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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1966
Page
2
The Lee Lantern salutes all who contributed to Senior Night 1966 as the most successful event yet on campus. Students designed booths planned invitations and rehearsed entertainment while the Student Council is singled out for exceptional effort.
The Lee Lantern invites student remarks on any campus event or activity. Send praise criticism or corrections to The Editor of the campus publication.
A reader from the Lee Lantern commends the cleaning staff for maintaining a clean, well kept campus at Lee College. The letter notes the recent fire highlighted library advantages and urges students to acknowledge staff and keep areas tidy.
Dr. R H Montgomery argues technology erases borders as roads phones and cars knit regions together. He cites West Texas counties Menard and Mason and India’s untouchables as examples, and notes Hiroshima Nagasaki bombing was chosen to minimize lives while crippling industry.
Four Lee College students auditioned as a group for the Salute to Youth program on television. Joyce Arnett and Jim Young sing, Donnie Lopez dances, and Harvey Day accompanies. Selection results come in months. Next show is March 31. Arnett active in Optlettes Curtain Club and TSEA. Lopez teaches dance at Bayway skating rink and is active at Lee. Young is a music major and All-State Choir member.
Spring stocks dwindle as summer arrives with soft greens and pale bud hues blooming. Floral shades contend under bright sun with hot rose pinks and tomato reds against greens. Mexican promotion, crewel embroidery motifs, and rustic textures shape summer merchandise with bold color contrasts.
The CO-OP brings together presidents and vice presidents from campus clubs to share information. Led by Gizzy Martin of Circle K, it promotes Western Week and Shrine Parade participation, offering a $15 prize for best dressed cowboy and cowgirl. The chairmanship rotates among clubs, with TSEA hosting March and meetings held monthly to set the next host.
Amusements column records a small TV poll with 22 ballots and highlights a landslide like vote for Laredo and Neville Brand while Lucille Ball and several shows receive hate votes. The piece also lists upcoming screenings including Walt Disney titles The Ugly Dachshund and Winnie the Pooh at the Brunson, plus The Chase starring Brando and Redford replacing The Ghost and Mr Chicken.
Campus notes from Circle K showcase injuries to Paul Phillips Stewart Foster and John Lyon in a game while Richard La Vergne wrestles a mud stuck van. other items include beard excuse by Charlie Redden, Senior Night stalls by Richard Henderson, Teddy Bear alias Mike Dupney, new dancing partner by Tommy Reagan and Charlie Frazier, Thomas McFatridge studying in the library, and J E Bird Rodeo Club upset over a Lantern misprint. Lewis Parker mingles with the girls as Charlie Mickel shouts at seniors and Kenney Fullen sports a 65 model while Mike Welch and Bill Foster resemble the Bobsey Twins.
Circle K members meet Friday at the Holly Inn for a dinner with dates. They work on a Shrine Parade float themed We Build. Mike Hazelwood hosted a flower making party. District convention is set for April 14 in Oklahoma City. Ayad Madani to emcee the OAS tea on March 16 thanking Bay town families. OAS invited to International Students Conference in Palestine Texas April 8-10 at Camp Lakeview. Judy Rhodes invited by BSU.
Lee College history teacher Mr John C Britt will speak at the TSEA meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the little auditorium. His topic is History and the Teaching of It. Britt is a 1955 Robert E Lee High School graduate and 1957 Lee College graduate who earned a BA from Sam Houston in 1959.
Fever chills nausea and cough sweep through Baytown and Texas with high absenteeism in area elementary to high schools. Barbers Hill and Stephen F. Austin College have dismissed classes while Lee College reports lighter impact as spring nears.
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