Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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Faculty of The Louisiana Industrial Institute 1908-1909 President J. E. Keeny. Educated in the Public Schools of Pennsylvania; the State Normal School, Shippensburg, Pa.; the Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.; and the Northwestern Ohio University, Ada, Ohio. Taught public and private school for ten sessions in his native state as county school teacher, grade teacher, principal, and city superintendent. Came to Louisiana in 1890, and has been connected with her educational system as follows: Principal of the Monroe High School; Principal of the Lake Charles High School; Principal of the New Iberia High School ; Principal of the Training School, and Training Teacher of the State Normal School; Acting President of the State Normal School; State Institute Conductor; Professor of Philosophy and Education, State University; and President of the Louisiana Industrial Institute. C. H. Carson, Jr., A. B., Professor of Physics and Chemistry. Graduated, Emory College, Oxford, Ga., 1883 5 Principal Swainsboro Academy, Swainsboro, Ga., 1886; Assistant Principal High School, Savannah, Ga., 1889; Assistant Prin¬ cipal Chatham Academy, Savannah, Ga., 1890; Principal Barnard St. School, Savannah, Ga., 1892; Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Andrew Female Col¬ lege, Cuthbert, Ga., 1894; Professor of Language and Literature, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1898; Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1899- 09. George Oscar Thatcher, M. A., Professor and Head of Mathematics. Student Leland and Gray Seminary, Townsend, Vt., 1865-69; A. M., Thatcher Institute, Shreveport, La., 1889; Ph. D., Simmons College, Abilene, Tex., 1899; Graduate Rochester B. University, Rochester, N. Y.; Principal Fillmore Academy, Fillmore, La., i 877- ' 78; Principal Male Academy, Minden, La.; i878-’8i ; Asso¬ ciate-Principal Minden Female College, Minden, La., i88i-’87; Teacher of Mathematics, Thatcher Institute, Shreveport, La., i 887- ? 92; President Coushatta Male and Female College, Coushatta, La., 1892-93; Professor of Mathematics (two years), President (four years), Simmons College, Abilene, Texas, 1893- 99; Professor of English, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., i899-’oi ; Pro¬ fessor of Mathematics, Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., 1901 -’09. Winfield H. Collins, Head of English Department and Professor of Social Sciences. B. A., Western Maryland College; M. A., Yale University; 15

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FACULTY. 1—Ruby Dean Bransford, 2—George Oscar Thatcher, 3—Helen Graham, 4—Wm. B. Hamilton, 5—Augustin W. Breeden, 6—Albert L. Cornell, 7—W. S. Hancock. 8—Robert J. Smith, 9—Winfield H. Collins, 10—Louise Hancock, 11—Edwin W. Doran, 12—H. D. Wilson, 13—Willis B. Hale, 14 —E. L. Shattuck, 15—Harry Howard, 16—C. H. Carson, 17—Ella L. Montgomery, 18—Myrtle Mowbray, 19—R. M. Logan, 20—D. D. Lomax, 21—Mrs. R. J. Smith, 22—Willie Lee Tigner, 23—Lena L. Christian, 24—Elizabeth Pugh, 25—Mrs 1 ! B. F. Dudley. 26—Kathleen Graham, 27—B. F. Dudley.

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and also about two years of special courses in History, English, and the Social Sciences. For two seasons a representative of a Northern publishing company, among Southern Colleges and Universities. Has taught as Principal of the Frederica (Del.) High School, and as head of the Departments of History and English at Claremont College, Southern Female College, and Kansas City University. Edwin W. Doran, Instructor in Biological Science. B. S., Lincoln Univer¬ sity, Ill., A. M., Grant University, Tenn.; Ph. D., Cumberland University, Tenn. Also did graduate work in the State University of Illinois and in Millikin Univer¬ sity, Ill. Taught in the State Agricultural College of Maryland, State Normal School of Oklahoma, Millikin University, Ill. President of Belvirino College, West Point, Miss. Wm. B. Hamilton, Superintendent Mechanical Courses. B. S. and M. S. degrees from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in Mechanical Engineering; Instruc¬ tor in Woodwork at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1902-03; Mechanical Drafts¬ man for Hardie-Tynes Mfg. Co., Birmingham, Ala., 1903-U5 ; Head Draftsman and Engineer for John Inglis Co., Toronto, Ont., I905 -’o 6; Mechanical Drafts¬ man and Engineer for Wisconsin Engine Co., Corliss, Wis., i905- ' o7; Superin¬ tendent Mechanic Arts Department of Louisiana Industrial Institute, Ruston, La., i907-T 9. Harry Howard, Secretary and Superintendent of Business Courses. Gradu¬ ate of Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1895, and Eastman Business College, 1898. Augustin W. Breeden, Assistant Instructor in English Language and Literature. Born at Carthage, Missouri, and received his grammar school and high school education in that state. Attended Drake Lniversity, Des Moines, Iowa, and Peabody College, with correspondence courses from Highland Park College and Chicago University. Taught as principal in the following grammar schools: 1904-05, Patmos, Ark.; I905 - ' o 6, Choudrant, La.; 1906-08, Lake Charles, La. ; I9 o8- ' o 9, English Department, Louisiana Industrial Institute. Albert L. Cornell, B. S., Athletic Director and Assistant Instructor in Mathematics. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. B. S. in Civil Engineering, 1908. Ruby Dean Bransford, Assistant Instructor in Stenography and Type¬ writing. Graduate Louisiana Industrial Institute, and Private Secretary to the President of the Institution for two. years; Student Columbia University, New York City, summer of 1906. H. D. Wi lson, Director Music Courses. Graduate of Northern Indiana Normal School in Scientific and Music Courses. Post graduate work in Voice 16