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LEVELLAND, TEXAS, OCTOBER 5. 1962
VOLUME 5
Religious Program Is Success
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PERMIT NO, 95
Faculty Women's Club To
Meet With Mrs. Watkins
The Faculty Women’s Club will
meet in the home of Mrs. Fran-
ces Watkins, Tuesday, October 9,
at 4:30 p.m.
All faculty women, faculty wives,
and wives of the administrative
staff are urged to attend.
This is strictly a business and
social meeting with Mrs. Watkins
and Mrs. Shirley Kennedy as co-
hostesses. A special invitation is
■ extended to new members.
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are expected to attend from Lub-
bock Christian, Odessa College, Ho-
ward County, Frank Phillips, and
South Plains.
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this year are Ronnie Morley of
Lubbock, president; Glendell Smith
Gutherie, vice president; and Glo-
ria Forehand, Levelland, secretary-
treasurer.
Council sponsors are Don App-
ling and Dean W. L. Walker. Oth-
er members of the council are Bill
Owens, freshman class president;
Gerald Anderson, sophomore class
president; Sue Fendrich, editor of
the Plainsman; and Robert All -
bright, editor of the Caprock. Each
club has arepresentative, also.
The council is, at the present
time, making plans for the Re -
gional Student Council meeting to
be held here on Octover 27. This is
the first time the meeting will be
The Student Council is compos-
ed of two groups, the Inter Club
Council which supervises all the
clubs and organizational activities,
and the athletic council which han-
dles the inter-mural activities. Roy-
ce Waltrip is sponsor of the ath-
letic council and Miss Marlyn Wis-
wall is sponsor of the inter-club
division.
The council meets every other
Friday and the inter-club and ath-
letic councils meet on opposite
Fridays.
Bakers Hosts To
Annual Recention
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Baker host-
ed the annual tea and open house
in their home September 23. The
tea and open house was attended
bv a large groun of students and
their parents, faculty members,
and members of the SPC Board
of Directors and their wives.
Assisting with hosvitalities were
members of the Circle K Club.
Members of the Koshare Club
helned with the serving.
Members of the administrative,
staff in the receiving line were
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Baker,
Dean and Mrs. Nathan Tubb, Dean
and Mrs. Frank Hunt, and Dean
and Mrs. W. L. Walker.
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The Pistone family members are
all interested in church activities.
David’s brother, Joel Pistone, is
pastor of a Baptist church at Post.
John W. Pistone, another brother
of David’s, is pastor of a Baptist
church at Tahoka. And a brother-
in-law, Henry Medina, is pastor
ofa Baptist church in Rotan.
Sid Pistone, another brother of
David, is studying in ‘a Los An-
geles college toward a career as
a minister.
Davis is taking courses in Bible,
history and sociology at SPC this
semester.
He resides at Woodrow, some
six miles south of Lubbock, and
commutes to college on Tuesday
and Thursday.
David states that he enjoys his
work in the church at Woodrow
and is making many friends there.
He has been pastor of the mission
for about two months.
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Council Is Planning For
Regional Meet At SPC
By Doris Wilkinson held on the SPC campus. Some 50
The student council officers for to 75 junior college representatives
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PLAN MEETING—Members of the Student Council from left to right are? Glendell Smith,
Guthrie, vice-president; Gloria Forehand, Levelland, secretary-treasurer; and Ronnie Marley,
Lubbock, president. The council currently is planning for the Regional Student council meet-
ing to be held on the SPC campus Oct. 27.
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David Roberto Pistone, foreign
student from Argentina, likes
South Plains College and his work
as full-time minister of the Latin-
American Mission of the Woodrow
Baptist Church.
Mr. Pistone first came to the
U.S. in 1960 to visit a brother. He
spent a half year in Toronto, Can-
ada where his sister and her hus-
band live. His brother-in-law in
Toronto is studying to be a minis-
ter.
His parents still live in Buenos
Aires, where his father is a sales-
man and lay worker in the Baptist
church.
A member of a large family,
David has five brothers and all
of them are living in the United
States at present; He has two. sis-
ters is in the U. S. and one in Can-
ada.
David, an ardent church worker,
spent a half year as a missionary
in Lower California of Old Mexico,
Delta Kappa Gamma
Convention Meets
At SPC Saturday
“New Times Demand New Mea-
sures” will be the theme of the
regional meeting of Delta Kappa
Gamma, international honor socie-
ty for women teachers, which will
be held Saturday at South Plains
College.
Mrs. Frances Watkins and Miss
Roger Mae Smith of SPC are in
charge of convention arrange-
ments.
A directors’ and presidents’
breakfast will be held at the San
Andres Hotel at 8:00 a.m. prior to
the convention.
The session will open at 9:00
a.m. with registration and coffee
in Texan Hall.
General assembly will convene
at 9:30 in the College Auditorium.
Mrs. Muriel Mann will preside at
the assembly. Invocation will be
given by Mrs. Bernice Carter. Dr.
Marvin Baker, president of South
Plains College, will give the wel-
come address to the convention.
The morning session will be di-
rected by Mrs. Muriel Mann, pre-
sident of Zeta Iomicron, Lubbock,
Mrs. Gladys Wallis, Amarillo,
state co-chairman of Committee on
Research, will preside over the
morning business session.
The group will convene in the
College Auditorium at 11:15 for re-
ports of Special Interest Groups.
Luncheon will be served in Tex-
an Hall at 12:30. Mrs. Dimple Wat-
son, president of Alpha Sigma,
Lubbock, will preside. Invocation
will be given by Mrs. Mary Tol-
bert, Sudan. Special music will be
rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
bert G. Daugherty. Mrs. Margaret
Waghorn will introduce the guest
•speaker for the occasion.
Mrs. Frances Lowrance, El Paso,
Will give as the key address a
speech entitled “New Times De-
mand. New Measures.” Mrs. Low-
rance is state co-chairman of the
Committee on Programs.
Varied Program Is
Enjoyed By Students
A successful and enjoyable Re-
ligious Emphasis week end was at-
tended by a large number of SPC
students Sept. 28-30.
Virgil Trout, Lubbock Church of
Christ minister, formerly minister
of Cactus Drive Church of Christ,
was guest speaker for the Friday
afternoon assembly.
Bill Michaels, Lubbock, popular
guitar player and singer of folk *
songs, entertained a large group
Friday night. Following the fellow-
ship hour, a filmstrip from the
movie ‘King of Kings” was shown.
Denominational and non-demone
itional discussion groups were con-
ducted during Friday and Satur-
day meetings.
Included in Saturday’s events
was the showing of the film “The
Delinquent, The Hipster, and The
Square.” This was followed by dis-
cussion groups using the film as
the topic.
First Baptist Church provided
food for the in-door picnic in the
Sub Saturday night, followed by
special entertainment bv a group
of Hardin-Simmons students.
The entertainment included a
sing-song led by Larry Hickman,
a junior from H-S, who also served
as master of ceremonies. Mike Cad-
dell, a freshman, gave a humorous
monologue followed by a panto«
mime on a paratrooper by Sue
Jennings who also played guitar
selections. Lynnell White, senior,
sang “Lollytodum” and Sandra
Taylor, junior, sang popular num-
bers accompanied by the accor-
dion. Jerry McCoy also assisted
with the program.
The Saturday night program was
brought to a close with the re-
cording of “The Creation” by
James Weldon Johnson.
Students were guests of local
churches Sunday. Local residents
had students as dinner guests and
accompanied them to church ser-
vices.
Sunday night, refreshments were
served in Texan Hall. Many stu-
dents enjoyed this period of fellow-
ship and about thirteen and a half
gallons of ice cream were served.
Dr. Marvin Baker, SPC presi-
dent, has expressed his satisfac-
tion with the religious program.
Plans are being formulated to
make the religious week and an
annual affair.
Officers Are Elected
For Year By Classes
Class and campus leaders for
the year have been elected by the
soohomore and freshman classes.
Gerald Anderson, Plains, was
named president of the sophomore
class during an assembly meeting.
Other sophomore officers include
Bobby Boyce, Quail, vice president;
Donna Williams, Matador, sec-
retary • treasurer; and Freddie
Boyce. Quail, reporter.
Anderson, a social science ma-
jor, is an active campus leader.
He is president of Stroud Hall, a
member of the tennis team, and
was an honor student last fall. He
will also be voting official at the
state Student Council convention.
The freshman class elected Bill
Owens, Levelland, as its president
for the year. Other officers chos-
en were: Kent Moore, Seminole,
vice president; Sherrie Hoffman,
Seminole, secretary - treasurer;
Charlotte Barrett, Seminole, re -
porter; Burl Anderson, Plains, stu-
dent council rerresentative.
Owens, valedictorian at Level -
land High school last year, is on
the tennis team and member of
various campus clubs.
These class officers will direct
regular meetings and be in charge
of social functions sponsored by
the classes.
Miss Roger Mae Smith and Mrs.
Frieda Long are sponsors of the
sophomore class. John Christmas
and Basil Kolb are sponsors for
the freshman class.
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DAVID ROBERTO PISTONE
He also served a period as interim
pastor of a church in Los Angeles.
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