The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1956 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. V, No. 15
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas
Friday, January 13, 1956
T.I.S.A. Meeting Held At Tech
Nine Class Favorites
Are Selected
District Project Is
Freshman Orientation
District Five of the Texas Intercollegiate Student
Association held its first meeting of the year recently
in the lounge of the Tech union Building.
Texas Southern University is the host school for
this district, but Lamar's facilities were made avail-
able upon their request.
District Five is made up of representatives from
Texas Southern University, University of Houston, The
Rice Institute, Prairie View A&M and Lamar State
Class favorites were sel-
ected by all classes during
class meetings recently.
Senior favorites are Shir-
ley Woodel and John Morri-
son.
A senior sociology major
from Beaumont, Shirley is
a class favorite for her third
year. She has been a cheer-
leader for two years, Beaux
Arts Queen, a Homecom-
ing duchess two years and
is a member of Southern
Belles.
John is an engineering
major from Beaumont, pre-
sident of Texas Society of
Professional Engineers.He
was recentlyplaced on the
rolls of Who's Who in
American Universities and
Colleges.
Bette Stead and Burt Lee
were selected as favorites
of the junior class.
Bette majors in business
administration. She is now
in her second year as editor
of the annual, has received
the A 1 tr u s a scholarship,
was a candidate for Home-
coming queen, a member of
Southern Belles and is in
Who’s Who. Bette is also
one of Beaumont's singing
Melody Maids.
Burt, president of the jun-
ior class, is also in Who's
Who and is a past president
of the Cavaliers.
Dee Renfro won the fem-
inine honors in the soph-
omore class, and Jimmy
Brown and Tony Singletary
tied for the male honors.
Beauty Section
Work Begins
The Cardinal has appoint-
ed a committee to work on
a beauty section for this
year's edition of the year
book.
A meeting of the commit-
tee has been called for
Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the
publications office, ac-
cording to Bette Stead, an-
nual editor.
Committee members are
Toni Follmer, Mary Grace
Jones, Olive Ann Basco,
Rose Giardina and Mary
Ann Loomer.
Plans for a social at which
time six girls will be pick-
ed fof the section, will be
made.
A faculty committee wil]
be chosen to select the si>
most be a utif ul girls ai
Lamar.
Dee is a business admin-
istration major from Beau-
mont, secretary of the Tech
Accounting Association, a
member of the cast of
"Flair, ’55," a candidate
for Homecoming queen and
a member of the Revelers.
Jimmy is president of the
sophomore class, pastpre-
sident of the freshman
class, a Cavalier, favorite
of the freshman class last
year, a pre-med major and
was largely responsible for
this year’s excellent fresh-
man orientation.
Tony is a pre-med major
from Beaumont.
Laura Jean Weber and
Mark George Stubbs both of
Port Arthur were voted fav-
orites of the freshman
class. Laura, a medical
technology major, is vice
president of the class,
member of Southern Belles,
treasurer of FTA and is a
holder of a PTA scholar-
ship.
Mark was a member of the
band and good sportsman-
ship association while in
high school. He is now a
business major at Lamar.
Honor Society
Elects officers
The Freshman Honor
Society met Jan. 10 to elect
officers for the spring
semester.
They are Carl Sieben-
thall, president; Sandra
Boston, vice president;
Rose Giardina, secretary-
treasurer; Louise Brown,
historian-reporter.
Faculty sponsors are
Miss Isabelle Allen and Dr.
Edwin Hayes.
Freshmen who have a 2.5
average will be eligible for
membership in the spring.
Chemical engineering
students from Tech are
shown at the seawater in-
take at Dow Chemical
Company's Plant B. The
picture was taken while on
a recent tour of the plant.
Junior - Senior
Prom Planned
The Junior class meeting
last week was p r i m a r ily
devoted to discussion of
the Junior-Senior Prom
which will be held May 11
in the Lamar Tech dining
hall.
Preceding the prom, a re-
ception will be held. The
reception is primarily for
the benefit of the students
in the junior and senior
classes who do not dance.
However, ^11 juniors and
seniors will' be invited to
both the dance and the re-
ception.
Printed invitations are be-
ing utilized.
The annual varsity-faculty
basketball game was also
discussed. The game will
be sponsored this year by
the j unior class. Game
time is 10 a.m., March 8
in the Tech gym.
SPRING REGISTRATION
All day students enrolled
during the fall semester
may obtain a date and hour
to register for the spring
semester beginning Jan. 19
at 8 a.m. to Jan. 26.
All students enrolled in
evening classes only may
obtain date and hour to
register for the spring sem-
ester beginning Jan. 18 at
6 p.m. to Jan. 26.
Council Is Formed
By Engineers
On Jan.10, an Engineering
Council was formed at
Tech composed of club
presidents from the Indus -
trial, Mecfr anical, Civil,
Electrical and Chemical
Engineers clubs.
Also on the Council are
the president of TSPE and
Sigma Tau, honorary en-
gineering society.
John Morrison was elect-
ed chairman, and Joe Car-
ona from the IE depart-
ment, was elected scribe.
Belles Begin
Rush Parties
Southern Belles have set
tentative dates for their
spring rush parties, and
Toni Follmer, rush cap-
tain,has started the wheels
moving for committees on
spring rush.
The first party tentative -
ly set for Feb. 5 at 2 p.m.
will be a Valentine tea. The
second party, set for Feb.
15, will be at 5:30 p.m. up-
stairs in the union, and will
have a sweet shoppe theme
to coincide with Western
Week.
The following commit-
tees have been named: In-
vitations—Frances Berry,
chairman, Carolyn Cox,
Lucianna Cassety and
Donna Sterling;Food—Judy
Powell, chairman, Colleen
McDonald,Marie Rafferty,
Pat Spacacino, Sylvia Mc-
Kinley; Decorations—Sue
Davis, chairman, Joyce
Pool, Bobby Mosely, Theta
Ann Watt, Laura Weber.
These plans were set at a
meeting heldTuesday night
at which time W stern
Week a c t i v i t ies and the
"Southern Belles' annual
Easter Ball were discus-
sed.
College of Technology.
At the meeting represen-
tatives from each school
except Prairie View were
present to discuss the dis-
trict project for this year.
The project, decided at the
executive commit tee
meeting of TISA held ear-
lier.this year at Southwest-*
ern University, is freshman
orientation.
The representative col-
leges in this district will
each present a complete,
detailed plan for the fresh-
man orientation program.
These plans will be com-
piled and published in a
booklet to be distributed to
all member schools in
TISA.
George Bingham, p r e s i-
dent of the Student Asso-
ciation at Texas Southern
and chairman of District
Five, asked that a member
of the Lamar Tech Student
Council take the responsi-
bility of publishing the
booklet. Jimmy Brown ac-
cepted and will have the
responsibility.
During the meeting, a
great many problems oi
freshman orientation were
discus sed, and possible
solutions were offered. It
was decided that a list of
basic problems likely to be
met by other schools would
be included in the booklet
with various suggested
solutions.
It is hoped that the book-
let with its plans, problems
and. solutions will be of a
sort that can be adapted to
any member school in TI-
SA . The booklet, if prepar-
ed and used to the best ad-
vantage,should aid the bet-
ter development of stu-
dents in colleges all over
Texas.
Norman McClelland, 1955
graduate now teaching ME
at Tech, has a new daugh-
ter bom Jan. 8 in Orange
City Hospital.
Named Norma Lee, she
has black hair, blue eyes
and weighed 8 lbs. and 1]
oz. at birth.
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Siebenthall, Carl. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 13, 1956, newspaper, January 13, 1956; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499352/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.