The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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Vol. 8 No..26
LAMAR. STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Flint And Mason Head
Favorites In Elections
Class favorites were re-
vealed Friday night at the
first Inagural Ball.
Senior favorites are Dianne
Flint and Elvis Mason. Peg-
gyAlexander and Stuart
Kinard are junior favorites.
S o p h o m ore favorites are
Gail Stevenson and Leonard
Tibbetts. Linda Byerly anc
Neal Banta are f r e s h m an
favorites.
Miss Flint is a mathemat-
ics major from Port Arthur.
She is a member of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority, past
treasurer of the Student
Council, vice-president of
her sophomore class, and
Panhellenic Tea
Will Be May 3
All high school senior girls
in the area will be invited to
the Graduation Tea to be
held in the Lamar Tech Din-
ing Hall May 3, from 3:00
to 4:30p.m. by Lamar Pan-
hellenic. The purpose of the
tea is to inform senior girls
about sororities and their
rush practices.
One girl representing each
sorority will sneak on the
following topics: "WhatSo-
rorities Are," Anna Lee
Albaugh; "What Sororities
Do," Sharon Mettz; "What
Sororities Cost," Martha
Sparks; and "How To Be-
come A Member," Gretchen
Burner.
Refreshments will be
served and a short novelty
s kit will be presented. Each
girl will be given a copy of
the cur rent Rush Guide
booklet.
a member of the Honor So-
ciety.
Mason is an e c o n o m i cs
major from Shreveport,
Louisiana, and will attend
Rhodes University College
in the Union of South Africa
next year on a Rotary Inter-
national Fellowship. He was
Student Body President for
the year of 1958, president
of his freshman class, wor-
thy master of Alpha Tau
Omega and president of the
InterfratemityCouncil. He
received the Bingman Spec-
ial R e c ogn ition Award in
19 5 7 for his work on the
Hungarian Scholarship Fund
Miss Alexander, a Biology
major from Bellville, is the
newly elected treasurer of
the Student Council, a maj-
orette in the Lamar Band,
in officer of Alpha Delta Pi
sorority and was Slime
3ueen of her freshman
olass.
Kinard, a business major
from Orange, is the newly
sleeted President of the Stu-
dent Body and has been Stu -
dent Council representative
from the School of Arts and
Sciences, representative to
the Interfraternity Council
for Alpha Tau Omega, and
i member of the Redbird
staff.
Miss Stevenson, a secre-
tarial science major from
Port Arthur, is a member of
Alpha Chi Omega sorority
Slime Queen of her fresh-
man class, freshman class
favorite, and newly-elected
junior class representative
( Continued on Page 3 )
Four Lamar Artists Hang
Works In Tri-State Show
Three Lamar students ana
one faculty member's paint-
ings have been chosen to
hang in the Tri-State Art
Show beginning May 10 at the
Beaumont Art Museum.
Mr. George Keester, as-
sociate professor in the art
department, will exhibit a
watercolo*. Frank Gerri-
ettfi’ painting ie an oil de-
sign of a Caribbean boat
nets” in the title of a water-
color done by Steve Tinelli.
A watercolor and ink paint-
ing by Harvey Setliff was
awarded one of the top priz-
es of the show-the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Award.
Ans. artist in the states of
Texas, Louisiana,and Ark-
ansas ie eligible to enter
the Tri-State contest. Top
artists from each state make
competition heavy. The field
is narrowed to three hund -
red paintings, of which only
thirty-nine are chosen t©
hang in the show.
Judges tor the competition
include a famolis Dallas
artist, a Houston newspapwv
art critic, and the headjf
the art department of South*
western i^ouisianatflsflEuti,
The Beaumont Art Museum i
Is open daily from 9:00 a .m.
to 4:0Ujim., except on Mon-
day aMSatuxday. This will
be am Httt art show of the
season
Rice, Cowart, Banta,
A nd Todd Win Run-Off
Run-off elections held Fri-
day, April 24, completed the
slate of officers for the
1959-60 school year with the
election of six new officers.
Don Rice defeated Betty Jo
Smith for the post of Student
Council representative from
the School of Arts and Sci-
ences . Conley Todd won o-
ver Jean Ann Comeaux for
representative from the
School of Business and Noel
Cowart defeated £an Starcke
for representative from the
School of Fine and Applied
Arts.
In the class races, Neal
Banta was elected sopho-
more class president, de-
feating Billy Barrett. The
sophomores elected Bill
Hall vice-president over
Elliott Bray, and Fred Cas-
teel treasurer over Bennie
Walker.
May 1. 1959
Dean Announces More
Awards To Students
Eugene Sailer, senior in-
dustrial management maj-
or from Sao Paulo, Brazil,
has been announced as the
recipient of the John E.
Gray Award. Presented to
the graduating varsity let-
terman with the highest
scholastic average, the hon-
or is given by Mr. Gray.
A four year tennis letter-
man, Mr. Sailer is presi-
dent of Circle "K", chancel-
lor of Delta Sigma Pi, and
a member of the Marketing
Association and Society for
the Advancement of Man-
agement. He was Lone Star
Conference Singles Champ-
ion in '57-’58; N.A.I.A.
Conference Doubles Champ
Conference Doubles
Champ in '58; Pan-Ameri-
can Conference Singles
Champ in '59; Y.M.C.A.
The L.R. Pietzsch Mem -
orial Engineering Award has
been presented to Seth E.
orial Engineering Award
has been presented to Seth
E. Coleman, Jr. of Beaumont,
A senior Electrical Engin-
Continued on Page 4
Honor Society
To Initiate 36
The Lamar Tech Honor So-
ciety has elected thirty-six
freshmen to membership on
the basis of at least a 2.5
xade-point average for the
all semester.
The i n i t i ation ceremony
will be held May 7, at 3:10
P.m.inl05 BG. Dr. Preston
Williams, Head od the de-
partment of history and gov-
ernment will address the
group.
Those chosen for this hon-
or include: Nina Edwards,
Peggy McFarland, Judy Ann
Melancon, Ima Grace Stur-
rock, Henry Aldrich, Maur-
ice Blactcmon, Alex Clem,
Dale De Rouen, Willard Hall,
Alexander Liebling, Charles
McBride, Rudy Prevost, Jo-
seph Verble.
Sue Brantley, Elizabeth
Chase, Janice Gilbert, Dor-
othy Calley Jones, Madelyn
Smith Martin Arisco, James
Chretien, William Green,
Kenneth lies, Louis McEwin,
William Olivier, David Read,
Frank Carter, Delora Har-
vey; Dorothy McNeir, Car-
man Nlcolini, Robyna Pres-
cott, Betty Stramler, James
Beard, William Beard, Wil-
lis Dooley, Robert Gumaer,
Harold Nightingale.
Current off leers of the so-
ciety are: Jerry King, pre-
sident; Naim Serhan, vice-
>resldent; and Linda Mul-
' er, secretary- treasurer
Miss Isabelle Allen and Dr.
B.S. Hayes are sponsors;.
Annual Delivery
In September ’59
Miss Mary Jane Rawlins,
assistant Director of Pub-
lications, has announced that
anyone who will be unable
to pick up their annual this
September or have anyone
else pick it up for him
should come by her office
and make arrangements to
have it mailed.
It was decided last fall by
■-----r a vote of the senior class to
Labor Day Tournament have the Cardinal issued in
04—- —------- September- instead of May
as had been done previously.
Because this late publication
date may cause some to have
Singles and Doubles Champ
in '58; Davis Cup Member
in'52and '56; and Brazili-
an Doubles Champion in '56.
Robert Clark and Robert
Milling have been named
Weed Award Essay winners.
Mr. Clark, fijst place re-
cipient, is a sophomore so-
ciology major. A Sigma Nu
pledge, he was salutatorian
of his graduating, class at
Beaumont High School, 1957.
Robert R . Milling, Jr.,
from Galve ston was the
winner of the second place
award. He is a junior El-
ectrical Engineering maj-
or and a Sigma Phi Epsilon
pledge.
difficulty in obtaining their
yearbooks, the publications
office will mail yearbooks
to those who desire them at
a cost of $1.00 to cover mail-
ing.
Miss Rawlins stressed that
if someone can pick up
vour annual, please have
him do so." Anyone may do
this if he has an annual re-
ceipt.
Students wishing to make
mailing arrangements
should come by the public-
ations office between May
1 and May 8.
‘Mark Twain Tonight’ To
Be Artist Series Feature
Highlighting the 1959 La-
mar Tech Artist Series will
be Hal Holbook's "Mark
Twain Tonight," currently
a raging success in New
York, Norris H . Kelton,
Dean of Student Life, has
announced.
Holbrook is delighting Go-
tham theatre goers with a
carefully edited imperson-
ation of the great American
wjLt He recreates the white -
suited Mark Twain in his
70's, complete with snowy
hair and mustache, nearly
palsied hands, raspy voice
and sprightly shuffle.
"I was Firmly convinced
that I was watch ing Mark
Twain Impersonate a very
good actor named Hal Hol-
brook..." wrote Walter Kerr
fora review in the Houston
Post.
Holbrook, a 34-year-old
actor seen in the TV drama
"The Brighter Day," created
his characterization of
Mark Twain ten years ago.
It became a solo effort in
1954, first as a night club
act, later traveling m thea-
tre appearances. His off-
Broadway opening this
spring has brought excited
review in the New York
Times, the Herald Tribune,
Tltne magazine and the New
Yojker.
"Ev e r y tottering step by
which the young actor pro-
claims himself a septu° -
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Liby, Nancy. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959, newspaper, May 1, 1959; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499446/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.