Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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I-IE OWERS HAT HE University is essentially a state institution culminating as it does the high school training offered in the state public schools. The institution is particularly indebted to the governors of the state of Louisiana for their persistent interest and aid in building the University. As President Ex Ofiicio of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University, the Governor of the State can do much to help the college. Governor Allen has been particularly considerate of the welfare of the University in his term of administration and has continued the policies of expansion that his predecessor, Senator Long, carried out before him. The State realizes its relationship to the University through the organization and operation of the Board of Supervisors, which is composed of thirteen members exclusive of the Governor, who is ex officio president, and through financial aid to the University. The Board of Supervisors is composed of appointees of the Governor. They are at present as follows: Boliver E. Kemp, Fred Ratzburd, Roy O. Young and C. C. Krumhaar, Theo- dore S. Landry, S. B. Wolff, Harvey A. Peltier, L. P. Abernathy, T. Aubrey Scott, Albert . Artigue, Hugo Dore, N. S. Hoifpauir, and Eugene Cazedessus. Two appointments expire each year. To meet the growth of the University in the last five years, the State Legislature has provided additional funds to the University aside from the regular revenue accruing from the property tax. By such measure the pres- ent development of the University is insured. The institution has no endowments upon which to rely and its entire income comes from the State. EH GOVERNOR OSCAR K. ALLEN nf the Stzlte of l,0lliSiIlllil, who, in the yenr fllllt he has held nflice, has been one of the Si1lllIlCllCSf support- . ers of this University, :intl who has mantle every effort to insure the greatest cu-operation between the State and the University pnssihle. l PAGE TWENTY-SIX

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DR. JAMES MONROE SMITH, seventh President of llnnisianzi State University, who has, in the short time of his llCllI1llliSfl'ilfi0ll thus fur, clone much to further the develop- ment of the institution. The prog- X ress mncle hy the University in all fields since he assumed office attests to his abilities as nn exeentive. HE students of Louisiana State University express their deep appreciation to Governor Allen and the State administrators and to the citizens of the state of Louisiana for their in- terest and earnest cooperation in developing this University. Much of the noteworthy expansion of the University is due primarily to the energetic administration of Presi- dent James Monroe Smith. President Smith was ofiicially inaugurated last year and has consistently maintained a P0liCy of growth with reference to the University. Under his administration, the plant has increased manifold. Three handsome new buildings have sprung up. The enrollment has grown twenty-five per cent and the gen- eral efiiciency of the University has become remarkable. This is indeed a tribute to the president's labors and his capabilities. Upon request of the Editor, the President issued the following open statement to the students and the GUMBO: To the Editor of the GUMBO: My pleasant association throughout the entire year with the splendid group of young men and young women making up the student body of Louisiana State University marlcs one of the eventful epochs of my career. A SPlrit of fair play and good sportsmanship has been dominant in all of their relationships and has been a source of great satisfaction to me. I I note with pride a material increase in the standard of scholarship and a healthy growth in that undefinable SPlfit which characterizes an institution of university ranlc. There is evidence, also, of a continued broadening horizon, as well as of the spirit, determination and fortitude to stay on the jobi' during this period of world eco- U0mic and social upheaval. May I not express the hope that the students of Louisiana State University will continue to exemplify in their daily lives all those virtues and ideals which they have so nobly exhibited throughout the session. Sincerely yours, J. M. SMITH, - I President. It is obvious that the President places the utmost confidence in the students. He has demonstrated this im- Pl1Cit faith again and again during his administration, and it has been conducive to a reciprocal spirit of appre- mation 3m0I1g the students toward the Administration. PAGE TWENTY-S EVEN