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

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the cramming for finals . . . JANUARY 19 ... Oh, no, not again . . . yes, the subject of controversy . . . Alcohol . . . discussed at the Alcohol Education Conference at Pleasant Hall . . . JANUARY 20 ... The General Motors ' Parade of Progress . . . the bigger and the better . . . while things get hotter in Indo-China . . . Could there be a casual relationship? . . . JANUARY 21 ... the first exams start tomorrow . . . and the midnight oil burns . . . JANUARY 22 ... Exams . . . and more study . . . and more coffee . . . JANUARY 24 . . . exams . . . JANUARY 25 ... and more exams . . . JANUARY 26 ... and then some more . . . circles deepen . . . JANUARY 27 . . . the exams continue . . . but Bobby Pettit, LSU ' s first basketball All-American. came home to a resounding ovation when the Milwaukee Hawks met the Minneapolis Lakers at the Coliseum . . . JANUARY 28 . . . Exams over! . . . freedom for the boxing match opening at the Ag Center with the Oklahoma Sooners and the Tiger mittees ... we won! . . . here is our sport ! . . . JANUARY 29 ... The well-needed rest between semesters begins . . . those lucky mid-term graduates . . . and the victory over the Missisippi State Maroons 67-63! . . . JANUARY 30 ... Family, play and sleep . . . and plans for return- ' Tv ' .y x $ i ?; : y z

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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

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ing . . . JANUARY 31 ... The Ole Miss Rebels down the Tigers 86- 69 ... the ups and downs, and the fall of empires . . . FEBRUARY 3 ... Not again! the lines of registration, the payment of fees, and more cards to complete . . . FEBRUARY 4 ... Wow! . . . Three TKO ' s and one Knockout in an LSU victory over Virginia . . . FEBRUARY 5 ... Rumors of the Board of Supervisors meeting . . . raised eyebrows, and anticipation . . . and a loss to an arch-rival Tulane ... at the basketball game . . . breaking an almost-preced- ented victory streak over Tulane by a 81-57 defeat . . . FEBRUARY 6 . . . The biggest excitement of the year ! ! ... The Tinsley-Heard shake-up . . . Wot happened? . . . The board mysteriously silent . . . the students joyfully happy . . . the murmurs of successors . . . and the smiles of the prof ' s . . . FEBRUARY 7 ... New classes, new prof ' s, new books . . . and a new slate to just mess up again . . . We hate to say it but we lost to Loyola 75-68 . . . FEBRUARY 8 ... LSU ' s seventy male voice chorus, directed by Dallas Draper, performs choral portions of the Brahms Alto Rhapsody with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra in the Crescent City . . . FEBRUARY 9 ... Construction begins on the new additions to the Germaine Laville Dormitory units . . . that ' s all right, coed ' s don ' t like to sleep later than seven in the morning anyway . . . FEBRUARY 10 ... Danny Orsak ' s Houston Cougers defeated by the Tiger Mittmen at the Ag Center . . . Alex- andra Danilova delights and surprises at the Gym-Armory . . . enter- tainment to please every taste at LSU . . . FEBRUARY 11 ... The first Morale Commission sponsored dance at Evangeline Hall ... at least four boys per girls . . . what an opportunity ... for the girls, that is ... FEBRUARY 12 ... Chi pledges Pump for Polio at the Auto Hotel . . . and LSU is crumbled by Georgia Tech by a score of 79-72 . . . FEBRUARY 13 ... Buston Keeton is just as funny to- day as he was when those silent flicker ' s were in their prime ... a good start for this semester ' s American Lit Film series . . . FEBRUARY 14 ... Valentine ' s Day . . . hearts and bows . . . and flowers and chocolates . . . and for some insults too . . . FEBRUARY 15 ... Our luck ' s improved ... we beat Vanderbilt 59-66! . . . FEBRUARY 16 ... We ' ve got a new coach! ... a twenty nine year old Army line coach Paul Dietzel . . . students delighted with the Board ' s choice . . . FEBRUARY 17 ... What a day! . . . LSU meets Idaho State at NINETEEN MEMORIAL TOWER