Teacher Who Has Lived in Orient Sees Values in Asiatic Culture
Billy Wood profiles Joe Drake Gilliland new member of the Lee College English staff. A 1943 high school graduate, he studies at Texas University, serves in the army, spends two years in Europe, time in Korea, returns 1946, earns a B A in 1949, works in New York City 1949 50 and studies languages and English teaching in Connecticut 1950.
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Orient
Joe Drake Gilliland
Lee College
Gilliland
Texas University
Europe
France
Germany
Korea
New York City
Connecticut
Young Man Goes West To Reach the East
Gilliland sailed from Los Angeles on the President Wilson arriving in Yokohama on September 4 1950 He stayed in Tokyo for weeks then moved to Wakayama to take a temporary teaching post as a foreign instructor at Wakayama University He declined a later transfer to the mission school in favor of remaining at the government university.
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Gilliland
President Wilson
Los Angeles
California
Yokohama
Japan
Tokyo
Wakayama
Methodist Church Board of Missions
Wakayama University
Mission School
States
Married Missionary Gilliland Returns to Texas After Service
The young teacher lost his mission board post for marrying, Bettie Crumpton joined him, and they spoke of Japan and Hiroshima. Gilliland now earned an M A from the University of Texas and taught Freshman English last year after returning to Texas born 1926 in Dallas with family childhood moves through Beaumont Corpus Christi and Austin.
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Board of Missions
Bettie Crumpton
Puerto Rico
States
Japan
Gilliland
Hiroshima
United States
University of Texas
Texas
Dallas
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Austin
Brother and Sister In Theatrical Work
One sister serves as secretary to Lawrence Langner at the Theatre Guild in New York while brother Don, a film actor, works in Rome with Charles Boyer after recently finishing War and Peace with Henry Fonda. The Gilliland couple have Clay born in Kobe Japan and Lise born last December, with interests in reading music and UT football.
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The
Theatre Guild
New York
Lawrence Langner
Don
Rome
Charles Boyer
Henry Fonda
Mrs. Gilliland
Clay
Kobe Hospital
Japan
Lise
Gilliland
University of Texas
William Faulkner
Herman Melville
Baytown Briefs Editor Tells Class About Writing Path
Gene Legler editor of the Baytown Briefs and W A Reid spoke to Mrs Gladys Ellis' creative writing class on Sept 27. Legler, with 17 years in journalism, urged young writers to pursue magazines and children's books, sharing early failures, a $50 check, and his first $10 Houston Chronicle sale.
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Gene Legler
Baytown Briefs
W. A. Reid
Gladys Ellis
Read
Ellis
Houston Chronicle
Life
Field and
Stream
Outdoor Life
Legler
Marriage Memo series profiles Lee College sociology instructor
Clarence Schultz, Lee College sociology instructor, writes a weekly Marriage Memos column exploring modern family roles. The piece notes his Asian studies interests, plans for more courses in marriage and family, and rising enrollment from 9 to 61 over two years.
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Baytown Sun
Clarence Schultz
Lee
Schultz
University of Texas
Betty Wilson Wins Barbers Hill Scholarship at Lee College
Betty Vee Wilson, a Lee College freshman from Mont Belvieu, earned the Citizens National Bank scholarship for Barbers Hill high school valedictorian with a 97.5 average. She considers physical education as a college major and is a candidate for freshman student council. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Wilson.
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Lee College
Citizens National Bank
Barbers Hill High School
Betty
Betty Vee
0. A. Wilson
Mont Belvieu
Betty’s
Betty Wilson
Cats in a Chicago Biology Lab Cause a Buzz
The piece describes Dr. Harrington at Lee College using embalmed cats for a new biology class along with salamanders and sharks. Each student will dissect and name an individual cat cadaver, highlighting the varied sizes colors and personalities of the remains.
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Dr. Harrington
Lee
Corpus Defecti
Chicago
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