Southwestern Louisiana Institute - Lacadien Yearbook (Lafayette, LA)

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L A c a d i e n Historical Sketch of the Avatar Literary Society HE word avatar, from Hindu iiiythology, means the incarnation of a spirit in some nuiteria] form, and the Society was so named to indicate that its organization was to be itself an embodiment of the spirit of educa- tion and jirogress — an avatar of intelligence and culture. So far as we know, no other society has over had this name, so we may claim its copyright. The Avatar Literary Society was organized in 1902 and has always had a goodly number of members, running along hand in hand with its sister society, the Attakapas. In its first year the annual debating contest with the Attakapas began to be held, for the Julian ] Iouton gold medal. This medal is given each year for the best individual debater of the two societies, and the Avatar has fairly divided the honors of winning it with its rival during the ten years of their lii.story. During that time nearly all the great questions of law and goverinnent, public policy, .sociology, history, philosophy and ethics, have been analyzed, di.scussed and illuminated, if not finally settled, by prominent members of the Avatar Society. And we have also had tine pi-ograms of music. literat;ire and histrionics, as well as practice in parliamentary j)rocedure. Later on, when we become members of the Legislature or of Congress, or perhaps militant .suffragettes, we shall doubtless have occasion to show the valuable training and experience we had in the Avatar liiterarv Societv at dear old S. L. L L

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Roll of the Avatar Literary Society Floi-cncc Adams W. AiKlcrs (J. Am-iicaiix Louis I ' . BatrniTv Ilalli.. .M. Bibhins Kiiiiior- Blaiichf ' t Fi-aiikliii lioyrl ClifT ' onl Brown John J. Bufkley P. Cha.stant E. Coinpton Ilonora Cottar Fi-i ' dcrifk Curlcy Henry ( ' . ( ■iirlcy F. Daiyle Derouen Louis Donieii vMux E. Doufct 7 ' ]l()(li( ' Fay Tlicliiia Ford (iiistavo B. Galdo Hester (iardner Eutjene Kent Ruth Kent Aurore Tjabl)e Edward Laeour Edna Laiiibei-t Fannie Fern Larrabee Mildred Stirling? Larrabee Dudley J. LeBlane Florence Lester John Lloyd Lee Eobert 11. Lowrey Samuel B. Lyons CJertrude IMcC ' onnell Cora Merritt Laura IMerritt Mai-pai-et Miller Fffie Mouton (jlrovei E. .Mouton liattie Mary Mouton Lilla jMouton Ella Poehe Murphy J. F. Poret F. Reeves Rosa Robin Kmile Hoderiti ' ue Hilda Rosenfield IMary Ida Rup:er Pattie P. Thompson Milton Salvo Edna E. Vix Waiter B. Williams Helen A. Wilson —26-

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. l» Alfiiifin Kuiiifc Hlaru-lict Franklin Hovd .Mor ran -J. liyrd Ilonora i ' oW-r Fi-anl Daifric liindcn Dalfcrcs I{r)y j. J)alfcrf.s Dorothy f{a rn ' Od.Mi IN-hort Vermilion Staff Hester TJardner Warren Lacoste Edna Lambert P ' annie Fern Tjaiwabee Dndlev .1. T.(d lane P lodias Miyues ?jl)I)ie Parkerson IMoss .Martha Marie I ' ellei ' iii Fdwai ' d Poinihoeul ' ( hiude Roi ' daiii Hilda Ko-sentield Edward Fa Ik Schnnden A. P. Swords Dui-wood ' Phil)()daux Paltio M. Tiionipson -28-