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

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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

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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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HUNDRED A N D FIFTY-FIVE the Ag Center . . . and LSU ' s own Crowe Peele defeats the collegiate heavyweight champion Mike Murty . . . and we take the match with a sweep . . . Dietzel gets a fifteen minute applause by the student body as he is presented . . . FEBRUARY 18 ... We couldn ' t under- stand it, but perhaps you could . . . The Trial. a play adaptation by Gige of Kafka ' s book, performed by the speech department ... no matter what it meant this is evident: what an emotional impact! . . . FEBRUARY 19 . ' . . An overcast Saturday . . . dancing at night, and a few parties . . . and rain, rain, rain . . . FEBRUARY 20 ... Won ' t the sun ever shine? . . . Brotherhood Week opens . . . FEBRUARY 21 ... The Swedish National Men ' s Gymnastic Team and their Na- tional Olympic Women ' s Team make a return appearance . . . ca- pacity crowd packs the Coliseum . . . FEBRUARY 22 ... We ' re tell- ing you, men, it ' s rapidly becoming a women ' s world . . . Dr. Eula Palmer is the new head of the infirmary after Dr. Chaver ' s resignation . . . FEBRUARY 23 ... Jim Ford, senior voice student, announced a winner of the Horace Heidt talent auditions here in Baton Rouge . . . FEBRUARY 24 ... Mike Cooper and Eivie McGehee are also winners in the Horace Heidt auditions . . . watch our students, for here they come! . . . FEBRUARY 25 ... And to top it off, so is Connie Parr another winner! . . . Wow! . . . FEBRUARY 26 ... Dr. Walter C. Hagg opens the A S Lecture Series with a talk on the Milestones in the Early History of Mankind . . . spring has arrived . . . green clover, blooming azaleas, and the trees on the lakes . . . FEBRUARY 27 . . . Quite a day . . . picnics and boating . . . sunning and sand- ing . . . and the beginning of Religious Emphasis Week . . . FEB- RUARY 28 ... The last day of February . . . convocation featuring Dr. Charles B. Templeton . . . missions, dorm discussions, breakfasts and chapel . . . and the GUMBO going to press! . . .