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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1949
Page
2
The Lee Lantern is published twice monthly during the school year by Lee Junior College’s sophomore journalism class in Baytown Texas with printing by Scardino Publishing Company Houston Texas.
The 1949 Spring Formal at LJC is set for April 2 and invites full student participation. Officials emphasize it as the college’s main social event requiring cooperation from all students to ensure a successful, well planned occasion.
The writer reflects on topics for editorials from the Gilmer Aikin bill to punctuality and beauty. He urges clearer thinking and concise writing, proposing an objective for college minds to organize thoughts quickly and express the main idea in few words.
A collage of names and daily events from a school community. Harold Murphy joins the Atlas chest building association while Elois Shaffer faces a bus ticket punishment and Jo Ann Hopper becomes maid of honor for an August wedding. Multiple students attend classes, rehearsals, and social events with wedding plans, sports, and campus life threaded through April activities.
At the Texas Junior College Teachers Association annual meeting in Fort Worth on March 4 and 5, three LJC faculty members were elected to offices. Mark Eakin was chosen secretary of the association for the second straight year, Florence Neill was elected secretary of the Mathematics Division, and J F Koenig became chair of the English Division.
In San Francisco the annual banquet ended the year’s meeting. Mr. Rundell praised California junior colleges for their plant but said they did not surpass Texas junior colleges overall.
LIGHT REFLECTIONS reports a prowling raccoon invaded the Orrs' Dallas bedroom early Tuesday, biting both Roy and wife on feet and hands before the couple turned on a light and subdued the animal. The item combines local incident notes and stray letters and notices.
In a spring tale by W B Jarret h, a young man named Willie is coaxed by his mother into transplanting a small red bud tree. He endures digging, snagged clothes, and muddy mishaps before finally planting it, then contends with ticks and fatigue as he contemplates the plan’s wisdom and a hopeful future.
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