The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. 8 No. 25
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
April 24, 1959
12 Awards To Be Given,
Six Announced By Dean
Elvis Mason, Lamar Tech
senior, has been named to
receive the McFaddin Cit-
izenship Award. Establish-
ed by Mrs. Ida Caldwell
McFaddin and continued by
her daughter, Mrs. Carroll
Ward, the honor is awarded
to a senior who has evi-
denced the most outstanding
citizenship through example
and achievement. Mr. Ma-
son was granted the award
for his outstanding contri -
bution to the student body 7
and to the college through -
his exceptionally fine hand-
ling of student affairs.
An economics major, from
Shreveport, Louisiana, Ma-
son will attend Rhodes Un-
iversity College in the Un-
ion of South Africa next yiar
on a Rotary International
Fellowship. Currently Stu-
dent Body President, he was
president of his freshman
class, worthy master of Al-
pha Tau Omega, and Pres-
ident of the Interfraterni ty
Council. He received the
Bingman Special Recogni-
tion Award in 1957 for his
work on the Hungarian Scho-
larship Fund.
Until his departure for
South Africa in late summex;
Mr. Maron will be employed
by Inte rnational Business
Machines of Beaumont.
Di Ann Vick and Patti Ruth
Wiesen were announced re-
cipients of the American
History Awards. The basis
for this honor is all around
e x c e 11 ence in the field of
history.
Miss Vick, a senior history
major, recently received
the Woodrow Wilson Fellow-
ship which will enable her
to do advanced work in the
field of American Studies at
the University of Pennsyl-
vania. She also received the;
Weed Essay Award in *57-
’58 and now serves as ed-
itorial columnist for the
Redbird. A member of
Who'sWho-1959,Miss Vick
serves as organist for St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in
Port Arthur.
Miss Wiesen is a history
major from Port Arthur.
She is a student assistant
in the history department.
The C.W. Bingham Re-
cognition Award will be
presented to Stuart Kinard,
i n c o ming President of the
Student Body. This honor,
which recognizes special
achievement in certain are-
as of student endeavor, was
awarded to Mr. Kinard for
his work in pioneering and
directing the Great Issues
Discussions.
Weed Award winners were
also announced this week.
Based on all around achieve-
ment in the field of speech,
first place went to George
Edwards, He is a sophomore
speech major and takes an
active part in college dra-
matics.
Robert Jerald King of
Orange was the winner of
the second place award. He
is a sophomore history ma-
orand is a member of the
Debate team.
Clarence Kimler account-
ing major, has been chosen
to receive the Delta Sigma
Pi gold key. This award is
p f e s e nted annually to the
graduating business student
with the highest scholastic
average. Mr. Kimler, a
night student, has a 2.9
grade point average.
Other outstanding awards
ape to be announced later.
A pproxima tely nine tee n a re
given each year to persons
accomplishing outstanding
work on the campus.
Six Beauties Named
Les Belles Cardinelles
For 1959 Cardinal
The 1959 Les Belles Card
inelles have been announced
by the Cardinal editor, San-
dra Vratis.
The coeds selected for
yearbook beauties are Mary
Frances Dishman, Mary
Theresa Nelson, Linda Sut
ton, Sarah Krebs, Jerry
Matthews and Yvonne Robb
The winners, chosen ear-
lier in the spring by a com-
mittee of five judges from
approximately seventy-five
entrants, will be presented
tonight at the first annual!
student council Inaugural
Ball, to be held in McDon-
ald Gymnasium.
The Les Belles Cardin
e 11 e s were chosen on the
basis of beauty, poise, and
personality. Each Belle
3 Cardinelle will be featured
in the Beauty Section of the
1959 Cardinal.
Mary Frances Dishman is
a sophomore secretarial
science major from Beau -
mont. She is president of
( Continued on Page 3 )
Tuesday Balloting Draws
1076 Students To Polls
Balloting in the general
election drew 1,076 students
to the polls. Smart Kinard
was elected president of the
student council and Jack,
Shelton, vice-president.
Also elected officers of the
Student Council were Bar-
bara Ryall, secretary, and
Peggy Alexander, treasurer
George Markley will head
the senior class next year
as president. Other senior
officers elected include:
Carroll Carver, vice-pres-
ident; Jackie Dezell, secre -
tary; and NanTolle, treas-
urer. Senior representati-
ves are Betty West and Mar-
cus Milling.
President of the junior
class will be Leonard Tib-
betts . Serving with Tibbetts
will be David Gray, vice-
president; Gretchen Rode-
macher, secretary and Di-
anne Darnell, treasurer.
Scott Pool and Gail Steven-
son will be the junior class
representatives tr> the stu-
dent council.
Sophomore officers elect-
ed Tuesday include: Linda
Byerly, secretary; and Sue
Brantley, representative to
the Student Council. The
other offices will be filled
in the run-off election to -
day.
Education representative
^eSSY Mills, and Engineer-
ing representative, Tommy
Cupit, were elected without
a run-off. Other school re-
presentatives will be deter-
mined in today's election.
Cheerleaders elected for
the 1959-60seasonare: Ted
Powers, head cheerleader;
Willard Duke, Yvonne Robbs
Karen Hartley; and Judy
Bryan.
Fred Dishman was elected
Cardinal editor.
Council Run-Off
Voting Is Today
Fourteen candidates will
vie for office in today’s run-
off election. All but seven
places were filled in Tues-
day's general election.
Don Rice and Betty Jo
Smith are in the run-off for
representative of the School
of Arts and Sciences; Jean
Ann Comeaux and Conley
Tod4 the School ofBusiness;
md Noel Cowart and Jean
3 tar eke, the School of Fine
and Applied Arts.
Vying for sophomore class
offices are: Neal Banta and
Billy Barrett president: El-
( Continued on Page 2 )
Kinard Named President
In Student Body Election
Sciences. He is a member
of Alpha Tau Omega frater-
nity and has served as a
representative from that
organization to the Inter -
fraternity Council. He is
currently a member of the
Redbird staff.
Stuart Kinard emerged vi-
ctorious as Student Body
President following a vigo-
rous campaign which cul
minated in the student el
e c t i o n s held on campus
Tuesday. He defeated three
other candidates for the
presidency and received the
necessary simple majority
to halt further competition
in the run-off elections to-
day.
When asked for a state -
ment following his election
Kinard said, "I deeply ap -
predate the support which
you gave me Tuesday
shall look upon my election
as you intended--not as
laurel for past achievement
but as a demand that I carry
out my proposed platform
as Student Body President.
All my effort shall be dir
ected toward that end .Thank
you for this challenging op -
portunity."
Stuart Kinard, a junior
business major, has been
active in numerous campus
organizations and commit-
tees since coming to Lamar.
He served on the Student
Council as representative
from the School of Arts ana
39 Nominated In
Class Favorite Poll;
Election Set Today
Nominees for favorites of
the four classes were nom-
inated by the student body
Tuesday in the student el-
ections.
Senior nominees are: Joe
Garner, Bennie Jarratt,
Elvis Mason, Charles Scott,
Clara Brodnax, Dianne
Flint, Beverly Lee, Bobby
Mosely,and Jo Ann Nelson.
Nominees for junior favor-
ites are Carroll Carver,
Mark Crocker, Stuart Kin-
ard, George Markley, Hank
Smith, Peggy Alexander,
Nancy Ezell, Darlene Gal-
loway, Nancy Libyand Bar-
bara Ryall.
Sophomore nominees are
Mark Barrow, Jim Hayes,
Ed Price, J. W. Storey,
Glenda Fuller, Mayna Rae
Barginer, Karen Hartley,
Martha Jo Phillips, Gdl
Stevenson, and Suzi Tate.
Nominees for Freshman
favorites are Neal Banta,
Billy Barrett, Fred Casteel,
Addison Duffee, Bob Gumaei;
Linda Byerly, Brenda Cas -
cio, Bern Crocker, Dottie
Honeycutt, and Bennie Wal-
ker-
The committees which he
has headed include the
Great Issues Committee,
Publicity Committee, Stu-
dent Union Activities Com-
mittee, and the Buddy Mor -
row Dance Committee.
In addition to serving as
chairman of the above
mentioned committees, he
has been a member of the
H o m e c oming Committee
REW committee, Archives
Committee, Artists Series
Committee and the 59-60
Budget Committee._
Initial Inaugural
Ball To Feature
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The inauguration of Stuart
Kinard, Jack Shelton, Bar-
bara Ryall, Peggy Alexand-
er, and the 1959-60 Student
Council will be one of the
highlights of the Inaugural
Ball which begins at 8 p.m.
this evening. Music is bv
the Cell Block 7 of Dallas
ar McDonald Gymnasium,
withBobBaker as master of
ceremonies.
Mary Frances Dishman,
Sarah Krebs, Jerry Mat-
thews, Mary Theresa Nel-
son, Yvonne Robb, and Lin-
da Sutton will be presented
as 1959 Les Belles Cardin-
elles by Sandra Vratis, edi-
tor of The 1959 C a r d i nal.
Runners-up Jean Comeaux,
Karen Hartley, Claudia Kas-
zynski, Benita McClurkin,
Bennie Walker, Sarah Wil-
son, and Susan Youngblood
will complete the "baker’s
dozen" beauties.
Class presidents Bennie
Jarratt, George Markley,
Leonard Tibbetts, and Fred
Casteel will announce the
respective class favorites
who were elected today.
Hank Smith is general
chairman of the dance and
Leonard Tibbetts is in
charge of bid sales which
are now available at $1.50
per p e r s o n in the Student
Union lobby, the Student Life
oIfice. the counter of the
Combs Hall lounge, or from
any Student Council memb-
er. Bids can be obtained at
the door at $2.00 per per-
son.
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Liby, Nancy. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1959, newspaper, April 24, 1959; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499244/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.