The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1975 Page: 1 of 12
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Technical Arts awarded scholarship funds
D. C. Duncan, manufac-
turing manager of Houston
Chemical Co. of Beaumont, a
division of PPG Industries,
Inc., presented a check for
$2,400 to the College of Tech-
nical Arts last week.
The money will be used for
the renewal of the vocational
certificate program.
President John Gray ac-
cepted the check with these
remarks,"This generous an-
nual gift by the PPG Industries
F oundation has helped to bring
a growing number of deserv-
ing young people for re-
warding career positions in
southeast Texas.
On behalf of the students
who have been helped in the
past and those who will be
chosen for scholarships in the
future, we express our deep
appreciation. .
Twenty-three students have
received scholarship assist-
ance from previous PPG
grants at the rate of six schol-
arships per semester, ac-
cording to Dr. Kenneth E.
Shipper, dean of the college
of technical arts.
Harry L. Williams, counse-
lor of the college of technical
arts, said four students are
attending college on PPG
scholarships now.
These include: Frank Cal-
vert, Beaumont criminal
justice major; Mike Dickinson,
Pt. Arthur welding student;
Kenneth Hudson, Orange elec-
tronics major; and Candace
Myers Hardy, Groves dental
hygiene student.
Four more students will be
selected later this months
Students receive $150 while
on the scholarship. To qualify
they must carry a four course
academic work load and main-
tain a 2.0 grade point average.
Scholarships are limited to
four semesters per student.
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Vol. 25 No. 13 Lamar University February 21, 1975 Beaumont, Texas
Student
survey
scheduled
The academic af-
fairs committee of the
Student Government
Association will conduct
a student survey on
Monday and Tuesday,
according to Tommy
Corbett, chairman of
the committee.
The main topic of the
survey concerns
student interest in co-ed
physical education
classes for fall of 1975.
Survey may be com-
pleted in McDonald
Gym, the Women’s
Gym, or in the Setzer
Student Center. Results
of the survey will be
published next week.
Students, staff attend conference
Five students and staff members at-
tended the 15th National Convention of
National Entertainment Conferences
(NEC) in Washington, D. C. Feb. 8-12.
They included John Stofan, Setzer
Center program director; Neita Pitt-
man, assistant program director;
David Bush, president Setzer Student
Center Council; Bill Withers, vice
president Setzer Student Center Coun-
cil; and Jerry Keen, social committee
chairman.
The purpose of the NEC is to bring
the entertainment industry in direct
contact with talent buyers on campuses
throughout the United States and
Canada.
According to Stofan it was a very
well organized conference considering
that 2,500 delegates from all over the
United States attended. “There was a
lot to see and the acts were fairly
good,” Stofan said.
Highlights of the convention were
appearances by Redd Foxx and Bob
Hope. Foxx ,the star of “Sanford and
Son” television show, made his show
business debut in Chicago at the age of
12.
Films, video tapes slated
Two action packed suspense films
will be shown on campus this week, ac-
cording to Jim Bigelow, film committee
chairman.
“North by Northwest,” directed by
Alfred Hitchcock, will be shown Feb.
23-24 at 6 and 8:30 p.m. in the Redbird
Perch of the Setzer Center.
The film stars Cary Grant and Eva
Marie Saint who are involved in a light-
ning-fast romance and some loose in-
trigue. Grant plays a successful, han-
dsome Madison Avenue executive, who
is mistaken for a Federal intelligence
man by foreign agents and is pushed in-
to a succession of macabre situations.
Admission is free.
“The Public Enemy,” the classic
gangster film starring James Cagney,
will be shown Feb. 27 at 6 and 8 p.m. in
Salary increases, benefits
for employees announced
Cost-of-living salary increases for
faculty and staff were made effective
earlierthis month, according to Pres-
ident John Gray.
Increment is in accordance with fol-
lowing schedule; Monthly rates less
than $876 in January 1975--13 per cent
Those rates ranging from $876to $1,267
inclusive will receive an additional
$114 monthly.
Rates of $1, 267 but no greater than
$1, 935--9 per cent. A»» salaries in
excess of$l, 935 are to carry a monthly
wage boost of $174.
The above cost-of-living increases
apply to all members of faculty and
staff, including part-time personnel
and era ployees of auxiliary enterprises,
Salary increases are calculated on
the basis of regular full-time employ-
ment. Part-time personnel and persons
paid hourly wages receive increases in
proportion that the number of hours
worked bears to regular full-time em-
ployment for the type of work.
Employee premiums on group lite,
health, accidental death and dis -
memberment, disability income and
hospitals,surgical and/or medical in-
surance policies have increased from
$12.50 to $15 per month.
Reimbursement for use of motor
vehicles and airplanes jumped from
12 cents to 16 cents per mile for use of
employe's personally-owned or leased
automobiles and from 12 to 21 cents for
use of airplanes.
Per diem allowance in lieu of ex-
penses for meals and lodging increased
from $18 to $22 per day.
Dr. Gray added, that increases would
not affect budget allocations for the
remainder of this fiscal year since re-
imbursement for all added expense was
provided for in the statute.
the Science Auditorium. The film also
stars Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell.
The film tells the rags-to-riches
story of two poor Irish boys who grow
up in the slums of Chicago. The boys
begin their life of crime by shoplifting
in a department store. They grow up,
get their first gun, rob a fur warehouse,
gun down a cop/and the die is cast. Ad-
mission is $.50 for students, $.75 for non-
students.
The video-tape, “Future Shock,”
will be shown during the week in both
video-tape lounges in Setzer Center.
The video-tape monitors are located
in the lounges at the west end of Setzer
Center, one on the first floor and one on
the second floor.
“Future Shock,” a science fiction
film, deals with the speeding up of
change. This causes a culture shock
which frustrates people.
The tape will be shown continuously
during the day and admission is free.
Hope, named “Comedian of the Cen-
tury” by the NEC, was the keynote
speaker at the convention.
Convention activities attended by
our representatives included Cof-
feehouse resource center, which in-
cluded suggestions on how to start a
coffeehouse; promotion and publicity
for films; lecture contracts; and film
screenings.
The convention offered more than
100 educational forums in the areas of
art and exhibits, classical, con-
temporary, film, lecture, minority, out-
door recreation, theatre, travel, two-
year college and video programming.
Acts Stofan hopes to bring to Lamar
after viewing them at thejconvention in-
clude films “1776” and “One Flew Over
the Cuckoo Nest;” and such stars as
Henry Fonda as “Clarence Darrow”;
and “Grease.”
'UP’ installs
new equipment
A portion of the type composition in
this week’s issue of the University
Press was set in type by the ACM 9000
Compugraphic computerized
phototypesetting equipment.
The equipment was installed by Ed
Retzlaff, field service engineer,
Houston. It is identical to two units used
by the Beaumont Enterprise and Jour-
nal, Retzlaff said. It is capable of set-
ting 25 newspaper lines of type per
minute and is manufactured by Com-
pugraphic Corporation, Wilmington,
Mass. ‘
Leadership Lamar
seminar scheduled
Applications for the fourth annual Leadership Lamar Con-
ference scheduled for April 4 and 5, are now available at the Setzer
Student Center information desk.
Activities will begin at 9 a.m. Friday and conclude at 5 p.m.
Saturday, and classes will be excused for Lamar participants.
There will be no entrance fee, but attendance is limited to 75
students.
Organizations can sponsor one or more persons, or an individual
can nominate himself.
Joe Calley of Performance Improvement, who has directed
each previous leadership conference, will preside over the
meetings.
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Cucancic, Gail. The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1975, newspaper, February 21, 1975; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth500359/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.