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CAR-TRAIN COLLISION FATAL TO TSC STUDENT
Tarleton State sopho-
more Joe Lynn Myers, age
20, of Anson was fatally
injured Friday, March 6, at
11:30 p.m. in a caivtrain
collision 12 miles east of
Gran bury.
Myers and Diane
Elaine Chaney of Valley
Mills, also a Tarleton
sophomore, were returning
to Stephenville after at-
tending a wedding hi Burle-
son. Miss Chaney was
rushed to John Peter Smith
Hospital in Ft. Worth. She
suffered extensive lacera-
tions and fractures-
Funeral services for
Myers were held March 8 in
the Anson 0birch of Christ.
Burial was in Mt. Hope
Cemetery.
Bom March 4, J950,
Myers grew up in Anson
and graduated from Anson
high school in 1968. He
was an outstanding athlete
in high school and received
honorable mention on the
1967 All-District football
team as a back.
Myers was a member
of Future Farmers of Amer-
ica and was senior class
favorite.
In 1968, Myers entered
Tarleton State College as a
general agriculture student.
He had recently been elec-
ted sophomore class favor-
ite. He was a member of
the Student Senate, football
team, Los Cobbs social
club, and the TTP spirit
organization.
Myers was a-member
of Anson Church of Christ.
Survivors include his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Myers, of Anson; paternal
grandparents,. Mr. and Mrs.
Bryant Myers of Anson;
maternal grandfather, Frank
Benham of Anson; and two
sisters, Betsy and Jana,
both of the home.
Pallbearers were
Randy Langerhans, Bruce
Bush, Dale Douglas, Mike
Heardon; Mike Holloway,
and Larry McLaren,
Football teammates
served as honorary pall-
be arei s.
STUDENT PUBLICATION OF TARLF70N STATE COLLEGE
50th Year
Tuesday, March 11,1970
No. 18
Search Ends For Junior, Senior Class Favorites
Last Monday, March 9,
juniors and seniors nomin-
ated class favorites. The
following Wednesday, the
final election was held.
The election box was set
up and supervised by mem-
bers of the Student Senate.
On Wednesday evening
the results of the election
were announced. Jimmy
Norris and Angie Watts are
the new senior class favor-
ites. Larry Paul and Bar-
bara Gray are favorites of
the juniors.
All of the favorites
said they were quite sur-
prised to have been elected.
Jimmy Norris, 22, is a
math major from Comanche.
He graduated from Coman-
che High in 1966 where he
was elected Ail-Around
Best Athlete. Norris is a
member of Los Cobbs, the
jK:k
1
Math Club, arid Alpha Chi-
He is the chairman of Inter-
club Council and also is
senior class parliamentar-
ian. Following his gradua-
tion this May, Jimmy plans
to teach and coach in high
school.
Angie Watts, 22, is
from Waco where she grad- t
uated from La Vega High. "
She is a history major.
Miss Watts is a member of
the Rodeo Club, DST., and
Alpha Chi, She is also on
the Rodeo Team where she ,
is presently the NIRA :
Champion Goat Tyer. After ,
graduation this May, Miss
Watts wants to return io '
Waco and teach histpry. i
Larry Paul. 21, junior
class favorite, is from Col- '
orado City He graduated }
from Colorado High in ■
1967. Piitil -i« Mudying;
field biology, which is a
new curriculum at Tarleton.
He likes the out-of-doors,
and this field of study
gives him the opportunity
to be outside quite a lot.
Paul is a member of
Los Cobbs and Army ROTC.
After graduation he will
serve his two years in the
service and then find a job.
He would, like to work for
the Forest Service.
Barbara Gray, 2,0, is a
biology major from Over-
land Park, Kansas. She at-
tended high school at Ft.
Worth's Arlington Heights.
She is a cheerleader and a
member of OWLS social
club. Miss" Gray wants to
be a Physical Therapist
after she graduates. Her
comment on being elected
class favorite was that it
is 'pretty neat.*
Jimmy Norris
Angie Watts
Weatherby Represents Tarleton
Many TyC students are
unaware of a Pageant that
is held each year at Texas
A&M University. This is
the Cotton Ball Queen Con-
test, and, annually, Tarle-
ton State College is repre-
sented by one of its most,
charming ladies. This year
is no exception; Miss Nancy
Weatherby, a freshman ele-
mentary education major
from Abilene, has recently
been chosen as the Tarle-
ton State College Cotton
Ball Duchess. Miss Weather-
by will compete for the title
of Cotton Ball Queen at the
Cotton Pageant and Ball
on April 4, 1970. in the
Bryan Civic Auditorium,
The Student Agronomy
Society at Texas A&M has
sponS'in d t'n- pageant for
the past 36 years, and each
year, Tarleton goes through
-a complicated process for
selecting its representative.
The search begins in mid-
February with the initial
action- taken by the Student
Senate. A Senate Committee
recommends the names of
eight to ten young ladies to
the Student Senate. Follow-
ing the Senate approval,
these names are forwarded
to Mrs- W.O. Trogdon, who
was active for several years
in the Cotton Pageant while
she and I>. Trogdon were
associated vit'i Texas A&M.
Mrs. Troguon i,hen carefully
selects a comm'tlee of
ladies from Stephenville
Continued on p. 6
ROTC Shows Films ,
Two films will be
shown on Monday, March 23,
in the Ag. Auditorium at ,
7:30 p.m, f
The films will be shown '
to any interested Tarleton '
student,, and they' arc also 1
open to the public.
One of the movies,
'The Officer Candidate
Story,' might be specially -
interesting to senior males •
who are now becoming con-
cerned with the new draft
system. {
The second movie,* '1
Am A Soldier' follows a
Company Commander in ac-
tual combat during a 3-day
period in Vietnam.
Adams Recieves Award
On March 5, senior
cadet Glenn Adams re-
ceived the Flying Award
in the Fixed-Wing Prograa*
from the TSC Military Sci-
ence Department. Adams,
a -math major from Killeen,
successfully completed 36
flying hours and solo flight.
s«iSlS
Larry Pau
Barbara fa'ray
Research Chemist Lectures
Dr William E, Parham
of the University of Min-
nesota presented a lecture
at Tarleton State. College
March 3 under the auspices
of the Welch Foundation.
Based in Houston, the
Foundation was made pos-
sible by Robert A. Welch,
late Houston oilman. The
general policy of the Foun-
dation is to support long-
range fundamental research
in chemistry within the state
of Texas.
Research proposals are
considered by the Foun-
dation on an invitational
basis, the invitations being
initiated by the Foundation,
or japun a general invit-
ation which was extended
to a number of senior col-
leges and universities in
1962, offering to receive
proposals from staff mem-
bers who are capable of con-,
ducting basic/research in
chemistry. •
The Foundation Trus-
tees recently instituted
another means of furthering
chemical research within
Texas by establishing a
Lectureship Program to
bring outstanding scient-
ists to educational insti-
tutions in Texas. Under
this program, 74 distingu-
ished chemists have given
a total of 213 lectures at 31
institutions in Texas.
Dr. Parham's lecture
at Tarlcio. wis a part of
this L&'t-nr •'.hin Program,
Continued on p. 3
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