Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE Director of Public Information ADRIAN VAUGHAN and secre- tary JO MARIE BAKER They spearhead the job of gathering stories about campus people and activities to publicize the college. Vaughan is one of the most well-informed men on campus affairs. Assistant director DICK TATUM and student assistant MERIUM JACKSON Prepare news releases that go to newspapers, radio and TV stations over the state. PIO employs three student assistants and a pho- tographer. ) ' TECH PRESS Campus Printing House The dull roar of the presses and the musty smell of printers ' ink and newsprint pervade the small, cluttered outer office of the Tech Press where Benge Daniel, manager, and Margaret Schrader, his office assistant, some- times work well after office hours to get col- lege printing needs done. Varied jobs. With their staff of 14 stu- dents and 11 full time employees, Daniel and Mrs. Schrader handle jobs from printing the Toreador and college bulletins to books penned by Tech professors and all official college forms. The Book Bindery, a part of the Press does repair jobs on an estimated 500-600 books a month from the library. It does binding on other jobs including mas- ters ' thesis. The press is able to do two kinds of print- ing, offset and letterpress. The offset ma- chines was new this year and with other equipment including intertypes, and one Building across Flint Ave. is in the planning stage that will give the Press more space for operations. Two homes. First located in the base- ment of West Engineering the Press was moved into the new Journalism Bldg. in 1941. It began operations in earnest at its first location when the Toreador and a col- lege bulletin rolled off its presses in 1934. Surprisingly the Toreador constitutes only a small part of the volume of printing done by the Press. The college bulletins are the largest jobs, Daniel says, because they come out at dif- ferent times during the year. There is one for each school of the college, the graduate school, summer session and the general col- lege bulletin. The Press prints brochures for various departments and the recital pro- grams for music majors. Tech Tips, the publication sent all incoming women stu- dents, is also printed by Tech Press. Daniel has been with the Press since 1956 and has been connected with the printing industry all his life, linotype, is valued at $100,000. A new Press BENGE DANIEL Printer ' s ink in his veins. MRS. MARGARET SCHRADER Assistant to the manager. .

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EDITOR Tom Schmidt MANAGING EDITOR Arthur Mayhew NEWS EDITOR Ron Calhoun CAMPUS EDITOR Carolyn Jenkins SPORTS EDITOR Ralph W. Carpenter ADVERTISING MANAGER Roy Lemons CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER Travis Harrell Sports — a good group. The sports de- partment did an outstanding job in cover- ing Tech ' s athletic events. Carpenter made trips to Dallas and Waco to cover football contests with Southern Methodist and Bay- lor. In addition, he won first place in sports news at the southwestern Journalism Con- gress in Baton Rouge, La., for an advance story on the Tech-Texas Christian football game. Publishing a newspaper is not the sole journalistic duty of the Toreador staff, how- ever. The editorrs make trips each year to area high schools where they conduct work- shops of a sort to offer help and ideas to high school papers. Two other outstanding trips are to the Associated Collegiate Press Conference and the Southwestern Journalism Congress, this year in New York and Baton Rouge-New Orleans, La., respectively. A look forward. Prospects for the 1960- 61 year look good. Editor will be Carpenter who has had several years of newspaper ex- perience. Maynard will be managing editor; Miss Jenkins, news editor; Bill Patton, sports editor; Lynn Buckingham, campus editor and Bob Taylor and Wendell Aycock, issue editorrs. Bridges will head the advertising side. Over the past few years, The Toreador has made tremendous progress in presenting the students a top-notch college publication. The next major obstacle is transforming it from a three-times-a-week edition to a daily. Much work has been done on this idea — including efforts by the Publications Com- mittee and individual staffers. A daily news- paper is expected in the not too distant fu- ture. Managing Editor ARTHUR MAYHEW Writes columns in spare time. Circulation Manager J. C. CONYERS Circulatory trouble. 1 Advertising Manager ROY LEMONS Originated Tech Ads. Sports Editor RALPH CARPENTER, Campus Editor SIS JENKINS and Photographer TRAVIS HARRELL Between them they put out the paper.

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PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE • Eye On The Ball The Publications Committee is the auth- ority over the student publications at Texas Tech. It determines policy, selection of newspaper and yearbook editors, budgets and salaries of publication officers and staffs. Made up of three members of the Student Council and three faculty members who all serve for one term, the committee meets at least once a month to discuss issues involv- ing the publications. The director of Stu- dent Publications and the journalism de- partment head act as ex officio members, and as the link between the committee and pub- lication editors. The committee discussed many issues this year. Outstanding among them were the Ghost Writer and the Iconoclast, the Tore- ador ' s controversial columns. The commit- tee okayed the purchase of a jeep to be FIRST ROW: Ralph Sellmeyer, Mrs. Betty Bertram, Arne Randall, chairman; Johanna Zournas, Reginald Rushing. BACK ROW: Larry Campbell, Bill Dean, W. E. Garets, Tom Schmidt, Phil Orman. used by the Toreador ' s circulation depart- ment to deliver papers over the campus. The committee considers budgets and the awarding of engraving and printing con- tracts for La Ventana. KAPPA ALPHA MU Revived Chapter New interest in photojournalism has been aroused at Texas Tech this year through reactivation of the Eta chapter of Kappa Alpha Mu, national professional fraternity in that field. Starting the year with seven applicants for membership, the inactive chapter con- ducted a photo competition in conjunction with the Fall Horticulture Festival at Tech. By the time prizes were awarded to amateur and professional winners in colors and black and white divisions, national head- quarters had restored Eta chapter to active status. During the year, the Eta chapter also held a photojournalism seminar conducted by Thomas Nebbia of National Geographic Magazine, and sponsored an exhibit of win- ning photos in the Texas Associated Press Competition. LEFT TO RIGHT: Jan Cone, Jerry Nix, Ray Westbrook, Hartwell Hamilton, Zan Smith, Cal Wayne Moore, Leo Waltz, Travis Harrell. Officers Travis Harrell President Zan Smith Vice President Merium Jackson Secretary Cal Wayne Moore Treasurer Adrian Vaughan Sponsor