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

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nual December concert at the University Theatre . . . DECEMBER 9 ... Dr. Peter T. Fliess talks on Soviet Foreign Policy sponsored by Mu Sigma Rho . . . yep, he agreed too Co-existence or No-existence . . . DECEMBER 10 ... To the music of Black Magic . . . and the lights of Gene Quaw . . . Fran Farrell presented as the Darling of LSU for the second time . . . Landry, Fields, Dumas, Osborn, Peixoto and Geisenberger share the spotlight . . . DECEMBER 11 . . . TKPhi and KA wage war in the annual Charity Bowl . . . the Confed- erates take the game 21-14 . . . the bestest was the Powder Bowl game at the half . . . BSO and PiPhi won over ChiO and Tri Delt . . . Were there some bruises on the coeds? . . . Where? . . . oh. never mind . . . DECEMBER 12 ... The A Cappella Choir presents its magnificent Christmas concert . . . and at night. Paison, the Italian film that won the Cannes, Brussels and Venice film festivities at the University Theatre . . . Mortar Board ' s Smarty Party for juniors in the afternoon . . . DECEMBER 13 ... The Tigers win second game of the season in Ag Center with a 73-61 victory over Texas A M . . . DECEMBER 14 ... What a day for nature-lovers . . . white frost at the same time as blossoming camellia bushes . . . That ' s the South for you . . . DECEMBER 15 ... 32 students named to Who ' s Who in American Colleges and Universities . . . DECEMBER 16 ... And we got a Mardi Gras day-off . . . more frost . . . and pack- ing for that long vacation . . . DECEMBER 17 ... Just goodbye ' s . . . DECEMBER 18 ... A few students stay for Saturday ' s classes . . . and then the blankness and the quiet of an LSU depopulated . . . DECEMBER 19 ... Glynn Wood leads the LSU track team to a second position finish in the annual Southern AUU Cross Country race in New Orleans . . . didn ' t we say our guys were fast . . . DECEMBER 20 . . . Wish that Christmas shopping was over . . . exhausted . . . DECEMBER 21 ... What a life . . . parties and sleep, and food and . . . DECEMBER 22 ... Dates . . . and sleep and parties . . . DE- CEMBER 23 ... The tinsel and bows of Christmas wrappings . . .

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Look, U.P.. International News Service, and Newspaper Enterprise As- sociation . . . LSI s first Football All- American in fifteen years . . . and third in history . . . LSI s Bengal Basketballers take Louisiana College in 80-63 win . . . DECEMBER 2 ... Gosh . . . Odom . . . Latham . . . and Vories sure made lovely witches in Shakespeare ' s Macbeth . . . DECEMBER 3 ... University High ' s Civic classes start teasing Latham ... is she literally a witch? . . . DECEMBER 4 . . . Tigers gallantly face Kentucky Wildcats . . . too many hoops on the wrong side . . . Military Ball in Field House . . . Barbara Ann Stewart and Griff Jones reign . . . DECEMBER 5 ... You fig- ure it out ... we couldn ' t . . . The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari . . . by the American Lit Film . . . Religious Emphasis Week Retreat at the University Methodist Church . . . DECEMBER 6 . . . The Kansas Jay Hawkers took our Hooper ' s 83-58 . . . Pettit come back . . . DECEMBER 7 ... Board of Supervisors discusses segregation . . . they finally agreed that to circumvent the law was coined by Webster and not the North . . . anyway, they just didn ' t want to go to jail . . . DECEMBER 8 ... In the day . . . male students line up to cast ballots for the Darling. . . . It ' s fun for the males but we stayed up til three counting votes . . . LSU Symphony Orchestra gives its an-

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the holly . . . the mistletoe . . . and the cards . . . but alas . . . DECEMBER 24 ... No snow . . . just a warm Louisiana Christmas . . . but still a glorious one . . . DECEMBER 25 ... With gifts and turkey and dressing and watching the Blue-Gray game over television . . . Doggett. Fournet and Jones did us proud at Montgomery . . . but the darned Yankees still took us rebels. . . . DECEMBER 26 . . . ere we stuffed . . . and sleepy and tired . . . the day after the day before! . . . DECEMBER 27 ... Needles falling from Christ- mas trees reminds one that the shoving off for school is approaching . . . DECEMBER 28 ... Still a few parties . . . and concerts . . . and movies . . . and visiting . . . and lounging in the parks . . . and bridge . . . DECEMBER 29 ... What a tourney! . . . LSI mittmen take the Sugar Bowl Championship in New Orleans with a 7-1 victory over the Maryland Terps . . . DECEMBER 30 ... The last time for any gift exchanges . . . and the getting ready to welcome in the new . . . DECEMBER 31 ... Those New Year ' s parties . . . whistles, hats, streamers . . . greet the 1955 ! ! . . . J A MARY 1 ... Oh. our heads . . . and more turkey and dressing . . . and New ear ' s Resolutions that is. starting tomorrow . . . JANUARY 2 ... Preparing for the trip back . . . and the announce- ment that LSI s football coaching staff can boast of Doc Erskine as a member . . . JANUARY 3 ... A new year at school . . . and many new diamond rings . . . and wedding announcements . . . and an LSI basketball victory over North Carolina . . . Bless that holiday spirit!. ' ! . . . JANUARY 4 ... 1955 is no different ... at least, atmospherically . . . rain and heat once more . . . and the breaking of New dear ' s Resolutions . . . JANUARY 5 ... The cramming be- gins . . . finals )u l twelve days off ... JANUARY 6 ... Two fac- ulty members honored . . . Dr. Houston T. Karnes elected secretary of the National Interfraternity Conference . . . and Dr. Walter C. Richardson wrote the best book in European history during the past two years, according to the American Historv Association . . . JANUARY 7 ... The author of Shake Well Before Using. and ffft If