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

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DEDICATION A BUSY A busy day M. L. Vice president and comptroller By Preston Maynard His Lights Burn Late Chances are if one should walk into the east wing of Texas Tech ' s Administration Building late some night, the lights of one mediately adjacent to the President ' s offices—might still be burning. M. L. Pennington finds much of his work goes more rapidly and surely when he can isolate himself in the late evening hours. An athletically-built ex-University of Texas football player who once coached a basketball team against Polk Robinson in Tech ' s famed Old Barn, Marshall Lee Pennington is the vice president and comptroller of Tech. His work may best be described as that with perhaps the most aches involved of any on the Tech campus. Right Hand Man. He is, in brief, the right-hand-man of the Board of Directors and the President on the operation of one of the largest tions in the Southwest. He is the one person who directs the operation and development of the $40 million plant of Texas Tech and who sees that the biennial budget of $10 million is pended properly. But beyond these things he may perform any of a thousand and one tasks essential to keeping a large versity on even keel. He may advise the Board of tors on a resolution of appreciation to the student body . . . he may lend his help to finding funds to buy red blazers for the Court Jesters, Tech ' s special band for basketball games . . or he may take two hours of a busy day to discuss future plans for the School of Agriculture ' s farm facilities with a Toreador staff member. Yet throughout the masses of details and financial data with which he works, his individual concern for the immunerable, intagible factors which are involved with a large institution remains a focal point of his work. And it is his own personality which enables this to be so. Speaks softly. Pennington is a spoken except when angry — man who often sits down with anyone from Board members to department heads to individual teachers to heads of campus organizations and listens to the problems of the campus nity. Always willing to listen to both sides, yet also ready to take action when he deems it needed, Pennington has the gift of being able to enter a problem clouded by stormy opinions, hear both sides and then chart the various facets involved toward a tion. Those who know him well are impressed by two factors: his love for Texas Tech (he dislikes the word Tech alone, saying there are many Tech ' s, but only one Texas Tech) and the personal touch which he maintains with the various aspects of the college community. 7

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TYME A letter from the PUBLISHER Phil Orman PHIL ORMAN Director of • Student Publications are just beginning the third volume of the magazine style Texas Tech LA VENTANA. I sincerely hope that you will find it interesting and enjoyable. For the first time in many years, a yearbook has tried to keep pace with the school it serves. With each en- suing volume of the LA VENTANA we have learned something new and tried to use this new knowledge for the betterment of the book and the college. The thanks for this new mode goes to W. E. Garets, head of the journalism department, who made it all possible. Looking through the pages of this yearbook, you will see unfurled be- fore you the things that have hap- pened in the past year. Some of the pages will bring happy memories to mind, some may bring old wounds to light, but all will remind you of Texas Tech in the year 1960-61. makes a campus tick is im- portant to every student and to each of the people 0 1. the LA VENTANA staff. This covers everything from classes to dances, from dorms to clothes, from the Tech Union to sports, from exams to organizations and from the unusual to the com- monplace. I hope that you will take time out from your busy schedule to look at every picture and read every word of copy in this book. Remem- ber when you do, that a few people on this campus have used their valu- able time and effort to produce this for you. They have put blood, sweat, tears, bad grades, dateless nights and gray hair in to what they hope will please you and the people who see this book in the years to come. - - To the staff of the 1960-61 LA VENTANA, let me say that I am proud of you for the work you have done, whether it be a line of copy or a page layout. Without each of you this could not have taken place. Take pride in this book, and know that it is yours whether it be good or bad. Hold your head high and point out what you have done . . . it is quite an accomplishment. Editor-in-Chief . MAX GILLASPY President . . . PHIL ORMAN Editorial Director ELLEN VENABLE Managing Editor JOHNNY WOODY Assistant Managing Editor PAT PORTER Advertising Manager SANDRA ADCOCK Contributing Editors BILL MCGEE, PRESTON MAYNARD MADEMOISELLE EMILY STONE PLAYBOY PAT PARK POST KAY KAGAY DALE BENNETT SPORTS ILLUSTRATED RALPH CARPENTER PHIL ORMAN LIFE BOB TAYLOR FUTURE TRAVIS PETERSON PROGRESSIVE FARMER PERRY THOMPSON SENIOR VIEW CHARLENA CHANDLER JUNIOR VIEW MARJIE SANDERS J. D. WILSON Wonder who ' s got my broom? INDEX Dedication . I Music . 17 Tech Affairs 3 Military 24 Press 4 Art . . 31 Religion .. ... . 11 FRESHMAN VIEW SONDI NELSON KARAN FICKERTT ART DIRECTOR DAVID FAIRRINGTON SOPHOMORE VIEW JOYCE WOODY

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S by Bill McGee FACTS FIGURES indicate an overall upswing for Texas Tech dur- ing fiscal 1960-61. Enrollment reached 9,178 for the fall semester and fell about a thousand in the spring. Enrollment for fall, 1960, was an all-time high with students from 222 Texas counties, 43 states and 24 foreign countries. Geared for regular- ly increasing enrollment, Tech has become the second largest state-sup- ported institution in Texas. Record enrollments have been established every semester since fall, 1954. Even with a $5 million appropriation, its per-capita allowance ranked twelfth of 18 state schools. ACADEMICALLY Tech ' s stature grew last year although most major adjustments were deferred pending completion of an intensive two-year self-evaluation program involving all departments of all schools. The Texas Commission on Higher Education ap- proved ' Tech ' s doctoral program in geology and a master ' s curriculum in industrial engineering. The self- study began in October and will be completed in 1962 with Dr. H. C. Thomas and Dr. J. C. Guilds heading the steering committee. Generally, the program provides occasion for faculty of all departments and schools, for the administration, for the whole institution, to take stock . . and to chart future direction, according to Vice president W. M. Pearce. The Engineering School underwent a gen- eral overhaul at the hands of Dean John R. Bradford. Scholastic regula- tions were changed slightly; re-enroll- ment eligibility is now based upon two semester ' s performance rather than just one. The Council of Deans decided in January that all entering freshmen must take either the Scho- lastic Aptitude Test, the American College Test, or Tech ' s own test bat- tery; not for purposes of admission, but rather for placement and coun- seling. MILESTONES for Tech during 1960-61 were the inauguration of President R. C. Goodwin, December 9, the appointment of Dr. W. M. Pearce as academic vice president, of Dr. S. M. Kennedy as dean ' of the School of Art and Sciences, of Dr. I. L. Little as assistant dean of Arts and Sciences, and of John H. Reese as assistant dean of business administra- tion. Retiring faculty members were Dr. R. S. Underwood, mathematics; department head of agriculture edu- cation R. L. Chappelle; Dr. C. B. Qualia, foreign languages; Professor R. M. Parker, mathematics; and Pro- fessor A. J. Pendleton, speech. Tech mourned the death of Dr. L. E. Hess- ler, professor of textile research, in an automobile accident. CONSTRUCTION was evident on Tech campus. Buildings td house Texas ' se cond largest school grew all over the campus as result of an $11 million enlargement program. Com- pleted this year were the Agricultural Plant Sciences building, the Archi- tecture-Computer building, the Meats Laboratory, the Mechanical Engi- neering Lab. and the Physical Plant Facilities building plus four under construction. Almost $2 million was spent enlarging Jones Stadium. Mod- ern form and practical function brought a new architectural look to Tech campus. The total value of Texas Tech rose to $40 million. Plans call for an additional $20 million in construction by 1970. Coeds plan to move into West Hall next fall, and another residence hall is planned to house 300 Tech women. EVENTS during the year were edu- cational, stimulating and entertaining for Tech students. In three well- attended all-school convocations Pres- ident Goodwin spoke September 28 on creative dissatisfaction as a stimulus to better things; Secretary of the Air Force Dudly C. Sharpe spoke October 26 on air defense and foreign rela- tions; and Dr. Werhner von Braun spoke April 4 on the Saturn rocket project.