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THE REDBIRD
“Immature’ Senior Shocked;
KLSC Cardinal Hour Praised
Dear Editor:
I, an "immature" Senior, was
shocked, not by the "voluminous
suds flowing from the newly(?)
constructed fountain on cam-
pus, " but by the "voluminous"
words of a mature (?) junior in
last week's paper.
His lo gica 1 reasoning would
discredit any "mature adult."
Apparently he has existed in
such a "lathargic state" for so
long that his reasoning has been
affected.
In the first place, if he re-
members the fountain as being
"newly c onstructed" then he
r e a 1 ly has been "out of it” for
the past three years. In the se-
cond place, if the soap bubbles
in the fountain did not bring a
smile and a little bit of humor
to the sometimes monotonous
class day, then I feel only pity for
such a person.
I hate to imagine that such an
incident could disturb anyone so
much.
He probably would have had a
nervous break down if he had
s e en a student on a sjirf board
paddling across the pond at the
University of Houston as I did at
mid-term.
Who are we to say that that
student is immature? If so,
maybe the government could
use your "mature" judgement in
so lving the world's problems,
and we "immature" students of
Lamar could have a little harm-
less fun without such "mature"
adults as you.
Mary Jo Graham
Dear Editor:
Last Sunday night while
studying, I happened to turn to
KTRM and I got the Cardinal
Hour. I was really surprised by
their program for I didn't
realize that they sounded so
professional!
The music that they played
was relaxing and easy to study
by, and all through their show
they gave the activities of the
week and made announcements
for different o r ganizations on
Lamar's campus.
I just wanted to give special
recognition to the staff mem-
bers of KLSC who have been
working at KTRM, and tell
them what a fine job they have
been doing and to keep up the
good work.
Vivian Dietrich
BUBBLES CAUSE DAMAGE
Ordinary bubbles in water cause
damage costing millions of
dollars annually. Scientists at
California Institute of Technol-
ogy say bubbles eat holes in
pipes, wreck pumps and chew up
ship propellers.
They discovered that ordinary
water has "weak spots" caused
by impurities. Movements of
water tears open these weak spots
into bubbles, rupturing and
reforming. As the walls of a
bubble collapse, the water
smacks together hard, and
enough bursting bubbles cause a
tremendous force.
Vienna's first coffee house
opened in the 17th century
Doctoral Graduates Hit Delays
In Approval of Research Plans
New York, N.Y. -(IP)- Doc-
toral graduates believe that de-
lays in approval of research
plans and language requirements
without regard to field of study
constitute major weaknesses in
graduate study. These are a-
mong the findings reported by
the faculty of New York Univer-
sity's School of Education fol-
io w i ng a d etaile’d survey of
more than 1, 000 of the School's
doctoral graduates.
Respondents were asked to
comment on the value in ad-
vanced graduate study of re-
s e arch seminars, thesis sem-
inars, chairmen of thesis spon-
soring committees, other fac-
ulty sponsors, design ofresearch
projects, oral e x aminations,
language requirements, statis-
tics, and their own personal
efforts. The graduates reported
that they found their sponsoring
chairmen of greatest value.
Res e arch and thesis seminars
were rated highly.
The experience of the oral
examination was not highly re-
garded by the degree recipients.
Only 8. 7 per cent rated it of
"very great" value. The faculty
committee responsible for the
approval of research proposals
was rated of very great value by
only 5. 7 per cent.
The foreign language require--
ment received the lowest rating
of all. Only 2.2 per cent of
the respondents said that lan-
guage competency was of very
great value, and only 11 per
cent stated that they actually
used a foreign language in their
thesis research. Only 10 per
cent have since used a foreign
language in research.
Statistics as a research tool,
howeyer, is well regarded. A
total of 6 4.6 per cent used
statistical skills in their doc-
toral research.
"If the v a lidity of foreign
language competence is to be
judged by its usefulness, " Prof.
H. Harry Giles, chairman of the
faculty study committee, states,
"the data provide testimony
that a 1 anguage is used by a
small fraction of those who
comply with the language com-
pencyrequirement. There can
be no doubt that a foreign lan-
guage is essential to scholar-
ship in certain fields, but it
would a p pear that a blanket
require ment of it was not justi-
fied by subsequent uses."
The most general recommen-
dation of the respondents for
improvement of doctoral study
dealt with student-faculty rela-
tions, including such factors as
Iowa has a larger proportion of
area in farm land than any other
state.
class size, lightening of profe-
ssors' work loads, closer advise-
ment procedures, more personal
help on thesis requirements, and
a reduction of the number of
candidates per professor. Res-
pondents called also for greater
freedom and flexibility in doc-
toral requirements.
In answer to a question con-
cerning the significance of the
research done in doctoral study,
797 respondents, or 76.7 per
cent, stated their topics were
"verysignificant" to them per-
sonally. More than 61 per cent
said that they believe that
their work could be useful to
others. A total of 865 respon-
dents, or 83. 5 per cent, chose
their thesis topics for them-
selves , and 988, or 95. 3 per
cent, stated that the choice,
however made, proved to be a
good one.
Pro f. Giles notes that this
f i n d i ng disputes the view that
doctoral research topics are
o ft e n m e a ningless. He also
notes some measure of the in-
flu e nee of doctoral research.
This experience was found more
valuable than any other by 48.4.
The respondents reported that
about 50 per cent of their total
time for doctoral research may
be found in the number of those
w ho attempt further research
after gaining their degrees. The
N.Y.U. faculty found that 60.5
percent of respondents reported
doing research following receipt
of their doctorates.
Interest in research since grad-
uation was reported to be greater
than before receivng the doc-
torate by 56 per cent of respon-
dents. Only 10 per cent reported
less interest.
The doctoral experience was
described as "valuable, " "good
discipline, " "my most worth-
while experience," for nearly
twice as many as reported the
contrary view--"frustrating, "
"disappointing, " "not worth the
time or money. " The favorable
views were related overwhelm -
ingly, Prof. Giles notes, to "a
certain few professors.? Negative
attitudes resulted largely from
the length of time required to
get approval research designs
and final theses.
The Redbird Staff
Editor....................................Bonnie Oglethorpe
News Editor......................................Perry Riley
Sports Editor.................................Lanrfey -Ratcliff
Photographers.................................Charles "Goode
James Waddill
Advertising Manager...........................Candy Abshier
Circulation Manager...........................Kathy Johnson
Proofreader......................................Maria Rutt
Faculty Advisor............................. R. H. Wilkerson
The Redbird is published weekly except during holidays, dead week
and final exams during the regular school term. Opinions expressed
are those of the student editor and do not necessarily reflect those
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March 18, 1966
Panhellenic Plans
Workshop, Tea
The Senior Panhellenic at La-
mar Tech and the Beaumont Ci-
ty P a nhe llenic are planning a
workshop and tea-forum to con-
stitute a " Panhellenic Week-
end. " The weekend will begin
o n M arch 19 with a workshop,
according to Ginny Watts, gen-
eral chairman of the workshop
in Gentry Hall.
Mrs. L . A . Freear of Fort
Worth will conduct the work-
shop. Mrs. Freear is the Chair-
man of the College Committee
of the National Panhellenic
Co nf er ence and will lead the
discussions pertaining to the
theme of the workshop which is
" A Review of the National Pan-
hellenic Conference held in
W i 11 i a ms burg, Virginia in
1965."
S at u rday morning will begin
with breakfast in the Delta Zeta
dining hall in Gentry Hall at
8:30 where all officers and so-
rority members are invited to
join Mrs. Freear.
Registration is at 9:30 a. m. at
Alpha Chi Omega. At 10 a.
m. the opening session will be-
gin in the Alpha Chi Omega
D. Kleinschmidt
To Head ADPi
Dorothy Kleinschmidt has been
installed as president of Alpha
Delta Pi Sorority for the coming
year.
Other officers will be Kaylon
Carr, recording secretary; and
Gay Thomas, treasurer.
The sorority recently held their
Diamond Ball at the Ridgewood.
Pled ges were honored at the
dance whose theme was "Rome
A d v e nture." A breakfast fol-
lowed the affair.
S.A.M. PLANS TRIP
The Society for Advancement
of Managem ent at Lamar is
planning a weekend £eld trip to
Texas Instruments in Dallas for
some time in April, according
to Grady Colvin.
Said Colvin, "T.I. is very in-
terested in our coming. They
want to talk with SAM's Bache-
lor o f Business Administration
Graduates for possible job
placement."
wing of Gentry Hall. Mrs.
Fr e ear will speak and this will
be followed by a discussion and
question period of Mrs. Freear's
speech.
After lunch, served in the
Kappa Delta and Alpha
De It a Pi wings at 12, the
gir Is attending will at 1 p.m.
have an opportunity to ask Mrs.
Freear any questions pertaining
to any phase of sorority life.
Beginning at 2:15, each soror-
ity officer may have an oppor-
tunity to confer privately with
Mrs. Freear.
Chairman of the committees
under Virginia Watts are Vivian
Dietrich, hospitality; Susan
Bishop, registration; Darlene
Davis, publicity; Kalon Carr,
meals; and Jan Barr, program.
All sorority alumnae and so-
rority members are invited.
To complete the weekend, a
tea-forum will be held Sunday,
March 20 at the Lamar Theatre.
Judy Linthicum, general
chairman of the tea-forum, an-
nounced that the tea-forum will
begin at 1:30 p.m. in the La-
mar Tech Theatre with a wel-
coming address by Louise Mar-
kley, Panhellenic president.
Immediately following her
speech the girls will be enter-
tained by a skit and a style
show featuring fashions from
Butch Ho Tier's . After the style
show there will be a panel dis-
cussion of sorority life lead by
last year's officers of Panhel-
lenic.
The Panhellenic president will
then dismiss visiting girls to at-
tend the Gentry Hall Open
House, where all national sori-
ties, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha
Delta Pi, Gamma Phi Beta,
Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, and
Zeta Tau Alpha, will serve as
hostesses. Visiting hours will be
from 3 ,o 5 p.m.
Chairman of the committees
under Judy Linthicum are Jan
Bis hop, registration; Judy Lin-
thicum, style show; Patricia
Jackson,skit; Dianne Cobb, re-
freshments; Ginny Watts, hos-
tesses; and Paula Tate, publici-
ty-
The Lamar Tech Panhellenic
Association cordially invites all
prospective college girls to at-
tend this Information Forum and
parents are also welcomed, said
Darlene Davis.
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Oglethorpe, Bonnie. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1966, newspaper, March 18, 1966; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499054/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.