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September 7, 1963
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THE PROSPECTOR
Pennye Ante
73 Not A Dream
Cheer Up!
Concrete 3335
Will Still Be Open, Maybe!
Baker’s Oven
SA Fee Worth It
TWC Offers The ‘New’ Look
To Hundreds Of Freshmen
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
LOWER DIVISION %
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Go-editors
Business Manager Jeffrey F. Berry
Marty Laurel
Janet Moore
worthy veterans are the elite of the
undergraduate world—the seniors.
All other students should rememb-
er two important facts about se-
niors: 1. Never ask how long they
have been as senior 2. They can be
found in the dean’s office whimp-
ering and clutching an impressive
document known as a degree plan.
Sports Editor
Copy Editor
Bob Baker and
Pennye Pinnell
view our local gridiron efforts.
Certainly we’re not here to me-
We hope that in 1963-64 this goal
can be achieved: the stimulation of
dean wanted and one semester
later than the student wanted.
Don’t let me discourage you, fresh-
men. You all have a happy, care-
free semester of beanie wearing
ahead of you and at least two years
before it’s time to practice whimper-
ing to the dean.
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Dear Students:
The 1963-64 Student Association oi Texas Western College
welcomes you. This week will be a most important one, as you
begin or continue your college career. The 1963-64 year is the
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a degree plan is just that—a plan
whereby you attain your supreme
goal. However, this plan is not as
simple as it sounds. To get eb degree
plan one waits until some time bet-
ween his junior and senior years
and then proceeds to the dean of
his choice (according to his major).
Here the happy student discovers
requirements he never dreamed of.
After some discussion, a com-
promise is usually reached that
enables the student to graduate
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Golden Anniversary of,the College. I, along with the other
SA officers, hope that this will be the beginning of a most
memorable year. •----------
that is planned. Paint the “M” on
CARDS IssuED
TABLE 73
ASSAYER OF STUDENT OPINION
Second-Class postage paid at
El Paso, Texas.
Published by the Student
Publications, Inc., of Texas
Western College, El Paso, Texas
Subscription price — Two dollars
per year, or subscription covered
by Student Association fee.
The Prospector is published weekly
during the school year except dur-
ing Dead Week, examination
2periods and holidays.
Last weekend the report of Mission ’73, the 10-year
plan for large-scale improvement at Texas Western, was
released to the press for public examination.
In almost every respect, the Mission ’73 proposals re-
flect the thorough investigation and careful planning that
has gone into the project thus far. Proposals such as
those calling for a 10-year expenditure of over $35 mil-
lion and immediate change of Texas Western’s name de-
finitely lend evidence to our sincere hopes that the prog-
ram will actually become a reality and not simply another
dream.
Included among the proposals is the gratifying news
that both student and faculty requirements will be stif-
fened during the 10-year improvement cycle. A boost in
faculty pay-scales will attract higher-caliber professors
and student entrance requirement will be raised.
Our congratulations and sincere appreciation are ex-
tended to Mayor Judson F. Williams, chairman of Mis-
sion ’73; Karl O. Wyler, vice-chairman; Dr. Joseph M.
Ray, president of TWC; Dr. Milton Leech, executive of-
ficer; and the committeemen.
Without the tremendous interest and effort put forth
by men such as the Mission ’73 committee, Texas West-
ern would have long ago fallen into the overcrowded pot
of mediocrity. It is with the leadership of men of this cal-
iber that TWC will almost certainly join the ranks of the
top-rated educational institutions in the country. It is
the job of Texas Western students to stand behind and
encourage these progressive-thinking men.
* • •
of El Paso was firmly behind its
college, but the Mission ’73 prog-
ram demonstrates beyond a doubt
that its local businessmen are fully
dedicated to its well-being.
* * *
BY BOB BAKER
For those of us who have been
TEN STupemts MUST
FILE STATEMENT
RESIDENCE
In addition to the fine exist-
ing expansion program for the
college, the recently-completed
Mission '73 study promises even
bigger and better future days for
the campus.
A program carried out with the
precision and careful scrutiny that
was applied to the Mission ’73 study
could not fail. If the execution of
Mission ’73 proposals can be carri-
ed out in the same manner that the
study was conducted, I am convinc-
ed that there is no limit to the im-
provements that TWC could ex-
perience in a 10-year period.
Our hearty congratulations to the
fine men of the Mission ’73 com-
mittee, who have so diligently and
capably worked for our College
during the last two years. I had
never doubted seriously that the city
It is always regrettable for
the College to lose a good staff
member, and this is especially
true of the recent resignation
of Billy Bob Plumbley, assistant
athletic business manager. We
wish Mr. Plumbley the best of
luck at his new post with the
Ysleta school system.
Stepping into the open slot in
the athletic office will be Coach
Bill Cross, last year’s defensive
backfield coach for the Miners. A
respected athlete himself, Mr. Cross
is still under discussion in various
West Texas barber shops and press
boxes for his spectacular Sun Bowl
run back in 1951. He still holds the
Sun Bowl record for a pass-and-run
play which netted 64 yards for
his alma mater, West Texas State.
I well remember a family trip from
hometown Fort Stockton which
brought me to the 1951 Sun Bowl
clash at age nine. Mr. Cross’ run is
a bit hazy in memory, but I do
recall a mighty exciting game. In-
cidentally, West Texas beat Cinci-
natti 14-13, that afternoon.
an education! atmosphere among
the student body and the sup-
plementation of these classroom ex-
periences with all types of collegiate
activities of interest to the students.
Incoming freshmen, this will be
the start of your college life. I of-
fer this advice: Get the most out of
college that is possible. In order to
do this, you must put into TWC
all that you can, by way of lots of
study and by participation in school
functions. This is our school, and
it will “give so as it receives.” Take
part in ell of the Freshmen Week
activities. Wear you beanies. Come
see the movie and music program
By PENNYE PINNELL
Happy registration. Also be of
good cheer—they can’t possibly
close ALL of the classes before you
get there. There is a very good
chance that Reinforced Concrete
3335 will be open.
Somewhat contrary to tradition,
this first column is dedicated to re-
turning students—those worthy
veterans for whom no one peddles
beanies or plans orientations.
The very fact that they do
not have beanies perched ridi-
culously on their heads nor
sheafs of welcome papers clutch-
ed in their tiny fists sets these
students apart. They are also
recognizable by their calm con-
duct while registering—they are
too strong to faint and they
know that tantrums don't do
any good.
Included among the returning
Why join the Student Association?
That is like asking, “Why be an active member of my
community?”
And how you answer that question determines whether
you are a proud and interested member of your college
community or an apathetic coaster.
Attending college does not only mean going to classes
and getting a passing grade. You could do this just as
well through correspondence schools—at much less ex-
pense. College is a way of life. It means the mental stim-
ulation of learning something you did not know before.
It means realizing how much knowledge our professors
have to offer. It means exchanging views with friends.
And most of all it means pride and enjoyment in all as-
pects of our college life: enjoying together, like a family,
the work, the pleasure, and the pain that college life
includes.
You do not gain this pride and enjoyment by just sitt-
ing in a class and taking notes and then giving them back
to the instructor. You gain this pride and enjoyment by
learning something, by talking about your enthusiasms
and disappointments with a friend over a cup of coffee,
by feeling a personal joy when your team wins a game,
by making new friends at a college dance, by participating
in campus politics, by reading your college publications—
in other words, by participation.
If you do not participate in everything you can while
in college, you are cheating yourself of a great part of
your college education. No amount of academic know-
ledge can provide the education in understanding of oth-
er people and the ability to get along with them that
participation can provide.
A fee of $22.50 can buy us the privilege of being full-
fledged college students. Let’s not shortchange our-
selves by saving money and losing a great part of our
college education.
If there’s any doubt in the minds
of freshmen as to the type of col-
lege they have chosen to attend, let
it be said that this is a durn good
one. Good proof is recent comple-
tion of three major building proj-
ects on campus, including what I
consider one of the finest football
stadiums in the country. Miner
fans are indeed blessed to have
such a fine plant from which to
Besides, except for most of this
column, just about everything at
the College is geared for entering
students.
Freshmen women will find
college men especially eager to
be of service as a part of the
annual fall phenomenon known
as the Date Freshmen Campaign.
This occasionally causes the col-
lege women to frown a bit, but
they console themselves with
the knowledge that everyone’s
freshman fling soon fizzles—
usually when mid-semester
grades come out.
morize the starting line-up of each
week’s game or to set up a perman-
ent study desk in the Sun Bowl, but
athletics is definitely a major in-
gredient in the recipe for good
campus atmosphere. A school with
a strong athletic program usually
has an academic program of equal
or better strength, and this is cer-
tainly the case at Texas Western.
♦ * •
around the Miner campus for some
time, it seems that everything can
be labeled “new” this fall. TW’s
new Sun Bowl and footbaill coach
are new; one of its men’s dormito-
ries is new; there’s a new coed
dorm; there are new trash contain-
ers decorating various buildings on
campus; and there are new faculty
members. And best of all, let us not
forget our “new” freshmen.
It is always a privilege to
welcome newcomers to TWC,
for without them the school’s
present population boom would
soon come to a screeching halt.
It's a pleasant arrangement—the
College needs you and you need
an education. Just for the rec-
ord: Welcome, Freshmen!
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Saturday. These activities have been
planned especially for you, to dev-
elop a pride in your school and get
you going in college life. They are
eill well worth your time. It’s all
here for you.
All students, remember that you
are here to learn to live. Remember
your many responsibilities as young
men and women to your parents
and to your school. Strive to make
yourself a better individual and a
better student.
Again, we extend our hand to all
of you.
Sincerely,
Charlie Tupper
President, Student
Association.
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