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

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CAMPUS RELIGIOUS COUNCIL CAMPUS RELIGIOUS COUNCIL OFFICERS Coordinate all religious groups. Student Organizations Participating in the C.R.C. Baptist Student Union Canterbury Association (Episcopal) Christian Science Church of Christ Bible Chair Disciples Student Fellowship Gamma Delta (Lutheran Missouri Synod) Methodist Student Center Newman Club (Roman Catholic) Presbyterian University Center i Emphasizes Religious Life The Campus Religious Council in an inter-denominational body that coordinates campus-wide religious activities at Texas Tech. It ' s prime objective is to present op- portunities to the students and faculty in fur- thering their religious life. One of the major activities sponsored by the Council is Religious Emphasis Week. During this four day period, usually in the spring, many speakers and counselors are ought to the campus to confront the en- Tire college community with thought-pro- voking and inspiring messages. The Team Speaker Committee is one which looks to the future by arranging for speakers for Religious Emphasis Week to come. It considers the needs and wants of the campus in religious activities when making their selections. Publicity has been an important project during the last several years. Due to the growth of Tech, publicity has been the means to inform students and faculty of religious programs. Sponsors projects. The Worship Com- mittee of the Council plans and presents several Morning Watch devotionals dur- ing the year at which students worship to- gether. The Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter watches are the major projects of the committee during the school year. Planning special undertakings for the C.R.C. is the responsibility of the Projects Committee. During the past year they have encouraged devotionals in the residence halls and made religious periodicals available to Techsans. 5»- II

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THETA SIGMA PHI Women Writers From a women ' s point of view, journalist- ically speaking, 1959-1960 was a big year. Tech ' s girl reporters and coywriters stayed busy in their various pursuits and activities. Theta Sigma Phi, national women ' s journal- ism fraternity, sponsored Club Scarlet, the mock night club at which Tech ' s Most Handsome Man is chosen, arid the Best Dressed College Woman contest in conjunc- tion with Glamour magazine. Matrix Table banquet in the spring marked their 20th an- nual founders ' day. Women majoring or minoring in journal- ism are eligible for membership if they have a 2.0 grade average in journalism courses. FIRST ROW: Mary Helen Fairly, Mary Alice Cretsinger, Liz Wilson, Jennice Marks, Carolyn Mimms. BACK ROW: Merium Jackson, Ellen Ven- able, Ginger Meyers, Sis Jenkins, Chris Christopher and Marilyn Gardner. SIGMA DELTA CHI Newsmen In The Making Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, enjoyed a successful first year on the Texas Tech campus since being installed Feb. 7, 1959. Under the leadership of Ralph W. Car- penter, SDX has directed numerous projects during the year. The annual La Ventana beauty contest is under the supervision of the fraternity as is the publication of the Toyletdor, the April Fool ' s Day edition of the campus newspaper. Sigma Delta Chi was co-sponsor of the Miss Lubbock beauty pageant and assisted the downtown chapter of SDX in producing Lubbock ' s first annual Gridiron Show. The chapter initiated five pledges in March: Travis Harrell, Billy Patton, Bob Taylor, John Petty and Preston Maynard. To honor the head of the journalism de- partment, W. E. Garets, SDX established the W.E. Garets Award for outstanding ser- 10 vice to Sigma Delta Chi. Jim Walsh, Houston senior, was the first recipient of the award. Officers for the year included Ralph W. Carpenter, president; Arthur Mayhew, vice president; Tom Schmidt, secretary; J. Vern- on Stewart, treasurer and Jim Walsh, cor- responding secretary. Officers Ralph W. Carpenter President Arthur Mayhew .... Vice President Tommy Schmidt Secretary Jim Walsh . . . Corresponding Secretary Lee Sullenger Treasurer

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PING PONG AND RELIGION Interest BSU officers. Officers Mike Lundy President Anna Jo Veasey .... Vice President Jane Sessums Secretary BAPTIST STUDENT UNION Growth and Expansion The Baptist Student Union of Texas Tech will celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of its founding in October, 1960. Organized in the fall of 1925, BSU activities were held in a residence owned by the First Baptist Church of Lubbock for many years. The years from 1933 to 1946 saw some of the activities conducted on campus in various buildings. In 1951 the present Baptist Student Cen- ter, located at 13th Street and Avenue X, was built with funds provided by churches of the Lubbock area in conjunction and coop- eration with the Student Department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The Center includes a large lounge which has served also as an assembly area for devo- tional services, a game room equipped for ping-pong and table shuffleboard, a class- room where Bible courses are taught each semester, a library which houses many fine religious works, a prayer room, snack bar, workroom, and offices. Weekday activities. BSU activities are basically weekday affairs. A program de- signed to meet the spiritual and social needs of each of the approximately 2,000 Baptist students on the campus is planned and exe- cuted by a corps of officers called the Execu- tive Council who work through committees. Adult guidance and direction is offered by the Baptist Student Director, the Associate Director, the Faculty Advisor, and the Pastor Advisor, the latter two being elected by the students annually. The BSU program includes the daily wor- ship services, morning watch and vespers; weekly mission projects involving some 70 to 80 students and 250 children plus some adults; social and recreational activities; courses of instruction in the Bible which are accredited by the college for elective credit toward degree work; and special retreats, assemblies, and meetings emphasizing var- ious aspects of the Christian life. • l» •