Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 14, 1979 Page: 1 of 6
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LAMAR
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Good Morning!
Wednesday, November 14,1979
Vol. 56, No. 18
Serving the Lamar community for 56 years
Price 10 cents off campus
Student protest—Students gathered in front of the Wimberly
Student Affairs Building Monday to demonstrate against the
treatment of 62 American hostages being held by Iranian studen-
ts in Tehran. A plastic effigy of the Ayatollah Khomeini, center,
was burned during the demonstration, which was organized by
Lloyd Ewart, far right, former Marine officer and Lamar
student.
Photo by FERNANDO PRADO
Over holding of Americans
Students protest at Lamar
By FRANK CONDE
of the UP staff
Approximately 300-500 Lamar students
gathered in the pla^a in front of the Wim-
berly Student Affairs Building Monday to
protest the holding of 62 American
hostages by Iranian students in the U.S.
embassy in Tehran and to protest the
presence of Iranian students at Lamar,
v George McLaughlin, vice president for
student affiars, said the demonstration
was not approved by the administration.
As long as no violence occurred,
McLaughlin said, no disciplinary
measures would be taken against the
demonstrators.
Demonstrators gathered about 10 a.m.,
when Lloyd Ewart, organizer of the
demonstration, a 28-year-old Marine
veteran and Lamar student, began calling
for the crowd to make known its feelings
on the current situation in Iran.
The crowd grew larger as students
changed classes and watched the
procession of flags and posters.
A plastic, wigged head on the end of a
metal rod, representing the Ayatollah
Khome.ini, was set on fire, evoking cheers
from onlookers.
Protestors began chanting anti-Iranian
slogans several times during the demon-
stration, including “Go to hell Iran!, “Ship
them back!,” and “We have the Shah, yes
we do. We have the Shah, how about you! ”
After the plaza gathering, demon-
strators marched through the Engineering
II Building, chanting in the halls.
The demonstrators also walked to the
front doors of the Cherry Engineering
Building, but did not enter when police
asked them not to march through another
teaching facility.
Demonstrators then went to the Setzer
Student Center, entered, and marched to
the Cardinal Nest snack area where they
encircled several Iranian students and a
shouting match developed.
Demonstrations in smaller numbers
continued in front of the Setzer Student
Center until about 2p.m.
McLaughlin said he sent for Ewart, who
was in class, about 8:30 a.m. Monday.
“I told Ewart that his demonstration
was not approved by the administration
and that I was holding him responsible for
any untoward behavior,” McLaughlin
said. “He assured me that it was not his.
desire to circumvent the rules and
regulations of the university.”
"It was my opinion that it would have
created a volatile situation to have ter-
minated the demonstration by students
who had already gathered,” McLaughlin
said.
Bomb threat interrupts LU classes
Classes were interrupted in two
classroom buildings and the Setzer
Student Center was closed for one hour
Friday because of a bomb threat, ac-
cording to campus police chief E.W. Car-
penter. »
i The bomb threat was made Thursday at
9:34 p.m., according to Carpenter.
A male, race and age unknown,
telephoned and said that bombs were set to
go off Friday noon in the Setzer Center,
Cherry Engineering Building, and Lucas
Engineering Building, Carpenter said.
The caller disguised his voice in a low,
Guidlines for travel funds
set standards for requests
■ Guidelines for travel advance funds
requests have been set, according to Oscar
K. Baxley, vice president for finance.
The purpose of the guidelines is to set
’ 'Standards for requesting travel advances,
Baxley said. There had not been guidelines
for travel advance requests before.
Travel advances may be arranged when
any of the following apply: (1) A
registration fee of $100 or more is required
prior to faculty /staff attending a meeting;
(2) Air fare or reservation exceeds $250;
(3) University personnel will be away
from the campus on a university spon-
sored travel for a period of five or more
/'■'Weather Word"
days, according to Baxley.
Group travel will be handled as it has
been in the past, Baxley said.
“We consider four or more people to be a
group,” Baxley said, “and approve their
requests when they must have reser-
vations for hotel accomodations or con-
ventions.
“What we are trying to do with the
guidelines is eliminate the excessive num-
ber of small travel advances.
“The guidelines will reduce the number
of travel advance requests that we (the
finance office) get, thereby reducing the
burden of the finance office.”
Fair through
Friday, with cold
nights and cool af-
ternoons.
Daytime highs will
range from 62 to 72.
Nighttime lows will
range from 38 to 45.
No rain is predicted
for the rest of the
week.
slow manner, Carpenter said. He hung up
the phone immediately.
Normal evacuation procedures, in-
cluding searches of the buildings by police,
custodians, and instructors, were carried
out, Carpenter said.
The SSC was closed from 11:30 a.m. to
12:30p.m.
“No bomb was found in any of the three
buildings,” Carpenter said, “and no
suspicious objects appearing to be con-
nected with the threat were found.”
No motive for the threat has been deter-
mined to date, Carpenter said, and no
evidence exists that the threat was related
to Monday’s student protests.
The bomb threat constitutes a Class A
misdemeanor, Carpenter said, and the
university will press charges.
Anyone having information concerning
the case should contact the campus police
at 838-8311 immediately, Carpenter said.
Grand Jury
will review
shooting
The Grand Jury will review the Nov. 6
shooting incident involving a Lamar
student and a Super-Karts of Texas em-
ployee tomorrow, according to Detective
Sam Darnell of the Beaumont Police
Jelen asks Iranians
to leave classroom
By BECKY MOSS
and
DAVID HARRINGTON
of the UP staff
Dr. Frederic Jelen, professor of
chemical engineering, asked Iranian
students to leave his class Monday mor-
ning because of tension he said he felt
mounting in the class among American
students against the Iranians.
Dr. Jelen said that “out of 48 students in
the class, three of them, all Iranians, were
asked to leave. They left peacefully and
without protest.’
Dr. Jelen said he promised the
dismissed students that he would conduct
separate classes for them at their con-
venience.
“It is not possible, at the present time, to
conduct classes in a tranquil atmosphere
while the present situation of anger exists.
My only interest is to see that my classes
are conducted in a professional at-
mosphere,” Dr. Jelen said.
After Dr. Jelen asked the Iranian
students to leave, he said he “urged the
class not to be violent or bear any
animosity toward those individuals.”
Jelen said that he asked the students to
leave “entirely by myself, as an in-
dividual."
No action has been recommended regar-
ding Dr. Jelen’s asking the students to
leave, W.S. “Bud” Leonard, vice president
for university relations said. *
Some “procedural questions” about Dr.
Jelen’s request that the Iranians leave his
class remain, Dr. Young said, including
the possible circumvention of university
regulations concerning the manner in
which disruptive students are handled.
Dr. Young said he talked with one of the
Iranian students Monday and advised him
to see Dr. Jelen and make arrangements
for separate classes.
Dr. Young said he had not heard from
the student or Dr. Jelen on this matter and
he assumes that the matter is worked out.
“We are here to learn,” Dr. Young
said,” and my main concern is that classes
meet as scheduled.”
I Student leaders meet
Silent, non-violent protest to be supported
In a meeting Monday evening, student
leaders agreed that protests on the cam-
pus of 62 American hostages held by Iran
should be silent and non-violent.
As a result of demonstrations on campus
Monday, the student leaders were con-
cerned that protests on campus against
Iran not cause disruption of classes and
services to Lamar University students.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the
student leaders issued a statement for im-
mediate release which reads: “That as a
result of demonstrations on the Lamar
campus Monday, we want to head off any
disruption of classes by outside elements
and also to express concern about our
fellow Americans being held hostage in
Iran.
“Therefore, in a silent, non-violent
protest, we as student leaders, are en-
couraging students and all concerned to
wear white emblems with a red 62 on
them.”
The group of leaders was concerned that
non-students could come on campus and
agitate the situation.
Students can make their own emblems
by cutting a circle in a sheet of white paper
and marking a red “62” on it.
This move on the part of student leaders
has the full support of the university ad-
ministration, said George McLaughlin,
vice president for student affairs.
“I think this decision on the part of our
student leaders is a more intelligent and
effective way of showing their feelings in
regard to the Iranisn hostages than the
demonstrations we had Monday,” said
Bud Leonard, vice president for university
relations.
Real estate seminar set
A Real Estate Fair Housing Seminar has
been scheduled for Monday by the College
of Technical Arts, according to Alice
Cater, real-estate coordinator.
The seminar will be held in 126 Beeson
Building, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.,
Cater said.
All agents and brokers currently licen-
sed should be aware that the Texas Real
Estate Commission has the power to
revoke or suspend the licenses of any per-
son practicing discrimination, according
to Cater.
For this reason, persons already active
in real estate may wish to take this
seminar.
Late registration will take place Monday
at 6 p.m., in 126 Beeson Building, with a $20
fee, Cater said. Certification letters will be
issued at the conclusion of the seminar.
Department.
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Homer Baxter, Beaumont freshman,
was wounded in the chest when he and the
owner argued over go-kart riding time, ac-
cording to police. Baxter was shot once
Harry Hubbard
W 'Ai Am
with a .38 caliber pistol, at 12:56 a.m.
Detective Darnell said.
Baxter is in fair condition, according to
Marsha Jepson, public relations director
for Baptist Hospital, where Baxter is
hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
Six executives appointed
to LU Advisory Council
Lamar University’s Excellence
Program has announced the appointment
of six new executives to the Advisory
Council, according to Merlin Breaux,
program chairman.
Dr. John E. Gray, Elvis Mason, Bobby
Brown, Harry Hubbard, Sam Henry and
Cecil Holstead are the appointees, Breaux
said.
The Excellence Program was
established in 1978 to seek private funds
and community involvement in Lamar’s
efforts to achieve educational excellence.
The Advisory Council provides assistan-
ce and counsel to the leadership of the Ex-
cellence Program, which is the volunteer
organization in the development depart-
ment at Lamar University.
Gray, president emeritus of Lamar
University and currently director of the
Lamar University Foundation, has been a
leader in education and industry in the
Golden Triangle for four decades.
He was among the first 125 students to
enroll at South Park Junior College, the
forerunner of Lamar University, in Sep-
tember 1923. Gray served two terms as
president of Lamar, 1942-51 and 1972-76.
Gray was also the first chairman of the
Coordinating Board, Texas College and
University System, and former president
of the Association of Texas Colleges and
Universities.
Between his two terms as Lamar’s
president, he served 20 years as chairman
of the board and chief executive officer of
First Security National Corporation and
First Security National Bank of
Beaumont.
Mason is chairman of the board and
chief executive officer of First National
Bank in Dallas.
Prior to joining the firm in 1976, the
Lamar University graduate was with the
First Security National Corporation for 11
years. He served three years, 1975-78, on
Brown, president and chief operating of-
ficer of Consolidation Coal Company in
Pittsburgh, Pa., since November 1977, is a
graduate of the University of Arkansas. He
was senior vice president of personnel for
Continental Oil Company.
Hubbard has been president of the Texas
AFL-CIO since 1973. He was also the
legislative director and secretary-
treasurer of the state labor organization.
Hubbard completed labor law courses at
Lamar University. He still maintains
membership in Local 4-228 of the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers in Port
Neches. He was also president of the
Sabine Area Central Labor Council and
legislative representative for OCAW in
Texas.
Henry has been president and chief
operations officer of Port Arthur’s Allied
Merchants Bank since 1968.
He is a graduate of Lamar University at
Port Arthur and the American Institute of
Banking of Lamar. He is past president of
both the Port Arthur Chamber of Com-
merce and CavOILcade.
Holstead, initially elected as district
clerk of Jefferson County in 1963, has been
reelected four times in serving 16 con-
tinuous years in the position.
Holstead has resided in the Golden
Triangle since 1943 and has been active in
numerous civic projects, including the
Salvation Army, Beaumont Lions Club and
Boy Scouts of America.
A charter member and former president
of the Port Neches Chamber of Commerce,
Holstead also served two terms as mayof
of Port Neches.
Heading the program are Breaux, cor-
porate vice president of Gulf Oil Com-
pany; W.W. “Bill” Phillips Jr., chairman
of the board of American National Bank-
Norman Lee, president of Gulf Stated
Utilities; Jefferson County Judge Richard
LeBlanc; and attorney Evelyn Lord.
Dr. John E. Gray
Elvis Mason
B.R. Brown
Cecil Holstead
Sam Henry
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