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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1960
Page
2
The Lee Lantern lists Patsy Holcomb Reagan Durant Linda Mills G G Robey as staff with Managing Editor reporters Thomas Skipper Mary Helen McFerren Brenda Shelton and A H Miles as columnists. Photographer Sponsor T E Rowlett Jr.
A religious exhortation urges readers to value faith over modern pursuits and to accept Christ’s gift of eternal life. It stresses that worldly peace fails without God and calls the younger generation to seek salvation, noting the finite 65 year earthly span against eternity in Heaven. It ends with an invitation to accept the keys of heaven.
The piece argues the Lee Log could improve with more funding sourced from higher student interest. It notes 1960 costs were 1903.65 dollars with 560 dollars from ads and 1343.65 from 375 yearbooks sold of 1400 students. It suggests boosting sales to 800 or more, raising 3200 dollars to expand pages and ads, and assigns campus groups a role in boosting promotion.
A round of student opinions on the new Lee Log yearbook notes praise for color and photography. Comments range from strong approval of the cover design to calls for more authentic attire and activity pictures, with a few critical notes about foggy images.
A reader asks for dating help and coping with a harsh lab class. The column offers blunt, jokey responses touching on relationships, study focus, and self esteem with terse lines and humorous counsel.
Lee College benefits from its small size by enabling close student teacher relationships. Students can seek personal advice from instructors, who are portrayed as approachable and human, though some educators may overstep boundaries by overtly courting student friendship.
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