Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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Tech aims to train you practically and technically with a cultural and moral background. You should by virtue of this training, have large vision, high ideals, and the spirit of true service. Thus equipped, your responsibility to mankind is leader¬ ship. W. L. MITCHELL, Dean of Men. To the college which unlocks for us the hidden resources within us and gives us power to express our lives in terms of satisfaction, we owe a debt of loyalty and service. Then: “Give to Tech the best you have and its best will come back to you.” ALMA BURK, Dean of Women. in T n

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Dear Students: In college you are forming habits, attitudes, and ideals that are to govern you through all the remaining years of your life. Here you seek an intensive preparation for the remainder of the allotted three score and ten years. It is to be hoped that in the future you will turn through these pages and say, “My time at the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute was well spent in preparation for life and service.” Sincerely, G. W. BOND, President.

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Blma flDatev O Tech, thy halls so beautiful, I hv pleasant walks, thy noble trees, I hat charmed me in my college days Are ever dear to me. Louisiana Tech I love thee, My Alma Mater, my Alma Mater; I will ever loyal be To thee my Alma Mater. Those old Tech days, those joyful days, So cherished in my memory, 1 hough days of toil, in many ways Were happy days and free. Louisiana Tech I love thee, My Alma Mater, my Alma Mater; I will ever loyal be To thee my Alma Mater. O may our dear Tech prosper well Through every coming day and year, And many splendid boys and girls Find worthy training here. Louisiana Tech I love thee, My Alma Mater, my Alma Mater; I will ever loyal be To thee my Alma Mater. JOHN P. GRAHAM, ’00.