The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1954 Page: 2 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
Friday, December 10, 1954
The Redbird
Published weekly, except during holidays and exam-
inations, during the regular school term, Opinions
expressed are those of the student editors ana do not
necessarily reflect those of the faculty or adminis-
tration. Items of interest maybe submitted to anyone
In The Redbird Office, Room 121-E.
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STAPP MEMBERS
Editor. ........Ann Abshler
Business Manager.............Vernon Klassen
Sports Editor..................Gary Snyder
Reporters........Delwln Romero, Treva Larlee
Mozelle Kelley, Carl Slebenthall, James Conner
Anne Carlin, Iris Barras
Photographers . . Prank Crlcchlo, George Kirkpartick
Try a Cate of Christmas Fever
There's no white Christmas here. No snow, no sleigh
bells Jingling. But there is Christmas spirit for all to
"catch."
Maybe you don't sing carols or deck all the halls
with holly, but you've^'Christmas fever." If you're
a case or Christmas, try to "infect" someone else
with it.
Do a little giving of yourself while you're "sick."
Next time you rush past a red barrel bearing the sign
Toys fof Tots, slow down, notice it and remember it.
And next time you pass it, pause to put something in
it. By helping those who need help, you will send your
Christmas spirit fever soaring.
Bird Seed
by Ann Abshier
Not that I'm looking for-
ward to a vacation or any-
thing, but only five more
school days 'tu the Christ-
mas holidays l
Don't know hew you feel
about it, but the Union
makes me feelreal"Christ-
masy." All the deeorasons
about and the music in the
lounge sort of gets under
one's skin,
New signs of life on the
campus are the bright peen
grass and "ready to grew
trees filling the mudflats
near the Union patio.
Seems the "Lepnd" cast
wimesseda show to end all
shows following their pre-
sentation of the original
musical in Port Arthur. I
guess, from their com-
ments, that "there's no
business like show busi-
ness."
Those who missed the
Sadie Hawkins dance mis-
sed seeing a view of two
pair of dainty feet owned by
Bill Countsand Sammy
Wilcox.
The "Toys for Tots" bar-
rels are slowly being filled
with cigarette butts, candy
wrappers and wadded up
paper. Wonder why we don t
make an effort to fill them
with worthwhile objects.
Our basketball team
seems "to have it." Hope
they don't lose it.
Aww heck, peck 'em,
Teehl
Bird’s Eye
By Carl Siebenthall
As mambo takes over the
nation, we take time out to
discuss it with you. Part
rhumba and part jive, with
a strong dash of itching
powder, the mambo has
stormed all the Americas.
Everywhere dancers quiver
and kick, sedately in swank
nightclubs and wildly in
smoky dives, to the mambo
beat.
It's the music with the
startling beat and the infec-
tious rhythm. It's Cuban in
origin and universal in its
appeal. Actually no one
man can claim to be the
creator of this combination
of various Afro- Cuban rhy-
thms.
There is, however, one
man who must be given the
credit for making the mam-
bo as popular as it is today.
That man is Damaso Perez
Prado, better known as Prez
Prado, and still better
known as "The King of the
Mambo." Born an a raised
in Cuba, Prado chose music
as a career and played
piano with the most famous
Cuban dance orchestras in-
cluding the greatest of their
time "Casino dela Playa."
But playing in the orches-
tra did not satisfy his crea-
tive ambitions, and he turn-
ed to arranging. It was
rough af first, very few
understood his musical ex-
pressions which he called
mambo s.
Later he moved to Mexico
City, and p ande m o nium
broke loose in all of Latin
America. First the Mexi-
cans went wild over Prado' s
dance orchestra and the
mambo, and then the mam-
bo swept like wildfire
through all the countries
south of the border and in
the Caribbean.
In all Prado's records you
will hear him shout a few
times during the perfor-
mance. This snout has now
been accepted as a Prado
trademark. What he says
is "Dilo," Spanish for "Say
it." He is shouting to his
men to "Say it with more
expression.
The mambo sweeps on
like a giant tidal wave, cov-
ering an area from Havana
to Miami, to New York, to
Los Angeles, Chicago,
Baltimore, Houston. It
grows as it sweeps on ac-
ross the land with its sav-
age irresistible rhythm.
Its seat for listening, for
dancing and for watching
others dance. It has a kanck
of leaving listeners, dan-
cers and spectators breath-
less andbegging for more.
Though mambo has a
number of self- styled kings
and queens, Perez Prado is
its emperor. Discussing
his creation, he explains:
"I am a collector of cries
and noises, elemental'ones
like seagulls on the shore,
winds through the trees,
men at work m the foundry.
Mambo is a movement
back to nature, by means of
rhythms based on such
cries and noises, and on
simple joys."
"The only clue I'll give you is that it came from the
student cafeteria."
MR. AND MISS DOGPATCH--Shirley Woodell and
Ronnie Berwick were chosen at the APO Twirp Dance
as Mr. and Miss Dogpatch. TTiey are shown here in
costume being presented their prizes.
Shutter-Bugs
Receipt Books Due
View Slides
Hot dogs were consumed
and color slides were view-
ed at a Shutterbug meeting
held Saturday night at
George Kirkpatrick's farm
near woodvflle. George,
Frank Cricchio and Walter
Lester showed their slides,
explaining the qualities of
the different types of film
and the use of out- of- focus
developer.
Following a weiner roast,
various members of the
club took photographs for
use in the activity section
of the Cardinal.
Two new members have
been added to the Shutter-
bug roster. They are Dell
Fletcher and Ralph Craw-
ford.
Poem Appears
In Anthology
A poem, "God’s Flowers."
by Mrs. Emily Dilworth,
sophomore education ma-
jor from Port Arthur, will
appear in a forthcoming
edition of the Annual An-
thology of College Poetry.
The poem was entered in
annual nationwide compe-
tition sponsored by the Na-
tional Poetry association.
While it did not win any
awards, it was one of the
non-winningentries select-
ed to appear in the Antho-
1£W
God's flowers aren't prim
row on row,
But wantonly carefree they
grow;
Scattered abroad in wood
and field
Part of God's glory to us
revealed.
Allannual salesmen
please turn in receipt books
and money immediately.
Sales closed Friday, Dec-
ember 3. We musthave
these at once in order that
w e may know how many
books to order. Please do
not put this off.
Back the Cardinals. Be
at every home game you
canattend. And bring your
vocal cords with you.
.....PLUS- - - -
Arlene Dali
"Diamond Queen"
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Abshier, Ann. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1954, newspaper, December 10, 1954; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499098/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.