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

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Journalism Department In April Texas Tech ' s journalism de- partment joined 47 other schools and departments of journalism in being ac- credited by the American Council of Education for Journalism. W. E. Carets, head of the depart- ment said this was the first time the department had applied for accredita- tion and it is highly unusual for a department to receive its accreditation on the first try. Among the accredited schools and departments, only two are at the pres- ent time state colleges. A visitation team of the American Council on Education for Journalism was on campus Nov. 10-12, to evaluate the department. A favorable report was submitted by the team to the ACEJ Accrediting Committee which is com- posed of widely known educational and industrial leaders. After approval of the ACE J Com- mittee, headed by Professor Milton Gross, University of Missouri School I « W. E. SARETS Depati-nnent head dictates to Carole Coleman of Journalism, the report was sent to the full ACEJ headed by Frank Ahl- gren, editor of the Memphis Commer- cial-Appeal and representative of the American Society of Newspaper Edi- tors. The ACEJ recognizes professional programs in journalism .education. Through its accreditation program it describes the characteristics of schools and departments of journalism that it considers worthy of public recogni- tion. The organization also attempts to guide prospective students in journal- ism in choosing a department that will adequately meet their educational needs. Carets said recognition by the ACEJ is affirmation of the progress that the journalism department has made and is indication of the bright future that lies ahead. m BOB ROOKER Teaching a student to write. RALPH SELLMEYER Setting type with L. Nuttall 4 rYME

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I LA VENTANA Odom Weddige Just like everything else on campus La Ventana underwent several changes during the 1965-66 school year. One of the first changes was the addition of six new staff members — section editors. The new positions did away with the old title of magazine editor. Each section editor was respon- sible for putting out two magazines of La Ventana. One other change was the addition of more color pages. This year ' s La Ventana sports ten more full-color pages in the beauty section of Made- moiselle magazine. La Ventana co-editors for 1965-66 were Winston Odom and Diane Wed- dige. Miss Weddige, a senior English major, worked on the yearbook two years prior to being editor. Odom, a senior journalism major, had worked three years — one as copy editor. Associate editor of the 1966 La Ven- tana was John Armistead, and Beverly Hunt was copy editor. Art editor was Corky Harrison. Section editors were Jim Jones, Life magazine: Noel Knight, Tyme and Post; Nancy Hedleston, Mademoiselle and Sophomore View; Charlotte Shive, Future and Senior View; and Kay Gessling, Town Country jmd Junior View. Miss Shive replaced Sherry Py- ron at semester break. Members of La Ventana ' s staff rep- resented the school at several events outside Lubbock during the year. One of the first was at the Associated Col- legiate Press Convention in San Fran- cisco attended by Odom and Miss Gess- ling. Another was the Southwestern - Journalism Congress at the University of Arkansas where Miss Weddige and Armistead represented La Ventana. La Ventana staffers were called on to judge three beauty contests during the year — the Alpha Tau Omega Basket- ball Queen Contest, Tahoka High School and Lorenzo High School. Fifty-six students comprised La Ven- tana ' s volunteer staff for 1966. At the end of the year Angele Schleeter was named by the paid staff as the Out- standing non-paid Staff Member. Miss Schleeter will be editor of Mademoi- selle magazine in 1967. CHARLOHE SHIVE SHERRY PYRON JIM JONES KAY GESSLING Staff Consultants Beverly Hunt, copy editor and John Armi- stead, associate editor give art editor Corky Harrison a little friendly advice. La Ventana Co-editors Diane Weddige and Winston Odom discuss some of the finer points of producing such a book as La Ventana. It is an everyday task. TYME 3 ■m

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I Publications Public Information The Tech story is told in hundreds of ways by thousands of people to mil- lions all over the world. In one way or another the live, vibrating news of the college spreads through the campus, across the United States and abroad. Telling this story and sending it to as many places as possible is the job of the Tech Public Information Office (PIO). Located in the Journalism building, the staff of six handles hun- dreds of pictures and letters, reams of paper, and reels and reels of film in order to create and distribute stories and photographs on Tech activities, personalities and projects. Ron Hamm, PIO director, Ralph Carpenter, associate director, Mrs. Emil Carmichael, and Nelda Thomas, photog- rapher work with Hamm and two full- time secretaries and three student as- sistants to mail the news locally and regionally. He and his staff are the official spokesmen for the campus, in- cluding students, faculty and mainten- ance personnel. The staff answers questions from all over the country by letter and phone. The PIO wrote over 3,500 individual stories on Tech and took about 500 photographs. The PIO takes full ad- vantage of important news by keeping Tech name on the wires. Ralph Carpenter, Ron Hamm and Mrs. Emil Carmichael Responsible for Publicizing Tech. One of the most imjiortant commit- tees on campus is the Student Publi- cations Committee. It is a student- faculty group that serves a year and is responsible to supervise and govern the activities of student publications and campus advertising. The committee is responsible for the determining of budgets, electing edi- tors and molding philosophy for the paper and yearbook. It was the committee choice of elect- ing and seeing to the paying of the editors. The group is chosen from mem- bers of the faculty of different depart- ments and students active in different schools on campus. The coordinating and management of the two publications the TOREA- DOR, and the LA VENTANA is man- aged by Phil Orman and his secretary Jean Finley. They are responsible for the book- keeping part of advertising, handling publication matters, mailing yearbooks, and checking the publications to see that they maintain high standards. It is up to these two people to inspect the publications for good campus news that keeps Tech informed. Phil Orman and Mrs. Jean Finley A director and his secretary. DR. GEORGE ELLE. MRS. JEAN FINLEY. W. E. SARETS. DR. EVERETT GILLIS (CHAIRMAN). DR. RES. RUSHING, NEAL YOUNG. BILL BEUCK. JOE MURPHY, PENNY MAY AND PHIL ORMAN Looking after publications. TYME 5