Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

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Junior II Class History Looking far back into the past, we see the faint out¬ line of a classroom, in which were assembled sixty eager, ambitious Freshmen. Since then our class has been reduced to twenty-two. As we look back upon these past three years we find many things upon which our mem¬ ory dwells with pleasure, but there is a touch of sadness in the thought that we will never again walk in the paths of the verdant Freshmen, or be numbered with the scarcely less green Sophomores. Since we have attained this honorable title of Juniors, we have ranked first in whatever came up—be it measles or meanness, good looks or ugliness. We show unusual ability in using deceit. For instance, Mattie has suc¬ ceeded in fooling all the teachers into giving her ninet} or above in every subject, even Analytics. Mr. Doxey would be an extraordinarily bright student if he did not spend all his time in entertaining the girls. Ida is an expert in the shorthand line. Mr. Steine has won honors on the ball ground. Joe Eddie takes everything as it comes, and if it doesn’t come she takes it anyway. There are many other distinguished members, but it would take volumes to tell about all of them. And now, in conclusion, we are going to tell a few of the things we intend to do. Mr. Dee is studying with the intention of becoming a minister. Mary Lee has decided to be an actress. Hettie has already shown her ability as a school teacher. Joe Eddie is to begin work as stenog¬ rapher for Coburn and Smith, lawyers, in September, 1913. Ludie, Carrie Lee and Lillian, self-sacrificing girls that they are, have decided to spend their lives as missionaries to South Africa. The rest of the class are all expecting to become people of notoriety, but have not yet decided in what way. During the remainder of our school life we intend to do our best to have a good time, live up to our motto of “Get something for noth¬ ing,” to the best of our ability.

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Junior I Class History We’re a band of “Jolly Juniors ’ We’ve passed the Freshman year: We spurn the haughty Sophomore: Our Senior time draws near. Six fine mechanics, five brainy bookkeepers, one illus¬ trious son of the rural districts and fifteen sweet, gentle and excellent housekeepers, compose this “Jolly Junior I. Band.”. Now, Gibbon has said that history is little else than a catalogue of crimes, mistakes and misfortunes of men, and if this be the case, the class of 1912 has but little history. She has no crimes, unless the most pleasant habit of “cutting,” “shorting” and “bathing” be unchar¬ itably called criminal acts. Her mistakes are few; never¬ theless we must acknowledge that sometimes her mechan¬ ical sons will mistake their fingers for the nail. As for her misfortunes, there are none, except the fact that she has not enough high and honorable positions in which to place her noble sons and daughters. The accomplishments of the past year greatly out¬ weigh these petty faults, and we are sure that with another year’s practice our mechanics will always “hit the nail on the head.” Nor are we lacking in athletes, for Messrs. Giddens, Braunigs, May and Miss Hamilton reflect honor upon the class in this line. We doubt not that we have had our share of the pleas¬ ures and difficulties due to Junior I’s, but in spite of the difficulties we hope to live up to our motto, “Labor on to Success,” and come out victors in the end.