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

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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

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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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Try to Stop Me kept the students laughing at the Gym-Armory when he spoke on Modern Trends in Literature and Humor. . . . yep, Bennett Cerf is pretty darn good . . . JANUARY 8 ... It was close, but decisive ... we lost to the Georgia Dogs 76-70 . . . JANUARY 9 . . . Final exam schedule announced . . . and we show our colors: the frantic, the panic, the devil-may-care, the studious and the confident . . . ' course, most of us are in the first two categories . . . JANUARY 10 ... The Genius of the North ... the Eskimo ... the sub- ject for Dr. Froelich Rainey ' s address in the Lecturers and Artists Se- ries . . . and we lost again ... to the Florida Gators . . . Wot ' s happened to our cagers? . . . JANUARY 11 ... As Jim Leake. our Add One man says, It ' s probably a rumor, but we ' ll still spread it: an attempt is being made to buy back Pettit . . . JANUARY 12 ... Class . . . and study . . . and that ' s all ... JANUARY 13 ... The Atomic Age, a talk by Dr. Vincent E. Parker in the Mu Sigma Rho series . . . from what we hear, the ROTC boys are regretting it I the A-Bombs) ever started . . . JANUARY 14 ... Dr. John Moore talks to the International Relations Club on Spain, under Franco . . . JANUARY 15 ... What a heartbreaker ! . . . 64-62 ... the score of the LSU-Kentucky game ... we looked like we had a different team that night . . . they played beautifully . . . JANUARY 16 ... The Spice of Life ... a foreign film at the University Theatre . . . and bo res were mocked so well . . . JANUARY 17 ... What a topic for an editorial in the Reveille . . . Pity the Coach . . . Tsk . . .Tsk . . . Tsk!! . . . JANUARY 18 ... One short one at Otto ' s interrupts