Cast Completed For Drama Kappas Set For Initiation
The Zeta Xi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa will hold initiation and officer installation on March 16 in the LJC auditorium with Dean Walter Rundell officiating. Faculty sponsors are Miss Florence Niell and Miss Minnie Alice Robertson. Initiates include John A. Wilson James Duvall Robert Dunn Billy Ray Kerr Lemuel E. Porter A D Wilkinson Carl Bond J C Johnson Ralph Wooster Paul Edwards Benny Moskowitz Doris Heard Donna Kellogg Berkleyine Slagle Eutha Carpenter Mary Lee Salter Ramona Holcomb Alice Sparks Elois Schaffer Anne Jones Loraine Stephan and Truitt Lively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeta Xi
Phi Theta .Kappa
National Scholastic Society
University of Houston
Walter Rundell
LJC
Florence Niell
Minnie Alice Robertson
Dorothy D. Laird
Walter Rundell, Jr
Jack McMicken
Jack Akin
Executive Council
Marvin H. Seiver
John A. Wilson
James Duvall
Robert Dunn
Billy Ray Kerr
Lemuel E. Porter
A. D. Wilkinson
Carl Bond
J. C. Johnson
Ralph Wooster
Paul Edwards
Benny Moskowitz
Doris Heard
Donna Kellogg
Berkleyine Slagle
Eutha Carpenter
Mary Lee Salter
Ramona Holcomb
Alice Sparks
Elois Schaffer
Anne Jones
Loraine Stephan
Truitt Lively
Students Urged to Curb Noise and Disruptive Tactics
Jack Akin the Student Council president announces action by authorities if issues persist at LJC cafeteria during high school hours. Students are asked to keep noise down, refrain from smoking until after dismissal, and stop skipping class to play cards, or rules may ban card playing at all times in the cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Akin
LJC
CAA Seeks Qualified Single Men for Alaska Air Communicator Posts
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced openings for qualified single men as aircraft communicators in Alaska. Starting pay is 3306 dollars annually with potential to 5654. Requirements include Morse code at 30 wpm, touch typing 35 wpm, and 18 months of aeronautical communications experience or equivalent education. Applicants 18 to 40 (non veterans) in good health should submit Form 67 via the FAA center in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics Administration
C.A.A. Aeronautical Center
P.O
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Rundell Attends AAJC Meeting in Kansas City
Dean Walter Rundell attended the American Association of Junior Colleges convention in Kansas City Missouri from February 24 to 28. The gathering discussed educating four million students and expanding junior colleges. Notable figures included Ordway Teed Dwaine Orton and William B Avirett. The next meeting will be in San Francisco in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rundell
American Association of Junior Colleges
Kansas City
Missouri
Texas
California
Ordway Teed
Board of Education of
New York City
Dwaine Orton
I.B.M
William B. Avirett
Veterans Back State Bonus In Poll At Texas Colleges
A state poll on a veterans bonus conducted at Lee Junior College under Student Council President Jack Akin shows 92 percent of veteran respondents favoring the bonus, with 83 percent at the University of Texas. A state veterans meeting is planned in Austin mid March urging all enrolled veterans to answer the questionnaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Junior College
Jack Akin
University of Texas
Austin
Music group to attend Verdi Requiem in Houston
Members of the LJC music department plan to attend the Verdi Requiem Mass at the Music Hall in Houston on March 4. Soprano Dorothy Dow leads the soloists with Mary Van Kirk, a Metropolitan contralto, among others, while the North Texas State College choir and the Houston Symphony under Frederic Fennell provide the choral and orchestral parts.
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LJC
Music Hall
Houston
Dorothy Dow
Galveston
Eugene Ormandy
Mary van Kirk
North Texas State College
Houston Symphony
Frederic Fennell
Eastman School of Music
Spring Formal Set for April 10 at Baytown Community House
The annual Spring Formal will be held on April 10 at the Baytown Community House. Jack Akin and LaNelle Norris are named king and queen, with Philip Hichelberger and Billye Lynn Dudley as freshman prince and princess. A host of dukes and duchesses will represent ten neighboring high schools. Tickets cost 1.50 per couple or single. sales begin around March 10 via the Student Council. Further announcements will appear in the Lantern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Jack Akin
LaNelle Norris
Philip Hichelberger
Billye Lynn Dudley
Hidden Harmony Echoes in Passing Voices
A reflective line evokes Milton on untwisting chains of the soul, followed by Longfellow’s note that a person's departure silences exquisite music like a final chord fading. The quote blends contemplation of art, mortality, and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Longfellow
LIC Choir Presents Religious Program at Goose Creek
The LIC Choir directed by Mrs. Gladys Ellis performed religious music at the First Baptist Church Goose Creek last night and entertained the LJC student body Friday. Soloists Charles Cummings Angie Lee Laird and Kent Rogan sang with spirit and the girls sextet offered Lift Thine Eyes. Highlights included Gloria Patri and Praise the Lord O Jerusalem with choir members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIC
Gladys Ellis
First Baptist Church
Goose Creek
LJC
Charles Cummings
Angie Lee Laird
Kent Rogan
Felix Mendelssohn
Barbara Morris
Elois Schaffer
Lois Anderson
Billie Jane Barbour
Lavora Jackson
Lorraine Stephan
Pansy Myers
Sylvia Goss
Edward Cathriner
Paul Webber
Hayes Dorris
Walter Rundell
Lemuel Porter
Jack Nesselrode
Jimmy Montgomery
Rex Couch
Jake Gregerson
Carl Bond
A. D. Wilkinson
Wally Hefner
Spring Holiday Changes Announced at Lee Junior College
The spring term will include three holidays. Easter holidays are March 25 and 26. A Texas Association of Junior College Teachers meeting will be in San Antonio on April 16, and San Jacinto Day is observed on April 21. The March 12 holiday was moved to April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Junior College
Texas Association of Junior College Teachers
San Antonio
San Jacinto
Kaufman Play To Be Given March 31
The SIG Curtain Club plans Man Who Came To Dinner by Moss Hart and George Kaufman for March 31. Delton Ashley is stage manager, Darrell Nickerson prompts, with Jimmie Montgomery Herman Samuel scenic work, W C Smith Johnnie Sprayberry props, Nickerson understudy, Gene Wells, Mary Louise Fowler, Rex Couch other team members. C H Williams is business manager. Anne Jones Harold Ortof Benny Moskowitz handle advertising. Dorthy Laird Mary Lee Salter in charge of programs. The leading roles include Gene Wells Mary Louise Fowler Charles Williams and Anne Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIG Curtain Club
Moss Hart
George Kaufman
Lynn O’hagan
Delton Ashley
Darrell Nickerson
Jimmie Montgomery
Herman Samuel
W. C. Smith
Johnnie Sprayberry
Nickerson
Gene Wells
Mary Louise Fowler
Rex Couch
C. H. Williams
Anne Jones
Harold Ortof
Benny Moskowitz
Dorthy Laird
Mary Lee Salter
Sheridan Whiteside
Maggie Cutler
Mesalia
Ohio
Journal
Charles Williams
Inspection Group Plans Visit to Lee Junior College
Three representatives from the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools will inspect Lee Junior College March 10 11 and 12 led by Dean Walter Rundell. The Special Studies Committee includes Dr M C Huntley executive secretary of the association J B Young president of Jones County Junior College and D M Nelson president of Mississippi College. They will review facilities library and accounting and may confer with faculty about courses. If favorable Lee Junior College could join the association in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Lee Junior College
Walter Rundell
M. C. Huntley
Association
Birmingham
Alabama
J. B. Young
Jones County
Ellisville
Mississippi
D. M. Nelson
Mississippi College
Clinton
New Shelves Installed in College Library
Miss Sylvia Stern announces a new set of shelves for 15 rows of books and a filing cabinet added in the library portion during the last week of February. The shelves will house reference books and bound magazines though complete binding is ongoing. The filing cabinet stores occupational pamphlets on topics from electronics to ichthyology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Stern
Character Insight Across a Quiet Exchange
A concise reflection on reading a person’s character without painstaking analysis. Beq Jon son offers a verdict on how perception mirrors inner traits through behavior and presence rather than explicit scrutiny.
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Kappas
Curtain Club
Man
Joyce Cooper
Harold Orton
George McAlpin
Carew
CAA
Rundell
LIC Choir
Huntley
Young
Nelson
Beq Jonson
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