The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 33, November 1997: Searching Inside

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 25 November 1997 one-half acres... of Lamar University from 1949 to 1973" (PhD. diss., McNeese State University, 1974), 19. 22Asbury, South... on the Port Arthur Highway, only three blocks from Lamar's Woodrow Street campus, from the Texas Oil Company... farm--was to become the permanent home of Lamar College. The price was just too good, as Plummer remembered... was scheduled for September 21, 1940. Lamar's future was now in the hands of the voters.22 The days prior

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..., no one stopped him.' Pages from Lamar's History: An Oral History on Lamar University, 1923-1983 (Lamar... University Oral History Program, Gray Library, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas) (cited hereafter as Oral... Asbury, The South Park Story, 1891-1971, and the Founding of Lamar University, 1923-1941 (Beaumont: South... and Practices of Lamar State College of Technology as Shown Through Its History" (PhD. diss., University... spending "the happiest years" of her life.3 In the summer of 1918 Pietzsch attended the University

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 27 November 1997 named John... University. He was a student at Lamar in the early 1960s, and since 1992 he has been chair of Lamar's history... as president of Lamar. Twelve months later, as the college moved into its new quarters on the Port Arthur... vocations building, as well as a new president who valued practical schooling, Lamar College fulfilled... that pledge.25 As of June 1942, Lamar was finally on its own, and only time would tell how successive leaders

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... Kingwood Middle School Lamar University Lamar University at Orange Lamar University at Port Arthur... INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS American Antiquarian Society Baylor University Beaumont Heritage Society... Lewisville Public Library Loyola University McAllen Memorial Library McFaddin-Ward House Museum The Newberry... University Sterling Municipal Library Texas Tech University y The State Historical Society Texas A&M... University Texas Christian University Texas State Library Tyrrell Historical Library University of Arizona

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... THE ORIGINS AND FORMATIVE YEARS OF LAMAR UNIVERSITY, 1921-1942: THE PIETZSCH-BINGMAN ERA JOHN W..., 1965), 124-47, 152-60. 2The University Press (Beaumont: Lamar University) September 17, 1973, p. 14a...., then obtained a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas in 1907. Apparently education

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 17 November 1997 There was substance..., Texas, in the 1920s" (M. A. thesis; Lamar University, Beaumont, 1977), 88; Oral Memories, an interview... in April 1924. Moreover, 60 percent of South Park's graduates from the 1920s went on to the University... of Columbia University in New York, and C. A. Whyburn, president of Texas Tech in Lubbock.8 Of course, college

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... "Lamar," but Otho Plummer's essay was the most convincing. Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston already had... colleges named for them, and Plummer believed Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Texas Republic... and a promoter of public education, was equally deserving. So South Park Junior College became Lamar Junior... College in August 1932. Lamar's athletic teams soon thereafter also got a new name, becoming the Cardinals... of Lamar State College," 72; Oral Memories, Plummer interview, 14-16, 21, and Gray interview, 8

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 15 November 1997 Attention focused... of a small college and the quality of a major university. As Pietzsch was fond of noting, South Park students... would get an education "identical ... during the first two years" to the University of Texas..., "Philosophy and Practices of Lamar State College," 30-33, 37-39; Beaumont Enterprise, December 3, 1921; Asbury

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... in chemistry, physics, and biology, would be the "envy" of "any university in the country." As for academic... standards, Pietzsch vowed that "the regular catalog of the University of Texas" was "going to be our 'Bible... the University of Texas in electrical engineering. Obviously pleased by Archer's performance, Pietzsch tapped him...; McLaughlin, "Philosophy and Practices of Lamar State Collee," 40-46. Bulletin, 1923-1924 (South Park Junior..., "Philosophy and Practices of Lamar State College," 218-220.

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 21 November 1997 Nevertheless, based... School, Campbell, a graduate of the University of Texas, became the first female administrator, acting... with post-graduate work in education from the University of Chicago, came aboard as principal of South Park... Story, 61-64. 1Ibid., 65. 1sMcLaughlin, "Philosophy and Practices of Lamar State College," 50-52

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... Lamar University: the Pietzsch-Bingman Era 19 November 1997 the school board... the University of Ohio at Athens, where he also played basketball. Graduate work followed at Ohio State... University and the universities of Cincinnati, Wisconsin, and Texas, from which he eventually earned a master... in 1919. "McLaughlin, "Philosophy and Practices of Lamar State College," 48-49; Beaumont Enterprise, April

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.... She donated the Eleanor Weinbaum Poetry Room at Lamar University and sponsored an annual visit from... a recognized poet to the campus. She also gave financial support to that University's literary magazine PULSE... and funded scholarships to Lamar's English Department. Through the influence of a dear 99

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..., Texas, Ara Ryherd-Noone graduated summa cum laude from Lamar University in 1996witha B.A. in history.... While at Lamar, she served as president of Phi Alpha Theta (the international honor society in history

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... IN MEMORIAM She left New Mexico to study journalism and drama at the University of Missouri... to Dr. Lamar Bevil, a recent widower. The two became fast friends and were married in 1969. Dr. Bevil...; nephews Douglas Bomiesler of New York City and Stuart F. Douglas of Houston; and her step-son Lamar C

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.... Led by the Lamar Band, a torchlight parade meandered along the streets of Beaumont on Friday night..., election eve, its ranks, perhaps 400 strong, drawn largely from the YMBL and the Lamar faculty. Of course... box. In addition to the Lamar Union Junior College District, this election also provided $850,000..., 1941, at which time the Lamar Union Junior College District obtained legal authority to levy the $.20... tax. In the meantime, the Lamar board organized itself, choosing Combs as president, and agreed

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