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Big decisions due
Gov’t tight with $
New SPS Vice President
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Heritage Week great
Annual event knocked
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Don Fetzer, Clifford Gribble,
PHOTOGRAPHERS
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ADVERTISING MANAGER
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by the RATTLER office 1:30 pm Wednesdays.
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Happy birthday
old lady,
from the Rattler Staff.
tribute to this man-our friend and colleague-as he enters
his Silver Anniversary year here at St. Mary’s.
This will, of course, involve several hundred dollars. My
personal contribution has been placed in a special account
for this specific purpose. If you feel that this is a good idea,
The Academic Library will be opened during Spring Break.
8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Mon., and Tues. March 11 and 12.
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The Board of Trustees has a busy meeting coming up
this Friday. They approve the budgets for the next school Dear Editor,
year as well as make decisions on the new Vice-President of It appears that the Administration, while lying dormant
Student Personnel Services. on our student aid funds for fiscal year 1975, has very
definite plans to eliminate our Direct Loan and
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Susan Droke, Clifford Gribble, Tony Hajek, Ted Hake,
Sylvia Hinojosa, Sylvia Karam, Mike Karger, Stan
Konieczny, Henry Krause, Ted Martinez, Dennis
O'Grady, Sharon O'Grady, Martha Toedt, Bernadette
Robalin, Paul Roth Roffy.
Black Heritage Week
activities. Bill Smith, a
Student at St Mary’s gave
the sickle cell anemia
presentation.
The third phase of Black
Heritage Week and the
conclusion was the fashion
show and dance. The female
models for the event were
Sandra Terrell, Inez
Stripling, Dorothy Curtis,
Yava Williams, Lillie
The dance followed the
fashion show, with music by
Mind, Body, and Soul.
A surprise presentation
was made to Ms. Ramona
Brown in regards to
daughter Brenda Brown
who died last fall. Fathers
James Young and Louis
Reile presented her with the
diploma which her daughter
would have received upon
completion of her studies at
St. Mary’s The Black
Student Union established
the beginning of the Brenda
Brown Scholarship.
EITTLEE
The RATTLER is published by the students of St. Mary's
University every fortnight during the school year with the
exception of official school holidays. National Advertising
Representative: National Educational Advertising Services, a
division of Reader's Digest Sales and Services, Inc. 360
Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Subscription price:
$2.00 per school year. Mailing address: 2700 Cincinnati Ave.,
San Antonio, Texas, 78228. Opinions expressed in editorial
columns are A student's opinion, not THE student opinion, not
official administrative policy.
Just like the Miss Fiesta preliminary competition, the Dear Editor,
Student Senate has held its annual meeting on Kenneth Carey is currently completing his
lets-not-participate- in-the-Miss Fiesta competition. Just like twenty-fourth year at St. Mary’s University. Next fall he
the resolution, girls from St Mary’s enter every year, this will begin his Silver Anniversary year.
time on an individual basis. If girls are presented with the I need your concrete assistance in a personal
facts on the contest (4 of the 5 girls of St. Mary’s in this undertaking. As a symbol of our great admiration of an
year’s contest have been in before), the Senate fails to appreciation for Ken Carey s contributions to education, I
prove anything by boycotting the competition. If it wants am spearheading a drive to collect funds to send Queen
to prove the competition dishonest, it ought to get a better Victoria’s Lost” to his beloved England next summer,
report than the one they dragged out from last year; it’s Naturally, knowing Ken, I am sure you would agree that it
dated and filled with inaccuracies and vagaries that prove is vital to send Mrs. Carey along with him; otherwise he
nothing and merely provide a weak facade for the Senate’s would miss trains, lose his luggage, and wear his outrageous
“action”. bow ties. I think this enterprise would be a most fitting
Meyers, Emma Green,
Joanne Bennet, Karen
Barksdale, Cynthia Gaskin,
and Bobbie Tosca.
The male models were
Moris Stewart, Glen Ware,
David Wesley, and Randall
Inglehart. Coordinators for
the fashion show were Mary
Williams, Inez Stipling, and
Esther Causey. Clothes were
sponsored by Mangels,
PLACEMENT SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MARCH 7
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Ft. Sam Houston
GpodyearTire & Rubber
FRIDAY, MARCH 8
H.E.W. (Social Security)
Harlandale JSD
Bureau of Customs
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13
Southern Pacific
Ft Worth ISD
Allstate Insurance
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
Northeast ISD
Nationwide Papers
Traveler's Insurance Co.
FRIDAY, MARCH 15
Woolco
Data Point
MONDAY, MARCH 18
Alief ISD (near Houston)
Marine Corps (Univ. Ctr.)
TUESDAY, MARCH 19
City Public Service Board
Wayne Bull Company
Marine Corps (Univ. Ctr.)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
American General Insurance
Bureai of Narcotics
Comptroller of Public
Accounts
financial aid, but also to urge them to continue their - •
support and to insure that political chicanery at the ’ ;
Washington level is not permitted to serve to your The Scholasticate Auditorium was the sight for a drama con-
detriment. test of Black Heritage Week. Pictured (l-r) are Yava Williams,
Billy Mitchell, and Jackie Burk.
Black Heritage
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and would like to take part, please send me your donation
(made out to “Bill Crane”) and I will be more than happy
to add it to the account. I will return a receipt for the
amount and I know that Ken will want to write a personal
thank you note.
I am sure that I don’t have to “sell” you on the merit of
this plan and, if you can so contribute, please know that it
Supplemental Grant programs from the FY ’76. year. This will 1)6 etemally appreciated
again suggests a grass roots letter writing campaign by Chairman Department of Political Science
,,, ... students and families who benefit from these valid and vital
The new Vice-president will hopefull be a person with a programs of assistance.
great deal of experience in dealing with students and wit We thought that Mr. Nixon had finally felt the sensings
the ability to see student desires and anticipate them and of the Congress and the people when he released and signed
not feel he is backed up against a wall before he acts on a our Appropriations Bill for the coming year. There is not a
change of policy-a person attentive to student activities financial aid Officer country Who would not concur
such as tenms-a person who wHI not go into shock at the certain modifications for the betterment of our aid
idea of streaking at St Mary s programs. At the same time, we feel it most immoral for
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DUCGeT shorToge National Direct Loan program since so many students will
.. , be only part way across the educational stream at the
paAsnforthesibudgtiethere‛saapaMin™ beginning of fiscal year 1976. And the Supplemental
for Itself nex year, much as do the ItatUer and Opportunity grants have been most .mportant in meeting 1
Diamondback with their ad money. Athletics could have the needs of students while at the same time reducing the
this money written into its budgets as are the publication fiscal encumbrance they would otherwise generate.
ads. Athletics, with their community appeal could easily It is my earnest suggestion that you begin now to write
bring in $7000 with its $60,000 budget ($2500 is returned to your Senators and Representatives, first to thank them
of the Rattler’s $11,000 budget). Employ the $7000 for their interest in and support of our programs of
student service fees not used by this to increase athletics
$2000 and give $5000 to Diamondback. Cut the University
Center entertainment and Student Senate budgets ($15,000
together) by $1000 and the Rattler by $1000. With the
$3000 in ads, this money would provide the Diamondback
$9000-$8000 for an 8 by 11 book or soft-cover book,
$1500 for salaries, $500 for postage, office supplies, and
contigency.
Money for a book can be found if desired. Hopefully
Student Personnel Services will be more sympathetic to
basic popular student activities in future. Dear Editor,
A note of thanks to Mr. Bill Snell, Coordinator, Black
Heritage Week, and to all people who helped to make the
week long program a success. Besides the excellent talent
displayed during the week in the form of drama, poetry,
song, and dance, the week was characterized by a sincere
Congratulations are due to the Black Student Union of and open display of personal values. The latter are of
St. Mary’s. Their recent campus sessions of Black Heritage utmost importance and are deserving of every consideration
Week were excellent examples of the work an organization by the entire University community.
can achieve to promote themselves in an attractive and It is my hope that the participants of Black Heritage
worthwhile manner. The week of activities was reminiscent Week will be encouraged by the meaningful ideas and
of the ambitious week-long Greek Weeks of years ago ( a feelings they have expressed.
full-scale Greek Week revival is planned for this year -good Thanks for broadening my outlook and my capacity for
luck, sincerely). The organization of Black Heritage week understanding a little bit more.
deserves the praise of the school. Respectfully,
Bro. Rodney Novosad, S.M.
Tempo, and Homer
Rodgers.
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 6, 1974, newspaper, March 6, 1974; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1522922/m1/2/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.