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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1950
Page
2
The Lee Lantern is published twice monthly by the Lee College sophomore journalism class in Baytown Texas and by the Jasper News Boy in Jasper Texas.
The piece muses on the daily routines and choices of life from waking early to church attendance. It challenges the reader with a long series of why questions and ends by addressing the reader as a finite being facing finite struggles.
The Lee Lantern staff closes the paper for the summer term thanking students and instructors for their help and hoping readers enjoyed the issue. They wish everyone a happy summer and say they will resume in the fall.
The piece discusses passing time by talking with others over coffee, noting how conversations start with like minded people and how gossip and listening shape friendships. The author reflects on how time slows or speeds up, and how piano playing can make moments pass quickly.
A light reflection on favorite time wasters. The narrator notes sleep as a prime pastime and enjoys reading when awake. They also mention playing the piano as a potential activity if time allowed.
Hannah Lardent muses on end of day routine. She pictures a cool forest as she drifts into slumber, imagining mossy paths and drifting clouds. Travel by car appeals now, with planes if time and funds allow.
In a candid note, Annette Costley discusses balancing college routines with home duties. She describes filling spare minutes by reading magazines, listening to the radio, or playing with a new kit kept at home, and muses on mountain scenery as a backdrop to reflections.
A collage of student jottings and crowd news from a year end issue. Jo Ann Hopper and Jackie Alford are praised as a royal couple while Dean Williams and others face minor misadventures. A grand march, school trips, theatre scenes, and campus rumors thread through this lively page. The item showcases names, events, and campus life notes from the year’s end.
Readers share thanks for The Lee Lantern last issue and express appreciation for Lamp Wick. A letter complains of hot classrooms in summer and cold rooms in winter and asks for a cure. A witty exchange jokes about Hadacol and campus exits after rain. A student asks how to cope with spring fever ahead of finals.
Advance registration is under way for the summer session led by Dean Walter Rundell. Veterans should submit papers now to avoid delays. no fee is due until June 5. Courses include math, shorthand, typing, sciences, social studies, and more with daily classes and extended lab hours.
An end of year reflection at Lee College recalls small, cherished aspects of campus life. Students miss Mr. Nelson’s radio, the library lizard, cafeteria dominoes, Friday football outings, Miss Stern, the Curtain Club plays, gym relief, and the chemistry lab’s smell as they anticipate next fall and the school’s familiar rhythm.
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