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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1948
Page
2
The Lee Lantern notes its biweekly publication by Lee Junior College sophomores in Baytown Texas and printing handled by Scardino Publishing Company in Houston Texas.
Webster defines society as companionship with one's fellows. The piece questions college spirit and whether scholastic success alone creates intelligent, congenial individuals. It argues leaders show adaptability and that education should develop personality and tact through group interactions.
A satirical editorial mocks the annual pledge to reform as it proposes a reverse set of resolutions. The piece ridicules students skipping classes dodging politeness and cheating, urging readers to scowl at peers and insult the elderly, questioning any genuine effort.
After weeks of rain and mud, a hard surface is finally being laid in front of the school parking area. The construction will cause a brief inconvenience but will be a blessing once finished.
Lighthearted notes from LJC yearbook column describe students like Wayne Cowser Joe Chandler and Lois Bedinger in campus life scenes. Entries cover formal plans, dating woes, stylish quirks, exam nerves and Christmas stocking jokes alongside backstage antics and a decorated college office by Foggy Bittick and friends.
A student article argues that global tensions shape individual lives and calls for informed American leadership. It examines race prejudice, economic reform, and the role of pressure groups, urging objective thinking and fact based reasoning over blind prejudice.
Alpha Rho Tau will formally initiate new members in the home economics room on December 21 from 5 10 to 5 30. Miss Minnie Alice Robertson, sponsor, stated members must have a high scholastic average and have taken art previously. A professional artist will preside, name of the artist not yet chosen. The new member names and officers will appear in a later Lee Lantern edition.
Billie Smith plans a trip home to San Augustine Texas. DeLoise Cook will visit her brother and sister in Birmingham Alabama. Burlen Griffith intends to visit relatives in Dequincy and Baton Rouge Louisiana whom he has not seen in years.
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