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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1950
Page
1
Dean Walter Rundell announced that Lee College now enrolls 650 students, surpassing the 608 mark set in 1948 by about 42. The rise is credited to many new vocational courses amid ongoing registrations in academic programs.
Lee College announces new teaching staff with Miss Berkleyine Slagle and Mr. Alton Laird returning as instructors in Physical Education. Slagle also serves as Registrar and aims for an M A. Laird, a UH P E graduate, joins with teaching and family details noted. Also added are Misses Dean Williams and Betty Robertson as student secretaries and Charlene McCarty, Bill Dunn, Way and Cohoe, Richard Seiver as lab and drawing aides with campus club ties. Seiver returns after a year and was elected sophomore class president.
Counseling assignments for the 1950 fall session have been announced urging all students to contact their advisors immediately so scores can be interpreted. Dean Walter Rundell explains advisors assist in course selection, personal problems, and test interpretation, with advisors available beyond assigned teachers.
The new Lee College building site east of the football stadium shows second floor concrete pouring begun in the administration block. An elevator shaft will lift cement to the level, Gym excavation is mostly finished, foundation walls done, and materials arrive on time. Dean Randall says the college will move in next September with a new day and night class schedule beginning at 8:30 and ending at 9:30.
In the school election on September 20, Billy Ray Robinson was elected president with Dan Lamb as vice president and Charlene McCarty as secretary treasurer. Other officers include Richard Seiver, Francis Portis, Jean Kellogg, John Ward, Barry Nettales, Anna Belle Praetorius, Majorie Stouffler, and Glenn Woods, with multiple campus roles noted.
Subscriptions to the 1950-51 Lee Log are on sale with options for cash payment or a $3.50 property deposit for non veterans. Sales close October 20 to finalize the budget and dummy outline.
Miss Florence Neill an instructor in Math took a unique summer program in Business Education at the University of Michigan. Night classes combined with day work in a pipeline firm gave access to historical documents and real experience. Six states were represented among eleven students with tours to the Detroit Zoo and concerts, visiting Washington New York and Niagara Falls on the return.
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