The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1962 Page: 2 of 8
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THE REDBIRD
March 9, J962
EDITORIAL
The United States and the Soviet Union are once
again debating over the possibility of a Summit Con-
ference. This time, the United States is being
pressured by the Soviet Union to meet as soon as
possible. President Kennedy refused to rush into this
top level conference without first preparing the way
through a foreign minister's conference which will
be held sometime this month.
Everyone in the United States wonders just how
sincere Mr. Khrushchev is in this latest bid for
world agreement. Some people speculate hopefully
that Russia is in some kind of internal difficulty and
needs international meeting to cover up. This is
a theoretical idea and is more likely a fairytale which
the American people would like to believe.
Russia has shown no indication of yielding on the
Berlin question, control of atomic weapons, or a
peaceful settlement in Viet Nam. U.S. officials are
hopeful that it is one of these areas that the Rus-
sians wish to negotiate about in a Summit Confer-
ence.
It will also be interesting to see what effect Mr.
Kennedy's announcement of the resumption ofnucle-
ar tests in the atmosphere will have on the conference.
Mr. Khrushchev may or may not use it as a pro pa-
ganda weapon.
N o matter what the outcome of the conference may
be, the whole world should be g r ate full that the
meeting is at least trying to be arranged.
THE REDBIRD
Published weekly except during holidays, dead week
and final examinations during the regular school term.
Opinions expressed are those of the student editor's,
and do not necessarily reflect those of the faculty and
administration. Items of interest are solicited and
may be submitted at the REDBIRD office.
REDBIRD STAFF
Co-Editors........Molly Stark, Floyd Hair
Fashion Editor...........Susan Hodges
Greek Editor.........Mary Ann Du Perier
Sports Editor..............Ted Tate
Reporters: Judy Fleming, Wayne Coniskey, Diane
Flanigan, Patty Tuminello, Judy Sheehy, Elaine Ten-
holder .
Authorities are consider-
ing drastic measures to
stop the indiscriminate use
of reserved parking areas.
In a recent stude nt govern-
ment meeting, the possib-
ility of using a Rhino boot,
a device which prevents a
car from being moved until
the boot is removed.
Is the situation really this
serious?
Certain drivers have re-
peatedly parked in the res-
erved parking space in
front of the Administration
Building. Notes have been
left, but the drivers have
ignored them. Tickets have
been left, but they, too,
have been ignored.
After repeatedly leaving
notes, one organization re-
moved the distributor cap
off one car. It was hoped
that when the driver came
inside to get his missing
part some of the officials
could try to show him the
seriousness of his offense.
The driver merely re-
moved the missing part
from another car and tran-
sferee! it to his.
The yard of one house in
the campus area has been
practically ruined by cars.
Some thing must be done to
stop the inconsiderate act-
ions of some students. Per-
haps the possible use of
Rhino boots seems a bit
drastic, but it has become
a p p a r ent that nothing but
d r a s tic action will put an
e nd to the present parking
situation.
GUEST EDITOR:
DUTCH MILLS
STUDENT BODY
PRESIDENT
I want to take this oppor-
tunity to extend my con-
gratulations to the school
of engineering, its depart-
ment heads, the instructors,
and every engineering
student for the excellent
projects which were on dis-
play for Engineering Week.
I certainly enjoyed my
excursions through the
various labs in the engin-
eering buildings. I am
sure that the many students
from any of the other
school on the campus that
v i sited our brethern from
the engineering school,
likewise, found the time
spent interes ting and
worthwhile.
I saw such things as: steel
being stretched to its limit,
and then separating at
forty- five degree angles
w h e re it had snapped. By
looking through a surveying
instrument, I saw that ou r
flagpole is not only slanted;
but, the flag pole painter
mis sed the top of the ball
on the pole when he painted
it.
The engineers really put
on a good show and I was
really empressed with all
of the project. Engineering
Week wasa tremendous
success.
Congradulations Engi-
neers!
Letters
The Student Associatior.
had once again taken a step
in the direction of increas-
ing Lamar Tech's Respect-
ibility in the eyes of the
students, the faculty and
administration and the
general public. Of course,
w i t h o ut your cooperation
and support, these steps,
like any other, will fail. It
has been brought before
both Houses of your student
government that many em-
barrassing circumstances
have developed from the
p r a ctice of cutting fresh-
man students' hair. This
practice originally started
with the football team;
however, it has recently
spread to the dorms. This
practice has gotten out of
hand and has created many
difficulties to students and
non-students. Some
students have lost jobs be-
cause of the practice and
many s e r ious problems
have come to the attention
of the Student Government.
Such instances as these
have prompted fellow stu-
dents to take action to
eliminate this from occur-
ingin the future at Lamar.
A Motion was passed in
the Senate and House of
Representatives which
ives the Student-Faculty
ourtthe jurisdiction over
any s t udent violating the
new statute.
I encourage each and
everyone of you to ponder
this serious problem.
Again I say, it is up to YOU
to make Lamar Tech the
top college in Texas.
Others, besides ourselves
will soon realize that we
are the best if, the student
body as a whole, can take
positive action hy working
w i th your student govern-
m e nt and carrying out the
p r o v i s i ons it passes for
your over-all benefit.
You the students have
brought this problem be-
fore the student govern-
ment and we have passed
a law to correct the prob-
lem , Now it is up to you to
help us make it work.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Dutch Mills,
Student Body
President
The editorial of February
23 makes the error that so
many confused people
today are making. It ap-
pears to be based on the
assumption that "right -
wing extremest" and
"conservative" are syn-
onymous. They are not, as
anyone can di-scover if he
examines the goals of each
group.
The ultra-right extremists
such as Robert Welch and
the Minutemen are present
in both parties and are a
s o urce of embarrassment
to conscientous Republican
and Democrat conserva-
tives alike. True con-
servative politicians
u s ually present a reason-
able and sound program of
policy which can oe con-
sidered "reactionary" and
"ultra-conservative’’by no
one except the liberals,
who have been very ef-
fect i ve in seeing that the
public is well aware of
their ideas.
A s for the argument that
some are presenting, that
i s the Republican party is
closed to cpnservatives, I
suggest that anyone who is
interested read the Janu-
ary, 19 62, issue of "The
New Guard", the publica-
tion of the Young Ame r i -
cans for Freedom. It
contains the latest AC A
Consistency Index released
by Americans for Consti-
tutional Action, a political
action service for conser-
vative candidates. Seven-
ty-eight per cent of our
Republican senators have
a fifty per cent ACA record
or better, and half of all
Rep ublican senators have
achieved an ACA record of
seven t y- five percent or
above. This does not indi-
cate a conservative major-
ity in the party, but it does
point out the effect of
conservative influence.
Senator Goldwater and
Senator Tower, two of the
leading conservatives,
have ACA ratings of nienty-
nine and one hundred
percent respectively.
I agree with the editor
when he says that the
extremis ts may have to
create a new party in order
to be effectively repre-
sented, but until they do
they w i 11 affiliate therri-
selves with oneof the
major parties. Any
organization, whether it be
political, religious, or
otherwise will have its
fanatics, and this is true of
our political parties,
Democrat and Republican.
Unfortunately, the press is
focusing its attention more
and more to the right and
tends to ignore to a large
extent the extreme left.
Sincerely,
Kenneth M. Ramke,
member,Young Amer-
icans for Freedom.
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Stark, Molly & Hair, Floyd. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1962, newspaper, March 9, 1962; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499215/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.