Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 27, 1978 Page: 2 of 6
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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 27,1978*2
-LU Briefs-
Lambda Tau officers
Lambda Tau service sorority has announced its
officers for the 1978-79 year. They are Sabrina Gee,
Beaumont junior, president; Betty Jacob ,
Beaumont junior, first vice president; Marcia Har-
din, Beasley junior, second vice president; Sherri
Cunningham, Beaumont senior, treasurer; Kaye
Bodden, Port Neches senior, corresponding
secretary and reporter; and Nancy Newman,
Galveston junior, historian.
Two members were given awards at the initiation
held recently. Named best pledge was Patti Manuel
and most scholastic was Bodden.
Physics club officers
The Lamar Physics Club elected officers for 1978-
79 Thursday, in its initial meeting of the year held in
the Seminar Room of the Physics Building.
Elected were Gordon Barbay, Port Arthur senior,
president; Steve Roland, Walliceville senior,' vice
president; George Durling, Bridge City senior,
treasurer; and Bill Trahan, Beaumont junior,
secretary.
Jim Shepherd, club sponsor, said the purpose of
the meeting was to allow faculty and new members
to get acquainted.
"The Physicist” was shown to members in an at-
tempt to explain the theory of the universe.
Shepherd said the club is planning an open house
for area high schools in November. The details will
be announced at a later date.
Art demonstration
The Beaumont Art League will sponsor a free oil
painting demonstration, Sunday, Oct. 8.
The demonstration will be held at the Scurlock
Galleries at the Fair Grounds, 2675 Gulf St., at 2
p.m.
Lajos Markos, internationally-recognized por-
trait painter, will conduct the demonstration.
Lost members
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman honor society,
needs to find its lost members.
The addresses of all Alpha Lambda Delta mem-
bers are needed, regardless of whether these mem-
bers have moved, according to Mary Poore, editor
and historian for the chapter.
Poore, asks that members write their names, ad-
dresses and telephone numbers on a slip of paper
and take it by 116 Wimberly Student Affairs
Building.
Card-N-elle deadlines
Applications for the Card-N-elles dance group are
due by Thursday; Sept. 28, at 3 p.m., and may be
picked up and turned in at the Activities Area desk
on the second floor of the Setzer Student Center.
General requirements for membership 4n the
Card-N-elles is a 2.0 GPA and the current status of
full-time student.
A clinic will be held Oct. 2-6 and sessions will take
place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The official tryout date
will be Monday, Oct. 9 at 4:30 p.m. in 208, Women’s
Gym.
Nursing program
Applications for January admission to the Nur-
sing Program are currently being accepted by the
nursing department.
Applications, reference forms, and health forms
are available in 233A Ward Health Science Building.
Deadline for all applications is Oct. 15.
For more information, contact Jann Balmer, 227
Ward Health Science Building.
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta fraternity has announced its fall
officers and fall pledge class.
Officers for the fall are Joe Palermo, Beaumont
senior, president; Jimmy Watts, Beaumont
sophomore, first vice president; Bob Read, Silsbee
senior, second vice president; Dan Holland,
Beaumont sophomore, secretary; and Mike Rolen,
Orange senior, treasurer.
Pledges for the fall are Jim Barton, Beaumont
freshman; Joe Crowell, Beaumont freshman; Brad
Dolby, Nederland freshman; and Jim Farris,
Beaumont freshman.,
Also pledging are Peter Fawvor, Sour Lake fresh-
man ; Steve Hood, Westfield, New Jersey freshman;
Kevin Knuz, Beaumont freshman; and Greg Mar-
tin, Nederland sophomore.
Eighteen building-size murals
put new face on Port Arthur
Building-size murals
ranging from an Arab hor-
seman to the Statue of
Liberty have put a new
face on the old refinery
town of Port Arthur, but
the sprucing up ends a two-
year run this week.
“We don’t want to over-
muralize,” said City
Manager George Dibrell.
“We’ve got some nice ones
and if you do too many
sometimes you lose the im-
pact.” ,
Director Normaj
Broussard said the latest
Comprehensive Employm-
ent Training Act grant for
the project expires at the
end of this month and city
officials decided not to
renew it.
She used federal job-
training funds, city money
and private contributions
to convert an American
Bicentennial project into a
longer-running program
that produced 18 giant
murals.
On the outside of the Soul
Man’s Shop, for instance,
an Arab horseman rides a
white stallion across Mid-
dle Eastern sand dunes.
The nearby Robert E. Lee
Printing Co. building spor-
ts a depiction of the steam-
boat Robert E. Lee.
One outside wall of the
Derrick Oil Co. features a
painting of oil wells and
refineries, a tribute to the
economic base of this city
of 65,000. There’s a giant
Indian head on the side of
one building.
Broussard said the
program, spurred by a
general desire to brighten a
faded downtown, expended
a total of about $150,000, but
she said the benefit is im-
measurable.
“How do you measure
your town looking 100 per-
cent better?” she said.
There were three main
themes, all harkening back
to the Bicentennial origin
of the program: American
History, Port Arthur
history and a reflection of
the city’s ethnic mix.
The Keyhole Club, for in-
stance, features the Statue
of Liberty and a Civil War
scene. Another building
features George
Washington and the U.S.
Constitution. Still another
bears an American Eagle.
Port Arthur history is
reflected in a mural
showing shrimpboats, bait
houses and refineries. One
Tryouts planned Friday
Nine girls will be trying
out for cheerleader Friday,
at 6 p.m.,.in the Women’s
Gym, according to Annie
Stegeman, sponsor for the
cheerleaders.
Those trying out are
Tracy Bean, Beaumont
freshman; Peggy Dow,
Winnie senior; Angela
Finley, Texas City fresh-
man; Lisa Gann,
Beaumont freshman; and
Dona Landry, Port Arthur
freshman.
Also trying out are Jill
Merchant, Port Arthur
junior; Melanie Ned, Port
Arthur freshman; Kathy
Putnam, Raywood fresh-
man; and Denise Work-
man, Wrentham, Mass.,
senior.
Stegeman said the public
is invited to the tryouts.
The panel of five judges,
she said, will announce the
winner immediately
following tryouts. That per-
son will be eligible to go to
the game at the University
of Southwestern Louisiana
in Lafayette on Saturday,
Stegeman said.
Cheerleader candidates
must each perform a single
cheer, a double cheer, a
sideline cheer, and a
rhythm chant, according to
Stegeman. They are also
required to do three dif-
ferent jumps, three double
stunts, and two single stun-
ts.
In addition to these
requirements, the girls
should have enthusiasm,
voice projection, and
general appeal, Stegeman
said.
AUSTIN, Texas (UPI)—Twenty years
ago phrases such as “might could” and
“might ought to” were used only by East
Texas farmers and other rural folk.
But according to Marianna Di Paola, a
University of Texas linguistics instructor,
more and more middle-class people are
using “might could” and “might ought
to”—called double modal auxiliaries—in
their conversations.
Di Paola said Texans—especially
younger ones—are resorting to dialectial
speech to declare themselves different
from newcomers to the Lone Star State.
And the linguistics instructor has
evidence that dialectial speech is
becoming common in the every day con-
versation of many Texans.
Over the past two years, students in Di
Paola’s classes have asked their parents
and friends to fill in the blanks of dialogues
such as the following:
—if someone says to you, “I’m going to
the store, can you use some eggs?,” you
answer: “I might_use some.”
—if you think someone has a job to do but
you’re not sure, you might suggest: “You
might_do this.”
Di Paola said most of the participants
answered with “might could” or “might
ought to”—and they were anything but
backwoods farmers. Most of the par-
ticipants were urban residents, well
educated and native Texans.
Di Paola said the use of double modal
auxiliaries among educated urbanites is a
phenomenon that has been observed only
recently.
Prior to the dialect projects of her
classes, most liguists considered use of
double modal auxiliaries to be a colloquial,
rural phenomenon.
The linguistics instructor, a Colorado
native, said persons under 35 use double
modal auxiliaries much more frequently
than older persons.
“It 'meansTthat colloquial speech has
become a ‘prestige ruralism,” Di Paola
said.
“It’s a sign that Texans are more aware
than ever before of their heritage and
proud of it.”
She said the Texas dialect survey com-
pares with one conducted in Martha’s
Vineyard, an old Massachusetts sailing
community that has become a resort area.
Di Paola siad that younger native
residents of the community were using
words and sounds that were common
among the old-time sailors of the island.
She said the younger people of Martha’s
Vineyard resorted to the colloquial
language to separate themselves from
vacationers. Di Paola said Texans are
doing the same.
“When you say, ‘I might could do that,’
you’re also
proud of it.”
International Club to meet
The Lamar International
Club will meet this af-
ternoon, at 3 p.m., in the
Reading Room of the Set-
zer Student Center.
On the club’s agenda will
be the election of officers
and discussion of plans for
the semester, according to
Paul Loftus, interim
president.
The main function of the
International Club, ac-
cording to Loftus, is to
promote understanding
and good will among in-
ternational students and
their fellow American
students. Or, as our con-
stitution puts it, Loftus
says, “to promote cultural
and social harmony among
the members of different
nationalities on the campus
as well as the Golden
Triangle area.”
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scene underway on the
Hampton Building will
depict the old Kansas City
Southern Railroad Station.
“A lot of people were up-
set when the old KCS
station was torn down
because it was historical,”
Broussard said. “We’ll
show a train coming in. It
won't be quite life-size
because the building’s not
big enough. But it’ll be
big.”
For ethnic mix, there are
murals showing Cajuns, In-
dians, Mexicans, English-
men, Blacks — and, con-
spicuously, the Arab.
Although Arabs play an
increasingly prominent
role in American History,
this particular mural was a
product of the international
art of compromise.
Some of the murals were
individualized by the wants
or needs of the building
owners. Since they often
paid for the paint, they of-
ten got what they wanted.
An Arab named Khlil Dabit
owns the Soul Man’s Shop.
“We also took a little ar-
tistic license with the
Robert E. Lee,” Broussard
said. “The Robert E. Lee
didn’t come here, but the
man who owns the building
is a decendant of Robert E.
Lee and named Robert E.
Lee.”
And on a sewing shop
owned by two "black
women, black heroine
Phillis Wheatley sews an
American flag and
Abraham Lincoln is
silhouetted in black.
Texans ‘try to be different;’
dialect separates newcomers
Campus Paperback bestsellers
September
1. The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough. (Avon,
$2.50.) Australian family s,aga: fiction.
2. The Dragons of Eden, by Carl Sagan. (Ballantine,
$2.25.) The evolution of intelligence.
3. The Lawless, by John Jakes. (Jove/HBJ, $2.25.) Saga
of an American family, vol. VII: fiction.
4. Delta of Venus, by Anai's Nin. (Bantam, $2.50.) Elegant
erotica: fiction
5. Your Erroneous Zones, by Wayne W. Dyer. (Avon,
$2.25.) Self-help pep talk.
6. Looking Out for #1, by Robert Ringer. (Fawcett/Crest,
$2.50.) Getting your share.
7. The Book of Lists, by David Wallechinsky, Irving and
Amy Wallace. (Bantam, $2.50.) Entertaining facts.
8. Passages, by Gail Sheehy. (Bantam, $2.50.) Predicta-
ble crises of adult life.
9. Jaws 2, by Hank Searls. (Bantam, $2.25.) Gripping
shark sequel.
10. The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks. (Ballantine,
$2.50.) Fantasy novel.
This list is compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education from
information supplied by college stores throughout the country.
New program to help
improve reading skills
Lamar University students wishing to improve
their reading skills can do so through a new tutoring
program sponsored by the Texas Student Education
Association and the Student Council for Exceptional
Children.
Margaret Price, TSEA president, and Kellie
Harrel, SCEC vice president, have recruited
student tutors from within their organizations.
Dr. Betty Coody, professor of elementary
education, and Dr. David Nelson, reading
specialist, will conduct instructional workshops for
the tutors.
The program will be supervised by Dr. Kenneth
Briggs and Dr. Norma Thompkins, TSEA sponsors;
Fara Goulas, SCEC sponsor; and Dorothy .
Forristall, director of retention.
Students interested in the tutoring program
should call 838-8871.
Viewers to 6dive in’
The Setzer Student Center Film Committee will
present its first “dive-in” movie Thursday night in
the Women’s Gym indoor pool.
The movie shown will be “The Deep” starring
Nick Nolte, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw. The
first showing starts at 6:30 p.m., and the second
showing starts at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $1 for
Lamar students.
The “dive-in” movie theme was suggested by
Milas Kennington, Lamar University swim coach.
The idea is for students to float on inner tubes in the
pool while watching the movie.
Inner tubes will be provided for the students, but
viewers may also bring floats. Chairs will be placed
around the pool for those who would prefer to stay
out of the water. Students are allowed to wear
bathing suits or shorts, but no cut-offs are per-
mitted.
Geoff Kemble, chairman of the film committee,
said committee members hoped for a large turn-out
to make the “dive-in” movie a success. If the movie
is a success the committee will plan more in the
future.
The film committee presents contemporary
movies, especially chosen for college audiences,
every Thursday evening in Setzer Student Center
Ballroom. Admission is $1. Classic movies are
shown every Tuesday evening, with admission 50
cents.
Graduation fees due
Prospective December graduates of Lamar
University at Port Arthur must pay all graduation
fees by Oct. 10, according to Tom Neal, assistant
dean of the campus.
Prospective graduates participating in the
graduation ceremony on the Beaumont campus are
asked to pay fees at the Lamar bookstore in
Beaumont. All other prospective graduates of the
Port Arthur campus are required to pay fees at the
Port Arthur bookstore.
For further information contact Patricia
Wheless, 117 Monroe Educational Building, Lamar
University at Port Arthur.
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There will be a $2 fee for the trip which must be
submitted to Lokensgard by Tuesday, Oct. 10.
The Alley Theatre, Penzoil Plaza, Rothko Chapel,
Jones Hall, and First City National Bank will be
points of interest in viewing paintings.
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