Louisiana Polytechnic Institute - Lagniappe Yearbook (Ruston, LA)

Text from Pages 1 - 262 of the 1953 volume:

A I % Joyce Anderson EDITOR 19 5 3 LAGNIAPPE 2 ADAMS HALL, Senior Girls ' Dormitory Tech We Kno w 218389 3 HARPER HALL, Freshman and Sophomore Girls ' Dormitory Yet Progressive 5 KEENY HALL ; Administration Building Familiar - - But Chang 6 I nil Moving Onward--- BOGARD HALL, Engineering Building Top: THE PRESIDENT ' S HOME Middle: TECH DINING HALL Bottom: HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING Through Study. 11 With Opportunity--- 13 Leadership 15 Top: COTTINGHAM AND RICHARDSON HALLS, Men ' s Dormitories Bottom: HOWARD AUDITORIUM THE ADMINISTRATORS 17 A MESSAGE FROM Dear Tech Students, It is with great pleasure that I accept again the invitation extended me to write a brief message to all of you in this, your yearbook of memories. At the outset, I wish to state that as the years roll by the old Tech spirit of friendliness, good fellowship, and sound scholarship grips me more firmly and inspires me to put forth added effort to uphold the high ideals and noble aspirations upon which our institution was founded fifty-nine years ago. This year has been marked by great decisions from both national and inter¬ national standpoints—decisions which all of us hope and pray eventually will bring peace and harmony to all people everywhere. For us at Tech the year has brought continued progress in spite of the still unstable conditions existing throughout the world. First of all, we are proud of the fact that our enrollment has increased considerably above the average of that in other colleges and universities in the nation. The teaching staff has been strengthened in several departments of the college, and the physical plant has been enhanced by the completion of our magnificent gymnasium and other improvements. Our athletic teams have made good records, and thousands of our friends have visited the campus to witness the games and attend ether functions sponsored by the college. Truly, a brilliant chapter in the eventful history of Tech has been recorded this year. I join all of you in the thrill of having been a part of it all; and I pledge continued loyalty to you and deep allegiance to the philosophy for which our college stands. Faithfully yours, R. L. ROPP THE PRESIDENT R. L. ROPP, President DEANS OF STUDENTS MARTHA CONDRA Dean ol Women S. X. LEWIS Dean oi Men DEANS OF SCHOOLS 21 DEANS OF SCHOOLS M. HAYNE FOLK, JR. Dean of The School of Agriculture and Forestry ALICE M. GRAHAM Dean of The School of Home Economics DEANS OF SCHOOLS HERBERT L. HUGHES Dean of The School of Arts and Sciences BURTON R. RISINGER Dean of The School of Business Administration and Economics 218339 23 DEPARTMENT HEADS F. Elizabeth Bethea Art Lloyd P. Blackwell Forestry Ben T. Bogard Mechanical Engineering George W. Bond Education Woodrow W. Chew Chemical Engineering Glen Lee Corrigan M. Hayne Folk, Jr. Petroleum Engineering Botany John R. Fowler Zoology Alice M. Graham Home Economics Paul T. Hendershot Economics Kenneth F. Hewins Journalism 24 DEPARTMENT HEADS G. Carroll Hilman Chemistry Charles G. Hobgood Agriculture Glen L. Hodge Business Administration George B. Hogg Health and Physical Education Herbert L. Hughes English and Foreign Languages LaVerne E. Irvine Clifford T. Woodard Lt. Col. Ernest L. Kerr Reginald A. McFarland Garnie W. McGinty Paul K. Smith Music Teacher Training Air Science and Tactics Civil Engineering Social Science Mathematics 25 J. W. Evans Auditor Kenneth F. Hewins Director of Publicity W. H. McLaurin Business Manager Mabel May Registrar ADMINISTRATORS AT TECH Joe Aillet Director of Athletics 26 Henry R. Mays, Sr. Superintendent of Printing H. C. Pyburn Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds Department Sallie Robison Guidance Counselor Ernest J. Scheerer Librarian Gertrude D. Wilson Superintendent of Dining Halls Helen Woodard Director of Department of Placement and Services 27 istt Wi ; “■ ) S$££S it mmmm A A : is 1c— ' , ‘ - 1 ' V t jF “ 28 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Ann Hinton Pat Haliburton Paula Justiss Anthony Wolf Sam Shepard J. B. Riall Student Senate Representative . Secretary . Treasurer Student Senate Representative Vice-President . President 30 HARRY PAUL ALEXANDER • El Dorado , Ark. Chemical Engineering—President, American Society of Chemical Engineers; Pi Kappa Alpha. VERNON WAYNE ASHWORTH Shreveport Mechanical Engineering—President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American So¬ ciety of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; Air Force ROTC. CAROLYN JEAN AUSTIN ■ • ■ Winniield Home Economics—Home Ec Club. HUGH SAMUEL AUSTIN • • Mooringsport Accounting—Omicron Delta Kappa; Treasurer, T Club; President, Student Senate; President, Junior class; Arnold Air Society; Honor Fresh¬ man; Freshman Rules committee; Harris Scholar¬ ship club; Kappa Alpha. JOHN FLETCHER BAKER. Jena Forestry—Forestry Club. ALFRED CHARLES BANTLE New York City, N.Y. Civil Engineering—President and Treasurer, Newman club; American Society of Civil Engi¬ neers; intramural track and softball. RICHARD B. BARBER. Winnsboro Chemical Engineering—Engineers Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Ameri¬ can Chemical Society. OSWALD JACK BARFOOT • ■ West Monroe Business Administration. KENNETH R. BARNS. Ruston General Business—Delta Sigma Pi. JANE BARRY. Shreveport Spanish—Phi Kappa Phi; Los Hispanofilos; Newman club; Honor Freshman; Senior Adviser; Sigma Kappa. ROBERT WILEY BARRY .... Shreveport Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Engineers association; Cantebury club. JIMMY DALE BATES. Homer Health and Physical Education—varsity bask¬ etball; varsity tennis; T Club. BETTY ANNE BAUGUSS .... Shreveport Commercial Art—Baptist Student Union. WARREN P. BEEDLE . • Whitinsville, Mass. Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers; Tau Beta Pi. WALTER BISON, JR.. Keithville Agricultural Engineering—Lambda Chi Alpha. Seniors 1953 31 Seniors 1953 FOSTER BOND, JR.. Monroe Mechanical Engineering—Treasurer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Engineers as¬ sociation; Arnold Air Society; ROTC; Lambda Chi Alpha. BOBBY LEE BOSWELL El Dorado, Ark. Pre-Med—Baptist Student Union; Glee club. JAMES MARVIN BOULER • • • West Monroe Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers. LOUISE McCAIN HASSELL BOYLE • Winnsboro Education. MARION F. BRETZ. Ruston Music—Tech choir. ALLIE BETH BROWNELL. Baskin Heme Economics. ROBERT BARTON BRUCE West Monroe Accounting—Business Administration club. L. O. BURKHALTER. Ruston Business Administration—Pledge trainer, Lamb¬ da Chi Alpha. HARRY A. BUSCH, JR. Columbia Electrical Engineering—American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Engineers association; ROTC; Lambda Chi Alpha. HERBERT E. BUTLER.Hope, Ark. Agricultural Engineering — Agriculture club. OLLIE CALLENDER. Homer Accounting—Wesley Foundation. FRANKIE BELL CANTERBURY Simsboro English Education — Senior adviser. WILLIAM LEROY CARTER. Ida General Business. CAROLYN CASKEY. Arcadia Home Economics—Home Ec club; Senior ad¬ viser; Wesley Foundation. CHARLES H. CAUSEY. Ruston Dairy Husbandry—Agriculture club; Wesley Foundation. 32 T VELVA GAIL CHAMBLESS . . . Oak Grove Home Economics—Home Ec club. RICHARD H. CHAMPAGNE . New Orleans Eucincss Administration—Delta Sigma Phi. JO ANN CHANDLER. Ruston Elementary Education—Baptist Student Union; Women ' s League. JAMES PAUL CLARY Lake Providence Accounting—Arnold Air Society. RAYMOND M. CLAWSON . . . Lake Charles Electrical Engineering—American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Arnold Air Society. CHARLES GRADY COBB . . El Dorado, Ark. Accounting—Treasurer, Delta Sigma Pi; Busi¬ ness Administration club. WYMAN LEE COLLIE. Ruston Education— T Club; varsity football. CHARLES C. COLLIER, JR. ... . Campti Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Engineers association. JANE ESTELLE CONNELL .... Ruston Art Education—Secretary, Blue Jackets; Town Representative, Secretary, Women ' s League; Sec¬ retary, Freshman class; Freshman Theater Play¬ ers; Freshman Girls Glee club; Pledge director, Vice-President, Phi Mu. BOBBIE JENE COOPER .... Sterlington Elementary Education—Future Teachers of Am¬ erica; Women ' s League. OREL LENE COOPER .... Sterlington Elementary Education—Women ' s League; Fu¬ ture Teachers of America. FITZHUGH LEE COX . . . Lake Charles Civil Engineering—ROTC; American Society of Civil Engineers. BEN NEAL CRATON. Minden Agricultural Engineering—Agriculture club. LILBURN HOOPER CRAWFORD, JR. New Orleans Advertising. ROBERTA LOIS CROW. Epps Home Economics—Baptist Student Union; Home Economics club; Honor Freshman; Freshman ad¬ viser; Helen Graha m award. Seniors 1953 33 Seniors 1953 OUSBY REIVES CUNNINGHAM, JR. Shreveport Advertising—Varsity baseball; Kappa Alpha. MARGARET LYNN DALTON . . . Shreveport Art Education — President, Rush Chairman, Kappa Delta; Harper Hall Honor Council; Adams Hall Honor Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Blue Jackets; Panhellenic Council; Lagnicppe Beauty; Freshman adviser. LOGAN A. DAMEWOOD . • • Shreveport Botany—Arnold Air Society; Demeter; Alpha Phi Epsilon; Agriculture club; Kappa Alpha. CLOTHIELE DAVIS. Ruston Secretarial Science — Baptist Student Union; Business Administration club; Women ' s League. CAROLYN DAY. Minden Elementary Education—President, Campus Wo¬ men ' s Council; Vice-President, Adams hall; Sec¬ retary, Aswell hall; Future Teachers of America; Baptist Student Union; Honor Freshman; Panhel¬ lenic Council; Theta Upsilon. JOY ISGETT DEAN. Gilbert Music—Philharmonic Society; Band O ' Glee; Tech Choir; Freshman Representative, Women ' s Recreational Association. CHARLES SARGENT de la BRETONNE El Dorado , Ark. Accounting — Delta Sigma Pi. BILLY MURRY DENNIS. Minden Accounting—Tau Kappa Epsilon. CHARLES EDWARD DICKENS . . . Homer Health and Physical Education. REBER C. DILLARD. Shreveport Business Administration—Arnold Air Society; Delta Sigma Pi; Society for the Advancement of Management; Kappa Alpha. DREW A. DOBBINS. Arcadia Agricultural Engineering—Senior Representa¬ tive, Student Senate; President, Wesley Founda¬ tion; Treasurer, Agriculture club; Demeter. BILLY RAY DUKES. Rodessa Chemical Engineering—Pledge Master, Delta Sigma Phi. BETTIE GRETCHEN DUNCAN - . Shreveport English Education—Vice-President, Alpha Chi Omega; Sigma Tau Delta; Blue Jackets; Fresh¬ man adviser; Future Teachers of America. BETTY JO DURRETT. Ruston Elementary Education. JOYCE ANN DuVAL .... Shreveport General Business—Pledge President, Corre¬ sponding Secretary, Rush Chairman, Pledge Mother, Best Active, Beta Sigma Omicron; Treas¬ urer, Panhellenic Council; Publicity Chairman, Blue Jackets; Tech Orchestra; Sigma Iota Epsilon; Senior adviser. ORLO W. DYKES . . . Panama City, Fla. Forestry. THEODORE H. EASLEY . . Port Arthur, Tex. Physics. CAROLYN EDMONDSON .... Forest Business Education — Tech Theater Players; Baptist Student Union; intramural sports; Tech Teachers club. WILLIAM C. ELLIS. Clay Animal Husbandry—Agriculture club; Rodeo club; Judging team; Theta Xi. ROY D. EVANS. Shreveport Business Administration—Baptist Student Union; President, Baptist Men on the Campus; President, Omicron Delta Kappa; ROTC; intramural sports; Senior adviser; Vice-President, Secretary, Pledge Trainer, Tau Kappa Epsilon. BENJAMIN ROBERT FARMER, JR. . . Ruston Petroleum Engineering—Arnold Air Society; ROTC; Petroleum club; rifle team; Alpha Phi Omega. JAMES CARROLL FARRAR .... Lillie Health and Physical Education— T Club; varsity baseball; Freshman basketball; Physical Education club; intramural sports; Pi Kappa Alpha. ROBERT D. FENNER .... Lake Charles Civil Engineering—Varsity football; intramural basketball; American Society of Civil Engineers; T Club; Tau Beta Pi. VONCILE F. FERGUSON .... Winnfield Elementary Education—Tech Teachers club. FEDERICO FERNANDEZ . Cuilapa, Guatemala Animal Husbandry. GEORGE BATES FERRINGTON, JR. Winnsboro Physical Education—Varsity football; varsity baseball; T Club; Physical Education club; in¬ tramural sports; Tau Kappa Epsilon. ELEANOR T. FRANKS .... Shreveport Social Welfare—Women ' s League; Panhellenic council; Campus Women ' s council; Honor Fresh¬ man; Outstanding Sophomore award; Student Senate; Glee club; Vice-President, Sigma Kappa. LADELL J. FUTCH. Clay Business Administration. BETTY MARICELLA GADDY . . - Gibsland Elementary Education—Justice, Honor Court; Sophomore Representative, Student Senate; Blue Jackets; Freshman Theater Players; Tech Theater Players; Program Committee, Louisiana Tech Con¬ cert Association; Tech choir; Kappa Delta. MELDA LORETTA GAGE . . . Shreveport Home Economics—Cheerleader; Honor Council; Home Economics club. Seniors 1953 35 Seniors 1953 WILLIAM TILMAN GAMBLIN, III . Shreveport Forestry—Forestry club; Newman club; varsity golf; intramural sports. PAUL ECTOR GAMMAGE .... West Lake Mathematics—Treasurer, National Collegiate Players; Tech Theater Players; Tech Radio Play¬ ers; Freshman Theater Players; Tech Photography club; Arnold Air Society; Canterbury club; Mu Alpha Theta; Honor Freshman. BETTY SUE GANDY. Shreveport Home Economics—Heme Economics club; New¬ man club. IVAN DEE GEDDIE. Camden, Ark. Petroleum Engineering—President, Theta Xi; Tech Petroleum club; Tech Engineers Association; Tech Band; ROTC; Arnold Air Society; Senior adviser; Wesley Foundation. G. MAURICE GENTRY .... Lake Charles Chemical Engineering—American Chemical So¬ ciety. JOHN C. GILES. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering and Business Admini- istration—American Society of Mechanical Engin¬ eers. PATRICIA GIVENS. Shreveport Secretarial Science—Blue Jackets; Business Ad¬ ministration; Kappa Delta. GLORIA MAE GLOVER .... Shreveport Business Education—Sophomore Honor Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Student Union; Vice- President, President, Blue Jackets. ANITA JOYCE GOLSON. Delhi English—Senior adviser; Freshman Girls ' Glee Club; Kappa Delta. DELFIN GOMEZ .... Caracas, Venezuela Civil Engineering. JOHN THOMAS GORDON . . El Dorado, Ark. Marketing and Management—Freshman Thea¬ ter Players; Secretary, Pi Kappa Alpha; Treas¬ urer, Delta Sigma Pi; Society for Advancement of Management. ROBERT L. GORTON. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering—Treasurer, Tau Beta Pi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Vice-President, Ameri¬ can Society of Mechanical Engineers; President, Engineers Association; Honor Court Justice; Staff, TECH ENGINEER; Pi Kappa Alpha. JACK IRWIN GRABLE . . • Little Rock, Ark. Accounting—Publicity Director, Baptist Student Union. BILL E. GRAU. Dallas, Tex. Business Administration—Kappa Alpha. 36 EDWARD JACKSON GRIGG .... Bernice Academic Forestry—Forestry club. ELMA JEAN GRIGSBY. Ruston General Business—Social Chairman, Baptist Student Union; Freshman Theater Players; Tech Theater Players; Modern Dance club. PATRICIA ANN HALIBURTON . El Dorado, Ark. Laboratory Technology — Secretary, Women ' s League; Clerk, Honor Court; Secretary, Senior class; Program Chairman, Librarian, Wesl ey Foundation; Representative, Louisiana Tech Con¬ cert Association; Senior adviser; Blue Jackets; Religious Emphasis week committee; Pledge Sec¬ retary, President, Recording Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, Editor, Beta Sigma Omicron. FELIX M. HAMMACK . • • Lake Providence Chemical Engineering—Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi; American Chemical Society; American In¬ stitute of Chemical Engineers; Tech Engineers As¬ sociation. LILYAN LERLIND HANCHEY . . . Ruston Elementary Education—Alpha Chi Omega. CLEMIE JOE HANNA. Shreveport Business Education—Blue Jackets; Honor Fresh¬ man; Treasurer, Campus Women ' s Council; Treas¬ urer, Freshman Honor Council; Treasurer, Alpha Chi Omega. PHILIP JOHN HANNAN, JR. ... . Hodge Marketing and Management—Newman club; Society for the Advancement of Management. JAMES C. HARPER. Shreveport Petroleum Engineering—Tech Petroleum club; Pi Kappa Alpha. LOUISE HARRIS. Shreveport Social Science Education—Vice-President, Soph¬ omore Hall; Honor Council; Blue Jackets; Campus Women ' s Council; Senior adviser; best pledge, Theta Upsilon. RUTHIE GLOVER HEARD .... Bernice Elementary Education — President, Vice-Presi¬ dent, Women ' s Recreational Association; Blue Jackets; Senior adviser; Freshman Girls Glee club; Band O ' Glee; Honor Freshman; Phi Kappa Phi; Vice-President, Phi Mu. ROBERT B. HENDERSON.Ruston Journalism—Sports Editor, TECH TALK; Sports Editor, LAGNIAPPE; Editor, T Book; Student Director, men ' s intramurals; Health and Physical Education club; Circle K club; Omicron Delta Kappa; Tau Kappa Epsilon. CAROLYN JEAN HENDRIX .... Haile Business Education—Blue Jackets. ANNE HINTON. Dubach Social Welfare—Student Senate; Freshman The¬ ater Players; Secretary, Tech Theater Players; Secretary-Treasurer, Tech Radio Players; Radio Director, Wesley Foundation; Corresponding Sec¬ retary, Scholarship Chairman, Pledge President, Alpha Chi Omega; Senior adviser. ALVIN EUGENE HOBBS. Center Education. BETTY JANE HODGKINS .... Kilbourne Home Economics—Center Hostess, Baptist Stu¬ dent Union; Phi Kappa Phi. Seniors 1953 37 Seniors 1953 CHARLES IRA HOGAN .... Coushatta Petroleum Engineering—Corresponding Secre¬ tary, Tau Beta Pi; President, Tech Petroleum club; Staff, TECH ENGINEER. THOMAS CLYDE HOLLIS . . . Shreveport Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers; Louisiana Tech Engineers Association; Pi Kappa Alpha. ROBERT E. HOWSON .... Covington Civil Engineering—President, American Socie¬ ty of Civil Engineers; Louisiana Tech Engineers Association; Wesley Foundation. FRED B. HUDGENS, IR. . . • Crossett, Ark. General Business—Treasurer, Omicron Delta Kappa; Executive Officer, Arnold Air Society; Senior adviser; ROTC; Air Force Association Award. PANSY VARNADO INGRAM . . .Winnsboro Secretarial Science—Honor Freshman. MARY CAROL JACKSON . . . Shreveport Secretarial Science—Treasurer, Pledge Mother, Beta Sigma Omicron; Adams Hall Honor Council; Treasurer, Student Union; Blue Jackets; Campus Women ' s Council. JOAN JOHNSON. Minden Home Economics—Secretary, Freshman Honor Council; President, As well Hall; Vice-President, Campus Women ' s Council; Women ' s League Board; Blue Jackets; Honor Freshman; Social Chairman, Phi Mu; Home Economics club. ROBERT E. JOHNSON.Arcadia General Business. R. WAYNE JOHNSON. Shreveport Agricultural Engineering — Agriculture club; Demeter. BETTIE JO JONES.Rayville Elementary Education. PAULA JEAN JUSTISS. Jena Business Education—Freshman Honor Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Representative, Wo¬ men ' s Recretation Association; Tech Band; Sec¬ retary, Wesley Foundation; Future Teachers of America; Treasurer, President, Theta Upsilon; Blue Jackets; Treasurer, Senior Class; Panhellenic Council. GILBERT LOYD KELLY. Kelly Academic Forestry—Treasurer, Forestry club. RUTH JUNE KELLY. Ruston Secretarial Science. JAMES LOWE KILPATRICK . • Haynesville Petroleum Engineering—Treasurer, Student Sen¬ ate; Vice-President, President, T club; President, Pi Kappa Alpha; Vice-President, President, Inter- fraternity Council; President, Freshman Rules Committee; Petroleum club; varsity sport letter- man. PATSY M. KING. Alexandria English Education — Best Pledge, Publicity Chairman, Kappa Delta; Organizations Editor, LAGNIAPPE; Senior adviser; Vice-President Soph¬ omore Class; Senior Justice, Honor Court; Campus Women ' s Council; Adams Hall Honor Council; Women ' s Recreation Association; Panhellenic Council; Blue Jackets. 38 ALLINE K. KOLB. Rustcn Elementary Education. BEN EMILE KULLERD .... Lake Charles Electrical Engineering—President, Tau Beta Pi; Chairman, American Institute of Electrical Engin¬ eers; Associate Editor, TECH ENGINEER. EUGENE FRANKLIN LAMB . . Memphis , Tenn. Marketing—Society for Advancement of Man¬ agement; Delta Sigma Pi. DOROTHY HELEN LANGLEY . . . Hodge Elementary Education. KATIE LANN. Ruston Physical Education—Blue Jackets; Women ' s Recreation Association; Panhellenic Council; Physical Education Professional club; Alpha Chi Omega. JAMES LEIGHTON LOE .... Bryceland General Agriculture. MARY NELL LOE. Bryceland Elementary Education—Women ' s Recreation Association. BETTY JEAN LONG. Jamestown Elementary Education—Baptist Student Union; Women ' s Recreation Association; Future Teachers of America; Campus Women ' s Council. NELDA HOLT McCOY. Monroe Elementary Education. ANGUS STUART McDONALD, JR. Smackover , Ark. General Business. J. ELOIS MCDONALD. Pioneer Mathematics Education. LOUISE MAURINE McDONALD . . Lisbon Elementary Education—Blue Jackets; Sigma Kappa. JOE H. McGEE. Harrisonburg Animal Husbandry—Pi Kappa Alpha. JAMES AUBREY McPHERSON . New Orleans General Business. JOSEPH C. MAIN. Haynesville Accounting—Arnold Air Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Sigma Pi; Delta Sigma Phi. Seniors 1953 39 Seniors 1953 SYBIL MURRELL MAIN .... Ruston Music—Phi Kappa Phi; Tech Choir; Philhar¬ monic Society; Freshman Theater Players; Spon¬ sor, ROTC; Band O ' Glee. GERALD LEE MARDIS. Bastrop Mathematics, Science Education — T club; Captain, football team; varsity football; Mathe¬ matics club. JACK D. MARTIN. Haynesville Mathematics—Varsity football; T club. BARBARA CHAPMAN MATKINS • Shreveport Secretarial Science. C. CLARK MATKINS. Sterlington Agricultural Engineering. DIXIE HOLT MATTHEWS . • • Haynesville Business Education—Sigma Tau Delta; Secre¬ tary, Future Teachers of America. THOMAS EDWARD MAXWELL • • • Delhi Petroleum Engineering—President, Vice-Presi¬ dent, Historian, House Manager, Pi Kappa Alpha; Secretory, Interfraternity Council; Treasurer, Pe¬ troleum club; Junior Representative, Student Sen¬ ate; Omicron Delta Kappa; Freshman Rules Com¬ mittee; Staf f, TECH ENGINEER. IVY DERRELL MAY • • • Texarkana , Tex. Accounting—Treasurer, Arnold Air Society; Treasurer, Business Administration club; ROTC. FRED A. MEAD.Doyline Education. FRED FORTSON MEADOWS • • ■ Shreveport Electrical Engineering. MARY DELL MEARES .... Shreveport Business Education—Blue Jackets; Panhellenic Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Women ' s League Board; Honor Council; Westminster Fel¬ lowship; Honor Freshman; Alpha Chi Omega. FLORA M. MELTON. Ruston Elementary Education. CLYDE DERWOOD MILES .... Quitman Elementary Education. GLORIA MAY MONK. Haynesville Elementary Education—Future Teachears of America; Ccmpus Women ' s Council; Adams Hall Honor Council. BETTY LOU MOORE. Minden Advertising — President, Secretary, Historian, Phi Mu; 2nd Vice-President, Junior Representative, Student Senate; Vice-President, Sophomore Class; Secretary, Student Federation of Louisiana Col¬ leges and Universities; 2nd Vice-President, Busi¬ ness Administration and Economics club; Treas¬ urer, Harper Hall; Campus Women ' s Council; Honor Freshman; Blue Jackets; Panhellenic Coun¬ cil; Treasurer, Freshman Girls ' Glee Club. 40 R. T. MULLANIX. Shreveport General Business—SCBS Station Relations ' Di¬ rector; Representative, Board of Directors Mem¬ ber, SCBS; Tech Radio Players; Tech Theater Players; Arnold Air Society; Society for the Ad¬ vancement of Management. DAVID L. MURPHY. Homer Forestry—Forestry club. DEFEE NASH. Lillie General Agriculture—Agriculture club. MARILYN NORMAN. Oil City English Education — Blue Jackets; President, Panhellenic Council; Vice-President, Sigma Tau Delta; Band; Glee club; Senior adviser; Chaplain, Rush Chairman, Vice-President, Theta Upsilon. DOROTHY ANN OGBURN .... Homer Business Education—Baptist Student Union; Fu¬ ture Teachers of America; Senior adviser; Pledge Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Beta Sigma Omicron. JAMES OGEA. Lake Charles Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Treasurer, Newman club. CHRISTINE O ' NEAL. Ruston Business — Blue Jackets; Westminster Fellow¬ ship; Kappa Delta. JAMES BENDEL PACE .... Farmerville Physical Education. HUBERT GENE PARISH . . . Sherman , Tex. Physics. KATHLEEN M. PEACOCK .... Oak Grove Business Education—Intramural sports; Tech Teachers club. MATHEW G. PERDUE. Bastrop History Education—Arnold Air Society; ROTC. FRANK JOSEPH PERNICI .... Shreveport Geology—Varsity football. HELEN L. PESNELL. Choudrant Home Economics—Blue Jackets; Home Eco¬ nomics club. MIRIAM CLAIRE PIPES. Ruston Elementary Education—Blue Jackets; Women ' s League; Phi Mu. SHERMAN CECIL POOLE. Bastrop Petroleum Engineering—Secretary, Tech Petrol¬ eum club; American Society of Heating and Vent¬ ilating Engineers; Tech Engineers association. Seniors 1953 41 Seniors 1953 HARRY ROLLINS PORTER .... Mansfield Electrical Engineering. THOMAS R. POST. Alexandria Business—Arnold Air Society; intramural sports; Senior adviser; Pledge Vice-President, Treasurer, Lambda Chi Alpha. PATSY MARIE PRATT. Bastrop Elementary Education—Future Teachers of Am¬ erica; Wesley Foundation; intramural sports. DAN PRUDHOMME . . . . Shreveport General Business— T Club; varsity track. ORIE LEE PUGH. Sarepta Health and Physical Education — Intramural sports. WILLIAM CALVIN RANDOLPH - . Shreveport Mechanical Engineering — Varsity baseball; T Club; American Society of Mechanical En¬ gineers; Tech Engineers association; Kappa Al¬ pha. ASA M. RAY. West Monroe Civil Engineering—Treasurer, Tech Engineers association; Vice-President, American Society of Civil Engineers. JOHN BERT RIALL. Shreveport Accounting—Delta Sigma Pi; Arnold Air So¬ ciety; President, Senior class; Student Senate; ROTC. JOE G. RICHARD, JR. Baton Rouge Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers; Theta Xi. CHARLES A. RICHARDSON ■ . . Lake, Miss. Accounting. DWAN ANNA ROACH. Vivian Business Education — Vice-President, Future Teachers of America; Baptist Student Union; in¬ tramural sports; Pledge President, Theta Upsilon. JOHN H. ROBERTS. Evergreen Insurance and Real Estate. LEONARD R. ROBINETT .... Shreveport Math and English—M.I.C.A.; American Society of Electrical Engineers; Debate club; Baptist Stu¬ dent Union. PEGGY J. ROBISON. Shreveport Home Economics—Secretary, President, Baptist Student Union; Vice-President, Blue Jackets; Sec¬ retary, Women ' s League; Reporter, Pi Kappa Delta; Secretary, Sigma Tau Delta; Honor Fresh¬ man; Treasurer, State Historian, Home Ec club; Vice-President, Campus Women ' s Council; Debate team; Helen Graham award. EDWARD B. ROE. Bastrop Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers. 42 KATHRYN ROGERS. Homer Education. BEWFORD A. ROSE. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; President, American So¬ ciety of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; Tech Engineers association; staff, TECH ENGINEER. NILES LUDWIG RUCKSTUHL . . Lake Charles Civil Engineering—ROTC; staff, TECH ENGIN¬ EER; American Society of Civil Engineers; Theta Xi. EDWIN F. RUSSELL, JR.. Monroe Forestry—Forestry club; Demeter. WALTER J. SAVAGE, JR. Bastrop Advertising—Varsity football; T Club. PATSY J. SCOGIN. Ferriday Secretarial Science—Blue Jackets; Senior advis¬ er; Secretary, Business Administration club; Cam¬ pus Women ' s Council; Kappa Alpha Rose; Theta Upsilon. MARY ANN SCURRIA. Tallulah Home Economics—Home Economics club; New¬ man club; Women ' s Recreational association; ROTC sponsor; Senior adviser; Theta Upsilon. DOROTH Y SEEGERS .... Logansport Home Economics—Program Chairman, Wesley Foundation; Blue Jackets; Home Economics club; Panhellenic Council; Senior adviser; Warden, Secretary, Beta Sigma Omicron. BARBARA ANN SELF. Monroe Business Administration — Freshman Theater Players; Senior adviser; Secretary, Newman club; Business Administration club. JOHN B. SHEARER, JR. ... • Marksville Management—Wesley Foundation; Society for the Advancement of Management. SAM EDGAR SHEPARD. Monroe General Business—Varsity baseball; T Club; varsity track; Vice-President, Senior class; Pi Kappa Alpha. JAMES CONLEY SHOWS. Ruston Mechanical Engineering—Photographer, TECH ENGINEER; American Society of Mechanical En¬ gineers; Tech Engineers association; Snapshot Editor, LAGNIAPPE. DRURY MARSHALL SIMMONS, JR. . . Vivian Petroleum Engineering — Vice-President, Tech Petroleum club; Tech Engineers association; Am¬ erican Institute of Mechanical Engineers. WALTON I. SMART . ... St. Francisville Electrical Engineering—American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Tech Engineers association; Theta Xi. BILLIE CLIFTON SMITH. Castor Education. Seniors 1953 43 Seniors 1953 OPAL SMITH. Dixie Elementary Education—Blue Jackets; Campus Women ' s Council. JULIUS BELDWIN SMOAK . . Jefferson , Texas Civil Engineering—Treasurer, American Society of Civil Engineers; Tech Engineers association. ROBERT LEE SOUTHERN .... Winnsboro Accounting—Phi Kappa Phi. JOSEPH B. SPIGENER, JR. ... . Athens Business Education—Mayor, Vetville. ROY N. STAPP. Winnsboro Elementary Education. GERALD JUDSON STEED. Ruston General Business. JOHNNIE CURTIS STOCKS, JR. . . Tallulah General Business—President, Sophomore class; Vice-President, Student Union; Student Senate; Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universi¬ ties; Secretary, Vice-President, Arnold Air So¬ ciety; ROTC; President, Business Student associa¬ tion; Deputy Clerk, Honor Court; Interfraternity Council; President, Lambda Chi Alpha. CAROLYN SUTTON. Shreveport English Education—Freshman Girls ' Glee club; Honor Freshman; Modern Dance club; Vice-Presi¬ dent, Tech Teachers club; Charter President, Par¬ liamentarian, G. W. Bond chapter of Future Teachers of America; Senior adviser; President, Sigma Tau Delta; Pledge Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer, Best Pledge, Vice-President, Beta Sigma Omicron. BETTY JO SYDES. Winnfield Business Education. JAMES H. TAYLOR.Ruston Business Administration, General Business and Economics. MARY JIM TAYLOR. Homer Business Education. ROY M. TAYLOR, JR.. Winnsboro Accounting. MARTHA ANNICE TEMPLE . • . Shreveport Home Economics—Campus Women ' s Council; Theta Upsilon. GEORGE WILLOUGHBY THOMAS . West Monroe Speech—Tech Theater Players; Tech Radio Players; ROTC; President of Tech chapter, Na¬ tional Collegiate Players; Kappa Alpha. ARTHUR RICHARD THEIS . . . Shreveport Civil Engineering—American Society of Civil Engineers; Tech Engineers association. 44 JANE ELIZABETH THOMPSON . . . Ruston Elementary Education—Blue Jackets; Theta Up- silon. DURHAM TURNAGE. Winnsboro Management—Delta Sigma Pi. NORMA LEE TWITCHELL .... Vivian Advertising—President, Tech Theater Players; Baptist Student Union; Theta Upsilon. BETTY JEAN VAUGHN .... West Monroe Elementary Education—Future Teachers of Am¬ erica. JUAN L. VICENS . . . doles, Puerto Rico Agronomy—Demeter. ALICE MARIE WALKER .... Shreveport Business Education—Blue Jackets; Treasurer, Junior class; Vice-President, Secretary, Theta Up¬ silon. D. JANE WEIR. Simsboro Elementary Education—Women ' s Recreational Association; Senior adviser; Future Teachers of America; Alumnae Vice-President, Theta Upsi¬ lon. DOROTHY LOUISE WELCH .... Monroe Sociology. BILLIE RUTH WELLS.Vivian Elementary Education. DONALD GRAYDEN WELSH Lake Village, Ark. Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Treasurer, American So¬ ciety of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; En¬ gineers association; Rush Chairman, Lambda Chi Alpha. DOROTHY JONES WIERICK . . Shreveport Medical Technique—Sigma Tau Delta; Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Delta. GLEN EDWARD WIERICK . . . Shreveport General Business—Debonnaires; Lambda Chi Alpha. THOMAS RICHARD WILLETT . . . Ruston Health and Physical Education. HOUSTON B. WILLIAMS . Junction dty, Ark. Marketing and Management—Baptist Student Union; Society for the Advancement of Manage¬ ment. WARREN ANDREW WILLIAMS • • Tallulah Laboratory Technology — President, Interfrater¬ nity Council; intrcmural sports; Rush Chairman, President, Lambda Chi Alpha. Seniors 1953 45 Seniors 1953 MARY ANN WILLINGHAM • ■ • Blanchard Spanish Education — Blue Jackets; Sponsor, ROTC; Freshman adviser; Secretary, Los Hispano- filos; State Fair maid; LAGNIAPPE beauty; Stu¬ dent Union; Pledge President, Secretary, Theta Upsilon. JAMES H. WILSON.Vivian General Business—Kappa Sigma. MARY JO WIMBERLY. Ringgold Home Economics — President, Vice-President, Home Economics club; Senior adviser. ROBERT WAYNE WINTERS • • • Shreveport Accounting—Delta Sigma Pi; Pi Kappa Alpha. ANTHONY EDWARD WOLF ■ • Shreveport General Business—Student Senate; Arnold Air Society; Society for the Advancement of Manage¬ ment; Newman club; ROTC; Senior adviser; Par¬ liamentarian, Student Federation of La. Colleges and Universities; Kappa Alpha. JAMES THOMAS WOODALL - - Bossier City General Forestry—Varsity football; Forestry club; T Club; intramural basketball; Omicron Delta Kappa. R. E. WOODARD, JR.. Gihsland Forestry—Varsity baseball; T Club; Forestry club; Demeter; President, Kappa Sigma. WILLIAM C. WOMACK . ■ • Crossett, Ark. Mechanical Engineering—American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Society of Heat¬ ing and Ventilating Engineers; Squadron Com¬ mander, Arnold Air Society; Kappa Alpha. 46 Dedication of Tech Memorial Gymnasium January 14, 1953 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Joan Barnette Betty Sue Price Claire Nattin Robert Harrop Travis Defreese . Treasurer . Secretary Student Senate Representative Vice-President . President 48 BILLY JOE ADCOX Physical Education El Dorado, Ark. GWENDOLYN ALMOND Home Economics Minden TYRUS GLEN ANDERS Horticulture Arcadia JOYCE CARROLL ANDERSON Journalism Wynne, Ark. PATRICK W. BAKER Mechanical Engineering Crowville RUBY CAUSEY BARKER Music Ruston EVA JOAN BARNETTE Music Education Chatham JAMES MILTON BARRON General Agriculture Spearsville MARY BEEBE Elementary Education Chatham MARION CLINTON BENNETT Accounting Jonesville ROBERT LAWRENCE BLAKE Accounting Shreveport EVELYN BLAUSHILD Secretarial Science Ruston BILLIE JO BOLEN Education Shreveport JOHNNIE V. BOLTON Business Education Alexandria MARLENE BOND Home Economics Jonesboro BERTRAND BOYD Mathematics Choudrant JOE CHARLES BOYER General Business Minden GLORIA GAY BOZEMAN Physical Education Haynesville Juniors 1953 49 Juniors CHARLES EUGENE BRANTON Accounting L. ANNE BROOKS Home Economics ANN LYNN BROWN Social Welfare SALLY LYLES BROWN Home Economics JACKIE D. BRYANT Botany GEORGE WAYNE BYRAM Pre-Medical WILLETTE BRYSON Chemistry RAYMOND EDWARD CAMPBELL Accounting CHARLES R.‘CARAWAY Health and Physical Education PAUL J. CARLTON, JR. Real Estate and Insurance CAROLYN CAUSEY Home Economics MARION J. CHANEY Mechanical Engineering A. DALE COLVIN Music TILLIE COOKSTON Elementary Education ROBERT R. COOPER Electrical Engineering BENNY F. COX Accounting JOHN PAT COX Health and Physical Education WILLIAM LOUIS CRAGON General Business 1953 Cotton Valley Mooringsport Delhi Mangham El Dorado, Ark. Tallulah Ruston Camden, Ark. Jonesboro Jacksonville, Fla. Ruston Lake Providence West Monroe Winnfield Ruston Shreveport Rayville Alexandria 50 Downsville i BETTYE SUE CRANFORD Journalism RICHARD CARTER CURRY Pre-Dentistry PATTIE SUE DAWSON English Education JEFF DAVIS DE BLIEUX Civil Engineering TRAVIS LEE DE FREESE Electrical Engineering MALCOLM WAYNE DENHAM Geology JANICE DENNIS Secretarial Science THOMAS EUGENE DENNIS Agriculture Engineering THOMAS PATRICK DICKSON Business Administration ELIZABETH ANN DOANE Home Economics HELEN LOUISE DOTSON Sociology DAN E. DUPREE Mathematics Education JAMES WILLIAM ELKINS Social Science BETTY ANN ELLIOTT Music Education RAY A. EUBANKS Chemistry Engineering KATIE IRENE FALLIN Home Economics JIMMY E. FERGUSON Health and Physical Education JAMES ERNEST FILES General Business Juniors El Dorado, Ark. Homer Natchitoches West Monroe Bernice Jonesboro Magnolia, Ark. Shreveport Monroe Alexandria Coushatta Farmerville Homer Winnsboro Choudrant Dubach Oak Ridge 1953 51 Juniors 1953 EDWARD VAN FINUF .... Shreveport Medical Technology NELDA FAYE FLUITT .... Choudrant Elementary Education ANDREW JARRELL FOGLEMAN Quitman History CHARLES J. FONTANA .... Monroe Mechanical Engineering ALMA LUCILLE FORDE .... Monroe Secretarial Science JOHN A. FOSTER.Homer Journalism BILLY JOHN FRANKLIN Grand Cane Animal Husbandry H. E. FRISBY, JR. • . .. El Dorado, Ark. Mechanical Engineering BOBBY FRIZELL ..... Camden, Ark. Chemical Engineering RICHARD LOWREY FUGLER New Orleans Accounting OLIVER J. FUTCH .... Shreveport Electrical Engineering JIMMY L. GADDY.Springhill Chemical Engineering CHARLES L. GANDY.Homer Electrical Engineering LARRY NOEL GARR .... Camden, Ark. General Business OLIVE CLAIRE GIBSON Harrisonburg English Education BROOKS GILBERT .... Carbon, Texas Spanish DOROTHY JEAN GILBERT .... Marion Mathematics Education BILLY HARRIS GREER .... Homer Animal Husbandry 52 PAUL I. HAGLE Journalism PATRICIA ANNE HALL English Education IRA JOHN HALL Geography and Pre-Law B. GLENN HAM Forestry KEN R. HARDCASTLE General Business DANIEL THOMAS HARDY Marketing CAROLYN E. HARGROVE Secretarial Science ELIZABETH ANN HARKINS Secretarial Science LEON F. HARLAN Mechanical Engineering ROBERT WILLIAM HARROP Pre-Medical ROY DEAN HART Mathematics PEGGY MARIE HEMPHILL Home Economics ELEANOR JOYCE HEWINS Business Education PAUL B. HIGGINS Physics BYRON LEE HILTON Chemical Engineering WALTER PERRY HINSON Physical Education CLYDE MILTON HODGE Accounting JOHNNIE MARVIN HOLBROOK General Business Juniors Haynesville Springhill Delhi Fairbanks Shreveport Shreveport West Monroe Hico Maplewood Tallulah Transylvania Lisbon Ruston Urania Magnolia, Ark. Rodessa Litroe Vivian 1953 53 Juniors 195 3 THOMAS CURTIS JONES .... Electrical Engineering Ida LAVENIA ROSE JOHNSON Secretarial Science Camden, Ark. JEWEL ELMER JOHNSON General Business Athens CLOVIS G. JOHNSON .... Home Economi cs Baskin JOHN H. JARDINE .... Animal Husbandry and Pre-Veterinary Medicine West Monroe JERRY KENNETH JANETTE Pre-Medical Alexandria FRANK L. JACKSON .... Animal Husbandry Shreveport JOSEPH W. INGRAM .... Accounting Ruston MARVIN C. HUNT, JR. Business Haynesville JIMMIE FRANCIS HUMPHRIES General Business Jena ROSEMARY HUFF. English Education Mansfield PATSY HUDSON. Home Economics Oak Grove HOUSTON KELLER HUCKABAY Chemical Engineering Shreveport MARY FRANCES HORNSBY Education Alexandria CHARLOTTE ANN HOLLOWAY Home Economics Spencer PAT HOLLIS. Secretarial Science Bernice KENNETH G. HOLDER Math Education Dubach DORIS JEAN HOLDEN .... Music Education Cotton Valley 54 RICHARD JAMES KAVANAUGH Mechanical Engineering and Business Gilliam Administration LILLIAN ANN KEASLER Medical Laboratory Technology Delhi MARTHA CLAIRE KEITH English Education Ida ZOY KING .... Business Education Waverly JOSEPH L. KNIGHT Electrical Engineering Franklinton JOHN DAVID KOONCE, JR. Chemistry Jonesboro JOHN WILLIAM KUNZMAN, JR. Electrical Enginnering Shreveport VIRGINIA E. LAING Secretarial Science Monroe LESTER LAVERGN LANDER Chemistry Greenwood ROBERT ALEX LANEY Science Education Junction City, Ark. AUBIN LANE LARANCE Petroleum Engineering Ruston JOHN RAYMOND LARISON Education Jena LESLIE G. LEA Petroleum Engineering Bossier City BABS LEE ... Physical Education Lillie ODIE BASSIEL LEE . Mechanical Engineering West Monroe O. MAX LEE ..... Magnolia, Ark. Chemical Engineering JERRY LONES LEONARD .... Shreveport Physical Education BARBARA LINDSEY.Arcadia Home Economics Juniors 1953 55 Juniors 1953 PEGGY LOVE.Ruston Secretarial Science ELWYN CAMPBELL LYLES .... Baskin Medical Technology ROGER DOUGLAS LYON .... Ruston Mechanical Engineering JAMES D. McCAA .... Shreveport Business Administration DOLPH HORTON McCLEISH Bryceland Physical Education JACK LEE McCOLLISTER .... Shreveport Electrical Engineering CAROLYN McCORMICK .... Shreveport Advertising ROY BENNETT McKAY.Alto Health and Physical Education ELIZABETH ANN McKINLEY .... Monroe Elementary Education THOMAS JOSEPH McKINNEY . Rocky Mount Forestry JAMES E. McMICHAEL .... Dubberly Health and Physical Education MILTON DUANE McRIGHT Glenmora Electrical Engineering BOBBY J. MALLARD .... Shreveport Business Administration MAVIS MARGARET MALLOY Athens Accounting PATSY JOY MASSEY .... Tallulah Accounting ANN BOWER MAY.Monroe Home Economics JOHN GARLAND MAY .... Haynesville Petroleum Engineering DONALD RAY MEG1SON .... Pineville Chemical Engineering 56 Oak Grove MARTHA JANE MJTCHINER Speech Education CAROLYN MOORE Social Science NORMAN L. MOORE Mechanical Engineering M. FRANCES MORGAN Business Education OSCAR PAUL MORGAN, JR. Petroleum Engineering ZONA CAROL MORRIS Elementary Education ROBERT LARRY MOSES Civil Engineering BETTY JEAN MULLIN Social Science FRANCES COMMIE MYERS Secretarial Science SAMUEL E. NARROW, JR. Pre-Law CLAIRE A. NATTIN Elementary Education ROBERT HOWARD NEWELL Electrical Engineering MARGARET GRACE NIX Business Education MELBA ODOM Business Administration JOY LEE PARISH Mathematics Education BOBBY RAY PARKER Health and Physical Education NELLAN MAURICE PATTON Elementary Education DONALD RAY PENDARVIS Accounting Juniors Wyatt Bossier City Ruston Shreveport Mangham Hope, Ark. Simsboro Ruston Alexandria Homer Bossier City Ruston Shreveport Arcadia Ringgold Lisbon West Monroe 1953 57 Juniors 1953 JAMES C. PENNINGTON .... Ruston Civil Engineering PATSY VIRGINIA PETERSON .... Tullos English Education LARRY JEANNINE FONDER Bossier City Pre-Medical JACK HARTWELL POPE Springhill Business Education CALIOPE N. POULOS Winnsboro Business Education BETTY SUE PRICE ... . Winnsboro Home Economics LOIS PRICE ..... Haynesville Social Welfare WILLIAM ROY PULLIG.Sibley Chemistry MARY SUE PYLANT .... Coushatta Home Economics RUVEN LAVELLE RAMBIN .... Jena Journalism HERMAN CARLILE RATCLIFF . • Rayville History ELIZABETH REED.Gibsland Pre-Medical RUBY LA VERNE RIDDLE .... Jonesboro Academic DOROTHY RIGGS.Shreveport Business Administration WILLIAM DOYLE RILEY Malvern, Ark. Accounting ' BETTY JO ROACH.Monroe Secretarial Science DONALD BRYANT ROBINSON .... Homer Accounting ELIZABETH RUSH • . ■ • Ruston Elementary Education 58 Shreveport CHARLES R. RUSSELL Petroleum Engineering LEONARD ANTHONY RUSSO Accounting BLAKE E. SANDERS Mathematics WILLIAM T. SARTOR, JR. Petroleum Engineering IMOGENE SAYERS Business Education CLAUDETTE SCHROEDER Botany PAUL BEN SELLERS Petroleum Engineering DON EUGENE SHANKLES General Business DREW SHAW Music FRANCES MARIE SHEPARD Home Economics MARY ELLEN SIMPSON Medical Technology JAMES ROY SLEDGE Electrical Engineering BILL FREEMAN SMITH Accounting D. ROGERS SMITH Pre-Medical DORIS ELAINE SMITH Elementary Education WILLIAM LEONARD SMITH Civil Engineering PATSY JEAN STEPHENS Elementary Education EDNA MARIE STEWART Spanish Education Juniors Camden, Ark. Kilbourne Alto Homer Shreveport Ruston Jonesboro Taylor Monroe Eunice Coushatta Monroe Shreveport Gilbert McComb, Miss. Shreveport Quitman 1953 59 Juniors 1953 JOHN LOUIS STIMAC .... Leesville Mechanical Engineering BEVERLY WAYNE STOVALL Jonesboro Social Welfare NOLAN F. STRANGE.Minden Chemistry BILL R. STUTSON .... Jena Education WILLIAM TRAVIS SUTTON Haynesville Forestry JIMMY LEROY TALLENT .... Shreveport Business Administration MARGARET ANN TATUM .... Monroe English Education EDWARD ARNOLD TENCH, JR. Shreveport Accounting MARTHA TERRY .... Smackover, Ark. Music Education O. J. THIBODEAUX.Sulphur Mechanical Engineering GWEN THOMAS.Jonesboro Physical Education DORIS JANE TINSLEY .... Ruston Business Education JOSEPH H. TOWNSON Shreveport Speech BARBARA DAY TRIPPE .... Shreveport Secretarial Science EDWARD E. TRIPPE .... Mansfield General Business JAMES A. TRULY.Shreveport Pre-Medical MAXINE TUBBS.Shreveport English Education JIMMIE VARDEMAN.Ruston Elementary Education 60 JUNE VARNADO Secretarial Science R. H. VAUGHN, JR. Civil Engineering OUITA JEANNE VERNON Mathematics CRAWFORD VINES Physical Education CHARLES SEAY WADE Petroleum Engineering NANCY SUE WADE Business Education HERBERT GUSTAVUS WARREN Petroleum Engineering JUDSON E. WARREN Physical Education PEGGY LYNN WASSON Elementary Education RALPH EDWIN WATSON Chemical Engineering HARRY MILTON WEED Petroleum Engineering AVIS JEAN WELCH Art Education W. HOLLEY WELLS Physical Education MARY EVELYN WHITEHEAD Home Economics FRANCES ODOM WILLIAMS Home Economics DALE WILSON Mechanical Engineering M. DUNN WILSON General Business NEIL BRYAN WILSON Animal Husbandry Juniors Winnsboro Shreveport Alexandria Toro Warren, Ark. Jonesboro Ruston Ruston Summerfield Mansfield Delhi Monroe Longstreet Bonita Baskin Camden, Ark. Shreveport Vicksburg, Miss. 1953 61 Juniors 1953 GORDON H. WINBERRY .... Shreveport Accounting NORMA RUTH WISE.Bernice Social Science SEBRON H. WISE.Bernice General Agriculture HOBART WILLIAM WOODRUFF . Columbia Accounting OTHO VIRGIL WOODARD .... Gibsland Mechanical Engineering HOYD KENNY WOOTEN .... Alexandria Business CHARLES HARTLEY WORLEY Shreveport Music RICHARD D. YOUNG .... Jonesville Accounting 62 — SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Whitney Walker Vice-President Billy Colvin • Treasurer Peggy Walters Secretary lames E. Cross President i 63 Sophomores 1953 RICHARD ALFRED ADAMS Shreveport Personnel Management MARY FRANCES ADNEY .... Ruston Business Education CAROLYN ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Bastrop Home Economics BARBARA JEAN ALLGOOD Summerfield Business and Interior Decoration BARBARA ANDERSON .... Ruston Business Education WILFORD SMITH BAKER .... Naborton Geology DORIS EVELYN BARHAM .... Greenwood Music ROBBIE JO BARNETT .... Jamestown Music Education ELTON RAY BARRETT Georgetown General Agriculture PATSY H. BARRON Elementary Education Spearsville DON BATES .... Chemical Engineering Magnolia, Ark. JOHN E. BAUGH Chemical Engineering Monroe M. GAYLE BEASON Social Science Alexandria FANNIE JO BEATTY Laboratory Technology Clay DOROTHY ELAINE BENGTSON Elementary Education Winnsboro ANDREW BENNETT Political Science Quitman GEORGE PIERCE BERRY, JR. Accounting Ruston LEAMON BEST Geography Delhi 64 [ Sophomores 1953 WILLIAM ROY BONNER Coushatta French NORA JEAN BOONE.Rayville Elementary Education PAT BOONE ...... Shreveport Business Administration JERRY DEAN BOUGHTON .... Rayville Business Education GRADY A. BOUNDS .... Rocky Mount Mathematics J. ELMO BOURGEOIS .... Sulphur General Business DOYLE KENNETH BOWEN .... Marion Elementary Education ANN MAURICE BOYD .... Collinston Laboratory Technology CAROL JEAN BRADERA Pineville Secretarial Science BOBBY RAY BRADFORD .... Rochelle Elementary Education JOE WALTER BRADFORD Lake Providence Accounting CLYDE KENNETH BRASHIER .... Marion Botany JERRENE BISHOP.Pioneer Home Economics JOHN ALLEN BLACK.Bastrop Chemistry THOMAS C. BLACK, JR. ... Sarepta Chemical Engineering BEVERLY TOLAR BLACKWELL Mer Rouge Secretarial Science SANDRA SUE BOLEN .... Alexandria Elementary Education Magnolia, Ark. BEA BIRD Speech 65 Sophomores 1953 LEONARD RAGAN BREWSTER Vienna General Agriculture JOSEPH A. BRIDEWELL Donaldsonville Accounting THERMAN R. BRIDGES .... Athens Laboratory Technology VIRGINIA CARDWELL BRIDGES Athens Business Education BETTYE SUE BRITT ..... Minden Clothing Art ROY EVERETT BROCK, JR. Shreveport Chemical Engineering VIRGINIA BROOKS .... Ft. Necessity Home Economics DONALD LEE BROWN.Hodge Petroleum Engineering DONALD TRACY BROWN .... Shreveport Management FLOY CAROLYN BROWN .... Springhill Business Education RONALD KEITH BROWN .... Shreveport Civil Engineering SAM O. BRUCE, JR. Shreveport Petroleum Engineering DELANO RAY BRYAN.Castor Business RICHARD WALKER BRYAN .... Ruston Forestry TRAVIS S. BRYAN.Bastrop Mechanical Engineering JAMES W. BRYANT Shrev eport Chemical Engineering REED V. BRYANT .... Dalton, Pa. Electrical Engineering JOHN H. BUATT .... Parkdale, Ark. Civil Engineering 66 EMMA LEE BURNS ..... Lillie Elementary Education DONALD JOE BYRD.Arcadia General Business CAROL JANE CALDWELL Shreveport Business Education JOSEPH DAVID CAMP .... Haynesville Mechanical Engineering MARTHA JO CAMP .... Bossier City Secretarial Science ROBERT R. CAMPBELL .... Monterey Accounting BILLY MURREL CARR .... Montgomery Mechanical Engineering PATSY ANN CARSON .... Minden Home Economics JOE WILEY CASKEY.Arcadia Music Education JOE FARISH CAVALLAS .... Monroe Engineering SYBIL HARRIETT CHRISTIAN Tallulah Home Economics DELBERT WILLIAM CHUMLEY ... Oil City Electrical Engineering FRANK L. CHURCHILL .... Bossier City Accounting EDDIE CECIL CLARK Le Compte Education JOY MAURIECE CLIFTON .... Minden Education FAYE CLONINGER.Rayville Physical Education WILLIAM DUANE CLOUD .... Castor Accounting Sophomores 1953 67 Sophomores 1953 CHESTER BENJAMIN COKER Physical Education Harrisonburg ALLEN DAVIS COLEMAN Academic Jena BILLY JAY COLVIN Business and Pre-Law Shreveport LEONARD CALHOUN COLVTN Accounting Minden SARA JO COLVIN Education Dubach SARA McGEE COLVIN Education Dubach BOBBY GENE CAMPBELL Mathematics Education Dubach MALCOLM PARKER CONNELL, JR. Mechanical Engineering Belcher CLAIRE CONWAY Elementary Education Epps DAWANA COODY Elementary Education Oak Grove WAYMON ODELL COODY General Agriculture Pioneer DENNIS LEE COOKE Music Educat ion Homer WANDA COPELAND Secretarial Science Jena PAT M. CORLEY Elementary Education Many RICHARD WAYNE COUVILLION Marketing Keithville BOBBIE MARIE COX Elementary Education Rayville WILLIAM WARFIELD COX, JR. Petroleum Engineering Shreveport CHARLES RAY CRABTREE Business Shreveport JAMES E. CROSS Chemical Engineering PAUL LIONEL CROWELL General Business RUTH LA VERNE CUDD Journalism JOHN S. CULPEPPER Chemical Engineering THEODORE W. CUNY Social Science MAURICE CUPIT English VINCENT F. DANNA Pre-Pharmacy HARRY CURTIS DARK Music Education BRUCE D. DEAN Chemical Engineering DOLORES ANN DEAN Elementary Education JARRELL G. DEEN General Business FERNAND A. DEJEAN Pre-Medical MELVIA ANN DENTON Education JO ANN DEWITT Home Economics CHARLES THOMAS DICKINSON Chemical Enginereing ROBERT JUSTIN DONOVAN Business and Pre-Law J. ELOISE DOSS Home Economics WANDA FAYE DOSS Medical Technology Shreveport West Monroe Boyce Monroe Winnsboro Sicily Island Monroe Winnfield Sarepta Sarepta Haughton Hodge Bernice Crowville Pioneer Shreveport Ruston Simsboro Sophomores 1953 69 Sophomores 1953 PATSY SUE DOUGHTY.Jena Business Education THOMAS A. DOYLE .... Mooringsport Electrical Engineering JOHN WANZER DRANE.Forest Mechanical Engineering ALLAN REESE DUCKETT Shreveport Engineering BENNY THOMAS DUMAS ... El Dorado, Ark. Sociology RACHEL DUNN . . • • • Grayson Home Economics J O ANN DURHAM English and Social Science Hodge ROLAND D. DURRETT Geology Shreveport JERRY HOLLIS EDMONDSON Forestry Lake Providence PEGGY EDMONSON Business ' Forest CHARLES W. EDWARDS Forestry Ruston LEO LONNIE EHRHARDT, JR. Mechanical Engineering Simmesport TOMMY X. ELIOFF Physics . • Monroe JOHN DURWOOD ELLETT Physics West Monroe GAY ELLIS ... Elementary Education Shreveport CHESTER ELLIS.Shreveport Physics FRANK ARNOLD ELY, JR. Shreveport Mechanical Engineering GILBERT GENE ENGLE .... Shreveport Engineering 70 Basile CHARLES T. ESSMEIER Chemical Engineering DONALD LEROY ESSMEIER .... Basile Forestry JO ANN EVANS ..... Minden Business Education LOU KATHLEEN EVANS Lake Providence Home Economics LUTHER EUGENE EWING .... Chatham Accounting CLIFTON ALEXANDER FAIRBANKS, JR. Pineville Agricultural Engineering JOHN IRVIN FEAZEL.Athens Animal Husbandry MARY JO FIELDER .... Summerfield Business Education JIMMY CARLTON FIELDS .... Gibsland Business Administration GAVIN FINLAY.Springhill Forestry MARY NEAL FISSEL.Springhill Horticulture NORMAN ALEXANDER FLANAGAN Bastrop Academic BEULAH ANN FORD.Mansfield Elementary Education ROY W. FORE ..... Grayson Agriculture BOBBY LEE FORREST .... Alexandria Business Administration LOAHMAN E. FORSHEE Cotton Valley Elementary Education LEMUEL JEROME FORTINBERRY New Orleans Electrical Engineering JEAN FRANK.Dubach Secretarial Science Sophomores 1953 71 Sophomores 1953 JO ANN FRASIER Elementary Education FRANKIE F. FUTCH Education JEAN H. FUTRELL Chemical Engineering ROBERT E. GAITHER Petroleum Engineering PEGGY GENE GALLOWAY Secretarial Science ROBERT CHARLES GAMBLE Electrical Engineering CHARLES DOUGLAS GARRETT Management JAMES HARRY GARRETT, JR. Mechanical Engineering GEORGE SAM GEEKER Chemistry WILLIAM R. GILBERT Music BETTY JO GILES Secretarial Science DELMA ARTHUR GILES Mechanical Engineering SIBYL ANNE GILMORE Home Economics GENE ANN GLOVER Secretarial Science MARY ALICE GORDON Business Education ROBERT EDGAR GORHAM Petroleum Engineering BILLY RAY GOUDY Electrical Engineering EDGAR LEWIS GOULD Business Administration Ruston Lillie Dry Prong Minden Arcadia Mansfield Haynesville Bastrop Ruston El Dorado, Ark. Farmerville Shreveport Epps Ruston Magnolia, Ark. Ruston El Dorado Shreveport 72 FLORA GRANT Home Economics Kelly JAMES ERNEST GRIFFIN Business Wesson, Ark. GLEN GRIGSBY Business Administration Ruston BOBBY JO GRYDER Business Management Ruston JOHN WILLIAM GUSTAFSON Physics Ruston MARY JO GUSTAFSON Music Ruston JOE E. HADWIN General Business Junction City, Ark. JAMES ARTHUR HALL Agricultural Engineering Bastrop LYNELLE HAMMACK Secretarial Science Kilbourne DOROTHY LOUISE HAMMOCK Child Development Ruston RODNEY M. HANSON Accounting Cullen GEORGE ALLEN HARE Mechanical Engineering  Monroe JOHN HARMON HARP General Business Westlake CHLOE ELIZABETH HARRIS Business Administration Jigger FRANK STERLING HARRIS, JR. History Welsh MARTHA ANN HARRISON Primary Education Jonesboro BILL D. HARTY Accounting Bossier City CAROLYN T. HAWKINS Music El Dorado, Ark. Sophomores 1953 73 Sophomores 1953 C. THOMAS HAWKINS Accounting DONALD KEITH HAYNES Pre-Medical THOMAS D. HEAD .... Oak Grove Music Education WILEY GENE HEARD.Hico General Agriculture STAN M. HEARNE .... West Monroe Physics and Mathematics EDWARD RANDOLPH HENSLEY . Shreveport Commercial Art ALBERT WAYNE HERREN .... Dubach Physical Education ALFRED D. HERRING .... Haynesville Music Education BETTY JO HICKS ..... Homer Music FRANCES HOLLENSHEAD .... Tullos Home Economics JACK CLINTON HOLLEY .... Shreveport Engineering JAMES TROY HOOD .... Springhill Accounting DONALD ROBERT HOOGLAND Ruston Dairy Husbandry BETTY SUE HORN .... Tallulah Clothing Art LUCILLE HOWARD.Welsh Home Economics SARA HUDSON ..... Jonesboro Secretarial Science CAROLYN FAYE HUGHEN .... Arcadia Home Economics LEORA ANN HURST.Bastrop Elementary Education Minden Lisbon 74 VIRGINIA HYATT Home Economics Ruston BETTY JEAN JACKS .... Bossier City Physical Education CHARLES EDWARD JANES .... Epps Management WILLIAM LEROY JENKINS .... Monroe Electrical Engineering DORIS EVELYN JETER .... Shreveport Business Administration LAMAR EVANS JOFFRION Alexandria Forestry ANNISE JOHNSON .... Jonesboro Secretarial Science CHARLES JOHNSON .... Shreveport Agriculture WANDA FAYE JOHNSON . Cotton Valley Education BEN PAUL JONES .... Baton Rouge Civil Engineering BILLY FRANKLIN JONES .... Shreveport Accounting MARY ALICE JONES.Minden Business Education RICHARD DOUGLAS JONESON Alexandria Petroleum Enginering JOSEPH HENRY KAVANAUGH Ruston Business Administration DONALD RAY KEEN.Minden Accounting JAMES G. KEITH ... Haughton Forestry BETTY JEAN KENDRICK .... Springhill Elementary Education PAUL RAYMOND KENDRICK .... Jena Petroleum Engineering Sophomores 1953 75 Sophomores 1953 VIRGINIA A. KENDRICK .... Shreveport Home Economics THOMAS ABERCROMBIE KERLIN Homer Laboratory Technology JACK W. KINBERGER .... New Orleans General Business CARY KING, JR.Tullos Mechanical Engineering RALPH BUXTON KING.Monroe Pre-Dental HELEN KNOTTS.Ruston Home Economics GEORGIA KOVAC.Oak Grove Education JIM EUGENE LAMBERSON . Bossier City Economics BETTY BURCH LARANCE .... Ruston Merchandising CHARLES ELVIN LARANCE .... Dubach General Forestry CARLOS A. LASALDE Ponce, Puerto Rico Pre-Law CHARLES HERMAN LASHLEY New Orleans Mechanical Engineering BILL A. LAY ..... Natchitoches Chemical Engineering WILLIAM GRADY LEACH .... Epps Petroleum Engineering ALLEN LEE .... Magnolia, Ark. Mechanical Engineering AMARYLIS LEE.Winnsboro Home Economics EDNA VIRGINIA LEE ... Simsboro Home Economics MIMS MITCHELL LEE.Tallulah Civil Engineering ? 1 r w i MllfllM , 76 ROBERT EUGENE LEE Forestry JAMES MURREL LEMOINE Physical Education EFFIE LESTER Medical Laboratory Technology West Monroe Verda Jonesboro GEORGE WILLIAM LESTER General Business JOYCE LESTER Mathematics Education ANNA MARIE LEWIS Accounting Cotton Valley Rayville Ruston RALPH WITZEL LEWIS Mechanical Engineering ELLIE JO LINER Secretarial Science EARL FRANKLIN LINGLE Business Administration Crowville Ruston Shreveport NATHANIEL F. LITTLE Mathematics Education VIDA IRENE LORD Home Economics JAMES ADAMS LOVE Business Administration Bastrop Shreveport Ruston SARA MARGARET LOWREY Home Economics JACK O ' NEIL LUDWICK Mechanical Engineering Bernice Monroe JAMES C. LUM Business Benson RONNIE MARTIN LUSCHEN Pre-Law D. BENOIT LYNN Business Administration JAMES LOYD LYTLE Forestry El Dorado, Ark. Shreveport Jena Sophomores 1953 77 Sophomores 1953 JIMMY McADAMS .... Transylvania Mechanical Engineering WALTER CHARLES McBRIDE Jonesboro Management LAVINIA JOANN McCANN Alexandria Music Education ROE KINSON McCASLAND Chatham General Forestry WILLIAM HUGH McCASLAND Logansport Petroleum Engineering RITA McEACHEARN.Delhi Home Economics SHIRLEY SUE McGEE .... Harrisonburg Secretarial Science JEAN McGOUGH ..... Farmerville Elementary Education LEROY W. McGOWAN .... Shreveport Engineering EDNA EARLE McGUIRE .... Simsboro Physical Education PAUL MURRAY McKENZIE Shreveport Physics L. PATRICK McLANE.Ruston Pre-Dentistry EMMA JEAN McLAURIN Ruston Home Economics MARGARET McLEAN.Ruston Medical Laboratory Technology JOHN D. McMACHAEL .... Cotton Valley Physical Education MARY MACK.Springhill Education EDITH MAGAW Lake Charles Spanish and Commerce BILLY ANTHONY MANCUSO Bossier City Management 78 GEORGE SAMUEL MANGUM Physical Education Delhi JAMES OLEN MARDIS General Business Bastrop JOHNNY STEVE MARSHALL Petroleum Engineering Forest Hill CHARLES RAY MARTIN Accounting Winnsboro CHARLSIE JANE MARTIN Secretarial Science Shreveport ELOUISE LYNN MATHEWES Ruston ROSE MATHEWS Business Education Kilbourne ETHEL CLAIRE MATHIEU Secretarial Science Shreveport ARTHUR H. MATTHEWS “ Monroe FRANK WELCH MEANS Animal Husbandry Ida BILLIE JEAN MEEK Business Education Haynesville j LOLAN JOSEPH MELANCON Electrical Engineering Puieville ANN MARILYN MELTON Physical Education Marion SUE CAROLYN MELTON Physical Education Marion OLIVER DAVIS MEREDITH Mechanical Engineering Grayson ARTHUR EDWARD MEYER Electrical Engineering Pineville CARROLL RICHARD MICHAUD Academic Hodge HARRIETT MICHAUD Elementary Education Hodge Sophomores 1953 79 Sophomores R. B. MIDDLETON, JR. Music EARL EUGENE MILAM Civil Engineering FLORENCE DELEAN MILES Elementary Education JACK MILES.Minden Civil Engineering THOMAS M. MILLS .... Crossett, Ark. Mechanical Engineering MARTHA RUTH MILNER .... Bernice Secretarial Science MARY CAROLYN MILNER .... Bernice Secretarial Science PHILLIP LAYNE MISENHEIMER Springhill Retailing and Merchandising BETTY JEANE MITCHAM .... Vidalia Music Education EMILY LOUISE MOBLEY .... Alexandria Elementary Education HARRY TOWERS MONROE .... Ruston General Business LARNED MONTGOMERY .... Benson Mechanical Engineering JIMMY DOYLE MOORE .... Gibsland Pre-Pharmacy MARTHA JANE MOORE .... Bastrop Physical Education MARTHA RUTH MOORE.Homer Elementary Education WILLIAM ODELL MORRIS .... Colfax Physical Education EVELYN MOSER.Quitman Home Economics LOUISE MURCHISON.Ruston Education 1953 Bernice Pineville Hodge JOHN HALL NATTIN Forestry ROSS C. NEILL, JR. Laboratory Technology NORMA JO NELSON Secretarial Science Homer Ruston Vienna BILLY NEWSOM Animal Husbandry LUTHER BERNARD NEWTON Civil Engineering L. V. NORRIS Physical Education Rayville Lake Providence Georgetown ELVA L. NUGENT Business Education JAMES EDWIN NUTTALL Physics EARLINE MARIE OGDEN Social Welfare Sarepta Shreveport Oak Grove MOLLIE JEAN OLIVE Physical Education JAMES THOMAS OLIVER Engineering Haynesville Bossier City MURPHEY WALLACE OLIVER Marketing Marion GLORIA JEANE OWEN Business Education Minden JOHN KING OWEN Mechanical Engineering ELEANOR OWENS Civil Engineering Alexandria Ruston GEORGE C. OWENS, JR. Accounting THEODORE BLANCHARD OWENS, JR. Agriculture BETTYE PAUL OXFORD Physical Education Camden, Ark. • Harrisonburg Jonesboro Sophomores 1953 81 Sophomores 1953 VAL SANDERS PAINTER Shreveport Accounting ROBERT PRESTON PARKS .... Spencer Accounting MARJORIA ALINE PATE .... Quitman English Education MARTHA EDWINA PEE .... Rayville Elementary Education NANCY RUTH PERDUE .... Springhill Business Education MARVIN BARR PERRY ... Bastrop Agriculture WILLIE MAE PERRY.Wyatt Merchandising BONNY LOU PETTIT .... West Monroe Secretarial Science CHARLES FRANCIS PHELPS Farmerville Business Education FON ANN PICKLE.Oil City Medical Technology GLORIA JEAN PILCHER .... Tullos Social Science GILMER S. PITTARD, JR. Grand Cane Electrical Engineering and Business Administration SYDNEY WADE POLAND .... Gibsland Electrical Engineering JAMES KENNETH POLK Crossett, Ark. Mechanical Engineering BILLY W. PONDER .... Chatham Chemistry BOBBY G. PONDER El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering WILLIAM C. PRICE, JR. ... Shreveport Forestry ANNETTE PROCTOR .... Lake Providence English Education 82 Sophomores 1953 CARROLL YOUNG RICH .... Arcadia English ELIZABETH ANN RISER .... Winnsboro Home Economics BETTY LOUISE ROBERTS .... Ruston Elementary Education MARGARET ROBERTSON Mansfield Secretarial Science JANICE ROBINSON ..... Bernice Business Education NORMA ROBINSON ..... Ruston Mathematics Education HENRY IRWIN ROGILLIO .... Jackson General Business WILLIAM H. RUCKS ... El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering GLENDA FAE SALLIER .... Shreveport Elementary Education WILLIAM RODEN SAUNDERS .... Ruston Business Administration BARBARA DELILAH SCHILDE Baton Rouge Home Economics JAMES WILLIAM SCHMIDT .... Hodge Engineering B. ALVA SCHOOMER, JR. Winnfield Chemistry BETTY RUTH SCOTT Wisner English Education GEORGE V. SEHON Marion Business Administration LOUIS NEAL RANNE .... Ruston Engineering JOHN BURGESS REESE .... Ruston General Forestry Shreveport SAMMY J. RAINS Real Estate and Insurance 83 Sophomores 1953 LEWIS WRAY SERMONS Geology Pineville VERNON COLTON SHAFFER Business Education Gibsland THOMAS BEVERLY SHELL Accounting Cotton Valley LOUIS VIRGIL. Academic Simms BETTY MARGARETTE SIMMONS Education Springhill ROSE GERALDINE SIMMONS Elementary Education Sikes GLYNN PERRY SIMPSON Business Administration Stonewall JERRELL FELIX SIMS Accounting Oak Grove LESTER EUGENE SINGLETON Accounting Bastrop AURIEL MASTIN SLACK Petroleum Engineering Minden AMELIA SMITH .... Elementary Education Bossier City ANNA LAURIE SMITH Business Administration and Economics Bryceland BARNIE J. SMITH .... Accounting - Pioneer FREDERICK EUGENE SMITH Art Bastrop FREEMAN EDGAR SMITH Accounting Winnsboro HAROLD WADE SMITH, JR. Chemical Engineering Grayson MILDRED ANNICE SMITH Music Delhi MORRIS SNEED .... Shreveport Petroleum Engineering 84 Bernice FLETCHER LOYD STAKES Engineering PATRICIA RUTH STARLING Pre-Medical ANN NORRIS STEDMAN Music Education ROY EDWARD STEDMAN Music Education MARY ANN STELLE Laboratory Technology MADELYN STEPHENSON Accounting THOMAS LOUIS STEPHENSON Journalism CONNIE STEWART Business Education NORMA KINLOCK STEWART Business Education PAUL HAMAN STORMENT Mechanical Engineering JESSE DALE STORTS Chemical Engineering HILDA STREBECK Business Education FLORELLA STURDIVANT Elementary Education BARBARA SUTTON Business Education WYNELLE TANNER Laboratory Technology JIMMY WRIGHT TARVER Business and Interior Decoration DONALD GENE TAYLOR Business Administration JO BETH TAYLOR Elementary Education Kelly Ruston Ruston El Dorado, Ark. Shreveport Lynchburg, Va. Jonesboro Shreveport Bastrop Lake Charles Grayson Winnsboro Ruston Bossier City Columbia Jena Downsville Sophomores 1953 85 Sophomores 1953 LARRY ALLEN TAYLOR .... Winnsboro General Business SAMUEL J. TAYLOR .... Haynesville Mathematics Education PATTY TERRILL ..... Ruston Home Economics AVA DEAN TERRY.Bastrop Elementary Education LOTTIE MAXINE THIGPEN .... Sikes Business Education ELLEN M. THOMAS .... Shreveport Business FLOYD LAWTON THOMAS Oak Grove Education JANET THOMAS ..... Spencer Secretarial Science SEBORN ALTON THOMAS .... Urbania Mechanical Engineering JOHN R. THOMPSON.Monroe Physics BARBARA THORNTON.Eros Education VERNIE LEE THRONEBERRY Minden Music Education CHARLES PRICE TOMLINSON Winnfield Engineering NONA LEE TONN.Jennings Physical Education JAMES H. TOOKE.Ringgold Engineering ALAN GRAY TRAMMELL .... Dubach General Business ELIZABETH TRIPPE.Collinston Medical Technology ANNE CECILE TRUNSLER Harrisonburg Management 86 Sophomores 1953 F] MM mk BETTY TUCKER ..... Bernice Home Economics CHARLENE TUCKER .... Winnsboro Business Education MARGARET HUNTER TUCKER .... Delhi English Education JOSEPH SCOTT TULLIER West Monroe Pre-Dentistry PATSY ANN TWILLEY Mooringsport Health and Physical Education THOMAS WILLIAM TYNER Plain Dealing Mechanical Engineering BEVERLY TYREE . Ruston Secertarial Science JEANNE UPSHAW.Bienville Social Welfare JAMES ARNON VAUGHN West Monroe Mechanical Engineering DOROTHY DEAN VINING Oak Grove Mathematics BET TY JEAN VINSON ... St. Joseph Music Education BRANKO VRANICH . Melrose Park, Ill. Electrical Engineering BILLY J. WALKER Jonesboro Elementary Education CHARLES RAY WALKER Baton Rouge Education FLORECE WALKER.Rayville English Education NORMAN BARRY WALKER .... Minden French and Art DAN S. WALSH ..... Shreveport Chemical Engineering PEGGY JUNE WALTERS .... Shreveport Social Science Education 87 Sophomores 1953 SANDRA NELL WARDLAW Business Education El Dorado, Ark. EMILY WATTS Home Economics Quitman WILLIAM PATTERSON WEBER Academic Forestry New Orleans JOHNNYE ANNELL WEST Secretarial Science Columbia GWENDOLYN WHEATLY Art Hodge SHIRLEY WHEELER Secretarial Science Shreveport MARY OLIVIA WHITE Home Economics Castor THOMAS EUGENE WHITE Electrical Engineering El Dorado, Ark. GLENDA WILLETT Home Economics Tullos JAN AUSTIN WILLIAMS Home Economics Ruston JOE BOYD WILLIAMS Physical Education Sarepta ROBERT WADE WILLIAMS Marketing Shreveport TONY GRAY WILLIAMS Electrical Engineering Bastrop MARILYN WILLIS Music Shreveport SHERMAN JAMES WILSON Forestry Jena JACKIE DELANO WISTERMAN Electrical Engineering Mansfield MARY ELIZABETH WOLLERSON Elementary Education Winnsboro BOBBIE WOMACK Business Education Minden 88 NELL WOMACK ..... Minden Business Education CHARLES EDWARD WRIGHT Shreveport General Business WAYNE EARLE YATES Bossier City Civil Engineering ALICE L. YOUNG.Shreveport Home Economics CAROLYN ANN YOUNG Ruston Psychology LOU YOUNG.Jena Secretarial Science PAT YOUNG.West Monroe Speech Sophomores 1953 89 FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS Sara Kees ......... Treasurer Jess Smith ........ Vice-President Spencer Edmiston .... Student Senate Representative Evans Wyly ........ President Carolyn Jones ........ Secretary md 90 4 MARY JANE ADAMS.Minden Secretarial Science HENRY HARVEY ALDERMAN Quitman Business PATRICIA ALEXANDER .... Simsboro Business Administration EDUARDO JOSE ALFONZO Caracas, Venezuela Civil Engineering EDNA ELIZABETH ALLBRITTON Ruston Physical Education CHARLES WENDELL ALLEN Alexandria Chemical Engineering WANDA LAYNETTE ALLEN Haughton Social Science Education OPAL AMBROSE ..... Choudrant Elementary Education JO ANN ANDERSON.Olla Business JERRA MAE ARMSTRONG Shreveport Business Administration ROY EDWARDS ARRANT .... Marion Business Administration GERTHERD OLEN ASHWORTH Starks Accounting BETTIE JEAN ATTAWAY .... Greenwood Medical Technology HORACE JAMES AUSTIN .... Winnfield Agricultural Engineering PATSY AUTREY ..... Ruston Elementary Education THOMAS L. BACKER .... Shreveport Business Administration TOMMY CHARLES BAILIFF .... Ruston General Agriculture LEONARD RAY BAKER .... Shreveport Businees Administration DONALD EUGENE BALLARD Camden, Ark. Engineering NANCY ANN BARBER .... Ruston Elementary Education JOHN R. BARFIELD .... Mooringsport Chemical Engineering Freshmen 1953 91 Freshmen 1953 WAYNE COLVIN EARRETT Junction City, Ark. Academic DIXIE ROSE BASKIN.Baskin Business Education ROBERT OREN BASS .... Morgan City Petroleum Engineering DONALD GENE BATES .... West Monroe Chemical Engineering DAVID L. BATT.Shreveport Business FRANCES ALLINE BAXTER Tallulah Home Economics ALICE JEAN BEARD.Ruston Education EDWIN RAY BEASLEY .... Shreveport Academic JERALDINE BECK.Mansfield Physical Education B. HAYS BELL ..... West Monroe Business Administration ROGER C. BELL ... Shreveport Forestry TOMMY LYNN BELL.Starks Engineering JULIETTE BENNETT.Choudrant Secretarial Science BILLIE CLAIRE BEST .... Shreveport Laboratory Technology PATRICIA ROSE BLANKENSHIP Shreveport Business Education ROGER LOUIS BLOM .... Shreveport Petroleum Engineering MARTHA ANN BOATMAN .... Ruston Home Economics DORIS BONDS ..... Greenwood Secretarial Science JAMES CARROLL BONE Pine Bluff, Ark. Commercial Art ROSE MARY BORLAND Cotton Valley Elementary Education MALCOLM OTTO BOSSIER, JR. Shreveport Engineering 92 JEANNE BOUCHARD English Education JACKIE DUANE BOURN Agricultural Engineering BILLY RAY BOYETT Engineering JAMES RONALD BOYETT Physical Education RICHARD JAMES BOZEMAN Engineering ELMER EARL BRADLEY History HELEN LYNN BRALY Business Education MICKEY BRANTLY Business Administration COURTNEY ANN BRICE Business Administration BARBARA ALINE BROWDER Secretarial Science MICHAEL BROWN Agriculture RICHARD LANE BROWN Academic BILLIE ROE BROWNE Elementary Education MARY ANN BROWNING Home Economics JAMES TERRELL BRUMBLE Engineering O. GERALD BRYAN Academic JOYCE ELAINE BRYANT Home Economics BARBARA ANN BUCK Academic BETTY DEAN BUCKLEY Social Science Education JANET MARIE BUCKNER Home Economics GEORGE PAT BUFKIN Medical Laboratory Technology Freshmen Springhill Haynesville Winnfield Sarepta Homer Oak Grove Ruston Homer Shreveport Winnsboro Lake Providence Pioneer Shreveport Logansport Bethany Lillie Bastrop Mansfield Bernice Shreveport Delhi 1953 93 Freshmen 1953 RONALD ELVIN BULLOCK Cullendale, Ark. Physics MARIE BEALL BURNS.Delhi Business Education SARAH ANNE BUTCHEE .... Kinder Business Education JANIE ROLENE BYARS.Minden Business Education COLLEEN CAIN.Homer Elementary Education MARTHA MAXINE CALAHAN Ruston Physical Education JO ANN CALDWELL ... Hico Social Welfare EDWIN MADISON CALLAWAY Jonesboro General Business CHARLES BENJAMIN CAMP .... Minden General Business JAMES C. CAMPBELL.Dubach Education RICHARD DREW CAREY .... Minden Engineering LOYD NEAL CARLSON Shreveport Petroleum Engineering JERRY LAMBERT CARROLL Camden, Ark. Academic SALLY CARROLL.Shreveport Secretarial Science RICHARD LEE CARSON .... Shreveport Enginering JOANNE CASKEY .... Farmerville Business Administration BILLY JO CAUSEY .... Pine Bluff, Ark. Elementary Education FRANCES CAUSEY ..... Ruston Home Economics EVERETT RAY CHADRICK .... Dodson Music Education ROBIN CHAMBLESS .... Kilbourne Elementary Education CHARLES JOE CHANDLER .... Arcadia Social Science Education 94 Arcadia LLABETTA M. CHANDLER English Education CAROLINE CHATWIN Secretarial Science MERLIN BANNERMAN CHRISTIAN Mechanical Engineering WILLIAM W. CHRISTIAN Chemical Engineering CHARLES ROY CLARK Dairy Husbandry JERRY COAN Electrical Engineering ROBERT STERLING COCHRAN General Business SHIRLEY SUE COLBY Secretarial Science SUE LYNNE COLE Secretarial Science JIMMY MARVIN COLEMAN Education JOY COLVIN Home Economics PATSY ELIZABETH COLVIN Education ELIZABETH JEANNINE COOK Elementary Education JAN COOKSEY Academic CHERIE LaVONNE COOPER Elementary Education JAMES STANCIL COOPER Mechanical Engineering LEONARD GHOLE COOPER Pre-Optometry PATRICIA ANN COOPER Physical Education WILLIAM WEEKS COOPER Accounting JOYCELYN CORBELL Mathematics Education LEIGH M. CORTES Pre-Law Freshmen Shreveport Tallulah Ruston Baskin Camden, Ark. Bossier City West Monroe Grand Cane Jena Ruston Dubach Ruston Shreveport Walters Shreveport Walters West Monroe Ruston Springhill Ponce, Puerto Rico 1953 95 Freshmen 1953 RICHARD SIMS COTTON .... Monroe Engineering SAMMIE LANE CRAFT.Benton Engineering WALTER LEE CRAIG.Oil City Engineering JAMES ROLAND CRANFORD Downsville Engineering LEROY OLIVER CRANK .... Shreveport Business MARY ELIZABETH CRETNEY .... Monroe Music CHARLES C. CRICK.Olio Agricultural Engineering BILL PAUL CROW ..... Epps Mechanical Engineering JOHN WESLEY CRUMP .... Shreveport Chemical Engineering DAVID O. CRUSE.Enterprise Journalism HAROLD LAMAR CULPEPPER Jonesboro Engineering HENRY FRANK COMPTON .... Rayville Speech FRANK NORTH CUNNINGHAM Shreveport Business Administration JACQUELINE DAIGLE .... Bossier City Elementary Education ROBERT LANE DAUGHDRIL .... Arcadia Music Education JAMES HAILEY DAVIDSON Junction City, Ark. Civil Engineering JOSEPH HAROLD DAVIS .... Jonesville Pre-Pharmacy RICHARD E. DAVIS .... Shreveport Engineering LYNDON ERROLL DAWSON, JR. Ruston Speech and Pre-Law MARY ANN DAYTON.Jena Physical Education MARTHA LUCILLE DEASON .... Hico Secretarial Science 96 h WILLIAM THOMAS DEGGES Chemical Engineering THEO CAROLINE DENMON Secretarial Science GAYLE T. DICK Elementary Education MARIE DICK Academic RODERICK E. DILLON, JR. Engineering JOE WALTER DOBBS, JR. Physics DOROTHY MAE DOWLING Music Education PORTER GARLAND DOWLING Journalism PEGGY RUTH DOYLE Secretarial Science WILLIAM RAYMOND DOYLE Pre-Medical JAMES EDWARD DUGAN Engineering BERTIE RAE DUGDALE Elementary Education ROBERT JERRY DUNBAR Petroleum Engineering MARTHA LEE DUNNAHOE Music JANIS NEIL DYAR Mathematics Education JAY DEE DYE General Business NORMA JEAN EARLY Secretarial Science CHARLES SPENCER EDMINSTON Engineering KATHERINE DORIS EDWARDS Academic BILL ELLIS Forestry ELTON CLEVELAND EUBANKS Engineering Freshmen Hamburg, Ark. St. Joseph Cotton Valley Shrevep ort Homer Oak Grove Ruston Logansport Newellton Shreveport Sibley Choudrant Rocky Mount Opelousas West Monroe Ansley Gibsland West Monroe Abbeville New Orleans Winnsboro 1953 97 Freshmen 1953 WYONA VENITA EVANS Accounting Shreveport LOIS RACHEL EVERETT Secretarial Science Newellton MARGARET ELIZABETH EWBANK Elementary Education Alexandria CHARLES FAIRCLOTH Electrical Engineering Colfax JO ANN FANTA Elementary Education Benton RUDOLPH FREDRICK FANTA Chemical Engineering West Lake HERBERT CLAYTON FARMER Petroleum Engineering Downsville JERRY HARTMAN FENTON Animal Husbandry Bossier City BILLY DOYLE FERGUSON Academic Dubach BOBBY JOE FESTENAND Retailing and Merchandising GLENDOWYN FIELDS Secretarial Science GORDON RAY FINLAY General Agriculture Shreveport Baton Rouge Harrisonburg RICHARD FISHER Engineering Shreveport YVONNE FISHER Business Education Minden MILTON CARTER FITZGERALD, JR. Engineering Alexandria NOBLE ROY FLINT Animal Husbandry Baskin ELEANOR DIANE FORD Academic Ruston CARL BENTON FOSTER Engineering Castor DOROTHY HALL FREEMAN Elementary Education Belcher JACK WALLACE FREEMAN Engineering Ruston E. WAYNE FULMER Engineering Homer 98 HOLLIS VERNER FULTON Music KAY FRANCES FUTCH Secretarial Science MARION BRANTLEY FUTCH Pre-Dental JAMES LEON GALLOWAY Business Administration JERRY GLYNN GAMBLE Animal Husbandry BILL GARMANY Academic BURTON RALPH GARMANY Accounting JACKIE BASS GARNER Engineering ALTA GWYNNE GARRISON Music GIAUDIS, PIERRE GASPARD, JR. Engineering RICHARD PHILLIP GEE Electrical Engineering CORNELIA GAYLE GEORGE Music BARBARA LOUISE GIBBS Home Economics EVELYN RUTH GILBERT Elementary Education JIMMIE DALE GILBERT Chemical Engineering M. FRANCES GILBERT Business Education SAMMY RALPH GOBLE Engineering JO ANN GONGRE Home Economics JOHN R. GOODROE Engineering and Mathematics REGINALD SAM GOODWIN Petroleum Engineering THOMAS CECIL GOODWIN Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Pineville Lillie Farmerville Arcadia Grand Cane Logansport Logansport Jonesboro Tallulah Alexandria Shreveport Alexandria Minden Hico Quitman Ruston Columbia Shreveport Shreveport Shreveport McDade 1953 99 Freshmen 1953 W. L. GOOTEE ..... Shreveport Accounting SPENCER LAWRENCE GORDON . Camden, Ark. Business Administration BARBARA ANN GRAHAM Shreveport Medical Technology SAMMY JOE GREEN Bossier City Engineering THOMAS NELSON GREEN Vicksburg, Miss. Electrical Engineering DELORES GREENE .... Shreveport Secretarial Science NELLIE FERN GRIFFIN .... Monroe Home Economics ANN GRIFFITH.Monroe Education SUNNY SUE GRIGSBY .... Ruston Business Education JAMES GEORGE GRIVAS .... Shreveport Geology KATHARINE JUANITA GUERRIERO Monroe Secretarial Science HAROLD ARLEN HADDOX Alexandria Engineering MELVIN GLEN HAGLE .... Haynesville Engineering GEORGE ALLEN HAILE .... Jonesboro Academic JOHN HALBACH.Tallulah Art ELEANOR ANN HALE .... Downsville Academic FREDDIE RAY HALL .... West Monroe Engineering JAN HALL ..... Shreveport Business Education RICHARD EUGENE HAMMETT Greenwood Medical Laboratory Technology WINFORD BYRUM HA MMETT Oak Grove Education VIRGINIA ANN HAMMONS .... Minden Secretarial Science 100 PAUL A. HAMRICK General Business BOBBYE GLENN HANCHEY Business Education MARY JOYCE HANCOCK Economics PAUL RAMON HARP Advertising CHARLES JOE HARVESTON Mechanical Engineering THOMAS EUGENE HARVEY Business JOHN RICHARD HASTY Animal Husbandry MARTHA ANN HATCHER Music Education REGINALD HARRIS HATHORN, JR. Commercial Art THOMAS CHESTER HAYNES Engineering CAROLYN LOUISE HAYS Mathematics JAMES EDWARD HEAD Business JOHN DOC HEARN Agriculture BETTY JEAN HENDERSHOT Secretarial Science HERBERT LEROY HENDRICKS Business Administration REGINA HENRY Elemeniary Education JANIS PATRICIA HICKMAN Secretarial Science CLYDE COLVIN HIGHTOWER Pre-Pharmacy IONE HILL Home Economics ANITA ANASTACIA HINES Business Administration HELEN JEANETTE HOGAN Home Economics Freshmen Shreveport Ruston Monroe Bonita Jonesboro Ansley Shreveport Shreveport Alexandria Carthage, Tex. Sarepta Jena Shongaloo Ruston Oil City Hico Ruston Homer Monroe Alexandria Ruston 1953 101 Freshmen 1953 CECIL MONIQUE HOGG Engineering Vienna Larry Leroy Hogue Accounting ROY L. HOLDER Engineering Bastrop Shreveport MAROLYN JANE HOLLAND Medical Technology JAMES EWELL HOLMES Pre-Veterinary Shreveport Logansport PEGGY HOLSTEAD Music Education Ruston MARGARET BERNIECE HOOD Secretarial Science Hilly BILLY BURKE HORNSEY Petroleum Engineering Ruston ZANONA JEAN HOUSTON Secretarial Science Bastrop DON F. HULL Civil Engineering Lake Providence CLAIRA SUE HULSE Social Science Education Homer WILLIAM BOYCE HUMBLE, JR. Music Calhoun BARBARA RHEA HUNT Home Economics Shreveport BESS HUNTER Secretarial Science Minden JANELL HYDE Education El Dorado, Ark. VELMA ELIZABETH IKERD Home Economics Oak Grove PATRICIA INGRAM Secretarial Science Ruston JANIS IRVIN Music Jonesboro ROWLAND DAVID IVY Civil Engineering Minden FRANCIS EDWIN JACKSON Mechanical Engineering Springhill THOMAS CLEMENT JEFFERY Chemical Engineering Alexandria 102 JOHN ROBERT JIMERSON Art DORTHY JEAN JOHNSTON Secretarial Science CAROLYN DOYLE JONES Medical Technology CHARLES KENNETH JONES Engineering FRANK CECIL JONES Mechanical Engineering MAURICE WAYNE JONES Petroleum Engineering MARSHALL LAMAR JORDAN Physics RUSSELL J. JORGENSEN General Business PATRICIA KAY KAVANAUGH Academic BOBBIE DEAN KAY Elementary Education CAROLYN BECKHAM KAYSER Elementary Education SARAH LYNN KEES Music BOBBY D. KEMP Mechanical Engineering JOHN HERMAN KENDALL Academic WILLIAM A. KENNEDY Academic THOMAS R. KEY Engineering CHARLES ALDEN KILLGORE Engineering ANNEE CAROLYN KIMBELL Secretarial Science ACHILLES S. KIRKIKIS Petroleum Engineering EDDY KNIGHT General Business SHARON KOPECKY Academic Freshmen Ruston Homer Shreveport Delhi Ruston West Monroe Hammond Shreveport Gilliam Hico Shreveport Urania Homer Clay Shreveport Homer Lisbon Lisbon Minden Shreveport Shreveport 1953 103 Freshmen 1953 GERALD JOSEPH KROUSE Petroleum Engineering Homer LEE AUGUSTAIN LACOUR Engineering Shreveport CAROLYN LACY Business Education Castor JAMES R. LANDREM Geology Minden GILES EUGENE LANEY Academic Junction City, Ark. MARY K. LANN Business Education Ruston HARRY S. LAWLER, JR. Civil Engineering Shreveport CAROLYN WILLIEMAY LAWRENCE Business Education Shreveport MARY BELLE LEE Pre-Law Simsboro TOMMY JOE LEE Engineering Sondheimer GORDON RAYMOND LEMOINE Geology Engineering Shreveport BRUCE LYNE LENOIR Engineering Mansfield ALAN BATES LEWIS Engineering Camden, Ark. MARJORIE JANE LEWIS English Education Oakdale MABLE ELAINE LINER Business Administration Ruston THOMAS KIRBY LOCKHART Physical Education McGehee, Ark. GLENDA LUCILLE LOE Laboratory Technology Olla WANDA ANN LOE Business Education Jonesboro DON W. LOVE Electrical Engineering Ruston JAMES MARVIN McBRIDE Mechanical Engineering Ruston MARTHA CAROLYN McCLENDON Secretarial Science Lake Providence 104 Shreveport BILLIE MARGUERITTE McCLURE Commercial Art JAMES LOYE McDADE Petroleum Engineering ELIZABETH ANN McDANIEL Home Economics wilbur c. McDonald, jr. General Business GEORGE McLEOD McDOWELL Advertising BARBARA McELDUFF Elementary Education A. R. McGINTY Animal Husbandry ANN McKEE Elementary Education ELOISE McKINNIE Secretarial Science JIMMY McMURRY Business Administration WILLIAM LACY McVEY Mechanical Engineering MALCOLM LEE McVICKER Forestry ALLEN WAYNE MADISON Physical Education JOE EDMOND MAGEE Agriculture HILDA FAY MANCHESTER Home Economics EVELYN CECILE MARCELLE Pre-Medical JOHNNY HOWARD MARSHALL Pre-Dental CHARLES DAVID MARTIN Mechanical Engineering PEGGY ELAINE MARTIN Elementary Education JOHN RICHARD MARYMAN Geology Engineering HENRIETTA MASON Elementary Education Freshmen Shreveport Columbia Jonesboro Bonita Choudrant . . Rodessa Hilly Marion Winnfield Shreveport Marion Bonita Ruston Jena Houma Ruston Bastrop Hodge Shreveport Newellton 1953 105 Freshmen 1953 STANLEY DAYTON MATTHEWS Springhill Agriculture GENE CHARLES MAXWELL Shreveport Business GEORGE TOM MAYS Plain Dealing Petroleum Engineering BEVERLY ANN MELANCON .... Trout Home Economics JANICE YVONNE MELTON .... Minden Academic MARY JANE MELTON .... Arcadia Business Education PATSY ANN METHVIN .... Ruston Secretarial Science MICHAEL P. METY .... Warren, Ark. Forestry JAMES LOUIS MEYER .... Pineville Petroleum Engineering LESLIE HOWARD MICHAELIS Shreveport Business Administration and Economics MAY NELL MILES.Jonesboro Elementary Education FRANKLIN DONALD MILLER ... Dry Creek Engineering JOHN SMITH MILLER Bossier City Accounting DEAN C. MILLETT.Vicksburg Engineering DARREL LEROY MILLS.Ruston Chemical Engineering KENNETH C. MITCHAM .... Vidalia Music Education PEGGY ANN MITCHELL New Orleans Business Administration JACK D, MIXON ..... Jonesboro Veterinary Science JIMMIE MIZELL.Oak Grove Elementary Education JANEY MOFFETT ..... Jennings English Education EARLENE MONTGOMERY Springhill English Education 106 MARY GENE MONTGOMERY .... Heflin Music Education ADELLA HART MOORE .... Oak Grove Elementary Education BETTIE MAURICE MOORE .... Jonesboro Mathematics EDWARD EVANS MOORE Shreveport Engineering JAMES L. MOORE, JR. .... Quitman English LEONARD H. MOORE .... Mer Rouge Business Administration REUBEN EDWARD MOORE New Orleans Accounting BILLY EUGENE MORACE .... Rayville Business Administration CLYDE D. MOREAU .... Oak Grove Education BETTY KATHRYN MORELAND Homer Business Education ALBERT LOREN MORGAN Longstreet Engineering EMILY JO MORGAN .... Shreveport Advertising ROBERT C. MORIARTY .... Alexandria Electrical Engineering GRACE KNOWLES MURCHISON Ruston Home Economics JOELEENE VERA MURPHEY Alexandria Elementary Education TOM NAFF ...... Monroe Physics CHARLES HENRY NASH .... Lillie Pre-Medical CHLOE MAXINE NATTIN Bossier City Elementary Education WILLIAM BERNARD NELSON West Monroe Mechanical Engineering BILLY W. NETHERLAND .... Winnsboro Mechanical Engineering MARJORIE E. NEWMAN .... Dubach Elementary Education Freshmen 1953 107 Freshmen 1953 RUTH ANN NOLAN.Ruston Medical Technology PEARL NORMAN ..... Quitman Institutional Management MAGGIE FAYE NORRED .... Ruston Business Education BILLIE ANN NOWLIN.Panola Business Administration JOHN ALEX NUGENT.Pineville Forestry GAYLE AUSTIN OAKLEY Arcadia Education JOHN H. ODOM ... West Monroe Petroleum Engineering EVELYN JEWELL OGDEN .... Tallulah Business Education ARNOLD BROOX OWEN Lake Charles Engineering WAYNE WILTON OWENS .... Slagle Education WILLIAM MORRIS PALMER Natchitoches Forestry MYRNA LOY PARDUE ... Jonesboro Business Education DORIS VIRGINIA PARKER .... Winnfield Elementary Education NANCY ANN PARKER .... Shreveport Elementary Education NORMA K. PARKER .... Georgetown Business Education ROBERT M. PARKER ..... Benton Agronomy JOLAINE PARRISH Rustin Home Economics JOE ALLEN PATTERSON Shreveport Electrical Engineering JOY DAVIS PATTERSON Shreveport Home Economics ALICE R. PATTON.Newellton Home Economics SHIRLEY PATTON.Shreveport Secretarial Science 108 EDWIN A. PEDEN Chemical Engineering JOSEPH E. PENNINGTON Civil Engineering MARICELIA DIANE PEPPER Secretarial Science ROBERT KENNARD PEPPER Engineering MARGIE ANNE PESNELL Business Education PATRICIA ANN PETERMAN Pre-Medicine HAROLD EVERETT PETERSON Mechanical Engineering DAN LINZIE PHILLIPS Petroleum Engineering STEVE DALTON PHILLIPS Engineering TRAVIS LINDON PINKERTON Engineering BENNIE PLUNKET Geology RITA ANN POE Business Education MARY HELEN POPE Secretarial Science FRANCES PORTER Business Education JAMES RONALD POSEY Engineering ROY COLE POST Business Administration SARA JANE POULAN Medical Laboratory Technology BEVERLY COLVIN PRATHER Elementary Education ARTHUR ROY PREUETT Engineering HERBERT A. PREWITT Engineering CLAYTON GLENN PRICE Petroleum Engineering Freshmen Ruston Warren, Ark. Logansport Logansport Simsboro West Monroe Tullos Mer Rouge Ruston Camden, Ark. Goodpine Tioga Shreveport Bernice Monroe Marion Shreveport Dubach Ringgold Dubach Shreveport 1953 109 Freshmen 1953 JANELLE PRICE ..... Simsboro Music Education WILLIAM JAY PRICE .... Longleaf Academic BILLY RAY PROTHRO .... Mansfield Engineering ANNE PROVOST • • ■ Mansfield Journalism JULIUS MONTGOMERY PULLEN Vicksburg, Miss. Engineering ROLAND McGARY PULLEN, JR. Jonesboro Forestry WAYMON EVERETT PYLE Shreveport Petroleum Engineering ROBERT RUSSELL RAINBOLT Rayville Business Administration FRANCES RAINES .... Haughton Secretarial Science CHARLES RAYMOND RASBERRY . Quitman Engineering CAROLYN JOY RAWLS ... El Dorado, Ark. Physical Education JOHN WILLIAM RAY .... Shreveport Pre-Law WjLLIAM LORD REDDITTT Tutwiler, Miss Animal Husbandry EDWIN ALLEN REED .... Gibsland Electrical Engineering JOHNNIE RAY REEDER .... Shreveport Electrical Engineering JEN JEN REYNOLDS ..... Monroe Animal Husbandry DONALD WAYNE RHYMES Jonesboro Mathematics STEPHEN LOWREY RICHARDSON Franklinton Business Administration WILMA EARLEAN RICHARDSON Rayville Secretarial Science DAVID NEIL RIDGE .... Shreveport Engineering JIMMY H. RIVERS ..... Monroe Engineering no Oakdale WYLIE ROAN Petroleum Engineering BARBARA ANN ROANE Education DOROTHY JEAN ROBERSON Elementary Education PEGGY RUTH ROBERSON Elementary Education ANN MARIE ROBERTSON Elementary Education FLINT WENDELL ROBERTSON Business Administration JACKIE ROBINSON Engineering MARY ALICE ROBISON Secretarial Science L. BYRON ROGERS Forestry LOU ROPP Speech Education ALICE ROSE RUSSELL Medical Laboratory Technology JOY LOUISE RUTLEDGE Elementary Education AUBREY CLIFTON SANDERS, JR. Engineering CHARLES EUGENE SANDERS Engineering RAYMOND EDWARD SANDERS Enginering MARY ANN SCHALL Zoology SHIRLEY SCHMOTZER Secretarial Science BOBBIE LOUISE SCROGGIN Elementary Education ALMA J. SELF Secretarial Science V. STACEY SHANNON Petroleum Engineering WILLIAM DAVID SHEPHERD Pre-Medical Freshmen Ruston Arcadia Arcadia Shreveport Bastrop Shreveport Smackover, Ark. Bastrop Ruston Jena Pineville Shongaloo Cairo, Ill. Alexandria Shreveport Shreveport Jonesboro Arcadia Shreveport Simsboro 1953 111 Freshmen 1953 JAMES MONROE SIMMONS .... Verda Engineering PAULA MAURINE SIMMONS Shreveport Journalism BERNIE SINGLETON Arcadia Business Education WILLIE LEE SLACK, JR.Sarepta Business NORMA ANN SMART .... Jonesboro Elementary Education ARDEN JESS SMITH .... Oak Grove Business Administration CARROLL ANN SMITH .... Oak Ridge Music CHARLES BERTRAM SMITH West Monroe Engineering CHARLES E. SMITH.Benson Chemical Engineering DAN J. SMITH.Shreveport Business Administration DOROTHY DEAN SMITH .... Jonesboro Music Education ELEANOR LOU SMITH .... Minden Secretarial Science ELLA MAE SMITH.Bernice Home Economics GEORGE PAUL SMITH .... Haynesville Petroleum Enginering HARLAN PEARSON SMITH .... Bernice Pre-Medical JAMES MAXWELL SMITH Milton, Fla. Engineering JERRY M. SMITH.Benson Agriculture JOHN WINFORD SMITH .... Spearsville General Business ROY C. SMITH.Oak Grove Agricultural Engineering DAVID EDWARD SOLOMON Shreveport English Education JIMMY DALE SOUTER ..... Minden Business Administration 112 Winnsboro CLAIRE LEFAY SOWELL Home Economics BETTYE JEANNE SPICER Home Economics CLIFFORD W. STACKS Petroleum Engineering JESSE FREDRIC STEVENS Petroleum Engineering JIMMY LOUIS STEWART Engineering BARBARA ANN STONE Elementary Education PAUL JUSTISS STONE Mechanical Engineering TOMMY STIRLING STONE Engineering ROY MACK STOTTS Engineering LAURINE L. STROTHER Business Education SAVERY GLEN STUCKEY Engineering MARION CORTEZ SUTTON Engineering MARGUERITE ANNA SWILLEY Voice GLENN D. TARVER Academic CARLTON BLAKE TAYLOR Electrical Engineering HOUSTON TAYLOR Civil Engineering WALLACE NEIL TEAGUE Mech anical Engineering WILLIAM TERESHKOVICH Engineering CHARLES ELLIS THOMAS Engineering DAVID LEE THOMAS Engineering DELORES JEAN THOMAS Secretarial Science Freshmen Shreveport Shreveport Athens Mangham Spearsville Lake Charles Shreveport Mansfield Coushatta Ruston Haynesville El Dorado, Ark. Columbia Pensacola, Fla. Joppa, Ala. Transylvania New York, N. Y. Shreveport Ringgold Ruston 1953 113 Freshmen 1953 EARNEST THOMAS ....... Winnfield Journalism JAMES RAY THOMAS.El Dorado, Ark. Electrical Engineering MEDRETH ELLEN THOMAS.Ruston Business Administration and Economics RONALD CLINTON THOMAS.Minden Electrical Engineering EDWARD RAY THOMASON.Mangham Mechanical Engineering GLENN O. THOMPSON ....... Shreveport Engineering JAMES AUSTIN THOMPSON.Barksdale Engineering PANSY NELL TILLEY.Bryceland Education VIRGIE ANN TILLMAN.Lillie Elementary Education PATRICIA CAROLYN TIMMERMAN .... Monroe Business Education ENNIS RAY TOMPKINS.Vivian Mechanical Engineering BILL H. TONEY.Trout Accounting JOHNNIE CHARLES TRISLER.Eva Accounting BILLY FRED TUCKER.Farmerville Engineering BILLY L. TUCKER.Greenwood Business DELORES ANN TUCKER.Bernice Music Education MARTHA ANN TUCKER.Shreveport Home Economics JEANETTE TURNER.Hodge Secretarial Science BOBBY JUNE TYLER.Jena Academic DELORES LOUISE TYLER.Winnfield Home Economics NOAH GLEN TYSON.Rodessa Petroleum Engineering 114 FELIX VINCENTE VASSALLO Pre-Law MARJORIE NELL VAIL Secretarial Science BENIAMIN FINDLEY VAUGHN Agriculture WILLIE RAY VIDRINE Business Administration Marilyn Vinyard Laboratory Technology DORIE JEAN WACTOR Education BILLY J. WAIN WRIGHT Music Education EVELYN BEATRICE WALKER Secretarial Science GEORGE PINKNEY WALKER Academic LORENZ JAMES WALKER General Business WILLIAM BERNARD WALLACE Engineering HENRY H. WALTERS Engineering JOHN DAVID WALTERS Animal Husbandry JERRY CORBON WARE Business WINSTON GENE WARE Accounting JACKIE WATSON Business Education DORIS ANNE WARREN Secretarial Science DELOY EDISON WARREN General Business ANNA DORA WEBB Elementary Education NANCY WESTERDAHL Academic JESSIE O. WATTS Education Freshmen Ponce, Puerto Rico Hodge Greenwood Oil a Terry Lake Providence Ruston Monroe Shreveport Shreveport Belcher Pioneer Haynesville Rodessa Arcadia Shreveport Quitman Choudrant Shreveport Bonita 1953 115 Freshmen 1953 BARNEY WESTMORELAND, JR.Bossier City Petroleum Engineering ROBESSA WHISENHUNT.Minden Elementary Education DAVID W. WESTMORELAND.Shreveport Engineering JAMES FELIX WHITE, JR. ...... Shreveport Engineering LOUIS CLIFTON WHITE.Shreveport Engineering JOE ANNE WHITTEN.Grayson Education CHARLES LANDRY WILEY.Delhi Engineering BARBARA JANE WILLIAMS.Shreveport Business Education GLORIA OPAL WILLIAMS.Greenwood Elementary Education JUNE GARRETT WILLIAMS.Ruston Secretarial Science ROGER CLARK WILLIAMS.Kinder Education WALTER LOUIS WILLIAMS Cullendale, Ark. Business Administration HARVEY WILLIAMSON.Bastrop Engineering RAYMOND EUGENE WILLIAMSON Bastrop Forestry VALERIE OLIVE WILLIS Oak Grove Elementary Education BILLIE JEAN WILSON Home Economics ROBERT DAYTON WILSON, JR.Ringgold General Business ROBERT ELLISON WILTSHIRE.Pace, Miss. General Business JEAN AUDREY WINDHAUSER ... Shreveport Jouralisnm GAYLE VINCENT WISE.Minden Business Administration KARL KAY WOMACK.Dodsn Engineering 116 MARY DELL WORLEY Business Education BETTY SUE WORTHY Home Economics CLOYD FIELD WRAY Engineering WILLIAM GARDNER WRIGHT Advertising MARY SUE WYATT Secretarial Science EVANS WYLY Journalism CAROLE ANN YOUNG Elementary Education ELOYCE YOUNG Academic JANNIS LAVERNE YOUNG Elementary Education DORA LEONA ZEAGLER Elementary Education DARRELL ZWICK Engineering Freshmen Shreveport Jackson Jena Hamburg, Ark. Homer Delhi Shreveport Sikes Norphlet, Ark. Grayson Logansport 1953 117 -v;. -o i , . • V- ' -r ' -vVv ■Jf- STL • • ,- ' .;.;- r .. ■ • - • v, ! 118 Joe Aillet Faculty Adviser Jimmy Kilpatrick President Walter Savage Secretary Sam Austin Treasurer T Club The T CLUB membership is composed of varsity lettermen in any sport. The aim of the organization is to foster sportsmanship and fair play in all athletic endeavors. FIRST ROW: Kenneth Bates, Jack Baugh, Jack Bennett, Leamon Best, Raymond Campbell, Billy Davis. SECOND ROW: Dan Dupree, George Ferrington, Andy Fisher, John Koonce, Jerry Lovett, James Lum. THIRD ROW :Bud McMichael, Jimmy Mardis, Paul Morgan, Hall Nattin, Jimmy Pace, Bill Randolph. FOURTH ROW: Sam Shepard, Jessie Storts, Charlie Walker, Tommy Woodall. 121 JOE AILLET Head Coach and Athletic Director FOOTBALL 1952 During the 13 years that Head Coach Joe Aillet has been at Tech the Bulldogs have won 5 Gulf States Conference championships, in ' 41, ' 45, ' 47 ; ' 49, and ' 52. This season the title was shared with Southeastern and Southwestern. The Techsters finished the 1952 season with the fine record of 6 wins, 2 ties, and only 1 loss. FRONT ROW: Bud McMichael, Billy Cooper, Larry Grissom, Jimmy Brown, Charles Russell, Tommy Woodall, Walter Sav¬ age, John Fischer, Jack Bennett, Billy Golden, Jackie Martin. SECOND ROW: Jesse Storts, Gordon Brown, Charles Walker, Vic Perry, Elmo Bourgeois, Kenneth Bates, Bob Fenner, Hall Nattin, Don Brown, William Josting. THIRD ROW: Jimmy Sneed, George Ferrington, James Oliver, Larry Barbay, Paul Morgan, Jerry Leonard, James Mardis, John Baugh, Joe Rob¬ erts, George Mangum, Frank Pernici. FOURTH ROW: Billy Adcox, Jimmy Coleman, Bay Worsham, Gayle Dick, Milford Andrews, Dean Walker, Kelly Harp, Tommy Allen, Charles Wyly, Bruce Lenoir, Tommy Lockhart, Leo Harelson. FIFTH ROW: Billy Wiggins, Gayle Wise, Joe Harveston, Hup Garner, Sonny Tyson, Lane Thurman, Bill Christian, Donald Bates, Bob Wiltshire, Charles Anderson, Wayne Shows, Russell Rainbolt. 122 RESULTS OF THE SEASON TECH 6 McNeese State College_0 32 Florida State University_13 26 Memphis State_7 34 Central Oklahoma _6 22 Northwestern State College_0 35 Louisiana College_13 19 Southwestern Louisiana Institute_19 7 Southeastern Louisiana College 7 0 Mississippi Southern_52 Kenneth Bates End it Billy Joe Adcox Guard CAPTAINS Tommy Woodall Walter Savage End Center LETTERMEN Center—Walter Savage. Guards—Jesse Storts, Jimmy Sneed, Billy Joe Adcox, Paul Morgan, Larry Barbay, Jack Bennett. Tackles—John Fischer, Billy Cooper, Buster Lum, Jack Baugh, Billy Golden, Don Brown, Bay Worsham. Ends—Larry Grissom, Charles Anderson, Gor¬ don Brown, Elmo Bourgeois, Tommy Woodall, Joe Roberts, Charles Walker, Kenneth Bates. Backs—Jimmy Brown, Milford Andrews, Bobby Fenner, Buzz Bond, Hall Nattin, Jackie Martin, Gayle Wise, Gayle Dick, Charles Russell, Russell Rainbolt, Charles Wyly, John McMichael, Benji Smith, James Oliver, Dean Walker, George Ferrington, Leo Harel- son, Frank Pernici. 123 Freshmen Star In Grid Opener Jack Baugh Tackle Elmo Bourgeois End Tech 6, McNeese 0 Opening the pigskin season with the cow¬ boys from McNeese, the Bulldogs came through with a narrow, 6-0 victory. Several freshmen were on hand to try their stuff at college foot¬ ball, and they proved they were well-prepared for the game. Freshman quarterback Milford Andrews, by completing passes to two more freshmen, Larry Grissom and Gayle Wise, placed his team up to the 3-yard stripe, where he went over for the only score of the ball game. This was McNeese ' s first GSC game. McNeese is down on the 30. 124 Tech Upsets Florida State Gordon Brown End Jimmy Brown Back Tech 32, F. S. U. 13 Tech scalped the Florida State University Indians 32-13 in an upset before 13,000 fans in Tallahassee, Florida. This was the Indians ' first defeat before the home crowd in three sea¬ sons and their fifth loss in 35 games. Jackie Martin and freshman Russell Rain- bolt sparked the team to victory, as well as Bud McMichael and Jimmy Brown. The Canines netted a total of 446 yards against F.S.U. ' s 271. Four Tech passes out of nine were completed. Tech squad ready to fly to Tallahassee . 125 The Tigers held — this time. Canines Hold That Tiger Gayle Dick Back George Ferrington Back Tech 26, Memphis State 7 The strong Canine defense held the visiting Memphis State Tigers to three yards net gain on the ground, with Ferrington, Worsham, Golden, Adcox, and Smi th starring against the single- wingers from the hills of Tennessee. By halftime Tech had only six points and was trailing by a single point. But soon the Techmen began drive after drive when Bay Worsham stopped a guick-kick in the oppon¬ ent ' s end zone during the third quarter and put the Bulldogs out front. They went ahead for two more T.D. ' s, allowing the Tigers to score no more. 126 Tech 34, C. Oklahoma 6 With neither team able to muster up much of a scoring spree during the first half, Tech was leading the Broncos of Central Oklahoma State by a narrow 7-6 margin at halftime. Martin ' s fine 26-yard run was responsible for the Canine score. The third quarter, however, was quite a different story. Tech scored three touchdowns in this period, making it four wins in a row when the final whistle blew. McMichaeTs conversions again proved accurate, amounting to four out of six attempts. The locals gained 448 total yards. John Fischer Tackle Billy Golden Tackle Broncs Tamed By Big Score Riding the Broncs. 127 TECH Tech 7, S. L. C. 7 The local eleven needed only one more win to possess undisputed claim to first place in the GSC, but Southeastern wanted to stay in the race. SLC and Tech battled to a 7-7 tie, to put the race in a mad scramble. Martin led the way for the Bulldogs and went over for a T.D. Although injured, Bud McMichael came in and converted. Don Lambert made the only score for the Lions. Tech was still undefeated, and she was tied for first place in the conference race. Martin carries for the Bulldogs. 128 TIES FOR FIRST PLACE Larry Grissom End John McMichael Back Jackie Martin Back SLC tumbles. 129 Tech 22 , NSC 0 Not caring for demon or high water, the Bulldogs scored on the Northwestern pack in the first three minutes of play at the State Fair stadium. The K-9 ' s gained 346 yards on 15 first downs, while holding their favori te oppon¬ ents to 120 yards and 8 first downs. Counting on the passing offense to give them an advantage over the Techsters, NSC was stopped cold by a determined line and an ever-ready defensive backfield. Prac¬ tically the entire team played starring roles in a game well-fought for our side. This was Tech ' s fifth straight win of the season, with no losses. Russell Rainbolt Back Benji Smith Back Another State Fair Win For Tech A Tech player goes over lor a TD. 130 Jimmy Sneed Guard Jesse Storts Guard Injuries Hamper Tech . Against S. L. I. Tech 19, S. L. I. 19 Hampered with injuries, the Canines traveled to Lafayette to battle Southwestern to a tie in what was probably the most exciting game of the season. Martin scored first for Tech by galloping 34 spectacular yards and leaving opposing Bulldogs lying on the field. The best run of the game came when Buzz Bond took a kick on his own 47 and ran 53 yards through the SLI men. With only 90 seconds to go, we were six points behind. The Techsters drove to their 27, where Brown passed to Bates in the end zone and tied the score. The attempt for the extra point failed. State Fair Queen Bettye Sue Britt and maids. Gayle Wise Back Bay Worsham Tackle 7,000 Homecomers See Tech Victory A Tech runner is pulled down hy a La. College player. Tech 35, La. College 13 A Homecoming crowd of 7,000 saw Bud McMichael make a 48-yard run for a score on Tech ' s first offensive play against the Wildcats of Louisi¬ ana College. Bud also converted five times, making it a perfect day in the extra-point division. The aerial offense of the Wildcats gained them considerable yardage, but only two tallies—one in the sec¬ ond period and the other near the end of the game. Our own passing by Brown and Andrews came in handy, especially in setting up T.D. plays. 132 Tech 0, Miss. Southern 52 Tech ' s only defeat of the season was handed them by the higher-ranking Mississippi Southerners, who gave the Bulldogs one of their worse losses in L. P. I. history. Having given up their only loss to Alabama, the Mississip- pians were much too tough for the Canines. The hosts were in their best playing con¬ dition, and took advantage of every play that came their way. Tech was held to 129 yards gained, while the Southerners, who scored in every quarter, netted 609. Southern Hands Tech Only Defeat 4 We don ' t know what happened on this play. Homecoming Queen Miriam Pipes and maids. 133 1952-53 BASKETBALL SEASON CECIL CROWLEY Coach GSC Coach ol the Year FRONT ROW: Jimmy Bates, Bub Haile, Dan Dupree, Billy Wiggins, Milford Andrews, L. J. Fontenot. MIDDLE ROW: B. J. Wilson, Bill Lay, Kenneth Bates, Jerry Sawyer, Paul Kendrick, Chester Coker. BACK ROW: Bill Bailey, Larry Grissom, Benny Looney, Roy Vallery, Crawford Vines, L. V. Norris. 134 Milford Andrews Bill Bailey Chester Coker Dan Dupree A Northwestern player tries to stop Coker s lay-in. Norris jumps high lor a long shot. 135 Vallery goes up lor two points. McNeese defenses attempt to stop Vines ' shot. L. J. Fontenot L. V. Norris Roy Vallery Billy Wiggins 136 . Top: Wiggins does some fancy ball handling. Bottom: Coker shoots while Bailey waits for rebound. The Bulldogs of the hardwood went all the way this year and took the GSC championship and the state N.A.I.A. tournament. Coach Cecil Crowley was selected as the GSC coach of the year. He took over the duties of Bulldog cage mentor in 1940. Entering his tenth year as Tech ' s basketball coach, Crowley has produced four Louisiana Inter¬ collegiate Conference champions, one of which was an S.I.A.A. semi-finalist. After finishing in a tie for second place in 1941, his 1942 club won the L.I.C. championship and ad¬ vanced to the semi-finals of the S.I.A.A. tournament. After his return from the armed forces, he produced another L.I.C. title-holder in 1946. The next two seasons found the Bulldogs as co-champs of the L.I.C. 137 1953 1953 SQUAD PITCHERS: Charles Crabtree, Jerry Lovett, Bill Randolph, Milford Andrews. CATCHERS: George Berry, J. C. Boyett. FIRST BASE: Billy Till, Ray Post. SECOND BASE: Pat McLane, Edward Aulds. THIRD BASE: Leamond Best, Jesse Storts. SHORT STOP: Joe Farrar, Billy Wiggins, Mike Mete, Jackie Williams, Reuben Sherrill. OUTFIELD: Bill Williams, Sam Shepard, George Ferrington, Dennis Griffin, John Odom, Frank Cunningham, James Davidson. BERRY HINTON Coach Part of the 1953 baseball squad on the steps of Tech Memorial Gymnasium 138 BASEBALL SEASON Infielders Outfielders 139 TRACK 1952-1953 JIMMY MIZE Coach 1952 SQUAD FIELD EVENTS: Jack Bennett, L. V. Norris, Billy Golden, Bay Worsham, Charles Anderson, Roy Vallery, Tommy Joe Brown, Wayne Shows, Buster Lum, Felix Vassallo. SPRINTERS: Bruce Lenoir, Russell Rainbolt, Billy Bond, John McMichael, Gayle Dick, Ed Moyers, Dickie Koonce, Charles Wyly. HURDLES: Dean Walker, Vernie Throne- berry, Kenneth Miles. MIDDLE DISTANCES: Raymond Campbell, Robert Campbell, Tony Saccarro, Charles Gar¬ rett, Billy Boyett, Charles Martin. DISTANCE: Billy Ray Davis, Ted Walsworth, Billy Nelson, Ronnie Luschen, Red Morehead. 1953 SQUAD (Not pictured.) 140 BILLY RAY DAVIS 141 Bobby Forrest, Melda Gage, Sonny Cuny, Claire Nattin, Eddie Knight, and Billie Jo Causey. CHEERLEADERS 142 0 r Homecoming Court Tech Band performs at halftime , Alpha Chi Omega s first place float. Mmm 144 Selecting the Beauties The nine girls pictured on the following pages were chosen by popular vote of the Tech student body in an election held February 20. Miss Pat Boone M iss Peggy Edmonson Miss Katharine Guerriero Miss Carolyn Hargrove Miss Betty Hendershot Miss Maggie Faye Norred 152 Miss Miriam Pipes Miss Betty Tucker Miss Rebecca Whisenhunt Who ' s Who in American HUGH SAMUEL AUSTIN GLORIA GAY BOZEMAN SAM AUSTIN — Omicron Delta Kappa; T Club, Treasurer, 1951-1953; Student Senate, 1951 - 1953, President, 1952-1953; Junior Class President, 1951-1952; Arnold Air Society; Honor Freshman; Freshman Rules Committee, 1951; Harris Scholarship Club, 1950-1951; Kappa Alpha. GLORIA BOZEMAN — Women ' s Recreation As¬ sociation, President; Sophomore Class, Treasurer; Blue Jackets; Women ' s Professional Club, President; Sigma Kappa, President, Recording Se cretary. MARGARET DALTON — Harper Hall Honor Council; Adams Hall Honor Council; Blue Jackets; Pan-Hellenic Council; LAGNIAPPE Beauty; Fresh¬ man Adviser; Kappa Delta, President, Rush Chair¬ man. LOGAN DAMEWOOD — Arnold Air Society; Demeter; Alpha Phi Epsilon; Agriculture Club; Kappa Alpha. BILLY DAVIS —Varsity Track, 1950-1953, Cap¬ tain, 1951-1953; Freshman Basketball; Senior Class President; Student Senate; Physical Education Club; Senior Adviser; T Club; Student Director of Intra¬ mural Athletics, 1951-1953; WHO ' S WHO, 1951-1952; Pi Kappa Alpha. TRAVIS DeFREESE — Student Federation of Louisiana Colleges and Universities, President; Sophomore Class President; Junior Class President; American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Student Senate, President, 1953-1954; Interfraternity Council; Honor Freshman; Kappa Sigma, President, Secretary. ROY DALE EVANS — Baptist Student Union, Executive Council, Baptist Men on the Campus, President; Omicron Delta Kappa, President; ROTC, Major; Intramural Sports; Senior Adviser; Tau Kappa Epsilon, Vice-President, Secretary, Pledge Trainer. ELEANOR FRANKS — Women ' s League; Pan- Hellenic Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Honor Freshman; Outstanding Sophomore Award; Student Senate; Glee Club; Sigma Kappa, Vice-President. GLORIA GLOVER — Sophomore Honor Council; Campus Women ' s Council; Student Union; Blue Jackets, Vice-President, 1951, President, 1952. ROBERT GORTON — Tau Beta Pi, Treasurer; Omicron Delta Kappa; American Society of Mech¬ anical Engineers, Vice-President; Engineers ' Associ¬ ation; Honor Court Justice; TECH ENGINEER; Pi Kappa Alpha. TRAVIS LEE DeFREESE ROY D. EVANS 156 Colleges and Universities BILLIE RAY DAVIS LOGAN A. DAMEWOOD mm MARGARET LYNN DALTON ELEANOR T. FRANKS GLORIA MAE GLOVER ROBERT L. GORTON Who ' s Who in American VENIE JOHNSON — Blue Jackets; Student Union; Baptist Student Union, Vice-President, 1950- 1951; Women ' s League Board, 1950-1951; Campus Women ' s Council, 1950-1951; Sophomore Hall Presi¬ dent, 1950-1951; Alpha Chi Omega, president, 1952- 1953. PAULA JUSTISS — Freshman Honor Council; Campus Women ' s Council, 1950-1951; Women ' s Recreation Association, Representative, 1951-1952; Tech Band, 1950-1951; Wesley Foundation, Secretary, 1952-1953; Tech Teacher ' s Club; Blue Jackets; Senior Class Treasurer, 1952-1953; Pan-Hellenic Council; Theta Upsilon, Treasurer, 1951-1952, President, 1952- 1953. ED MAXWELL — Interfraternity Council Secre¬ tary; Tech Petroleum Club, Treasurer; Student Sen¬ ate, Junior Representative; Omicron Delta Kappa; Freshman Rules Committee; LOUISIANA TECH EN¬ GINEER, Staff; Pi Kappa Alpha, House Manager, His¬ torian, Vice-President, President. BOB MILLER — Student Senate, Sophomore Rep¬ resentative, 1950-1951, Financial Adviser; Freshman Rules Committee, Chairman, 1951-1952; State Fair Committee, Chairman, 1951-1952; Arnold Air So¬ ciety; Delta Sigma Pi, 1952-1953; Student Center Manager, 1951-1953; Lambda Chi Alpha, Vice-Presi¬ dent, 1951. BETTY LOU MOORE — Student Senate, Sec¬ ond Vice-President, Junior Representative; Sopho¬ more Class Vice-President; Student Federation of Louisiana Colleges and Universities, Secretary; Business Administration and Economics Club, Sec¬ ond Vice-President; Harper Hall Treasurer; Campus Women ' s Council; Honor Freshman; Blue Jackets; Pan-Hellenic Council; Freshman Girls ' Glee Club, Treasurer; Phi Mu, Historian, Secretary, President. JIMMY KILPATRICK — Student Senate, Treasur¬ er; T Club, Vice-President, President; Interfrater¬ nity Council, President, Vice-President; Freshman Rules Committee, President; Petroleum Club; Var¬ sity Sport Letterman; Pi Kappa Alpha, President. JIMMY McPHERSON — R.O.T.a, Major, Wing Executive Office; Arnold Air Society; Society for the Advancement of Management; Kappa Alpha Order, President. CLAIRE NATTIN — Pan-Hellenic Council, Presi¬ dent; Student Senate, Junior Representative; Cheer¬ leader, 1950-1953; State Fair Court, 1952; Home¬ coming Court, 1952; Sophomore Class Secretary, 1951-1952; Sigma Kappa. MELBA ODOM — Women ' s League, President, Vice-President; Student Senate, Secretary; Blue Jackets, Treasurer; State Fair Maid; Honor Fresh¬ man; Honor Sophomore Award; Sigma Kappa, Pledge President. J. B. RIALL — Delta Sigma Pi; Arnold Air So¬ ciety; Senior Class President; Student Senate; ROTC, Major. LAVENIA ROSE JOHNSON PAULA JEAN JUSTISS JAMES LOWE KILPATRICK JAMES AUBREY McPHERSON 158 Colleges and Universities BETTY LOU MOORE BOB MILLER THOMAS EDWARD MAXWELL CLAIRE NATTIN MELBA ODOM JOHN BERT RIALL Who s Who in American PEGGY I. ROBISON PEGGY ROBISON — Baptist Student Union, Secretary, President; Blue Jackets, Vice-President; Women ' s League, Secretary; Pi Kappa Delta, Re¬ porter; Sigma Tciu Delta, Secretary; Honor Fresh¬ man; Home Economics Club, Treasurer, State His¬ torian; Campus Women ' s Council, Vice-President; Debate Team; Helen Graham Award. JOHNNIE STOCKS — Sophomore Class Presi¬ dent; Student Union, Vice-President; Student Sen¬ ate; WHO ' S WHO, 1952; Arnold Air Society, Secre¬ tary, Vice-President; ROTC, Captain; Business Stu¬ dent Association, President, 1951; Honor Court, Deputy Clerk; Interfraternity Council; Lambda Chi Alpha, President. BILL WOMACK — American Society of Mechani¬ cal Engineers; American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers; Arnold Air Society, Squad¬ ron Commander; Kappa Alpha. WALTER SAVAGE — Varsity Football, Co-Cap¬ tain; T Club, Secretary. TOMMY WOODALL — Omicron Delta Kappa; Varsity Football, Co-Captain, 1952; Forestry Club; T Club; Intramural Basketball. CHARLES WORLEY — Baptist Student Union, Music Director; Philharmonic Society; Kappa Sigma. WALTER J. SAVAGE, JR. olleges and Universities JOHNNIE CURTIS STOCKS, JR. WILLIAM C. WOMACK JAMES THOMAS WOODALL CHARLES HARTLEY WORLEY Snaps.... Squadron B, ROTC football champs. Intramural basketball champions, the Bearcats. The cheerleaders, Blue Jackets, Ians and Tech X cheered lor the Bulldogs. At the scorers ' table. Well, if it ain ' t our ole country cousin a-pickin and a-sangin. Isn ' t this sweet? Hawkers and customers at the Halloween carni¬ val. The Southernaires entertain in Howard. He ' s just putting oil his home work. They helped initiate Tech ' s new Memorial Gym¬ nasium. Snaps.... Champions of womens intramural badminton doubles. Singles winner. There ' s nothing like a cozy corner in the Tech library lor that uninterrupted concentration. A miss, a mister, and the mist. Rei Hendershop proclaims a champion. Getting checked in the chow line. MP mwJri Independent league basketball champs. The PiKA ' s were intramural football champs. Intramural boxing champions. Women s basketball winners, Sigma Kappa s. More of the chow line. Check the sleep-v alker on the extreme right. Snaps.... Two of Tech ' s State Fair maids. State Fair queen Betty Sue Britt , is presented at Tech-NSC game. The Tech band in the State Fair parade. More maids. State Fair court. Hall-time festivities at State Fair game. President Ropp and Queen Betty on parade. Maids, More Maids, The hand and Blue Jackets perform again, The Alpha Chi ' s won hrst place with their float. Snaps.. . . The homecoming parade is led hy the Tech hand. PiKA second place float. Homecoming queen, Miriam Pipes, is escorted to her throne. The KD float won third place. Tech ROTC in homecoming parade. President Ropp presents sweepstakes trophy to a representative of Adamson high of Dallas, Tex., at Tech ' s annual forensic tournament. Our Valentine. Intermission. Tech business students learn about the ma- Organist Clair Coci helps out at pep meeting, chines. t nou Snaps.... They didn ' t catch a thing And these two are not the last of the Mohicans. Absolutely the latest thing. This is what the well dressed young man wears to a football game. Bet you think they ' re going home for the week¬ end. iiiii i lihSi 5 5 1 « 3 ■ , — ' Studying in the girls ' dorm. Why the line is always busy. Talking it over — history, of course , Have your activity books ready. Come early and bring a lunch. ii Snaps.... ROTC Federal Inspection. OHicers Iront and center. The drill team at work. The brass alter inspection. Tech ROTC ' s at summer camp , Biggs Air Force Base, Texas. Ready for the flight. Check this one closely, girls. They look like veterans. Snaps.. . . Tech ROTC officers at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. Day room activities. Col. Kerr decorates a distinguished AFROTC student. Tech senior ROTC ' s at Kelly Base. Couples dance at the military ball. The color guard. ROTC band on parade. Drilling. ORGANIZATIONS 176 Honor Court Chief Justice.Fred Meadows District Attorney.Hoyd Wooten Assistant District Attorney Max Lee Clerk of Court.Johnnie Bolton Top row: Johnnie Bolton, Betty Gaddy, Bob Gorton, Patsy King, Frank Lamb. Bottom row: Max Lee, Fred Meadows, LaVelle Rambin, Hoyd Wooten. 177 Student Senate Representatives and officers from each of the four classes compose the Student Senate, campus governing body. The main purposes of the organization are to stimulate closer cooperation 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. President Sam Austin First Vice-President.Dan Hardy Second Vice-President.Betty Lou Moore Secretary.Melba Odom Treasurer.Ronnie Robinson Faculty Sponsor . L. J. Fox Seated, clockwise: Claire Nattin, Patsy Twilley, Richard Kavanaugh, Dan Hardy, Melba Odom, Sam Austin, Betty Lou Moore, Ronnie Robinson, Paula Justiss, Anne Hinton, L. J. Fox. Standing: J. B. Riall, Spencer Edmiston, Travis DeFreese, James Cross, Anthony Wolf, Jack Wolf, Jack Bennett, Evans Wyly. 179 180 1953 LAGNIAPPE The LAGNIAPPE, the college year¬ book, is published by a staff of stu¬ dents, assisted by K. F. Hewins and James A. Files. TOM STEPHENSON Snapshot Editor The Tech Studio staff made the pictures for the annual. 181 182 19 5 3 TECH TALK Serving the entire college, the TECH TALK is published by the students of the journalism department with faculty assistance by Kenneth F. Hewins and James A. Files. LAVELLE RAMBIN Sports Editor The TECH TALK staff: Standing, Tom Stephenson, Bettye Sue Cranford, Joyce Anderson, Ernest Thomas, and LaVelle Rambin; seated, Arthur Matthews, editor. 183 The La. Tech Engineer THE LA. TECH ENGINEER is a quarterly magazine pub¬ lished by the students of the School of Engineering in an effort to represent the constructive thought and ability of the engi¬ neering student body. TOP ROW: Patrick W. Baker, Travis Bryan, Marion Chaney, Robert Cooper, Wayne Fulmer, Robert Gorton, Charles I. Hogan. MIDDLE ROW: Robert Howson, Ben E. Kullerd, Larry Moses, Bob Norris, Eleanor Owen, James Penning¬ ton, Jackie Robinson. BOTTOM ROW: Bewford Rose, Ben Sellers, Jim Shows, Morris Sneed, Herbert Warren, Harry Weed, Tony Williams, Dale Wilson. 184 AIR FORCE R. O. T. C. STAFF FRONT ROW: Captain Leo E. Cline, Major Thomas H. Nickerson, Lieutenant Colonel Ernest L. Kerr (P.A.S. T.), First Lieutenant Robert L. Hamilton, Major Ben M. Terry. MIDDLE ROW: First Lieutenant Harvey S. Martin, Jr., Master Sergeant Charles E. Miller, Master Sergeant William L. Fletcher, Master Sergeant Harold M. Griffing, Captain Christopher C. Williams. BACK ROW: Master Sergeant John H. Poncio, Staff Sergeant Otho V. Newman, Technical Sergeant William E. Wicker, Master Sergeant Bruce C. Baxter. WING STAFF GROUP STAFF FRONT ROW: Fred Hudgens, Pat Boone. MIDDLE ROW: J. B. Riall, FRONT ROW: Harriet Michaud, Bill Womack, Annette Proctor, Johnny James McPherson, D. R. Smith, Bobby Deal. BACK ROW: John Pres- Stone. BACK ROW: Pat Dixon, Ben Farmer, Russell Dukes, cott, Freeman Smith, James Clary, Logan Damewood, Paul Carlton. 1 1 Jill r - m 185 R. O. T. C. R. O. T C. BAND SQUADRON A 18.6 R. O. T. C. SQUADRON B SQUADRON C 187 R. O. T. C. SQUADRON D 1 j m l 1 mmmemm . ' m - - mm% % 1 1m «- ' |   £ Sii£r 1 s I an BBiBaa3L  S; 13BfE2t TammlS? 5 «jm sB tSfa T ' U | “ Vt . ?fc A JL Jgt ; SQUADRON E 188 R. O. T. C. SQUADRON F SQUADRON G k 189 R. O. T. C RIFLE TEAM FRONT ROW: Charles Brown, Jimmy Garrett, Ben Farmer, Sam Goodwin, Richard Davis. MIDDLE ROW: Rex Sandi- fer, David Shepherd, Norman Moore, Sam Bruce, Charles Tomlinson BACK ROW: Delma Giles, Frank Cox, Ray Tompkins, Maurice Jones, Bobby Gassiott. SPONSORS COLOR GUARD FRONT: Pat Boone. SECOND ROW: Betty Scott, Annette Proc- Gene Moncla, Sam Narrow, Chester Ellis, Samuel Rains, tor. THIRD ROW: Billie McClure, Marilyn Holland, Peggy Walters. BACK ROW: Harriett Michaud, Carol Caldwell. 190 SOCIAL CLUBS 191 Alpha Chi Omega Beta Psi Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega was installed at Louisiana Tech on October 7, 1944. Alpha Chi ' s colors are scarlet and olive green and the sorority flower is the red carnation. A group at the Alpha Chi spring formal, 1952. OFFICERS President.Lavenia Johnson First Vice-President.Bettie Duncan Second Vice-President Elizabeth McKinley Corresponding Secretary .... Anne Hinton Recording Secretary.Ann Boyd Faculty Adviser .... Miss Willie Fletcher Venie Johnson President 192 Patsy Autrey Barbara Bird Beverly Blackwell Ann Boyd Mickey Brantley Colleen Cain Maurice Cupit Pattie Sue Dawson Bettie Duncan Janis Dyar Betty Ann Elliott Gayle George Frances Gilbert Mary Alice Gordon Fern Griffin Bobbye Glenn Hanchey Clemie Jo Hanna Anne Hinton Claira Sue Hulse Lucy Hurst Dorothy Jean Johnston Carolyn Kayser Sharon Kopecky Virginia Laing Mary Katherine Lann Elizabeth McKinley Mary Dell Meares Peggy Mitchell Emily Jo Morgan Shirley Patton Nancy Purdue Frances Raines Lou Ropp Joy Rutledge Shirley Schmotzer Eleanor Smith Mary Ann Steele Elizabeth Trippe Jemmie Vardeman Sandra Wardlaw Mary Sue Wyatt Alice Young Beta Sigma Omicron Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Sigma Omicron began as a pledge group in February, 1947, and was formally installed in May, 1947. The colors of the sorority are pink and ruby and the flowers are the Richmond and Killarney roses. A group at the BSO spring formal, 1952 OFFICERS President.Patricia Haliburton Vice-President .... Carolyn Sutton Recording Secretary Dorothy Seegars Corresponding Secretary Dorothy Ogburn Treasurer.Mary Carol Jackson Warden.Barbara Anderson Faculty Adviser ... Dr. Minnie B. Tracey Pat Haliburton President 194 Barbara Anderson Doris Bonds Anne Brooks Rolene Byars Jacqueline Daigle Helen Dotson Joyce DuVal Gay Ellis Jo Ann Evans Alma Forde Barbara Hunt Janelle Hyde Betty Jean Jacks Mary Carol Jackson Mary Alice Jones Janice Melton Joeleene Murphy Nancy Ann Parker Maricelia Pepper Dorothy Ogburn Dorothy Seegars Carolyn Sutton Martha Tucker Billie Jean Wilson Carole Ann Young 195 Kappa Delta Alpha Chi Chapter of Kappa Delta sorority was installed at Tech on April 25, 1931. The white rose is the KD flower and the sorority colors are olive green and pearl. A group of KD ' s at the 1953 spring formal. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Editor Rush Chairman Faculty Sponsor Margaret Dalton Beverly Stovall Janice Dennis Patsy Hudson Doris Jane Tinsley Patsy King Christine O ' Neal Miss Ruth Richardson Margaret Dalton President 196 Gayle Beason Johnnie Bolton Carol Jane Caldwell Billie Jo Causey Helen Marie Cookston Janice Dennis Jo Ann Durham Dorothy Freeman Patricia Givins Joyce Golson Delores Greene Katharine Guerriero lone Hill Patsy Hollis Patsy Hudson Kay Kavanaugh Patsy King Carolyn Lawrence Mary Jane Melton Harriett Michaud Martha Mitchiner Emily Mobley Louise Murchison Maggie Faye Norred Christine O ' Neal Gayle Oakley Pat Peterman Sarah Jane Poulon Ann Provost Jennie Reynolds Ann Robertson Elizabeth Rush Bobbie Louise Scroggin Beverly Stovall Barbara Sutton Patty Terrill Medreth Thomas Doris Jane Tinsley Betty Tucker Peggy Walters 197 Phi Mu Phi Mu sorority was organized at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. The Sorority colors are rose and white. Its flower is a pink carnation. A national philanthropy of Phi Mu is its healthmobile which is in operation in Georgia. Snaps taken at Phi Mu ' s Christmas party for orphans. OFFICERS President .... Betty Lou Moore First Vice-President ... Ruthie Heard Second Vice-President . ... Jane Connell Secretary ... Gwendolyn Almond Treasurer ..... Ouita Vernon Faculty Sponsor Mrs. Fairy C. McBride Betty Lou Moore President 198 Mary Jane Adams Gwendolyn Almond Nancy Barber Sue Bolen Patricia Boone Bettye Sue Britt Billie Roe Brown Patsy Carson Caroline Chatwin Jane Connell Jan Cooksey Theo Denmon Beulah Ford Dione Ford Barbara Graham Virginia Hammons Ruthie Heard Joan Johnson Betty Jean Kendrick Carolyn Lacy Billie McClure Carolyn McCormick Kay Murchison Jeane Owen Miriam Pipes Betty Jo Roach Mary Ann Schaal Patsy Stevens Margaret Ann Tatum Barbara Trippe Maxine Tubbs Patsy Twilley Ouita Vernon Avis Jean Welch Annell West Rebecca Whisenhunt Jane Williams 199 Sigma Kappa Sigma Kappa was founded at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1874. The colors are lavender and maroon, and the violet is the sorority flower. A group ot Sigma Kappa ' s spring formal OFFICERS President.Gloria Bozeman First Vice-President.Jane Barry Second Vice-President .... Eleanor Franks Secretary.Carolyn Hargrove Treasurer.Madelyn Stephenson Gloria Bozeman President 200 Carolyn Alexander Jane Barry Pat Blankenship Carolyn Brown Sarah Butchee Jean Frank Eleanor Franks Carolyn Hargrove Martha Hatcher Peggy Hemphill Betty Hendershot Janis Hickman Marilyn Holland Doris Jeter Carolyn Jones Margie Lewis Louise McDonald Emma Jean McLaurin Evelyn Marcell Ann Melton Sue Melton Patsy Methvin Martha Jane Moore Claire Nattin Chloe Nattin Melba Odom Mollie Olive Betty Sue Price Barbara Schilde Betty Spicer Madelyn Stephenson Connie Stewart Norma Stewart Ava Dean Terry Nona Tonn Doris Ann Warren 201 - Theta Upsilon Psi Chapter of Theta Upsilon was installed on Louisiana Tech campus Janu¬ ary 28, 1932. Before the group became a member of the National Panhellenic Council, the local club was known as Delta Phi Gamma. The organization was founded at the University of California at Berkeley in 1909 as a girls ' club. On January 1, 1914, the group became Alpha Chapter of Theta Upsilon. The iris serves as the sorority flower; the colors are yellow and white. OFFICERS President.Paula Justiss Vice-President.Marilyn Norman Alumnae Vice-President.Jane Weir Secretary ... Evelyn Baushild Treasurer. Mavis Malloy Chaplain.Ellil Jo Liner Editor ..Lucille Howard Paula Justiss President 202 Evelyn Blaushild Willette Bryson Carolyn Day Pat Doughty Mrs. J. W. Evans Louise Hammock Louise Harris Lucille Howard Bess Hunter Janis Irvin Bettie Jo Jones Ellie Jo Liner Mable Liner Vida Lord Mavis Malloy Claire Mathieu Marilyn Norman Mary Helen Poe Lois Price Dwan Roach Patsy Scoggin Mary Ann Scurria Martha Temple Jane Thompson Norma Lee Twitchell Alice Marie Walker Jane Weir Nancy Westerdahl Gwen Wheatley Shirley Wheeler Mary Ann Willingham Jene Windhauser 203 Pan-Hellenic Council OFFICERS President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser Claire Nattin Venie Johnson Joyce DuVal Miss Mary Belew The Panhellenic Council is the governing body for the women ' s social organizations. It is composed of three members from each sorority on the campus. An annual formal tea is given by the organization for all women students. TOP ROW: Gwen Almond, Barbara Anderson, Barbara Bird, Ann Brooks, Carol Caldwell, Mar¬ garet Dalton. MIDDLE ROW: Carolyn Day, Joyce DuVal, Eleanor Franks, Venie Johnson, Paula Justiss, Patsy King. BOTTOM ROW: Betty Lou Moore, Claire Nattin, Marilyn Norman, Nora Tonn, Patsy Twilley, Jemmie Vardeman. 204 TOP ROW: James Bryant, Richard Champagne, James Cross, John Drane, Ivan Geddy James L Kilpatrick. BOTTOM ROW: Charles Martin, Joe Richard, Bill F. Smith, Johnny Stocks, Ralph Watson, Hoyd Wooten. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser OFFICERS James L. Kilpatrick Richard Champagne .James Bryant Johnny Stocks Major Ben T. Terry Inter-Fraternity Council 205 Delta Sigma Phi A group of Delta Sigs at the Coronation Ball, February 28, 1953 OFFICERS President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Faculty Adviser John Wanzer Drane Dick Champagne Jay Oberling Paul Worsham Harold J. Smolinski John Drane President 206 James C. Bone John H. Buatt Dick Champagne Presely Moris Connell Billy Ray Dukes Norman A. Flanagan Lemuel J. Fortinberry James G. Keith Edward Moore Robert K. Pepper Roland Pullen Harold J. Smolinski David E. Solomon David Lee Thomas Roland C. Thomas Edward Ray Thomason George Walker Kappa Alpha The Kappa Alpha Order had its origin in a fraternity organized by students at Washington College, Lexington, Va., in December, 1865. The official colors of the Order are crimson and gold; the flowers are the red rose and the mag¬ nolia blossom. A group at a KA party A boy just pinned gets dunked according to fraternity custom. Sammy Austin Jack Baugh Roy Brock Jimmy Bryant Dick Cotton Leroy Crank John Culpepper Frank Cunningham Ousby Cunningham Logan Damewood Hugh Dawson Reber Dillard Raymond Doyle Allan Duckett Frank Ely Gilbert Engle Eddie Finuf Bobby Forrest Bobby Gamble Jimmy Garret Bill Grau Kenneth Hardcastle John Harp Reginald Hathorn Randy Hensley Houston Huckabay Billy Jones Ralph King Bruce Lenoir James McCaa Larry McGowan Charlie H. Martin Fred Meadows Leslie Michaelis Gene Moncla Bill Morris Sammy Narrow John K. Owens Bill Randolph Jimmy Rivers Jack Scroggins Bill Slattery Freeman Smith Tommy Stone Willoughby Thomas John Thompson Eddie Trippe Anthony Wolf Bill Womack Charlie Wright 209 Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma was founded at the University of Virginia in 1869, and is now the third largest fraternity in the nation, both in number of active mem¬ bers and its number of chapters. The Epsilon Gamma Chater was installed at Tech in 1941. Kappa Sigs decorate for the fraternity spring formal. Enjoying the dancing at the formal. OFFICERS Grand Master. Grand Procurator .... Grand Master of Ceremonies Grand Scribe. Grand Treasurer .... Faculty Sponsor Jack Woodard Hoyd K. Wooten John D. Koonce Travis DeFreese Ronald Robinson Joe Aillet Jack Woodard Grand Master 210 Andrew Jackson Bennett, Jr. Donald Tracy Brown Raymond Edward Campbell Malcolm Parker Connell, Jr. William Louis Cragon Richard Carter Curry Travis Lee De Freese Bobby Joe Gryder Daniel Thomas Hardy, III Byron Lee Hilton Charles Edward Jones John David Koonce, Jr. Roland Moore Lewis Jack O ' Neal Ludwick William Lewis McBride Roy Simmons McKneely Bobby Joe Mallard Donald Ray Megison Ronald Bryant Robinson Leonard Anthony Russo William Thomas Sartor, Jr. Bill Freeman Smith John Winfield Snider Willis Monroe Stevens, Jr. Jesse Dale Storts Edward Arnold Tench, Jr. Joseph Herman Townson Whitney Charles Walker James Hamilton Wilson Hoyd Kenny Wooten Charles Hartley Worley, Jr. 211 Lambda Chi Alpha A merger of Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Kappa Nu in 1939 resulted in what is now the largest social fraternity in number of chapters. The oragniza- tion now has 141 chapters, with the Tech unit known as Theta-Psi Zeta. OFFICERS President .... Cameron McKinley Vice-President Alfred Herring Secretary .... Robert Donovan Treasurer .... Pat Dickson Ritual Chairman John Jardine Rush Chairman Paul Carlton Social Chairman Earl Lingle Pledge Trainer Gene Thomas Faculty Adviser M. Hayne Folk, Jr. Cameron McKinley President Wilford S. Baker Robert W. Barry Richard W. Bryan L. O. Burkhalter David Camp Paul Carlton T. P. Dickson Robert J. Donovan Lonnie Ehrhardt Charles T. Essmeier James E. Files Sparks Foster Alfred Herring Jerry K. Jannette John H. Jardine Earl Lingle Arthur H. Matthews Jack L. McCollister Bob Miller Thomas R. Post Vernon C. Shaffer Johnnie C. Stocks Don G. Welsh Warren A. Williams Hobart Woodruff Pi Kappa Alpha The Esquire Club was founded at Tech in 1936 by four students. S. A. Dickson was elected president, but was killed in a plane crash the following year. The name was changed to Sigma Alpha Delta, his initials in Greek letters. In May, 1940, that local fraternity became Gamma Psi Chater of Pi Kappa Alpha. OFFICERS President.James L. Kilpatrick Vice-President.Paul Ben Sellers Secretary.Sam E. Shepard Treasurer.Richard Kavanaugh Faculty Adviser .... ... Les Dyson James L. Kilpatrick President 214 Sam O. Bruce Joe F. Cavallas William J. Colvin Dennis Cooke James E. Cross Billy Ray Davis Benny T. Dumas L. M. Dyson Spencer Edmiston James C. Farrar H. E. Frisby William R. Gilbert Sherrod Gillenwater Sam Goodwin Tommy Gordon Robert Gorton Billy Ray Goudy Joe H. Kavanaugh Richard Kavanaugh John Kendal Robert E. Lee Joe H. McGee Patrick L. McLane John O. McMichael Bobby Parker Edwin Peden Jack H. Pope Charles Rugg Paul Ben Sellers Sam E. Shepard Morris Sneed Savery Stuckey Larry Taylor Robert Taylor Allen C. Trammell James A. Truly Dan Walsh Tony G. Williams Dunn Wilson Charles Wyly Evans Wyly Tau Kappa Epsilon Tau Kappa Epsilon was founded at Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington in 1899. The fraternity colors are cherry and grey; the red car¬ nation is the official flower. OFFICERS President Ralph Watson Vice-President Roy D. Evans Secretary lames T. Hood Treasurer Charles Martin Pledge Trainer Eugene Emith Chaplain Eugene Milam Sergeant-at-Arms .Benoit Lynn Historian .Nat Little Faculty Adviser Sergeant Harold Griffing Ralph Watson President 216 Kenneth Bates Ronald Keith Brown Lionel Crowell Harry Dark Errol Dawson Roy D. Evans Jack Freeman Bobby Foster Bobby Gassiot John Goodroe Jack Gootee Edgar Gould James T. Hood Donald Hoogland Billy Hornsby William Jenkins Robert Jimerson Billy Kennedy Bill Lay Nat Little Tommy Lockhart Benoit Lynn Milton McRight Billy Mancuso George Mangum Charles Martin Mike Mete Eugene Milam Phillip L. Misenheimer Lamed Montgomery John Odom Bill Palmer James Pennington Joseph Pennington William Saunders Alva Schoomer Lester Singleton David Shephard Eugene Smith Fletcher Stakes William Tereshkovich Ernest Thomas Charles Wade Harvey Williamson Raymond Williamson 217 Theta Xi Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Theta Xi was installed at Tech on April 2, 1949. The fraternity colors are blue and white. Some Theta Xi ' s and dates open gifts at the fra- One of the years highlights for the chapter was ternity Christmas party. an Apache party. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Faculty Adviser Ivan Geddie George Byrom Rogers Smith Drew Shaw L. E. Storey Ivan Geddie President George Byrom Woodrow Chew Billy Cooper Robert Cooper Bobby Deal Sammy Green Paul Hagle Marvin Hunt Jimmy Love Don Pendarvis Jimmy Polk Joe Richard Niles Ruckstuhl Drew Shaw Walton I. Smart Rogers Smith L. E. Storey Jimmy Tarver Edward Arnold Vinson Billy Wright 220 HONORARY, DEPARTMENTAL, AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS . . . . FIRST ROW: Doris Barham, Ruby Nell Barker, Joan Barnette, Robbie Jo Barnette, Joe Caskey, Everette Chadrick, Dale Colvin, Dennis Cooke, Elizabeth Cretney, Harry Dark. SECOND ROW: Robert Daughdrill, Dorothy Dowling, Martha Dunnahoe, Betty Ann Elliott, Hollis Fulton, Alta Garri¬ son, Gayle George, Bill Gilbert, Mary Jo Gustafson, Martha Hatcher. THIRD ROW: Carolyn Hawkins, Thomas Head, Alfred Herring, Betty Jo Hicks, Doris Jean Holden, Peggy Holstead, W. B. Humble, Carol Irvin, Sara Lynn Kees, Joann McCann. FOURTH ROW: Sybil Murrell Main, R. B. Middleton, Jr., Betty Mitcham, Kenneth Mitcham, Gene Montgomery, Janelle Price, Carol Ann Smith, Dorothy Dean Smith, Mildred Smith, Roy E. Stedman. FIFTH ROW: Marguerite Swilley, Martha Terry, Vernie Throneberry, Delores Ann Tucker, Betty Jean Vinson, Billy Wainwright, Marilyn Willis, Charles Worley. OFFICERS President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Drew Shaw Betty Ann Elliott Joe Caskey Doris Barham Philharmonic Society 221 La. Tech Band The Louisiana Tech Band is composed of both boys and girls and does both parade and concert work. The group participates in nearly all of Tech ' s gridiron activities. The Band seated on the stage of Howard Auditorium. 222 OFFICERS President.Alfred Herring Vice-President.Robert Reddy Secretary-Treasurer Arthur H. Matthews ADVISORY BOARD David Addington, Joe Caskey, Whitney Walker Louisiana Tech Majorettes. 223 Blue Jackets OFFICERS Melba Odom Treasurer Peggy Robison Vice-President Gloria Glover President Jane Connell .... Secretary Joyce DuVal . . . . Reporter The Blue Jackets is an honorary organization formed to help promote pep and interest in Louisiana Tech activities. The requirements for membership are scholarship, sportsmanship, and loyalty to the school. They appear at ball games and serve as official hostesses of the school. 224 TOP ROW: Gwen Almond, Barbara Anderson, Robbie Jo Barnette, Barbara Bird, Evelyn Blaushild, Johnnie Bolton, Ann Boyd, Gloria Bozeman, Ann Brooks, Jane Connell. SECOND ROW: Maurice Cupit, Margaret Dalton, Janis Dennis, Bettie Duncan, Joyce DuVal, Gay Ellis, Beulah Ford, Jo Anne Frazier, Pat Givens. THIRD ROW: Gloria Glover, Carolyn Hargrove, Louise Harris, Ruthie Heard, Patsy Hollis, Pat Hudson, Mary Carol Jackson, Joan Johnson, Venie Johnson, Mary Alice Jones. FOURTH ROW: Paula Justiss, Patsy King, Katie Lann, Carolyn McCormick, Louise McDonald, Margaret McLean, Emma Jean McLaurin, Mary Mack, Mary Dell Meares, Ann Melton. FIFTH ROW: Sue Melton, Martha Mitchiner, Betty Lou Moore, Margaret Nix, Marilyn Norman, Christine O ' Neal, Melba Odom, Mollie Olive, Helen Pesnell, Miriam Pipes. SIXTH ROW: Maxine Tubbs, Patsy Twilley, Jemmie Vardeman, Alice Marie Walker, Jane Weir, Mary Olivia White, Nona Ruth Wise, Bobbie Womack, Nell Womack. 225 TRUMPET SECTION Joe Caskey A1 Herring Hollis Fulton SAXOPHONE SECTION Billy Wainright Larry Taylor Joe Davidson Glen Wierick RHYTHM SECTION Tommy Moss Bobby Brown Elizabeth Cretney TROMBONE SECTION David Addington Bob Reddy 226 The Debonnaires —1953 The Debonnaires, an independent orchestra composed of Tech students, was organized in April, 1946, and has rapidly increased in popularity since that time. The group plays for campus activities and also for many events in surrounding cities. The orchestra is a member of the American Federation of Musicians, Local No. 425. FRONT ROW: Tommy Moss, Larry Taylor, Glen Wierick, Joe Davidson, Billy Wainright, Bob Reddy, David Addington. BACK ROW: Elizabeth Cretney, Bobby Brown, Joe Caskey, A1 Herring, Hollis Fulton. 227 The Women ' s League Board The Women ' s League is organized for the purpose of discovering the prob¬ lems among women students in regard to living conditions, social life, scholas¬ tic standing, for seeking solutions to the problems by changing conditions and promoting activities, and for the purpose of encouraging cooperation, school spirit, and honorable conduct among all students. TOP ROW: Gayle Beason, President of Sophomore Hall; Jane Connell, Corresponding Secretary; Eleanor Franks, President; Elizabeth Harkins, Drive-In Representative; Eleanor Hewins, Town Representative; Sara Kees, President of Harper Hall. BOTTOM ROW: Melba Odom, Vice-President; Peggy Robison, Secretary; Kathryn Rogers, President of Adams Hall; Patsy Twilley, President of Aswell Hall; Mary Olivia White, Treasurer. 228 FRONT ROW: Katharine Guerriero, Jean Johnston, Yvonne Fisher, Carol Smith, Sara Kees, Ann Melton. MIDDLE ROW: Johnnie Bolton, Nona Tonn, Carolyn Smith, Miss Martha Concha, Ann Robertson, Gayle Beason, Sue Melton, Beulah Ford. BACK ROW: Kathryn Rogers, Carol Bradera, Barbara Graham, Beverly Blackwell, Tootsie Feazel, Martha Ter¬ ry, Midge Smith, Virgie Tilman, Virginia Laing, Carolyn Jones, Doris Parker, Ann Provost, Robbie Jo Barnette, Carolyn Kayser, Patsy King, Mary Jackson, Gwen Wheatley, Betty Long, Peggy Edmonson, Jo Ann Evans, Gloria Monk, Amarylis Lee, Ellen Thomas, Billie Ruth Wells, Patsy Twilley. OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Co-Social Chairmen Carolyn Smith Nona Tonn Ann Robertson Johnnie Bolton Ann Belton, Gayle Beason Campus Women ' s Council 229 Home Economics Club OFFICERS President ... Mary Jo Wimberly Vice-President Helen Pesnell Secretary .... Roberta Crow Treasurer Frances Shepard Parliamentarian Patsy Hudson Reporter .... Gwen Almond Sponsor .... Mary Below FRONT ROW: Kay Murchison, Melda Gage, Roberta Crow, Helen Pesnell, Mary Jo Wimberly, Martha Temple, Joan Johnson. MIDDLE ROW: Mary Ann Scurria, Peggy Hemphill, Jeanett Hogan, Betty Tucker, Betty Jane Hodg¬ kins, Carolyn Causey, Carolyn Caskey, Gail Chambless. BACK ROW: Pat Terrill, Lucille Howard, Elizabeth McDaniels, Helen Knotts, Betty Sue Gandy, Mary Sue Pylant, Carolyn Austin, Eloise Doss, Frances Causey. 230 FIRST ROW: Jeraldine Beck, Billie Bolen, Jeanne Bouchard, Sarah Butchee, Claire Conway, Bobbye Jean Cooper, Orel Lene Cooper, Joycelyn Corbell, Carolyn Day, Delores Dean. SECOND ROW: Voncile Ferguson, Polly Gibson, Lilyan Hanchey, Eleanor Hewins, Frances Hollenshead, Rosemary Huff, Wanda Johnson, Carolyn Kayser, Zoy King, Georgia Kovac. THIRD ROW: Margie Lewis, Mary Nell Loe, Betty Jean Long, Elizabeth McKinley, Mary Mack, Dixie Matthews, Earlene Montgomery, Carolyn Moore, Martha Moore, Frances Morgan. FOURTH ROW: Joeleene Murphy, Elva Nugent, Dorothy Ogburn, Joy Lee Parish, Nellan Patton, Edwina Pee, Caliope Poulos, Elizabeth Rush, Blake Sanders, Imogene Sayers. FIFTH ROW: Barbara Schilde, Amelia Smith, Billy Stutson, Carolyn Sutton, Margaret Ann Tatum, Martha Terry, Max¬ ine Thigpen, Barbara Thornton, Doris Jane Tinsley, Betty Vaughn, Peggy Lynn Wasson. OFFICERS President.Mary Mack Vice-President ... Rosemary Huff Secretary.Dixie Matthews Recording Secretary Margaret Ann Tatum Treasurer.Blake Sanders Future Teachers of America GEORGE W. BOND CHAPTER 231 Omicron Delta Kappa President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer OFFICERS Roy D. Evans Thomas Edward Maxwell Burton R. Risinger Fred B. Hudgens, Jr. INACTIVE FACULTY (not pictured): Ben T. Bogard, George W. Bond, L. R. Daniel, Jr., M. Hayne Folk, Jr., Charles G. Hobgood, Herbert L. Hughes, W. H. McLaurin, R. L. Ropp, Ben M. Terry. TOP ROW: Joseph Roquet Aillet, Hugh Samuel Austin, Roy D. Evans, Paul Ector Gammage, Robert L. Gorton, Paul T. Hendershot. MIDDLE ROW: Robert B. Henderson, Fred B. Hudgens, Jr., Richard James Kavanaugh, Joseph Curry Main, Thomas Edward Maxwell, Fred F. Meadows, Jr. BOTTOM ROW: Burton R. Risinger, Ronald Bryant Robinson, Bill F. Smith, James Thomas Woodall. 232 TOP ROW: R. A. Adams, Sam Austin, Foster Bond, J. C. Boyer, Roy Brock, Sam Bruce, Delano Bryan, James P. Clary, Raymond Clawson. SECOND ROW: Billy J. Colvin, Robert Cooper, Fitzhugh Cox, Hugh Dawson, Bobby J. Deal, Charles de la Bretonne, Paul Gammage, Ivan D. Geddie, C. L. Graves. THIRD ROW: Ken Hardcastle, Randy Hensley, Fred B. Hudgens, John D. Huffman, James McCaa, James McPherson, Milton McRight, Fred Meadows, Bob Miller. FOURTH ROW: Bill Morris, Sam Narrow, Tommy Post, Sam Rains, Jack Ratley, J. B. Riall, Blake Sanders, D. R. Smith, Edmond Trippe. FIFTH ROW: Robert Vaughan, Whitney Walker, Dan Walsh, Gordon Winberry, Anthony Wolfe, William C. Womack, H. K. Wooten. OFFICERS Squadron Commander W. C. Womack Executive Officer Fred Hudgens Operations Officer Bobby Deal Secretary. H. W. Eiser Treasurer. Fred Meadows P.I.O. Richard Adams Arnold Air Society 233 A. S. C President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer OFFICERS Plumb Bob Editor Robert E. Howson Asa M. Ray Warren P. Beedle Julius B. Smoak Thomas C. Hollis TOP ROW: A. C. Bantle, W. P. Beedle, J. M. Bouler, R. K. Brown, F. L. Cox, J. D. DeBlieux, R. D. Fenner, D. Gomez. MIDDLE ROW: T. C. Hollis, R. E. Howson, B. P. Jones, M. M. Lee, R. L. Moses, L. B. Newton, E. Owen, A. M. Ray. BOTTOM ROW: J. G. Richard, N. L. Ruckstuhl, W. L. Smith, J. B. Smoak, J. R. Stimac, A. R. Theis, W. E. Yates. 234 TOP ROW: Wayne Ashworth, Patrick W. Baker, Robert W. Barry, Foster Bond, Travis S. Bryan, Joe F. Cavallas, Marion J. Chaney, Charles C. Collier. MIDDLE ROW: James H. Garrett, John C. Giles, Robert L. Gorton, Leo F. Harlan, Richard J. Kava- naugh, Charles H. Lashley, Jimmy McAdams, James Ogea. BOTTOM ROW: William C. Randolph, Bewford A. Rose, James C. Shows, John L. Stimac, O. J. Thibodeaux, Jr., Donald G. Welsh, Dale Wilson, William C. Womack, Otho V. Woodard. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer OFFICERS Wayne Ashworth Robert L. Gorton Patrick W. Baker .Foster Bond A. S. M. E. 235 Society for Advancement of Management OFFICERS President.Don E. Shankles Vice-President.Freeman Smith Secretary-Treasurer .... Houston Williams The Society for Advancement of Management is the recognized national professional society of management people in industry, commerce, government and education. TOP ROW: Reber Dillard, Tommy Gordon, Philip Hannan, Jr., Frank Eugene Lamb, Bob Mallard, Bob Miller. BOTTOM ROW: Don Shankles, Thomas Shell, Freeman Smith, Edward Trippe, Houston Williams. 236 TOP ROW: John Baker, Jerry Edmondson, Charles Edwards, Gavin Finley, William T. Gamblin, III, B. Glen Ham. MIDDLE ROW: Lamar Joffrion, James Keith, Loyd Kelly, Bobby Lee, T. J. McKinney, David Murphy. BOTTOM ROW: William Price, Jr., Edwin Russell, W. T. Sutton, Pat Weber, Tommy Woodall, R. E. Woodard. Chief Forester Associate Forester Secretary Fiscal Agent Social Chairman OFFICERS Edwin Russell . Bobby Lee Gavin Finley William T. Gamblin, III John Baker Forestry Club 237 Sigma Tau Delta OFFICERS President.Carolyn Sutton Vice-President.Marilyn Norman Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth McKinley Sigma Tau Delta, national honorary English fraternity, observed its twenty- first anniversary at Tech in the fall of 1952. To be considered for membership in the organization one must show creative talent in the field of literature and must maintain at least a B average in English. TOP ROW: Joyce Anderson, Carol Caldwell, Bettie Duncan, Jo Ann Durham, Mrs. J. W. Evans, Miss Frances Fletcher. MIDDLE ROW: Dr. Herbert Hughes, J. W. Ingram, Jimmy Lamberson, Elizabeth McKinley, Dixie Mathews, Marilyn Norman. BOTTOM ROW: Carroll Rich, Peggy Robison, Carolyn Sutton, Donald Taylor, Barbara Thornton. 238 TOP ROW: Kenneth R. Barns, Robert L. Blake, Charles Cobb, Charles S. de la Bretonne, Reber C. Dillard, James E. Files. MIDDLE ROW: John T. Gordon, Ken Hardcastle, Dr. Glenn L. Hodge, Richard Kavanaugh, Frank Lamb, Joseph C. Main. BOTTOM ROW: Ronald Robinson, Lester Singleton, Bill Smith, Hobart W. Woodruff. OFFICERS Head Master Senior Warden Junior Warden Scribe Treasurer Historian Master of Festivities Correspondent Faculty Sponsor Bill Smith Reber C. Dillard Charles Cobb James E. Files John T. Gordon Kenneth R. Barns Richard J. Kavanaugh Hobart Woodruff Dr. Glenn L. Hodge Delta Sigma Pi 239 mm Tech Theatre Players OFFICERS President.Norma Twitchell Banks Vice-President.Elizabeth McKinley Secretary.Claudette Schroeder Treasurer and Business Manager Eddie Finuf Members of National Collegiate Players Betty Bordelon, and Paul Gammage TOP ROW: Jimmy Booth, Carol Bradera, Roy Brock, Carolyn Caskey, Erroll Dawson, Katherine Edwards, Gay Ellis, Eddie Finuf. SECOND ROW: Paul Gammage, Polly Gibson, Paul Hagle, Paul Hamrick, Leroy Hendricks, Anne Hinton, Marvin Hunt, Frank Lamb. THIRD ROW: Elizabeth McKinley, Jolaine Parrish, Don Pendarvis, Carolyn Rawls, Beth Reed, Claudette Schroeder, Rogers Smith, David Solomon. BOTTOM ROW: Jimmy Tarver, Nona Tonn, Joe Townson, Alice Young, Carolyn Young, Pat Young. 240 Jack Bennett Ray Branton Duane Cloud Rosemary Huff Peggy Robison Margaret Hunter Tucker Miss Wilma Baugh Faculty Adviser Pi Kappa Delta HONORARY INTERCOLLEGIATE FORENSIC FRATERNITY 241 Phi Kappa Phi Dr. F. O. Adam, Jr. President FACULTY MEMBERSHIP TOP ROW: Lloyd P. Blackwell, Ben T. Bogard, George W. Bond, Merle Burk, L. M. Dyson, Robert Elioff, Frances Fletcher. MIDDLE ROW: M. Hayne Folk, Jr., Alice M. Graham, Paul T. Hendershot, Charles G. Hobgood, Herbert L. Hughes, John J. McDow, John Edwin McGee. BOTTOM ROW: James William Malone, D. P. Noah, Bernice O ' Neal, Burton R. Risinger, R. L. Ropp, Paul K. Smith, Richard A. Smith. 242 STUDENT MEMBERSHIP TOP ROW: Jane Barry, Walter Bison, Jr., Herbert Edward Butler, James Marion Dozier, Bettie Gretchen Duncan, Eleanor Theresa Franks. MIDDLE ROW: Paul Ector Gammage, Felix M. Hammack, Ruthie Glover Heard, Betty Jane Hodgkins, Charles Ira Hogan, Pansy Varnadc Ingram. BOTTOM ROW: Gilbert Loyd Kelly, Sybil Murrell Main, Marilyn Norman, Peggy Robison, June Varnado, Dorothy Jones Wierick, James Thomas Woodall. Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, was founded in 1897. There are over fifty-four chapters with a total membership of more than sixty-five thou¬ sand. Following the investigation of our institution by the National Society, the Louisiana Tech Chapter was established in 1951. Election to membership is based on scholarship and character; electees are selected from the upper five percent of the last semester juniors and from the upper twelve and one- half percent of the seniors. 243 LOUISIANA GAMMA CHAPTER Tau Beta Pi OFFICERS President.Ben E. Kullerd Vice-President.Raymond E. Wegley Corresponding Secretary Charles I. Hogan Treasurer.Robert L. Gorton Cataloger.Warren P. Beedle To mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as under¬ graduates in engineering ... TOP ROW: Patrick W. Baker, Warren P. Beedle, George K. Chang, Fitzhugh L. Cox, Robert D. Fenner, Robert L. Gorton. MIDDLE ROW: Felix M. Hammack, Leo F. Harlan, Charles I. Hogan, Houston K. Huckabay, Richard J. Kavanaugh, Ben E. Kullerd. BOTTOM ROW: Fred F. Meadows, Julius B. Smoak, Ota Joseph Thibodeaux, Herbert G. Warren, Raymond E. Wegley. TOP ROW: Betty Allbritton, Jerry Beck, Gloria Bozeman, Maxine Callahan, Faye Cloninger, Patricia Cooper, Mary Ann Dayton, Janelle Hyde. MIDDLE ROW: Betty Jacks, Katie Lann, Babs Lee, Elouise Matthews, Edna Earle McGuire, Ann Melton, Sue Melton, Martha Jane Moore. BOTTOM ROW: Mollie Olive, Bettye Paul Oxford, Carolyn Rawls, Ruby Riddle, Kathryn Rogers, Owen Thomas, Nona Tonn, Patsy Twilley. Health and Physical Education Professional Club 245 American Chemical Society TOP ROW: James N. Booth, Roy E. Brock, Jr., Jimmy Bryant, Willette Bryson, George W. Byram, William Deggers. MIDDLE ROW: Jean H. Futrell, Bobby Ray Gassoitt, Olive Gibson, Harold A. Haddox, Robert W. Harrop, Houston K. Huckabay. BOTTOM ROW: Lester L. Lander, W. Roy Rullig, Jack L. Ratley, Elizabeth Reed, B. Alva Schoomer, James Truly. Women ' s Recreation Association TOP ROW: Gloria Bozeman, Carolyn Caskey, Ruthie Heard, Charlotte Holloway, Janell Hyde, Betty Jean Jacks, Carolyn Lacy. MIDDLE ROW: Mary Kay Lann, Babs Lee, Ann Lewis, Harriet Michaud, Joeleen Murphy, Bettye Oxford, Betty bue Price. BOTTOM ROW: Ann Riser, Carolyn Rawls, Mary Ann Scurria, Betty Tucker, Jane Weir, Alice Young. Rodeo Club FRONT ROW: Wayne Johnson, Charles Johnson, Jack Mixon, Ben Wilson, Glen E. Clark. MIDDLE ROW: Pete Fair¬ banks, Bob Walker, Ken Elliott, Jr., Neil Wilson. BACK ROW: W. C. Ellis, David Hays, Frank Jackson. FRONT ROW: Bobby Ponder, Robert H. Newell, Ben E. Kullerd, George M. Chang, Leslie M. Dyson. MIDDLE ROW: Horace M. Wall, Raymond Clawson, Charles F. Swift, Jr., Jackie D. Wester- man, Tony G. Williams. BACK ROW: Jack L. McCollister, Branko Vranich, Oliver J. Futch, John L. David, John W. Kunzman, Jr., James R. Sledge. A. I. E. E 247 Student Union OFFICERS President.Betty Sue Price Vice-President Patsy Hudson Secretary Patsy Stephens Treasurer.Joy Massey Faculty Adviser ... Martha Condra 248 The Student Union is composed of one representative from each sorority and fraternity and two representati ves from each independent group. Its pur¬ pose is to promote interesting and well-rounded social activities for the entire student body. TOP ROW: George Byram, Patsy Hudson, Mary Carol Jackson, Lavenia Johnson, Billy Mancuso. MIDDLE ROW: Joy Massey, Jack Pope, Frances Shepard, Patsy Stephens, John Thompson. BOTTOM ROW: Norman Walker, Gwen Wheatley, Buster Wooten. 249 Harper Hall Honor Council SEATED: Doris Parker, Ward Representative; Yvonne Fisher, Treasurer; Carolyn Kayser, Vice-President; Mrs. E. B. Cunningham, Head Resident; Virgie Tillman, Lower East Representative; Sara Lynn Kees, President. STANDING: Ann Robinson, Social Chairman; Carol Ann Smith, Lower West Representative; Dorothy Jean Johnston, Upper East Representative; Billie Wells, Ward Counselor; Carolyn Jones, Upper West Representative; Katharine Guerriero, Secretary. Tech Petroleum Club TOP ROW: Roger Blom, Billy Boyett, Lloyd Carlson, Allan Duckett, Charles Edmiston, Ivan Geddie, John Hall, Jimmy MIDDLE ROW: Thomas Haynes, Charles Hogan, Bill McCasland, James McDade, Paul Morgan, Rex Sandifer, Bill Sartor, Ben Sellers. BOTTOM ROW: D. M. Simmons, Morris Sneed, Herbert Warren, H. M. Weed, Barney Westmoreland, Harvey Wil¬ liamson, Cloyd Wray. TOP ROW: Eduardo Alfonzo, Alfred Bantle, Jane Barry, Jeanne Bouchard, Marion Chaney, Vincent Danna, Jeff DeBlieux, Tommy Elioff MIDDLE ROW: William Gamblin, Katharine Guerriero, Philip Hannan, Carlos Lasalde, Beverly Melancon, Carroll Michaud, Peggy Mitchell, Gene Moncla. BOTTOM ROW: fames Ogea, Mary Ann Schaal, Barbara Self, Edward Soloman, Ouita Vernon, Marilyn Vinyard, Jean Windhauser. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer OFFICERS Philip Hannan Gene Moncla Jeanne Bouchard Alfred Bantle Newman Club ——-- 251 The Baptist Student Union THE B.S.U. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TOP ROW: Robbie Jo Barnette, Secretary; Gayle Beason, First Church Representative; Dale Colvin, Cook Church Representative; Jean Dunnahoe, YWA Representative; R. A. Eubanks, Athletic Direc¬ tor; Jack Grable, Social Vice-President. MIDDLE ROW: Elizabeth Ann Harkins, Drive-In Repre¬ sentative; Betty Jane Hodgkins, Center Hostess; Earl Hogan, Faculty Adviser; Allen Lee, Temple Church Representative; Max Lee, Promotional Vice-President; Larry Moses, Chapel Director. BOTTOM ROW: Peggy Robison, President; Margaret Hunter Tucker, Librarian; Bill Walker, BMOC Representative; Herbert Warren, Emmanuel Church Representative; Mary White, Devotional Vice-President; Charles Worley, Music Director. 252 The BSU center, located just east of the campus. The Tech BSU choir, led by Charles Worley. Tech BSU director, Sam Sanford. Tech BSU ' ers present a stunt at Spring retreat. 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. Every Baptist student on Louisiana Tech campus who is a member of a unit organization of his local church is a member of the Baptist Student Union. 253 Wesley Foundation President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Acting Director OFFICERS Houston Huckabay Elizabeth McKinley Paula Justiss William McCasland Miss Annie Alford Wesley Foundation is a phase of the Methodist Church specifically de¬ signed to fit the needs of college students. All Methodist students are con¬ sidered members. The goal is to establish a proper balance between the spiritual, educational, and recreational needs of all those who come under its influence. A group of Wesley Foundation members at vespers. 254 Members of the Westminster Fellowship council meet. SEATED: Mary Mack, Elizabeth Cretney, William Cragon, Nona Tonn, Mrs. D. L. O ' Neal. STAND¬ ING: Arthur Matthews, Mary Dell Meares, Charles Gandy, Henry Monroe, Alice Patton. OFFICERS President ..... William Cragon Vice-President Nona Lee Tonn Secretary.Elizabeth Cretney Treasurer.Henry Monroe Publicity Director.Arthur Matthews Director of Presbyterian Student Work . , Mrs. D. L. O ' Neal The Westminster Fellowship is the Presbyterian student organization at Louisiana Tech. Its purpose is to help the Presbyterian student to be Christian in every phase of campus life — to give him a Christian viewpoint around which to mold his experiences at college. Westminster Fellowship I THE END 256 i i '