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

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COLLEGE CALENDAR TWELFTH ANNUAL SESSION 1936 F S i 2 I !. 910 » 16 r, 123 24 i30 3 T i| 6 7 ! 13 1. );20 2 27 28 BER 3 4 no n 517 li I121I2E ) 3R i 1 2 J 8 ( 1 1511 I 22 23 J29 3C 1 1 3ER 4 51 6 1 12 13 8)9 2 ' September 14, Monday, Entrance examinations for students not meeting the regular admission requirements. September 15-16, Tuesday-Wednesday, Registration of all students. September 17, Thursday, Classes begin 8:00 A. M. Late registration regul- ations in full force. September 17, Ihursday, Open house for all students by the churches of Lub- bock, 8:00-10:00 P. M. September 20, Sunday, Special sermons for students in all Lubbock churches. September 22, Tuesday, Opening Convocation for all students cind Faculty. Annual address of President, 11:00 A. M. September 25, Friday, Annual reception to all students by President and Mrs. Knapp and the College Administrative ' • nj.cil, 8:00 P. M. November 11, Wednesday, Holiday. r November 14, Saturday, Mid-Semester ioj£ RPtristrar ' s Office, 5:00 P. M. November 25, Wednesday November 30, Monday, December 22, Tuesday, rts due in Regi t« 6:00 P- M. M. :am j D ations for the first all atudeDts for the second semester. r students not meeting the regular ad- regi: January 4, Monday, Cla January 23-29, Saturday semester. February 1, Monday, Registration t En tram. , x minations mission requirements. February 2, Tuesday, Second 8«mestei classes begin S:0u A. M. Late regis- tration regulations in rrn rSrce. March 24. Wednesday, Annual Presenta. ; on, Seven Last Words by Duboise, presented by Professor Blitz, crchestra, and Chorus. March 25, Thursday, Easter Recess begins, t 00 P. M . March 26, Friday, Mid-semester reports due in the Registrar ' s Office, 5:00 P. M. March 30, Tuesday, Classes resumed, 8:00 A M. May 27-June 3, inclusive, final examinations for the second semestei May 30, Sunday, Baccalaureate Sermon. M iy 31, Monday, Commencement Day. June 4-5, Friday-Saturday, Entrance examinations for students who cannot meet the regular admission requirements. June 7 Monday. Registration for first term summer school.

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WlO WllO ■-I 1 ■ ' ' 1 in jacuLti THE ALLENS . . . Enthusiastic, exuberant, efficient, fair, industrious— these adjectives describe Mr. and Mrs. James G. Allen, best- loved couple on the campus . . . domes- tically inclined despite eight hours a day on college duty . . . love art, music, lovely home and yard . . . generous with youth- ful but sagacious advice . . . Jimmie coach- es Red Raider varsity tennis squad, teaches English, plays piano beautifully . . . Mrs. Allen assists in Information Office, secre- taries for Mr. Cecil Home . . . teaches journalism, sews in her spare time . . . pleasing host and hostess . . . came to Texas Tech eleven years ago, plan to stay . . . find time out for six weeks in school each summer . . . Texas natives . . . min- gle well with students, faculty . . . home family consists of one seven-year-old boy, like both his parents . . . college family: Thousands of students in their classes. THE GATESES . . . Courteous, accommo- dating, modest: Dr. W. B. Gates, Professor of English; Mrs. Eunice J. Gates, Acting Head Professor of Foreign Languages . . . hold Master of Arts degrees from University of Michigan, Doctors ' of Philosophy, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania . . . typical polished gentleman and cultured lady of Texas Tech . . . ex-assistant Dean of Men is interested in all literature, especially Shakespeare . . . maintains, uses small woodwork shop . . . personally supervised building of new home last summer . . . sends thrilling chills ateng student spines with his vigorous classroom reading of drama, poetry . . . Mrs. Gates was born in Brazil . . . learned to speak Portuguese as soon as English . . . now authority on Spanish, Portuguese . . . col- lects Spanish trinkets, keeps extensive file of Spanish clippings . . . charming, envigor- ating classroom personalities that facilitate learning, endear them forever. THE HOLDENS . . . Low, rambling adobe house . . . Indian relics . . . Indian murals . . . Indian atmosphere everywhere in home of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Holden ... he is Acting Head Professor of History and An- thropology, Curator of the West Texas Mu- seum . . . director of archaeological re- search for the College . . . President of the Centennial Committee in this district . . . Mrs. Holden is Instructor in Orientation and Use of the Library . . . both interested in archaeology . . . spend summers excavat- ing buried Indian villages, touring Europe . . . home contains pieces of Yaqui Indian furniture, the results of Dr. Holden ' s super- interesting trip into the primitive regions of Old Mexico ... all Tech sympathized dur- ing Mrs. Holden ' s illness . . . Doctor Holden has authored books on archaeology, West Texas lore . . . typify West Texas person- ality. West Texas hospitality.