Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1977 Page: 4 of 12
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UNIVERSITY PRESS November 16.1977*4
-Readers’ Forum—
Homecoming no different
fair
iii
omment
Healing must be swift
To the Editor:
As chairman of this year’s
Homecoming Committee I would
like to respond to “Duce” Jones’
letter with this statement:
This past week we celebrated
Homecoming here at Lamar.
That probably comes as a sur-
prise to approximately 80 percent
of our students. A Halloween par-
ty, carnival, bonfire, and Satur-
day-morning parade drew little
participation in proportion to the
number of students on this cam-
pus. Those of us that planned and
worked had a helluva time. It is a
shame more students don’t take
the time to enjoy campus ac-
tivities.
Duce, I feel your view not
representative of the Black
students. The activities planned
were no different than activities
planned at any other school. I
personally encouraged my Black
friends to get themselves and
their organizations involved in
Homecoming.
The opportunity to plan and
Letter to the Editor:
Frankly, I am not absolutely
certain; what I have reference to
is a “Movie Classic’’ that
screened yesterday at Lamar en-
titled “Hearts and Flowers.”
If this documentary film is
what I think it is then all I can say
is that the Students Activities of
Lamar University has outdone it-
self!
This opus is as blatant a piece
of Communist propaganda as can
be. This film portrays Ho Chi
Minh as a sort of “Father
Xmas.” In the movie there is no
portrayal of Communist
savagery in or out of Vietnam.
This pro-Communist film is a
photographic lie.
It is a sad fact of our times,
both in and out of colleges, that
there are very few individuals
who come forward today and tell
in blunt words of the horror and
desperation of ordinary people
who have been, and are now,
faced by Communist conquest.
Lamar’s “Student Center” in
the past several years has
gleefully presented such sterling
characters as atheist O’Hare;
participate in Homecoming was
there. Blacks, as well as many
whites, either were not interested
in Homecoming or did not know
what to do. You, like many of
Lamar’s students, spend the
majority of your time com-
plaining rather than getting off
your butt and doing something.
Someday the people that do
most of the bitching about our
school will realize it is up to the
individual to change things. If the
individual student does not get in-
volved in student leadership and
activities we will never improve.
We have a fine Greek system,
many professional groups, and
an outstanding SGA and SSCC.
Anyone can get involved and
should.
Duce, you should spend more
time getting the Black students
involved in college activities
rather than screaming
discrimination.
Mark Stout
Homecoming Chairman 1977
“Anything-for-a-buck” Harry
Reems; perjurer Alger Hiss and
Lord only knows what other un-
desirable people. What kind of
people are responsible for in-
viting this type of trash at Lamar
University?
George A. Doty
Thanks,
KVLU
To the Editor:
This is just a note of thanks to
KVLU for sponsering the 50’s
dance held on October 28. I ap-
preciated their conscientiousness
in providing soft drinks for those
wanting something to drink other
than beer. They went “all out”
with decorations, refreshments,
contests with prizes, costume
competition, and a dance contest.
Thanks for a good time.
Sincerely,
Katherine Streetman
P.S. Thanks also, to the SSCC for
the well-planned, successful
Halloween Dance held on October
31. Geno was great!
The Lamar football coaches
are spending more and more
time coaching students and ad-
ministrators as the football
program continues to draw
questions. Head football coach
Bob Frederick and athletic
department head J.B. Higgins
have both met with groups of
students and with the Student
Senate in attempts to explain
all the “behind the scene”
problems that are never ex-
plained in the press and are the
“root” of the problem. These
meetings, some of which this
writer attended, seemed to be
good-faith, honest attempts to
communicate the problems the
athletic department is having
to the students.
Coaches Higgins and
Frederick raised the point that
they were assured they would
have several things for this
season that they considered
vital to an all-out football
program. A weight-training
program that the coaches were
expecting has not been
delivered, a new practice field
was poorly constructed, repor-
tedly built with fill sand that
will not stand up to football
practice. In addition, dressing
room facilities at the new prac-
tice field are needed. The
training table was late in being
established. The coaches also
emphasized that the bad press
Lamar has been drawing in the
area newspapers has made
recruiting players from this
area almost impossible.
Questions were raised at
these meetings by students
about the selection of Frederick
as head football coach two
years ago. There were reports
in the press that the search con-
ducted by Higgins for the best
football coach available was
nothing more than a formality
and that the appointment of
Frederick had long been set-
tled. But the appointment of a
head football coach was done
by the Board of Regents, and
the president of the university,
then Dr. Gray, was reported to
have fully supported the ap-
pointment of Frederick.
Questions were then raised
about the input students, or
anyone else, had in the selec-
tion process. At that time, the
actions were taking place at the
end of a fall semester and
during the Christmas break,
and advisory committees did
not get a chance to interview
applicants. Some students ser-
ving on advisory committees
were dissatisfied with the selec-
tion, and they thought they
should have had more im-
portant input :nto the decision.
Lamar’s football team has
floundered through this season,
always looking promising but
rarely delivering. Many
players have left the team for
reasons that are still cloudy;
others have been kicked off for
various reasons. The area
newspapers have levied harsh
criticism at the coaches, and a
“generation” of students have
not known what it is like to have
a winning football team.
So far, the problems with the
football program have not been
interpreted by the community
as being reflective of the way
Lamar University is operated
as a whole. But continual
fiascos with a program that has
such impact on community
relations as the football
program can do nothing but
damage the reputation of the
school. Lamar’s football
disaster gives all indications of
being a new swelling of an old
wound. Healing cannot take
place until the pressure is
removed.
Students’ ideas
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Cowles, Roger. Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1977, newspaper, November 16, 1977; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499737/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.