The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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Vol. XIV, No'. 16 LAMAR STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, BEAUMONT,
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Lards t o Scalp Arkansas State Tonight
Lamar Tech Scorers
Battle for Net Title
BEST DRESSED COED CONTESTANTS. Pictured above are the candi-
dateswhovied for the title of Tech's Best Dressed Coed. Standing from LEFT
to RIGHT are Linda Carol Mason, Karen Buvinghausen, and Linda Waters
Seated from LEFT to RIGHT are Sally Booth, Becky Parnell, the winner and
Caran Day.
Judges Select Parnell Best Dressed Coed
Becky Parnell, a junior
Home Economics major,
has been selected as Tech’s
Best Dressed Girl. A-s
such, she will be entered
in the national competition
which is sponsored by
GLAMOUR magazine. She
was sponsored by the Home
Economics Club.
Runner-up in the contest
was Caran Day, sponsored
by Kappa Delta. Third
place honors went to Linda
Carol Mason, sponsored by
Alpha Delta Pi.
Other contestants and
their sponsoring organiza-
tions were Sally, Booth,
Delta Zeta, Karen Buving-
hausen, Alpha Tau Omega,
and Linda Waters, Sigma
Nu.
photograph her in a typical
cam pus outfit and .a party
dress. The photographs
will then be sent to the
m a gazine with the official
entry form for the national
judging by a panel of
GLAMOUR editors. They
will first select a group of
s e m i - f i nalists and from
these the ten winners will
be chosen. The rest of the
seipi-finalists will be
named honorable mention
winners. The "Top Ten"
will be photographed in the
spring for the annual
August C ollege Issue of
GLAMOUR and will be
f 1 own to New York in June
via American Airlines for
a visit as the guests of the
magazine. The honorable
mention winners will be
f e a tured in a fall issue of
GLAMOUR. Over 250
colleges had a best dressed
Judges for the event
were Mary Caldwell, Diane
Mottice, Gary Friedman,
Bill Nylin, and Jack Wmd-
low.
Lamar Tech to Host
Annual Career Day
Leadership Meet
Opens on March 6
At Camp Wilder
The Third Annual Leader-
ship Conference will be
held this year March 6, at
Camp Wildurr. Every
campus organization is
urged to send a delegate. j
Two delegates from each
o r gani zation will be ac-
c e p ted. If a group cannot
send two, its unfilled space
will be assigned to another
group.
Sign up in the Student
Activities office, 101 Union
by Friday.-The fee<is $5.00
per person. This includes
meals and lodging.
Lamar Tech wilihbst
some 3,0 0 0 high school
sen iors tomorrow for the
annual Citi zenship and
Career Day program ..spon-
sored by the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce,
Beaumont C-C, and Lamar
Tech.
Academic classes will be
d i s m i ssed for the day as
the potential college stu-
dents probe into the various
career fields, indulge in
clinical guidance sessions,
and as a rule absorb their
first taste of college life
and atmosphere.
Charles H. Wilbanks,
associate professor of
education, is the Lamar
Tech program chairman.
Entertainment will be
Held from 9:30-9:45 a.m.
in Me Donald Gymnasium
as a. pre 1 iminary to the
opening general assembly.
Gary Friedman, president
of the student body at
Lamar Tech, will give the
i n v o c a tiori qrid Dr. F. L.
McDonald, president of the
hosf College, will give the
welcome. Hon. Tom
Reavley, district judge of
Travis County in Austin,
will give the; main address.
Professor Wilbanks will
introduce the guests, and
Carl Cooper, assistant
manager of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce will
review the day's program
and activities schedule.
The first clinic will be
from 11 a.m. to 12 noon,
and the second will be from
1 t o 2 p . m . G uidance
c 1 i n ips are scheduled for
the Liberal Arts, Engin-
eering, Science, McDbnald
Gymnasium, Business,
B i o 1 o gy - Geology, Voca-
tions, and Chemistry
buildings. The Lamar
Tech Speech and hearing
Clinic building will also
be used for counseling
sessions.
Capacity Crowd
Hears Lecturer
Dr . B. Iden Payne, noted
Shakespe arean lecturer
arid professor at the
University of Texas, spoke
to a capacity crowd in the
Lamar theatre Thursday
night.
Dr. Payne's lecture, "The
Living Shakespeare", dealt
with the actual mechanic s
of staging Shakespearean
productions. This aspect
of the study of the bard's
plays generally receives
littlri attention in the class-
room; and Dr. Payne, as a
world-famous producer of
Shakespeare's plays, was
eminently qua lified to
speak on this topic. Dr.
Payne enriched his talk
with sketches drawn on a
blackboard during the
lecture.
The Southland Conference
basketball championship
will be at stake tonight
when the high scoring
Lamar Tech Cardinals
e n ter tain' the Arkansas
Stpte Indiana in the season
finale at 8 p.;rri. in Mc-
Donald Gym.
A pre 1 iminary contest
between nationally ranked
Lon Morris Junior College
and the Lamar Tech frosh
is scheduled at | p.m.
prior to the main attrac-
tion, which is:expected to
draw a capacity crowd.
Coach Jack Martin's
Lamar Tech j uggernaut has
scored at a 90.9 point per
game clip in fashioning a
17-5 season mark. Ark-
ans as State brings a 16-8
worksheet into the crucial
tilt. .
Lamar Tech, who moved
into the undisputed lead in
the loop race with a 91-8.8
win over Arkansas State
two weeks hence, can
capture the title outright by
whipping the Indians.
H o v/ e v e r , an A rkansas
Sta e triumph would give
the Indians a share of the
title with Lamar Tech and
Abilene C hristian could
also get a portion by
beating Trinity Saturday.
But Lamar Tech,..which
is riding an 11-ghmb -win-
ning skein., has Won its
last 3 4 gamesiftMc-
Donald Gym. The Card-
inals are 6-1 in league play
while Arkansas State sports
a 5-2 mark.
I n their first meeting at
J o ne sboro, Arkansas, the
Cardinals won the close
contest without their top
scorer Richard Smith, who
was ejected from the game
midway in the first half.
Besides Smith, a 6-2
forward, the other Lamar
Tech starters will be 6-5
forward Jerry. Parker, 6-6
■center , D,o n. Bryson, 6- 1
guard Cton Heller and 6-0
guard Willie Wil-son. |
Forward Jerry Roojt, the
conference’s le ading
scorer with, a 24.9 average
has. been the top gun for
the Indians this season.
Other Arkansas State
starters will be 6-6 for-
ward Jerry Hudgins, 6-9
c e nter John Dickson, 5-11
guard Mike Dungan and
5-11 guard Dave Marko-
vich.
Students to Plan
Recording Session
For Folksingers
A s'e r ie s of recording
s e ssions to determine the
q u a 1 i ty and quantity and
type of folksingers on the
Lamar c a m p u s is now
being planned ,by the
students of Dr. Francis E.
Abernethy's Folklore
class, English 3310.
Inorder for the survey to
be complete and meaning-
ful, all Lamar students who
sing or play folk music
are asked to participate.
The recordings which will
take place in the recording
• studio of the Music- Speech
building-,- will be under the
direction of Annette Shep-
herd. Taping sessions will
b e gin March 2 ,a.nd will be
■held in the afternoon after
three o'clock. .
Eve ty One interested in
takingpartin this campus-
wide folk-*music survey is ■
asked to contact Dr. Francis
Abernetfty in 111 LA, Miss
A n rt e tte Shepherd, or any
member, of the Folklore
class.!
Lamar Tech Students
Observe Engineers’ Week
National Engineer'.s some individual student
Week will be observed, at
Lamar Tech with a public
showing of exhibits put
together by the five
e n g i n eering departments
and the college's Depart-
ment of Miathematics on
Feb.28-29.
Immediate ly following the
final guidance session pf
Career Day, high school
students will be conducted
on tours through the
e ngineering laboratories
in electrical, civil, chemi-
cal, mechanical and indus-
trial engineering depart-
ments, as well as mathe-
matics.
The laboratory tours also
are open to tfle general
public, and will be held on
Feb. 28 from 2 to 8 p.m.,
and on Feb. .29 from 9
a.m. to 5p.m. Engineering
students w i 11 be in the
laboratories to explain
equipment and exhibit
materials.
Area industry and busi-
ness firms will also have
exhibits on display, and
projects will be viewed.
The student committee
heading up Engineer’s Day
is the council composed of
officers of the Texas
Society of Professional
society student chapters.
Officers of TSPE are:
James Rjicks, Beaumont,
president; Winston Good-
rich, Beaumont, vice pres-
ident; A r thur Janecka,
Houston, secretary; and
Paul N. Hale, Hitchcock,
treasurer.
President of American
Society of Mechanical
Engineers is Emmett G.
Ward of Orange; American
Institute of Industrial
Engineers, Richard Mc-
Bride/of Port Arthur;
American .’Society of. Civil
Engineer^, Alan H. Plum-
mer, Beqtirhont; American
Institute of Chemical En-
gine e rs , John W. Gandy,
Orange; Institute of Elec-
tric al and Electronic
Engineers, Thomas Mc-
Gill, Jr., of Port Arthur.
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