Reading list of history and literature titles for study use
A catalog of books and reference works including travel discovery in the Renaissance, memoirs of Montgomery of Alamein, Penny Universities, Encyclopedia Americana, Illustrated Library of the Natural Sciences, Just One More, The Music Man, Goldilocks, Fever in the Earth, The Photographic History of the Civil War, Mistress to an Age, and The Three Edwards.
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America
Boies Penrose
Montgomery of
Alamein
Antoun Ellis
Encyclopedia Americana
American Museum of Natural History
Outer Space
James Lamb
Meredith Willson
Mariana
Jean
Walter Kerr
W. A. Owens
Francis T. Miller
J. Herold
Madame de Stael
Three Edwards
Thomas C. Costain
England
Secretarial Certification Exam Details and Requirements
The article outlines a rigorous Certified Professional Secretary exam with a 12 hour test over two days, six parts from personal adjustments to dictation speed, and limits of five years to complete. Eligibility includes age 25 and a college degree with three years of experience or seven years without a degree.
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University of Houston
Phi Theta Kappa initiates fourteen at Lee College
The Lee College Phi Theta Kappa ceremony included speeches by Schultz and social hour. Fourteen new members were initiated, including Don McAlvany and Charles R. Robertson, with old members Dorothy Dickson and others attending. Future plans include selling student directories and sending delegates to the national convention.
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Dorothy Dickson
Lee Odom
Stanley Yarbrough
Ann Armstrong
Jo Wilson
Sylvia Taylor
Chico Holzheuser
Florence Niell
Don McAlvany
Charles R. Robertson
Bennett Harrison
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Tyrrell D. Harvey
Tommy Hutton
Jim Keeshan
Jimmy E. Thomas
James Clarion
Steve Thompson
Ronald M. Gieger
Nancy Vernon
Lynne Dell Grafton
Pat Henneke
Phi Theta Kappa
Lee College
Street Tardy Note From Ann Griffin
A poem by Ann Griffin describes a morning rush to school. The speaker speeds through red lights and traffic yet arrives with no penalty until a notice about being on the yellow line. The piece conveys urgency and a near miss with tardiness.
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Ann Griffin
Curtain Club Selects Sabrina Fair for Spring Play
Curtain Club names Sabrina Fair as this year’s production to be staged May 15 and 16. Mrs. Norton describes it as a sophisticated romantic comedy and lists a full cast led by Ellen Spiers Jim Hart Mary Lou Steele Jim Smith Lamont Vacek Jim Keeshan Glenna Skains Mike Butler Barbara Jones Bobby Mc Glothlin Charles Dunaway with Leon Murphy as stage manager and Sylvia Griffin assisting. Rehearsals started March 6.
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Sabrina Fair
Curtain Club
David L. Norton
Ellen Spiers
Maude Larrabee
Owen Davis
Julia Ward McKinlock
Mary Lou Steele
Linus Larrabee, Jr
Jim Hart
Linus Larrabee
Jim Smith
Margaret
Frances Ann Musick
David Larrabee
Signs of the Times on a city block
A crowd observes a steam shovel standing on its side with a sign noting Eddie Briggs’s past film roles. Nearby, shops display elegant signs like Furs by Robert and Coiffures by Charles while a gas station advertises Petrol by Murphy. A photo lab warns orders must be placed before noon tomorrow.
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Eddie Briggs
Mid- Town
City Bank
8Th Street Bridge
Robert
Charles
Murphy
Garden Digs While Buying Plants
A woman asks the nurseryman for advice on a dry sunbaked clay spot on a rocky ledge with little rain. The expert deadpan suggests a flagpole as a solution.
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The
Reader’s Digest
Gardening Tips For Enjoyment In The Field
A lighthearted garden note suggests wearing a wide straw hat and airy clothes, carrying a trowel in one hand and a cool drink in the other. The piece playfully advises telling the man where to dig to maximize comfort and pleasure in gardening.
Points to Ponder by Boyd in Kettering Biography
The quote portrays Boss Kettering as praising research as a welcoming attitude to change. It stresses solving minds over complacent ones and contrasts the composer mindset with the fiddler mindset. The passage appears in a professional amateur biographical context about Charles Franklin Kettering.
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T. A. Boyd
Charles Franklin Kettering
Kettering
Dutton
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CPS
Schultz
Leon Murphy
Sylvia Griffin
Signs of the Times
ES Evans
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