Southwest Texas State Teachers College - Pedagog Yearbook (San Marcos, TX)

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LegisIaTure Gives I8 Year Olds AduIT RighTs WhaT seemed like a big birThday parTy Tor I8 To 20-year-olds across The sTaTe Took place on AugusT 27, I973 when a law passed by The Texas I.egisIaTure wenT inTo eTTecT granTing aduIT righTs To Those in This age I:nrackeT. The righT To purchase and con- sume alcohol was one oT These righTs. As proprieTors oT San Marcos drinking esTabIishmenTs realized an increase in The consumpTion of alcohol on Their premises, a decrease was likewise noTed oT alcohol consumpTion on The road. According To a ciTy police spokes- man, DWI's decreased This year, wiTh mosT oT The DWI charges This year going To people over 2 I. RIGHT: I-Iardy Lewis, San Marcos senior and employee of Jon Bones, checks I.D. of Marsha Traylor, I'IousTon freshman. BELOW: CeIebraTion Tor I9 To 20-year- olds righTs Took place aT esTabIishmenTs such as Jon Bones.

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Wifh a liffle imaginalion, an empfy room in fhe dorm can be 'rransformed info a home away from home. Dorms Provide Homes for 4,482 S+uden+s On lirsl sight a dorm room appeared To be a ralher dralo dwelling, buf wifh a lillle imagina- Jrion, a few poslers and a rug here and There, a sludenl could Jrrans- form a cold, emply room info a home. Home away from home for 4,482 sludenfs af SWT came in lhe form ol 23 dormilories. Twelve women's and seven men's as well as lwo cooperalive and fwo alhlelic halls gave sfudenls a place ol relreal aicler a long day of classes. Each hall was under lhe supervi- sion of a leam of head residenfs, or a head residenl and a sludenl assisfanl, who also lived in The dorm. Siudenf counselors and proclors were hired To acl as receplionisls, mail sorlers and peace keepers. 19

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BOTTOM: Represenfafives from various groups spoke fo women sfudenfs during orien- 'rafion exercises. Seafed lleff fo righfl are Lunelle Anderson, Dean of Women, Marcie Cox, WRA presidenfy Susie l-lill, HPER vice-president Carol Muhl, Sfudenf Body presi- denfy Susan Arroff, Alpha Lambda presidenf: Karen Andrews, Panhellenic presidenf and AAWS officers Janie Dunn, Vickie Hodges, Nancy Walker, and Gloria Greene. BELOW: Freshman Adrian Cook, from Scofland lleffl, is greefed by Sharon Sforrs, Miss SWT, af 'rhe recepfion for new sfudenfs. Nexf in fhe receiving line are lnferim Presidenf Jack C. Cafes and lv1rs.Cafes. Recepfion, Orienfafions Aid Freshmen The fall I973 freshman class fofaled 3,927 sfudenfs, making if fhe largesf in SWT's hisfory. From mosf of fhem came quesfions, quesfions, quesfions. Where is Fl-l? Do l have fo go fo class? Whaf is The Quad? When can l move off campus? To help famil- iarize new sfudenfs wifh The differ- enf rules and organizafions, sepa- rafe orienfafion exercises were conducfed for bofh male and female sfudenfs. A recepfion was also held fo give fhe sfudenfs an opporfunify fo meef members of fhe adminisfrafion and relafe fheir names and faces fo 'rheir posi- fions.