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

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THETA SIGS STAFFED THE WOMEN ' S DAY ISSUE OF THE TOREADOR. L-R: Freda McVey, Frances Taylor, Donna Christopher, Dahlia Brazell, Dot Bowles, Carolyn Jenkins and Ellen Venable. THE PRESS IN VENEZUELA Frances Taylor, Dot Bowles, Dahlia Bra- zell and Mary Helen Fairly, president, talk to Jorge Gil. SPRING PLEDGES New Theta Sigs swelled the ranks. THETA SIGMA PHI Women in the Newsroom There was something peculiar about the newsroom. It was the same old click of typewriters ... the same faint roar of the press in the basement . . copy being edited and headlines written. But something was different. There was a definite feminine atmosphere in the room. Copy poured out from typewriters manned by women . . it was being edited and headlines written by women ... a coed was in the slot dummying pages. Theta Sigma Phi, women ' s jour- nalism fraternity, was putting out the Women ' s Day issue of the Toreador. Student journalists. These women writers, juniors and seniors with a 2.0 in journalism courses, work on several such projects each year. They publish Tech Tips, the handbook for women students sent to all incoming fresh- men, under the auspices of the Dean of Women ' s office, in the spring. They put on a mock nightclub, Club Scarlet, in the fall and choose a Most Handsome Man. Skits were presented against a background of dim candle- lights flickering over red-checkered tableclothes and walls covered in travel posters. Theta Sigs also sponsor Glamour magazine ' s Best Dressed Coed contest in the spring and another contest for the best written. Toreador stories— feature, editorial, news and the best newsphoto—of the year. The names of the winners in these four categories are inscribed on a plaque hung on the wall of the journalism conference room. Matrix Table. The big event that the group works toward all year is Matrix Table in the spring. An out- standing woman journalist is speaker at the banquet attended by area jour- nalists, student and alumnae mem- bers. This year ' s Matrix Table speaker was the foods editor from Nieman- Marcus in Dallas. Most Theta Sigs are active on the college publications and some have worked during the summers on home- town papers. They must be planning to enter journalism as a profession to be eligible for membership. Jennice Marks, January graduate, was president in the fall, succeeded by Mary Helen Fairly in the spring. Theta Sigs are called on to hostess at journalism coffees and workshops throughout the year in addition to working with Sigma Delta Chi, men ' s journalism fraternity, in various in- stances. Joint meetings with them enable notable guest speakers to be brought to the campus. 0

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PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Final Authority The student publications are not responsible to the journalism department as many persons be- lieve, but instead to a committee of three professors and three stu- dents. This Publications Committee is the authority over the student publications, determining policies for the LA VENTANA and Torea- dor. Dr. E. A. Gillis heads the committee composed of James A. Rushing and Ralph Sellmeyer, professors, and students Melinda Harrison, Wayne Isom and Car- lyle Smith. W. E. Garets, jour- nalism department head and. Phil Orman, director of publications, serve as officio members. The yearbook and newspaper editors are selected by the com- mittee and engraving and print- ing contracts for the publications are awarded. Budgeting comes in for consideration as well. PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE Handles policies for the student publications. SIGMA DELTA CHI ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN JOURNALISM DURING COLLEGE YEARS Preston Maynard, Travis Harrell, Raloh Carpenter, Travis Peterson, Everett Groseclose, Ralph Sellmeyer, sponsor; H. T. Barnes, and Bil y Patton. Newsmen Tomorrow A congenial group of hard workers always makes for fun and accomplishment in an organiza- tion, and Sigma Delta Chi has just that combination. Members of SDX, all intent on becoming professional newsmen, bind themselves together with bonds stronger than a mere pro- fessional relationship. Of one accord. These men are of one accord . . . all are vitally interested in the news profession and spend most of their time dis- cussing the possibilities of land- ing jobs in different places across the nation. While in school, these are the men who sponsor and produce the LA VENTANA Beauty Pagent and Playmate Contest. 9

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CAMPUS RELIGIOUS COUNCIL Albert Simnacher, Mary Francey and Pat Shepard Campus Religious Council CRC members represent every religious body on the campus.