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

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DR. DANIEL BORTH Auditor THE YEAR HENRY V. HOWE Director ot the School of Geology With the University still unsettled, still seeking a firm foundation upon which to rebuild its financial and administrative departments, the 6,049 students who matriculated at Louisiana State University in September encountered a stiffened academic program, which promised to raise the scholastic standard of the school. In the face of a world at war, with National Defense the chief concern of military and civilian authorities alike, it was only natural that the male students should find, also, a more rigorous military life confronting them. In the first convocation of the year, Dr. Paul M. Hebert, acting president, welcomed both new and returning students, declared the University as being staunchly behind the President ' s National Defense policy. Early in the year, a bureau of educational research was established to provide statistics on material of specific and general interest to the University, as recommended by the American Council on Education in its report the previous summer. On October 1, Arden O. French, general secretary of the University Y. M. C. A. for years, was named Dean of Men by the Board of Supervisors. Later, Benjamin F. Rogers was named Y secretary. On the week-end of October 12, delegates from the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. chapters at four other Louisiana colleges met on the campus with the local chapters for their annual state -wide conference. One thousand five hundred and MARVIN G. OSBORN Director of the School of Journalism

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4 1 J DR. B. I. BURNS Dean of the School of Medicine DR. E. B. ROBERT Dean of the School of Education MRS. W. H. GATES Registrar ARDEN O. FRENCH Dean of Men [23]

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n R. E. ARNE tor of the Graduate School of Public Welfare Administration MARGARET M. HERDMAN Director of the Library School sixty students, faculty members and staff members joined the rest of the United States on that momentous October 16 in registering for the draft under the Na- tional Defense Act. A human-interest touch was added when Acting-President Hebert registered one of the few college presidents in the country who were below the age limit. On Wednesday, October 23, a new building was officially added to the campus whe n His Excellency, Joseph Francis Rummel, Archbishop of New Orleans, visited the campus to assist in the ceremonies surrounding the dedication of the Catholic Student Center. Other noteworthy physical changes saw the freshman women ' s dormitory receive the name John M. Parker Hall, and women students evacu- ate the Field House dormitory in order to provide housing for administrative offices of the University. Prof. Hersch Lauterpacht of Cambridge University described the League of Nations as the greatest achievement accomplished by man in the field of inter- DR. MARCUS M. WILKERSON Director of the University Press DR. THOMAS C. PAULSEN Director of University Hospital JAMES A. McMILLEN Director of Libraries DR. CHARLES S. HYNEMAN Director of the School of Government and Public Affairs t .