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Kemble inauguration Feb.
Dr. Charles Robert (Bob) Kemble
will take the oath of office as president
of Lamar University on February 1.
The oath will be administered at a 10
a.m. university convocation in the Set-
zer Center ballroom.
Dr. Kemble was appointed to succeed
I \ ^-“President John E. Gray by the univer-
( ' sity’s Board of Regents on December 14.
The selection culminated a 100-day
search for Lamar’s new chief ad-
ministrative official.
“Dr. Kemble’s capacity for leader-
ship has been proven throughout his
distinguished military and educational
career," said Otho Plummer, chairman
a of the Board. “We feel extremely for-
tunate to have a man of his
qualifications and stature to succeed
Dr. Gray.”
Dr. Kemble comes here from New
Mexico Military Institute in Roswell,
where he has been president since 1972.
The 51-year-old native of Iowa is a
retired Army colonel and active
brigadier general in the New Mexico
1 National Guard.
Houston man
sentenced for
co-ed beating
A 19-year-old Houston man has been
* sentenced to 18 years in prison for the
beaating of a Lamar co-ed and the
burglary of her dormitory room June
23,1975.
Kenneth Paul Bryant received the
sentence Jan. 13 after he changed an
earlier innocent plea to guilty following
the presenting of evidence by attorneys
for both sides.
Lamar student Wanda Bell of Hull
testified she did not recall the beating.
She said she had gone to bed June 22,
1975 after saying her prayers and woke
up in the intensive care unit of a
hospital.
She said she was hospitalized for four
days and then bedridden at home for
another two weeks due to a severe
„ beating she received during the
burglary.
Bryant, who admitted hitting the
woman, said he entered the dorm room
after seeing a purse through a crack in
the slightly open door in Morris Hall.
He testified he decided to steal any
money in the purse and noticed the
sleeping woman after he was inside the
, room.
Bell, Bryant testified, opened her
eyes when he approached her and he
said his first reaction was to hit her and
get away.
Bryant was arrested about a month
after the incident and confessed to
police, according to testimony.
Carillon to
sing again
Lamar University’s campus will soon
be singing again.
The 49-bell carillon, which was in-
stalled on the eighth floor of the library
in time for December graduation, was
damaged by wind during the semester
break and has been out of operation.
The system can chime on the hour,
half hour and quarter hour, or can play
during class changes or play songs. It
has not been determined when the
carillon will be operative. The carillon
was a gift from Mrs. Anne Coburn in
memory of her husband, the late Albert
> J. Coburn.
New speakers and a new keyboard,
however, have been ordered according
to Bud Leonard, vice-president for
university relations. The new unit can
then provide music that can be heard
all over campus.
The electronic, computerized carillon
can be operated manually by the
keyboard or can be programmed to
play automatically.
He holds a B.S. degree from the
United States Military Academy, an
M.A. degree in literature from the
University of Pennsylvania, and a
Ph.D. in American thought and
civilization from George Washington
University. Dr. Kemble has also at-
tended Kansas University, Cornell
University, Denver University and
Columbia University.
Dr. Kemble has also completed five
military schools, including a fellowship
at the National War College, the
military’s highest level education in-
stitution.
He was a professor and director of the
American studies program at the U.S.
Military Academy when he accepted
the presidency of New Mexico Military
Institute, one of seven state-supported
institutions of higher learning in that
state. His stints on the West Point
faculty were from 1956-60 and from
1966-72.
As a soldier, General Kemble served
in two campaigns as an enlisted man
with the 82nd Airborne Division in
Europe in World-War II. He received
his appointment to West Point during
the Battle of the Bulge in 1945.
He is married to the former Helen
Elfstrom, also of Iowa, and they have
two sons and three daughters.
Christopher lives in Milwaukee, Geof-
frey is a sophomore at West Point,
Keith Eilene resides in Las Cruces,
Mrs. Cynthia Lawshe lives in Phoenix,
and Carol has just graduated from high
school.
Regent Lloyd L. Hayes and Dr.
Preston B. Williams, dear, of the
College of Liberal Arts, served as chair-
man and vice chairman, respectively,
of a 30-member advisory committee
which led the search for Dr. Gray’s
successor.
The committee membership
represented a cross-section of the LU
community, including students,
faculty, staff, ex-students and regents.
The committee reviewed 132 ap-
plications and conducted 10 days of in-
tensive interviews before submitting
final nominees.
THE
UNIVERSITY
PRESS
Vol. 27, No. 1
Friday, Jan. 21,1977
Lamar University
Beaumont, Texas
BOB KEMBLE
LU student
charged with
grant forgery
A 21-year-old Lamar University
female has been charged with forgery
after she allegedly altered the amount
of her financial aid grant.
Pamela Joyce Kemp, 4460 General
Drive, is free on $1,000 bond after being
charged in the incident.
The $296 grant figure was changed to
$698 and presented at the ad-
ministration Friday where the
alteration was detected, according to
university police.
A check is being made of other grants
to make sure there are no discrepancies
in grant figures, police said.
Two new education courses offered
The College of Education has
initiated two new programs for this
semester. An associate of science
degree of paraprofessionals is ad-
ministered by the special education
department, and a professional cer-
tificate program for visiting teachers is
offered through the department of
secondary education.
The two-year degree for
paraprofessionals is a follow-up to 18
months of contact between Lamar,
paraprofessionals and their super-
visors. Some 300 teacher aides have
participated in workshops at Lamar
University during this time.
Dr. Monty Sontag, head of Lamar’s
special education department, said
most paraprofessionals are involved
directly as instructional aides. He said
teacher aides help offset the spiraling
cost of education as well as provide the
specialized assistance required by the
children they instruct.
The associate degree is one of three
ways teacher aides can meet
requirements of the Texas Education
Agency for the top level of Grade III.
Dr. Richard Swain, head of Lamar’s
secondary education department, said
the visiting teacher professional cer-
tificate program is a 36-hour graduate
pursuit; however, certified personnel
with a master’s degree can add the new
certification with considerably fewer
hours. Graduate students in guidance
and counseling can qualify with only
two or three additional courses.
Swain said the visiting teacher is a
member of the team of support persons
in the school with unique preparation
and skills to activate the resources of
the school, community, and family to
enhance opportunities for children with
SSCC president resigns
Rodney Bridgers, senior ac-
counting major from Beaumont,
resigned as Setzer Student Center
Council president Wednesday,
Jan. 19, 1977, when a formal
request for his resignation was
made by the executive com-
mittee of the council.
Nancy Abshire, SSCC vice
president, stepped up to fill the
vacancy, in accordance to the
constitution of the council. Ms.
Abshire is a senior psychology
major from Beaumont.
The vice presidential position
will be filled at a later date by
executive council appointment.
A letter requesting Bridgers’
resignation was read at Wed-
nesday’s meeting and was
followed by a vote of executive
council members, to which
Bridgers conceded.
According to Steve Moore, Top
Name Committee chairman, the
request for Bridgers’ resignation
was made “in the best interests
of the student body.”
The executive committee of the
council is made up of the
president, vice president,
secretary-treasurer (Julia LeDaj
and all committee chairmen.
Chairmen and their respective
committees are Steve Moore, Top
Name; Steve Carruthers, Cof-
feehouse; Benny Brocato,
Recreation; Drew Sauerwein,
Film; Kathi Youngblood, Fine
Arts.
And, Norma Smith, Forum;
Mike Tapia, Public Relations;
Robert Preston, Video Tape; and
Na ncy Newman, Social.
Absent at Wednesday’s
meeting were Sauerwein and
Youngblood.
special needs. Duties include direct
casework services to children within
the school and home setting.
Professional expertise of a visiting
teacher includes familiarity with the
school’s curricula, organization and
policies; a working knowledge of com-
munity agencies, their services and
delivery systems; as well as an
acquaintance with the benevolent ac-
tivities of social, service and fraternal
organizations.
Further information concerning the
certification program may be obtained
by phoning Swain or Dr. Walter Dezelle
at 838-7716, or by writing P. O. Box
10034, Lamar University Station,
Beaumont 77710. Information about the
associate degree program may be ob-
tained by contacting Dr. Sontag at 838-
7322.
Kids on trike
take night ride
It was not a common sight, especially ’
at 3:20 in the morning.
So when a Lamar University student
spotted the two children riding down
the middle of the road on a little red
tricycle in the wee hours of the morning
last Saturday, he notified the Univer-
sity police.
A Lamar officer located the little
boys, about five years old, in the 700
block of E. Virginia, almost to Port Ar-
thur Road. One little boy was pedaling
the tricycle while the other, with a
plastic bag in hand, was viewing the
scenery while standing on the back of
the trike.
The officer signalled the three-
wheeled vehicle to pull over to the side
of the road and asked the boys what
they were doing.
“We couldn’t sleep so we sneaked out
of the house,” one of the midnight
riders said.
The duo was escorted home along
with their means of transportation and
delivered to surprised parents.
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