The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1971 Page: 4 of 8
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THE REDBIRD Oct. 1, 1971 Page 4 '
Alpha Phi Alpha aids
community Service
Members of the Epsilon Rho
chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity have undertaken a
community services project.
Fraternity members accom-
panied 16 children to the foot-
ball game with Sam Houston
State. Plans are to accompany
25 children to the game Satur-
day against Central Missouri
State.
“This project is the first in
Alpha Phi Alpha’s program to
become more aware of the
needs, and to thereafter act col-
lectively as a benefactor for the
promotion of the general com-
munity,* states John Williams,
fraternity president.
Reverend George Daniels of
the Sunlight Baptist Church,
furnished the transportation for
the children to attend the game.
Delta Sigma Theta
Five coeds were initiated into
Delta Sigma Thetasorority Sat-
urday. They are Barbara Brou-
ssard, Grova Fregia, Christine
Gordon, Carolyn Heath, and
Rose Sonnier.
Phi Kappa Theta
The Alpha Omega chapter of
Phi Kappa Theta fraternity will
charter a bus to Lake Charles,
La., for the football tilt be-
tween Lamar and McNeese State
University, Oct. 9. Following
the game, the McNeese chapter
will host a party for the visiting
chapter from Lamar.
Gamma Phi Beta
The Gamma Phi Beta sorority
will have a pledge retreat today
in Warren. Activities planned
include a barbeque, swimming
and activities centered around
the pledges.
Newly elected Gamma Phi
guys include Larry Begnaud,
Rusty Chandler, Jim O’Keefe,
and Monty Palmer.
Pledge class officers include
Michele Smith, president; Janie
Lusignan, vice president; Sher-
yl Sterling, recording secre-
tary; Marsha Donald, corres-
ponding secretary; Denise Gar-
cia, treasurer, and Debbie
Spoonmore, scholarship chair-
man.
Pi Kappa Alpha
Six coeds have been named as
Little Sisters of the Shield and
Diamond of Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity. ’ They are Willa
Decker, Katie Branch, Janie
Lusignan, Nancy Neathery, Da-
rlene Petkovsek, and Dianne
Jacks.
Alpha Chi Omega
Twenty-seven men will be in-
itiated into the Royal Order of
the Red Carnation of Alpha Chi
Omega sorority Saturday. In-
itiation will be at 6 p.m. in
the Alpha Chi Omega lounge of
Gentry Hall.
Among those to be initiated
are Dr. William Pampe, assoc-
iate professor of geology; Har-
ry Mason, and Sidney Temple.
Alpha Phi Alpha
Raymond LeBlanc and Jerry
Malveau have been named the
recipients of $250 scholarships
given by the Epsilon Rho chap-
ter of Alpha Phi Alpha frater-
nity.
The Martin Luther King sch-
olarship was initiated by the
fraternity in Spring of 1970.
Sigma Nu
Four coeds were initiated
Monday into the Little Sisters
of Sigma Nu fraternity. They
are Cheryl Purks, Teresa
Rodgers, Debbie Brahm, and
Louteal Duke.
Mike Neu is commander of
the fraternity. Other officers
include Larry Harrikbn, It
commander; Joe Stewart, trea-
surer; Mike Poutra, chaplain;
Carl Becker, pledge marshal;
John Hart, recorder; Clayton
Trier, reporter; and Johnny
Simmons, sentinel.
Tow-away, constitution
draw fire from
The StudentGovernment heard
reports Tuesday from the three
committees appointed at the
Sept. 21 meeting, and authorized
the proposals of the committee
investigating tow-away zones.
Ron Miller, the chairman of
that committee, submitted a
three point plan to the congress,
caUing for a poll of at least 100
students concerning the parking
problem at Lamar, presentation
to various members of the city
council, and finally, presenta-
tion to a board meeting of the
city.
Robert Blankenship, head of
the committee to revise the SGA
constitution reported to the con-
gress that administrative ap-
proval on the document was de-
nied because “we need to make
changes in spelling and gram-
mar.*
Blankenship indicated that the
only needed change centered
around procedures fox filing for
SGA president, adding that “we
don’t want another Duane Force
case.*
Blankenship cited the 3-2
ratio of faculty and students on
committees as a major fault in
the document, saying that the
vote “will be 3 faculty against
2 students every time.* He in-
dicated that the constitution
committee wiU obtain copies of
the University of Texas consti-
tution to see if its implementa-
tion here is feasible.
150 firefighters attend
training school at Lamar
Some 150 firefighters from
four states participated in a
one-week training school spon-
sored jointly by Lamar Univer-
sity and the Sabine-Neches
Chiefs Association.
Instructional time was div-
ided between classroom ses-
sions on the Lamar campus, and
practical experience at the
Beaumont fire training grounds.
“We had about 90 firemen
from area municipalities and
industries receive training at
this school,* said Jack Methner
of DuPont’s Orange Works, and
president of the Chiefs' As-
sociation,
Joseph Reho, director of con-
tinuing education at Lamar, said
conference session instructors
for the second annual school in-
cluded the following:
C L. Stark, Mobil Chemical;
John Eason of Monsanto Chem-
ical in Texas City; Mike Cam-
marosano, fire chief, Logan-
sport, La.,; J. E. Morrison,
Houston Chemical; Arthur
Dooley of Beaumont; Terry
Hayes, Shreveport, La., fire
department; Elmo Hansen of
Beaumont; Stanley McGrail,
National Weather Service,
Korean pianist
to appear here
on October 16
Kun Woo Paik, Korean pian-
ist, will be presented in concert
Saturday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. in tbs
bi’lroom of the Setzer Student
Center.
Paik is sponsored by the
Leventritt Foundation. His
campus appearance is under the
sponsorship of the Fine Arts
Committee of the Setzer Student
Center Council, headed by Leon
Wright.
Paik was born in Seoul, Korea
in 1946. He began his musical
studies at an early age with his
father, Yang Paik, violinist and
painter. In 1957, he began to
concertize as recitalist and
soloist with major symphonies
in Seoul, Pusan and Inchon.
In 1961, he was selected as one
of the Korean representatives to
the Demitri Mitropoulus Inter-
national Music Competition. He
came to the United States to
study with Mme. Rosina Lhe-
vlnne and is now a scholarship
student at the Juilliard School
of Music.
In 1965, he made his Carnegie
Hall debut with the Cosmoplitan
Youth Orchestra, to 1969, he
won the gold med al in the Busoni
Competition in Bolzano, Italy.
His repertoire includes
Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms,
Chopin, Mozart, Rachmaninoff,
Ravel, Schumann and Tsch-
aikowsky.
Homecoming
Cont. from Page l.
wider than 14 feet and no higher
than 11 feet six inches.
Floats wiU be judged on ad-
herance to individual theme,
orginality and imagination, gen-
eral appearance, neatness and
completeness. A new category
has been added to the judging
criteria. This is the appear-
ance according to an estimated
expenditure.
Beaumont.
Hugh Keepers, LPG division
of the Railroad Commission,
Austin; Lt. Galen E. Stanley,
Shreveport Fire department; C.
Ford, DuPont’s Wilimington,
Del. operations; James Han-
scom of Beaumont; and Frank
Davison, Owens-Illinois, Or-
ange.
Instructors in charge of
training grounds demonstra-
tions included the following:
Kenneth Baker, assistant fire
chief^Port Neches; Jim Woods,
assistant fire chief, Port
Arthur; O. C, Johnson, master
mechanic, Beaumont fire de-
partment; Walter Nebgin,
American Red Cross; Harry
Hebert, fire chief, Port Arthur;
Clinton Hysmith, Mobil Oil;
L, P. Williams, Jefferson
Chemical; Johnny Cormier, fire
chief, Nederland; Jack Dorgan,
Jefferson Chemical.
Lamar to firemen from depart-,
ments in Beaumont, Port
Arthur, Orange, Nederland,
Port Neches, Nome and Vidor.
Others to be cited represent
Mobil Oil, Mobil Chemical, Du-
Pont, Goodyear, Firestone,
Neches Butane, Ameripol,
British Petroleum, Texaco,
Gulf, Texas-U. S. Chemical,
Southhampton Chemical, the
U. S. Coast Guard, Union Oil and
Owens-Illinois.
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Spittler, Phyllis Lewis. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1971, newspaper, October 1, 1971; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499325/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.