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

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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

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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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PRESS THE UD Responsibility Its Key If only one word would be used to describe the University Daily, it would have to be responsibility. One Tech administrator has said that the most influential voice on campus is the University Daily. With this in mind this year ' s staff, under the leadership of editor Jimmy Snow- den, accepted the responsibility of informing the campus of local, state, national and international news. The prime responsibility lies within the campus itself. The Univer- sity Daily is the sole organ for re- porting campus happenings. Daily edi- torials and letters to the editor express opinions — both concurring and con- flicting. Filling out this year ' s staff were Lynn Williams, news editor; Lynn Green and Donny Richards, editorial assistants; Rebecca Young and Jim Davis, co-managing editors; Janet Wossum and Bill Moore, campus editors; Dave Burkett, feature editor; Casey Charness, fine arts editor; Tom- my Love, sports editor; Jerry Teague, assistant sports editor; Mike McMahan, Bob Brewster and Steve Eames, sports writers; Debbie Kennedy, Bobby Wil- lis, Cindy McCarty and Sarah Raney, copy editors; Bruce Ott, photographer; Steve Hames, advertising manager; Mike Warden, cartoonist; and Marian Wossum, proofreader. The University Daily ' s main re- sponsibility is covering the full scope .of the news. Page one carries major local stor- ies, as well as important state, national and international news taken from the Associated Press wires. The inside pages are divided between editorial comment, cartoons, features, fine arts and sports. Working on the University Daily, the staff and reporters gain invaluable experience in producing a daily news- paper. More important, however, they learn something that only a job of this nature can teach them — responsibility. I if CAMPUS EDITOR: Janet WoMum lO—Tyme SPORTS WRITERS: Steve Eames. Tommy Love, and Mike McMahan