The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1969 Page: 1 of 12
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Vol. 20 No.2
Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas 77705
Oct. 3, 1969
fnriTarfieS Tucesday- Run-offs are slated for
today from 8 p.m. until 3 p.m. (Staff Photo
by Bobby Dickinson)
House Nixes Proposed
Set of Working Rules
By Mike Ramsey
Rejection of a proposed set of
working rules for the House of
Representatives highlighted the
first regular session Monday.
Nelson Thibodeaux, represent-
ing the Young Republicans Club,
presented the House with a set of
rules to govern the meetings. The
rules included sections on memb-
ership, voting members, voting,
motions passed, reconsideration
ov votes, order of business and
amendments.
House speaker Dickie Hile gave
each representative time to re-
view the minutes after some dis-
cussion.
Some confusion arose over
whether the motion could be voted
on at that meeting. Patsy Allen,
serving as secretary, reminded
the members that a motion was
passed last year to table votes
on proposals until the next meet-
ing.
However, the constitution did
not list such a rule and another
motion was made to table the
discussion until the next regular
meeting.
After some discussion, this
motion was withdrawn and the
vote was held.
Afte r the proposal was de-
feated, Thibodeaux moved for
reconsideration of the matter but
.that died for lack of a second.
At the meeting freshman can-
didates for officers were intro-
duced to the House.
Student government president
Lloyd Longnion addressed the
meeting and announced that stu-
dent government files were be-
ing updated.
Longnion also reported on re- .
cent meetings of the board of
regents and academic council. He
reported that the council and
Dr. Andrew Johnson, vice pre-
sident of academic affairs, were
looking for students interested
in polling students on the possi-
bility of eliminating final exam-
inations,
F oUowing adjournment, Thibo-
deaux and several members of
the House engaged in a heated
discussion over his defeated pro-
posal.
Sherman To Speak
Wednesday in Theatre
C. L. Sherman, Jr., a leader
in the movement to recall Beau-
mont City Councilman Dale
Hager, will speak Wednsday at
11 a.m. in the Lamar Theatre.
The Issues and Ideas com-
mittee of the Student Union Board
is sponsoring the event.
JOINT MEETING
The student House of Repre-
sentatives and Senate will have
a joint meeting Tuesday at 1:55
p.m. in the Science Auditorium.
Filing Deadline Scheduled
For Homecoming Activities
By Phyllis Lewis
Filing deadline for home-
coming activities is Oct. 15, at
3 p.m. in the Office of Student
Activities, Room 116, Student Af-
fairs Building.
This includes registration of
floats, queen candidates and
booths for the Cardinal Land
bazaar to be held in Alice Keith
Park.
All organizations may have a
booth in Cardinal Land, regard-
less of whether they build a
float, said Tanya Walker, Home-
: coming Committee bazaar chair-
Freshman
V oting
Is Today
Freshman can choose six stu-
dents from a field of 17 to serve
them as class officers and cheer-
leaders as they vote in the runoff
election today.
Polling places are the old Stu-
dent Union, Snack Bar I, Liberal
Arts building and Vocations
building, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Emerging from the primaries
as presidential candidates are
Linda Waggoner and Bob Lindner.
Vice president candidates are
Ann Robichau, Beth Sachitano,
and Gary Meeks,
Competing for the office of sec-
retary are Kathy Blalock, Jen-
nifer George and Kathy Burleigh.
The office of treasurer will be
filled by Celeste Birdwell, Mary
Burnett or Robbie Catalano.
Continued on Page 3 .
man.
Committee suggestions for
themes for the booths include
display, entertainment, and
snacks, among others. Interested
persons can contact Miss Walker
at Ext. 1503 or the Student Gov-
ernment Office, ext. 267.
This year’s Homecoming
Queen will be crowned a week
before Homecoming so that she
may reign over the full week of
activities. She will be crowned
Saturday, Oct. 25, during the
half-time ceremonies of the La-
mar-University of Southwestern
Louisiana football game.
In order to be eligible for
homecoming queen, a candidate
must have a grade point average
of a least 1.0 for both the whole
of her college work completed at
Lamar and that of the preceding
semester.
She must have completed a
minimum of 60 hours and must
not be over 23 years of age.
She must have attended the last
two full-time semesters at La-
mar. Both summer sessions
count as one full semester pro-
viding a total of 12 hours were
taken.
Acandidate must be a full-
time student this semester, or
one taking the total number of
hours required for graduation
that semester.
She must'not now be married
and must hold membership in
at least two recognized campus
organizations.
A candidate must be sponsored
by a recognized campus organi-
zation.
Grades and hours mustbe cer-
tified by the Student Affairs Of-
fice, Room 101, Student Affairs
Building, before filing for the
office of Homecoming Queen.
Two 3x5 glossy prints of the
candidate must accompany her
entry form and $10 registration
fee.
Once a candidate has fulfilled
the requirements and qualifica-
tions listed, she has been judged
qualified. Judges will not be al-
lowed to question her or any
candidate about the quali-
fications, nor will the candidate
be allowed to make any state-
ments that reflect upon the quali-
fications in answering questions
asked her by the judges.
On Sunday, Oct. 19,15 quarter-
finalists will be selected from a
preliminary screening at
1:30 p.m. in McDonald Gym. At
7:30 that evening eight semifi-
nalists will be selected.
Homecoming queen candidates
may campaign by word of mouth
only. No printed campaign ma-
terial other than that put out
by the Homecoming Committee
may be distributed, including,
but not limited to, posters, signs
or pictures.
A candidate may not appear in
any news media broadcast or
publication during the time of
Homecoming queen judging or
election unless she has cleared
with the Homecoming Committee
24 hours prior to the release
of such material.
The Homecoming Committee
will allow such action on the
part of the candidate only after
contacting said media and finding
that the release of such news
is impossible to delay until after
the time of judging and election.
A candidate may appear on
radio or television or have her
name in a news story only in
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AFTER MEETING TALK--A heated discussion followed Monday’s
first regular session of the House. Nelson Thibodeaux (far left) tried
to explain his motion, which was voted down, to Speaker Dickie Hile
(center), Acting Secretary Patsy Allen (right of Hile) and Student
Government President Lloyd Longnion (right of Thibodeaux (Staff
photo by Bobby Dickinson)
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