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The music and drama departments of Texarkana College will present “Oklahoma” in April, departmental spokesmen have announced. This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical enjoyed a record-breaking run on Broadway several years ago. Murry Alewine, chairman of the music division at the college, pointed out that to be eligible for the production a student must, during the…

Bill Sands, author of the best-selling “My Shadow Ran Fast,” will be the featured speaker at the Texarkana College assembly on November 22 at 9:30 a.m. Sands, who has appeared on many television programs, including the Art Linkletter Show, is now a professional author and lecture wire this is. He’s been from San Quintain prison,…

Two members of the Texarkana College history faculty, Robert Williams and Lewis Cabaniss, have been asked by the Texas State Historical Association to write an article on the Texarkana area for the “Handbook of Texas”. Joe B. Frantz, association director, wrote, “As a reflection of Texas’ growing urbanization, we plan to include an article on…

Journalists and journalistic jargon ruled Thursday as high school journalism students met in the auditorium to talk shop. Participating in the second annual high school journalism workshop, approximately 200 high school students and their sponsors registered at 9 a.m. The annual workshop is designed to acquaint the students with the fields, various phases, and jargon…

Texarkana College has applied for institutional membership in the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers. The purpose of this association are to provide, by means of annual conferences and otherwise, for the spread of information and the interchange of ideas on problems of common interest; to contribute to the advancement of higher education…

Miss Rita Loyd, daughter of Mrs. Virginia Loyd, 2631 North Robinson Road, has been named one of the five semi-finalists in the Miss Bulldog Beauty Contest at Texarkana College, replacing one of the original five who has dropped out of school. Miss Loyd, a sophomore, finished sixth in the contest held October 25, in an…