^PETITION: .Llh SIGMA uum.Bmm college qf technology iSZM �$m^m: twji�iiwaiWMW!py-miagyia�,i3Si!g;ii^^ TO IHE GRAND COUNCIL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY OF DELTA SIGMA PI Geatik�a��a: We the imdersigned, members of iJimbda Sigma Chi, <to hereby petition for a charter to estaldisha chapter of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi oa liie can^vHi of Lamar State College of Technology* Beaumoat, Texas. Thepurpose and ideals of Lambda Sigma CM are in accord with the hi^ stan dards of Delta Sigma Pi and we respectfully request ttmt tibis petition be giyen coosideratioa. In seeking this af&llation we pledge ourselves to uphold the Ccmstitution and I^LawBOlt&eJDitemationalFiatemity of Delta Sigma Pi and to MthfiiUy oteerve all rules 9M regulations of the fraternity. f^'ur-^r^^fr. C^-^p&^h^iT /^dLj^JAy /^g/ct^tz^Q^ 'III i� II II "^ ' �ii limn iii/i^ii m . ^fy*^ ii I'M.iiin" iniiiMi �r C/a^A^Uy^. /i^r^/Q w"^^^ .^^^ /..A^-nfW^^ ;c4^^ ^^^^^.;^^^.�i. -^ ^..f^C^Srvc^ , i^ ^^^^MZ^^�V� QmXXn-^ ^/ /l -t,^^^^--'AS'--'^-vv LAM-eA^J J^ . ^JA^ ^ 097^^U^ mmtmmmt'^ I ���Wiliarw�Wi ill* I I .Mim'*,mwm�^'^wgMimJtt^\��\�JiJmalSm I iww 1.1. 1 <ij^Afirm*^i*.moM y/t^^^^^-^^i^^^...^^ ,1 wilw^tiiawiwfci**.-! li'i M� I ' w.�t*��ijawiiwiateB* A mmmmimmmtfmmmmti�mm� numifam immm �wmm^\ h �fm B�im��.<ww nmi.! WW I ItrnTOKY OF BEAUMONT la 183S, a ran^aed Tennesseaa, Noah Tevls, with his wife and seven hungry diUdfen, immigratedby coveredwagon to a �^oi on the ^w^Urn^ river in the laMm' hifested, Mteidcan-domiaated wilds of southeastTexas, later to be named Beaunumt. Back in diose days about die only Industry was lumber and the shingle mills which stretched atoag the Nedies river. Tba early settlers located on i^u^s along the viver sad engaged in trade with the boats ni^ch sailed ^ from tlie Oulf ^ Menace to a settlemeffit caUed Coocord* about tea miles up river from Bewimciit. Beaumooi <^eia% received its name on JN&y 12, 1837, when Henry Ik^llard, Jos^ P. Pulsifer, Thomas B. iiuUng* Nmcy Tevis and l^seph Orig^ tc^ether deaated 200 acres d land for the settlem^^ imd organisatioa fd the towaslte of Boaumoat. BoMiBioMsislocstedinJfeffersoB County, tto 93rd largest county In Texas, v^db was establidied in Bwfay, 1837. Alter tibe first battle d tim Texas revdlutlfm in 18SS, all the idble-bedied men d Beamnoat w^it to war against hStrnXGO. Re<)iigees fleeing fnsn other parts of Texas and attemfMHiB^toreadi ^ United States as Santa Annans cosM|uerlag armies mardbed in tliis direction camped i& teats over tb� area that is mm the heart <^ BeaiHnoat*s downtown district. They were waltiag for dlu� swx^en waters of die Neehes to rec�^ ti^ien the mm9 iji die defeat ai Santa Amok reached them, so Hitey stayed and m^ade Beaummit tiieir home. BianiiBiaBt grew as ^� railroads came, and an 1870 the dre(%ii^ of Saline Lake be^m, which was to chsnge BeaimMiat into a deqp water port. BswuaoBt is settled in Hie caiier c^ vast timberlands, and ringed wit& ii^julously rich i�tl fields. FortlieutilizatioBftftlie reiKHiroes, sawmills have been constructed, reftaerieshavebe(�bttilt. Ricegrows in abundance itiroui^tout the area, and dryers and wazehcmses have bMa coostmcted to h<�ise and process the yi^l <rf fertile fields. The most importuit single phase in the development of Beaumont b^ian on Jaauary 10, 1901, vAien Captain Anthony Lucas and Patillo Higgins brouj^ in the world famous Lucaa gusher. The site of tbs Lucas well, now known as Spindletcq^ Fieldisoaeoftberli^st oil deposits in the world. Beaumont and area has b&&3m& one d the greatest refining centers in the Ooited States, andthe rui^r, chemical, and plastic industry has grown here as an ofispring of the oil industry. Beaumoatand area Industry now consists of petroleum extraction and refinti^i;, rice growing, shlpf^ng, lumber, dairy products, catde raising, truck farming* stt^nir extractioa aad refiidag,i^p-bulldiag, fisheries, domical, petrochemical, rtidber, idB^ piasfics. Beaumont has grown fr<nsi one familyin 1325 to c^roximat^ly ll$0Xi ptqwlaticm tel9S$. "PORT ARTHUR, TE3CAS, THE CITY THAT OILS THE WORUT This is not an idle slog^. It tells the story ei industrial Port Arthur. We are tibee oil r^falingcenter of the world and are rapidly becoming a chemical manu facturing mecca. F<Kir huge oil refineries are located in Hie PortArdnir area. These refineries collectively emfdoy about 13,000 people and process over 575,000 barrels of crude oil daily. Qtdf Oil Corporation, The Texas Company, Hm Atlantic Refining Company and the Pure Oil Compsny pay $6,CKK),000 monthly in payrolls. The Port Arthur <Mf refinery, rated as die Hdrd largest refinery in the world, has a daily average out put of 24S,000 barrels . Today more dum 600 products carry the Orange CHsc of Gulf Oil corporati<m} as conqNured to 13 foinid �8i shi^pping lists in 1903, two ymxa after the plant was fcHBided by Jolm H* Oaley and |. U, Oulfey. Largest sellers among the 600 products are m<^or gasoline, aviaticm gasoline, fUmace oils (home heating), kero8esie,n<^>tha,lui�ricating oils, was and kMmker &iel (^lips). Tim veJ^mexy iKyw has 5,7(K} emisloyees. From its be^miteg, the Texas C<Hfnpany has be^ci in the midst of sn ex^aasUm. program. Texaco went frc�B crude oil oper8ti<�is to shipping, tihe refining d aspiialt, into* gasolines and wmot oil as die ju^omobile became p<^iular, and into petrocMnicals ia. recent years. It took somediing more dum vision by Texaa}'s �otmders to guide the Texas Company frcoa its small and inauspicious beginnii^ at Beaummit in 1902 to die two- Mlli<m dollar company of today. Something more than just aea idea went into ea- larg^ die modest refinery buUt oa die site of an old brickjrard at Port Arthur to its 5,01^ acre plant of today, wbieioe die daily mO^iat of gasoU^e alone is csuHig^ to take the average family car 20,0(K} times to Los i^geles and back. Hiis single refinery has more than 800 produos. TexMCO likes to say that its 42,000 employees are its best asset. If that is the case, this locality is forttmate, for there are more employees of die Texas Company in the Port Arthur area than in any other locality, at home or abroad. Theworld*8largestbatadieneplaiid:,locatedat Port Neehes, Texas, may become even bigger. The plant sold by the government to Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals, hic, and the Texas-U.S .Chemical Company for $53 million last ^ring, has increased its GUQmt 88 per cent since it was turned over to private interest. In 1942, Port Nedies was selected as &e {dant site because of its c^tral locatioBi and die five oil companies organixed Ned^s i^tane Products Company to si^rvise, desi^i, construct and qperate tte plant for the government. Construction began in May, 1942, and sp^^icaticm butadiene was first pro duct on Fdmiary 25*1944. The plant was giv@n a rating of 100,000 tons of 98 per cc�t iwre butadiene annually produce vip to I50,(K)0 tons. Butadiene is the major ingredient used in die manufacture of synthetic rubber. Hm Nedies IEten�Be Company em^ys alxmt 3,000 people in our area. Forty-four of die men who built the Pure Oil CcMO^pffliy's Smith fflufl refinery bade in 1922 are still on the roUs-ddefiy as operators of processing units or as craftamcoi. The eeonpany now emplc^s about 1,075 workers. The latest additicm hi this refinery is a catalytic reformdbig imit "a^ildi covers three-quarters of an 4M�re and will employ a piatiaum type napdia into a hig^ octane product. tlie Atlantic BMBniBg com^wny actually came into being in I860, just one year after Odaid Edwin Drake drilled the first U-S ell well iwar Titusvtile in Nordi- westem P^msylvania. UseiBlfidi company was called War(^,Frew and Ccmpany and was establisbed in Ihilade^phia to i^U barelled oil from western Paonsylvania. After a series oC mergers, the Adantic Refinii^ Compaiy vme formed in 1911. In the 44 years since, the Atlantic has jprown tauH it is mm amosig the tc^ 1^ in size among ^m ICX) largest industrial firms in the United Sta^s. Last year, ilm Atreco refbiery had a thsmwout of over 6,000 barrels daily. Another Atlantic activity in the Oulf Coast area is the Adantic Pipe Line company. At die Atreco terminal, oil produced in Texas and New Mexico is loaded aboard the nadcm's tankers, including Adantlc*s fii^t ctf si^rtmkers. Itie number of Adaittic employees in the Port Ardnir area now exceeds 600. You name it* diey make it, in the way of steel containers at die U. S. Steel corporadon products division plant here In Port Ardwr. The plant, which makes contaiaers d all sizes, slopes aad tyij^^s for ^ oil Industry in tibis area, is lo cated on ^ Port Arthur sidp canal. Approximately lOO people are employed in dK� plant. The king bee of Oroige, T^cas* Chemical Row is still ^dargtng his beehive II years after he started work on it and the current construction Is ta more than passing interest to the oil Inckistry, DttPoat, whldi came to Orange county in 1944 to build a nylcsi hitermei^ates pittit aad has since spent over 100 million dollars to provide facilities for manu- �BC�iriag that product aad diree odiers.