Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 21, 1979 Page: 1 of 12
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LAMAR
Serving the Lamar community for 56 years
Good Momin g!
Friday, September 21,1979
Vol. 56, No. 5
Price 10 cents off campus
First Boom Days set
By BECKY GEE
of the UP staff
i The first Spindletop Boom Days folk
festival, celebrating the 1901 Spindletop oil
field discovery, is scheduled Saturday,
Oct. 6, through Sunday, Oct. 7, at Gladys
City.
“This is a very informal weekend, and
we just' want everyone to have a good
time,” said Linda Robinson, festival chair-
person.
The festival, sponsored by the Beaumont
Heritage Society and the Spindletop
museum of Lamar University, will em-
phasize the early 1900 period, and the large
part Beaumont played in the launching of
the oil age.
A “Roughnecks Reunion" Friday
evening, Oct. 5, will begin the folk festival.
The event is open to the public and will in-
clude dancing and entertainment. Food
will be served.
Festival highlights will include craft
demonstrations, educational exhibits, and
q trade fair exhibiting early 1900 collec-
tibles.
Exhibitors will be coming from Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New
Mexico.
“We anticipate a big success,” Robinson
said. “Local interest is just terrific.
"We’re hoping as many as five to ten
thousand people will show up,” she added.
Planned entertainment will include the
,£weet Adelines, a ladies barbershop
group;,- the Woodromes Gospel Singers of-
Nederland; the Fandangle Group of
Albany ; and the Cardinal Singers.
Also featured will be the Cajun music of
W.T. Oliver, and country western music by
Crossroads, Shades of Bluegrass, Joyce
Hoffman and her group and Karen Mayer
and the Country Notes.
The Wagon Wheel Square Dancers, Sun-'
down Cloggers and the Nederland Dutch
Dancers will perform for visitors.
John Henry (Bones) Nobles will play the
cowbones.
Enactments of shootouts and brawls will
be staged. There will also be a funeral
procession and a staged wedding from the
period, Robinson said.
O.T. Baker of San Antonio will tell tall
tales of survival in early Texas.
A ‘fiddlin’ contest will be held Saturday
at 11 a.m. Persons 49 years and under or 49
years and older may compete in the con-
test. Prizes will be awarded.
Craftspersons will demonstrate methods
of hide tanning, spinning, weaving,
quilting and candle making.
The art of furniture making, vegetable
dying, leather-work and glass blowing will
be demonstrated.
Foods of the early 1900s will be featured.
Specialties include sour dough biscuita,
Cajun crawfish, red beans and Johnny
cake.
A variety of drinks will also be available.
“This is the first time Gladys City hasj
been used for a historically based festival,)
and we are very proud of it,” Robinson
said.
“Spindletop Boom Days” is scheduled
on the same weekend as Lamar's
homecoming. -
Is Robinson concerned that this conflict
will affect the number of people attending
the festival?
“Lamar knew from the outset,” Robin-
son said. “The date for homecoming was
set after the festival was already
scheduled. We hope to coordinate the two
events.”
Admission for children in the fifth grade
and under will be free, according to Robin-
son.
Other visitors will pay a one-time charge
of $2 to come and go at the festival, Robin-
son said.
Gladys City is located on the corner of
Cardinal Drive and University Drive.
Women to picket for ERA
By BECKY MOSS
of the UP staff
The Texas National Organization for
Women will demonstrate in support of the
Equal Rights Amendment from 10 a.m. un-
til 5 p.m. tomorrow in Orange.
“Pickets will line the highway along In-
terstate 10, two miles west of the Texas-
Louisiana border, and motorists will be
urged to join an economic boycott of!
Louisiana, until the Louisiana legislature
ratifies the ERA,” according to Jan
Stevens, local coordinator for Texas NOW.
“A resolution to picket was passed at the
March 1979 Texas NOW convention, held in
Denton,” Stevens said. “The purpose of
tihe demonstration is to publicize support
for the NOW boycott of the 15 states that
have not ratified the ERA.
Louisiana is one of these 15 states.
Texas was one of the first states to ratify
th!e ERA. A total of 35 states have done so
since 1972, representing 75 percent of the
national population.
Permission to hold the demonstration
has been secured from the Orange county
and Orange city police, Stevens said. The
demonstrators will make no attempt to in-
terfere with traffic, she added.
“Demonstrators will wear green and
White shirts, showing a map of Texas and
the three states on our borders that have
not ratified ERA,” Stevens said.
The Texas map will carry the words, “I
have it! ” Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas maps will bear the words, “I need it! ”
Members of Texas NOW will be joined in
their demonstration by men, women and
children who support ERA. Demon-
strators will line both sides of the highway,
holding “living billboards” made of
sheets.
Motorists entering Louisiana from
Texas, Stevens said, will see a sequence of
messages that say, “Entering Louisiana:
Sadly We Regret Women There Do Not
Have Equal Rights Yet. Don’t Spend In
Louisiana Until ERA Is Ratified There.”
Travelers coming into Texas from
Louisiana will read, Welcome To Texas:
Isn’t It Great That Now You Are In An
Equal Rights State. Ratified ERA in 1972.
Members of Texas NOW include men
and women.
Because ERA is primarily about
economic rights, an economic boycott is an
appropriate method of supporting its
ratification, Stevens said.
. Cities like Miami, New Orleans and
Chicago, in states where ERA has not been
ratified, have already reported losses of up
to $15 million because many organizations
will not hold conventions there, according
to Stevens.
She said that the New Orleans city coun-
cil, recognizing this handicap, has
unanimously passed a resolution urging
the Louisiana legislature to ratify the ERA
before the 1982 deadline.
The economic boycott has been endorsed
by the AFL-CIO, the Democratic National
Committee and over 400 other
organizations, according to Stevens.
The Texas NOW will life the boycott
against Louisiana as soon as ERA is
ratified there, Stevens said.
“In 1987 we celebrate the bi-centennial
of the ratification of the United States Con-
stitution,” Stevens said. ‘.‘If we have not
guaranteed equality under the law by then,
there will be no reason to celebrate.
Government impounds
state scholarship funds
AUSTIN, Texas (UPI)—The federal
government is deciding whether to
withhold $4.1 million in scholarship money
for Texas students, the state com-
missioner of higher education said this
week.
Some 10,000 students attending public
and private colleges and universities could
be affected.
The money has been impounded by the
federal government in a dispute over
states’ rights to maintain their own quality
standards for higher education.
“It appears probable that grants will not
be available in the spring for these 10,000
students who received assistance through
the program this fall,” said Dr. Kenneth
Ashworth, Texas commissioner of higher
education.
Fifty percent of the funds distributed
through the grant program come from the
state appropriations and tuition revenue at
public and private colleges in the federal-
state matching financial aid program.
Under new federal legislation, the Office
of Education is pressuring states to
broaden their criteria for participation in
the grant program. Ashworth said the
legislation would weaken certain stan-
dards of quality that Texas has sought to
. maintain in the distribution of state money
for student financial assistance.
“At issue is whether the federal govern-
ment or Texas will define what is a college
or university in Texas,” Ashworth said.
“If we give in, federal officials will us the
$4.1 million.
“If we don’t, they’ll give the money to
states willing to accept control by the
federal government. They’re forcing us to
penalize the 10,000 Texas students.”
Texas has until Feb. 1,1980, to expand its
definition of eligible institutions of higher
education or lose the $4.1 million that will
then be distributed to other states.
“Rocky Horror” fun - ’“T""
Dean Studeny, Port Neches freshman, won first place in “The Setzer Student Center Council’s “Second 1st Annual Nuts
Rocky Horror Picture Show” costume contest, held in the Setzer Week.”
Student Center Ballroom last week. The contest was part of the See story, page 2
BBS
Homecoming Queen Candidates 1979 ******* aNDY DOWtE,
See story, page 2
Two insurances outlined
ByJDAVID HARRINGTON
of the UP staff
Lamar students will now have the op-
portunity to take advantage of two student-
rate insurance policies, according to
David Hornack, assistant to the vice
president for student affairs.
In addition to the Keystone Life In-
surance Student Group Health Plan
available on campus in the past, Lamar
now has Student Personal Property In-
surance provided by National Lloyds.
“Several years ago, this same insurance
plan was offered to the students,” Hornack
said, “but the response wasn’t large
enough to warrant keeping the policy at
Lamar.”
Dormitory enrollment, however, has in-
creased substantially since that time, and
with more and more people living in apart-'
ments near campus, offering the policy
has become feasible again, Hornack said.
The policy covers such items as clothing,
furniture, books, stereos, and other per-
sonal property, according to Hornack.
Protection is insured against theft, fire,
and vandalism, among other things, Hor-
nack said.
Cost of the policy ranges from $15 to $23
for on-campus students, and $24 to $30 for
off-campus students.
Deductible for each claim is $25.
This policy is ideally suited to a student’s
budget, Hornack said. No large insurance
company would attempt to offer property
insurance for college students, and studen-
ts often cannot afford to replace their own
losses, according to Hornack.
National Lloyds, however, specializes in
college student policies, Hornack said. The
Waco-based company has similar policies
offered at University of Houston, SMU,
TCU, and other Texas schools.
“The policy was reviewed by a staff of
students and approved,” Hornack said.
“The policy comes with my high recom-
mendations.”
The new policy follows in the path of an
accident policy offered to Lamar students
by Keystone Life of Carrolton, Texas.
“This coverage picks up where the
Health Center service fee leaves off,” Hor-
nack said.
SGA to hold
fall elections
Applications for SGA offices to be filled
in elections scheduled for Tuesday and
Wednesday is 4:30 this afternoon, ac-
cording to Steve Hankins, SGA vice
president.
“The elections will be held in the Setzer
Student Center Arbor,” Hankins said.
Eight positions in the SGA will be filled
by these elections Hankins said.
These positions include one senator-at-
large; one representative each from the
colleges of health sciences, technical arts,
education, and sciences; two freshman
class representatives; and one juniQr class
representative, according to Lynne
Freeland, head of the SGA Communication
and Organization Committee.
“Senator-at-large candidates in the elec-
tion must commute to Lamar and must not
be active in more thqn two campus
organizations,” Freeland said.
“College representative candidates
must be majoring in a subject field offered
by the college they want to represent,”
Freeland said.
All full-time students who have a 2.0
GPA and meet requirements for the SGA
opening they seek are eligible to enter the
elections as a candidate, Freeland said.
Applications and detailed information
concerning each opening are available in
the SGA office, 211SSC.
Voting stations will be open from 8 a.m.
(until 7 p.m., according to Winston
Guillory, SGA president.
For $15 per semester, the Health Center
provides for treatment of minor illness or
injury on campus, as well as free prescrip-
tions and overnight stay if needed. “This in
itself is a good deal,” Hornack said.
The Keystone Life accident policy,
however, covers hospital room and board,
laboratory examinations, X-rays, surgery,
hospital expenses, ambulance service,
anesthesia service, and dental injury,
among others, according to Hornack.
Annual cost of the policy is $49.50 for
students, $124 for student and spouse, and
$173 for a student with two or more depen-
dents.
There is also a $50 optional coverage for
maternity benefits.
“These rates, by far, beat out any
hospitalization plan by a large insurance
company,” Hornack said.
Keystone Life is in its fourth year of ser-
vice to Lamar. Approximately 400 studen-
ByANN LAVERGNE
of the UP staff
This afternoon at 4 o’clock is deadline for
entering all Homecoming 1979 events, ac-
cording to Sherri Booker, homecoming
publicity chairperson.
Individuals and groups may enter booths
in the homecoming carnival, floats and
cars in the homecoming parade, the
second annual homecoming Gong Show,
and a banner competition, Booker said.
The homecoming carnival is scheduled
for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 2 and 3,
on the Setzer Student Center Patio.
“We urge all campus organizations and
groups to register a booth in the carnival,”
Booker said. "Various types of food and
game booths, and ideas for various projec-
ts are still available.”
The homecoming parade is scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 6, in downtown
Beaumont. “Campus organizations and in-
dividuals are encouraged to enter floats,
decorated cars, or other types of
vehicles,” according to Booker.
“The Homecoming Committee is asking
for two representatives from each
organization and all interested Lamar
students to participate as clowns in the
parade,” Booker said. “There is no entry
fee for clown participants.”
A Gong Show is scheduled for Tuesday,
Oct. 2, 8 p.m., in the Setzer Student Center
ts are currently using the accident policy,
Hornack said.
“Keystone Life, like National Lloyds, is
exclusively for college students,” Hornack
said. "They offer such low rates for ac-
cident insurance on the premise that
students are basically a healthier group of
people due to their age and activity. They
are less likely to make large claims for ill
health.”
Both the accident policy and the proper-
ty policy are open to all students on all
Lamar campuses.
The policies are available in Hornack’s
office, 109 Wimberly Student Affairs
Building. The accident forms are also
available at the Lamar Health Center.
Master Charge and Visa are acceptable
for purchasing the policies, Hornack said.
“I strongly urge all students to look over
these policies and consider them,” Hor-
nack said. “The low rates for both the per-
sonal property and the accident insurance
policies are a real break for students.”
Ballroom. Any Lamar student or faculty
or staff member may participate in this
event, Booker said.
The show, according to Tommy Fain,
Gong Show chairperson, will consist of two
categories. In the first category, par-
ticipating students will be judged by a
panel of faculty and staff members. In the
second category, faculty and staff mem-
bers participating will be judged by a
panel of students.
Cash prizes, Fain said, will be awarded
in two areas: the most talented entry and
the most ridiculous entry.
Music will be provided by Kappa Kappa
Psi, for the second consecutive year, Fain
said.
All participating students must be full-
time Lamar students, according to Fain.
In addition to these three events, a ban-
ner competition is scheduled during
homecoming week.
“This competition is a challenge for all
campus organizations and groups to make
a banner supporting Big Red’s
homecoming,” according to Booker. “The
banners will be hung in the Setzer
Student* ' Center Arbor and should be
submitted for judging by Monday, Oct. 1, 4
p.m.”
Information concerning all events is
available in 201 or 204 Setzer Student Cen-
ter.
Casting your vote ?
Try Mr. None of the Above
WINNSBORO, La. (UPI)—None
of the Above, a candidate for gover-
nor of Louisiana, intends to sue to
force the secretary of state to put his
newly changed name on the Oct. 27
primary election ballot.
None of the Above is now the legal
name of Luther Devine Knox, a
minor candidate in the nine-person
race, who said he now may be called
“Nota” for short.
“We very definitely intend to file
suit/’ Nota said this week. “We are
waiting for a letter from the
secretary of state rejecting my
request to change my name on the
ballot.”
A month after qualifying for the
election as Luther Devipe “L.D.”
Knox, the candidate last week
legally changed his name to None of
the Above to push the theme of his
candidacy.
Nota said there can be no truly
free election until voters have the
choice of rejecting all candidates on
the ballot. He wants an amendment
to the U.S. Constitution to provide a
“None of the Above” slot on all
ballots.
“When we don’t get the right to
reject as well as elect them, then we
are being denied our constitutional
rights,” he said.
His attempt to change the ballot
was met with incredulous confusion
in the secretary of state’s office
where he was referred to State At-
torney General William Guste Jr.
Guste quickly ruled that None of
the Above could not replace Luther
Devine “L.D.” Knox on the ballot
because the new name is deceptive.
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