The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961 Page: 3 of 8
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September 29, 1961
THE REDBIRD
Page 3
EDITORIAL
U.S. Marine Corps
Officer Selection
Team to Visit Here
by bill broussard
THERE COMES a time during the course of
writing for a college newspaper, for the editor
to take off on a crusade. These exploitations
range from blasting the administration to praise
for the athletic department and vise versa, de-
pending on the prevailing feelings.
It's that time now. But with all due respect for
past editors, this quote--Crusade—unquote is
aimed at the students primarily. At least I hope
that faculty members are not guilty.
HERE IS THE JIST of my crusade:
It concerns the rights of off-campus residents.
First of all, being a resident alone implies that
these persons should be able to enjoy certain
rights. The right to park his/her car in sames
drive, for example. Another right: The right to
keep an attractive lawn should he/her desire.
WELL THEN, these are at least two of their
rights, agreed? I mean, when a person sinks
thousands in a home, and the landscaping too,
why shouldn't he be able to enjoy these however
and whenever he chooses? He should always,
agreed?
Now then, with two of their rights defined and
backed as to the their legality let me point the
accusing finger at—
YOU. You who are guilty, that is. Here is the
perfect example of the irrating feeling these
people get when their rights are infringed on.
John J. Riteserfringedon lives in a small home
bordering State U.’s campus. He has lived there
since 1930, and State U. was established two
years later.
AFTER ACQUIRING a loan payable in 30 years,
our hero, John J„ set out to enhance his small
plot by planting trees, shrubbert, flowers, and a
nice lawn. To this he added a concrete driveway.
You- know, things to come home to in the evenings.
Meanwhile, Ole State U. is growing by leaps and
bounds, and its parking lots are overflowing
more each day.
ENTER THE VILLAIN, Joe E. College, anew
student (sometimes referred to as a freshman)
straight from the ranks of high school.
Good ole-dad gave Joe a brand new Schults-
mobile "to get around in." Joe E. thinks life is
grand and really enjoys his new role at State U.
ONE MORNING following a night out on the town,
Joe E. is late for "idiot math'.' He lives but a
few blocks from the campus, but dad gave him
that car, and he can't let it just sit so he hops In
it and drives to the parking lot. But two thousand
other students have beaten him and there is only
one place left, and that for only Volkswagen-or-
smaller.
In desperation, Joe E. spots the driveway across
the street and quickly wheels his Schults around
and parks it there. He is careful to park at the
street-end so that some wise guy won't park be-
hind him, thus blocking his exit.
EXIT VILLAIN, enter hero Riteserfrige d on.
John J. also is the victim of over-sleep. Late to
the office, he skips his morning cup, jumps in his
jeep, roars out the driveway and. . . . well you
know the rest.
The end. The end to an example, that is. But
getting back to the crusade, don't you think our
hero has been wronged?
IN HOLLYWOOD, the hero always wins in the
end of picture.
I'll leave the ending to Lamar Tech students, or
rather those who are guilty.
The Marine Corps officer
s e 1 e ction team for Beau-
and surrounding area will
be at Lamar State College
of Technology on October
4-6, for purpose of inter-
viewing and administering
the necessary tests, with-
out obligation, to inter-
ested students desiring a
commission in the U. S.
Marine Corps.
The team, headed by Cap-
tain F. L. Tolleson, will
be 1 ocated in the Student
Center from 8:00 until 4:00.
The programs available to
to the students are: The
Platoon Leaders Classes
(both ground and aviation)
for freshmen, sophomores,
and juniors; the Officer
Candidate Courses (both
ground and aviation) for
seniors and recent grad-
uates; the Women Officer
Training Course for young
women who are sopho-
mores, juniors or seniors.
I n add i tion to the abo v e ,
the Marine Corps has re-
cently implemented a new
program--the Platoon
Leaders Class (law), it is
available to juniors, sen-
iorsand law students pur-
suing their L. L. B.
The training through each
of the programs involves
"no" on-campus activity or
drills and upon graduation
or completion of the train-
ing, which ever is the lat-
te r , the student receives
his commission as a sec-
ond lieutenant in the U. S.
Marine Corps.
BULLETIN..........
Waters and Elaine Austin.
For freshman class trea-
sure r , c andidates Lynn
Sory and Mary Ellen Goode
will vie for that position.
Candidates for the fresh-
man girl cheerleader in-
clude Karen Baxter and
Linda Tomlin running in
the general election today.
Final results will be pub-
lished in next weeks add-
ition of the REDBIRD.
All results of the primary
election we re obtained
from the Office of Student
Activities, George Mc-
Laughlin, Director.
Pr e sidential Candidates:
Ronald Klinger, Judy
Sheehy, Gary Bailey, Jerry
Reed, Jimmie Krepper,
Ralph Priest, James
Broussard, Gene Davis.
Seeking Vice -President
are: Danny Morgan, Gary
Friedman, Jimmy H. Smith,
Yvonne Webb, Jerry Cook,
Walter Holland.
Secretary: Linda Waters,
Elaine Austin, Dorice
Sevier, Stephanie Haviland,
Karen Buvinghausen, Joy
Fullingim.
Treasurer Candidates in-
elude: Lynn Sory, Judy
Shinn, Mary Ellen Goode.
Cheerleaders: Girls--
Karen Baxte r , Marcia
Cannon, Pat Daniels, Janna
Jackson, Rita Moore, Julia
Rankin, Linda Tomlin,
Ingrid Wendtlandt. Boys - -
Allan Ramsey, Fred
Kirskey, Earl Geis.
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Loves of Dobie Gillis" etc.)
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THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
It happens every day. A young man goes off to college, leaving
his home town sweetheart with vows of eternal love, and-then
he finds that he has outgrown her. What, in such cases, is the
honorable thing to do?
Well sir, you can do what Rock Sigafoos did.
When Rock left Cut and Shoot, Pa., he said to his sweetheart,
a simple country lass named Tess d’ Urbevilles, “My dear,
though I am far away in college, I will love you always. I will
never look at another girl. If I do, may my eyeballs parch and
wither, may my viscera writhe like adders, may the moths get
my new tweed jacket!”
Then he clutched Tess to his bosom and planted a final kiss
upon her fragrant young skull and went away, meaning with all
his heart to be faithful.
But on the very first day of college he met a coed named
Fata Morgana, a girl of such sophistication, such poise, such
savoir-faire as Rock had never beheld. She spoke knowingly of
Franz Kafka, she hummed Mozart, she smoked Marlboros.
Now, Rock didn’t know Franz Kafka from Pancho Villa, or
Mozart from James K. Polk, but Marlboros he knew full well.
He knew that anyone who smoked Marlboros was modern and
advanced and as studded with brains as a ham with cloves.
Good sense tells you that you can’t beat Marlboro’s exclusive
selectrate filter, and you never could beat Marlboro’s fine flavor.
This Rock knew.
So all day he followed Fata around campus and listened to her
talk about Franz Kafka, and then in the evening he went back
to the dormitory and found this letter from his home town
sweetheart Tess:
Dear Rock,
Us kids had. a keen time yesterday. 11V went down to the
pond and caught some frogs. 1 caught the most of anyhotiy.
Then we hitched rides on trucks amt did lots of mdsy stuff
like that. Well, l must close now because 1 got to whitewash
the fence.
Your frieml,
Tess
P.S.—1 can do my Hula Hoop 3,000 limes.
. Well sir, Rock thought about Tess and then he thought
about Fata and then a great sadness fell upon him. Suddenly
he knew he had outgrown young, innocent Tess: his heart now
belonged to smart, sophisticated Fata.
Rock, being above all things honorable, returned forthwith
to his home town and walked up to Tess and looked her in the
eye and said manlily, “I do not love you any more. I love ai
girl named Fata Morgana. You can hit me in the stomach with
all your might if you like.”
“That’s okay, hey,” said Tess amiably. “I don’t love, you
neither. I found a new boy.”
“What is his name?” asked Rock.
“Franz Kafka,” said Tess.
“A splendid fellow," said Rock and shook Tess's hand, and
they have remained good friends to this day. In fact, Rock and
Fata often double-date with Franz and Tess and have heaps of
fun. Franz can do the Hula Hoop 6,000 times.
o- I tilt 1 Max Sliuliuaii
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filtered Philip Morris Commander, made of superb natural
tobaccos, is also available wherever you travel.
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Webb, Joanne. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961, newspaper, September 29, 1961; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499136/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.