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

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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

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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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LITTLE TIME TO REST Members of Sigma Delta Chi, men ' s professional journalism society, relax on the lawn in front of the home of their work, the ever-busy Journalism Building. Little time is given them to rest, how- ever, as they are one of the most active professional fraternities on campus. Composed of journalism majors and minors, SDX sponsored, along with La Ventana, the Mademoiselle and Play- mate pageant in Februrary. In April the group published its annual special sup- plement to The Daily Toreador in rec- ognition of 15 individuals out of 15,000 who contribute outstandingly to Texas Tech. Those recognized this year included some organizations as well as individ- uals who were cited for the qualities of Talent, Truth and Energy, the watch- words of SDX. This list includes the Speakers Committee, Gene Kenney, Linda McSpadden, Tech Artists Course, Ronald Schulz, Al Allison, Larry Strick- land, Tom Wilson, Dean Killion, Rich- ard Vaden, the Debate Team, Mrs. Kathryn Durham, Evelyn Clewell, the Red Raider Track Team, Ammon and AcAdams Texaco and Medical Center Phillips 66 service stations. Mike Ferrell was producer of the Mademoiselle and Playmate pageants this year which decked the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium in the festive air of Valentines Day and resulted in the ; selection of Pam Munson, Lubbock sophomore, as Miss Mademoiselle and Joan Reynolds, Morton senior, as Miss Playmate. These girls are recognized in the Mademoiselle section of La Ven- tana. ii0 Jouff s|iab«F« ai]]},QB3an SDX MEMBERS Sigma Delta Chi members are (standing): Noel KnIgKt; Eugene Smith, pledge trainer; Cecil Green; Mike Lutz; Don Enger; David Snyder; Mike Canon (not the cheerleader); Mike Ferrell, vice-president; John Armistead, president; Jimrny Jones, secretary; Winston Odom, treasurer and Ralph Sellmeyer, sponsor. Kneeling are: Frank O ' Hagan, Gary Tilory and Kyle Morse. « TYME