The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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The ’Great White Way’
Have you noticed the "great white way" adjoining La-
mar? East Virginia street, which runs in front of West
and Combs Halls, is now brilliantly lighted at night.
The mercury- vapor street lights alongside Lamar
were installed due to the combined efforts of Mayor
Jimmy Cokinos, City Manager Mrs. Willie J. Brockman,
and the City Commission. Their action followed an
appeal for the badly needed lights by Dr. F.L. McDon-
ald, Lamar's progressrminded president.
The lights are of tremendous value to night students
who are now able to park their cars and get to classes
quickly and easily, whereas they previously had to
grope their way through the darkness.
Dormitory students are perhaps the greatest bene-
factors of the city's worthy lighting project. The moving
of luggage at night is facilitated; friends and relatives
visiting dorm residents can do so with less chance Of
accidents. The only complaint was voiced by a group
of dormitory students who disapproved of the lights
because their installation prevents "parking in front
of the dorms, when returning from dates."
Lamaritesasa whole, however, appreciate the city's
project. The ultramodern design of the lights blends
perfectly with the modem buildings that grace our
campus.
To Mrs. Brockman, andochers who were instrumental
m getting the street lights installed, we say from the
bottom of our "Big Red" hearts--merci beau-coup.
Letter to the Editor
Kappa Alpha Chapter
Alpha Phi Omega
Lamar State College
of Technology
Beaumont, Texas
Miss Dorothy Barnes
Editor: THE REDBIRD
Lamar State College of
Technology
Beaumont, Texas
Dear Dottie,
On behalf of my brothers in Kappa Alpha Chapter
and myself, I would like to thank you and your staff for
the tribute paid to us in THE REDBIRD.
At the same time I would like to say that we sin-
cerely hope that we can live up to the confidence that
you have in us.
Again let me thank you for the kindness that you
have shown toward us in THE REDBIRD.
Sincerely yours,
Carl Wells
President,
Alpha Phi Omega
THE REDBIRD
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Stuart Kinar
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THE REDBIRD
February 21,1958
Redbird
J Ramblin’*
SsMjy 'Du-mas
The worst things about
that bout I had with the flu
were the secondary comp-
lications--couldn't stand
coffee or cigarettes for a
week, lost my voice, didn't
get to throw snowballs at
my profs, and discovered
to my horror that I was not
quite so indispensable as I
had thought. The old ego
can stand quite a lot of
shock, though, and the key -
pounding will go on—and
on and on.
Mrs. A. W. Lightfoot
filed to run for mayor
against Jimmy Cokinos—
after reading her so-called
"poetry" in the Sunday
ENTERPRISE, I wonder if
she's running for m^yor of
Beaumont oh poet laureate
of East Texas? Shall we
have government from
Woodville yet?
While ramblin’ over by the
Home Ec. building la st week
I ran into someone I'd been
wanting to meet all semest
er--Gerta Hoffbrauhausen-
gruber. After extending my
sympathy on Miss Hoffbrau-
hausengruber's fa i 1 u re to
make Belle Car dine lie", I
practiced my interviewing
technique, which has been
getting a bit rusty lately.
(I want to be in good form
when I take Mr. Booker up
on his offer to arrange a
meeting between Mr. David
Rankin Barbee and myself.)
Gerta is a very shy crea-
ture. As a matter of fact, I
still haven't gotten a good
look at her, because she hid
behind one of Mrs. Tanna-
hill's flowers when she saw
m e coming and refused to
come out during the entire
interview.
"Gerta," saidl hopefully,
where were you born?"
"Oh, I did hope you would
not ask that," she sobbed
delicately, "Because, you
see, I wasn't born--I was
hatched one February 29."
"How old are you, Gerta ?'’
"Well, since I was born
on February 29, I*m only
five years old."
Gerta was obviously upset
at the direction my ques-
tions were taking. She kept
pulling semaphore flags
from behind the flower and
signalling to herself in the
mirror at the end of the
hall. I decided to change
my tactics.
"I hate to get so personal,
Gerta. Let’s talk about
something else--what’s
your mqjor at Lamar?"
" Diminutivology
"Oh, is that in the depart-
ment of education?"
"No, it's not really in any
department. Asa matter
of fact, I've been majoring
in this subject for three
semesters and no one has
let me register yet."
About that time the White
Rabbit darted out from be-
hind a nearby waste basket,
pulled out his watch, and
said, "The deadline! The
deadline! Oh, dear, I'll be
latetfor sure..."
Great Books Discussion
Group Meets at YMCA
The initial meeting of a
Great Books discussion
group was held last night
at the YWCA on Calder
Avenue* The group is still
open to any individual who
is interested in the pro-
gram and who will devote
the necessary time to pre -
pare for each meeting.
About five hours of read-
ingwill be required for
each discussion.
Regular discussion
groups have .been planned
for alternate Thursday
evenings at the YWCA
from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
The next meeting will be
held on March 6.
The group is being spon-
sored by the Beaumont
YWCA and the Unitarian
Fellowship of the Sabine
Catalog Lists
Tuition Changes
The eighth annual cata -
log issue of the BULLETIN
OF LAMAR STATE COL-
LEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
is off the press and will be
available to students later
in the semester. The new
catalog lists dates for the
Fall, 1958 term, and gives
increased tuition rates for
out-of-state students.
. Out-of-state students tak-
ing twelve or more hours
wul pay a tuition fee of
$175, matriculation fee of
$15, building use fee of
$8> a total of $198 plus la-
boratory fees. Fees for
resident students remain
the same.
"Tentative summer sche-
dules will be out sometime
next week. They may be
obtained from the office of
the Vice-president and Dean
O. B. Archer.
Area. Miss Sallye T. Jones,
adult program director of
the YWCA or Robert Wake-
field, president of the Uni-
tarian Fellowship, may be
contacted for more infor-
mation at TE 8-3551.
There is no tuition charge.
The price of a set of paper -
bound books which will last
the first year is $8.50.
Readings for the first
year include: the Declar-
ation of Independence;
Plato, Apology: Crito;
Sophocles, Antigone; Aris-
totle, Politics, BookI; Plu-
tarch, Lvcurgus & Numa;
The Gospel according to
Saint Matthew: Epictetus,
Discourses: Machiavelli,
The Prince: Shakespeare,
Macbeth: Milton, Areopa-
gitica; Adam Smith, Wealth
of Nations: The Federalist
Constitution of the United
States; Tocqueville, Dem-
ocracy in America: Marx
and Engels, Communist
Manifesto: Thoreau, Civil
Disobedience. Walden:
Tolstoy; The Death of Ivan
11 y ch; and a Great Books
Primer.
The Great Books discus-
sion groups are organized
by the Great Books Foun-
dation, which is ".. .a non-
profit educational corpor-
ation, organized in 1947
under the laws of the State
of Illinois." Its headquar-
ters are located at 37
South Wabash Avenue, Chi-
cago.
The main purpose ^ of the
Great Books tradition
is to give men, through
reading and discussing the
great books, a richer com -
prehension of what the
good life can be; and to
help them here and now, to
lead the good life, for
themselves, their com-
munity, and their nation.
Little man on campus
by Dick Bibler
"WOKTHAL^ WITH JU$TaMHiNG.a
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Barnes, Dorothy. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1958, newspaper, February 21, 1958; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499038/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.