The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1968 Page: 2 of 8
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THE REDB1RD Dec. 6.1968-Page 2
Dixie?
Letters
In a democracy, the majority rules. Ask any Dear Editor;
first grade American youth; he’ll tell you. 1 am a commuter in my fourth
But in a responsible democracy the major-year at Lamar-Ihavebeendating
ity considers the wishes and wellfare of its mi- “
norities. The Jew in Germany was a minority. This afternoon i had lunch with
This didnotnegate his rights as a human. There her in the Brooks-Shivers cafe-
were many in Germany who lost their lives to teria and afterward walked her
protect this minority. t0 0,6 door of 016 girls Quarters.
When a majority of a group through thought- ^
less enthusiasm, or for any other reason, par- kiss her igata x was mAely
ticipates inactivities which are hurtful to a mi- terrupted by a gray-haired wo-
norityof that group, it is not responsible demo- man who informed me that I had
cracy. “n° business making love* like
The tyranny of a majority can be just as vile ttat with people all around and
as the tyranny of a minority. j couldn,t see that it was any
In the US today we have a sensitive minority. of her business, if we had been
It is sensitive as a result of years of oppression, engaged in some terribly indecent
Things may be improving now, but understand- act she may have been justified,
ably, the sensitivity remains. 14 seems 1 was being used as an
This minority should not be allowed to bully ber^^a^ority13"106^0186
the majority, it is true. But when the majority ^ iiVe^™ mother for
is thoughtless or unconcerned the minority has the boys wing, Shivers Han i
a right to speak out. talked with some of the dorm stu-
Such a group has spoken out on the Lamar dents 311(1 found ^ sheiswideiy
campus. Many students have expressed a feeling f.isl4!ced anidfsrfspe?<fd among
of pain upon hearing Dixie sung as school spirit studentvoice meeting> one ofthe
song. For these students this song stands deans had to apologize for her
for everything that is oppressive and discrim-actions lnseveralotherincidents
inatory such as this.
!t is time that all Lamar students
these feelings. The Singing Of a spirit song one who they have to make amends
which is offensive to a large minority of the for and who is anything but a
students will contribute little to the overalldorm “mother.*
cohesiveness of the student body. * Tom Evans
The majority needs to examine its motives.
UP !,‘nSln8,nixie seems a Uttle enoughDe^™“r^sumesttatsoon„
ice. The total contribution Of this song or iater the streets surrounding
must be weighed against the hurt which it can the Lamar campus will be im-
proved to a state of adequacy,
hear and consider the There is a possibility that this
Maize and bean seeds taken
after 2,400-year-old graves in
Peru are growing strongly af-
ter they were germinated in a lab-
oratory.
The National Defense Educa-
tion Act, passed by Congress in
1958, provided about $3 billion
for school programs in its first
10 years of existence.
inflict.
The majority must
needs Of the minority if government is going to state can be reached more sooner
be Of All the people, by All the people and for * on^c.'14, a Jefferson County
All the people. bond election will be held. This
_____________———proposal contains $28 million
worth of improvements to streets
throughout the county during the
next 30 years, including mea-
sures to upgrade five streets
surrounding Lamar.
If the bond proposal passes,
East Lavaca, University Drive,
Callaghan and parts of Florida
and of Highland will be converted
into 41 feet wide concrete roads.
However, for these measures
to go into effect, the property
owning citizens of Jefferson Co-
Library to Close
During Holidays
The library will be closed Dec.
23-29, according to Dr. Andrew
Johnson, Library Director. Stu-
dents planning to use the library
during the Christmas break
should check the Library Hand-
book for the published schedule.
Study facilities will be open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
and Tuesday, Dec. 30 and 31,
and also 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs-
day and Friday, Jan. 2 and 3.
The full library schedule will
be reseumed on Saturday, Jan.
4.
Engineers Most Get
Registration Blanks
Lloyd Cherry, Dean, School of
Engineering, urges all engineer-
ing students to see their counse-
lors as soon as possible in or-
der to pre-register for the spring
semester. Deadline for regis-
tration is Dec. 20.
“Application for readmission
will be available in the office of
each counselor for the students
on his list,* Dean Cherry said.
Editor......................................................C, Lynn Magnus
News Editor.................................................Kathy Williams
Business Manager...........................................Linda Reeves
Sports Editor................................................Mike Ramsey
Sports Writer..............................................Ronald Scales
Photographe rs...........................................Bobby Di ckinson
Harry Kingston
Faculty Advisor.........................................R. H. Wilkerson’
Application to mail at Second-Class postage rates is pending
at Beaumont, Texas.
Reporters (English 235) Mike Faulk, Carolyn Hamilton, Donald
Hamilton, Judy Hammond, Linda Hime, Laura Joplin, Phyllis
Lewis, Carole Marcella, Dolly Morgan, and Linda Richey.
The Redbird, an official student publication of the college is
published weekly on Fridays except during holidays, dead week
and final examination periods during the regular school term.
Subscription price is $2.50 for the school term. Publication
office and newsroom are located in Office 113 and 115, Adminis-
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Lamar Tech Station, Post Office Box 10055, Beaumont, Texas
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not necessarily reflect those of the faculty and administration.
Call Ext. 313 for news and advertising matters. Letters to
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unty must approve these bonds
by a two-thirds majority. There
will be a tax increase—Don’t
automatically stop reading here-
which will amount to less than
$1 per year on property valued
at $20,000.
The means to get the road
system that Lamar needs is now
available, and if the proposal
is approved; construction will
begin within six months.
The only thing necessary now
is for twice as many people to
vote for the bond proposal as
against it
Sincerely yours,
Tim Huffmeyer
Dear Editor:
The student code was writ-
ten to help students know where
they stand according to their
rights and responsibilities as a
student at Lamar. A few years
ago there was no written code
but the need for one arose and
student pressur e and an under-
standing administration brought
the present one into existence.
The code has been tested now
for a few years and its strong
and weak points brought to the
attention of the administration.
The powers that be are not blind
to these weaknesses; in my vi-
sits with Dr. Bost to discuss
this problem, he has assured me
that the code is being reviewed
and he feels that some changes
could be made.
One fact remains, the code is
a statement of administrative po-
licy. It originated with, and can
only be changed by, the adminis-
tration. If the code is changed,
which is not - impossible, stu-
dents should think twice before
they rejoice and start a life of
sin. The so called “elastic
clause* at the end of the code
gives them a way to get you for
just about any cool stunt you can
dream up.
Finally to J. Frank Shofner,
whose letter prompted this one,
you pointed out in your last
letter “thanks to my letter of...
you know how I stand...* are you
more interested in revising the
code or getting you name in
print? You also said about those
who have morals enough to back
the administration “speak out,
Interviews
Announced
For Seniors
Monday through Thursday of
next week and Jan 8, 1969, are
the only interview dates for Jan.
graduating seniors remaining in
the fall semester, Joe B. Th-
placement, said.
Representatives to be on
campus next week are as follows:
Monday—Rowan DriUing Co.,
IBM, and Gulf States Utilities
Co.
Tuesday—Upjohn Co., F. W.
Woolworth Co., Texas U. S. Ch-
emical, and Southland Paper Co.
Wednesday—Allstate Insur-
ance Co., Texas Gulf Sulphur
Co., and Texas U. S. Chemical.
Thursday — Dresser Atlas
Corp. and Lever Bros. Co.
No interviews are scheduled
for Friday.
On Wednesday, Jan. 8, Fire-
stone Tire and Rubber Co. will
be the last interviewing com-
pany until the spring semester,
the director said.
I’ll cut you down*.
I’ll not lower myself to make
suggestions about your origin,
moral standards, or destination
after death; but I do have morals,
so cut if you wish. You might
just hang yourself.
J.W. (Bill) Ferguson
Chairman, Senate Rules
Dear Editor:
In spite of student and faculty
pressures, section J of the Stu-
dent Handbook is still in effect
(on paper, at least) at Lamar.
But there is some encourage-
ment: Legend has it that if any-
one who had never broken sec-
tion J were to pass the bust of
Mirabeau Lamar, he would turn
and face the union building. Alas,
he has never seen the Student
Union building.
Michael LeJune
1975 Tulane
Beaumont
Dear Editor:
I believe that it is about time
we realized how our traditions
are falling by the wayside. By
this I am referring to the play-
ing of “Dixie* as a spirit song
at our games.
The playing of “Dixie,* as
you all know has long been a
tradition at Lamar Tech. Ask
any upperclassman and he will
tell you what a difference the
playing of “Dixie* has always
made on the morale of the team
regardless of the circumstances.
It is obvious that the cloudy
voiced opinions of a few are
hampering the traditions desired
by far and large the majority.
Some readers may not be
greatly alarmed about the fact.
To these people I say that this
is but a sign of that’s to come.
The minority, having won a
minor skirmish will not be sat-
isfied, but will push on to try
to gain complete control of our
activities. This year it’s “Dixie.”
Next which will it be? Alabama
Jubilee, Washington and Lee
Swing, Yummy Yummy, or the
Star Spangled Banner?
Surely they can just as easily
find something in those that of-
fends them as they can in Dixie.
We have people that are offen-
ded by the idea of public edu-
cation, but we have not allowed
them to tear down our schools.
Why then should we let them
tear down our traditions?
For this whole semester the
voice of a few has been regarded
as the voice of many, for the
majority will has not been made
known. Stop and think about this
for a while. Our course of ac-
tion has been and is being plot-
ted for us by a few others.
We can easily see what the
results have been. Dixie is played
no more. Spirit on the Lamar
Tech campus is at an all time
low. Student apathy reigns high.
The majority remains silent.
Football season has ended and
basketball season has begun.
What will be the result? Will
we continue to stand idly by
while the will of the minority
is forced upon us or will we
stand up for our rights and let
people know what we think?
Let’s take a stand and put
Dixie back where it belongs!
John D. Swanson
Box No. 10588
Beaumont
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Magnus, C. Lynn. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, December 6, 1968, newspaper, December 6, 1968; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499200/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.