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

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Greek Week 1 968 — Greeks Seek Common Ideals 9 ipre- iame h The Tech campus saw another first this year as Panhellenic and Interfra- ternity Council sponsored Greek Week, held March 28-31. Workshops were held in sorority and fraternity lodges. These sessions concerned such topics as public relations, pledge education, and scholarship. The leaders of each session were nationa l officers from each group. The Little 500 Bike Race, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, was open to all campus groups. Alpha Delta Pi sorority took first place in women ' s division, and the Dolphins and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity tied for first in the men ' s di- vision. The All-Greek Talent Show was a non-competitive program in which the 22 Greek groups of Tech participated. Greek Week ended with the Greek Rededication Service. Dr. Benjamin F. Burns spoke at the service. I Life 11

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Pageant Sparkles With Miss America Miss America, Debra Dene Barnes, brought a special luster to the Miss Lubbock Pageant. She served as Mistress of Ceremonies during part of the program, and presented question? to each of the finalists. Miss Barnes also played her title-winning arrange- ment of Born Free. Selected as Miss Lubbock was Pasadena co-ed Peggy Kincannon. Her talent was singing the title song from Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her court was Devorah Russell, first runner-up, and Linda Jo Taylor, Kay Hayden, and Lj.ida Austin. Charges Filed in Murder Charges of murder with malice were filed Wednesday, March 13, against 23-year-old graduate student Benjamin Lach. Police said Lach had signed a three-page statement in con- nection with the near decapitation of Mrs. Sarah Alice Morgan, a Tech cleaning woman. Mrs. Morgan was found in a Tech biology laboratory on the night of Dec. 4, 1967. Lach originally became a suspect in the case when a similarity between Lach and a police composite sketch was reported early in the spring se- mester. On March 12, Dr. Michael Ry- lander of the biology department re- ported that his office had been entered early that morning. A master key to all offices in the Science building had been taken the night of the murder. The break-in led to an all-night surveillance of the office by police. When Lach attempted to enter the of- fice the morning of the 13, he was met by detectives. Although he eluded them there, he was finally appre- hended in west Lubbock that same morning. • Lije

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VIRGINIAN HIGHLIGHT OF TECH RODEO The 1968 Tech Rodeo, sponsored by the Texas Tech Rodeo Association, was held April 18, 19, and 20. The rodeo is held annually and various uni- versity and college students from Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma participat- ed. Along with the traditional rodeo events like calf roping and bronc riding, there were such unique events as Girls Breakaway and Girls Goat Tying. The main attraction of this year ' s rodeo was Doug McClure, better known as Trampas from the television series The Virginian. He rode and per- formed during the 3-day rodeo. West Side, Natives Capture Sing Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Kap- pa Psi won the Grand Sweepstakes tro- phy in University Sing this year with a rendition of songs from West Side Story. Their performance also won first for the mixed division. 12 Life Sigma Alpha Epsilon won first place in the fraternity division and the Special Judges ' trophy for originality and composition for their arrangement of songs from the South Seas. Taking first place in the sorority division. Alpha Phi sang a medley, Going Out of My Head. The Sing is sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha. This group of music majors sang a medley of songs from the hit show Camelot. • ' fi