Vixens of New Orleans Amid Reconstruction Turmoil
Frank Yerby’s New Orleans novel set after the Civil War follows Laird Tournois a mixed hero antipathetic to carpetbaggers and scalawags. He loves Densie Lascals while bound to a wife driven insane by tragedy and confronts the era’s race and political violence. Robert Neal reviews a tale of corruption and passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yerby
New Orleans
South
Laird Fournois
Laird Tournois
Densie Lascals
Hugh Duncan
Klu Klux Klan
Laird
Densie
Deniie
Yerby
February Birth Month for World-Rated Musicians
Joyful tribute lists February born icons Enrico Caruso Marian Anderson Feodor Chaliapin Fritz Kreisler Jascha Heifetz and great composers Handel Rossini Chopin and Herbert. It notes Chopin revival and details Rossini early life and earnings in England. Handel’s bold start ends with February’s bright musical spotlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrico Caruso
Marian Anderson
Feodor Chaliapin
Fritz Kreisler
Jascha Heifetz
George Federick Handel
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Fredéric Francois Chopin
Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert. Mr. Herbert
Dixon
Seventy-Five New Books Add to Local Library Collection
A library expansion delivers 75 new titles including 9 reference works, 2 music books, and 21 literature volumes. Notables cover National Proverbs and American Politics encyclopedias, Shakespeare and Milton selections, Dostoevsky to Conrad prose, biographies, poetry, and novels from Hardy to Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Stern
Gannett
Mitchell
Shankle
Peterson
Roger
Dorian
Finn
Haworth
George Eliot
Paterson
Samuel Johnson
Mason
Samuel Johnson — Krutch
Joseph Pulitzer
Barrett
Defoe —Secord
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
McCullough
Anna Seward
Ashman
Swift
Charles Lamb
Joseph Conrad
Mr. Dooley
Dunne
Forsythe
Galsworthy
Tolstoi
Yeats
Wilder
United Nations
Arne
Bontemps
Jensen
Thomas Mann
Pray
Congress—Young
Seymour
Longinus
Busch
A. Cavalier
Singleton
Sand
Defoe
A. Texas Nat‘uralist
Bedichek
Adso
Stee
Chamberlain
American Histor—Holbrook
Carriers Gilbert
Kaplan
Maciver
Africa
Reeve
Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Sitwell
Hitler
Trevor-Roper
Warner
Renne
Benson “Bevin and Company
Strauss
America
Britain
Soule
Gamma Phi Kappa initiates nine at Cuauhtemoc scene
The Cuauhtemoc hosted nine Gamma Phi Kappa initiates on Sunday February 1 with a Mexican dinner. New members listed include Lorene Prinzel Elois Shaeffer Troylene Harrison Betty Webb Loraine Stephan Ina Lynch and Mary Jo Lilly. Margaret Sheffield was elected secretary treasurer replacing Doris Hickman who no longer attends LJC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuauhtemoc
Gamma Phi Kappasororty
Lorene Prinzel
Elois Shaeffer
Troylene Harrison
Betty Webb
Loraine Stephan
Ina Lynch
Mary Jo Lilly
Jesselee King
Mary Lee Salter
Marcelette Macon
Ruth ‘Morris
Lavora Jackson
Margaret Sheffield
Doris Hylton
Doris Heard
Marjorie Moore
Doris Hickman
LJC
Baptists To Hear Mrs Dutson Tonight in BSU
Mrs. K J F Dutson Jr will lead the devotional tonight at 5 55 in room 117 across from the cafeteria. Dr A R Padgett led a February 16 Bible study on The Forms of Cheating in College and the evils of plagiarism. The annual Haster party of the BSU is set for March 20 and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. J. F. Dutson Jr
Baptist Student Union
A. R. Padgett
B.S.U
Whereto Serves Mercy Yet Confronts Offense
Hamlet asks whether mercy should guide action or if one must face the offense directly. The line explores duty, justice, and the moral struggle between forgiveness and confrontation.
Englishwoman Barbara Gordy Adapts To Life At LJC
Barbara Gordy, a former resident of Ceylon and London, recounts her wartime service in England and her life with husband George Gordy, now a marine engineer. She attends LJC in Baytown and works as a checker at Weingarten’s, noting American friendliness and describing English customs, education, religion, and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama
Ceylon
George Gordy
RELHS
Barbara Gordy
LJC
Dover
England
London
Brooke Bonds Tea Company
Mrs. Gordy
English Mechanized Transport Corps
SOS
Service of Supply
Shew
Robert Browning
Rupert Brooks
Rudyard Kipling
Dickens
Scott
Thackeray
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yerby's ‘Vixens
Robert Neal
February
By Joyce Cooper
Dublin
Ireland
Germany
New York Metropolitan
Frederic Francois Chopin
Poland
Europe
Chopin
Carmen Cavellero
George IV
Federick Handel
Black’s Pharmacy
Texas Ave
Goose Creek
Tex
Sheaffer Pens
Seaforth
Kohntfarber
Wisconsin
J. Baytown
Texas
Brown's Chicken Shack
Market Street Road
Rhythm Music’ Co
Goose Creek, Texas
Wainscott
Baytown
Pelly
Greens Bayou
la Porte
Peoples State Bank
Baytown, Texas
Gamma Phi Kappas
Mrs. Dutson
Walter Rundell, Jr
John L. Lee
Lee
Army
Engand
Chauvin & Myers, Inc
Firestone
Minnesota
St. Baytown
Vle Sacin
Montgomery Floral & Greenhouses
Illinmis Street
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