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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1950
Page
4
A humorous college newspaper piece portrays a chaotic chemistry lab race where the student Chem Stud battles Mystery and Stupidity while trying to understand an unknown. Atom delivers a small but decisive wallop as the freshman student ultimately wins the imaginary contest.
Raymond Ingrando and Bobby Traylor won two of three in a ping pong doubles series and lead the singles standings. Handball doubles near completion with Arnold Stern already in semi finals. Boxing entries due February 21 with finals on high school Fight Night.
By late January 1836 Mexican forces of over six thousand reached the Rio Grande and encamped near San Antonio. The Alamo defense on March 6 is hailed as glorious and tragic. A Texas declaration of independence was proclaimed March 2 with Sam Houston elected Commander in Chief and independence proclaimed at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
Ten Midwest teams stage a real baseball circuit for women with Max Carey as commissioner. Players are mostly college students, some married, with salaries from 55 to 100 dollars weekly. Teams span Kenosha Racine and several other cities, drawing nearly one million fans. Carey previously played for Pittsburg and Brooklyn and has a long coaching career.
The student council schedules a April 1 annual picnic at Lyondale Park with all day attendance and drinks provided. The Spring Formal on April 29 will crown a King and Queen from the sophomores and a Duke and Duchess from the freshmen. Senior REL guest invitations extend to area high schools for representation. Royal pairs from the past two years are listed. last line teases the current winners.
Quote attributed to Henry Ward Beecher on flowers as a divine gift without a soul, reflecting a poetic view of nature's beauty.
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