929 l929. 1930 1930 .1931 1931 - 1932 l932 -1933 l933• 1934 l934• 1936 1936 . 1937 1937 -1938 1938 . 1939 1939 . 1940 1940 . 1941 1941 · 1942 1942. 1943 1943 -1945 1945-1946 1946 . 1947 1947 . 1948 1948 . 1949 1949. 1950 1950 . 1951 1951-1952 1952 . 1953 1953. 1954 1954. 1955 1955. 1956 1956. 1957 1957. 1958 1958 . 1959 1959. 1960 1960 . 1961 1961- 1962 1962 . 1963 1963. 1964 1964 . 1965 1965 . 1966 1966. 1967 1%7-1968 1968 . 1969 1969. 1970 1970 . 1971 1971-1972 1972 . 1973 1973 . 1974 1974 . 1975 1975. 1976 1976 . 1977 1977 . 1978 1978 . 1979 1979. 1980

John Young C.W. Ratliff Leslie "AI" Jennings Jack Maddox Hogue Williams Wayne Castleberry Don Maddox Basil Hill Ray Moore Leon !nee Claude Thompson Maxine Fry McCullough James W. Huffman Lee Byrd James Snyder Harold Thompson P.B. Shannon Maxine Craddock Troy Caldwell Troy Davidson Bill Nugent Clint Formby Curtis J. Sterling Horton Russell Bob Schmidt Harold Brannan J.C. Chambers Glenn Rainer Glen Cary Wallace Wilson David Thompson Donnell Echols Bill Pfluger Bill Dean Carlyle Smith Charlie Aycock Royal Furgeson Donnfe Botkin Roland Anderson Bill Bueck Max Blakney Mike Riddle Jay Thompson Mike Anderson Bill Scott Greg Wimmer Ricky Alexander Bill Allen Bob Duncan Terry Wimmer Chuck Campbell Mary Lind Dowell Gary Hanson

1980- 1981

1981 - 1982 1982- 1983

John Collins (Apr. Sept.)

Mike Nipper (Sept. Apr.) Mark Henderson Charles Hill

1965- 1966 1966- 1968 1968- 1970 1970- 1971 1971- 1972 1972- 1973 1973- 1974 1974- 1975 1975 - 1976 1976- 1977 1977- 1978 1978- 1979 1979 - 1980

1983- 1984 1984 - 1985 1985 - 1986 1986- 1987 1987- 1988 1988- 1989 1989- 1990 1990- 1991 1991- 1992 1992- 1993

Dan Waggoner Jim Noble Lin Carter Bill Caraway Amy Love Shayne Woodard Doug English Ross Crabtree Russell Laird Chris Loveless

1980 - 1981 1981 - 1982 1982 - 1983 1983- 1984 1984 - 1985 1985- 1986

Texas Tech's Masked Riders I Horses 1953 - 1955 1955- 1956 1956- 1957 1957- 1959 1959 - 1961 1961 - 1962 1962 - 1963 1963- 1965

Joe Kirk Fulton Blackie Jim Cloyd Blackie Jim Cloyd Tech Beauty Donald Hollar Tech Beauty J.H. Rhea Beau Black Kelley Waggoner Tech Beauty Bill Durfey Tech Beauty Douglas Hollar Charcoal Cody

1986- 1987 1987 - 1988 1988- 1989 1989 - 1990 1990- 1991 1991 - 1992 1992 - 1993

Douglas Wilson Charcoal Cody Douglas Hollar Charcoal Cody Johnny Bob Carruth Charcoal Cody Tommy Martin Charcoal Cody Randy Jeffers Charcoal Cody Randy Jeffers Showboy Huffman Gerald Nobles HappyV Ann Lynch HappyV Joe Kim King HappyV Jess Wall HappyV Larry Cade HappyV Lee Puckitt Happy VI Coke Hopping Happy VI Kathleen Campbell Happy VI-II Kurt Harris Happy VI-II Perry Church Happy VI-II Jennifer Aufill Happy VI-II Zurick Labrier Happy VI-II Jerrell Key Happy VI-II Daniel Jenkins Happy VI-II Kim Saunders Midnight Raider Lea Whitehead Midnight Raider Tonya Tinnin Midnight Raider Blaine Lemons Midnight Raider Ralynn Key Midnight Raider Jason Spence Midnight Raider

(Sources for this article include various Tech offices, academic units and La Ventanas.)

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he Ex-Students Association is often asked what really great things are happening at I:exas Tech. Thanks to the Office of News and Publications, we bring you up-to-date with the following information about the various accomplishments of the academic community.

Braggin' Right Bringing you up to date on what's happening at Tech

BY STEVE KAUFFMAN • Texas Tech marked an enrollment of 25,034 students in fall1991, the final stage of three years of increased admission standards. Despite the higher standards, enrollment has increased from 24,605 recorded in fall1988. The average SAT score of entering freshmen also has risen 88 points during that same period.

• Sponsored research at Texas Tech University topped $17.8 million in fiscal year 1991 with 437 individual research contracts.

• Texas Tech is among the state's largest major comprehensive universities. It is academically the most diverse of the large state institutions. Texas Tech with its Health Sciences Center shares an 1,839-acre main campus in Lubbock.

The ground-sharing of the two institutions is the only such common-campus arrangement among universities in the state. (One of the nation's largest campuses in acreage, Tech ranks second only to the Air Force Academy in size.)

• Students are enrolled at Texas Tech from all 50 states and from 86 foreign countries.

• The Texas Tech School of Law has gained a reputation of excellence with consistently top-ranked bar passage rates among public and private schools on 26 • MAY/JUNE 1992

many past exams. The school is the only law school in the nation with past national titles in moot court, client . counseling and appellate advocacy collegiate competitions.

• Texas Tech's College of Business Administration has been ranked 47th among accredited MBA programs in the nation, according to a survey conducted

by U.S. News and World Report. This ranking is based on the quality of the college's students and faculty, and it also reflects the opinions of other business school deans and major corporate executives in the United States. It places the college in the top quartile of the nation's 200 major universities. The MBA program aiso has been offered to academically superior students since 1988 in a unique five-year plan leading to simultaneous bachelor's and master's degrees in business.

• In 1991, the School of Mass Communications' public' relations team was ranked second in the nation in the Public Relations Student Society of America Competition. The team finished third in 1990 in the National Bateman Student competition.

• The School of Mass Comm has also produced three Pulitzer Prize winners.

• The American Advertising Federation

student team won third place in a di~ competition with other advertising til from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiam and Texas. In 1984, the student team from Tech won the national competil • In 1991-92, the College of Home Economics ranks nationally among ~ top three programs in enrollment.

• The College of Home Economics' academic and research programs are! most comprehensive for a home ec m at a non-land grant university.

• The College of Architecture is the only architecture program in the stak Texas to require two courses in arcbW ture computer applications for grad~ tion.

• The College of Engineering is help American auto makers build more lir efficient and environmentally safe vehicles. The Ford Motor Co. has donated funds for an underwater tow tank where researchers are learning about aerodynamic drag on cars. Th Chrysler Corp. sponsors studies usin! computer simulations to improve aerodynamic designs. General Mota!

Corp. has sponsored projects that involve converting automobiles into environmentally clean methanol-bUll cars.

• The College of Architecture has sll

~~5ign and historic preservation specialaJtions. Faculty are involved in a x,1ional Park Service venture to survey ~ measure historic American build~1;. 'Jbe final documents are transmitrita the Library of Congress as ~anent records of the major architecITal structures in the country. ,The College of Education offers one ~six programs in the U .S. that trains raduate students to teach the visually ~paired. The program, funded by the u.s. Department of Educati~n, includes ~ aggressive outreach strategy to train 1~chers of the visually impaired toughout Texas. ,The Center for the Study of the Mnam Conflict is the only academic ~~ in the country dedicated to the study tihe Vietnam war. Academic research ld public participation revolves around kVietnam Archive, a collection of imary documents and other materials r!aling to·the Vietnam war.

Aunique cooperative venture between texas Tech, the city of Lubbock and the r(xas Parks and Wildlife Department ~ulted in the 1990 dedication of the ~bbock Lake Landmark State Historic lark. Research at the archaeological lie, which provides evidence of 12,000 ,ars of continuous human existence, is r;erseen by Texas Tech's Museum.

The Texas Tech Research Foundation PS received $1.4 million of a $4.3 liltion contract from the U.S. Departrtnl of Defense for research into high »wer switching systems for the lrategic Defense Initiative.

The Wine Marketing Research .stitute in the College of Home &onomics leads the state in studies of ~nsumer behavior, market potential and );Qnomic impact of the Texas wine tdustry. Funded by grants from the D.S. Department of Agriculture and the rexas Legislature, the institute's efforts l~til enology and viticulture researchers !Texas Tech have been largely llp<>nsible for the re-emergence of the !.lie's wine industry.

Grants totaling nearly $2 million fund It Institute for Disaster Research, thich for 20 years has focused on ~eventing damage from tornadoes, imicanes and low-level blasts. To" aid

the studies, researchers designed and built a "Tornado Missile Cannon" that uses air pressure to simulate the force of flying debris projected during severe weather.

• In the College of Arts & Sciences, researchers have found a way to develop cotton fibers in the laboratory. If commercialized, the process could provide uniform fibers for the textile

The average SAT score of entering freshmen has risen 88 points since the fall of 1988.

industry, totally sterile fibers for gauze, fibers for dietary purposes and fibers for the production of hard-to-counterfeit paper currency.

• Tech's interdisciplinary fine arts doctoral program is one of the few in the U.S. that combines studies in the arts, music and theater. Among the School of Music faculty is internationally known composer Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, who has been awarded 10 ASCAP honors. In the theater arts department, playwright Thomas C. Jones directs a unique program in which student playwrights develop their original plays into full productions.

• Genetic researchers throughout the world use Tech's frozen tissue collection to study vertebrates from alligators to zebras. Blood, organ tissue and muscle tissue from some 20,000 vertebrates, including endangered species, are available through the Natural Science Research Laboratory collection.

• The federal government continues to support funding for a Plant Stress and Water Conservation Research Laboratory to be located on the Texas Tech campus. University and USDA researchers are developing crops that can withstand drought and heat. Significant scientific gains have been made with grain sorghum and onion crops.

• Dr. Henry Nguyen, director of the Institute for Biotechnology, is the only·· agronomist ever to be named a Presidential Young Investigator by the National Science Foundation. His research focuses on altering the DNA of sorghum to produce a plant that can withstand high temperatures and low levels of moisture.

• College of Business Administration researchers are conducting U .S. Army research into strategic leadership theories that could help militarY leaders make a more effective transition between peacetime and wartime. The research team's findings may be u~ed in redesigning the Army's organizational structure.

• Made completely from Texas resources, "Texcellana" yarn has been pioneered by Texas Tech's InternationaJ Center for Textile Research and Development. By weaving wool from South Texas and short cotton fibers from the Texas High Plains, researchers have created heavy- and light-weight fabrics that are cheaper to produce than woolcotton blend imports.

• The College of Home Economics' Leather Research Institute has gained the support of Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Rick Perry. Researchers are studying ways to promote a leather tanning and finishing industry that can capitalize on the state's position as the largest fed-cattle producer in the nation.

• The Wildlife and Fisheries Institute in the College of Agricultural Sciences encompasses Texas' only U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Cooperative Research Unit. The U.S. Congress designated Texas Tech as the site for the research unit to serve as a federal center for wildlife and fisheries research.

• Called "the best fossil finder in the world," Dr. Sankar Chatterjee has made more than a dozen archaeological discoveries, one of which may prove to be the skeleton of the oldest known prehistoric bird. One of the dinosaur discoveries has been named "Technosaurus" in honor of the University. Chatterjee's work, centered in West Texas and in Antarctica, has been funded by the National Geographic Society.

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WANTED:

Texas Tech pioneer womel

Call (806) 742-2192.

Bv SANDRA PuLLEY

W

hile the United States Marines look for a few good men, Liz Toombs '88 searches for Tech's exceptional women. An assistant to the Dean of Students, Toombs is researching such things as women who have served as board of directors members, first women to graduate from Tech, women appointed as Horn Professors and anything to do with women and Texas Tech University.

"I am looking for pioneer women, those who have worked here and contributed to the University, female students, women who have graduated from here and had a great impact elsewhere, and women who were married to men who supported this University," Toombs said.

She originally planned just to design a poster highlighting the first women to become involved in Tech organizations for the March 1992 recognition of Women's History Month. In the process of gathering information, she realized many questions about the role of women at Texas Tech were left unanswered.

"A lot of the contributions women have made to Texas Tech have not been looked into," she said.

Now Toombs is conducting a complete study of the role of women at Tech using oral histories, documents, pictures and personal interviews. She said the Lady Raiders basketball team's recent SWC championship win inspired her to intensify the research.

Among the things she has learned so far is that Texas Tech has had in its history three acting or interim presidents who were women - and two of them had the same last name- Haley. (Mrs. F.N. Drane, acting president for three months after Dr. Horn's death; Mrs. J.A. Haley, acting president for more than

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five months after Dr. Knapp's death; and Dr. Elizabeth G. Haley, interim president from Sept. 19, 1988, through June 30, 1989.)

The first Ph.D. to be earned by a woman was in chemistry in 1953.

In 1944-45, the first and only time it has occurred, the student government officers were all female .

The sculptor of the Gov. Preston Smith statue on the Tech campus was a woman - Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, N.M., who was originally from Lubbock.

And the first person to graduate from Texas Tech was Mary Dale Buckner in 1927.

"Things like that are not just interesting to know," Toombs said, "I think it is important that we know the contributions women have made to this University."

During the research

Toombs is encountering several pn stemming from past journalistic bil Historical pictures taken of women used courtesy titles with no firstna Some pictures are not labeled at aU Toombs will donate her project organization notes to the Southwes Collection for public use. The info tion will also be available for recru purposes, women's studies classesi Tech organizations.

Toombs said she hopes to publi research in a book after its complet early 1993.

"Right now the 'Liz Toombs Fo tion' is paying for all of my expeng she said jokingly. "If this projectn a publications stage, I will need in: from outside sources. I will have k what the financial situation withinI Tech is at the time or possibly get1

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Toombs said she wants her resd . WOOlen's Creed 1bel/eve in the WOOJC/1 Of lh.

'dC<lls clld sinccrii!J or IScollege.in th elr· I believe in mu abilii!J t o : :· privitcflf"< or.sctr !J the • ::1'-' ~VCfllmC/11 OOd 'II stnve toaccept itsfl'~fV'In.. .. . WI I believe that m """~ ulbJIJIIcs. tothink. I wi~ mcollege is to /cam .SCCkin Wh . mu best effortsin classr~ at IStrue clld Will regard /he honcstu. as aplace for unqucslionootc I

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I believe in m!JSCtf. Rcc .. strCilgths clld ~e(1m0{¥11ZJng i>?lh m!J follow theRule oflife ~. I Wilt s~rive to toward others""d.sc . a ofchantu ... • rv1ce toall.

challenge other minority gro gather their Tech histories an contributions. The reinstate!

Women's Recognitio n Day,1 celebration of women's contt tions to Tech held twice in the I of the University, is another possiH outcome of the research.

She also hopes women will real their contributions to Texas Tech.' is not a male/female issue or a feni revolt," she said.

Toombs said public reaction~ her research from Tech administd and community members has beCI positive.

Anyone with information abel contributions of women at Texas! can contact Toombs at the Deant Students Office, Box 45014, Tell Tech University, Lubbock, TX71 5014, or call her at (806) 742-21$

Cracked, Crazy, f:?N--r· ·

Or Just

Mad? (He's drawn for 'em all!)

STORY AND PHOTO

BY ANDY WILKINSON

I

n the first grade, most of us held a pencil with the same elegance that we would later exhibit in our initial p!COUnter with a pair of chopsticks.

Careful not to bite-off our tongues as we I(Uck them out the comers of our mouths ~ that universal gesture of childhood concentration, we struggled to make our letters straight and to keep them huddled in loose approximations of words.

When it came time for art period, !Klly the crayon's colored blessing allowed us to differentiate the sun from a oon from a pond (the balloon, you'll mber, was the red one), and our figures were more squiggle than ~ck and more hope than figure.

But Kent Gamble '77 was already ;lrawing cartoon characters, and drawing lhemwell enough that his classmates, :kidslike us, would abandon their own ,Big Chief tablets and sheets of manila paper to stand around his desk and watch 'ashe brought to life Barney Rubble,

5

Bugs Bunny or Popeye.

By the third grade, Gamble had discovered a kind of cartoon different from both the Saturday morning television-variety and the Sunday comics. While his parents groceryshopped, he prowled the magazine rack, intent on reading some comic books but finding, instead, his first copy of Mad. That's the magazine whose cover sports the face of Alfred E. Neuman, the "What, me worry?" kid who looks like Our Gang's Alfalfa on heavy medication.

In it, Gamble was smitten by a comic-strip satire of his favorite TV show, "The Fugitive," drawn by Mort Drucker. Gamble still remembers how impressed he was with the rendering of David Janssen, the star of the series. "I was amazed at how well Drucker captured Janssen's likeness in a cartoon.

It was realistic, but when you looked the second time, you could see the distortion of the figure that made it funny."

. This new kind of cartoon, and its style of combining humor with recognizable characterizations of real people, proved irresistible to Gamble. Indeed, it has influenced both his choice of careers and his own cartoon style ever since.

Since that time, Gamble's interest in cartoons has never flagged. He took only a smattering of art instruction as a child. Once, he completed one of those "Draw Me. See If You Have Talent!" advertisements that are found in the backs of popular periodicals and did so well that the talent school sent a salesman to make a personal call on his parents.

That course was too expensive, but his folks later sent him to a local art teacher, who "bored him to death" in the ft.rst lesson when she had him draw a pastel portrait of a dog. The woman was elderly and died before Gamble had to take lesson number two. In high school, he took a few more art courses but with

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contacted by one of the editors of The Dallas Morning News who was looking for an editorial cartoonist to replace the retiring Here Fielden.

Jim Wright, the Morning News editor, had seen some of Gamble's work in the Texas Tech newspaper, liked it, and wanted to know if he'd ever considered drawing political cartoons. Gamble hadn't but sent them several sketches over the next few months, with some finding their way into print.

The field of hopefuls finally narrowed down to Gamble and Bill DeOre, another Tech grad. DeOre got Kent Gamble and a sell portrait the job and is still doing political cartoons for the Dallas paper. no different outcome, except that those During his senior year at Tech, instructors survived to continue teachGamble learned that the creme'-de-laing. creme' of the senior advertising majors When he enrolled at Texas Tech, would have the opportunity to do 10-day Gamble started out as an art major, but internships with some of the major soon found that cartoon drawing was advertising firms in New York City. incompatible with "serious" art, so he While Gamble wasn't under any misconswitched to advertising. In his junior ceptions about his excellence as a year, he found an outlet for his work in student, he badly wanted to shop his The University Daily, where he became cartoons in the heart of the publishing the cartoon editor. During his second world, so he begged and grovelled until semester with the UD, Gamble was

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a kindly advisor made room for him in the entourage.

Then he had to go to the bank to borrow enough money for the trip, which cost all of $500. "I thought I'd signed my life away," Gamble laughed as he recalled the trip. "Every morning, the other kids would get up and go to work at these big agencies, while I'd put on a suit and tie, stick my portfolio under my arm, and walk around Mid. town Manhattan shopping my cartoons.'

His first stop, of course, was the headquarters office of Mad magazine.

As soon as one of the editors got a look at Gamble's work, he began calling his colleagues into the office to see the work, telling Gamble that they got "lots of Don Martin imitators, lots of Jack Davis imitators, but no one ever tries to imitate Mort DrUcker!"

Mad, though, already had one Drucker, and wasn't looking for a second, so Gamble took his wares to Marvel Comics, the publisher of a rival magazine called Crazy. They were also impressed with his drawings, and, not having anyone with a similar style, hired him on the spot. For the next six years from his home, Gamble did illustrations for what he calls "the number three magazine in a field of one."

As illustrating comic magazine satires is, at best, a part-time financial proposition, Gamble took a more normal job after he graduated from Tech. He became the staff artist for a Houston laboratory that did animations for commercial use, but he never liked the work. After a short stint there, he moved to Dallas to try his hand at a

freelance art career, bUt without much success.

He took his portfolio, including some of the cartoons that he was doing for CrazY, to several North Dallas advertising agencies, where he was variously received with condescension and incredulity. One agency manager assured him that he would eventually outgrow the need to draw cartoons, and another, after having looked at the Crazy illustrations, remarked that he didn't . think that there was a market for retarded teenagers in Dallas.

Having secured only one assignment during a very long year, Gamble returned to Lubbock, where he took a job in a bank. After a couple of years there, he was hired by Stewart Title in 1980, becoming president of their Lubbock operation three years later, a position that he still holds.

But Gamble never quit drawing. He continued to do illustrations for Crazy until 1983 and then did a few issues of another similar magazine, this one called Cracked. He'd grown weary of simply doing artwork, though, and had begun shopping a cartoon strip of his own to several of the syndicates.

Frustrated by the seemingly endless rejection slips, he started sending his strips directly to other established artists.

By accident, some of his work fell into the hands of Jeff MacNelly's editors, who liked Gamble's writing. As a result, between 1984 and 1989, Gamble wrote some 200 gags that were used in MacNelly's wellknown "Shoe" - ~-'-'1£.\ll.'tN ~ . · comic strip. .

During that time, ~'lf'=·Lr::~~·· he continued to develop his own strip, coming close to syndicating one called "The Touchables," which was based on a bumbling gang of inept mobsters but was ultimately thought to be too violent for family newspapers.

Unlike the fun of drawing, Gamble found writing comic strips to be more like work, and, after five years of writing for other artists and almost as many trying to get his own strip off the drawing board (so to speak), he decided instead to focus on advertising and editorial illustrations. As a result, he's found a special niche in caricatures, those portraits that

aren't quite cartoons but are made funny by slight exaggerations in an otherwise recognizable likeness.

Dirk West, whose own cartoons are well known to Texas Tech sports fans, says the combination of an excellent sense of humor and fine technique has given Gamble "a marvelous knack of capturing people in caricature." Choc Hutcheson '48, a retired journalist and broadcast newsman who, as a sidelight, wrote gags for panel cartoonists for many years, agrees. "There are cartoonists who find humor to be work," Choc said, "but Gamble enjoys it."

Regular readers of the Texas Techsan Magazine will recognize Gamble's familiar style from his frequent contributions (including the caricature of ExStudents Association board member Dicky Grigg in the Association News section of this issue). His work has appeared in such other magazines as The Institutional Investor, Emerge and The Comics Buyers' Guide.

Now represented by Liz McCann of the Dallas-based McCann agency, Gamble's growing list of freelance clients includes companies like Pepsico, Childbro Toys, and EDS. Is he having fun now? "You bet," he says without a moment's hesitation. "It's nice to have the extra money, but then, money never was the motivation for drawing. I just do it because I enjoy it."

But we knew the answer to that question. All we had to do is look at the pictures.

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Presidential Scholars

prove worthy of the best

BY MARSHA GUSTAFSON

When Dr. Robert W. Lawless decided three years ago that a priority must be placed on increasing the number of Presidential Endowed Scholarships, he undertook the effort personally and is now seeing the fruits of his labor.

Some 130 of the endowments have been established to date with the interest providing fully funded scholarships to high-achieving students for the duration of their college careers with demonstrated high academic success. Currently, 28 freshmen and 27 upper-level students are receiving the prestigious scholarships. "Having these scholarships available means that we can seek out the most capable students and encourage them to choose Texas Tech," Lawless said. A sampling of Presidential Scholars, from freshman to senior, indicates that they are, indeed, worthy of the best scholarships Texas Tech has to offer.

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Cristi Carpenter, a sophomore this spring, is studying occupational therapy at Tech. Having scored a 31 on her Acr exam and being first in her graduating class at Springlake-Earth High School, Cristi's options for universities to attend were wide open.

"Living only 65 miles away from Tech, I used to come to women's basketball games all the time," she said. "I always liked the campus and what I knew about Texas Tech, but I also knew I wanted to major in occupational therapy. So the university I would attend was one that had an OT program. Otherwise, I'd have to enroll for two years and transfer to a university that offered a curriculum in occupational therapy."

When it came time to start looking seriously at colleges, Cristi learned that Texas Tech had an occupational therapy program in which she could enroll. "I was so excited," she said. "I could go all the way through the OT program here without having to start at one university or college then transfer somewhere else to declare my OT major and graduate."

Her college experience includes social activities in addition to classroom work.

Cristi has been selected to several academic honorary organizations and is a member of the leadership team at the Wesley Foundation, where she is an active member and volunteer.

Her ambition is to work in a hospital, probably specializing with children.

Cristi said the Presidential Endowed Scholarship has made it possible for her to concentrate on classwork and studying without having to worry about working to offset college expenses.

"My mother is disabled and requires help, so there is no way I could have gone to college without working to support myself all the way through," she explained.

"This scholarship made it possible for Ill( to come to Texas Tech, and I am so grate. ful for it. I am working hard to earn the privilege, because I know this education is something I will benefit from for my whole life."

Angela May is a freshman student from Logan, N.M., majoring in electrical engineering and computer science. An· gela scored a 33 on her ACT, was the top graduate in her class, and was offered top scholarships from several universities.

"I was interested in obtaining a scholarship, so I got a listing of the ones offered to entering freshmen and applied. I was really excited to see that I qualified for the Presidential Scholarship at Texas Tech," she said.

She had visited the University once as a child but was too young to form a lasting opinion. When faced with looking at Tech as a possible .university for her, Angela said, "I checked it out and realized it has a good engineering program. I also liked the size of the University and Lubbock. It was big and seemed to have everything I could want or need. I also liked the location.

With the scholarship added in, it was decided. I was coming to Texas Tech !"

Angela got involved immediately in engineering-related activities, being se· lected for Engineering Ambassadors and the Society of Women Engineers. She was also made a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies.

'The people have been very good here," she said. "I don't know exactly what I wanl to do professionally yet, but I'm getting some good exposure into the field. Ali i know now is that I want to have a success· ful career in engineering or computer sci· ence and a happy home and family."

She said the offer of a Presidential Scholarship to pay her college expenses

plus the fact that Texas Tech •s College of Engineering has such a strong reputation helped make up her mind in a hurry. And she hasn't regretted the decision.

"I absolutely love Tech," Angela said.

'1tis better than I even imagined it would be. I never thought Texas Tech could be this great, but I love it. I really do! I am so glad I was offered the Presidential Scholarship so I could come here to college."

Gene Ogle is a senior this spring getting ready to graduate and move on to do master's work. He has been a Presidential Scholar since his freshman year after scoring 32 on his ACT and graduating first in his class at Springtown High School.

Majoring in history, Gene plans to continue his education through the Ph.D. then teach at the university level. "I particularly like medieval or European Enlightenment and French Revolutionary history," he said.

Gene looked into several good universities in-state, including The University of Texas, SMU and Rice, besides Texas Tech.

He settled on Tech after being offered the Presidential Scholarship because, in addition to the quality of the University and friendliness of the people, he said the money made his decision easy.

"I was actively recruited by other schools, and I applied for scholarships with them," he said. "Whatlfound, though, was the scholarship ratio was better at Tech than it is at other campuses. Although the scholarships I was offered were all good ones, the expenses of the colleges are so much greater than Texas Tech, it made this university a much better deal."

All Presidential Scholars have to maintain a 3.5 GPA or better while taking a minimum of 12 hours pe; semester. Most of the Presidential Scholars, including Gene, take more hours and score a higherthan-3.5 GPA. Gene is carrying a 17-hour semester load and has a 4.0 (perfect A) average while participating in the Russian Club, History Honor Society, Golde n Key and several other honor societies.

"I have enjoyed being a Texas Tech student and appreciate the friendly people and some outstanding faculty here," Gene said. "When I received my scholarship, the program was new and only five of us were able to benefit from it. The Presidential Scholarship program has really grown since Iftrst enrolled. These are very good scholarships for Texas Tech and for the students

Four ol the Presidential Scholors visit with Dr. LDwless in his olfice. From left ore Angelo Moy, Gene Ogle, Crisfi Corpenler, I.owless ond Dorrell Taylor. (Pholo by Am. Limmer} who receive them. They really make a difference."

Darrell Taylor, a graduating senior from Ropes, came to Tech after ranking first in his class and scoring 1360 on the SAT and 32 on the ACT. Majoring in food technology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Darrell has already been accepted for graduate work in food chemistry at North Carolina State.

"I'd like to work in research and development in the food industry," said Darrell, who has excelled as a Tech student. Besides being selected for several academic honorary groups, he has been a member of Collegiate 4-H, the Food Tech Club, Ag Council, Honors Council, a member of both the meats and livestockjudging teams, and he was elected to Mortar Board academic, service and leadership honorary. In his "spare time," Darrell works with AgriTechsans, a student recruiting group for the College of Agricultural Sciences. The students attend College Days at area high schools and junior colleges.

"I am very pleased with the quality of instruction I have received as a student here," Darrell said. "Within the College of Ag Sciences, that is even more so, with the excellent rapport and interaction that exists between the students and faculty. It has been a very positive experience for me."

"I'm very honored to be a Presidential Scholar, and I feel fortunate to have been chosen. It's been an honor to meet and get

to know the Lawlesses (President Robert W. and wife, Marcy) and the other top students who were selected for this scholarship.

"I'm grateful to all of the people who helped President Lawless in his efforts to raise these awards, and I know that all of us who have benefited from these scholarships feel very privileged to have received them."

The Presidential Endowed Scholarship program is proving to be worth every effort Dr. Lawless has put into its enhancement and growth. As the number of $25,000-endowments increases, so will the number of exceptional students who will choose Texas Tech over other universities.

'The presence on the campus of these bright students flavors the entire academic environment," Lawless said. "Faculty are motivated by their presence in the classrooms. Other students are encouraged to strive for the best in their own academic careers.

"I cannot over-emphasize how much they contribute to the quality of campus life."

Lawless welcomes those who are interested in establishing a Presidential Endowed Scholarship, whether they are individuals or representatives of businesses or corporations, to contact him personally by calling (806) 742-2121.

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Bv Boa Buuoa liEUTENANT GovERNOR OF TEXA!

Tough Economic Times Dictate Further Strains on State Budget

Bob Bulloclc '55 '7J.ring the darkest days of the Texas

.Pr'ec~ssion someone came up with a

bumper sticker which said, "Lord, give me one more boom ... and this time I won't blow it." But the Texas economy hasn't had another boom. At best, the economy has seen a turtle's pace recovery. Today, even that may have stalled.

To whatever degree Texas has recovered, it is far short of the grandeur of the '70s and early '80s-a grandeur based on an artificial windfall in oil and property values that could never have lasted.

Where we are and what lies ahead is a far cry from the 13 years between 1971 and ·1984 when Texas state government could afford a spending binge without raising a nickel in new taxes, courtesy of OPECinflated oil prices and a real estate boom built more on quicksand than bedrock.

Perhaps the golden glisten of those Midas Years blinded Texans to the synthetic nature of the boom.

In no way were Texans prepared for what came when the bubble burst and taxpayers were hit with five major tax increases between 1984 and 1991.

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The drumftre of those tax increases, coupled with the sluggish economy and spiraling local property taxes, has left Texans in no mood for further tax raises.

Only the fortunate few escaped the consequences ofthe recession and the anemic recovery. For most, it was and is a landscape of lost jobs that may never be regained, reduced profits, and shrinking values on investments and property.

As this has been the fate of families and businesses, it has also been the fate of churches, civic groups, service organizations and, yes, the fate of governments at all levels.

The family in distress and the business forced to shut its doors elicit true sadness from friend and neighbor, but few shed tears over government falling onto hard times.

Thus government is the ftrst dog kicked and the last dog fed when times get tough.

The tougher the times, the more people tum to government for help. But also, the tougher the times, the less resources the government has to provide that help.

Texas state government is a classic case of that vicious cycle. For six years of recession and slow recovery, state government has had to cope with: • Relentless growth in population; • Relentless growth in the number of poor families needing assistance; • Relentless growth in the cost of medical care and prisons - two of the major government services; • A relentless barrage of mandates from the courts and the federal government; • And finally, a tax system tied to economic sectors which are either stagnant or shrinking.

The sum total? Government has grown in raw numbers, but it has not kept up. with

the demands of a growing population.

And the prospects are surefire that ~ the next three years what state government can afford per Texan will be cut even more dramatically if state government lives within its income from existing sources at existing rates.

Cuts are an option of the Legislatiue alone. But the ramifications are for all Texans.

The recession has proven that the state budget is not a stand-alone document. It is pushed, pulled and interlaced by many outside variables, starting with the Texas economy.

In raw dollars, state government spend· ing increased an average 9.4 percent a yeN. between 1987 and 1991 to bring us today's $29 billion-a year budget.

But that is misleading. The Texas Re· search League, an independent group supported by the state's largest corporations, says the best measure of "real" increase requires adjusting that raw figure to reflect inflation and population growth.

Adjusted for inflation, the average an· nual increase was only 2.7 percent between 1987 and 1991. Adjusted for popu· lation increases, it is a 1.8 percent avera~ annual increase.

Did the average Texan-on-the-street want state government to spend 1.8 pet· cent more per year on him or her? Not likely. Did the average Texan even see the fruits of that spending? That's debatable.

So where did it go?

The greatest chunk went to a myriad of programs collectively described as heallh and human services, much of it federal money which cannot be used for other purposes.

These include direct assistance grants - welfare, if you will. But that kind of

~istance accounts for only 6 percent of

spending. The bulk goes for such ser~ as Medicaid, nursing homes and ~tal institutions.

This social services spending adjusted txinflation and population increased 10.2 p:rcent per year in '87-91.

Jn another state this might be the leglfllarY welfare Cadillac-but not in Texas ,ruchranks ahead of only Mississippi and ~abama in being tight-fisted with its as~;tance.

Consider: a family of three must earn a month to qualify for Aid ~Families with Dependent Children IAfDC}. And what do people at that level ~poverty get? An average monthly AFDC ~istance grant of $57 per person.

The key to spending increases is not the llJOUnt of individual aid. The key is the I!Cfel!Sed number of people eligible for aid ~the high cost of medical services.

Five years ago, 468,000 Texans reJ!ivedAFDC.By 1991, therewere689,000 •mawesome increase in children in povey-and in just the past year that has shot pto 770,000 because as the recovery ailed out, more and more former middle~me Texans have been forced to seek ~ than $184

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Today, 2.5 million Texans in 870,000 bseholds get food stamps, the most of lAYstate in the nation.

Texans receiving Medicaid increased llpercent per year since '87-from 985,000 t 1.7million people. But spending on this l!OUP increased only 11 percent per year, t~tn while the market cost of most mediral services skyrocketed.

What lies ahead? Holding the line on fatespending and taxes dictates that aid ~further reduced per recipient. Or that tfiorities be set where some get aid and nne just get cut off.

Beyond these services, the big spendGgincrease since '87 has gone to prisons, iladjusted annual increase of 8.5 percent.

That increase reflects the increased wmber of Texans in prison. But nobody IOOid argue that spending increases or imate increases have anywhere near kept ~ with the rising incidence of violent 1aime in Texas.

The state is building prisons as fast as it Qn, with capacity going from 40,000 in 1987 to93,000by 1995.

Prisons aren'tcheap to build or operate, particularly when operations are mandated by federal court order. By '95 the prison system may cost 'Ei~~;7j~~J $1.5 billion a year,.......,~:::~t;oo;::;;~;:_""""' still with no assurance that the state can take the 16,000 felons being held for the state in county jails. The state this year alone will pay the counties more than $150 million for housing state prisoners.

In 1987 the state had no bonded indebtedness on prison construction. Today, the debt is $766 million and when the current building program is finished it will be $1.4 billion.

Education has lost out in the state's spending increases.

Public school spending - again, adjusted for inflation and enrollment - has decreased 1. 7 percent per year since 1987.

Higher education didn't quite break even either.

Further per-student cuts seem preordained as 92,000 more children enter the system over the next two years, a vivid illustration of a population-driven budget.

Combined, public safety, human services and education account for 75 percent of the state budget. Criminals, poor families and students may have gotten here on different ships but they are all in the same boat now. They share a commonality of growing faster than the overall population and being more expensive than the general population.

And they share a commonality in that their existence has nothing parallel with the stagnant tax base which is called upon to support their needs.

Ten years ago oil and gas produced more than 25 percent of Texas' tax revenue. Today it's less than 10 percent and falling. Ten years ago the Texas sales tax ranked low among the states. Today it's among the highest.

Oil and gas not only produced severance taxes but also formed the heavy industry bedrock in the business sector of the sales tax. That core element vanished when

world oil prices collapsed and it will never return.

The Texas economy today is dominated by service industries largely outside a tax system which depends on consumer hard goods, minerals, capital assets and sin taxes. That tax system will produce some additional money in '93-'94, but not at the clip that children are being added to the school rolls, poor families to the welfare rolls and criminals to the prisons.

Study after study has proven that the tax system falls heaviest on middle and low income families and unevenly on various business sectors.

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times has said it is like "trying to make lead into gold" to keep depending on the existing tax system. But editorial comment aside, Texans remain hostile to any major tax change.

Hoping for another economic miracle is not realistic - not another oil boom, not a Free Trade Agreement, nor a Superconductjng Supercollider.

Obviously, efficiencies and innovations are a must in the budget of the future.

Planning and setting of priorities is a must.

There is no place or money for business as usual.

The Legislature last year embarked on reforming the budget process. For the first time, state agencies are under the gun to meet specific, spelled-out performance measures. The Legislative Budget Board which I now chair has budget management authority to take money away from nonperforming agencies.

But new money plus new efficiency is no match for new students plus new criminals plus new poor families plus inflation plus court orders plus federal mandates all the variables dictating reduction of perTexan, per-service money in everything Texans want and get from their state government.

I will resist every attempt to raise taxes for the next budget because I believe Texans want state government to work with the economic hand we've been dealt. It will not be easy but it can be done. I ask only that Texans understand candidly and with open eyes what it means.

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Tech's First Language Chair Remembered

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Charles Blaise Qualia, founder chief architect of Tech's language program, stands larger than life among early faculty. His commitment to language education inspired a generation of faculty and students. But it was his world view that distinguished him during some 35 years of service to Texas Tech.

Qualia's dedication to making language not only accessible but enjoyable for students brought dramatic changes to the way language was taught.

His influence extended beyond Texas Tech through the Modern Language Association of America and the SouthCentral Modern Language Association and the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, to which he gave years of devoted service.

Now a faculty position bearing his name in the department of classical and modern languages and literatures will assure the continuation of Qualia's legacy.

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One of the First Internationalists Dr. Harley D. Oberhelman, who was brought to the University by Qualia and recently was named as a Horn Professor by the board of regents, describes Qualia as "one of the first internationalists" on the Tech faculty.

"At a time when the nation was suffering the economic woes of the '20s, Dr. Qualia saw the need to look beyond the present to a time when the world

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would be smaller and the role of the U.S. and Texas would be significant," Oberhelman said. "He resisted the growing isolationism around him, recognizing the need for a global outlook."

Teaching language was not, for Qualia, just teaching students to read, write and understand the language. He asked them to immerse themselves in the literature and culture of the country, to appreciate the nuances of the language and the degree to which American culture is rooted in Europe.

He was himself the best advocate and example of a world view: he studied and traveled abroad many times during his lifetime, and encouraged his faculty and students to do so.

It was to be expected that his outlook would be global and European. He was born in Del Rio, on the Mexican border, in a small conclave of Italian immigrant families. (The farm is still in the family.) At The University of Texas at Austin, where he was to earn three degrees, he studied the literature of Spain and France as an undergraduate, but included Latin and English literature.

His academic career was interrupted

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by World War I; for the Qualia family and friends that conflict was especially" tragic because of their ties to the Old ' World. Because of his proficiency in ' French, Italian, Spanish and, of course,· English, he became an interpreter wilb the American Commission to Negotiati Peace in Versailles in 1918-1919. At ~ conclusion of these duties, he went to the University of Lyon for further stu~.

When he returned to the U.S., it W3l as instructor and graduate student at ur, where he received the Master of Arts degree in 1921. The next summer, however, he returned to France on an urgent personal mission: to persuade Jeanne Charnier of Paris to become his bride and make her home with him in Texas. He had met and fallen in Jove with the charming young Frenchwoman

abakery where she was working,

~ving been sent by her family to stay ~!hrelatives for safety during the war. ~e courtship

was probably impeded by

~rfamily's reservations about Texas; ~wever, Qualia won his suit and the

)lllple returned together to Austin.

Qualia was working on his Ph.D. ~~tn, in 1925, Texas Tech opened its lio£S. He was recruited to head the inguage department of the fledgling lstitution. Seeing it as the opportunity {alifetime to participate in building a ~w institution and, no doubt, to teach ll!guage as he felt it should be taught, ~accepted. The Qualias moved to lubbock with two young sons, Jimmy r11 Frank. Jimmy describes himself and ~ brother as "typical faculty brats," JOWing up as the city and college grew. lbe Qualias often entertained, especially rN young faculty and their families, in kir home.

While building a new department ~m scratch and carrying a heavy load ; teaching and administrative duties, ~lia continued work on his doctoral lssertation, for he had not yet received 'is Ph.D. During 1928-29, he took ~!paid leave of absence to conduct ither research in Europe. While there, &took time to collect books for the tlguage library which is now an ~portant Spanish and French collecoo. After their return to Texas, Alice, tt youngest child, was born, and Qualia cceived his Ph.D. IfLubbock was, by now, "home" (he dtonly once, to chair the language kpartment at the University of Kansas, ~twas lured back after a year), Qualia ~ntinued his internationalist point of tiew. He traveled between Lubbock, lustin and Del Rio, to Mexico and to Wrope.

In Qualia's view, foreign language tas the open door to a world view, rtording to Oberhelman. "He studied iiEurope before the advent of graduate kllowships and encouraged his faculty Hollow suit. He was founder of Tech's Illy successful Mexico Field Course, a ~gr.un Tech still sponsors each 11nuner in San Luis Potosi, Mexico."

Adedicated, enthusiastic teacher, he las an inspiration to his faculty to adopt

new techniques to make language interesting to students. As the faculty grew in response to the anticipated need for scholars proficient in a foreign language during and after World War IT, among the newcomers joining the staff was Bea Alexander.

"He was very supportive of his faculty, very anxious to see us do our best, try new methods," Alexander recalled. "At that time, language teaching wasn't very inspiring. Students weren't encouraged to speak the language, to engage in conversation. His philosophy was, everyone can learn to speak a foreign language. He said we must make language learning more interesting. In that way we can make learning easier and more fun, without lowering our standards."

Qualia encouraged originality in foreign language teaching, and Alexander took advantage of the environment. "We developed visual aids of all kinds - I cut pictures out of books, mounted them on posterboard, pasted them on the wall - to illustrate the words and concepts we were studying. The students responded; they found learning easier and, more important, more fun.

Later, we produced a little book for language teachers, incorporating some of these teaching methods."

One of those who was impressed was Ted Alexander, who had come to Tech to work in engineering but soon became enthralled by languages. He and Bea were married, and he joined the language faculty in German.

"The department grew in the years during and after the war," the Alexanders recalled. "There was a growing interest as students appreciated the value of knowing how to speak a foreign language. It was a very exciting time to be at Tech. And Dr. Qualia was a leader - he knew when to encourage you, to give praise when praise was due. He was a real inspiration."

In 1950, friends learned that Dr. and Mrs. Qualia had been invited to a dinner

in their honor in Houston on Bastille Day; their host was the counsul-general of France. At the direction of the French Ministry of Education, Qualia was decorated with the palms of an "Officier d'Acadernie" in recognition of his services in the teaching of French and the dissemination of French culture in the Southwest.

In 1953, at his own request, he was relieved of his administrative duties but continued to teach. In 1961 he became professor emeritus. He died in 1966.

Although Qualia's daughter, Alice, died recently, two sons are still living.

Jimmy was assigned to the 15th Air Force during World War II; he now lives and farms near Shallowater.

Frank, who served in the 13th Air Force in the Pacific, lives in Midland where he is in the oil business. Both sons attended Tech and were pleased when the Charles B. Qualia Room was named for their father a few years ago. The room, which is used for plays and other special events, is being refurbished. Theie is also the Charles B. and Jeanne Qualia Memorial Scholarship.

Dr. Qualia's name will be incorporated in a new faculty position, the Charles B. Qualia Professorship.

According to Dr. Peder Christiansen, chair of the department of classical and modem languages and literatures, the Qualia Professorship will provide an enhancement of the language programs at Texas Tech as well as a permanent memorial to their founder.

"Language teaching is again on the upswing," Christiansen said. "With the new global awareness, people are becoming conscious of the need to communicate across national boundaries. We are seeing a renewed interest in the culture and history of other countries through the study of their literature as well as of the practical need to be able to speak languages besides our own. This position will be a significant enhancement of our efforts."

"He was very supportive ol his faculty, very anxious to see us do our best, try new methods."

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Texas Tech University classical and modern languages and literatures professor Dr. Harley D. Oberhelman and chemistry and biochemistry professor Dr. Purnendu K. Dasgupta were named Paul Whitfield Horn Professors in March during a formal meeting of the Texas Tech Board of Regents.

Fulbright travel grants to Colombia to study Marquez, the subject of his most recent book, "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Study of the Short Fiction." He also received a Fulbright grant to lecture on English as a foreign language at the National University of Tucuman in Argentina.

Dasgupta joined the Tech faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry in 1981.

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The designation is the highest honor granted to faculty members at the University. The professorship was established in 1966 to recognize scholarly achievements and outstanding service to Texas Tech.

The award is named after the University's flrst president.

With the addition of Oberhelman and Dasgupta, 24 of the 45 Horn Professors named since 1966 remain on the Texas Tech faculty.

Oberhelman is recognized as an expert on modern and contemporary SpanishAmerican literature including the works of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Oberhelman received two

He attained full professor status in 1988.

Since coming to Tech, he has secured more than 30 major research grants and published more than 100 articles in primary research journals.

In 1991, he was given the Barnie E. Rushing Jr. Faculty Distinguished Research Award by the Texas Tech Dads and Moms Association.

His research has centered on trace atmospheric species and chemistry, automated analyzers, automated process analysis for the chemical industry, ionic chromatography and the development of thin fllm specific chemical sensors.

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President Robert W. LaJ less announced thateffectn June 1 Texas Tech will bectt smoke-free environment. The Unii'Cii follows the lead of the University Hri Sciences Center which became sll)j free on Sept. 1.

The intent of the new policy is top vide for the health and safety of all 1 ployees and students, according to !J less. To that end, smoking will be ~ ited in all campus academic, admini~ tive and athletic facilities. The prohi~i applies to both indoor and outdooralhk facilities. All buildings that are undeti control of Housing and Dining SelYi are no-smoking buildings, including1 University Center and all dining are Resident rooms and apartments are 1 eluded from the policy with the consed all roommates.

The prohibition on smoking is the1 suit of a recommendation from PlO'!

Donald Haragan and Vice Presidenll Fiscal Affairs Don Cosby. They solict and reviewed input from the Faculty& ate and the Student Senate, both of \It strongly supported the ban on smokiq

Jason Spence of Tahol donned thefamiliarredsa~ cape ofTexas Tech 'sofficialow cot in March beginning his term as !

1992-93 Masked Rider.

Spence, a senior animal business m jor, succeeded Ralynn KeyofGailasTa Tech's most visible promoter of set~? spirit at Red Raider football games • University representative at rodeos.P rades, civic events and school acti1'* across the state.

1omw Mtucot llicler llolynn Key transfers ,.,;gns Jc» J9921liJer Joson Spence.

The Masked Rider has been a tradition .atTexas Tech officially since Jan. 1, 1954,

wbenJoe Kirk Fulton rode horseback wear~g a black hat, red shirt, Levis and a red ~d black cape as he led the Red Raiders oolo the field to play Auburn in the Gator Bowl. Texas Tech won 35-13.

Before the Masked Rider was approved a~theofficial University mascot, "ghost" .Red Raider Riders had surprised fans periOOically at football games by mysteriously ·lppWing after Texas Tech touchdowns lben quickly disappearing.

Spence's dream to become the Masked 1Rider began in 1979 during his first trip to aTech football game. "I have dreamed of lbe lights, noise and excitement of Jones Stadium as I flash by with my cape flying land guns raised," he wrote on his applica)lionform that began the selection process.

Some academic programs and faculty at Tech could fall victim to state fiscal woes in the 1994!Sbudget biennium according to University officials.

Dr. Donald R. Haragan, University executive vice president and provost, told members of the Faculty Senate that, allhough specific percentage targets have

not been identified, Tech and other statefunded entities probably will be forced to reduce budgets significantly in the coming years.

"It is going to be a very difficult time for the state, generally," Haragan said.

"But at this point nobody is talking about percentages" for proposed cutbacks.

Haragan attended the meeting to address concerns about rumored 5 percent cutbacks in funding to Tech departments next year and about 10 percent cutbacks in the coming biennium.

Faculty Senate President Dr. Paul R. Goebel said Haragan had been asked to attend the meeting to clarify the issue.

"We seem to be going through more severe cuts than other universities," Goebel said.

Haragan said that impression stems from efforts of university officials to plan for a reduction in funding to all state agencies.

State Comptroller John Sharp several months ago notified all state agencies that revenue projections for the current biennium probably will fall between 5 and 6 percent below estimates, Haragan said. In . addition, agencies probably will be asked to operate under reduced or level budgets during the 1994-95 biennium.

As a result, Tech could be facing 5 percent emergency budget cuts next year, and deeper, more permanent cuts after that, Haragan said.

Texas Tech reported an enrollment of 22,877 students as of February 4. The total is a drop from last spring's record of 23,443 students. The Health Sciences Center reported 904 students, an increase over spring 1991's 853 students.

February 4 was the 12th class day of the spring semester. That class day is the standard for state-supported colleges and universities to report their unofficial enrollments to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Vice Provost Len Ainsworth said the dip in enrollment was not unexpected.

Most of the decline was attributed to new restrictions for reporting dual enrollment

students from the Health Sciences Center as well as to the continued effect of last fall's implementation of higher admission standards. But, according to Ainsworth, part of the enrollment drop could be attributed to poor economic conditions that are keeping students out of colleges around the nation.

"Other universities also are reporting declines," Ainsworth said. "The current economic situation may be a bigger contributor to students' not returning (from the previous semester) than has been the case in other years."

Among the bright spots is an increase in the number of graduate students at the University, a trend which, he said, reflects Texas Tech's growing mission as a research institution. Graduate School enrollment was at 3,846 this semester, a rise from 3,698 graduate students enrolled in spring 1991.

After spending three years in the music education program at New Mexico State University, Dr. Ellen Peffley discovered horticulture. Now an associate professor in agronomy, horticulture and entomology, she is the first woman to be tenured in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

"Horticulture is fascinating," Peffley said. "It provides pleasure and contributes to our well being. Horticulture includes production of vegetables, fruits and nuts for edible consumption as well as the growing of ornamental plants and flowers for the aesthetic pleasure they bring to society."

A specialist in bulb onions, Peffley began research in this area at New Mexico State(wheresheearnedbachelor's,master's and doctoral degrees) and has continued this interest at Tech. Tech is a leader in this type of research and was the first to successfully map several genes of onions.

Her focus is on basic genetic research, for the improvement of bulb onions, an

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important crop to the Texas economy.

Peffley is concerned about the coldhardiness of onions. An extended growing season for onions would give producers additional marketing windows and a slightly different onion.

liEFS Texas Tech's Faculty Honors Convocation was conducted in April recognizing emeritus faculty, Paul Whitfield Hom professors and faculty who had received various campus awards throughout the academic year. The President's Academic Achievement Awards for distinguished teaching, research and service were awarded to Dr. Alwynn Barr, history; Dr. Magne Kristiansen, electrical engineering; Dr. Richard L. Peterson, finance; and Dr. Brenda Cleary, associate dean of the School of Nursing in Odessa. Others receiving recognition were Dr. Norman Hopper, agriculture; W .j. "Danny" Nowak, architecture; Dr. Clarke Cochran, political science; Dr. Walter McDonald, English; Dr. Anil Menon, marketing; Dr. Maryanne Reid, education; Dr. Atila Ertas, engineering; Dr. L. Mallory Boylan, food and nutrition; and William Casto, law. The Continuing Education Faculty Award w as presented to Dr. C.

Dr. Reynaldo Patino, professor of range and wildlife management. is working under a $440,000 five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the maturation process of frog eggs to determine what makes them ready for fertilization. Patino wants to find ways to manipulate or suppress the process of reproduction to improve fisheries and wildlife management.

"I'm going after a particular stage of differentiation or development," said Patino, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researcher in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. "My objective is to understand the cell and molecular mechanism that allow the oocyte to mature."

Patino was awarded $87,171 from the NIH's National Institute of Child Care and Human Development for the first year of his basic research. According to Patino, the NIH is interested in possible clinical applications of his findings to human fertility medicine.

Reed Richardson of the College of Agriculture for his work with Continuing Education programs. I Deborah Finlayson has been named as director of

ARCHITECTURE

college development for the College of Business Administratlon. Additionally, she serves as the managing editor of Texas Tech Business, the college's alumni magazine with a circulation of

25,000. I Texas Instrument's consumer products division in Lubbock has contributed $15,000 to Tech's College of Business Administration for the special purchase of an Information Engineering Facility University Program consisting of software, materials and training worth thousands of dollars in excess of the case contribution.

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Fund raising became fun in late March for a group of 14 architecture students. Student volunteers conducted a phonathon targeting architecture alumni and succeeded in raising $5,800 in pledges. Despite initial fears about making the calls, by the end of the evening excited shouts of "This is fun!" were reverberating from the walls.

This was the first in-house phonathon organized by the college. Donations will go to the Architecture 1991-92 Annual Fund Campaign. Adding the pledges to donations already received from an appeal

in the Winter '91 newsletter, a to'; $10,000 will be donated by alumni b · year's campaign.

To alleviate initial fears offund rl!! for the student volunteers, DeniseJat~ of the Office of Development, proviJ one-hour training session. Signs prot!: ing "Put the Smile on the Dial" wen tributed focusing callers' thoughts ct listener rather than upon their own 1'ICl By the end of the evening with the !li goal of $5,000 long since reached, ~ had to be pried from callers' hands an cried, "Just let me make one more ct Dean Martin J. Harms was on t throughout the evening making telq£ calls to potential donors. He was al!1 hand to talk to any alumnus who ~ more information about the future ~ college.

If students have the no~ that art is unimportan! the field of architecture, awanJ.t1 ning architect Richard Ferrier has adil ent idea.

Ferrier, a 1968 graduate from T~· College of Architecture and an archi> ture professor at the University ofTeu Arlington, said during a February 1111 that he feels an architect's understam of art is essential to successfully um stand and serve society.

He told students that learning todl including still and live images, is illl tant and is a means of expressing one'u, "The kind of attitude this school!• about drawing is essential to architecta Ferrier said. In addition, drawings nr sent how an individual critically IIJOO things, he added.

Ferrier said he thinks that as ~ today's information age, thereisarenel interest in art by society and a newinla' in varying styles of design versus only1 style.

"We're fortunate to be in a time'll there is a resurgent interest in drawin~'l said.

Ferrier said that in recent years 2lti tecture designs and models have sll\l more than functional purposes. Anu~».~ of his projects, in addition to other 2lti tects' work, have been displayed andJ as art work.

He added that drawing illustrations for fients and selling his work is a new means ~coJI111lunication between architects and clients, and can also be a good way of Q13king money. a year, Ferrier said his firm does acivic project which involves donating a p)(J(!el or watercolor design of a project to an organization to be auctioned. One model raised $4,000 for the Dallas Museum of

once

Art. One of Ferrier's recent projects was to design the addition to The National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

He said he and his colleagues designed !he galleries and layout of the building to rqxesent the time era of the museum and !he art that would be displayed there.

'When he (a director at the museum) ~w the designs, he realized we were de~gning the building for his art, and that made a significant impact," Ferrier said.

-ARTS &SCIENCES...

Students in the School of Mass Communications enjoyed three days of lectures from frofessionals who already have made the ~sage from college life to the working m id. The 1992 Mass Communications Week featured telecommunications experts, journalists, advertising and public relations executives as speakers in an event designed to give Tech students a better understanding of the professional side of !heir studies.

The speaker series began March 31 in theUniversity Center Allen Theater with the keynote address, "Radio Revolution, Coming of Age in the '90s," by Robert Hall, vice president of programming for Satellite Music Network in Dallas. Hall made his first television appearance as a weatherman. In his position with SMN, he serves as a sales representative, manager of 10 radio stations and host of "Travel Around," a 90-second feature airing daily in HongKong.

Bob McCullough, director of public relations for Sea World of Texas at San

Keith

Antonio, followed Hall with the lecture, "Making Waves for Sea World." Ron Askew '76, who is vice president of account service and consumer planning for Tracy-Locke of Dallas, spoke on "New Waves in the '90s."

Other speakers included Carolyn Barta '61, Viewpoints page editor for the Dallas Morning News; Don Hougland, senior staff director of KPRC-TV of Houston; and Camille Keith '67, vice president of special marketing for Southwest Airlines.

Askew, Barta and Keith are former mass communications students at Tech.

Keith was this year's inductee into the School of Mass Communications' Hall of Fame. The induction took place during a luncheon closing out the three-day event.

The Hall of Fame honor was organized to recognize Tech alumni who have distinguished themselves in the field of mass communications.

Keith joined Southwest Airlines in March 1972 and served in various positions before being promoted to her current responsibilities in 1984.

In recent studies, eating broccoli has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, but researchers now have discovered that cancer may be genetically traceable.

Dr. Earl Ritzi, an associate professor of microbiology at Tech, said researchers have discovered what may be tumor-suppressor genes that could be responsible for aiding the body in controlling tumor growth often

related to cancer.

The new findings may lead to early detection of cancer in some individuals as well as determining whether or not some individuals are pre-disposed to cancer through genetically linked testing, Ritzi said.

"It could be a very exciting thing in the future," he added.

On an individual level, preventive measures can be taken to reduce the risk of cancer.

"Lowering fat consumption is probably one of the most important things," he said.

He also said that some foods have been targeted as risk-reducing foods for cancer, including broccoli and other vegetables.

Dr. Roger Saathoff, associate professor of journalism, has been named as director of Tech's School of Mass Communications.

He will assume his new duties Aug. 31.

Saathoffwill fill the post currently held

by Dr. Jerry Hudson. Hudson will return to a full-time teaching position in the department of telecommunications.

The department of mass communications was established in 1970. The Texas Tech Board of Regents designated it as a school within the College of Arts & Sciences in 1988.

Hudson became interim chair of the department in 1987 and was named as director of the school in 1988.

Saathoff joined the faculty at Texas Tech in 1984.

He earned a bachelor's degree in 1972 from Trinity University and a master's degree in 1976 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Saathoff received a doctorate in 1984 from the University of Tennessee.

Charles Sanders Peirce, a 19th Century scientist, math· ematician and philosopher, is considered by many to be the most original thinker this country has produced. Dr. Kenneth Laine Ketner, Peirce Professor of Philosophy at Tech and director of the Institute for Studies in Pragmatism, is recognized in'TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE • 41

ternationally for his knowledge of Peirce.

Since 1971, Ketner bas been involved in assembling a collection of.materials on Peirce, the largest holding outside of Harvard. These items are housed in the Institute for Studies in Pragmatism which is located in the Library. Two years ago, Ketner co-chaired an international conferenceonPeirceatHarvard University which was attended by more than 500 national and international figures. Ketner's goal now is to produce a biography of Peirce which will appeal not only to scholars but to a wider public.

Ketner The National Endowment for the Humanities bas made a grant of $30,000 to the project, to release Ketner from his academic duties for a year and enable him to visit locations that bouse key resources, primarily Harvard and Washington, D.C. Peirce was born into a Harvard faculty family; his father, Benjamin Pierce, was Perkins Professor ofAstronomy and Mathematics and one of America's foremost mathematicians.

Colleagues of the late Dr. Wendell Eudell McClendon recently established an endowed scholarship fund in his memory .

McClendon, 54, of Tahoka died Feb. 14.

He joined the faculty at Texas Tech in 1984 and was an assistant professor of French. At the time of his death, he was trying to establish the Texas Tech Zola/ 42 • MAY/JUNE 1992

Naturalism Center in the Rare Book Room of the University Library. Tech has the only library outside of France with microfilm copies of French author Emile Zola's manuscripts.

According to Dr. Diane Wood, associate professor of French, the scholarship drive will serve as a living memorial for McClendon.

"He was the kind of person who was not afraid to get in there and get the job done," Wood said. "Everyone who knew him had nice things to say about him."

At Tech, McClendon served as a faculty senator from 1988-1991. He also served as director of frrst-year French classes including supervision of teaching assistants. McClendon had developed the syllabus and lab materials for first-year courses since 1985.

Anyone interested in making a contribution to the fund can send a check payable to the Texas Tech University Foundation, Box 41081, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

In the check's memo space, donors should make note of the Wendell McClendon Scholarship Fund.

Texas Tech University's nonprofit Center for the Study Of the Vietnam Conflict is offering annual memberships that will support its activities and also give donors circulation privileges at the University Library.

The dues of individual and corporate Friends of the Vietnam Center will help cover operating costs and support research activities, said Dr. Donald R. Walker, interim director and a visiting assistant professor of history.

Membership dues will not support salaries, Walker said, noting that none of the University employees who help the unfunded center or the Vietnam Archive are paid.

Annual individual memberships are $25 for basic contributors, $100 for patrons and $500 for benefactors. A lifetime membership is $5,000, payable over five years.

Corporations can join for $100 per annual basic membership, $500 for the benefactor level or $5,000, payable over five years, for a sustaining corporate membership.

The center, part of the College or1 & Sciences, was approved by TexasT~ Board of Regents in December 19& operates out of Walker's history~ ment office in Holden Hall. The arc111 in the library's Special Collections.

Both the center and archive wen1 signed to make Texas Tech the ~ leading repository of any kind ofVieta related material, from government/4 ments to veterans' memorabilia to t representative of the anti-war rnove11

BUSINESS ADMINISTRADON The 20th annual Texas T« Accounting Emphasis We in April included an awards banqueh ognizing top accounting students 1 alumni.

Shirley Wills, a 1974 Tech gralb was named the 1992 Distinguished Alii of Tech's area of accounting. She is!I financial officer for Cardiology A!'J ates of Lubbock, P.A., a group of 12~ ologists.

Wills Wills was previously a partner f.

Mason, Warner & Co., a local publ~J counting firm, where she worked s3l 1974. Her area of responsibility witht firm was in medical services.

Wills is a former member of the Tech Accounting Advisory Council and has served as program chairwoman for the Texas Tech Tax Institute.

In addition to the recognition of Wills, !Cholarships totaling more than $73,000 were awarded during accounting emphalis week activities.

EDUCADON Due to increasing teacher education certification, program enrollment. and decreasing

resources, the College ofEducation implemented new entrance requirements for stuThe College of Business Ad- dents entering Tech after the 1990 fall :ministration honored Lub- semester. the recent budget cuts, we have boCk business leader Ethel too "With many students enrolled in field experi·McLeod as its 1992 Outstanding En- ence classes," said Dr. Larry Hovey, associate dean of academic affairs for the colttepreneur during a noon luncheon in lege. "We had a choice to either admit all March.

McLeod is the founder and owner of students to a lower quality program or Stenocali/Lubbock Radio Paging, one of limit admission to a high quality one. We il.llbbock's largest providers of mobile comopted for a better program." munication services.

The new entrance requirements will cut the early childhood education teaching program to approximately half its current enrollment, although it will have little effect on the secondary education classes, Hovey said.

Grade point average, high school graduation r ank, Texas Academic Skills Program Toting porl in lite Outslonding Entrepreneur Aware/ Luncheon scores and experirme (from left} Joclc S. Blanton, Dr. Robert W. Lawless, Ethel ence working with lkLeocl, Dean Carl H. Slem and Don McLeocl. (Photo by Bill children will be conGvslofson) sidered when acceptstudents to the teaching program. ing 'The entrepreneurial award is presented "It's a shame when Texas has a shortfC!iodically to an individual who has best age of 8,000 teachers that we have to cut exemplified entrepreneurial success in the our program," said Dr. Charles Smith, illilding of a business," said Dr. Carl H. dean of of the College of Education. "But Stem, dean of the college. we have to preserve the integrity of our lack Blanton, a 1990 Texas Business program to tum out competitive teacher Hall of Fame honoree and chairman of the candidates."

OOard of trustees at the Houston EndowThis semester, courses operated above ment, was the keynote speaker at the luncapacity. One field experience class with cheon. In tribute to McLeod, he discussed an optimum capacity of 25 students conentrepreneurship and how it has made tained 75 students.

America great. · "It is obvious that you can't run a sucRecognized for founding one of the cessful field experience class with a numfi!St answering and paging services in ber that large," Hovey said. "For example, lubbock, McLeod began the business in you can't take 75 students to a local el1954 with an investment of $1,500. ementary school and allow each student to

have good interaction with the children."

In addition to improving the teacher education program, the entry standards will ensure that students get needed classes at the appropriate time.

A student will have reservations in upper level education classes after being accepted to the program

Nevius

Dr. John Nevius hangs around with a younger crowd than most Tech professors. A Tech professor who works in the early childhood education department, he researches the way smaller children think:, learn and reason in order to gain a perspective on the American public education system.

He uses this information to train teachers and protective teachers in the psychology of young children.

"Because I work with teaching younger children, I think: it is just fascinating watching them," Nevius said. "I am enamored with them and everything they represent and stand for."

A primary focus of his work is integrating lower-incomechildren into the middleclass education institutions and helping them to thrive in that environment.

"Children who come from lower socioeconomic groups are disadvantaged in that they don't understand liow to work in a middle-class environment," Nevius said.

"These children can learn to be task-oriented, how to take initiative and how to follow direction."

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ENGINEERING The Ford Motor Co. donated $25,000 to support research on possible automotive applications of an experimental transducer developed and patented by a Texas Tech researcher.

The device, a linear rotary differential capacitance transducer (LRDCT), measures rotational movement more precisely than current state-of-the-art commercial equipment, according to Dr. Randall D. Peters, associate professor of physics.

Peters claims his transducer could have applications in electronic e~gine control, anti-lock braking and the control of power trains and active suspension systems of future automobiles. It could help solve many other problems of deterioration resulting from aging, vibration or exposure in current systems, he said.

Peters, who earned a doctorate in physics in 1968 from the University of Tennessee, received a U.S. patent, which is in his name but owned by Texas Tech, for his experimental model in July. The instrument is electronically similar but potentially more sensitive and more reliable than the linear variable differential transformer, which was patented in 1940 and still is used extensively today.

Peters initially conceived the idea for his device in the summer of 1987 while he was a fellow of the U.S. Air Force's summer faculty research program at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, N.M.

The College of Engineering honored four outstanding alumni at the 26th annual Distinguished Engineer Awards Luncheon in April at the Mcinturff Conference Center.

The Distinguished Engineer Awards program annually recognizes graduates who have made significant contributions to society and who have brought credit to the College of Engineering.

The college's 1992 Distinguished Engineers are Jack L. Byrd '56, chairman of the board and majority owner, Lacy & Byrd Inc., independent oil and gas company in Midland; F. Max Merrell '57, 44 • MAY/JUNE 1992

Outsloncling engineering alumni lor J992 are (Front row, from left} F. Mox Memll,l Don Cash, (bock row} Jack L Byrcl ancl James G. Renfro witlr Dean Mason Sometvilt. president, Mobil Mining and Minerals Co., Richmond, Va.; James G. Renfro '59, Distinguished Executive and chief engineer, Submarine Launched Fleet Ballistic Missile Program, Northrop Corp., Springfield, Va.; and R.D. Cash '66, chairman, CEO and president, Questar Corp., natural gas company, Salt Lake City.

Louis "Jack" Powers, a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering who is completing his 50th year of teaching at Tech, also was honored. Powers came to Texas Tech as a student in 1936, joined the faculty in 1942 and served as department chairman from 1952 to 1972. In his honor, a lecture hall in the Mechanical Engineering Building was named after Powers.

Center, is the only full-scale modelan able for wind research in the country.

"Tech's facilities will help us seeif!J results from smaller models are accuru Tieleman said.

Tech's wind research building alb the facility to be rotated with the appil tion of different wind pressure and vehl ties. Tieleman said it will be possibk solve inaccurate data problems by m paring at)d matching field results r~ Tech with model results.

Tech's field site for wind engineering research has drawn

To have heard the audienet'1 laughter, one would hau thought a top-rated corned:

Dr. Henry Tieleman, a professor on sabbatical, to its facilities for his research in the wind loads of buildings.

Tieleman, who teaches mechanical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, chose Tech for part of his sabbatical because of its unique wind research facilities.

Tech's wind engineering building site, in a field west of the University Medical

had come to the Tech campus, nota ~· rated financial planner. Jonathan PCii Harvard School of Business financial f. ard ·andaregularcommentatoron the~t "Today Show," won the popu!arityra~ of Tech students as a guest !ecturerduil.

Home Economics Awareness WeeiMarch.

Pond is president of Financial Plallli

''This is only temporary"

Sociologist Barrie Thorne gave the keynote address during the eighth annual All-University Conference on the

i Self-made restaurateur David Frazier

and management reserves permitted.

72believed, "There are no such things Frazier said that setting goals that . as great restaurants, only great restau- sometimes seemed unrealistic has been a larger part of the I rant people." Frazier returned to the Tech campus company's success. The ! 10 speak to students in the company's goal in 1982 I1 restaurant, bote1 and msu. . was to open 10 restaurants i tutional management proby 1985. When that year 1 gram as a part of Home rolled around, there were Economics Awareness nineHarrigan'ssothemanWeek in March. agement decided to try Frazier began his work something different for number 10. in the restaurant business at age 9 as a busboy and dishReturning to Lubbock, washerinhisfarnily-owned the company bought a failed restaurant on 50th restaurant in· Aspermont.

Gradually, his interest drew Street and converted it into bim to the kitchen, and he a Mexican food restaurant, Julio's. With success in was an accomplished cook Frazier Lubbock, once again by age 16. He worked his way through Tech at a small restaurant DF&R took the Mexican food restaurant chain in Lubbock. Starting as dishidea to the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex washer, Frazier became a cook, waiter, areaunderthenameDonPablo's. Today, bartender and manager. Four years from seven Don Pablo's are in full operation, · the time he started he was made a full with additional growth plans on the drawpartner in the chain. ing boards.

Frazier admitted to the crowd that his Frazier told students that the restauoriginal intentions of progressing in the rant business remains ever challenging. restaurant business weren't calculated.

For instance, "It's hard to find sites," He recalled that be couldn' t wait to Frazier said. He explained that the busicome to Tech to get an education so be ness is so competitive that it is difficult to could get away from the restaurant busifind good sites on which to build new stores. ness.

Also, "You have to overcome bad "I wanted to be a Wall Street broker," be said. luck," Frazier said when explaining the He worked his way through college effect that the drop in the oil business and in the restaurant business because be the stock market crash of 1987 had on had experience and found easy employDF&R. Frazier added that people's tastes are ment.

Frazier recalled thinking, "This is changing. In 1978, 40 percent of a only temporary, then I'll get a real job." restaurant's revenue came from the sale As presidentofDF&R, a corporation of alcohol. Today that figure is only 20 thatoperates 17 restaurants in four states percent.

Frazier congratulated Tech students with 1,600 employees, it seems that on the decision they had made in choosFrazier has finally found a real job. Last year the company bad $38 million in ing Texas Tech.

"Tech gave me a fine education. I can revenues and 1993 projections are at $50 million. hold my head up and compete with the best of 'em from Harvard and Stanford," DF&RoriginatedinLubbockin 1976 with the opening of the first Harrigan's Frazier said. "We have a lot of Tech people in our company. We find that restaurant. Three years later, using restudents from Tech have a strong work tained earnings to finance expansion, ethic." (By Kathy Keith) additional stores were added as capital

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Advancement of Women in Higher Education April 10. With the theme "Women: United and Divided," the conference was sponsored by the Texas Tech University Women's Studies Council. I Projects of the University Office of News and PubUcations received 12 awards in April, including four firstplace honors, during the District IV competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Two Grand A wards were presented to Artie Limmer for hls photographic work.

Other winners were writers Jim Barlow, Steve Kaufman and Preston Lewis; photographer Mark Mamawal; Dr. Margaret Simon and Lorenz 0 .

Lutberer, public relations; and Jerry Kelly, Artie Limmer and E laine Atkinson, publication design. I Dr. Rockefeller Young of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences has received a grant of more than $500,000 to research new methods for evaluating vision and the various nerve cells responsible for vision. The five-year grant is funded by the National Eye Institute, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I The Lubbock Chapter of Women in Communications awarded its annual Headliner Awards to former Tech punter Mark Bounds, geosciences professor Dr. Sankar Chatterjee, history professor Dr. Dan Flores, and Sheryl Swoopes of the Lady Raider basketball team. Gold Medal Awards were also presented to Dr. Mackie Bobo of the College of Education and Dr. David Cummins, professor of law. Headliner and Gold Medal Awards are presented to those individuals bringing widespread recognition or worldng to improve the quality of ife in the Lubbock area.

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Hugh W. Bonner, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's former program director for health affairs, has been named as associate dean for the School of Allied Health at Tech's Health Sciences Center. I Pamela CooperFedler was named as development and external relations officer for the Texas Tech University Libraries. Her duties involve increasing the financial resources and program support. I Dr. Rafael Garcia, associate professor of pediatrics at the Health Sciences Center, received the community leader of the year award from the League of United Latin American Citizens during its annual scholarship fund raiser. I Peggy Willis Aarnio, professor and coordinator of the University's dance division, traveled to Great Britain in March to teach Russian ballerina Galina

Infonnation Inc. of Watertown, M ass. He is author of eight books on personal financial planning, including the "Personal Financial Planning Handbook," considered the definitive professional reference in personal finance, "Safe Money in Tough Times, Jonathan Pond's Guide to Investments and Financial Planning"; and Pond's "Personalized Financial Planning Guides," a series of books for persons in various occupations. He is a columnist for several national publications and also hosts a weekly radio program, "Personal Finance

economics regarding access to theq damage awards and temporary SJI maintenance awards in divorces.j tionally, the issue deals with juve~ adult sentencing and the treatment or, victims. Access to judgeships, chik port, custody and visitation righb, encompass gender bias topics.

with Jonathan Pond."

Pond offered college students financial advice for a lifetime. From house buying to car buying, investing and retiring, Pond took a common sense approach to finances.

Pond says that there is one way to prevent becoming indebted - "Spending less than you earn. Living beneath your means."

Dean Clyde Hendrick cently announced 19 811 mer research awards. Since S

(By Ka thy Keith)

Mezentseva Mezentseva, prima ballerina of the Kirov ballet for 20 years and an · international gold medal winner, is the •

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the graduate dean has awarded Sill research stipends on the basis of prop3 submitted jointly by faculty and s!Uil This program has provided modests mer support for graduate students 0 through 1977, $700 until 1984 and! thereafter) and has resulted in manJi faculty-student publications.

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principal dancer with the Scottish ballet. • Aamio, who has choreographed more than 60 ballets, provided a week of supervised lessons designed to restore Mezentseva's strength and flexibility as well as reduce her risk of injury. I For the first time in its publishing history, the Brazillian Library of the Army has translated a book about the Brazillian military written by a nonBrazillian. The book, "The Armed Nation: The Brazillian Military Corporate Mystique," was written by Tech professor Dr. Robert A. Hayes, who teaches history courses on Brazil and other Latin American countries. I Professor of management Dr. John D. Blair recently co-authored a book titled "Challenges in Health Care Management: Strategic · Perspectives for Managing Key Stakehold- · ers." which was selected for placement on . a recommended reading list by the ; American College of Healthcare Executives' Book of the Year Award Committee.

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A news conference was held March 27 in the School of Law Forum to infonn the media about issues discussed at that morning's regional meeting of the Texas Gender Bias Task Force. The task force met to listen to community feedback related to perceptions of gender bias in the courtroom.

Task force members are on a fact gathering mission to poll views and learn of incidents of gender bias from members of both the community and legal profession.

The 32-member task force, which was created by order of the Supreme Court of Texas on June 12, is aimed at determining if gender bias exists in any aspect of the Texas judicial system, according to Carolyn Moore, an assistant regio nal attorney with the Texas Department of Human Services in Lubbock. Moore also is president of the Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

According to Moore, gender bias in thC? courtroom includes topics rC?lated .to the courtroom's environment; the treatmentof witnesses, jurors, litigants or attorneys;

Hendrick In most years, about half of the~ als submitted have won funding afttt• ough committee review and ruli Through the past 20 years, 687 I'll, have been made to some 1 ,250 applit Funds distributed during this periol~ reached $477,790 and some 500Jel/1 publications have resulted. This pOll. has been one of the most po~ 1 successful efforts of the Univ~ Graduate School.

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Acne isn't confined to adolescence Bv KIM DAVIS £ono, the bone of adole.cence,

{I d~sn't necessarily end with the ~n·age years. For millions of American

women - and even some men - those readed blemishes can run clear up into hlrtysomething.

Today, about one of every five adults!lOY of whom never had a problem as a een·ager - has some type of acne, said Mexander Zemtsov, M.D., of the Texas rech University Health Sciences Center kpartment of dermatology. Dermatololists, be said, aren't exactly sure why acne ~etimes waits until adulthood to strike, ~t lhey do think acne may be hereditary. ll'en the same type of acne often passes 1om one generation to another.

As in adolescents, acne flare-ups in ~uhs are often linked to varying hornonal changes. In women, for example, rtnstrual hormonal fluctuations may conlibute to monthly outbreaks. But unlike ~n acne, which results from an increase Dhormone production, adult acne generdlyresults from an increased sensitivity of he skin's sebaceous glands. These minute tlandsin the skin are responsible for the !ttretion of a lubricating substance called rbum.

Adult acne may be aggravated by cosnetics, topical medications, birth control ~lis, occupational exposures to oils and treases and a variety of acne-inducing rtivities. These activities, Zemtsov explained, include prolonged contact of your ~ with any number of things- a sweat~d or a pillow, for instance. . Ina pore, a blemish begins when bactena- which feed on sebum- collect in the pJe withotherdebris. But unlike teenage kne, which usually appears on the foretad, nose and chin, adult acne moves ~wn the body - to the cheeks, jaw line, trek and back.

No matter your age, these ugly blemishes can be frustrating for anyone, but contrary to conventional wisdom, you don't bring acne on yourself.

"Acne isn't a sign of poor health or the result of dietary indiscretions," Zemtsov said. "There isn't any hard data on whether or not chocolate, nuts or greasy foods can trigger flare-ups."

However, a number of specific things do seem to aggravate acne. Oil-based cosmetics, for example, can block sebum from reaching the skin's surface naturally.

Excess sebum clogs pores, and in time results in blackheads and whiteheads.

Sweaty exercise in tight-fitting, nonabsorbent clothes or sweatbands can also cause problems. But though it sounds as ifeverything provokes acne, there is good news.

"Acne eventually disappears spontaneously in the vast majority of adult cases," Zemtsov said. "And until it does disappear, a number of products can help control it. However, on rare occasions, acne may signify an underlying endocrinological disorder. In these cases, your physician should decide what's best for you."

Possibly the most important acne-fighting product is simple soap and water. Many over-the-counter medicated cleansers and granular face "scrubs" are unnecessary and even harmful, he said, since the medication washes away and "scrubs" can be too abrasive on delicate facial skin.

Topical treatments, which are applied to the skin, unblock pores and remove excess sebum. These medications also help to promote healing. One of the most common}y used over-the-counter topical medications, Zemtsov said, is benzoyl peroxide. However, side effects include dryness and irritation.

If topical treatment fails both in nonprescription and prescription forms, many

"No matter what your age, these ugly blemishes can be frustrating lor anyone, but con· trary to convential wist/om, you don't bring acne on yourself."

dermatologists will prescribe longterm therapy with oral antibiotics.

The antibiotics have an effect not only on the bacteria in the skin but also on inflammatory cells in severe acne lesions. Most dermatologists will prescribe the antibiotics regularly for up to several months at a time.

For some women, other acne-reducing options include Accutane - a Vitamin A derivative that destroys oil glands - or hormonal treatments.

But prevention, he said, is the best medicine of all. Women should try to use water based, non-comedogenic cosmetics which will not clog pores. Additionally, eye makeup should not be removed with petroleum jelly or mineral oil.

"Also, don't always trust skin products labelled 'dermatologist tested,"' he said.

"Just because a dermatologist tested it doesn't mean the dermatologist recommends it."

Above all, Zemtsov added, don't pick or squeeze. This process can cause bacteria beneath the skin to break through delicate tissue and spread to other areas, resulting in a painful nodule under the skin.

Additionally, picking and squeezing can lead to scarring of the skin.

"If acne can't t>e reduced with over-thecounter products, there are several options now available by prescription," Zemtsov said. "But the bottom line is that with modem treatments, no one should have to suffer from severe, scarring acne."

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Bv JIM~ OF THE Soumwm (OOJ

Red Raiders From West Texas ~. the striking image of the

/ RedR~iders from Texas Tech University identifies a tradition of excellence in college athletics. But in 1925, when the West Texas college opened its doors, there were no Red Raiders.

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The athletic teams were known as the Matadors, in keeping with the Spanish heritage developed through Tech's architecture. Then in 1930, Pete Cawthon came from Austin College to coach the Matadors. Cawthon proved to be an innovator and a tireless competitor. He scheduled football games with colleges from across the nation and was among the first to use airline transportation for away games. His football teams dressed in distinctive scarlet jerseys, red satin pants, and red and black socks.

In 1932, Texas Tech traveled across the Southwest, claiming the Border Conference championship with a 10-2 season record. Following their victory over the University of New Mexico, Collier Parris, sports writer for the Lubbock A valanche-Joumal, began his story, "The Red Raiders from Texas Tech, terror of the Southwest this year,

swooped into the New Mexico Unilt sity camp today."

As easily as striking the keys ont typewriter, Parris gave a new namer Tech sports. Cawthon liked the tern· "Red Raiders" and began using it to describe his scarlet warriors. By l9l' Texas Tech teams were known alnn exclusively as the Red Raiders.

Cawthon continued to produce winning teams, with his finest seastl coming in 1938. Led by halfback & Tarbox, the Red Raiders completedr undefeated season and were invited! the Cotton Bowl. There, they lost a hard-fought battle 20-13 to SaintMr of California.

But by this time, the image ofth Red Raiders from the plains sweep~ down on their opponents had beconr engraved permanently in Texas Ted tradition.

One ol Cawthon's leoms clowning around.

BY KELLY RoBINSON

SPOrn INFORMAnoN DEPAITMENT

A Different Kind of Game ~e

Texas Tech Red Raiders {rn:\;91 season was a windfall of sorts. Not only did they establish new records for wins in a season (42), but dso for winning percentage (42-18, .700). The one thing, though, that wasn't .a:complished last season was reaching !be NCAA playoffs. Despite one of the test records in all of collegiate baseball lhe Raiders were left to ponder what might have been because they failed to qualify for the SWC's Post Season

Classic.

The 1992 edition of Texas Tech baseball was doing things a bit differently than in years past. Normally a 1eamblessed with offensive explosiveness and pitching deficiency, the '92 Red Raiders were a contrast to that norm.

While the offensive barrages that usually accompany the Raiders to the ballpark were off-and-on in the recent campaign, the pitching and defensive abilities of head coach Larry Hays' club were the most consistent in recent Tech history.

Paced by the tenacity of senior pi!cher Mark Brandenburg and the competitiveness of his fellow moundsmen John Macatee, J .J. Varney, Mike Copple, Joe Davis and Travis Gage, the Red Raiders were one of the IO!)ipitching staffs in the SWC. "1think our pitchers were more focused each time they took the mound !hisyear," said Brandenburg, the school's all-time leader in victories and complete games. "The addition of a couple of guys like Varney, Copple and Davis, along with the improvement of Macatee and Gage helped make us solid all the way around. Probably, though, ~e biggest factor in our pitching success was the improvement on defense. I mean, our defense just made play-after-

play for us and as a pitcher that gives you an air of confidence to make a certain pitch in a certain situation."

Brandenburg, a consensus All-SWC performer as a junior in '91, is the one senior starter that will need to be replaced by Hays and pitching coach Frank Anderson next season, but his numbers in two years (20-plus wins and 20-plus complete games) will not be easy to compensate for. Davis is the only other senior moundsman, so the returning corp appears to be a solid foundation for the '93 Red Raiders.

As Brandenburg eluded to, though, the defense was a large part of the reason for Tech's mound success. The Red Raiders had, arguably, the best defensive team in the Southwest Conference and, by looking at the season statistics, that was a factual assessment as Tech led the league practically the .entire season in fielding percentage.

After playing the first four games of the season without committing an error, the stage was set for the Raiders to have a solid fielding year.

"We had a couple of games when we could have made a few more plays than we did, but overall it was a good year for us defensively," said senior outfielder Jeff Boydston. "With the entire infield coming back next year and with several talented players coming back in the outfield I don't see any reason for a dropoff."

Boydston was an integral part of that defensive effort as the senior from Plano played error-free baseball for the entire '91 season and had not committed an error in '92 through the first 39 games of the season. The all-time leader in stolen bases at Texas Tech, Boydston joined fellow seniors Kent Blasingame (the school record holder for stolen bases in a

season) and Wes Shook in the outfield.

The infield, though, was filled with players who will return next season, such as freshman Randy DuRoss, who handled first base; the second baseman junior Jeff Schulz; junior George Kilford at shortstop; and junior Trent Petrie, who handled third base. Junior Matt Smith was the everyday catcher, so the infield for '93 will be set.

"I've had some pretty good defensive ballclubs over the years," said Hays, who has coached 22 years on the college level with 16 years at Lubbock Christian University and six years at Tech under his belt. "This team was right up there with them in that they made the routine plays pretty much the entire year. We didn't have many games when we had many letdowns and that's a good sign of consistent defensive play."

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Jennifer Buck Tech's All-Everything Student-Athlete

BY WArr McALEXANDER PHOTO BY IAN HALPERIN ,f6/ehave visions of what a "normal" f ' /student athlete should be: one who would make the honor roll every semester, be an outstanding performer in her chosen sport, and be a class individual besides. Jennifer Buck is such a person.

A graduate student in the speech and hearing sciences, Jennifer graduated last December with a 3.84 grade point average in speech pathology. She became the first-ever graduate student to play for the Lady Raiders and carried 10 hours of graduate work this spring while starting at post on the SWC-champion basketball team.

Jennifer finished her four years at Raiderland ranked in the ToplO in 10 different categories (see list next page).

She also was named GTE Academic AllAmerican twice; was a GTE District 6 All-Academic honoree three times; and was awarded an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship. The question arises: How did she find time to accomplish all that?

"This year was especially difficult," the 6-foot-3-inch Conroe High School graduate pointed out. "The big difference from previous years was we missed so much more school this year, plus grad school has the reputation of being so hard.

"Fortunately, I stayed in my department, so I have the same professors and they're all very helpful and concerned, plus they're very supportive of basketball. However, in grad school there's more outside work on your own, figuring it out yourself instead of having it spelled out for you cut and dried.

That, to me, is the main difference."

The reason for the additional time away from Lubbock was that the Southwest Conference elected not to

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"In years past if we played a Tuesday night game at Dallas or Houston, we'd play at 4 or 5 p.m. and fly back that night and just miss a day and a half of classes. This year we missed up to three days on a given trip. That's another factor that made it difficult not only for me but for all the players," she pointed out.

Last fall, Jennifer experienced her most stressful semester, although many of her classmates felt she had a great schedule, 14 hours all on Tuesday and Thursday and a 9 a.m. Wednesday lab.

"I had two morning classes, lunch, another class, then went to workout.

After that, I had a 6 p.m. night class.

"I'll agree, that sounds great, but it really wasn't because I spent all my free time trying to get all the homework done

and get caught up." How did she do!

3.75 GPA with three As and one B. Last semester, she had two MWF classes (10-11 and 1-2) and twoTI classes (9:30-11 and 12:30-2). "N11· mally, I'd go in early to study or take care of errands. I was filling out seve scholarship applications and that toot time ... filling it out, getting all the transcripts, whatever. After class,h to lunch, then studied again, then wa to workouts, then hit the books agail was involved in Mortar Board every other Tuesday night and kept up wi~ that.

"At each break on Tuesday!fhwi I tried to study and get something diJ not just sit there. Oh yes," she added laughing, "all this, of course, was ~ we were in town, which wasn't very much the last month (March). It SCCI like I'd check in the first two days til week and tell my professors I was g~ to be gone."

Jennifer has always been a good student, although she admits her grat

b ve gotten better in

college. "I think "This field has so much diversity in meant a great deal. Next year I won't be a ry year I've upped (my intensity) a it.

I can work with all types of populapart of it. I'll be on the outside. Oh, I'll eve tittle bit. In high school I felt As and Bs tions, work in different places, work still be friends with a lot of them, but it were good enough. Naturally, As were with kids, which I'll probably end up won't be the same. doing, and the job markets are extremely beller but Bs were okay. When I got "That's one reason why I enjoyed the good." bere, I really don't know why, but I extra day in Seattle (after Tech lost to Yes, the future is bright for Jennifer wanted to make all As. eventual national champion Stanford 75"When you get that 4.0 (GPA), you Buck. However, she will be leaving 63 on March 26). It was fun because we behind something that has been a huge want to keep it. Now, however, I realize got to see the city and just relax and part of her life the past eight years. !hal grades aren't going to help me help unwind.

Basketball. someone else. Now, my main concern is "Coach (Marsha) Sharp is like that.

She wants us to see the cities 10 learn as much as possible so 1can help people." we play in, not just go Already planning her thesis, from the airport to the Jennifer would like to eventumotel to the gym back to ally get her Ph.D. degree. ''I'd the airport. She feels like to work in a hospital that's part of the college specializing in neonatal care or experience of playing on pediatrics. My field is satua basketball team rated with graduate-level Points Scored- 1,408 (fourth) going different places females, but there are very few and seeing different field Goals Made - 562 (fourth) women Ph.Ds in this (speech things. It was good we ~thology) field. So if I do go got to do that in Seattle, Field Goal Percentage - .526 (fourth) roc a Ph.D., I'd be a minority plus it allowed the IIIKI that would be to my seniors to spend time Free Throws Made- 274 (fourth) advantage." with the teammates we When Jennifer came to won't ever get to spend time Free Throws Attempted- 388 (fourth) 'Texas Tech, her career options with again." were wide open. "It's really Jennifer does leave with Field Goals Attempted - 1,068 (seventh) ,·eird how I chose this field," many pleasant memories.

•she pointed out. "I was sitting Such as Tech's first-ever Blocked Shots - 87 (seventh) in my dorm room as a freshSWC regular-season and Scoring Average - 11.5 (eighth) man just wondering what I was Post-Season Classic championships.

"Our goal when I 1oing to do with my life ... did Free Throw Percentage .706 (ninth) came here as a freshman was Iwant to teach or do something to beat Texas and win the medical or something with Total Rebounds473 (ninth) conference if we had a sports? I really didn't want to chance. Each year that ·teach because that can really chance got a little bit better. ~t repetitive, and I didn't want "I think our success for lo get too medical because that (NOTE: Of the 124 games Tech played over the last 4years, this season actually began in required too much biology and compiling an 87-37 record (.702) in the process, Buck played in the 1991 SWC Tournament. chemistry and I enjoy dealing When we beat Texas then, I with people.

122 of those, including 94 in which she started. Tech improved think that put us over a huge "I was looking through the every season with Buck in the lineup, going from 17-13 to 20hump, a huge psychological, undergraduate catalog, reading mental barrier we had about about each major. After I got 11 to 23-8 to 27-5, making three consecutive NCAA playoff Texas and about beating lospeech pathology, I thought appearances, another first for the Lady Raiders.)

Texas.

I think that was the nwas really neat, so I took the beginning of the season we entry course and really got just completed.

We were llooked. I attribute that to the able to continue that success and took it ''I'll miss the camaraderie we had. way Sherry Sancibrian, instructor and to a higher level."

We got along well together or as well as clinic coordinator, taught the course.

Jennifer Buck may not be the 15 girls can ultimately get along. We all !he has a love for the field and a gift of "average" student-athlete. Why? had our problems and we weren't conveying all this information in a Because she took that term to "a higher perfect, but I think just being around the simple way so everybody can underlevel." stand it. group and knowing you're a part of it

BUCK'S CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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PREPARfO ~

SPOm INFORMAnoN DErAil

Head coach Spike Dykes said his sixth spring with the Red Raiders was a good one, even though more emphasis was placed on individual instruction than team instruction.

"We knew, as a team, we wouldn't look very cohesive," Dykes said. "We did see a number of improvements individually and that's what we wanted. We were pretty lucky injury-wise. Steve Carr(starting inside linebacker) was operated on for a tom ligament (left knee), and Jason Clemmons (contender for No. 2 quarterbackjob) had a separated shoulder (right).

Those were the only serious injuries we had."

The days of the Texas Tech offense hogging all the headlines may be over.

The Raider defense was dominant in the traditional Red/Black game, whipping the offense 84-54 with a modified scoring system that awarded the defense points for turnovers, stopped drives and scoreless drives.

Little-used senior cornerback Chris Kenney of Kilgore picked offthree Robert Hall passes as the defenders forced eight turnovers on the day. They also registered 13 quarterback sacks (QBs were down when touched).

"We might have given too many points to the defense for the turnovers (six points each), but that's the way it is in real life.

Turnovers will get you beat every time," Dykes said.

"It looks like we have a lot of pluses defensively that we haven't had here in a long time. Our secondary has a chance to be outstanding. Eight years ago our secondary led the nation in pass defense and was second the next year. We have that type of defensive backs. We've got a chance to do some things· pass defense- · wise and overall defense-wise."

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With the departure of All-America punter Mark Bounds and placekicker Lin Elliott, the kicking game was a mystery going into the spring. Junior punter Robert King and sophomore placekicker Jon Davis forged to the front of the pack in the spring.

King averaged 43.5 yards on six punts in the spring game and Davis booted a 57yard field goal in one of the scrimmages.

"You can't tell about the kicking game until Sept. 3 about 7 o'clock," Dykes said.

"But it looks on the surface pretty good. At least, there are no glaring apparent weaknesses."

Strengths of the 1992 Raiders include the offensive line and the quarterback position. The team is stronger and quicker, and the secondary, which was one of the weaknesses last year, looks like it will be one of the stronger aspects of the team.

"We also have a nice nucleus coming back from a team that finished strong, winning five of the last six games," Dykes said.

Winner of Tech's J.T. Klt Award for the spring's, improved player was senior defensivcl Harry Dyas. Dyas celebrated the h~ registering a pair of quarterback sacb the spring game.

Dyos

Captains for the comingst: son, as selected bytheirteal mates, will be senior free safetyT> Saul of Idalou, senior inside linelw Steve Carr of El Paso, senior outside~ b acker Mike Liscio of Dallas, senil'l fensive tackle Charlie Biggurs ofHQii and junior quarterback Robert Ha~ Dallas.

The Tech men's tennis tea this season defeated TeXll:

Dylces

only the second time since enterin1· SWC in 1958, capturing a 5-4 yj(: against the Longhorns in an SWCJIII'.( at the Tech Athletic Training Centf!.

'EverybodY was in there playing th~ir

.U , Raider head coach Steve Clark satd. fV~ knoWn all along that we can play 0111eball."

The Raiders won two pivotal matches third-set tiebreakers.

1 'They played some great matches and 1!(1 ooc1 concentration," Clark said. "I ~they now realize they can play with IieSe guys. If you play hard and stay .(lCUsedI it doesn't matter who is on the Iller side of the net."

fbe NCAA waits until mid-

10mmer to release attenlance figures for the past rason in all sports, but an early survey ilows theLady Raiders jumped from 37th [1,128 fans per game in 1990-91) to ~ixth 11tionally in 1991-92. The Lady Ratders ~traged 4,201 at their 11 home games.

The only teams ahead of Texas Tech were Iowa (4,429), Southwest Missouri ~$99), Texas (5,740), Virginia (6,233), ~ Tennessee (6,639). National cham~on Stanford was eighth on the Jist with

women's team. She was the league's leading scorer, and ranked among the SWC's top 10 in seven individual statistical categories.

Kirkland and Swoopes formed the SWC's top guard combination last season.

After signing four standouts in February to national letters Of intent, Tech volleyball coach Mike Jones, who has compiled a 76-21 record in three years at the Raider helm, said he was "very excited" about next year.

Signing with Texas Tech were Jackie Bode, a 6-0 middle blocker from Katy; Jennifer Cohn, a 6-0 middle blocker from Round Rock; Diane Owens, a 5-9 outside hitter from Jersey Village; and Jill Slapper, a 5-11 blocker from Hurst L.D. Bell.

"This is the best (recruiting class) since

~765.

Only three of the Top 15 failed to make lieNCAA playoffs (No.7 Montana, No.9 Washington and No. 12 Ohio State), provigthat fan support is vitally important to awinning climate.

AII·Conference basketball players Will Flemons, Sheryl Swoopes and Krista Kirkland have ken selected to SWC all-star basketball ,tams that will tour Australia in June.

The inaugural SWC summer tour is ~eduled for June 10-21 with stops in ~dney and Melbourne. The two teams, ,lnmprised of players with remaining eligi~ity, will each play a seven-game schedie highlighted by three games apiece 1g~nst the Australian National teams.

Aemons, the 1992 SWC Player of the Year, headlines the men's team. He was I~ league's No. 2 scorer last season and ranked among the top 10 in five individual titgories.

Swoopes, the 1992 consensus SWC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Yearand a KodakAil-American, leads the

I've been here," Jones claimed, adding, "both athletically and quantity. These are the four we wanted from the very beginning and we got them. That really makes us happy.

"This group will log a bunch of playing time the next four years and really make an impact on our program," said Jones, whose 1990 and 1991 teams advanced to the NCAA Regionals before twice losing to LSU, which in tum advanced to the Final Four.

"I think at least one or two of these

signees and perhaps two or three are capable of helping in many ways next year.

They're that good!"

All-American junior guard Sheryl Swoopes was among 58 players invited to participate in the 1992 U.S. Olympic women's basketball trials May 28-31 in Colorado Springs.

The 12-member roster is scheduled to be announced June 12.

Swoopes, a Kodak All-American and the SWC Player of the Year, was one of two SWC players invited to the tryouts.

Texas junior center Cinietra Henderson was also extended an invitation.

Dean Campbell has been hired as Tech's newest assistant football coach. He replaces inside linebacker coach John Paul Young, who was named in March as head coach of the Dallas Texans of the Arena Football League.

Campbell, 42, comes to Tech from Rice, where he was an assistant for the past three years. He is the sixth Raider assistant with previous coaching experience at Rice. "I know most of them real well," Campbell said. "We've had some discussions before on job openings out there. I was hoping Coach Dykes might give me a ring."

Campbell, who helped Texas to three SWC championships (1969-71) and two national titles (1969-70), was the Owls' passing game defensive coordinator and secondary coach. His position assignment with the Raiders was not immediately announced.

He has previous coaching experience with Texas A&M, New Mexico (where he served with Dykes on the football staff), UT and North Carolina.

"It's fantastic when you get a guy with Dean's experience to join your staff," Dykes said. "He's an outstanding football coach, a tremendous family man and a great person. Those are three qualities that are hard to beat.

He's unique in the fact that be has 18 years of Southwest Conference coaching experience at such a young age."

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BY JIM~~ AsSISTANT~

Thanks, Marsha, We Needed That!!! ~could not have hap/ ~~~d at a better time. Just when folks were getting bogged down with the depression of budget cuts, growing taxes, presidential election politics and a rising cost of living, the Lady Raiders came to the rescue.

Coach Marsha Sharp and her talented squad began their assault on the Southwest Conference from Shorp an unusual position: the pre-season favorite. Based on their strong showing last season when they upset the Lady Longhorns in the SWC Post-Season Tournament, along with the returners and recruits that had been added, Tech was the early target. No, this year they weren't going to sneak up on anybody. It would be hard to duplicate the previous year's campaign, but if any group could do it, it was this gang of talented over-achievers.

The addition of Junior College All-American and National JUCO Player-of-the-Year Sheryl Swoopes certainly would make a difference. Returning players such as Krista Kirkland, Jennifer Buck, Teresa McMillan and Tami Wilson gave Raider fans high hopes for this year. A steady bench with exciting newcomers like Noel Johnson created overuse of the word "potential." Yes, the Red Raiders could and should be a great team, but it remained to be seen if that potential would translate into reality.

As most fans know by now, that is exactly what happened as Coach Sharp capped her 10 years at the Raider helm with one of the most exciting seasons shared by Tech fans in any sport.

Although the season ended in a hard-fought loss to eventual national champion Stanford in the NCAA West Regional Tournament, there were plenty of wonderful memories to savor.

In case you weren't paying attention, let me recap for you exactly what did happen during that stellar 1991-92 season: -The best winning percentage in the history of Texas Tech's women's program (27-5, .844); - Tech's flrst-ever SWC regular season championship followed by its flrst-ever Post-Season Tournament title; 54 • MAY/JUNE 1992

- Coach Marsha Sharp became only the second SWC ~ post her 200th career win and 1OOth SWC win at the same~ -Sheryl Swoopes became the flrst Lady Raider to be nao: the Kodak All-American Team. She was also a consen!'J!.

SWC pick, the SWC Player of the Year, the Most Valuable~: in the SWC Post-Season Tournament, she was named to the\ Region All-Tournament Team, and she was invited to theO pic Trials for the 1992 games; - Some 35 individual and team records were set duri~ 1991-92 season; - The Lady Raiders broke their school record for atteoc four times during the season, drawing crowds that averaged~! per game, twice filling the Coliseum with more than 8,~ each and doing literally a "tum away" business; -Unbeaten at home for the flrst time ever, Tech now o~• NCAA's lOth-longest home winning streak at 17; -Jennifer Buck, selected as a GTE Academic Ali-Aro· for the second straight year and recipient of an NCAA1 Graduate Scholarship, became the first graduate student ~: play for the Lady Raiders; - Every senior who has played for Coach Sharp duringa years as head coach has received her diploma; - With all of this ammunition, Coach Marsha Sharp r. easy choice of her peers as she was selected as SWC Coacht Year for the second season and the third time during hercr One of the things that has impressed me the most r Marsha Sharp is the fact that she not only recruits great baste players and great students, but each of her players is the cal'~ person that you would be proud to have in your home to visi· your family. I have always been impressed with her play~. consider them to be the best ambassadors for Tech that Wtl Some of you may remember the "good old days" w~ Coliseum was filled for every men's game and the crowd' major influence in Tech's basketball success. From whati'W' in this year's women's basketball program, along with thecJ: ment that men's coach James Dickey has generated, we are~~ far away from those Glory Days. I imagine you are going ~' rush to buy season tickets for both programs next fall.

Yes, Marsha Sharp and her Lady Raiders appeared ~ scene at the right time. Thanks, Ladies, for the memories-

Beth Embry selectee/ to represent north and east Texas . ~zabeth Benton Embry '87 was rselected as field representative for tr.e Dallas-Fort Worth and north and east Texas areas, effective May 4. Beth comes 10 thejob already with two years' of

;:e~~~!::g ar~: ;~~u:;;:: ~~~~::~. ~ , rflt li1JlJ resigned to take a position with lfica GTE.

She was selected from a field of 25 Embry l{l!llicants and 10 outstanding finalists, according to Association Assistant Director Jim Douglass, who ftads chapter activities.

As Fort Worth chapter vice president, Beth spearheaded the ~vitalizing of that chapter before moving to Plano, where her husband, Michael, is current president of the Dallas chapter of Tech-exes.

Working with volunteers is no new task for Beth. Since July 1991, she had been volunteer coordinator for the Volun~er Center of Plano with responsibilities for interviewing, raining and supervising all Volunteer staff. She also organized !f(Cial events and maintained extensive knowledge of 165 mlunteer agencies.

She bas also worked as activities director for retirement and nursing homes and marketing director for a retirement center. ln lbatposition, she developed a new marketing strategy, direct sales and advertising that resulted in a 50 percent increase in occupancy in the retirement center.

Beth was a volunteer chairman of the Ex-Students AssociationDallas organization from 1991-92 and worked on the Cotton Bowl Hospitality Committee during that same time. lbe was secretary-treasurer of the Activity Directors Association of Tarrant County, member of the Directors of Volunteers in Agencies and a Special Olympics volunteer 'We are very pleased with the background and enthusiasm Beth brings into the field representative position," said Bill Dean, executive vice president and CEO of the Ex-Students Association. "She has demonstrated a desire to work with fech-exes during the past two years, doing everything from ctl:lrdinating volunteers in Dallas to starting up the Fort Worth chapter.

1 arn absolutely sure she will be a valued addition to our Ex-Students team. With her experience and kr10wledge of rllapter organization, she will have a smooth transition into the

field representative position."

Beth, whose degree from Tech is in recreation and physical education, is a certified leisure professional and certified activity director.

Each year the Ex-Students Association honors outstanding faculty members from each college who have distinguished themselves in their teaching careers while being employed at Tech for less than five years. Each is presented a certificate and a $500 honorarium from the Association. This year's New Faculty Awards were presented April? to: Dr. Paul A. Baumann, College of Agricultural Sciences Professor J. Rick Lewis., College of Architecture Dr. Alice W. Pope, College of Arts & Sciences Dr. John A. Stinespring, College of Arts & Sciences Dr. Robert C. Ricketts, College of Business Administration Dr. Mary O'Hair, College of Education Dr. Mica R. Endsley, College of Engineering Dr. Duane W. Crawford, College of Home Economics Professor Jane Zanglein, School of Law

New loculty members ore (front, from lelt} Dr. llohert C. lliclceHs, Profesuw Jayne Zonglein, Dr. Alice W. Pope, Dr. Mary O'Hoir, Duane W. Crowfortl, (lxxlc, from lelt} Dr. Paul A. Baumann, Dr. Mica ll. Enclsley, Profesuw J. lliclc Utwis one/ Dr. John A. Steinspring. (Pholo by Artie Limmer}

The 1992 "Summer Tour" of chapter meetings is already well underway. As we go to press, there are still chapter meetings TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE • 55

being scheduled.

May 20 May 21 May 28 June 5-6 June 13 June 14 June 18 June 25 July 29 July 30 July 31 Aug.5

Those on the books at this time are: Corpus Christi Rio Grande Valley Amarillo National Board Meeting in San Antonio Denver Colorado Springs San Angelo Odessa/Midland Fort Worth Dallas Chicago Kansas City

Homecoming for 1992 is set for the weekend of Sept. 25-26 in conjunction with the Tech/Baylor game. It will be a terrific weekend withlots of events planned for everyone. The Century Club Scholarship Dinner and Dance is set for Friday night. All Century Club members will be receiving their invitations in the mail sometime in late summer. Remember, this gala event is open to anyone who would like to attend and is not restricted to just Century Club members. The purpose is to honor our Century Club donors and, at the same time, raise additional funds for the academic scholarship fund.

Saturday will have the usual array of Homecoming events.

Included are the Red Raider Road Race, the Homecoming Parade, the pre-game tailgate party, class reunions, college receptions, alumni basketball game along with lots of other events. A full schedule will be available from our office as the weekend gets closer. Contact the Athletic Ticket Office for game ticket information, (806) 742-3341 or 1-800-248-3241.

Once again the Ex-Students Association, along with the Red Raider Club, is sponsoring football game trips to watch the Red Raiders play. This year we have two big packages available: the Sept. 19 game at the University of Oregon, and the Oct. 10 game at North Carolina.State. If you are interested, contact me at our office for details, (806) 741-3641.

Another big weekend this fall will be Oct. 30-31 as we play host to the Texas Longhorn football team. On Friday evening, we will honor four individuals with the highest alumni award given by Texas Tech University. The Distinguished Alumni Awards will be presented at the Mcinturff Conference Center with an impressive audio/visual presentation on each honoree.

Those being recognized that evening will be: Ilah Coffee Merriman '57, Dallas; Donald E. Ledwig '59, Washington, D.C.; John Scovell '68, Dallas; and R. Canon Clements '32, Lubbock.

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For information about this event contact our office for detail (806) 742-3641, or write Mrs. Peggy Pearce, Ex-Students Association, P.O. Box 4009, Lubbock, TX 79409.

Albuquerque, N.M., Tech-exes celebrate the Tech baslcetbol leom 's win over Texas A&M at a local sports cafe.

JeH Striclclond (left}, Chris Hearon and his family join other~# fans at the organizational meeting oF the New Orleons/BokA Rouge chapter.

Football TV watching porlies ore very populor across the~ lor Tech fans. Here, the Portloncl, Ore., chapter gathers in~ home oF Bill and Debbie Stephens {leltJ ta watch the Raiders defeat the University of Arlcansas.

Introducing Ex-Students Board Member Dicky Grigg Name: Dicky Grigg City where you currently reside: Austin Position on the board: missionary Degree, major, and class year at Tech, plus any other degrees you may have earned: BA in math, 1970; Law degree from UT, 1973 (could not get in to Tech).

Where are you employed and what is your position . there: Spivey, Grigg, Kelly & Knisely - notary public.

Family Members: wife Mary Gay; Lane, 17 and Erica,

17.

Major activities you were involved in as a student at Tech: Organizing mixers between Letterman's Club members and unwed mothers homes.

What is one of your fondest memories from Tech days?

Beating UT in 1967. (I'm glad you asked about days because I have no fond memories from nights, only rejection.)

What is your favorite book? I don't remember the title, but the cover was red.

What is your favorite movie? Patton What are your interests/hobbies? Vice president of moral affairs, Texas Cerebrial Hygiene Association; curling and foosball.

What character trait do you value highly in an individual? Generosity If you could invite six persons to your home for an evening, who would they be? Leona Helmsley, Robert E. Lee, Hannibal Lector, Gary Larson, Pepin the Short and Bill Dean (I don't want to be the dullest person there).

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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP DONORS Doug and Angela Boren Doug '50 and Angela Rattan Boren '50, '62 of Lubbock have given more than $5,000 to the Endowed Scholarship Fund of the Ex-Students Association to benefit the College of Home Economics. Both the Borens are outstanding civic leaders and spokespersons for the University and their city. They graduated from Sudan High School and came to Tech, where Angela graduated with a bachelor's degree in home economics education and a master's in food and nutrition. Doug studied geology while participating in Air Force ROTC and Phi Delta Theta. He took part in both WWII and the Korean Conflict, then in 1959 joined Plains National Bank. A career in banking moved Doug to various financial institutions, but eventually back to Plains where he is now executive vice president. Angela taught in the public schools and in Tech's department of food and nutrition. She retired in 1982 but remains active in the home ec alumni organization and community work. She was named a distinguished alumna of the college in 1989.

Doug and Angela are avid flyers and aviation hobbyists. The Association joins with College of Home Economics Dean Elizabeth G. Haley in thanking the Borens for this scholarship endowment.

Donors to the Endowed Scholarship Fund: Mr. and Mrs. Malouf Abraham of Canadian Dr. and Mrs. R.G. "Wick" Alexander of Arlington Mr. and Mrs. Edmond A. Anderson of Lubbock Gen. and Mrs. Ross Ayers of Austin Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barnett of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Benninger of San Antonio Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bezner of Sugar Land Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blake of Midland Dr. and Mrs. Clark Bondurant of Wichita Falls Mr. and Mrs. Doug Boren of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Brown of Lamesa Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bryans of Dallas Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Busch of Dallas Mr. and Mrs. Ray Butler of Alice Mr. R. Canon Clements of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Solon Clements of North Carolina Mrs. Anna Belle Collins Collier of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Alex K. Cooke Sr. of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Tom Craddick of Midland Dallas Chapter, Ex-Students Association Mr. Manuel C. DeBusk of Dallas Mr. and Mrs. Donald Degen of Houston Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dickey of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Truett W. Flache of Brownfield Thomas A. and Grace Wood Ford of Washington Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Foster of Midland Mr. Dicky Grigg of Austin Mr. Roy T. Grimes-LISD Principals Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Gulley Jr. of Tyler Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Haley Sr. of Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harris Jr. of Albuquerque Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hatch of Lubbock Mr. Rollin Herald of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Bob Herd of Tyler Mr. and Mrs. T. Scott Hickman of Midland Mr. and Mrs. J. Culver Hill Qf Lubbock

Houston Red Raider Club Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Hutcheson of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. James W. Lacy of Midland Mr. and Mrs. Arch Lamb of Lubbock In memory of Terry and Chris Lane of Brady Mr. and Mrs. M. Dan Law of Lubbock Mr. Robert J. Lewis of Fairfax, Va. Dr. Mary L. Luchsinger of Baltimore, Md. Dr. Vincent P. Luchsinger of Baltimore, Md. Mr. H.J. "Mac" MacKenzie of Lubbock Mr. Don Maddox of Gastonia, N.C. Mr. and Mrs. E.A. McCullough of Midland Mr. and Mrs. William E. Miller of Lubbock Mr. Marlin P.J. Minter of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Morris of Houston Dr. and Mrs. Barry Norman of Fort Worth Mrs. Mary Nunnally of Odessa Mr. and Mrs. Mart G. Pederson ofEI Paso Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Pevehouse of Midland Mr. Raymond Pfluger of San Angelo Mr. Jesse K. Pruitt of Dallas Mr. James Ratliff of Lubbock Col. Jack Robinson by the 406th Fighter Group Mrs. T.A. Rogers of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Rushing of Lubbock Mr. James T. Schiermeyer of Lubbock Mr. and Mrs. John K. Sosnowy of Cameron Dr. and Mrs. Ken Talkington of Arlington The Puck and Grady Taylor Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Garland Threadgill of Dallas Mrs. Harriette Williford-Whatley of Fairfield Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler of Fayetteville, N.C. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whiteside of Lubbock Mr. Elmer Dean Wilson of Pampa Individual gifts from classes of 1949 and 1950

For information write to Texas Tech Ex-Students Association Endowment Trust, Box 4009, Lubbock, TX 79409 58 • MAY/JUNE 1992

~NIURYCLUB M£. & William L. Adling '70 (Sandra Woolaver 74) M£. &Mrs· Larry 'W· Backus '85 (Julia Tredway '83) Mt. & Mrs. Ted G. Barron '77 (Donna Casbeer '85) Me. & Mrs. Robert A. Bates '67 (Linda Ladig '65) Mr. & Mrs. David E. Batot '77 (Louise Fincher '76) Mr. Thomas L. Brown '92 Miss Sandra N. Bryant 'BO Mr. Curtis W. Bulgerin '80 Me. Edwin M. Campbell '36 Mr. & Mrs. Charlie D. Cannon '64 (Linda Lott '63) Mrs. Jeanie Caswell (Friend of Tech) Me. Burton Clifton '49 Me. Scotty D. Cook '84 Mr. Randy M. Criswell '85 Mr. Michael P. Crosnoe '83 Mr.& Mrs. John H. Crow '49 (Billie Cohea '46) Mr. Max F. Dannecker '60 Mr.&Mrs. D. Randy Duncan '86 (Dana Tomsu '86) Mrs. Kelli Walters Dunning '87 Miss Carolyn Durkee '87 Mr. Fullcan Fong '88 Mr. Daniel P. Garcia '87 Mr.Craig J. Gilbert '90 Mr. Ian M. Halperin '90 Maj. & Mrs. Stevan J. Hammack '72 (Linda Schantz '72) Dr. &Mrs. R. Moss Hampton '80 '(Denise Nix '72) Mr. James M. Hayter '67 Dr. & Mrs. Delbert C. Hess '58 (Patricia Curry '58) Mr.MiltonD. Hill'41 Col. & Mrs. Wayne A. Hilton '53 (Christine Moore '44) Mr. Larry 0. Holley (Friend of Tech) Mr. Scott D. Hounchell '89 Mr. & Mrs. J. Steven Houston '69 (Kay Hines '68) Miss Janet L. Hughes '89 Mr. Gerald G. Jackson '74 Mrs. Opal Hill Johnson '39 Dr. J. Rex Johnston '36 Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Karrh '58 (Susie Hughes '71) Mr. &Mrs. William D. Kerns '75

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Recognizing our new members ...

I CENTURY CLUB CoMPILED Bv GALE Wrus The Century Club is a division of the Texas Tech Loyalty Fund for $100 and above con~butors. Membership entitles the individual to privileges reserved for our spectal donors, such as the Century Club Scholarship and Awards Dinner each year at Homecoming.

Loyalty Fund Member Century Club Member Bronze Century Club Member Old Red Century Club Member Golden Century Club Member Ruby Century Club Member Diamond Century Club Member

(Penny Small'84) Miss Tammy S. Lima '89 Mr. John S. McAnally '89 Mr. P. Scott McKibben (Friend of Tech) Lt. Col. Gary A. McMillan '70 Lt. Col. & Mrs. Rick F. Malone '63 (Diane Benham '62) Mr. J. Bill Maloy '73 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Meals '69 (Pinki Collins '70) Mr. Michael E. Murphy '82 Mrs. Elizabeth H. Nanez '90 Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Nichols '88 (Yvette Brickey '88) Dr. James D. Norcross '87 Mr. Jimmy Owens 74 Mr. & Mrs. Bill C. Pfluger '60 (Karen O'Brien '61) Dr. Jerry D. Ramsey '67 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Redmon '71 (Ann Riggs '71) Mrs. Pamela Boyle Roark 77 Mr. Richard A. Robertson '69 Mr. & Mrs. R. Parker Sewell'88 (Kathryn Minihan '88) Mr. Thomas F. Skow (Friend of Tech) Miss Jane P. Smith '82 Mrs. Pamela Kay Steen '75 Miss Rachel L. Stephan '91 Mr. R. Oliver Streu '52 Mr. Timothy W. Strickland '88 Mr. James K. Teall'90 Mr. Joe K. Weatherby '53 Mrs. Sally Smith Whittington '73

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Miss Holly B. Williams '84 Mr. Joe H. Wright (Friend ~f Tech)

NEW BRONZE CENTURY CWB Mr. & Mrs. R. Don Cash '66 (Sondra Burleson '67) Mr. & Mrs. David L. Divine '69 (Donna Bryant '69) Mr. Michael A. Eitel'83 Mr. E. D. Ted Geist '79 Mr. Kyle S. Jeffers '85 Mr. Stephen T. Lambert '86 Dr. & Mrs. Mark L. Mankins '81 (Judith Haire '82) Mr. Gerald R. Martin '85 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Meals '69 (Pinki Collins '70) Mr. Jay R. Mewhirter '90 Mr. Ray L. Robbins, Jr. '66 Mr. William H. Snyder '72

NEW OLD RED CENTURY CLUB Mr. & Mrs. R. Don Cash '66 (Sondra Burleson '67) Mr. Philip G. Grissom '74 Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Meals '69 (Pinki Collins '70)

NEW GOLDEN CENTURY CLUB Mr. & Mrs. Dennis R. Meals '69 (Pinki Collins '70) Dr. Nancy R. Ruff '69 Mr. J. M. Buddy Teague, Jr. '28 Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Womble '60 (Barbara Quintanilla '62) TEXAS TECHSAN MAGAZINE • 59

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LeeThompsonConley(BSAJll Art), Lubbock, is senior designer for ~ Furniture, with which she has been 3SSQll for 21 years. Lee designed the bedroomft showcase home, a fund-raising project ~· Symphony Guild, which supports the Lu~ Symphony Orchestra.

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James Sharpe (Advertising), ~ York, N.Y., has designed 12 U.S. Jlil!' stamps, his most recent is of Cole Porter.J11 also won a coin design competition S)lOasi by the U.S. Mint for the 1992 OlympicgfM commemorative coin.

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Dr. Robert G. Kinney (BA.MA1 Mathematics), Waco, assumed the positil. dean of student services at Texas StateTc; cal College at Waco.

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J. Reid Warner(BBAAccounli Lubbock, is president and director of p tax services for Mason, Warner & Co.,P!

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Albert Symes (Accounting), Lubbock, is considered a legend in the company.

Albert began working at Hester's Office Center 56 years ago when his Sunday School teacher, Wyatt Hester, offered him a job. He says he has stayed all these years because he enjoys working with people and helping to accomplish something worthwhile. He has held every job in the company starting as a delivery boy and working with typewriters in the service department. When Albert started working for Hester's there were only four employees; today there are over 65. Albert says he never even thinks of retiring because he feels like he is still needed.

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cation), Memphis, was recently inducted into The Cotton Hall of Fame. Earl was theNational Cotton Council ofAmerica executive vice president for 11 years and still serves as .a consultant to the council's board of directors and as chairman of the board of Agri-Center International.

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Chip Gilmour (BA Zoology).~ bock, is senior vice president of First Natil Bank.

Ron Lowe (BME, MME '661!1 Education), Lubbock, is a residential COib tor.

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John Malouf (BBA Management), Lubbock, was elected to the board of directors for the Lubbock Club. John is owner and president of Maloufs, a family-operated fine clothing store.

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*Bob Bullock (BBA General Business), Austin, joined the law frrm of Scott, Douglass & Luton in an Of Counsel position in April. Bob is Lieutenant Governor for the state of Texas and was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Ex-Students Association in 1988.

Hardy Clemons (BS Education), Greenville, S.C., is pastor of the First Baptist Church. *Jerry P . House (BBA Accounting), Lubbock, retired in January as director of contracting and risk management for Tech.

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Dr. Steven G. Gamble (BA. I '68, PhD 76 History), Magnolia, Ark., ispr dent of Southern Arkansas University. Hu formerly vice president for academic affail West Texas State University.

Hal Hudson (BS Physical FA tion), Amarillo, is president ofFields&CI

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*Jim Douglass (BBA Managellll Lubbock, and Patti Hoggard Finley (BA! Telecommunications) were married on~ 28. Jim is the assistant director of tilt Students Association and Patti is thediredr corporate communications for University!&: cal Center.

Marjorie Cone Kastman (l( Education), Lubbock, is president of ~ Oil Co., owner of Kastrnan InvestrnerJI 1

partner in Triple K Mini Warehouses. Marjorie honored recently with the Women of Ex: eoceAward in the professional category by ~yWCA for excellence achieved in her field.

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•Col. Robert T. Clark (BA History, IdA '82 Political Science), Fort Campbell, Ky., wascommanderofThird Brigade (Rakkassans .theclosestJapanses equivalent to the English word paratrooper) of the 101 Airborne Divi;ion-tbe "Screaming Eagles" - during OperalonDesert Storm. The Third Brigade's mission Nas to air assault in and occupy the Euphrates RiverValley. Division commanders called the operation the largest airborne assault in mili111)' history when more than 3,000 troops were Urtifted to a site 50 miles inside Iraq, where iley established Forward Base Cobra. Col. Clark and his wife, Karen have two children, Anne and Robert Jr.

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Linda S. Lynch (BS Clothing & Textiles/Home Economics, MS '75 Human Development & Family Studies), Lubbock, is a [JJbbock county extension agent in home ecoIOnUCS.

Sharon S. Staley (BS Applied Art), Houston, has been selected for publication in lhe upcoming 1992 International Edition of Who'sWho in Interior Design. Sharon is principal of Sharon S. Staley Interior Design.

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Cmdr. Albert B. Brickey (BBA Marketing), San Diego, Calif., reported for irtyaboardtheaircraftcarrier USS Kitty Hawk, 111meported in Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego.

David Frazier (BBA Finance), Bedford, is president of DF&R, which owns and operates the Harrigan's and Don Pablo's I!Staurant chains.

Donald B. Mask (BBA Marketing), Anaheim Hills, Calif., has been appointed associate vice president for auxiliary services in the University of Southern California's office ofbusiness affairs.

Phyllis J, Pittman (BS Clothing & Textiles), Houston, was honored as a 1992 distinguished home economics alumna. Phyllis designs couture fashions and career dressing and also graphic communications. She designs lid manufactures a line of couture fashions IISingEuropean fabrics for private clients and a fine for Wai-Mart.

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Mike Driver (BS Animal Science), Albuquerque, N.M., is owner of The Landscape Co. Mike is married to Brenda Johns

(BBA General Business), and they have two sons, Heath, 15, and Blake, 12.

Gayle Gardner Erskine (BS Clothing & Textiles, MS 77 Home Economics Education), Aurora, Colo., was honored as a 1992 distinguished home economics alumna. Gayle had also previously been named the Colorado Home Economics Teacher of theYear. She is a consumer and family studies teacher at Prairie Middle School.

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Steve Exter (JD Law), Lubbock, has been promoted to senior vice president and trust officer for First National Bank.

Greg Jones (BBA Finance), Lubbock, is executive vice president of American State Bank. He was recently elected to the board of directors for the Lubbock Club.

Janet Miles (BS Home Economics Education, MA 79 Mass Communications), Alexandria, Va., was recently honored as a 1992 distinguished home economics alumna.

Janet serves as member service division head of the American Home Economics Association. Janet has also been recognized as a distinguished alumna from the School ofMass Communications.

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Beckie Wilson Bass (BFA Interior Design), Lubbock, is owner of Renovations Interior/Exterior Design. Beckie and her senior design partner, Sheila McPherson, designed a guest room retreat on the second floor of the Symphony Guild's showcase fund-raising home. The guild supports the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.

Jeniece Robertson Giles (BS Clothing & Textiles), Austin, is owner and president oflnvestrnent Dressing, a wardrobe consulting

firm.

Larry Heinrich (BS Agricultural Education), Idalou, has been named representative of Oro Hybrids in the southern and central plains of West Texas and eastern New Mexico.

Janis Vaughn (BA Latin American Area Studies), Lubbock, was married on Feb. 15 to Randolph Miller. Janis is employed by the office of the Texas Attorney General in the child support litigation division.

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JD Law), Lubbock. is an attorney and certified public accountant who has focused his solo legal and accounting practice in the financial, estate and tax-planning areas. Throughout the year, Robert teaches fmancial, estate and tax planning courses for various state CPA societies throughout the U.S. Mike Dunagan (BBA General Business), Fort Stockton, was this year's recipient of the Outstanding Citizen Award given by the Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce. Mike is co-owner and president of Big Bend CocaCola. He is active in the United Way and Rotary International, having been named Rotarian of the Year twice. Mike is married to Debbie Haralson (BA 77 Physical Education), and they have two children, Ashley and Scott.

Kobert L. Duncan (BS Agricultural Economics, JD '81 Law), Lubbock. is a partner in the law fum of Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam.

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Sharon Rafferty Goldston (BBA Finance), Lubbock. is a stock broker with AG Edwards and a fmancial planning instructor for the continuing r.ducation division of Texas Tech. Sharon has spent more than 14 years in the financial planning profession.

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Dr.MarkScioU(BAZoology),Lubbock, was inducted as a Fellow ofthe American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons during ceremonies at the Academy's 59th annual meeting in Washington, D.C., recently.

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Steve Morgan (BA English), Boca Raton, Fla., and his wife, Ann, welcomed their first child, daughter, Kailee, on Feb. 8. Steve is public relations supervisor for Siemens, and Ann is environmental editor for the Palm Beach Post.

Kick Sales (BFA Art), Fort Worth, is a commercial artist and owns The Graphics Pad, 2630 West Freeway #220, Fort Worth.

Michelle Cooper McClendon (BS Home Economics), Greenville, S.C., is minister of Christian education for First Baptist Church. In addition, she serves on the national steering committee for the Southern Baptist Women in Ministry and the curriculum advisory board for Smyth & Helwys Publishing.

Before moving to South Carolina, Michelle was employed at Second Baptist Church in Lubbock. She is married to Kod McClendon (BA '80 Journalism), and they have one son, Madison, 5.

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Mike Estes (BBA Management), Round Rock, is the budget officer for the Round Rock lSD. Mike is married to Pam Scott (BS 78 Home Economics), amerchandiserforSysco Foods. Mike and Pam are the parents of one daughter, Aubrey, 10. *Gary Horby (BBA Finance), Cincinnati, Ohio, has been appointed vice president and regional manager for Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Co., one of the · nation's largest financial services companies.

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Fidelity manages mutual fund assets r~. and institutional investors. · *Lt. Col. Hank Kinnison (M!. chology), Fort Campbell, Ky., was tht~ ion commander of the U.S . JOist Divisi~n - the "Screaming Eagles• . ~ Operation Desert Storm. The operation.!':!· division commanders called the larg~ 1 borne assault in military history, airliftol~ than 3,000 troops to a site 50 miles insidtt where they established Forward Base ~ Hank's battalion was called the RakJcasans. closed Japanese equivalent to the English• paratrooper and were the first troops to ~ ground. Lt. Col Kinnison and his wife, ~ have two children, Joshua and Meredith. *Kod McClendon (BAJollllliE Greenville, S.C., is working full ti~! songwriter/humorist, represented by Mcl\n) Associates Inc. Rod recently won sevelll~ ors in the 1991 songwriting competition¥· sored by the South Carolina SongwritenA1 ciation. Four different songs were winlll! the following categories: gospel, 1st ~ country, 2nd place; adult contemporruy,: place and children's/novelty, 2nd place. Bt moving to Greenville, Rod was the prom:;, manager for KCBD-TV, Channelll , io ~ bock. Rod is married to Michelle Cooper1: '79 Home Economics), and they have o~s Madison, 5.

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WilHam G. Hambright (BMD sic Education, MED '87 Educational Arum; tration), Floydada, and Cindy H. DayW. '77, MED '80 Education) were marriedFeiJ Both are.employed by the Floydada lSD.

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Han Do (BBA General Busifl!

Lubbock, is senior area supervisor!

McDonald's and is currently workingc.~ master's in business at Texas Tech. *Deborah Greene Finlayson ~ Advertising), Lubbock, has been namedli: tor of college development for the Coliql Business Administration at Texas Tec~fJ duties include development efforts, liaiS~~l ' tivities between the Office of News and t.ll cations and the Ex-Students Association, air. contact and program coordination for all~ lege functions related to fund-raising an~f lie relations efforts. Deborah also will StJ\l. the managing editor of Texas Tech Busi< the college's alumni magazine.

Leesa Shadden (BSE Elernd Education), Dallas, was married on Mard to Bradley Cole.

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Carol Anderson (BS HullllD\

-ntJFamily Studies), Arlington, man-

,.,oP"'" I d co-<>wns Anderson/Goodman/Wade a'es an ~~erprises Inc., the largest company for home

of the mentally retarded in Texas. Carol care given the College of Home Economics lll . graduachiever award, w h.lCh recogmzes 'e/11 who are emerging leaders through their aes • hi fessional and commumty ac evements. pro Gregory T. Cook (BBA Finance/ ftonomics), Carrollton, and his wife, Donna !Ieaton (BBA Marketing), announce the arriv~of their second child, Thomas, on Feb. 3. lllomas has an older sister, Lauren.

Greg Huddleston (BBA Marketing, MBA '90 General Business), Lubbock, was 1)31lied on Feb. 15 to Carol Stodghill.

Scott Kuykendall (BFA Design Communications), Westport, Conn., has joined WYD Design as a graphic designer. Before oomingto WYD, Scott was a freelance graphic ]!:Signer in London and an instructor at the Art Center College of Design in Switzerland. With 1\'YD, Scott will be responsible for designing awide range of corporate and marketing com111mications materials for clients which incllde Time Warner Inc., Macmillan/McGrawHill, Centre Reinsurance Ltd. and Zurich Interwional.

Glen Roth (BS Chemical Engineerlg),Lubbock, and his wife, Robin McMenamy ~S '89 Family Financial Planning) announce ~arrival of their first child, Mariah, on Feb. 4.

Robinis a certified financial planner.

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David A. Fleming (BBA Finance), wbbock, is a commercial real estate agent.

Capt. Daniel Hackman (BS ElecIOO'EiectronicsTechnology), Louisville, Colo., l!Ceived the Navy Achievement Medal and the AirMedal for professional achievement in aerial High! as a co-pilot with Marine Medium Heli~er Squadron 365, 4th Marine ExpeditionIIY Brigade embarked aboard the amphibious 111ault ship USS Guam, deployed in support of Ofcration Desert Shield and Desert Storm. lllniel contributed significantly to the success of the U.S. efforts in the Gulf.

Sylvia McPherson (BFA Interior Design), Lubbock, is a senior interior designer locRenovations Interior/Exterior Design owned ~·Beckie Bass. Sylvia helped Beckie design a !'Jest room for the Symphony Guild's showcase home.

Michelle L. Peschel (Human Devel~menVFamily Studies), Dallas, was married ~nOct. 5 to Curtiss Parker.

Lt. Kelly Snook (BS Mechanical fJ!gineering), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, recently ~ for duty with Naval Construction Battalions in Pearl Harbor.

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David Alexander (BA Mass Communications), Dallas, was married on Feb. 22 to Cheryl Clark. David is a consultant for Hyde, Danforth & Co., an executive research firm.

Jeff Anderson (BS Agricultural Economics), Albuquerque, N.M., is an assistant vice president for First National Bank and is married to Stacy Hutchinson (BBA '89 Finance). Stacy is a senior accountant with Kraft General Foods.

Erna L . Grasz (BS Electrical Engineering), Livermore, Calif., is an electronics engineer for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Ema is also a group leader in the lab's new robotics and automation section.

Bart Marlar (BS Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management), San Antonio, was married to Debbie Quick and is employed by a commercial real estate company.

Melinda McMillan (BA History/ English), Albuquerque, N.M., is in territory management and medical sales with Hollister Inc. RoddyWilliams(GeneralBusiness), Albuquerque, N.M., is a simulator therapist with University of New Mexico Cancer Center.

Roddy is married and has two children, Brandon, 10, and Danielle, 7.

Katherine Loth Young (BSE Elementary Education), Slaton, was married March 15 to Steven R. Culwell. Katherine is employed by Roosevelt lSD.

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AbeiCastroJr.(BBAFinance),San Antonio, and Alma J. Ramos (BA '88 Geology/Geosciences) were married on Feb. 8. Abel is employed by the Texas Department of Banking and Alma is employed by the Texas Railroad Commission.

Kirk Cole (BS Agricultural Economics), Lubbock, and Cindy McKee (BBA '88 Finance) were married on March 27. Both are employed by M .B. McKee Co. Inc. Denice Evans (BBA Accounting), Albuquerque, N.M., is a mortgage account supervisor for Charter Companies Bank.

Kerry Garrison (BBA Accounting), Dumas, and his wife, Christy Hagler (BSE '85 Secondary Education), announce the arrival of a daughter, Kelsey, born on Sept. 30.

Patricia Pickering Hernandez (JD Law), Lubbock, has been named director of contracting and risk management at Texas Tech.

Patricia will be responsible for developing and maintaining a University risk management program, licensing use of the Texas Tech logo and reviewing and processing University bid contracts.

Brent Hoffman (BBA Finance), Lubbock, was named assistant vice president

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That's right, "Go Tech." And not just in the town of Oak (From leh} Lynn Genereaux Goebel '81, Harbor, but in a small neighborSimone Chrislopher Trott '82, Marie Hamillon hood, on a Navy housing base, in '82 and Undo Coker Hamilton '84. three houses next door to one another. It is indeed a small world, action during Desert Shield/Desert they all learned.

Storm. They returned safely after Until recently, Lynn (Genereaux more than seven months at sea.

'81) and Greg Goebel resided at 1118 Rainier with their 7-month-old son, During this cruise, Linda delivered Joshua the day after Christmas. She Gregory Mark. Greg was an A-6 keeps busy taking care of both boys. aircraft pilot attached to squadron VA95 which is stationed off of the USS None of the couples had met the Lincoln. Lynn had taught school until other while at Tech, but all have Gregory's birth in June. Greg was people they know in common. away on a six-month cruise.

Simone even had classes with Linda's Next door at 1119 Rainier were identical twin, Brenda Coker '83 .

Simone (Christopher) '82 and Daniel Greg and Lynn have recently Trott, with their two children, Megan, moved from VA-95 to VA-128 where 3, and Keegan, 2. Daniel was an Greg will be an instructor for A-6 electronic countermea~res officer in pilots. an EA-6 aircraft attached to squadron Daniel and Simone are on their VAQ 132, which is stationed off of the way to Pensacola, Aa., so he can be USS Saratoga. Simone enjoys running an instructor in the training comand bicycling and volunteerd her time mand, and Simone can finish working as a financial counselor at the Navyon a master's degree.

Marine Relief Society. She also Mark and Linda will be moving worked with the Officers Wives Club. back to Texas to San Antonio, where At 1120 Ranier were Linda (Coker) Mark will be working in a joint '84 and Mark Hamilton '82 and their venture with the Air Force. Linda two children, Zachary, 3, and Joshua, will go to work on her master's degee who just turned 1. Mark was also an in education at the UT campus in San electronic countermeasures officer in Antonio. an EA-6 aircraft attached to V AQ 130, As they wrote in their letter, "It's which is stationed off of the USS amazing what happens when you Kennedy. Both Daniel and Mark saw start meeting your neighbors."

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of First National Bank.

Paul Sharp (BS Agricultll!ll~ nornics), Lubbock, was recently prolll:li banking officer at First National Bank.~ manager of the career development Pn, and a senior analyst in the lending area.

Dr. Terry Waldren (PhD~ Development & Family Studies), Lu~ a family therapist in private practice, business consultant in the areas of 1~ and team building.

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Robbie L. CoweD (BSE S~ Education), Lubbock, was married on IIJ 14 to Rebecca Russell. Robbie is emplll)!l Lubbock lSD. Nolan Dees (BBA Accountintl, buquerque, N.M., is the assistant treas111a Furr's Supermarkets Inc. He and his wif~ san Dickson (BSE '85 Elementary Eduai have one child, Cullen, 2. Susan is ab) maker and mom.

Trey Feigle (BA Speech COIIlil cation), Arlington, is a sales accountexta for Equifax Inc., the Atlanta-based ilia tional consumer information servicesCOIJ!I Trey has been inducted into the coqw Winner's Club, a select group of empq who meet or exceed the company's s~ for outstanding performance, achievemem commitment.

Perry Flowers (Pre-pharmr Amarillo, and his wife, Melissa Beaslq( Home Economics Education) annoWX! birth of their first child, Brittany, born Ill 24. Perry recently finished a one-year 1 dency in pharmacy at Parkland Memori~B pital in Dallas and is now clinical phw coordinator at Northwest Texas Hospi~ Amarillo. Melissa has Jter own craft and I interior business.

John Gatica (BS Physical lit tion), Lubbock, is principal ofSl John Neal Catholic Elementary School. John alsokal math, social studies and physical educail Thomas Gay (BLA Landsca~J chitecture), Albuquerque, N.M., is a ~ for Balcer, Morrow & Co. Landscape kd tects. He is married to Marisa Gilles Advertising), advertising manager of~ server, the Rio Rancho newspaper.

Teria Mashburn (BBA Mlill ment), Lubbock, was promoted to bill officer in accounting at First National Bil Michael Shepherd (JD l,j Texarkana, and Brenette Lewis ('90 Rd Nutrition) were married on March 21./.flll is employed by Bowie County.

Walter.K. Wilbelmi(BBAA~ ing), Tyler, and his wife, Ashley Ray ~ Education), announce the birth of the~~

Riley. born on Oct. 22. Walter is a staff

~tanl with Henry & Peters, P.C.

March 28. Danny is employed by Excel and Donya is employed by Dr. Gary Stone

'90 '8.. 8 wasMelissa Chavez (BBA Marketing), married on Feb. 8 to Jesus Anzaldua ~;"

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OLMelissa is employed by H.E.B. Grocery Co. Rkbard B. Gibson (BA English), !Jlanta. Ga., was married on Feb. 8 to Patricia McAllister.

Brad Howard (BA English), Albu~p~erque, N.M., is an attorney with Hinkle & Cox Law Firm. Brad is married to Teri Boone ~A '89 English).

Danny Mikhell (BLA Landscape Architecture), Albuquerque, N.M., is an architctwithBohannon-Huston Inc. Danny has two ibildren, Dustin, 11 and Lauren, 9.

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Jack Holcraft. Susan is employed by Interna-

iloal Business College.

Doug Evans (BBA Accounting), Albuquerque, N.M., is a staff accountant with fta!Marwick & Main.

Danny Neskorik (BS Agricultural &onomics), Plainview, and Donya Roberts ~8 Mass Communications) were married on

Angela Bohannon (BS Home Economics Education), Lubbock, is a Lubbock county extension agent in home economics.

Kimberly Davenport (BSEElementary Education), Lubbock, was married on March 14 to Greg Baker. Kimberly is employed by Lubbock lSD and Greg is attending Texas Tech and working for Hicks and Ragland Engineering Co. Inc. Angela Farris (BFAArtEducation), Lubbock, was married on March 7 to Brent Wilkins.

Ens. Richard Hagerty (BBA Management), San Diego, Calif., was deployed aboard the tank landing ship USS Tuscaloosa, homeported in San Diego, for a six-month period to the Western Pacific.

Loya Harrison (BBA Finance), McCook, was married on Feb. 8 to Scott Lane.

Robert Lemons (BS Agricultural Economics),Stephenville,andAmberGrubbs (BBA '91 Marketing) were married on Feb. 29.

Robert is employed by the Federal Land Bank of Texas.

Denise Simonich (BSE Higher Education), San Antonio, was married on March 14

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PeteVillarreaJ(BBAFinance),Lubbock,andGindyMorgan(BBAFinance)were married on Feb. 15. Both are employed by Plains National Bank.

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Amy Assiter (BA Advertising), Lubbock, was married on March 14 to George W. Brown II. Amy is employed by Data Line Office Systems and George is attending Tech and working for the Veterans Administration.

Kristin Dean (Nursing), Lubbock, was married on Feb. 22 to Steven Jeffcoat.

Kristin is employed by St. Mary of the Plains Hospital.

NataJie Gorog (BS Human Development & Family Studies), Lubbock, was married to Scott Firenza on March 7.

Susan Heard (BSE Elementary Education), Whitharral, was married on March 14 to Chad Pendergrass. Susan is employed by Morton lSD. Judy Heasley (MS Interdisciplinary Studies), Ogden, Utah, is now the director of major gifts and assistant vice president of de-

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Wade Howard (BA Psychology), Lubbock, was married on March 14 to Heather Fritz. Wade is employed by Baker Graphic Methods Inc. Amy Jones (BSE Elementary Education), Lubbock, was married on March 14 to Eric Nelson. Amy is employed by Lubbock lSD and Eric is attending Texas Tech and working for Dillard's Department Store.

Blaine Lemons (BS Animal Production), Lubbock, was married on Jan. 25 to Janine Martin. Blaine is a former Masked Rider at Tech.

DeNay Newsom (BS Clothing & Textiles), Lubbock, was married on Feb. 22 to Brad Marshall. DeNay is employed by Talbots.

Greg Norman (BA Advertising), Dallas, and Paige Weinberg (BA '90 Advertising/Public Relations) were married on March 21. Greg is employed by Cintas Corp.

Melissa Bly (Public Relations), Lubbock, was married on Feb. 14 to Michael Priest.

Melissa is employed by St. Mary of the Plains Hospital.

J, Bryan Roark (BS Agricultural Economics), Lubbock, was promoted to operation officer in bookkeeping at First National Bank.

John Shearer (BA Economics/English), Bedford, and Melissa Tinsley (BS '90 Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management) were married on Feb. 29. John is employed by Lomas Information Systems in Dallas and Melissa is employed by Specialized Property Management in Fort Worth.

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Rob Beckham (Pre-law), Lubbock, was married on March 21 to Darla McKibben.

Rob is employed by High Tech Computer Store.

DEATHS (Send obituary announcements to Susan Bowen, P.O. Box 4009, Lubbock, TX 79409. Please include the date of death.)

Ruby Gray Arnold, 82, of Brownfield died Feb. 22. Ruby received her bachelor's degree in home economics education in 1940 and her master's in education in 1954. She retired from teaching in 1974. Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, Fred, in 1943. Her survivors include a sister.

Garland Walker Arrant, 64, of Lubbock died

Feb. 15. Garland received his bachelo~slt in management in 1950. He was malllo Commercial Credit Corp. for 38 years.~ is survived by his wife, Walter Jo; three~ daughter and a grandchild.

L.W. Curfman, 79,ofRunawayBayditlj 24. L.W. received his bachelor's deVil textile engineering in 1936. He was a~ of the Texas Tech football team while a~ at Tech. He had owned Curfman Oil ~ Roswell, N.M.. and had been an CCOtii development representative for the fed~l emment. He is survived by his wife, Cha,i two daughters, five grandchildren and tWo' grandchildren.

Bill Dahl, 62, of Ransom Canyon died Fd Bill was professor of range managelt(j Texas Tech and obtained 14 grants for~ earned range management awards and )cq in China, Russia and Australia on grazin1, agement. Survivors include his wife, (I two daughters and two grandchildren.

Gordon Deering Sr., 80, ofLubbockditi!

8. Gordon received his bachelor's depa education in 1934. He was a school leadc Post for three years before becoming api pal for the Lubbock lSD, serving for 23)11 During those years he was principal at 1D son, Mackenzie and Matthews Junior~ Schools and retired in 1976. Survivonird his wife, Louise; two sons, a daughta,i grandchildren and one great-grandchild Josephine Penn Douglas, 102, of Lulit died March 8. Josephine receivedherbacld degree in education in 1933. She was futl our May/June '91 issue as Texas Tech's til living graduate. Josephine taught schixl Lubbock for 35 years. She is survived byu three grandchildren and seven great-gran~! dren.

James A. Gibson, 51, of Gastonia, N.C,i Nov. 28. James received his bachelor'sd!f in management in 1963. He was the nllil sales manager for Specialty Lighting l.r.i Shelby, N.C. Survivors include his wife,~ two sons and two stepsons.

Rev. Kenneth R. HemphiJI, 83, of lJI! Mo., died Feb. 14. Kenneth receivd bachelor's degree in political science in!

He retired from his career as a Method~~ ister in 1971. He is survived by his wifc,!l.

Marie; two daughters and a son.

Vicki Cook Hollander, 39, of LubbocU March 15. Vicki received her bachelor's«f

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ra1 business in 1973. She was associate gene Continuing Medical Education at jJtelOf • ki b' Health Sciences Center. V1c was pref~-~s· death by her husband, Gabe, in 1991. ~ murvived by a son, her father and a sister.

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les Bryan Johnson, 32, of Plano died in ()arb. Bryan received h1s ' bachelor 'd · s . egree m ~!artanical engineering technology m 1984. as a sales representative for Stonhard.

Jvors include his wife, JoAnn; one son and

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lA eO Floyd Lawhorn, 66, of Mound died ;.17. Lowell received his bachelor's degree aanimalproduction in 19~9. He was a memllerofthefootball team whde a student at Tech pi later played professionally for the Wash~gtonRedskins. Lowell was a farmer, rancher dcattleman in Bell County and the Mound Survivors include his wife, Martha; four fliiS, three daughters and nine grandchildren.

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Or. Wendell McClendon, 54, of Tahoka died ftb.14. Wendell was an assistant professor of FJench at Texas Tech. He is survived by his rife, Leta; a daughter, two stepsons, a steplaughter and three grandchildren.

Lte H. McElroy, 80, of Lubbock died March 11. Lee received his bachelor's degree in anilllhusbandry in 1936. He had been an exteni>oservice agricultural agent in Lamb, Parmer, Terry, Gaines and Lubbock counties. SurviIO!Sinclude his wife, Bernice; two daughters, foor grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Mhyra Minnis, 84, of Lubbock died March 4.

Mhyrajoined the sociology department at Texas Tccbin 1962 and retired in 1975. She was one ol the first four women to receive a doctorate ltgree from Yale University. ~Cliff Payne, 69. of Cotton Center died Feb. !~Cliff received his bachelor's degree in agri-

mltural education in 1943. He farmed and medonthe Cotton Center school board. Cliff asurvived by his wife, Mildred; a son, four daughters and eight grandchildren.

Gknn Progess, 74, of Pasadena died Feb. 8.

Gknn received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1944. He had worked ~~Afton Pumps Inc. for 17 years before retiriJg in 1989. Survivors include his wife, Betty; IWodaughters, two sons and six grandchildren.

Lacille McCrummen Prothro, 78, of Lubbxk died March 16. Lucille received her hacheior's degree in Spanish in 1934. She was trcceded in death by two husbands, Arch King, il t946and Robert Prothro in 1972. Her survi-

vors include a son, a daughter, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Bruce W. Reed, 86, of Fort Worth died Feb. 3.

Bruce received his bachelor's degree in education in 1929. He lettered in football, track and baseball and was captain of the football and track teams while a student at Tech. Bruce retired from the Texas Highway Department after several years serving as an inspector for the freeway system. He went on to devote time to his ranch near Mexia. Bruce was preceded in death by his wife, Frances, in 1987. Survivors include a brother and two sisters.

J.C. Roach, 72, of Lockney died Feb. 18. J.C. received his bachelor's degree in animal business in 1941. He was a farmer.

B.T. Rucker, 87, of Lubbock died March 2.

B.T. received his master's degree in education in 1940. He was a school administrator in West Texas for 20 years and was also a licensed state land surveyor for 30 years. He was preceded in death by a son, Don, in 1962. His survivors include his wife, Obeda; a daughter, a son, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Howard Schmidt, 67, of Irving died Jan. 16.

Ho ward received his bachelor's degree in architecture in 1950. Howard had a private architectural practice in Lubbock for 35 years. From 1966 to 1972, Texas Tech commissioned his firm as consulting architects for its entire building program. At the time of his death, Howard was employed by F & S Partners. Survivors include his mother, two daughters and one son.

A.C. Sears, 73, of Fort Worth died Feb. 27.

A. C. received his bachelor's degree in agricultural education in 1940. He practiced veterinary medicine at Ridglea Animal Hospital in Fort Worth from 1952 to 1983. In 1991 he received the distinguished alumni award from Texas A&M for his contributions to organized veterinary medicine and veterinary practice.

Survivors include his wife, LaVaun; two daughters and two grandsons.

Raymond Shook, 60, of San Antonio died Fe?.

15. Raymond received his bachelor's degree.m chemistry in 1956. He owned and operated tire stores in Tyler, San Antonio and Austin. He is survived by his wife, Texas; three daughters and two grandsons.

Gwen Collier Singer, 50, of Bryan died Feb. 17. Gwen received her bachelor's degree in anthropology in 1963. She was the assistant director of purchasing at Texas A&M, where

she had worked for 18 years. In December, Gwen received the President's Meritorious Award for her service to A&M. Survivors include a son, a daughter and her mother.

Mable Howell Smith of Knox City died Jan. 26. Mable received her bachelor's degree in home economics education in 1930.

Hayden Jack Thompson, 62, of Hartley died Feb. 20. Jack received his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering in 1954. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Texas Com Producers Board and the Com Growers Board.

Survivors include his wife, Jeanne '48; two sons, one daughter and nine grandsons.

Joyce Thompson, 48, of Denton died Feb. 26.

Joyce received her bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1967, her master's in English in 1969 and her doctorate in English in 1972. She was a professor of English at Texas Wesleyan University. She is survived by two brothers.

William H. Tinney, 75,ofLubbockdiedMarch 12. Bill received his bachelor's and master's degrees in dairy management in 1938 and 1939, respectively. He was a long-time civic leader and former director of development for Texas Tech University and the Health Sciences Center. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn. Survivors include his wife, Eileen '36; a son and two grandchildren.

Dr. Richard Lee Vardy, 61, of Lubbock died Feb. 2f Lee received his bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1951. He was on the Methodist Hospital staff, achieving emeritus status in 1991. He had been chief of anesthesia, vice chief of staff and chief of staff at Methodist Hospital. Lee was also an adviser and former president ofthe Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Society and president ofthe Panhandle District Medical Society. Survivors include his wife, Karen; a son and two daughters.

Charles W. Wooldridge, 84, of Dallas died Feb. 13. Charles received his bachelor's degree in textile engineering in 1930. Charles retired in 1978 as chairman of the board of Texas Power & Light Co.• now T.U. Electric, after serving 48 years with the company. He was recognized with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Ex-Students Association, as a distinguished engineer by the College of Engineering and he was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at Tech. He was preceded in death by a son, Charles Jr., in 1990. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn; two sons, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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Bv MARSHA G~~ MANAGING~

That's whatllike about (West) Texas ,f1 /(say that people here often f'lco:~ider the world a dull place compared to Texas. I'm sure Brownfield's Gary P. Nunn must think so, now that I've heard his song, "That's What I Like About Texas." It made me realize that what I like about Texas (best) is West Texas. I like our people's versatility, volatility, gentility and affability. I get a laugh from the stereotypes that uninformed people have of us based on the legends and lore of this area.

I also like that Texas Tech people get dealt a full hand when they come here - with Tech comes Lubbock and West Texas, and Texas gets thrown in on the deal, too. By and large, when people experience West Texas, they get the feel of the "real" Texas - through our history, our resources, our look and personality.

There is a lot in West Texas to appreciate. Consider the following:

Location A major advantage for West Texas is its location. (What? you say!) Yes. West Texas is mild and dry and fanned by constant mountain-like breezes. The cool evenings offer beautiful sunsets unobstructed by high-rises, industrial smoke and, yes, even tall trees. The National 68 • MAY/JUNE 1992

Weather Service in April reported that Lubbock's average annual afternoon humidity is 41 percent.

Our image of having dust storms was more realistic in earlier times than now. With improved farming techniques and irrigation, our average blowing dust in April over the last five years was only 28.4 hours!

Our location also provides us access to the mountains by car in 4 or 5 hours for get-away weekends or snow-skiing. Water sports, other than the deep-sea variety or trout stream fishing, are right here at Lake Ransom Canyon and other area lakes. If desiring New Mexico, Colorado or Oklahoma, we can be there by car after work on Friday.

Resources West Texans take pride in the fact that we produce much of what the state is known for. Texas produced 644.5 million barrels of oil last year, while West Texas pumped 59 percent of it (377 .6 barrels), according to 1991 Texas Railroad Commission figures. West Texas is annually responsible for 2-3 million bales of cotton, being 60 percent of the Texas cotton crop last year, and 25 percent of the total cotton produced in the U.S. Dr. Don Ethridge of the ag

econ department at Tech says this; the most concentrated cottonproducing area in the whole wor~

The Hub Lubbock is known as the Hub~ the South Plains, the center of activity. Yet one of the phrases~ hear outsiders repeat is, "There's nothing to do in Lubbock. " Iftha so, why do people from hundreds( miles away come to "the Hub"for shopping and entertainment? I lit1 to say we have "some of everythi~ but perhaps not a lot of it." Butoo thing we do have is variety -from national recording act concerts tol rodeo and sports events. There's ~ the on-going winery tours, Ranchh Heritage Center, Museum and Planetarium, the Lubbock Lake Landmark State Historic Park, pi~ the libraries, Science Spectrum,II! South Plains Mall and numerous clubs featuring music from coun~· western to rock and blues. Resta~ rants offer cuisine from French or Thai to good ole Tex-Mex and barbecue in walk-in leisure or "cal ahead for reservations" exclusivi~

And PEOPLE The phrase MOST associated with this area, and particular!y T~ Tech, is "friendly people." The

ond thing often pointed out is that

:bboCk is well known for starting fOOPie on their w~y to careers in usic and entertamment. Here are 11 pst a few from Lubbock who come tomind: Buddy Holly (and the Crickets), Mac Davis, Joe Ely, the Maines Brothers, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Eddie Beethoven, Andy Wilkinson, Terry Allen, Delbert McClinton, Angela Strehli, Raina English, Virgil Johnson (of the Velvets- "Tonight~stcould be the night"), Bobby Keys - sax player for the Rolling ~ones, and even John Denver, who claimed Lubbock as his home before 1110ving to Colorado.

Lubbock has had its share, too, of ~ra and theater performers, TV lid movie actors, politicians, thletes and educators. But Lubbock is not unlike West Texas in this ~gard. Again, consider these lists:

West Texas performers and @USicians (besides those above} Roy Orbison (Wink), Waylon Jennings (Littlefield), Lee Horsley (Muleshoe), Don Williams (born in Aoydada), Tanya Tucker (Semi~ole), the Gatlin Brothers (Odessa), riDlmy Dean (Plainview), Dan Blocker, who was Hoss Cartwright on "Bonanza" (O'Donnell), Helen Wagner, an actress in "As the World Turns" (Lubbock), John Hillerman oltbe "Magnum P.I." series (Tulia), Barry Corbin (Lubbock), Bob Wills, ~e father of Texas Swing (adopted Turkey, Texas), Sonny Curtis !Meadow), Otwell Brothers of the 'Lawrence Welk Show" (Tulia), Powers Booth, who created the character Sam Spade for TV (Snyder), opera performers Terry Cook (Plainview) and Mary Jane Johnson (Amarillo), Buddy Knox (Canyon), Mary Martin (Weatherford), Buck Ramsey

(Amarillo), Glen D. Hardin, piano player for Elvis Presley (Meadow), and movie actor and National Junior NRA bull-riding champion Barry Tubbs (Snyder). Ricky Skaggs, major recording artist, lived for a while in Spur, and Sons of the Pioneers members Roy Rogers and Tim Spencer for a while lived in Lubbock singing with the 0-Bar-0 Cowboys. Wayne Holland of Plainview, now Lubbock, recorded with the String-a-Longs and had a Top 40 hit called "Wheels." And, of course, Gary P. Nunn of"Wanta Go Home With the Armadillo" ("London Homesick Blues"), theme of "Austin City Limits," who is from Brownfield.

History West Texas has a wonderfully colorful past, from ranching to wildcatting to outlawing. Cemeteries in some of the ghost towns of West Texas tell a story more inter. esting than the history books. Towns with such names as Old Emma, Monterey, Estacado and even Heaven, which you may be surprised to learn is not where you thought it was, but seven miles south of Morton on the railroad line! The first permanent white settlers on the South Plains, the Hank Smiths, set up a trading post and home in Old Blanco Canyon in Crosbyton.

Some of the most legendary ranches in Texas are/were in West Texas -ranches like the JA, Spade, XIT, Spur, Matador, Tongue River, Turkey Track, T-Anchor, Slaughter, 6666, Pitchfork, Waggoner, Swenson, Lambs Head and Diamond M, just to name a few.

(The lists go on and on, and we'll be mad when we realize who all we failed to include. Let us know who we've left out or any errors we've made so we can correct or add to any

of our lists. Send them to Marsha.)

The state of Texas is, sure enough, flatlands, hill country, swampland, coastal areas, mountains, river banks, arid country, and some of the biggest metropolitan business and economic centers in the U .S. And it's all grand and wonderful. But the "Texas" that people romanticize about had forts and outlaws, bison and Indians, cattle and cowboys, and oilwells and millionaires. It still has people who are bigger than life and full of it.

(Life, that is.) And that "Texas" is right here.

I like the real part and the romantic part. I like our ability to combine elements of small town and city. I like the fact that people here can wear a tailored business suit and drive a "respectable family car" one day and be in a Brushpopper and boots the next. Pickup trucks, like cowboy hats, are always appropriate, and in West Texas, a hat is a very distinguishing addition. I have a deep respect for the folks who own and/or work the ranch outfits and their quiet appreciation for life and land. I, likewise, respect the professional people who have helped their cities thrive and grow through good business sense and philanthropy. I feel confident in the area's hospitals and health care and the quality of education being provided by West Texas' preeminent university and health sciences center!

Another thing I like about (West) Texas is that the people have held onto the spirit of their colorful past and value that spirit highly. In "Texas - A Photographic Journey"

by Bill Harris, he writes that "While

their past has always given them plenty to talk about, the future is what counts most. " And that, Gary P. Nunn, is what I like most about (West) Texas.

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