Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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m 1 m Colors : Old Gold and White. Flower : Daisy. Motto : “Be up and doing.” OFFICERS. Tom McCall . Fannie Burroughs Ruth Knowles . .. Minnie Rawls W. H. Tipton .... . President. . Vice-President. Secretary-T reasu rer. . Historian. . Poet. 30

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McNairy will now have his turn, and I am mute for want of suitable words with which to sound forth his praises. Truly has it been said that some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. How true of McNairy! He is one of the central figures in this the twentieth century; for he is one of the seven wisest creatures in existence, and his charming manners, and gentle graces have won him friends by the score. However, I never realized the aching void our absence would leave behind us until last week. I by chance was an unobserved visitor in Mr. Keeney’s office. The temptation of watching him check up our records, giving a pass here and there as he saw fit, was too great for me, so I tarried to see what would happen. He seemed literally wrapped in deepest thought and I wondered what the outcome would be, but a wave of tenderness swept over his dear fatherly face, and I heard him exclaim, “I’ve tried hard to keep them, but I’ll do the thing that I know I ought to do, and let them go, for I know every one of them will make themselves ‘worth while’.” I stood appalled in his presence, for of this I never dreamed, but, fellow students, let me admonish you to wind yourselves around his heart-strings, as it has been our great privilege and pleasure to do, and you will never have cause to regret it, for to this class he has ever been the councilor, the friend, and the true brother, and each of us will remember him with love. Before I close this great history, I wish to record that to each and all of the faculty 1 bring our trophies of the battle fields, for second mily to my mother, I hold you most dear. Mr. Roosevelt says that he doesn’t care how brave, how honorable, how honest a man is, if he is a natural born fool he can not be a success. He must have the saving grace of common sense, the right kind of heart, must be upright, decent, and brave, but above all must have common sense and intelligence. If he has these, then he has in him the making of a first class American citizen. Do you suppose that when he uttered these words he ever even so much as dreamed of the possibility of such an American citizen? Doubtless he never did, so it must be with happy pride that the Industrial Institute of Louisiana presents, as her maiden gift, to the grand old Republic, this wonderful seven. M. V. K. 29

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Alice Mary Bond, Ruston, La. Entered school 1904. Domestic Science Course. Thesis subject, “Local Meats ’ “She left behind where’er she went A smile instead of frowns or tears” ALICE MARY BOND Alphee Maximillien Bourque, Milton, La. Zeta Alpha Kappa. Entered school 1905. Business Course. Thesis subject, “Ship Building.” “Whatever happens, I will not speak. No, not a word!” ALP PI EE MAXIMILLIEN BOURQUE 31