Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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DR. B I. BURNS Dean of fhe School of Medicine an official advisory law revision commission and legal research agency for Louisiana, was held on fhe Universify campus March I6. Democracy is supporfed by people who have +he oppor- funify fo read, sfudy, and fhink, and if is nof a producf of H19 Pfdcfical, uneducafed persons, if was confended by Dr. Th0maS P- Abernefhy, professor of hisfory af fhe Universify, in lhe fourfh series of l'he Walfer Lynwood Fleming lecfures in Soufh- ern hisfory. The Library School's second lnsiifufe in Counfy and Regional Library Service, planned for professional libra- rians wifh fwo years' experience in regional and public library service, was held 'rhe firsf week in April. A fraining course for sfafe recreal-ion leaders was held a+ fhe Universify April l l and I2 under fhe ioinf sponsorship of fhe School of Healfh and Physical Educafion and fhe General Exiension division, followed by 6 sfafe recreafion conference on April l3. The eighfh na- fional convenfion of Phi Sigma lofa, honorary Romance Lan- Quages frafernify, was held on fhe campus. R. E. Direclor of fh GARNE HENRY V, HOWE DR. RAOUL L. MENVILLE Dean of fha College of Chemistry and Physics Dr. Frank Porfer Graham, acclaimed by Time Magazine as 'rhe coun+ry's ablesl' college presidenf, delivered fhe sevenfh annual Edward Douglass Whife lecfures on Cifizenship. The fwo journalism organizaiions on fhe campus had as fheir guesfs 'rwo oufsfanding persons. Thefa Sigma Phi, nafional professional iournalism frafernify for women, honored Mrs. Grace Thompson Sefon, explorer and aufhor, af ifs annual Mafrix Table banquefg and Cify Edifor F. Edward Heberf, New Orleans Sfafes, ad- dressed Sigma Delfa Chi's iournalisis af fhe annual Founders' Day banquef. Dr. Dorofhy C. Sfraffon, Dean of Women af Purdue Univer- sify, was fhe feafured speaker af 'lhe convocafion sponsored by Morfar Board on Leadership Day. The annual appearance of fhe Brifish debafers-fhis year, V. Y. Parkinson and George J. Bean-was nof denied by fhe war. ln March fhe Universify was hosf for fhe fhirfy-fhird annual conference of fhe Mississippi Valley Associafion of Deans of Liberal Arfs Colleges. The dis- cussion cenfered around various universify problems and fheir possible solufion. JAMES A. MCMILLEN Public Welfarehfdlrifiihigfgfigh of Direclor of the School of Geology Dif6C?0f Of Libraries