The University Press (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1973 Page: 3 of 8
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LAMAR UNIVERSITY February 2, 1973 THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 3
Graduate tuition I Continuing education plans
break foreseen
Graduate students may get a break in tuition if Rep.
Herman Adams Jr. of Silsbee, gets his. proposal through
the legislature.
The bill will make provision for graduate students to pay
a maximum of $4 per semester hour when enrolled for
one course of not more than four semester hours credit.
The bill was due to be heard by the House Education Com-
mittee Tuesday.
Chapter tours station
The monthly professional meeting of the Lamar Home
Economics chapter was held Tuesday, Jan. 30.
The group toured the A&M Rice Experimental station.
Miss Paula Wright told the group about her job at the
institute and how it is related to home economics.
Survey taken in area schools
The department of Modern Languages is conducting a
survey to determine what college courses French, Ger-
man and Spanish teachers in the Sabine Area public
schools feel are most beneficial for training foreign
language teachers.
Mrs. Genevieve Z. Smith, assistant professor of Mo-
dern Languages, will tabulate the results of questionnaires
which have been sent to 40 teachers.
After evaluating the completed questionnaires, course
offering will be modified, said Dr. M. LeRoy Ellis,
head, department of Modern Languages.
Plans laid for council
Plans are under discussion for Lamar’s Inter-dorm
council this semester.
The council met for the first time this semester on
Jan. 24. Last semester’s activities included sponsoring
the all-dorm Christmas supper and a tree decoration
party held in the Setzer Center.
President of the council is Randy Ransleben, Plummer
F. wing. Debbie Landry, Alpha Delta Pi, is vice-presi-
dent, and Ann Buren, Gray Hall, is secretary.
Advisors for the council are Mrs. Anita Browning,
dean of student of development, Miss Ann Shaw, associate
dean of student development, and Bruce Stracener, Jr.,
associate dean of students.
The next meeting, open to anyone, will be at 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 7, in Room 106 in the Setzer Center.
Program to benefit disturbed
o
Emotionally disturbed children will benefit from a
newly approved program between Lamar and the Uni-
versity of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Lamar students Kathy Brown, Dianne Farnie, Chris-
tine Poland and Jeanette Alford will receive on-the-job
training in Galveston this semester by the Division of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Texas
Medical Branch.
The teacher will be more aware of learning problems
under this program, explained Dr. Monty L. Sontag,
head, department of Special Education.
Students at Lamar can incorporate the requirements
for certification into their present college studies. The
program is also open to returning teachers who want to
obtain that certification.
When the new certification program was approved,
it increased special education certification programs to
five different areas, Dr. Sontag added.
Coed named to Who’s Who
Carolyn B. Heath, corresponding secretary of Delta
Sigma Theta sorority, was nominated as one of the 1973
Outstanding College Athletes of America for her excel-
lence in running track. She is one of a select group of
athletes from Lamar chosen for this national honor.
Outstanding Athlete nominees represent the attributes
and accomplishments of sportsmanship, leadership, and
high individual achievement.
Her complete biography and athletic achievements will
appear in the 1973 volume of “Outstanding College Athletes
of America.”
wide variety of courses
Several courses are being of-
fered this semester by the Office
I of Continuing Education.
A 10 week course in speed
reading began with introductory
lessons January 24 and 25. How-
ever, by contacting the Office of
Continuing Education it is still
possible to enroU in this course
according to .Joseph Reho, Direc-
tor of Continuing Education. Sub-
sequent classes will be held on
Monday nights from 6:30 p.m.
until 8:30 p.m. in Room 110 of
the Education Building.
The speed reading course is
is designed to increase a per-
son’s rate of speed without loss
of comprehension in both busi-
ness and pleasure reading. Tech-
niques of skimming, reading to
remember facts and critical ap-
praisal will also be included.
Cost of the' course is $65 in-
cuding all materials.
“Automobile Know How,” a
course for those who would like
to become professional “tinker-
ers,” is being offered again. The
class will meet for 8 weekly two-
hour sessions _ beginning Feb.
8 at 7 p.m. in Room 109" of the
Educational Building.
James Troy Stidham and Terry
Hayes, Beaumont mechanics, will
serve as instructors. The lec-
turers will compliment their re-
marks with slides, mock-ups and
actual parts to stimulate class-
room discussion.
Preregistration checks of $30
Federal grant increase
approved for next year
An increase in federal grants
has been approved for Lamar
Next Year, according to Jess
Davis, director of student finan-
I cial aids.
Lamar’s requests for the Na-
tional Direct Student Loan, the
, College Work-Study program,
and the Educational Opportunity
grants were renewed by the fed-
eral panel in Dallas.
The amount approved for the
Educational Opportunity Grants
was increased from $30,000 to
$50,000, Davis said. He added
that the office must now wait
to see how much will actually be
appropriated.
This year, according to the
annual report of the financial
aid office, a total of 3,477 stu-
dents are being helped by loans,
grants, scholarships, and work-
study.
This represents 41 per cent of
the full time students. Just over
1 million is now being used by
Special Ed
offers grant
Lamar students in financial aid,
Davis reported.
Davis noted that some of this
money is used for other students
after loans are repayed to the
office. For this reason it is im-
portant that a student pay his debt
on the due date.
According to G. A. Wimberley,
loan officer, failure to pay on
the due date can result in possible
suspension.
If a student has difficulty in re-
paying the loan, Davis said, he
should stop by Wimberley’s office
in Room 101 of Student Affairs,
and explain. He noted that the
office is “flexible" in these mat-
ters.
may be sent to James D. Spencer,
office supervisor, of the Office
of Continuing Education, at Box
10008, LU Station.
A course in Economics and
Office Procedures will be offered
in cooperation with the Beau-
mont Certified Professional Sec-
retaries organization for secre-
taries interested in taking the
Professional Secretaries Cer-
tification examination.
Mr. Joel Allen, assistant pro-
fessor of economics, and his wife
will conduct the class which is
scheduled to begin Feb. 6.
The class will meet from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m. each Tuesday for 12
weeks in Room 102 of the Busi-
ness Building.
Those interested may mail
their name, the title of the course
and a $25 fee to the Office of
Continuing Education or they may
pay the fee at the first class
meeting.
“Finishing Touches", a poise
and self-improvement course for
women and teens, will be held
Feb. 8 to March 22.
Olive Anne McLaughlin,direc-
tor of the class for six semesters,
will conduct the seven sessions on
consecutive Thursday nights.
The first class will be from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. and the other
classes from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Class members should bring
notebook and pencils and wear
dress shoes for walking demon-
strations.
“This course is designed to
give the average woman more
confidence and an introduction to
the professional world of model-
ing if she is interested," accord-
ing to Mrs. McLaughlin.
Those interested should regis-
ter with the Office of Continuing
Education.
Six thefts reported
from faculty offices
A number of wallet thefts oc-
cured on campus Jan. 24 By
early afternoon Traffic and Sec-
urity had received six separate
A $100 scholarship will be of- » .
fered in May to a deserving stu- t^OUUSellUg Center
dent of special education, accord-
ing to Patti Baird, president, Stu- j .
dent Council for Exceptional expands SerVICeS
Children.
Counseling services in educa-
tional, vocational, social, per-
sonal and family problems are
now being offered in the Coun-
seling Center.
Appointments can be made for
Monday through Friday from 8
a.m. until noon and lp.m.-5 p.m.
in Room 209 of the Student Af-
fairs building.
This program is under the di-
rection of Otto R. Flocke, direc--
tor of the Counseling Center,
and Christopher Prince, coun-
selor.
The scholarship will be given
in the name of Will Smith, former
legislator who died last year, and
who was known as the “father of
special education”.
Qualifications' for the scholar-
ship will be discussed at the Feb.
12 meeting of the SCEC, spon-
sored by T. O. Sonnenberg, in-
structor of special education.
Also to be discussed a the
Feb. meeting will be financing
expenses of students attending the
national convention of the Council
of Exceptional Children to be held
in Dallas in April, Ms. Baird
added.
Flocke and Prince stressed
that all information and discus-
sions are confidential unless the
student has specified otherwise.
reports of wallets being stolen
from the purses of faculty mem-
bers in the Education, Home Ec-
onomics, and Liberal Arts build-
ings. All of the thefts occured
during the three hour period be-
tween 11 a. m. and 2 p.m.
The six wallets were removed
*rom purses which were left un-
attended in faculty offices. The
purses had been left on desk tops,
in desk drawers and in file cabi-
nets. None of the offices, desks
or file cabinets were locked.
Similar thefts of wallets from
purses left unattended in faculty
offices occured last spring in the
Home Economics and Liberal
Arts buildings, four of these wal-
lets were later recovered by
Traffic and Security.
Gene Carpenter, director of
Traffic and Security, suggested
that faculty members lock their
j purses and wallets in their desks
or lock their offices when they
leave. If professors regularly
leave their offices several times
each day, Carpenter suggested
locking valuables in the file cab-
inet.
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