The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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THE REDBIRD
AN INDICATION
OF THE RAPID
EXPANSION OF
GREATER LAMAR!
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PUBLISHED BY STUDENTS OF LAMAR COLLEGE
SECOND
PUBLICATION
SPECIAL
CHRISTMAS ISSUE
Vol. I
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940
No. 2
Architects Advise
With Faculty On
New College Plant
Although wei haven’t seen, any
dirt turned or any cornerstones
laid, the architects are busy
drawing the plans for our new
college. They are consulting with
the faculty to find the needs of
each department. Naturally, it
takes quite some time to discov-
er the best way in which to
build the college, in. order that
it may meet the needs of all the
departments and yet not exceed
in cost the funds available for
the buildings.
Plans are being drawn for a
science building, a student union
building, which will include a
cafeteria, a vocational building,
a gymnasium and athletic field,
and a library. Actual construc-
tion will probably heg-inwmbmit
two months.
Assembl
Featu
At the assertions
December 12 thi students '
a technicoln^m^iJle, REFRESH-
MENT ^
fed by
sted by Mr.
^t^five of th1
my. This movie^
was so well received by the en-
tire student body that plans are
being made to present more of
them in the near future.
“Some movies which may be
available to us,” said Mr. J. B.
Norton, “are two fifty-five min-
ute movies, one showing the
make-up for the broadcast of an
orchestra, and the other a his-
tory of the Southland.” Both are
put out by the producers of
“March of Time”.
THE MAN WHO HANGS AROUND; OR,
HE'S A RATTLING GOOD FELLOW!
(By Bill Low)
Ladies! Have you been intro-1
duced to the most eligible bach-
elor on the campus? B. Bis-
marck’s the name. Bones Bis-!
marck; 5 feet-7 of bones and
muscle, (literally)
He has neither character nor
morals—but what a smile! He
looked like Bob Hope up for a
l ew contract until he took up
smoking a few days ago. Very
convenient. Doesn’t have to
throw away the cigarette butt]
or ashes; merely drops them j
through his lower jaw. They j
didn’t watch him close enough
when he inhaled, and he burned
out an incisor.
You ought to hear him polish
his finger nails on his lapel.
Sounds like a washboard in
Chinese laundry.
Honest, girls, I wouldn’t give
you a bum steer. Hc.’s the kind
a guy you’d turn a:
down the street.
Peggy, Bismarck, Peggy
YEARS, na|
penter and o|
rison, a reprC
Coca-Cola Cor
The Peggy’s, Clifford and
Gilbert, seem pleased with the
object of their admiration, B.
“Bones” Bismarck, handsome
man-about-the zoology lab!
you’re the one that’s going.) By
golly, Bismarck’s a sensation,
■even if his shins don’t match!
Seriously, though, Bismarck
has an important position in the
Zoology department. He’s Pro-
fessor Hartley’s chief assistant
in lectures on the human skele-
ton. He was bom isomewhere in
Germany between B. C. and A.
D., and came to this country
after his health.
I don’t know h-Ls technique on
holding hands in a movie or
what system he uses in Briar-
cliff, but the thrills are guaran-
teed on any dark night, regard-
less of methods.
Dates are arranged by any of
the zoology lab. assistants, but
make your reservations early.
His popularity is on the increase.
Now’s your chance'. Heck!
Where else can you get a beau
with a removable cranium and
lower jaw? Lamar surely offers
wonderful opportunities!!!
Dean D. W. Boitnott
Home From Visit
Dean D. W. Boitnott returns
tonight from an eleven-day stay
at Memphis, Tenn. The visit is
an annual affair, attended by
the presidents and deans of all
schools belonging to the South-
ern Association of Colleges.
The purpose of the meeting is
to check the educational stand-
ing of all colleges and universi-
ties in the Southern Association.
At all previous meetings Lamar
College has been commended for
its scholastic standing. “There
is no doubt,” said Mr. Gray,
Dean of Men, “but that our scho-
lastic efficiency will again be
ratified.”
tw^eam
M week.
wen?
mfBt of
western
at San Marcos, November 29 and]
30. An even larger group is ex-
pected to attend the Baylor tour-
nament in Waco on January 17
and 18.
The club has adopted two reg-
ular meeting times for their
forensic activities. Wednesday
morning from 10 until 11 has
been reserved as the debate per-
iod. Further practice is gained
by regularly scheduled debates
every Monday night at 7 o’clock.
Two girls’ teams and four boys’
teams are faking active part
under this schedule.
Arthur Greenspan, Keith Ful-
ler, Lillian Bonnette, Irley Bon-
nette, and Roy Biser attended
the initial tournament of the
year in San Marcos three weeks
ago. Considering that Lamar
was the only junior college in
the tournament, the ratings re-
ceived by the Lamar contestants
were very encouraging. Arthur
Greenspan was rated as the third
best poetry reader of the tour-
nament, out of some nineteen
contestants.
Plans Now Being
Drawn For New
Science Building
Curtain Club Cast
Experiments With
Stage Victuals
Members of the faculty of
|j^K|^nce department are now
drawi&MDlans for the new sci-
ence builabig in the Lamar ex-
nsior program; but these
EBt ■%fe still very indefinite,
Mr. 0. B. Archer.
'allT^^Hulity, the building
be a structure,
the interio^fcra^^nade of
some 'Sound-absorbiH^rlte'ial.
The first floor will be
chemistry and physics, with
ture rooms and laboratories,
while the second floor will be de-
voted to zoology, botany, and
bacteriology. As yet, no deci-
sion has been made about the
materials to be used in the con-
struction and the finish of the
new building.
The apparatus and equipment
for the building are also being
planned with utmost care. All
laboratories will be equipped
with ventilating fans to dispose
of fumes.
According to Mr. Archer, the
members of the department hope
to plan a building which will
have a maximum capacity of
double the present enrollment of
Thursday night, December 5,
after a most successful perform-
ance of the play “You Can’t Take
It With You”, the cast and stage
hands gave a party on the stage
of the Lamar auditorium. The
cast furnished a most delectable
picnic menu, plusj
which was prep
The party dar
plied
jittei
tthe food
• the play.
IP-
fctmeyaa
Mr. and
£3
lo
th' ^__
MrsVjJpville were chaperon
To am^nore fun, in|§wShidist
of the part^teUrflfe FonVille dis-
covered' that was lost
and everyone stopp
for it. She finally f<J
cat in the make-up roomi
ing its makci-up off!
550. In addition, they wish to
plan a building that will provide
convenience and' comfort for stu-
dents and instructors alikel
The tentative plans drawn up
by the instructors will be used
as guides by the architects in
the design of the building.
Lamar Officials
Visit West Coast
Judge J. M. Combs, president
of the board of trustees; John
Gray,faculty representative; and
W. B. Livesay and L. W. Pitts,
architects, four of the persons
responsible for the building of
the new Lamar College, recently
visited California and Colorado
to inspect some of the finest
junior colleges in the United
States and to gather ideas from
them to be employed in the new
college.
This party visited Los Angeles
Junior College, the largest jun-
ior college in the United States,
which ha® an enrollment of 7,000
students; Pasadena Junior Col-
lege, which has an enrollment of
6,000 students; Long Beach,
Compton, San Francisco, and
San Mateo Junior Colleges, all
having an enrollment of between
one and three thousand students.
They also inspected senior col-
leges, including the U. C. L. A.,
U. S. C., Stanford, the University
of California, and the University
of Colorado. While in Colorado
they also visited the Denver Op-
portunity School.
Mr. Gray reported splendid re-
ception in all of the colleges,
where not only the good features
of the colleges were shown but ’
also the mistakes made in the
respective plants were pointed
out. This information is expect-
ed to be very beneficial in the
planning of the new college
plant.
Current Events Club
Discusses Americas
At the last meeting of the
Current Events club, the events
and problems of Central and
South America were discussed.
^_The recent presidential elec-
tiontin Mexico, with its present
bable results, and its
feet upon the relations
ited States1 with that
las also discussed,
randon Bryan, sponsor
ub and an authority on
and South American
led the discussion and
d much interesting in-
m. Literature about
countries was also on dis-
play.
If enough interest can be
aroused, prominent business men
will present lectures on perti-
nent subjects.
“Beautiful young people are
accidents' of nature, but beauti-
ful old people are works of art.”
—Greenbie.
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Ward, Wendell. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1940, newspaper, December 20, 1940; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499211/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.