Lee College student authors imaginative verse in Highlands Star
R. L. Hewett a Lee College sophomore writes an imaginative story piece for this issue. He has contributed an informal Highlands Star column for months and has past recognition in Sigmund Byrd's Chronicle column Byrd's Eye View. Hewett's family includes two daughters and a son who attend the University of Texas.
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Lee College
R. L. Hewett
University of Texas
Hewett
Highlands Star
Sigmund Byrd
Houston “Chronicle
Byrd
The Young President A TALE
A story portrays a 13 year old boy who dreams of being President while his parents discuss fame and duty. The dialogue blends family affection with hopes of public service and the boy’s own playful, rural ambitions including cowboy life and playing guitar. The piece touches on national imagery and aspirations.
Summer School Schedule Dictated by Demand Survey
The schedule depends on questionnaire responses to gauge demand for courses. Terms run June 7 to July 18 and July 19 to August 20 with classes from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Students may take up to two courses or seven semester hours per six week term. Each summer course equals one semester of work in its subject.
View From Westminster Bridge: Twilight Over Drowsy City
The poem depicts twilight over a sleeping city as the day’s dread and turmoil loom. A divine presence briefly reveals the urban splendor before the smoke and toil of life resume, signaling humanity’s fragile environment and fate.
Paul Williams Pens Verse Returning to Westminster Bridge
Paul Williams wrote his first verse composition under instructor Joe Drake Gilliland at Lee College. The assignment asked for a paper on literature from the course, and Williams chose a Wordsworth poem as inspiration for a reaction in verse.
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Westminster Bridge
William Wordsworth
Paul Williams
Williams
Joe Drake Gilliland
Lee College
Wordsworth
Kollege Plays and Local Pranksters Stir Up Hill Theater
In Rebel Hill residents glimpse a busy auditorium as Curtain Club plans My Three Angels with Troy Long Johnny Chandler and Tommy Wiley. Rumors swirl about stunts by Coach Laird and gossip about Jeanne Marie Raney’s car wreck that frightened Kenneth Grantham, all amid campus humor and chatter.
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Curtain Club
My Three Angels
Troy Long
Johnny Chandler
Tommy Wiley
Jeanne Marie Raney
Kenneth Grantham
Limelight by Lorraine Orten promotes books over TV
The column urges readers to swap television for reading. It highlights novels and plays by Vidal Chayefsky Foote and Dennis, notes Wharton Texas links, and praises Thurber Addams New Yorker cartoons for humor and enduring appeal.
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Lawrence Welk
Charles Doren
Chayefsky, Serling
Foote
Wonderful World of Words
Pocket Books
Bantam Pocket Book
Gore Vidal
Vidal
Chayefsky
Horton Foote
Wharton
Tex
Mame
Dennis
Guy Endore
Paris
Alexandre Dumas
Endores
Thurber
James Thurber
H. Allen Smith
New Yorker
Charles Addams
Addams
Evil
George
Boa
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