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THE REDBIRD
Friday, September 24
NEW DI>^G_ HALL--Newest addition to the campus' ever growing and the auditorium, within about 90 days, according to Dr. F L Mc-
and expanding facilities is the $350,000 dining hall above. Work will Donald, president. The dining hall will seat 400 persons and offer ac-
oegin on the new building, to be located between the president's home commodations for feeding three times that number at any meal.
Construction of Ultra-Modern Dining Hall Scheduled
To Begin in Approximately 90 Days—McDonald
An ultra-modem $350,000
dining hall which will seat
400 persons and serve 1200
an hour, will be built be-
tween the president's home
and the auditorium within
the next 90 days, Dr. F. L.
McDonald, president, has
announced.
The dining hall will be fi-
nanced with a loan from the
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Federal Housing and Home
Finance Agency which also
loaned the college funds
with which to build Combs
Hall and the women's dorm
now under construction.
The dining hall will be air
conditioned throughout, will
include a private dining
room for small functions
and the dining space will be
available for dances and
other activities at night.
Stone & Pitts, architectural
College Poetry
Contest Opens
All c o 11 e ge students are
invited to submit original
verse to be considered for
publication in the Annual
Anthology of College Poetry
in the 12th annual college
competition.
Over 100,000 manuscripts
have been submitted to the
National Poetry Association
in the past 10 years in the
contest. About 4,000 have
been accepted for publica-
tion.
Rules for entering are sim-
ple. Manuscripts must be
firm which has designed typed or written in ink and
most campus buildings, is .... —
now preparing final working
plans and bids will be ad-
vertised for in the near fu-
ture.
Current plans cull for com-
pletion by late fell, 1955.
The women's dormitory is
to be occupied in Septem-
ber, 1955.
President McDonald said
the new building will be the
answer to present crowded
c o n d i t i ons in the current
cafeteria.
"In view of the fact the
new dining hall probably
will be ready by late fell,
no changes in the present
cafeteria are anticipated,"
,he said.
on one side of a sheet. The
student's home address,
name of his college and his
college address must appear
on each manuscript.
(See Poetry, Page 8)
Propeller Club
Plans LT Port
The Sabine Area Section of
the Propeller Club has ex-
pressed an interest in es-
tablishing a student port of
the club at Lamar Tech.
The Propeller Club is a
nationwide group which
works for the betterment of
the merchant marine, the
improvement of harbors and
the promotion of the ship-
building industry. ' -
The only qualification for
membership is for one to be
interested in one of the a-
bove fields or in some as-
pect of the maritime Indus-
Those interested in learn-
ing more about the propos-
ed student port are asked to
meetwith Dr. D. E.Huckaba
inRoomll6E at 12:30 a.m.
Monday, September 27.
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Abshier, Ann. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1954, newspaper, September 24, 1954; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499137/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.