Lamar University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1980 Page: 1 of 4
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The Wednesday, April 23,
edition of the University
Press will be the last of
the spring semester. All
news should be turned in
to the UP office by 10 a.m.
Monday.
LAMAR
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Good Morning!
Friday, April 18,1980
Vol. 56, No. 43
Serving the Lamar community for 56 years
Price 10 cents off campus
MONTY SMITH
SSCC President
MARK MERRITT ^
SGA President-
Merritt, Smith win elections
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Two runoffs set for today
STEVE GUEST
Governing Board
Chairperson
JAMES SMITH
Professor of the Year 1P111
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Department head
quits Lamar post
Dr. Dorothy McAlister has resigned as
head of Lamar’s home economics depart-
ment to take a similar position with Baylor
University, according to Dr. David Ged-
des, vice president for academic affairs.
McAlister’s resignation is effective at
the end of the summer semester, Geddes
said. She has been department head since
3-971'.
A replacement will not be announced,
Geddes said, until the new dean of the
College of Education has been selected and
has had an opportunity to review ap-
plicants.
“Dorothy McAlister has provided
distinguished and effective leadership in
developing Lamar University’s home
economics department into an outstanding
organization,” Geddes said. “Not only has
she been an effective campus leader, she
has contributed richly to the development
of home economics programs throughout
southeast Texas.”
Under McAlister’s direction, the number
of students majoring in home economics
has increased from slightly over 200 in 1971
to the present 325 total, according to Ged-
des. There was a 13 percent increase in
enrollment in the department in 1979-80.
In addition to a master’s degree
prgoram approved in 1975, four areas of
specializations have been added to the
department during McAlister’s tenure,
Geddes said. They are fashion retailing
and merchandising; family and com-
munity service; interior design; and food
service and dietetics, a program approved
by the American Dietetic Association.
McAlister, who taught 10 years in public
schools in Oklahoma and Texas, was on
the faculties at Baylor University, Kansas
State Teacher College and Oklahoma State
University before coming to Lamar.
Handicapped help available
A special registration procedure has
been developed to assist handicapped
students at registration for the summer
and fall 1980 semesters at Lamar Univer-
sity, according to Elmer Rode, dean of ad-
missions and registrar.
“The procedure will facilitate a
smoother registration for students needing
some help,” Rode said. “A handicapped
student is any student who feels that his or
her abilities are limited.”
The procedure, according to Rode, con-
sists of three steps which will enable the
handicapped student to begin and com-
plete registration in 101 Liberal Arts
Building.
First, the student should report to his or
her academic adviser in his or her major
department, Monday through Friday,
April 14-25, to be advised. Rose said. The
adviser should prepare an advisement
form for each semester the student plans
to attend.
In the second step, the student should
report to the registrar’s office, 104 Wim-
berly Student Affairs Building, prior to
■Weather Word-
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Decreasing cloudiness today
with cooler temperatures and
fair skies tomorrow and Sunday.
Daytime highs will range from
the low to mid 70s. Nighttime
lows will range from the low to
mid 50s. No rain is expected over
the weekend.
Thursday, May 1, with a prepared
schedule of classes, according to Rode. If
assistance is needed, it will be given at this
time.
Finally, the student reports to 101
Liberal Arts Building, on registration day
to complete registration, Rode said.
“If necessary, we will process unan-
nounced students in 101 Liberal Arts
Building during registration, and there
will be a designated parking area for han-
dicapped students at the Northwest corner
of the education building,” Rode said.
“We want to make registration more
convenient for the student. We will have
telephone communications with the depar-
tments and will be able to handle most of
the students’ needs rather than requiring
that the student report to various
registration stations across campus.”
A member of the registration staff will
assist all handicapped students at
registration, according to Rode. Students
who have questions concerning
registration are urged to contact Rode in
the admissions office.
Cap and Gown
inducts seniors
Twenty-five Lamar women were in-
ducted into Cap and Gown Senior Honor
Society during ceremonies held Tuesday in
the quadrangle.
The honorees include Melanie Alo,
Beaumont, Morie Anne Althoff,
Beaumont; Mary Bower, Ladson, S.C.;
Marilyn Cammack, Beaumont; Cathy
Claunch, Beaumont; Patsy Coronado, Cor-
pus Christi; and Christi Cureton, Lake
Charles, La.
Others are Patty Ewels, Houston; Lori
Finley, Port Neches; Kathy Gambrell,
Port Arthur; Pam Gregory, Groves; Lisa
Huckaby, Beaumont; Ruthie Langham,
Beaumont; Betty Lee, Beaumont.
Also honored were Susan Marlow,
Vidor; Melinda Moore, Beaumont; Saun-
dra Philyaw, Beaumont; Bonita Reinert, ‘
Beaumont; Mary Richardson, Groves;
Amy Russell, Lumberton; and Rehnea
Shafer, Beaumont.
Rounding out the list are Melinda Smith,
Port Neches; Terri Thompson, Orange;
Debbie Williamson, Houston; and Mary
Wilson, Arlington.
Mark Merritt, Groves junior, was elec-
ted Student Government Association
president, and Monty Smith, Groves
junior, was chosen Setzer Student Center
Council president, in elections held Mon-
day and Tuesday, according to Winston
Guillory, SGA president.
Steve Guest, Bovina sophomore, was
elected SSC Governing Board chairperson.
He ran unopposed.
Merritt received 380 votes, and his op-
ponent, Lynne Freeland, Beaumont junior,
had 318 votes.
Smith, currently SSCC Forum Com-
mittee chairman, won the election with 366
votes while his opponent, Angie Roper,
Beaumont senior, had 321.
All five candidates for senator-at-large
were elected. They are Henry Hebert,
Beaumont sophomore; Joe Richardson,
Nederland sophomore; Glen Rose,
Nederland freshman; Ernie Wiggins,
Beaumont sophomore; and Brad Wilson,
Nederland sophomore.
Terri Thompson, Orange senior, with 169
votes, and Mary Wilson, Arlington junior,
with 112 votes won senior class senate
posts over Ben Morris, Cameron senior,
who had 74 votes and Mary Richardson,
Groves senior, with 88 votes.
In the junior class senator election, a
runoff is scheduled between Mike Neil,
Beaumont junior, who had 53 votes, Ron-
nie Rubit, Liberty sophomore, with 51
votes and Kyle Scaff, who topped all vote-
getters with 64 votes.
Runners-up in the junior class race were
Stan Simon, Nederland junior, with 42
votes; Dale Tyson, Sugarland sophomore,
had 42 votes; and Patsy Coronado, Corpus
Christi junior, had 31 votes.
Elected to represent the sophomore
class were Dale Knight, Beaumont fresh-
man, with 142 votes, and Lyndon
Hargraves, Silsbee freshman, with 104
votes.
Runner-up in the sophomore class
senate race position was Allen Goin, Clear
Lake freshman, with 91 votes.
In the College of Business senate race,
candidates Johnnie Owens, Beaumont
senior, with 51 votes, and Cheryl Shanks,
Beaumont senior with 45 votes, will com-
pete in a runoff.
Runners-up in the College of Business
race were Angela Givens, Friendswood
freshman, with 36 votes, and David
DeMartino, Beaumont sophomore, with 41
votes.
Tammy Stroud, Texas City freshman,
was elected senator from the College of
Engineering. She ran unopposed.
In the College of Liberal Arts senate
race the two winners were Robin Caillouet,
Bridge City sophomore, with 28 votes and
Kevin King, Beaumont freshman, with 15
votes.
Runners-up for the College of Liberal Ar-
ts senate posts were Cliff Bolton,
Nederland junior, with 12 votes, and
Darilyn Anson, Beaumont junior, with two
votes.
Janet Cole, Port Arthur junior, won the
senate post from the College of Sciences
with 49 votes. Her opponent, David
Stephenson, Vidor freshman, had 28 votes.
Elected senator from the College of
Technical Arts was Forrest Gibbs,
Nederland sophomore, with 86 votes. Gib-
bs’ opponent was Jacqueline Horn,
Beaumont freshman, who had 56 votes.
Also elected during the Monday and
Tuesday elections was Darrell Hobbs,
Beaumont freshman, as a member of the
SSCC Governing Board. Hobbs had 363
votes while his opponent, Johnnie Owens,
Beaumont senior, had 254 votes.
Students elected James H. Smith, in-
structor of diesel mechanics from the
College of Technical Arts, as Professor of
the Year. Smith was chosen from a fieldof
eight nominees.
LU construction plans underway
By DAVID HARRINGTON
of the UP staff
Construction plans for several campus
projects, costing approximately $8 million,
are currently underway, according to
Oscar K. Baxley, vice president for finan-
ce.
This is the greatest volume of con-
struction for Lamar since the construction
of the Cherry Engineering Building, the
Education Building, and the Biology
Building in 1968, Baxley said.
Part of the construction, Baxley said,
approved by the Texas College and
University Systems Coordinating Board,
has been completed.
According to Baxley, lighting for Car-
dinal Field for night baseball games has
been erected, as well as a part of the
aluminum grandstands.'
Still to be completed in Cardinal Field
are the remainder of the grandstands,
press box, coaches’ offices, dressing room,
and rest room facilities, Baxley said. The
plans will be reviewed by president C.
Robert Kemble and the Building and
Grounds Committee, Wednesday, April 30,
he said.
The president and the committee will
also review plans for a new athletic com-
plex scheduled to be built behind the out-
door swimming pool, Baxley said.
The facility will be suited especially for
gymnastics and dance, he said.
Other projects, scheduled for later
review, include replacement of a section of
incandescent lights in Cardinal Stadium
with a new type of lighting (not specified,
according to Baxley); remodeling of the
football dressing room facilities; a com-
munications laboratory to be added to
University Theatre; and an engineering
laboratory to be added on to the Cherry
Engineering Building, Baxley said.
In addition, five new tennis courts are
scheduled to be built in the parking lot bet-
ween Gray Hall and Ty Terrell Track on
East Virginia Street, Baxley said. This ad-
dition will include the construction of stan-
ds for tennis spectators, racket repair shop
and rest rooms to serve both the tennis
courts and the track, according to Baxley.
Also, a shipping and receiving complex
is scheduled to be added to the Lamar
Physical Plant, Baxley said. The proposed
location with the plant will be on the corner
of Port Arthur Road and East Lavaca
Street, he added.
According to Baxley, lights are also
scheduled to be erected in the Gentry Hall
parking lot.
And, renovation of the sixth and seventh
floors of Gray Library are being planned,
Baxley said. The sixth floor will house
volumes of books and the seventh floor will
be partitioned to serve as temporary
meeting rooms. The seventh floor is also
scheduled to house the Jack Brooks office
replica and the Lamar archival collection,
he said.
The library construction is scheduled to
be completed within eight to 10 months,
Baxley said.
Finally, Baxley said, a $4,200 contract
has been issued to Elliot Construction Co.
to clear concrete driveways and foun-
dations from south campus and fill in the
areas with dirt in an effort to beautify that
part of campus.
The entire master plan for Lamar is ex-
pected to be completed within 18 to 24 mon-
ths, Baxley said, with the engineering
laboratory project scheduled last.
Succeeding Wooster as dean
Yerick to assume graduate studies position
Dr. Roger Yerick, dean of the College of
Sciences, will assume the duties of dean of
the College of Graduate Studies in the 1980
fall semester, Dr. David Geddes, vice
president of academic affairs, said.
Yerick succeeds Dr. Ralph Wooster,
graduate studies dean for the past four
years.
Wooster is now assistant to the vice
president for academic affairs and also
dean of faculties.
“We are grateful for Wooster’s excellent
leadership,” Geddes said. “Presently, he
is active in teaching as well as several
other duties and needs relief from some of
his burden of responsibilities.
“Yerick is a respected scientist and ad-
ministrator and brings more than 20 years
of professional experiences to the
graduate studies program."
A new director of graduate studies will
also be selected to replace Dr. James
Cooke, who will return to full-time
teaching in the electrical engineering
department, Geddes said.
“Wooster , and Cooke have done out-
standing jobs in the College of Graduate
Studies,” Yerick said. “As Lamar Univer-
sity complies with their requests to be
given assignments in other areas, I am ap-
preciative of both the opportunity and
privilege of working to continue their ef-
forts.
“A director of graduate studies will be
named in the near future and I anticipate
this individual will be chosen from the
College of Liberal Arts.”
Wooster said, “I am particularly
pleased that I will have additional time for
matters of general concern and interest to
the Lamar faculty as well as my own
teaching and research. I will be able to
devote more time to my duties as dean of
faculties and professor of history. I ap-
preciate the support I have had from the
administration and members of the
graduate faculty.”
A member of the Lamar University
faculty since 1958, Yerick became dean of
the College of Sciences in 1974.
The Kingsville native is a graduate of
Texas A&I University and Iowa State
University.
Turco wins UMOC for fourth year
Dr. Charles Turco, director of resear-
ch and programs, has won first-place
for the fourth consecutive year in the
annual Ugly Man on Campus Contest.
The Kappa Alpha chapter of Alpha
Phi Omega National Service Fraternity
raised $526.21 for the Muscular
Dystrophy Association, according to
Rick Greig, chapter president. The
money will be presented to the
association during the annual Jerry
Lewis Labor Day Telethon in Sep-
tember, Greig said.
A rotating trophy was presented to Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity, which spon-
sored Turco, at the Keg last Friday,
Greig said. The Pikes won a special
trophy last year for being the winning
sponsor three consecutive years.
Dr. Elbert T. Dubose Jr., assistant
professor of government, won second-
place, Greig said. He was sponsored by
Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
Mike Warner, Beaumont senior, won
third-place, according to Greig. He was
sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi business
fraternity.
“My reaction to the whole thing is
that anytime we can participate in
something as fun-filled and worthwhile
as this cause, I feel both honored and
happy to be a part of it,” Turco said.
“I think it shows that our student
body is willing to have a good time for a
good cause. I think it is commendable
and shows there is a lot to be said for
this generation.”
“I enjoy participating with young
people very much,” Turco added.
DR. CHARLES TURCO (left)
note by FERNANDO PRADO
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