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

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- c TUQU For over a year Louisiana State University had been an institution with- out a head. When the new Board of Supervisors met, its consuming interest was to place the University on a solid footing, from which it could rise to a respected position among institutions of higher learning. Working behind closed doors, the Board set about the task of selecting a new and permanent president. On Tuesday, January 14, it announced six men as nominees for the position: Dr. Paul M. Hebert, Acting Presi- dent of the University; General Campbell B. Hodges, commander of the Fifth Corps Area of the U. S. Army; Dr. Roy L. Thompson, president of the Federal Land Bank in New Orleans; Dr. Charles E. Friley, presi- dent of Iowa State College; Major Fred C. Frey, Dean of the Univer- sity; and Dr. Nicholas Bauer, Superintendent of Public Schools in New Orleans. On Monday, March 10, the Board met to make the final selec- tion. Tensely, the University, the State of Louisiana, and the press held their breath in anticipation of the long-awaited announcement. At long last, the door opened. Chairman Smitherman dramatically revealed the name of the new President of Louisiana State University Major Gen- eral Campbell Blackshear Hodges. James E. Smitherman, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, announces the long-awaited selection. CU]

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GOVERNOR SAM HOUSTON JONES Ex-officio President of the Board B A H D OF S U E t V I S I S James E. Smitherman, Chairman Shreveport Tom Dutton, V ice-Chairman Baton Rouge W. H. North ... Shreveport Dr. Emmett Irwin New Orleans Dr. W. B. Chamberlin Baton Rouge Mrs. J. Louis Smith Covington Joseph E. Ransdell Lake Providence Grundy Cooper Alexandria Thomas E. Leigh Monroe Dan Debaillon Lafayette J. S. Faun tleroy New Orleans E. Monnot Lanier Plaquemine Roland B. Howell Thibodeaux Homer L. Brinkley Lake Charles [17]

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Jl H M d a- lit k li k k -I iik G MAJO SENEGAL CAMPBELL B. HODGES Short-statured, mild-mannered and grey-haired, Major General Campbell Black- shear Hodges was born sixty years ago, March 27, 1881, in Bossier parish. He was reared on the family plantation at Elm Grove. A bachelor, General Hodges has had a long and distinguished military career, having once served as Comman- dant of Cadets at both L. S. U. and the United States Military Academy, West Point. In 1929 he was made military aide to President Herbert Hoover. He has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the Spanish Order of Military Merit, and the Rumanian Order of the Star. He is a graduate of the Army War College and the Chemical Warfare College, and is a fellow of the Royal Geo- graphical Society. He is a Kappa Sigma. 119]