The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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DECEMBER, 1942
THE RED-BIRD
PAGE THREE
Gasless Buggy Has Succumbed
Or Why Bunions Flourish
Introducing “Jackson”; Or-
It Might Be Another Jerk
By Mary Jane Thompson
Tuesday morning started
out with a bang—there goes
another tire. Same old grind.
Oh, yeah! For the first time
since the bus was invented, I
rode it. Believe me, I wasn’t
by myself. When I got on the
vehicle, there were so many
people, you would have
thought they were running a
“special” bargain.
After depositing my nickle,
the darn thing started off
with such force that my books
flew into Dick Cato’s lap, and
I fell into the arms of Lil’ Ab-
ner himself. After making the
necessary apologies, I made a
leap for the post. Winding
gradually to the back, I found
Nevaire Gambrell on all fours,
hunting for her rain hat. I
don’t know why she wears
it. It never rains.
Kenneth Withers was sit-
ting over in one corner look-
ing very depressed. When
asked why, he said, “I can’t
have dates anymore. The last
bus to my house runs at 9:20
p. m. Truth Martin was on the
verge of being a manic de-
pressive: She fears now that
she will never be able to get
that date with Clifford
Rhodes.
While turning a curve, Her-
bert Smelker passed us with
the speed of a turtle. He
is hoarding gas—and girls too.
That’s what it takes these
days. Well, to top it off, we
missed the only trolley going
to the school. I walked—be-
lieve it or not—the whole five
blocks. Flash! Boys make a
date with your girl for an off
period and buy her a coke!
Then you can have another
girl at your next off period.
I just found out that the latest
date is called 1 an-hour or—
you can get ’em for a dim§ a
dozen. So ends the first few
hours of this new attraction.
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Army-Navy Plan
(Continued from Page One)
of the United States Navy or
Army are as fololws:
Navy V-l (which inciden-
tially seems to the favorite
of our boys) Jack Puryear,
Guy Cheesman, Joe Johnson,
James Flanagan,* Phillips
Neuman, Herndon LeClere,
Henry Bryant, W. C. Thorpe,
Hugh Simons ,Lucas Petkvo-
sek, Paul Tarantalo, Fred Ed-
na undson, L. O. Morris ,James
Ivers, John Ivers, Sherrill
Garrett, Sam Gallier and Bert
Schreiber.
Army Air Corps: Glenn
Hayes, .Audie Creel, William
Boyd.
Enlisted Reserve Corps:
Kenneth Withers.
(Continued from Page One)
mittee, with the aid of Mary
Jane Thompson, Lee Jean
Cheshire and Norma Patillo
set the stage for a Ship-Ahoy
dance.
Helen Kerr and Nancy Pat
Thompson were in charge of
bids for the affair.
Dorothy Reynolds was in
charge of the door list.
One of the new pledges,
Marcene McDonald, has with-
drawn from college to become
a career girl. This automati-
cally makes Marcene an hon-
orary member for the remain-
der of the year.
-•-
Three cheers for war in
general!
—B. Musolini
The cast of “No Orchids”
has given two outstanding
performances. The first of
these was at French High
School, and the second was
at a tea given by the Curtain
Club. The members of the
faculty were guests o nthis
occasion. The folowing cast
turned in a fine performance:
Lee Jean Cheshire, Maryette
Folsom, Brynes Belk, Joy
Jones and Ben Allen.
Plans have been made to
present “Dust of the Road”
a one-act play, on the Christ-
mas assembly program. The
plot centers around Peter and
Prudence Steele, who have
been keeping some money in
trust for their nephew, who
knows nothing about it: The
day after Christmas he is to I
receive this money, and their
struggle about giving it to |
him makes the dramatic con-
flict. Their final decision is
influenced by a tramp who I
comes to beg food on Christ-
mas evee. Truth Martin, Faye
Ferguson, Lynn Toney, and
Gene Priest comprise the cast.
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Girls’ Physical Ed
Program Completed
After several interruptions
the girls’ physical education
classes have gotten under
way. The locker room is com-
plete, and towels are now
available to all physical edu-
cation students. Miss Mary
Jane Crais ordered equipment
for ping-pong and shuffle-
board. Badminton will be
offered before long. The ac-
tivities now in operation are
tennis, swimming and arch-
ery.
Swimming classes are held
twice Weekly at the Y.W.C.A.
for beginners, and advanced
students. The advanced stu-
dents are concentrating on
diving and senior lifeisaving.
Classes in tennis and arch-
ery are conducted at the Alice
Keith park. The students use
the small school bus for trans-
The group of boys who gave
us that much 'talked about
Queen’s i Ball celebrated Fri-
day 13th with a dinner dance
at the Beaumont Country.
Club. The affair was limited
to the members of the club
and their dates.
Couples who enjoyed the
affair were: Herndon LeClere
and Luetta Graham; Joe Reed
and Marie Brooks; Buddy
English and Carroll Hunter;
Douglas DuBois and Geraldine
Kempe; Jack Puryear and
Shirley Smith; Cecil Winter
and Marilyn Arnold Dale
Broussard and Eva Rhea Bell;
Kenneth Winters and Eva Viv-
rette; Byrnes Belk and Nancy
Pat Thompson; Johnny Willis
and Jean Grant; Guy Chees-
man and Martha Wilson; Her-
man Comeau and Peggy Blan-
chett; Antry Greer and Mar-
cene McDonald. Watt Ford,
another member, was not
present.
Future plans of the social
activities of the club have not
been decided upon yet. They
will be announced later in the
season.
-=—©
By Marie Lively
“The Army Times,” news-
paper from Washington, has
been asking the question,
“What is .Morale?” The gene-
ral answer is: Morale is all of
the little things.
So, morale is a sailor
“dreaming of a White Christ-
mas”, or a soldier shouting
“Praise the Lord and Pass the
Ammunition”. Morale has to
be boosted and there is no
better morale-booster than
music—including everything
from Beethoven to Boogie-
Woogie.
As for morale boosting and
school spirit building, let’s
salute our own Music Depart-
men, which is doing 1-A work
here in Lamar. Our reporting
gives us only the early-in-the-
season “jive-jabber*’, but keep
your ears open for future de-
velopments in the different
organizations.
pbrtation.
Beware the fury of a pa-
tient man.
—John Dryden
In the ills of men there is
none sorer than Necessity.
—Sophocles
“Something new has been
added” to the Girls’ Glee Club
in fact, several somethfngs—
and we do mean three d'e-
jlovlies who love to sing: Anne
j Lou Blanchet, Peggy Starr,
I and Elaine Hinote. This
bring the total membership
I up to twenty now.
SOCIAL CALENDAR FOR LAMAR COLLEGE
1942-’943
(All social activitnes of the college will be held in Union Gym)
Dec. 1—Christas Dance and Party.
Dec. 10—“Hear of a City’—Play.
Dec. 26—Reveler Dance at Hotel Beaumont from 9-1.'
Jan. 22—Relaxation Dance at the End of First Semester
Exams.
Feb. 12—Valentine Party.
March—(date to be announced later)—Faculty and
student body to play host to all high schools
of Sabine area represented in the Lamar Col-
lege Speech and Track Meet.
April 23—Recognition banquet to honor outstanding
students in various departments of college.
May 7—All College Picnic.
May—(date to be announced later)—Election of Col-
lege Queen and Coronation Ball.
Various clubs and social organizations are encouraged to
use the Union building for as many meetings and parties as
the Social Calendar will permit.
By Nevaire Gambrell
Any resemblance to persons
living or dead is purely coin-
cidental.
There sat Jackson. Right in
the middle of third period
(censored) class, sixth seat-
fourth row, with a fountain
pen clutched between his fin-
gers—morbidly wishing that
it was a product of the Lig-
gett & Myers Tobacco Com-
pany.
An innocent observer might
logically conclude that three-
fourths of the class were in
the same readful agony, but
would invariably concentrate
his attention on Jackson. So
did the prof.
Occasionaly some member
of the class would camou-
flage a stretch in an attempt
to catch a glimpse of the hall
clock. “Marine” Jackson was
less concealing with his de-
sires.
Still fifteen minutes, he
thought as he fingered a mari-
huana in his shirt pocket.
“The state constitution drew
its plan from”, read the prof
from his notes. Jackson re-
membered the old yarn his
buddies spun'about a gay day
not so distantly remote, when
said prof forgot his tattered,
yellow sheets of notebook pa-
per and was consequently
forced to dismiss the class.
“Ought to beet the guy’s face
in that told me that one.”
His wonderful thoughts
were interrupted by a wee
voice directly behind—“May
I borow your pencil, please?”
As he produced a short from
his over-taxed hip pocket he
silently cursed her for being
so polite about it. Women on
this campus!
“And, therefore, the battle
Algiers won’t be a difficult
one.” What a blessing if the
war could be as simple as his
monotonous syllables uncon-
sciously presented i^.
“Jackson”. He edged around
to face the same frail little
lady who -had so germanely
asked him for a pencil—“I
broke the point—I’m awfully
sorry. It’s quite inexcusable.”
He nodded with a forced
wrinkling of the - mouth—
Lambda Chi Elects
Officers for ’42-43
The Literary Club, known
as Lambdi Chi, elected offi-
cers for the year ’42-’43 Tues-
day, November 3, at the club
hour. Teh oficers elected are:
president, ■ Jean Leach; vice-
president, Betty Darland; sec.-
treasurer, Ida Pearl Whitmey-
er; and reporter, Elsie Ruth
Bryant. The members of the
program committee are Doris
Saucier, Jean Gace Kilne, and
Fred Cheatham.
The club met November 10,
in the Librarian’s office. Miss
Plummer gave a discussion on
how to improve reading,
based upon books in the li-
brary. Betty Darlqnd report-
ed on the books of the year
for young people.
A review of four books deal-
ing with the subject of race
prejudice will be given No-
vember 17, by Ida Pearl
Whitmeyer and Jean Leach.
The program for December
8 will be conducted by Mr. I
Huitt.
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You don’t learn to hold
your own in the world by
standing on guard, but by at-
tacking, and getting well
hammered yourself.
—G. Bernard Shaw
“It’s O. K., Susan.”
It was at this juncture that
he was confronted with the
most uncontrollable desire to
kill—a new one. He decided
to drag over to the union and
catch flies during his off per-
iod. Might sound revolting to
anyone else, but they had no
sense of aesthetic values. This
school of his parent’s choice
offered no opportunity of
milling with people of equal
intelligence.
Only seven more minutes
and he could commence with
this engaging enterprise.
Jackson was suddenly con-
scious of a snoring whizz be-
side him and managed to open
his EYES wide enough to
discover its origin—an insipid
Joe on the fifth row. Jatkson
hated his stupid sound effects.
He wanted to demonstrate
a new “hot foot” technique
that he and the fellers had
discussed the previous night,
but didn’t have the energy—
which brought the realization
that he had forgotten to take
his B-l before breakfast.
He had almost forgotten
about that tobacco weed—but
now the issue became a ne-
cessity. Three more minutes
of this torture—the United
States government forbade
such a thing, he thought.
Government, Government,
Government. How repugnant!
He closed his notebook and
wondered why he had opened
it.
The prof was concluding his
sermon—Jackson decided to
accomodate him with the
“Amen.”
He placed his feet in the
most logical position for es-
cape to the nearest exit, pre-
pared to light his marihuana,
glanced at Susan, smiled with
the thought of hundreds of
innocent flies in the phto-
maine tavern who would be
relieved presently.....
There sat Jackson!
-;-•-
. 6. M. T. e.
(Continued from Page One)
week to the development of
this splendid idea. Without a
doubt this expressive opinion
was the deciding factor in the
furthering of this new ele-
ment which will bring about
the phrase, “something new
has been added” at Lamar.
On Tuesday the girls had
their second meeting at club
period to complete plans and
elect officers of the unit.
On Tuesday, November 17,
the second meeting was held
at club period to complete
plans. It was decided that the
organization would be strict-
ly military in nature. Uni-
forms were demanded by
most of the girls, but due to
khaki circumstances beyond
our control, we are not sure
that they can be secured.
Tuesday, December 1,
brought the first drill period
for this new unit. The girls
were divided into seven
squads with ten girls compos-
ing a squad. This will form
two platoons and one ctom-
pany.
Oders and marching com-
mands were explained and a
short period of actual drilling
was accomplished. There is
already a spirit of competition
in the ranks—Squad 3 an-
nounces their intention of be-
ing the “best”.
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Withers, Kenneth. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 1, 1942, newspaper, December 1, 1942; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499500/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.