The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. VI, No. 8
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Friday, November 16, 1956
Holiday Awarded For
Day
Easter float by the KollegeKlub wins first place in float competition. The KK's
won second place last year. (Photo by Cricchio)
Parade,Queen Crowning |Five Engineers
Climax Homecoming
The annual homecoming
parade in downtown Beau-
mont and the crowning of
Queen Elizabeth climaxed
Tech's festivitie s Satur-
day.
The men's clubs took all
the top prizes in float com -
petition. The Kollege
Klub's Easter float rated
first place with an Easter
bunny so large that its ears
brusned the overhead traf-
fic lights.
A Memorial Day theme,
showing the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, flag-
Student Awarded
Art Scholarship
Dorothy Mary Cross,for-
mer art student at Lamar
and recipient of a scholar-
ship to Traphagen Fashion
School in New York City,
will spend this year in New
York studying design. She
will return to Lamar as a
junior in the fall of 1957.
Dottie hails from Port
Arthur where she attended
Bishop Byrne High School.
SJi e c a me to La mar in
1954.
The aWard of one year's
study was given to Beta
Tau, local chapter of Kappa
Pi Art Fraternity by Mrs.
Ethel Traphagen Leigh,
founder of the school. Beta
Tau in turn gave the award
to Dottie Cross whose in-
terest and ability made her
one of the most promising
of Lamar's art students.
raising at I wo Jima, and
Flander's Field, won se-
cond place for the Voca-
tions Club. The Rogue's
big Easter egg placed
third.
The AIEE and the Secre-
tarial Science Club took
first and second places
respectively in the car-
float division. The BSU
won the house competi-
tion.
Lamar's Men's Chorus,
Tech Band, the Beaumont
High School Royal Purple
Band and Purple Queens,
and the Bengal Guards
from Orange joined talent
to provide the most majes-
tic crowning ceremony and
best entertainment of any
homecoming gam e in
Tech s history.
After-the Men's Chorus
had sung Lamar Loyalty,
Queen Liz's convertible
circled the field while the
chorus sang "You'll Never
Walk Alone" to her.
The six Bengal Guards
sounded a queenly fanfare,
and the queen approached
her crown under the arch
of the herald trumpets.
Inside a huge replica of a
crown formed by the Tech
Band, Liz was presented by
P r e sident McDonald and
crowned by Dick Goerlick,
president of Tech's Alum-
ni Association.
The Purple Band and
Queens entertained the
Cardinal court with pre-
cision and skill "fit for a
queen."
Are Honored
Five Lamar engineers
have won student mem-
berships in the American
Society for Testing Ma-
terials.
Membership was a-
warded to Thomas and
Howard Owens of the Ci-
vil Engineering division,
Clarance English, a me-
chanical engineer major,
and John Allen Chapman
and Paul Elry Stelly from
the Chemical Engineer-
ing department.
Tnese student engineers
were chosen by a com-
mittee of the engineering
faculty for their out-
standing all around abili-
ty-
Clay Products Assn, of
the Southwest sponsored
the two Civil Engineering
memberships and Hum-
ble Oil and Refining Com-
pany sponsored the other
three._
Efforts
Given For
‘Three* Passage
After much hard work by
clubs and students on our
campus for the passing of
Amendment three, Presi-
dent McDonald is giving
Lamar a holiday Monday,
December 3. The holi-
day wil 1 be added to the
Thanks giving holidays
making a total of five days.
President McDonald also
e xj? r e s s ed appreciation
for all the work done to
make Homecoming a suc-
cess. The floats, the pa-
rade, alumni activities,
and a week full of events
made for the best Home-
Try-outs Held For
Classic Production stallation will be held Sat-
Try-outs were held Nov-
Sororities Plan
Installations
Installation of local so-
cial sororities will take
place the coming two
weekends. Chapters of
Delta Zeta and Alpha Chi
Omega will be installed
this weekend, with Kappa
Delta and Alpha Delta Pi
being installed the follow-
ing weekend.
On the agenda for Delta
Zeta is the following pro-
gram: formal installation
at 9 a.m. Saturday; officer
training from 2-5 p.m.
Saturday; installation ban-
uet tnat evening at 7-
ormal presentation and
tea Sunday from 2-5 p.m.
The ins tallation and of-
f i c e r training are being
held at St. Mark's Epis-
copal Church, the banquet
at Freeway Hall, and the
tea in the Rose Room of
Hotel Beaumont.
Alpha Chi Omegas begin
their installation activi-
ties tonight with formal
pledgingat Trinity Metho-
dist Church at 8. Immedi-
ately after this ceremony
there will be an informal
party given by the Alpha
Chi Omega alumnae of
Houston. Their formal in
ember 13, 14, 15, in the
Lamar Tech Auditorium
for parts in the classic
Greek tragedy, Oedipus
Rex, by Sophocles. This
tragedy has been called the
greatest of all Greek
classics and will give Tech
drama students tremen-
dous range and scope for
interpretation.
The pr oduction will be
p r e s e n ted in December,
and is under the direction
of Mr. Alan Hitchcock.
urdayat 2:30, with the in-
stallation banquet at 6:30
that evening in the Sky-
room of Hotel Beaumont.
Members of the active
chapter will hold a model
meet ing Sunday morning
at 9 in the home of Mrs.
Marjorie Webb, local
alumna. Then the group
will at tend church ser-
vices at Trinity Methodist.
Their formal presentation
and tea is from 3:30 to
5:30 Sunday in the Mirrow
Room of Hotel Beaumont.
coming Lamar has ever
had.
A letter to the students
was issued by President
McDonald commending
them on the help given in
passing Amendment three.
The letter follows:
"Congratulations to the
Student Council, the stu-
dent clubs and the indivi-
ual students who success-
fully put over Amendment
No. 3. Perhaps the most
concrete way I can express
my appreciation is to give
you a holiday. .
"And so I am giving you
Monday, December 3,
as an added day to the
Thanksgiving holidays. It
is a well deserved break.
"On a state wide basis the
Amendment carried about
3 to 1. In Jefferson County
it carried 26,954 to 3,34o
or about 8 to 1. In Orange
County it was 7,727 to
1,469 or more than 5 to
1. In Hardin County the
vote was 2,710 to 3o2 or
8 to 1, and in Liberty
County it was 3,338 to 819
or about 4 to 1.
"Amendment 3 will per-
mit us to construct several
buildings beginning Janu-
ary, 1958. Just what these
buildings will be is yet to
be decided. We are begin-
ning a detailed study of our
projected enrollments and
needs. This study will take
several weeks. When it has
been completed, we will
present a proposal to the
Board of Regents for final
approval.
"Even though we were
defeated in me football
games, our homecoming
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Auditions Are Held
For Concert Band
Auditions for Lamar's
Concert Band are now in
progress, announced Pete
Wiley, band director. Mr.
Wiley is particularly in-
terested in auditioning
students who play the flute,
clarinet,horn, or coronet.
The band will play for the
.'exas Music Education
Association convention in
Dallas in February. The
band meets from 12-1,
Monday through Friday.
Anyone interested in au-
ditioning for the band
should contact Mr. Wiley
in his office in the Music
building.
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Obenhaus, Leon. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1956, newspaper, November 16, 1956; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499228/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.