VOL. LVIII AUSTIN, TEXAS, FEBRUARY, 1974 NO. 6 Scholarship Fund Raised To $175,650 Plus 2,698 Schools Join TILF Grants Exceed 157 For Contestants League for 73-74 "Texas Interscholastic League Foundation will award more than $175,650 in scholarships to more than 157 of Texas' finest During the current year, 2,698 Speech events may be designed young scholars," announced R. J. Kidd, secretary. schools joined the League. Of for high school, junior high school, or elementary competition; usual­ "At this time we cannot be sure just how many grants we these, 1,130 were high schools, 288 ly, Oral Reading is confined to can make, but we know that we will give that amount," Kidd junior high schools, and 1,280 ele­ lower schools, but often junior added. "We always have some scholarships added in the mentary. (ninth grade) high school contests spring. I hope there will be many more." Conference AAAA had 243 high are planned and, occasionally, The grants will be made to some of the state meet competit­ schools, Conference AAA had 143, freshmen in high school compete Conference AA 215, Conference A in this event; winners do not ad­ ors and runners-up in regional meets in University Interschol­ 221, and Conference B 318. vance beyond the district. astic League academic and literary contests. Kidd said that The League program has vari­ "No two human beings are alike. not all who qualified could win grants, but that he hoped to ous levels of educational competi­ Our program attempts to provide have a great number to award. tion. Music, spelling and ready as varied a series of events as pos­ Deadline for applications to be in writing, are designed for grade, in­ sible," reported Dr. Rhea Wil­ the state office is May 20. The 20 awards of $1,250 each, payable termediate or high school contest­ liams, League Director. "We are awards committee will meet to de­ $750 first year and $500 second ants. Picture Memory and Story especially grateful to the coaches cide on winners on May 28. year. Telling are for elementary stu­ and contest directors who make "We are proud of the tremendous CARL B. AND FLORENCE E. dents only, while Slide Rule, Short- this possible from those who read progress of the scholarship pro­ KING FOUNDATION 10 hadn and Science are ordinarily the stories to the second and third gram," said Dr. Rhea H. Williams, awards of $600 each. offered only to high school compet­ graders to those who coach high League director. "I want to thank itors. Many events, such as Num­ ALICE G. K. KLEBERG school debaters or direct the one- every one of the foundations and all TRUST FUND (Renewal only) ber Sense, are designed of varied of the individuals who have pro­ difficulty for high school or elemen­ act play casts. This program would Four awards of $300 each for 1974. ^ t^^Bfev^ v .) ". v.^ ^~nw vided funds for the many scholar­ tary contestants. not be possible without them." MOODY FOUNDATION 10 I v^T^W / ships. Without their aid there awards of $4,000 each, payable &/ v 3 -! v '^x. } j / T- \ would be no TILF. Without the $1,000 each year. '^ ^H^'" ^Hr;^1-l--^^ci. I money they donate many of Texas' KEITHA MORRIS MEMORIAL -,-,^ --*^4» finest scholars would be denied ad­ FUND $100 annual award. Poetry Interpretation vanced education because of lack T. H. SHELBY SCHOLARSHIP of funds. Our donors are making an AWARD $500 award, payable investment in young minds, and I <**> •} } -V^^.-^ A-> $250 a semester. Requires Three Poems believe this is the most profitable TARLETON STATE UNIVER­ investment we can make." SITY AWARDS Four awards of Each contestant in the Poetry the first list, the first alternate, or :r^t^fc^ $100 each and six of $50 each. the second alternate. Interpretation contest must pre­ Thanks To Donors TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVER­ Note again, that one selection pare one selection from each of Kidd added his appreciation to $250 must be from each category A, SITY SCHOLARSHIPS those who have provided funds. scholarships for girls. three categories: A, B and C. B and C, and can not be taken all also cited many individuals who UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DE­ Category A consists of modern from the first A, the first alternate He worked hard for no remunera­ PARTMENT OF DRAMA THE­ Australian and Canadian Poets. A and the second alternate A. have The first and second alternate cat­ The second alternate category tion to administer the scholarship ATRE AWARDS 12 awards of egories are modern Commonwealth was provided for the schools in the program. "Without the help of vol­ $500 each. poets and those which might be smaller communities, where it is unteers the TILF would not be as J. O. WEBB MEMORIAL designated as "classic." This gives sometime difficult to firtd some of effective as it is. They, too, have SCHOLARSHIP AWARD $500 the contestant 30 poets from which the poets listed in the first cate­ made a great contribution." award, payable $300 first year and he may make his "A category" se­ gory or the first alternate category. Among the grants to be made in $200 second year. lection. Dr. Rex Wier, the League's 1974 are the following: ROBERT A. WELCH FOUN­ Likewise, the "B" selection may speech consultant comments, "I UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE SPANS TEXAS Each ova! on the above Texas map marks the site of a school that sent competi­ DATION 10 awards of $4,000 HENRY BECKMAN NUMBER each, payable $1,000 a year. be taken from a poet in the first hope that many of our contestants tors to the 1973 State Meet in Austin. More than 2200 of the state's outstanding students and athletes won through hundreds of district and B category, Modern American SENSE SCHOLARSHIP $1,000 regional contests to qualify for the State Meet. "We have such a broad program of academic, literary and athletic competition that we in­ Poets II, or the second, Modern find a selection which appeals to Award. American Poets III. The C cate­ them and which will effectively volve nearly every school and most students in the schools," said Dr. Rhea H. Williams, League director. He added that in coming years the HENRY BECKMAN SLIDE gory selection may be made from display their speaking abilities." numbers at contests at all levels will increase. RULE PROFICIENCY AWARDS Two awards of $200 each. CLARK FOUNDATION SCHOL­ TILF Thanks Many Donors Johnson Press Assistant ARSHIPS 60 awards of $750 each, payable $375 each semester of first year. JOE B. COOK SCHOLARSHIP Foundations, Individuals Martha Tiller To Speak AWARD $1,250, payable $500 first year and $250 each of the next three years. for 1600 At Press Awards Session DEPARTMENT OF CHEMI- Gave $1,363,233 CAL ENGINEERING Five "When the Texas Interscholastic TILF is approved by the Internal "We are not permitted to make Martha Russell Tiller, special as­ New York City. "But I packed a in lieu of the annual banquet, which awards of $500 eaci1- sistant to Lady Bird Johnson and trunk before I left just in case," League Foundation completes its Revenue Service and all funds do­ specific announcements yet, but had to be canceled to allow con­ GEORGE AND MARY JO­ of individuals former managing editor of the Aus­ she said. SEPHINE HAMMAN FOUNDA- work this year, the TILF will have nated to it are eligible tax deduc­ there are a number vention delegates to get at least provisions in their tin High Maroon, will speak at the Within three weeks, she had 10 given more than $1,363,233 in schol­ tions under IRS Code. who have made halfway home and fill up again be- ; TION (Renewals only) scholarships. They Interscholastic League Press Con­ landed a job coordinating commer­ arships to Texas' finest high school "I hope we can keep this program wills for TILF "We have and we feel that this is a most won­ ference Awards Assembly March cials for CBS News. She sent for graduates. This total will have been growing," Kidd said. to help the derful investment in the future." 23. her trunk and stayed in New York evening. paid out since the foundation was never had enough money who have He added that this was an encour­ An Austin native, Ms. Tiller be­ five years. formed in 1958," R. J. Kidd, TILF many deserving students proved their talent, energy and aging trend. Although he could not gan working for the late President "When I started, there were no MORITA PHILLIPS secretary announced. give names nor amounts, Kidd ex­ Lyndon Johnson in the fall of 1972. gals except secretaries on produc­ ..; Speech Winner. Kidd added that it would take an ability. The grants have increased pressed his deep appreciation to For six months after his death, she tion crews at CBS," she said, "and endowment of more than $2,500,000 every year since we started the pro­ those who had provided for TILF remained with the office in the LBJ no women allowed in the union." to finance such an array of scholar­ gram. I hope we can keep it grow­ ing. Money invested in the educa­ in their wills to make sure that Library here working with 700 vol­ But before she left CBS, Ms. Tiller Louise Senior each year. ships TILF could continue to expand its unteers handling 700,000 messages worked as assistant to the producer "We are grateful to the wonder­ tion of talented youngsters returns service to aid Texas finest students of condolence from all over the on two cultural special series, ful foundations and the generous more benefits than any other ex­ to get the education they need.