Lee Lantern Staff and Publishing Details 1947 48
The Lee Lantern indicates publication by the Lee Junior College sophomore journalism class at Tri Cities Texas with printing by the Daily Sun Goose Creek Texas in 1947 1948. The staff includes Walter Rundell Jr Joyce Cooper Dorothy Sawberger Anne Jones Eutha Carpenter Mary Lee Salter Joy Fuller Johnnie Lou Sprayberry and others with roles like Editor in Chief Fashion Editor Advertising and Sports Editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Junior College
Tri-Cities
Texas
Daily Sun
Goose Creek
Associated College Press
Walter Rundell, Jr
Associated Writers
Joyce Cooper
Dorothy Sawberger
Neweess
Anne Jones
Eutha Carpenter
Mary Lee Salter
Don't Wait For Counsel Your Faculty Counselor
The faculty counselor is a skilled guide whose services are available when a student signals a need. Students should seek help rather than wait, as avoiding contact wastes energy and time, and some have even found counselors can serve as a fourth in bridge.
Leap Year Romance Advice for February 1948
A February 14 1948 column urges women to seize romance during Leap Year. It encourages pursuing admiration with flowers calls wires and bold moves while joking about defenses and confrontations. It ends with a football inspired reminder to win a man.
Student Comfort Over Sacrifices Claimed in Report
A historical piece argues educators would sacrifice themselves for student comfort and academic ease, framing a debate on teaching priorities and student wellbeing.
LJC Campus Rambles Highlight Student Life
A montage of campus happenings at LJC covers new and returning students, social plans, plays in the works, and exes visiting. Notable items include Gamma Party chatter, new classmates Gene Hazelwood Rex Couch Rae Newman and Terry Shanks enrolling, and staff like Pres Dumas and Professor Nelson engaging the student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Brown
Joyce Vidrine
Dorothy Sawberger
Same
Gene Hazelwood
Rex Couch
Rae Newman
Terry Shanks
Supt
Gentry
Tommie Helen Terry A LJC Student With Floral Interests
Tommie Helen Terry of LJC balances school with a passion for flowers working at Tri City Nursery and Floral owned by her parents. She crafts corsages, studies to be a music teacher, enjoys cards crochet and travel, and plans to finish nursery work in Texas returning to Cedar Bayou near her brothers and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Helen Terry
Tommie
LJC
Tri- City
Cedar Bayou
Relief For Vets Carries The House House Approves Two Veteran Aid Bills
The House passed two veteran aid measures with large majorities and sent them to the president. One bill boosts monthly college allowances for unmarried veterans to 75 dollars and for married students with dependents to 105 or 120 dollars, pending Truman's signature for April 1 effect. The other bill raises GI Bill earnings for single veterans to 250, with 325 for one dependent and 350 for two or more dependents, awaiting Senate agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
G.I
Senate
Gamma Slumber Party Captures Cold Weather Mood
Mary Lee Salter and Lavera Jackson flip a coin over plans during Gamma slumber party as they shun ice skating for bowling. Doris Hylton notes falling pins while Ruth Morris and Jesselee King arrive early. Marcelettes Macon poses in a tree for a photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma
Mary Lee Salter
Lavera Jackson
Doris Hylton
Doris
Margaret Sheffield
Margaret
Ruth
Morris
Jesselee King
Marcelettes Macon
Marian Andersons Voice Praised as Ethereal and Uplifting
Walter Rundlell Jr extols Marian Anderson as a voice of beauty and spiritual depth after a January Houston concert featuring Schubert lieder and spirituals. The piece also previews Metropolitan Opera broadcasts and Houston appearances by Sayao Tagliavini Stephens Merrill Albanese with sponsor Edna Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rundell, JR
Marian Anderson
Miss Anderson
Arturo Toscanini
Jean Sibelius
Houston
Mimi
Bizet
Carmen
Rise Stephens
Ramon Vinay
Don Jose
Nadine Conner
Micaela
Martial Singher
Escamillo
Rise Stevens
Winifred Heidt
Robert Merrill
Edna W. Saunders
Licia Albanese
Music Hall
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Edwin Beauchamp
Charles Head
Harold Baker
Russell Bailey
New Orleans
A.D. Wilkerson
Mary Jo Lilly
Elois Schaffer
Tommie Terry
Elois
Marvin Seiver
Marvin
Mary Louise Fowler
Lavora Jackson
Frank I. Cooke
Oklahoma
Charlie Gibbs
Charlie
John Gibbs
George McAlIpin
Greater
Baytown
Robert Neal
NTSTC
Thompson
Purifoy
J. P. Wallace
Charles’ Williams
James Robertson
Harris
Oak
Gary
Bob Hensley
East Corridor
Nelson
Sam Adylotte
Walter
Robert
Purifey Thompson
Jack Akin
Marcelette Macon
Jake Gregerson
Doris Hickman
Dorothy Laird
Phi Theta Kappa
Dorothy
Eddie Cathriner
Texas U
Louise Davis
Mama Davis
Papa Davis
Amarillo
Willena Latapie
SAC
Joanné Steed
James Duvall
Arkansas
Hayes Dorris
Joyce
Bonnie Lou Herron
Matthew Heiman
Charles Kitzman
Lester Funderburk
Texas Tech
Sanders Hunter
Terry King
Billy Frazier
Terry
Gwen Wright
Alice Rose Carter
Alice
Carew
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