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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1950
Page
1
The piece highlights a Wednesday Fair Day at Lee College with campus glamor and student life. It mentions a library of over 12 000 books and Rho Delta Delta hosting a cafeteria party with both students and guests.
J F Koenig announces yearbook plans for the 1950 Lee Log. Students missing portraits should schedule immediately with Koenig, while remaining reservations and photo contributions are being sought. The volume will show the new building’s growth and include activity snapshots.
The Rho Delta Delta fraternity at Lee College held its first social event on Saturday October 28 in the school cafeteria. Bill Dunn served as master of ceremonies for the floor show with dancing and games as part of the entertainment. Tom Monk and Norman Orton organized the event, with Guy Winstead as club president and Alfred Moskowitz as sponsor.
Lee College Curtain Club rehearsals for the one act drama LAST REFUGE by Noel Houston are underway with the complete cast. The study contrasts mountaineer values with outlaw life as Joe, a former mountaineer turned gangster, hides in the mountains as police close in.
Sidney Jewell Palmer will present a piano concert on November 14 in the Robert E. Lee Auditorium at 8 15. Tickets cost 1 20 for adults and 60 cents for students. The program features Mozart Sonata in C major K 330 and works by Chopin Rachmaninoff Debussy Gershwin Liszt and others detailing a full set of preludes nocturnes and polonaises with an intermission.
Friendship Week ends with an all school party in the new cafeteria from 8:30 to 10:30 featuring games such as roulette bridge canasta and dominoes and a Hallowe en theme. Student Council president Billy Robertson announces plans for Sadie Hawkins day on November 18 urging student ideas and cooperation.
Wednesday November 1 is the first official holiday for the opening of the Baytown Fair. Other first semester holidays include Thanksgiving on November 23 and 24. Christmas recess begins December 22 with classes resuming January 2. Examinations run January 16 to 22.
Lee College extends its vocational program with 17 courses now taught by 12 instructors. Enrollment reaches 219 students in subjects from air conditioning to dragline bulldozer operation, with additional areas under development for animal husbandry real estate and driver training.
Lee College will show a small display at the Baytown fair featuring a wedding display an art exhibit and a photographic plaque of college activities. A mimeographed bulletin will be distributed to visitors outlining the college opportunities and facilities.
Dan Lamb announced the results of the election for the offices of secretary historian and reporter Billy Ray Robertson was chosen as secretary James Carter was elected historian and Merril Carter was selected as reporter
Dean Rundell announced that all grades will be ready in the office on Wednesday November 15 at 1 00 PM. Any report containing a failing grade will be mailed.
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