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

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-. - V ? - I ss A vt f AliiMr a j . . . We easily see why all through the day and all through the long black-coffee-colored night, frail humans labor to construct monsters of wood and paper and glue: wildcats, and gamecocks, and horned frogs and alligators. And then we know why midnight rallies roam through the streets, and bonfires blaze and fireworks flare. Yes, competition is very much a part of a stu- dent ' s life, and it comes to all in its time: the smart, the dull, the fast, the big, and the beau- tiful . C ' e a a C5ir! ' r Al , . APPE5T THE ALLEY-mj

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. . . There is one group of men in particular, every one living in constant and crucial need of the other ten of his fellows: a football team. Every one of these men knows the smell of a sweaty lock- er room, the grinding swish of a whirlpool bath, the chalky click of cleats on concrete, the taste of dirty salty blood: every one knows what it means to crash, red-dog, submarine, brush-block: and all as a team, always a team. So is it any wonder then that grads of the Class of ' 39 drive hundreds of miles to see this team? .

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. . . The lights which twinkle from a prism are many, and no fewer are the sides of the life of a student. For two thousand years now, since the time of the Greatest Teacher, fellowship has been the aim and love of many men in many places. The knowledge that there are those who care, that in a crowd of people there is just one who knows you and likes you, and will come to your side if you need him, is of inestimable value . . .