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

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The purpose of the Christian Science Organization is to promote orderly growth in the study of Christian Science among interested students at Tech. Weekly meetings are held each Sunday in the Union and they follow the rule of Wednesday evening services in Christian Science Churches. Christian Science Organization parti- cipates in Religious Emphasis Week and other Student Religious Council pro- grams. They hold receptions in the fall for new students and a workshop meet- ing is held each semester. They also present an annual Christian Science lec- ture on campus. Officers for this year were Michele Gainey; president, John Carrington; vice- president; and Jeff Sarff; secretary- treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tracy are faculty sponsors. • CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION DISCIPLES OF STUDENT FELLOWSHIP Located at 2318 Thirteenth Street, ad- jacent to the First Christian Church, is the Christian Student Center for Texas Tech students. Open from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. each weekday, the center provides recreational and spiritual helps to all who enter its doors with a sincere desire to gain from its facilities. Among the regularly scheduled events which take place at the Christian Service Center are vesper services every Wednes- ' A ! ! ft ' ' ! ! iai day night, Church School on Sunday mornings, special interest groups which gather weekday mornings, and a Sunday evening meal. Roy King, campus minister, is the director of the student center. Robert Piatt, a Lubbock minister, teaches courses for the United Bible Chair. Besides its other facilities, the center also has a study hall, a dark room, and a stage for dramatic productions. I 12

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RELIGION BAPTIST STUDENT UNION The Baptist Student Union of Texas Tech was organized in 1925. BSU ac- tivities were held in facilities of the First Baptist Church of Lubbock. Through the years, meetings were held in various places in town and on the campus. In 1951 the present Baptist Student Union Center, located at 13th and Avenue X, was built with funds pro- vided by churches in the area and by the Student Department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The cen- ter is equipped with lounges for assem- blies, game rooms, and a class room in which Bible courses are taught. There is a library, a prayer room, snack bar, a workroom, and office space also. BSU activities are basically weekday affairs. A program designed to meet the spiritual and social needs of each Baptist student on the campus is planned and placed into operation each semester by the officers of the BSU. Assistance is available in all matters by the Baptist Student Director. The BSU program includes the daily worship services, morning watch and vespers; weekly mission projects; social and recreational activities; courses of in- struction in the Bible which are accre- dited by the college for elective credit toward degree work; and special retreats, assemblies, and meetings emphasizing the religious life. Members of Baptist Student Union share fellowship in many ways. Fall officers of BSU. Spring officers. II

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NEWMAN CLUB I A three-fold purpose — that of pre- senting a religious, intellectual and social atmosphere for Catholic students at Tech — is the challenge presented the Tech chapter of the Newman Club. In accordance with this purpose, most club activities begin with a rosary, fol- lowed by a business meeting which usually includes a lecture program and climaxes with a social gathering. Often, however, the meeting is devoted to a purely social, intellectual or religious nature. Dedicated to the ideals of Cardinal John Henry Newman, an Oxford Pro- fessor who established a center to help students achieve intellectual excellence, the club endeavors to aid Catholic stu- dents in non-Catholic colleges and uni- versities keep their knowledge of reli- gion abreast with their secular training. Under the sponsorship of Father Wil- liam Hanley, an Irish priest at St. Eliza- beth ' s Catholic Church, the group has been presented a series of lectureship each semester. Initiates are required to attend a set minimum before becoming eligible for membership. The first lecture series, on marriage, brought speakers from all walks of life to discuss the various facets of matri- mony. A priest, doctor, psychologist, business professor and mother present- ed the aspects of marriage to the group. In the fall semester, the group began a series of lectures on modern social problems. Beginning with talks on Com- munism and socialism, guest speakers capped off the series with a discussion of American problems and finally a lec- ture dealing with the church and social problems. Newman Club members enjoy fellowship at their annual banquet. sndif which unity j the lobat ourses kilti hi ' I I! Here Newman Club members relax at a game of volleyball. 13