New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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Below, Aia Marderosian, discussion leader, begins the session with a question for those student leaders in attendance. Above, it ' s chow yme and everjone is glad. Not only does the retreat provide a different menu than the university, but it also provides an opportunity to chat with students besides those in the gang. In the foreground Cleo Stout heads the conversation at her table. Discussion leader Jimmy Brown directs a question to the group which listens intently. 22

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Activities Emphasizing Centennial Theme terhity, the float sets forth the theme of the Centennial Year of Land Grant Colleges. Varsity cheerleaders stay full of ptp and cll duimg liuMiciiMEiuiy game to cheer Aggies to a decisive victory of 481i; over North Texas State. L to R, the cheer- leaders are— Margaret Hayes, Peggy Graham, Bonnie Rea, Janet Morgan, and Suzaii Reeder. caturing a corps ol piclty cowgirls performs before the Aggie Eagle clash. Above— Theta Chi ' s performing in the homecom- ing parade present a dark, gigantic picture in shadows on Main Street, Las Cruces. Below— A homecoming float em- phasizes our advancement in the 100 years since the beginning of Land Grant Colleges. Below— .V familiar silhouette before the dancing homecoming bonfire is Cheerleader Suzan Reeder. M

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Between seminars and discussions representatives to the leader- ship retreat get together for a bit of off the cuff discussion. Many students prefer to sit and listen to others expound on the density of the problems they just discussed in their seminar groups, while still other represetuatucs just relax and stare into space. Many representatives found the break provided a good time lo go to their rooms and freshen up. Below, representatives listen lo a tape recording in a discussion group. 1 20 Attend Leadership Retreat Loading into buses Marth 29 to attenil the an- nual three-day Leadership Retreat at the lodge at Cloudcrolt were approximately 120 student leaders, factdty and staff members. Worksiiops was the key wortl lot the event, headed this year by Chairman Dimmie Choate. Six workshops were held, each one being repeated six times so that all the students present could attend every one of them. Breaks were given in between for relaxing and brief discussions about the to])its touched on in the workshops. Program tojiics were carefidly selectetl by the Leadership Retreat C ommittee which also recrtiiied ex]jerts to aid in leading the discussions. The top- ics arrived at were— Techniques and Mechanics of ASC Leadership, New Representatives in the Stu- dent Senate, Intramural Point System, Booking Technitjues for Student L ' nion Program C ' oiiiuil, Lytemn, and Dances, Publieity CHinit. The stimulating and informative distussions ton- tinucd through tlie weekend, ending on Sunday morning with a brief devotional jjeriod before the weary biu well informed group (limbed into the buses for tlie twoliour ride home to New Mexico State and classes.