LSU 100 Years: Growth From Seminary to University
A 1960 look recounts Louisiana State University’s evolution from the 1860 Pineville Seminary of Learning Military Academy to a major state university. It notes presidents, campus moves, student growth to over 8,000 undergrads in Baton Rouge, medical and law schools, and ongoing expansion with new buildings and facilities. It highlights uniforms once worn by cadets, state support rising to about $23 million, and 42,495 degrees awarded in the first century.
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Walt Ben
Baton Rouge
Loutsland State University
I.s.u
Daniel Borth
Louistine Fats. Seminary of ‘Learning Military Academy
Pine
Gile Tis
William Tecumseh Sherman
Civi War Fame
Bator ‘Rouge
New Orleans
Borth
Pirléville
Ordey
School For the
Wahl
Pineville
I i
Agricultural and Mealfhick ‘College
Louisiana
Livi
Ceed
Graham Tells Nigerians That Freedom Needs Responsibility
Nigerian crowds of twenty thousand attended Billy Graham sermons in Lagos and surrounding areas urging freedom with responsibility, personal integrity, and devotion to the common good. Local leaders praised the campaign as a hopeful sign while noting Nigeria's diverse, modernizing society and strengthened church influence.
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Lagos
Nigera
Billy Graham
Nigeria
West Africa
Niger
Lang
Graham
Broad Greens
Africa
God
Mrs. Drew N. Hayes Elected Delegate To Texas Conference
Mrs. Drew N. Hayes a Ruston artist and organizing president of the Colonel John Page Chapter Ruston Louisiana was elected a delegate to the State of Texas Conference Colonial Dames of the XV Century to be held in Austin on March 4 and 5 After the conference she will attend the Grand Opera season in San Antonio visit with family in Mexico before returning
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Drew N. Hays
Ruston
State of Texas
Austin
Texas
Hays
Colonel John Page
Louisiana
Home Decorator Group Plans Trip to Trend House
The Home Decorators Group sponsored by the Louisiana Tech Faculty Wives led by Mrs. Dwight Lee will visit Monroe to tour the Trend House. The trip is February 17 with reservations due by February 15 for luncheon at Rendezvous. members meet at 9:00 a.m. at Iva Adams Hall to form the tour group.
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Louisiana Tech
Dwight Lee
Monroe
New Trend House
Lee
Iva Adams Hall
Arcadia North Louisiana Talent Show March 4 at Arcadia High
The Eleventh Annual North Louisiana Talent Show will be held Friday night March 4 at eight o’clock in the Arcadia High School auditorium. Amateurs may enter any talent such as singing dancing playing instruments or impersonations. Cash prizes go to the top three winners. Auditions are February 16 and February 23 at the high school gymnasium auditorium.
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Arcadia North Louisiana
Arcadia
North
Louisiana
Arcadia High School
Out of Arcadia
Gyiriastum
Ruston Optimists Back Community Chest Plan
Ruston Optimists vote to back a Community Chest in Ruston and will approach other groups at breakfast. They decline club contributions to local drives, leaving gifts to individual members. The group provided bus tickets and help to a needy four person family hitchhiking from Atlanta to Shreveport for work, after aiding a bricklayer father and his family.
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Ruston
Shreveport
Atlanta
Tech Rifle Team Faces Busy Schedule This Term
The Tech rifle team under Set. Max Bledsoe faces a packed semester with matches against regional colleges, a trip to El Paso for a national competition, and later bouts in Florida or South Carolina for the championship. Tech scored 1,804 of 2,000 to win the title round and beat LSU 1,850 to 1,832 on the local range. Leading Tech shooters were Tommie Jackson, Spencer King, Matt Chapin, William Sutton, and Hugh O'Donnell with LSU led by Corcoran, McDere, Flick, Gugliemo, and Bea son.
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Minemen
Touisiang Tech
Set
Max Bledsoe
Air Force Rotc
el Paso
United States
Tech
Florida
South Carolina
Camteen
Louisiana State University
LSU
Tommie Jackson
Ruston
Spencer King
Shreveport
Matt Chapin
Natchitoches
William Sutton
Memphis
Hugh O'Donnell
Corcoran
McDere
Flick
Gugliemo
Beason
Three NSC players plead guilty to burglary counts
Northwestern State College football players Eddie Hood Phillip Bennet and Troy Burgh pleaded guilty to multiple burglary counts. Each received three years on each count with suspended terms. Kim Griffin awaits sentencing on nine burglary counts.
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Natchicavens
Northwestern State College
Kim Griffin
Whith
Paul Stephens
Eddie Hood
Phillip Bennet
Troy Bureh
Scouts Plan To Observe Fiftieth Year
More than 100 Boy Scouts in Ruston will observe National Boy Scout Week starting Sunday marking the 50th anniversary of Scouting. Scout Sunday services are planned at churches, with Troop 45 of Trinity Methodist Church hosting a court of honor to award badges from Tenderfoot to Palm. The observance notes 33 million men and boys who have belonged since the program began, with five million total worldwide today. A televised Eagle Scout recognition court of honor is set for Sunday, February 1, recognizing boys who have reached merit.
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Ruston
Trinity Method
St Church
Aogie
Africa on a Bridge says Haberyan
Dr Dorothy Haberyan spoke at Grace Methodist on Africa's path forward. She warned colonial white rule as a barrier, predicting independence by 1970 and urging African citizenship. She noted vast languages, resource gaps, and church schools expanding as education rises.
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Haberyan
Africa
Grace Methodist
Nist
Dorothy
Grace
Methodist Church
Atrica
North Africa
Habergan
Oxford
Cambridge
Marbury Re elected President of Loan Association
W A Marbury Sr was reelected president of the Ruston Building Loan Association at the annual stockholders meeting Joan P Grahan was named vice president Roy Fraser named secretary treasurer Directors for another year included John P Graham W Hodge Ragan Madden W A Marbury Sr Add Thompson and Roy Fraser The association reported earnings weakness with a sale of 93727 28372 Total assets over 4 000 000 Morehan 39 000 added to reserves for the year The association made 103 loans for homes construction and remodeling totaling 1 037 000 00
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W. A. Marbury, Sr
Ruston Building Loan
Joan P. Grahan
Roy Fraser
John P. Graham
Bh. W Hodge
Ragan Madden
W. A. Marbury
Add Thompson
Morehan
Postern Club Meeting Transcripts New Officers Elected
The session notes elected officers for the group with Mo Loyd as president and Philip Ay Wallice as secretary-treasurer. The program chair was Bey and the retiring president was Cold He Rainwater. The event featured a supper prepared by Mrs. John W Mortor Jr and Mrs. Walker. Dr Sandefir directed a tape of Earl Nightingale’s The Strangest Secret.
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John W W. Mortoi, Jr
J i Sanrefur
Walks
Dr. Sandefir
Earl Nigthingtle
Funeral Services Set at Hodge For C. H. Garlington
C H Garlington 83 died yesterday at daughter M rs Lloyd Colling s home in Altheimer Ark after brief illness Funeral services set for 3 pm Monday at the Highway Chapel Church of God near Hodge with Rev Paul Presson and Rev Joe Pace officiating Burial in Antioch cemetery under Edmonds funeral home Jonesboro directions Survivors include three sons Glen Garlington of Quitman EB Garlington of Quitman and Frank Garlington of Evansville Ind four daughters Mary Belle Andrews Zula Lee both of Quitman May Lily Neal of Bastrop and Leona Clyburn of West Monroe thirteen grandchildren and 18 plants es a s ldieny Mr Garlington a former resident of Quitman
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Jonesboro
C. H.garlington
Lloyd’ Colling
Altheimer
Ark
Quitman
Frank Garlington
Evansville
Ind
Mary Belle Andrews
Zula. Lee
Quiliman
Maay Lilie
Neal
Bastrop
Leona. Clyburn
West Monroe
Garlington
Ruston Pioneer W. J. Smelley Succumbs
Ruston pioneer W. J. Smelley died at 11:00 this morning, aged nearly 92. Funeral arrangements through Conger Funeral Home of Arcadia, burial at Alabama TMH Baptist Church near Atdha/Tescay, with eight children surviving including Lambert Brooks, Ralph J. Smelley, and Groly Smelley among others. services set for this afternoon.
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My. William
Jackson Smalley
Ruston
Pionear
Smelley
Conger Funeral Home
Arcadis
Alberty Tmh Baptist Church
Atdha Tescay
Lambert Brooks
Ralph J.imelley
CG. C, Moss
Chatham
Austonite's Patriarch Dies in Town
P Parcell, 77, of Washington Town, father of Mrs Jim Dodds of Ruston, died Friday. Funeral services were held today in Town. Survivors include his wife, two daughters Mrs Harold Miller of Great Bend Kansas and Mrs Bob Gingenger of Fairfield Iowa.
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P. Parcell
Washington
Jim Dodds
Ruston
Dodd
Harold Miller
Great Bend
Kan
Bob Gingenger
Farnfield
Towa
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