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

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This is where it all takes place the gridiron battles, the colorful hall time shows and the frenzied cheer- ingTiger stadium. Many hours of practice on the part of the Tiger Band go into the presentation of the clever halftime shows. I I iv illii r

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Just when people were beginning to think the con- tractors had gotten mixed up and were building the library underground, it miraculously started going up. Of course it ' s a class. You can ' t expect a dairy stu- dents to learn everything about a cow in the class- room. Students may find their classes meeting in the .irangest places from former hallways to reconverted restrooms. And the noise continues as the library goes up or, more correctly, down. (Then there ' s the story about the boy who used a carton of cigarettes to bribe a workman to drill outside his classroom window until the instructor was forced to dismiss class. Not at all insignificant in classwork are the dreaded exams. Four times a year, students go through the ritual of cramming watching the sun- rise over the edge of a Botany book, frantically de- ciphering notes taken when you were half asleep in the library. Then the Day. Then relief. Then the grades. College is not all work though. It ' s inter- spersed often with events such as ...

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. . . football games. An evening of football usually begins with the hustle and bustle of pre-game ex- citement. There ' s a touch of chill in the air, and gay chrysanthemums bloom on every feminine lapel. The towering stadium lights cast a glow over the multi- colored stands, swirling cheerleaders and stalwart purple and gold on the field. Despite several heart- breaking losses, spirits ran high. As ihe scores mount- ed, lor better or worse, the band and cheerleaders led the crowd in cheering on their Tigers. Blood and sweat and determination were poured out on the field as the teams clashed. When halftime rolls around, a colorful show begins. The inarching bands and major- ettes of both schools contribute to the pageantry. An extra lift was provided the fans this year after their grief over the death of our I eloved Mike. Looking terriblv tiny in his huge cage, but roaring with all the true Ole War Skule spirit . . . These freshman boys at the first game seem undaunted by the humiliation of being seen in public in the required pajamas. The audacity of our green and blue rival sometimes has to be erased here under the supervision of several disgruntled LSU students. Coach Dietzel sends in a player during the Texas A .-M game which opened the 1956 season.