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Tgxas Tgch Rgd Ra idgr Jgwgl ry BE PROUD OF THE RAIDERS TIE BAR CHARMS LAPEL PIN Sterling 14K Silver Gold Charm $4.50 $15.00 Tie Tac $4.50 $15.00 Tie Bar $5.50 $15.00 Lapel Pin $4.50 $15.00 TAX AND POSTAGE INCLUDED ORDER YOURS NOW - EX-STUDENTS ASSOCIATION Texas Technological College Box 4009, Tech Station, Lubbock, Texas EXECUTIVE BOARD Term Expires 1966 Don Anderson, '-48 Crosbyton . President C. H. Cummings, 'H Lubbock . First Vice President Guion Gregg, '-41 . Second Vice President Ed McCullough, '32 Midland . Athletic Council Representative Frank Calhoun, 'S 6 Abilene . Immediate Past President Wayne James, 'S7 New Deal . .. .. Executive Director 2 WOMEN AT TECH DIRECTORS by Florence l. Phillips Term Expires 1966 David Casey, 'H . Lubbock Ken Dowell, '-44 . .. ....... .. .. Dallas 8 A LOOK AT TECH Pat Thurman, ' SO ...... ....... Austin by Manuel DeBusk Term Expires 1967 Andy Behrends, 'Sl ........ .. Amarillo Ralph Davis, 'H . El Paso George Wilson, '41 .......... Lubbock 12 TECH DAY Term Expires 1968 Donnell Echols, ' S9 . Lamesa Keith Anderson, 'SO ..... ... .. Midland 13 . NEW CAR FOR EXES .l!d Wilkes, ' S6 .. .... .. .... .. Lubbock LOYALTY FUND TRUSTEES 14 _ LAW BOOK GIFT Term Expires 1966 P. A. Lyon, Jr., ' 42 .... .. .. Spearman Joe Allbright, '-42 .. ......... Andrews 15 _ THE DANCE Jack Maddox, '29 ..... ... Hobbs, N.M. Term Expires 1967 by Barbra Worley Ralph Hooks, '40 ............. Abilene Eugene Mitchell, 'H . Dallas R. C. Mitchell, '37 ........... Lockney 18 OBSERVIN' SPORTS Term Expires 1968 by Bill Holmes Dr. R . G. Alexander, 'S 8 . Arlington Jac k McClellan, Roswell, N.M. Bill Bales, ' S3 ..... ...... ...... Tyler 21 CURRENT SCENE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS by Wayne James Abilene . Thurmon M. Andress 'S6 Amarillo . James LaMunyon 'S2 Andrews . Roy Buckner ' S I 26 BANNERS Arli11glon . Jack Noyes '49 Auslilo ............. Bernard Bogan '42 by Ann lain & Sue McPeak Brya11 -Colltgt Station . .. Bill Jackson 'S3 Ce11-Texas ..... .. ·... John T. Shires 'S8 Corpus Christi . .. George Strickland ' S6 31 IN MEMORIAM Dallas . H . Dane Grant 'S7 El Paso . .. Bart Fischer 'S8 Ealf Texas . .... Joe France ' 49 Floydada Edward J. Foster 'S8 Fort Worth . Shari Vick '60 Hale Co11nty .... John R. Link Houslo11 ...... , ... William L. Adair ' SO Editor: Wayne James Managing Editor: Phil Orman Lamesa . Jerry Bell 'S9 Photos by Cal Moore, Darryl Thomas, and Allyn Harrison Lubbock. ... ... J. Q. Warnick, Jr. 'S6 Mit!la11d ........... John Billingsley '61 Sun A111011io .......... Melvir Sisk '37 Tra11s-Pecos . Fred Gibson '49 Tri-Co111tly . .... ... Eric Rushing '40 Vrrtt<m . Joe Garrison 'Sl The cover photograph by Cal Moore is a salute to Tech's 1966-67 Wichita Falls .. W . E. " Bill" Buford !\lbuq~trrq~te ........... Fred Libby 'SO Miss Mademoiselle and Miss Playmate. De11ver, Colo. Gene Hamby New Orleans, La. Conner X. Russell '37 Pecos Valley .......... Craig Protz '61 Tulsa, Okla. ......... Eddie Henson ' S 8 'Jk.la. City, Okla . HomerS. Newman '36 Second-class postage paid by the TEXAS TECHSAN at Lubbock, Texas. Publlah.U In February, Barllewille, Okla. W . E. R eno April, June and August to December Inclusive by the Ex-Students Association of Texas Techno New York. .... .. Marion Sprague '47 logical College, Lubbock, Texas 79409. Subscription rate is $5 per year. Change of address should Sou/hem Staltt ........ C. W. Cook '3 9 be sent to the Association oCtlces 30 days prior to date of Issue with which It Ia to take effect. Advertising rates on request. All advertising Is handled through the Association office. Four Corners, N . M. R. L. Nichell Jr. 'S 8 Washington, D.C. Jim Tom Casey '40 A PRIL, 1966 PAGE ONE en By FLORENCE L. PHILLIPS versity and a provision in old age." Al m the United States have been mar Dean of Women though this is a time of prosperity, ried at some time during their lives. higher education for women is not orna The following article wu written anti pre In 1900, however, two out of three senteti to the Texas Technological College mental. Never before has the education women in the total population had been Boarti of Directors by Dtan Florence L. Phil they received been so influential in married. The average age of marriage is lips. It gives a better insight into the world shaping their future lives for the mul of college women anti the part they play in twenty years as compared with twenty tht ovtra/1 picturt at Tech and at othtr tiple roles they must play in modem two years at the turn of the century. schools across the nation. society as wives, mothers, citizens, and The average couple can expect to have Dtan Phillips rtceiveti her Eti.D. from In earners. diana University •nti· has a varieti background fifteen more years together. after the in profmional anti ttiucational positions. Sht Earlier marriage, better health, longer last child has left the home, and wom btcamt Ttch's Dean of Women in 19H. life, and modern technology's laborsav en outlive their husbands by approxi Education for ing devices have had a profound influ mately six years. Over half of the total American Women ence on the life patterns of American number of women in the labor force are married, and the average age of the Higher education for American wom women. Most women marry and seek employed woman is forty-one as com en began during the nineteenth century. employment after their children are pared with twenty-six in 1900. In 1960, The first authentic instance of a wom grown. Furthermore, in our society 548,000 of the 3,000,000 women be an being permitted to secure a college the activities of the American woman tween the ages of sixty-five and sixty education was in 1837 when four young cannot be confined to the home for nine were in paid employment. Today women were admitted to Oberlin Col the conditions in the community and in a woman of seventy has a life expect lege. One hundred and twenty-eight the nation have a great effect on the ancy of twelve years. years later, in 1965, there were 1,984,- welfare of her family. 000 women enrolled in colleges and uni The societal trends which have in An increasing number of women are versities throughout the nation. Enroll fluenced changes in the life patterns and making decisions which are crucial not ments are expected to reach 2,715,000 social roles of women are revealing. To only for them but for society itself. In by 1970. day the life of the young woman dif the United States, women control sev Aristotle said that "learning is an fers greatly from the life of her grand enty per cent of the savings, purchase ornament in prosperity, a refuge in ad- mother's day. Four out of five women ninety per cent of the merchandise pro- PAGE Two THE TEXAS TECHSAN du~ed for family use, and directly influ Mrs. Mary Woodward Doak was the enthusiasm with high standards and ence financial considerations in a num first Dean of Women. She served in high ideals and scholarly and intellectual ber of other fiel'ds. Even though their this capacity for twenty years, 19 2 5- interests to build a most outstanding roles as mother and homemaker take 194 5, and as Professor of English, program for women on this campus. precedence over their other roles, young 1945- 1949. When Dean Doak retired, Her significance to the institution women of today must be educated for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal com which she inspired for a quarter of a citizenship in the home, in the com mented that "she has been as much a century is reflected in the program to munity, and in the nation. part of Texas Technological College as this day. Recently, the Southern As According to the Report of the Presi the Administration Building and even sociation for Colleges and Schools dent's Commission on the Status of more essential to its well being." stated in their evaluation that the pro Women which was published in 1963: Dean Doak was the founder of the gram in women's affairs at Texas Tech ... today's young American woman Association of Women Students and nological College was comparable to comes to maturity with a special organized Forum, the forerunner of some of the best in the nation. The measure of opportunity-to live in Mortar Board; Junior Council, the hon strong foundation built by Mary Wood a period when 'American abundance orary fraternity for junior women; and ward Doak made this evaluation pos is coupled with a quest of quality, to the social clubs that preceeded five of sible. show forth excellence in her life as our national sorority groups. Her organ Thr As.wciation of Womrn Studrnts: an individual, to transmit a desire ization of the Council of Women All women students are automatically for it to her children, and to help .Graduates led to Texas Tech's affiliation members of the Association of Women make it evident in her community. with the American Association of Uni Students (AWS), an organization H igher education in colleges and versity Women. which is concerned with the special prob universities must help to prepare the Dean Doak was a native Texan and lems of women's education, women's American woman to accomplish these she represented the finest qualities typi standards, and programs of special in objectives and to perform her varied cal of the state. She has been described terest to women. The purposes of the functions throughout her long life with as a woman of wisdom, balance, breadth, Association are: to promote and main excellence. and charm. She combined energy and tain the highest educational, cultural, The Program for Women at Texas Technological College Because the education of women has always been a major concern of Texas Technological College, there has been a remarkable growth in the enrollment of women students.