Lee Lantern 1950 51 sophomore journalism staff
The Lee Lantern is published twice monthly by the Lee College sophomore journalism class in Baytown Texas. Printed by the Jasper News Boy in Jasper Texas. Associated Collegiate Press member 1950 51 with workers Thelma Holmes Charlene McCarty Joe Chandler J B Powell and Merrill Carter. Sponsor J F Koenig.
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Lee Lantern
Lee College
Baytown
Texas
Jasper News-Boy
Jasper
Associated Collegiate Press
Thelma Holmes
Charlene McCarty
Joe Chandler
J. B. Powell
Merrill Carter
Editorial on study approach during final exams
The piece urges students to use remaining holiday time to study steadily instead of cramming. It emphasizes ongoing, purposeful preparation and planning for the upcoming exams and the tasks they will face.
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Maxie Porch
June Lewis
Dolly Moskowitz
Joe L. Meyer
Lowery Davis
Mary Davis
Wooster-Cedar Bayou
The Christmas Spirit Beyond Cards and Costs
An essay warns that modern Christmas has become a commercial burden. It urges focusing on Christ by giving homemade gifts, using Christ's name more in observance, and sharing smaller presents with more friends to keep spirit year round.
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Christ
Light Reflections On Christmas From Merrill Carte
A humorous serious riff on Christmas bought too often and not wisely. The piece imagines a year of perpetual gift giving stress on forests closets and gas bills, with jokes about Santa Claus and holiday cheer turning to chaos and debt. It riffs on consumer excess and seasonal fatigue in Baytown.
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Merrill Carte
Tabb’s Bay
Pelly
Baytown
America
Santa Claus
Rudolph
Spike Jones
Texas Avenue
Trimming the Lamp Wick and Daily High Jinx
A collage of campus snippets features Betty Ann Williams and Jack Carpenter chasing a barrel, Wilbur Dugat’s blues and Buck Young’s lovesick mood, Bill Flynt rushing to join the Air Force, and several students misbehaving or joking about school life. Fire safety, class pranks, and social life fill the day’s chatter.
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Betty Ann Wiliams
Jack Carpenter
Wilbur Dugat
Buck Young
Bill Flynt
Air Force
K. J. Rugel
Freda Jones
Marjorie Stouffler
Glenda White
Letters to the Editor Offer Personal Requests and Advice
A mix of reader appeals and editor replies appears. One reader, a 21-year-old Miss America runner-up seeking a husband and offering access to press staff, prompts a tongue in cheek reply. Another writer asks for parenting tips after leaving a six year old son at home while attending school, seeking guidance.
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D. D
Christmas Crowds and Local Vendors In Baytown
Vivid rural nostalgia scenes appear as residents and street sellers line Texas and Commerce streets. Mrs Gladys Ellis waves a tambourine while Koenig hawks the Sun Christmas edition and Minnie Alice Robertson peddles Grandma Moses summer cards.
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Gladys Ellis
Texas
Ashbel
Mr. Koenig
Baytown Sun
Miss Minnie Alice Robertson
Grandma Moses
Mr. Chamberlain
Commerce Texas
Sig ma Alpha Chi Installs New Members at Sunday Event
Formal installation of Sigma Alpha Chi took place Sunday afternoon December 3 at the Community House at 2:00. New initiates Charlene Garris Peggy Gore Jackie Summers Marqueda Bussey Gloria Konecky and Loretta Black attended. Followed by a business session planning the Christmas party for members and guests.
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Sigma Alpha Chi
Charlene Garris
Peggy Gore
Jackie Summers
Marqueda Bussey
Gloria Konecky
Loretta Black
Grace Alexander
Marlene Cornelieus
Gloria Kocnesky
Flourine Wynne
Fragmentary Verse Note on Marriage and Assyria
A fragment discusses marriage as an ancient institution and notes that knowledge of old Assyria comes from shattered pottery. The piece ends with a quoted line about needing Thee since the first day.
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Assyria
Incidental method description misstates car incident
A crude but fresh line claims a motorist ran over his wife while moving a car from a garage. The source presents a provocative but unclear anecdotal remark rather than a clear report of a real event.
Veterans Urged To Preserve GI Bill Eligibility
Dean Walter Rundell warns all veterans must register for spring by January 24 or attend summer session by July 25, 1951, to keep GI Bill eligibility. Registrations for spring are being accepted. enrolled veterans need only submit a schedule card and sign an loyalty oath to complete enrollment.
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Walter Rundell
Dean Rundell
Liberal Minded Suitor Proposes Despite College Attendance
A man tells a liberal minded suitor he wants to marry, while the girl notes she has been attending college. He replies he will marry anyway, claiming he has not led an angelic life himself.
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Ben
Forgetful professor and misplaced collar button saga
A whimsical tale follows a scatterbrained professor who rolls under a dresser in chase of a missing collar button and later corners syrup mishaps when he scratches his hot cakes. The comedic scenarios highlight his clumsy antics and lighthearted misadventures.
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J. F. Koenig
James Weir
Lloyd Seiver
K. D. Caudle
Sam Wiliams
Russell Jones
Robert Parker
Bush Terrace
Fred Wilson
Konency
Ralph Wright
Mrs. Ellis
Port Arthur
Lou DeLoach
Lone Pines
Athol Price
Charles Holcomb
Val Lizette
Miss Slagle
Dean Williams
Guy Winstead
Charles Bobalik
Frances Portis
Barry Nettlse
Walter Fisher
Nina Coper
Curtis Barfield
Zoology
Norma Orton
Virginia
John Ward
Willis Cobb Nash Company
Dan Lamb
Luther Choate
Fire Department
John Bankston
Billy Wallace
Perry Beauchamp
Billy Fulton
Te Press Staff
Mrs. K
Sac
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