Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 28, 1979 Page: 1 of 8
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LAMAR Good Morning!
Wednesday, February 28,1979
Vol. 29, No. 37
Serving the Lamar community for 55 years
Campus
news
Elections
Elections for Miss Black Lamar
will be held from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.,
Thursday and Friday, in the Setzer
Student Center Arbor, according to
Betty Jacob, Student Government
Association vice president.
i The four candidates for Miss
Black Lamar are Thelma Arthur,
Beaumont senior; Stephanie
Jackson, Beaumont senior; Jackie
Williams, Houston senior; and
Juaniki Stewart, El Paso junior.
Miss Black Lamar will be crowned
at 9 p.m. Saturday in the SSC
Ballroom, according to a spokesper-
son for Black Leaders Coalition.
Following the coronation, a dance
* will be held featuring the music of
"Family,” a group from Texas
Southern University in Houston.
Music9 tickets
Seventy-five free tickets to the
Beaumont Music Commission’s
production of "The Sound of Music,”
starring Sally Ann Howes, will be
, ' available to Lamar students at the
Setzer Center check cashing booth,
beginning today.
The BMC production is scheduled
for March 5 at 8 p.m., in the Jef-
ferson Theatre, 345 Fannin.
IE applications
Applications for a new head of the
„ Department of Industrial
Engineering are being taken
through April 15, according to Paul
Schillings, acting department head.
Letters announcing the an-
ticipated vacancy went out the first
week in February. Seven ap-
plications have been received, ac-
cording to Chris Masters, secretary
to Schillings. Resumes will be
reviewed by the entire industrial
| engineering teaching staff before
the final candidates are interviewed
for the job.
The new department head, to
begin in the fall, will replace Dr. Ir-
vin L. Reis, who resigned in fall 1978
and moved to Arkansas.
LU-O honorees
A faculty member and two studen-
ts were honored by Lamar Univer-
sity-Orange students at a Valentine
Banquet and dance Feb. 16.
Bob Peebles, assistant professor
of history, was cited as the out-
standing teacher of the year. Orange
freshman Lana Abrego and Orange
sophomore Jeff Bates were elected
sweetheart and beau.
These awards are the result of a
general election by the student body.
Larry Wilmore, instructor of
* biology, acted as master of
ceremonies, presenting the honors
at the annual Valentine Banquet at
the Sunset Grove Country Club in
Orange.
Rusty Nance, receptionist for the
Orange campus, also received an
award of appreciation from the
Student Government Association,
which sponsored the event. Nance
distributed ballots and counted votes
for the election.
May graduates
The last day to make application
and pay fees for May graduates is
March 7, according to Elmer G.
Rode, assistant dean of admissions
and records.
The graduating student should fir-
st check with his or her department
* head to find out whether a degree
plan has been sent to the Office of
Admissions and Records.
The student must then go to the fir-
st floor lobby of the Student Affairs
Building and fill out an application
for graduation.
Finally, the student must go to the
bookstore and pay the necessary
fees.
According to Rode, the fee for a
cap, gown and diploma is $16.50 this
year.
Library hours
Gray Library will observe regular
hours of operation during spring
break, March 12-16, according to
Mary Holland, head of the cir-
_ culation department.
“We are observing our regular
three-week due date, since we will
be open,” Holland said. "Students
should be aware of this and check
their due dates in case they plan to
elsewhere.”
Regular hours observed by the
Library are: Monday-Thursday,
7:30a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 7:30p.m.-
4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.;
and Sunday, 2 p.m.-II p.m.
The last
one this
century
The solar eclipse Monday was the last
in North America in the 20th century.
Karen Hoepner (left), Beaumont sopho-
more, looks on as T.J. Graf, (center),
Setzer Student Center graphics technician,
and Tom Putin, Beaumont junior, view
the partial eclipse of the sun.
Photos by Mike Cutaia
NCATE team visiting
education department
on accreditation study
A team of eleven educators and one
university student representing the
National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education is visiting the Lamar
campus through today, according to Dr.
Richard Swain, head of the department of
secondary education.
The visiting team, which arrived in
Beaumont Sunday, is chaired by Dr. B.L.
Chalander, professor of educational ad-
ministration, St. Louis University.
The purpose of the visit is to review
basic and advanced teacher certifications
to ascertain their eligibility for re-
accreditation with the Council.
Prior to the visit, the team will have
read a 400 page, three volume institutional
report developed by the faculty and staff of
the education department under the direc-
tion of Dr. M.L. McLaughlin, dean of the
College of Education, and by Dr. Swain.
On Monday and Tuesday, the team met
with faculty, students, and administrators,
including President Kemble and other key
personnel. They will also meet with
various student teachers on campus and in
nearby public schools.
Informal findings and recommendations
will be made known to Dean McLaughlin
today by Dr. Chandler. The formal report
will be sent to the university within several
weeks.
$500first-prize awarded
Eighteen awards given
at LU’s third Math Day
Eighteen awards were presented to
Golden Triangle and Houston area high
school students, Friday, at Lamar’s third
annual Math Day, according to Dr. George
Berzsenyi, associate professor of
mathematics.
Winner of the $500 first prize in the math
contest was Paul Williamson, a West
Orange-Stark senior.
Williamson also won a Hewlitt-Packard
calculator as part of his first prize. The fir-
st-place award was donated by the College
of Engineering and the Lamar Bookstore.
Second, third and honorable mention
award winners received $400 scholarships
from a fund donated by the departments of
chemical engineering, mechanical
engineering, mathematics, electrical
engineering and Lamar University.
Reese Faucette, Spring Woods senior,
and Mark Porter, Northbrook senior, won
the two second place awards.
Third prizes went to Doug Vermaelen,
Klein senior, Katherine Hoppe, Clear
Creek senior, and Ferrell Wheeler, Forest
Park junior.
Honorable Mention awards went to
Lorenzo Presley, Port Neches-Groves
junior, Jim Black, Memorial senior,
Harold Naparst, Stratford senior, and
Katherine Evers, Spring Branch senior.
Faucette and Jeff Glass, Spring Woods
sophomore, combined to win the highest
scoring team award. The award winners
were selected on the basis of the two
highest, average scores of each five man
team.
Spring Branch sophomore Jeff Glass
won a special sophomore award, given by
the Sabine Area Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, for his outstanding score on
the Math Day test.
Other winners include Ronnie Kubena,
Spring Branch senior, creativity award;
Paul Williamson, West Orange-Stark
senior, elegance award; and Jim Black,
Memorial senior, clarity award.
Recipients of the three awards presen-
ted by Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honor
Society, area Anthony LeCara, Frien-
dswood senior; Walter Kiefer, Forest Park
junior; and Lewis South, Port Neches-
Groves sophomore.
Kemble draws guidelines
for resource reallocation
By SUSAN MARLOW
of the UP staff
In the face of declining enrollment at
Lamar, as in many other colleges and
universities, Lamar President Dr. C.
Robert kemble has drawn up guidelines
for the reallocation of resources on cam-
pus.
These reallocations are the result of
higher education entering a new era of
steadying enrollment instead of con-
tinually increasing enrollment, according
to Dr. Kemble.
“A reallocation of resources will have to
be made across the whole campus,” Dr.
Kemble said, "so that we will be sup-
porting areas that have continued to grow
or that are understaffed.”
Programs that were popular several
years ago on campus may not be as
popular now, he said. Therefore, reduc-
tions in those programs are necessary.
The reallocation guidelines call for:
•Reallocation of resources in the general
administration and instructional ad-
ministration budgets, reducing the net ex-
penditures by approximately 7 percent.
•The reallocation of resources in the in-
structional and instructional support
budgets, reducing the net expenditures by
approximately 4 percent.
•The discontinuance and “phasing out”
of nonproductive programs, either in an
academic or administrative program.
•Encouragement, as appropriate, of
retirement of senior members of the staff
and faculty.
•Consolidation, where advantageous, of
related staff positions to reduce positions,
but with reclassification of responsibilities
and salary levels, resulting in “fewer
people doing more work and being better
paid.”
•Encouragement of the movement of,
and assistance in the job placement of,
staff or faculty members from overstaffed
or financially deficient departments, of-
fices, or programs, into employment
positions in the Beaumont area, or parallel
positions at other colleges or universities.
•Avoidance, when possible, of short-
term cuts in operational and capital funds,
making instead adjustments which ac-
commodate long-term goals and ex-
pectations based on program-by-program
and function-by-function analyses and
estimates.
•Provision of resources for cross-
training of faculty and staff for reassign-
ment within the university.
•The request of supplemental tran-
sitional funds from the Texas Legislature
to permit the best phasing of adjustments
and the honoring of contractual agreemen-
ts.
If Lamar does not receive transitional
funds from the Legislature, Dr. Kemble
said, Lamar would use interest from
capital improvement bonds to provide
transitional funds.
“I hope we don’t have to use the interest,
from the capital improvement bonds,” Dr.
Kemble said. “The fund is set aside for
emergencies that might arise. But, if we
have to use it, we would do so for the one
time only.”
The guidelines will have to be discussed
by the Board of Regents before being ap-
proved, Dr. Kemble said.
The guidelines will be presented to the
Board of Regents at their March meeting.
Departments see decline
Two departments that have seen a
decline in enrollment in the past three
years are the mathematics and English
departments, according to figures from
the office of admissions and records.
In the mathematics department, studen-
ts enrolled for 9,744 semester hours during
the spring 1977 semester. That figure drop-
ped to 9,000 hours in the spring 1978
semester. This semester, the total number
of hours has dropped to 8,500.
In the English department, students
were enrolled for 9,893 semester hours in
the spring 1977 semester. That figure drop-
ped to 8,703 hours in the spring 1978
semester. This semester, the total number
of hours has dropped to 8,136.
“It is not clear yet what will happen in
our department,” said Dr. Richard Alo,
head of the mathematics department.
“We have one person retiring, but we do
not know whether that position will be
refilled,” he said.
“I have been told that two teachers who
will be retiring will not be replaced,” said
Dr. Arney Strickland, head of the English
department. “One will be retiring in
August and one in December.”
Two adjunct instructors will also leave,
without being replaced, according to Dr.
Strickland.
BLC AWARDS—Lamar president Dr. C.
Robert Kemble presents Beaumont
sophomore Karl Holmes with an award of
appreciation for services rendered to the
Black Leaders Coalition. Looking on is
Henry Williams, assistant dean of student
development. The BLC awards banquet
was held Saturday night, in the Setzer
Student Center Ballroom, as part of Black
Awareness Month activities.
Photo by Lenny Gibson
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