The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1954 Page: 4 of 6
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THE REDBIRD
10:30 cun. Jx=^
Till ?
Next to South Park Drive In
Specializing in Short Orders
Catering to Lamar Students
Honor Society J
Initiates Eight
Friday, May 7, 1954
The Honor Society of
Lamar State College o f
Technology initiateaeight
new members Tuesday
night.
Senator Jep Fuller was
speaker of the meeting
held in the Home Eco.
building.
Dr. Richard Setzer is
president of the organiza-
tion; Warren Windham is
vice president.
The new members brought
the total membership of
the society up to 24 per-
unior-Senior
Honors 1954
The annual Junior-Senior
Prom of Lamar State Col-
lege of Technology was
held Thursday night at the
Harvest Club.
At this time the junior
sons. Those initiated, all
in the upper five per cent
of the junior class, were
Mrs. Jessie C. Boyle „ Arey
Rogers, Douglas Miller,
Helen Jeffrey, Jewell Mc-
Lemone, Gay Yeager, Ber-
nard Mitchell and Wendell
Bean.
ericas
Knights of the Sky...
The Spartan Band that held the pass.
The Knights of Arthur's train
The Light Brigade that charged the guns.
Across the battle plain
Can claim no greater glory than
The dedicated few
Who wear the Wings of Silver
... on a field of Air Force Blue.
emwammumm Bin; nun -m minnnp i t B
For Fellowship...High Adventure...and a Proud Mission...
wear the wings of the U. S. Air Force!
In davs gone bv. voung men in shining
armor ruled the age. Today, a new kind of
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Prom
Graduates
class honored the graduat-
ing senior class of 1954
with a reception and a
dance.
The reception was held
before the dance. In the
receiving line were Mr, and
Mrs. Douglas Clower, sen-
ior class president and his
wife; Mr. and Mrs. Richard
L. Smith, president of the
junior class and his wife;
President and Mrs. F. L.
McDonald; Dean and Mrs.
O. B. Archer, and Douglas
Thibodeaux and Gay Yea-
ger.
The Lamar Technicians
played for the dance. Vo-
cals were sung by Rose
Marie O'Brien.
The prom is given each
year by members of the
junior class to honor all
graduating seniors. The
juniors completely financ-
ed the dance.
Classes Join
To Present
'Peter & Wolf’
"Peter and the Wolf’ has
been presented to several
schools in this area by the
combined Music Education
and Speech Education
classes of Miss Edna
Brooks and Miss Crystal
Cannon.
The music students ac-
companied the speakers
with a rhythm band. Mem-
bers of tne speech educa-
tion class who gave pro-
grams at Averxall and
Pennsylvania schools are:
Dorothy Andrus, Mrs.
Naoma Ballad, Wanda
Bond, LaNell Boykin,Mrs.
Zelma Buckalew, Jackie
Carlisle.
Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman,
Frankie Compton, Rachel
Cooper,Mrs.Nell Crandall,
Margie Cude, Margaret
Davis,Mrs .Sherry DeLane.
Mrs. Celleste Dettling,
Mrs. Emily Dillworth,Dot-
tie Jean Dotterer, Melba
Dowden, Patsy Gibbs, Mrs.
Louise Hollywood, Betty
Jane Johnson, Lou Ann
Jones.
Mary Anne Loomer, Mrs.
Loren Martin, Mrs. Ida
Marie McBurnett, Mrs.
Yolande McLaughlin, Mrs.
Barbara Metcalfe, John B.
Quinn, Mrs. Trace Scott.
Helen Shelly, Carolyn
Vicers, Theta Ann Watt,
Annette Webb, Glenda
Westmoreland and Frances
Wimberly.
Members of the Music
Education class- are Mar-
garet Callahan, Iht Clam-
pitt, Nell Fielder, Eloise
Hassler, Katherine John-
son, Ruth Lee, Betty Mon-
crief,Rose Marie O’Brien,
Johnnie Self, Georgianna
Teel and Elma Thibo-
deaux.
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Abshier, Ann. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1954, newspaper, May 7, 1954; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499544/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.