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

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No longer plain and simple, but . . . Complex ity, Tech also has managed to remain simple, elegant and vibrant. Over the years, Tech has become a place to live and learn, to have fun and make life-long friends. Over the years Tech has become special and through it all La Ventana has grown with it. Over 58 years ago, when the first volume was published, there wasn ' t a whole lot to cover. Lubbock was still a growing teenager and Texas Tech was simply TTC. Only a thousand or so students attend Tech in that first year and despite being new and original, the campus wasn ' t exactly a hotbed of activity. When looking at Tech now, there is no better way to ex- plain the university than to contrast it with the past. Boasting more than 23,000 active students, Tech has be- i, u 1 i 6 — Opening Expanding the size of one of the engi- neering buildings, workers put the final touches on the brick exterior. Photo by Candy Mathers

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v v, ' - iC No longer plain and simple, but . . Sophisticated Over the years since Texas Tech first opened its doors as Texas Technological College, lots of things have changed. No longer can Tech be considered as the simple little college on the west plains of Texas. Over the last 50-plus years, Tech has grow n into a university that takes a back seat to no one in Texas. While the University of Texas brags about its law school, Tech often outper- forms it; while A M spends millions on foot- ball, Tech just keeps beating the Aggies; and while other state schools brag about this and that, Tech quietly leads. Yes, a lot of things have changed since Tech began. No longer plain and simple, Texas Tech University has become a diverse place to be. While growing in sophistication and complex- The Holtkamp organ is one of the most unique sites of tfie Tech campus. Opening — 5

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standing in line at registration used to be a headache for most students, how- ever, computer registration solved much of the problem. Photo by Candy Mathers Tech was a complex place both in and out of the classroom. New students had to cope with both a new lifestyle and harder subjects. Photo by Candy Mather If one word could sum up complexity to many of Techs 23,000 students it might be computer. With terminals in many of the buildings on campus, technology had finally reached in to the everday lives of many students. Photo by Mark Mamawal Opening — 7