East Texas State University - Locust Yearbook (Commerce, TX)

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sures of the paperback novel, Forum Arts was in- troduced. The responsewas extremely favorable M A an A as outstanding people in various fields brought a program of knowledge and insight to the students. A blue or red card was a headache to the dean's secretary but they meant adventures in new learning for East Texas' students. i Western Week was as welcome as j a dirty sneaker and was overshad- dowed by the rush of local clubs to go national. Greek words like Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, and Delta Sigma Phi began to be importantsounds on the campus. Meanwhile the ping pong room floor was recovered as it wore dangerously thin, and the campus began to echo with chimes. A new library attract- ed attention, and television radiat- ed glamor from the new audio-visu-

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motions of college life that can never be pictured with a camera or describ- ed with words and a typewriter. Yet, to give an accurate picture of college life, this must be attempted, despite the certain failure the editors foresee. The college student is a unique phase of modern society, and students of East Texas State take a place as a proud part of this group. Last fall, as classes started, sports and club activities took most of the spare time of stu- dents before mid-semes- ter grade reports called l attention to the neglect- ed books. To supplement the twang of the hillbilly ballad, and earthy plea-

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al center. Lions tied for a LSC title. Campus politics boiled in early spring and brought a record T275 voters to the polls. Kalir Klub won top scholastic honors. The National Science Foundation recognized ET with financial grants to help train science tea- chers, and student geo- y logists found bones of an extinct antelope. A new art building was opened and concrete, steel, and air-conditioning ducts were being shaped into a new student housing area. The list of VlPs to visit the campus this year outshown any previous year's list of dignitaries. Among the visitors were Dr. Harold Laswell, top sociologist: Dr. Gerald Wendt, scientist who held students in awe as he described life in the Zlst century, and US Senator Lyndon Johnson, who discussed great issues of the day in terms of his early lite in Texas.