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Local id ’ E iheri Ryman, 19, the reigning Miss Texas we ll H- i&M University, was crowned Miss Texas 1981 at the Miss Texas Pageant held in Fort Worth Saturday. Texas A&M coed wins Miss Texas pageant By DENISE RICHTER Battalion Staff Miss Texas 1981 has a message for Aggies: “I would ike to thank the Aggies for their support. It was great |yng up on stage and hearing the whoops from the iggies in the audience. It really helped a lot, know- ng;they were behind me.” Sheri Ryman, 19, the reigning Miss Texas A&M niversity, Saturday was named Miss Texas at the mblusion of the Miss Texas Pageant which was eleivised from Fort Worth. In September she will roresent Texas in the Miss America Pageant held in kfljjntic City, N.J. -.'Ryman, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin J. Hyman, is a junior industrial distribution major from Texas City. 'tT’m going to prepare for the Miss America ^geant the same way I did for the Miss Texas Pageant,” Ryman said in a telephone interview from i ’t. Worth. “I’ll be preparing my wardrobe, keeping with current events and working on my gymnas- routine.” For the talent competition in the Miss Texas 'agpant, Ryman performed a gymnastic-jazz routine d the theme from “Close Encounters of the Third wind.” Although she sprained her ankle during the talent hearsal Wednesday, Ryman performed her gym- astics routine in the pageant’s talent competition. “I a blister on the bottom of my right foot so I was lying to avoid putting my weight on it. By doing [hat, I landed wrong and sprained my ankle. I had to p it wrapped for the competition, but I wasn’t Wen conscious of it.” She will perform the same type of gymnastics-jazz routine in the Miss America Pageant. The 1981 pageant was the third Miss Texas Pageant in which Ryman had competed. She first competed in the state pageant at 17 as Miss Big Thicket. Last year she was among the 10 finalists as Miss Bay Area. Ryman was named Miss Texas A&M at the conclu sion of the two-day Miss Texas A&M University Scholarship Pageant held February 21-22. “The Miss Texas A&M Pageant is one of the best preliminary pageants in the state,” Ryman said. “It’s so well-organized and well-run — I heard a lot of good things about it from other people at the" (Miss' Texas) pageant.” As Miss Texas, Ryman will have to spend a year at North Texas State University. “This will affect my education a great deal,” Ry man said. “Only four schools in the whole nation offer the industrial distribution program and NTSU isn’t one of them. I’ll try to take courses that can be used in my major, but this will probably postpone my graduation by a year.” After her year at North Texas, Ryman plans to return to Texas A&M to complete her education. Upon graduation, she plans to work in the field of engineering sales where, as she told the audience Saturday night, she hopes “to become an Aggie asset, not an Aggie joke.” Ryman is not the first beauty pageant winner to come from Texas A&M. Kim Tomes, Class of‘77, was crowned Miss USA 1977 and went on to compete for the title of Miss Universe in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. JPrivate sector increases gifts to public universities v Raising money from the private sector — an activ- ty given added importance by President Reagan’s budget cuts — is now drawing greater emphasis unong public universities that have depended on itation. iPrivate support for many years, of an if The University ofTennessee System completed a jbjlityii-taee-year “Tennessee Tomorrow” fund-raising latioii er am P a ig n last September that produced $57 million d be foil§'f ts — $22 million more than the goal, a universi- I , y spokesman said. 1 ^ ,1, The Tennessee System received 13 gifts of $1 ■ to nolfljjjiUion or more f r om corporations and individuals, t Md.u md faculty and staff contributed $1.3 million to the or botli'iampaign, he said. iage to& “Corporations that had policies of not supporting ocrity in publicly assisted universities are now financial sup- jut it m ?°rters of programs at the University ofTennessee,” Jr Mc( ia ^ university President Edward J. Boling. “The ^ r in diversity is stronger and is in a better position to y none»| it fon ■ficialtolj :o either! •ip or fin" do a belt; C. Gauli withstand the shock of sudden economic fluctuations in the state and nation. ’ The money raised by Tennessee was earmarked for educational, public service and research prog rams like scholarships, salary supplements for out standing professors and library materials which can not be financed by state appropriations and student fees. At Texas A&M University private giving has in creased every year for the last 10-12 years, said Dr. Robert L. Walker, vice president for development. Walker said Texas A&M received more than $26.8 million during the 1980 calendar year, which was $2.5 million more than the year before. The largest single category contributing to that figure was alumni giving, he said, an area in which Texas A&M leads among public institutions. Former students gave $9.5 million to Texas A&M in 1980. 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