The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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Freshman Elections
Wednesday
REDBIRD
Tech-ACC Here
Saturday
Vol. 15
Bsaumont, Texas, September 25, 1964
No. 1
New Cardinal Stadium Is Dedicated
Freshman
Elections
Scheduled
Filing deadline for fresh-
men who are seeking class
offices will be F riday at
5:00 p.m. Prospective
candid ates should file at
the Stud ent Union in the
Student Activities office,
room 101.
Offices of president,
vice-president, secretary,
treasurer, and boy and girl
cheerleader are open.
A candidate must be
class ified as a freshman
and have a class load of
not less than 12 hours. A
registration fee of $5 will
be refunded after the
elections.
Camp aigning may begin
Monday, with posters,
banners, and other cam-
paign gimmicks. A poli-
tical rally will be held
Tuesday night at 7:30 in
Snack Bar 2. Students will
see the candidates, hear
their speeches, and cheer-
leaders will demonstrate
their abilities.
The primary election will
be held Wednesday in the
Student Union. Every
freshman who presents his
Student Activity card is
eligible to vote. The polls
will be open from 8 a.m
to 3 p.m. The results of
the election will be posted
by 9 p.m. Wednesday.
If there are run-offs, the
Candida tes involved will
have an opportunity to
campaign again on Thurs-
day. Another general
election will be held on
Friday, and by Friday
night all freshmen officers
will be decided.
Greeks Must
Order Space
Deadline for fraternities
and sororities to reserve
space in the 1965 "Card-
inal", yearbook publication,
is Thursday, October 1,
according to Gaynelle
Hasselmeier, editor.
Forms for names of
officers, members and
pledges have been placed
in each group's box in the
Student Union Building.
Fraternities and sororities
are reminded that the lists
are to be typed, in alpha-
betical order, and that no
nicknames are to be used.
Unacceptable rosters will
be returned to the organi-
zation .
The information sheets
are t o be returned to the
News Service Office, Ad-
ministration Building.
A reservation form must
be filled out even if mem-
bership is not complete by
Oct. 1.
PUZZLED FRESHMAN--This unidentified fresh-
man was among the 6,502 students who registered
for the 1964-65 fall term last week. Apparently
freshmen weren't the only students puzzled by
some of the registration policies. Miss Celeste
Kitchen, registrar, Monday said registration,
which includes an additional 1,145 students in the
school of vocations, has reached 7,647 students.
This compares with 7,247 at this time last year.
(Staff Photo)
Christy Minstrels
At Tech Oct. 5
The New Christy Min-
strels will perform in
McDonald Gymnasium
Monday, O c t o ber 5, at
8:15 p.m.
Tickets will be on sale
in the Student Union
Building nextweekfor
$2.50 and $3.50 according
to members of Alpha Tau
Omega Fraternity who are
sponsoring the group’s first
appearance in this area.
The C h r isty Minstrels
have performed on college
campuses all over the
nation. They were recently
named as recipiants of the
Grammy Award, a musical
honor comparable to the
Academy Award in movies.
Their nationwide television
show ran throughout the
summer season on ABC.
Gamma Phi Beta
Is Organized Here
Colonization of the sixth
National Panhellenic
Conference sorority at
Lamar Tech will begin this
month, President F. L.
McDonald reports. It is
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority,
which will begin colonizing
Monday. Coeds interested
in G amma Phi Beta began
registering Wednesday and
are continuing today in the
Dean of Women’s Office,
203 Student Union Building.
Formal rush parties will
be given Sunday, Wednes-
day and next Friday.
National Gamma Phi Beta
officers and local alumnae
officers will be on the
campus to interview women
interested in becoming
affiliated with the sorority
during the entire rush
period.
Mrs . Thomas C. Mays
past president of the Beau-
mont Alumnae of Gamma
Phi Beta, will serve as
supervisor for colonization
of the new chapter. She
will be assisted by Mrs
John C. Trussell of Lake
Forest, 111., director of
expansion for the Inter-
national Grand Council; anc
Karen Tucker of Chicago.
111. t r avelling secretary
for the sororitv.
Miss Crystal Canon,
associate professor of
speech, will be sponsor.
Lamar Tech's new million-dollar stadium was
dedicated Saturday night in ceremonies presented
before more than 13,000 fans who saw the Cardinals
inaugurate the new facility with a 21-0 win over East
Central College of Ada, Okla.
Preston Smith, Texas' Lieutenant Governor, was
featured speaker. In his talk, Smith said the area,
as well as the rest of the state should be proud of
Lamar Tech's new stadium as well as its $22 million
plant.
Promising fans that his talk "would be the shortest
dedication speech you ever heard," the Lubbock
official developed three points.
The first point concerned
the College and its prog-
ress. He lauded the school
for c o n s t r ucting the new
stadium without the benefit
of tax money. "It has an
outstanding administration
and faculty," he said, "and
thousands of students will
receive first class instruc-
tion here at Lamar Tech in
this fall semester of 1964.”
In his second point, the
1 i e u t e n ant governor told
of the need for continued
improvement of the state's
educational opportunities .
He pointed out that the
matter of quality as it is
related to the local situa-
tion needs little elaboration
and no defense at Lamar
Tech.
"The enrollment at Lamar
Tech illustrates this point:
1,655 in 1951 and an
expected 8,000 in this
year," Smith said.
H i s third point was that
if the pursuit of excellence
on the football field.
("There is a place in our
system for both," he said.
Lamar Tech's president,
Dr. F. L. McDonald,
introduced the speaker and
m e m b e rs of the Board of
(Regents, business leaders
and political leaders who
were instrumental in
m a king the new stadium a
reality.
Continue d on Page 2
Mob" and a
"Prehistoric
Theatre Announces
1964-65 Film Series
The 1964-65 Lamar Tech
Film Classic Series opened
its season Wednesday with
"Lavenda r
short subject,
Images."
The series, sponsored by
the Cardinal Theatre and
the Student Activities
Office, plans to present in
the future "Midsummer
Night's Dream," "Battle of-
Gettysburg," "Winterset,"
"Saint Joan," "Drawings of
DaVinci", "Ballet of Romeo
and Juliet," "Will Shake-
speare," "My Uncle," and
"Ballet by Degas,"
All Film Classic showings
will be given Wednesday in
the Lamar Theatre, with a
matinee at 3:15 P.M., and
an evening showing at
7:30 p.m.
Season tickets are avail-
able to Lamar students,
faculty and staff members
f o r $ 1 each ,at the Student
A c t i v i ties Office and the
Lamar Theater. Season
tickets are available to the
general public for $2.50.
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Lamar Newman Club
To Be Feted Sunday
T h ^ Newman C lub of
Lamar Tech will be
honored by the Catholic
Daughters of America,
Sunday from 4:30 to 6:30
p.m., w ith a Silver Tea.
The party will be held at
the Newman Club Catholic
Student Center, 1010 East
Virginia Street.
Newman Club members
urge friends of different
faiths to attend this tea.
Father Walter Monten-
don, chaplain of the club,
and who is also a singer
and guitarist will give a
program during the tea.
Dr. F. L McDonald,
p r e s i d ent of the college,
Tuesday morning dis-
cussed problems of the
college in the annual
assembly program held in
McDonald Gymnasium.
Speaking before an over-
flow c r ow d of students,
faculty and staff members,
many of whom had to sit
on the floor, Dr. Mc-
Donald’s talk covered the
areas of bookstore opera-
tion, cafeteria food, student
government, the liquor and
sex problems and parking
facilities.
The meeting was called
to order by Bo Crawford,
president of the student
association. The invoca-
tion was given by F rank
Chavez, president of the
Newman Club.
The president's first
Topic, which has caused
concern are prices of the
books in the Bookstore and
the spending of its profits.
He said after registration
the number of classes short
on books due to the short-
age in the bookstore was
15 out of a total of 500
sections.
Also, Dr. McDonald
Continued on Page 2
Art Professor’s
Work Being Shown
Eight creative wall con-
st ructions by Jerry Hock,
assistant professor of art,
are on exhibit at the Beau-
m o n t Art League in the
Mildred Building at 1467
Calder.
The show, which opened
Sept. 20, will continue until
Oct. 8 . The public is
invited.
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Isaac, C. V. Jr. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1964, newspaper, September 25, 1964; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499180/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.