Honor Roll Recipients At LJC For Spring First Nine Weeks
Sixteen LJC students make honor roll by placing in top 10 percent with 45 grade points. Six A’s include Alice Sparks Walter Rundell Jr John A Wilson Truitt Lively. five A’s and 1 B list. four A’s and 2 B’s and 1 C and honorable mentions for A grades in four or fewer courses.
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LJC
Alice Sparks
Walter Rundell, Jr
John A. Wilson
Truitt Lively
Billy Ray Kerr
Marvin Wolcik
Anne Jones
Jack L. McMicken
Carl Bond
Eubha Carpenter
J. C. Johnston
Dorothy Laird
Questionnaires Available for Summer School Courses
Dean Walter Rundell announced that questionnaires for summer school remain available. With fewer than 40 returned, an assembly at the high school and radio and newspaper notices will follow. Courses listed include BA 2 3 12 18 305 309 and others. C 812 not offered this fall and winter, so early returns are urged.
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Walter Rundell
Dean Rundell
Oregon group visits governors 25 years apart
Salem report recalls a 25 year lapse as Dr. A G Dubach led visiting Oregon State College students to Gov. Ben Olcott at the capitol and now brings another delegation to Gov. John H Hall who had been in Dubachs group a quarter century ago.
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Salem
Oregon
Oregon State College
A. G. Dubach
Ben Olcott
Capitol
Dubach
John H. Hall
Texas Battleship Texas Final Home Arrival
Two LJC students trail the Texas to its final berth as the massive battleship anchors in the channel. The article frames the ship as a symbol of valor and memory, inspiring hope and future energy across Texas as it ends its service.
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U.S.S. Texas
Houston Ship Channel
LJC
Leslie Salter
Charles Cummings
Texas
Physics 805 offers radio repair course addition
A new Physics 805 course on radio fundamentals and repairs is added to the curriculum. Instructor George Nelson notes the first semester covers fundamentals and the second provides practical application and isolation of repairing problems, aimed at students teachers and town residents.
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Ma Perkins
Stella Dallas
Young Sawbone Malone
Guiding Light
Mary
John
Janeta
Grandman
George Nelson
Nelson
College Classes Dismissed for Texas Junior College Meeting
Classes at Lee Junior College are dismissed Friday April 9 so faculty can attend the Texas State Junior College Teachers Conference in San Antonio. The program includes four major addresses, sectional meetings, and a business session with speakers from SMU University of Houston and California Journal of Secondary Education. Lee Junior College attendees include Dean Walter Rundell and several named faculty members.
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LJC
Texas State Junior College Teachers Conference
San Antonio
A. A. Smith
SMU
Jerome M. Peschle
University of Houston
President’s Educational Commission
Jack C. Carter
Southern Pacific Railway
Phebe Ward
California Journal of Secondary Education
VA Increases Now Effective for Veteran Subsistence
Public Law 411 raises subsistence for full time students in the veterans program. Leon P Howell of the Houston VA Office notes dependents determine the amount with automatic raises for zero or one dependents and requires proof and application for two or more. The law took effect April 1948 with retroactive payments from April 1 if filed before July 1. later filings become effective on receipt date.
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Truman
Leon P. Howell
Houston Regiona
Veterans Administration
LJC Graduates Plan Moves To Colleges And Careers
Lee Junior College sophomores near graduation outline post‑school plans with many headed to University of Texas, Sam Houston, Harvard, and other colleges. Students anticipate degrees in journalism, law, engineering, art, and more, plus nursing, teaching, and business paths.
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LJC
Texas
Lee
Truitt Lively
University of Texas
Truitt
Billy Ray Kerr
Jackie Lee McMicken
Marjorie Moore
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Marvin Seiver
Texas University
Marvin
Carl Bond
Dorothy Sanberger
University of Colorado
David Casto
Paul Edwards
Coronation Ball crowns LJC leaders in April at Community House
Jack Akin and La Nelle Norris will be crowned king and queen at the Coronation Ball Saturday April 10 at the Community House from eight to twelve. Harold Orton will MC with Les Brown providing music. Delegates from Crosby La Porte and Robert E Lee will be dukes and duchesses with LJC reps as prince and princess. Tickets are 1.50 from student council. Coronation committee lists Bettye Kinnird Joyce Vidrine Dorothy Sawberger La Nelle Norris Sam Aydelotte Preston Dumas Angie Laird.
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Jack Akin
la Nelle Norris
LJC
Harold Orton
Les Brown
Philip Hichelberger
Billye Lynn Dudley
Crosby
Charles Woodward
Evelyn Adam
la Porte
Gordon Black
Arlene Simon
Robert E. Lee
Akin
Norris
SHSTC
Bettye Kinnird
Joyce Vidrine
Dorothy Sawberger
Sam Aydelotte
Preston Dumas
Angie Laird
Albert Jacobs
Judy Alexander
Leon Harman
Benny Moskowitz
VA real estate counsel limits on veteran housing guarantees
The Veterans Administration states it will guarantee or insure loans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act but cannot guarantee veteran satisfaction with a home. VA official Carl R. Gray Jr. says VA will not compel builders or lenders to fix faulty construction and urges veterans to seek qualified building advice before mortgage signing.
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Veterans Administration
Leon P. Howell
Houston
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Howell
Dean Rundell Elected President of TAJC
Dean Walter Rundell is honored by his election as president of The Texas Association of Junior Colleges at a Dallas annual meeting. The association aims to advance professional growth and represent junior colleges of Texas. Delegates from 46 member colleges attended the 68-representative meeting.
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Walter Rundell
Texas Association of Junior Colleges
Dallas
Junior Colleges of Texas
Dean Rundell
Association
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