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

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r MATRIX TABLE Liz Carpenter spoke at the annual matrix table. Shown with her are Rep. George Mahon and Carolene English, Theta Sig president. BEST DRESSED Susan Davis, second runner up; Buff Rank, winner; and, Jan Weaver, first runner up, shown after the Theta Sig Best Dressed Contest. THETA SIGMA PHI Theta Sigma Phi is the national pro- fessional fraternity for women in jour- nalism and communications. Working in conjunction with the local professional chapter, the Tech organization strives for a free and responsible press and to unite women in the field of journalism. The fraternity was founded on April 8, 1909, at the University of Washington in Seattle. Its symbol is the matrix from the linotype machine and its fraternity flower is the violet. Tech Theta Sigs kicked off this year ' s round of activities in November with its annual Club Scarlet, which follows a nightclub theme. At this time, Tech ' s Most Handsome Man was named. Don Foster, junior from Houston, copped the honor. In March, Theta Sigma Phi hosted its Matrix Table, which came during the Southwestern Journalism Congress at Tech. At the dinner Carolene English, Theta Sig president, was presented as the top senior woman in journalism. Other awards were presented to out- standing high school journalism stu- dents in the Lubbock area. The Headliner Award went to Barbara Cartwright, Monterey High School. Elizabeth S. Carpenter, press secre- tary to Mrs. Lyndon Johnson headed the list of speakers at Matrix Table. Mrs. Carpenter, who was formerly a news correspondent in a Washington, D.C. news bureau, related many of the funny and serious matters faced by the press WOMEN ' S DAY Pam Best and Carolene English are shown as they prepare for the annual Woman ' s Day issue of the Toreador. secretary to the First Lady. George Ma- hon, Texas congressman, accompanied Mrs. Carpenter and also addressed the group. Following the banquet, Theta Sigs sponsored an informal reception to give everyone a chance to meet and talk with Mrs. Carjienter. In April Theta Sigma Phi sponsored the annual Best-Dressed Coed Contest. Forty-five coeds modeled three outfits each in the competition. They were judged on 10 basic points of poise, fig- ure, good grooming and dress. Serving as judges were Mrs. Mary Gerlach, as- sistant professor of home economics; Mrs. Dorthy Wilhite, Hemphill-Wells and Spence Raulerson, co-director of Robert Spence School, Inc. New pledges were taken in by Theta Sigma Phi at the beginning of the spring semester. These coeds went through a period of pledgeship before they were initiated in May. Theta Sig officers were Carolene English, president; Ann Brown, rer cording secretary; Sue Wright, corre- sponding secretary; Carmen Bauer, trea- surer; Carol Lee Page, historian and Liz Lyne AWS represei:tative. . ki

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l TALENT TRUTH ENERGY The three words above represent the watchword of Sigma Delta Chi and the emblem on the ring is the society ' s emblem. SIGMA DELTA CHI Kansas City, here I come. These words were on the lips of three members of the Tech chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, Mike Ferrell, Cecil Green and Bill Heard, and their sponsor, Ralph Sellmeyer, assistant professor of jour- nalism, as they prepared early in De- cember to attend the annual national Sigma Delta Chi convention in Kansas City, Mo. Although the main purpose of the » ■ convention was to meet with other journalists and journalism students from all parts of the nation to discuss common problems and their solutions, the three delegates had time during their trip to tour the Kansas City Star newspaper plant and to take a side tour to Independence, Mo. and the Tru- man Library. Returning to Lubbock, the conven- tioneers ' pleasure trip ended as they pitched in to help other members on the Miss Mademoiselle pageant which Sig- ma Delta Chi co-sponsors each year in conjunction with La Ventana ' s .Madem- oiselle magazine. This year ' s contest saw 320 girls in the preliminaries nar- rowed down to 25 in the semi-finals and finally Sheila Helbing selected as Miss Mademoiselle. In another segment of the contest, Jon Ann Rice was chosen Miss Playmate. Tech ' s SDX chapter ' s spring project consists of a special awards issue of the Toreador honoring one person in every thousand people at Tech for their out- standing contributions to the school which go unrecognized throughout the year. Other projects and activities during the year included participation in J-Day activities and the Southwestern Jour- this past year. J-Day in the fall semester brought high school journalism students to the Tech campus for an orientation pro- gram of journalism at college and for discussion of problems experienced at the different representative high schools. Both the Tech chapter and the West Texas professional chapter of Sigma Delta Chi met several times together for panel discussions or talks on jour- nalism and the outsiders view of the profession. Although the first chapter of SDX was founded at DePauw University in 1909, the Tech chapter has only been in existence since 1958. It is open to male students interested in making journalism their profession. Sigma Delta Chi, on the national level, is the oldest, largest and most select organization serving the field of journalism. • COORDINATOR Mike Wall produced the Miss Mademoiselle Pageant HELPER Don Enger got the job of helping contestants down the stage stairs.

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PIO STAFF Campus PR personnel John Hobbs, John Guest, Tanja Robertson, Becky Clark, Patsy Brow n and Mrs. Emil Carmichael inspect the work of director Adrian Vaughn. PUBLICATIONS COMMinEE Committee members George Elle, Wallace Garets, Mrs. Jean finley, Mike Stinson, Phil Orman, Dr. Reginald Rushing, Mary Behrends, Steve Magee and Dr. E. A. Gillis, chairman, tour Journalism dark- room facilities. Public Information Office Telling the world about Texas Tech is a big job, bigger than mass media can afford to handle by themselves. Consequently, Tech provides a public informa- tion department with four full- time staff members and three student assistants. In the 1964 calendar year, the department wrote 2,981 news stories about Tech and distributed them in 27,082 mailings. Included with the stories were 411 photo- graphs. The PI office produced two color motion pictures and 51 newsfilms for television. It pub- lished several periodicals, includ- ing Tech Times for the faculty and staff, Reports on Agricultur- al Industry and Research Farm Review for the School of Agricul- ture, and Dads News for the Dads Association. A large number of the news stories are about Tech ' s best am- bassadors, the students. Anytime a student wins an honor or is elected to office, the news is re- layed to his or her hometown news media. Every student that earns a degree from Tech can be sure of one story — the announce- ment of graduation. Working under the direction of Adrian Vaughan are John Hobbs, Mrs. Emil Carmichael and Mrs. Susanne Geddes. Student assist- ants during the year included Tanja Robertson, Pat Brown, Sarge Klinger and John Guest. Publications Committee The Student Publications Com- mittee ranks among the most im- portant student-faculty policy making bodies at Texas Tech. Student leaders and faculty members are appointed to serve a year ' s term on the committee by the college president. The committee is charged with the responsibility to supei-vise and govern the activities of stu- dent publications and campus ad- vertising. Committee members determine budget needs, elect editors, estab- lish operating procedures and mold philosophy for the Daily Toreador, student newspaper, and La Ventana, student yearbook. This year the publications com- mittee took a new look at the of the role of a student newspaper on a university campus. The phi- losophy emphasizes the responsi- bilities of the paper and the role it plays as a news media, a forum of ideas and a means of stimulat- ing thought and constructive action. Members this year included faculty members from the depart- ments of journalism, horticulture and accounting. The four student members were also from the dif- ferent schools at Tech. • ' 10 i