The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1973 Page: 1 of 8
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-AMAR UNIVERSITY LIBRAR'
inside... Fine Arts, Education Dean’s Lists, pp. 3, 4;USL defeats Lamar, p. 6; Betty Friedan to speak, p. 5
50th anniversary hostesses
These twenty five Lamar coeds have been nomi-
nated by campus organizations and were chosen by
the Association of Women’s Students. They will
be charged with conducting tours and entertaining
visitors to the Lamar campus. This group is only
one of the results of the efforts of John Gray and
Otho Plummer, co-chairmen of the 50th Anniver-
sary Committee. The girls are under the direc-
tion of Mrs. Alice Wray.
Banquet honors
25 Lamar hostesses
Twenty-five coeds were honor-
ed at a banquet Jan. 31 as official
Lamar University hostesses.
Affiliated with the Association
of Women Students, the hostesses
are charged with greeting and
welcoming visitors to campus.
“They will conduct tours for
young people visiting our school
as well as guests who are on
campus for conferences and the
like sponsored by various depart-
ments,” said Mrs. Alice Wray,
AWS sponsor. “Their whole pur-
pose is service to the school,”
she continued.
Campus organizations were
asked to sponsor girls for the
position of hostess and the AWS
■executive board selected the 25
.coeds to serve as hostesses from
among these candidates.
Madelene Osburn, sponsored
by Kappa Delta, will serve as
hostess chairman. Other hos-
tesses and their sponsors are:
Cathy Calvin, president of AWS,
sponsored by the AWS executive
board; Pat Busby, AWS executive
board; Debra Cordingly, ZetaTau
Alpha; Mary DeLuke, Lambda
Tau; Nancy Gallier, Graphic So-
ciety.
Also Susan Hoke, Gray Hall;
Dianne Hunt, AWS executive
board; Janice McGreevy, Cap and
Gown; Roxie Minaldi, Alpha Delta
Pi; Carol Morehead, Techsans;
Mary Nowlin, Secretarial Science
Club; Teresa Parish, AWS exe-
cutive board; Pat Quigley, Kappa
Omicron Phi.
Susan Robichaux, Alpha Lam-
bda Delta; Valerie Sheddrick,
AWS executive board; Rose Son-
nier, Delta Sigma Theta; Deborah
Sweatman, Alpha Chi Omega;
Susan Watterson. AWS executive
board: Melanie Wray.Setzer Cen-
ter Council, ClaudiaWrotan, AWS
executive board.
Also Janice Young, AWS execu-
tive board; Sara Rayburn, Phi
Lambda Pi; Linda Waggonner,
Setzer Center Council; Frances
Stelley, Gray Hall; Marsha Dun-
can, Brooks Hall.
Hostesses wear two pi'-ce red
and white outfits with the emblem
of “official LU hostess" on the
jackets.
Dr. Johnson assumes new position
Dr. Andrew J. Johnson, current
vice president for academic
affairs, has been appointed vice
president for administration be-
ginning in the Fall 1973 semes-
ter.
University president John E.
Gray, in announcing the appoint-
ment, said that the search for a
The Board of Regents offic-
ially approved the site for the
new library in their meeting
Feb. 1. Ground-breaking for
the $5.5 million structure is
scheduled for Sept. 17 as the
highlight of Lamar’s Golden an-
niversary Celebration.
The eight-story building, to be
located on the present site of the
nursery school and adjacent
parking lots, will be the tallest
and most expensive on campus.
Representatives of Pitts,
Phelps and White architects, in
presenting the proposal to the
Board, pointed out that the new
library is planned to be the geo-
graphical center of the campus
new vice president for academic
affairs will begin immediately
and will not be limited to cam-
pus.
According to Dr. Gray, when
the Board of Regents authorized
him to expand Lamar’s top level
administration, Dr. Johnson was
given the option of retaining his
present position or assuming the
by the year 2000, according to
the proposed Master Plan.
The new library will be built
in two stages, according to the
architects. The first eight-
floor portion will contain 160,000
square feet, as compared to the
present library’s 63,000 feet.
The second eight-floor seg-
ment will be constructed to the
south of the first segment. Plans
call for it to extend into Vir-
ginia street after that street is
closed to traffic.
Dr. John E. Gray, university
president, asked the Board to
consider approval of the entire
Master Plan, citing that faculty
and student suggestions had been
new office.
“He has expressed the desire
to take on these new responsi-
bilities,” said Dr. Gray, “and will
be working closely wih the pre-
sident’s office on administrative
functions.”
Dr. Gray lauded Johnson for a
“splendid record” as academic
vice president, and added that he
received since the Plan’s un-
veiling in November.
Regent Lloyd Hayes, however,
advised reserving approval on
the portion of the Plan which
calls for construction of a col-
iseum and auditorium at the
southern end of the campus near
Florida Ave.
establish a civic center to serve
the entire area. Other Regents
and administrators concurred but
they did give the architects ap-
proval to proceed with the portion
of the Master Plan pertaining to
development of the central aca-
demic area.
possesses the “talent, energy and
dedication" required for the new
assignment.
The new position is termed a
promotion for Dr. Johnson, and
Dr. Andrew Johnson
Dr. Gray explained that the vice
president would relieve the pre-
sident of some administrative
duties so that he can spend more
more funds for Lamar.
In addition to the academic and
administrative vice presidents,
H. C. Galloway will continue in
his post as vice president for
finance.
Dr. Johnson succeeded Dr.
Frank A. Thomas as vice presi-
dent for academic affairs in the
summer of 1969. A Beaumont
native, he attended Lamar for two
years and received his bachelors
from the University of Texas.
He received both masters and
Ph.D. degrees from Indiana Uni-
versity and joined the Lamar fa-
culty in 1958. Johnson was named
associate professor in 1965, was
appointed director of library ser-
vices in 1967, and was promoted
to full professor of history in
1968.
While vice president for aca-
demic affairs, Dr. Johnson was
responsible for significant devel-
opment of minority representat-
ion on the faculty; implementation
of the uniform calendar and the
4.0 grade point system; organi-
zation of student-faculty rela-
tions committees, the Under-
graduate Council, and the Faculty
Senate.
During this time, Lamar has
also departmentalized its College
of Business and gained re-accre-
ditation of programs in education,
engineering, and music under the
five-year review program for the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools.
New degree programs initiated
during Johnson’s tenure include
the doctorate of engineering,
masters programs in biology,
drama and speech, and bachelors
in oceanographic technology, en-
vironmental science, and mass
communic ations.
Regents approve library site
Hayes referred to efforts of time on broader issues, most
city and county governments to importantly the acquisition of
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