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

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PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE High Standards The Publications Committee is composed of students and faculty mem- bers working together to insure that the highest literary and ethical stan- dards are maintained on Tech ' s student publications. Duties of the committee include selection of the editors for the Univer- sity Daily and the La Venlana, con- trolling of the budgets for both and the formulation of the codes of good jour- nalism to which each must adhere. Members of the 1969-70 committee were Dr. Bill Oden, chairman; Dr. John Wittman, Mrs. Dol ores Kilchens- tein, Dr. Erwin Elias, Ralph Sellmeyer, Dr. Bill Lockhart, Bill Dean, director of student publications and Mrs. Jean Finley, business manager. Also serving on this year ' s com- mittee were John Simpson, junior; June Waggoner, junior; Bill Horton, sophomore; and Andy Kerr, junior. As Texas Tech grows, so grows Publications committee members for 1969-70 were Dr. Bill Oden, Mrs. Jean Finley, Mrs. Dolores Kil- chenstein, June Waggoner and Dr. John Wittman, bottom row, and Ralph Sellmeyer, John Simpson, Dr. Erwin Elias, Dr. Bill Lockhart, Bill Horton, Andy Kerr and Bill Dean, top row. 1 INFORMATION SERVICES Propagandists For Tech the job of the Information Services, that is, the job of informing the state, the nation and the world of both news and progress being made a Tech every day in every imaginable aiea, includ- ing, for instance, personnel, academ- ic development, physical development and, of course, sports activities. Publications of the Information Services include the campus directory, maps, Tech Times, the Icasals Newsletter and ' Texas Tech Reports. The staff of Information Services is composed of Bicknell Beckwith, di- rector of development and Information Services; John Petty, deputy director of information; DeWitt Thompson, deputy director of development; Dan Tarpley, head of the news bureau; Jerry Kelly, head of the publications bureau; and Jim Childress, head of the photography bureau. Making up the staff of Information ■ Services for the past year were DeWitt Thompson, Jim Childress, Jerry Kelly, Bicknell Beckwith, Dan Tarpley and John Petty. 8 — Tyme

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I ABOVE LEFT: G. C. Gardner is the vice-president for financial affairs. Since receiving his master ' s degree in accounting from Indiana University he has distinguished himself as an expert in his field. Before coming to Tech, Gard- ner held a number of positions with the Defense Department including that of Comptroller for the Defense Communications Agency and Dep- uty Comptroller for Internal Audit in the office of the Secretary of Defense. ABOVE RIGHT: Dr. Monty Davenport is the associate vice- president for research. He is con- cerned with information systems, research programs and clarifying school procedures. He holds a Ph.D. from Stan- ford in mechanical engineering and devotes much time to graduate students in this area. BELOW: Bill J. Parsley, vice-pres- ident for public affairs, is respon- sible for coordinating all activities of related groups outside the uni- versity. He has a law degree from the University of Texas and is a former state representative.

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A Excitement mounts as contestants wait for the announcement of Miss Playmate for the 1969-70 school year. im SIGMA DELTA CHI Now Coed Sigma Delta Chi, national profes- sional journalism society was founded at Tech in 1958 by Mr. Wallace E. Carets, head of the journalism depart- ment. During the 1969-70 school year Sigma Delta Chi, heretofore strictly a male organization, opened its doors to women. Membership in Sigma Delta Chi is open to journalism majors and mi- nors maintaining a high grade point average. This year Sigma Delta Chi spon- sored the annual Miss Playmate and Miss Mademoiselle contests, in which Mary Beth Johnson was named Miss Playmate, and Pam Kirk was named Miss Mademoiselle. Proceeds from these contests go to a special scholar- ship fund for journalism students. At the end of the year Sigma Delta Chi published its annual honors edi- tion of the University Daily. In this honors edition Sigma Delta Chi honors outstanding students and faculty mem- bers. This year ' s honorees were Dr. Robert Baker, Bob Bass, Jim Boynton, Wallace Carets, Mrs. Maria Gay, Kent Hance, Steve Hardin and Lewis N. Jones. Also honored were Jim McNally, Harmon Morgan, D. N. Peterson, Dr. Robert Rouse, Dr. Reginald Rushing, Jay Thompson and Tom Walsh. Profits from this honors edition go to a senior scholarship fund which a journalism student may use as a low- interest loan during his senior year. During the spring semester mem- bers of Sigma Delta Chi journeyed to . Oklahoma City for the Region VHI Conference. Bill Horton served as dele- gate from the Tech chapter. Officers of Sigma Delta Chi for the 1969-70 school year were Burk Whittenburg, president; Tommy Love, vice-president; Dan Lammert, secre- tary; and Joe Kammlah, treasurer. Miss Playmate, Mary Beth Johnson, beams as she is given her title. Tyme—9