The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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I'he REDBIRD
Vol. 15
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BEAUMONT, TEXAS
November 20, 1964
No. 9
Lamar Authorized
To Require Higher
Admission Scores
The Lamar Tech Board
of Regents Tuesday bol-
stered the admission re-
quirements for the college
by accepting academic
council recommendations
to raise the minimum
scholastic aptitude test
cutoff score to 700.
The new policy will go
into effect in September,
1955.
NEW CAP AND GOWN MEMBERS--These five students were among the six
installed in Cap and Gown, senior women's honor society last week. From
Left to right are Elaine Tenholder, Peggy O'Pry, Leslie Matthews, Phillis
Hopkins and Jeanette Kaszynski. Also inducted into the organization was
Leona Fusullo, not shown in the photograph. (Staff Photo)
Cap and Gown Adds
Six New Members
Cap and Gown, senior
women's honor society,
installed six new members
last w eek in the home of
co-advisor Mrs. B. H.
Hollyfield.__
Freshmen
Voting On
Queen
Freshman go to the polls
today to select a Slime
Queen from a runoff slate
of four candidates selected
in the pr imary election
held Wednesday
The runoff candidates are
Bunny Coussou, of Beau-
mont, sponso red by Pi
Kappa A lpha fraternity;
Rosemary "Tassie" Max-
well, sponsored by Alpha
Phi Alpha fraternity; Cindy
Smith of Groves, sponsored
by Sigma Chip and Joan
Millar of Port Arthur,
sponsored by Sigma Nu.
These girls were chosen
by 5 80 frosh voters from
a roster of ten candidates.
The queen will be crowned
Friday night at a dance
f r o m 8 to 12 in Snack Bar
#2 . A band will play, and
door prizes will be award-
e d . Haline Rumery, last
year's queen, will crown
this year's winner.
Initiates, their home
towns, and majors are
Leona Fasullo, Houston,
commercial art major;
Phillis Hopkins, Beaumont,
speech major; Jeanette
Kaszynski, Beaumont,
elementary education
major; Leslie Ann Math-
ews, Vidor, home econom-
ics m a j or; Peggy O'Pry,
Beaumont, English major;
and Elaine Tenholder,
Beaumont, English major.
To be eligible for Cap
and G own, young women
must be seniors with 90
or more semester hours
to the i r credit and must
rank in the top one third of
their class. They must
have accumulative grade
point aver age of 1.9 or
above. They must a Iso
have displayed qualities of
outstanding service and
•leadership, as well as,
scholarship.
A s members of Cap and
Gown, they will s t r ive
to advance the spirit of
service and fellowship
among college women.
Debate Team Works
Places First
In Louisiana
Dr. Sontag Speaker
South Plains Meet
Dr. Monty Sontag, asso-
ciate professor in the
School of Education at
Lamar Tech, was the guest
speaker at the annual
meeting of the South Plains
chapter of Council for
E x c e p t i o nal Children in
Big Spring Tuesday.
Dr . Sontag is a former
president of the South
Plains organization. At
Lamar Tech, he is in
c harge of the special edu-
c a tion program leading to
certification in teaching the
mentally retarded.
Artists
To Show
The Lamar Tech Debate
Squad won first place
honors in the Junior Men's
Debate at the Louisiana
Tech Forensic Tournament
in Ruston, La., Saturday.
Representing Lamar in
the Junior Men's Debate
were Don Hood and Gary
N o b le.
Paula Browning was
awarded an Excellent
rating in Interpretation and
Judy Mills received a
Superior in Radio Audition.
Lamar's senior men and
women wound up with
identical 4 - 2 won-lost
r e c o r ds in the Louisiana
Tech Tournament. Rep-
re s e nting the senior men
were Jim Smith and Joe
Bonds. Karen Klepper and
Judy Mills were Lamar’s
representatives on the
distaff side.
Arnold C. Anderson,
Associate Professor of
Speech, accompanied the
squad on the trip.
Six faculty members and
five students from Lamar
Tech are among artists in
this area whose work will
be on display beginning
Sunday. Their work will
be exhibited in the South-
east Annual Art Show
sponsored by the Beaumont
Art League.
The faculty members are
J. A. Hock, assistant pro-
fessor of commercial art;
Dr. B.G. Rogers, associate
professor of civil engin-
eering; R obert O'Neill,
assistant professor of
commercial art;J. A.
Newman, ins tructor of
c o m m e rcial art; and Dr.
Margaret Cameron, pro-
fessor of chemistry.
Each of the faculty mem-
bers will have one painting
exhibited with the exception
of Hock, who will have two.
Four students from the
school of Fine and Applied
Arts and one engineering
m a j or will have paintings
exhibited in the Art Show7
They are Jerry Wilkerson,
junior; Hana Hirasaki,
freshman; Allie Bill Skel-
ton, senior; William Hada,
junior, and James W.
Continued on Page 8
iTuesday's action was
|r e commended after an
extensive study by the
Icoliege administration to
strengthen admission
policies to coincide with
classroom requirements.
■S ince 1962 when the
college regents established
the s elective admissions
program, the college
entrance examination
board's SAT has be en a
requirement for admission.
When the p rogram was
inaugurated, the cutoff
score was set at 600.
Maximum score is 1,600.
In making the recom-
mendation, President F.
L . McDonald, noted that
SAT is given four times
yearly at testing centers
around the nation. Lamar
Tech is one of the testing
centers.
"We are recommending
that high school seniors
take the SAT as early as
possible in order to learn
the results of their testing
session," Dr. McDonald
explained.
"In the event that a stu-
dent taking the SAT falls
below the 700 level, we are
p r o p o sing certain condi-
tions which will not totally
d e p r i ve him or her of an
opportunity to enroll at
Lamar Tech.
"We recommend the
board e stablish a policy
whereby a student falling
below the 700 level can
enroll in the summer
session, take 12 semester
hours of work in certain
areas and post at least a
C average. If these con-
ditions are carried, he or
she w i 11 be admitted fo r
the fall semester without
question, since the student
concerned will have proved
he is capable of doing basic
Continued on Page 8
Matthews to Receive Neil Miner Award
Today in Miami Beach, Fla. Ceremonies
WilliamH. Matthews, III,
professor of geology, will
receive the neil Alden
Miner Award in ceremon-
ies at Miami Beach, Fla.,
at noon today.
The award is made an-
nually to the college pro-
fessor judged most effect-
ive in stimulating interest
in the earth sciences.
Presenting t-fie award will
be Dr. Erling Dorf of
Princeton University, who
received the honor last
year. Ceremonies will be
held at a joint meeting for
the National Association of
Geology Teachers and the
Geological Society of
America.
In addition to receiving
the Miner award, Prof.
Matthews will preside as
chairman of the NAGT
committee on education.
William H. Matthews, III
Prof. Matthews, who has
taught at Lamar since 1955,
is a graduate of Texas
C h r istian University with
BA and MA degrees from
the Fort Worth University.
He is c hairman of the
NAGT Committee on Educ-
ation; Visiting Scientist for
the A merican Geological
Institute and for the Texas
Academy of Science; Earth
S c i ence Editor of Science
and Children magazine and
staff consultant to the Earth
Science Curriculum
Project.
Prof. Matt hews is the
author of Texas Fossils--
An A mateur Collector's
Handbook; Fossils: An
Introduction to Prehistoric
Life; Wonders of the Dino-
saur World; The Geologic
Story of Longhorn Cavern;
Exploring the World of
Fossils; and Sources o f
Earth Science Information.
Redbird Gets
Break; Next
Issue Dec. 11
The Redbird publication
s chedule will have a two-
week lull following this
week's newspaper. The
next publication date will
be December 11.
Tech's Thanksgiving
holidays begin Wednesday,
November 25, at 10p.m.
and culminate the following
Monday, November 30 to
account for this interrupted
Redbird schedule.
A publication on Decern-
ber 11 and another on
December 19 will be the
last issues of the Redbird
this year. Publication will
resume February.12, 1965
after the interruptions of
Christmas holidays, Dec-
ember 18-January 4, dead
week, January 18-20, and
final exams, January 21-28.
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Isaac, C. V. Jr. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1964, newspaper, November 20, 1964; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499224/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.