The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1956 Page: 2 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
November 16, 1956
THE REDBIRD
Published weekly, except during holidays and exam-
inations, during the regular school term. Opinions
expressed are those of the student editors and do not
necessarily reflect those of the faculty and adminis-
tration. Items of interest may be submitted to anyone
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STAFF MEMBERS
Editor.................... Leon Obenhaus
Managing Editor..............James Martin
Editorial Assistants...........Virginia Abbott,
Mary Anne Cotton, Sandra Dunlay
Business Manager............Frank Cricchio
Sports Editor..................A1 Chandler
Feature Editor.............. Betty Jo Watt
Circulation Manager...........Newton Lemke
Fashions Editor.............Dorothy Barnes
Photographer............. • Wallace Shaunfield
Typesetter...... Bethany Dumas
Typist.................... Joyce Richards
Proofreaders.........Carl Wells > Beverly Lee
Faculty Sponsor Stephen Kirk
Homecoming Spirit
Again this year our annual homecoming celebration
started off with a bang- -the nightly packed house at
’Oklahoma!" at which Queen Liz was presented--and
Jien the bottom seemed to fall out.
An embar as singly small number, a little over a hun-
dred, took advantage of the privilege to hear Congress-
man Jack Brooks speak at our bonfire.
The best homecoming parade Lamar's ever had, in-
cluding the most beautiful and original floats, paraded
througn sparsely populated streetslast Saturday morn-
ing. The only Tech spirit that could be seen was that
of the participants and of those who had worked all
week on the elaborate floats.
The sparse turnouts for the parade, bonfire, and es-
pecially, the game, shamefully exemplified the lack of
enthusiasm at our school. The scanty applause given
our crowned queen and the outstanding halftime enter-
tainment by the few students present at the game typi-
fies this year's homecoming response.
The student body is to be commended on its choice of
activities last week. "Oklahoma!" was the most enter
taining event--but it should not have been a matter of
choice. All the activities were part of homecoming,
part of Lamar Tech, and so are we.
But how many students grabbed for the sports page
just to see if the team had won a holiday for us? How
many of us sat in the stands thinking, "What a lack of
spirit this school has!" as we sat like lumps on logs,
not yelling at all?
As head cheerleader Russel Cobbs said, "We are suf-
fering fron\gr owing pains and tend to overlook the sig-
nificance of our freshman beanies, fish activities, bon-
fires, parades, and ballgames. Our spirit seems to be
lost in the shuffle of building."
Whether we students throw the blame on a slow game,
the football team, the coaches, clubs running the
school, or the fact that the majority of us are com-
muters, this is still our college, our team, our plays,
bonfires, parades—our tradition for today and for to-
morrow.
Prompt Service
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Where You Get
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5835 Port Arthur Highway
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Redbird
Ramblin’s
by Bethany Dumas
Deadlines come--and of-
ten go the same way. Es-
pecially when one is hunt-
ing for a parking place less
than a mile from the cam-
pus. Things are never so
bad, however, as when it
rains. The bogs are ter-
rific, and that old Ford
strains occasionally to
come out of a deep one..
Yes, I know—get a Chev-
rolet! But this one is al-
most half paid for...
Re last week's home-
coming parade: the poor
Blue Batallioner with the
"Flat tire" drum did a good
job of covering up; the
drivers of those shiny con-
vertibles carrying the
queen's candidates were
having somewhat of a ball
the ms elves; overheard
near the judges stand was
the following incident.
Norma Russell, Kappa
Delta Queen candidate,
rode by in one of the shiny
'57 models---car-1 over
student yelled to Dr.
Richard W. Setzer, en-
dearing, if eccentric, Dean
of the School of Business,
"How do you like that one,
Doc?"
Said Dr. Setzer, "I'd buy
that one for sure!" Ques-
tion, Dr. Setzer: car or
girl?
With the i n s t a llation of
local chapters into nation-
al social sororities the
problem in the sororities
of pledge-pledges and
member-p 1 e dges will be
solved. Due to the fact that
all the local sororities
were going national for the
first time there was a bit
of confusion as to what de-
signation could be used to
distinguish the new pled-
ges. Strictly speaking all
were pledges. Alpha Chi
Omega and Delta Zeta will
be installed this weekend,
Alpha Delta Pi and Kappa
Delta the following.
Freshmen, get those bea-
nies on! We lost the home-
coming game this year, so
those precious bits of red
and blue felt must be worn
until Thanksgiving. A few
freshmen pledges thought
their story about beanies
thrown over bridges was
sad, but the saddest sight
was watching them make
beanies out of blue paper.
Let a few words to the fish
be sufficient...
Added to Lamar's Uni<5n
building recently was the
teacher's lounge. Have
you often, as had this
scribe, walked by there
and wondered what your
favorite, or not-so fav-
orite, prof was talking
about over his seven cents
worth? Strangely enough
these oft-maligned hu-
mans have conversations
similar to those of stu-
dents. Football, classes,
politics,gripes about mos-
quitoes, the parking situa-
tion, the weather....these
items usually make up the
Cossack Chorus, Dance
Group Plan Appearance
The Don Cossack Chorus
and Dance group will give
another of their stirring
per formances in the La-
mar Tech auditorium
Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 8:15
p.m.
This famous cn-oup under
Typical College
Life In India
d l tor s Note: sixteen-
year-old Mithu Advani is
a sophomore at Tech. Her
freshman work was taken
at Wadia college in India.
In the followingarticle she
describes the life of a typi-
cal co-ed- -not at Lamar- -
but in her native country.
Nowrosjee Wadia college
is the name of the educa-
tional institution which I
a ttended in Poona, India,
120-miles from Bombay.
Wadia offers courses in
the arts, sciences, engi-
neering and teaching.
There the similarity be-
tween Lamar and Wadia
ends!
At home, in Poona, a typi-
cal school day goes some-
thing like this.
College classes started
at 11 a.m. (That allows
sufficient sleep for the
laziest of people.) In spite
of this over-generous al-
lowance my watch would
frequently be wrong and I
would get to class about
11:10, walk up to the closed
door of the class and then
think, "Oh, well, they're
not doing anything much,
so I needn't go." With that
I would saunter into the
library, firmly resolved
to put in an hour's solid
study.
I hardly opened a book
when along would come one
of my friends, also play-
ingtruant. She would bois-
t e r o usly suggest a short
trip to the Bunds (This is a
beautiful garden which is a
'must' for any visitor to
the city). Usually, we
would have a snack at the
cafe there. Bang! All my
good resolutions would be
nipped in the bud.
More often than not that
'short trip' would not be
as short as it ought to be
for we would arrive back
at Wadia way after the
commencement of the next
class. There would follow
a prolonged argument as
to the sagacity of entering
late, but we finally would
decide to enter with a
smile, and an "excuse me,
sir," to the teacher.
It would be difficult to
pick up the lesson so hap-
hazardly so after abandon-
ing that endeavor we would
spend the last 15 minutes
of class chatting peace-
fully at the back of the
room.
It is common knowledge
that "only the front row
table talk. An occasional
joke, remarks about their
s t u dents parading up and
down the corridor ...these
round off the usual con-
versations in the sanctu-
rary.
the direction of Nicholas
Kostrukoff, h a s a varied
program, ranging from
stately, religious music to
stirring folk melodies .Al-
so i n c 1 u ded are exciting
cossack dance and popular
American melodies. One
of the most exciting inter-
ludes in the program is
the dagger dance of Ga-
briel Saladuhin. In the
current program, he is
featured in a barbaric
Caucasion dance which he
begins on the sad lilt of a
peasant song and con-
cludes in a wild dance of
jubilation, with the entire
chorus providing the vo-
cal background.
The group was organized
in 1927 in Prague under the
auspicious of the then
President of Czecho-
Slavokia, Thomas Ma-
saryk, and Edward Benes,
Minister of F o r e ign Of-
fice. Ever since its in-
ception the Chorus has
been headed by Mr. Nicho-
las Kostrukoff who acted
simultaneously as the cho-
rus leader and as its ad-
ministrator .
Tickets will be on sale at
the desk in the Student
Union today and Monday.
knows what the teacher is
ta Iking about." The next
period would follow and
we'd sit like little angels
right under the teacher's
nose. After about 20 min-
utes the effort to concen-
trate, above the distrac-
tion caused by people
mimicking the passing
trains, the crowing of
cocks or other animals,
would become sort of te-
dious. Very soon it would
become decidedly boring,
then suddenly I'd have a
bright inspiration and
whisper to my friend, "If
we hurry we have just
enough time to grab a
drink at the canteen (Our
u n d e r g r ound canteen is
our pride and joy--and is,
by the way, the same as the
Student Union here) and
make it to the West end
(theater) for the next show.
The next half an hour
would see us sprawled in a
comfortable seat at the
said theater enjoying a de-
lightful picture (anything
would be preferable to les-
sons) without the slightest
pang of regret.
Itall sounds just perfect,
doe sn't it? Well, just let
me tell you that it's not
quite such a bed of roses
when you wake up one
.morning and realize that
all too soon the final exams
(the decisive factor in your
promotion) are upon you.
HOLIDAYS
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activities were the best we
have had. The parade was
e x c e p t i onally good, and
J our alumiii'activities were
splendid. I never saw our
queen's court look more
beautiful. The committees
who handled homecoming
are certainly deserving
of a large measure of
thanks."
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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/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.