Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook

“admitted to the University, and there being only a dozen or so of them, we had not even the strength usually attributed to numbers to rely upon. Naturally we were much disturbed upon finding our- selves actually launched upon the sea of University life. Each and every one of us felt, upon general principles, that she was bound to make a " bloomin ' idiot " of her- self before those fatal first days were over. After a while it dawned upon us that boys had numerous clubs; therefore clubs must be the proper thing, and it would add to our dignity and importance to get up one of our own. What happened at that first meeting, and how the officers were elected, we will never tell! After deep thought and much discussion a name was selected. " C.C. " was given to the public, but what those letters stood for we agreed to keep a secret. Then the fun and excitement began. Of course, as a mystery was involved, it immediately became the topic of conversation among the boys. When they found it was useless to implore us to tell them the name, they called special meetings to try to discover the meaning of " C.C. " Of course, we heard of it, and enjoyed the joke immensely. After the meetings the boys triumphantly announced that the name had been guessed by one of them, and that we might as well confess that the " C.C. " stood for " Cadet Catcher, " and that we certainly lived up to our reputa- tion. Doubtless this was a gentle hint for us to notice them, as lately we had ignored them entirely. CADETS TO THE CO-EDS Our arms for defense, Your arms for recompense. FALL IN! Coed Oub of 190* s m .- . ”