The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. VI, No. 3
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Octoher 5, 1956
LT Students Protest Picketing
Pickets Ordered
Off LT Campus
A notarized petition protesting the picketing of Lamar
Tech was circulated by students on the campus Tues-
day. The petition which was signed by over 300 stu-
dents, was presented to President F. L. McDonald
Tuesday afternoon.
Bob Megarity,senior eco-
nomics student from Beau-
mont, author of the peti-
tion, has announced that
the stand taken by the sign -
ers of the document has
nothing to do with segre-
gation or desegregation
BARBARA ROBERTS, Tim McMahon and Sam Tobias inspect the anti-picket
petition drawn up by Bob Megarity, center. Over 300 students have signed the
petition protesting picketing around the Lamar campus. (Photo by Watkins.)
Band Makes
Debut atSFA
Lamar Tech's 82-piece
band will make its grand
entry at the Stephen F.
Austin game in Nacogdo-
ches this Saturday led by
the newly elected drum
major, Jack Winstel.
The Tech band will fea-
ture a new rank of seven
highstepping twirlers
decked out in new uni-
forms .
Mr. Pete Wiley, director
of Tech's band, requests
that all students stand as
the band mcrches at half
cadence onto the field to
the first eight bars of La-
mar Loyalty. Then the
band will step lively into
a fight song as the students
cheer. Mr. Wiley boasts
"The Tech band is bigger
and better than ever this
year."
Tech's 1956-57 twirlers,
selected'by Mr. Wiley for
"talent, size amd beauty,"
are Esther Morvant, head
twirler; Peggy Alexander,
Billie Jo Barrows, Erin
Clark, Molly McGuff, Lin-
da Holljowayand Sue Sher*
er.
"Our twirlers,"said Mr.
Wiley, have the reputa-
tion of being the finest
front line in the state."
During the halftime at
Saturday night's game, the
band will exhibit its per-
cision drilling skill and
perform several compli-
cated cartwheel maneu-
vers.
Seniors Must File
Degree Application
Miss Celeste Kitchen,re-
gistrar, today announced
that all seniors expecting
to graduate injan.mustfile
an application for a degree
with her office.
Mason Elected
Fish President
Freshmen elect ions
Wednesday climaxed a
colorful campaign by 30
candidates for office.
A large number of pos-
ters appeared almost
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chase a class ring must
also be obtained from the
registrar's office.
Students graduating next
spring may file applica-
tions for degrees after
Oct. 15.Degree plans must
first be approved by major
professors.
Secretaries Elect
Greer President
Officers for the 1956-57'
meetings of the Lamar
Tech Secretarial Science
Club are:
Marcia Greer, president;
Rhoma Lee Cain, vice pre-
sident; Jeanette Edgerly,
secretary. Faculty spon-
sors are Misses Jeanette
Wright and Nancy Dorsey.
Objectives of the organi-
zation include promotion
and professional develop-
ment of members and sti-
mulation of employer in-
terest in students of the
secretarial science de-
partment.
Social activities are
combined with profession-
al development for student
cooperation and pleasure.
All students enrolled in
politicking being carried
on with banners,handbills
and small cards.
Elvis Mason was elected
president of the freshmen
class over classmate
Mark Crocker.
Douglas McFarland and
Judy Appleby were elected
cheerleaders in the only
other contest decided
Wednesday.
In the runoff for vice pre-
sident are Glen Guillet and
Joan Davis. Antoinette Lu-
parello, Anna Sue Hopkins
and Dianne Flint will vie
for secretary in the runoff
election.
For treasurer, Jo Con-
dray, Gail Provost and
Carolyn Moak will enter
the runoff.
In the representative
race, the runoff will be
among five freshmen in-
cluding Cecil Mason, Jack
Shannon, Alice Byrd, Jerry
Tipton and Sybil Ebanks.
The runoff election will
be held Monday in Bldg.
T1A.
secretarial science cour-
ses, both terminal and four
year, are eligible for
membership.
Thursday afternoon,
Mayor Cokinos ordered
the police department to
remove all pickets from
the Lamar campus._
SFA Raiders
Get Shaved
Raiders hit the Lamar
campus at 3 a.m.Tuesday
with high hopes of 'adver-
tising' the coming game
with Stephen F. Austin.
After a fling at painting,
the raiders were caught
shorthanded by Combs
Hall residents.
Five of the six-man raid-
ing team from SFA were
given hair-cuts by Tech
barbers. One raider es-
caped and carried the news
back to his comrades in
Nacogdoches.
Lamar students caught
the raiders before build-
ings were painted. Some
sidewalks s h aw signs of
the artistic talent of the
SFA raiders.
Police arrived to take the
five-some co the local jail,
but only after the Tech
barbers had finished.
The raiders were held
overnight and released
Tuesday afternoon._
Overload Requires
More Grade Points
Tliose students at Lamar
who wish to carry extra
hours will have to work
just a little harder in the
future.
Dr. C. A. Davis' office
has announced that the
number of grade points re-
quired for an overload has
been rais,ed above what is
listed in the current cata-
logue.
Fifteen grade points will
enable the student to take
18 semester houi^s of
work, 19 will suffice for
19 hours, 36 for 20 hours
and 45 for 21 hours.
Megarity added that the
signers of the petition res-
pect the rights of the pick-
eters to disagree and even
to picket. "The thing we
are against," Megarity
said, "'is being haranged
and harassed by some of
the picketers."
Wednesday morning,Pre-
sident McDonald, com-
menting on the petition,
announced that it was his
"sincere opinion that the
best way for a student to
demonstrate his loyalty to
Lamar is to go aoout the
business of getting an edu-
cation and to ignore the
picket lines as much as
possible."
"I appreciate," said Pre-
sicjgnt McDonald,"the con-
fidence the students have
expressed in my adminis-
tration, and promise those
students that I will use my
best efforts to obtain an
early backs-to-normal per-
iod.
The number of picketers
in and around the campus
have increased since clas-
ses started last week. The
student-circulated petition
which was presented to
President McDonald em-
phasizes the fact that the
actions of some picketers
are contrary to Lamar
policies and to the welfare
of its students.
Students Plan
Trip to Dallas
Approximately 60 Lamar
Tech students will leave
the campus this morning
at 10 a.m. to attend the
Texas Baptist Convention
at the Gaston Ave. Baptist
Church in Dallas.
Accompanied by Baptist
Student Union director Rex
Hopson,these students will
join Baptist students from
all over the state in a
three - day program of wor-
ship and fellowship.
The Statewide BSU Choir
will participate in many of
the program activities.
Three Lamar BSU'ers,Zo-
la Begnaud, Betty Warner
and N e 1 d a LaFloor, are
members of this choir.
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Obenhaus, Leon. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 5, 1956, newspaper, October 5, 1956; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499348/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.