1966

A called meeting of the Student Senate was brought to order by the President, Tommy Jones, in the Student Senate Room of the Student Center at 10:00 Thursday morning, October 27, 1966. A brief discussion was held concerning the Slop Hop in which the President asked for volunteers to help decorate for the dance. He…

An increasingly active nightlife at Texarkana College is attributed to the evening school, under the direction of Mr. B. J. Murdock, Director of the Evening College Division and Vocational Education. This evening activity is soon expected to spread to off-campus, non-credit courses in the surrounding Texarkana area. The Evening Division is designed primarily to assist…

Le Cercle Francais de l’Alliance Francaise continues a very successful year. The club won second place in the Klub Kaleidoscope held in September for their travel theme exhibit. In October, traveling through Paris and its famous monuments by colored slides was the program for the regular meeting. Thursday, November 1, the club and other French…

Dove hunting, swimming, dancing, football games and history – these are the activities of Charles S. Gallien, the new assistant professor of history at Texarkana College. Right now, reading historical works for “pleasure” engulfs his time, for he is preparing himself for work on his Ph.D. in history from Louisiana State University. He will begin…

Bill Hughes, Texarkana College news director and one of the nation’s best-known writers in the field of firearms and ammunition, has two articles in the forthcoming January issue of “Gunsport” magazine. Hughes, who usually writes under the name B. R. Hughes, also writes under the name Ray Middlebrooks, and one of the articles in the…

Well, Texarkana College students, CONGRATULATIONS! Last week you managed to show everyone at the College and those visiting the campus just exactly how interested you are in TC activities and programs. Your amount of interest measured close to nothing. In case some of you didn’t realize it, assembly programs ARE part of the college activities.…

Mrs. Lou Humphrey, instructor of vocational nursing at Texarkana College, was in charge of a program for a meeting of the League of Nursing held at noon November 10 in the Central School Building of Wadley Hospital. The theme of the meeting was “The Role of the Vocational Nurse in our Community.”

Next week is the day officially set aside in the United States for giving thanks. How long has it been since we truly gave thanks on Thanksgiving Day? Perhaps it’s been too long. Many of our thoughts on this day are centered around a turkey—not what the turkey represents. The TC Student Senate has proclaimed…

Dale Works, a member of the physical education faculty at Texarkana College, is currently conducting a safety and first aid course for the Beverly School Girl Scout Troop 263. The course began November 8 and will continue for several more weeks. The troop leader is Mrs. Ernest Crowell. Topics to be covered include artificial respiration,…

“I think it was the best dance we have had this year,” announced Ken Burkhalter, Internal Data Processing Manager. The IBM Dance was sponsored by the Circle K Club and the Blue Jackets. The music was supplied by Mouse and the Traps from Tyler, Texas. Approximately 300 people attended the dance. Tickets were sold at…