Sul Ross State University - Brand Yearbook (Alpine, TX)

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S.O.S. Appreciation Supper - Students, faculty and staff members are treated to a barbecue on the mall. Bird’s Eye View - The hearing was watched by visitors in the gallery and taped by several TV stations. On Trial - The Select Committee for Higher Education listens to the case pre¬ sented to save SRSU. Save Or Sully 25

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Working Together Community Efforts Help Keep OF Sully Open and Un merged Impassioned Plea - E.G. Donabauer of Fayetteville, Ark. takes the floor in favor of saving Sul Ross. Patient Vigil - Sul Ross supporters fill the Senate visitor gallery two hours be¬ fore the hearing. Save 01’ Sully - SR President Jack Humphries addresses Select Committee members during July 10 hearing. It has been said we never know how much we love some¬ thing until it is almost gone. This was the case in Alpine this summer. About 1,000 Sul Ross supporters traveled to Austin to attend the Senate hearing on whether SR would be closed, merged, or left as is. Four busloads of students and townspeople left Alpine at 2 a.m. on July 10 for Austin. Others drove or flew and everybody met at Waterloo Park to the Capitol Building. The crowd arrived two hours early. The 525-seat visitors’ gallery was filled as was all the standing room. Chairs were set up on the Senate floor and oth¬ ers stood around the perimeter of the room. The hearing was very emotion¬ al, with the crowd all in red and gray and applauding speakers testifying in favor of Sul Ross. Speaking for SR were Walter Mischer of Houston, SR President Jack Humphries, David Moore of the First National Bank in Alpine, rancher Bill Donnell of Marathon, and senator Bill Sims of San Angelo. Also state representatives Dud¬ ley Harrison of Sanderson and Larry Don Shaw of Big Spring, Pete Snelson of Midland, retired Texas Supreme Court chief justice Jack Pope of Austin, and SR ex-student E.G. Donabauer of Fayetteville,1 Ark. Letters were read from former Governor D o 1 p h Briscoe, U. S. representative Tom Loeffler, rancher Clayton Williams, and San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros. At the end of the hearing, the Select Committee voted unani¬ mously to remove SR from the list for possible closures while the SR crowd, tears in eyes, stood and cheered. Humphries told the committee, ’’For the longest time, 1 suppose SR was in the category of out-of- sight, out-of-mind. You’ve certain¬ ly remedied that.” The Save Ol’ Sully trip not only ended success¬ fully but also brought out the Sul Ross spirit in us all. Leslie Langfitt ”It is a small school, but there are those who love it.” -Daniel Webster for the march 24 Save Ol’ Sully

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Summer Theatre Sul Ross Live Theatre Provides Premium Entertainment The 21st season of the Theatre of the Big Bend opened July 5 with theKokernot Outdoor Theatre packed for each perfor¬ mance of ”A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking,” ’’The Miss Firecracker Contest,” and ’’Annie Get Your Gun.” ”A Coupla White Chicks,” a zany comedy written by John Ford Noonan, was directed by Dr. Ron Hubbard. Mary Todd Boering and Linda Isbell starred as two neighbors who had trouble getting along, but finally became friends and even joined forces against their errant husbands. ’’The Miss Firecracker Contest”, a Beth Henley comedy, was directed by Alpine resident Rilda Caudle. Karen Lister played the part of Carnelle Scott, who hoped a victory in the Miss Firecracker Contest would improve her reputation and allow her to leave town in a ’’blaze of glory.” The play also features Darlyne Freeman and David Woodward as her cousins and a seamstress played by Kim McNa¬ mara. Crowds walked away from ’’Annie Get Your Gun” singing such familiar tunes as ’’Anything You Can Do” and ’’Doin’ What Comes Naturally.” This Irving Berlin musical was the story of Annie Oakley, played by Shawna Ford, who fell in love with sharp¬ shooter Frank Butler, played by Michael Hart. Annie learns that ’’You Can’t Get A Man With a Gun” and lets Frank outshoot her in a final showdown. Buffalo Bill was played by Mike Ford, and B illy Jo Perez was Sitting Bull. The musical was popular and many attended more than one performance. [%] Pam Bain A Coupla White Chicks - Mary Todd Boering and Linda Isbell co-starred in this zany comedy. Woe Is Me - Karen Lister as Carnelle Scott commiserates with Kim McNamara as Popeye Jackson in ’’Miss Firecracker.” ’’Yes, You’ve Gol Eyes” Oakley (Shawna Fore® falls head |fav heels for the sharpshooter Frank putl (Michael Hart). 26 Summer Theatre