The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1955 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. V, No. 4
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Friday, October 7, 1955
Southern Association Inspects
I
Tech’s Annual Shirttail rarade
Trips Sponsored
Inspectors Visit Tech
Will Be At 10:30 Today
The annual shirttail parade of Lamar Tech will be
at 10:30 this morning. Each year the entire student
body of Lamar turns out en masse to march through
the streets of downtown Beaumont with their shirttails
flappingand their lungs bursting with yells and songs
to stir up interest in the first conference game of the
season among the student body and the people of
Beaumont and the Sabine area.
The fourth shirttail parade
of Tech will form at the cor-
ner ofWall and Main
by the City Hall.From there
the parade will march down
Orleans to Bowie, circle the
block and stop in front of
the Jefferson theatre.
At that point the cheer-
leaders will take over with
an assist from the Tech
parade and a gigantic pep
rally will take place. The
student body will make up
the major portion of the pep
rally with the people of
Beaumont invited to join in.
Judging of the shirttails
for length and cleverness
will take place while the
crowd is gathered in front
of the theatre. Prizes will
be awarded for the longest
shirttail and for the "Sharp-
est" one.
Last year's winners were
"Skeeter" Woods,Cavalier,
and Jo Ann Bockman, Rev-
eler. One of the shirttails
of the winners measured
319 feet in length and the
other measured 358.
Classes at Lamar will be
excused from 10-12 a.m.
All students are expected
Students Exceed
Predicted Number
Total re gi s tra tions at
Tech for the fall semester
have exceeded the expec-
tations of 4,500, according
to a report from the regis-
trar's office.
Latest figures indicate
2,299 men students and
933 women students in the
academic departments,
making a total of 3,232
students.
Vocational school has a
total enrollment of 1,379
students. This figure added
to the 3,232 in the academic
schools gives the grand
total of registered students
as 4,611.
Last year's academic re-
gistration totaled 2,667 and
the vocations school total
was 1,423 for a grand total
of 4,090.
Overall increase in all de-
partments amounts to 521.
to attend the parade in the
proper dress, blue jeans
and white shirts.
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Friday, October 7, 1955
10:00-12:00 Classes Dismissed for Shirttail Parade
10:30 Annual Shirttail Parade Begins
Downtown Beaumont
7:UU Business Management Club Dinner
Golden Arrow
Saturday, October 8, 1955
7:30 Football, Lamar 'lech vs. Stephen F. Austin
South Park Stadium
9:45 Football Fellowship BSU
9:45 All College Dance Union Building
Tuesday, October 11, 1955
iu:iu Service Ciuhs Meet
Thursday, October 13, 1955
lU:iU Posture Week Assembly Auditorium
Friday, October 14, 1955
State BSu Convention (Oct. 14-16) Waco
7:45 Sigma Xi Meeting 108S
Campus Next Week
A three-man team representing the Southern Asso-
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, major
accrediting organization for colleges and high schools
in this area, will make an inspection visit here next
week.
This is the first inspection by the association and the
first step toward gaining full accreditation for Lamar
Tech.
Members of the team are Dean Ralph Hefner, dean of
By Interclub
Interclub Council will
sponsor bus trips to out-of-
town football games begin-
ning with the game to be
played in Commerce
Oct. 15.
There will be four trips,
including one to Com-
merce, Huntsville, Lake
Charles and Kingsville.
Tickets for each trip may
be purchased at the counter
in the union during the week
of the game.
Round trip tickets will be
priced as follows:
Oct.l 5—Commerce, $6.70.
Oct.22—Huntsville, $3.10.
Oct. 29—Lake Charles,
$1.55.
Nov. 12—Kingsville, $7.65l
In ter club is sponsoring
these round trip bus rides
to out-of-town football
games with the thought of
increasing school spirit
and studentparticipation in
the backing of the Tech
football eleven.
Tickets for the first game
on the list will go on sale
Monday, Oct. 10 in the
student union.
First tickets will go on
sale Monday,Oct. 10 in the
student union. These will
be for the Lamar vs. East
Texas State game to be
played in Commerce.
Notices
Tickets for the Southeast
Texas State Fair to be held
in Beaumont in October are
now on sale in the Lamar
book store.Student tickets
are 50 cents each or three
for $1.
Appeals Board
Begins Work
This year all appeals of
traffic and parking viola-
tions will be handle d
through the office of the As-
sistant Dean of Men, Lloyd
Taylor, and an appeals
board consisting of four
Student Council members.
When any person receives
a ticket which he feels
should be legitamately ap-
pealed, he should go to Mr.
Taylor's office in 201 Un-
ion building, and complete
an appeal form which will
be forwarded to the appeals
board for action.
As stated on tickets being
issued, all appeals have to
be filed within 24 hours
from the time the ticket is
issued before it can come
before the board; and, if an
appeal is filed and the per-
son fails to appear before
the board at the time es-
tablished, Ihe appeal will
automatically be rejected
and the ticket will be pro-
cessed by the administra-
tion.
(See APPEALS, Page 4)
the college at Georgia In-
stitute of Technology, At-
lanta; Creed Bates, princi-
pal of Chattanooga High
School, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and JohnB. Wilson, dean of
the School of Arts and Sci-
ences, Louisiana Polytech-
nic Institute, Ruston.
A c c r e d i tation is rarely
granted on first inspection.
Usually the inspection
team makes recommenda-
tions on conditions which
do not meet minimum re-
quirements. After a second
inspect ion to determine
whether steps have been
taken to meet these re-
quirements, the committee
recommends either accre-
ditation or additional mea-
sures to be taken by the
college.
Accreditation is granted
by the association itself at
its annual meeting on re-
co m m e ndation of inspec-
tors.
Lamar Tech currently is a
member of the Association
of Texas Colleges, Amer-
ican Council on Education,
National Commission on
Accreditation, Texas As-
sociation of Music Schools
and the American Society
for Engineering Education
(affiliate member) and is
approved by the Texas Edu-
cation Agency and for the
training of veterans under
all classifications.
Accreditation by the
Southern Association is the
last«tep toward gaining re-
cognition as a first-class
degree- granting institution
for Lamar Tech.
The committee plans to
visit Monday through Wed-
nescjay.
Lamar was fully accredit-
ed by the Southern A ssocia-
tion as a junior college
prior to its expansion into
four-year status in Septem-
ber* 1951.
Accreditation by the
Southern Association as-
sures students that the col-
lege* meets minimum aca-
d e m i c standards and re-
quirements, assures
prompt acceptance of cre-
dits by other institutions
at both undergraduate and
(See §0. ASSN. Page o)
Newly elected fish officers pose for The Redbird
photographer. Fish officers are Morris Edelson, pre-
sident; Laura Weber, vice, president; Pat Sparacino,
secretary; Shirley Reeves, treasurer; Sylvia McBride
and Sue Davis, representatives to the Student Asso-
ciation. Sue Davis is not shown in the picture.
—Photo By Bruce.
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Siebenthall, Carl. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1955, newspaper, October 7, 1955; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499328/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.