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Newspaper

The Lee Lantern

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1949

Page

5

Gammas Disturb Corridors With Unseemly Appearances

Campus life note on the Gamma Phi Kappa pledges of the Gammas causing a stir with costumes and signs in the college halls. Pledges and officers are named, with mentions of impending initiations by SACs and Lambda Chi.

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

Ive Come Up The Hard Way Theme Of Announcer Knapp

Ted Knapp a Lee College student and radio announcer on Down in the Valley shares a life story from Blooming ton to Beaumont to Alexandria Louisiana and Houston Ellington Field His boastful bio includes a six foot seven inch frame and a past as an elevator operator, air corps announcer, and WAC recruit, with a taste for guns, fencing, and English films.

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 Entertain New Members At High School Event

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 new members awaiting initiation Neill sponsor noted Miss Minnie Alice Robertson and Joe Don Dollar led the event with Pauline Malazzo Dorothy Gierisch and others speaking on dues tests and club activities for the year

Phi Theta Kappa Eace Neill Minnie Alice Robertson Joe Don Dollar Pauline Malazzo Dorothy Gierisch

Dean Attends A M Conference in Texas Junior College Meeting

Dean Walter Rundell attended the Texas Public Junior College Association conference at Texas A&M College from October 16 to 19. The meeting covered veteran enrollment rules and the tie between junior and senior colleges, with a potential heads of public colleges gathering proposed for November. Dr. Lawrence Bethel of New Haven was the consultant. Baytown residents George Gentry and Leroy Wilkie also attended.

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 Added to LC Library Shelves

The college library reports thirty new books added in two weeks per Librarian Miss Sylvia Stern. Economics titles include Divine Right of Capital Ayres Thor Stein Veblen Dorfman and Controlling Factors Moulton. Fiction arrivals feature Strange Case of Annie Spragg Bromfield Shan Non's Way Cronin Kings General Du Maurier Passage to India Forster and Thinking Reed West. Additional notable works cover Inca Concept of Sovereignty Gibson Insect Book Howard and Popular Delusions Mackay among others.

Sylvia Stern Ayres Thorstein Veblen Dorfman Moulton Annie Spragg Bromfield Cronin du Maurier India Forster Dusty Answer Lehmann Maugham Thinking Reed West Gibson Papashvily Gillin Mackay Graham Cotter Clark Liberty Harper Dixie Frontier Massachusetts Starkey Witham

SACs Hold Rush Tea for New Members

Sigma Alpha Chi hosted an informal rush tea at Doris Stouffler's home on Sunday afternoon. Elizabeth Hill announced plans for initiation with the date to be announced later.

Sac’s Sigma Alpha Chi Doris Stouffler Elizabeth Hill

The Only Thing We Have to Fear

A historical quotation attributed to Franklin D Roosevelt declaring fear as the main obstacle before action and courage in times of crisis.

Franklin D Roosevelt

Three Liberty Boys Leave Home for Lee College

James Buchanan Ray Mason and Bob Halstead of Liberty Texas pursue education at Lee College. James, valedictorian and student journalist, seeks pre engineering with a finals exemption idea. Ray, sports editor and athlete, aims for engineering with plans to study near home. Bob, originally in dentistry, plans UT Dental School while balancing family business duties.

Liberty LEE College James Buchanan Ray Mason Robert Halstead Texas Panther Paw James Ray Bob Liberty High University of Texas Dental School Houston

Jeannine Owens News Profile at Lee College

Jeannine Owens, freshman at Lee College, grew up in Houston and Baytown after a 1949 Stephen F. Austin High School graduation. A Scottish Brigade bagpiper and leader in multiple clubs, she plans to graduate from Lee College then study at Sam Houston State or Baylor before training as a laboratory technician in Galveston.

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 Seary Galveston

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Olced Kappas Dean A&m LC Library Highway Department Rodman Delta Chi O. F. Halstead Hardware and Furniture Company Robson Texas and Gaillard Montgomery Illinois Street Baytown, Texas
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