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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
2
Lee College will hold elections on May 9 and 10 for President Vice-President and Secretary. Candidates should seek the roles for progress not title, as the President must lead, delegate and represent students, the Vice-President step in, and the Secretary manage records finances and correspondence. The outcome hinges on the caliber of those elected.
A Clarendon College feature recounts a freshman English student’s return paper marked by heavy red pencil critique. It then follows his attempt to revise with notes on poor grammar, paragraphing, coherence, fragments, and tense shifts. Western Day at Del Mar College includes booths, a marriage booth, a pie throw, and a Tex contest, plus a Powder Puff football event at Wayland Baptist College with crowning festivities.
The Lee Lantern outlines its weekly student-run publication at Lee College and lists staff positions including editors, sports editors, features, advertising, cartoons, photographers, amusements, drama, TV, and reporters with assigned names for each area. This roster reflects student expressions in a college newspaper context.
Local letters praise the Baytown production L'il Abner by R. E. Lee Drama Department with strong notices for director Lowell Majors and performers Cynthia Anderson Libby Keyhole Mike Davis and Earthquake McGoon. A second letter defends the Lee Lantern and Student Government coverage at Lee College criticizing the current paper for selective reporting.
Student Government requires petitions with at least 50 signatures to place candidates on the ballot. Voters are urged to vote on amendments. Ballots for Hall of Fame nominations are available in Dean Laird’s office May 3 to May 10, with two boys and two girls chosen by a faculty committee to represent Lee College.
The Maneater reports an Associated Women Students banquet at the University of Missouri featured a speech by Dr. James Holleran titled Where Little Girls Go. He urged coeds to feel empowered, claiming women are stronger, more intelligent, more beautiful, and more loving, while joking about etiquette and motherhood. Five literary figures received humorous “awards,” including Helen of Troy and Little Red Riding Hood, in a lighthearted, provocative program that drew laughs from the audience.
A Lee College student scolds the campus newspaper Lee Lantern for poor coverage of student government and college activities while criticizing off campus and sports pieces. The writer calls for more relevant content and respectful editorials and urges staff to print something worthwhile.
The Lee College Choir performs English madrigals and British composer Vaughan Williams pieces at Sterling High May 5 as guests of the Meister singers. Baritone Leroy Krolczyk solos with the choir and the Meister singers in Faure Requiem.
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