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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1953
Page
1
Baytown readers are invited to attend The Rebel Roundup at 8 p m on Thursday April 16 at Lee College. The season for the Rebel basketball team ends with praise for the players and student support amid a busy campus stretch.
Wanda Jones takes the lead in The Curious Savage a comedic drama to be staged by the Curtain Club in late April sponsor Mrs Lynn O Hagan announced. The cast includes Florence Edna Lou McCarty Hannibal John Smith Fairy May Linda Pierce Jeffery Tim O Sullivan Mrs Paddy Jane Olsen Titus W A Orton Samuel Bill Fulton Lily Belle Molly Guerard Ethel Wanda Jones Miss Willy Faustine Hobbs and Dr Emmett Clifford Rowe. The three act play by John Patrick toured New York by Theatre Guild follows the Savage family seeking to have Ethel the mother committed to an asylum. A short skit will precede Rebel Roundup on April 16.
Proofs for the 1953 Lee Log, Lee College annual, have been returned and printing will start soon. J. F. Koenig, sponsor, announced the development.
Glenn Lowry, sophomore at Lee College and Baytown native, won a $100 scholarship recently established by Local Union No. 644 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The award, first given to Lee College, will be annual each September for students entering Lee College.
Tentative plans outline a girls sports association announced by Miss Peggy Haskel. Membership is open to all interested girls and contact details are given. The club aims to encourage sports participation and social activities with constitution completion determining its formal status.
Dean Walter Rundell announced forty eight students will be eligible to graduate from Lee College at the close of the spring term with exercises set for June 5 1953. The list was compiled from the registrar office and may miss names. eligible students should verify with the office and purchase caps and gowns promptly.
Miss Peggy Haskell's English class showcases a broad range of research topics from whimsical subjects like Unusual Sea Animals and Witchcraft to more academic titles such as Psychotherapy and Psychology of Reading. Notable authors include Suzanne Long Mary Beth Green J C Russell James Huey and Nell Moses among others.
The library welcomes five new plays ten novels and various reprints and short stories. The reads feature themes including baseball the Korean War and voodooism. Notable additions include Old Man of the Sea by Hemingway Catcher in the Rye by Salinger and New Tales continued on page 3 col 5.
Counseling lists for the spring term have been named and students seeking past test results may contact their counselor. Dean Walter Rundell announced that any student may conference with any instructor and those who took the February psychological exam can obtain their results now. Students wanting personality or vocational tests should reach the guidance office Room 301 under J. F. Koenig. Counseling assignments list numerous named students and counselors and note continuation on page 4 column 3.
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