The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1958 Page: 3 of 6
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May 9, 1958
The Redbird
Page 3
On Campus
with
Max§hu]man
(By the Author oj "Rally Round the Flag(Boys! "and,
"Barefoot Boy with Cheek")
THE ENGINEERS HAVE HAIRY EARS
Today in this age of technology when engineering graduates are
wooed and courted by all of America's great industries, how do
you account for the fact that Rimbaud Sigafoos, who finished
at the very top of his class at M.I.T., turned down hundreds of
attractive job offers to accept employment as a machinery
wiper at the Acme Ice Company at a salary of S20 a week with
a twelve-hour day, a seven-day week, and only fifteen minutes
for lunch?
I know what you are thinking; "Cherchez la fern me!" You are
thinking that Mr. Acme, head of the Acme Ice Company, has
a beautiful daughter with whom Rimbaud is madly in love and
he took the job only to be near her.
Friends, you are wrong. It is true that Mr. Acme does have
a daughter, a large, torpid lass named Clavdia who spends all
her waking hours scooping marzipan out of a bucket and staring
at a television set which has not worked in spine years. Rim-
baud has not the slightest interest in Clavdia: nor, indeed, does
any other man, excepting possibly John Ringling North".
So how come Rimbaud keeps working for the Acme Ice Com-
pany? Can it be that they provide him with free Marlboro
Cigarettes, and all day long he enjoys that filter, that flavor,
that flip-top box?
Xo, friends, no. Rimbaud is not allowed to smoke on the job,
and when he finishes his long, miserable day, he has to buy his
own Marlboros, even as you and I, in order to enjoy that
estimable filter, that incomparable flavor, that crazy flip-top box.
Well, friends, you might as well give up because you’ll never
in a million years guess why Rimbaud works for the Acme Ice
Company. The reason is simply this: Rimbaud is a seal!
He started as a performing seal in vaudeville. One night on
the way to the Ed Sullivan show, he took the wrong subway.
All night the poor mammal rode the B.M.T., seeking a helping
hand. Finally a kindly brakeman named Ernest Thompson
Sigafoos rescued the hapless Rimbaud.
He took Rimbaud home and raised him as his own, and
Rimbaud, to show his appreciation, studied hard' and got ex-
cellent marks and finished a distinguished academic career as
valedictorian of M.I.T.
Rimbaud never complained to his kindly foster father, but
through all those years of grammar school and high school and
college, he darn near died of the heat! A seal, you must remem-
ber, is by nature a denizen of the Arctic, so you can imagine
how poor Rimbaud must have suffered in subtropical New York
and Boston, especially in those tight Ivy League suits.
But today at the Acme Ice Company, Rimbaud has finally
found a temperature to his liking. lie is very happy and sends
greetings to his many friends.
'rj 1958 Max Shulman
Any time, any clime, you yet a lot to like with a Marlboro,
whose makers lake pleasure in brinyiny you this column
throuyh the school year.
Doe’s Shirt Shop
711 College Street
Beaumont, Texas
Phone TE 2-4467
Lamarites Address
Lamar’s ACE Plans
Local Rotarians
Orieta Sandoval of Chile,
special student in element-
ary education; Surin Bar-
samian of Iraq, industrial
enginee ring freshman;
George Guttman of Hungary,
junior civil engineering
major; and John Hunt of
Canada, a native of England,
physical education sopho-
more recently told Beau-
mont Rotarians at a lunch-
eon meeting that they like
Lamar, Texas and Texans.
Each student told some-
thing about his homeland
reasons for electing to
study_at Lamar Tech. All
had a word of praise for
the American public's
friendly and helpful attitude,
Mr. Guttman told how he
left Hungary following the
Communist supressed rev-
olution. He has the status
of an immigrant but plans
to become an American
citizen. The others talked
of what they hoped to do on
their return home.
The panel was presented
by Dean O. B. Archer, and
the students' appearance
was arranged through Dr.
Dorothy Stine. A special
guest for the day was Dr.
F.L. McDonald.
Alpha Chi Omega
Awards Presented
Katherine Fannette was
selected as Best Chapter
Girl by the Alpha Chi O-
mega alumnae at a recent
meeting. Elma Jean Trib-
ble received an award for
having the highest scho-
lastic average and Edith
Honeycutt was awarded for
showing the greatest im-
provement in grades. Gifts
were presented to Mary
Greer and Barbara Bradley,
graduation seniors.
The alumnae club will
sponsor a luncheon for the
Gamma Phi chapter Satur -
day at Camp Wilder be-
ginning at 10:00 a.m. and
continuing through 1:30 p.m.
Highlight of the event will
be the showing of movies
made at various Alpha Chi
Omega activities.
On Sunday, which is
Mother's Day, the girls will
honor their mothers with
a lawn party at the home
oa Nancy Ezelle, 2945 Av-
enue D, from 4 to 5 p.m.
Cecile Butts Will
Address Math Club
The Lamar Tech Math
Club will hold its regular
meeting Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. in the Library Semin -
ar Room. This will be the
last meeting of the current
year.
Speakers for the evening
will be Cecile Butts, soph-
omore math student, whose
topic will be "Master of All
Trades..Leibni^' andPeter
Terwey, Tn, Associate Pro-
fessor of Mathematics, who
will speak of "The Algebra
of Sets and Symbolic Log-
Installation Tea Monday
The home of Mrs. C. T.
Olcott,4610 Corkwood
Drive, will be the scene of
an installation tea Monday
for the Lamar chapter of
American Childhood Edu-
cation.
Calling hours for the tea
will be 5 to 7 p.m. with the
installation services set
for 6 p.m.
Mrs. Velma Frost of Beau-
mont will be installed as
president for the 1958-59
term. Other officers to be
Mrs.Norma Hall
Heads Business Clinic
Mrs. Norma Hall, profes-
sor and head of the secre-
tarial science department,
is scheduled to serve as
lecturer in charge of a
"Business Letter and Re-
port Writing Clinic" to be
sponsored by the National
Management Association.
The clinic is scheduled for
Monday and Tuesday, from
7:30 to 10:00 p.m. in the
Rose Room of the Hotel
Beaumont.
Jeanette Wright, assistant
professor, Nancy Darsey,
and Mrs, Eleanor Sladczyk,
instructors, all of the sec-
retaricl science depart-
ment; will assist Mrs, Hall.
The clinic committee is
headed by Dr. Richard Set-
zer, Dean of the School of
Business, who is a director
of the local NOMA chapter.
installed include: Mrs.
Joyce Andrews of Port Ar-
thur, vice president; Bev-
erly Gibbs, of Houston,
secretary; Mrs. Naomi
Hanson of Port Neches,
treasurer; andBettyWam-
er of Orange, publicity di-
rector.
The chapter has selected
as their yearly project, the
selling of decorative wall
plates which picture the
Lamar Library. The plates
are priced at $2.25 and may
be purcha sed from any A CE
member. Proceeds from the
sales will go into a fund
designated for the purchase
of children's literature
books for the Lamar li-
brary._
Pre-Med Club Tours
Texas Dental School
Fifty members of the Pre-
Med Club made a tour of
the Texas Dental School
and the Baylor University
Medical School at Houston,
Saturday, May 3. A picnic
lunch was spread at the
Hermann Park Zoo. TTie
group was accompanied by
Dr. E. S. Hayes, Dr. Rus-
sell Smith Dr. Kirk Strawn,
and William Fitzgerald of
the Biology Department. In
charge of arrangements
were Tommy Linton, pres-
i d e n t, and Bruce Banta,
treasurer.
"COKE" IS A REGISTERED TRADE-MARK. COPYRIGHT 1958 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY.
Know the answer?
What’s an eight-letter word which
reminds you of good taste, sparkle, lift?
The answer’s easy—Coca-Cola of
course. No puzzle about why it’s so
popular ... no other sparkling drink
gives you so much good taste, so
much satisfaction. Yes, when you’re
looking for refreshment,
the answer’s always Coke!
SIGN OF GOOD TASTE
Bottled Under Authority of the COCA-COLA Company By
The BEAUMONT COCA- COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
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Barnes, Dorothy. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1958, newspaper, May 9, 1958; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499113/m1/3/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar University.