Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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F c V L T y teacher of Latin and English, Louisiana Industrial Institute. 1906-07, Head of English Department, Louisiana Industrial Institute. Andrew Slaydon Bush, B. S., Instructor in English and Mathematics. Native of Mississippi. Attended Commercial College of Mississippi. Keachie Male and Female College of Louisiana, 1891-5, received B. S. in 1895. Principal Pelican High School, 1895-9. Principal Bunkie High School, 1899-04. Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1905-07. C. M. Flagg, S. B., Instructor in Biology and Geology. Native of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Graduate Harvard University, 1905. Harry Howard, Secretary and Instructor in Business Branches. Graduate of Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1897, and Eastman Business College, 1898. Robert J. Smith, Instructor in Woodwork. Educated in public schools and Collegiate Institute, Stratford, Ont., Canada. Has done special work in Manual Training, including work at Bradley Poly¬ technic Institute, Peoria, Ill. Instructor in Printing, Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1902-06. Willis B. Hale, Instructor in Telegraphy and Mathematics. Born in DesMoines County, Iowa. Graduated at Eastern Iowa Normal School, 1898, and Northwestern Normal College, Stanberry, Mo., 1891. Taught three years in the public schools of Iowa. Penmanship and Shorthand, Northwestern Normal College, Stanberry, Mo., two years. High School, Monroe, La., one year. Lake Charles High School and Lake Charles College, Lake Charles, La., four years. Principal Jeanerette High School, one year. New Iberia High School, four years. Louisiana Industrial Institute, five years.

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Page 12 F I C 7 L T y George Oscar Thatcher, M. A., Professor of Mathematics. Student, Leland and Gray Seminary, Townsend, Vt., 1865-69. A. M. Thatcher Institute, Shreveport, La., 1889. Ph. D. Simmons College, Abilene, Texas, 1899. Graduate Rochester B. University, Rochester N. Y. Principal Fillmore Academy, Fillmore, La., 1877-8. Principal Male Academy, Minden, La., 1878-81. Associate-Principal Minden Female College, Minden, La., 1881-7. Teacher of Mathematics, Thatcher Institute, Shreveport, La., 1887-92. President Coushatta Male and Female College, Coushatta, La., 1892-3. Professor of Mathematics (two years), President (four years). Simmons College, Abilene, Texas, 1893-9. Professor of English, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1899-01. Professor of Mathematics, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1901. R. W. Selvidge, B. Pe., M. E., Superintendent of Mechanic Arts Department. Native of Missouri. Educated in the State Normal School, Warrensburg, Mo., and in the State University, Columbia, Mo. From 1900 to 1903, Super¬ visor of Manual Training, Joplin, Mo. 1903-04, Instructor in Woodwork, Louisiana Industrial Institute. 1904-07, Superintendent of Mechanic Arts Department, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La. Margaret E. Cross, M. A., Head of English Department. Received secondary education at Nashville, Tenn., and Cincinnati, Ohio. Collegiate training received at Columbus, Ohio. Graduate student at Columbia University, New York City. Did special work in Philosophy, Sociology and the Science of Education. 1896-1903, teacher of Latin at Natchitoches, La., except two years, 1902-03, leave of absence as student at Columbia University. 1903, received M. A. at Columbia University and Masters Diploma from Teachers College. 1904-05, teacher State Normal of Missouri. 1905-6,

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Page 14 F c L T y Mrs. M. H. Parsons, Teacher of Voice Culture. Graduate and Post-Graduate of Woman’s College, Frederick, Md. Grad¬ uate in the Old Italian Method from Prof. G. R. Palmer’s Conservatory in New York. Taught in institutions in the following cities: Greensboro, N. C., Washington, D. G, Athens, Ga., Minneapolis, Minn., Media, Pa., Seattle, Wash., Greenville, N. C. Willie Lee Tigner, Private Secretary to President. Graduate of Louisiana Industrial Institute. Private Secretary to Chief Clerk, Rock Island Railway, Ruston, La. Daisy Maxine Kelley, Instructor in Stenography and Typewriting. Graduate Kansas Wesleyan Business College, Salina, Kansas. Holds Certificate of Proficiency from the Phonographic Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. Teacher of Shorthand, Kansas A Vesleyan Business College, 1900. Principal Shorthand Department Northwestern Business College, Beatrice, Nebraska, 1901. Principal Shorthand Department Boulder Business College, Boulder, Colorado, 1901-06. Ruby Dean Bransford, Assistant Instructor in Stenography and Typewriting. Graduate Louisiana Industrial Institute, and Private Secretary to the Presi¬ dent of that institution for two years. Student Columbia University, New York City, summer of 1906. Preston Littlepage Peach, M. E., Instructor in Forging and Mathematics. Graduate of Maryland Agricultural College, 1903. Instructor in Forging and Mathematics at Louisiana Industrial Institute since 1904-5. Martha Hunter, Instructor in English. Graduate of State Normal School, Natchitoches, La., 1900. Taught in New Iberia High School 1900-01. Teacher of English in Louisiana Industrial Institute since 1901.