The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955 Page: 1 of 4
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The Red bird_
Vol. IV, No. 25 _ Lamar State College of Technology, Beaumont, Texas_Friday, April 1, 1955
Photo Flash
Preliminary
Es Wednesday
Prelim inary judging for
Miss Photo Flash of Lamar
Tech and Beaumont will be
held Wednesday, April 6 at
3 p.m. in 121-E.
Each girl who has turned
in an application for the
contest should be in 121-E
at3 p.m. in a bathing suit
This preliminary judging
will not be open to the pub-
lic.
Final judging will take
place at an assembly on
April 13.
fin initial judging, as well
as in the final, contestants
will be judged on seven
points .'facial beauty,poise,
form,personality .neatness*
posture and smile.
Each o f these divisions
is worth 10 points. The girl
receiving the largest total
will, in the final judging,
be declared Miss Photo
Flash and represent Beau-
mont in the Sp la s h Day
contests to be held in Gal-
veston April 30 through
May 1.
It is still nbt too late to
enter. Entry blanks may be
obtained from any Shutter-
bug member or at the coun-
ter in the Union.
Point System
For Officers
Is Reviewed
With the comingelection,
students are reminded of
the point system for stu-
dent officers that was re-
cently adopted by Student
Council.
Under this new plan points
are assigned to different
officies. No person will be
allowed to have more than
10 points, and no one per-
son will be allowed to hold
more than three offices, re-
gardless of office.
This system will go into
effect in the fall. All clubs
will be required to subnet
their officers to Dean Nor-
ris Kelton's office. There
the positions and points of
officers will be tallied. If
they exceed the maximum,
an office must be dropped.
The point assignments
are: Student Council presi-
dent, 10; Student Council
vice president, 8; editors of
The Redbird and Cardinal,
7; secretary of Student
Council, president of any
organization and class pre-
sidents, 6; head cheerlead-
er, 5; treasurer and Student
Council representatives, 4;
vice president of any or-
gan ization, assistant
cheerleaders, 3; secretary,
business manager of treas-
urer of any organization and
all other offices, 2.
Repertoire Includes Four Original Suites
‘April in Paris’
Curtain time is 8 p.m.
Monday, April 4 in the La-
mar Tech auditorium for a
c o n c e rt presented by the
Modern Dance Group of
Texas State College for
Women.
The program is sponsored
by Women’s RecreationAs-
sociation at Lamar.
The TSCW group has been
acclaimed by critics as the
most outstanding college
dance organization of its
type in America. It has
been favorably compared
with groups of professional
dancers, with respect to
maturity of choreography
and skill of performance.
Repertoire for the concert
consists of four suites of
comp letely original dan-
ces. These include Dance
Commentary, comprised of
compositions revealing the
evolution of dance; Negro
Spirituals, a study of the
Negro in work, play and
worship; It Happens Once a
Year—To Everyonel made
up of dances based on fam-
iliar types of traditional
birthday greetings, and Sun
and Sage: The Saga of a
Texas Cowboy, depicting
the cowboy's expansive
spirit, his activities, his
fights and his friends.
Tickets for the concert
may be obtained from any
WRA members. Student
tickets are 50 cents, while
adult admission is $1.
A free lecture-demonstra-
tion will be presented Mon-
day at 9 a.m. in the gym.
The de monstration will
provide a general back-
ground of the suites to be
presented at the night con-
cert. From the simple
everyday movements of
walking, running or jump-
ing, the audience will be
shown how dance as an art
form began and how chor-
eography is actually devel-
oped.
All students of the college
are invited to attend, as
well as area students and
the general public.
"fylodem Design" from It Happens Once A Year—To Everyone!, one of four
suites to be presented by the TSCW Modem Dance group when they perform in
the auditorium Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Chosen Theme
Of Easter Ball
Busily working on the
Easter Ball, the Southern
Belles will use for a theme
"April in Par is." The dance
will be Saturday, April 9
from 8 to 12 p.m. in the
Harvest Club.
Bill Ramey's orchestra
will provide music.
Decorations will be in
shades of pink and black.
A fountain with running
water and colored lights
will be situated in front of
the stage.
Lampposts located on
pillars of the room will
have street signs with
names of the social clubs.
Backdrop in back of the
band will be decorated with
abstractpaintings of Paris.
Tony Follmer is in charge
of decorations.
A "Belle of the Ball” will
be selected from candi-
dates submitted by the six
social clubs on the campus.
She will be crowned and
presented with a bottle of
French perfume, flowers
and several other gifts.
Votes will be a penny each
and will be cast at the
dance.
Bids will be limited and
may be obtained from any
S o u t h e rn Belle. Bids are
$2.50 per couple.
Immediately before the
dance Southern Belles will
have formal initiation for
new members. Informal in-
itiation will be April 1.
Diana Karnes is chairman
of the dance and Anita Bond
is president of the club.
Vets to Sponsor
April 15 Is
Deadline
For Filing
Deadline for filing for a
place on the spring elec-
tion ballot will be 4 p.m.
Friday, April 15.
Applications for offices
and ballot places are now
being accepted in the Dean
of Student Life office in the
Union. Filing opened Mon-
day.
Offices to be filled are:
president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer of Stu-
dent C o un c il and sopho-
more , junior and senior
classes; two Student Coun-
cil r e p r e s entatives from
each class and one from
each of the seven Schools
and Divisions; two men and
two women cheerleaders,
and editors of The Redbird
and The Cardinal.
April 29, from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:10 p.m. has been set
as the date and time for the
primary election. Runoffs
will be held May 6.
TSPE Plans Trip
To Hew Orleans
A field trip to industries
in and around New Orleans
will be made by the Lamar
chapter of the Texas Soc-
iety of Professional Engin-
eers on April 21 and 22.
Tenative plans also call
for a tour of the engineer-
ing departments of Tulane
University.
All persons who plan to go
must have signed the list
Picnic and Bar-B-Q
The Vets club is planning
to sponsor a picnic and bar-
b-cue which will become
an annual spring activity
for Lamar students. It is to
be held April 16 at Tyrrell
Park in the Recreation
building and on the picnic
grounds.
Activities will begin at 2
p ,m. and the bar - b- cue will
be served from 4 to 7 p.m.
Be sure to watch the bulle-
tin boards for rhore infor-
mation concerning this
event.
in the hall of the Engineer-
Those students interested
in running for offices can
consult last week's Red-
bird, a Cardinal Call or a
bulletin published for elec-
tions, for qualifications for
all offices. They should
also notice the newly
adopted point system.
Campaigning may begin
as soon as filing petitions
are approved.
All candidates will be in-
troduced at an election as-
sembly Wednesday, April
Council Members Attend Convention
F i f t een Student Council
members embarked noon
Thursday to attend the
TISA Convention at Trinity
University in San Antonio.
The convention will be
March 31, April 1, 2 and 3.
It is composed of Student
Council members from
colleges and universities
throughout Texas. Within
the weekend there will be
lectures .reports .elections,
a semi-formal dance, a
banquet and tour of the
Alamo City.
Those going were Bill
Byrd, Lawrence Schkade, P.
J. Bruno, Jimmy Swann,
Jimmy Brown, Esther Mor-
vant, Carolyn Radford, Gay
Yeager, Steve Rosenthal,
Jimmy Booker, Jerry Jones,
Anita Bond, Jimmy Ann
Watwood and AnnAbshier.
ing building and turned in a
$5 deposit to William Tol-
bert by April 6. Those who
do not do so will not be al-
lowed to go.
This trip is open to all
interested students, not
just to members of TSPE.
If man could be crossed
with the cat, it would im-
prove man, but it would de-
teriorate the cat.
—Mark Twain
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Abshier, Ann. The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1955, newspaper, April 1, 1955; Beaumont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth499106/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar University.