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Walter McAllister Sr.
By Margaret Brown
Staff Writer
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goes up os the beer goes down.
Before them lies the Gulf of Mexico.
Up and down the beach they drive
in their quest for limited chosen
parking places.
Fun in the sun begins...the day
goes by...a strange cloud of smoke
from a mysterious burning herb
hovers along the shore...rockin' into
the night...guys looking for girls...girls
looking for guys...spring break.
Days slide by with a remarkable
sameness. Pink skin is now hot red.
Hot red. Where has all the brewsky
gone? Where has all the blaring
music disappeared to? Who cares
anymore?
Bock into their sand-filled cars they
crawl. By now their tarred feet ache
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Story by Jock Evons
Art by Dura Roberson
fessor here, sponsored the trip
which also consisted of a visit
to the library at the learning
resources center and a slide
presentation on the health
science center.®
and mirrored sunglasses.
Courageously they await the
weekend to render its war cry,
calling them forth to the Bottle of the
Beach.
No matter how soon celebrants
leave, one unavoidable barrier
blocks their path to happy times.
Winding its way over the road from
the water's edge, the ferry line
stretches out for miles. Its slow and
almost unnoticeable forward
movement brings the car ride down
to a sudden halt from its previous
light-speed velocity. It seems as if it
could take hours to get across,
maybe days.
Finally at the beach, it is time to hit
the waves. The volume of the radios
from the exposure to the scorched
sand. To much indulgence causes
vacationers' heads to throb to the
rhythm of their hearts, which by now
sounds in their ears like on elongated
roll of a kettle drum.
If only they could have another
week to recover from so much
relaxation.
Spring break.
Port A.
Lite beer.
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Ten members of the student
affiliate of the American
Chemical Society toured the
University of Texas Health
Science Center March 11.
The V/z hour tour was con-
ducted by Janice Elkins, who
works at the center. The tour
focused on research in
pathology and biochemistry.
Carole Lambert of a histology
lab showed the students how
tissue is prepared for study.
The main tissues studied at the
center are dental clinic tissue.
John Lee showed the students
research in the area of
ribosomes. Ribosomes are
structures within cells on
which proteins are assembled.
Lee also showed the students
the work being done with an-
tibiotics at the center.
During the tour, the students
also saw the synthesis of
hemoglobin, tissue cultures of
bone marrow cells and
plastination which is preparing
samples of actual tissue for
preservation to be studied at a
later time.
Bill Haley, chemistry pro-
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Every San Antonian knows him
without ever having had the
pleasure of meeting him.
He has been lauded countless
times over for “outstanding and
distinguished civilian service” to
hundreds of organizations and
associations.
He had May 14,1971, named as his
day in San Antonio.
He is mayor emeritus of San An-
tonio. He was the first chairman of
the board of trustees of the San An-
tonio Union Junior College District.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
appointed him as chairman of the
Home Loan Bank Board in 1953. He
was a friend of Presidents Herbert
Hoover, Lyndon Baines Johnson,
Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
Who is this man who has had
more influence on San Antonio than
any other?
He is “Mr. Mac.” He is Walter W.
McAllister Sr., chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of San Antonio
Savings Association.
Most people would know him
because McAllister Freeway is nam-
ed after him. Most people would pro-
bably not connect him with the
building of the community college
district. Even more would not know
he will be 94 years of age March 26.
McAllister reminisced about the
beginning of the district in an inter-
view Tuesday, and said he became
interested in the district because of
the avid interest of J. O. Loftin, first
president of the college.
“It (the work in the building of the
college district) has been one of the
most interesting and pleasing ac-
tivities I have ever engaged in out-
side of my own business.
“I don’t recall how I happened to
get interested in the junior college,
except for the fact that Loftin was
pushing it.
“I didn’t know much about junior
colleges, but after I studied and
learned about them, I became an ac-
tivist,” he said.
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Loftin was a high school principal
during World War II when he sub-
mitted a proposal for a junior college
district to the citizens. The proposal
was rejected, but he did not give up.
Loftin met McAllister, and con-
vinced him to attend a junior college
convention in California. McAllister
was sold on the idea and joined Lof-
tin in his quest.
Loftin, McAllister and other
backers of the junior college pro-
posal again went to the citizens. The
second time, they got the citizen
backing.
McAllister said the college started
north of where it is now.
“We had some property north of
the (present) campus. We didn’t
have much land, so we had to buy
two blocks of land on San Pedro
(Avenue).
After we got bigger, we had to buy
more property, so we moved in
toward Main (Avenue). Then it just
grew, and grew and grew.
“There is no question that there
was a need for it, otherwise it
wouldn’t have grown,” he said.
McAllister said he is appreciative
of the opportunity he had to work
with Loftin, and said junior colleges
have helped San Antonio students.
“Loftin was a man that impressed
me with his ability and sincerity,
and I was glad to work with him.
“Think of the additional education
made available to the students of
San Antonio because of the junior
colleges.
“It has saved worlds of money. The
junior colleges has been a very subs-
tantial addition to the educa-
tional facilities of this city,” he said.
McAllister, who is an avid fisher-
man, said McAllister Freeway was
named for him because he pushed
so hard for it.
“They named the freeway after me
because I made it so uncomfortable
for them.
“I felt it (the freeway) was
something that needed to be done
when the land was less expensive
than it would have been two years
later.
“I went to the state highway
department, and then went to the
federal government for aid. We got
the opportunity for the federal aid
that was not previously available, so
I thought it was necessary to take ad-
vantage of it,” he said.
On campus, McAllister Fine Arts
Center is named in honor of him.
McAllister attributes an active and
healthy lifestyle to his many years,
and said he does not know how he
will celebrate his birthday.
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Midterm semester registration
closed with 323 students enroll-
ed in 19 classes. Of that
number, 291 had paid as of
Monday.
All sections made except two
art classes, an education
course, a sociology course, a
reading course, two sections of
government, and a section of
mathematics. Also one
psychology course had enough
students but no professor to
teach it and had to be closed.
Eight courses were offered at
Lackland Air Force Base, and
all but two made, Phyllis
McCarley, registrar, said.®
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A group of international
students from here will attend
a statewide conference April 1-3
in Austin to learn more about
living in America and about
Christianity.
Robert Hooker, director of the
campus Baptist Student Center,
explained Baptist student
unions from throughout the
state will sponsor the
conference.
The event will be at Lake
Highlands Baptist Encampment
at Lake Travis.
“The conference is held
Easter weekend because many
students that come from other
countries don’t have anywhere
else to go,” Hooker said.
The conference is planned
primarily for international
students but other students do
attend because they enjoy be-
ing introduced to other
customs, Hooker said.
“Seminars will be held deal-
ing with practical things such
as visas and drivers licenses.
We will explain to them what
Easter is and identify to them
our religious beliefs, but it will
not be a threatening kind of
deal,” Hooker said.
The students will participate
in discussion groups to get a
cross-cultural education.
One interesting thing they
will get to do is to learn the
many different ways of greeting
people from other countries,
Hooker said.
Between 500 to 600 people
normally attend the conference,
Hooker said. The cost will be
$26 per person. Anyone in-
terested in attending the con-
ference should call the Baptist
Student Center at 226-7951.®
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“I haven’t the least idea what I will
do for my birthday. When you get
older, you don’t emphasize your bir-
thday the way you do when you are
young.
“The good Lord has been very, very
good to me. I have already exceed-
ed what could be called a normal life
span.
“I still retain an interest in SAC,
and I would be glad to be of
assistance to it if the need arises,”
he said.®
FOCUS: FUN IN THE SUN
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Battle of Beach beckons; break begins
Spring break.
Port A.
Lite beer.
The weeks of anticipating that long
overdue vacation (10 counting back
to Christmas vacation) drag on day
by day, hour by hour, minute by
( minute. Almost as soon as a clear
day comes, the sun worshipers lie
down upon their beach towels and
sacrifice themselves to the sun and
the chilled February air, slowly
basting their goose-pimpled flesh in
Coppertone.
Like an army preparing for war,
coast goers stockpile their rations of
Lite beer and pretzels. They arm
themselves with unconventional
weapons: bikinis, bandanas, frisbees
‘Mr. Mac’ at 94
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