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

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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 .

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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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MRS. GEORGIA L WILSON Director of the News Bureau HARRY A. TAYLOR Alumni Secretary CARR T. DOWELL Dir ector Louisiana Agricultural Experimental Stations national affairs in an address sponsored by the Law School and the School of Public Welfare Administration. Dr. John B. Thompson spoke on The Emer- gency Powers of Christianity in making the principal address of the Fall Religious Convocation. The annual Editors ' Short Course, sponsored by the Journalism school, featured, as guest speaker, Kenneth Olson, Dean of the Northwestern University School of Journalism, who emphasized the importance of having a journalism school as a separate department of the University. The second annual University Artists series brought six outstanding artists to the University Theater: the Humphrey- Wiedman concert dancers; the Roth string quartet; Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; Cornelia Otis Skinner; and I. A. Richards, internationally known literary critic and author. Of interest to students and towns- folk alike was the appearance of Katherine Landry with the Kryl Symphony in the University Theater. Miss Landry also starred in the Music School ' s presenta- tion of Puccini ' s opera, La Tosca, which ran four nights in the University Theater and one night at the New Orleans Spring Fiesta. The four major productions of the Department of Speech this year were On Borrowed Time, Stage Door, Pride and Prejudice, and James Barrie ' s Dear Brutus. One hundred and sixty-five delegates came to the University for the national convention of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership fraternity, which was held on the campus from Thursday, March 13, through Saturday, March 15. The Edward Douglass White Lectures, the theme of which was, this year, Education and Citizenship, were delivered by Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago. Dr. J. F. Rippy, authority on the political history of the Latin Americas, delivered the Walter Lynwood lectures on the subject, The United States and the Good Neighbor Policy. DR. ARTHUR G. KELLER Purchasing Agent