The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1956 Page: 2 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
Friday, April 20, 1956
The Redbird
Published weekly, except during holidays and exam*
illations, during tne regular school term. Opinions
expressed are those of the student editors ana do not
necessarily reflect those of the faculty and adminis-
tration. Items of interest may be submitted to anyone
in The Redbird Office.
Mail subscriptions are $1 per year. Advertising
rates an request. Telephone 5-5311, Extension 58.
STAFF MEMBERS
Editor,.......'............Carl Siebenthall
Business Manager. ...........Frank Cricchio
Sports Bditors........Earl Smith, Skip Hannan
Reporters ...........Tom Metz, Marvin Jones,
Larry Farmer
Columnists .... .Bob Megarity, Lawrence Schkade
Staff Artist . ............Billy Watson
Photographers.....Frank Cricchio, Paul Gupton,
Wallace Shannfield
Type Setter....................Tom Metz
Typist................ .. Belva Siebenthall
Faculty Sponsor.................David Bost
Ann Shaw
Candidate for Treasurer
This past March a dele-
gation of the Lamar Stu-
dent Council went to Abi-
lene to attend the Texas
Intercollegiate Student As-
sociation State Convention.
It wds my privilege or
good luck to be one of the
attending representatives
of our college—and to see
how 39 colleges and uni-
versities of Texas meet,
discuss and evaluate Stu-
dent Council work, and
their schools.
At this convention we saw
just how fortunate we are
at Lamar in so many res-
pects—but most important
of all we saw how we can
improve ourselves in ac-
tivity, student-faculty re-
lations and student parti-
cipation—and Lamar came
home with the honor of be-
ing the host school for next
year's state convention.
To realize how much
work will have to go into
preparing and planning
ourT' convention—it can
only be said that it will
take all of us—Student
Council planning with your
help—but particularly all
of us—as a student body—
of whom your Student
Council is only your rep-
resentatives for what you
want.
I cannot express a plat-
form of promises, but I
will simply say that your
platform is mine—not from
any group, club, or divi-
sion—but everyone; for
only as a solid body are we
represented.
Next year your leaders
will need experience to
plan. The importance of
that cannot be stressed
enough.
It seems that so many of
us seem to think that
everything is cut and dried
without any one of our
opinions being considered.
(See Shaw, Page 3)
Sor. - Frat.
Council
A trophy, donated by the
Cavalier Fraternity, will
be awarded in the Awards
Day Assembly to die fra-
ternity with the highest
scholastic average for the
year.
This will be a rotating
award presented at this
time each year. A similar
award, a silver tray, will
be purchased by the four
sororities for the same
purpose.
A committee from the
Sorority-Fraternity Coun-
cil is making arrange-
ments for an all sorority-
fraternity picnic to be
sponsored by the Council.
This committee is made
up of the Kollege Klub and
zeta Chi representatives
on the Council.
Plans are also being for-
mulated for a bridge tour-
nament. Entries will be
made from each sorority
and fraternity.
‘Photoflash’
Contest Is Set
The Shutterbugs of La-
mar Tech will again spon-
sor the Miss Photonash
Contest which will be held
in Room 137-E at 7:30 p.
m. April 26.
Each club on the campus
has been asked to enter
five candidates. To be eli-
ible a girl must be a stu-
ient in good standing and
carrying a minimum of 14
hours this semester.
Deadline for entries is
Tuesday. Application
blanks may be secured
from Frank Cricchio and
may be placed in the Shut-
terbug box in the union.
'Winner will be named
Miss Photoflash of 1956
and be given the title Miss
Beaumont. She will be pre -
sented with a jeweled en-
graved disc from the Shut-
terbugs and a bouquet of
roses from the Beaumont
Chamber of Commerce.
On May 5, Miss Photo-
flash will represent Beau-
mont in Splash Day events
in Galveston when Miss
Tar' Tan of Texas will be
named, and will be eligible
for many valuable prizes.
Frank Cricchio is chair-
man of the contest and will
act as master of ceremo-
nies.
Tracy Giesen and Bette
Stead are in charge of
publicity, Wallace Shaun-
field and Paul (gupton will
do the photography.
James Bruce, Shutterbug
president, is handling the
judging and R. D. Evans is
in charge of general ar-
rangements .
Judges will be announced
later. There will be no
admission and everyone is
urged to attend.
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Does Lamar Suffer Sleeping Sickness f
OPEN LETTER TO THE STUDENT BODY
I can't figure out what's going on Around this campus.
Maybe you have the answer.
I believe that literally Lamar has gone to sleep, but
it just doesn't figure. A football coach doesn't lie down
on the bench ana go to sleep when his team is on the
field and scoring. He's in die re watching every play
and even calling a few.
The same is with Lamar. Lamar is on the move and
it's scoring all the time. You, the students are the
same as the coach. It is up to you to call a few of the
moves that Lamar makes, but you can’t do it without
taking a little notice of what is going on.
Lamar has an advantage over colleges and univer-
sities like A&M, Texas and Rice. Tne ivy on those
walls is well rooted. There is little chance of chang-
ing it now. Their traditions are sometimes outdated
and old fashioned, but they accept them anyway.
That isn't true at Lamar. We are planting that ivy
now, and we can make it grow any "doggone" way we
want it to grow.
All this rambling leads up to one point. I can hardly
believe that 4,600 students are going to let four people
walk off with the four top offices on me campus without
so much as one person running against them. Then to
let your divisions go unrepresented on the student
governing body is truly a sign of disinterest.
If and when these students are sworn into office with-
out any campaign at all, you have surrendered your
right to the governing body. If these students decide
to not carry out the duties of their office to the best
of their ability (which is unlikely), it is your fault, not
theirs. What they accomplish in office will be due to
their own incentive, certainly it will not be because
you have given them the incentive to do it. It is you,
the student body of Lamar, who put the fire and spirit
into your student government and you can't do it by
sitting back and letting things come as they may.
This is the 20th Century and the old idea of "What is
is right" went out with the 18th Century. What is is
not always right, but we can set it right.
Let’s get "in the groove" with the mood of the 20th
Century and progress. I challenge you to start this
movement by getting some good candidates to file for
office in the student government today.
—Anita Bond
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Siebenthall, Carl. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1956, newspaper, April 20, 1956; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499425/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.