SCENE Fall 2007

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letter from the president

Dear friends of Schreiner, Do you remember when you first encountered the word “serendipity”? The limber term for “finding agreeable things not sought,” we are told, comes from a tale of three Persian princes and was coined in the 18th century. How did the world function before that word was dis-covered or crafted, since serendipity is indeed one of the inescapable graces of life? Serendipity has given us cellophane, Silly Putty, Teflon and penicillin, among many other discoveries. Several weeks ago, Mary Ellen and I were in Houston and worshiped at St. Philip Presbyterian Church. A lady

sat next to us, but before we had the opportunity to speak, a friend stopped by and chat-ted. Schreiner came up in our conversation. When she had left, our new neighbor men-tioned that her late husband had attended Schreiner in the early 1930s. We quickly found that we had a great deal to share, and by the time services had concluded, we said good-bye to a new friend in Ms. Jo Jones, a vivacious woman with a good heart. On returning to campus, I looked at the 1932

Recall, and right there with my friend Vick Douglass was Lamar Jones, foot-ball center and member of several honor societies. An agreeable thing not sought.

Working out at the Center for Fitness, I speak with a man who talks about his political science studies in past years and his free time in retirement. He wonders if there is anything at Schreiner that he might contribute to. We discuss our Learning Support Services program and its need for tutors. That is on Thursday. On Monday, I learn that he has already signed up and is on the tutoring staff.

“The thing that convinced me,” said Mr. Kent Herrick, “is that everyone I met on campus was so helpful and friendly.” An agreeable thing not sought. I am a fortunate person, because my work with Schreiner puts me in places where serendipity often arises. New friends, words of encouragement, gifts modest and substantial—these are all a regular part of my experience. Now, I would never want my trustees to think that I am not hard at work, but if I am honest with myself, I recognize that often these blessings arise not because I made them do so, but as agreeable things not consciously sought. They vig-orously affirm the efforts of the entire Schreiner community, the values that support them and the rich heritage that is associated with this institution.

Tim Summerlin President

‘‘I am a fortunate

person, because my

work with Schreiner

puts me in places

where serendipity

often arises.’’

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editor

Amy Armstrongdirector of university relations

contributing writers

Louise Leahy staff writer

Karen Davis Kilgore planned giving advisor

art direction and design

Stephanie Lopez Kellerassistant art director of creative services

sports

Jeanette McKinneysports information director

president

Dr. Tim Summerlin

board chairman

Randall Roberts ’67

sfsa board president

Scott Speck ’93

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onthecoverEnglish language memorial plate, located at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo by Martha York, director of Learning Center and International Studies at Schreiner.

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8 TakIng Charge Schreiner Student Senate at Work

hISTory remembered Schreiner Students Experience History in Germany

a day In The lIfe of a freShman Freshman Drew Harrison

follow The money Donations at Work

anna aCker-maCoSko Back in the Swing of Things

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After the horrific school shootings at Virginia Tech last year, Schreiner, along with many other U.S. colleges and universities began using a new emergency messaging system, e2Campus, to enhance the current procedures. “We believe we are able to effectively respond to emergencies involving stu-dents in ways large state universities cannot,” said Fred Gamble, Schrein-er’s vice president for administration and finance. “Primarily, being small and private, we try to intervene with a student before things get too far.” That being said, he believes that the new emergency messaging system, Mountaineer Alert, is a good idea, as it can be used in a range of situations, including bad weather like this year’s ice storm and flooding. “There are other less expensive messaging systems out there,” Gamble said, “but this is probably the most popular and most versatile.” Schreiner’s implementation has two parts: electronic messaging via text messaging/e-mail, and a voice/tone broadcast system. Stu-dents, faculty and staff register e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers online. When a message is sent, the broadcast system will emit a distinctive tone to tell every-one to check e-mail and cell phones. Another virtue of this system is that authorized personnel do not have to be on campus to activate it.

“The good thing about the broadcast system,” Gamble added, “is that I don’t have to physically be present to activate it. If I can get to a phone any-where, I can activate it.” The system will be used only for emergency situations. “They’ll know if they get a message from us, it’s not to chat,” Gamble said.

and not a drop to drink?

Italy

emergency notification System Comes to Campus

Schreiner University has joined with Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio to present a series of lectures and forums about Texas water issues, including aquifer, river and bay sustainability, the science and policy of water issues and the role of conservation and education. The first event, “More Precious than Gold: The ethical, economic, legal and environ-mental implications of supplying 40 million people with water by 2050,” took place at Schreiner University September 20. Speakers were Joe Beal, general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority; Bill West, general manager of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; and Robert Potts, president of the Dixon Water Foundation. Texas Tech University professor Bill Jeffery moderated the discussion. Jeffery is deputy director of the Center for Water Law and Policy, and teaches courses in environmental issues and natural resources. “When we looked around for a way we might meaningfully collaborate with Texas Public Radio to provide useful public service content for the radio, water issues immediately jumped to the front of the line,” said Dr. Tim Summerlin, Schreiner president. “It is the stuff of life, it is none too available at times in the Hill Country and preserving its quality is essential. Being able to collabo-rate with Texas Tech in this effort has made the experience more fun as well as more useful to the event attendees and radio audience.” The second fall lecture and discussion, “H20: The Science of Water Issues,” was at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg on November 8. Two spring events are scheduled for January 24 in Junction (“Conservation: Taking Action for Your Children’s Children”) and March 6 (“Policy, Planning and Politics: Where Do We Go from Here?), again at Schreiner University. All of the forums will be taped and broadcast on Texas Public Radio eight days after each event. The series is free and open to the public. For more information or for access to previous events, please visit the Schreiner University Web site at www.schreiner.edu/water/index.htm or con-tact Bob Hickerson, chief operating officer for Texas Tech University Division of Off-Campus Sites, at 830-990-2717 or 806-742-6440 or e-mail him at [email protected]. You also can contact Dr. Tom Arsuffi at 325-446-2301 or [email protected]; or Dr. Mike Looney, provost and vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Schreiner University, at 830-792-7371 or [email protected].

In May 2007, 30 members of the Schreiner University Choir plus four community members, including Schreiner president Dr. Tim Summerlin, director Michael Kahl and accompanist Terri Henneke-Theis traveled to Italy for something of a busman’s holiday, singing their way from one place to the next. The choir participated in two choral festivals and sang in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. They also provided music in some smaller Italian churches, including the 12th century Sant’ Antimo Abbey in Tuscany, shown in the picture. The tour was designed to give the choir opportunities to both perform and sightsee. According toDr. Summerlin, this was the first time a student performing group officially represented Schreiner overseas. For more about the trip, visit the Schreiner Web site at http://students.schreiner.edu/choir/Italy/Summerlin.htm or http://students.schreiner.edu/choir/Italy2007/index.htm.


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Schreiner University’s 2008 Mountaineer Leadership Conference will take place January 18-19 at the Franklin Family Ranch Retreat in Blanco. The conference is designed to help Schreiner student participants develop leadership skills. MLC 2008 is open to all Schreiner sophomores and juniors in good aca-demic and judicial standing, up to a maximum of 30 students. The theme for the 2008 MLC will be “Understanding Yourself and Others.” DXT Consulting of San Antonio, Dr. David Teneyuca’s man-agement and leadership training firm, will lead the conference. Teneyuca is an assistant professor of information systems at Schreiner. Students can apply online at www.schreiner.edu/MLC/apply.html. For more information, please e-mail [email protected].

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Assets 5/31/07Cash and cash equivalent $6,891,428accounts and pledges receivable 3,367,750other assets 3,281,644Investments 46,625,602land, buildings and equipment, net 31,140,577Total assets $91,307,001

Liabilitiesaccounts payable $1,921,484deposits and deferred revenue 374,039notes payable 12,880,677Total liabilities $15,176,200

Net Assetsunrestricted $19,881,026Temporarily restricted 15,158,757Permanently restricted 41,091,018Total net assets $76,130,801

Total liabilities and net assets $91,307,001

The financial year at Schreiner:2006-2007 Selected financial Statistics

2007 expenses

Institutionalsupport26%

Academicsupport7%

Auxiliary 15%

Instruction31%

Studentservices21%

2007 revenues

Gifts and grants9%

Investments11%

Auxiliary 30%

Net tuition and fees50%

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campusnewsTexas living history day

Texas Living History Day, “Another Way of Learning Using Stories and Songs,” was September 28 this year, bringing more than 1,200 people to the Schreiner campus. There were about 60 performers and demonstrators on hand, including Native American storytellers and danc-ers, Texas singer/songwriters, cowboy poets and storytellers, too. Schreiner’s own president, Dr. Tim Summerlin, sang a special tribute to the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers. Living History Day is co-sponsored by the Texas Heritage Music Foundation, which was established by Schreiner professor of English Dr. Kathleen Hudson. “I was thrilled by the educational aspects of the day,” said Hudson.

“Stories and songs make a difference in the world, and everyone who attended this event got to experience that. Performers were as happy as attendees! And to have the great-grandchildren of Jimmie Rodgers on stage at noon, after our president sang a tribute song to Jimmie, was an added thrill for me.”

Native American dancers perform during Texas Living History Day. More than 1,200 people participated in the day’s activities.


Supporting Schreiner University is easier than ever now. Please visit our Online Giving Web site at www.schreiner.edu/giving/, where you can make a secure gift—one that will benefit Schreiner students for years to come—in a matter of seconds. If you have questions, contact Phyllis Whittington, director of development, [email protected] or call 830-792-7208.

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“Women in Texas Music,” the second book by Dr. Kathleen Hudson, professor of English, was published in September by the Uni-versity of Texas Press. Dr. Hudson signed copies of her book at the October Texas Coffeehouse series she co-sponsors at Schreiner.

Mary MacWithey, assistant professor in the School of Professional Studies and assistant director

of William Logan Library, volunteers as a webmaster for the Hill Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Fredericksburg Genealogy Society. She designed a new Web site for HCSPCA this summer.

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Jay mcCormack Faculty Spotlight

Jay McCormack, a part-time business professor at Schrein-er University, was one of the hundreds of volunteers who poured into Gulf Coast com-munities in the days after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.But he didn’t go alone. He took a 20-foot-long cooker and as much food as he could gath-er. McCormack said his parents lived in Pascagoula, Miss., while he was in college. Pascagoula was badly damaged by Katrina.

“I have a friend who loaned me a cooker,” McCormack said, “and I can cook. Of course, before this, I’d never cooked for more than 30 people at a time.” McCormack drove into Cov-ington, La., where Trinity Church was serving as “the

point church for all the Gulf Coast denominations,” and started cooking at 4 a.m. on a Sunday. Before the day was finished, he had cooked and served more than 300 meals. “From that point on, I cooked breakfast and dinner for volun-teer workers for 14 days,” he said. “It came to more than 3,000 meals overall.” He was in good cooking com-pany, too. The head chef for Outback Steakhouse was also cooking about 1,000 meals a day, and passing meat and other ingredients along to McCormack. When McCormack had to head back home for a fami-ly event, he got caught up in the evacuation of the Hous-ton area due to Hurricane Rita. He didn’t rest on his laurels when he finally got home, either. Instead of returning to Coving-ton, he picked up an old friend with whom he had grown up in Orange, Texas, which was in Rita’s path. They headed to Orange and “we chain sawed people out for seven days.”

‘‘of course before this, I’d never cooked for more than 30 people at a time.’’

New associate professor of English Dr. David Mulry is featured in a documentary on Radio Netherlands

about Joseph Conrad’s “Secret Agent,” the first English novel about terrorism. To hear the documentary, go to www.radionetherlands.nl/artsandculture /070911ac for the downloadable MP3 file.

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very spring at Schreiner, there’s an election for the Student Senate officers for the next academic year.

During that time, you’ll see posters all over campus picturing the candi-dates. When all the campaigning and voting dies down, just what does the Senate do? Quite a lot, as it turns out. The Senate is made up of the executive officers, four class officers from each class year, one representa-tive from each of the recognized student organizations, two commut-ers, two residential representatives (one for freshman residents and one for upperclassmen) and a Greystone representative. The Senate elects two faculty advisors. This year’s advisors

are Dr. Robert Holloway, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. William Woods, professor of English and communication. “Our main goal is to help keep communication lines open between the administration and students,” said Heather Lee, this year’s Senate president. Lee is a senior majoring in exercise science with teacher certifica-tion. In addition to the Senate, she is involved in Women’s Bible Study, Baptist Student Ministry, dance team and the University Choir. She plans to attend seminary and work toward a master’s in divinity after she graduates. Kassie Barlow is Senate vice presi-dent. She will graduate in December with a major in biochemistry and is planning to become an optometrist.

Among her many other campus activities are the volleyball team, Greek and University honor societies and Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. Barlow agreed that keeping commu-nication going is the Senate’s primary function. “Our goals are to listen to students and to put into action their concerns, things they want changed on campus,” she said. “We try to involve the faculty, too, and to find a happy medium.” Schreiner senior and Senate treasurer Dustin Hill is majoring in biology; he wants to work in wildlife biology and eventually teach. Among his other activities, Hill is president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, president of the Greek Council, peer coordi-nator for orientation, classroom peer

Kassaundra Lee Barlow (Kassie) ’07 Vice-PresidentbioChemistryharlingenPlans after graduation: “I was recently accepted to the university of houston College of optometry to pursue a career as an optometrist.”

Kristi Click ’09 executive ParliamentarianPsychology/religiondallasPlans after graduation: “attend austin Seminary for a dual degree: master’s of divinity and social work.”


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advisor and manages the intramural department in Campus Recreation. He describes the Senate purpose this way: “Since I’ve been involved in the Student Senate, the main pur-pose is to listen to student concerns and try to find a reasonable solution.” Hill gave the example of the bridge between Pecan Grove and the main campus. “The boards were warping and female students were getting their heels caught in it and falling.” The Senate went to Fred Gamble, Schrein-er’s vice president for administration and finance, and within two weeks the problem was fixed. Gamble and the senate also worked together on the blue-lined parking spaces in the lot between Hoon Hall and the Elaine B. Griffin Welcome

Center. Those spaces are reserved for residents of Pecan Grove and The Oaks complexes. “Some residents have a full day of classes and are going on and off cam-pus for jobs and internships,” Hill said. “They need parking closer to the main part of campus to make it to classes on time.” Student senate members are one of the main communication con-duits among the various groups that make up the Schreiner community. And they are proactive about it, going to residences to ask students what they would like to see changed and encouraging faculty to voice their concerns as well. All three Student Senate executives interviewed for this article agreed

that the Senate this year is committed to extending communication to include taking faculty concerns to the students. “Most of the faculty don’t know what the Senate does on campus,” Barlow said. “They can come to the meetings and ask us to help out.” Hill agreed: “The faculty can use the Sen-ate to communicate with the students.” The Senate also provides student representatives for administrative committees such as faculty search and selection, academic affairs and student affairs, and executive officers represent students at University events and board of trustees functions. In short, they help direct a lively campus conversation that is a large part of why Schreiner is such a great place.

Heather Lee ’08 President exercise Science with Teacher CertificationboernePlans after graduation: “attend seminary and pursue a master of divinity.”

Roxie Harper ’08 executive SecretaryPsychologybulverdePlans after graduation: “graduate school at university of houston to get my master of education in counseling, then I’ll get my licensed professional counselor certification and open my own practice.”

Dustin Hill ’08 executive TreasurerbiologySpringPlans after graduation: “I would eventually like to go to graduate school and obtain a master’s in either wildlife biology or marine biology. later on, I would like to teach high school biology.”

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ne of the ways in which Schreiner University makes “Learning by Heart” more than just a catchy slogan is by helping students make the real world part of the classroom.

A prime example of this is the spring 2007 trip to Germany and Poland to visit sites associated with the Holocaust, lead by Schreiner German instructor and librarian Sara Schmidt. One of the students on the trip, Teresa Rodriguez, put it this way: “This trip was more than just a class. It was stepping out of our everyday lives and into history. No one should have to go through what the victims of the Holocaust went through.” Last spring, Schmidt also taught courses in the aesthetic experience of Germany and the cultural implica-tions of the Holocaust. She worked for several years at the National Holocaust Museum in Wash-ington, D.C. after earning her MLS degree at the University of Maryland. “I have an interest in genocide research,” Schmidt said, “but honest-ly, with all my other duties, I don’t get a chance to pursue it as much as I’d like. Most of my research and experi-ence lies with the Holocaust. I talk to classes about what is going on in Darfur (in western Sudan). You can’t stop something if no one knows about it.” The trip, which included Schreiner students, staff and local citizens, was an outgrowth of that interest and her classes. They visited cities in both countries—and several Holocaust sites, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland.

“I remember Auschwitz particularly,” Schreiner student Meaghan Goodson said. “It’s the one you hear the most about. When you see those gates, you know where you are. The atmosphere —you can tell you’re in a place where a lot of people died.” One Schreiner student, Donna Golden, whose maternal grandpar-ents left Poland in the 1940s, got a particular shock. “When I walked in,” she said, “I saw a display of a pile of suitcases and there was a suitcase with my mother’s maiden name on it.” Golden has been researching her family history and now has another place to start tracing her ancestors. Schmidt’s Holocaust class had the option of “digital storytelling” for their final grades. Eight students read a memoir and gave a digital presentation to the class. Goodson and Rodriguez told the story of a Pol-ish girl who was eight years old when the Holocaust swept up her and her family. It is based on the true story of Nechama Tec, told in her book, “Dry Tears: A Story of a Lost Childhood.” Although the Holocaust sites made the strongest impression, “I try not to make a ‘trip of sorrow’ out of it,” Schmidt said. “The trip is about 40 percent regular sightseeing and 60 percent Holocaust.” Martha York, director of Schreiner’s Center for Innovative Learning, agreed. “The journey was an excellent balance between the horror of the death camps and the thrill of being in countries never visited before. We were able to see firsthand what Germany and Poland have become in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, while also visiting the past.” continued on page 12

Opposite page: Auschwitz 1, photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

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“I loved the castles,” said Golden. “They were my favorite. I’d love to go back on a castle tour.” She also liked the “graffiti art” in Berlin. “Sara had us getting up pretty early and there was a lot of walking, so we didn’t have time to feel homesick,” she said. This was Golden’s first trip to Europe. When Goodson was in the eighth grade, she accompanied her grandfather, a WW II veteran with the 82nd Airborne, to Europe for the 55th anniversary of the war. Both Goodson and Rodriguez said they would like to spend more time in Krakow, Poland. Schmidt is planning another class trip for

spring 2009. “It will be pretty much the same,” she said, “although I am thinking about adding a day so we can fly to DC and see The Holocaust Museum. I talk about the museum a lot in my lectures and this year they were disappointed they hadn’t seen it. “We say ‘never again’ and ‘never forget’ with regards to the Holocaust, but many don’t really know why,” Schmidt said. “This gives them a chance to better understand how it happened, to see where it happened, to stand where others died. The students leave, feeling those words in their hearts. I hope they will share their experiences and help others understand why we must never forget.”

‘‘This trip was more than just a class. It was stepping out of our everyday lives and into history.’’— TereSa rodrIguez

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Like many in the Schreiner community, Sara Schmidt wears more than one hat. She’s reference and special collections librarian at Schreiner’s William Logan Library, where she also serves as library archivist or “preservationist.” Plus, every other year she teaches German. She is also the faculty sponsor for the Allied Advance Program, a support network for gay, lesbian and bisexual students. In the spring 2007 semester, she taught a course on the aesthetic experience of Germany and one on the cultural implications of the Holocaust. Then she took a group of students and staff to Germany and Poland to visit Holocaust sites. “I became interested in the Holocaust when I was young after reading ‘Night’ (Elie Wiesel’s book about the Nazi death camps) and ‘The Diary of Anne Frank.’” said Schmidt. “At Texas Tech, I took some classes from really great professors in the history of the Nazi regime and Holocaust literature. Then when I had the opportunity of an internship in Washington, D.C., I chose The Holocaust Museum, where I was the first library intern.” Schmidt, who is from the Texas panhandle town of Canadian, got her undergraduate degree at Texas Tech and received her master’s of library science from the University of Maryland. She worked for The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., from 2001 to 2003, first as an intern and then as a librarian. She took her first trip to Germany

while she was an undergraduate. “The German department at Texas Tech was wonderful,” Schmidt said. “A trip to Germany was part of sophomore German, and I loved it so much I ended up double majoring in German and history.” She has been back to Germany five times since that class trip. In planning for the Schreiner trip, she visited Berlin for the first time since 1998. “The changes were a shock,” she said. “The area around Potsdamer Platz was in the middle of a drastic renovation the last time I went, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was just an idea back in 1997 and 1998.” Among her other responsibilities at Logan Library, she handles preserving Schreiner pictures and papers. She also works with the papers and photographs that make up the Sam Lanham Digital Library of Texas Hill Country History at http://digital.library.schreiner.edu/sldl. Lanham recently donated 187 Civil War pamphlets, which Schmidt is “cleaning, scanning, cataloging and making available online” in both text and graphic formats. “The digital library is a unique and special collection,” she said. “I take care of the material we are entrusted with in order to make sure it is preserved.” As for her teaching duties: “My German class has a waiting list,” she said. And there’s another Holocaust class and trip to Germany in the works.

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Opposite page, top: In front of a remnant of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. Man on the left is Mieczyslaw Jedruszczak, known as the “guard of the wall.” “Shortly after we arrived at the wall remnant, he came out of his flat, bringing his guest book and an eagerness to visit with us about our trip. In 1950 he discovered that a wall in his apartment courtyard was one of the last surviving traces of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. He dedicated his life to protecting the wall during Communist times, and drawing attention to it after the fall of the Soviet Union,” said Sara Schmidt. Visitors have included thousands of tourists and the president of Israel.

Opposite page, bottom: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin. Finally completed in 2004, located one block from the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin. Photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

This page, top: Platform for Track 17, where Jews were shipped to death camps located in the east. The decaying platform was restored in 1998. Photo by Kristen Ebner, SU freshman.

This page, bottom: The Deportation Memorial at Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Ghostly silhouettes of Jews that passed through Grunewald. Photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

‘‘I became interested in the holocaust when I was young after reading ‘night’ and ‘The diary of anne frank.’’’


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Freshman

I wake up, shower, grab some breakfast then head to class.

‘‘music is the way that I relate to other people as well as to god.’’— drew harrISon

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here I’m hanging out in my dorm room, playing games, chatting on facebook, e-mailing, surfing the net (favorite site: biblegateway.com), reading (a lot!).

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my schedule consists of Spanish, math, history, choir, IdST (freshman seminar)—that’s full time, 12 hours. I stop by the bookstore to buy some supplies for class.

off to the lion’s den for a snack—chicken sandwich and a Sprite.

Current students interested in submitting

a first-person essay, artwork, photography

or poetry for consideration, please visit

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Schreiner University freshman Drew Joseph Harrison is from Bulverde, Texas, where he

graduated high school with a class of 10—nine girls and Drew. When he was 19 months old, his dad took him along on a motorcycle ride and a teenaged driver broadsided them. Drew was in a coma and had to stay in the hospital for three weeks. He went through weeks of therapy to relearn how to walk, talk and “even crawl—everything all over again.” His favorite class at Schreiner is Dr. Jeannette Cockroft’s history class. “I like Dr. Cockcroft because she is a great teacher in that she challenges us; she believes in her students and she sets high standards,” he said. His hobbies are reading (favorite books: “Wicked,” “Tale of Two

Cities,” Harry Potter series), swimming, video games (favorite: Zelda), playing piano and watching movies (two favorites: “Lord of the Rings” and “Pay It Forward”). Drew is majoring in religion and plans on being a missionary after graduation. “I think God has called me to be a missionary,” Drew said. “I am very passionate about God and the Bible, plus I am a good people person.”

I’m a member of Schreiner Choir and play piano.

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we see the results all over campus of the generosity of Schreiner University

donors. Have you ever wondered what is involved in transforming a generous donation into something such as a new resource room for Schreiner’s William Logan Library? Verne ’38 and Lavon Philips of Austin recently gave Schreiner funds designated for setting up a curriculum room in Logan Library. Candice Scott, director of library and informa-tion technology services explained that a curriculum room or curriculum library is a way to keep teaching and learning resources all in one spot. “We talked to the education faculty about whether something like this would be useful,” she said. The faculty thought it was a great idea. “We’ll mod-ify it to suit their needs as we go along,” Scott said. “It’s a work in progress.” Many schools that offer degrees in

education have a curriculum room—according to Scott. However, she added, “seldom do libraries this size or even medium size pull out a sepa-rate education collection.” The room has been named the MILL Room, for Multimedia & Instruction Learning Lab, and houses computers, sample textbooks, education-related journals and other resources. “Schreiner’s undergraduate and graduate education programs are blessed to have a curriculum room for our students’ usage,” said Carole Errett, director of Schreiner’s teacher education program. “Students may now avail themselves early in their course work of specific curriculum guides for their teaching areas and computer use for teacher portfolios and other multi media projects. The MILL will definitely enhance the education program at Schreiner.”

Verne Philips said that he had worked in the Schreiner library for a semester when he was a student here. “We have good feelings for Schreiner,” he said. “My wife had gone as a child to Camp Waldemar. Before she even knew me, she knew about Schreiner.” Philips said that their gift for the MILL Room “followed our other library gifts.” One earlier donation went to produce the library’s Scarle-Philips Room, named in honor of Verne Philips’ parents. Scarle is Philips’ mother’s maiden name. “The things we see as educational, we see as very important,” he said.

“That’s what motivated us to look to Schreiner.” “Schreiner was founded because of a private gift, has weathered difficult times in the past because of generous donors and is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and

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improvement in its academic programs because people like the Philips are generous and believe in our students and the education we provide,” Mark Tuschak, Schreiner vice president for advancement and public affairs, said. So how did we get from the Philips’ generosity to a new resource room? Tuschak outlined the basic process. • There is an opportunity or a

need identified at Schreiner. • A potential donor is told about

the need or opportunity and is asked to support what Schreiner is doing.

• The donation arrives at the Office of Advancement & Public Affairs in the Alumni House.

• Susan Carver, administrative assistant for Advancement Services, log in the date, amount and purpose of the donation. Some donations, like that for the MILL room, are earmarked by

the donor for a specific project; some for scholarships or other projects and others to be used where most needed.

• Missy Wilton, software support for Advancement Services, then enters the information into the computer and database.

• Jean Holekamp, administrative assistant for Advancement & Public Affairs, sends an acknowl-edgement letter and receipt to the donor within 48 hours.

• A report of all donations is circu-lated among advancement staff. Any staff member who knows a donor personally has the oppor-tunity to send a thank you.

• The check and transmittal forms go to Schreiner’s business office.In this case, money becomes available to Scott for the library.

• Scott orders furniture, comput-ers, other supplies and puts in a

work request for a window to be put in one wall, looking out into the library.

The MILL Room is up and running now, with sample textbooks, education-related journals and some teacher supplies in support of the K-12 curriculum. There also are three computers, as well as a screen and LCD projector. “We’re anticipating other students using the room, too, for a presenta-tion practice space,” Scott said.

“Thanks to the gift, we’ve ordered computer furniture, application soft-ware and shelving. It will also help with remodeling the space.” “It is only because of donors like the Philips and many others that Schreiner exists,” Tuschak said. “They have helped Schreiner become a fine university that will meet the college needs for students in our region and the state for years to come.”

Illustration by Stephanie Lopez Keller

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Plenty of people in the Texas Hill Country got in some golf over their summer vacations, but Schreiner’s own golf coach Anna Acker-Macosko took her game to a whole other level. She qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. Her eighth Open appear-ance was her first tournament since her retirement from the professional tour two years ago. “My main goal was just to make it there because I hadn’t played com-petitively in two years,” she said. “The Open is the best of the best. I was just glad to get through all the qualifying.” Acker-Macosko now co-coaches men’s and women’s golf at Schrein-er with her husband Ron Macosko, Schreiner’s athletic director, and is the teaching pro at Comanche Trace in Kerrville. The Macoskos reside in Kerrville with their son, Ben. Acker-Macosko played on the boy’s team at Columbus High School in Marshfield, Wis., “from the boy’s

tees and I was conference champi-on,” she said with a grin. She attend-ed the University of South Florida in Tampa on a golf scholarship, where she made Division I All-American her senior year. Acker-Macosko turned pro in 1991. Sometimes, though, the weath-er can spoil the chances of even the best athlete—and the weather at this year’s Open was decidedly unfriendly. “We got three days of practice rounds to map out the course con-ditions,” Acker-Macosko explained. “We didn’t have much rain but there was a lot of lightning.” The first day of play, the full field of 156 players is split into two waves for the practice rounds. “The morning wave got in a full 18 holes,” she said. “I was in the after-noon wave.” Two full rounds of golf took her wave three days. “I played one hole and then had a four-hour break. Then I went out around 6:30 or 7 p.m. and played eight holes before sunset,” she said.

“We finished the first 18 holes the next morning, got in another 12 holes, then got the lightning again, and that was that.” For a look at Acker-Macosko’s Open diary, go to http://athletics.schreiner.edu/MGolf/default.htm. “Needless to say, about 80 percent of the people in my wave didn’t make the cut.” The cut for the final field is the lowest 60 scores or all scores within 10 strokes of the lead. “I didn’t play as well as I wanted to, but it was a heck of a lot of fun,” she said. “I talked Ron into to caddy-ing for me for old times’ sake.” She fired her caddy on the last hole, however. “My brother was there and I wanted him to caddy one hole at the U.S. Open.” She’s thinking of going for the Open again in 2008. One bonus to getting to the 2007 Open is that next year she will get an exemption for the first round of qualifying. “I’m working a lot on my short game,” she said.

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Head Coach Paul Hayes and his 2007 squad were predicted to finish second in the conference in a preseason poll, with junior goalkeeper Nick Morrison named as Defensive Preseason Player of the Year. The Mountaineers have added 14 new players to their roster and are still trying to fine-tune their game, resulting in a 2-3-1 overall record and a 1-2-1 conference standing.

mountaineerMen’s Soccer

Back row (left to right): Assistant coach Justin Hibbert, Derek Brosky, Shane McKain, Ryan Ross, Stewart Fossett, Juan Bonilla, Drew Schulle, Michael Flynn, Dean Ellis, Stephen Gonzalez, Krisjon Phillips, Brad Baker, Saul Ek, Head Coach Paul Hayes.Front row (left to right): Jeremy Leoni, Kenny Benson, Roberto Garcia, Julio Rodriguez, Kevin Abernethy, Travis Curd, Abe Garcia, Jeff Winton, Kevin Kainer, Tino Albarran, Jesse Reynolds, Juan Munoz, Conner Veteto, Jeremy Reinhard, Zach Williams.

This year’s SU women’s soccer team can be described as one of talent and youth; over half the team’s roster are freshmen, but they bring with them talent to add to a fundamentally solid returning core led by only one senior. The team shows continued improvement and greater intensity with each match played and the current record of 2-3-1, 1-3-1 should see more wins by the end of the ’07 season.

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For schedules and more athletic news, visit: http://athletics.schreiner.edu.

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Back row (left to right): Roxie Harper, Kelsey Olvera, Kaitlin Moore, Alcie Rivera, Stephanie Crane, Danielle Schaefer, Danni Gomez, Alex Avila and Shae Cardenas.Front row (left to right): Natalie White, Ashley Westervelt, Kathryn Fondon, Alyssa Fordyce, Brittany Vega, Michele Alcala, Julie Goodhew, Kellye NationFront two: Kari Kriegel and Jenn Gamez.

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Men’s Basketball Schedule Women’s Basketball Schedule

Some of Schreiner’s student athletes show their Mountaineer spirit with Monty the SU mascot. Athletics at Schreiner is a great source of fun and pride for the entire campus community. Nothing gets the campus more excited than the Mountaineers heading into action.

Nov. 17 Southwestern HOME 7 p.m.Nov. 1 (Scrimmage) SWTJC HOME 6 p.m.Nov. 9 (Scrimmage) Palo Alto HOME 7 p.m.Nov. 17 St. Mary’s San Antonio 7 p.m.Nov. 24 UT-Dallas HOME 3 p.m.Nov. 26 UT- Arlington Arlington 7 p.m.Nov. 30 Incarnate Word San Antonio 7 p.m.Dec. 3 UT-Tyler HOME 7:30 p.m.Dec. 13 Texas Lutheran Seguin 7:30 p.m.Dec. 15 University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Ark. 3 p.m.Jan. 3 Louisiana College HOME 7:30 p.m.Jan. 5 Mississippi College HOME 3 p.m.Jan. 10 East Texas Baptist Marshall 7:30 p.m.Jan. 12 LeTourneau Longview 3 p.m.Jan. 13 Robert Morris (IL) Dallas 2 p.m.Jan. 17 Sul Ross State Alpine 7:30 p.m.Jan. 19 Howard Payne Brownwood 3 p.m.Jan. 24 McMurry HOME 7:30 p.m.Jan. 26 Hardin-Simmons HOME 3 p.m.Jan. 31 Mary-Hardin Baylor HOME 7:30 p.m.Feb. 2 Concordia Austin 3 p.m.Feb. 7 Mary-Hardin Baylor Belton 7:30 p.m.Feb. 9 Concordia HOME 3 p.m.Feb. 12 Texas Lutheran HOME 7:30 p.m.Feb. 14 McMurry Abilene 7:30 p.m.Feb. 16 Hardin-Simmons Abilene 3 p.m.Feb. 21 Sul Ross State HOME 7:30 p.m.Feb. 23 Howard Payne HOME 3 p.m.

Nov. 24 UT-Dallas HOME 1 p.m.Dec. 1 UTPA Edinburg 2 p.m.Dec. 3 UT-Tyler HOME 5:30 p.m.Dec. 13 Texas Lutheran Seguin 5 p.m.Dec. 15 University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Ark. 1 p.m.Dec. 17 Southwestern Georgetown 3 p.m.Dec. 19 Hoops N Surf Classic Honolulu vs Finlandia TBADec. 21 Hoops N Surf Classic Honolulu vs Briar Cliff TBAJan. 3 Louisiana College HOME 5:30 p.m.Jan. 5 Mississippi College HOME 1 p.m.Jan. 7 Texas Lutheran Seguin 5:30 p.m.Jan. 10 East Texas Baptist Marshall 5:30 p.m.Jan. 12 LeTourneau Longview 1 p.m.Jan. 17 Sul Ross State Alpine 5:30 p.m.Jan. 19 Howard Payne Brownwood 1 p.m.Jan. 24 McMurry HOME 5:30 p.m.Jan. 26 Hardin-Simmons HOME 1 p.m.Jan. 31 Mary-Hardin Baylor HOME 5:30 p.m.Feb. 2 Concordia Austin 1 p.m.Feb. 7 Mary-Hardin Baylor Belton 5:30 p.m.Feb. 9 Concordia HOME 1 p.m.Feb. 14 McMurry Abilene 5:30 p.m.Feb. 16 Hardin-Simmons Abilene 1 p.m.Feb. 21 Sul Ross State HOME 1 p.m.Feb. 23 Howard Payne HOME 1 p.m.


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Schreiner’s volleyball team was picked to finish third in a preseason poll by American Southwest Conference West Division coaches and sports information directors this season. Through 12 matches in 2007, the Mountaineers are off to their best start in six years with an overall record of 5-7, and a 2-4 conference record. Head Coach John Wyatt Greenlee is optimistic about post season possibilities as a solid core of returning players was joined by a strong recruiting class for the ’07 campaign.

Schreiner’s men’s cross country team has shown improvement in its first two races. The team had a rough outing at the UT-Tyler Invitational to open the season, but all five runners showed significant improvement in the second event, the State Division III Championships in Abilene. Freshman Michael Maia has been the team’s top finisher in each race.

The women’s cross country team has been showing steady improvement as well this season. Andrea Roach ran her best time of the year (31:34) on the toughest course in Dallas. Cynthia Valadez was the top finisher for SU at the highly competitive Texas Lutheran University Invitational with a time of 31:24. A total of 18 teams participated in the meet, four of which were Division 1 schools.

mountaineerCross Country

Front row: Lindsay Rutkowski, Brittany Alvillar and Holly Howard. Middle row: Malorie Westerholm, Kaycee Westberry, Misty Fletcher, Julie Peddy and Marissa Stearns. Back row: Xandria White, Caitlin Gayle and Tiffany Miller.

From left to right: Lazaro Alvarez, Michael Maia, Matt Tomasello, Lupe Garza and Coach Rodney Holland

From left to right: Andrea Roach, Coach Rodney Holland and Cynthia Valadez.

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Keep Everlastingly at It,” is the Trull family’s motto. When Robert Bruce Trull and his siblings were

growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast in the first part of the 20th century, times were tough and work was hard. But Florence and Bruce Trull taught their five children the power of perseverance and, little by little, the family’s work ethic and optimism created stability and well being. When Bob Trull became a Schreiner trustee in 1977, times were tough again, at least for Kerrville’s junior college. Schreiner did not have enough students to ensure its future, nor enough endowment income to supplement insufficient operating revenue. However, Schreiner had a history of succeeding in the face of adversity, bolstered by a hard-working faculty and courageous administra-tion. In addition, it had a student body who loved Schreiner’s essence of caring and commitment to helping young people reach their potential. Looking back at the blessings, one

can also count a visionary and loyal governing board and a city that believed in Schreiner’s future. “Keep everlastingly at it!” reminded Bob Trull when running a small col-lege became especially challenging.

“We can do it!” he would say without fanfare but with obvious personal conviction. “Schreiner is important, and if we have faith and courage, Schreiner will overcome its obstacles and thrive.” While Trull’s business interests centered in the Coastal Bend, his love for the outdoors inspired him to buy a ranch in West Kerr County, and later a small home. He enjoyed many a hunting expedition and golf round with Schreiner’s president emeritus, Andy Edington. When he also became a close personal friend and advisor to Sam Junkin, Schreiner’s third president, Trull started visiting campus several times a month. A lifelong pilot, Bob became a Hill Country “regular,” flying his Piper Saratoga up from Palacios, his hometown.

When the board of trustees voted in June 1981 to become a baccalaure-ate college, Bob was an enthusiastic proponent. When Schreiner began master planning for a larger commu-nity and expanded services, the devout Presbyterian was among the first leaders to pledge support for campus and program expansion. Now, five years after his death, those who knew Bob Trull can look in any direction on campus and remember his generous commitments: to Edington Center, Logan Library, the Trull Residence Center, the Trull Annex to the Moody Science Build-ing and to many programs. His gifts for debt retirement and the endow-ment helped Schreiner reach a new level of stability. Preferring to stay in the background, Bob did not want his names on buildings. After long discussion, he was convinced only when school officials explained that his witness could inspire others to

“go and do likewise.” He wanted every-one who had the means to help Schreiner, and he unabashedly asked others to join him as donors. In 1994, Schreiner bestowed on Bob Trull the first honorary degree it ever awarded, the Doctor of Humane Letters. Many family and friends came to honor him, all of whom were warned not to call him “Dr. Trull.” He was a charter member of the Schreiner Oaks Society and received an Honorary Life Membership in the Schreiner Former Students Associa-tion. As he walked across campus or ate in the cafeteria, students would call him by name. The Schreiner community learned a lot from this unassuming, quiet man. Although he could have afford-ed something more fancy, Bob enjoyed driving Fords, which he unfailingly donated to Schreiner when he bought a new one every few years. His favorite lunch was a can of Campbell’s Chunky Soup at home—no tips or tax! He liked wearing free ball caps that advertised Schreiner or a local feed store. In fact, he was

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known to be a walking Schreiner advertisement by just “happening” to wear his Schreiner cap anywhere he thought it would attract recognition for the college. Bob honored his Depression upbringing by looking for bargains and re-using possessions as long as possible. For instance, he carried a pocket calendar several years out of date because the leather was too good to throw away. Each calendar page was totally covered in notations, but he always seemed to know which were current-year memos. He was also a good role model for exercise and nutrition. He walked faithfully every morning and made sure he ate a banana each day to keep up his potassium level. He never smoked and had a one-beer-a-day limit. Bob was especially proud of his membership in the “UFOs”—the United Flying Octogenarians. Having a heart for kids who faced emergencies, Bob established a fund to provide urgent funding when Schreiner students confronted unfore-seen financial hardship. Bob himself had waited tables to help pay for his college education in the 1930s. When asked once why he was so generous, he quietly answered, “I guess I am hoping I leave the world a little better than I found it.” Bob Trull has a son, a daughter, five grandchildren and many extend-ed family members who remember him as a big-hearted man who loved his community, his family, his church, and many important ministries that help to make the world a better place. His generous legacy to others will live long after his lifetime. And the biggest of all of these gifts was his steady encouragement to

“keep everlastingly at it!”

Please see the adjacent column for information about the unique planned gift Bob Trull created to help Schreiner construct a new dormitory.

As Schreiner added juniors

and seniors in the early 1980s,

planners knew more dormitory

space would be essential. Wanting

to help in a major way, Bob Trull

used a charitable lead trust as a

unique and wonderful gift plan that

would make the dorm a reality.

In a CLT, a donor transfers assets

temporarily for the use of charity

for a number of years. At the end

of the trust’s term, the assets

return to the donor (a grantor lead

trust) or to the donor’s heirs (a

non-grantor or family lead trust).

Trull’s charitable lead annuity

trust had magnificent results. Bob

placed several million dollars in

trust to distribute all income to

Schreiner for 10 years. With this

legal document in place, Schreiner

officials were able to borrow funds

to construct a new dormitory. The

trust benefited from excellent

management and a high rate of

return—far surpassing original

projections. Annual payments

retired the dormitory note in eight

years and then produced two

more years of income with which

to establish an endowment for the

Robert B. Trull Residence Center.

At the end of the 10 years,

trustee Trull received the value of

his original assets once again. He

was fond of calling this scheduled

return his “ship coming in.”

Schreiner has enjoyed two other

charitable lead trusts, also with

amazing results. Believing that a

mature college needed a tangible

way to attract top students, the late

Bill Dozier and his wife, Eleanor,

created a charitable lead trust for

the Honors Program. For five years,

the income from this trust provided

all of the start-up funding for this

important academic initiative.

Houstonians Browne and Ann

Rice, now deceased, created a CLT

to provide yearly funding for student

sponsorships—now called Schreiner

Scholars. For as long as this loving

trustee family lived, their lead trust

gave significant income for annual

financial aid. Visionary planners,

the Rices also created a charitable

remainder trust, which transferred

an endowment to Schreiner at

their deaths, guaranteeing that

income to their favorite project

would continue forever.

Lead trusts that revert to donors

carry with them an income tax

deduction the year the gift is

established. Family lead trusts

provide an upfront gift tax deduction,

effectively “freezing” the gift tax

on an inheritance that might grow

considerably over the trust’s term.

If you would to like to learn

more about the numerous benefits

these gift plans have in charitable

planning and estate preservation,

please contact us. Call Karen

Davis Kilgore, Planned Giving

Advisor, at 830-896-1787 or e-mail

her at [email protected].

Charitable lead Trusts

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Since long before Noel Coward wrote “Don’t Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington,”

parents and teachers have warned aspiring theater practitioners to expect starvation and worse. Still and all, some people do it any-way and can eventually even give up their day jobs and pursue show busi-ness as both a career and a vocation.

Schreiner University graduate Justin Cooper ’99 seems very likely to be one of the lucky ones. Since leaving Schreiner, he has not only co-written the 2006 CMT Music Awards show, his one-act play “Wood” was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for out-standing original short script. The NYIT awards are given to recognize outstanding achievement in off-off-

Schreiner grad

forging a path

in theater


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Broadway theater. In 2001, his script “Ingram” placed in the top 20 of sever-al thousand entries in the Final Draft International Big Break Contest. And let’s not forget to mention that producers are interested in his TV pilot “Hospice.” Although “Wood” did not win the NYIT, it was one of six nominees out of hundreds of off-off-Broadway plays produced. In this case, being

nominated really is an honor. Schreiner classmate Isaac Byrne ’99, produced “Wood” in New York. Byrne’s production company, Work-ing Man’s Clothes, produced three shows nominated for an NYIT award—Cooper’s and two shows Byrne directed. “Theater, like any of life’s endeavors, is a learning tool with every experi-ence informing every future

experience,” Cooper said. “I dabbled in acting in high school, dazzling dozens with my ability to recite lines with something approaching human emotion. But it wasn’t until I came to Schreiner and met Isaac Byrne that I finally had ‘the perfect storm’ of ini-tiative, talent, drive and opportunity—and we took advantage of it to the best of our abilities. With Schreiner College (and, yeah, we old codgers went there before it was Schreiner University), I had a drama depart-ment that was receptive to the plays I’d written, and the acting, lighting and publicity talents that converged in that department.” While at Schreiner, Cooper wrote and acted in “Guys-A Dialogue” and

“Good Clean Fun.” He wrote, acted in and directed “The Journal of Kenneth Larsen.” He wrote (and drew) a comic strip, “Striving for Mediocrity,” for The Mountaineer student newspaper for two years, as well as a film review column for the paper. He published “prolifically” in The Muse, another Schreiner publica-tion, and designed the journal’s cover in 1996 and 1997. “There is no doubt in my mind that my positive experience at Schreiner broadened my mind to the types of writing I could flourish and excel with and has led me to a play-wright’s career, in which I am begin-ning to feel a touch of success,” said Cooper. “Could this have happened for me without these experiences, the success I took from my time at Schreiner? Sure, maybe; who can say? But I’m glad I don’t have to find out because I enjoyed those times beyond measure, and I deeply respect how valuable it was for a young writer finding his voice.”

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We had quite a response to our request in the spring ’07 SCENE magazine for information about Schreiner University’s dairy barn, now long gone from the campus landscape. Dairy work was a scholarship job and despite the

hard work put in by the cadets who bunked in the Milk Shack, they seem to have fond memories of their studies at Schreiner and are grateful for the opportunity to have been educated here. Here are some of the milking memories from the 1930s and ’40s.

My memories of 1931 and 1932 at Schreiner are many and

varied. The years during the Depression were difficult

for all of our parents. I was fortunate to be given a means of defraying

expenses at Schreiner by milking cows, working in the

wheat field and maintenance work on the dormitories

during the summer. My home was in Floresville, Texas.

The editor of the Floresville newspaper knew Mrs.

Slaughter, the then owner of the Kerrville paper. As a

result of her friendship with “Big Jim,” a place was

made for me and my brother.

Three of us were responsible for all phases of

the dairy operation as well as “looking after” some

30 to 40 hogs that were slaughtered from time

to time. Generally, there were 60 cows in the milking herd

which required milking at 4 am and 4 pm.

Sometimes we played games on each other to see

if we could miss any of the more difficult

milkings. It was not until the end of my term at

Schreiner that the Laval milkers were installed.

All of the milk was utilized in the dining hall. It

is my understanding that dairy operations were

suspended in 1937. Though the work was cold, hot dirty and

tiring I consider myself as having been blessed

to have had such an experience and to have

made so many good friends whom [sic] were

likewise having financial problems.

During my time at Schreiner I lived at the

“milk shack”- I wonder if it is still there. At

the time the outdoor shower was not fun

at times.

William H. Johnson ’32

Those living at the “Milk Shack” in 1932 were:

Rex Bauerlein, Medina, AJ Thomas, Crockett, Jake Gaitz,

Manson Still [Stell?], Houston,

Edward Johnson, William Johnson,

Ben Satterwhite, Crockett

The back cover of the spring 2007 “Scene” brought back a flood of memories. After graduating high school in 1940 at the tender age of 16, my uncle, who was a friend of the then Schreiner president (“Big Jim” Delaney), made arrangements for me to attend Schreiner. I reported for work in the summer of 1940 and worked that summer on the college farm, helping put up hay and other jobs. That fall when school started, I was assigned to the college dairy and continued my residence at what was called the “Milk Shack.” That is where the students who worked at the dairy lived. The milk shack was near Dean Martin’s residence. Some of the other guys were Tom Wahrmund from Comfort (his mom was the school dietician), Turk Edwards ’41 and Arthur Strickland (both from the Presbyterian Home in Itasca), Jim Duderstadt ’35 from San Antonio, a Clifford something from I believe Concan (I went home with him at Thanksgiving and we went on a turkey hunt. Turk and I used to slip out after “Taps” and go to the “Big Drive Inn,” which was strictly off limits – that is, until the owner’s daughter enrolled as a day student. The scenes pictured in Scene are very primitive, and must be circa ’20s or ’30s. The cattle pictured are Holstein and what appears to be Brown Swiss. I think the herd that we had in the ’40s was all Jerseys and we had a modern barn with electric DeLaval milking machines. As best as I remember (and this is some 66 years later), the milk was sold to a creamery. We were responsible for all the clean-up chores. We worked for a gentleman named Walter Williams, who was the farm superintendent, who was a real nice guy. His right-hand man was named “Man” Carson and Man took me over to a dude ranch dance at Bandera in the summer of 1941. One of the defining moments in our young lives was one Sunday. We were sitting around getting ready to go to the barn and our radio blared out that Pearl Harbor had been attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Our lives were never the same after that.

Sam Harris ’42

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In reply to your question on the back cover of the spring ’07 issue of SCENE magazine, I am sending you some of my thoughts while “remembering Schreiner’s Dairy.” ThefirstcowprobablyshowedupsoonafterDr.Delaneyopenedtheschool;thelastcow was probably sent to the auction barn during Dr. Edington’s tenure—early into it. One of the unique scholarships offered by Schreiner Institute in the ’30s and ’40s was in connection with its dairy and farm. The “dairy scholarship” offered a year of education with expenses paid for room, board, tuition, fees and supplies.Inasmuch as the nation was in the grip of the Depression, such a scholarship was a virtualgoldmine.TheupsidewasthatSchreinerwouldprovideworkforyoureducation;the downside was that a dairy never shuts down—not for weekends, not for holidays, not for summer vacation. The pay was close to standard, 25 to 30 cents an hour. IarrivedatSchreinerthefirstweekofJune1940(twoolderbrothershadattendedSIin the early ’30s and two younger ones would follow me). I left Schreiner in June 1942 with my AA degree, along with a private pilot’s license obtained through the school’s government-

sponsored Civilian Pilot Training program. Two years of college was “paid in full.”Schreiner’s dairy herd, a mixture of Holstein and Jersey, numbered between 30 and 25 cows. The modernmilkbarnhadaconcretefloor,wasequippedwithstallsandstanchionsforabout30cows and, at the heart of things, were four De Laval Electric Milkers. Each morning at 5:30 and each evening at 4:30, four cadets headed for the milk barn to do the milking. Preparatory to milking was the distribution of feed to the 30 stalls and washing down the cows. While the machines did the major task, a few cows were milked by hand to speed along the whole operation. Also, some of the younger cows took offense at the attachment of the machines and were not bashful about kicking, either the machine or the one attaching it. In those cases, kicking chains were fastened to the hind legs in an effort to control the behavior. Most times it worked! When milking was completed, the machines were disassembled and scrubbed, thebarnfloorcleanedandthecowswereherdedouttopasturestowardthebackmountain.Thenthemilkwastransportedbypickuptruckinfive-and10-gallon dairy cans to a cooling station just outside the kitchen area of Schreiner Hall. During the summer, the milk was taken to one of the creameries in Kerrville, probably American Pure Milk. A breed unto themselves, the dairy scholarship cadets lived in a small wood-framed house called “The Milk Shack,” with a sign out front, no less, and located near the shop area of the campus. The main room, approximately 15’x15’, was “winterized” with a small wood-burning stove. A small screened-in sleeping

porch accommodated three double-deck bunks and came equipped with canvas roll-up awnings to keep out the cold. The back gallery had a washbasin, toilet and shower, all with the requisite cold water. In severe cold weather, the hot showers at Schreiner Hall were a treat. In addition to the dairy cows, the school farm also had workhorses, a large herd of hogs and, naturally, the expected number of new calves each year. During the summers, scholarship students worked the horses at various jobs, cut and baled hay and stacked it in the barn. Hogs and calves were constantly inspected and, if needed, treated for screwworms. Year-round, garbage was hauled from the school kitchen plus several restaurants in Kerrville, including The Bluebonnet Hotel, Manhattan Café and Pampell’s. This was distributed among the several pigpens, the pig population being at least 75 to 100.

DuringmytimeatSchreiner(’40-’42),thefollowing students lived at the Milk Shack on dairy scholarship

fromthearchives

Ted Campbell, Jr. ’43 remembers

“those Junkin boys, brothers, th

eir

father was registrar of Schre

iner,”

working with the cows. “Those

boys

were hard working.” He recalls

another hardworking student wh

o

set up a steam iron and “work

ed

his way through college pressin

g

uniforms. We had to have our

uniforms pressed before going t

o

town and Sunday we would line

up

and march right down the rail

road

tracks to the Presbyterian ch

urch.”J. Arthur Strickland ’42

•J.K(Turk)Edwards,Itasca (wasalsoonthe football squad 1938-40;leftschoolinfall of ’40)•TomWahrmund,Comfort•BobWahrmund,Comfort

•SamHarris,Waco•CliffordMeyer,Concan/Sabinal•ArthurStrickland,Itasca•JohnnyDuderstadt,SanAntonio(didnotwork in the dairy)


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1930sFrank R. Dickey ’37 attend-ed Schrein-er Institute in 1936 and 1937 and wrote, “I have

fond memories of my days there. I went on to study engineering at the University of Texas and to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard Uni-versity. During World War II, I was stationed in Virginia, where I met and married Amy Read. After the war, I worked for the General Electric Company in central New York and retired there. This is a recent picture of Amy and me. A bluebonnet picture hangs in our living room as a reminder of Texas.”

Norman Hoffman ’37 is proud to announce that his 15th great-grand-child was born the week of July 4 in Corsicana, Texas. His name is Charles Judson and they plan to call him Charlie. Norman has 14 grandchildren.

William H. Johnson ’32 writes, “Upon graduation my good fortune

continued in that I was able to obtain ‘half-time’ employment at the Railroad Commission of Texas to defray expenses while attending the University of Texas from which I received a BBA degree. Except for four years of service during World War II, my business life has been in Dallas with Haskins & Sells CPA and Lone Star Steel Company from which I retired in 1976. Since retire-ment, I have remained active at my ranch in East Texas, but my wife and I reside in Dallas.”

1940sSam Harris ’42 writes, “After Schreiner, I got to be a 2nd Lieu-tenant and platoon commander in Company B whose CO was, I believe, Tom Ball Jr. ’42. After 1942, I went straight to Air Force cadets, but washed out and did a tour with the 8th AF as a radio operator on a B-17. After separation from the Air Force, I graduated Texas A&M in 1955 and still bleed maroon and white. The only former class-mate I hear from anymore is Arthur Strickland ’42 who is retired and lives over in the Marble Falls area.”

1950sWilliam (Bill) Collenback ’51 and his wife Loyce (nee Brown) celebrated their 50th wedding

anniversary in June on a six-day family trip to Riviera Maya Resort south of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. They were accompanied by their chil-dren and families—as well as eight of their 11 grandchildren. Bill and Loyce were married June 23, 1957, at the First Christian Church in Tyler, TX.

Don Adams ’57 writes to say, “Schreiner made a better person of me. Thank you.”

Tom Thornhill ’57 writes, “Thank you for the opportunity to tell you what has been going on in my life. Schreiner was the big reason I was able to accomplish what I did with my life and profession. After my two years at Schreiner, I was able to continue my education and foot-ball career at the University of Geor-gia. I graduated in 1960 and was hired to teach and coach with the

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Houston Independent School District. After a long and distinguished career, I finally retired for good in 1998. I am married to CC and we have four sons and one daughter, four grand-kids. We now live in Sun City, Texas, a retirement community, enjoying life and getting old together. Schrein-er gave me the opportunity to get a higher education and be able to work in a profession I thorough-ly enjoyed. Schreiner gave me the opportunity to go to school without the pressure of being poor. Everyone dressed in uniforms, could not have a car and had to stay on campus, and the professors would not let us fail. Thank you again for the oppor-tunity to thank all those who were teachers and staff at Schreiner from 1955 to 1957.”

Tom Koger ’58 and his wife Nancy have lived in Big Spring for 31 years. He continues to be involved in

his family ranching operations and serves as Commissioned Lay Pastor to the First Presbyterian Church in Coahoma. He’s currently moderator of Tres Rios Presbytery. The Kogers have three children: Shannon ’81, Shawn Currie and Phillip.

Tom Robb ’58 got a BBA from Texas Tech University in 1961, and served in the U.S. Army 1961 to 1963. He worked at Ford Motor Company from 1963 to 1977, and was owner of Creative Fabrics 1977 to 2007. He has been married to Patsy Reece Robb for 47 years. He writes that he is now “attempting to work less, play more golf and turn the business over to my sons.”

1960sPhilip Terrell ’60 has come back to the Hill Country. “During high school, I worked at MO-Ranch during

the sum-mers of 1957 and 1958. I almost felt like a Kerr County native, having made many friends

in the church and community. After graduating from Bellaire High School in 1958, I decided to attend Schrein-er Institute in Kerrville. There, I found a great learning environment with dedicated administration and staff. After Schreiner, I attended the University of Texas. In 1962, I mar-ried Jeanne Graves and we raised a family of three wonderful children in both Houston and Corpus Christi. My career was in information systems, developing both business and techni-cal computer systems in the oil and gas industry for 38 years. In 2001, Jeanne and I retired and we decided to move from Houston to the Texas Hill Country. We attend Recall at Schreiner University regularly and always enjoy it. In Dripping Springs, we explore the countryside and are active in the church, charitable organizations and community affairs.”

Greg Noyes ’69 sent in an update on both himself and his broth-er Michael Noyes ’69. He and his brother both reside in California where Michael is a deputy district attorney. “Michael graduated from the University of California at Berke-ley and went on to get a law degree from Santa Clara University. He has been working as a deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles Coun-ty for more than 25 years, and he has seven kids. Charles Sanford ’69 made a business trip out here last fall and we had a chance to visit with him. I have also been in con-tact with Stephen Leffingwell ’70, and Paul Nibecker. Michael and I grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Stephen and Paul. We would travel together up to the border in a sec-ond-class bus and take the Grey-hound bus from Laredo to Kerrville

via San Antonio. It was quite a trip, as we were all of 16 years old at the time. Another highlight of our years at Schreiner was playing on the football team, although, during the three years that we played we only won one game. My first year on the team we had 13 players and I was the assistant manager. After the first game, the coach told me to suit up and get out there and play. Little did he know that I grew up in Mexico and only played soccer—American football was new game for me. So I probably did not add much to the team efforts. I had an opportunity two years ago to visit the Schreiner campus and I was very pleased to see all the new buildings and at the same time was saddened to find out that the military school only lasted several more years after I graduated.”

1970sJames R. Price ’76 was a student at Schreiner from 1970 to 1976. His first year was the last year of the military program and he completed high school and junior college here.

“After leaving Schreiner, I spent six years in the Navy as a medic with the Marines and as a physical/occu-pational therapy technician. I met my wife Tammy at the Long Beach Naval Hospital. Tammy was enlist-ed for 20 years and was one of the first women Navy deep sea divers.” They have two children. Price earned a bachelor’s degree in occupation-al education from Wayland Baptist University, a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and a master’s from National University in San Diego. James currently lives in Boerne and works as a senior risk consultant for Travelers Insurance.

1980sHarriet Frances Shubert Saun-ders ’82 is a retired registered nurse working part-time at Sid Peterson

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Memorial Hospital. She has a daugh-ter, a son and five grandchildren.

Tami (Fullenwider) Stafford ’87 vis-ited Schreiner University in the fall 2007 for the first time in seven years and was amazed at all the changes. Tami has two children and is married to Jeff Stafford. The Staffords live in Ocala, Florida. She works as a phar-macy tech at Walgreen’s and also assists her husband in their full-time business of vacation rentals in Mag-gie Valley, North Carolina.

Darryl Weidenfeller ’88 writes, “There have been some changes in the past few months. After about 20 years in the banking industry, I began a new career in April in the insurance industry in Fredericksburg at Frantzen Kaderli and Klier Insur-ance Agency.”

Shelbie Shed, daugh-ter of Shel-don Shed ’86 and Bunkie Fletcher Shed ’88, attended

the Amateur Softball Association Nationals this summer in Garland, Texas. Shelbie plays for the SA Hitt girls fastpitch softball club in San Antonio. Their team placed fourth at Nationals. The Sheds told us,

“Nationals are moved each year and this year it was in Garland. These events are a lot of fun and next year’s event will be held in Alabama. Funny thing, their pitching coach played for Schreiner and her name is Kellie Bielke ’05.” The Shed’s daugh-ter also has her eye on Schreiner.

1990sJoe ’94 (SU basket-ball coach) and Janda (Lopez) Castillo ’92

classnotesvacationed this summer with the Hollands (Rodney Holland ’05, and JV baseball coach for SU) and Shane and Tracy (Edmunds) Sykes, both from the class of 1994. “We had a great time in Port Aransas,” said Janda Castillo.

Manda (Lopez) Klein

’92 sent along a photo of her son John with hus-band Todd on Father’s

Day. “We are now living in Lubbock and Todd has recently been elected to the city council. I am still working with young children through a grant from the state Legislature. We are thrilled to be parents and John is by far the best thing that has ever happened to us.”

Eddie Davis ’93 writes, “Hi there, fellow Mountaineers. I am living and working in Honolulu as an armored guard. I took the Maui Police exam on July 7, 2007. I decided to move to Hawaii because, come on, it’s Hawaii. Second reason is because racism hardly exists here. Living in paradise is unique and very different from Texas, or as Hawaiians would say, ‘the mainland.’” That’s what’s happening in my world. Aloha.”

Julie (Haglund) Fiedler ’97 writes to say, “Scott and I are doing great. Scott works for Windstream Com-munications and I am teaching third grade at Harper Elementary. I grad-uated from the Master of Education program in December 2006. We are currently building a home on Scott’s family ranch.”

Neal and Courtney (Bitsy Fletcher ) Shane ’97, welcomed Elle Alexan-dra Shane

Feb. 10, 2007, in Fredericksburg. Alicanne Bracken ’95 is Elle’s godmother.

Shirley Gerlich Dosset ’98 is hav-ing an exciting year. “My daughter, Mikayla and I began our first day of school this year. She began as a kin-dergarten student and I began as a teacher. After putting my dream job on hold for nine years, I am so excit-ed to finally reach this goal!”

Noel (Putnam) Eddy ’98 and her husband Ryan are living in Kerrville and celebrating

the birth of their first child, Made-lyn Maive, on Easter Sunday 2007.

“Ryan started his own business, Turn-ing Leaf Tree Service, and I have now returned to work at the Kerr County Tax Assessor’s office. We are doing exceptionally well and enjoying being parents to our little blessing!”

Susan Hamilton ’98 just finished a master’s degree in social work, and writes, “I now have three beauti-ful girls Tania, Kaylee and Isabell, ages 5, 3 and 1. I really miss all the friends I made at Schreiner. Please e-mail me at [email protected]. I am presently looking for a new job so I can move closer to San Antonio to be near my dad, and am hoping to make it to next year’s Recall. God bless everyone.”

Shawn (Bourgeois) Oglesby ’98 has been married for 2½ years and lives in Sugar Hill, Georgia, north of Atlan-ta. “We welcomed the birth of our daughter Ava Michelle Oglesby on September 5, 2006. She weighed 7 lbs., one oz. and was 22 inches long.”

Cameron M. Beckham ’99 is cur-rently working as a police officer for the City of Garrett, Texas, in Ellis County. “If you don’t know where that is, look for the cities of Ennis


classnotesand Palmer on a map. We are locat-ed in between those two cities. My second daughter was born March 7, 2007. Her name is Katelyn Patricia. My other daughter, Kaley Estelle, is 20 months old. My wife, daughters and I live in Lancaster, Texas.”

Brittany(Manal) Malone ’99 and her hus-band Michael welcomed their first child, Mack-

enzie Leigh Malone into the world on June 6. Brittany is a stay-at-home mom and is launching her side busi-ness of “Babylicious Couture,” spe-cializing in custom diaper cakes and other gifts (www.babyliciouscouture.com) She and her husband live in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas, with their daughter and three dogs.

Addison Renee Payne was born on June 27, 2007, to Ryan and Amy (Ford) Payne ’99.

Amy and Ryan live in Frisco, where Amy is a branch manager with AIG Personal Lines Division and Ryan works for USA Pipeline.

Justin Cooper ’99 has some fantas-tic news to share. “In March and April 2007 my short play, ‘Wood,’ opened off-off-Broadway for a month’s worth of shows in Manhat-tan and Brooklyn, receiving rave reviews in the papers and from online critics.” Miracle of miracles, my script for ‘Wood’ was nominat-ed for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Short Play Script. The NYIT Awards are the off-off-Broadway equivalent of the Tonys, and have considerable prestige in the New York theatre community. Of the hundreds, or even THOUSANDS, of plays to open off-off-Broadway

every year, mine was one of six short scripts nominated for this amazing, overwhelming recognition.” See story on page 24.

Kyle Smith ’99 and wife Jennifer welcomed their first son, Liam, on June 9, 2007, in Brooklyn, NY. Kyle teaches in the Brooklyn school system and Jennifer is an attorney.

2000sTodd Bailey ’00 and his business partner John Niedecken own and manage Real Living Homes and Land, a franchise of Real Living Inc., in Austin. The company serves Wil-liamson, Travis, Hays, Burnet, Blan-co, Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Milam, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Medina and Ban-dera counties. Niedecken attended Schreiner for two years.

Courtney (Bowers) DeHoyos ’00 writes, “We welcomed our second child, Addi-son Paige

DeHoyos, on New Year’s Eve 2005. She weighed 5 lbs., 12 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. She joins big sister Delanie. We moved to Chicago from Minneapolis due to my husband’s job transfer. Although we love liv-ing in Chicago, we hope to eventually make it back to Texas some day!”

Iran Dimas ’00 currently resides in Amarillo and works as a refer-ence assistant at the North Branch of the Amarillo Public Library. “I am engaged to Kevin Kimberling of Amarillo.”

Lisa Burrow ’01 moved to Austin after living in Kerrville for nine years and working with Ingram Middle School in Ingram for six. She will be teaching sixth grade language arts at Gus Garcia Middle School in Austin.

“I will miss Kerrville and Ingram Middle School, but I am very happy to meet another of life’s adventures!”

Randee Petersen ’01 writes, “Some of you I have not spoken to in days, weeks or years—but I have often thought of you. Here is my little update and I hope that if you have the chance, you will drop me a line to let me know how you are doing as well. In June I completed my one-year professional internship in career services at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. My parents and I loaded all my belongings into my car and a Penske truck and moved them to St. Joseph, Minn., where I will be the residence director of Aurora Hall at College of Saint Benedict. Yes—I am moving back to ‘the dorms.’”

Kerry Clark ’03 writes, “I have been teaching for the past four years in Austin, and recently

moved to Plano to work as a special education teacher and be closer to my boyfriend JR Douglas, who attended Schreiner in 2002.”

Jane Drane ’03 is cele-brating twin grandchil-dren. “My son and daughter-in-law are now

the parents of twins. Brooklyn and Cooper were born July 26. Everyone is doing well.” The twins’ parents, David ’97 and Laura (Wakeley) Drane ’97, graduated from Schrein-er’s nursing program.

Lorrain (Emerick) Meek ’03 and her husband Chris wel-comed their

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first child, Curtis Lee Meek. Lorrain still works for KPMG interna-tional accounting firm as a third-year senior associate.

Heather (Kelly) Willson ’03 married Jamie Will-son on June 10, 2006. The Willsons

moved to Burleson, Texas, where they are building a house. Heather teaches high school advanced place-ment psychology and world history.

Diane (Delery) Earhart ’04 says, “My husband and I celebrated the birth of our second

child on March 19, 2007. His name is Jack Charles Earhart and he was welcomed by his big sister Harleigh and big brother Fred. Thanks for all the alumni updates. You guys are really great!”

Scott Ivy ’04 is beginning his second year of teaching U.S. history at a col-lege prep school in Irving.

David Peeples ’04 graduated from The University of Texas at San Anto-nio with a master’s degree in history in May 2007, and is hoping to teach this fall.

Brad Golden ’05 has been with K’STAR Youth and Family Services (www.kstar.org) since September 2005 as the Child Abuse Prevention Specialist responsible for 14 coun-ties surrounding Kerrville. He writes,

“I have kept very close to Schreiner as I still have a very strong love for the University and what it stands for. I have used resources through the technical writing class to assist me in outreach material and was able to work with the Schreiner Senate in

April 2007 to put on Youth Empow-erment Day, where we were able to bring a motivational speaker for youth in for 350 kids and staff. The Senate volunteered along with many others from the community to make this event happen. It was the larg-est event my organization has ever done for kids–all done with the help of Schreiner and on the Schreiner campus. My wife is currently finish-ing up her freshman year at Schrein-er working on her degree in graphic design; my middle daughter will be a sophomore in the fall. I am currently enrolled in the Master of Education program. We are TRULY a ‘Schreiner Proud’ family.”

Kenneth Bethune ’05 moved back from the East Coast this summer and just started his first year at Oklahoma City University School of Law. He writes, “I’m volunteering as a volleyball coach at the Casady School with my very rare free time.”

Jessica A. Rodriguez-Alonso ’05 and her family have relocated to Laredo and she is currently teaching second grade with the Diocese of Laredo.

“My son Mathew is now 27 months old and we are planning for baby #2. We have been very blessed.”

Gillian (Friedel) Amaro ’06 married Ray Amaro

’05, on June 30, 2007, in Round Rock.

“We are now living in San Marcos. I am going to graduate school for my master’s degree in profession-al counseling and working at Texas State University, and Ray is working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in New Braunfels.

Henry Cadena ’06 has moved to San Antonio and works at Bromley Communications, the country’s big-gest Hispanic advertising agen-cy. “We are a full-service agency and

I work in the account planning and research department as an account coordinator. We study Hispanic con-sumer behavior and create ideas for advertisements. Our clients include Procter and Gamble, Nestle, Payless Shoes, Burger King, Coors and General Mills.”

Kristen Morton ’06 was accepted to University of North Texas Health Science Center’s physician assistant program for the class of 2010. She is now living in Ft. Worth and started the program this fall.

Stefani Binnicker ’07 is working for the City of Kerrville in the water treatment lab. She writes, “I am also enrolled at University of Phoe-nix, getting my master’s degree in criminal justice. It will take me about 1½ years to complete my master’s. I have three children and they are doing wonderfully. I hope to see you all at Recall ’08!”

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submitPlease submit your class note.

All former students are encouraged to send photos and news about themselves — promotions, awards, marriages, births, etc.

Former students can submit class notes online: http://forms.schreiner.edu/classnotes.html.

Or by e-mailing: [email protected].

Or by USPS: SCENE Schreiner University CMB 6201 2100 Memorial Blvd. Kerrville, TX 78028.

Want to find a classmate? Go to http://students.schreiner.edu/former/directory.html.


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FORMER STUDENTS

Mr. H.M. Arbuckle ’45, Houston

Mr. Tom H. Ball Jr. ’42, August 15, 2007, Houston

Mr. A.G. Barnard ’43, Hobbs, N.M.

Mr. William W. Blackburn Jr. ’40, April 17, 2007, Richmond

Mr. George Blackwood Jr. ’45, Bellaire

Mr. Frank Bliss Jr. ’49, January 1, 2007, Benbrook

Mr. Louis Bruce ’67, 2004, Burleson

Mr. Harlan I. Burnett ’37, October 2005, Mission

Mr. Derek A. Casillas ’93, 2004, Del Rio

Mr. J.D. Center ’48, July 1, 2007, San Antonio

Mr. John G. Cinadr ’46, Moulton

Mr. William T. Cobb ’91, June 25, 2006, Mobile, Ala.

Mr. Don Coker ’47, Houston

Mr. Bertram E. Coleman Jr. ’47, July 15, 2007, La Feria

Mrs. Melba L. Crate ’34, June 4, 2007, Ingram

Mr. Emmett Danford ’42, Eldorado

Mr. Eugene Goodwin ’38, May 12, 2007, Mission

Mrs. Mary M. Graham ’40, April 29, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Owen Graham Jr. ’62, July 14, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. C.D. Guin ’64, September 16, 2007, Boerne

Mr. Donald H. Henderson ’98, October 15, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Robert M. Hines Jr. ’91, Kerrville

Mr. Gary Huddleston ’69, 1997, Houston

Mr. Harry L. Jones ’32, October 22, 2005, Houston

Mr. Byron M. Kelley ’97, 2006, Kingwood

Mr. Gregory J. Krauter ’70, October 10, 2007, Comfort

Mrs. Sandra L. Le Meilleur ’76, October 1, 2006, Kerrville

Mr. Jesse Lee Jr. ’36, May 28, 2007, Houston

In Memoriam

Attention all Schreiner former students and alumni, the Schreiner

Former Students Association is

holding a contest to increase our

e-mail database. All you have to

do is send us your current e-mail

address and you will be entered

in a drawing to win a 2007 Apple

I-Pod Nano. We will collect e-mails

through next April and draw the

winner during Recall weekend

April 11-13. So send us your

e-mail address and you might be

the lucky winner. Send all e-mail

information to Susan Carver at

[email protected].

saveatreeWe are committed to keeping you informed about Schreiner’s people and programs while being a good steward of the university’s resources. To that end, we ask that you help by sending us your e-mail address so that we may spend less on paper, printing and postage. Please indicate whether you would like to receive SCENE or Inside Schreiner online. Just e-mail [email protected]. Thank you.

Mrs. Juanita R. Maples ’83, September 2, 2007, Harper

Mr. Ivan McDougal ’47, January 1, 2000, San Antonio

Mr. George H. Meason III ’63, September 17, 2007, Houston

Ms. Louise H. Morriss, October 17, 2007, Dallas

Mr. Joseph O’Fiel ’48, Beaumont

Dr. Claire Randall ’48, September 9, 2007, Sun City, Ariz.

Mr. William Randolph ’38, Bandera

Mr. Rush H. Record ’36, May 29, 2007, Houston

Mr. Robert R. Rector ’66, June 2, 2007, Kerrville

Ms. Brett L. Reed, San Antonio

Mr. John C. Roberts ’36, June 10, 2007, Austin

Mr. William D. Stockton ’37, July 5, 2007, Menard

Mr. Robert A. Taylor ’68, May 22, 2007, Center Point

Mr. Richard F. Thompson ’56, July 15, 2007, Kerrville

Dr. Morris Treadwell ’51, May 14, 2007, Austin

Mr. Donald M. Woollett ’40, June 2007, San Antonio

Ms. Catherine E. Wynhoff ’89, April 1, 2007, Grasonville, Md.

SCHREINER OAKS

Mrs. Marjorie Ashley, June 22, 2007, Kerrville

Mrs. Kathleen Cailloux June 16, 2007, Kerrville

Mrs. Daisy M. Morris May 2, 2007, Longview

Mrs. Mary F. Sherlock, May 10, 2007, Kerrville

FORMER TRUSTEES

Mr. Paul D. Meek, June 15, 2007, Fredericksburg

Rev. Dr. Robert P. Douglass, July 24, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Joe H. Foy, September 17, 2007, Kerrville

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november 200712 monday nIghT fICTIon

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, William Logan Library, Schreiner University. “The Greatest Slump of All Time,” by David Carkeet.

15 SPeak TruTh To Power 7 p.m., Cailloux Theater, Schreiner University Campus. “Sicko,” Michael Moore’s documentary about U.S. health care.

26 roberT P. hallman ChauTauqua leCTure SerIeS 7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “Teaching Your Baby Math—and Why You Should,” by Dr. Mary Seay.

January 2008 24 TexaS waTer SymPoSIum

7 p.m., Texas Tech University, Junction. “Conservation: Taking Action for Your Children’s Children.” Co-sponsored by Schreiner University, Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio.

28 roberT P. hallman ChauTauqua leCTure SerIeS 7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “The Tao of Teaching,” by Dr. Jude Gallik.

february 2008 11 monday nIghT fICTIon

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “Grand Opening,” by Jon Hassler.

25 roberT P. hallman ChauTauqua leCTure SerIeS 7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “A Layman’s Look at the Hubble Telescope,” by Dr. William Sliva.

march 2008 6 TexaS waTer SymPoSIum

7 p.m., Cailloux Campus Activity Center. “policy, planning and politics: Where do We Go from Here?” Co-sponsored by Schreiner University, Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio.

10 monday nIghT fICTIon 7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “A Confederacy of dunces,” by John Kennedy Toole.

31 roberT P. hallman ChauTauqua leCTure SerIeS 7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “Why I Care About Turtles: does It Matter If One Endangered Species Goes Extinct?” Dr. Diana Comuzzie.

april 2008 14 monday nIghT fICTIon

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “Atonement,” by Ian McEwan.

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Visit www.schreiner.edu/calendar. Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, call Amy Armstrong at 830-792-7405.

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