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

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C !I» Kvka i EDfTORS 5 -I gfflK CO-EDITORS . . Becky Parker Ray Finfer ASSOCIATE EDITOR . . Karen McKenzie COPY EDITOR . Winston Odom PUBLISHER . . Phil Orman HEAD PHOTOGRAPHER .... AUyn Harrison ART EDITOR . . Dow Patterson MAGAZINES TYME Mike Ferrell Cecil Green MADEMOISELLE Becky Parker PLAYBOY Ray Finfer Mike Canon SPORTS ILLUSTRATED John Armistead Mike Bohn POST Noel Freeman Liz Lyne FUTURE Winston Odom Larry Fagan TOWN AND COUNTRY Charlotte Stewart LIFE Karen McKenzie Diane Weddige SENIOR VIEW Beverly Hunt JUNIOR VIEW Jane Maginnis SOPHOMORE VIEW Noel Freeman FRESHMAN VIEW Nancy Hedleston A letter from the PUBLISHER Forty years from birth, forty years from a flat spot in the road and the double T grows bigger and more mean- ingful each year. With the arrival and distribution of this, the 1965 La Ventana, we are drawing to a close our fortieth year. But they have been good years and have been capped by the year 1964-65. 1 guess everybody thinks that their year is the best year and I ' m sure to them it is. This year has been marked with many things, heartaches, tears, smiles, great fears and much wondering. It all began as usual with record setti ng enroll- ment, fast paced football games, a win- ning season, but a poor showing in the Sun Bowl. These and other activities highlighted the fall semester. Of course the Christ- mas season was kicked off by the an- nual Carol Of Lights, and ended with the Christmas vacation. But it wasn ' t all sports and beauty, the Tech name change, the national elec- tions each played a part in the school year. Spring always brings things to bloom, and bloom they did. Tech and Lubbock had their share of legislation introduced and some of it slapped down. The Law School was kicked around and money for the new faculty was the main topic. The Tech Medical School was prob- ably the biggest issue of the year in education. The House and the Senate both cleared the way for the school and passed on it, but Governor Connally decided that the medics should wait un- til he put in his new super board and let them give it or withhold it, so he put his veto on it. Of course this year will always be remembered for basketball, great joy was in Mudville for the greater part of the season, but then the mightiest Casey of them all struck out. Tech ' s league leading Raiders had their crown taken away. It turned out that Norman Reu- ther was ineligible for the latter part of the season. The only good thing to Phil Orman come out of the mess was the spirit of the team, the spirit of Lubbock and the everlasting spirit of the student body. The Raiders proved they were worth their salt, by going the rest of the season undefeated, but all was for naught. But never say die Techsans looked forward to next year with a bright eye. And then that eye was blacked, Reuther had his scholarship lifted and one of Tech ' s leading fresh- men left school. This leaves some ques- tion in bench strength and about the latter part of the year, but Tech teams have a lot of pride, so who can tell what will happen. One of the happier highlights of the year came when Dean Willa Vaughn Tinsley was honored with the dedication of this yearbook. She has been a bright light on the Tech faculty for many years. All in all, it ' s been a good year, and we hope that you think that this edition of the La Ventana tops it all off. My personal thanks to each of the people who worked on the book, my congratula- tions for a job well done. CONTENTS Dedication 2 Religion . . Press 3-10 Music - . Military 24-32 11-17 18-23 Cover by Cal Wayne Moore Dow Patterson

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News Review A veto by Governor John Connally, thumbs down by legislative committees, a name change controversy, a mis-quote and an ineligible player were 1964-65 highlights at Texas Tech. The big story of the year broke when Connally proposed to regroup Texas col- leges and universities in a three-part super system. The name Texas Tech established a technological school in- stead of a multi-purpose university in the eyes of Austin officials. A public forum was called late in January where speakers expressed fears that should Tech be placed in the tech- nological-agricultural system, schools of Arts and Sciences, Business Administra- tion and Graduate School would become secondary to the schools of Engineer- ing and Agriculture. In March the Student Council inaugu- rated a writing campaign to state legis- lators to explain all aspects of the multi- purpose university. The Joint Name-Change Committee continued to oppose Texas Tech Uni- versity as a name not fit for the South Plains school. Marketing department polls, a radio station survey and other polls indicated a Texas State Univer- sity preference over Texas Tech Uni- versity. In late January State Senator H. J. (Doc) Blanchard introduced bills to es- tablish a Texas Tech Medical School and to change the name to Texas Tech University. Rep. Reed Quilliam intro- duced the House version of the medical school bill and Texas Technological College and State University as a new name. The state legislature postponed all college name changes imtil next session. Hopes for a law school faded when in mid-February the House Appropri- ations Committee disallowed creation of new law schools. The bill stipulated that no faculty salary appropriations could be spent for salaries in schools or col- leges of law not in existence by Feb. 1, 1965. Tech earlier received approval from the Commission of Higher Educa- tion to establish a law school by 1967. Neither the House Committee nor the Legislative Budget Board approved funds to finance the preliminary ex- penses for the law school. Hopes for a medical school looked favorable in late March when the Sen- ate approved a bill authorizing crea- tion of a medical school at Tech. Gov- ernor Connally challenged the legisla- ture ' s tradition of exercising a free hand in state college development when he vetoed the medical school bill. Lub- bock legislators gave up attempting to override the veto, which came after in- decision on whether to recall and change the bill or to meet Connally ' s objections. Connally pledged support if a study revealed Lubbock as the best site for a medical school which can support a teaching hospital. Tech ' s voluntary withdrawal from consideration for the Southwest Con- CO AS C( PI ference basketball championship hit Tech like a bombshell when Norman Reuther was discovered to be scholas- tically ineligible. Dr. J. William Davis, faculty chairman of Tech ' s Athletic Board, asked the Southwest Conference to withdraw Tech from consideration for the basketball championship. Davis made the recommendation after discov- ering Reuther had become ineligible at mid-term. Reuther passed only 19 hours during the preceding two semesters and con- ference eligibility rules require 20 hours. Throughout the school year student life continued a normal fast pace. In December a 500 hour sitathon on Soap- suds was conducted to raise funds for a fountain project. Campus police were kept busy inves- tigating minor thefts two elevator burn- ings, a robbery later discovered a hoax and other incidents. One of the Year ' s standard gripes was poor food. The Student Council re- jected a Pood Committee report because it did not reflect student opinion. The report was described as patting the Food Service on the back, although students see the food as a final product and do not approve it. The Toreador emphasized the need for more academic freedom, the need of a psychiatrist on campus and ther problems faced by a growing univc ity. In the national elections for Pres ant, TOREADOR editor Bronson H ard came out in favor of Johnson. T(

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Tyme The Tech News Magazine LA VENTANA Something was in the air. Dr. Willa Vaughn Tinsley, dean of the School of Home Economics, had been called to President R. C. Goodwin ' s office and no one seemed to know the reason for the sudden conference. At least no one would tell Dean Tinsley even if they knew. On March 24, therefore, she made the trip to the president ' s office to find out. While there, the president ' s office door was opened by James Roy Wells, assist- ant to the president, who escorted some 25 college administrators, home economic faculty members and students into the office. Among the group were Becky Parker and Ray Finfer, co-editors of the 1965 La Ventana, who were carrying a large framed picture of the cover for Tyme magazine as they prepared to dedicate the yearbook to Dean Tinsley. During the ceremony, which came as a complete surprise to Dean Tinsley, she was cited for progressive leadership, dedication and untiring efforts as an educator. In the dedicatory message, Finfer also said that This person is in charge of a segment of Texas Tech which is one of the fastest growing of its kind in the United States. Figures show that this area has grown in the last ten years at such a phenomenal rate that the national ranking has climbed from 35th to eighth in the country. Billie Williamson, assistant to the Dean Willa Vaughn Tinsley holds the cover picture of Tyme magazine while PresicJent R. C. Goodwin, left, looks on with la Ventana co-editors Becky Parker and Ray Finfer. DEDICATION dean of home economics, said that Dean Tinsley is a pleasure to work with, es- pecially easy to approach. She has the creative ability, respect for ideas and contributions of all persons with whom she works, the enthusiasm of teaching and the teaching profession and the never-ending search for ideas that have and will contribute to the growth of home economics at Tech. Wells, in paying tribute to the dedi- catee, said, It is a pleasure to share in honoring Dean Tinsley for contributions which range from generosity and warmth in personal relationships to out- standing leadership which has brought honor and recognition to Texas Techno- logical College on regional, state and national levels. Dr. Tinsley, a nutrition authority, was appointed to the deanship at Tech in 1953 coming from Southwest Texas State College where she was the head of the home economics department. She received her bachelor of science degree from Texas Woman ' s University in 1928, her master of science from Colorado State University in 193G and her Ph.D. from the University of Min- nesota in 1947. She has been requested to teach sum- mer courses in graduate home economics at Colorado State University and to serve as co-director of a Nutrition Edu- cation Workshop at Mankato State Teachers College in Minnesota. Dean Tinsley is listed in Who t Who in America; Who ' s Who in Auk , ican Education; Who Knows — and V hat. Among Authorities, Experts and Specially Informed; Who ' s Who of American Women; and the Dictioi iry of International Biography. i