Lamar Tech Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1962 Page: 3 of 8
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November 9, 1962
THE REDBIRD
Tech Stresses Program
of Physical Fitness
By Bill Hickman
A youth physical fitness
program with national
standards and a compre-
hensive intramural sports
program are emphasized
in the Lamar men's
physical education depart-
ment.
This was revealed in an
i n t e rview with Dr. Lewis
Hilley, head of the depart-
ment of health, physical
education and recreation
and director of men's
intramural sports.
The fitness program has
an enrollment of 1,651 men
students in requi red
f r e s hmen and sophomore
classes.
Under the Ame rican
Assn, for Health, Physical
E d u cation and Recreation
(AAHPER) schedule,
students are given pro-
gressive and systematic
w o r k o u ts in calisthenics
and conditioning exercises
and are then tested for
improvement.
Test are given on seven
items -- pullups, situps,
standing broad jump,
shuttle run, 50-yarddash,
softball throw for distance
and 600-yard run-walk.
The tests are not given
to students whose medical
status is questionable but
these students are enrolled
in a class and given
a s s i gnments that will not
endanger their health. '
Hilley said the Lamar
p r o g r am was functioning
when President Kennedy set
up his physical fitness
program and named Okla-
h o m a f o otball coach Bud
Wilkerson to head it.
The A A H PER program
had its origin in 1956
when President Eisen-
hower called a conference
of leaders in the field of
phy s ical education. This
group s et up the battery
of test used at Lamar.
Since the initiation of
AAHPER program, more
than 20 ,000,000 persons
have part icipated. The
results of the Lamar test
become part of the national
statistics on physical
fitness of college youth.
The intramural athletics
plan under Hilley, is
planned for the 99 per cent
of the students who do not
p a r t i c i pate in the inter-
collegiate athletic program
of the college. Hilley said
he hoped to have 3,000
SLIDE
RULE
The Lamar Honor Fra-
ternity, of Civil Engineers
has announced the addition
of five new members.
Steve Broussard, Keith
Kimmel, John Vines, Sidney
Tanner and Alan Plummer
have all become members
of the honor organization.
The fraternity requires
a 2.0 C i v il Engineering
grade point average and an
average of 1.5 for all
work completed at Lamar.
Alpha Pi Mu, the Indus-
trial E ngineering Honor
S o c iety will initiate three
new members Friday, Nov.
11. The new members
include Mickey Minyard of
Port Neches and John Gil-
bert and Hebert Lewis of
Houston.
students participating
before the end of the year.
The intramurals provide
an opportunity for students
to improve in the sport
skills they acquire in
physical education classes
a s well as to explore new
areas of interest.
E m p h a s is in the intra-
mural athletics program is
planned on-the desires of
the participants rather than
upon the desires of spec-
tators .
Students are encouraged
to take part in the program
by offering activities that
range f rom quiet games
such as chess to strenuous
individual and team sports
such as football.
Anyone can organize a
team and enter intramural
competition. Currently
tennis tournaments are in
progress and golf and other
events are planned for
later in the year.
Dr. Hilley administers
the p rogram with the aid
of two student assistants.
Paper Presented
By Dr. Stavrou
Dr. Constantine N.
Stavrou, professorof
English at Lamar Tech,
p r e s e n ted a paper at the
19th annual meeting of the
South-Central Modern
Language Association Nov.
2-3 in Fort Worth.
Several members of the
Lamar English Department
attended the meeting for
which Texas Christian
University was host.
D r . Stavrou delivered a
paper entitled "Quips and
Quiddities of Swift, Shaw
and Joyce."
Dr. Henry B. Rule, asso-
ciate professor of English,
is secretary of English V:
C on temporary Literature
of the S-CLMA.
The South-Centra 1
Modem Language Associa-
tion is the regional affiliate
of the Modem Language
A s s o c i ation and is dedi-
c a t e d to the advancement
of s cholarship, teaching
and research in the modern
languages and literatures.
Membership of over 1,000
teachers of English,
F rench, German, Spanish
and other modern languages
is drawn from schools,
colleges and universities
in Texas, Oklahoma, Ark-
ansas, Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi.
Other Lamar English
faculty members who
attended the meeting are
Dr. Charles W. Hagelman,
Jr., professor and depart-
ment head; Dr. Winfred S.
Emmons, Jr., professor;
Dr. Francis E. Abemethy,
Miss Isabelle Allen, Miss
ClarienBranom, Di:. Harry
L. F ri s s ell, Dr. Robert
C. Olson and Dr. A. W.
Yeats, associate profes-
sors.
Also, Miss Pauline Bird,
Mrs . Nora B. Leitch, Dr.
Jack Renfrow, Dr. R. Blaine
Thomas, assistant pro-
fessors; R. Bruce Baker,
Miss Edna Mae Fitch, Mrs.
OlgaD.Harvill, Charles S.
Merrill, Miss Pauline Per-
ry , Oscar Jose Santucho
and Eugene Patrick Wright,
instructors.
The department head said
additional space was
urgently needed by the
physical education and
i n t r a mural departments.
He said touch of the avail-
able space is being used by
varsity teams.
Dr. Hilley said the most
pressing need was for
change baskets. Presently
dormitory residents are
r e q u ired to change at the
dorms b efore coming to
class but cold weather will
make this plan undesirable.
A s uggestion for a tem-
porary wing east of
McDonald Gym for students
to us e as a change room
and a place for change
b a s k e ts was advanced by
Hilley. He said an expan-
sion of the Gym is not
scheduled until 1968, at
which time additional floor
s p a ce west of the present
building will be con-
structed.
BULLETIN
All students are re-
quested to bring any scrap
wood, old cardboard boxes,
or anything else which can
be used to build the home-
coming bon fire. If anyone
knows of any such material
contact Joe Scanlin,
Extension 468, or the Dean
of Student* Activities
Office.
Page 3
Pictured are members of the Student Honor
Court. Standing, Left to Right are Bruce Stratton,
Ronnie Begnaud, Charles Bishop,.Dick Cantella, Chief
Justice, David Edwards, and Tommy Young.
Seated, Left to Right are Margie Fannett, Jean
Evans, and Patty Maida.
Cases, Appeals Heard
By Tech Honor Court
by Ginger McFarland
Article IV, Section 402,
of the Constitution of the
Lamar Student Association
provides for the establish-
ment of a Student Honor
Court, "... appointed by
the Student Association
President with the approval
of the Senate for a 1-year
term. . ."
For the past 2 years, this
branch of the Student
Tech Pre-Med Grads
Attend Med Schools
By Cheryl Markham
Pre-med graduates of
Lamar Tech are widely
sought and accepted for
furthering their studies at
medical schools through-
out the United States,
according to Dr. Edwin
Hayes, Dean of the School
of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Hayes, a professor of
biology, referred to a ten-
year study of Lamar's pre-
med and pre-dental
graduates. This study lists
40 who are now attending
medical school.
"Most of these gradu-
ates,” said Dr. Hayes,
"elect to attend Texas
schools, although there
are some in Illinois,
M i s s o u ri, Louisiana and
Tennessee.
"Six of our former stu-
dents are currently
attending graduate schools
to participate in medical
research. Several are
s t u d y i ng under research
fellowships, primarily
those granted by the
National Science Founda-
tion."
Medical schools require
of their ent rants a 2.0
^scholastic average in
college, passing scores on
medical aptitude tests,
and the recommendations
of advisory committees.
The local committee is
composed of seven faculty
members representing the
chemistry, biology and
physics departments.
Dr. Hayes cited Lamar's
broad general program in
biological sciences as
being a factor contributing
toward the success of the
medical students. He said,
"We feel that Lamar's
course of study for biology
majors is somewhat more
extensive than that offered
by the majority of colleges.
Twenty-four semester
hours are required in
chemistry and eight in
physics, in addition to 42
hours in biology."
Junior and senior Biology
majors are encouraged to
undertake research prob-
lems in the fields of
bacteriology, parasitology
or vertebrate natural
history.
"I would like to stress,"
stated Dr. Hayes, "that we
do not emphasize the
sciences to the exclusion
of the humanities, which
we feel are also very
important."
An average of 12 pre-
med students are graduated
from Lamar each year.
Government has served in
interpreting the Lamar
Constitution and acted as a
court of appeals for traffic
violations. The court was
created primarily to serve
the latter purpose. If a
student feels that he has
been unjustly fined, he is
given the opportunity to
present his case before the
body. A student receiving
a traffic ticket has until
the next meeting to either
pay the fine or review his
case. If he fails to do so,
he will be summoned be-
fore this tribunal and a
m a j o rity decision will be
rendered.
Meeting at 3:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, in the Confer-
ence Room of the S.U.B.,
the following 9 Justices are
a v a i lable to hear appeals
and cases: Dick Cantella,
Bruce Stratton, Margie
Fanette, David Edwards,
Charles Bishop, Tommy
Young, R o nnie Begnaud,
Jean Evans, and Patty
Maida. A failure to ans-
wer an Honor Court's sum-
mons will immediately
subject a student to the
disc iplinary action of the
Dean of Men, while com-
pliance could result in the
ticket's being canceled.
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du Perier, Mary Anne. Lamar Tech Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1962, newspaper, November 9, 1962; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499190/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.