The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, May 27, 1946 Page: 2 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
May 27, 1946
THE REDBIRD
i , Published by the Students of Lamar College
f Beaumont, Texas
Member
Pbsocialed CbUe6iate Press
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ______________ill -_i__ Harry Benson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR —-_______—-______1_____Dorothy Strang
.NEWS—Harry Marmion, M. L. Love, Evelyn Townsley, Dottie
Hatcher.
COLUMNS—Harry Marmion, Mary Helen Alexander, Emmett
Woodward, Virginia Smith, Ann Clark.
ART—Milton Turner.
CIRCULATION—Edna Canter.
FACULTY ADVISOR—Mrs. Bess Gentry,
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Can Yon Remember When?
With the end of the regular school term coming to a close, it
might be well to look back over this past year and review the events
that have happened here at Lamar. This year, at Lamar, as well
as elsewhere, has been very eventful and one that will be well
remembered in the school’s history. It haS seen the reconversion of
Lamar from a wartime institution to a peacetime college. It has
seen the largest enrollment yet with an even larger enrollment ex.
pe’cted for the coming fall semester.
Last fall we were all up in the air about our new annual, and
the fact that Langley Hellwig was elected editor, we had also just
elected Aubrey Dickson president of the student body and broke
all precedents with the eleCtibh of a complete ticket of ex-GIs. Our
enrollment had shottm' a gain of seventy over last year’s, we had
adde'd two new members to our faculty, Miss Eleanor Tacq'uard,
Mr. G. R. Smartt and Mr. H. F. Baugh returned to Lamar after
sferving in the armed forces.
' ; Reconversion was well under way with the return of President
Johrf Gray from the navy who had plenty of plans for qur school.
Ralph' Huitt returned to Lamar after serving in the navy. The
Lamar Cardnial swing band had been organized and was playing at
social affairs around town.
It was at Christmas time that President Gray attended a sport’s
meet'in Dallas and put Lamar on the junior college sporting calen-
dar. On December 13, we celebrated Lamar Day with Mr. Gray
giving a review of the history of Lamar college and a brief biography
of ,'tirabeau B. Lamar, for whom our college is named. At this
• assembly program-“Tex” Ritter, film star and recording artist,
■ i surprise visit to the campus made a hit with all the students
■- his singing of folklore. Lois Reddoch was chosen Miss Lamar
1945 at the annual F.B.L.A. Christmas party. Our Dean F. S.
,ud” Braden had returned after twenty months service in the
y. The Vets had sponsored their first big dance with a profess-
il band from Camp Claiborne entertaining the entire student
„y and faculty.
After the midterm enrollment reached 712, six new faculty mem-
=; were added to the staff of instructors, David Engman, H. L.
zen, P. F. Street, J. D. Landes, Lyle Bohrer, and our new coach,
Jefferies. ■ Dorothy Strang, one of our students had received
Red Cross certificate of merit for saving the lives of two people.
-2 Clyde Sealy and M. L. Love, Jr. represented Lamar at the
ual Coronation Ball at Sam Houston State Teachers College in
tsville Y
In March the Curtain Club gave its production of “Seventeen”
h was a huge success. Coach Jefferies made plans for spring
, ;ng in football and the Baptist students organized a Baptist
,:nt Union. Our basketball team reached the state finals before
being eliminated by Kilgore.
The Veterans gave a dance at the Country Club on April 13
which passed all previous records of success. The Methodist Youth
organized a Student Union. Coach Jefferies anonunced that over
fifty boys came out for football.
A special banquet honoring our new athletic staff was given in
April and wa$ attended by sports writers and coaches of this area.
Miss Allen was made head of the. English department. M. L.
Love, Sr, was reelected to the board of trustees and Otho Plummer
was elected to serve on the board. Student favorites were elected in
assembly in April. C. A. “Chick” Forwald was named track and
line coach.
Thus we can see that this has been a most outstanding year at
Lamar, this reconversion will be multiplied rqany times in the
coming year. Lamar reviews the past and plans for the future re-
membering the motto: “He who does not advance falls behind.”
HEADY LAMAR SAYS
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SUMMER TIME
When the last final exam is over
and the ink is faded and dried,
When the last tube is broken, and
the last bug in formaldehyde,
I shall rest, and faith, I shall need
it—
lie in bed for a month or two,
Till Fall rolls around once more
and sets me to worltanew.
And those early-morning bu. ides
.shall dim and I’ll go bad to
sleep; instead,
And fin ally rise at ten o’clock with
a whole' day of loafing ahead.
I shall have no last-minute les-
' sons, no cuts to explain to the
dean. I
But I’ll get me a book and some
chocolates and relax in my old
blue jeans.
Of course I’m really just kidding,
No one can sleep around my
home
With my brother experimenting
' with gunpowder and Mother
and her friends on the phone.
Eut the dream is something to
remember
As I scrub each dish and tool,
So by the time September comes
’round again;
It’s a relief to go back to school.
—rAdapted from L’Envoi,
By Rudyard Kipling.
—Golden Key.
Calling all unengaged girls!
You are strictly behind the times!
Ask Ann Clark! Roger!
Jimmy Petkovsek was too busy
entertaining a new cute date of
his at the Pier Friday night to
speak to one of his old flames—
who kept a jealous eye on him
all evening, by the way.
Surprises, never cease! Jo Ann
McKinley sported a new bathing
suit and Wylie Harris at the Zeta
Chi picnic. They make a cute
threesome,—Jo Ann, the Bathing
suit, and Wylie.
A tall quiet “vet” with brown
eyes really gets noticed when HE
gets noticed. The guy is Will
Wilson, and as for the girls—well,
ask Helen Stedman, Lera Mae
Gooch, and Peggy Mayhugh. -
Of course, you’ve wondered why
that cute red-head, Zana Blake
was sparkling like a karat dia-
mond about 2 weeks ago. We
don’t swear, but we’re pretty sure
it was because her marine was
in town.
Hal Shows heads straight for
the White. House when he gets to
town. Could it be a girl called
Mandy Low? What about your
crush on Opal? (I’m'catching the
first train for Mexico after this!)
Scott Terry, so long favoring
blondes, is giving some attention
to a cute brunette.
Two of the best-liked people on
the campus have been seen to-
gether lately. They are Edna
Canter and “Bucky” Pennington.
Jean Martin gets in such a dith-
er when she sees that flame of
hers come into the Union that she
forgets everything. The other day
she was walking around with one
hand behind her. She only had
time to polish the fingernails on
one hand before he got there.
Kenesaw Bernsen seems to en-
joy Grade Siebert’s company
very much—even if he did spank
her with a towel at the “Southern j
Bell” picnic.
John Gay Lowe lived up to her
second name at her surprise party
the other night. The success of
the party may be summed .up in
so gay!” and, “Gosh, did I knock
myself but!”
Howard Winters seems to have
taken a new interest in music,
since meeting Margaret Jones.
Harold Norton, ex G. I. still
trying to make up his mind which
girl at Lamar he wants to go
with, time is short, they’re getting
married by the dozens!
Cute little “Dee” Furth never
causing any trouble and. taking
it all in her stride.
Mary Ann Wood always quiet,
nothing ever bothering her. Some-
things behind it all: no doubt!
Billie Clark, former student,
has realized her ambition sooner
than she" thought. Billie quit
school to go to work as a writer
for the Port Arthur News.
Grace Seibert, has a special glow
—Johnny*Weismuller winked at
her this week-end.
THIS COLLEGIATE WORLD
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
The sun is a blistering ally of
University of Texas drug stores
these days. After each session of
sunbathing, tennis, baseball or
other outdoor sports, sunburned
victims flock to the druggists for
remedies.
A sad-faced victim with heat
waves dancing aroUnd his leath-
ery skin rushed into one of the
local drug stores recently and be-
gan examining the sUnburn lotion
stock. After he had read the di-
rections of-a half dozen bottles,
the clerk asked him if any of
them were suitable.
“Nope,” he replied. “All of these
are preventatives. There’s no use
closing the gate after the horse
is out of the stable.”
The Art Of
Enjoying Life
When the Greeks conceived the
idea of mythology and drew from
the figment of their imagination
nine goddesses to represent poet-
ry, history, music, and other arts
and sciences, they failed to name
the goddess of the most rare and
enviable of all arts—the are of en-
joying life. This goddess, had the
Greeks not been so careless in |
their selections, might well have
been named “Purporter Vita;” for
could one have a more worthy
purpose in life than the simple
enjoyment of it?
The question instantly arises as
to just what is necessary for the-
enjoyment of life. Is it wealth?
Is it' learning? Is it health? Is
.it., work?.....
No, wealth does not constitute
the ingredient that makes life ef-
fervesce. The man who counts
his gold by day and dreams of
it by night, the man who spends
in a fever of desire, and the man.
who gives for self-glory cannot
be termed connoisseurs in the art
of living.
What of learning? Is that the
sesame that opens the magic
door? Yds, if education teaches
one the art of enjoying the com-
pany of others, or of spending an
evening in solitary contentment,
then it may be considered an in-
gredient. On the other hand, if
education makes one dissatisfied
with the place life has allotted,
then education has defeated its
own purpose.
Health may be considered a
major factor in the art of enjoy-
ing life; but have you not seen
those who .are bedridden, or blind,
or sentenced to a life of agony,
give pleasure to all who come in
contact with them? Then, sure-
ly, one does not necessarily have
to ha^e health to enjoy living.
What of Work? Is it true that
idle hands are the devil’s tools?
Work can, it is true, be a salve to
frayed nerves. It can be a means
to an end toward enjoying life,
but it can also blind one to all
save work itself.. The man who
has become a slave to work, finds
his taskmaster has robbed him of
the savor for life. On the other
hand, the man, who has idled
away his days and kno)ys not
from whence his next mbal will
come is often an example of hap-
pinqss, ,
If it is not wealth, learning,
health, or work that gives man
the ability to enjoy life, then what
can it be? It is -a simple thing
that comes from within. The man
who has sought for and found
inner-contentment is the man
who has mastered the art of en-
joying life. He may walk a street
paved with gold of his own mak-
ing, or he may wander along the
dusty road of the country side;
but, wherever he is, he strikes
resonant chords upon the harp of
life. He paints brilliant chro-
matics and delicate pastels on the
drab canvas of an everyday ex-
istence. Surely, the goddess Pur-
porter Vita, if there be such a
goddess, has touched him with
her magic wand, and has given
him that most enviable of all hu-
iman talents—the art of enjoying
life.
Sirnnp.’s words: “It
Girls at Miami University are
protesting that the culinary de
partment is hampering their
chances for dates on weekends
Now that men are back for good
they want the onions omitted
from the potato salad on Saturday
and Sunday nights. Let’s have it
on some moonless week nights,
| they plead.
VETS CLUB AIDS
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Vet Club added their con-
tribution of $80.00 to, the War
Memorial Scholarship Fund Tues-
day, May 21, 1946. The club voted
to disband until the next school
year of September of 1946 at
which time they voted* 1 to leave
in the.Scholarship Fund their bit
to further the advancement of ed-
ucation at Lamar. This fund can
be donated to by anyone or any
club of Lamar or Beaumont or
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Abood, George. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, May 27, 1946, newspaper, May 27, 1946; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499304/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.