The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960 Page: 4 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
April 1, I960
THE REDBIRD
Published weekly except during holidays, dead week
and final examinations during the regular school term.
Opinions expresses are those of the student editors,
and do not necessarily reflect those of the faculty and
administration. Items of interest are solicited and
may be submitted to the REDBIRD office.
REDBIRD STAFF
Editor.......................Joanne Webb
Sports Editor...................L. D. Hall
Business Manager...............Dalton Ewing
Staff Writers..............June Anne Ragland,
Sammie Gayle Hodnett, Cherrie Lott, MickeV Myers.
Fashion Editor........... Carol Stevens
Reporters..................Vivien Powers,
Margie Morris, Marcia Drain, Gale Chadwick, Pinkie
Updike, Fran Rousch, Gwen Parker, Ann Creswell,
Linda Talbert, Wanda Parks, and Mary Blessit
Faculty Sponsor..............Hunter Schmidt
Jubilee Committee Given Laurels
With the first L. T. Jubilee successfully completed,
special laurels are in order for George Markley,
chairman of the spring activity committee.
This committee, under the supervision of Markley,
planned and executed the whole idea of the L. T.
Jubilee. Despite several complications with the aud-
itorium being closed and the difficulty in obtaining a
name entertainment group, the committee carried the
project through to completion. They did this even
though at times it would have been easier to give up
the idea.
The committee seemed to realize that to give up
the new idea of the jubilee this year would kill all en-
thusiasm for the event in the future.
Every new activity must be a sort of experilment the
first year. The L.T. Jubilee has past its experimental
stage. It is now known that the event can grow with
the college into a traditional spring activity.
The evaluation made of the event at the Student Coun-
cil meeting Monday shows that, although some changes
will be needed next year, the event was a success.
This success would have been impossible without the
effort of Markley*s committee.
Plans For Hew Constitution Made
The first meeting of the Constitutional committee
will be held this afternoon at 3:30 in the Cardinal room.
This committee is open to anyone on the campus who
is interested in participating in the writing of the new
Student Association Constitution.
The Constitution the Student Association is now
workingunder was adopted in 1952. It now appears to
be inadequate for our growing enrollment and ex-
paading.program.
At the recent Texas Intercollegiate Students As-
sociation Convention, delegates from Lamar learned
that Lamar was the only school of its size working
under a unicameral system of student government.
Other larger schools in Texas are operating under a
bicameral system.
Problems do accompany any more complicated sysf
tern like the bicameral plan. For this reason it is
imperative that all angles be investigated by this
committee before deciding upon the new consiritution
to be presentd to the student body for approval.
In order to arrive at a workable consititution it is
necessary to ge t a variety of iddas and evaluate the
advantages and disadvantages of both the unicameral
and bicameral systems of student government.
With student cooperation a constitution can be drafted
and presented to the student body this spring.
Fate Of Variety Show To Be Determined
The Techstravaganze Variety Show committee will
meet in the Student Council office Tuesday at 3 p.m.
At this time a decision will be made whether to have
the Techstravaganza Variety show late this month or
reschedule it with Jubilee Week next spring.
Duetto the lack of a location to schedule the event,
best solution may be to have a Jjigger and better
Jubilee Week next year with the added attraction of
the Techstravaganza.
Butch And Doubters Set For Sunday
Butch and the Doubters
have been scheduled to ap-
pear 'at the regular Sun-
day night entertainment
se s sions in Snack Bar No. 1
according to Conley Todd,
chairman of the Campus
Activities committee.
The group will play from
5 to 7:30 p.m. and the
Snack Bar will be open to
serve sandwiches, drinks,
desserts,and dinne r plate s.
By
Your
Leave
By Joanne Webb
With Spring elections
c o m i ng up soon, now is a
good time to evaluate our
past elections with the aifn
of correcting some bad
situations which have
existed.
On looking over elections
of the past five years, some
very interesting, if not
rather startling obser-
vations can be made. Cerr
tainly this situation is grave
enough to warrant some
careful thought.
Last year 60 cahdidates
filed for the 34 studeht
go ve r n ment posts on the
Lamar campus. Fifteen
of these posts were filled
by the automatic election
of unopposed canllidates.
What is even more ap-
palingis the fact that out of
a total of 19 voting mem-
bers of the Tech Student
Council, seven were put
the re solely because they
were the only person who
filed for the office.
This group should be the
very core of the students’
government. Yet, under
the sc circumstance's i'S it
any wonder that these of-
fice s are not always ad-
equately filled.
Competition is needed for
every offiEe, but it seems
only logical that a g r e at
deal of interest would be
found in the student council
offices and representatives
because it is herethatfhe
students find their real
medium of expression of
their opinions and ideas.
The really shocking real-
ization comes when com-
paring last year's election
with pie spring election of
19 5 5. With an enrollment
of approximately 1200 less
than this year's total, 86
students filed for the 33
student government posi-
tions. O nly two student
council officers ran unop-
posed.
In general, the interest in
the elections five years ago
was much greater than the
inte re st last year. What
has happened? Is this stu-
'dent apathy?
The student council is en-
couraging anyone interested
in filing for a student coun-
cil office to come to the
regular councilepesethig
Mon day at 4 p.m. At this
m e e ting each prospective
candidate will have the op-
portunity to meet the coun-
cil and see how the Lamar
council operates.
It will also give these
candidates a chance to view
the council at work and ob-
j e c tively realize the ele-
m e n t s lacking in the stu-
dent govemmentprocedure
which they may be able to
contribute in the future.
The attendance atthis
meeting will be the first
indication of the interest
in this spring's elections.
Let’s hope the indication
is optomistic.
Oa Campus
with
MaxShulman
(Author of “I Wag a Teen-age Dwarf’, “The Many
—Loves of Dobie Gillie", etc.)
"NO PARKING”
As everyone knows, the most serious problem facing American
colleges today is the shortage of parking space for students’ cars.
Many remedies have been offered to solve this vexing dilemma.
For instance, it has been suggested that all students be required
to drive small foreign sports cars which can be carried in the
purse or pocket. This would, of course, solve the parking prob-
lem but it would make double dating impossible—unless, that
is, the boys make the girls run along behind the car. But that
is no solution either because by the time they get to the prom
the girls will be panting so hard that they will wilt their corsages.
Another suggested cure for our parking woes is that all
students smoke Marlboro cigarettes. At first glance this seems
an excellent solution because we all know Marlboro is the
cigarette which proved that flavor did not go out when filters
came in—and when we sit around and smoke good Marlboros
we are so possessed by sweet contentment that none of us
wishes ever to leave; which means no gadding about which
means no driving, which means no parking problem.
But the argument in favor of Marlboros overlooks one im-
portant fact: when you run out of Marlboros you must go get
some more, which means driving, which means parking, which
means you’re right back where you started.
Probably the most practical suggestion to alleviate the campus
parking situation is to tear down every school of dentistry in
the country and turn it into a parking lot. This is not to say
that dentistry is unimportant. Gracious, no! Dentistry is im-
portant and vital and a shining part of our American heritage.
But the fact is there is no real need for separate schools of den-
tistry. Dentistry could easily bemoved to the school of mining
engineering. Surely anyone who can drill a thousand feet for
oil can fill a simple little cavity.
This experiment—combining dentistry with mining engineer-
ing—has already been tried at several colleges—and with some
very interesting results. Take, for instance, the case of a dental
student named Fred C. Sigafoos. One day recently Fred was
out practicing with his drilling rig in a vacant lot just off
campus. He sank a shaft two hundred feet deep and, to his
surprise and delight, he struck a detergent mine. For a while
Fred thought his fortune was made but he soon learned that
he had drilled into the storage tank of the Eagle Laundry.
Walter P. Eagle, president of the laundry, was mad as all get-
out and things looked mighty black for Fred. But it all ended
well. When Mr. Eagle called Fred into his office to chew him
out, it so happened that Mr. Eagle’s beautiful daughter, Patient
Griselda, was present. For years Patient Griselda had been
patiently waiting for the right man. “That’s him!” she cried
upon spying Fred—and today Fred is a full partner in the Eagle
Laundry in charge of pleats and ruffles. ® i960 Mushuimu
* * *
Speaking of laundries reminds us of cleanliness which in
turn reminds us of filtered Marlboros and unfiltered Philip
Morris—both clean and fresh to the taste—both available
in soft pack and flip-top box.
CONFERENCES HELD
Student teacher confer- All student teachers were
cnees were held March31 re que ste d to be on the
according to Charles H. campus at 8 a.m. for con-
Wilbanks of the Education ference with their super-
Department. visors.
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