Dates for local events underline community plans
On April 6 a quilting bee will be held at Kathryn Yandell’s home for Reb Belles. On April 17 reformed criminals Johnny Chandler, Troy Long, and Tommy Wiley will testify at 8 p.m. in the LC auditorium. On April 27 loyal sons and daughters of the Lost Cause plan a ball with the banner The South Shall Rise Again.
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Kathryn Yandell
Reb Belles
Johnny Chandler
Troy Long
Tommy Wiley
LC Auditorium
Lost Cause
Dean Quells Student Riot at Lee College
Dean arrives to quell a Sunday night campus riot after Lee College students protest favoritism by allowing A and M fans to imprint Ags beside Rebels on Rebel Hill. The dean is slightly injured. gardeners are assaulted as he halts the disruption.
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Lee College
University of Texas
John Washington
Texas
SMU
Baylor
Rebel Hill
No More Hoods In Harris County
Lee College sociology students plan a spring term project to reduce juvenile delinquency by forming a Hair-Cutting Crew to visit towns in Harris County, give crew cuts, then distribute sociology literature. Instructors and students frame a hood as a person needing self and environment understanding to end sociological problems.
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Lee College
Clarence Schultz
Harris County
Carol Flukinger
Virginia Frazier
Lee College to Become Vocational Training Center
Lee College will be converted into a full vocational training school to raise standards. President George Gen try says the shift will support the nearby steel mill project at Cedar Bayou by training workers on site for Jones and Laughlin, reducing need for imported steel labor.
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Lee College
College
George Gentry
Cedar Bayou
Jones and Laughlin
Yankee Steel
Baytown
Lowell Stammers
Jones and Laughlin Steel Mill
LCVTS
Educate The Eye Movements Debated At Lee College
Lee College replaces Developmental Reading with Educational Eye Control after this term. Dean Walter Rundell announces the shift as part of a long struggle by Wallace Heaner to advance progressive education. The new course emphasizes rapid eye movement and quick visual discernment, including reading subtleties in modern drama and fiction, with selective practice reading retained for English majors.
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Lee College
Walter Rundell
E.E.C
Wallace Heaner
Wanted in Hollywood George Nelson Baldness Lead
Hollywood studio seeks George Nelson L C instructor for real bald look. Nicknamed Q Ball, Nelson would be billed as Baytown's Own Yul Brynner if he signs on for a major production titled The Bald and the Brave.
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George Nelson
L.C
Hollywood
Nelson
Q-Ball
Baytown
Yul Brynner
College Bottle Club Closed Out In Night Raid
Baytown police shut down the Lee College Bottle Club after a raid last Monday night. The operation served as a front for illegal liquor sales with a staff including a registrar acting as bouncer and bar maids. Dean Rundell defended the venture as meeting student needs, but police claim it was bold and unpayable by March 27.
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College Bottle Club
Baytown
Lee College Bottle Club
College Club
Joan McAlvany
Lee Lager
Hobbs
Hillgummery
Package Store to Open in New College Building
After liquor distribution ends at Lee College, Dr Henry Bergolofsky receives permission to run a bottle store in the central area of the new campus building. Alvin Miles also plans to lease the south wing to Coach Alton Laird, who will run a pool program with Bennie Moskowitz. The building will be dubbed Al's and Doc's Pool and Package Palace with a free opening event offering pool, a Schlitz can, and access for students with activity cards.
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Lee College
Alvin H. Miles
Henry Bergolofsky
Miles
Alton Laird
Laird
Bennie Moskowitz
Al’s
Doc
Laird’s
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Frank Burianek
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