The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. IX
No. 9
LAMAR STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
November 13. 1959
Frosh Sponsor ‘Howdy Week’
REDBIRD EXPRESS RETURNS—Smiles on the faces of these Lamar Tech stu-
dents returning from Kingsville, Tex., where they saw the Texas A&I Javalinas
drub the Cardinals 14-6, were not quite so broad as when they left the previous
day. The special chartered train, dubbed the "Redbird Express," carried 153
students to Kingsville and back.
4 Redbird
Praised
Lamar Tech students drew
praises for their appear-
ance and conduct on the
"Redbird Express” trip to
Kingsville for the football
game between the Lamar
Tech Cardinal^ and Texas
A&I's Javelinas last Satur-
day.
"The students are to be
commended for their ap-
pearance and conduct while
on the Kingsville trip,"
stated George McLaughlin,
Director of Student Activi-
ties, said.
School spirit prevailed
among the 153 students,
band members, cheer-
leaders and chaperones
making the trip, McLaugh-
lin said.
Fans Get Lunch
Dr. Me Donald provided
sack lunches for the stu-
dents traveling on the train.
At the game, which was
part of Texas A&I's Home-
coming celebration, the
Cardinal fans gave a good
showing in the highly par-
tisan corwd, McLaughlin
pointed out.
Approximately 4,000 fans
Express’ Fans
By McLaughlin
saw the Cardinals go down,
to a 14-6 Lone Star Con-
ference defeat. The tem-
per a t ure hovered around
the low 50's and upper 40's
throughout the game.
Redbird backers boarded
the "Redbird Express"
early Saturday morning and
a r r ived in Kingsville late
Saturday afternoon. They
left Kingsville almost im-
m e d i ately after the game
and arrived in Beaumont
around noon Sunday.
Stop In Houston
The students had a three-
hour lay-over in Houston
on the way to Kingsville.
Coming back, fhe Houston
lay-over was an hour and
one-half.
The Cardinals play their
last home game Saturday
n i gli t against East Texas
State. The final game of
the year sends the''Birds to
Huntsville against Sam
Houston State on Nov. 21.
Freshmen Aim At Promoting
Better Relations On Campus
Howdy W e ek will begin
Monday and continue
thro ughout next week ac-
cording to Bruce Stratton,
preshman class president.
The week, which is a part
of Stratton's campaign
platform, will have "get
acquainted" as its theme.
The freshman class, spon-
sors of the affair, are an-
tic ipating participation of
the entire student body. If
the results are successful,
Shirt Tail
Parade Set
To Up Spirit
A shirt tail parade for La-
mar Tech students through
downtown Beaumont has
been s chedule Friday at
9:30 a . m . as part of the
activities designed to build
up "Beat East Texas" spirit.
Lamar Tech's Cardinals
meet the East Texas State
Lions in South Park Stadium
Saturday at 8 p.m. Ifisthe
final home game of the
season for the Redbirds.
Classes will be dismissed
from 9 to 11 a.m. to enable
the students to participate
in the parade.
Students will {nuster at the
corner of Willow and Mc-
Fadden streets and the pa-
rade will break up in front
of the Jefferson Theater
where a pep rally will be
held.
Beaumont Mayor Jimmy
Cokinos will speak to the
students at the pep rally.
Although there will be no
shirt tale- contest as in past
years, students are urged
to wear shirts for the
parade.
Pulse Prints This Week
The first issue of Pulse
magazine has gone to the
printer and should come out
sometime next week, James
Mellard, editor reported.
Pulse is a student literary
magazine composed of
p r o se, poetry and art se-
lections which have been
contributed by the students
of Lamar Tech.
Early next -year the Pulse
staff, consisting of Mellard,
Nancy Li by and Carroll
Black, associate editors;
Arnfill Seymour, art editor,
will begin preparation for
the tentative publication of
a spring issue ofthe
magazine.
Emmons Sponsors
Dr. Winfred S. Emmons,
associate' professor of
English, is the faculty
sponsor of the publication.
The magazine is the first
of its kind on the Lamar
Tech campus.
Mellard said there would
be a slight charge for the
magazine. However, the
price of the publication had
not been set at the Redbird
press time.
Attempt Fails
An a11empt to publish a
literary magazine was
made last year, but the ef-
fort was a failure.
Pulse is being financed by
voluntary contributions so-
licited by Mellard and other
members of the magazine
staff.
Howdy Week will possibly
be established as an annual
affair to be sponsored by
the Fish Class at the be-
ginning of every fall term,
according to President
Stratton.
To start rhe week, badges
donated by Chance-Foster
Printing Inc. will be sold at
the price of ten cents each.
The badges will bear a
f r i e n dly greeting and the
name of the individual
wearing it, stated Stratton.
A Get Acquainted Dance,
featuring Chase Canfel,
will end the week on Fri-
day, Nov. 20. The dance
will be held in Snack Bar
No.2,from8-llp.m. This
activity will climax the ac-
tivities of the week. Ad-
mission to the dance will be
50 cents.
Part of the proceeds made
during the week will be
donated to the Scholarship
Fund said Stratton.
As a result of Howdy Week,
the Freshman Class hopes
to bring more friendliness
to Lamar and make friends
of all strangers on our
campus, Stratton added.
Aulbaugh Heads
Great Issues
For 1959-60
Anna Lee Aulbaugh was
elected chairman of the
Great Issues Committee for
19 5 9-60 in a meeting this
week.
Jean Starcke was appointed
secretary of the com-
mittee.
The committee made plans
for its first great issues
discussion to be held later
this month.
The topic of the initial
discussion is "Management
Versus Labor". Repre-
sentatives of management
and 1 a bor will be repre -
sented on the panel.
The names of these rep-
resentatives and the date of
discussion were not known
when this publication went
to press. They will be an-
nounced in a later edition.
Other members ofthe
committee are Mike Baker,
Sue Brantley, Gail Steven-
son and Bruce Stratton.
The members of the com-
mittee were appointed by
Stuart Kinard, president of
the Student Association, at
a Student Council meeting
early this fall.
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Webb, Joanne. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1959, newspaper, November 13, 1959; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499436/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.