Velma Rogers Gerding (’36), Amarillo. At North Texas, she was the editor of the literary magazine Avesta. She taught music in the Wichita Falls public schools for four years and in the Denton public schools for 23 years. She was married to the late J.L. Gerding (’46, ’47 M.A.), professor of foreign languages at North Texas for 30 years. She is survived by her sister, Virginia ‘Ginger’ Rogers Swanson, who attended North Texas from 1940 to 1942.