Chatter Box Gossip at Lee College Circles
Buzzy notes from campus life tease activities at Lee College. Students Pat Hennecke Butch Sorrells Pat Rhoden Mike Wadsworth Betty Lou Jackson and Bobby Erwin appear in stories. Others laugh about crushes exams and daily routines around campus.
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Jerry Tullus
L.A
Oak Park
Jerrie Lawrence
Larry Maker
Pat Spiller
Betty Covey
Lee College
Pat Hennecke
Butch
Marge Gunter
Sandra Hanna
Mr. Miles
School clubs elect officers and plan activities for year
The Reb-Belles elect Jo Ellen Spiers as president with Kay Clark as VP and Tizzie Mac Blain secretary. Members discuss uniforms and tryouts for basketball season and invite new joiners through sponsor Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. Rebel Ranglers and Ranglerettes announce new members and upcoming events including dances and hayrides while setting membership and attendance standards.
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Reb-Belles
Jo Ellen Spiers
Kay Clark
Tizzie MacBlain
Pat Keller
Ranglerettes
Rosa Gonzales
Jo Anne Davis
Ellen Davis
Sharon Douglass
Carol Englehardt
Kathleen Erwin
Patsy Fairchilds
Neta Gail Hallman
Pat Henneke
Molly Hornsby
Amber Iler
Sharon Kay May
Lois Neuerburg
Jere Sue Parker
Linda Powell
G. G. Robey
Pat Rhoden
Judie Roebuck
Sally Sholes
Glyn Alice Taylor
Linda Tucker
Joan Whitehead
Rosa
Brenda Miller
Betty Lou Jackson
Mary Lou Caruthers
Linda Conner
Elaine Yankie
Carol Alley
Sandra Knox
Lynn Grafton
Pauline Kopecky
Ranglers
Sororities and Fraternity Social Plans This Fall
Gamma Phi Kappa and Rho Epsilon Beta outline rush week activities and Halloween events. Gamma Phi Kappa lists officers Betty Covey president and Peg Haskel sponsor with a Halloween dance October 31 open to the public. Rho Epsilon Beta plans a Student Lounge party October 16 and future monthly functions with public invites. The Rebs, a strictly social fraternity, hosted by Mike Schwendeman and others, plans Thanksgiving Christmas and February Valentine events with co sponsors. A discussion group organized by Clarence C Schultz invites student participation on round table topics like desegregation and education, aiming to encourage self expression.
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Huey Phillips
Nolan Bounds
Ranglers
Gamma Phi Kappa
Betty Covey
Gammas
Pat Henneke
Linda Powell
Jane Thorpe
Sandra Knox
Peggy Haskel
Rho Epsilon Beta
Rebs
Mike Schwendeman
Don Hicks
Richard Rebouche
John Edwards
Jack Gary
Charlie Lyons
Benny Moskowitz
Herbert Morice
Clarence C. Schultz
Unusual Books for the Student with Many Interests
A catalog of quirky reads and a thesis including Perfumes Thru the Ages by Alexander Farkas and The Geology, Ground Water, and Surface Subsidence of the Baytown La Porte Area by Eddie Gray, plus works by Ruth Sheldon Knoles and A E Housman offering essays, fables, and poetry.
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Alexander Farkas
Norman Cousins
Hiroshima
Ruth ‘Sheldon Knoles
Patricia Barnard
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Ernest Lebner
Baytown- la Porte
Eddie Gray
Lee
Curtain Club to stage The Hasty Heart December fourth and fifth
Curtain Club led by Mrs. Naomi Norton held tryouts for The Hasty Heart by John Patrick. Backstage help sought from members. club officers include Jim Corbitt president and Jim Smith vice president. NEA activity described by Dollie Williams with October open for new members and plans for school visits and fundraising scholarship.
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Naomi Norton
John Patrick
Norton
Jim Corbitt
Jim Smith
Tizzie MacBlain
Oscar Pepper
NEA
Lee College Beatniks
Student National Education Association
NEA Journal
NEA News
Texas Outlook
NEA Pin
Dollie Williams
John Dewey
Dollie
Helen Bowers
Jan Taylor
Thomas Skipper
Wallace Heaner
Tommy Skipper
Professional student Hensley attends Lee College since 1937
Hensley Robert Hensley is described as a professional student. He moved from Cameron Texas to Baytown and works at Humble Refinery in the process light oil treating department. He is enrolled in Mr Bonners analytical geometry class for the morning session and attends evening classes when his work allows. He lives at 406 Wisconsin Baytown and has rented there for seventeen years as an unattached male. Semester hours and credit.
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Robert Hensley
Lee College
Baytown
Cameron
Texas
Humble
Hensley
Bonner
Wisconsin
Navy NROTC Examinations Open for Lee College Students
The Navy announces the fourteenth annual competitive NROTC exam for nationwide regular training. The mental test is set for December 12 and open to Lee College students who meet age and schooling limits. Applications must be filed by November 14. applicants must be 17 to under 21 by July 1, 1959. Students pursuing five year programs must be under 20 by July 1, 1960.
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Navy
Navy Department
Lee College
GI Compensation Checks Delayed for October
Students using the G I Bill will not receive their compensation checks before October 27. Registrar Mrs John Durham explained checks normally arrive on the 20th but processing new registrations causes a delay. Navy radar setup at Sugar Grove West Virginia cost 79 million dollars.
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John Durham
Durham
Navy
Sugar Grove
W. Va
Hensley Reflects On Learning At Lee College Career
The student Hensley speaks of enjoying journalism music and speech and notes changes at Lee College toward higher curriculum standards. He recalls writing sports for the school paper and composing songs for the All Male Lee College Follies of 1937, with one later published in 1939. He plans to pursue further studies at a senior institution.
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Hensley
Lee College
Colleges organize new student groups and events in Texas
The University of Corpus Christi forms the Tarponettes precision drill team for women. Odessa College sorority Asedo bans pledges from talking to boys during initiation week. South Plains College forms a Rodeo Club with plans to send members to rodeos across the state. Blinn Junior College dorms elect officers and plan parties. Brenham hosts Texas's oldest county owned public junior college.
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Asedo
Odessa College
South Plains College
Blinn Junior College
Brenham
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