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Soutliwesteriier In Focus UTS ay Duncan Music Co. INSTRUMENTS SALES RENTALS REPAIRS El Paso District's Athletic Director Oversees Competition Among Schools serving musc caucarion 779 2300 6223 AIRPORT RD. SHOW IG TRAVE By BOB ONICK During the last 15 years, the El Paso Independent School District's athletic program has developed and expanded to the point where it now holds a place of prominence in Texas schoolboy athletics. The man who has been one of the most important factors in that improvement is Dale Waters, the athletic director. Waters assumed that position for EI Paso Independent TWO SOUND COLOR MOVIES WINGS TO RUSSIA WINGS TO AUSTRALIA HEW LOCATION RADFORD SCHOOL FEB.

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When Waters took over the job, there were six high schools in the El Pas. Inde- pendent School District There were two football stadiums in the system and none of the schools had tracks. Now all the schools have-tracks and three footba 1 stad--iums have been added with the. new Bowie High Schcx 1 stadium scheduled for completion soon. There also has Keen a tremendous increase the number of gymnasiums in the school system.

Wrestling was initieted in 1963 and has grown tremendously both in size and quality. All the elementary chools have competition in the major sports. Also ninth grace has-' ketball, track, and football competition was made possible while Waters was the ethletic director where previously they were not available. In reference to the improve- ments in facilities, Heaters, said, "I could not have done it by myself. The school "boards and Dr.

H. E. Charles have been instrumental in ccom- plishing these improve nents. Dr. Charles has been ed in improving the facilities throughout the school-, system." PLAY IN COLLEGE With respect to the quality of, the athletic program, Waters-, remarked, "Many outstanding athletes from our scho ls go on to play college and ball.

"Overall, I feel we ive as good a program as any in the state. We rank high the country with respect to the, facilities and athletic program--available to our students," added Waters. The athletic director att rib- Tails, occasion. hjxes, and morning coats in the latest styles DALE WATERS Mike Brumbe low and Ben Col- changed to Texas Western). Iins while at the college (later He received his Masters of Capital Of Lost Kingdom Lies 'Neath Turkish Mound always crisp, fresh and guaranteed to fit comfort- ably.

Del Norte Department Store, with the finest service in town, is THE place to boy or rent your formal wear SPECIAL RATES FOR SCHOOLS OR GROUPS Li J. I 7 I School District in July 1958. He oversees the work of 171 coaches and two consultants in the operation of interschool athletic competition. The vast program operates at all grade levels and involves 6,000 to 8,000 athletes each year. His direction includes among other duties, the complex scheduling for such varied sports as football, basketball, baseball, track, wrestling, cross country, tennis and golf.

Waters was born May 27, 1909, in New Castle, graduating from New Castle High School in 1927. He attended the University of Florida receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Physical Education in 1934 While at the Florida institution Waters played tackle on the varsity football squad for three seasons and in his senior year was selected the most valuable player on the team. He was also a member of the University of Florida basketball team and was the team captain as a senior. TAKES BREAK Prior his graduation from the University of Florida, Waters took a break in his education for a three-year period to play professional football. He played guard and tackle for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Redskms during his short stint in the pros.

While finishing up on his degree. Waters was offered a coaching job at Edisou High School in Miami, Fla. He remained there eight seasons serving as the assistant football and head basketball coach until 1942 when he joined the United States Navy. During his time in the service, Waters was connected with the training and conditioning programs for the Navy Pre-Flight Schools. It was during this time that Waters met and became friends with former College of Mines football coach, Jack Curtice.

Waters was released from active duty in December 1945. He went back to Miami for a short period of time before being offered an assistant coaching job at the College of Mines here under Curtice. Waters came to El Paso in January 1946 and served as an assistant coach through the 1957 season when he accepted the job he presently holds. In addition to Curtice, Waters worked under head coaches ECOR way through the gorges cf the Anti-Taurus Mountains. Whoever ruled in Samosata guarded the frontier between the Roman provinces cm the west and the Parthian kingdom on the east, and collected tribute from caravans passing in both directions.

OLDER THAN ROME Samosata was ancient even before the rise of Rome. When Babylonian rulers extended their influence as far as Anatolia in annual raiding parties 3,000 years before the birth of Christ, they found a centuries-old settlement at the river crossing. Commagene's earliest recorded name was Kummu-hu, and by the 13th century B.C. had become part of the Hittite empire. Gaining independence when the empire col-lapsed, tlie city-kingdom guarded its freedom with generous use of "Greek fire." Faced with this early form of flame-thrower, invading armies Xeft the city in relative peace.

Rome, however, could not be denied and Commagene became a Rom-an satellite in 64 B.C. Samosata remained a stronghold regardless of whose banner topped its massive walls, and the city outlived the power of Rome. During the First Crusade, Baldwin, later king of Jerusalem, was unable to capture Samosata and in 1099 bought the city from its Turkish lord. The city became part of the Norman country of Edessa founded by Baldwin. The town fell to Arab conquerors 42 years later.

Samosata fought its last battle in the 15th century, when its fortifications crumbled under attack from the Ottoman Turks. WASHINGTON The sleepy village of Samsat, Turkey, is so far off the tourist track it can't be found on some maps. Yet Sarrusat's dusty, sunbaked alleys and spare stone houses reveal evidence of an earlier era when travelers from distant lands streamed through the busy caravan city, then known as Samosata. "Signs of Samsat's rich past are everywhere," reports Miss Theresa Goell, an archeologist from New York. "A mortar basin in wiich housewives grind grain is recognizable as the cap of an ionic coktmrn.

"Corintian carving is visible on limestone fragments used to make feeding throughs for livestock. Medieval inscriptions in Arabic cover a worn slab that caps a pubHc well. Doors of homes have lintels and steps that actually are centuries-old altar stones EXCAVATE TREASURES The archeologist, whose work in southeastern Turkey is supported by the National Geographic Society and other organizations, filled two five-ton trucks with artifacts dug from the 150-foot-high mound in which the ancient city Mes buried. They will be catalogued and turned over to museums in Turkey. More than 2,000 years ago, when the waLLed city of Samosata included present-day Samsat and the surrounding area, it straddled one of the world's major trade and invasion routes.

As the capital of the small but rich kingdom of Comma-gene, it commanded a strategic ford of the Middle Euphrates where the river descended into the Mesopo-tamian Plain after cutting its utes much of the success to the school principals and the numerous coaches throughout', the district. Numerous honors and awards have been besrtov ed on the versatile director of arhlet--ics. He was named to the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in April, 1970, and in 1969 the Florida Athletics Cc aches J. Association, of which is a charter member, honored him, at its Award Banquet. Although Dale Waters is not1' the only reason the El Paso.

Public Schools athletic pr -gram has grown and prospered, he undoubtedly has given it direction and guidance th at has caused the athletic program to be rated one of the best in the state of Texas. Water's wife, Sarah, teaches. English at Austin High Si hool. They reside at 640 Can i no' Real. They have a merried, daughter, Linda, and two grandchildren.

HE SEEKS SUCCESS LONDON (AP) Lucky Man," starring Malcolm McDowell, tells the story of a young man in his search for nlAAl 544-6407 success. Production will begin on England locations early in April. Alan Price will write the musical score. 2 The Times Magazine 1.