Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

Text from Pages 1 - 306 of the 1950 volume:

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CY-CrO Reese Hall Cramming during the wee hours, diagraming football plays on the backs of Eng¬ lish papers, dressing up for dates, hating the sound of an alarm clock. It was work and it was play. Robinson Hail Page 13 Room checks came too often, sign¬ ing out was a pain and getting camp- used was dangerously simple, but the walls and the front lawn and the faces became familiar and this was home. � «4« Kt� wawasv —v .-... Harper Hall Page 15 FRIENDS.. Everywhere we went, wheth¬ er to Howard for chapel, to the dining hall for lunch or to the Tonk for a coke, people said, Hello, and became our friends. Dining Hall I Remembered and ddor otten Lomax Hall Hli - mm Chemistry Building Within these buildings, along these familiar walks and under the shade of these trees, we lived a life that was sometimes so joyful and sometimes so hectic that it ?med anjurrrea the things that ha til we have read t our lives. rhaps the full meaning of all will not be understood un- one chapter in the story of Page 19 making my humble contribution to this book of memories for the 1949-1950 session at Louisiana Tech, I wish first of all to express my heartfelt appreciation for the great opportunity that has been extended me to serve you. The friendly spirit and hearty cooperation exemplified this year by all who share a vital interest in the welfare of Louisiana Tech combine to record a thrilling chapter in the history of our college. Students, faculty, administrative staff, alumni, and friends of our college have joined hands in making this a truly remarkable year. As we set our sights on an even greater Louisiana Tech in the years that lie ahead, let us pledge ourselves anew to a code of ethics embracing the development of personal conduct characterized by honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, uprightness, and a keen sense of fair play to our fellowmen. Let us continue to look up. and love, and laugh, and lift. Page 22 pv-• - ' tffc I r ' MARTHA CONDRA Dean of Women Page 24 Academic Deans M. HAYNE FOLK. JR. School of Agriculture and Forestry HERBERT L. HUGHES BURTON R. RISINGER School of Arts and Sciences School of Business Administration and Economics Page 25 Academic Deans ALICE MIL LETT GRAHAM School of Home Economics GEORGE W. BOND ROY T. SESSUMS School of Education School of Engineering Page 2( Department Heads Page 27 Department Heads Top Row — CHARLES G. HOBGOOD—Agriculture—B.S., M.S., Louisiana State University . . . F. ELIZABETH BETHEA— Art—B. Design. H. Sophie Newcomb College; M.A., Columbia University . . . M. HAYNE FOLK. JR — Bot¬ any— B.S., Clemson College; M.S., Louisiana State University. Middle Row— LEO HERBERT—Business Administration—B.S., Brigham Young University; M.B.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University; Certified Public Accountant, Louisiana and Utah . . . G. CARROLL HILMAN—Chemistry—B.S., Louisiana State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa . . . PAUL T. HENDERSHOT—Economics—B.A., Henderson State Teachers College; M.A.. Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Bottom Row— GEORGE W. BOND—Education—B.S., University of Arkansas; M.A.. University of Chicago; Ed.D., Columbia University . . . WOODROW W. CHEW—Chemical Engineering—B.S., New Mexico A and M; M.S., Oklahoma A and M . . R. A. McFARLAND—Civil Engineering—B.S.. M.S.. Louisiana State LTniversity. Page 28 v. L MITCHELL—Mechanical Engineering—B.S., M.E., Alabama Polytechnic Institute . . GLEN LEE CORRIGAN — Petroleum Engineering-B.S., M.S., University of Texas . . . HERBERT L. HUGHES—English and Foreign Languages- B.A.. Transylvania College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Virginia . . . L. P. BLACKWELL—For¬ estry—B.A., Lynchburg College; M.F., Yale University. Middle Row— . GEORGE B. HOGG—Health and Physical Education—B.A., Louisiana Polytechnic Institute; M.S.. Louisiana State Uni¬ versity . . • ALICE MILLETT GRAHAM—Home Economics—B.S., New Mexico State Teachers College; M.S., Iowa KENNETH F. HEWINS—Journalism—B.A.. M.A.. Indiana University. . University of South Carolina; M.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D.. University State College matics—B.S.. M.A.. P. K. SMITH—Mathe- of Illinois. Bottom Row— . LA VERNE E. IRVINE—Music—B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A.. University of Pennsylvania . . - LOR1MEK t. STOREY (Acting)—Social Sciences—B.A., Louisiana State Normal College; M.A.. Louisiana State University . . CLIFFORD T. WOODARD—Teacher Training— B.A.. Louisiana Polytechnic Institute;. M.A.. George Peabody College . . . JOHN R. FOWLER—Zoology—B.S., Louisiana State University; M.S., Ph.D.. University of Chicago. Page 29 Class Officers: Don Hathaway, vice-president; Nelwyn Sledge, treasurer; Marjory Zeigler, secretary; Cecil Harris, president. Page 32 TOP ROW Bette Adams.Ruston Physical Education Women’s Health and Physical Edu¬ cation Club; Women’s Recreation As¬ sociation. George Charles Adams Alexandria Mechanical Engineering Vera Faye Adams .... Sikes Secretarial Science Library Science Club; Harris Scholarship Club. Ima Violet Adkins Shreveport Journalism Beta Sigma Omicron; Reporter, Cor¬ responding Secretary, Beta Sigma Omi¬ cron; Reporter, Baptist Student Union; Reporter, Home Economics Club; Glee Club; International Relations Club; Reporter, Les Precieuses Ridicules; Re¬ porter, Tech Talk. Robert Ray Aillet Ruston Civil Engineering Kappa Sigma; T-Club; American Society of C Tvil Engineers; Newman Club; Engineers’ Association. MIDDLE ROW William Grady Ainsworth Junction City, Ark. Business Administration Joseph W. Akin .... Bernice Forestry Lambda Chi Alpha; Forestry Club; Demeter Club; Circle “K” Club; Am- vets. v Bruce Allen.Ruston Forestry Forestry Club. Donald Bruce Allen Marion Physical Education Gene C. Allen.Marion Physical Education BOTTOM ROW Edward Benoit Anders Chatham Mathematics Algie G. Anderson, Jr. Plain Dealing Physical Education Football. Edward W. Apps Port Angeles, Wash. Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.I.E.E. James Vance Armor Bernice Music Philharmonic Society; Tech Choir; Opera Group. Doris Margaret Armstrong Winnsboro Home Economics Gamma Epsilon; Home Economics Club; Senior Advisor; Girl Scout Junior Leader. Class of 1950 Page 33 TOP ROW Dolly Aulds.Choudrant Secretarial Science Business Club; Theta Beta. ’ Dorothy Jane Baker Homer Home Economics Warden, Pledge director, Beta Sigma Omicron; Blue Jackets; Vice-president, Women ' s Recreation Association. Leonard W. Avcock Junction City, Ark. Education Marion B. Aycock Junction City, Ark. Education Clarence W. Ball .... Monroe Accounting Mary Leona Barberousse Taylor Elementary Education Ledolph Baer ... Monroe Academic Vice-President. Photo Club; Student Affiliate of American Chemical Society. Stewart Baggarly .... Quitman Mechanical Engineering Secretary, A.S.M.E.; American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. MIDDLE ROW Robert Jackson Bagwell . Choudrant Health and Physical Education Claire Baird.Homer Home Economics Bluet Jackets; Treasurer, Phi Mu; Honor Freshman; Senior Advisor; Home Ec Club; Homecoming Maid; Pan Hellenic Council; Aswell Honor Council. BOTTOM ROW Huey Alfred Barlow Monroe Accounting ! John Baker Barr . . . . Ruston Business Administration T-Club. Warren Maxwell Barr Ruston General Business Baptist Student Union; Business Club. Chester D. Barron, Jr. . Waterproof Accounting Theta Xi; Baptist Student Union; Business Club. Edwin Roland Barry . . . Bastrop Accounting Delta Sigma Phi. - Page 34 TOP ROW Glenn Travis Bays Bernice Zoology Margie Raye Beal Farmerville Physical Education Rush Chairman, Alpha Chi Omega; President, Sophomore-Junior Hall; Women’s Recreation Association; Sec¬ retary, Professional Club; Gamma Epsi¬ lon; Who’s Who. William G. Beard . . .. Ruston Retailing and Selling Business Club. Bettve Jacquelyn Beasley . . Bastrop Journalism Historian, Secretary, Sigma Kappa; Blue Jackets; Secretary, French Club; Radio Club; Secretary, Freshman Hon¬ or Council; Reporter, Tech Talk. James Wilson Beasley . Meridian, Miss. Advertising Kappa Sigma; Square and Compass Club. MIDDLE ROW M ilia Bennett Choudrant Business Education William J. Blackstock Jonesboro Management Mary Louise Blundell Jonesboro Dietetics Home Economics Club; President, Theta Beta; Honor Freshman; Senior Advisor. Burton Phillip Bodan Monroe English — Social Welfare Pi Kappa Alpha. Harold Dee Bond . Lake Worth, Fla. Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; Engineers Association. BOTTOM ROW Albert Gay Bondurant, Jr. St. Joseph Civil Engineering Carl Davis Bonner Lake Providence Electrical Engineering Kappa Alpha; T-Club. Calvin Leslie Booth Emerson, Ark. Mathematics Norman A. Bortz . Green Bay, Wise. Mechanical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; Delta Kappa Al¬ pha; l ech Theater Players; Treasurer, Mechanical Engineers; Treasurer, Stu¬ dent Senate; President, A.S.M.E.; Presi¬ dent, Engineers’ Association; American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; Who’s Who. Harold Ray Bott Shreveport Chemistry Kappa Sigma; Canterbury Club; Tech Theater Players; Freshman Play¬ ers; Student Affiliate, American Chemi¬ cal Society. Class of 1950 Page 35 TOP ROW Albert I). Bourland Haynesville Political Science President, pledges. Ritual Chairman, Lambda Chi Alpha; International Re¬ lations Club. Hazel Whelan Bourland Ruston Business Education Correspondent, Social Chairman, Treasurer, Sigma Kappa; Senior Ad¬ visor; Lambda Chi Alpha Favorite; Teachers’ Club; Women’s Recreation Association. Frances Chance Boutte Alexandria Secretarial Science James Henry Bowman Haynesville Mechanical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; A.S.M.E. John Robert Bowman Haynesville Civil Engineering Intramural Sports. MIDDLE ROW Mary Boyd .... Choudrant English Winn field Estes Bernard Bozeman Forestry T-Club; Tech Forestry Club; Track. Kenneth L. Brantley Farmerville Electrical Engineering A.I.E.E. Robert Truly Branton . Morganza Forestry Tau Kappa Epsilon; Tech Forestrv Club. Dorothy Bratsas El Dorado, Ark. Spanish — English President. Radio Guild; Tech The¬ ater Players; Los Hispanofilos; Sigma Iau Delta. BOTTOM ROW Patricia Bratsas El Dorado, Ark. English Vice-President, Tech Theater Play¬ ers; Radio Guild; French Club; Inter¬ national Relations Club; Honor Coun¬ cil; Social Chairman, Campus Wom¬ en’s Council. Herbert L. Breard Monroe Physical Education and Social Science James R. Bres . .. Ruston Electrical Engineering Football; President, A.I.E.E.; T- Club; Engineers Association. Yvonne Evangeline Brett West Monroe Journalism Society Editor, Tech Talk; Organiza¬ tions Editor, Lagniappe; Theta Beta; International Relations Club. Hamric W. Brock ... Homer Flealth and Physical Education Secretary, Men’s Health and Physical Education Club. Page 36 TOP ROW Barbara Brockway Shreveport Speech Tech Theater Players; Tech Radio Players; Los Hispanofilos. Johnny Basil Browder, Jr. .El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering A.I.E.E. Jane Brown.Homer Education Vice President, Alpha Chi Omega; Blue Jackets; President, Pan Hellenic Council; Honor Freshman; Teachers’ Club; Senior Advisor. 1 homas C. Brown Bossier City Civil Engineering Pi Kappa Alpha; American Society of Civil Engineers. Maurice D. Bryan West Monroe Music Lambda Chi Alpha; Band; Or¬ chestra; Choir; Philharmonic Society. MIDDLE ROW Oliver Linwood Buhls . Norfolk, Va. C ivil Engin eering Kappa Sigma; Secretary-Treasurer, ech Chapter, American Society of Civil Engineers. William A. Burford . . . Monroe Civil Engineering American Society of Civil Engineers; Engineers’ Association; Tech Photo Club. D. F. Burkhalter, Jr. Oakdale Electrical Engineering Kappa Sigma; American Society of Electrical Engineers. Evelyn Ruth Burns Ruston English President, Sigma Tau Delta; Baptist Student Union. John Nathan Burns Ruston Retailing and Selling Baptist Student Union; Men’s Inde¬ pendent Campus Association; Business Club; SAM. BOTTOM ROW Hal Dayton Bynum Rayville History Alpha Phi Omega. Luther M. Byrd, Jr. New Orleans Education — Mathematics Math Club. James G. Cameron Wesson, Ark. Accounting Business Club. Jimmie H. Carpenter Opelousas Zoology Pi Kappa Alpha; Circle “K” Club; Student Union; Freshman Rules Com¬ mittee. Willard C. Carpenter . Bismarck, Ark. Art Class of 1950 Page 37 TOP ROW Ben Otis Carroll .... Lillie Physical Education Baseball; Vice-President, T-Club. Harold E. Carroll Indianapolis, Ind. Health and Physical Education T-Club; Men’s Health and Physical Education Club. Charles Briscoe Carter Ruston Civil Engineering American Society of Civil Engineers; Engineers’ Association. vjohn DeWitt Caruthers Shreveport Political Science Lambda Chi Alpha; President, Stu¬ dent Body; Wesley Foundation; Omi- cron Delta Kappa; Who’s Who; Junior Representative, Student Senate; Chair¬ man, Freshman Rules Committee; Vice-President, French Club; Worship Chairman, Wesley Foundation; Presi¬ dent, Sophomore Class; President. Freshman Class. Ray R. Chandler Winnfi ' Forestry Forestry Club. MIDDLE ROW Hollis Monroe Childress Mansfield Chemical Engineering Treasurer, Delta Alpha Rho; Vice- President, Tau Chi Sigma. Hoke Richard Chism, Jr. Haynesville Electrical Engineering President, Treasurer, Lambda Chi Alpha; A.I.E.E. Billie Mac Clark Downsville Forestry Forestry Club. Betty Jean Clayton Magnolia, Ark. Speech Phi Mu; Tech Theater Players; Pi Kappa Delta. Omer Randolph Clements Ida Chemical Engineering BOTTOM ROW Dellon Edward Coker Alexandria Political Engineering Kappa Sigma; Intramural Athletics; President Circle “K” Club. Alice Hugh Cole Bossier City B usiness A d m in istration Corresponding Secretary, Rush Chairman, Beta Sigma Omicron; Presi¬ dent, Pan Hellenic Council; Secretary, Student Union; Blue Jackets; Honor Freshman; Senior Advisor. Curtis B. Cole Shreveport A Iechan ical Engineering A.S.M.E. Bennie Jack Collinsworth Bryceland Health and Physical Education Sergeant-at-Arms, Tau Kappa Epsi¬ lon; T-Club; Men’s Health and Physi¬ cal Education Club. Lambda Chi Alpha. V V Page 38 TOP ROW John Kent Colvin Dubach Physical Education William Douglas Colvin Dubach Health and Physical Education T-Club; Varsity Baseball. William M. Colvin Dubach History Men’s Independent Campus Associ¬ ation. Alvin Truett Conn Jonesboro Agriculture John James Cosse Tallulah Health and Physical Education MIDDLE ROW Albert Jack Couvillion, Jr. Keithville Electrical Engineering Westminster Foundation; Tech Photo Club; A.I.E.E.; Alpha Phi Omega. Jack C. Cox .... Shreveport Mechanical Engineering American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; A.S.M.E.; Delta Alpha Rho. Juanita Walker Crakkock . Winnfieltl Social Studies Harvey George Cragon Alexandria Electrical Engineering Kappa Sigma. Norma Evelyn Craig Oak Grove Sociology Cheerleader; Glee Club; Tech Thea¬ ter Players. BOTTOM ROW Kenneth Russ ell Craighead Tyler, Tex. Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; American Society of Heat¬ ing and Ventilating Engineers. H uey Wayne Cranford Converse Physical Education Lola Jean Crawley Bienville Social Welfare Rush Chairman, Beta Sigma Omi- cron; Freshman Theater Players; Tech Theater Players; National Collegiate Players; French Club. Mary Claudine Crawley Jonesboro Secretarial Science Editor, Vice-President, Beta Sigma Omicron; Honor Freshman; Gamma Epsilon. Charles Grouch . Alexandria Health and Physical Education T-Club; Varsity Track. Class of 1950 Page 39 TOP ROW Robert Edwin Crowe Ansley Education Teachers’ Club. Quay Wright Crutsinger Minden Education Benjamin Franklin Cummings Monroe Accounting David C. Cummings, Jr. . Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Pi Kappa Alpha; American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; A.S.M.E. Beverly Ann Dark Ruston Home Economics Home Economics Club; Baptist Stu¬ dent Union. Frank E. Darsey .... Arcadia Forestry Lambda Chi Alpha; Demeter Fra¬ ternity; Forestry Club. BOTTOM ROW James Edwin Davis Oakdale B usin ess A dm in istration Business Club. M. Maxine Cummings Baskin Home Economics Beta Sigma Omicron; Home Econom¬ ics Club; Band O’Glee. MIDDLE ROW Milton Patterson Dailey Extension Accounting Treasurer, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Del¬ ta Sigma Pi. Ray Edwin Dance Athens Agronomy A. J. Daniels Fernandina, Fla. Light Construction John N. Davis, Jr. . El Dorado, Ark. Accounting Delta Sigma Phi; S.A.M. Carolyn Mai Deal Shreveport Secretarial Science Senior Advisor; Business Club; Sec¬ retary, Aswell Honor Council; Campus Women’s Council. • Margaret Ruth Deen Extension Home Economics Home Economics Club. Paul DeLaCroix . Alexandria Physical Education T-Club; Baseball team. TOP ROW Ronald T. Dennis Jonesboro Mathematics T-Club. Leland Rodney Dick Cotton Valley Mathematics President, Training Union Repre¬ sentative, Men’s Enlistment Vice-Presi¬ dent, Interfaith Representative, Bap¬ tist Student Union Council; Math Club. Ural Weldon Dickerson Chatham Physical Education Vice-President, Men’s Physical Edu¬ cation Club. Bob Dillon.Many Light Construction Tau Kappa Epsilon. Frances Doss.Simsboro Secretarial Science — Medical Tech. MIDDLE ROW Dorothea Ann Dowty Shreveport Secretarial Science Business Club; Senior Advisor; Tech Theater Players. Rita Catherine Dugdale Ruston Zoology — Lab Technique George Washington Duhon Bell City Civil Engineering A.S.C.E.; Engineers’ Association; Newman Club. Burney Wendell Duke . Natchitoches Mechanical Engineering James Alfred Dupuy Bunkie Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; American Society of Pleat¬ ing and Ventilating Engineers. BOTTOM ROW Carl J. Durden ... Ruston Horticulture William Conrad Durden Ruston Business — Pre-Law — Economics Baptist Student Union; Business Club; International Relations Club. Gerald Roland Dyson Texarkana, Tex. Civil Engineering Engineers’ Association; President, Tech Chapter, A.S.M.E. W. Jackson Emmons Dodson Social Science Kappa Sigma; Tech Theater Play¬ ers; International Relations Club. Richard Davis English Ruston General Forestry Forestry Club; Baptist Student Union; Men’s Independent Campus As¬ sociation. Class of 1950 Page 41 TOP ROW Frances Bradley Enterkin J ena Biology William Wright Etzel Homer General Agriculture Tau Kappa Epsilon; Vice-President, President, Ag Club; Secretary, Presi¬ dent, Demeter; Pledge President, Tau Kappa Epsilon; T-Club; Circle “K” Club; Omicron Delta Kappa. James Edward Evans West Monroe Acade mic Forestry Forestry Club. Bruce E. Facundus Monroe Chemistry — Pre-Medical Doc Farrar.Bernice Social Science Secretary, Vice-President, President, Theta Xi; Secretary, Interfraternity Council; Circle “K” Club; Senior Ad¬ visor; Tech Teachers’ Club; B.S.U.; Vice-President, Mid-Year Seniors; Omi¬ cron Delta Kappa. MIDDLE ROW Andrew Harding Ferguson Marion Economics H. B. Fessler .... Shreveport Chemical Engineering Kappa Sigma; Delta Alpha Rho; Circle “K” Club; Interfraternity Coun¬ cil; Freshman Rules Committee. Howard M. Field Texarkana, Ark. Physics Mary K. Fleming . Fall Branch, Tenn. English Mrs. Ethel Fluitt Calhoun Elementary Education BOTTOM ROW John Charles Ford . . Choudrant Tech Theater Players; Tech Choir; Westminster Fellowship. Talton Loe Francis Homer Pre-Medical Francis E. Franklin Columbia Electrical Engineering Vice-President, Pi Kappa Alpha; Snapshot Editor, Lagniappe; American Society of Heating and Ventilating En¬ gineers; A.I.E.E. Percy Odas Freeman Marion Pre-Public Welfare Men’s Independent Campus Associa¬ tion; B.S.ET. Glenn Wyman Futch . . Spearsville Forestry Forestry Club. i Page 42 I TOP ROW John M. Futch . West Monroe Forestry Forestry Club; Demeter; Student Senate. Evelyn Gannaway Monroe Elementary Education Secretary, Phi Mu; Blue Jackets. Doyle K. Gantt .... Arcadia Mechanical Engineering Andrew J. Gentry .... Monroe Accounting Ivan Lionel Gibbons El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering A.I.E.E. MIDDLE ROW Jane Shannon Gibson . Harrisonburg Zoology Treasurer, Blue Jackets; Alpha Pi Epsilon; Baptist Student Union. Barbara Jean Guldens Minden Education Beta Sigma Omicron; Gamma Epsi¬ lon; Tech T eachers’ Club. Dora Evans Gilbert Bastrop Education — English Homecoming Queen; Gamma Epsi¬ lon. , James M. Gilbert ... Bastrop Health and Physical Education President, T-Club; Vice-President, Men’s Physical Education Club; Cap¬ tain, Football; Omicron Delta Kappa; Who’s Who. Ruth Gill ...... Homer Home Economics President, Recording Secretary, Sig¬ ma Kappa; Treasurer, Pan Hellenic Council; Treasurer, Blue Jackets; Gamma Epsilon; Home Economics Club; Honor Freshman; Secretary, Harper Hall; Campus Women’s Coun¬ cil; Senior Advisor; Wesley Foundation. BOTTOM ROW Ethelbert B. Gills, Jr. . Waterproof Mechanical Engineering Engineers’ Association. Marilyn Stuart C imber Farmerville Elementary Education Tech Teachers’ Cf’ib; Band O Glee. Robert Winnon Gimber Winnfield Electrical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.I.E.E. Perry Walker Girod, Jr. Shreveport Chemistry Chester Edwin Gist Ruston M echanical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; Treasurer. Delta Sigma Phi; Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E. Class of 1950 I ( Page 43 TOP ROW Beula Mae Givens Bastrop Elementary Education Blue Jackets. James B. Graves .... Harion Health and Physical Educaton Don Allen Greer Arcadia Electrical Engineering Leon Gober, Jr.Monroe Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.I.E.E. Steven Leon Goldenberg Shreveport Chemical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; Band; Student Affiliate of American Chemical Society. Charles Davis Golson West Monroe Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho. Thurston S. Goodwin, Jr. . Shreveport Accounting Delta Sigma Pi. MIDDLE ROW Charles William Gorton Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A. S. M. E. Helen Ruth Goss El Dorado, Ark. Home Economics Home Economics Club. Rice William Gregory, Jr. Monroe Mechanical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.S.M.E; Engi¬ neers’ Association. BOTTOM ROW N. M. Griffith . . Monticello, Ark. Animal Husbandry Delta Sigma Phi; Ag Club: Demeter. Luda C. Griner, Jr. . Vartiville, S. C. Business Administrition Vetville Council; Tech Radio Play¬ ers; S.A.M.; Business Club. Thomas Ted Gullatt Ruston Physical Education Jesse Bluford Gunter, Jr. Ruston M echan ica l fin gin eering Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E. Charles IT Gwic .... Monroe Economics Lambda Chi Alpha; Debonnaires Or¬ chestra. mv Page 44 TOP ROW Dan W. Haciwin Shreveport Social Science Student Christian Association; Treas¬ urer, French Club. Carolyn W. Haggard Greenwood Elementary Education Second Vice-President, Rush Chair¬ man, Theta Upsilon; Secretary, Sopho¬ more Class; Freshman Girls’ Glee Club; Harper Hall Honor Council; Treasur¬ er, Harper Hall; Secretary, Campus Women’s Council; Reporter, Los His- panofilos; Homecoming Queen; Rose of Delta Sigma Pi; Engineering Queen; Blue Jackets; Second Vice-President, Student Senate; Senior Advisor; State Fair Maid; Who’s Who. John S. Hahn .... Monroe Mechanical Engineering Canterbury Club. Austin N. Hale DeQueen, Ark. M echanical Engineering William Leo Haley, Jr. . Rayville Electrical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; A.I.E.E. MIDDLE ROW Grady B. Hall .... Ruston Mechanical Engineerin g A.S.M.E.; Vice-President, A.S.H.V.E. John W. Hamilton Alexandria Mechanical Engineering Photo Club; A.S.M.E. Ernestine Hammett . Oak Grove English Education Tech Teachers’ Club; Tech Club. Library Earl Eugene Hamner Minden Physical Education Lambda Chi Alpha. Dean W. Hardy .... Monroe Mechanical Engineering Photo Club; A.S.M.E. BOTTOM ROW Cecil L. Harris .... Shreveport Accounting Lambda Chi Alpha; President, Senior Class; Vice-President. Business Club; Treasurer, Omicron Delta Kappa; Sec¬ retary, Junior Class; S.A.M.; Delta Sig¬ ma Pi; Student Senate; Manager, Stu¬ dent Store; Who’s Who. Grady Louis Harris Shreveport Light Construction Lambda Chi Alpha; Vice-President, Circle “K” Club; Senior Advisor. Joan Harris.Bethany Medical Laboratory Technology Mark R. Harris, Jr. West Monroe Art Education Peggy Jo Harris ... Ruston Secretarial Science Class of 195 0 Page 45 TOP ROW William K. Harris Ruston Mechanical Engineering Ralph B. Harrison Jonesboro Accounting Treasurer, Lambda Chi Alpha. Willie Archie Harvey Ansley B usiness A dmin istra lion Janies Barron Harville Plain Dealing Health and Physical Education Intramural Athletics. Noel H. Haskins . Russellville, Ark. Forestry Demeter; Forestry Club; Tech Radio Club; Tech Theater Players. MIDDLE ROW Hollis D. Hayes . Vivian Mechanical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; President, Inter¬ fraternity Council; Secretary, A.S.H.- V.E.; Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E.; Who’s Who. Betty Lou Head ... Chatham Education Baptist Student Union; Teachers’ Club; Glee Club; Honor Freshman. Mary Alice Heard Ruston Art Education Bonnie June Hea rn Ruston Home Economics President, Vice-President, Women’s League; Blue Jackets; Student Union; Senior Advisor; Honor Freshman; Los Hispanofilos; Home Economics Club; Gamma Epsilon; Who’s Who. Charles Wayland Hearn Shongaloo General Agriculture Ag Club. BOTTOM ROW William Eugene Hearne Sarepta Electrical Engineering Albert Edward Henderson, Jr. Monroe Mechanical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; Circle “K” Club; A.S.M.E. Carolyn Florrie Hendrickson .Texarkana, Tex. Zoology Second Vice-President, First Vice- President, Sigma Kappa; Senior Ad¬ visor; Secretary, International Rela¬ tions Club; President, Vice-President, Blue Jackets; Secretary Women’s League; Who’s Who. R. E. Hennebeck . Rego Park, N. Y. Mathematics Erwin L. Hicks El Dorado, Ark. Chemical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; American Chemical Society; Engineers’ Association; Tech Photo Club. Page 46 TOP ROW Thomas J. Hinkie Bastrop Mechanical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E. Tommie Jean Hodges El Dorado, Ark. Business Education President, Theta Beta; Women’s League Executive Board; Senior Ad¬ visor. George B. Holt .... Monroe General Business Business Club. Thomas Harold Hogg Ruston Physical Education BOTTOM ROW Howard L. Holder Dubach Chemical Engineering William Thorp Honaker . Shreveport Light Construction Joe David Holley Coushatta Health and Physical Education MIDDLE ROW Lester Hollis.Lillie Botany Hansford E. Holloway Farmerville Business Theta Xi; S.A.M. John Edward Holm Shreveport Forestry Forestry Club. Beth Holstead ... Ruston Home Economics Home Economics Club; Secretary, John Thomas Hood Vivian Mechanical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; President, Bap¬ tist Student Union. Mable Peggy Hood Arcadia Secretarial Science W. L. Hood .... Bastrop Forestry Forestry Club; Demeter. Carl Francis Horton Alexandria General Business Kappa Sigma; Secretary, Freshman Class; Vice-President, Sophomore Class; Sophomore Representative, Student Senate; Freshman Rules Committee; Varsity Basketball. Class of 1950 Page 47 jOf-icoA ir TOP ROW Sarah Horton Sterlington General Business Alpha Chi Omega. Johnie Jack Howard, Jr. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E. John Edward Hughes Hodge Accounting Odis Leslie Hutchinson Ruston Retailing and Selling James Loftin Ingram Shreveport Advertising Kappa Sigma. MIDDLE ROW Andrew Inzina .... Bastrop Marketing and Management Philip Anthony Inzina Bastrop Mechanical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E. Edward Stephen Isgett, Jr. Gilbert Marketing and Management Treasurer, Theta Xi; International Relations Club; Photo Club; Student Union. George William Janette Alexandria Marketing and Management Lambda Chi Alpha; Business Club. Bobbie Jack Jarred Shreveport Marketing and Management BOTTOM ROW Eva Belle Jenkins Ruston Mathematics — Social Science Adah Club, O.E.S.; Wesminster Fel¬ lowship; Mathematics Club. Wallace Richard Jenkins Springhill Marketing and Management S.A.M. Josephine Jennings Tallulah Retailing — Women’s Clothing Treasurer, Theta Upsilon; Pan Hel¬ lenic Council; Freshman Glee Club; Business Club; Women’s Recreation Association. William A. Jimmerson Quitman General Business Leslie N. Johnson Minden General Business Lambda Chi Alpha; S.A.M. ■ ppam i i l 5 2 i L i 1 i r + ■ Jr Page 48 TOP ROW James Richard Johnston West Monroe Business Management Secretary-Treasurer; S.A.M.; Sigma Iota Epsilon. Allen Carroll Jones Monroe Education — Social Science Arnott Lewis Jones, Jr. Forty Fort, Pa. Mechanical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E. Florence J. Jones Jonesboro Business Education John M. Jones Wilmot, Ark. Chemistry MIDDLE ROW William T. Jones .... Monroe Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.I.E.E. James Neil Jordan McAlester, Okla. Accounting Treasurer, Secretary, Kappa Alpha; Scribe, Delta Sigma Pi; Booster Club; International Relations Club; Senior Advisor; Business Club; Mathematics Club; Honor Roll; President, L.T.C.A. Service Club. Stella Kalpakis . . Minden English resident. Library Club; Secretary- I reasurer. Sigma Tau Delta; President, i We !L Hall; Campus Women’s Coun- CU; Women’s League; Blue Jackets; Gamma Epsilon; Senior Advisor; L.T.¬ C.A. Service Club; Band O’Glee. Jack Kelly.Homer B usin ess A dministration T-Club; Football; Track Intramu¬ rals; Business Club. Joseph Edward Kelly Oak Grove Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E. BOTTOM ROW Marjorie Ann Kelly Ruston Business Education Rush Chairman, Sigma Kappa; Busi¬ ness Club; Teachers’ Club; Wesley Foundation; Senior Advisor; Band O’Glee. Sybil Kelly.Shreveport Business Education Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, Phi Mu; President of Women’s Recre¬ ation Association; Teachers’ Club; Wes¬ ley Foundation; Honor Council; Camp¬ us Women’s Council; Student Union; Senior Advisor; Band O’Glee; Business Club; L.T.C.A. Service Club; Lambda Chi Alpha Favorite. Clyde Jena Kennedy Jonesboro Agronomy Mary Kerlin.Homer English Kappa Delta. Brown F. Kimbell Rodessa Mechan ical Engin eering A.S.M.E. Class of 1950 Page 49 TOP ROW Charles Gordon Kincaid Boonton, N. J. Civil Engineering A.S.C.E. Fichard L. Kincaid Boonton, N. J. Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E. Gene A. Laney Junction City, Ark. Marketing and Management S.A.M. Mara Emma Larche Monroe Elementary Education Bettye Ruth King . Columbia English Beta Sigma Omicron; Library Club. Wallace Edwin King . Alexandria Chemical Engineering Kappa Sigma; American Chemical Society. Charles W. Kramer, II Shreveport Business Secretary, Lambda Chi Alpha; Delta Sigma Pi; Sigma Iota Epsilon; S.A.M.; Business Club; Tech Theater Players. MIDDLE ROW John Dudley Kramer Monroe Chemical Engineering William H. Lambert Minden Forestry Demeter; Forestry Club. Sherwood W. Lamkin Arcadia Forestry BOTTOM ROW Jean Gray Lay.Ruston Home Economics Phi Mu; Blue Jackets. Jim C. Leachman Choudrant Forestry Forestry Club. Carolyn Lee . . Columbia Home Economics President, Treasurer, Beta Sigma Omicron; Reporter, Blue Jackets; As- well Honor Council; Vice-President, Campus Women’s Council; Home Eco¬ nomics Club; Secretary-Treasurer, Wes¬ ley Foundation. Theodore Edward Leinhardt Gretna Physics Patsy Ruth Lewis Texarkana, Tex. English — Social Science Sigma Kappa; Blue Jackets. Page 50 TOP ROW Clayton Dale Little Shreveport Civil Engineering Kappa Alpha; Delta Alpha Rho; A. S.C.E.; Photo Club; Editorial Staff, “Tech Engineer.” Jeb Stuart Lord, Jr. Pleasant Hill General Forestry Forestry Club. Carolyn Blume Love Shreveport Secretarial Science Treasurer, Kappa Delta; Treasurer Freshman Players; Campus Women’s Council; Honor Council; Senior Ad¬ visor; Business Club. Ben Allen Lovell Ruston Chemical Engineering American Chemical Society; Engi¬ neers’ Association; C.A.P. B. E. Lowery, Jr.Ruston Political Science Cheerleader; Assistant in Tech Stu¬ dio. MIDDLE ROW Modena Adkins Lowery Lisbon Education C W - Loyd Ruston Advertising Martha Ann Ludlum Bastrop Social Science Education Mary Lynch.Ruston Art Education Home Economics Club; Senior Ad¬ visor; Band O’Glee. William McGinty McBride Alexandria Zoology — Pre-Medical Kappa Sigma; Student Union; Stu¬ dent Senate; Who’s Who. BOTTOM ROW Mary Claire McCall Bernice M usic Band; Orchestra; Choir; Band O’¬ Glee; Philharmonic Society. Jerry Ann McCaughey . Vinton History Sara Gene McCrary Ruston Home Economics Home Economics Club; Women’s Recreation Association; Wesley Foun¬ dation. Walter L. McDermott, Jr. Tucson, Ariz. Chemical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; Tau Chi Sigma. Felton O. McDonald Lisbon Forestry Demeter; Forestry Club. Class of 1950 Page 51 TOP ROW Marjorie Frances McDonald . Tallulah Home Economics Home Economics Club. Nelwyn McDonald Jonesboro Physical Education Vice-Pres. Phi Mu; Blue Jackets; Sec. Women’s Recreation Association; Sec. Women’s Health and Physical Educa¬ tion Club. Richard A. McDonald Shreveport Health and Physical Education Historian, Athletic Dir. Tau Kappa Epsilon; Pres. Alpha Phi Omega; Treas. Circle “K” Club; Pres. Student Christian Association; Sec. Men’s Physi¬ cal Education Club; Baseball; Fresh¬ man Rules Com.; B.S.U. William H. McDowell El Dorado, Ark. Mathematics Pres., Historian., Sergeant-at-Arms, Delta Sigma Phi; Sec., Vice-Pres. Inter¬ fraternity Council; Los Hispanofilos; Circle “K”; Mathematics Club. William J. McFadden . Tupelo, Miss. Civil Engineering Pi Kappa Alpha; Alpha Phi Omega; Engineers’ Association; Westminster Fellowship; A.S.C.E. MIDDLE ROW William J. McGraw New York, N. Y. Civil Engineering Newman Club; A.S.C.E. Rosemary McKellar . Plain Dealing Home Economics Treas., Vice-Pres. Kappa Delta; Sec. Freshman Class; Pi Kappa Delta; Home Ec. Club; Los Hispanofilos; Sen¬ ior Advisor. Frank E. McKenney . El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; A.I.E.E. James Wallace McLendon Oak Ridge General Agriculture Lambda Chi Alpha. Jim McPhetridge Minden Light Construction BOTTOM ROW Joe T. Mabry . Ruston Physical Education Alonza F. Mann .... Eros Forestry Forestry Club. Stanley Andrew Marczak Franklin, Pa. Mechanical Engineering Newman Club; Delta Alpha Rho; A.S.M.E. Norma H. Martien, Jr. . Waterproof Chemical Engineering American Chemical Society. Charles A. Marvin jonesville Journalism Rush Chairman, Lambda Chi Al¬ pha; Editor, Tech Talk; Sec. Circle “K” Club; Sec. Student Senate; Cheerleader. Page 52 TOP ROW Billy Jean Massey .... Ferriday Physical Education Band; Band O’Glee; Senior Advisor; Women’s Recreation Association; Women’s Physical Education Profes¬ sional Club. Mary Lee Massey West Monroe Business Education Will Bunn Matthews, II Monroe Advertising President, Vice-President, Pledge Secretary, Lambda Chi Alpha; Presi¬ dent, Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Iota Epsilon; S.A.M.; Business Club; Treasurer, Interfraternity Council, Head Cheerleader; Tech Veterans Band; Westminster Fellowship; Senior Advisor; Who’s Who. Richard Donald Maxwell Winnfield Forestry Calvin J. May Simsboro Accounting MIDDLE ROW Louis C. May .... Simsboro Forestry Demeter; Forestry Club. Benjamin Everett Means . . . Ida Civil Engineering Tech Radio Players; Tech Theater Players; Advertising Manager, Tech Engineer; A.S.C.E. Joe Thurmond Melton Ruston Engineering Kappa Sigma; A.S.M.E.; American Society of Heating and Ventilating En¬ gineers. William M. Meredith West Monroe Electrical Engineering John Darryl Michaud Hodge Accounting BOTTOM ROW Roy W. Milford West Monroe Eelectrical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.I.E.E.; Del¬ ta Alpha Rho. Emma Jane Miller Marion Business Education Jack P. Miller Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Thomas R. Miller Monroe M echan ica l Engi nee ring Lambda Chi Alpha. Fred W. Miller Simsboro Mech a n ica l Engin eering Engineers Association; Delta Alpha Rho; A.S.M.E. Class of 1950 Page 53 TOP ROW Margaret Sue Mitchell Dietetics Home Economics Club. Omicron Delta Kappa; Interfraternity Calhoun Council; Tech Theater Players; Sopho¬ more Representative, Student Senate; Student Union. Walter C. Mix Shreveport Art Kappa Alpha; International Rela¬ tions Club. George Oswald Moe, Jr. . Shreveport Civil Engineering Charles Wiley Montgomery Mer Rouge Agronomy Delta Sigma Phi; Demeter; Agricul¬ ture Club; Circle “K” Club. L. J. Moriarty Alexandria Advertising Lambda Chi Alpha; S.A.M.; Busi¬ ness Club; The Debonnaires; The Globetrotters; Intramural Athletics. MIDDLE ROW Mary Thomas Moseley Homer Business Education Senior Advisor. John Shelley Murph Minden French Pi Kappa Alpha. Douglas King Murphy . Arcadia Speech Historian, President, Tau Kappa Epsilon; National Collegiate Players; Printis Earl Murphy Jonesboro Forestry James Douglas Naremore Haynesville Electrical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; Vice-President, Ritual Chairman, Social Chairman, Lambda Chi Alpha; Delta Alpha Rho; Engineers’ Association; A.I.E.E. BOTTOM ROW Gilbert Madison Neal Montgomery General Business Delta Sigma Pi. Patsy Ruth Newman Ruston Secretarial Science Secretary, Baptist Student Union. Marvin Guy Newsome Smackover, Ark. Forestry Forestry Club. John Marshall Nibert Bunkie General Forestry Forestry Club. Laura Dean Nix Jamestown Business Education Blue Jackets; Honor Council; Camp¬ us Women’s Council; Teachers’ Club. Page 54 TOP ROW Charles Mark Noble Rayville Agriculture Guard, Kappa Sigma; Treasurer, Sec¬ retary, Demeter; Ag Club. Henry C. Norris El Dorado, Ark. General Business Delta Sigma Pi; S.A.M.; Tech The¬ ater Players; Tech Radio Players. William W. Norris, Jr. Choudrant Education Pi Kappa Alpha; Westminster Fel¬ lowship. Jack H. O’Bannon Bernice Education Calvin M. Odom .... Baskin Education — Mathematics MIDDLE ROW George H. O’Neal Fairbanks Physical Education Tail Kappa Epsilon; Senior Advisor; Alpha Lambda Tau; Circle “K” Club; Health and Physical Education Club; Westminster Fellowship. Ralph L. O’Quinn Baton Rouge General Business Lambda Chi Alpha. Rene Robinson Pace Columbia Home Economics Home Economics Club; Wesley Foundation; Teachers’ Club. z Don Carroll Palmer Shreveport Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; A.S.H.V.E. Frank Parker.Monroe M usic BOTTOM ROW Jimmie Lee Parker Tallulah Home Economics Sam B. Paschal El Dorado, Ark. Mechanical Engineering Delta Sigma Phi; A.S.M.E.; Booster Club; Wesley Foundation; Engineers’ Association. , Henry Warren Patterson Marion Animal Husbandry William Allen Patrick Hamburg, Ark. Civil Engineering A.S.C.E. Edgar Hugo Pavia Elizabeth, N. J. Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; A.S.H.V.E. Class of 1950 Page 55 TOP ROW Ralph Stedman Penuell Ruston General Agriculture Demeter; Ag Club. Elizabeth Weiss Perkins . . Clayton Secretarial Science Band; Band O’Glee. Clyde Neal Perot Shreveport Electrical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; A.I.E.E.; Engi¬ neers’ Association. John Jennings Peters Winnfield General Business Joe Lewis Pierce Monroe Speech Debate. MIDDLE ROW William Sinclair Pierce Tallulah Chemical Engineering Tau Chi Sigma; American Chemical Society. Andre Louis Pinac New Orleans Light Construction Athletic Director, Lambda Chi Al¬ pha; Newman Club. Zoe Ann Poimboeuf . . Logansport Social Science Theta Upsilon; Tech Theater Play¬ ers; Freshman Theater Players; Senior Advisor. Daisy Olivette Pollard Dry Prong Business Education Paul Allen Pomeroy Bastrop Education BOTTOM ROW Homer Gerald Ponder Chatham General Agriculture William E. Ponder . . West Monroe General Business Tau Kappa Epsilon; Tech Theater Players; Business Club; Secretary, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Oscar Lyndon Poole Horatio, Ark. Mathematics Maurice Allen Potier . West Monroe Mechanical Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.S.M.E.; Newman Club; Circle “K” Club; S.C.A. Harold L. Powell Quitman Accounting Tech Theater Players; S.A.M.; Busi¬ ness Club; Delta Sigma Pi. Page 56 % Class of TOP ROW Lionel Howell Prescott Ruston Botany Ag Club. Fred L. Price Winnsboro Zoology Sue E. Proctor .... Urania Commercial Home Economics President, Home Economics Club; B.S.U. Johnie Dee Ratcliff Newellton English — Social Science Benny Wiley Reddin Banks, Ark. General Agriculture MIDDLE ROW Frank L. Reynolds, Jr. . Shreveport History Secretary, Kappa Alpha; French Club; Circle “K” Club; Teachers’ Club; International Relations Club; Gamma Epsilon. ■-Cecil Edwin Rhodes Chatham Retailing and Selling Tau Kappa Epsilon; Editor, Tau Kappa Epsilon. Ralph Roy Rhodes . . Good Pine Chemistry William Herbert Rice, Jr. . Tullos Social Science Charles W. Riddle, Jr. Cotton Valley Electrical Engineering Photo Club. BOTTOM ROW K Mary Helen Riddle Cotton Valley Business Education Robert Lewis Riggins Tyler, Tex. Insurance and Real Estate S.A.M. Jorge A. Rivera San Juan, Porto Rico Academic Forestry Richard C. Rivers Monroe Electrical Engineering Ulysses V. Rivoire ... Monroe General Business Page 57 TOP ROW Robert D. Roach, Jr. Choudrant General Agriculture Demeter; Agriculture Club. Henry Dixon Roberts J ena Botany Charles Norville Roth, Jr. Waterproof Business Administration Alpha Tau Omega (Tulane) ; New¬ man Club; Business Club. Charles W. Roy .... Rodessa General Business Delta Sigma Pi; Business Club. Henry E. Roberts . . .. Ruston Electrical Engineering Marcus R. Robinson Jonesboro Business Ad m in is t ra tion BOTTOM ROW Peggy Jane Rudy Oak Grove Speech — Education French Club; Tech Theater Players; Teachers’ Club. Mastin A. Robison . Oil City Retailing and Selling Lambda Chi Alpha. MIDDLE ROW Burvis O. Rockett Junction City, Ark. General Forestry Charles R. Russell Ferriday Electrical Engineering Joseph Willis Rutledge . West Monroe Electrical Engineering Photo Club; Baptist Student Union. Raymond Louis Sackett Monroe General Business Raymond Eugene Rogers Arcadia Education Theta Xi; Los Hispanofilos. William Bryan Rogers El Dorado, Ark. General Business Delta Sigma Pi; S.A.M. Mary O. Savage .... Wyatt Physical Education Honor Freshman; Honor Council; President, Women’s Recreation Associ¬ ation; Blue Jackets; Teachers’ Club; Women’s Physical Education Club; Modern Dance Club. Page 58 TOP ROW N. D. Scarborough Robeline Civil Engineering A.S.C.E. Vernon O. Schroeder Higginsville, Mo. Marketing and Management Tau Kappa Epsilon; S.A.M.; Delta Sigma Pi; Tech Theater Players; Photo Club; Sigma Iota Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Stephen Sid Sedlock New Orleans Accounting Varsity Football; T-Club; Business Club. Margaret Ann Sentell Meadville, Pa. Interior Decoration Kappa Delta; Cheerleader; Women’s Recreation Association. Arthur Edwin Shelton Epps Civil Engineering A.S.C.E. MIDDLE ROW trank William Shipley . Canton, Miss. Electrical Engineering Lynn Travis Shows .... Epps Agriculture Demeter; Ag Club. Don R. Sibley Shreveport Business Administration Phi Kappa Delta. John Burt Simmons Shreveport General Business Carl Scott Simms .... Bonita Political Science BOTTOM ROW Donald A. Simpson Shreveport Academic Forestry Band. Jane Gordon Sisson Monroe Education Annie June Slay ter Vienna History Nelwyn Eilee n Sledge Shreveport Physical Education Chaplain, Phi Mu; Vice-President, Harper Hall; Treasurer, Campus Wom¬ en’s Council; President, Women’s Health and Physical Education Club; Treasurer, Senior Class; Senior Advisor; Blue Jackets. vHelen Smelley .... Jonesboro Secretarial Science Beta Sigma Omicron; Blue Jackets; Women’s Recreation Association; Freshman Glee Club. Class of 1950 Page 59 TOP ROW Betty Jean Smith ... Minden English — Education Phi Mu; Teachers’ Club; Freshman Glee Club; Band O’Glee; Senior Ad¬ visor. Bobby Gene Smith . Bernice General Agriculture Demeter. Mary Elizabeth Sparks . Homer 7,oology Theta Upsilon; Alpha Pi Epsilon; President, Blue Jackets; Student Union; Senior Advisor. S. J .Spell Forestry Ansley BOTTOM ROW Clinton Le Fevre Smith Bienville Mechanical Engineering Lee M. Smith . . .. Ferriday Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E. Sally Virginia Smith Bastrop Elementary Education Kappa Delta; Editor, Kappa Delta; Senior Advisor; Teachers’ Club. MIDDLE ROW Virginia Dale Smith Lillie Health and Physical Education Women’s Physical Education Club. Judson Horace Snow Winnfield Electrical Engineering A.I.E.E. Jim Soebbing .... Monroe Mechanical Engineering Erick R. Spiess Ruston Electrical Engineering Thomas Lee Stafford . Opelousas Physical Education Tau Kappa Epsilon. Jerry Nell Steele . . Shreveport Elementary Education Alpha Gamma Delta; Head Drum Majorette. Reaves Allen Stephenson . Ruston Civil Engineering Rosemary Sterling . . Mansfield Dietetics President, Treasurer, Editor, Theta Upsilon; Senior Advisor; Treasurer, As- well Hall; Campus Women’s Council; Home Economics Club. Page 60 TOP ROW Luther Neal Steward, Jr. Monroe Span ish Pi Kappa Alpha; Los Hispanofilos. James Rush Stewart, Jr. Pelican Chemical Engineering President, Vice-President, Pi Kappa Alpha; President, Tau Chi Sigma; Treasurer, Student Senate; Treasurer, Student Federation of Louisiana Col¬ leges and Universities; Treasurer, Bap¬ tist Student Union; Treasurer, Chemi¬ cal Engineers Association; Omicron Delta Kappa; Gamma Epsilon; Delta Alpha Rho; Interfraternity Council; Who’s Who. William D. Stewart Camden, Ark. Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.I.E.E.; Staff, Tech Engineer. Wilbur Ray Stringer Quitman Agriculture William R. Stroble Corpus Christi, Tex. Marketing and Management Kappa Sigma. MIDDLE ROW Betty Jean Stuart Arcadia Business Education V I homas Earl Sturgeon Shreveport Mechanical Engineering 1 au Kappa Epsilon; Interfraternity Council; A.S.M.E. Alvern Clinton Sumrall Shreveport Civil Engineering Hollis A. Sumrall Dumas, Ark. General Business Henrietta King Tannehill Urania Home Economics Baptist Student Union; B.S.U. Coun¬ cil; Home Economics Club. BOTTOM ROW Willis Morris Tannehill Urania General Forestry James Floyd Tatom Texarkana, Ark. Accounting Lambda Chi Alpha; President, Delta Sigma Pi; President, Gamma Epsilon; President, S.A.M.; Vice-President, Busi¬ ness Club; Sigma Iota Epsilon; Omi¬ cron Delta Kappa; International Re¬ lations Club; Who’s Who. Willis Hayes Taylor Ruston Civil Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; Engineers’ As¬ sociation; A.S.C.E. Mary Joy Teague Transylvania Elementary Education Teachers’ Club; Band O’Glee. Nan E. Terrill .... Ruston Home Economics Kappa Delta; President, Assistant Treasurer, Kappa Delta; Secretary, Pan Hellenic; Blue Jackets; Wesley Foun¬ dation; Home Economics Club; Honor Freshman. Class of 1950 Page 61 TOP ROW Betty Tettleton Farmerville Elementaiy Education Theta Beta. Robert Lynn Tettleton Farmerville Art Education Charles Pat Thompson Monroe Accounting Delta Sigma Pi. Jean Thompson .... Winnfield Education Kappa Delta; Library Science Club; Secretary, Tech Radio Players; Nation¬ al Collegiate Players; Radio Council; Student Senate; Tech Theater Players; Freshman Theater Players; Honor Council; Vice-President. S.C.A.; Vice- President, Freshman Hall. Edward Bryant Tickell Shreveport Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; Gamma Epsilon. MIDDLE ROW Billie McCalla Tigner Shreveport Home Economics Sigma Kappa; Secretary-Treasurer, Home Economics Club; State President, Home Economics Club; Senior Advisor; B.S.U. James Thomas Tigner Shreveport Civil Engineering Kappa Alpha; Vice-President, A.S.C.- E.; Secretary, Civil Engineers; Alpha Phi Omega; Staff, Tech Engineer. Robert G. Tolar . . Natchitoches Mechanical Engineering Kappa Alpha; A.S.M.E. Margaret Jo Towler Shreveport Secretarial Science Phi Mu; Blue Jackets. Howard D. Towns, Jr. Gibsland Business Administration Business Club; S.A.M. BOTTOM ROW King B. Trieschman . Lake Providence Light Construction Pi Kappa Alpha; Delta Sigma Pi; Interfraternity Council. Robert Allen Tucker Farmerville Zoology S. J. Tullos .... Jonesboro Agriculture Roger D. Ussery .... Monroe Accounting Norris Eldridge VanCleave Bastrop Journalism Editor, B. S. U. Council; Circle “K” Club; M.I.C.A. Page 62 TOP ROW James A. Vardeman Ruston Mechanical Engineering Pi Kappa Alpha. Jessie Taylor Verrett Monroe Home Economics Theta Beta; Home Economics Club. Marian Joy Vining . Oak Grove Home Economic s Home Economics Club. Thomas Jefferson Voss, Jr. Shreveport Chemical Engineering Engineers’ Association; Secretary- Treasurer, American Chemical Society. James Wafer.Ruston Electrical Engineering A.I.E.E. MIDDLE ROW John Cornelius Wagnon . Farmerville Accounting Delta Sigma Pi; President, Pi Kappa Delta; President, M.I.C.A.; Economics Club; Gamma Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Lewis Paul Walker Ruston Light Construction Robert Lee Walker Clay Economics Theta Xi; Business Club. John Louis Walkup . . Shreveport Electrical Engineering President, Newman Club; Photo Club; Associate Editor, Tech Engineer; A.I.E.E. William R. Ward Longstreet Business Administration Social Chairman, Treasurer, Tau Kappa Epsilon; Delta Sigma Pi; Alpha Phi Omega; S.A.M.; B.S.U. BOTTOM ROW Patsy Ruth Ware . Haynesville Retailing and Selling Beta Sigma Omicron; Freshman Glee Club; Freshman Theater Players; Canterbury Club; Library Science Club. Gerald David Watkins . Natchitoches Electrical Engineering Joseph Philip Watkins . . Ruston Civil Engineering Engineers’ Association; A.S.C.E. Carolyn Watson Homer Secretarial Science Alpha Chi Omega; Chaplain, Cor¬ responding Secretary, President, Alpha Chi Omega; Honor Freshman; Blue Jackets; Honor Council; Vice-President, Aswell Hall; Campus Women’s Coun¬ cil. James Madison Watson Winnsboro Physical Education Men’s Physical Education Club. Class of 1950 Page 63 TOP ROW Robert Lowell Watt . . Shreveport Electrical Engineering B.S.U. Council; Delta Alpha Rho. Marteal Berry Webb West Monroe Education — Social Science Mary Lou Welch El Dorado, Ark. Music Alpha Chi Omega; Band; Glee Club; Choir; Los Hispanofilos; Philharmonic Society. Joann Elizabeth Weldon Bernice Home Economics Home Economics Club; B.S.U.; Sen¬ ior Advisor. Robert Earl Weldon Magnolia, Ark. Chemical Engineering Pi Kappa Alpha; Tau Chi Sigma; American Chemical Society. MIDDLE ROW Harry Gabraith Wells . Terrell, Tex. Electrical Engineering Secretary-Treasurer, A.I.E.E. R. H. Westbrook . Corpus Christi, Tex. General Business Kappa Sigma; Football; Circle “K” Club; Business Club. James D. Whatley History Ruston Maxine Whitaker West Monroe Elementary Education James Wilfred White West Monroe Chemical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; American Chemical Society. BOTTOM ROW James Lemoin Whitman . Choudrant Light Construction Donald Ray Whitson Mansfield Electrical Engineering Delta Alpha Rho; A.I.E.E.; Gamma Epsilon. Louis Elmo Wiggins Winnsboro Physical Education George Calvin Wilkins . Baton Rouge Mecha n ical Engineering A.S.M.E.; A.S.H.V.E. Mary Alice Wilkins Columbia Secretarial Science I TOP ROW Martin Ray Wilkinson . Camden, Ark. Electrical Engineering Vice-President, A.I.E.E.; Wesminster Fellowship; Editor, Tech Engineer; Delta Alpha Rho; Square and Compass. Mildred M. Willett Ruston Education J. Gene Williams West Monroe Zoology James Robert Williams . Jackson, Miss. Mechanical Engineering A.S.M.E.; A.S.H.V.E. J. Clifton Williams, Jr. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Lambda Chi Alpha; A.S.M.E. Virginia L. Williams Junction City, Ark. Secretarial Science MIDDLE ROW Bobby Carlton Williamson Ruston Forestry Joyce Dean Williamson Ruston Home Economics Home Economics Club; Senior Ad¬ visor; Women’s League Board. Virgil VanHook Williamson . Vienna Marketing and Management Wayne E. Williamson Ruston Civil Engineering Doris Kightlinger Wilson . Shreveport Home Economics Frank Eugene Wilson Monroe Music — Education Lambda Chi Alpha; Debonnaires Or¬ chestra; Student Union; Tech Band. BOTTOM ROW Jessie Nell Wimberly Hall Summit English — Education Gamma Epsilon; Secretary-Treasurer, Tech Teachers’ Club; Secretary, Tech Radio Players; Baptist Student Union Council. James Harper Winn El Dorado, Ark. Chemical Engineering Vice-President, Gamma Epsilon; Vice-President, Delta Alpha Rho; American Chemical Society; Tau Chi Sigma. Frank J. Witte, Jr. Mansfield General Business Business Club; Delta Sigma Pi; S.- A.M. James Sewell Yarberry Ruston Light Construction Pi Kappa Alpha. M. R. Young.Ruston Agriculutre Treasurer, Demeter; Parliamentarian, Ag Club. Marjory Bell Zeigler Shreveport Music Phi Mu; Tech Choir; Philharmonic Society; Vice-President, Phi Mu; Sec¬ retary, Sophomore Class; Se cretary Sen¬ ior Class; Blue Jackets. Class of 1950 Page 65 Class Officers: Archie Ray Evans, president; Glenn Hebert, vice-president; Norma Ford, secretary; Pat Holliday, treasurer. Page 66 CLASS OF 1951 Zula Vance Abington Grand Cane Mathematics - Science James Wesley Adams Ruston Electrical Engineering William Jerry Alexander Rodessa Physical Education Radford B. Allen Dubberly Pre-Medical James Edwin Allison Ida Social Science Frances Marian Anderson Wynne, Ark. Journalism Joe K. Anderson Shreveport Civil Engineering Sybil New Aswell Ruston Elementary Education Louise Aycock Ruston Elementary Education James Martin Bachman Monroe Art Carolyn Bagwell West Monroe Botany James Vance Bailes Marthaville General Business Mary Emma Bailey Simpson Music Education John Fletcher Baker Jena Forestry William Carl Barham, Jr. Rayne Physical Education Page 67 JUNIORS John Lewis Barnard, Jr. Clay Music George William Barnes Calhoun Mathematics Education George Melvin Barney Shreveport Electrical Engineering William A. Barnwell. Jr. Shreveport Chemical Engineering John Harry Barrett Bloomingdale, N. J. Mechanical Engineering Paul Bauer Monroe Science Raymond M. Baumgardner Shreveport Electrical Engineering Pat M. Beard Ruston Secretarial Science James Larry Beason Alexandria Business Administration Eugene Edward Beatty Jonesboro Education Doris Lynn Bell Vicksburg, Miss. Advertising Wilton O. Bell, Jr. Kilgore, Texas C hemical Engineering Wilmyrth Lorraine Bevill Haynesville Home Economics Paul Edward Besenberg Shreveport Business Management Guy W. Bigham, Jr. Shreveport Civil Engineering Page 68 CLASS OF 1951 Robert Edwin Bish Shreveport B us in ess A d m in is t ra tion Herbert Black Farmerville General Business Carolyn Elizabeth Blaine Shreveport Secretarial Science Marie Blaushild Ruston Social Welfare Robert L. Boone Shreveport Mechan ica l Engineering Bob Luther Branch West Monroe Marketing and Management Jacqueline Carol Brandon Shreveport Elementary Education Thomas Eugene Brantley Haynesville General Business Barbara Kennon Braswell Minden Physical Education Robert Louis Bray St. Louis, Mo. Mechanical Engineering Dorothy Lee Brewster Ruston Laboratory Technology James L. Brewster Ruston Agricultural Engineering Betty Jo Brice Arcadia Laboratory Technology LaNell Brillhart El Dorado, Ark. Secretarial Science Barbara Ann Brooks Ruston Journalism Page 69 p JUNIORS Sam Lane Brothers Monroe Marketing and Management Evelyn Brown Doyline Secretarial Science Robbie Gayle Brown Shreveport Physical Education Joseph Leroy Brumfield Pineville Pre-Medical Sara Ellen Bruno Monroe Child Development Marvin E. Bryant Rayville Mechanical Engineering Catherine Ann Buatt Bonita Ed uca tion—Hom e Econ om ics James Leon Burns, Jr. Ruston Accounting William T. Burr, Jr. Shreveport Chemistry Hartwell Pullen Burson Saline Zoology Roger Vernon Butler Shreveport Mechanical Engineering James LeRoy Caldwell Delhi Accounting Joe Ray Caldwell Shreveport Accounting Dorothy Elaine Calhoun West Monroe Biology Lee Roy Cantrell Ruston Business Administration Page 70 Dwain Carder Magnolia, Ark. General Business CLASS OF 1951 Waldo E. Cecil, Jr. Shreveport Petroleum Anthony C. Cefalu Shreveport General Business Ardis Derrell Chandler Arcadia Health and Physical Education Pauline Chapman Archibald Elementary Education Dorothy G. Cheek Transylvania Business Education James Allyn Cheneval Alexandria B usin ess A dm in istration Tom Christie Junction City, Ark. Physical Education Carolyn Clark Downsville Physical Education Donald Paul Clement Thibodaux Education Anna Joyce Coates West Monroe Cliilde Development Joseph N. Coates West Monroe Business Administration Marvin Cook West Monroe Electrical Engineering Claude E. Cooke Kilgore, Tex. Physics John Bryant Colwick Mansfield Academic Page 71 JUNIORS Sue Connell Ruston Home Economics Nelson A. Craft, Jr. El Dorado, Ark. Marketing and Management Patricia Anne Culbertson Shreveport Laboratory Technology James E. Dance Arcadia General Forestry Cecile Elizabeth Danna Monroe Speech Martha Davis Ruston Elementary Education William Thornton Davis El Dorado, Ark. Marketing and Management Thomas D. Delk Bossier City Mechanical Engineering W. Roy Dezendorf Alexandria Mcchanical Engineering Grover L. Dobbins Arcadia Chemical Engineering Johnny F. Dopson West Monroe Forestry William P. Douglas Bastrop Light Construction Julius Paul Downs, Jr. Magnolia, Ark. Mechanical Engineering Patsy Elizabeth Driggers Du bach Secretarial Science Albert Johnson Dunn Leesville Civil Engineering Page 72 CLASS OF 1951 Robert Caves Edwards Jackson, Miss. Chemical Engineering Henry Louis Ehrlich Mansfield Petroleum Engineering Mary Estelle Evans Homer Mathematics William Eyre West Monroe Petroleum Engineering Irvin L. Tallin, Jr. Ruston Physical Education Sybil Alyne Farmer Downsville Physical Education Ida Louise Ferrington Wisner Business Education Pauline Fielder Junction City, Ark. Speech Charles Edward Fields Ruston Physical Education Mabry Alexander Figures Ruston Forestry Raymond Bernard Firestone Ida Physical Education Dora June Fleming Gibsland English Roy Curtis Fleming Morganton, N. C. Civil Engineering Clifford James Fletcher Port Washington, N. Y. Electrical Engineering Edward T. Fontaine Shreveport Electrical Engineering Page 73 JUNIORS J. Clark Ford Ruston Pre-Medical Norma Evelyn Ford Leesville oology Harry D. Fox Monroe Mechanical Engineering Merilyn Ann Fox Shreveport Music Education Mary Louise Franklin Grand Cane Home Economics Bennie Louis Franks Shreveport Petroleum Engineering Jerome A. Fraser Hodge Forestry Calvin S. French Clintwood, Va. Forestry Jo Helen Fuller Du bach Elementary Education Victor E. Futhey Hamburg, Ark. Civil Engineering W oodrow Gainous Panama City, Fla. Economics Don A. Garland Start Civil Engineering Glenn Ernest Garni an Vivian Business Administration Jere A. Garrett Ruston Secretarial Science Harry John Gaston Shreveport Petroleum Engineering Page 74 0 R S J U N I Billie Jean Hanks Ruston Home Economics Robert B. Hanna, Jr. Dubach Elementary Education Donald Pryor Harlan Shreveport Chemical Engineering Lawrence Allan Harris West Monroe Electrical Engineering John Kennedy Harrison Jonesboro Accounting John Vincent Hassion, Jr. West Monroe Zoology Eugenia Hastings Shreveport Secretarial Science Edgar Raymond Hawkins, Jr. Bastrop Marketing and Management Curtis Francis Hawley El Dorado, Ark. E lectrica l E ngi n eering George Weaks Hayes Monroe General Business Theodore Edgar Haynes Bossier City Electrica l Engin eering Bette Lois Heard Ruston Home Economics Beverly Mack Hearne Jonesboro M usic Glenn L. Hebert Shreveport French and Social Science Elbert Blake Hemphill Lisbon Business Administration Page 76 Betty Jean Henry Start Home Economics CLASS OF 1951 Marilyn Hewins Ruston Secretarial Science Travis Kenneth Hickman Hermitage, Ark. Art Roy Douglas Hicks West Monroe General Business Carroll O. Hill Springhill Accounting Anne Lois Hills Ruston Music ]. B. Hinkie Pelican Forestry Clyde Hinton Monroe General Business Rita Hoffoss Minden Physical Education Charles Ray Holland Bastrop Journalism Patsy Ruth Holliday Jonesboro Accounting Nina Holomon Minden Secretarial Science Ineta Faye Hood Arcadia Business Education C. Marie Hooper Alexandria Chemical Engineering Marihelen Horneman Plain Dealing Commercial Art Page 77 0 R S J U N I Doris Hoss Hosston Elementary Education Dolores Huckaby Bienville 7,oology William Rhea Hudgens Magnolia, Ark. Music Henry Ingerman Santa Cruz, Calif. Civil Engineering M. Jeanne Jackson Le Compte Home Economics Paul Allen Jackson Mansfield Commercial Art A. H. Johnson Simsboro Forestry Chester Forrest Johnson Camden, Ark. Civil Engineering Johnny R. Johnson Chatham Electrical Engineering Sally Sue Johnson Monroe English Sara Jane Johnson Mansfield Speech Max Curtis Johnston Choudrant Forestry Guy B. Jones Monroe Accounting Wilburn F. Jones, Jr. Calhoun Accounting Betty To Keasler Delhi Home Economics Page 78 CLASS OF 1951 Francis M. Kelly Ruston General Forestry Herman S. Kelley Ruston Accounting Harold C. Kennedy West Monroe Mechanical Engineering Hugh L. Kennedy, Jr. Lake Providence Labor and Personnel Management Gerald Eugene Kiltz Shreveport Z oology Clinton H. King Epps Light Construction William A. Kirklin, Jr. Plain Dealing General Agriculture Billie Sue Knight Sicily Island English James Newton Kurtz Shreveport A lech a n ica l Enginee ring Elton A. Lamkin Arcadia M usic Robert Samuel Larance Ruston Botany George T. Latham Converse Physical Education Lennis Elton Latham Converse Physical Education Jack William Lavigne Shreveport B usi n ess Admin is t ration Jack Lebleboojian Newark, N. J. Electrical Engineering Page 79 0 R S J U N I Betty J. Lee Bernice Business Education Margaret Alice Lee Simsboro Secretarial Science Edgar Lee Lentz Haynesville Electrical Engineering George Harry Lewis Chunky, Miss. Commercial Art Thomas O. Lewis Oakdale Pre-Medical Bobbie Jean Lockwood Doyline Secretarial Science George F. Lomax Ruston Mechanical Engineering John J. Long Shreveport Accounting Norma Jean Love Linville Home Economics Mary Lowderback Marion Home Economics William Miller Ludlam Hamburg, Ark. Agriculture Jack Lavelle Luzader Ruston Forestry Joseph S. Lynch Shreveport Forestry W anda Louise McCall Bossier City Elementary Education Billy H. McCormick Crossett, Ark. Civil Engineering Page 80 a CLASS OF 1951 Walter Agan McCoy Minden Electrical Engineering John Ernest McDonald Minden Animal Husbandry Marshall Bryan McDonald West Monroe Arts and Sciences Richard Irvin McDonald Shreveport fPH Electrical Engineering H - -r ' ; Jpa David Wilson McFarland Jefferson, Texas Forestry - - r Lotus Wanda McGee Bastrop Music i th James Calvin McGrew Alexandria Civil Engineering r W v Jane H. McHenry Shreveport Secretarial Science Miriam H. McHenry Shreveport Secretarial Science Frances Hart Mcllwain Mer Rouge Social Science Curtis R. McKinney Ruston Accounting E. Ann McLane Ruston Physical Education Ruby Mae McLeod Marion Art William G. McMullen Memphis, Tenn. Mechanical Engineering Thomas L. McMurphy Monroe Zoology Page 81 JUNIORS John R. Manning Monroe Civil Engineering Joseph L. Maricelli Campti Mechan ical Engineering Joe Marshall Lafayette Journalism Margaret Sue Martin Ruston Home Economics Carol Mason Taylor, Ark. M usic James Weston Massey West Monroe Accounting E. Elizabeth Mathawes Ruston Art J. E. Mathews Kelly Physical Education Shelby A. Meek Monroe Home Economics Mary Ellen Meeks Kilbourne Elementary Education Patricia Ann Meeks Jonesboro Laboratory Technology Raymond Wafer Melton Ruston General Business Joe R. Miesch Texarkana, Texas Forestry Willie Irvin Mike Marion Agriculture George Harrell Miles West Monroe Civil Engineering Page 82 CLASS OF 1951 Archie Preston Miller Rayville Chemical Engineering Carolyn A. Mitchell Wisner English Education Frances Mitchell West Monroe Home Economics Mary Eleanor Mitchell Lake Providence Academic Virginia Mitchell Homer Home Economics Anne Elise Montgomery Mer Rouge Elementary Education Jerry Gilbert Moffett Maplewood Chemical Engineering Nell Rose Moody Cotton Valley Home Economics Robert Allen Moon, Jr. Shreveport Chemical Engineering Don Moore Bernice Accounting Lowell Morrison Haynesville Physical Education Merle Margarete Murphy West Monroe Elementary Education Joe A. Murry Ruston Advertising Robert Paul Naremore Haynesville Electrical Engineering Jo Ann Nease Ruston Business Education Page 83 JUNIORS Jimmy A. Neill Ruston General Business Malcolm Glenn Nettles Bunkie Business Homer Davis Nicholas Avery, Texas Electrical Engineering Joyce Lavinia Nicklas Ruston Home Economics Mildred Nickey Mansfield Business Education Martha Nicol Ruston Education Charles Loy Nix Ansley Agricultural Engineering Jason Willber Oberling New Orleans Light Construction George Magruder Olive Ruston Electrical Engineering William Daniel O’Neal Ruston Pre-Law John H. Ostrander Kingston, N. Y. Mechanical Engineering Doyle R. Parker Monroe English Harold Arthur Parker Ruston Electrical Engineering William Imon Parr Haynesville Electrical Engineering Berlin B. Pate Hodge General Business Page 84 Glen D. Payne Kilbourne Chemical Engineering LASS OF 1951 Clifford R. Peabody Alexandria General Business Ira Jackson Pennington Shreveport Marketing and Management Allen J. Perkins Vinton Zoology James E. Phillips Belton, Texas Accounting Mary Jean Phillips Jonesboro Laboratory Technology James Lee Pierce Bayou Meto, Ark. Civil Engineering Patsy Camp Platt Calhoun Art Gene Poimboeuf Logansport Pre-Medical Forrest H. Pollard Little Rock, Ark. Marketing and Management Otis Leon Pratt Bastrop Civil Engineering Thomas Barron Preslar Shreveport Business Administration John E. Pruitt Camden, Ark. Chemical Engineering Carolyn Virginia Rabb Ruston Secretarial Science Joe W. Rabb Ruston Commercial Art Page 85 JUNIORS John L. Rabb Ruston General Forestry Barbara Nell Ramsey Columbia Secretarial Science Arthur L. Rayburn Doyline Chemistry Alma Ricks Quitman Elementary Education James Carl Roberts Shreveport Civil Engineering Ruth Roberts Greenwood Music Education Robert George Robertson Shreveport Agricultural Engineering Dorothy Nell Robinson Jonesboro Spanish Sarah Ann Robinson Ruston Home Economics Darius Buddy Robinson Oil City Accounting Edward B. Roe Bastrop Civil Engineering June Ann Roeger Shreveport Secretarial Science Peggy J. Rogers Jonesboro Chemical Engineering Alma Jean Ruffin Shreveport Secretarial Science William Clifford Ruffin DeWitt, Ark. General Forestry Page 86 CLASS OF 1951 b Billy Joe Russell Monroe Mechanical Engineering A. Colvin Ryals Chatham Mathematics L. Olvin Ryals Chatham Mathematics Otis Leo Sanford Ruston Market Management Oreatha Saterfiel West Monroe Elementary Education Morell Sayers Summerfield Accounting Janis Elaine Scogin Monroe Physical Education Betty Marie Self Belcher Biology Sue Jane Shaughnessy Coushatta Home Economics Bob Lynch Shaver Vivian General Business Hellon Louise Shaw Ruston Music David Alvin Sheffield Shreveport Pre-Law Gloria Jean Shell Cotton Valley Home Economics J. Blake Shipp Ville Platte Electrical Engineering Alvin Samuel Simonson New Orleans Light Construction Page 87 JUNIORS Charles William Simpson Arcadia General Business Jill Henley Sims Minden History Russell R. Singleton Franklinton Economics Jimmie Reed Smith Tallulah English Lucille Perkins Smith Monroe Education Nancy Willene Smith Oak Ridge Laboratory Technology Patsy Earl Smith Jonesboro Secretarial Science Thomas L. Smith Lillie Physical Education Virginia Ann Smith Ruston Accounting Walter B. Smith Ruston Marketing and Management Jerald Donham Solley Algiers Electrical Engineering Aaron M. Spainhour Ringgold Accounting James Edwin Sparkman Minden Chemical Engineering Kenneth Stephenson Jena General Business Norma Louise Stewart Hodge Music Page 88 CLASS OF 1951 Rowena Raye Stewart Jonesboro Music Gerald Henry Stinson Ruston Light Construction Bobby Joe Stovall Bastrop Electrical Engineering Thomas L. Strickland Shreveport Animal Husbandry L. J. Sumrall Shreveport Civil Engineering Mary Ann Sumrall Ruston Business William Henry Sumrall, Jr. Ruston Chemistry Johnny Mack Swanson Alexandria General Business Robert Blake Tabor Springhill Petroleum Engineering Billy Joe Tanner Bernice Business Administration Janette Tanner Homer Art Carolyn Kathryn Taylor Ruston Physical Education George Minor Taylor Ruston Civil Engineering Richard Samuel Taylor Shreveport General Business George W. Temple Monroe Electrical Engineering Page 89 JUNIORS Haze Wilson Thomas Winnfield Laboratory Technology Nelwyn Maurice Thompson Sikes Secretarial Science Paul M. Thompson Forest Accounting Mary Nell Thrasher Arcadia Secretarial Science Edgar James Threadgill, Jr. Camden, Ark. Electrica l Engineering Robert L. Thurmon Lisbon Pre-Medical Hugh Orien Tidwell Point Agriculture Carroll J. Tippit Lisbon General Business Harrell Tippit Lisbon General Business Joseph A. Titone Lake Providence Accounting John Hardie Traylor, Jr. Columbia Mechanical Engineering J. C. Tucker Winnsboro Physical Education Linda Tugwell Farmerville Interior Decoration Jessie Alice Tullos Vienna Secretarial Science Robert Lee Tyson Minden General Forestry Page 90 Leonard C. Vogt New Orleans Forestry CLASS OF 1951 Ruth Anne Wadsworth Ruston Education Bernice Walker Cotton Valley Academic George Wilburn Walker, Jr. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering James Allen Wall Minden Pre-Dentistry Lyonel Beverley Wallace Urania Elementary Education Rosemary Wallace Magnolia, Ark. Art Billy Gene Walsworth Jonesboro Physical Education Gwendolyn Walsworth Lak Providence Business Education Mary Alyce Walters Winnsboro Home Economics Charles M. Walthall Homer Pre-Veterinary Barbara Jean Warren Homer Mathematics Edwin A. Watts Hammond Civil Engineering Melbourne K. Weaver Gibsland Agriculture Edward Burt Webster Alexandria Electrical Engineering Page 91 JUNIORS Ralph L. Webster, Jr. Glendale, Calif. Physics William T. Wesbrook Oberlin C ivi 1 Engin eering Henry Ashton Wheeler Plain Dealing Forestry Darwin Gayle White Ruston Music Hollis Wayne White Lisbon Electrical Engineering Mildred L. White West Monroe English Education Margaret Whitman Choudrant English Bobby Whitson Mansfield Advertising J. T. Wiles Grayson Mathematics Janie Sue Wilkins Columbia English Betty Virginia Willis Doyline B us in ess A d m i n is tr at ion Johnny Holman Willis Joaquin, Texas Chemical Engineering Glenn J. Wilson Columbia Mechanical Engineering Donald Wolfe Shreveport Petroleu m Engin eering John William Woods Minden General Business Helen Nelson Womack West Monroe Home Economics Page 92 Class officers: Barbara Mobley, treasurer; Jerry Thompson, Sec¬ retary; Jack Meriwether, vice-president; Ray Talley, president. Page 93 SOPHOMORES Bettye Joan Abenathy Lake Providence Spanish James T. Allen Jena Mechanical Engineering Sunshine Allen Farmerville Mathematics Bette Jane Alexander Sibley Music Joe Anne Alexander Sibley Music Edwin Porter Alexander Cotton Valley Petroleum Engineering Harry Paul Alexander El Dorado, Ark. Chemical Engineering Billy W. Alley El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering Falvie Burnace Anderson Cheneyville Petroleum Engineering Norma Jean Anderson Sterlington Business Education Ray Anderson Bossier City Marketing and Management Joy Anthony El Dorado, Ark. Secretarial Science Mary Wilma Atkins Springhill Science Education Arthur Charles Avey Alexandria Petroleum, Engineering Lois Baggarly Quitman Secretarial Science Gloria Ann Baker R us ton Secretarial Science William Herbert Baker Ruston Pre-Law James M. Barker, Jr. Ruston Mathematics Page 94 CLASS OF 1952 Leila Ann Barker Ruston Zoology Mary Ann Barker Ruston Physical Education Ray Hale Barnes Taylor Pre-Medical Alwyn Bates West Monroe Commercial Art Mariann Baugh Monroe Marketing and Management Anna Jo Bawcom West Monroe Laboratory Technique Beverly Ann Beard Jonesville Business Education James W. Beck Vienna Accounting E. Jeanie Beebe Oak Grove Education Joe Sam Belk Camden, Ark. Engineering Mary Jean Ben ford Marion English Betty Jane Bennett West Monroe Secretarial Science and Medical Technology Shelby Enell Bohannon Alexandria Petroleum Engineering Foster Bond, Jr. Monroe Electrical Engineering Maybin Matthew Bordelon Ruston Education Willie Sue Boutwell Kilbourne Home Economics Marshall Duke Boyd Choudrant Social Science William L. Boyd Choudrant Forestry Page 95 SOPHOMORES Gloria Brandy Homer Secretarial Science Kathryn Lee Brewer Ruston Sociology Dwain Edwin Briggs Bergman, Ark. Engineering Wilburn Eugene Brooks Oakdale Social Science Donald Brotherton Longstreet Petroleum Engineering Warren D. Broussard Alexandria Engineering Rommie Bryan, Jr. Jonesboro Music Marion Alvy Bryant Alexandria General Business Carrol Wayne Buford Bossier City Engineering Rebecca Mae Burgess Oak Ridge Elementary Education William Max Burgess Dubach Physical Education Dona Genevieve Burkhalter Gibsland Music Bobby Jean Burnett Crossett, Ark. Pre-Nursing Harry A. Busch, Jr. Columbia Electrical Engineering Elizabeth Ann Butler West Monroe Home Economics John Stroud Byrd Bossier City Agriculture Elvin W. Byrom Ruston Journalism Billy Caldwell Winnsboro Agriculture Page 96 CLASS OF 1952 Gussie Rebecca Calhoun Benton Elementaly Education James Malcolm Calhoun Mansfield Dairy Husbandry Harold Eugene Camp Bossier City Accounting Charles Campling Hot Springs, Ark. Forestry Carroll K. Cardwell Arcadia General Forestry Joe S. Carter Oak Ridge Mechanical Engineering Margaret Elizabeth Carter Lake Providence Social Science Bobby Gene Cason Shongaloo Accounting Charles H. Causey Ruston Agriculture Mary Beth Chandler Ruston Secretarial Science Harry Blake Chappell West Monroe Botany Ruth Christie Junction City, Ark. Zoology Mary Irving Coates West Monroe Home Economics Ardis Michael Cole Shreveport Electrical Engineering Alice Collie Ruston Elementary Education Bette Virginia Colvin Ruston Elementary Education Frances Josephine Colvin Ruston Dietetics Lovis Tracy Colvin Ruston Business Administration Page 97 T SOPHOMORES Joseph William Cook Haynesville Business Administration Rayeburn Gordon Cook Athens General Business Raymond C. Corbel 1 Springhill Engineering Bollan L. Corkern Franklinton Electrical Engineering Carl R. Corley Heflin Mechanical Engineering Christene Costello Oak Grove Secretarial Science James Lewis Cottingham Crystal Springs, Miss. Civil Engineering G. M. Couch, Jr. Kenner Petroleum Engineering Dan Cox Ruston Accounting Bobbie Charles Crawley Jonesboro General Forestry Peggy Lane Crawley Arcadia Business Larrie Crowe Springhill English Education Thelma fane Dark Start Home Economics Betty Jean Darsey Arcadia Laboratory Technology Paul Oliver Davey West Monroe Mathematics and Physics Billy Ray Davis Farm ervi lie Physical Education Lilley Elizabeth Davis Ruston Commercial Art Lloyd Ronald Davis Vivian General Business Page 98 CLASS OF 1952 Mariann Davis Ruston Journalism Pluma LaFaune Davis Bossier City English Tom Campbell Davis, Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Civil Engineering Jack P. Dean Marion Accounting Billie John Deas Arcadia 7,oology Douglas DeLoach Winnfield Petroleum Engineering Nelwyn Ora DeLoach Sikes Home Economics John H. Delony Ruston Forestry Billy M. Dennis Minden Accounting Zelia Faye Dixon Delhi Home Economics Drew A. Dobbins Arcadia Mechanical Engineering John C. Dorgan Ruston Physical Education Dorothy Jean Dowies Homer Home Economics Hiram M. Diane Forest General Agriculture Mamie Jo Drouet Monroe English Barbara June Dry Waskom, Texas Home Economics Mary To Duke Kelly Elementary Education Haydron H. Dukes Rodessa Civil Engineering Page 99 SOPHOMORES Sam Bauer Dunbar, Jr. New Orleans Chemical Engineering Mickey Gene Duncan Minden Secretarial Science Jewel Virginia Edwards Jackson, Miss. Music Guy Templin Elliott Monroe Accounting William C. Ellis Clay Geology Elinor B. Emmons Sikes Music Education Betty Sue Erskine Alexandria General Business Hiram Bradford Fairbanks Alexandria Petroleum Engineering Jacky Fallon Ruston Music Bob Farmer West Monroe Engineering La Nell Farrar Lillie Education Mary Jane Farrow Columbia Elementary Education Tom Lawrence Fitzgerald Minden Pre-Medical Eric Fleming Ruston Journalism Barbara Evelyn Ford Minden English Education Darrell Owen Foster Haynesville General Business Dick Foster Hico Physical Education E. Sparks Foster Jonesboro Civil Engineering Page 100 CLASS OF 1952 Rogers Jackson Francis Winnsboro Petroleum Engineering Max Gerald Futch Lillie General Business William C. Gaddy, Jr. Monticello, Ark. Civil Engineering Donald Lewis Gannaway Monroe Marketing and Management Robert Harry George Bastrop Mechanical Engineering Fred Warren Gibson Shreveport Mechatiical Engineering Hugh Ronald Gilliland Rayville Engineering Nell Margaret Goodgame Bossier City Speech Marguerite Jo Goodwin Opelousas English Education William Kensie Gore Lake Providence General Business Martha Ann Grambling Ruston Academic Billy E. Grau Dallas, Texas Business Ad m in is t ra tion C. B. Green, Jr. El Dorado, Ark. Music James Burd Peale Green Springhill, Ala. Physics Alfred H. Haile Monroe Mech a n ica l Engineering Donald Wayne Hammons Downsville Physical Education Lajean Hammons Downsville Elementary Education Joe Belton Hanson Homer Business Administration Page 101 SOPHOMORES Jeanette Harger Ruston Social Science Betty Jean Harris Bernice Elementary Education A. Webb Hart, Jr. Brookhaven, Miss. Mechanical Engineering Geraldine Hathaway Jonesboro Home Economics Lillian Ann Hays Ruston Home Economics Hilda Jean Head West Monroe Elementary Education James Woodrow Hearn Ruston Agriculture Tillman Curtis Hembree, Jr. West Monroe Mechanical Engineering Jeanne Henslee Shreveport Journalism John Milton Herbert Shreveport Journalism Dave Herrin Shreveport Physical Education William Nelson Hess Griffin, Ark. Accounting Clover Beth Hester Arcadia Science Aubrey Ray Hodges Jonesboro Mech a n ica l Engin eering Dorothy Jean Hogan Choudrant Accounting Bobby Dale Holloway Ruston Forestry Arnold Calvin Howard Quitman General Agriculture Georgia Hudson Springhill Elementary Education Page 102 CLASS OF 1952 James Ivan Humphries ' West Monroe Electrical Engineering Marilyn Ross Jackson Winnfield English Billy Gene Jenkins Dubach Agriculture John Edward Jenkins Ruston M usic Frederick William Johnson Minden General Business Jamie Johnson Mansfield Petroleum Engineering Ena Margaret Jones Arcadia Business Education George Samuel Jones Haynesville Chemistry Monroe Maxwell Jones Junction City, Ark. General Agriculture Francis Victor Jordan Rayville Agriculture Morton John Kavanaugh Ruston Pre-Veter inary Marjorie K. Keller Oak Grove Home Economics Colleen Kennedy Little Rock, Ark. Music Martha Ann Kennedy Summerfield Zoology Milton L. Kilpatrick, Jr. Arcadia Music Conrad Richard Kinard Good Pine Journalism Carolyn Joyce King Tullos Journalism Rose Dale Kinman Choudrant Education Page 103 SOPHOMORES William Reid Kitchens Columbia Accounting James D. Krouse Springhill Electrical Engineering Walter R. Krousel Ruston Pre-Law Billie Lynn Lacy Castor Laboratory Technology Charles J. Laenger Panola, Texas Electrical Engineering Betty Joyce Lambert Bogalusa Elementary Education Kathleene Boyce Lambert Shreveport Journalism Betty Lou Lancaster Waterproof Elementary Education Bertney Landry Lake Charles Chemical Engineering Sara Louise Langford Jackson, Miss. Academic Lucien Eldred Larche Bastrop Pre-Medical Roy Ledbetter Arcadia Pre-Dental Maxie Wayne Lee Plain Dealing Zoology Jerry Lones Leonard Shreveport Physical Education Alma Valda Lester Rayville Elementary Education John Anne Lewis West Monroe M usic Dudley Rimmer Lindow Rayville Chemical Engineering Clarence R. Lipscomb Castor Mechanical Engineering I Page 104 CLASS OF 1952 Charles Ray Lites Many Agriculture Albert Bueford Little West Monroe Civil Engineering Janet Austin Littlefield Hodge Laboratory Technology Martha Nellwyn Love Linville Elementary Education Jerry Lee Lovett Middletown, lnd. Physical Education Billie Ruth Lowe Haynesville Journalism Clifford Lewis Lutz Ceresco, Mich. Mechanical Engineering Georgia Mary McBride Ruston Art Donald A. McCall Olean, N. Y. Labor and Personnel Jane McClendon Calhoun Laboratory Technology Evelyn Ruth McCormick Lillie Home Economics Winona Dell McCormick Marion Home Economics James H. McDonald Smackover, Ark. Chemical Engineering Martha McDonald West Monroe M usic John R. McDuffie Cullendale, Ark. Agriculture Edward Clarke McGee Monroe Civil Engineering Joe H. McGee Harrisonburg General Agriculture Joyce McGee Dubach Elementary Education Page 105 SOPHOMORES Margaret Ann McGee Dubach Elementary Education Billy Dougal McKellar Plain Dealing Pre-Medical Kathryn McSherry Midland Secretarial Science Evelyn Jeanne Mangham Monroe Mathematics Newt Calvin Manning Dubach Agricultural Engineering Gerald Lee Mardis Maplewood Chemical Engineering Raid Margarida Comerio, Puerto Rico Pre-Dental William G. Martin Arcadia Animal Husbanlry Otto Louis Maxwell , Louann, Ark Chemical Engineering Patsy Jeanne Maxwell Ruston Laboratory Technology Raymond Eugene Maxwell Springhill Forestry Fred H. May, Jr. Shreveport General Business Mary Evelvn Medlin Tallulah Social Welfare Richard R. Meek Haynesville Pre-Dental John B. Meriwether Shreveport Chemistry C. E. Michael Homer Physical Education James Robert Michael Homer Accounting Clyde Derwood Miles Hodge Elementary Education Page 106 CLASS OF 1952 f Charles W. Miller Baskin Agricultural Engineering Eugene N. Milsak Jackson Heights, N. Y. Accounting Barbara Mobley Alexandria Secretarial Science Elwyn Lynn Mobley Alexandria Advertising Tritos Robert Monk, Jr. Shreveport Physics Frances Allison Monroe Ruston Laboratory Technology John McAllister Monsell Tallulah Pre- Veterinary Bill C. Moore West Monroe Mechanical Engineering Harold Ray Moore Jonesboro Electrical Engineering 1 other William Moore Minden Accounting Patsy Cearese Moore Chatham Mathematics Flora Morgan Oak Grove Education O. Paul Morgan, Jr. Shreveport Engineering Pattice Morgan Shreveport General Business Donald Ray Morris Ruston General Business John C. Mosley Shreveport Mechan ical Engineering Frances Mostiller Arcadia Home Economics Joe Mott Oak Ridge Marketing and Management Page 107 SOPHOMORES Elizabeth Anne Mulhern Monroe Music Lloyd S. Neeles Simsboro Animal Husbandry George G. Nelson, Jr. Benton Chemical Engineering Connie Colleen Nolan Spencer Elementary Education Robert L. Nolan Farmerville Physical Education Simms Thomas Normand Evergreen Personnel and Labor Mary Elizabeth Norris Mansfield Speech Joseph David Nugent Jena Mechan ical Engin eering Minor Wallace Oglesby Ruston Meehan ical Engineering Vivian Lucille Oldham Pioneer Elementary Education Jack Harold Olive Ruston Pre-Laxv Cecil Anne Oliver Bossier City Lab ora tory T ech n ology John A. O’Neal Choudrant General Business John Watkins Osborn, III Saint Joseph Agriculture Charles Allen Oxford West Monroe Business Ella Foote Parker Ruston Secretarial Science George William Parsons West Monroe Botany Mary Ruth Patterson Farmerville Physical Education Page 108 F 1 9 5 2 CLASS 0 Cloyd M. Peabody Corsicana, Texas Civil Engineering John T. Peddy Gibsland Civil Engineering Doris Nell Penny Alexandria Music Charlotte Pickett Many Z oology Bobbye Lynelle Ponder Bastrop M usic Peggy Claire Post Marion Home Economics Bertrand Lloyd Pourteau Oil City Electrical Engineering Vonnie Belle Powell Quitman Secretarial Science O. D. Prather Eunice Music Robert Evans Prince Camden, Ark. Business Clara Ruth Pryor Arizona Secretarial Science Violet Ranne Ruston Home Economics Peggy Ann Revel 1 Eufaula, Ala. Home Economics Wanda Louise Reynolds Bossier City Social Welfare Howard J. Ribaud Silver Springs, N. Y. Af echan ical Engineering Robert Lee Riggs Shreveport Chemical Engineering Lydia L. Roane Ruston Social Welfare Polly Robertson West Monroe English Education Page 109 SOPHOMORES C. Walter Roddam, Jr. Sulphur Mechanical Engineering Thomas L. Rodes, Jr. Benton Petroleum Engineering Harold Robert Rodgers Pittsburgh, Pa. Art Education Harold Eugene Rogers Monroe Accounting Edward O. Rolf Clay Accounting John Arthur Routon Harrisonburg Agriculture Niles Ludwig Ruckstuhl Lake Charles Civil Engineering Alva H. Rutledge West Monroe Electrical Engineering Paul E. Sapaugh Shreveport Petroleum Engineering William T. Sartor Alto Petroleum Engineering Louis William Schlekau Monroe Accounting Arthur M. Schweizer Jackson Heights, N. Y. Advertising William Gordon Scott Dallas, Texas Physics and Mathematics Susan Segers Shreveport Secretary Science Luther Eugene Self Oil City Animal Husbandry James Travis Shaffer Athens Business Education Joyce Elaine Shaffer Gibsland Business Education Glenn Mitchell Shaw Colfax Engineering u t Page 110 CLASS OF 1952 Edward Andrew Shealy Ruston Forestry Nancy Shehee Arcadia Elementary Education Harold Wayne Shelby Ruston Accounting Harry W. Shelton Shreveport M echan ica l Engin eering James Kenneth Sims Trout Petroleum Engineering Marvin Dewey Sisson Monroe Electrical Engineering Lee Roy Skinner Abilene, Texas Dairy Husbandry Paul K. Smith, Jr. Ruston Petroleum Engineering Sarah H. Smith Monroe Elementary Education William Leonard Smith McComb, Miss. Civil Engineering Bettye Jane Smitherman Bienville Social Welfare Tommy Spigener Athens Music Virginia Spivey Haynesville Home Economics Joe Paul Stevens Good Pine General Business Billie Jo Stewart Ruston Home Economics Katherine Jane Stewart Pelican Child Development Helen Irene Strebeck Grayson Home Economics Dorothy Jane Stocks Tallulah Interior Decoration Page 111 Lester B. Strong DeQuincy Mechanical Engineering Joseph Vernon Strother Baton Rouge Business Frank Lamar Summers Brookhaven, Miss. Petroleum Engineering Lela Carolyn Tait Jonesboro M usic Ray William Talley Homer General Business Roy Murray Talley Homer General Business Glenn Donald Tanner New Orleans Accounting Robert G. Taylor Ruston General Business Wanda Vernelle Templeton Baskin Physical Education George Tereshkovich New York, N. Y. Agriculture Johnny Lee Therrell Vivian Civil Engineering Charlotte Anne Thomas Ruston Music Education Cornelius Ragan Thompson Ruston Forestry Jerry Lane Thompson Cotton Valley Laboratory Technology Robert Hale Thompson Minden General Business Glynn Melonee Tidwell Oak Grove Elementary Education L. G. Tidwell, Jr. Oak Grove Business H. Carolyn Tilbury Bastrop Journalism Page t12 CLASS OF 1952 Elizabeth Anne Tillman Monroe Education Joyce Pearl Tisdale Wisner Music Sterling G. Tisdale, Jr. Tullos Accounting James Brigham Todd Bastrop Civil Engineering James Wimberly Tooke, Jr. Monroe Petroleum Engineering Ralph N. Townsend Shreveport Business Katie Jean Treadway Rayne Speech Jean Tresidder Shreveport Pre-Dental Lynn Tucker Haughton Business Barbara Sue Turner Ruston Social Welfare Mary Jane Turnley Ruston Education Barbara Van Cleave Gibsland English John Edward Vandigriff Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Evelyn Elaine Van Hook Ruston Elementary Education Janice Van Hook Ruston Elementary Education John M. Verzwyvelt Boyce Mechanical Engineering Kirby Ardis Vining Choudrant Academic Burnis L. Walker Cotton Valley General Business Page 113 SOPHOMORES Burnell Wall Logansport Elementary Education Michael John Walsh Jackson Heights, N. Y. Physical Education Donald Emerson Ward Minden Light Construction Arthur Alton Warwick Shreveport Marketing and Management Lum Wasson, Jr. Summerfield Accounting Harold Hichard Weatherly Bastrop Accounting Edna Ruth Webb Shreveport Education Joe M. Webb Shreveport Mechanical Eyigineering Julie Ann Wells Ruston Commercial Art W. Holley Wells Longstreet Physical Education Doris Oleta West El Dorado, Ark. Accounting Virginia Rose White Ruston Education Vivian A. White Choudrant Physical Education Walter Maurice Whitlow Minden Physical Education Virginia Louise Wilder Ruston Elementary Education Ren Hardaway Williams Shreveport Forestry Warren Andrew Williams Tallulah Pre-Dental Carol Jean Williamson West Monroe Spanish Page 114 CLASS OF 1952 . Norma Wilson Downsville Home Economics Lena Ruth Wimberly Ringgold Home Economics Ruby Lee Wimberly Ringgold Home Economics Mildred Naomi Windham Rayville Speech I Lanelle Winharn Plain Dealing Elementary Education Jewel James Wood Franklinton Mechanical Engineering John H. Wood Campti Mechanical Engineering Frankie Pauline Woodward Ruston Education Marilyn Elaine Works Ruston Elementary Education Lanelle Wroten Bastrop Education Louie A. Yeldell, Jr. Monroe Marketing and Management Ramon William Zimmerman Shreveport General Business Page 115 Class Officers: Kaye Brock, president; Eleanor Franks, vice-president; Jane Connell, secretary; Pat Miller, treaurer. Page 116 CLASS OF 1953 Ann Amelia Acklen Shreveport Commercial Art Billy Joe Adcox El Dorado, Ark. Business Nina Faye Adkins Shreveport Home Economics Elza Ray Alford Shreveport Engineering Betty Jo Alfred Shreveport Music J. William Allen West Monroe Engineering Vernon Wayne Ashworth Shreveport Engineering Hugh Sam Austin Mooringsport Accounting Waymon Clark Averett Logansport Petroleum Engineering Charles Wayman Averre Shreveport Electrical Engineering Georgia Mae Bagiev Oil City Social Science Alfred Charles Bantle New York City, N. Y. Engineering Joe Raymond Barnette Homer Physical Education Kenneth Robert Barns Ruston Engineering Jane Barry Shreveport Academic Jimmy Dale Bates Homer Physical Education Bettie Anne Bauguss Shreveport Commercial Art Jose Garcia Baylleres Havana, Cuba Agriculture Page 117 FRESHMEN Charles Nelson Beasley Ruston Sociology Sue Beasley Ruston Music Irene Ruth Beebe Oak Grove Education Warren Prescott Beedle Winchendon, Mass. Engineering Jo Ann Bell Vivian Business Education Betty Sue Bethea Montgomery, Ala. Sociology Barbara Marguerite Bodine Bossier City Art Amos Travis Bogue, Jr. Shreveport Physical Education James Marvin Bonier West Monroe Civil Engineering Gwendolyn Nell Bourne Vivian Elementary Education Colin Lionel Boyce Springhill Engineering Charles A. Boyte Oak Grove Chemistry Clarence Eugene Boyter Oil City Engineering Richard David Bradford Minden Social Science Charles Eugene Bran ton Cotton Valley Accounting Charles Sargent de la Bretonne El Dorado, Ark. Engineering Billy Charles Brewer Shreveport Engineering Arnold Frederick Brown, Jr. Shreveport General Business Page 118 CLASS OF 1953 William Curtis Brown Hall Summit Physical Education Clyde Amell Bryant Shreveport Meehan ical E ngi nee ring 9 ? Jack Phillips Bryson Greenwood Academic -V i 1°) Barbara Jane Burkett Shreveport General Busniess Louis Laymon Cargile Vidalia Agricultural Engineering Mary Ann Carson Shreveport Home Economics Ldgar Lea Carter Shreveport Marketing and Management Leon William Carter Du bach Electrical Engineering William L. Carter Ida General Business Richard H. Champagne New Orleans Electrical Engineering Barbara Jean Chapman Shreveport Secretarial Science James Paul Clary Lake Providence Accounting Charles Grady Cobb El Dorado, Ark. Accounting Mary Connally Junction City, Ark. Music Anne Connaughton Shreveport Academic Jane Estelle Connell Ruston Art Darvis Edwin Coody Oak Grove Accounting Lee Odis Coody Oak Grove Elementary Education Page 119 FRESHMEN Billy Bond Cooper Oil City Pre -Medical Bobbye Jean Craig Smackover, Ark. Medical Technology Ben Neal Craton Minden Engineering Harriet Brooks Crowder Ruston Music Margaret Lynn Dalton Shreveport Commercial Art Logan A. Damewood Shreveport Forestry Marjorie Ann Daniel Shreveport Secretarial Science William Lavelle Daniel Arcadia Speech Joseph Wheeler Dark, Jr. Jonesboro Engineering Bill M. Davidson Bethany Animal Husbandry Carolyn Davis El Dorado, Ark. Journalism Bobby Joe Deal Crossett, Ark. Engineering Billy Mac Dealing Mooringsport Light Construction Lela Ann Dees Bossier City Business Education Angelo Deones Ruston Chemistry Ted Oran Dickson Shreveport Petroleum E ngineering Reber Carr Dillard Shreveport Light Construction Nancy Cathryn Dominick Mira Education f t Page 120 CLASS OF 1953 i Robert L. Dorvitt Shreveport Physics Lloyd Carlton Doty Shreveport Forestry Russell Eugene Duke Waterproof Engineering Billy Ray Dukes Rodessa Engineering Doyle Arnold Dumas El Dorado, Ark. Music Wayne Jackson Durham Shreveport Political Science Joyce Ann Durrett Ruston English Joyce Ann DuVal Shreveport General Business John Allen Edgecombe New Orleans Engineering Ida Sue Emory Calhoun Elementary Education Roy D. Evans Shreveport Business Administration Glynn Stewart Farmer Sardis, Ga. Zoology Harry Joe Farrar Ruston Light Construction Federico Fernandez Guatemala Animal Husbandry Robert DeWayne Fenner Lake Charles Engineering Edward Lavone Ferris Winnsboro Engineering John B. Fick El Dorado, Ark. General Business Forest Ray Ford Shreveport Engineering ' L Page 121 FRESHMEN Harry Daniel Fox Shreveport Engineering Eleanor Theresa Franks Shreveport Social Welfare Stanton Morrison Frazar DeRidder Pre-Medical Hattie Dixon Freeman Belcher Elementary Education Richard Lowrey Fugler New Orleans Engineering William Tilman Gamblin, III Shreveport Forestry Frank A. Gaston Camden, Ark. Ii usi 71 ess Admin is tration Ivan Dee Geddie Camden, Ark. Engineering Sherrod Gillen water Urbana, Ark. Engineering Virginia Helen Gilley S hreveport General Business Irma Gay Glass Rayville Home Economics Egan Ray Gleason Shreveport Engineering Gloria Mae Glover Shreveport Business Education John Thomas Gordon El Dorado, Ark. Engineering Robert Lester Gorton Shreveport Engineering Billye Magee Grice Brookhaven, Miss. Laboratory Technology Jesse Thomas Grice Delhi Mechanical Engineering Elma Jean Grigsby Ruston Business Management I Page 122 f LASS OF 1953 William Thompson Hale Shreveport Business Administration Patricia Ann Haliburton El Dorado, Ark. Medical Technology Irene Hammons El Dorado, Ark. Home Economics Mary Ellen Hancox Shreveport Home Economics Emma Lo uise Harris Shreveport Education Helen Elizabeth Harris Shreveport Commercial Art Sara Lou Harrison Little Rock, Ark. Music Education Arbye Hawthorne Ruston Light Construction William David Hedgepeth Ruston Civil Engineering John Jacob Herring Bastrop Engineering George Edwin Hoefeld Summerfield Music Charles Ira Hogan Coushatta Engineering Frances Faye Hogan Shreveport Elementary Education LeMoyne Hogan Choudrant General Agriculture David Carson Hon Leggett, Texas Mathematics Robert C. Horton Sterlington Forestry Robert Edward Howson New Orleans Engineering Fred Byron Hudgens Crossett, Ark. Mechanical Engineering Page 123 FRESHMEN John Dave Huffman Alexandria 1 etroleum Engineering Harold Bryan Hutchinson Cotton Valley Civil Engineering Lavenia Rose Johnson Camden, Ark. Secretarial Science Joanne Elizabeth Johnston Shreveport General Business Carolyn Jones Shreveport Home Economics Dorothy Jean Jones Shreveport Zoology Marion J. Jones, Jr. Ruston Business Administration Mary Nell Jones Phenix City, Ala. Education Gilbert Loyd Kelly Grayson General Forestry Venita Lavelle Kelley Shreveport Academic Herbert William Kilgore Lisbon General Business James Lowe Kilpatrick Haynesville Engineering Max Buford Kiltz Shreveport General Business Kirk Lindsey Kirkland Winnsboro Physical Education Ben Emile Kullerd Lake Charles Engineering Mary Beatrice Langford Shreveport Secretarial Science Harvey Paul LeBlanc Shreveport General Business William LaVerne Lewis El Dorado, Ark. Agriculture • Page 124 CLASS OF 1953 William Sexton Lewis El Dorado, Ark. Zoology Kalverneak Perry Lofton, Jr. Winnsboro Business Administration Bobbie Jean Loyd Ruston Home Ecomomics Charles Thomas Lummus Ida Physical Education Ray Lambert McCary Shreveport Business Administration Gerry Ellen McCleary Ruston Elementary Education Martha Grace McCluney Bethany Secretarial Science Bam Virginia McGuire Arcadia Elementary Education Jerry Jackson McKinney Ida Engineering Barbara Jo McManus Camden, Ark. Journalism Joseph C. Main Haynesville Accounting Milton David Malsch Shreveport Engineering Bennie Jean Manor El Dorado, Ark. Spanish Harold Whitman Maples Tuscumbia, Ala. Forestry Verlyn Leon Mason DeValls Bluff, Ark. Accounting Thomas Edward Maxwell Delhi Engineering Fred Fortson Meadows, Jr. Shreveport Electrical Engineering Mary Dell Meares Shreveport ] , Business Education Page 125 FRESHMEN Luis Felipe Mendez Maraguez, Puerto Rico Civil Engineering Bobby Earl Miller Alexandria B usi n ess A d m in is tration Bert Molinar Leon, Guanaluato, Mexico Engineering Betty Lou Moore Minden Business Normand L. Moore El Dorado, Ark. Engineering Gloria May Monk Haynesville Elementary Education Charles Edward Monroe Shreveport Pre-Veterinary Louis Eldred Mowry ) Shreveport I Agriculture R. T. Mullanix . - - W Shreveport Business Administration Barbara Jean Murphy Shreveport Secretarial Science Sybil Faye Murrell Bastrop Music Education Lowell Richard Newman Oakland, Calif. Pre-Law Linda Dale Nicholson Waskom, Texas Speech Carl Allen Noble Shreveport Petroleum Engineering Marilyn Norman Oil City Speech Nancy Jean Noyes Shreveport Accounting John R. Nugent Shreveport Engineering Peggy Jean Nunnally Strong, Ark. Home Economics Page 126 CLASS OF 1953 Oscar Artuao Ochoa Guatemala Bus i n ess A dm in is t ra tion Janie Owen Texarkana, Texas Advertising Buddy Patrick Oil City Electrical Engineering Norma Jean Pendleton El Dorado, Ark. At usic James William Pepper Haughton Engineering Mathew G. Perdue Bastrop History Diane Peyton Shreveport Academic James Martin Phillips Oakland Mechanical Engineering Willie Mae Phillips Oakland Mathematics L. M. Pierce Farmerville Agriculture Ralph Douglas Pierce Hodge Music Charles W. Pilchard Lake Charles Engineering Dan Prudhomme Shreveport Engineering John Bert Riall Shreveport Accounting Alva L. Rich Bossier City Pre-Den tal Rufus R. Rivers Shreveport Engineering John Harold Roberts Evergreen Business Administration William Preston Roberts Ruston Engineering Page 127 FRESHMEN John Thomas Robison Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Peggy Joyce Robison Shreveport Horne Economics Billy Frank Rogerson El Dorado, Ark. Business Administration Beuford Allen Rose Shreveport Mechanical Engineering Robert Kenneth Rose Shreveport Business Administration Alfred Deal Rushing Spencer Education Edwin Frank Russell Monroe E ores try Donald Janies Sanford Shreveport Pre-Law Erma Dean Sanford Harlingen, Texas Academic Dexter James Sargent. Jr. Lake Charles Chemical Engineering Henry Charles Saur Shreveport Accounting Patsy Jean Scogin Rayville Medical Technology Victor Billy Scott Alexandria Electrical Engineering Cullen Richard Scully Ruston Mechanical Engineering Barbara Ann Self Monroe B us i n ess A d m in is t ra t io n Annie Bell Shaw Vernon Academic John Byers Shearer, Jr. Trout General Business Cecil Poole Sherman Bastrop Petroleum Engineering Page 128 CLASS OF 1953 Gloria Dell Shirley Shreveport Secretarial Science William Leonard Shoultz Homer Engineering Philip R. Simmons Chicago, Ill. Marketing and Management Mary Ellen Simpson Eunice General Business Bill Paul Slattery Shreveport Engineering Howard Jo seph Smith Oxford Education John Smith Monroe Business Opal Smith Dixie Elementary Education Willie Taft Smith Winnsboro Accounting Oscar Augusta Solis Guatemala City, Guatemala Business Administration Robert Lee Southern Winnsboro Accounting Thomas Louis Stephenson Lynchburg, Va. Engineering Johnnie Curtis Stocks, Jr. Tallulah General Business Johnnie Vann Stone Jefferson, Tex. General Business Nolan F. Strange Minden Petroleum Engineering Carolyn Sutton Shreveport Academic Hughey Pierce Sykes Tullos Engineering Raymond James Talbot Ruston Engineering Page 129 FRESHMEN Robert Joseph Tassin Alexandria Dairy Husbandry Roy Merion Taylor Winnsboro Accounting Martha Anice Temple Shreveport Home Economics Ada Genice Thomas Junction City, Ark. M usic Tommy Lou Thomas Roanoke Interior Decoration Williard Benjamin Thompson Wisner Forestry Charles Henry Tilley Quitman Physical Education Jo Ellen Tims El Dorado, Ark. Secretarial Science Andrew Jackson Tippett, III Blanchard Petroleum Engineering Tommy Raymond Tolar Chatham Academic Betty Jo Tomlinson Winn field Business Education Jack V. Ton New Orleans Engineering Billy Ann Traylor Vivian Business Education Douglas Tuck Shreveport Engineering Pratt Eugene Turner Minden Business Mercer Albert Wade Shreveport Engineering Patricia Elise Waldrop Collinston Speech Alice Marie Walker Shreveport Business Page 130 CLASS OF 1953 William E. Ware Alexandria Animal Husbandry George P. K. Weimar, Jr. Shreveport Marketing and Management Thomas Franklin Welsh Shreveport Engineering Charles Ray Wesson Rodessa Engineering Joe White Bernice Business Education Conrad La Verne Williams Jacksonville Beach, Fla. Pre- Veterinary Samuel L. Williamson Transylvania Agronomy Mary Ann Willingham Blanchard Spanish Robert Wayne Winters Shreveport Business Administration Mary Elizabeth Womack Dubberly Business Education William C. Womack Crossett, Ark. Engineering Neil Dosson Womble Winnsboro Petroleum Engineering Paul James Worsham Rodessa Engineering Edwin Brin ton Wright Waterfall, Pa. Electrical Engineering Howard Francis Young, Jr. Opelousas General Agriculture Page 131 HELEN WOODARD Director of Department of Placement and Service J. W. EVANS Auditor MABEL MAY Registrar SALLIE ROBISON KENNETH F. HEWINS Guidance Counselor Director of Publicity Page 132 W. H. McLAURIN GERTRUDE D. WILSON Business Manager Superintendent of Dining Halls ERNEST j. SCHEERER H. C. PYBURN HENRY R. MAYS, SR. Librarian Superintendent, Buildings and Grounds Department Superintendent of Printing Page 133 swsssaaaaHwaa2 MS� ia ««c«� iSa}i Page 135 SEASON’S RESULTS Coach of the year is the distinction ac¬ corded by majority vote of the Gulf States conference grid coaches to Joe Aillet for his outstanding and expert guidance of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs to the football championship. TECH Opponent 19 Howard Payne College_22 18 Bradley LTniversity _20 20 Southwestern of Texas _ 0 26 Louisiana College_ 7 28 Northwestern State_21 21 Southwestern La. Inst._ 0 20 Southeastern La. College_14 34 Mississippi Southern_13 45 Oklahoma City University_ 0 231 Total_97 The Louisiana Tech coaching staff (left to right) : Berry Hinton, baseball; Jimmy Mize, assistant football and track; Cecil Crowley, assistant football and basketball; Joe Aillet, football; and Robert Hand, trainer. Tech 19, Howard Payne 22 Opening the 1949 football season in Brownwood, Texas, the Louisiana Tech gridmen commanded a 12-7 lead entering the fourth quarter but the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets exploded for two touchdowns and a safety in the last eight minutes to eke out a 22-19 triumph. Tech came to life in the final minute of play and completed two long passes to move the ball to the Texans’ eight, however, the gun sounded signaling the end. Fullbacks Jewell Humphries and Gene Knecht together accounted for all of Tech’s three scores. Tech 18, Bradley 20 Traveling by airplane, the Bulldogs journeyed northward the following week to Peoria, Illinois, where they were defeated by the Bradley university Braves, 20-18, in a rough and hard-fought tilt. Tech led 12-0 at halftime but their heavier op¬ ponents ran up 20 points in a wild second half to win. As far as the trip was concerned, it made his¬ tory since it marked the first time that an athletic team representing Tech had ever traveled by air to play an opponent. Front row: Jerry Alexander, Jewell Humphries, Bobby Aillet, Jimmy Gilbert (Capt.), Roy Collins, Ralph Westbrook, Gene Yarbrough, Jimmy Harri¬ son, Gerald Mardis. Second row: Maurice Rawls, Arnold Mathews, George Byrnside, Buster Stevens, Ed Michael, Thomas Brantley, J. T. Fulton, and Leo Sanford. Third row: Jerry Leonard, Wyman Lee Collie, Herbert Colvin, John Fick, Cotton Hildreth, Jerry Germenis, Lowell Morrison, Gene Knecht, Joe Ross. Fourth row: Tony Cefalu, Tommy Woodall, R. A. Moon, Mac Gillen, Richard Harris, Carroll (Chubby) Bujol, Gene Derveloy, Lloyd Bras¬ well, George Huff, Paul Morgan. Fifth row: Billy Day, John Fischer, Joe Strother, Bob Goodman, Norman Moore, Robert Fenner, Frank Pernici, Billy Adcox, Walter Savage. Sixth row: Oliver Lockhart, George Ferrington, David Lee Hayes, Jack Carter, Billy Cooper, Joe Murry, Ed Stassi, Lenny Vogt, Melvin Barney. T BOBBY AILLET Quarterback Ruston JERRY ALEXANDER Halfback R Odessa r 4 - 9 C Page 138 F Tech 28, Northwestern State 21 Jimmy Harrison, who scored the winning touch¬ down with less than a minute left to play, and quarter¬ back Bobby Aillet guided the Bulldogs in their 28-21 conquest of the Northwestern State college Demons at the State Fair in Shreveport in their annual grid clash. After a scoreless opening quarter, Tech broke loose in the second stanza to score twice and led 14-7 at halftime. Entering the final quarter the Canines had increased their lead to 21-7 but the Demons fought back swiftly and a deadly passing at¬ tack enabled them to tie the score. In the fading minutes Tech in one last effort began to march from deep in its own territory and Harrison climaxed the drive by circling right end six yards for a touchdown and victory. The star left halfback accounted for all of the Bulldogs’ four scores. He hit pay dirt three times himself and passed to end Joe Strother for another. MELVIN BARNEY Guard Shreveport THOMAS BRANTLEY Guard Haynesville GEORGE BYRNSIDE Tackle Lafayette TONY CEFALU End Shreveport Page 139 Tech 21, Southwestern 0 Louisiana Tech’s Bulldogs held on to first place in the Gulf States conference by romping over the Southwestern Louisiana Institute Bulldogs from La¬ fayette in the second half to gain a 21-0 victory before 5,000 happy homecoming fans here. After a scoreless first half, the Tech gridmen un¬ corked a powerful ground attack that carried them to two touchdowns and then added another on a pass completion. Right halfback Arnold Mathews crossed over into pay dirt twice while Tony Cefalu scored once. Between halves, the Tech band and Blue Jackets dedicated maneuvers to the alumni, spelling out “Hi Grads’’ and forming the numerals “1894-1949” signi¬ fying the dates of Tech’s existence. The crowning of the queen by acting president, R. L. Ropp, follow¬ ed. ROY COLLINS End Haynesville JIMMY GILBERT End Bastrop JIMMY HARRISON Halfback Shreveport JOE LYNCH Tackle Shreveport GERALD MARDIS End Springhill ED MICHAEL Fullback Homer Tech 26, Louisiana College 7 Once agai n the Bulldog gridmen were forced to display their strength and power as they turned on the steam in the final half and conquered the scrappy Louisiana College Wildcats, 26-7, at Pineville in a Gull States conference tilt. Tech held only a 6-0 halftime margin but two scores in the third quarter and another in the fourth enabled the Canines to win their loop opener. The Tech linemen again turned in an outstanding defen¬ sive job by allowing the Cats only 59 yards rushing. Page 141 JOE STROTHER End Baton Rouge LENNY VOGT Tackle New Orleans RALPH WESTERBROOK Center Corpus Christi, Texas WE STOMPED Tech 34, Miss. Southern 13 Paced by triple-threat halfback Jim¬ my Harrison, a keyed-up and determined Tech Bulldog eleven romped to a sur¬ prisingly easy 34-13 upset over the favor¬ ed Southerners of Mississippi Southern in the Gulf States Conference champion¬ ship game here before 6,000 cheering fans. Page 144 - Harrison engineered the Bulldogs offensive ma¬ chine by tossing two touchdown passes and setting up another. The defensive play of the Techmen was nothing short of great as they stopped the highly-pub¬ licized Southern backs cold in their tracks. The Mississippians proved to be no match for the hard-charging Bulldogs at any time during the contest as Tech ripped off 421 yards to Southern’s 274. Tech rolled up 21 first downs to make it even more convincing. Mathews, Knecht, Mardis, Yar brough and Gilbert pushed over the touchdowns for Tech while Michael converted four extra points from placement. Page 145 Tech 45, Oklahoma City 0 The 1949 grid season reached a perfect climax in the season finale as the slow-starting Bulldogs struck almost at will by both land and air to scalp the Oklahoma City University Chiefs, 45-0. Making 17 first downs, Tech rolled up 880 yards rushing and passing. The newly-crowned champions of the GSC were leading 13-0 when they left the field at halftime, then turned the tilt into a one-sided affair by adding 32 points in a free-scoring second half. The offensive attack of the Bulldogs was paced by Jimmy Harrison and Gene Knecht, who scored twice. For four of the players on the Tech squad, the contest with the Chiefs was the final game of their college careers. They include Bobby Aillet, an ace signal-caller; end Jimmy Gilbert, who turned in a great job as captain of the ’49 team; end Roy Collins, probably the best defensive terminal in the confer¬ ence; and Ralph Westbrook, a hard-working reserve center. Architects drawing of new gymnasium, planned to seat 5,000 people. BALL BA5KE1 Page 147 SEASON ' S RESULTS CECIL CROWLEY Coach We Opponent 54 Ouachita College_52 43 Ouachita College_51 65 Mississippi College _42 67 Mississippi College _39 53 Louisiana College_52 57 Spring Hill College_47 41 Centenary _62 39 Loyola of the South_47 52 Southeastern La. College _75 69 Southwestern La. Institute_67 51 Mississippi Southern _59 33 Spring Hill College_56 52 Southeastern La. College _57 41 Northwestern State College_43 51 Southwestern La. Institute_59 53 Loyola of the South_48 74 Louisiana College_57 64 Mississippi Southern_58 60 Northwestern State College_55 60 Centenary _5] Front row (left to right): Jimmy Bates, forward; Sam Ledbetter, guard; Scotty Robertson, guard; Robert Bertrand, for¬ ward; Jodie Barnete, forward; and Jerry Lovett, forward. Back row: lance Bailes, guard; Joe Mott, guard; Truitt “Red” Latham, center; Fred Dunham, center; Curtis Brown, forward; and Travis Shaeffer, forward. Final statistics of the Louisiana Tech cagemen for the 1949-50 season revealed that Truitt “Red” Latham was tops among the individual point-makers with 333 points in 20 games for an average of almost 17 points. As a reward for his achievements, the six-foot three-inch redhead received five first place votes and two for the second team in a poll of the conference coaches to land a guard berth on all-GSC first team. Scoring numerous tallies on the hook-shot he introduced only this year, the team captain tossed in 126 field goals and 81 free throws. His shooting ac- Truitt (Red) Latham, Captain curacy from the floor was an outstanding 38 per cent which was the highest on the squad. The five cagemen starters who set the pace throughout the season are shown below. They are, left to right: Sam Ledbetter, guard; Scotty Robertson, guard; Truitt “Red” Latham, center; Jerry Lovett, forward; and Robert Bertrand, forward. Page 149 Jerry Lovett was runner-up to Latham in the scoring column with 221 points, an average of 11 points each tilt. Robert Bertrand was third with 147 points, followed by Sam Ledbet¬ ter with 117, and Scotty Robertson with 64. Other Canine cagers who scored were Joe Mott, 63; Jodie Barnette, 43; Vance Bailes, 35; Curtis Brown, 24; Fred Dunham 22, and Jimmv Bates, 1. Latham’s 81 successful free throws were the largest number made. The leading charity-tosser was Fred Dunham, Latham’s replacement at the pivot post, who made 72 per cent of his shots find their mark. Page 150 As a team the Bulldogs chalked up 11 victories against nine defeats. They broke even in 16 Gulf States conference games and copped three out of four intersectional battles. From the free throw line, the Techmen hit 257 out of 403 charity tosses which is a percentage mark of 64. Canine players were charged with 312 personal fouls, an average of 15.5 per game. Tech scored a total of 1,079 points, two more than the amount made by opponents, for a game average of 54 points. The Bulldogs’ shooting accuracy was 32 per cent, rimming 411 goals in 1,296 shots at the basket. During the course of the season, the Bulldogs got off to a fast start by winning five of their first six con¬ tests. Their momentum was then slowed down, forc¬ ing them into a slump that saw victory only once in the next nine engagements. Page 151 They hit the comeback trail the close of the sched¬ ule and copped the last five. These included wins over such top-ranking teams as the league champions, Mississippi Southern, Centenary, and Northwestern State college. The nine players who received varsity letters for the 1950 season were as follows: Truitt “Red” Latham, Converse; Jerry Lovett, Middletown, Ind.; Robert Bertrand, Meaux; Sam Ledbetter, Simsboro; Scotty Robertson, Shreveport; Jodie Barnette, Homer; Fred Dunham, Baskin; Joe Mott, Oak Ridge; and Vance Bailes, Marthaville. Page 152 BASEBALL TENNIS - TRACK Page 153 BERRY HINTON Coach The 1950 Tech diamond squad, hampered by the loss of two .400 hitting outfielders on the 1949 team, E. J. Albritton and Bob Brasher, have a record of three victories and six defeats as this section goes to press. Lacking in hitting power, three of the losses were to professional teams in exhibition games. The Can¬ ines fell before the Shreveport Sports 15-5, the Vicks¬ burg Billies 14-6, and the Monroe Sports 8-5. The Bulldogs, who finished third in the Gulf States Conference standings last year, have split even in two-game series with Louisiana College, Southwest¬ ern Louisiana Institute, and Northwestern State Col¬ lege in league competition. The scores of those six tilts were Tech 6, Louisi¬ ana College 5, in 12 innings; Tech 3, SLI 2; Tech 16, NSC 11; Louisiana College 7, Tech 6; SLI 6, Tech 5, in 11 innings; and NSC 1, Tech 0. Members of the 1950 Louisiana Tech baseball squad are shown below. Front row (left to right) : Coach Berry Hinton, Lavelle Hood, Tyrus Pendergras, Dick Foster, Louis Pipes, and Toby Smith. Second row: James Pace, Henry Albritton, Ronald Dennis, Eugene Hamner, Jimmy Harrison, and Scotty Robertson. Third row: Tom (Lefty) Smith, Doug Colvin, Paul DeLaCroix, Dwain Carder, John Long, Ben Carroll, and Ted Tyler. Back row: Maurice Whitlow, Tom Patterson, George Ferrington, Maurice Rawls, Robert Nolan, and James Farrar. Not shown in picture: Sam Shepard and Luther Farrar. Page 154 1949 RESULTS Shreveport 5- La. Tech 9 _ Vicksburg Billies 4_ El Dorado Oilers 4_ El Dorado Oilers 12 - La. Tech 17_ Mississippi Southern 10_ Southeastern Lo. College 3 Northwestern State 7 _ Southwestern La. Institute 7 _La. Tech Vicksburg Billies _La. Tech _ La. Tech La. Tech _Spring Hill _La. Tech _La. Tech _La. Tech _La. Tech 3 8 1 3 7 3 4 2 5 4 La. Tech 6_ La. Tech 5_ La. Tech 4_ La. Tech 9 _ La. Tech 8_ Northwestern State 9 La. Tech 9 _ La. Tech 15_ La. Tech 1_ _Spring Hill 0 _Mississippi Southern 0 _Loyola 3 _Loyola 4 Southeastern La. College 7 _ La. Tech 3 Southwestern La. Institute 3 _La. College 2 _La. College 0 Pitchers: Paul DeLaCroix, Doug Colvin, Henry Albritton, Lavelle Hood, Louis Pipes, Dwain Carder, anw Tom (Lefty) Smith. Infielders: Front row: James Pace, Dick Foster, and Jimmy Harri¬ son. Second row: Tyrus Pendergras, Eugene Hamner, John Long, and Ronald Dennis. Returning lettermen: Front row: Dick Foster, Louis Pipes, Toby Smith and Jimmy Harrison. Second row: James Pace, Henry Albrit¬ ton, Ronald Dennis, and Ben Carroll. Third row: Tom (Lefty) Smith, Doug Colvin, Paul DeLaCroix, and John Long. Outfielders: Front row: Ted Tyler, Toby Smith, and Scotty Rob¬ ertson. Second row: Maurice Rawls, Robert Nolan, and Tom Patter¬ son. Not shown: Sam Shepard and Luther Farrar. Page 155 - Tom (Lefty) Smith taking his warmup before a game. Toby Smith, clean-up hitter, in batting practice. Coach Cecil Crowley with Bill Etzel and Jimmy Cheneval, No. 1 and No. 2 players, respectively, on the 1950 tennis squad. The 1950 tennis team has met four gulf States conference opponents as this section goes to press, and two more contests and the con¬ ference meet at New Orleans remain on the schedule. The Teclimen have been victorious in each of the four matches played thus far. Led by Bill Etzel and Jimmy Cheneval, the Techsters opened the season with a 5-2 win over Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Ruston. They then trounced Louisiana College 6-1, and in a return engagement with the Southwesterners at Lafayette, Tech won easily, 6-1, and later de¬ feated NSC, 5-2. I ' age 156 With thirteen lettermen returning to bolster the hopes of success during the 1950 campaign, the Tech thin clads are scheduled to participate in ten track and field meets, including the Gulf States Conference meet at Lafayette May 13. The Canines have completed half of their 1950 slate as this section goes to press, having participated in three clashes, the Texas Relays at Austin, Texas, and the Southern Relays at Birmingham, Ala. They opened the season against Houston Univer¬ si ty and Southwestern Louisiana Institute in a tri¬ angular meet which Houston won. SLI was second and Tech third. Playing hosts to Louisiana College, Centenary, and Mississippi College, the Techmen registered their first win by scoring 88% points. Louisiana College was next with 54, Mississippi College third with 32%, and Centenary fourth with five. In a three-way meeting, Tech came from behind in the final events to capture second place behind Southeastern Louisiana College. Louisiana College finished third. SLC made 84 1-3 points, Tech 49%, and Louisiana College 46 1-6. TRACK JIMMY MIZE Coach Members of the 1949 Louisiana Tech track and field squad are shown below. Kneeling (left to right) : Jimmy Kilpatrick, Buddy Fall- in , Estes Bozeman , Jerry Leonard, Joe Rabb , and Jack Collinsworth . Second row: Bobby Hollingsworth . Tony Cefalu , Mike Walsh, Carl Bonner , Gene Knecht , Jimmy Harrison , David Holley , and Clark Ford . Back row: Charlie Crouch ’ Joe Strother , Robert Bert¬ rand , Burl Scott, Carroll Bujol , Rudolph Smith , Lowell Morrison , and Vance Bailes. Not shown in picture: Harold Carroll . Lettermen. Page 157 1949 RESULTS Southwestern Louisiana Institute 71 1-3, Univer¬ sity of Houston 68 2-3, TECH 41. TECH 85, Louisiana College 54. Southeastern Louisiana College 92, Northwestern State College 48, TECH 37. TECH 71 1-2, Northwestern State College 56 1-2, Louisiana College 48. Southwestern Louisiana Institute 90, TECH 46, Northwestern State College 45. Gulf States Conference meet: Southwestern Lou¬ isiana Institute 91, Southeastern Louisiana College 64, Loyola 56 1-2, TECH 28, Northwestern State Col¬ lege 26 1-2, Louisiana College 13. Rudolph “Red” Smith, Gulf States Conference shot put champion (45 feet, 10 inches). Chosen Tech’s “Best All- Around Athlete for 1948-49.” Tony Cefalu, sprinter, was awarded “Most Valuable” title, 1949. Captain and co-captain for the 1950 Bulldog cindermen are Buddy Fallin and Lowell Morrison, (left to right) . Page 158 INTRAMURALS 194849 CHAMPIONS Touch Football—Outlaws. Volleyball—Outlaws. Table Tennis: Singles—Jimmy Cheneval, Kappa Sigma. Doubles—Andre Pinac and James McClen¬ don, Lambda Chi. laws; 145—A. D. Long, Outlaws; 155—Clif¬ ford Meek, Outlaws; 165—Dan O’Neal, Out¬ laws; 175—J. B. Harville, Outlaws; and Heavyweight—Carl Russ, Hellcats. Team champion—Outlaws. Softball—Hellcats. Basketball—Eagles. Pool—Andrew Inzina, Outlaws. Boxing: 118—Robert Lassiter, Outlaws; 127—Hamric Brock, Goldbricks; 135—Vernon Rust, Out¬ Tennis: Singles—Roy Craft, Redbugs. Doubles—Richard Meek and John Holm, Outlaws. Track—Redbugs. The Goldbricks, basketball champions, are shown below. Front row: The opening jump of the championship game between (left to right): Ted Gullatt, James Norred, Dave Herrin, and Billy Gullatt. the Goldbricks and Kappa Sigma. The Goldbricks trimmed Second row: Ural Dickerson, coach, Donald Clement, Tyrus Pendergras, tiieir opponents 39-33 in a close tilt, and Dick Weir. Page 159 1949-50 CHAMPIONS Touch Football—Outlaws. Volleyball—Outlaws. Tables Tennis: Singles—Jimmy Cheneval, Kappa Sigma. Doubles—Andre Pinac and James McClendon, Lamb¬ da Chi. Basketball—Goldbricks. Pool: Singles—Maurice (Red) Rawls, Outlaws. Doubles—C. B. Green and Harry Paul Alexander, Pi K A. Boxing—Outlaws. The winners of softball, tennis, and track have not been determined. Exhibition Wrestling Match The 1950 boxing champs. Front row (left to right) : 127—Juan Ruckstuhl, Outlaws; 135—Colvin Futrell, Out¬ laws; 145—Pat Smith, Outlaws; 155—John Freeland, Kap¬ pa Sigma. Back row: 165—Bobby Cunningham, Kappa Alpha; 175—Joe Strother, Kappa Sigma; and Heavy¬ weight—George (Red) Latham, T-Club. Team champ¬ ion—Outlaws. Page 160 In 0 Page 161 BASKETBALL Intramural competition sponsored by the Women’s Recreation Association and a well-rounded physical education program make it possible for Tech girls to participate in a variety of sports. This year the WRA directed tournaments in basketball, badminton, ping-pong, volleyball, softball and tennis. Basketball opened the intramural season, with eleven organizations entering the round-robin tournament. The teams were divided into two leagues. Wesley Foundation, League Two Winner, defeated As- well Hall, top team in the other bracket, for the basketball champion¬ ship. Pictured after the final game are the intramural basketball champions, members of Wesley Foundation. Front row: Joan Turner, Jimmie Mae Edwards, Bette Adams, Zula Abington. Back row: Pat McGee, Betty Jean Turner, Sarah Jean McCrary, Mary Grace Bagwell, Pat Moore. Page 162 I 1 Several things combined to make this year’s basketball tournament one of the most success¬ ful ever held. High spirit and keen competition kept interest at a peak throughout the twenty- six-game schedule, during which there was no forfeit. The championship team used smooth floor- work, overhead shots and close guarding to de¬ feat all contenders. Among the strongest teams competing were Aswell Hall, second-place win¬ ner, and Phi Mu. Aswell beat the sorority girls by one point in a semi-final game. The three action pictures shown were tak¬ en in the final game between Wesley Foundation and Aswell Hall. Top: Bette Adams, Wesley captain, takes a long shot. Middle: Daisy Pollard, Aswell guard, at¬ tempts to block an overhead shot by Jimmy Ed¬ wards. Bottom: Aswell captain, Oleta Savage, goes in for a lay-in. Page 163 PING-PONG Betty Self, intramural ping-pong champion, was entered by Aswell Hall. TENNIS Nelwyn Sledge and Gayle Brown won the tennis tournament in the spring of ’49 for Phi Mu. The 1950 competition in tennis and soft- ball had not been completed when the Lagniappe was sent to press. Page 166 MODERN DANCE Advanced, intermediate and be¬ ginning classes in modern dance are taught by Miss Anne Ingram. Pic¬ tured here are members of an ad¬ vanced class in a movement from a dance choreographed by the group. Page 167 : 1 -v •. j .?a m 6 f i tut film uns STUDENT SENATE Front row: McGinty McBride, Jerry Steele, John Caruthers, Carolyn Haggard, James Stewart. Back row: Charles Marvin, Cecil Harris, L. J. Fox, Archie Evans, Jack Meriwether, Jean Thompson, Eleanor Franks, Roy Talley, Betty Lou Lancaster, Doyle Dumas, James Sparkman. The executive powers of the Student Body Association are vest¬ ed in the Student Senate. The Student Body Association was organ¬ ized in the school year of 1937-38. The officers of the Student Body are the members of the Student Senate. The main purposes of the organization are to stimulate closer co¬ operation between the students and the faculty, to foster school spirit, to promote worthy projects in the interest of the entire student body, and to promote general student activities. Page 170 Melvin Barney Junior Representative James V. Bres Senior Representative John D. Caruthers President Wayne Durham Fresh m a n R e presen tat we Larry J. Fox Faculty Adviser Carolyn Haggard 2nd Vice-President Cecil Harris Senior President Betty Lou Lancaster Sophomore Representative McGinty McBride 1st Vice-President Charles A. Marvin Tech Talk Editor Will Bunn Matthews Senior President (January Class) James Rush Stewart T reasurer Ray Talley Sophomore President Roy Talley Sophomore Representative Jean Thompson Senior Representative Page 171 rage 172 i Publications The Tech Talk comes off the press in the college printing shop on the basement floor of Keeny Hall. Page 173 1 The Tech Talk Charles Marvin. Editor E. A. Schofield Advertising Manager Yvonne Brett Society Editor Bobby Henderson Sports Editor Reportorial Staff: Violet Adams, Frances Ander¬ son, Elvin Byrom, Mariann Davis, George Gehring, Bobby Henderson, Jeanne Henslee, William High, Patricia Hill, Charles Ray Holland, Conrad Kinard, Carolyn King, Billie Ruth Lowe, Joe Marshall, Charlie Joe Prince, E. A. Schofield. Charles (Corky) Martin, editor, picks up a galley proof in the print shop. Yvonne Brett, society editor writes campus social functions. Buford Koen, first semester ad man, shows “Mike” Schofield how to take over the reins. Page 174 The Tech Talk is published weekly by the Journalism Depart¬ ment, under the supervision of Kenneth F. Hewins. “Corky” gives some pointers to re¬ porters Elvin Byrom, Mariann Davis, Violet Adkins and T. R. Young. On the left, Elvin Byrom glances through a file of back numbers to find a bit of information needed for a story. On the upper right, Ray Holland writes “Windy Weakeyes Predicts”, a sports forecast column. On the lower right, Bobby Henderson, sports editor, prepares copy and pictures for the paper. Page 175 Frances Anderson, editor, selects a cover for the 1950 Lagniappe. THE LAGNIAPPE 1950 Bobby Henderson, sports editor, handled varsity sports and women’s intramurals for the annual. Snap-shot man Joe Rutledge obtained a pictorial record of the year’s school ac¬ tivities. Frances Anderson Editor Mariann Davis. Class Editor Yvonne Brett ... Organizations Editor Bobby Henderson. Sports Editor Joe Rutledge. Snap-shot Editor Betty Sue Bethea, Ann Grambling Assistants Page 176 The Lagniappe staff discovered early in the year that work, worry and deadline rushes are as much a part of an annual as its pictures and copy. A tremendous amount of effort was spent in an attempt to make this record of the year’s events a thing to enjoy in the fu¬ ture. Mariann Davis was class editor and prepared copy for the Fine Arts section of the Lagniappe. Ann Grambling, left, typed copy for the annual staff and Yvonne Brett, working with pictures for the Organiza- Betty Sue Bethea assisted with class and organization pic- tions division. tures. Front row. Clyde Perot, News Editor; J. L. Walkup, Associate Editor; James McFadden, Advertising Manager; Marvin Cook, Circulation; tommy Delk, Copy Editor. Back row: W. D. Stewart, Business Manager; J. T. Tigner, Layout Editor; Ben Means, Editorial Staff; Richard McDonald, Feature Editor. Insert: M. R. Wilkinson, Editor. LOUISIANA TECH ENGINEER The purpose of the LOUISIANA TECH ENGINEER is to rep¬ resent the constructive thought and ability of the entire School of Engi¬ neering. The magazine is published quarterly. The publications board is composed of Arthur Thigpen, H. I Henry; L. R. Daniel, John Seeger, and H. Betty Gott. Page 178 Opening the 1949-50 season of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association was Phil Spitalny with his “Hour of Charm” all-girl orchestra. FINE ARTS Interest in the Fine Arts grows stronger each year under the en¬ couragement of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association. Page 179 L. V. E. Irvine, chairman of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association and head of the Music depart¬ ment. The Louisiana Tech Concert Association Under the auspices of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association, six nationally celebrated attractions have appeared on the stage of How¬ ard Auditorium this year. Low cost member¬ ship tickets in this non-profit organization were bought by the college student body numbering around 2,300 and the approximately 1,900 non¬ students living in the surrounding area. Sepa¬ rate performances are given for each of these two groups. Over 40 of such programs have been presented by the association since its founding in 1944. Directing the “Hour of Charm” orchestra which Evelyn Kaye, concert mistress and featured solo- appeared here October 18 was Phil Spitalny, shown ist of the all-girl orchestra is pictured playing her below. “Magic Violin.” Page 180 Posed leaning on his piano, Victor Borge, Danish pianist and humorist, was voted by Tech students as their choice for the second L.T.C.A. attraction of the year. Appearing here November 9 and 10, the Dane entertained his audiences with unique and original witticisms as well as with his pianistic ability. Speaking on “The State of World Affairs ’ William L. Shirer, noted auth¬ or and radio commentator, gave two lec¬ tures in Howard Auditorium March 8. In his speeches, he discussed the world¬ wide struggle for freedom and peace, placing emphasis on America’s role in international leadership. Page 181 Concerts Efrem Kurtz, well-known conductor of the Hous¬ ton orchestra. Appearing for a third time at Lou¬ isiana Tech, the Houston Symphony Or¬ chestra gave two concerts before com¬ bined audiences of more than 3000, February 28. A note of interest is that plans for the organization of the L.T.C. A. were first formulated after a program given by the orchestra in 1944. I he orchestra is pictured in concert formation below. Although young in comparison with other major symphony organizations, the Houston group has progressed rapidly under the direction of Mr. Kurtz and seems to be well on its way towards becoming one of the finest in the nation. Page 182 Lauritz Melchior, noted metropoli¬ tan opera tenor, gave two concerts here March 13 and 14. Well-received by his audiences, Melchior’s programs consist¬ ed of both classical and semi-classical music. A native of Denmark, the sing er has performed a record number of Wagnerian operas. His capacity for difficult touring schedules and hard work has been equaled by few musicians. The two programs presented by Gladys Swarthout, well-known concert and operatic singer, April 13 and 14, marked the close of the 1949-50 concert season. A native-trained American mez¬ zo-soprano, Miss Swarthout is probably best known in opera for her interpreta¬ tion of the role of Carmen. Although she has expressed a preference for the concert field, she is also active in those of radio, recording, movies, and litera¬ ture. I’age 183 The Tech Theater Players Staging an average of four plays a year, members of the Tech Theater Players gain practical experience in all aspects of dramatic production. Under a new plan adopted by Tech students this year, added support is given the organization by an individual registration fee of 25c. Pictured on the following pages are scenes from two of the productions given by the players. Miss Vera Alice Paul, professor of Speech and director of the Tech Theater productions. Carolyn Tilbury and Nell Margaret Goodgame assist Mrs. E. Wayne Bundy, supervisor, in making costumes for “As You Like It”. Students usually make and design all costumes. Leslie Snyder as Orlando struggles with Joe Holland, portraying Oliver, while Adam (Donald Morris) watches in one of the fines scenes of “As You Like It”. Page 184 Produced February 23 and 24, “As You Like It’’ was the third in a series of Shake¬ spearean productions given by the Tech Theater Players in the past three years. The success of these plays has encouraged members of the group in their plans to con¬ tinue the practice of sponsoring one such attraction annually. Celia (Barbara Brockway) and Rosalind (Colleen Ken¬ nedy) talk to Orlando (Les Snyder). William, a country bumpkin, played by John Osborne, gets a going over from Touchstone, the Bunch Norris as Jacques tells a story to Melbon Berry, jester (Don Braswell). They are observed by Aud- George Tereschkovich, Lon Keeley, and Ted Lund who por- rey, played by Jane Johnson, as she munches an tray Frederick’s page, Second Lord, First Lord, and Amiens, apple. respectively. Page 185 Ten Little Indians Jane Hills as Vera Claybourne points a gun at J. R. Henry, portraying Philip Lombard, in an argu¬ ment during the last scene of the play. Ten Little Indians, a murder myster by Agatha Christie, is based on the movie, “And Then There Were None.” The Tech Theater players produced this play, which involved a series of unsolved mur¬ ders, November 2 and 3. Anthony Marston (Charles Ford) lies murdered on the couch and is observed by J. R. Henry, kneeling, Douglas Mur¬ phy, Violet Wilbanks, Vernon Schroeder, Jimmy Bachman, Jane Hills, and Bunch Norris, who play the characters of Philip Lombard, William Blore, Emily Brent, Dr. Armstrong, Rogers, Vera Claybourne, and General MacKenzie, respective¬ ly Jimmy Bachman (Rogers) watches while Dixie Smith (Mrs. Rogers) examines purchases delivered by Fred Narracott (H. E. Hodges). Page 186 OUR FEATURED PERSONALITIES WHO’S WHO Margie Raye Beal Joe Brumfield Norman A. Bortz John D. Caruthers Page 188 In American Colleges and Universities James Gilbert Carolyn Haggard Cecil L. Harris Page 189 WHO’S WHO Hollis Hayes T In American Colleges and Universities Corky Marvin WHO’S WHO James (Flash) Tatom James Wall James Stewart Page 192 Page 193 Page 1% oAemary ' J ellar Senior l eauti y Page 198 ] Page 200 7 Page 201 Page 202 h Page 204 Page 206 Favorites S ophomx re5 Betty Lou Lancaster Ray Talley i men Joe Barnett Mary Ann Carson Page 207 Page 209 CAROLYN WATSON President ALPHA CHI OMEGA Beta Psi chapter of Alpha Chi Omega sorority was installed at Louisiana Tech on October 7, 1944. The group was originally organized in 1941 as Delta Chi Delta. The national organization was founded on October 15, 1885 at De Pauw University. The group does philanthropic work on both the local scale and the national. Alpha Chi Omega’s colors are scarlet and red and olive green. The red carnation is the sorority’s flower. Page 210 Sunshine Allen Joy Anthony Louise Ay cock Margie Beal Beverly Beard Doris Lynn Bell Betty Sue Bethea Jane Brown Sara Ellen Bruno Pauline Chapman Anna Joyce Coates Carolyn Davis Dorothy Jean Dowies Dora June Fleming Barbara Ford Merilyn Fox Jane Johnson LaVenia Rose Johnson Carolyn Jones Manie Langford Barbara McManus Mary Dell Meares Mildred Nickey Mary Elizabeth Norris Doris Nell Penny Susan Segers Elizabeth Tillman Jo Ellen Tims Janice Van Hook Burnelle Wall Carol Jean Williamson LaNelle Winham Mildred White Page 211 CAROLYN LEE President BETA SIGMA OMICRON Beta Sigma Omicron was founded in Columbia, Mis¬ souri, on December 12, 1888. Beta Eta chapter of the organization began as a pledge chapter at Louisiana Tech in February, 1947. The colony was formally installed in¬ to the sorority in May, 1947, by three national officers and representatives of other colleges. The sorority’s principal philanthropy is contributing to the support of the Pine Mountain settlement school in Harlan county, Kentucky. At the national conven¬ tion, a Bernadine diamond ring is presented to the col¬ legiate Beta Sig in the nation. Page 212 Nina Adkins Violet Adkins Dorothy Baker Ann Barker Barbara Chapman Carolyn Clark Alice Cole Claudine Crawley Lola Jean Crawley Maxine Cummings Martha Davis Lela Ann Dees Mickey Duncan Joyce Ann DuVal Mary Jane Farrar Mary Louise Franklin Barbara Giddens Frances Glenn Nell Margaret Goodgame Jean Henslee Marihelen Horneman Betty Ruth King Sarah Louise Langford Ella Foote Parker Wanda Reynolds Polly Robertson Carolyn Sutton Patsy Ruth Ware Page 213 NAN TERRILL President KAPPA DELTA Alpha Chi chapter of Kappa Delta sorority was installed on April 25, 1931. A local sorority, Lambda Theta, served as the background for the present-day Kappa Delta group. Kappa Delta sorority was founded on October 23, 1897, at Virginia State Normal College, Farmville, Vir¬ ginia. As an anniversary gift the national group established a research fellowship of $1,000 annually. The award is given for merit and the receiver does not have to be a member of Kappa Delta. The organization sponsors a Brownie Scout troop and gives support to a child in the Ruston orphanage. They also provide financial aid for spastic children in the Ruston area. 1 he rose is the Kappa Delta flower. The sorority colors are olive green and pearl white. Page 214 Betty Bennett La Nell Brillhart Barbara Brooks Barbara Burkett Bobby Jean Burnett Mary Ann Carson Margaret Dalton Marjorie Ann Daniel Lillybeth Davis Mariann Davis Mamie Jo Drouett Elizabeth Golson Clover Beth Hester Marilyn Jackson Dorothy Jones Ena Margaret Jones Marjorie Kellar Venita Kelly Mary Kerlin Betty Lou Lancaster Janet Littlefield Carolyn Love Rosemary McKellar Barbara Mobley Diane Peyton Peggy Post Ru th Rich arclson Margaret Ann Sentell Nancy Shehee Virginia Smith Carolyn Tait Jean Thompson Linda Tugwell Patricia Waldrop Betty Willis Page 215 NINA HOLOMAN President PHI MU Phi Mu sorority was organized at Macon, Georgia, on March 4, 1852. The organization was originally known as the Philomatheon society. Alpha Lambda chapter of Phi Mu was incorporated with the National Phi Mu sorority on November 13, 1943. Before this time the group was known as Kappa Alpha Zeta, a local sorority founded in 1940. The sorority’s colors are rose and white. It’s flow¬ er is a pink carnation. The national philanthropic activities of the soror¬ ity include an annual graduate fellowship of $1,000, awarded through the American Association of University Women, the care and maintenance of a fully equipped mobile health unit in the home state of Georgia, and many local projects. Page 216 Carolyn Bagwell Claire Baird Marianne Baugh Carolyn Blaine Gayle Brown Gussie Calhoun Ann Canoughton Betty Clayton Jane Connell Larry Crow Billie John Deas Barbara Dry Faye Hogan Evelyn Ganaway Jo Goodwin Helen Harris Eugenia Hastings Anne Hills Pat Holiday Jo Anne Johnson Sybil Kelly Billie Lacy Nelwyn McDonald Patsy Maxwell Eleanor Mitchell Virginia Mitchell Betty Lou Moore Frances Munson Lydia Roane Nelwyn Sledge Betty Smith Sarah Smith Jerry Thompson Margaret Jo Towler Virginia Rose White Marjorie Zeigler Page 217 RITA HOFFOSS President SIGMA KAPPA The colors of Sigma Kappa sorority are lavender and maroon. The violet is the sorority flower. Beta Epsilon chapter of Sigma Kappa was granted its charter on April 1, 1931. The organization was founded by five pioneering women students at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in November, 1874. The aim of Sigma Kappa sorority is to promote per¬ sonal service, spiritual standards, cultural development, and high scholarship and intellectual standards among its members and alumnae. The group’s national philanthropy is the Main Sea Coast Mission, a national project since 1918. The local chapter supports an orphaned boy at the local Methodist orphanage. Page 218 Bettye Beasley Wilmyrth Beville Barbara Braswell Hazel Bourland Ann Buatt Genevieve Burkhalter Elizabeth Butler Mary Connally Nancy Dominick Frances Fletcher Eleanor Franks Ruth Gill Ann Grambling Carolyn Hendrickson Margie Ann Kelly John Ann Lewis Patsy Lewis Billie Ruth Lowe Georgia McBride Gerry Ellen McCleary Jane McClendon Shelby Meek Carolyn Mitchell Frances Monroe Martha Nicol June Ann Roeger Jimmie Reed Smith Dorothy Jane Stocks Billie McCalla Tigner Carolyn Tilbury Sue Turner Evelyn Van Hook Julia Ann Wells Page 219 BILLIE SUE KNIGHT President THETA UPSILON The aims of Theta Upsilon sorority are to establish a close friendship between the members, to stimulate the intellectual, social, and spiritual life of the members, and to render services to others. Psi chapter of Theta Upsilon was installed on the Louisiana Tech campus June 23, 1932. Before joining the national group it was a local sorority, Delta Phi Gamma, which was Tech’s first social sorority. The organization was founded at the University of California at Berkley in 1909 as a girls’ club. On Janu¬ ary 1, 1914, this group became Alpha Chapter of Theta Upsilon. The local chapter’s philanthropic work is connected with aid to the girls at the Methodist Orphanage in Rus- ton. The Iris is the sorority flower and its colors are yel¬ low and white. Page 220 T Ann Acklin Jo Ann Bell Jerry Cheek Jackie Fallon Norma Ford Virginia Gilly Carolyn Haggard Lillian Hays Dolores Huckaby Josephine Jennings Ann McLane Sally Masingill Nell Rose Moody Libby Mulhern Linda Nicholson Marilyn Norman Zoe Ann Poimboeuf Dean Sanford Joyce Shaffer Mary Elizabeth Sparks Rosemary Sterling Martha Temple Mary Jane Turnley Barbara Van Cleave Mary Alyce Walters Mariann Willingham Page 221 tsvXSCv: PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL The Pan-Hellenic council is the governing body for the women’s social organizations. It is composed of three members from each soror¬ ity on the campus. An annual formal tea is given by the organization for all women students. The group’s philanthropic work includes the support of a young war refugee in Holland. Top row: Louise Aycock, Claire Baird, Mariann Baugh, LaNell Brillhart, Jane Brown, Alice Cole. Middle row: Ruth Gill, Eugenia Hastings, Dolores Huckaby, Josephine Jennings, Janet Littlefield. Billie Ruth Lowe. Bottom row: Elizabeth Mulhern, Frances Munson, Wanda Louise Reynolds, Polly Robertson, June Roeger, Nan Terrill, Janice Van Hook. Page 222 INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL The Interfraternity Council is the governing body for the men’s fraternities. The purpose of the organization is to set rules for rush¬ ing, pledging and initiation. Top row: James W. Adams, Hartwell Burson, Doc Farrar, H. B. Fessler, Lester Garrison. Mid¬ dle row: Hollis Hayes, Clinton King, McGinty McBride, Will Bunn Matthews, James Douglas Naremore. Bottom row: Harold Parker, James Rush Stewart, Earl Sturgeon, King B. Triesch- mann, John William Woods. Page 223 HOLLIS HAYES President DELTA SIGMA PHI Beta Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi was installed at Louisiana Tech on May 16, 1948. The organization had previously been known as Delta Kappa Alpha, a local fraternity which had been formed by nine students. The Interfraternity Council had recognized the group in the spring of 1947. Delta Sigma Phi was founded in December, 1899, at the College of the City of New York. There are 52 chap¬ ters today in the United States and Canada. Page 224 Edwin Barry Norman A. Bortz John N. Davis Julius P. Downs Chester E. Gist Hay dr on Dukes Erwin Hicks Clinton King William H. McDowell Prank Me Kenney Charles Montgomery Sam B. Paschal Harold Smolinski James B. Todd John H. Traylor Ralph L. Webster Page 225 HAROLD A. PARKER President KAPPA ALPHA The local chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, Gam¬ ma Alpha, was installed at Louisiana Tech on October 18, 1947. It had previously been known as the Penta¬ gon Club. The Kappa Alpha Order was founded December 21, 1865, at Washington College, (now Washington and Lee University) Virginia. It has obtained a national status as a fraternity, but has never expanded above the Mason - Dixon line. It is often referred to as “the Fraternity of Southe rn Gentlemen.” The colors of the Order are crimson and old gold, and the flowers are the crimson rose and the magnolia blossom, the traditional flower of the South. Page 226 Toe Anderson William Barnwell Carl Bonner Arnold Brown Joe Ray Caldwell Joe Sidney Carter Claude Cook Logan Dame wood Johnny Deloney Reber Dillard Don Garland Bill Grau Bill Hale H. L. Henry Sam Jones Francis Jordan James Jordan William Lavigne Paul Le Blanc Dale Little R. L. McCary Fred Meadows Dan Prudhomme Frank Reynolds Bobby Riggs Bill Slattery Robert Tolar Ralph Townsend Douglas Tuck John Vandigriff George Walker Glen Wilson John Woods Page 227 McGINTY McBRIDE President Kappa Sigma was founded at the University of Vir¬ ginia in 1869. The national group is composed of 116 chapters, and is the third largest fraternity in the nation, both in number of active members and number of chap¬ ters. KAPPA SIGMA The Epsilon Gamma chapter at Louisiana Tech was installed in 1941. A local fraternity, Omega Kappa, which was formed in 1928, was granted a charter to be¬ come a chapter of the national organization. Stephen Alonzo Jackson, one of the early initiates, embodied in the ritual the early European tradition which takes Kappa Sigma back in spirit to the University of Bologna in the year 1400, when a mutual protection society was founded by a group of students. Page 228 Bobby Aillet fohn Barnard James Beasley Larry Beason Thomas Brantley Warren Broussard James Cheneval Dellon Coker Harvey Cragon Jack Emmons H. B. Fessler Pete Fields Clark Ford William Gore Carl Horton James Ingram William Johnson Forrest Johnson Wallace King Lucian Larche Raymond Melton C. D. Miller Charles Noble John O’Neal Clifford Peabody Bill Sartor Ralph Stroble Joe Strother Ray Talley Roy Talley Edgar Threadgill Ralph Westbrook Page 229 WILLIAM B. MATTHEWS President The White Rose is the national flower of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. The colors are purple, green and gold. LAMBDA CHI ALPHA The Tech Lambda Chi Alpha chapter, Theta Psi Zeta, was installed in 1939. The group was previously known as Zeta Alpha Kappa. It was the first national fraternity at Tech. Lambda Chi Alpha was founded at Boston Univer¬ sity in 1909. It has 108 chapters. Page 23Q William Baker Raymond Baumgardner Foster Bond, Jr. Robert Boone Sam Brothers Joseph Brumfield Maurice Bryan Rommie Bryan Harry A. Busch, Jr. John D. Caruthers, Jr. Waldo Cecil H. R. Chism Frank Darsey Guy Elliott Mabry Figures Harry Fox Jerome Fraser Stephen Goldenberg Charles Gwin William Haley Cecil Harris Louis Harris John Harrison Ralph Harrison Glenn Hebert Albert Henderson John Hood George Janette Leslie Johnson Conrad Kinard Charles Kramer Walter Krousel Thomas Lewis James McLendon Charles Marvin John Meriwether Thomas Miller Luther Moore Robert Monk Joseph Mori arty Douglas Naremore Robert Naremore Ralph O’Quinn Clyde Perot Andre Pinac James Roberts Mastin Robinson James Tatom Richard Taylor Robert Thurmond William Warren Clifton Williams, Jr. Frank Wilson Page 231 JAMES R. STEWART President PI KAPPA ALPHA Pi Kappa Alpha was founded by six students on March 1, 1868, at the University of Virginia. In May, 1940, the Gamma Psi chapter was installed. Its founda¬ tion was Sigma Alpha Delta, a local organization. At the New Orleans convention of Pi Kappa Alpha in 1909 the organization extended membership to the entire nation. Before this time the fraternity was open only to chapters formed in the South. At the present time there are about 90 undergradu¬ ate chapters of the fraternity in the nation. Page 232 Harry Alexander Billy Alley Burton Bodan Thomas Brown James Calhoun Jimmie Carpenter Harry Chappel David Cummings William Davis Paul Davey John Dorgan Doyle Dumas Darrel Foster Gene Franklin Harry Ingerman James McFadden Fred May Donald Morris John Murph Lowell Newman William Norris Doyle Parker Robert Robertson Luther Steward Jerry Stinson Joseph Titone King Trieschmann James Vardeman Robert Weldon Henry Wheeler Darwin White James Yarberry Page 233 - WILLIAM ETZEL President TAU KAPPA EPSILON The local chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon had its beginning in 1898, and was recognized as Alpha Omega, a local fraternity, in 1901. The organization became Delta chapter of Alpha Lambda Tau in 1924. On April 11, 1947, that organization merged with Tau Kappa Epsilon. Tau Kappa Epsilon was founded at Illinois Wesley¬ an University at Bloomington in 1899. It is composed of 68 chapters and is currently conducting an extensive expansion program. The fraternity colors are cherry and gray; the car¬ nation is the official flower. Page 234 fa T James Adams Radford Allen Robert Bran ton William Burr Bennie Collingsworth Milton Dailey Percy Dillon Henry Ehrlich Tom Fitzgerald Thomas Ford Billy Hammock Berry Hinton Paul Jackson George Lomax Joseph Lynch Richard McDonald Henry Mays, Jr. W. L. Mitchell Douglas Murphy Joe Murry George Nelson, Jr. George Olive Jack Olive George O’Neal, Jr. Clarence Poimboeuf William Ponder Cecil Rhodes Vernon Schroeder P. K. Smith, Sr. P. K. Smith, Jr. Walter Smith Thomas Stafford Thomas Sturgeon George Taylor George Tereschovich Dickie Thompson William Ward Allan Williams Page 235 DOC FARRAR President THETA XI The colony of Theta Xi fraternity at Louisiana Tech was started before the war, but was discontinued during the war years. The new colony was activated in October of 1947, and became Alpha Upsilon chapter of Theta Xi on April 2 , 1949. The installation ceremony was held at Louisiana State University. Theta Xi fraternity was founded at Rensselaer Poly¬ technic Institute in 1864. There are 45 active chapters. Page 236 T Chester Barron Elvin Byrom Hartwell Burson James Caldwell YV. W. Chew Edward Fontaine Calvin French Max Flitch Travis Hickman Hansford Holloway Edward Isgett William Kitchens Donald McCall Minor Oglesby John Osborn Raymond Rogers L. E. Storey Robert Walker Page 237 HONORARY RELIGIOUS - DEPARTMENTAL ■ SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS Page 239 Baptist Student Union The Baptist Student Union coordinates the religious activities for Baptist students on the Tech campus. It extends the influence of the church to our school and makes Christianity collegiate. Its purpose is to conserve Southern Baptist college youth for Christian leadership and the kingdom of God. It is a church centered and student centered movement. The Freshmen B.S.U. Council . . . President R. L. Ropp laying a brick for the new Baptist student center . . . Typical noon day chapel crowd . . . The B. S. U. booth at the campus carnival. Carolyn Mitchell and Glenn Tanner are coaching those who try to “hit the head ” Rodney Dick. Bollan Corkern Missionary Chairman Thelma Jane Dark Y.W.A. Representative Rodney Dick President Patsy Driggers Devotional Vice-President Joyce Ann Durrett T reasurer Barbara Gwin Center Hostess Jeanette Harger Training Union Representative Colleen Kennedy Music Chairman Nellwyn Love Publicity Carolyn Mitchell Social Vice-President Connie Nolan Women ' s Enlistment Vice-President Gloria Jean Shell Secretary Howard Smith Men ' s Enlistment Vice-President Bernice Walker Sunday School Representative Jessie Nell Wimberly Pro motional Vice- Presi dent Bobby Watt Training Union Representative Page 241 Pictured above are a group of Methodist students, who are among those gathering at the Center each day for hours of fun and fellowship. They are: First row: Jo Ann Neese, Carolyn Lee, Dorothy Brewster. Second row: Frances Mitchell, Louise Aycock, Nan Terrill, Carol Mason, Mrs. J. T. Folk. Third row: Marvin Cook, Mildred Nickey, George Nelson, Sam Dunbar, Billie Ruth Lowe, Leon Pratt, Bill Westbrook. Mildred Nickey President Marvin Cook Vice-President Louise Aycock Vice-President Nan Terrill Secretary Bill Westbrook Treasurer Mrs. J. 1. Folk Faculty Sponsor Wesley Foundation Page 242 Westminster Fellowship Henry Haughton President June Ann Roeger Historian and Reporter Martin Wilkinson Vice-President Lanelle Winham Treasurer i i Page 243 American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers First row: Franklin, Cummings, C. Williams, Abbott, J. Williams, Hayes. Second row: Craighead, Humphries, Singh, Hender¬ son, Cox, Lomax. Third row: Dupy, Adams, Bortz, Melton, Gorton, Alley. American Society of Mechanical Engineers First row: Barrett, Potier, Craighead, Bogard, Abbott, Henderson, Kincaid. Second row: Adams, Hall, Kennedy, Williams, Hayes, Inzina, Kimbell, Cox. Third row: Fox, Cole, Bortz, Harris, Fisher. Fourth row: Mitchell, Duke, Marczak, Gist, Hardy, Bond. Page 244 First row: F. E. Franklin, George Temple, Edgar Threadgill, Marvin Cook, Thomas Kilgo, A. M. Cole, Judson Snow, Henry Roberts. Second row: Joel Groh, R. R. Langdon, Leon Gober, Ichbal Singh, Donald Whitson, William Stewart, Charles Golson, B. F. Burkhalter. Third row: Clyde Perot, Harvey Cragon, H. G. Wells, Frank Shipley, M. R. Wilkinson, W. E. Hearne, John L. Davis, James Bres. Fourth row: Bobby Watt, Jack Couvillion, Curtis F. Hawley, Weible Alley, Ivan L. Gibbens, H. D. Nicholas, James Wafer, Charles Russell. Fifth row: John L. Walkup, Patrick McMahon, R. W. Milford, Coleman Correy, Frank McKenney, R. W. Gimber, W. T. Jones, M. R. Johnson. James R. Bres ... Chairman Martin R. Wilkinson Vice-Chairman Harry G. Wells Secretary-Treasurer American Institute of Electrical Engineers Page 245 Top row: Edward W. Apps, president; James H. Winn, vice-president; Wil¬ liam Barnwell, Jr., secretary. Bottom row: H. M. Childress, treasurer; W. W. Chew, faculty sponsor. Delta Alpha Rho The purpose set forth by this organization is to encourage scholastic ambition and a spirit of unity and fellowship and to mark in a fitting manner those who by their high record as undergraduates, or by their attainments as alumni, give promise of future advancement in the field of engineering. Page 246 Raymond Baumgardner Robert Boone fames M. Cook Jack Cox H. B. Fessler Leon Gober Charles Colson Charles Gorton Johnny Johnson William T. Jones Clayton Little Walter McDermott William McMullen Stanley Marczak Joseph Maricelli Roy W. Milford Douglas Naremore Robert Naremore Billy Russell Arthur Shelton James Stewart Robert Watt William Westbrook Donald Whitson Martin R. Wilkinson Page 247 Demeter William Etzel Bobby Smith, Charles M. Noble Math a Ray Young President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer The Demeter Fraternity strives to develop greater interest in Agri¬ culture, promote scholarship among its members, establish confidence and friendly relations between the colleges and universities of the United States, promote moral and social culture among its members, establish a closer tie of assistance one to another in the development of the intellect, friendship and fidelity to the highest ideals of associated efforts. Top row: Bobby Branton, James Calhoun, Frank E. Darsey, Hiram Drane, William Etzel, John Flitch, N. M. Griffith. Middle row: Bob Larance, Felton McDonald, Joe Miesch, Charles Montgomery, Charles M. Noble, R. S. Pennuell. Bottom row: Robert Roach, Lynn T. Shows, Bobby Smith, Thomas Strickland, Wilbur Stringer, Matha Ray Young. Page 248 Los Hispanofilos Top row: Betty Abernethy, Frances Anderson, Dorothy Bratsas, Kitty Brewer, Dorothy Brewster, Barbara Brockway. Middle row: Elinor Emmons, Magda Geeker, Carolyn Haggard, Jane Johnson, Sara Langford, Billy Lowe. Bottom row: Carolyn Mitchell, Luther Moore, Dorothy Robinson, Betty Marie Self, Elizabeth Tillman, Carol Jean Williamson, Mary Ann Willingham. Mu Alpha Theta Front row: Lester Garrison, Jean Warren, Donald Clement, Mary Evans, Henry Schroeder. Middle row: Rodney Dick, Paul Davie, George W. Barnes, Richard Poe. Back row: Calvin Odom, Robert Henneberg, P. K. Smith, Ronald Dennis, Edward Anders. Page 249 Top row: James F. Tatom, president; James Winn, first semester vice-presi- den, second semester president; Robert Boone, second semester vice-president; Joe Brumfield, treasurer. Bottom Row: Claudine Crawley, secretary; Doris Arm¬ strong, historian; Barbara Giddens, reporter. Gamma Epsilon The purpose of Gamma Epsilon is to extend fitting recognition to students who achieve outstanding distinction in scholarship. Juniors with averages of 2.5 and seniors with 2.3 are admitted into the organi¬ zation. Each year the group brings outstanding high school seniors to the campus for Honor’s Day. Page 250 First row: Frances Anderson, William Barnwell, Raymond Baumgardner, Margie Beal, Earl Bennett, W. T. Burr, Jr. Second row: John D. Caruthers, Donald P. Clement, Doc Farrar, Miss Frances Fletcher, Clark Ford, Mrs. Dora Gilbert. Third row: Ruth Gill, Charles Gorton, Bonnie Hearn, Dr. Paul T. Hendershot, Dr. H. L. Hughes, ' Stella Kalpakis. Fourth row: Patsy Lewis, Fel¬ ton McDonald, William McMullen, Joseph Miesch, Sue Mitchell, Sue Proctor. Fifth Row: Frank Reynolds, David Sheffield, Arthur Shelton, James Stewart, John Wagnon, Donald Whitson, Jessie Nell Wimberly. Page 251 Blue Jackets Carolyn Hendrickson Ann McLane Claire Baird Jane Gibson Carolyn Lee President Vice-President Secretary T reasnrer Publicity Chairman The Blue Jackets is an organization composed of sixty-three under¬ graduate women selected on the basis of scholarship, sportsmanship and loyalty. The group promotes school spirit and a sportsman-like at¬ titude in all campus and athletic activities. The club makes a formal appearance at each football game and participates in half-time shows. It also serves as a welcoming committee to all guests on the campus. First row: Mildred Nickey, Betty Lou Lancaster, Elizabeth Norris, Louise Aycock, Patsy Lewis, Dolores Huckaby, Carolyn Lee, Claire Baird, Jeanne Henslee, Wanda Reynolds. Second row: Nelwyn Sledge, Jane Gibson, Betty Bennett, Elizabeth Mulhern, Bur- nelle Wall, Julie Wells, Cynthia A. Harrison, Nan Terrill, Rosemary Sterling, Alice Cole. Third row: Barbara Braswell, Billy Gene Walsworth, Jane Brown, Janet Littlefield, Barbara Van Cleave, Carolyn Mitchell, Mickey Duncan, Carolyn Blaine, Elizabeth Golson, Ann McLane. Fourth row: Nancy Shehee, Carolyn Hendrickson, Bonnie Hearn, Ruth Gill, Laura Dean Nix, Marihelen Horneman, Genevieve Burkhalter, Carolyn Clark, Nell Margaret Goodgame, Eugenia Hastings. Page 252 Tech Teachers’ Club Top row: James Allison, Georgia Mae Bagley, Jo Ann Bell. Maybin Bordelon, Hazel Bourland, Jane Brown, Pauline Chapman. Middle row: Robert Crowe, Marilyn Gimber, Robert Hanna, Jr., Stella Kalpakis, Marjorie Kelley, Sybil Kelley, Billie Sue Knight. Bottom row: Jo Ann Nease, Laura Dean Nicks, Zoe Ann Poimboeuf, Virginia Smith, Billie Ann Traylor, Rosemary Wallace, Janie Sue Wilkins, Elizabeth Womack. Alpha Pi Epsilon Top row: Carolyn Bagwell, Dorothy Brewster, Joe Brumfield, Dora June Fleming, Clark Ford. Middle row: Magda Geeker, Jane Gibson, Billie Lacy, Bob Larance, Billy McKellar. Bottom row: Patsy Maxwell. Mary Elizabeth Sparks, James A. Wall. Page 253 Top row: Will Bunn Matthews, president; Joe Brumfield, vice-president. Bottom row: Cecil Haris, treasurer; M. Hayne Folk, faculty advisor. Omicron Delta Kappa The LPI Circle was formally installed into Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership fraternity, on January 18, 1949. It was first organ¬ ized in September of 1948 with twenty-seven charter members — sev¬ enteen students and ten faculty members. Page 254 Leo Herbert Herbert L. Hughes W. L. Mitchell Douglas Murphy Burton R. Risinger Roy T. Sessums James Tatom James Stewart Page 255 I James Gilbert, president; Ben Carroll, vice-president; Forrest Johnson, sec¬ retary-treasurer. Club The membership of the “T” Club consists of all varsity lettermen in any sport. Its purpose is to foster sportsmanship and fair play in all athletic endeavors. The club was organized in 1931. Coach Joe Aillet is its faculty sponsor. Page 256 I First row: Robert Ray Aillet, Jerry Alexander, George Melvin Barney, Carl D. Bonner, Estes Bozeman, Thomas Brantley. Second row: Anthony Cefalu, James Cheneval, Jack Collingsworth, Paul Delacroix, William Etzel, Erving L. Fallin. Third row: Clark Ford, Richard Foster, David Herrin, George Truitt Latham, Thomas Lewis, John Long, Jerry Lovett. Fourth row: Joe Lynch, Gerald Mardis, Lowell Morrison, Joe Rabb, Leo Sanford, Joe Strother, Lenny Vogt. Sigma Tau Delta Mariann Davis, All-Campus Coed se¬ lected by the Student Senate on the basis of beauty, achievement and popularity, was sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, of which she is a member. The cover-girl contest was conducted by a southern monthly magazine. Sigma Tau Delta, national English fraternity, has for its purpose the promotion of creative writing. Mem¬ bers are selected from majors in English and from non- English majors who show ability in creative writing. Rho Gamma chapter began in the fall of 1948 a Louisiana Lit¬ erary Collection to deposit in the Tech library. Ruth Burns Travis Hickman Stella Kalpakis President Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer Top row: Frances Anderson, Dot Bratsas, Ruth Burns, Elvin Byrom, James Caldwell. Middle row: Mrs. Winnie D. Evans, Miss Frances Fletcher, Travis Hickman, Dr. H. L. Hughes, Stella Kalpakis. Bottom row: Douglas Murphy, Doyle Parker. Page 258 Alpha Phi Omega Richard A. McDonald President Richard I. McDonald Vice-President George Nelson, Jr. Secretary Roger Butler Treasurer Luther Moore Historian The purpose of this fraternity is to assemble college men in the fel¬ lowship of the Scout Oath and Law, to develop friendship and to pro¬ mote service to humanity. This program embodies four fields of ac¬ tivity: Service to the student body and faculty; service to youth and community; service to members of the fraternity; and service to the nation as participating citizens. First row: James Adams, William Barham, Warren Beedle, Richard Bradford, Robert Bray, Billy Brewer, Roger Butler. Sec¬ ond row: Harry Chappell, Glen Lee Corrigan, Albert Couvillion, Robert Dorvitt, Sam Dunbar, John Herring, Herbert L. Hughes. Third row: Gerald Kiltz, Max Kiltz, Albert Bueford, Richard A. McDonald, Richard I. McDonald, William McFadden, Luther Moore. Fourth row ' : George Nelson, Otis Pratt, R. L. Ropp, John Seeger, John Shearer, Ben Williams. Page 259 Front row: Carolyn Blaine, Nancy Shehee, Mariann Baugh, Miss Martha Condra, Venita Kelly, Dorothy Jones, Billie Lowe. Back row: Billie John Deas, Eleanor Franks, Elizabeth Golson, La Nell Brillhart, Virginia Gilly. Campus Womens Council Billie Lowe Billie John Deas Jimmie Reed Smith Nancy Shehee Dorothy Jones The Campus Women’s Council is made up of the honor councils of the women s dormitories. It is designed as an organization for the mutual benefit of women students. Each year the group publishes the “To Do and Not To Do” booklet for women. President Vice-President Secr etary T reasurer Reporter Page 260 Dellon Coker Circle “K” President Robert Thurmond Louis Harris Bill Etzel Richard McDonald George Hogg, Sr. First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Faculty Sponsor Among the objectives set forth in the constitution of Circle “K” are: to develop aggressive citizenship and the Kiwanis spirit for im¬ provement of human relationships, to emphasize the advantages of the American way of life, to encourage participation in group activities, to promote good fellowship and high scholarship. Top row: Vance Bailes, James Bowman, Theodore Burr, Jimmy Carpenter, John Caruthers, Dellon Coker, Marvin Cook. Middle row: Charlie Crouch, Bill Etzel, Doc Farrar, Harry Fessler, Louis Harris, Albert Henderson, Forest Johnson, Richard McDonald. Bottom row: Charles Marvin, John Monsell, Charles Montgomery, George O’Neal, Allen Potier, Joe Rabb, Robert Thurmond, Ralph Westbrook. Page 261 Student Union James A. Wall Earl Sturgeon Alice Cole Jimmy Carpenter Doris Bell Bonnie Hearn Miss Martha Condra President Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Publicity Chairman Historian Faculty Sponsor The Student Union is composed of one representative from each sorority and fraternity and each independent group. Its purpose is to develop a well-rounded group of campus activities. Each year the or¬ ganization brings well-known bands to Tech for concerts and dances. Front row: Ralph L. Webster, Jr., Doris Lynn Bell, Earl Sturgeon, Alice Cole, James A. Wall, Betty Bennett. Second row: Henry Wheeler, Jim Sparkman, Norma Anderson, Nina Holoman, Johnny O’Neal, Bill Janette, Bonnie Hearn, Barbara Kennon Braswell, Ella Margaret Baker, Miss Martha Condra. Page 262 Ralph Webster reaches for a flow¬ er from Betty Bennett while Norma Anderson and Barbara Braswell hold the ladder. These members are decorating for the Spring form¬ al for which the Student Union en¬ gaged Vaughn Monroe and his band. Tech students crowd the floor at the Monroe dance. Vaughn Monroe chats with Alice Cole, president of the Student Union, before the dance. Page 263 Top row: John L. Barnard, Jr., Pauline Chapman, Cecile Danna, Thelma Jane Dark, Mariann Davis, Russell Duke, Doyle Dumas. Middle row: William W. Etzel, John M. Futch, Ann Grambling, Pat Halliburton, W. T. Jones, Janies N. Jordan, Stella Kalpakis. Bot¬ tom row: Sybil Kelly, Frances Monroe, Betty Jean Smith, Bernice Walker, Darwin White. Louisiana Tech Concert Association Service Club James N. Jordan .... President Mariann Davis. Vice-President Cecile Danna Secretary-Treasurer L. V. E. Irvine. Facility Sponsor A new organization on the campus, the club was founded this year for the purpose of helping in the routine operations of the Louisiana Tech Concert Association. Page 264 Theta Beta I his club is organized to fill the needs of the women students who drive in, to enable them to enjoy more fully the benefits and pleasures of college life. Front row: Lucille Smith, Jo Helen Fuller, Margaret Ann McGee, Pauline Woodward, Josephine Colvin, Mary Jean Benford, Dollie Aulds, Irene Beebe, Sue Emory, Margaret Alice Lee. Middle row: Sybil Farmer, Olga Walker, Mary Beth Chandler, Alice Collie, Margaret Whitman, Rose Dale Kinman, Dorothy Calhoun, Marteal Webb, Elsa Roan, Vivian White. Back row: Carolyn (dark, Joyce McGee, vonne Brett, Beth Holstead, Ethel Fluitt, Helen Womack, Mrs. Floy Van Hook, Charlotte Wardlow, Jane McClendon, Patsy Platt, Mary Blundell. Page 265 Front row: Dorothy Jones, Billie Lowe, Bonnie Hearn, Elizabeth Tillman, Janice Van Hook. Second row: Marjorie Keller, Stella Kalpakis, La Nell Brillhart, Elizabeth Golson, Beth Holstead, Miss Martha Condra. Women’s League Bonnie Hearn . President Elizabeth Tillman . Secretary Margie Keller . Treasurer Miss Martha Condra . Faculty Sponsor The governing body of the Women’s League, of which all women students are members, is composed of a representative from each dormi¬ tory, a representative of drive-in girls, those boarding in town and those residing in Ruston. The League is a member of the Intercollegiate As¬ sociation of Women Students. Page 266 (1) Freshman girls on trial at annual Kangaroo Court. (2) Janice Garmany caps Helen Harris at the traditional capping of the freshman girls. (3) Honor Freshmen at the installation of Women’s League Board. (4) Freshman girls congregate for roll call at the Kiddies’ day party. Page 267 Women’s Recreation Association Oleta Savage President Carolyn Blaine. Vice-President Nelwyn McDonald Secretary Burnell Wall Treasurer Jean Beebe. Reporter The Women’s Recreation Association, composed of representatives of campus organizations, sponsors and directs women’s intramural sports. Top row: Ann Acklin, Bette Adams, Frances Anderson, Beverly Beard, Jean Beebe, Carolyn Blaine, Carolyn Clark. Middle row: Elizabeth Golson. Ann Grambling, Martha Ann Kennedy, Sara Louise Langford, Sara Jean McCray, Nelwyn McDonald, Linda Nichol¬ son. Bottom row: Oleta Savage, Joyce Shaffer, Carolyn Tait, Burnell Wall, Billie Gene Walsworth, Julie Ann Wells, Mary Ann Willingham. Page 268 Harris Scholarship Club Top row: Vera Faye Adams, Alma Lester, Luther Moore, Travis Shaffer. Bottom row: Jessie Nell Wimberly. International Relations Club Fop row: Carolyn Bagwell, Jose Baylleres, Dorothy Bratsas, Yvonne Brett, Gayle Brown, Patricia Culbertson. Middle row: Mariann Davis, Barbara Dry, Freddie Fernandez, Eric Fleming, Nell Margaret Goodgame, Raul Margarida. Bottom row: Luis Men¬ dez, Oscar Ochoa, Lydia Roane, Oscar Solis, Carolyn Tilbury. Page 269 Front row: Patterson, Culpepper, Montgomery, Young, Roach, Larance, Self, Barker, Dillard. Second row: Howard, Ludlam, Ponder, Byrd, McDonald, Prescott, Hogan. Third row: Rich, English, Conn, Etzel, Shows, Griffitt. Fourth row: Pennuell, Reddin, Fore, Durden, Draine, Duschene. Fifth row: Russell, Ware, Calhoun, Davis, Noble. Agriculture Club Bill Etzel. President Ralph Fore Vice-President Charles Montgomery Secretary Henry Patterson Treasurer Ray Young, outstanding agriculture student of the year. Tritus English Publicity Agent Page 270 Business Students Association Walter Frank James Tatom Cecil Harris La Nell Brillhart Walter Smith Robert E. Holiday Dr. Paul T. Hendershot Top row: La Nell Brillhart, Cecil Harris, Paul Hendershot, Smith. James Tatom, Robert Walker. President First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary T reasurer Faculty Sponsor Faculty Sponsor Holliday, Robert Holliday. Bottom row: Joe Rabb, Walter Page 271 Top row: Earl Bennett, Burton Risinger, Joe Ray Caldwell, Patterson Daily, John Davis, Cecil Harris, Leo Herbert. Middle row: Glen Hodge, James Jordan, Charles Kramer II, Gilbert Neal, Henry Norris, Harold Powell, William Rogers, Charles Roy. Bot¬ tom row. Vernon Schroeder, Harold Smolinski, James F. Tatom, Charles Pat Thompson, King Trieschmann, John Wagnon, William Ward, Frank Witte. Delta Sigma Pi James F. Tatom Joe Ray Caldwell Henry Norris John Wagnon Vernon Schroeder Gilbert Neal Earl Bennett Headmaster Scribe Historian Master of Festivities Master of Ceremonies Treasurer Faculty Sponsor Beta Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, a professional commerce and business administration fraternity, obtained its charter in May, 1948. The group has as its purpose the promotion of scholarship, research and practice in the fields of business. Page 272 Society for the Advancement of Management The Society For The Advancement of Management is part of a training program sponsored by The School of Business. The purpose of the organization is to inspire those college people who want to go into management to study caref ully and better pre¬ pare themselves to be managers. Top row: John Burns, John Davis, Glenn Garman, L. C. Griner, Cecil Harris, Grady Harris, W. A. Harvey, Edgar Hawkins, Ray Hicks. Second row: H. Hollaway, Edward Isgett, Wallace Jenkins, James R. Johnston, Leslie Johnson, Hugh Kennedy, Charles Kramer II, Gene Laney, Donald McCall. Third row: William Matthews, Leroy Moriarty, Donald Morris, Harry Norris, Ralph O’Quinn, Ira Pennington, Harold Powell, Robert Riggins, William Rogers. Fourth row: Vernon Schroeder, Walter Smith, Mary Ann Sumrall, Janies Tatom, H. D. Towns, William Ray Ward, Frank Witte, John Woods, James Yarberry, Louis Yeldell. - Page 273 Front row: Jimmie Ponder, Doyle Dumas, Mac Hearne, Charles Gwin, Pete Mills, Jack Smith, Frank Wilson, Johnny Swanson, John Barnard. Back row: Virginia Santangelo, Rommie Bryan, Joe Moriarty, Ed Webster, Maurice Bryan, R. C. Ellis. The Debonnaires The Debonnaires is an independent orchestra composed of stu¬ dents at Louisiana Tech. The organization first came on the scene at Tech in April of 1946. The group plays an important part in campus life. It not only plays for campus dances, but also goes to many surrounding cities to enter¬ tain. The orchestra is a member of the Musicians Protective Union of the American Federation of Musicians. Page 274 Top: Saxophone section. Center: Brass section. Bottom: Rhythm sec¬ tion and vocalist. Jack Smith. Page 275 Front row: Jerry Stinson, twirler; Jerry Steele, head majorette; Catherine Harley, majorette; Carolyn Tait, majorette; Betty Clayton, majorette. Back row: Frank Wilson, Joe Brumfield, head drum major, Ralph D. Pierce. Tech Band Joe Brumfield President Frank Wilson Vice-President Ralph D. Pierce Secretary and Treasurer Page 276 This year the Louisiana Tech Marching Band composed of both boys and girls has participated in nearly all of Tech’s classic gridiron activities, plus parades and concert work. The spring semester is de¬ voted primarily to concert playing, the band performing scheduled concerts both on the campus and out of town. This work publicizes the college as well as creating interest in the band’s activities. Reorganization plans included the election of officers and the ap¬ pointment of several committees composed of band members to lay plans for the continued growth of the band department. First row: Brumfield, Alfred, McCall, White, Simpson, Dumas, Geddie, Hearne, Miller, Bryan, R., Kennedy, Smith, Norman, Dees, Tait. Second row: Steele, Damewood, Ferris, Adkins, Brown, Dunbar, Humphreys, Gathwright, Kiltz, Anders, Bryan, M., Thompson, Simes, Harley. Third row: Stinson, Grigsby, Oliver, Fox, Frazier, Swanson, Lamkin, Maples, Phillips, Monk, Wilson, Pierce, Clayton. Fourth row: Jenkins, Holland, Cretney, Bryson, Lund, Kilpatrick, Barnard, Cannaughton, Prince, Wheeler, Winham. Page 277 First row: Elinor Emmons, Carolyn Tait, Bobbye Ponder, Norma Herrin, Mary Connally, Betty Jane Alexander, Jo Ann Alexander, Betty Alfred, Norma Pendleton. Second row: Jewel Edwards, Betty Scott, Martha McDonald, Jackie Fallon, Charlene Williams, Charlotte 1 homas, Rowena Stewart, Hellon Shaw, Marilyn Fox. Third row: Harriet Crowder, Sue Beasley, Carol Mason, Genice Thomas, Genevieve Burkhalter, Ruth Roberts, Sybil Murrell, Joyce Tisdale. Fourth row: Mary Claire McCall, Mary Lou Welch, Colleen Kennedy, Darwin White, Herbert Gathright, Tommy Spigener, Henry Haughton, Ralph Pierce. Fifth row: Billy Hudgens, Rommie Bryan, O. D. Prather, Frank Wilson. Sixth row: James Anders, Doyle Dumas, John Jenkins, Mac Hearne, John Barnard, George Hoefeld, Maurice Bryan, J. V. Armor. Philharmonic Society The Philharmonic Society has helped to bring many well known musical artists to Tech campus. The group was organized by L. V. E. Irvine, head of the Tech music department, in 1940. Its purpose is to foster ideals, practices, and policies indispensable to the successful maintenance of music as a profession. Page 278 Symphony Orchestra Maurice Bryan Mac Hearne Mary Lou Welch President Vice-President Secretary-T reasurer The Symphony orchestra specializes in the music of the masters. The membership of the organization is composed of students who play orchestral instruments for enjoyment and also for learning techniques. First row: First violinists, Frank Wilson and Mac Hearne; clarinets, John Ann Lewis and Darwin White; Cellos, Joyce DuVal and Elinor Emmons. Second row: Second violinists, Henry Haughton, Mary Lou Welch; French horns, Doyle Dumas and Maurice Bryan; Trumpets, John Jenkins and Herbert Gathwright; Pianist, Merilyn Fox. Third row: Bass violin, Rommie Bryan; Trom¬ bones, Ralph Pierce and John Barnard. Page 279 BAND O’GLEE Front row: Mary Bailey, Elizabeth Mulhern, Carolyn Tait, Doris Penny, Norma Herrin, Doris Hoss, Jo Ann Alexander Cyn¬ thia Harrison, John Ann Lewis, Charlene Williams, Lotus McGee. Back row: Ruth Roberts, Merilyn Fox, Mary Lowderback,’Betty Jane Alexander, Charlotte Thomas, Carol Mason, Hellon Shaw, Joyce Tisdale, Martha Chase, Genevieve Burkhalter, Sybil Kelly Colleen Kennedy, Rowena Stewart, Mary Ann Day, Jackie Fallon. ; MEN’S GLEE CLUB Front row: Joe Smith, Tommy Spigener, Ralph Pierce, Max Futch. Back row: George Sample, Herbert Gathrieht, Geonre Hoe- feld, O. D. Prather, Rommie Bryan, Billy Hudgens. Page 280 TECH CHOIR First row: Carolyn Tait, Doris Penny, Mary Bailey, Jo Ann Alexander, Betty Jane Alexander, Bobbie Ponder, Jane Hills, Eli¬ nor Emmons, Betty Abernethy, Sara Harrison. Second row: Cynthia Harrison, Norma Herrin, Charlotte Thomas, Martha McDon¬ ald, Betty Scott, Joyce Tisdale, Harriet Chowder, Carol Mason, Colleen Kennedy, Rowena Stewart, Merilyn Fox. Third row: Hellon Shaw, Jo Ann Johnson, Ruth Roberts, Elizabeth Mulhearn, Billy Hudgens, Truitt Hinkie, Henry Haughton, John Ann Lewis, Jewel Edwards, Genevieve Burkhalter, Jeanette Harger. Fourth row: Ronimie Bryan, O. D. Prather, Frank Wilson, Darwin White, Mau¬ rice Bryan, Mac Hearne, J. V. Armor, Ted Lund, George Hoefeld, Tommy Spigener, John Barnard, John Jenkins, M. L. Kilpatrick, Elton Lamkin. FRESHMAN GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB First row: Diane Peyton, Patricia Givens, Martha Temple, Marilyn Norman, Betty Alfred, Barbara McManus, Eleanor Franks, Gloria Shirley, Esther Mae Story. Second row: Jo Ellen Tims, Billy Jean Manor, Carolyn Davis, Norma Pendleton, Alice Marie Walk¬ er, Mary Connally, Sara Lou Harrison, Carolyn Sutton, Linda Nicholson. Third row: Sybil Murrell, Nina Adkins, Mary Ann Willing¬ ham, Pat Hill, Elizabeth Womack, Helen Harris, Ellen McCleary, Faye Hogan. Fourth Row: Edith M. Cotton. Marjorie Daniel, Lavinia Johnson, Mary Dell Meares, Billy Ann Traylor, Harriet Crowder, Betty Sue Bethea, Betty Lou Moore, Genice Thomas, Patricia Halliburton. Page 281 Pi Kappa Delta National Collegiate Players Top row: Lola Jean Crawley, Douglas Murphy, Vera Alice Top row: Betty Clayton, Ann Hills, Rosemary McKellar. Paul. Bottom row: Lester Snyder, Jean Thompson. Bottom row: David Sheffield, John Wagnon. TECH RADIO PLAYERS First row: James Bachman, Betty Beasley, Dorothy Bratsas, Barbara Brockway, Patricia Culbertson, Barbara Dry. Second row: Eric Fleming, Noel Haskins, Ann Hills, Bean Means, Douglas Murphy, Bunch Norris. Third row: Lydia Roan, Minor Tavlor, lean Thompson, Carolyn Tilbury. ' ’ J Page 282 FRESHMAN THEATRE PLAYERS First row: Georgia Bagley, Jane Barry, Jo Ann Bell, Richard Bradford, Mary Ann Carson, Jane Connell, Bobbye Craig. Second row: Buddy Frazar, Pat Halliburton, Faye Hogan, Venie Johnson, Carolyn Jones, Manie Langford, Martha McCluney. Third row: Barbara McManus, Linda Nicholson, Marilyn Norman, Peggy Robison, Barbara Self, Billy Ann Traylor, Mary Ann Willingham, Eliza¬ beth Womack. TECH THEATRE PLAYERS First row: James Bachman, Dorothy Bratsas, Barbara Brockway, James Caldwell. Betty Clayton, Lola Jean Crawley, Patricia Culbertson, Cecile Danna. Second row: Pauline Fielder, Barbara Ford, Charles Ford, Nell Margaret Goodgame, Noel Haskins, Patsy Holliday, Jane Johnson, James Kurtz. Third row: Harry Lewis, Benjamin Means, Douglas Murphy, Henry Norris, John Osborne, Vera Alice Paul, Eugene Poimboeuf, Zoe Ann Poimboeuf. Fourth row: Bill Ponder, Harold Powell, Vernon Schroeder, George Teres- kovich, Jean Thompson, Katie Treadway, Mildred Windham. Page 283 WOMEN’S HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL CLUB Virginia Smith President Sybil Farmer Vice-President Billy Wadsworth Secretary Wanda Templeton . Treasurer The Women’s Health and Physical Education Club is a profession¬ al club primarily for physical education majors among women. Its purpose is to sponsor such lectures, discussions, and activities which are in keeping with the aims and objectives of Health and Physi¬ cal Education. Front row: Rita Hoffoss, Nelwyn McDonald, Sybil Farmer, Betty Land, Jane Scoggins, Gayle Brown. Back row: Ann McLane, Wanda Templeton, Virginia Smith, Oleta Savage, Betty Newsom, Nelwyn Sledge, Billy Walsworth, Barbara Braswell. Page 284 SNAPSHOTS Page 285 huu i Which way were they going? Please pause here, freshies. Freshman Look what the high schools dumped on our steps. It was a noisy party. Needless to say, it was pigtail day. Page 286 Nobody got our dummy. Blessings on thee, little men ‘ ' You are my sunshine The Demon’s last ride. They couldn’t even face the table on “backward day. Initiation Page 287 A lesson to would-be dummy thieves LPI gives the half-time show. On the courthouse steps in Shreveport. The Queen and her court. Harrison makes a quick getaway. State Fair Page 288 He came a long way for homecoming, I’he Alpha Chi float Matthews got it. Homecoming royalty. We took ’em, 20-0. o m e c o m i n g Page 289 I take my text from the fourth chapter of the 1950 Lagniappe. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, . . . 34. Was everybody happy? The kids behind the team. “Well, here’s the way we did it.” G S C Football Page 290 The band led the victory parade. The president and Tech IX join the cele¬ bration. Dancing the victory boogie. The champions! The Blue Jackets, strutting their stuff. Victory Page 291 Day In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The Christmas dance — part of the holiday daze. Decked the halls with boughs of holly. While Tex Beneke and his band rested. Mr. Beneke makes the music. Christmas Time Page 292 Feet mostly. To the left-face. March. That’s the president guarding the dummy, Odds and Ends Page 293 In the “Tonk”. On top of the “Tonk”. Out on the farm. In the dining hall. In front of Keeny. All Around Page 294 School athletes. Card sharks. Tech Talk readers. Dining hall spirit. People who go to chapel. The Campus Page 295 Anything for a laugh. Now all together this time. Coffee and soap suds and three wishful thinkers. Mr. Mays believes in letting George do it. A homecoming prize-winner. Activities Page 297 Joe Holland leads the buglers. You gotta know what makes it tick. With thoughts up in the clouds. Everybody’s in step! Must be grim business. Year At Tech Page 299 ON THE AIR ' 1 w ' iSoBg jSlfljjfefeL Ijjl i T iff IT ml 11 . 1 i| ■1 | ip W I PI L L-llV LI NBu ' l I ' iM v I 1 r 1| m t muUm ifinm if Practice makes perfect. The folks up in Chicago want to hear the show. The band warms up. We gotta learn this Alma Mater. Vaughn Monroe saluted Lambda Chi Alpha and shook hands with its president. Vaughn Monroe Page 300 The Moon-maids and Moon-men. “Racing with the moon- Nobody knew how to dance that one anyway. Kappa Sig pledges at your service. To show the kids at home. Comes To Tech Page 301 Rl [H IgiBf 1 jMHSBgy igP? j I awr V |? 1 William L. Shirer at the Teke house. Punch and Chatter. Spring is the time to plant. The Sigma Kappas entertain. “Smiley,” the rose of Delta Sigma Pi Springtime Page 302 I he Kappa Sigma pantomine radio show took first prize. Nobody ever proved they weren’t doing the singing. Jack Emmons receives the trophy. Between act nonsense. Phi Mu’s dancing girls. Page 303 IN MEMORIAM Sally Masingill Born October 29, 1928 Died October 26, 1949 George Malcolm Guice Born June 1, 1930 Died January 26, 1950 William McCormick Born October 20, 1925 Died March 4, 1950 Page 304 I I L ' jy s i; mm WliPIlfi x •-■ -. W , ' . i� i x-SsAtea uHl!