University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Dr. George Sanchez talked with students during a faculty fire- side at the Y. Weekend at UT offered Negro high school students a chance to learn about the various opportunities the Univer- sity provides. UNIVERSITY YM-YWCA Students studied current political issues in Model US Senate. Supplementing conventional classroom education, the Uni- versity YM-YWCA offered students greater involvement in higher education by giving them a chance to meet and work with professors and fellow students. The Y sponsored projects for promoting social change and progress projects concerning community development and high school dropouts. Weekend at UT, Model United States Senate, tutoring, religious discussions, St. John ' s Community Development projects and faculty firesides were typical activities of the year ' s program. Almost every topic of academic interest from civil rights to Hefner ' s philosophy of man and woman was treated in a Y discussion forum. Supporting the belief that democ- racy survives only under the aegis of free speech, the Y presented speakers with contrasting views such as William Sloan Coffin of Yale Divinity School and Royce McPhail, Grand Dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan. 6fficers for the YMCA were Aubrey Lee (Mike) Pettit, president, and William Leon Luttrell, John Staples Shockley and Robert Edwin Denham, vice-presidents. YWCA officers were Susan Davis, president, and Arlene Lee Barasch, Carolyn Deshon and Mary Lynn Poston, vice-presidents. Anne Appenzellar and Frank Wright were faculty sponsors. Page 405

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SOUTHERN BELLES Established in May, 1961, Southern Belles is an honorary society organized to serve Kappa Alpha fraternity in a manner characteristic of Southern womanhood. Last year the members worked with the fraternity pledges to coordinate their social and academic life. They also served as hostesses for weekly coffees, pre-football game buffets and the Kappa Alpha alumni coffee in March, and helped prepare for the annual Old South Ball and other fraternity social functions. President of the Belles this year was Nancy Lee Webb. H. Suzanne Waring was vice-president; Julia Katherine Ryan, secretary; Suzanne Davies, treasurer; and Laura Dean Ford, sergeant-at-arms. Sponsor was Mrs. Worrel Combs, Kappa Alpha housemother. KA ' s and Southern Belles exchanged gifts at their Christmas party. Front Row: Jerolyn Sue Witt, Mary Louise Williams, Laura Lee Lehmberg, Willedee Thomas, Sydney Thompson, Connie Fraker. Second Row: Julia Katherine Ryan, H. Suzanne Waring, Nancy Lee Webb, Suzanne Davies, Laura Dean Ford. Third Row: Carolyn Elaine Lowry, Sandra Carol Wesley, Sarah Ann Hartman, Karen Lynn Hamilton, Alice Naomi Wilson, Suzanne Stringer, Elizabeth Anne Oaks, Ronda Janice John- son. Members not pictured: Susan Elaine Cope, Susan Elizabeth Henderson, Beverly Wayne Patterson, Judy Ann Williams. Page 404

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Front Row: Paschel Lee Church, James Everett Key, William Clinton Reagan, Jerry Wayne Whitten, Mrs. Mabel Boles, Joe Alan Shull, Perry Dwayne Whitten, George Lowell Clayton, John Wesley Cardwell, Larry Joe Kennedy. Second Row: David Lee Shull, Richard Joseph Norman, Richard Ray Spears, Richard John VanSteenkiste, David Michael Gregory, Gary Clifton Shaw, Arthur Furman Isbell, Jr., Charles Michael Dickey, Ronald Lynn Polasek, George Houston Simmons. Third Row: Gsorge Barton Butts, Michael Lowery Gillette, Anthony Charles Jung, Edgar Newman Smith, Jr., Keith Denver Moore, ' James Stewart Wilson, Joseph Roland Krier, Gary Wayne Goodrich, William Harry McFarling, Bobby Marshall Gierisch. TEJAS CLUB Tejas Club placed third in men ' s intramural football. Ill II II II An all-male organization, the Tejas Club provides an in- tellectual environment aimed at stimulating scholarship, leadership and fellowship among its members. Recognizing mental development as the primary purpose of a University education, the Club attracts members with above-average academic and leadership abilities. This year it had the highest grade-point average of organizations maintaining houses and won the club division in intramural touch football. Social activities included gatherings on special University weekends such as Homecoming and Round-up, Christmas caroling for University ex-students of Austin and a Christ- mas party for under-privileged children. Among the speak- ers to the group was Dr. James S. Chase, assistant professor of history. Tejas Club officers were Anthony Charles Jung, presi- dent; David Michael Gregory, vice-president; Paschel Lee Church, secretary; William Clinton Reagan, business man- ager; and George Lowell Clayton, social chairman. Members not pictured: Tommy Neal Cowan, Charles Clay Doyle, David Dunagan Grimland, Thomas Marion Hagan, Billy Rue Karrh, Bruce Arthur Kowert, Thomas Walton Leonard, Larry Douglas Long, James Grover Mc- Mains and Lanis Scott Smith. Page 406