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Eulogy For Happy V This year Tech lost Happy V, the university mascot for five years. Happy V died Nov. 15 due to compli- cations with a serious colic attack. Happy V followed a tradition that began in 1954. Tech ' s football team went to the Gator Bowl on January 1 of that year. DeWitt Weaver, head football coach at the time, asked Joe Kirk Fulton of the agriculture depart- ment if Tech shouldn ' t have some sort of mascot at their home games. Ful- ton agreed and Tech followed the other Southwest Conference schools in having a live mascot. The tradition was started at the Gator Bowl as Fulton rode around the football field on a black horse. Fulton was dressed in jeans, a red shirt, a red and black cape and a black hat. The Gator Bowl announcer said the rider looked like a Red Raider, and the name and mascot idea were accepted as a part of Tech ' s history. Since 1954, 16 riders and six horses have served as mascot for Tech. The preceding horses were Blackie, Tech Beauty, Charcoal Cody and Showboy Huffman. However, with Happy V and his replacement, Happy VI, a new tra- dition was started. All succeeding horses will be called Happy. Happy V was black and had a white star on his forehead. He has been con- sidered one of Tech ' s most handsome mascots and will be sorely missed. HAPPY and LARRY CADE
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Really, the Saddle Tramps had more to do with it than anything else — the courtesy, meeting the players at the airport ... Susan Robinson, Tec h cheerleader and a member of the Sportsmanship Committee, said. Each school has 4 votes. Texas gave us all 4 votes! Robinson said the only negative comment came from the A M delegation, concerning Kent Williams ' broken jaw. More and more students began to throw themselves into the alcohol issue. When the Feb. 3 Regents ' vote was taken — a crushing 7-1 defeat of the proposal — more than 1,300 Tech stu- dents crowded into the UC Ballroom to air their views. Election time was getting close, and Lubbock candidates seemed to recog- nize the power the Tech vote could have. Students participated in rallies, voter registration drives and cam- paigns for city elections and for the primaries in May. Campus elections were another problem. The Student Association and the Residence Halls Association fought low turnouts and rules infractions before final election results could be tallied. Oh, and it snowed. And sleeted. And iced up. Students were heading for the mountains of New Mexico every weekend until April, but a few tried their hand on campus slopes. Ski- ing at Tech was, at best, difficult — even in the record 10-inch snowfall in February. A few brave souls, however, forgot their inhibitions and cross- countried across the campus. For those looking for an escape, there were concerts — almost a record number. Several popular entertainers trekked to the Hub, some playing to sell-out crowds. Jerry Jeff Walker, a favorite at Tech, performed at the Municipal Auditorium April 7. And there were movies, too. It seemed that everyone was having a close en- counter of one kind or another. An- nie Hall took top honors at the Academy Awards. Richard Dreyfuss won hearts in The Goodbye Girl. And Lubbock was the site of Gary Busey ' s premiere in The Buddy Holly Story in May. It was a busy year. In fact, it ' s a wonder Tech ever found time to study. But finals were closing in again, and suddenly spring break was over and term projects were due. Time to mail out graduation invitations. Time to figure out which side the tassel goes on. Time to pack up and go home for the summer. It ' s been real.
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