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UNIVERSITY PRESS March 1,1985*2
UP Profile
Ellis succeeds in French
By LISA VIATOR
UP staff writer
If you have ever had the desire to
“parle-vous francais,” Dr. M.
LeRoy Ellis is the man to see.
Ellis has been teaching French at
Lamar since 1969. “When I arrived
here, most of my current students
were still in diapers,” he laughed.
Ellis earned his B.A. and master’s
degrees from the University of South
Carolina in Columbia, and his Ph. D.
from the Universite d’Aix-Marseille
in Aix-en-Provence in France.
“I started out studying journalism
in college,” Ellis said, “and found I
was much more interested in my
French and English classes.
“And I found that French would
give me a better excuse to travel.”
After Ellis completed his master’s
degree in 1950, he applied for a
French government assistantship to
teach English in French schools.
He received the assistantship and
was assigned to teach in Nice, the
capital of the Riviera. Ellis said he
was only paid a stipend, but enjoyed
his stay there.
After teaching a year, Ellis said he
traveled and studied for another six
months, attending classes at the
University of Barcelona in Spain and
the University of Montpellier in
France.
When the Korean War broke out,
Ellis came back to the United States
and joined the Air Force. He was
sent to the Army Language School to
study Russian.
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proposals being discussed.
FTecise, electronically compiled
breakdowns of academic perfor-
mance in specific residence halls,
Stracener said, produced “alarm-
ing” results.
Poor academic performance in
Brooks and Shivers, Stracener said,
is partly caused by a poor academic
climate in those halls.
“We may have to make some deci-
sions that will not be to everyone’s
liking, but will be in the best interest
of all involved,” Stracener said.
After Stracener’s comments,
Willbom opened the meeting to the
floor. As anxious murmurs from the
group increased in volume, Willbom
asked the students to raise their
hands and to speak one at a time.
Christal Goodman, Grand Prairie,
Texas, junior, and a Gray Hall resi-
dent, asked when the decision con-
cerning the proposal would be reach-
Dr. M. LeRoy Ellis
Ellis said he spent six months in
that school, and was then assigned
as an agent with the Office of Special
Investigation, where he worked on
security clearances.
When Ellis was discharged from
the Air Force, he applied for the G.I.
Bill to work on his doctorate in
France.
After he earned his doctorate,
Ellis said he returned to the U.S. and
worked as a reporter at the State in
Columbia, S.C. for a year and a half.
It was after this job that Ellis began
his career in teaching.
He taught at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Lewis and
Clark College in Portland, Ore., and
North Texas State University in
ed, and when students would find
out. Johnson said the issue should be
decided by “the first week or so in
April.”
Kelly Laird, Pasadena, Texas,
freshman, voiced the opinion that
the plan of relocating all the females
into Brooks-Shivers is “sexist.”
Another person in the audience ex-
pressed concern over girls walking
the extra distance to Brooks-
Shivers. “Girls live there now,” he
said, “but so do guys. They can walk
back with their boyfriends. I don’t
want to be mean, but some girls may
not have that many friends to escort
them.”
Johnson responded: “You can be
mean—we’ve already been accused
of being sexist, so it all balances
out.”
Willbom said an RHA oommittee
would be formed after the meeting
to handle further discussions on the
proposals.
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Denton, Texas, before coming to
Lamar in 1969 as head of the Depart-
ment of Modem Languages.
In 1971, Ellis established the
Lamar Overseas Study Program to
Strasbourg, France. Students ac-
tually enroll in classes there at the
university. Ellis said the programs
have been successful since they
were first established, and students
are introduced to many people from
other countries.
“It is a very cosmopolitan at-
mosphere,” he said.
Ellis said the enrollment of
students in the modem languages is
much lower now than when he first
began teaching at Lamar.
“Enrollment was stable for a few
years,” Ellis said. “Then, national-
ly, there seemed to be a general
apathy among college students
where foreign languages were con-
cerned.”
The reason for this apathy, Ellis
said, was and is the fact that many
students do not think a foreign
language is relevant for career
training. But Ellis said this is not
necessarily the truth.
He told of one student who earned
a degree in French, and went on to
work at an oil company as a
translator for correspondence with
Algeria.
“I think,” Ellis said, “that learn-
ing a foreign language can help in
talking with educated people—not
only foreign people, but people in our
own country, too.”
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David Gothe, Beaumont junior;
Gilford Kibler, Jr., Philadelphia
junior; Sonia Sanders, Port Arthur
junior; Theresa Barlow, Beaumont
senior; Ricky Harrison, Hitchcock
senior; Romona Lake, Houston
senior; and Yolanda Marshall,
Texas City senior.
Leadership and service awards
were given to Benjamin Staley, Port
Arthur sophomore; Douglas
Graham, Honolulu junior; Joseph
Malbrough, Beaumont junior;
Deborah Tapper, Kingsville,
Jamaica, junior; Jacquelyn
Hawthorne, Orange senior; Joy
Haynes, Hitchcock senior; Gail
Preston, Houston senior; Kenneth
Smith, Galveston senior; and Ter-
rence Stephens, Houston senior.
Receiving special awards were
Anthony Hill, Columbus, Texas,
junior, for work inside the Black Stu-
dent Association. Hill serves as the
executive secretary for the BSA.
Also receiving a special award
was McSpatten for work outside the
BSA. She serves as secretary-
treasurer for the Student Govern-
ment Association.
LU Briefs
Kappa Alpha Psi elects officers
Kappa Alpha Psi has announced its officers for the 1985-86 academic
year, Emory Adams, vice polemarch, said.
They include Tony Richard, Baytown junior, polemarch; Adams,
Houston sophomore; Algy Alfred, Houston junior, keeper of records;
Bobby Johnson, Jasper junior, exchequer; William Stafford, Fort Worth
junior, strategous; and Anthony Brown, Port Arthur junior, historian.
ECK IS schedules meeting
ECKANKAR international students society will conduct a discussion of
“Soul Travel” at its meeting March 14 from 7:30 until 9 p.m. in 209 Setzer
Student Center, Brian Blackwood, spokesperson, said.
Homecoming date set
The official date for fall 1985 homecoming has been set for Oct. 26, Jac-
que Placette-Chapman, director of Setzer Student Center, said.
Joe Potts, SSC program director, is taking applications for chairper-
sons to handle homecoming activities. He may be reached in 201 SSC or
by calling 880-8734.
Fraternity announces pledges
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has announced six new pledges for the
spring semester, Bart Young, pledge educator, said.
The pledges are Jeb Airey, Vidor freshman; Jim Boneau, Groves
freshman; Bob Dewolfe, Beaumont sophomore; David Modlin, Dickinson
freshman; Scott Peebles, Kountze sophomore; and Randy Ripkowski,
Dayton sophomore.
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