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

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le ARMY ROTC The United States Reserve Officers ' Training Corps has been designed and effected to develop the qualities of eadership and service required in both military and civil enterprise. Army ROTC has been a part of Texas Tech since the early days of the college. Cadets may qualify for the Double T Rifle Team and participate in the marksmanship contests which are held throughout the area. Also, a cadet may join the Tyrian Rifles, Tech ' s Army ROTC precision marching unit, which represents the school at various parades and marching competitions throughout the country, or he may join the counter- guerrilla unit. There are also national military honor societies and profes- sional societies open to the outstand- ing cadet. The annual military ball is one of the outstanding social events on the Tech calendar for the year. At the ball, one of the eleven ROTC Sweethearts, selected earlier in the year to represent the various units, is ' chosen as Queen of the Ball. The musically inclined will find a place in the ROTC Band, which par- ticipates in both military and civic ceremonies. For the senior cadet who is inter- ested in flying and can qualify, the ROTC commander Jan Beer gives a fellow cadet lessons in hand to hand combat. ROTC cadets stand guard over the house during the annual military ball. Upon completion of the program and graduation from Tech, the cadet is commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve (unless he has qualified for and de- sires a Regular Army Commission) by the President of the United States. At this time, the cadet will realize that he has made the most of his own poten- tialities, for his country ' s sake as well as his own. All in all, a cadet ' s experiences are interesting (a cadet is paid about $1100 for his participation in the Ad- vanced Course) and rewarding in terms of leadership and the assumption of responsibility. Would you believe size 5? ROTC provides seventy hours of flight training, without cost, which is con-i ducted by approved civilian flying schools and under instructors certified by the Federal Aviation Agency. Suc- cessful completion of the course, which includes approximately thirty-five hours of actual flight time, qualifies the ca- det to take the examination for a FAA private pilot ' s license. { m II Learning the art of riflery is iust one of many skills the ROTC offers. I TYME

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N 1 THETA SIGMA PHI Women ' s Role in Journalism Women are constantly assuming a larger and more important role in the field of journalism and mass com- munications and Theta Sigma Phi, pro- fessional fraternity for women in journalism, serves to unite women in journalism in working for a free and responsible press. Tech ' s chapter cooperates with the local professional chapter in a number of projects, including the annual Matrix Table. This year ' s Matrix Table speaker was journalist-author Elizabeth Borton Trevino of Cuernavaca, Mexico. Tech ' s most handsome man is chosen in the fall at the Theta Sig mock night club, Club Scarlet; in the spring Theta Sigs sponsor the best dressed contest. ANN BROWN President of Theta Sig Another project of the local chapter is earning money for the annual Theta Sig scholarship. Tech ' s chapter attended by invitation the regional convention of Sigma Delta Chi. Ann Brown served as president; Sally Skiles, vice president; Jacque Gill, secretary; Mary Alice Nabors, treasurer; Carmen Keith, AWS repre- sentative and Camilla Keith, historian. S. Marcy Dinsmore Marian Dodge Margaret Eastman Judy Fowler Kay Gessling Jacque Gill Camille Keith Carnnen Keith Sally Skiles Carolyn Mogridge Pamela Moore Mary Alice Nabors Cheryl Russell Kaye Tipton Diane Weddige Susan Wey Barbra Worley Karen Wright New pledges Karen Wright, Cheryl Russell and Kaye Tipton are initiated in fori ceremony into the fraternity by President Ann Brown. TYME 7

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f. . ' t ' J.T ' S . Denise Humphries — ROTC Queen Chosen this year as ROTC queen was Miss Denise Humphries. Denise was selected Brigade Sweetheart from a group of eleven girls. Denise was representing Company G. Her duties are to reign over the ROTC ball and act as queen the re- maining year. Miss Humphries, was also chosen one of the top ten Texas Tech beauties in the Miss Mademoiselle pageant. Her other honors include Top Fresh- man Texan, La Ventana Staff mem- ber and DELTA DELTA DELTA sorority. Denise gave up her title as 1st Bat- talion Sweetheart alternate when she was elected Co. G Sweetheart. 1 K IK aSi