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

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BAPTIST STUDENT UNION GROWS The Baptist Student Union has a purpose, plan and program to serve the progressing college campus. The Tech Baptist Student Center is an or- ganization formed according to these three P ' s. The purpose of the BSU is to pro- vide a means for intellectual develop- jnent, collegiate leadership and Chris- tian fellowship and recreation. The plan for this idea centers on the division of leadership. Jack Greever, graduate of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Sem- inary, is the director of Tech ' s BSU. Larita Ewing, 1965 Tech graduate, is the assistant director. The plan for accomplishment leads to the BSU program of service. One facet of this is the local mis- sions program. Students go to 14 mis- sion locations every Friday night to teach children Bible stories and hand- work abilities. One student is designated as mission leader for each point, and other workers serve as teachers, pianists and recreation leaders. Special program features for 1966 included a ventriloquist, magician and a Christmas part in which each of the approximate 950 children involved was given a New Testament and a bag of 24 TYME fruit and candy. The facet of worship is another vital part of the program. Students, profes- sional men, ministers, professors and campus leaders participate in Vespers at 6:30 p.m. each Monday and Tues- day. Programs of this type vary ac- cording to the theme of the week. The BSU sponsors the Spring Lec- tureship conducted every year by a visiting speaker. This spring, Dr. Ver- non Davis came to give a week ' s lec- tures on The Layman as a Theolo- gian. Morning Watch is an innovation this fall as students will meet one morning a week before classes for a devotion time. Each of these areas represents the past accomplishments of Tech students and the future opportunities provided by The BSU. •i MISSIONARY AT WORK A BSU Missionary serves ns a pianist and song leader at one of the 14 missions served by the BSU.

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Disciples of Student Fellowship Continues to Grow In 1942, the First Christian Church moved from its original location in downtown Lubbock to Broadway and Ave. X so it would be closer to the Tech campus and could serve as a stu- dent center during the week. One hall of the church served double duty, providing space for a Christian Student Center throughout the week and as a classroom on Sunday. After the Tech campus grew in size, a pres- ent center was constructed in 1953 adjacent to the church. The Disciples of Student Fellowship tries to minister to the intellectual and moral needs of Tech ' s Christian stu- dents. The organization ' s weekly sched- ule begins on Tuesday evenings with vespers. Worship services are held in the CSC on Wednesday evenings. At these services Christian students find they grow more closely spiritually united. Members of Disciples of Student Fellowship attend a Tuesday night Vesper Service. .•••t i ' ♦ I Members of the Disciples of Student Fellowship are (standing), Ron Lowe, (on couch) Buddy Frazier, Jim Razor, Linda Bamhart, Cheryl Baldwin, Dan Crawford, (Ist row) Kirk Pendleton, Linda Mitchell, Ann Kirby, unidentified, Claire Sayers, Lynn Fitzgerald, (2nd row) Mel Deardorff, John Taylor, Charles Watkins, David Switzer, Kenneth Oefelin and Luan Aday. TYME J3

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THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT TECH THE MUSIC MAN k»mk k- UiMh 4 I DR. GENE HEMMLE Department Head The Sound of Music has had Julie Andrews singing in the hills of Austria at a Lubbock theatre since before Thanksgiving. In June, at the time of this writing, she was still at it. But Dr. Gene Hemmle, head of Tech ' s music department, has been around longer than Julie Andrews, and Tech ' s music department has a longer tradition of good music than the movie, The Sound of Music. Dr. Hemmle has been the music de- partment head at Tech for 16 years. He co-ordinates the work of the various organizations making up the depart- ment. Before becoming head of the de- partment. Dr. Hemmle was director of the Tech choir. The department, under the direction of Dr. Hemmle, has be- come known throughout the stale and nation for its excellent teachers, choir directors and band directors. Included in the performing organizations at Tech are the Tech Symphony Orchestra, Tech Band, Stage Band, Brass Choir, String Quartet, Tech Singers, Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, Tech Choir, Madrigal Singers, Opera Thea- ter and Choral Belles. Members of the faculty make up the Piano Trio, Woodwind Quintet and the Brass Quartet. The department of music has four objectives for the student; 1) to edu- cate teachers of music; 2) to help each student attain the skills and proficiencies of a strong musician, while achieving through liberal arts courses the same sort of broad general education which is to the intellectual foundation of the cultivated man or woman; 3) to de- velop talent to the highest degree of artistic capability; and 4) to help any student enrolled in the College acquire discriminating taste and sound critical judgment through courses in music, supplemented by concerts and through association with distinguished teachers. The department of music offers work leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music Education and the Bachelor of Music in Applied Music. G«ne Kenney Gene Kenney is choir director at Tech and is a guest conductor for high school choirs throughout the South- west. The problem is one of space. Paul Ellsworth conducts the Tech Symphony Orchestra and Dean Killion leads the Big Red Band in Florida. If only the football team hod . . . ' • TYME 25