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Newspaper
The Lee Lantern
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1950
Page
2
The Lee Lantern is a biweekly student newspaper produced by the Jasper journalism class at Lee College in Baytown Texas with printing by News Boy in Jasper Texas.
The piece reviews an expanding list of campus programs including a Sadie Hawkins event Curtain Club production a Lamda Chi concert a Student Council get acquainted party and a Halloween entertainment. It urges involvement to give real value to these events and notes mixed attendance outcomes.
The piece extols American fondness for bigness from cities to roads and cars. It argues larger size costs more but matters for a substantial annual subscription list, urging readers to subscribe now.
The author argues tolerance is a liberal attitude rarely fully owned by people. Education opens minds and reduces bias, enabling respect for others, daily kindness, and support. Tolerance is shown by actions, not words, linking days with satisfaction and color.
Merrill Carter discusses Rho Delta Delta and Lambda Chi at Lee College praising their members officers and sponsors while noting healthy rivalry. The column blends campus life with light humorous sketches and a hardware ad snippet about Cooper Hardware live bait.
A collage of campus chatter lists names, flirtations, cars, dances, and social happenings at LC. Students such as Lou DeLoach Clarence Porter Fred Wilson and many others are noted at parties, classes, and games with references to Mercury cars, a Rho Delta Delta event, and a Sidney Jewell Palmer concert.
A college librarian Miss Stern curates reading material reflecting varied tastes. New books include Frank Sculley Be Behind The Flying Saucers and Bells On Their Toes, a Truman biography The Man of Independence by Jonathan Daniels. Also noted is How To Win Friends And Influence People sold 18 copies to one buyer in Chicago.
A collage of quirky lines includes Cooper's Angleworms versus other worms in American America and a trend of adolescent girls outgrowing childish views. A truck ad hints at crossroads and gender, while Tide features an ivory shotgun in a Minneapolis shop window. Hy Gardner and Aldous Huxley are cited in the mix.
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