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

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Judy Martin Barbara McMurray Gay McWilliams Ann Morrow Sandra Sample Nancy Stalnaker Marian Stone Carolyn Symes Ann Turner Diane Winslow Carolyn Wood Colleen Woodson Betty Isham Judy Jackson Penny Kaytis Betty Keller Kay Munsell Dana Pope Cindy Richards Benjalyn Rousser Daphne Green Joyce Hervey Jerri Helm Judy Jensen Sharon Clark Donna Dellinger Diana Gibson Linda Graham Martie Adams Cynthia Aycock Jane Beaver Beverly Brooks Angel Flight • AF Light Touch Stepping smartly on command, Tech ' s Angel Flight performs as a precision drill team in the Air Force ROTC program. The all-girl group is sponsored by the 820th Cadet Wing, representing and serving the Air Force Cadets as hostesses at Air Force functions. The Angels drill twice a week and on Thursdays participate in the Air Force activities on the parade grounds. Known state-wide for their excellence in performing drills, they appeared in the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, La., and won first place at an area drill meet. In addition to drill exhibitions, the Angels work on the Air Force home- coming float, join in mixers with the various Air Force groups and appear at college events. 26

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AIR FORCE ROTC Conference of top personnel Training for Cadets New head of the Air Force ROTC unit this year is Lt. Col. George R. Hull, a native of North Dakota and an 18-year veteran of the Air Force. Assigned as professor of air science, Hull received a BA degree from Min- nesota State College and his MBA from the University of Chicago. Fall, 1960, brought other changes in the way of a new program for ROTC train ing. Basic cadets may now substitute courses in math, lan- guages, social and natural sciences for military courses. Six hours of any of these subjects taken during the fresh- man and sophomore years will take the place of six hours of air science. Juniors included. Juniors, too, came in for a share of change. All third- year students are now rotated to sec- ond lieutenant positions, a rank for- merly held only by seniors. This ro- tation gives the men a chance to gain experience in leadership, responsibility and handling subordinates. Jobs open to third-year men are in Officers ' Training School, staff positions and assistant flight commanders. These jobs last for 10 weeks each and every second lieutenant serves in each of the fields before the end of the term. One facet of interest to air-minded men is the change to earn a private pilot ' s license. Under the Flight In- struction Program, advanced cadets who are going into pilot training re- ceive a total of hours of flight instruction plus 35 hours of weather and navigation ground school train- ing. Through a contract between the Air Force and Tech, each potential flying officer receives the equivalent of $544 worth of instruction. Homecoming events. In the Home- coming parade, the Air Farce ROTC float, Futures Unlimited received a plaque for its entry. Featuring an SMU pony kneeling before a Red Raider on a rocket, the float placed second in the All-Campus competi- tion. Football season also fostered a new tradition when the whole corps turned out in uniform for the fresh- man football game against the Air Force Academy. Shirley Stephens, Denton, was cho- sen by the cadets as Miss Top Flight, 1960-61. Mary Thompson, Dallas, and Linda Kester, Midland, were cho- sen sweethearts of the 820th and ,821st groups, respectively. Squadron sweethearts were Maryln Jones, Michele Gainey, Polly Briscoe, Tom- mie Griffin, Elayne Fincher and Bar- bara Quintanilla. Outstanding cadets. Six distin- guished Military Students were desig- nated by Pres. R. C. Goodwin during the year and six were cited by Lt. Col. Hull as outstanding Air Force cadets. Of the year ' s activities, trips were made to the Air Force Academy, Cardwell, Kirkland and Davis-Mon- than Air Force bases. AIR FORCE SWEET11EARTS Choice of the corps ROTC AIR FORCE 25

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COMMANDER Gary T. Miller SABRE FLIGHT AFROTC The purpose of the Sabre Flight is to further promote high standards of military drill and procedure and to establish a pride in the United States Air Force and the AFROTC Corps of Cadets at Texas Technological College and to provide an opportunity for fellowship among basic AFROTC cadets interested enough and willing enough to work hard and long to represent Texas Tech as the out-. standing unit of the AFROTC. The Sabres drill five hours a week to prepare them for drill competition. FLIGHT SERGEANT Joe W. Barnhart DRILL MASTER David C. Hughes ROW ONE: C. H. Bateman, M. W. Brown, D. E. Capehart, M. Catero, M. C. Cecil, F. H. Fuller, J. L. Gensley, T W. Gibbons, W. E. Glidewell. ROW TWO: A. B. Hall, W. G. Hein, C. C. Hendrick, Huffman, J. R. Johnson, D. L. Jones, A. L. Kuten, R. E. Lee, J. D. Lynch. ROW THREE: W. E. Mercer, T. A. Mitchel, L. C. Morgan, H. A. Robinson, G. L. Simpson, H. W. Stewart, R. W. Tumy, J. C. Traynham, J M. Womble. 27