The Victoria College, 1925-2000: A Tradition of Excellence

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100 Advocate, 15 December 1960. 101 Ibid., 15 December 1960, 10 July 1961; J. D. Moore, telephone interview with author, 24 July 1998; Allen, interview with author. 102 Advocate, 14 March 1961. 103 The Jolly Roger, 14 April 1961. 104 Ibid., 12 May 1961. 105 Advocate, 21 May 1961. 106 Ibid., 15 September 1961. 107 Ibid., 10 July 1961; The Jolly Roger, 27 October 1961. 108 Advocate, 14 November 1961, 13 March 1962; The Jolly Roger, 6 April 1962. 109 Advocate, 9 January 1962. 110 Ibid. 104 ✦ THE VICTORIA COLLEGE, 1925-2000
✯ A mid-1950s Victoria College Women’s Sports Association, sponsored by Esther Etzel, the fifth person from the right. Below: Ronald Koss, Coach Eddie Shinn, and Ynacensio Cantu stand behind Victoria College’s first national track trophy. Bottom, left: FORE! Endnotes ✦ 105
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THE VICTORIA COLLEGE 1925-2000 A Tr
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THE VICTORIA COLLEGE 1925-2000 A Tr
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CONTENTS 4 PREFACE 5 FOREWORD 6 CHA
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FOREWORD From its inception in 1925
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CHAPTER 1 GENESIS The junior colleg
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five departments, three of which ha
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everyone who wanted to attend, nume
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to have reached “the age of respo
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a vocal duet by Odessa Robins and S
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traveled with the team on a special
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Because of the hard economic times,
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Basketball Tournament. The games we
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the board. The committee was given
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46 Advocate, 8 September 1931, 8 No
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CHAPTER 2 DEPRESSION AND WAR Within
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deaths or severe complications were
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scheduling games with teams of comp
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Pirates’ second contest, they far
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eaks at the college, Schneider, Ley
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students, “a hundred percent incr
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the first peacetime compulsory mili
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personnel and the potentially high
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49 Frank Diebel, telephone intervie
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CHAPTER 3 ADIOS, PATTI WELDER Immed
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Victoria Junior College students he
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the opponents of the ban withdrew t
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committee, Dr. Roy Lander, reported
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Page 57 and 58: oath of office to the recently elec
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Page 71 and 72: CHAPTER 4 THE DYNAMIC DUO Victoria
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Page 77 and 78: praised communities for creating ju
Page 79 and 80: to the student body prior to the
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Page 83 and 84: estimated that the college could op
Page 85 and 86: state money. The passage of the mea
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Page 89 and 90: “qualified for membership in Phi
Page 91 and 92: As the trustees wrestled with the i
Page 93 and 94: for social affairs. These steps wer
Page 95 and 96: about the tax rate increase. This s
Page 97 and 98: to accommodate some 92 schools from
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Page 109 and 110: CHAPTER 5 TURMOIL AND CONSISTENCY D
Page 111 and 112: up to a maximum of 12 years were pe
Page 113 and 114: was broken out. The mafiosos left w
Page 115 and 116: to the max to produce the most fini
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Page 119 and 120: In the spring of 1966, journalism s
Page 121 and 122: College, reflecting the politically
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Page 125 and 126: his overall trust in faculty decisi
Page 127 and 128: students except for long hair. The
Page 129 and 130: manuscript; Kay Burns, poetry inter
Page 131 and 132: full-time students expanded to 2,27
Page 133 and 134: societies within the 15 counties th
Page 135 and 136: any additional buildings constructe
Page 137 and 138: The group offered a program in whic
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Page 147 and 148: CHAPTER 6 BINGDOM When Dr. Roland E
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which endangered the work crews ass
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tion conforming to a state plan for
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ated” in community colleges, Bing
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ed for prizes in backgammon, video
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getting paid too much to provide th
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when he said, “I don’t see how
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wing that was designed for associat
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lady, and the first woman in the co
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nities “of trained medical person
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We have had trouble trying to get s
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iology department chairman, was nam
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49 The Jolly Roger, 3 March 1982. 5
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CHAPTER 7 A NEW CHIEF, A NEW ERA So
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also formed to provide directional
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“falling apart,” and “it’s
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EMT licensing test. Mark Reger, dir
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When the faculty members convened i
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trip with the college choir. The gr
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and 55 against the motion. When the
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preserve the extensive woodwork and
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✯ Left: Dr. Steve Thomas awards a
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Building the M. G. and Lillie A. Jo
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University of Houston-Victoria’s
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State Testing Committee for the Tex
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the state’s mandated minimum. The
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The course of study was designed to
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campus by students; and students of
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47 VC Today! (Fall 1995), 1; Measur
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CHAPTER 8 HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE
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✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ …Louise Hume
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Moore was standing outside the room
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no making extras!” The Student Un
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great time interacting with other m
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thought it was exciting.” Wheneve
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conditions did not interrupt the pi
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was light and airy, thanks to tall
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✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ …Donnell Cole
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Junior College, collected coins fro
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APPENDIX The Victoria College Alma
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✯ Top: Jose Rodriguez attended Vi
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VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE ADMINISTRAT
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✯ Top: Dian Denker, 1999-2000 Stu
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Hall, Broyles, 65, 75 Hall, Mary, 2
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