The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1967 Page: 1 of 10
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31 Coeds Enter Queen Competition
The REDBIRD
Finalists to Be Selected
At Pageant Set for Oct. 24
Vol. 18 No. 6 Lamar State College of Technology Beaumont, Texas Oct. 20, 1967 gy Leta Kay Reasoner
Lamar Receives Federal Grant
For Addition of New Buildings
Lamar received a federal grant
of $1,237,041 Monday for con-
struction of four new buildings
and the air-conditioning of an
existing structure.
President Richard W. Setzer
said the greant was approved by
the Texas College and University
Co-ordinating Board.
Dr. Setzer, who attended the
meeting in Austin, said Lamar
also was granted a sum of
$32,609 to apply to the com-
pletion of the new chemistry
building now under construction.
The new buildings, Women’s
Health and Physical Education,
School of Education, Engineer-
ing and Commercial Art, will
cost $3,711,122, with Lamar pro-
viding $2,474,081 from its Texas
Constitutional Amendment fund
New Orleans Group
To Open Artist Series
Five Artist Series attractions,
four major theater productions
and an opera workshop presenta-
tion at Lamar have been an-
nounced by Dr. Ted Skinner,
dean of the School of Fine
and Applied Arts.
Artist Series presentations
will open with the New Orleans
Preservation Hall Jazz Group
on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.
in McDonald Gymnasium.
Nina Dova, soprano folksinger
and guitarist, will give a concert
on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1968,
in McDonald Gym. John Akar,
an authority on African Affairs,
will deliver four lectures in the
Lamar Theatre on Thursday and
Friday, March 21-22, 1968.
The U.S. Naval Academy Band,
under the direction of Lt. Cmdr.
Anthony A. Mitchell, U.S.N., will
appear in matinee and evening
concerts in McDonald Gymna-
sium on March 22, 1968.
The Series will conclude with
the concert of youthful violinist
Young Uck Kim on Monday
April 1, in the Lamar Theatre
at 8 p.m. In addition to these
Series presentations, at least
two summer attractions will be
announced later, Dr. Skinner
noted.
Four major productions are
scheduled by the Cardinal
Theatre. The season will open
Nov. 8-11 with “Dark of the
Moon." “The Curious Savage"
will be presented December 6-9.
Third play of the season will
be “Medea* Feb. 22-24, 1968,
and the season closes with
“Inherit the Wind* April 24-27,
1968. All productions will be
given in the Lamar Theatre at
8 p.m. S. Walker James, asso-
ciate professor of speech, will
direct all plays except “The
Curious Savage" which will be
directed by Mrs Vera Campbell,
assistant professor of speech.
White A. Jacob, assistant pro-
fessor of speech, is technical
director for all productions.
A Lamar Tech Opera Workshop
production of “The Consul* will
be given Jan. 26-28 in the
Lamar Theatre and will be
directed by Joseph Truncale,
associate professor of music.
balance. The one-third grant
from the U.S. government is
provided under the Higher Edu-
cation Facilities Act of 1963.
Included in the grant is a
sum of $58,000 to be used
to air condition the present Com-
mercial Art building.
The School of Education and
Engineering building will be con-
structed on the south campus,
between East Virginia and
Florida streets. The Women’s
Physical Education building will
be equipped with an indoor
swimming pool and will be
located adjacent to the present
Olympic outdoor pool.
The Commercial Art building
will be parallel with the pre-
sent Art building.
Pitts, Mebane, Phelps and
White, Beaumont architects and
engineers, have been commis-
sioned to handle plans and spe-
cifications for the new struc-
tures.
Dr. Setzer said plans for the
buildings will probably be sub-
mitted to the Fort Worth regional
offices of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
by mid-December. Once ap-
proved, bids will be taken and
the anticipated construction
schedule will- start about Feb-
uary.
The Engineering building will
house the Departments of Elec-
trical Engineering and Mechani-
cal Engineering along with the
computer center and a photo-
graphic laboratory.
ART SHOW HELD
Miss Ruth Werner, assistant
professor of commercial art,
is presently holding an art show
for the Beaumont Art League
at 1425 Calder. The show of
acrylic medium will end Satur-
day.
Redbird News Editor
Thirty-one coeds entered competition for Homecoming Queen
1967-68. Five finalists will be selected at a pageant Tuesday
at 7:30 p. m. in McDonald Gym.
The entries, their sponsors and hometowns are Lynda Bodine,
Lamar Home Economics Chapter, Colorado City, Texas; Pam
Dugan, Alpha Tau Omega, Port Arthur; Dixie Grimes, the Cards,
Pearland; Doris Hemmi, Newman
Club, Houston; Sandy Hile, Zeta
Tau Alpha, Newton; Pamela
Honea, Texas Society of Pro-
fessional Engineers, Beaumont.
Also, Joy Hopkins, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Silsbee; Nancy Haybar-
ger, Texas Student Education
Association, Beaumont; Janell
Joachimi, Alpha Chi Omega,
Beaumont; Kathy Kleifgen, Delta
Sigma Pi, Houston; Katherine
Lampert, Kappa Omicron Phi,
Jasper; Marion Lowry, Lambda
Tau, Beaumont; LindaLuparello,
Cap and Gown, Beaumont.
And, Genie Montie, Alpha
Delta Pi, Port Arthur; Mary
Moore, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, Beaumont;
Kristi Nelson, Alpha Phi Omega,
Houston; Terry Newberry, Asso-
ciation for Childhood Education,
Beaumont; Laurie Nunez, Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Port Neches.
Also, Olivia Orlando, Sigma
Alpha Eta, Houston; DendaPugh,
Sigma Chi, Beaumont; Cathy
Saunders, Delta Zeta, Beaumont;
Gay Schuler, Sigma Nu, Houston;
Cheryl Snoek, Gamma Phi Beta,
Groves; Pat Tansil, American
Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Beaumont; Jennie Vinson, Phi
Kappa Theta, Houston.
And, Connie Wagner, Young
Republicans, Nederland; Teri
Lynn Warwick, Beta Beta Beta,
LaMarque; Virginia Watts, Tech-
sans, Port Arthur; Patty Weller,
Kappa Delta, Beaumont; Karen
Wilson, Kappa Kappa Psi, Day-
ton and Kathleen Worrall, Inter-
national Club, Pearland.
Float entries and their spon-
sors are “Big Red at Troy,"
Kappa Alpha; “First Steamboat
on the Mississippi," Gamma Phi
Beta; “I came, I saw, I con-
quored," Zeta Tau Alpha; “Go
West Young Man," Alpha Chi
Omega; “Big Red at the Krem-
lin," Alpha Delta Pi; “Big Red
and the Reign of Terror," Delta
Zeta.
Fraternity entries are “Cleo-
patra," Pi Kappa Alpha; “Big
Red Rings in American Indepen-
dence," Sigma Phi Epsilon; “LT
Prepares for History of Tomor-
row," Sigma Nu; “Big Red Makes
the Connection (Railroad),*
Kappa Alpha; “Big Red and the
First Airplane," Sigma Chi; “Big
Red at Iwo Jima," Phi Delta
Theta; and “Marco Polo’s Exped-
ition into the Orient," Alpha
Tau Omega.
In the large, open division
are “Tigers Meet their Water-
loo," Alpha Chi Omega; “Noah’s
Ark," Cardinal Theatre; “Big
Red in the Stone Age," Delta
Sigma Pi; “Big Red Defends
the Alamo," Circle K; and “Big
Red Cures Yellow Fever," Kappa
Kappa Psi.
Small, open division floats are
“Big Red’s First Flight," Con-
cert Choir; “Shot Heard Around
the World," Texas Society of
Professional Engineers; “Big
Red Meets the United Nations,"
International Club; “Big Red
Magellan Goes Around the
World," International Student Or-
ganization; “Big Red Drives
the First Automobile," Newman
Center.
Homecoming dorm decorations
committee chairmen and their
themes are “The South Will Rise
Again," Gray Hall committee,
Linda James, chairman; “Tigers
Meet Their Waterloo," Morris
Hall committee, James New-
some, chairman.
Other dorm chairmen are
Larry Cornwall, Combs Hall;
Mike Roan, Campbell Hall and
Continued on Page 2.
Voting for UMOC
Begins Next Week
Voting for Ugly Man on Cam-
pus will take place Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday. The dead-
line for entering is 10 a.m. Tues-
day.
The contest is sponsored by
Alpha Phi Omega, national ser-
vice fraternity.
Any organization may sponsor
a contestant, and students are
urged to run on their own. The
entrance fee is $3.
One-third of the funds raised
by the contest will go to the
United Student Aid Fund. Each
dollar contributed to this fund
will be matched by $11 dollars
from outside sources.
Another one-third of the pro-
ceeds will be used for non-re-
paying scholarships. These will
be administered by school of-
ficials.
The remainder of the funds
will be used for contest expenses
and other APO projects.
Any organizations which have
not been approached by an
APO representative may con-
tact Bill Patterson at the ser-
vice desk.
Lamar Gets
Post Office
A contract post office for
Lamar was authorized Monday
by the Post Office Department,
Dr. Richard W. Setzer, president,
reported.
The facility will be located in
the old Maintenance Building,
across from the main dining
hall.
Bids were scheduled to be
taken Thursday for the exterior
part of the remodeling job. In-
terior work is to be done by
college employes.
Students will be able to rent
boxes and other services of the
post office will be available.
ROTARY FELLOW__Alain Jean-Louis Rambert of Bourdeaux, France, Lamar’s first Rotary Fel-
low, talks with his academic advisor, Lloyd Cherry, acting dean of the school of'engineerinland
head of the electrical engineering department,
(Staff photo by Scottie Harbers)
at a picnic held recently by the International Club.
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Goode, Charles. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1967, newspaper, October 20, 1967; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499173/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.