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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1951
Page
1
Students describe campus events with humor and social reflection. Sailor boys, stage acts featuring Amazons chasing male peers, and a comedic take on roles old and new are noted as the term ends and grades loom. Lee College crowns are elected, not inherited.
A general assembly will be held tonight at 5 30 p m to discuss draft status for Lee College students announced by Dean Walter Rundell. Deferment rules honor class rank with tests offered May 26 June 16 and June 30 likely in Houston. Students must apply to the local draft board and mail forms to request deferment via exam score.
Principals Ann Ruth Schmadl Vesta Bowers Merrell Carter and James Weir are shown for the Curtain Club production directed by Mrs. Lynn O'Hagan. The play The Warrior's Husband opens Thursday night.
The Curtain Club's spring production THE WARRIOR'S HUSBAND is set for Thursday at 8:15 pm in the auditorium under Mrs. Lynn O'Hagan's direction. Cast includes Weir Kaminski Bowers and Carter with Hobbs Neal Baytown Sun and KREL KRCT aid, promising brisk rehearsal to opening night.
Seventeen full time students made the first honor roll led by Kenneth Baird and Mary Lou Kirkpatrick sharing top honors. The list includes Pat Holitzke Ralph Erwin Nina Ruth Cooper Jackie Summer Lloyd Seiver Joanne Gautesen Harris Keller Anastasia Greenwood Audrey Neal Wayland Cohoe John R Fox Denny Smith Murphy McNulty Glenda White Frank Sanberger Billy Wallace. Students with all A's in three courses include Clark Jenkins Mabel Catharine Jones Jane Radford Olive Rundell Virginia Tyler and Dean Williams. Others with two A grade courses include Fred Allen Walter Allen Ben Ammons Joe Ayler Bertram Banta William Barker Albrey Barrow Robert Batterbee Vern Blevins Juanita Bonner John Briggs Lela Burnett James Church Bobby Callins Byron Compton Edith Clark Hugh Cornelius Flora Costley Eleanor Dixon James Dixon Dorothy Eakin William Edwards Eunice Fisher James Flowers James Foster Patsy French Joe Graves Clyde Hance Lloyd Hargrove Leslie Harrington Arthur Harris Carl Harrison Carl Hebel Dorothy Heintschel Fern James Mack Johnson Isabel Killough Ima King Peggy Koenig Albert Marsh Colene Massey Mary Ellen Massey Lottie Mead Samuel Mercer Ruth Morris Glenn Muldrom Terry Page James Parker Nelie Parker Dorothy Purdue Marjory Price Jerre Pyle Archie Reynolds Severs See Students on Page 4.
Lambda Chi and Gammas co sponsor a talent show in Lee auditorium on May 3. Acts include dance singing instrument tricks skits monologues and pantomimes. Judges are Baytown business people with prizes for top three. Gammas and Lambda Chi will present acts but not compete.
A recent inspection shows outside brickwork nearly complete on the new college and gym buildings but no windows yet for the main structure. The auditorium will include a stage dressing rooms and a large main space, with offices library and classrooms nearing completion though finishing work remains.
The Lee Log college annual is completed and will arrive within the week. Sponsor J. F. Koenig says distribution will commence as soon as the annuals reach campus.
The annual all college spring picnic will be held at Lyondale park on Saturday May 5 from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sponsored by the Student Council the event charges fifty cents admission and requires the student activity card. Students may swim dance play baseball or volleyball and must bring their own lunch. One activity card per car suffices for carload entry.
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