Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1980 Page: 2 of 8
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UNIVERSITY PRESS September 26,1980*2
iLU Briefs'
LTMA
Phillip Craig Thomas, Nederland sophomore,* has
been elected president of the Lamar Technical
Management Association, Ira Wilsker, mid-
management instructor, said.
Other officers elected for the fall semester are David
Thornhill, Silsbee freshman, vice president; and
Debra Drake, Beaumont freshman, secretary.
Also, Dallas Smith, Port Arthur freshman,
treasurer; and Bobby Conley, Beaumont freshman,
student government association representative.
Alpha Lambda Delta
Alpha Lambda Delta officers for fall 1980 are Tam-
my Stroud, Texas City sophomore, president; and
Karen Simmons, Vidor junior, first vice president, ac-
cording to Donna Pope, editor.
Also, Judy Sparks, Vidor sophomore, second vice
president; Deborah McMillen, Beaumont sophomore,
third vice president; and Janet Van Cleave, Port Ar-
thur sophomore, secretary.
Other officers are Connie Burrow, Orange
sophomore, treasurer; Pope, Port Neches junior;
Dana Meche, Orange junior, historian; and Donna
Phillips, Silsbee sophomore, SGA representative.
Also, Sarabeth Agnew, Lumberton sophomore,
social chairman; and Connie Lakey, Port Arthur
sophomore, committee chairman.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority has chosen officers for
fall 1980, according to Pamela Narcisse, Ivy Leaf
reporter.
New officers are Rhonda Sheppard, Port Arthur
senior, president; Terri Simmons, Galveston junior,
vice president; and Karen Taylor, Port Arthur junior,
recording secretary.
Other officers are Donna Simon, Port Arthur senior,
corresponding secretary; Narcisse, Port Arthur
senior; Sharon Jean Clay, Galveston senior, treasurer;
and Pamela Thompson, Galveston sophomore,
sergeant-at-arm s.
ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers has elec-
ted officers for 1980-81,according to Lisa Cutaia, ASID
president.
Officers elected for this year are Cutaia, Groves
freshman; Martina Lucarelli, Orange senior, vice
president; and Woodson Porterfield, Beaumont bac-
calaureate, treasurer. The position of secretary is
vacant.
According to Virginia Anderson, home economics
department head, ASID is the largest interior design
organization in the world. Lamar’s chapter is under
the sponsorship of the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter ASID,
which also includes Orange, Port Arthur, Nacogdoches
and Houston.
SFE
Rehnea Shafer, Beaumont senior, has been elected
coordinator for the Students for Free Enterprise,
Sherrie Booker, spokesperson, said.
Other fall semester officers are Winston Guillory,
Port Arthur senior, assistant coordinator; Julie
McRee, Port Arthur senior, secretary-treasurer; and
Booker, Beaumont junior, publicity chairman.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega will head up the campus blood
drive, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 13 ■ 15,
Jacque Placette, director of student organizations,
said.
The group will meet Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 108 Setzer
Student Center, to organize the drive, Placette said.
For more information, contact Placette, 838-8914.
Beta Beta Beta
Beta Beta Beta biology honor society will meet
Tuesday, 5 p.m., 105 Biology Building, George Haase,
spokesperson,said.
This will be a general business meeting, Haase said.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
A Dusseldorf Disaster Party will be hosted by Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity, today, 8 p.m., Darrell Hobbs,
spokesperson, said.
The fraternity house, 96 North Seventh St., is the par-
ty site. Brothers, pledges and sororities’ members are
invited.
Dark beer and schnapps will be served, Hobbs said.
New dean seeks excellence
Schnur finds satisfaction in challenges
By TOMMY CHATLOSH
of the UP staff
There is no greater high,
in the opinion of the new
dean of the College of
Education, than doing
something well. When that
leads to seeing one learn, he
said, "that’s the greatest
trip in the world.”
Dr. James O. Schnur
assumed the responsibilities
of dean of education this
summer. His interests in
education are many and
varied, he explained, but “I
quest for excellence. It's
what I’m most concerned
about.”
While competency-based
education was good and ser-
ved a purpose, Schnur said,
“excellence is going beyond
just competence—going
beyond just minimum stan-
dards. It’s an unwillingness
to settle for mediocrity.”
Originally from Dunkirk
in upstate New York, Schnur
and his wife, Mary Ann, are
both in the field of education.
Their two children are con-
tinuing their college
educations in other parts of
the country.
Schnur received his
bachelor’s degree in elemen-
tary education and speech
education in 1959. Three
years later he completed his
master’s degree in elemen-
tary education and ad-
ministration.
Both degrees are from
State University College,
Fredonia, N.Y.
He earned his doctorate in
education from State
University of New York,
Buffalo, in 1970. He com-
pleted post doctoral work in
higher education
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His work experience in-
cludes six years teaching in
New York public schools and
one year as assistant dean at
State University College.
Schnur also worked eight
years at the University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls,
serving as department and
associate dean.
Schnur’s interests include
special education and gifted
education, he said. Most of
his recent research involves
these areas. He has been
published in five scholarly
journals, and expects a
recently completed article
to appear early next year in
"Roeper Review,” a
Michigan-based journal
specializing in gifted
education.
Within gifted education,
Schnur has studied the area
of radical acceleration.
Describing this
phenomenon, he cited the
“Study for Mathematically
Precocious Youth,”
developed at Johns Hopkins
University.
“It’s not’ atypical,” he
said, “for a student to PH.D.
(earn a doctorate) in com-
puter science, as one did at
Cornell University (Ithaca,
N.Y.) at age 21.” While it’s
one of the most con-
troversial areas of
education, it’s also one of the
best-researched, he ex-
plained.
Other areas of Schnur’s
teaching and research in-
clude elementary
mathematics and migrant
education. Research in the
latter area first brought
Schnur to Texas in 1970.
McAllen was his first stop,
and he “liked the state and
the people immediately, ”
he said.
What brings a man like
Schnur from Iowa to
Southeast Texas and
Lamar? He selected Lamar
from several other top
universities “for the poten-
tial I see for it.
“Lamar is a well-
respected university. It has
done a fantastic job
providing services to
teachers of the area,” he ex-
plained.
Schnur named several
general goals which he
hopes will broaden the scope
of the College of Education.
Included are more activity
in research grants, in-
creased research activity
and a greater amount of
faculty publication, he said.
Schnur added he wants to
get to know the faculty and
program of the university
before he formulates any
specific goals for the
college.
“Teaching is a tough job,”
he said.
“People don’t get paid for
the rigors the job demands."
The money issue and
women’s rights concerns are
significantly reducing’ the
availability of women
teachers, he said.
Female secondary math
and science teachers are
“very employable in in-
dustry” since industry must
hire women, and since it of-
fers much more money and
better benefits, Schnur ex-
plained. Money and prestige
are the answers to at-
tracting and keeping good
teachers, he said.
Schnur said he believes in
challenging each individual
to learn in his best way.
Discussing self-paced in-
struction and use of visual
and auditory modes, he ad-
ded “there’s no one way for
everyone. If there is a
catalyst, it is individuality.”
Within education, Schnur
said he would like to see
every educator have a good
background in special
education. Mainstreaming
of handicapped and gifted
students into the regular
classroom makes such
background even more
valuable than in the past, he
said.
“We philosophically em-
brace the right to life and
right to education, whatever
the quality of life. This
reflects our humaneness as
a society,” he said. “We’ve
learned that you don’t cure
the mentally retarded, but
you can enhance the quality
of life. What a great thing
that is.”
Noting that education can
be frustrating at times,
Schnur adds “it’s a big high
when you see learning hap-
pening.”
As Schnur continues his
quest for excellence in his
new position, he maintains a
positive attitude toward it.
“It’s like chasing the
elusive butterfly. You may
never catch it, but that
doesn’t diminish the
satisfaction of the chase.”
Dental clinic sets hours
The Dental Hygiene
Clinic, located in the Mamie
McFaddin Ward Health
Sciences Building, has an-
nounced its clinic hours for
the fall 1980 semester.
New hours for the clinic
are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Mondays and Wednesdays,
and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
Thursdays.
The cost for the dental ser-
vices is 55 with a valid
Lamar ID and 86 without an
ID. Services covered with
this fee are cleaning, X-
rays, flouride and student
education.
“Treatment is completed
under the direction of com-
petent dentists and dental
hygienists,” according to
Frieda Atherton, director of
the dental hygiene program.
“Dental hygiene students
usually need two to three ap-
pointments to finish most
treatment cases.”
Visits are conducted by
appointment only. In-
terested persons should call
the clinic at either 838-8166
or 838-8167.
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LUPA library to open
Lamar University at Port
Arthur will have its first
university library by Nov. 1,
Maxine Johnston, director of
library services, said.
The City of Port Arthur
donated the Gates Memorial
Library building to LUPA
after the city decided to
build a public library. The
building was originally con-
tracted Jo serve as a univer-
sity library as well as a
public library.
After repairs are com-
pleted, the library will open,
basing a collection on sub-
jects taught at LUPA.
Johnston reports that the
library will be inefficient for
students at first, but will
become more efficient as the
library begins to grow.
Alo’ to address TSTA
Dr. Richard Alo’, head of
the mathematics depart-
ment, will be the principal
speaker at the District 4 con-
vention of the Texas State
Teachers’ Association Nov.
7.
The convention will be
held at Ross Sterling High
School in Baytown.
Dr. Alo’ will speak on
“Career Opportunities in the
Math Sciences” and their
relationship to programs at
Lamar in a 90-minute
presentation to the secon-
dary math section.
Alo’ is a member of the
distinguished committee for
the undergraduate
programs in math, a com-
mittee of the Math
Association of America.
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