Gammas Disturb Corridors With Unseemly Appearances
A college initiate week by the Gamma Phi Kappa sorority, the Gammas, drew laughter and outrage as pledges wore mismatched outfits and improvised signs in halls. Officers praised pledges while teasing threats of balloon wear and pin sales on Friday.
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Gamma Phi Kappa Sorority
The
Gammas
Patsy Jo Williams
Vandine Beal
Frances Bailey
Margie Barnwell
Yvonne Morris
Ruth Morris
Betty Anne Williams
Charlene McCarty
Jeannine Owens
Dolly Moskowitz
Charlene Jackson
Wynona Schaeffer
Annette Costley
Helen Morgan
Jean Kellogg
Sac’s
Lambda Chi’s
I've Come Up The Hard Way Theme Of Knapp Announcer
Ted Knapp, LC student and radio announcer on Down in the Valley, shares his life from Bloomington to Beaumont to Alexandria Louisiana and Houston before the war. A six foot seven bachelor with a taste for old guns and fencing, he dreams of an NBC break and recalls early radio days amid pool halls and war service.
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Knapp
Lee College
Omar
Ted Knapp
George Edwin Knapp, Jr
Down In the Valley
Ted
Bloomington
Illinois
Rocky Mountain States
Beaumont
South
Alexandria
Louisiana
Houston
Air Corps
Ellington Field
WAC
NBC
Kappas Host New Member Party at Local High School
Phi Theta Kappa honorary fraternity held a hamburger party in the high school kitchen on Wednesday night October 26 from 8 45 to 10 p m to honor incoming members. Neill the sponsor announced the initiation date while Miss Minnie Alice Robertson named sponsor Joe Don Dollar welcomed attendees. Pauline Malazzo spoke on membership requirements and Dorothy Gierisch discussed dues and the upcoming initiation test.
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Phi Theta Kappa
Neill
Minnie Alice Robertson
Joe Don Dollar
Pauline Malazzo
Dorothy Gierisch
Dean Attends A&M Conference
Dean Walter Rundell attended a Texas Public Junior College Association conference at A and M College from October 16 through 19. The meeting covered veteran enrollment regulations, relations between junior and senior Texas colleges, and possible November talks among college heads. Dr. Lawrence Bethel of New Haven acted as consultant. Also attending were Baytown residents George Gentry and Leroy Wilkie.
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Walter Rundell
Texas Public Junior College Association
A & M College
Texas
Lawrence Bethel
New Haven
Connecticut
Dean Rundell
George Gentry
Leroy Wilkie
Baytown
Thirty new books arrive at LC Library shelves
Sylvia Stern, librarian, reports thirty new books added to the college library in two weeks. Economics titles include Divine Right of Capital Ayres Thor Stein Veblen Dorfman and Controlling Factors Moulton. Numerous fiction titles arrive such as Strange Case of Annie Spragg Bromfield Shan Non's Way Cronin and Passage to India Forster. Other notable reads include Northern Americans Indians Zeisberger and Insect Know How Jaques.
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Sylvia Stern
Ayres
Thorstein Veblen
Dorfman
Moulton
Annie Spragg
Bromfield
Cronin
du Maurier
India
Forster
Dusty Answer
Lehmann
Maugham
Thinking Reed
West
Gibson
Papashvily
Gillings
Mackay
Graham
Cotter
Clark
Liberty
Harper
Massachusetts
Starkey
Witham
SACs informal rush tea for new members held at hostess home
Sigma Alpha Chi held an informal rush tea at Doris Stouffler's home on Sunday October 23 from 3 to 5 pm. Elizabeth Hill president announced initiation plans with date to be announced later.
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Sigma Alpha Chi
Doris Stouffler
Elizabeth Hill
Roosevelt Quote Highlights Fear as Primary Foe
The famous line from Franklin D. Roosevelt declares that fear itself is the main obstacle in overcoming national hardship. It frames the era’s crisis as a battle against psychological doubt rather than only material lack.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Three Liberty Boys Move to Lee College for Convenience
James Buchanan Ray Mason and Robert Halstead of Liberty Texas leave Liberty High to attend Lee College. Buchanan was class valedictorian and active in athletics and the Panther Paw staff. Mason served as sports editor and played basketball football and track while working with the Highway Department. Halstead, not sure of dentistry, plans UT Dental School after Lee College, with summer work at O F Halstead Hardware and Furniture.
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James Buchanan
Ray Mason
Robert Halstead
Liberty
Texas
Lee College
Panther Paw
James
Ray
Bob
Liberty High
University of Texas Dental School
Houston
O. F. Halstead Hardware and Furniture Company
Jeannine Owens Finds Lapses in Sewing and Study
Jeannine Owens, a Lee College freshman, previously lived in Houston and Baytown before 1949. A former Stephen F. Austin High School graduate, she held many school posts including Scottish Brigade bagpiper and Latin Club president. She plans to graduate from Lee College then study at Sam Houston, Baylor, and train as a laboratory technician at John Sealy Galveston.
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Jeannine Owens
Lee College
Houston
Baytown
Stephen F. Austin High School
Scottish Brigade
American Legion and Hospitality Club
National Honor Society
Boosters
Jeannine
Sam Houston State College
Baylor University
John Sealy
Galveston
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Dean
A&m
LC Library
Highway Department
Rodman
Delta Chi
Robson
Texas and Gaillard
Montgomery
Illinois Street
Baytown, Texas
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