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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1950
Page
4
Joe Chandler argues that Lee College cannot field football or basketball due to it being a night school with mostly working students. Practices and games would occur after hours, attendance would be limited, and facilities are scarce. The piece notes future athletic potential depends on student enrollment and the new building.
Mrs George Perkins a former Army nurse and LC freshman shared her life story from North Africa to university life She met Lt George Perkins in North Africa and they married soon after She studied plane and trigonometry at LC and returned for English and sociology She plans woodworking and nursing degrees and urges study for the future
Final enrollment figures for the first semester of 1950 51 set at 689 with thirty nine additions since the last count of 650. If the second semester increases as usual, Lee College will have achieved a long sought record since the institution was established.
Arnold Stern and Harris Keller reach the badminton finals at Lee College in singles with recent eliminations. Stern and Hensley compete in doubles, while freshmen Choate Keller face sophomores Stern Hensley, creating a youth versus experience dynamic. Mixed doubles begin amid 20 plus teams and high competition as Alton Laird praises intramural turnout and invites all to watch.
Guy Winstead elected president of the Curtain Club at the first meeting on Tuesday October 10 Jean Kellogg named vice president Earline Anderson secretary and treasurer James Weir chosen publicity director The group also cast a one act comedy The Last Refuge by Noel Houston with Mrs Lynn O Hagan as sponsor
Phi Theta Kappa hosted a campus game night in the cafeteria on Thursday October 5 from 8 30 to 10 pm. The event offered roulette poker canasta and dominoes with 15 door prizes donated by Baytown merchants. A highlight was the Faculty Meeting sketch featuring LC faculty and Kappa members, with Dean Walter Rundell presiding. Proceeds fund Phi Theta Kappa delegates to the National Convention in March in Independence Kansas. Door prizes came from W M House Jewelry Robson Jewelry and several florists and shops including Mont gomery Flower Shop Cowan Flower Shop Creel's Flower Gift Shop and others.
Lee College students balance work with studies in roles across industries. Margie Brady studies in Humble Oil accounting while Gerry Brown teaches at an Episcopal kindergarten. Wayne Baker plans to quit to focus on classes. Ray McCain pursues drafting, Dolly Moskowitz stays in LC office, Wilber Dugat majors in Voc agriculture, Guy Winstead majors in law and plans Baylor move.
The Baptist Student Union Youth Rally for October will be held Saturday night October 21 at 8 30 at the First Baptist Church of Baytown. Miss Minnie Alice Robertson sponsor says games will be played and light refreshments served. All Lee College students and friends invited.
LC faculty will undergo ten two hour study and lecture periods each Thursday from 9 to 11 to aid in service training. Each instructor serves as chairman for the session, turning the faculty into a teaching body for its own development.
A compact pairing of two lines contrasting Defoe and Byron on friendship. Defoe extols choosing friends well and the value of true companionship, while Byron links friendship to love and its liberating absence of constraints.
Bettye Ann Williams was elected president of the Le Cercle Francais, a club formed for Mrs. Lynn O'Hagan's French class. Officers named include Glenda White as vice president, Isabel Killough as secretary, and Dolly Moskowitz as treasurer. The club studies everyday French conversation and basics of dining etiquette.
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