Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

Text from Pages 1 - 224 of the 1911 volume:

J tt J Ltf LB ,. Dedication HIS record of what we hold dear of the persent school year, we, the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Eleven, Dedicate to GEORGE WILLIAMSON, a man of practical wisdom, a kind and sympathetic teacher, a true friend of the students, a cultured gen- tleman, and one of the foremost champions and loyal supporters of the Normal School. mm . ml V P 6 ♦ $ - a HP - i i jf fes iT x Jrj m JAMES BENJAMIN ASWELL OUR PRESIDENT, OUR COUNSELLOR, OUR FRIEND ATURE cast him in the generous mold reserved by her for kings; the powers of his mind hold him where nature intended him to be — a leader among his fellows. Native ability has set him a peer among men. His impartiality, judgment and wisdom have made his counsel sought by small and great; his in- dustry, statesmanship and administrative power have won him distinguished recognition in State and National educational circles. His earnestness, sincerity and sympathy have made him the friend and adviser of hundreds of his students, whose respect he commands, whose con- fidence he shares, and whose loyal affection will abide with him wherever they may be. BOARD OF EDITORS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ADA JACK CARVER BUSINESS MANAGER HUGH L. WATERBURY ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER MARGARET IVY SMITH ASSOCIATE EDITORS. FIRST ASSISTANT JENNIE CORDILL SNYDER SECOND ASSISTANT GEORGIA LYNCH LITERARY EDITOR MABEL ALEXA TEDDLIE ANNIE SCOTT HAYS MACKIE TAYLOR ART EDITOR LELIA DUCOURNAU SARAH WILLIAMSON LIZZIE MARIONNEAUX HUMOR FOSTER TEDDLIE LEONA GULLATT BESSIE SPENCER ECLECTIC LITERARY SOCIETY EMILIE ROUGEOT MODERN CULTURE CLUB MYRTIE CLARK SEEKERS AFTER KNOWLEDGE GENIE WATSON KING ' S DAUGHTERS DOT OVERBY DEVOTIONAL CIRCLE BLANCHE BROUSSARD Y. M. C. A E. M. WEST BOYS ' ATHLETICS VICTOR L. DUPUIS GIRLS ' ATHLETICS LIZZIE MARIONNEAUX 1. Ada Jack Carver, Editor-in-Chief. 2. Hugh L. Waterbury, Business Manager. 3. Margaret Ivy Smith, Assistant Business Manager. 4. Jennie Cordill Snyder, First Assistant. 5. Georgia Lynch, Second Assistant. 6. Mabel Alexa Teddlie, Literary Editor. 7. Lelia Ducournau, Art Editor. 8. Foster Teddlie, Humorous Editor. CALENDAR 1910-1911 September 19, Sunday, at noon Dormitories Open September 20, Monday Entrance Examinations September 21, Tuesday Session of 1910-1911 Begins November 24 Thanksgiving Holiday December 23-January 3 Christmas Holidays January 13 Fall Term Ends January 16 Spring Term Opens May 5 Session Ends May 30 Summer Term Opens itili, Contents Dedication 2 Tribute to Our President 4 Board of Editors 6 Calendar 8 Foreword 10 Celebration 11 Faculty 15 Alumni 16 Legend 17 Just-So Stories 22 Evolution of a Normal Girl 26 Classes 29 Literary Societies 101 Religious Organizations 123 Music 133 Athletics 139 Fire Department 153 Mirth 159 Autographs 200 Afterword 206 Advertisements 207 Foreword OTPOURRI! Brewed in blackest caves forlorn, Where goblins lurk and witches dark enchant, Of shadows, shades of things, and tears and frowns, And troubles countless, sleepless nights and such, Brought forth into the sunlight, seasoned well With smiles, anticipations, memories, Garnished with our hopes, reader dear ! Take and taste ; but, if you like it not, If ' tis too rarely seasoned, or too much; Too hot, too cold ; if scorched, not cooked enough ; Or if you dreamed ' twould taste like something else — Remember, Gentle Reader, how ' tis served! — For in truth it is the serving of a thing, The spirit in which ' tis given, after all, That makes you like it not, or like it much. ' Tis served with friendship, garnished o ' er with love — ' Tis made up of our schoolday hopes and joys. L So, Reader, take a cup ! Come ! take and fill, And drink a long, long life to Normal Hill ! 10 THE CELEBRATION [HEN a child is old enough to go to school, when he enters his teens — when a you ng lady is sixteen and when a young man is twenty-one — these are the peakpoints on the human-life roadway. Each must be marked by appropriate feasts and ceremonies — the candled cake, the invited friends, the round of jubilee. So in the life of an institution there are the days of retrospection, of realization and of prophecy. Such a time the Normal had on June 5 and 6, 1910. Twenty-five years had passed since the Normal came into being with a Faculty of three and a student- body of forty. Slowly, gradually, confidently and surely it grew — possibly not receiving its just due from the State ' s horn of plenty, but in service to the State and patronage of the people it had its share. At the time of the celebration forty-two teachers constituted its Faculty, and its student-body numbered one thousand two hundred and seventy-six — the greatest Normal school in Dixie! Normal Hill had on her holiday attire. An amphitheatre with a seating capacity of five thousand had been provided ; pennants from every college and high school in the State, fanned by the summer ' s breeze, swung from the boughs of the trees and waved their thanks, their con- gratulations, and their hope. The night was made day by a wealth of artificial lights, with the purple and white so intermingled that they spelt patriotism to the Normal. The grass provided a soft carpet of green, the flowers shed their sweetest fragrance, the trees cast their broadest shade, and everything and everybody spoke, felt, and acted Welcome! Welcome to the citizens of Natchitoches, who for a quarter of a cen- tury have been the Normal ' s best friends, friends who made its birthday party possible; welcome to the old students and graduates who were here in the days now agone, who became inspired within its sacred walls and 11 have since been giving that inspiration to others; welcome to the new students who for the first time had come to sip of its life-giving waters; welcome to all friends who had given it their loyal support and friendship ; welcome to the invited guests who came to rejoice with those who rejoiced. These guests were one hundred members of the State Legislature, who attended in a body; presidents of school boards and police juries, sheriffs, principals of high schools, parish superintendents, presidents of private and high schools, and distinguished visitors from other States. The speakers were Bishop Thomas F. Gaylor, of Tennessee, who preached the jubilee sermon; Ex-Governor Joe Folk, of Missouri, who delivered the jubilee address; President Claxton, of the University of the South, who spoke on the Mission of the Normal School ; and Governor J. Y. Sanders, who presented diplomas to the one hundred and forty-three graduates of the classes of 1909-10. Greetings were brought from- the High Schools by Principal E. S. Jenkins, of Lake Charles; from the parishes by Superintendent C. E. Bird, of Caddo; from the Louisiana Industrial School by President J. E. Keeny, of Ruston ; from the State University by Professor R. L. Himes, and from the State of Louisiana by Honorable Garland Dupre, Speaker of the House of the State Legislature. Honorable Thomas C. Barret, of Shreveport, presented a beautiful flag, which was accepted with appropriate ceremony. One of the attractive features of the celebration was the Alumni banquet. Over five hundred visitors and graduates gathered in the Normal dining-room, and in laughter, song, and reminiscence renewed the memories of former banquets while they enjoyed to the full the birthday dinner which the Normal had bountifully provided. Eight courses were served and toasts were drunk to the prosperity of the Normal in the past, the present, and the future. Suffice it to say that from beginning to end it was a successful and appropriate celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Normal. 12 . m 13 ' o ■■ ■p 14 17 IS N the sweet Magnolia country, In the land of Natchitoches, High above the plains and woodland Rose the Mishka (hill of midday). On the east the lake lay dreaming — Mirror of the light of morning; Darkly to the west the forest Waited for the sun at evening. To the south the river wandered Till it joined the bright Red waters Rushing with a mighty music To the wondrous Mississippi. On the north the rolling prairies Waited for the smile of morning; For the sun came from the lakeland, Stood above the hill at noontime, Stayed to kiss the rustling pine trees With the sweetness of its sunshine. And the people gazed in wonder — Called it Mishka (hill of midday) ; Built the wigwam of their seer Where the morn and evening blended. There, the wigwam of the prophet — He who saw beyond the sunset, He who read the fate of nations — Stood upon the hill of midday. And the prophet called his children, Called his people all together, Smoked the peace-pipe in his wigwam While he gazed beyond the forest — Gazed into that vast forever — Gazed into the land of sunset. And the people said: Jossakwed, 19 What is that beyond the sunlight? What is in the far-off heaven? Will our children live forever? And the prophet gazed in wonder — Gazed into the brilliant west-land, And his voice was low and wondrous. 0 my children! my poor children! Listen to my words, who loves you. I will tell you what I see there. Rises high the Mishka (midday). To the east the lake lies dreaming, And the western forest darkly Waits to greet the sun at evening. Then the women and the children Smiled and clapped their hands, and whispered: ' ' ' Tis our land of Natchi-toches, Tis the Mishka thill of midday) ; There it lies in the hereafter! But the prophet ' s words continued: There I see a mighty dwelling. High it reached up to heaven, And the sun waits there at noontime — Right above the mighty wigwam. Built it is of stones and marbles. Wondrous is the mighty dwelling Of the land that is Hereafter. All about it lie the meadows, Wandering in among the pathways Like the broad, white road in heaven Made of stones brought from the quarries. And there live a glorious nation, Happy, learning, ever learning, Of the things the Spirit teaches, Secrets of the Mighty Master. Then the warriors and the old men Gazed into the west in wonder; And the women and the children Shouted: ' Tis our Natchi-toches! ' Tis the land of our Hereafter! But the ancient prophet answered: 0 my children! my poor children! ' Tis a nation strange and wondrous. Pale the people are as lilies — As the lilies of the prairie! 20 ' Tis a strange and wondrous people, And I see no painted warriors — See no women and no children With the hue of Ish-the-Rainbow, With the color of the autumn. ' Tis the land of Spring, my children! Listen to my words, who loves you: When the Red Man ' s Spirit calls you To the Hunting Grounds forever, There will be this other nation In the land of Natchi-toches, On the Mishka— Hill of Midday! ' Then the people gazed and wondered- Saw the strange pale nations living In their land of Natchi-toches — In the sweet Magnolia country — Happy, learning, ever learning, Of the things the Spirit teaches, Secrets of the Mighty Master — Saw the glory of Hereafter! 21 JUST SO STORIES FOR LITTLE STUDENTS (Apologies to Kipling.) NCE upon a time, My Best Beloved, there was a school, and it had students and all. And there was a Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sa- gacity who didn ' t have any Faculty to help him run his school. So the Great-High-President sat in his den with all his infinite resource and sagacity, and he thought, and he thought, and he scratched his head, you know ! I must get the perfectest Faculty- who-are- wise-and-good-and-always-do-what-they-o u g h t e r that ever was, he said. So he looked, and he looked, and he looked — all over the world; but he just couldn ' t find any Faculty-who-are-wise-and-good-and-always-do- what-they-oughter. So this President-with-his-in- finite-resource-and-sagacity sat down and cried and cried. And at last one day he was so tired crying that he fell asleep, just so. And then he heard a Little Voice, and it said : Oh, Mr. Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity, what makes you cry so much? And the Great-High -President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity said : Boo-hoo! I ' m cryin ' ' cause I can ' t find a Faculty-who-are-wise-and- good-and-always-do-what-they-oughter! Well, then, Mr. Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-saga- city, said the Little Voice, which belonged to a little-angel-who-always- gives-people-what-they-want, I know just where you can get the per- fectest Faculty-who-are-wise-and-good-and-always-do-what-they-oughter that ever was. So he flew away up to Heaven, where all good things are, and he got the most perfectest Faculty-who-are-wise-and-good-and-always-do-what- they-oughter that ever was, and he brought it right to the Normal School. 22 i And then the Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity smiled, and then the students smiled, and they all lived happily ever after- wards, Best Peloved. And that ' s how the Normal got its ' s Faculty. This is the Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity sit- tin ' down just cry in ' and cryin ' . He is sittin ' in a chair. Those round white things are tears. That black thing up there, right by his ear, is not a chocolate cake, but the Little Voice — only you can ' t see a Voice ! 23 J HOW THE NORMAL GOT ITS BOYS. Now, this is the next tale, and it tells how the Normal got its Boys- who-used-to-be-bad-but-who-are-going-to-be-good. Well, you know, Best Beloved, a long time ago there were just lots of Normal Girls who were lonesome ' cause they didn ' t have any little boys to play with, and so they just cried and cried, and said: 0 Mr. Great High President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity, please get us some Little Boys who used-to-be-bad-but-who-are-going-to-be-good to play with us, ' cause we ' re just so lonesome! And the Great-High-President of infinite-resource-and-sagacity looked at the girls, and he frowned and he frowned, ' cause he didn ' t want any Lit- tle-Boys-who-used-to-be-bad-but-are-going-to-be-good. But, Best Beloved, we know that all Little Boys used to be bad and are going to be good. So then the Faculty-who-are-wise-and-good-and-always-do-what-they- oughter said : 0 Mr. Great-High-President-of infinite resource-and-sagacity, please get us some Little Boys-who-used-to-be-bad, so we can teach them to be good, ' cause you know all the little girls are so good, and so we haven ' t got anybody to teach to be good, and we won ' t have any way to do what we oughter. Then the Great-High-f-resident looked all sniffly, and he looked at them so hard that the Faculty got scared, and all the little girls got scared, and they ran away. And then the Great-High-President-with-all-his-in- finite-resource-and-sagacity thought and thought, and while he was think- ing Little Imp, who lived where people are bad, but want to be better, came to him and said : O Mr. Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity, I know where you can get some Little-Boys-who-used-to-be-bad-but-are-go- ing-to-be-better. They don ' t live in Heaven, ' cause St. Peter won ' t let them in, but they want to move from where-they-are, and so I told them that the next place to Heaven was the Normal School, where they have a Great-High-President-of-infmite-resource-and-sagacity and a Faculty- who-are-wise-and-good-and-always-do-what-they-oughter, and a lot of Girls-who-are-lonesome- ' cause-they-haven ' t-got-any-little-b o y s-t o-p 1 a y- with. And then the Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity told the Little Imp that he could bring those Little Boys. 24 And so, Best Beloved, that ' s how the Normal School got its Boys-who- used-to-be-bad-but-who-are-going-to-be-good, and they are almost it, ' cause the Great-High-President-of-infinite-resource-and-sagacity gave them a sure-enough party, one time — but this is all to this story. Those things on the top row are Little-Boys-who-used-to-be-bad, and the things on the bottom row are Little Boys-bein ' -good. They look kinder sad, but if you turn ' em upside down they don ' t. That funny-looking thing in that first boy ' s mouth ain ' t a stick of candy — it ' s a pipe that bad little boys smoke. Those wobbly-looking things are not boys; they are sticks. I put them in ' cause I thought they ' d look pretty; but you musn ' t get the boys and the sticks mixed up. This picture would look beautiful painted. 25 hi(Mm fktmol(M When I was in the first two terms, All verdant and unafraid, I walked the places noisily Where angels fear to tread. I 4,-m. Tw.o-rva.Yck of a.(( I survey- But when I entered third and fourth, tfe gods! it doth amaze — I really thought that I alone Was monarch of all I surveyed. 26 ., - -— - But when I got to Fifth and Sixth— Quite fit for grown-up labor — I found that there was lots to do — So recognized my neighbor! rT?ecogrtiz.ed my -neighbo-r. — On thcmeea nd studies bent. But now I am a Senior brave, On themes and studies bent; Trying to learn a great deal more Before to teach I ' m sent. 27 -; L ROLL OF AUGUST CLASS, 1910 Allen, Maggie Anders, A. J. Babin, Celanie Bailey, Hattie F. Baillio, Mattie Baldridge, Ora Baugh, Addie Bennecke, Caroline Best, Beryl Black, Emmie Broussard, Chas. Chauvin, Kate Clark, Berbie Lee Cloutier, Ivy Coffin, Blanche Collins, R. W. Cooper, Carrie Cooper, Mary Octavine Cormier, H dith Cormier, Magda Daraenne, Noute Dupaquier, Suzanne Durand, M. J. Field, Agnes Flesman, Nina Ford, Fred. A. Guyton, Eunice Haw, Willie Hawkins Ann Johnson, W. H. Jones, Zudie Klock, Edith Labe, Julie Lewis, Maidie Melancon, Lillie Monceret, Marceline Moore, Ethel Nelkin, Miriam Pebeck, Katherine Plummer, E. W. Purcell, Nettie May Reiber, Ethel Reilly, Mary M. Roche, Helen Rodgers, Myrtle Sentell, Madge Simpkins, Ethel South, Donald C. Southern, May Spyker, Pauline C. Stephenson, Mabel May Swords, Helen Voiers, Emma White, Lise Gilbert, Lolita Williams, Angie Wise, J. B. Wyatt, Lillie ROLL OF DECEMBER CLASS, 1910 Boyle, May Cag-le, Dora May Causey, Mary Darnall, May Daspit, Maude Dowden, Iona Everett, Katie Frere, Lula Garland, Trebe Guardia, Juanita Hall, Bertie Lee Hedgpeth, Susie Hightower, Mamie Hogsett, Ruth Holston, G. C. Huston, Margaret Lowrey, Lula Meadows, Atlanta Monzingo, Josie Nereaux, Vida Norman, Gussie Norman, Rosalie Parkman, Isabel George Perkins, Lorena Port er, Lloyd C. Robertson, Janey Romero, Cecile Stone, Virginia Thornhill, Marion Wemp, May Williams, Grace Cropper, Lillian 30 VIDA NEREAUX. LILLIE MELANCON. ETHEL RIEBER. 32 33 Ba.1) GetTne! 3:30 q PJeS.se C«mt. ta Fees 1 __ °? (.bra ' -l 34 A SENIOR ' S CONSOLATION TO A FRESHIE You will follow their way, too, Outward boldness — inward whirl, Blessings on you, Freshie Girl. LESSINGS on thee, Freshie Girl! Innocent dear, with yard of swirl, With thy puffs and curls galore, And thy gunboats, number four; With thy blushes, pinker still, Caused by taunts on Normal Hill. With the freckles on thy face, And thy timid, shambling pace, From my heart I pity you — I was once a Freshie, too. Queen thou art, the higher creatures Only are poor practice teachers. Let the old girls have their laugh; They have trod the same old path, They have superseded you; Do you know, my Freshie, dear, What is waiting for you here? All the many various rules You must learn at Normal School — Latin, French and history, Singing, drawing, chemistry, Botany, geometry, Awful trigonometry, Grammar, physiology, Civics and psychology, And there ' re others by the score. Time prevents my naming more. And when the seventh term you reach You must learn to practice-teach. This, my dear, is where you ' ll fall. Teaching is the worst of all. Freshie Girlie, do you know What a row you have to hoe? 35 EIGHTH TERM PRESIDENT ALEXA TEDDLIE VICE-PRESIDENT ' J. H. HARRELL SECRETARY AUDREY WIGGINS TREASURER t ALICE MILLER HISTORIAN E. C. PETERS POET ANNIE HAYS ARTIST LELIA DUCOURNAU JESTER ORA HYAMS MUSICIAN NETTIE HETHERWICK PROPHET ADA CARVER Colors Garnet and Green. Flower Red Rose. Garnet and green, garnet and green, Finest class that ever was seen. We were in for the work, we were in for the fun, But we ' re Seniors now, and the battle is won. 3tf ' mmm W MBF ' SEVENTH TERM OFFICERS PRESIDENT VICTOR L. DUPUIS VICE-PRESIDENT MAI RIVES TREASURER NELL TODD SECRETARY r. MAURIE MILLICAN HISTORIAN EVA MESSERSCHMIDT POET EUGENIE WOODS JESTER ALEX. M. GREENE ARTIST LIZZIE MARIONNEAUX Black and gold, black and gold, We ' re Marathons, heart and soul. We have fought, we have run ; The noble race is almost won. 54 _  W!- ' ■■ • _ Lcona Gullatt. — The soul of goodness m things evil! Ora Hyams. — As merry as the day is long! Irene Price. — The lady protests too much! Ruth Williams. — For her person, it beggared description. ' De Votie Scott. — icas never so bethumped with uords. ' 45 Jane Wise — Well said, noble woman! Annie Hays. — Oh, what a noble mind is here! E. M. West. — That can sing both high and low! B essie Spencer. — all the year were playing holidays! Sarah Williamson. — Merrily, merrily, shall I live void Joseph Harrell. — Oh, never say that I was false of heart! 46 imagination, a in( j through the windows of the soul they had beheld the ideal teacher, j They gazed. Their enthusiasm grew until, in their eager- ness, they exclaimed: We, too, are teachers! The assignments had been made; the plans had been written. They were in the hall . The gong sounded. Tremblingly they took their classes. Ah! Did it haprjen? Must I say it? Does my memory fail me? As I see it now, there w a s a deadly pallor on the cheek; the knees seemed to be offended at each other; and the tongue — well, it somehow had a strange affiliation for th e roof of the mouth. But the hour passed; the children returned to theiil- rooms ; and the teachers — well, they felt like going home ! This, gentle, reader, was their first day in the Practice School. Yet I would not havej. y 0U believe that many such were spent. That may have been the experiei lce f former classes — I do not know. In a few days the belligerent knees ceased their warlike demonstrations and resumed their proper places ; th| 3 tongue quit its visiting ; and the cheeks once more took on their natural (, lor. They had mastered themselves. Calmly, stately, attractively, they stood before their classes; quietly, logically, interest- ingly, they presented their lessons. The training teacher was so pleased with the result tl ia t, in speaking to the class, he called them Herbartians. The name seemed especially applicable, as they constantly put into prac- tice the princip ' es of that great teacher. As a mott j appropriate for this class the guiding principle of the mas- ter-teacher h ' ,-nself was taken: Habit forms character; character moulds desiPjy ' Uiider this banner they triumphantly marched, until the Faculty of tht Norm t j sa j(j : These Herbartians have labored long and earnestly. They h ve ut into practice the habits that have resulted in the formation of strong Characters. There is no reason why they should not go forth and serve the State. They go forth to fight the powers of ignorance and do battle with the foes of education. They are given to Pondering, and in some respects are Green. They have always had a Roive, and cannot be bought at any Price. In their tastes they are fond of Pickels, and in walking they always bear to the West. They shall never hunger, for the Miller and Carver are there. They shall go forth in peace, for a Chaplin shall lead them. By La Combe they shall gather Lilies and Daisies; under the Arbour they shall rest and grow exceedingly Wise. 48 ( I Hecbartwins N a little knoll in the university Cemetery of Got- tingen, South Cermany, stands a marble shaft on which are engraved these words: To penetrate the sacred depths °f truth, To strive in joyful hope for human weal, Was his life ' s aim. Now his spirit, free, hath perfect light- Here rests his mortal frame. It is the epitaph of John Frederick Herbart, German ' s greatest educator, the world ' s most talented pedagogue. For thirty-two years he labored as private tutor, professor, lecturer, with one end in view — that of reducing the theories and ideals of for mer educators to a practical basis, of use in the formation of character on tl ie P ai ' t of + ne child. He will be remembered most for his introduction of the practice department in his training school. In this respect he became the teacher of teachers, and his school a nursery of pedagogues. But I am not writing the biography of Herbart. Greater minds than my own have undertaken and accomplished that task. Mine is a narrower field — a more limited subject. When the school year of 1910-1911 opened at old L. S. N. the Senior Class, led by a training teacher who had sat at the feet of America ' s greatest apostle of Herbartianism, and had learned from him those prin- ciples of teaching, bravely faced the trials of the Practice School. This company of young men and women — sixty-one in number — had come up through the dark ages — the first four terms of Normal life. Gradually the light of psychology, pedagogy and the five formal steps began to dawn on them during the renaissance — the fifth and sixth terms. Now they were ready to apply their theories. They had stood in the art gallery of 47 CLASS SONG OME, all ye people who would like to hear The story of our Senior year. Herbartians was our chosen name. In nineteen eleven we won our fame. Our teachers passed us on our way from time to time, Until we reached the Senior heights that are sublime, Mounted to the eighth term, and determined to win In our final des ' p ' rate struggle for our little sheepskin. Seniors, dear, mounted to the eighth term, Seniors, dear, and vowed that we would win. Seniors, dear, mounted to the eighth term, And made our final struggle for a little sheep skin. Scratch up your gardens wtih the shovel and the hoe. Plant your ' taters and jour onions, ' cause you ' re sure that they will grow; Study on that discourse, learn to tell your little tale, And bring up all your papers, else jou ' re sure to fail. And then that teaching, honey, don ' t forget that you must be A person who ' s endowed with wit and personality, And memorize, word for word, that History of Ed Oh, we ' re going to get our sheepskins, but we ' ll all be dead. Seniors, dear, memorize that lesson; Seniors, dear, that History of Ed. Seniors, dear, we ' re going to get our sheepskins, We ' ve going to get our sheepskins, but we ' ll all be dead. 49 A The faculty said : Just before they ' re thru ' There ' re a few more members we would like to do. Each Senior swore: I ' ve done my best, And I think it ' s about time to get a little bit of rest. So don ' t give up the ship, tho ' she ' s almost sunk. ' Twould never, never do to let Herbai ' tians flunk. And teachers, don ' t you see that we are worn and thin? Don ' t you think it time to give to us our little sheepskin? Seniors, dear, see how we have struggled, Seniors, dear, until we ' re worn and thin. Seniors, dear, don ' t you think-the time has come? Don ' t you think it time for us to get our little sheepskin? 50 L HERBARTIANS. A century or two ago there lived in Germany A man possessing great and wondrous personality. He formulated many rules by which we teach to-day. ' Twas in the Five Great Formal Steps that he pursued his way. He many plans of teaching formed on apperception based, And all such things as mem ' ry work completely he effaced. He said that education ' s aim was character formation, And that the most important step was careful presentation. His doctrine and his principles have won him praise and fame. I ' m sure you all have guessed by now that Herbart was his name. And so our class of nineteen ' lev ' n were one and all agreed To take his name and principles and follow in his creed; And so for eight long months we all have striven with main and might To teach like true Herbartians in the path that ' s straight and right. Our motto we have chosen well and fitting with our name, For it conforms in ev ' ry sense with education ' s aim, That habit moulds character, and ' tis a noble saying That character makes destiny, this our creed portraying. So, with this worthy motto, with this title and this aim, I ' m sure that in the teaching world we ' ll surely win our fame. 51 SENIOR BONFIRE The President could not sleep! A very unusual occurrence! He rolled and tossed! Finally, in desperation, he left his sleepless couch, decided to stroll into the fresh air, seeking relief from worry. Outside the silence was portentous of some mysterious event. Surveying the black dome, his eye was attracted by a bright light near the horizon. Could it be the moon rising? Had he lain awake all night, and was it dawn? He decided to inves- tigate. Walking briskly, he was soon within a hundred yards of the light. He crept closer, and discerned dark, shadowy figures silhouetted against its brightness. A band of savages. was his first thought. Was he dreaming of Puritan times? Nearer and nearer he drew, and. secreting himself behind a large stump, watched the following proceedings: A big bonfire blazed and crackled with a seemingly never-ending supply of fuel, which the circle of firemen provided. In the fire were shapes unlike anvthing ever used for ordinary fuel. The circle of figures began to move around and around, chanting slowly and monotonously: Herbartians. we assemble here. To burn all that hath caused a tear. To scorch and wither, burn and roast. The things that Herbarts hate the most. Spurn! Beat! Toast! Pelt! Burn! Heat! Roast! Melt! Breaking hands, they advanced, one bv one. each carrying a parcel. Muttering dire imprecations, each hurled his parcel into the heart of the flames. Then they drew back and watched with srlee the flames devour the mass — hoes, rakes, seeds, maps, charts, word-devices, histories of education bv the score, choruses, discourse pa- pers, notebooks, and plans, plans, plans, until the flames leaped higher into a brilliant glare. Then the weird figures began to dance faster and more merrilv; and. as thev feft the scene of the conflagration, the dull chant changed into a joyful melody, to the tune of Casey Jones. Jonnie Davis. — Man delights not me! Georgia Prjor. — Heaven still guards the right! Mrs. Watson. — A true and honorable woman! Helen Garrett. — She hath touched the highest point! Lenora Row. — .-1 guide, a goddess, and a sovereign. 39 hi Antonia Zay. — A woman worth more than any man: Genie Everett. — Oh, this learning! What a thing it is! Audrey Wiggins. — Whose words all ears hold captive! Nettie Hetherwick. — Cudgel thy brains no more! Nita Angelle. — With devotion ' s visage and pious action! 40 Effie Matthews. — Shut up in measureless content! Estelle Lacombe. — would the gods had made me poetical! Emily Rugeot. — Care killed the cat! Daisy Poole. — have an exposition of sleep! Gi-ace O ' Quin. — Frailty, thy name is woman! 41 Inez Chaplin. — seem a saint when most I play the devil! Genie Watson.— er voice was ever soft, gentle, and low — an excellent thing in woman! Hattie Miears. — Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale! Sophie Girard. — Throw Physics to the dogs! Lillian Mann. — Little better than one of the wicked! 42 , EIGHTH TERM ' OBSERVED OF ALL OBSERVERS Alexa Teddlie. — I hold the world hut as the ivorld! Ada Carver. — have been at a great feast of learning, and have stolen the scraps! Margaret Smith. — Drest in a little brief authority! Alice Miller. — Is she not passing fair? Lelia Ducournau. — Most brisk and lively-paced! 37 Margery Kilpatrick. — Modest as morning! Viola Simmons. — A very riband in the cap of youth! Ola Bujol. — Ye gods! it doth amaze me! Ruth Harper. — Talkers are no great doers! Lizzie Aycock. — It is a melancholy of my own! 38 Ellen Airial. — Mocking air with colors! Chloe Jones. — We ' ll die with harness on: E. C. Peters. — When I ope ' my month, let no dog baric. Lillian Smith. — could a talc unfold! Exa Gandy. — am nothing if not critical! 43 V 1 ► ? w 3 Arline Ponder. — have dove the State some service! Lillian David. — She never told her love! Anaise Sompayrac. — What man dares, I dare! Alice Aitkens. — Life is rounded with a sleep! Martha Camos. — Dry as the remainder biscuit! 44 Louise Garrot. Cleo Coffin. J. C. Blanchard. Winona McCafferty. Lucy Perry. Louise Grimm. Lillie Wilson. Jessie Hogan. Clara Stuart. Elizabeth Dunbar. Olive Gilmour. Eugenie Woods. 39 Maurie Millican. Jennie Snyder. Ida Durham. Lillie Annison. Marie Portal. Mabel Adair. Ellen Levins. Betty Richardson. Lucy Babin. Laura La Fleur. Mai Rives. Mae Beuvens. 60 Willard Allen. Erne Morgan. Morris Ohlmeyer. Jean Hooper. Mary Hille Thomas. Fannie Parmelee. Clara Alpha. Dora Collens. Emma Anderson. Mary Belle Griffing. Alex. Greene. Ida Wallace. Katherine Baber. 55 Mary King. Eva Messerschmidt. Lizzie Marionneaux. Natalie Reulet. Blanche Broussard May Banta. Helen Row. Rubye Trussell. Kstelle McCook. Amelie Bvou. Fannie Steele. Victor Dupuis. Margaret Geisen. 56 Isabelle Plauche. Aline Noyes. S. E. Tobin. Josie Hewette. Julia Brupbacher. G. W. Hanchey. Minnie Peters . Laurena Jones. Lucy Babin. Kate Bvunson. Lillian King. Maggie Mcintosh. Sallie Humble. 57 Kate Pecquet. Maggie Hogan. Agnes Blackman. Maude Comeaux. Leta Warner. Susie Lyles. Joyce Holmes. Nell Todd. Iv a Lee Kennedy. Eeulah Rosenthal. Jessie Melder. Lela Gibson. 58 SEVENTH TERM COMMANDMENTS ND it came to pass that in the year of our Lord A. D. 1909, a few of the present seventh termers assembled and took unto themselves the name of Marathons and adopted ten good and wise com- mandments. Now behold ye this class of four and eighty persons, which number hath been attained through diligently keeping these mandates. Ye lower termers read that which hath made us a great class and profit thereby. Marathon Commandments. First. Thou shalt have no standard before thee which is less than thy best. Second. Thou shalt not take unto thyself any graven image, nor any likeness of anything other than an ideal teacher. Third. Thou shalt not lower the standard of the Marathons, thy class, for thy fellows will not hold him guiltless who cloth not further its work. Fourth. Remember the study hours, to keep thyself busy. Fifth. All day shalt thou labor and do thy work; but at night thou shalt not work after ten o ' clock, thou, nor thy teacher, nor thy pupils. Sixth. Obey thy teachers and Mr. Aswell that thy days may be few on Normal Hill. Seventh. Thou shalt not cheat nor bear false witness against thy teacher. Eighth. Thou shalt not kill time. Ninth. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor ' s knowledge. Tenth. Thou shalt not engage in flirtations, for our president sayeth that they are an abomination unto the studious. msi % (TTtoathons) OOK back, Herbartians, End behold Our banner, dauntless black and gold. Upon it see, all clear and bright, Our motto: He who wins must fight. ' Aye, we ha e fought in struggles past, And so shall fight until the last, Until our noble work is done And we, the Marathons, have won. We ' ve waded through deep histories, And fathomed out their mysteries; We ' ve fought heroes throughout the ages From out the formidable pages. And in great Caesar ' s Gallic wars Fought we nobly for our cause; Nor ponies rode. Unmounted, we Have borne the brunt as infantry. But all these victories seem vain, And speechless horror fills our brain When Thorndyke ' s lines take human shape And stare at us with eyes agape. Our tactics now we all must change, And for keen strategy arrange, For open warfare ' s not the rule Down in this awful Model School. Now, Marathons, your courage prove, And onward, onward, let us move; Marathons, now be brave and bold, And wave on high the black and gold! mm 6-2 — - ■— - TRAGEDY OF A PRACTICE TEACHER OU shall hear how one brave teacher Wrestled with her first day ' s lesson; Not in awful pedagogy, Not in chemistry or discourse, Not in Cicero or Virgil, But in hard practice-teaching, Worling with nine naughty children. First she wrote a plan for teaching, Wrote her am and preparation, An elaborate presentation, Much comparison and abstraction, And at last a generalization. And, with care and great precision, Word by word she learned her questions. On the first day of her teaching ' Fore the class she stood and trembled, Cast her eyes up to the ceiling, Let them seek the floor in terror, Glanced in anguish at the doorway, And beheld an awful being, Whom she feared most of all creatures. ' Twas the form of him she dreaded, ' Twas the form of Gott the mighty. When she saw him thus before her All the memory of her questions Vanished from her mind completely, And she stood transfixed in terror. As one in a dream she stood there, And not once her lips she opened, Not a single word she uttered. And the lovely practice teacher Shuddered as they glanced upon her, Shuddered at the awful glances, Sat down on the bench in silence, Hid her face and made no outcry, Sat there trembling, freezing, burning At the whispers and the giggles, At the looks they cast upon her. And the portly training teacher Standing at the open doorway, 63 • : : ; - : - : : -- -— - : ■ r. -t any -r irrr - - r i ■ — - - - — - — - :. - - - _ . IK COMPACT ETUIS SIXTH TERM. PRESIDENT EDWIN McCLUNG VICE-PRESIDENT A. H. BABIN SECRETARY LEOTA JONES TREASURER WOOD BREAZEALE HISTORIAN LAURA BONDURANT POET EUNA HARPER JESTER MAUDE COLLINSWORTH ARTIST GEORGIA LYNCH Name Herculaneaxs. Motto In Compacto Est Vis. Flower Rose. Color Maroon and White. YELL. We are the Sixth Term! We are the Sixth Term! For knowledge and wisdom We ' re sure to stand firm. F or strength is our name. And learning ottr fame. Oh, we are the Herculaneans! MEMBERS. Abadie, Aline Enloe, Edwin Brien, Palmire Abraham. Reinette Estorge. Louise Odom, Perla Aertker, Anna Ewine. Reeina Ogden, Alcenia Aertker, Rose Folse, Isabel Pearce, Fannie Allbritton. Leola Gardner. Cecilia Porter. Jo Arant. Launa Glaze. Ethel Price, Josie Archer, Annie Gleason. Flavia Robertson. Clare Atkins. Julia Haase. Carrie Rodgers, Leola Babin, Austin H Harane. Helen Scheen, Anne Baker, Maggie Harsris. Earle Scheen, Kate Biae ini. Corinne Hargris, Marthie Schexnayder. Eva Bishop, Gertrude Harper. Euna Sevier, Lucy Bondurant. Laura Henry. Cora Maud Sevier, Rosa Boylston. Myrtle Himes, Katharine Sharp. Hpzel Brandon. Lillian Hoell, Grace Shaver. Norbert Breazeale. Wood -Tones, Leota Short, Alice Breda, Blanche Jones. Ruth Smith, Effie Brown, . iae Keoun. Alma Smith, Katherine Cappel. Vivian Key. Sanford Smith, Vivian Cargill, Ela Dale Koonce. Malinda Soulier. Ed na Carrell, Clara Johnson. Sue Snencer. Alda M. Carter, Beulah La Cour. Kate Stevens. Annie Causey, Nellie Landreaux, Cecile Talbert. Kate Chenevert, Lula Lewis. Inez Talbot, Emmie Clark, Myrtie L ' Herrison. Amy Taylor. Mackie Cosmevich, Blanche Lindsey. Florence Teddlie. Foster Collinsworth, .uaude Lowe. Neva Vice, Rose Colvin, William L. Lynch. Georgia Waldrow. Atsie Comfort, Leah McAdams, Lelia Watson, Josephine Crawford, Bessie McClung. Edwin Webb. Azalie Dauterive, Henrietta Matta, Ruth Weil. Alma Dejean, Virginia Medlock, Mary C. White, Julia Doughty, D. M. Morrow, Helen White. Zerola Durand, Sidney Murdock. Mary Belle Williams. Mary C. Dutton, Mae Murphy, Kate Wrierht, Johnnie Go iiiiiiiiiiii S i i i ti i! i I ! B I I ' l ' l ' l ' l ' l I ' I |!|!|!|S|!|! I i ' l ' l ' l ' l ' l 14 I I r ' i ' i ' i I I ' l ' i I IM l«Vl iiil ' l ' l ' i ' ' I ' l ' l ' l ' l ' l ll,,, !J • i|i|i|if ' i r2l|l;l ' l||  • i i k « • 67 Hercutoneans] SIXTH TERM CLASS POEM H, I see with sight prophetic through the mists of coming years, And the sound of hurrying footsteps breaks upon my listen- ing ears; I behold a line of classes rising upward as was called Herculanean, the mighty — the leader of them all. I behold her as she reaches to the crushed of every term, With the strength that wavers never, a helping, sinewy hand, and firm; And I hear her whisper, Courage! Get thy books and follow me; None need writhe beneath a failure. This is Normal ' s jubilee! I behold her noble sons winning honor and renown, Love and trust among the people of the village and the town; And I see her brilliant daughters climbing up the tow ' ring height Till they stand upon the summit, hand-in-hand with men of might. Herculaneans grow greater with the passing of each term. When the records are laid bare we see them stand both true and firm. Keep thy fires of knowledge burning, teachers! Stand at all our doors Washing from our minds distractions as the oceans wash the shores. 6S wmm FIFTH TERM ROLL. OFFICERS. PRESIDENT CHAS. B. GALLOWAY VICE-PRESIDENT DORA B. AKE SECRETARY ALLEN L. MELTON TREASURER ' . . .H. L. WATERBURY CLASS HISTORIAN LOUISE MARSTON CLASS POET GENEVIEVE SMITHA CLASS ARTIST CORA LEE HENRY CLASS JESTER EMMA DAVIDSON Name Aviators Motto Ever Onward and Upward Colors White and Green Flower Star Jessamine YELL. Ever upward to our star; Be the distance near or far, We will get there just the same. Why just listen to our name, Aviators! Ake, Dora Alston, Nina Arbour, Marjorie Arrington, Kate Beau, Denise Bell, Ara Boggs, Mozelle Bordelon, Dora Breaux, Earl Cochran, Winnie Colvin, Margie Colvin, Aline Coplen, J. R. Crawford, Ida May Cresswell, Mayes Davidson, Emma Fieming, Mabel Flynn, Beanye Frey, Boyd Galloway, Charles B. Garret, Eugenia Grayson, Lucille Haydel, Carmen Henry, Cora Lee ROLL. Henry, Maggie Holmes, Audie Hood, Ruth Howard, Clara Hunt, Ruth Hudson, May Kennon, Vida Le Blanc, Beatrice Lewis, Ruby Lindsly, Kirby J. Locke, Charleton Lyne, Laura Mann, Theresa Marionneaux. Eiffel Marston Louise Martin, Nellie McCoy, Lillie McWilliams, Iris Melton, Allen L. Moore, Eva Dell Moore, Virta Odom, Minn!e Olinde, Ruth Overbey, Dot 70 Parker, Belle Perot, Leta Poole, Jessie Reed, Lydie Roby, Alex. Scott, Bertha Smitha, Genevieve Sompayrac, Marie Stirling, Margaret Talbert, Lizzie Tarver, Mittie Tarver, Fannie Taylor, Rose Templet, Elma Terrier, Carrie Toombs, Staley Tiappey, William Trezevant, Blanche Van Hoose, Almeda Waterbury, Hugh L. Willhite, Georgie Williams, Martha Wright, H. W. l l«l«lfl;iH l l«I;l; UA l • -I; fl| : rutiiii mil ti fl liiiiii: iiiiiS ill ' I ' lfljlll !iii ' .ir iiiir ■J ! i i ' i! •I ' ll ' !{l|! I lb 1 1 1 1 1 1 Kl| ...JML. U:ii:h!nOs!:is!:!;!s!:i:!H! i| i|ili|i|lli|l|i|l|i|l|i|iB Mfh ' •- 71 FIFTH TERM COOK BOOK EN can live without poetry, music and books — But civilized men cannot live without cooks. — Meredith. Doing the Faculty. — Take one fair maiden ; mix in a look of innocence ; stir in well four cups of bluff ; add a pinch of self-confidence; then mix in with much cramming. Let stand on the good side of the Faculty, and serve garnished with cap, gown and sheepskin. Crushes. — Take a cup of admiration; mix a sumptuous beat or two ; stir very well with flattery, till it ' s only me and you ; then spoon and worry, kiss and flurry, in proportion to the trust — keep a-kissing — never missing — but for flavor add a fuss. Miss Billings ' Recipe for Sweets. — Take two young hearts ; remove all obstacles; to this mixture add one cup of love dissolved in two cups of faith; place in a cozy corner for one hour; flavor with a pinch of nerve. Decorate with flowers and serve at the altar. Recipe for Pedagogues. — Take one Normal brain; remove all traces of cobwebs and place in L. S. N. for indefinite period; add to this one pound of McVoyism, a half a pound of Gottisman, then three terms of practice teaching; take out. Serve with sheepskin to the uncomplaining public. Mr. South ' s Pass-Mark. — To four cups of construction add in two ounces of vocabulary and beat vigorously; flavor with looks of interest and one spoonful of flattery ; then cover, the whole with smiles. Serve daintily arranged on test-day. 72 Qwatws FIFTH TERM CLASS POEM. H ! we have a jolly class. That ' s a joke! Charleton Locke ' s as green as grass. That ' s a joke! Carry Terrier ' s turned a saint, Girlie ' s curls make Copeland faint, Dot Overby ' s using paint. That ' s a joke! Galloway is up to date. That ' s a joke! Georgie Willheight ' s found, a mate. That ' s a joke! Ake and Melton took the vow (?), Roby knows his lessons now, Winnie Cochran made her bow. That ' s a joke! Margaret Stirling ' s gotten fat. That ' s a joke! Margie Colvin wears a rat. That ' s a joke! E. H. Bi-eaux is growing tall, Waterbury ' s feet are getting small, Denise Beau steps off this fall. That ' s a joke! Lizzie Talberts ' growing gay. That ' s a joke! Wright and Van Hoose court all day. That ' s a joke! Imogene Scarborough bluff ' s her way, Theresa Mann will rise in May, Louise still has too much to say. That ' s a joke! Kirby Lindsley smokes no more. That ' s a joke! Boyd Fry is gaining lore. That ' s a joke! Mayes ' head is full of beaux [bows], Harry Kranson prefers a Rose, As for Marjorie, no one knows. That ' s a joke! 73 TENNYSON AS INTERPRETED BY TWO FIFTH TERMERS AY! what have you to do in literature for Monday? Oh, nothing at all ! Just to read those poems and get the themes. But I never do it. It ' s too much trouble, when you won ' t get called on very likely, anyway. But you ' re not under Mrs. McVoy. I wouldn ' t dare to go to fier class without knowing every theme, every particularly-poetic part, and all that. Oh, it ' s just too tiresome! Let ' s go to Sam ' s. I can ' t. You come read this with me. All right. But we can ' t sit out here. Mr. As- well ' d sit all over us, and make a speech about the girls staying out here to grin at the boys, and — Well, I don ' t care. I am going to sit right here, and nowhere else. ' Once more the gate behind me falls. ' Oh, say, have you seen B. ' s curls? No. They ' re perfect beautiies. You know she got them done in Baton Rouge for just fifty cents. I ' m going to have some made. Oh, you are! How fine! ' Once more the gate behind me falls. ' What the gate falls behind? I don ' t guess that the gate was like this one up here. Maybe it was like the Lake gate. That ' s it, I ' m sure. Go on. ' Once more before my face ' I see the moulder ' d abbey wall ' That stands. ' Oh, look! Here comes Perry and — what ' s his name? Oh, that ' s Mr. Calligeri. 74 Aren ' t his eyes divine? No, you ought to look at Perry ' s. Oh, Perry is all right — Well, I should say he is. Look at his broad shoulders. He knows he ' s cute without his coat on. Oh, I ' m just crazy about him. I wish he didn ' t study quite so hard. I see the — Who do you see? I know him. That ' s Eascom Laf argue. I wish I was just one-half as cute as he thinks he is. Oh, hush. He was the one that was hurt in the football game, and I don ' t care what he thinks, I like him. Well, I did not mean anything. I don ' t like this part of the poem. Read over on this page. ' The modish Cupid. ' What! Cupid? Oh, glorious! Goon. ' The modish Cupid of the day shrilled his tinsel shaft. ' ' Tinsel shaft. ' I wonder what that is? Oh, who is this? That ' s Payne Breazeale. He ' s very much interested in athletics. He comes up here lots. To coach the boys, I suppose. No, of course not. May be he ' s takin g lessons, or giving them, or something. Well, I don ' t care. Come on. ' swear (and else my insects prick eacn leaf into a gall) ' This girl, for whom your heart is sick ' — Oh, delicious ! They ' re going to be in love. 7 swear by leaf, and wind, and rain, ' (And hear me with tliine ears) ' — Here ' s Mr. Babin. He ' s going to be on the programme for the E. L. S. open meeting, isn ' t he? And I haven ' t a thing to wear. What are you going to wear? My roommate ' s lavender. You know she ' s going to wear the one I wore to the last Lyceum course. Don ' t you remember? nd B. ' s going to lend me her curls. But don ' t tell anybody. Isn ' t she a dear? rs You lucky dog. I wish I — oh, who ' s this cute fellow? That ' s Alex Greene. Im kinder crazy about his looks. I simply adore wide trousers, and look at his socks — Oh, listen to this: 7 would have paid her kiss for kiss ' — Oh, Where ' s that? ' With usury thereto ' (reading together). Is that the boy talking? Of course. What besides a boy would talk that way? Nothing. Aren ' t they dear? Isn ' t it a shame that a girl can ' t go with the boy she wants to? It certainly is. Say, would, you kiss a boy before — that is — if you were engaged to him? Clang! Clang! Clang! The dinner gong! Who would have thought it? And together they ran across the campus. 76 lira NOT FINISHED BUT BEGUN 1 FOURTH TERM. PRESIDENT J. L. MOODY VICE-PRESIDENT CORINNE ASWELL SECRETARY-TREASURER JEANETTE WEMP CLASS HISTORIAN MYRA GALLION POET JULIA BREAZEALE ARTIST MARGIE HAYS JESTER OSWALD MONTEGUT Name Crusaders Motto Not Finished, But Begun Colors Old Rose and Black Flowers Paul Neron Rose YELL. Rickety, rockety, flippety flop, We ' re the Crusaders right on top. Rickety ree, rickety roo, We ' re the Crusaders, who are you? MEMBERS. Anders, J. R Dunkleman, Lizzie Moody, J. L. Arnold, Marion Ethridge, Myrtle Mulhern, F. P. Aswell, Corinne Ewell, Louise Norkauer, Helen Aydell, J. J. Fuller, Laura Nugent, Lola Bacon, Fannie Gallion, Myra Parry, Maude Belle, Alice Giddens, Emmie Puckett, Alpha Bogran, G. W. Gournay, Lelah Perkins, E. D. Belle, Dora Griffen, Miriam Perot, Eva Berthelot, Marie Granary, Belle Potter, Allie Bird, Nettie Harvey, Athene Prudhomme, Anita Bonds, Roy ... Hays, Margie Reidheimer, Luella Bourgeois, Eunice Howell, Frances Robertson, Percy Breazeale, Julia Henry, Nettie Skinner, Selma Breda, Henry Hudspeth, Dollie Schutzman, Selma Broussard. Bessie Humphreys, Mvrtle Sompayrac, Myrtle Brignac, Helen Humphreys. Rudolph Spencer, Katie Broussard. Rena Jackson, Christine Spencer, Ola Calhoun, Georgia Johnson, Virgie Steele, Naomi Cochran, Mrs. J. C. - T ones, B. O. Tauzin, Ivy Caldwell, Eva Raye Kirtley, Hattie Teddlie, Eddie Clement, Jeanne Kranson, Harry Thomason, Lottie Collins, Mabel Kimbrell, Lettie Todd, Owen Caspari, Lenora Laf argue, Bascom Torbet, Inez, Coluirs, Kate Louis. Lillian Tucker, Addie Collins, Esma Lasseigne, Carman Wakeman, Mildred Tollins, Pattye La Fleur. Adner W. Walet, Perry Courtney, Farline Langford, Mattie Walker, Katie Dardenen. Dora Lemon. Katie S. Wemp, Jeannette Davis, Emma Leonard, Hazel Weil, Blanche Hecuir. Inez Lindsav, Nettie Williams, Audie B. Day, Dora List, Ruth Williams, Florence Dezendorf. Elizabeth Lone. Callie Williams, Henri D. Diendorf, Alma McMillan, Viola Wintz, Carrie Dilzell, Nellie Midvett, Lucretia Wintz, Mamie Dugas, Nellie Montegut, Oswald Zeagler, Blanche 78 w p m fp m iin i . r -i lli.ii ri-r 1 !! l i l l ( |!i l l ltl l ,l l l l | l | ( c M! K. HEY dwell in Normal ' s spacious hall, These people fair and bright; In spring and fall they lead them all, To the Faculty ' s delight. To them the haughty graduates, Awe-stricken, bend the knee; The little Freshies them adore, And long as great to be. Not finished, but begun, are they — ■ A beginning that will hold For Crusaders, in the year ' 13, The winning of their goal. ktJBBSF 80 The Weather. Friday — Sunshine. Sunday- Monday- -Fair. -Blue. FOURTH TERM TATTLER Section One. Pages . Vol. XXIII. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, APRIL 1, 1911. Pages — . TERRIBLE FIRE ! t 1 1 ! GREAT EXCITEMENT. Damage Inestimable. Ruth List ' s and Lucretia Midgett ' s heads bumped, and the result was a marvel in physics — natural combustion. RAINBOW ECLIPSED! BROTHER NOAH ' S SIGN OF HOPE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. CRUSADERS. The other day, when Mr. Bascom Lafargue appeared on the campus in yellow shoes, green socks, pink tie, and purple and white cap, the rainbow faded from the sky. Its services were not needed, for it had found an admirable substitute. s weet ongs ung oothingly by topher. The Crusaders gathered on the ship (Normal) at S:45. The deck (Geometry Room) was crowded, and some of the crew were worry- ing about the propositio) of water, but that was soon worked out by the Captain (Henry Breda), Mate (Mr. Jones), First Lieutenant (Eunice Bourgoise), Second Lieutenant (Marion Arnold), Day Officer (Inez Decuir), Ship ' s Chief (Corinne As- well), all of whom had dif- ferent ways ! ! ! NOTE ! ! ! ! Come one and all to the Benefit Concert to hear the quartette — composed of Eddie Teddlie, Henri D. Williams, Esma Collins, Blanche Weil — sing The Bridal Chorus. Admission 50 cents Miss Rudolph Humphries and Miss Percy Robertson entertained at a pink tea last evening. The entertainment, on the whole, was conducted in a ladylike manner by these promising young gentlemen. NOTICE Smiles for sale by Fourth Termers at the end of the term. The other terms need them and will be able to get them cheap. COMING !!!!!! WATCH OUT • ' ! ! ! ! BE ON THE LOOKOUT ! ! ! NO PLACES RESERVED. WILL ONLY BE HERE A FEW MINUTES. TAKE ADVANTAGE PROMPTLY. COMING ' !!!!! WHAT?— OPPORTUNITY. FOR RENT. One large, vacant brain. APPLY KATIE LEMON. One Flat (failure) on Geometry Avenue. Virgie Johnson. 81 FOURTH-TERM TATTLER. WANTED. A CAESAR PONY, war- ranted to be safe for a small boy. Harry Kranson. An expression to please MR. STOPHER. Fannie Bacon. Mr. Aswell ' s Position. La Fleuv. Customers at our new hair- dressing parlors, on Normal Hill. Nell Dilzell Alice Bell. To learn to pronounce Latin. Selma Schutzman. A wealthy lady for a wife, if suited. Jesse Moody. LOST, STRAYED, OR STOLEN. Miss Mattie Langford ' s voice. Finder will please re- turn to the above mentioned. ADVERTISEMENTS. JOKES. Someone to curl my hair. George Anders. To borrow some of Mr. Montegut ' s smiles. Jeannette Wemp. A new lot just received. An assortment of all kinds and descriptions on hand — Long, short, little, fat — but all without a point. They are yours for the asking. (Special from the Annual Office.) Second-hand Sorority Pins and pennants — all kinds. Sold cheap. Normal Girls. For Sale — Wit and Humor Fourth Termers. MISCELLANEOUS. LOOK! ! ! ! ! ! Chapel Talks at 8:30 a. m. by the FACULTY. All are INVITED to attend. APPLAUSE ACCEPTED. For Sale — Ding-a-Ling hats. Spring clearing sale. Hats sold at cost. Apply EAST HALL. Normal Hill. WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT Katie is a Lemon? Ruth is a List? Bell is a Granary? Dora is a Bell? Lucretia is a Midgett? Dora is a Day? Nettie is a Bird? Callie is Long? Jesse is Moody? 82 FOURTH TERMERS Never break any rules. Never miss their lessons. Never are late for meals. Never do anything wrong. Thev Are Crusaders. THIRD TERM OFFICERS. C. L. DOUGHERTY PRESIDENT II. E. HARLAN VICE PRESIDENT L. HYRTLE HUNT SECRETARY ANNIE LEVINS TREASURER MARIE LANDRY . HISTORIAN SUZETTE UNTER POET MAUD TIMON ARTIST J. G. DUGAS JESTER Name Eureka. Motto Do well, do better, do best. Colors Old Gold and Purple. Flower Violet. YELL. Boom-alacker! Boom-alacker! Boom-alacker ! Boom! Eureka, Eureka, we want room! Hobble! Gobble! Razzle! Dazzle! Sis! Boom! Bah! Eureka! Eureka! Rah! Rah! Rah! Allen, Helen Avinger, Ava Barnum, Louise Brignac, Louise Barlow, Sadie Bayne, I. D. Banknston Lorena Bonney, Willie Barlow, Byrna Bains, Emma Brooks, Blanche Connel, Athlene Carter, H. V. Carr, Mary Carr, Bessie Gallegari, O. P. Doughtery, C. L. Dugas, J. G. Daspit, Edith Eaves, Hattie Englehardt, Barbara P ' rassier, Clara Bell MEMBERS. Fair, Nina Fuller, Lenora Gayer, Amanda Gibson, Lillian Hamilton, Florence Hammett, J. W Harlan, H. E. Herring, Delia Hair, Larcie Hunt, L. Myrtle Harvey, T. L. Kitteriin, T. L. Kennedy, Mary Lynn Kloss, Helen Landry, Marie Luckett, Geraldine Levins, Annie Landreaux, Joseph Moffat, Harmo Marrioneaux, Gertie Ortmeyer, Oliver Orillion, Bertha Phares, Clara Parker, P. M. Roberts, Minnie Reeves, Bertie Rollins, L. D. Sawyer, Shirley Smith, Winnie Sherrard, Clara Self, Emmie Timon, Maud Tucker, Myrtle Teddlie, Fletcher Thorns, W. W. Unter, Suzette Varnado, Lizzie Voiers, Newton Wise, Clara Wright, Artie Williams, Mattie 84 flp ! fiiPJP ft i ' i Sill «M ■■•! III I ' ll Bsia ■ 85 Eureka HEN first we gathered in a class, Called forth by the Normal bell, We felt we could almost conquer the earth If we took for our maxim: Do Well! But as the days went swiftly by Things were not learned to the letter; Our monthly slips brought forth many a sigh — Each silently vowed to Do Better! Tho ' times go on from worse to worse — Each month beats all the rest — We ' re not complaining of lessons at all — We simply strive to Do Best! So give three cheers for the Third-Term Class, Who with battles of life will wrest; To those who are working we give as a guide: Do Well! Do Better! Do Best! 86 InCfciss HE Third Term ' s Zoology Class met in Room 22, with Mr. Williamson as teacher. Mr. Williamson (beginning a new lesson: Well, we had a good lesson yesterday with the microscope. Even Callegari did some good work, which was the first time I saw him work. Callegari: I am working all the time, Mr. Williamson, but you just don ' t know it. Mr. Williamson : Now Marionneaux, you can tell us a lot of things about worms. Marionneaux: I don ' t know a lot of things (very independently) . Mr. Williamson : Didn ' t you come across anything about worms in the book. Marionneaux: I didn ' t come across the lesson in the book. Mr. Williamson : Well, Marionneaux, I suppose you could think about it and it would not give you the headache. Voiers, make a quad- ruped out of your chair and not a biped. What three things distinguish worms from other animals? Class? [No answer.] Miss Phares, you are new in this class and have come in contact with a class that does not know much. But, however, do not get discouraged, as you might get them to know a little zoology before the term is over. Voiers, finish your toilet before you come to class. I might as well teach you manners, as you will not learn zoology. Calligari, why don ' t you listen sometimes, and you might know something. Calligari : I am listening, Mr. Williamson (while he is drawinig a picture of a woman in a hobble skirt). Mr. Williamson (bell rings) : This class is about to go to sleep to- day, so I ' ll have a dynamite bomb in the back of the room to-morrow. 87 THREE YEARS THEY GREW Three years they grew in sun and cloud, Then the Faculty said: A finer crowd At the Normal there never grew. We to ourselves this class will take, And train them so that they will make A glorious teaching crew. 88 HBiBl SECOND TERM OFFICERS. LILLIAN PITTMAN PRESIDENT ROBY LOOMIS VICE PRESIDENT BESSIE PIPES SECRETARY JAMES NORRED TREASURER OLIVE DAVIDSON HISTORIAN CLAUD DUPREE JESTER MARY POOLE POET SUSIE JETER _ ARTIST YELL. Rah! Rah! Rah! Zip! Rah! Boom! Polladions! Polladions! Give them room! Alexander, Allene Anbritton, Susie Ane, Victoire Babin, Oscar Baker, Jim Bascle, Claudia Bernstein, Mamie Bryant, Pearl Bush, Katie Cameron, Helen Clinton, Ora Bell Cook, Emilie Davidson, Ollie Davis, Ollie Dustman, Annie Dutsch, Kate Dupree, Claud MEMBERS. Gibson, J. A. Girod, Ruth Gulley, Gai-land Haase, Ella Harkins, Alta Himel, Aline Honeycutt, Ollie Jeter, Susie Jordan, Minnie •Johnston, Flossie Lassiter, Susie Loomie, Roberta Major, Elsie Martin, Dixie Miller, Mabel Miller, Pearl Morris, Sara Lou Noble, Eva Norred, James Overbey, Esther Parker, Charlie Pipes, Besise Pittman, Lillian Poole, Mary Porter, Hattie Prothro, Maude Robert, Bessie Scoggin, Clemmie Seegers, Stella Shull, Maudie Spier, Ruth Street, Pearl Wardlow, 0. C. 90 t«r«i ut4 |.MfH«M« 91 InFormat-brfldbfe Name. Home. Pastime. Baker On Red River Writing to the girl he left behind. Bessie In Dreamland Making eyes. Claudia On Sewanee River Trying to be popular. Roby Missouri Going to town. Norred No one knows. ... .... Writing notes. Lillian Mississippi Writing to John. Mary Bogalusa Reporting absences. Gibson Alabama bound Staying at home. Garland Wonder-Land Talking about botany. Olive Under the apple tree. . . Going to the library. Victoir ' e Billikin-town Playing the piano. Parker Greene-ville Loving the girls. Elsie Jackson Dancing. Mabel Mill-on-the-Floss Eating cornbread. Susie J She won ' t tell Hanging out of the window. Dupree No one cares Blinking his eyes. PALLADIANS. Listen, dear friends, and you shall know How we got the name by which we go; We are bright and jolly and full of fun, Just the happiest class under the sun. In all conditions, whether pleasure or strife, We make it a rule to enjoy our life. 7 ' You may think it strange, but all the while The merry Palladians smile, tmile, smile. RBSHR X-fr ++ +++++U TOWARD HHH « + FIRST TERM OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Mrs. Belle Rollins VICE-PRESIDENT Janie Roberts SECRETARY Winona Breda TREASURER Buron White HISTORIAN Mary Wakeman ARTIST Clarence Tauzin POET Joseph Pigot JESTER ._. Stella Boggs MOTTO Toward the Omega. COLORS Light Blue and Gold. Flower Forget-Me-Not. YELL. Alpha! Alpha! Who are we? First-termers, first-termers, don ' t you see? Onward! Upward! Do or die! We ' ll be Seniors by and by! Anc hin, Beatrice Annison, Mary Annison, Silas M. Armistead, Sudie Blake, Ethel Blanchard, Bertha Boggs, Stella Lee Breda, M. Rowena Breda, Winona Butler, Ethel Carter, Clyde Carter, Homer Carter, Maud Caubin, Eugenia FIRST TERM ROLL. Cole, Willie Dugas, Olie Estess, Verna E. Flanagan, Iva Frederick, Albert A. Guy, Lena Lorio, Bessie McGaha, Edie Marlborough, Daisy E. Mayfield, Estelle Ogden, Ruth Parker, Murphy Pertuit, Lillie Pigott, Joseph Porter, James Porter, John Ratcliffe, Nora Roberts, Janie Rollins, Belle B. Sallassi, Lena Scoggins, Massie Stevens, Lillie Tauzin, Clarence Voiers, Warren H. Wakeman, Mary Walsh, Helen White, Burrow 94 1 I II III 1 ' - 1 !!! pl.t lltllll Sill j = 8 ' fe s 95 [ A stands for Alphas, the oungest and best; If you don ' t look out they will catch all the rest. B is for Bobitt, a Jolly Good Fellow, A friend of the class, though a Great Story Teller. C stands for Carter, our bashful young man; He ' ll toon overcome it, and then join our band. D is for Dugas, our pensive young lass ; Who talks to Potts in physiology class. E is for Ethel, our brightest classmate; When the breakfast bell rings she is always late. F stands for Frederick, who thinks himself great; In arithmetic class he ' s quite wideawake. G is for Guy, a timid, small girl; When asked a question she gets in a whirl. H is for Heaven, the place we will reach When we get to the Eighth Term and learn how to teach. I stands for Iva, whom none can surpass Winking at boys in South ' s writing class. J stands for James, who loves teachers dearly; But, when asked a question, gets frightened — nearly ! K is for kisses you should never pay back — For they carry microbes — did you ever hear that? L is for Lena, a charming young lass Who dreams of Pigott in our grammar class. M is for Miss Moore, who is pretty and sweet; If Pittman but taught us, ' twould all be complete. N is for nodding, which First-Termers do When lessons are hard and they cannot get through. P is for Patsy, who likes having fun; But at times she gets crazy and makes the girls run. Q is for questions, which we all despise; The who ' s, and the when ' s, the wherefore ' s and why ' s ' R ' is for Roberts, vice-president true, Who always knows just what she must do. S for our teacher, who writes Mr. South, Who ' s always unconsciously twisting his mouth. T is for Tauzin, a funnv young man, Who provokes poor Miss Varnado just all he can. U, V, W, X, Y and Z, We ' ll know when we get to be older, you see. 96 Earl Freeman. Irion Nelken. Annie Field. Harold Kaffie. Marion Hargr grove. GRADUATING CLASS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFICERS. PRESIDENT SECRETARY HISTORIAN POET JESTER .... Annie Field Earl Freeman Marion Hargrove Harold Kaffie Irion Nelkin COLORS Lavender and Purple. CLASS ROLL. Field, Annie Kaffie, Harold Nelken, Irion Freeman, Earl Hargrove, Marion 98 99 HIGH SCHOOL ROLL Adams, Milton Albritton, Clara Alfonte, Viola Anders, Bertha Burleigh, Marie Bobbitt, Russell Browne, Rowe Browne, Albert T. Carver, Judith Carver, Miriam Cloutier, Amile Carter, Beulah Calloway, Sidney Duckelman, Will Dezendorf, Jim Ewing, Greville Funderburg, Mary Foster, Docie Freeman, Earl Field, Annie Gibson, P©arl Greene, Robert Greneaux, Shirley Greneaux, Hubert A. Hargis, Mary Hargrove, Marion Hamilton, Ruffin W. Hinson, Harold Jackson, Fred Johnston, Alma Kaffie, Harold Kaffie, Retta Kaffie, Malcolm Kaffie, Mary Kemp, Zula Long, Vivian Lucas, Miriam Levy, Joe Levy, Raoul Alfred Lucas, Sidney Locke, Belle Lisso, Mary McCook, Walter McGovern, Mary Metoyer, Roland Moffett, Berta McGraw, May Alice Nelkin, Irion Phillips, Will Prudhomme, Earl Rogers, Julia Sutton, Bertha Smith, Charles Teddlie, Francis Thompson, Elizabeth Tarver, Clara Thomas, Myrtle Williamson, Alice 1 ■ m I 100 lilffARTCOGEirrS THE YEARS WORK OF S. A. K. Beginning with the fall term of 1910, the S. A. K. started its new year ' s work with the addition of fifty-five earnest members to its ranks. With this splendid increase of workers, the society was immediately strengthened, and the regular meet- ings every Saturday evening were evenings of pleasure as well as of instruction. Soon after this term began the Faculty decided that each individual, as well as the society as a whole, would be made stronger if new rules for getting society credits were adopted. They therefore had posted an entirely new set of rules to be carried out in the society work. These at first seemed impossible, but as this term advanced, and the rules remained unchanged, each individual began seeking the Programme Committee, begging for places on the programme. Such enthusiastic workers were never before seen in any society as in the S. A. K. Our open meetings have shown to the public what we are capable of doing and what we are doing in the society. The strength of this year ' s work will be felt in the years to come, when the name of S. A. K. ranks next to that of L. S. N. 103 OFFICERS PRESIDENT Alexa Teddlie VICE-PRESIDENT Roslyn Arbour SECRETARY Hugh Waterbury TREASURER Bessie Pickles CRITIC Nettie Hetherwick CHORISTER Susie Lyles EDITOR Leona Gullatt ROLL Abadie, Aline Adair, Mabel Alpha, Clara Anderson, Emma Angelle, Nita Archer, Annie Aitkens, Julia Arant, Launa Abraham, Reinnette Arial, Ellen Ake, Dora Aitkens, Alice Arbour, Marjorie Arbour, Roslyn Bell, Ara Bujol, Ola Banta, May Baker, Maggie Blackman, Agnes Baber, Katherine Bondurant, Laura Brandin, Lillian Breazeale, Wood Breda, Blanche Glase, Ethel Gill, Havelia Geisen, Margaret Grimm, Louise Greene, Mabel Harang, Helen Hargis, Merthie Hargis, Earle Harper, Euna Henry, Cora Maud Himes, Katherine Hogan, Maggie Hogan, Jessie Humble, Sallie Harper, Ruth Hays, Annie Henry, Cora Lee Henry, Maggie Hetherwick, Nettie Hood, Ruth Hunt, Ruth Kilpatrick, Marjorie Jones, Lecta LaFleur, Laura Overby, Dot Ohlmeyer, Morris Pickels, Bessie Polle, Daisy Parmelee, Fannie Pearce, Fannie Porter, Jo Price, Josie Plauche, Isabelle Rosenthal, Beulah Rowe, Helen Robertson, Claire Rives, Mai Reed, Lydie Simmons, Viola Smith, Lililan Smitha, Genevieve Spencer, Bessie Spear, Robie Sterling, Margaret Schexnayder, Eva Sevier, Lucy Sevier, Rosa Smith, Katherine 106 YEAR ' S WORK OF THE E. L. S. During the session of 1891-92 in the division of the S. A. K. Society, rendered necessary by increasing numbers, the Eclectic Literary Society had its beginning with sixty-eight members and Miss Dollerhide as first president. There are recorded in the annals of the E. L. S. many triumphs in every phase of society work. The ever-present co-operative and persistent spirit characteristic of E. L. S. members has achieved brilliant success, but the crowning victory was pronounced in the year 1910, when she was hailed a victor in every contest. However, in numbers, seriousness of pur- pose and quality of work done the year 1910-11 surpasses all former years. The work of 1910-11 began in September with ninety-eight members and Miss Truebie Garland as president. The members began their work with great enthusiasm. Before the term closed it became apparent that a temporary division of the society was necessary. This division was made, and the careful work of the officers caused each member to have even greater faith in E. L. S. With great zeal and steadfastness of purpose the members of E. L. S. have done much for the cause of literary improvement in this, the most auspicious of years in the history of the literary societies. Having as her motto, Labor Is Worship, she dares to look forward to the future when her aim shall be fulfilled. 109 1 ECLECTIC LITERARY SOCIETY OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Eben M. West VICE-PRESIDENT Maude Collinsworth SECRETARY Minnie Peters TREASURER Alex. Greene CRITIC „ Leonora Row EDITOR Emilie Rougeot LIBRARIAN Cecil Landreaux CHORISTER Inez Chaplin | - ' Margaret Smith EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -i Leonora Row Lillian Mann ROLL. Allen, Willard Allbritton, Leola Ayecock, Lizzie Brubacher, Julia Brue, Amelie Babin, Austin Babin, Lucy Boyleston, Myrtle Collinsworth, Maude Husson, Mae Jones, Chloe Jones, Laurena Key, Sanford King, Mary Kennon, Vida Kennedy, Iva Lee Levins, Ellen Lyles, John Phillips, Fannie Peters, Minnie Pequet, Kate Ponder, Arline Price, Irene Reulet, Natalie Row, Lenora Rougeot, Emilie Richardson, Bettie 112 1 Colvin, Losse Colvin, Aline Camos, Martha Durham, Ida Dutton, Mae Dupuis, V. L. Doughty, D. M. Folse, Isabelle Gandy, Exa Gibson, Lelia Greene, A. M. Garret, Helen Gleason, Flavia Galloway, Chas. Harrell, J. H. Hanchey, G. W. Hoell, Grace Heydel, Carmen Holmes, Joyce Holmes, Andie Hooper, Jean Landreaux, Cecile Medlock, Mary Marston, Louisa Margarette, Murphy Mann, Lillian Moore, Eva Delle Melton, Allen Messerschmidt, Eva McCoy, Lillie Mcintosh, Maggie Melder, Jessie Martin, Nellie O Brien, Palmine Ogden, Alcenia O ' Lenn, Ruth Odom, Minnie O ' Quinn, Grace Portal, Marie Pryor, Georogie Poole, Jessie Rodgers, Leola Scott, Bertha Scott, DeVotie Scheen, Annie Scheen, Kate Smith, Margaret Trussel, Rubve Thomas, Mary Hill Tobin, S. E. White, Julia Wallace, Ida Watson, Mrs. I. Williamson, Sarah Webb, Azalie Warner, Leta Wise, Jane West, E. M. Withero, Etta Williams, Martha Willhite, Miss 3WE 113 YEAR ' S WORK OF THE M. C. C. HE Modern Culture Club dates its origin back to the year 1902. At that time there were two lit- erary societies connected with the Normal — namely, E. L. S. and S. A. K. The membership of both having grown so large, it became neces- sary either to divide each of these or form a new society. The latter was thought best, and thirty- seven earnest workers formed themselves into an organization. For their motto this little band chose Through difficulties to the skies, and for a name Modern Culture Club. This name and motto could not have been better chosen, for, be- ing the smallest of the three societies, the diffi- culties at times were almost insurmountable. Yet, in spite of this, the society has overcome many of these, and is now on a level with the other societies in accomplishments, and is well deserving of its name, being a true example of modern culture. 115 M. C. C. OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Earl Breaux VICE-PRESIDE T Harold Wright SECRETARY Mabel Fleming TREASURER Lucille Grayson CRITIC Jessie Moody EDITOR J. C. Blanchard MOTTO Through Difficulties to the Sky. COLORS Olive Green and Gold. Aector, Anna Aector, Rose Annison, Lillie Arrington, Kate Alston, Nina Biaggini, Corinne Bishop, Gertrude Blanchard, J. C. Boggs, Mo elle Bordelon, Dora Breaux, Earl Broussard, Blanche Carter, Beulah Christian, Grace Clark, Myrtie Cognovich, Blanche Copelin, James Commeaux, Maud ROLL. Davis, Jonnie !■ leming, Mabel Garrett .Eugenia Gilmour, Olive Grayson, Lucille Gritting, Mary Bell Haas, Carrie Hair, Sarah Hammett, J. W. Herring, Delia Hyams, Ora ' ones, Ruth Keoun, Ainu: Keoun, Zola Koonce, Malinda LaFleur, Adna Lewis, Ruby Lindsly, Kirby Manioneaux, Ethel Mcody, Jessie row, Helen Parker, C. G. Parker, Martin Peters, E. C. Perry, Lucy Perot, Leta Readheimer, W. Sompayrac, Anaise Sompayrac, Marie Short, Auie Steele, Fannie Snyder, Jennie Tarbert, Kate Templet, Lima Toombs, Staley Wright, Howard 116 niiir ' fliirT.k; JiJkllf ' ,.. ;fnfifn :%;iffi- ' i Iff - • s • ' 27 £ ' rfw Jfr J ■0 135 GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB First Sopranos. Bonney, Willie Gilmour, Olive Griffing, Mary Belle Long, Callie Lyles, Susan Odam, Perla Ponder, Arline Sharp, Hazel Teddlie, Alexa Williamson, Sara First Altos. Aswell, Corinne Key, Sandford MacMillan, Viola Poole, Jessie Simmons, Viola Williams, Mary C. Wiggins, Audrey Second Sopranos. Blackman, Agnes Breazeale, Julia Carver, Ada Chaplin, Inez Ducournau, Lelia Greene, Mabel Hamilton, Florence Odom, Minnie Lee Reeves, Bertie Richardson, Bettie Second Altos. Ake, Dora Crawford, Ida May Holmes, Audie Jones, Leota Porter, Joanna V. Smith, Vivian BOYS ' GLEE CLUB First Tenors. Dupuis, V. L. Green, A. M. Harlan, H. E. Humphries, J. R. Moody, J. L. Waterbury, H. L. First Bass. Aydell, J. J. Carter, H. V. Coplin, J. R. Landreaux, J. B. McClung, E. L. Tobin, S. E., Jr. West, E. M. Wright, H. W. Second Tenors. Lindsley, K. J. Melton, A. L. Peters, E. C. Robertson, P. O. Shaver, N. C. Second Bass, Bayne, I. D. Doughty, E. M. Harrell, J. H. Kitterlin, D. L. Readhimer, W. G. 136 Bill ,.l.f bla?. ! ► :( (• li ' i I! 1 ! 1ft ; , ! , ! , : , ! , M! , ! , ! , I ' !l! , r ' 137 RECITAL PROGRAMME. 1. Coronation March From Folklunger L. S. N. Orchestra. 2. Barchetta (piano) Nevin May Coats. 3. Berceuse, from Jocelyn (piano Godard (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) Alice Wialliamson. 4. Air de Ballet (piano) Chaminade Mary Belle Griffing. (a) Cradle Song Hauser b ' (b) Simple Confesion Thome Violins in Unison. 6. Butterfly (piano) Grieg Marjorie Kilpatrick. 7. Traumerei (violin quartette) Schumann First, Viola Alfonte; second, Julia Breazeale; third, Margaret G ; esen; fourth, Will Phillips. 8. Seventh Concerto, First Movement (violin) De Beriot (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) Viola Alfonte. 9. Scotch Poem (piano) McDowell Katharine Himes. 10. Souvenir (violin) Dcdla Will Phillips. (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) 11. Prelude in C Minor (piano) Rachmaninoff Audie Williams. 12. Second Canzonetta (violin) d ' Ambrosio Julia Breazeale. (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) ( (a) Chant Sans Paroles . | ( a) L nant bans Paroles i ■ (b) La Danse des Demoiselles I rinei L. S. N. Orchestra. (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) 138 KmLS r. A FUTURE CHAMPION. ' GIRLS ' ATHLETICS TRACK WORK. The first meet which will be held exclusively for the girls in the history of L. S. N. will be held on March 25th at Normal ' s new athletic park. Girl students and lady members of the faculty only will be present. The teams from the several literary societies will compete. The leaders are: C. Biaggini for M. C. C, M. Brown and M. B. Murdock for S. A. C, and L. Allbritton for E. L. S. They are now preparing their respective teams. Gold and silver medals will be awarded to the first and second winners in each event. The events will be : Thirty-five-yard dash. Fifty-yard dash. One-hundred-yard dash. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard run. Baseball throw. Basketball throw. • Running high jump. Running broad jump. This meet will correspond to meets of Vassar, Wesley, Bryn Mawr and Cathedral School for Girls. TENNIS. During the past year over four hundred dollars has been invested by the girls in tennis material. This, in a comparative way, shows the inter- est that the girls take in this branch of athletics. A number of the girls have become quite proficient in this game. A Freshie asked if the lines of the tennis court were drawn parallel to show that they were right triangles. Next term we will have a clock erected so that girls will not have to carry alarm clocks along. As the girls have had only one assessment, they are able to spend the remaining pennies at Sam ' s. Some are anxious to have indoor exercise since it takes a long time to call the roll. 140 TENNIS 141 ' BOYS ' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT E. C. Peters SECRETARY-TREASURER H. L. Waterbury A. H. Babin V. L. Dupuis FACULTY COMMITTEE C. J. Poole P. T. Hedges ROLL Anders, George Babin, A. H. Baynes, I. D. Blanchard, J. C. Bobbitt, R. E. Eog-an, G. W. Bonds, Roy Breaux, E. E. Carter, H. V. Carter, Clide Carter, Homer Colvin, W. L. Doughty, D. M. Davis, 0. O. Dupree, C. C. Dupuis, V. L. Durand, S. J. Galloway, Chas. Harlan, Henry Hammette, J. W. Humphries, J. R. Jones, B. 0. Kitterlin, D. L. Kranson, Harry LeFleur, Alex. Lindsley, K. J. Montegut, Oswald McClung, E. D. Mulhern, F. P. Ohlmeyer, M. Peters, E. C. Pool, Dr. C. G. Readhimer, W. Roby, Alex. Teddlie, F. Tobin, Sam Trappey, W. Voiers, W. Walet, P. H. Waterbury, H. L. Wright, H. W. • 142 BASE-BALL 143 VARSITY TEAM Dr. C. G. Pool Coach W. W. Montague Manager V. L. Dupuis Assistant Manager P. H. Walet Captain MEMBERS DESERVING THE N. P. H. Walet Right half-back V. L. Dupuis 7 Left half-back I. J. Enloe Full-back Paul Potts Full-back A. H. Babin Right end Howard Winbarg Left end D. M. Doughty Right tackle James Norred Left tackle J. L. Moody Right guard Ora Scott Left guard Thomas Ellender Left guard G. C. Holston Center A. M. Green Quarter-back Walter McCook Substitute George Anders Substitute Bascom Laf argue Substitute H. V. Carter Substitute nTiTi 144 Games Played. L.S.N. L.S.N. L.S.N. L.S.N. L.S.N. L.S.N. L.S.N. . 5 . 5 22 34 .26 . 28 Total 120 N. A. A Louisiana College Alumni Winfield 5 Pineville Baptist School L. I. 1 32 Centenary College Total 37 The team of 1910 was defeated only once and was the best in the history of the Normal. This was due to the strenuous and united efforts put forth by the boys and the excellent training of Dr. C. C. Pool. The team of 1911 promises to excell any previous one. A series of games have already been scheduled with different State schools. 145 ANNUAL INTERSOCIETY GAME December 23rd, the long-awaited day, had at last arrived. Here and there on Normal Hill were seen small groups discussing the possibilities of the evening ' s contest, for on that evening was to be pulled off the much- anticipated battle between the E. L. S., S. A. K. and M. C. C. People had come in on every train, and the town was crowded with visitors from all parts of the country. At 3:30 p. m. the sound of Dr. Pool ' s whistle was heard, and the teams dashed on the gridiron. The E. L. S. winning the toss, took the kick off. Captain Walet sent the pigskin down the field three feet four inches. Scott, the opposing center, received the ball, and, being very swift on foot, was seen darting up the field for a gain of three inches. The teams lined up and Enloe went around left end for a gain of three feet one inch. But Dupuis accidently bit Norred on the nose, for which the E. L. S. was penalized two feet. Captain Moody bucked the line for one inch. Winbarg gained six inches on right end. Walet booted the ball eleven inches. Lafargue accidentally connected and made a brilliant run of thirteen inches. Moody kicked the pigskin down the field three feet. Doughty fell on the ball and caused it to collapse, but a new oval was soon procured and the teams lined up again. Doughty, the big engine, was called in the back field, and before the quarterback had rattled off three signals he was sent dashing over center for a two-inch gain. When the smoke had to some extent cleared away, big Doughty lay there with a mouthful of dirt gasping for breath. The water wagon was sent for, and within a minute he was back into the game. As they lined up for the second scrimmage the whistle blew, ending the first half. After a rest of five minutes the teams again lined up. Captain Moody kicked the ball five feet down the field, but it hit Holston and broke his leg at the knee. Melton took his place at center. This time the teams lined up with renewed energy of fire darting from every player ' s eyes. The quarterback rattled off his signals, but Montague ' s head set Smith ' s on fire, for which he was suspended from the game, and Professor William- son, better known among the pupils as Pap, and an old Yale star, was put in his place. Kranson was sent through for a two-inch gain. Anders being knocked out, Mr. Davis slipped no Dugas ' football suit and got into the game with sparks flying f rom his teeth. Wallet was sent around right end, but the Yale star nailed him on the fifteen-yard line, lost and killed him outright. 146 i The old Normal veteran, Waterbury, replaced Walet. He kicked the ball over his head for a distance of thirteen inches. However, Winbarg was there with the goods and came rushing like fury down the field, but was nailed on the ten-yard line by the old Yale star. The plucky little quarterback was called for a line buck over center, but Dupuis, who would have made the touchdown, hurdled the line, stumbled on a peanut, sprained his ankle, and had to retire to the side line. The old farmer, Ellender, universally known as Snow Ball, secured the ball, and, like a rabbit, ran the distance of five inches in five minutes. The game had to be called off on account of darkness with a world record of to 0. The following were killed outright: Captain Walet, Holston, Moody, and Dupuis. Pap and Snow Ball were mortally wounded. Dr. Pool swallowed his whistle and died of lockjaw ,and many others, even on the side line, were maimed for life. Mrs. McVoy was simply surprised. Ever since the day of that battle between the veterans of the purple and gold versus the combined forces of the gold and white and green and gold gloom and desolation have brooded over the Normal Hill. BACK TO THE CINDER PATH 147 TRACK MEET On April 1 the Louisiana intercollegiate meet will be held at Natchitoches, being given by the Louisiana State Normal School. The following institutions are asked to compete : Ruston, Lafayette, Pineville, Centenary and Mount Lebanon. Owing to the lack of material in some of these schools it was deemed advisable to invite Tulane in to compete with them. Gold and silver medals will be given in each event. The following will be the list of events : One-hundred-yard dash. Two-hundred-and-twenty-yard dash. Twelve-hundred-and-forty-yard dash. Eight-hundred-and-eighty-yard dash. One-mile run. Two-mile run. Running high jump. Running broad jump. Pole vault. Shot, hammer and discus. Relay race, four men to run one-quarter mile each. Present indications are that a large number of contestants and spectators will be at this meet, since a general interest has been raised, even in the railroads, which will give a rate of one and one-third fare from all points on that day. The importance of track athletics cannot be estimated when we consider the popularity of the sport among high schools as well as colleges and universities. On the evening of the day of the track meet the music and oratorical contest will be held. The winners will be awarded gold medals at this time. The medals won by the athletes will be awarded on the afternoon of the same day. 148 The boys who will compete for Normal in the track meet are: Breaux, Anders, Harlan, Doughty, Reidheimer, Kitterlin, Durand, Harvey, Dunckleman, Greene, Norred. Hinson, p ' ' •V H f ■%?• ' j B i • ■£ l B ,.J V 4VT ■ - ■ ' . ' lb- in. Bm - ,1 W ' aJE IZLiff f 1 jJj Ki S 1 ' , , ; I i a J tB Lj ( -J cl ' j - ■ 4K Jkr • H BP Si ■ I 149 THE STUMP DIGGERS The picture on the opposite page is a likeness of the men and boys who created the new athletic park. With ax and spade, grubbing hoe and crowbar, they went into the forest primeval and felled the trees and uprooted the stumps, thus winning the title of The Stump Diggers. This did not complete their labors. They leveled the ground, covered it with cinders, covered that with dirt, thus securing both a dry and a soft field. They encircled it with a cindered track, they enclosed that with a six-foot fence, they aided in erecting a grand stand with the capacity of a thousand, and helped build the modern, up-to-date athletic bathhouse. In fact, they gave to the State the best athletic park it has. They set a standard in athletic interest to be followed by other schools. They did not pay for it; they did it. The Stump Diggers — who are they? Dr. Pool, the coach; Profs. Davis, Hedges and Stopher, and fifty-six students, made of the same kind of stuff, students that get fun out of work, and get pleasure to-day in building for to-morrow. 150 O w a O H K W a iz; ca X H o o X CO o m Q 2 w 151 Miss Van Hoose Bessie Spencer. Cleo Coffin. Martha Camos. Kate Talbert. Eva Gandy. Daisy Poole. Kate Brunson. Claribel Moore. Maggie Henry. Alcenia Ogden. Emmie Talbot. Mary Smith. Emmie Giddens. Delia Herring. Azalie Webb. Lillian Smith. Dot Overbey. Eleanor Bankston. Beulah Carter. Florence Hamilton. Miss Messerschmidt. Tva Lee Kennedy. Annie McCall. Sue Lyles. Miss Allgood. 152 i III    v ' Ti ' i Have patience, my reader, and you shall see How the Fire Company came to be. It was in the autumn of nineteen-nine, When the President thought it would be fine To organize a body, strong and calm, In case of fire to give the alarm. So, as soon as he thought, he lost no time In carrying out this dream sublime. He called the girls from every hall, And gave great duties to them all. So, in case of a fire, we all can see The Normal is safe with her Fire Company! 153 154 LAUNCELOT ' S WAR (An Imitation of Tennyson) (Class Exercise) ING Arthur heard of that Modri, Modrid said, And other whispers, dark, came to his ears, And in him rose a wrath that, mixed with pain, Forced him to follow on in Launcelot ' s path, And bring her back who had so deeply wronged Herself and those who trusted in her truth. From court had gone all Launcelot ' s kith and kin, And gathered to his aid beyond the sea, And thither Arthur went with many knights. While in his absence Modrid ' s foul design To raise an army ' gainst his king was wrought. The king the meanwhile crossed the narrow sea, And marched on Launcelot ' s castle standing high Upon th ' rocky shore in bold relief, Its turrets frowning dark, the walls below Manned by lone sentries pacing up and down. As naught concealed the approach of Arthur ' s men, The air rang full of war alarms, and soon There issued from the court all Launcelot ' s men, And formed in ranks upon a level space, For Launcelot thus gave battle to his king. The foes advance! There rang the clash of arms! Each reeled, but steady to th ' attack again They closed in deadly fray. Mid cry and groan The fitful contest swayed. Knight after knight Of Arthur ' s Round Table went down, nor rose. Unheeding, o ' er his head his comrades fought Until the pale moon glowed a dim protest That this should be. Half seen was Arthur ' s form ' Mid plunging steeds and cries of falling men. 155 He raised his sword towards one who now advanced, And would have struck, but quickly was amazed At him who would not strike. My Lord the King — A voice the king ' s ear knew, one whom he loved, Called to him, and the stroke midair was stayed. Thou here? the king in full, deep voice replied; Oh, Launcelot! whom I trusted! Why art thou A traitor to thy king? Where now is she Whose name is but reproach unto herself? And Launcelot faltered. Speech he half essayed, And, speaking, said: She would not come with me, But tarries with the nuns of Almsbury. Then while he spoke a form fell down between — ' Twas Gawain, writhing, wounded to the death, E ' en while the contest fainter grew, and quit. Both king and Launcelot knelt beside him now, And Gawain said: My lord — you live — but I — My end is soon — I had not thought to die. Shall I find pleasure where I go from here? ' Tis soon, he sighed. And, turning, breathed his last. The king stood up, and slowly gased around, And Launcelot stood, then knelt before the king. And Arthur broke the silence, speaking thus: My star is waning — thine is far from set. See that thou yet obey the King of Kings, Not falsely, as to me thy faith has proved. Seek there forgiveness. ' Tis not mine to give. X go — nor know not yet what may befall, Since far I am in thought and purpose both From what I hoped, and farther yet may be. 156 W£ . ' ■ijflHHH H nnr i a 1 - ■ ' r v- . 157 ■■ W v fc ' « i ' 158 159 INVOCATION ' Oh, come! thou goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclept Euphrosyne. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe ' s cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. — Milton. . ico fl Dv amtiThcfacuSlty Natchitoches, La., Feb. 18, 1911. Dear Jennie : I must tell you of an amusing dream which I had last night about some of the members of the Normal Faculty. I dreamed that I peeped through the heavenly bars and first saw Mr. Winstead, that stern sepulcher of a dead language, standing close to Caesar ' s side, acting as a sort of bodyguard to see that none touched his (Caesar ' s) imperial robe, who had failed to master fifth-term Latin. The next person I saw was Miss Billings. She looked as if she had seen a ghost, and I was not surprised at this when I learned what she had been through. It happened that old Lucifer, hearing of her success in the Normal Cooking Department, insisted that she, by right, belonged to his kingdom, and was on the point of carrying her off by main force to the nether world when he learned that Miss L ' lllings had roasted meat and frozen ice cream in the same stove. He, therefore, decided that she was a dangerous trickster and had best be left alone. Miss Tauzin had also had a hard time getting into heaven, but for a different reason. She had committed the offense of turning back to quarrel with Mr. Gott on her way up the golden stair, but when, on the account, the sentinel-angels disputed her entrance, she vociferated so long and loudly that they fell back, appalled, and Miss Lauzin passed on un- molested. But here my attention was arrested by exquisite strains of music. I learned that this proceeded from a passing cloud in which Mr. Stopher and the Archangel Israfel stood singing a duet, and further learned that Mr. Stopher had gained somewhat of a reputation as a musician since his arrival in heaven, and that it was even being debated as to whether he or Gabriel should sound the trumpet when Judgment Day came. At this moment I noticed Mrs. McVoy looking forlorn in a corner way off to herself. I was told that she was not having a very enjoyable time, owing to the fact that she would not join in wtih the crowd and fly up in the aeroplane, which had just started off. They intended going to get Mr. Hedges, who was then pleasantly domiciled in Mars, and who was, with some reluctance, persuaded to quit that planet for heaven, since this was his last opportunity of getting there. 161 Near Mrs. McVoy I saw Mr. Davis, looking like a familiar garment after a painful renovation. He wore a queer-looking round-topped hat, a collar above which only ears were visible, and a suit whose insufficient length of sleeves and trousers displayed broad expanses of cuffs and socks — to say nothing of the way in which it magnified both feet and hands. I marveled greatly at seeing our easy-going Mr. Davis in so uncomfortable a costume, but I soon found out the cause. Upon his leaving the earth, Mrs. Davis had dressed him with loving care in the clothes in which she admired him most — those which he had worn when in his boyhood days he had paid that eventful first call in which he had made that single important statement, The weather is — is pretty bad, and retired. I was getting ready to cartoon Mr. Davis for next week ' s funny papers when I heard a quick step close by and turned to meet the jovial visage of Mr. Gott, who was enjoying a promenade in the charming company of Herbart, Froebel, McMurray and Thorndike. Upon seeing Mr. Thorn- dike I inquired where Mr. Reinoehl was, at which Mr. Gott volunteered the information that Mr. Reinoehl had left the earth with him, but the steps to heaven being narrow and difficult, our psychologist had followed the line of least resistance and gone the other way. While I was listening to this pathetic piece of news the aeroplane from Mars returned, but Mr. Hedges was not among those who alighted. Much disappointment was manifested over this occurrence everywhere except over on the football ground where Dr. Pool was engaged in a game with some of the Yale and Harvard champions. There an enthusiastic yell went up for the absentee. This seemed queer to me, and I could not understand it at first, but soon learned the reason. It seemed that Mr. Hedges had received a wireless message that his college team was going to play a game of football against its old rival, and he had given up heaven and set out for earth to root for Missouri. I now remembered that I had not noticed the stately presence of Miss Messerschmidt and of Miss Nelkin, and on my inquiring into the matter, was told that they would have to do penance for some of their sins before they could enter heaven. Miss Messerschmidt ' s task was to erase all of the bad criticisms with which she had disfigured the debates of unfor- tunate S. A. K. ' s, while that of Miss Nelkin was to count the teardrops which had been shed by the practice teachers that she had failed. I was grieved to hear this, especially on account of Miss Nelkin, for I feared that she would never finish. She had one consolation, however — some of the practice teachers had been hardened to tears. Now I must bid you good-night while I devote some of my waking hours to that same Normal Faculty and study my lessons for to-morrow. Yours as ever, Kitty. (E. Woods.) 162 EgjculiyBcgyeES Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord this baby keep, Safe and sound, through all the night — Please let her sleep until it ' s light. Let her not, before I wake, A wild and loud commotion make — To have me sing and walk the floor From half-past twelve o ' clock till four. Lord, protect me in my dreams, And make her better than she seems. Grant the time may swiftly fly Till nightly walks have all passed by. O Lord! send me a wife! And if she dies, send me another; And if she dies, send me another, etc. Lord, please help me, if you can! Oh, let me cook just for a man. ' Domestic science, let others pursue, But let me cook for only two. (Davis.) (Stopher.) (Billings.) 163 Lord, never let me get on the line Of least resistance at any time; But over all — no matter what the cost — Just keep my notebook from getting - lost. I ' ve prayed long for a wife — Can ' t get one to save my life! A Jersey cow I ' ve wanted, too; But a turnip-patch will have to do. Unless — oh, no! it ' s not too late, For all things come to those who wait. So, Lord, I ' ll keep «n praying till You bid my aching heart Be still! Now, as I lay me down to dream, Lord, make me greater than I seem. Let teachers, students, and others, too, Pay me the homage which is due. Lord, I thank thee for my name — Lizzie McVoy — So for not a thing do I need to pray, Because I ' m monarch of all I survey. (Reinoehl.) (Pittman.) (Pool.) 164 TTUi eum SOME CURIOSITIES. Pittman ' s Hair (It needs scissors.) Mr. Aswell ' s Announcements ( Decidedly interesting.) Mrs. McVoy (No imitation.) Mr. Gott ' s Head ( Splendid coloring. ) Mr. South ' s Smiles (Reproduced at great cost.) Mr. Hopper ' s Smile (It ' s great. ) Mr. Bobbitt ' s Jokes (Quite a collection. ) Mr. Reinoehl ' s Outlines (Preserved through the ages.) Mr. Hedges ( Excellent character creation. ) HOW THEY SPEND THEIR LEISURE HOURS. Miss Allgood Curling her heir. Miss Alfonte Fiddling away her time. Mr. Bobbitt Studying up a new joke. Mr. Davis Rocking the cradle. Mrs. Hawkins Has none. Mr. Hedges Dreaming of his Alma Mater. Miss Van Hoose Appeasing her Payne. Mrs. Keane Giving pills. Dr. Pool Making out failures. Mr. Pittman Writing poetry. Mr. Reinoehl Studying his outlines. Mr. South Composing Moral Lectures. Mr. Stopher Studying violin. Miss Tauzin Looking for a classroom. Mrs. McVoy Using slang; favorite word messy. Mr. Winstead Amusing. Mr. Williamson Raising Cain. Seventh Termers Seeking Personality 165 , To Have and To Hold By L. A. Davis The One Woman By L. C. McVoy Love ' s Labour ' s Lost By M. S. Pittman The Right of Way By L. E. Tauzin Pigs Is Pigs By the Normal Girls 1 166 - WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, IF Ned went with another girl? West could carry a tune? Stopher lisped in a low, sweet voice? Lyles lost those sideburns? Club girls, on Saturday morning, came to breakfast with their hair curled? We had a boys ' dormitory? Pittman got married? Harrell could sing bass? H. D. M. and Hedges gave a party? Gott succeeded in fixing the clocks? Williamson told a joke (with a point) ? Van Hoose should take the Club girls for a walk? Lafargue never smoked a cigarette? Breazeale stopped running an auto? The Beardsley came in on time? THEY MET BUT ONCE They met by chance — They never met before; They only met that once, And she was smitten sore. They never met again — Don ' t want to, I avow; They only met that once — ' Twas an auto and a cow! 167 PROVERBS A fool speaketh all his mind, but a wise pupil taketh it out in thought. Many seeketh Mr. A swell ' s favor, but every man ' s standing cometh from Mrs. McVoy. Boast not thyself of passing, for thou knowest not what a Faculty meeting may bring forth. Be thou diligent to know thy teacher ' s method, and look well to thy marks. Walk uprightly to dinner, and thou shalt have sweet potatoes enough for thy food, for the food of thy roommate, and for the maintenance of thy neighbor. Whoso aideth his neighbor on test day, and sayeth, It is no evil, that same shall be much discussed in Faculty. A good impression is not gotten so easily in the beginning, but the end thereof is blessed. He that keepeth carefully the commands of club meetings keepeth his path free from danger, but he that heedeth not the advice of his teacher shall surely fall. Follow not after frivolity, for it is an abomination unto the Fresident. Forsake the back benches of the auditorium on Lyceum night, lest the president hear of it, and seeketh an explanation. Envy not thy neighbor her frat pin, for thou knowest not the evils accompanying. Enter not into flirtation ; though the beginning thereof is as the honey- comb, the end thereof is bitter and abrupt. Sit thou beside thy friend in the auditorium, but first seek thou per- mission from Mrs. Hawkins. Envy not him who often visiteth Sam ' s, for a bad digestion and a lean purse are his companions. Forget not the precepts of the matron, but let thine feet walk in the way she has mapped out for thee, and she shall add much happiness and peace unto thee. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for it is not yet ready for the harvest. 168 Stano! WROTE some jokes for the Potpourri, As funny as I could; I though that all the staff would say They were exceeding good. But yet they did seem very queer, And I laughed as I would die; Albeit, this is hard to believe, For a practice teacher am I. I took them to the editor-in-chief, And watched her peep within; After reading through she passed them on With face a-lit with grin. Then read the next; her grin grew broad, And stretched from ear to ear; When the third read, a chuckling noise I then began to hear. The fourth, she broke into a roar; The fifth, I though she ' d split; The sixth, she laughed so heartily She almost had a fit. Just then a knock came at the door, There stood a teacher tall ; She spake so ferociously she scared The chief-editor and all. Then, with my eyes and mouth agape, I left that place in flight; And since that time, you just can bet, I ' ve never dared to write. 169 BERTHA ' S GRADUATING PRESENT (Class Exercise.) By the way, Bertha, said Bob to his sister, who was going to gradu- ate with the class of May, ' 11, Dick gave me a package to bring to you this morning, but I came off and left it at the office. Oh, Bob, how stupid of you! How did the package look? Oh, it was just a small box. A small box! That sounds interesting; but tell me more about it. How small was it? Two and a half by three inches, perhaps. It must be a watch or a bracelet, thought Bertha. Do you know what it is? Yes, was the careless response. Bob, do tell me what it is, pleaded his sister. Folks are not supposed to know what their graduating presents are till they get them, so suppose you wait awhile, teased Bob. Please give me just one hint. What color is it? Gray. It must be silver — a silver watch, a bracelet. Can ' t you tell me more? It has two shiny things in it, chuckled Bob. Diamonds! exlcaimed Bertha. They would never put diamonds in silver. It must be platinum. Is it round or elliptical, Bob? It is longer than it is wide, was the answer. How splendid! A platinum bracelet set with diamonds! Won ' t it look beautiful with my new wisteria silk? Very beauitful, giggled Bob. What a dear Dick was to remember my graduation. Bob, please go get it. Here comes the office boy with it now, said Bob, looking out of the window. Give it to me! cried Bertha as she ran to the door, seized the box, and opened it. Ouch! she cried. Bob! you brute! How could you! Oh! oh oh! What on earth is the matter, Bertha? exclaimed her mother as she rushed into the room. Bob — that horrible Bob — a — a — er — I mean he put a mouse in my hair! Tell things as they happen, Sis, put in her brother. You took it from the boy yourself, and it went to your hair of its own accord, knowing that it would find companions there of its own kind. Bessie Pickels. ' 11. 170 IMPROVEMENTS ON EUREKA GLEE CLUB A girl there was at the Normal School Who would break every rule, would she; And the President and Faculty said, Umph! Umph! Umph! But she said, How easy! Oh, gee! Oh, gee! To church with a boy on Sunday she ' d go — She ' d go with a boy, would she; And the President, seeing her, seid, Umph! Umph! Umph! To the boy she said, Tee hee! Tee hee! So the President went to this little girl, He gave her fair warning did he; Said he, You ' d better be good! good! good! But she innocently said, Why! me? Why! me? But she gave no heed to the President ' s advice — She paid no attention, did she; So the Faculty got tired of saying, Umph! Umph! Umph! — Then the poor girlie said, Oh, me! Oh, me! A moral there is to this little tale, A moral to this tale we ' ll see; If the Faculty tells you, Be good! good! good! You ' d better say quickly, I ' ll be! I ' ll be! Old Student — I guess your fate is decided already. New Student (applying for promotion) — Why? Old Student — Because the Faculty met this evening. New Student — Oh, horrors! And I didn ' t go! 171 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAID! OU asked one girl for a date one night, Told another you loved her — a yarn! This got you into an awful plight, You know what you said — ( Oh, ! ) You were climbing the ladder of chemistry to fame, On each round_ you ' d meet with a quiz; Youd ' clamly write on the paper — your name — But you know what you ' d say — ( G ! ) You took your girl, one Saturday night, High in the heavens on an airship flight; But the steering gear broke, and down you fell — And you know what you said was only — ( H do tell! ) You stayed up till twelve o ' clock one night Copying notes for a trig exam.; Then the teacher stood over you all the time — You know what you said — ( Oh, ! ) kTEESZ 172 QurQinrt We ve come to the Normal With one aim in view: We ' re going- to be teachers Before we get through. We hear it in Chapel, We hear it at noon, We ' re going to be teachers, And that pretty soon. We ' re not to chew gum, Use slang, or wear paint, But have prim deportment And act like a saint. We ' ll go out in the State And models must be. Everything that we do The children will see. We must brace up, dear girls, Get good attitude, Wear a smile that will stay And a look that ' s subdued. We have the right feeling, The air it pervades. We ' re sure to be teachers, And nice, prim old maids. 17S 1 BEWARE ! Beware of the girl who ' s always so sweet — She ' ll take you to Sam ' s (provided you treat) ; She ' ll kiss and hug- you with all of her might — But her boxes from home she keeps out of sight. Stingy!!! Look out for the girl with the high-heel shoes — If you have a new dress she thinks she can use, She ' ll wear it and tear it and throw it about — But when you need it she ' s always Out. ' Hateful!!! Beware of the kind who ' s a friend of your fellow — She ' d crumb you entirely if he ' d let her. She ' ll invite him to dinner, and also to call, But when you investigate she ' s done nothing at all. Smarty ! ! ! 174 A NORMAL WALK OW do you like to walk out on the street, Outside the stile, so free? Oh, I do think it the jolliest feat Ever the people see. Over the bridge, and ' round and ' round, Led by a teacher tall, Till boys and houses and towns seem bound By teacher, pupils and all. Down one walk, up another stile, Back to the corner, then Around the first walk we laughing stride, And up the other again. While people look down on our countless throng, Down on the merry file, Till up the street we go marching along, Back to the Normal stile. FRESHIE She was new — oh, very new! She joined the S. A K. She was enthusiastic, and wrote to Dad next day: Oh, papa, dear, the Normal ' s great! Society ' s out of sight! I guess I ' ll like the S. A. K. Guess what they did last night: They voted ninety dollars, and then added eighty-three, For a very swell reception to the Freshies, such as me; And one thousand dollars for a splendid new airship, And then eight thousand dollars for us all to take a trip! The thing they did it in they call Parliamentary Law — Oh, this is just the grandest school I ever, ever saw! 175 Jes Why Jes ' a little dago shop, a-standing neah de fence; Jes ' a little Freshie gal widout a bit ob sense; Jes ' a little slippin ' off, jes ' a little pluck, Jes ' a little President — jes ' a Freshie ' s luck. Jes ' a little racket a little out ob place, Jes ' a little Matron ' s heard, jes ' a little race; Jes ' a step upon the stair jes ' a little late, Jes ' a little ' splosion, jes ' a sinner ' s fate. Jes ' a little winkin ' at the boys a-passing by, Jes ' an extra flourish when the opposite sex is nigh; Jes ' a little teacher on that little girlie ' s trail, Jes ' such little things as that causes us to fail. IF If I were a boy — a Normal boy — Like some Normal boys I know, I wouldn ' t do what I ought not to, And think to be with girls is bliss — But I don ' t know about all this. Now, would you, could you? Honest, tell me true, will you? Would you, could you? Well, now, what would you do? If I were a girl — a Normal girl — Like some Normal girls I know, I wouldn ' t wink, and I don ' t think, If I lived up at Normal Hill, I ' d notice Normal boys. But still — Now, would you, could you? If you wanted to be good, Would you, could you? Well, I believe I would! 176 - ■ril Studies I love, Critique I love, Plans I love, I say; Teaching 1 love with all my heart, And bovs I cast away. 177 NORMAL BOY ' S RECEPTION President Aswell once did say, On a bright and sunny day, Normal Boys, Choose the one that you love best, And, in dainty raiment dressed, Bring her as your honored guest, Normal Boys. Bring her to the faculty room, Bring her in her youth and bloom. Normal Bovs. ' Tis your reward for good, hard work, For the things vou did not shirk, You even have attended kirk. Normal Boys. Then there was rejoicing great, And a rush to name his mate, Normal Bovs. ' Twas sad indeed when the name Sent in by two bovs was the same, Then it was the conflict came, Normal Bovs. Sadder still, when three did say, She ' s the one I choose this day, Normal Boys. Subject vigorously treated, All three boys not even seated. Conflict short, but very heated, Normal Boys. Tough knot J. B. can ' t undo, So this one was loosened, too, Normal Boys. The one who first on slip did write. And first brought unto my sight, He to first choice bears a right, Normal Boys. . Now, on that auspicious night, All was gaiety and light, Normal Boys. Some did not have much to say, Every one was bright and gay, So right here I ' ll end my lay, Normal Boys. 178 - QCractkeTenchersDraam I had a dream last night. You know Mr. Gott criticised me yesterday for using a word in my class that bordered on slang. So here ' s what I dreamed : T entered Miss L. ' s room at my teaching period, marched my class into the cloakroom and began the lesson. I said : Now, who can tell me what fiddle we left Columbus playing on yesterday? Willie. Willie — We left the old piker ready to give up his plans of sailin ' because — Bonehead, we had passed that, John Johnny — Well, Columbus was feelin ' somethin ' awful, and he asked Ferdinand and Isabella to give him a lift with the dough, and — Yes, that ' s the time. And did Columbus get the dough from the queen? Mary — Believe me, he did. He got it and sailed away to beat the band. Columbus was some sailor. Josephine, was it the thing for men to go out exploring in those days? Here an interruption ensued, caused by Jimmy and Fred and a knife. I said : Look here, you little shavers. Come across with that knife. That ' s the second time lately I ' ve given you Hail Columbia about it. Now, if you want it again you ' ll have to crow for it. Jimmy responded, Stung! as I received the knife and resumed the lesson. Mary, what do you think we will harp on to-day? Mary — Search me! Well, you know, kids, you must get on to what an undertaking this was for Columbus. Carol — Say it was ! It was goin ' some in those days for a man to sail the seas on account of — Here a paper wad was flung from Jimmie ' s hand and struck Ernest, and was promptly returned. I said sternly : Cut that out now. Jimmy, skiddoo to your seat! So loner! veiled Jimmie, as he left the room. Now, Bessie, what do you think of Columbus? 179 1 Bessie — Well, Columbus was some kind of a sport, tak it from muh ! He — Here Miss L. ' s called time, so I said : Class, position, turn, rise and beat it to your seats. As I passed Miss L. she said: So long; I ' ll see you later. When she saw me later this was her criticism of my lesson : There was some class to that. A TOUCHING LITTLE DITTY A Normal girl lived in the club, it is said; Her hair was nineteen, and her age it was red; A practice teacher in time she became, Her class it was Bess, Seventh Term was her name. The first day she taught, to the children ' s surprise She smiled bravelv, then cast the floor on her eyes. Mr. Gott then appeared in the door, it appears, The girl looked at him with big eyes in her tears. Oh, notebook, get out with that teacher, she said, And her eyes they were loud and her voice it was red; But cruel Mr. Gott lingered still in the door, While she simply sank through dismay with the floor. 160 Vthen 1 When the Pres ' dent never preaches, And the good things come our way; When all the boys can flirt with us, And he has nothing to say; When eating ain ' t against the rule, And Mrs. Hawkins can ' t make us run- Then don ' t you think the Normal School Will be the mostest fun? When there ' s a lecture every night, And things are never blue; When the Faculty quits adding terms, nd we don ' t have much to do; When practice teaching is all bosh, And is e.. as can be — Then the Normal here in Natchitoches Will be jes ' the place for me! 181 Smticf QMmalCjfln s Life OTHING to get but lessons, Nowhere to go but to school; Nothing to see but girls, Nothing to keep but the rule. Nothing to comb but switches, Nothing to borrow but clothes; Nothing to make but beds, Nothing to darn but hose. Nothing to drink but water, Nothing to eat but food; Nothing to feel but homesickness, Nothing to be but good. Nothing to sing but choruses, Nothing to teach but kids; Nothing to do but study — Nothin g but what ' s been did. Nothing to hear but the laundry, Nothing to pay but fees; Nothing to kiss but crushes, Nothing but them to squeeze. Nothing is ever different. And so our club life goes; Nothing at all but a Nq --; na i g Y Can understand these woes. 1  182 J IN MEMORY OF OUR SORORITIES They were too bad to live up on this good old Normal! Hill; They demoralized the students; were the cause of every ill — So our President said. Each Normal girl was sad at heart, declaring- with a tear: All good things must die — they ' re too good to live up here That ' s why they ' re dead. ls. n . Thert was a high tenor named M: : - H - ■ ■ ' ;::. £ ! V - - - : - i - - 7 . : ] I : TfceiT ran named Daughter, LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL fppvfgv TRIP TO THE FAIR J. B. had a Normal School, He took it to the Fair; The State Fair up in Shreveport town; Six hundred strong were there. First he saw the railroad men, Engaged a special train; Then Faculty and girls and boys Marched off in the rain. From the foot of Normal Hill Nine coaches did depart; And there was great rejoicing then In every student heart. At the Shreveport Fair Grounds, then, ' Twas drummers ' day, they said; But when our crowd alighted there ' Twas Normal day instead. Each teacher had a term in charge The wondi - ous things to show, And everywhere that teacher went The term just had to go. They entered sideshows, tents and all, The many sights to see — Saw the wonders of the world and more Than there could ever be. Tho ' the sky was dark and gray, ' Tis in their memory bright. They voted it a perfect day When they came home that night. 185 ADVICE TO A FUTURE SENIOR OW, if beneath this Normal sky A stranger Fresh ie roams, Whose drooping head and stifled sigh Pine for home, sweet, home, Oh, Senior, then be thine to show The care that soothes a Freshman ' s woe; Remember then thy lot erstwhile When first you passed the Normal stile. Not faster jonder Freshie ' s hand Flings from her eyes the tears, Not harder yonder Freshie girl Strives to control her fears, Than did you, Senior, grave and cool, When first you came to Normal School. Then, Senior, go! good speed the while, And try to cheer that Freshie chile. High place to thee on Normal court, High place in cheering girls; Senior, do not of her make sport, E ' en tho ' she is in swirls. True be thy heart, her friend sincere; Her Senior idol, kind and dear; And lost jn that Senior smile Be memory of that dreadful while. 186 TKeRojutien (Apologies to Poe.) Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over lessons I must master ' fore I graduate in May, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping — ' Twas a thought so gently rapping — rapping at my brain to say: Poor unfortunate young suitor! Vainly you have sought to win her; That is what the critics say. Ah! distinctly I remember. It was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought her ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly then I sought to borrow From my pipe surcease of sorrow — sorrow, for I longed for, more Than all, just that I ' d gain and win her ' ere this one short month had gone; Win her now for evermore. In the thought that I might lose her, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams that none but serious Seniors dreamed before. And the thought it thrilled me, filled me with fantastic terrors, stilled me, For without her all is useless, all these months of labor wasted, For have not our teachers told us — told again, and then retold us — Gain Personality. 187 A NORMAL BOY ' S DREAM Charles raised his head cautiously from the pillow and looked around. It was scarcely light but this morning he must get up early (a very rare thing among the Normal boys) , for he had gone to the Lyceum course the night before and not one single lesson had he prepared. Just as he was reaching for bedroom slippers very carefully, so as not to disturb his less studious roommate, he heard a strange sound proceeding from some part of the room. He was at first startled, but on turning learned that this sound came from no other place than from his roommate ' s bed. Fearing that his friend had been taken ill during the night, he was on the point of going to him when this remark reached his ears : An expression of great perplexity passed over the sleeper ' s face, and then he said: I love you; I cannot live without you. I adore you; I worship you — dearest. Then an expression of exquisite pleasure passed over his face, and an unintelligible sound of delight followed. Who can tell what might have happened? Yes, he exclaimed, I do love you. I could die for you. Will you — Just then a loud knock sounded at the door, and the dreamer was awakened. A Reliable Source. We bathe in antiseptics, We vaporize our hair; We hardly ever stop to talk For breathing- in pure air. We neutralize, we immunite, And bichloride, and germi-fight, X-ray and scrub, and rub, and spray, The hookworm ' s gone, and gone to stay. We run, we leap, we play — oh, hush ! The Health Car ' s been to Natchitoches! 188 A MIDNIGHT FEAST There was a sound of revelry by night, For all the Normal girls had gathered then To have a lovely feast by candlelight, More sumptuous than one had ever seen. A hundred hearts beat happily, and when Cloths were spread with their voluptuous swell Bright eyes beamed bright to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell — But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? No; ' twas but the wind, Or the mice scurrying with their little feet. On with the feast, yet joy be unconfined! No sleep till morn when Youth and Pleasure meet And there are boxfuls of things to eat. But hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more, And nearer, clearer, deadlier, than before. Run! run! it is Mrs. Hawkins at the door! Ah ! then and there was scurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And lips all pale which, but a while ago, Munched on the chicken, oh! so nicely dressed! And there were mighty packings, such as pressed The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs; For underneath the beds and in the chest They scrambled, safe to hide from prying eyes, Since upon fun so sweet Mrs. Hawkins ' wrath should rise. Noon had found them full of lusty life; Last night, in revel ' s circle free and gay; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife; The morn — Go to the office! — then the day. Ranged before their judge in stern array The thundred-clouds close o ' er them — ' tis no jest! The air is filled with cries — let us pray! Perhaps, when all is said, ' tis for the best — The revelers, for the term, are in arrest! 189 Miss S. — Mr. Waterbury why did you not bring that subject up in society last Saturday night? Mr. Waterbury — I never can get there in time for business because I ' m squeezed on the outside every Saturday night. Miss T. — Well, Mr. Waterbury, I ' ll see that you are squeezed on the inside next time. The sixth term observed a lesson in arithmetic. A smart member of the class was so enlightened that on being told to return to the room his thoughts wandered upward and up he went — to the third floor, but, alas, no further, as he was recalled by Mr. Gott. Hedges — Mr. Ortmeyer, did you have any trouble with any of these problems? Ortmeyer — No, sir; I didn ' t have any trouble. Hedges — How many did you work? Ortmeyer — I didn ' t work any, Mr. Hedges; I didn ' t try. Mr. Stopher — Pay, attention, girls. During this period you must give me your minds ; keep your hearts, if you wish. Mr. Winstead — Who is the present poet-laureate? Mozelle (very meekly) — Mr. Tennyson. Bessie— Mr. Williamson, how do you spell the name of those plants which do not need anything to make them grow except air? Mr. W. — I spell the name of those plants like this : ' F-a-k-e. ' ' Mr. Reinoehl (in History of Education) — Miss Ducournau, give us the two merits of scholasticism. Lelia — Mr. Reinoehl, there are — er — er — two; the merit and the demerit. Mrs. McVoy (in Discourse) — Ola, give us a sentence involving rea- soning that cannot be disproved. Ola — The man is blind; therefore, he cannot see. 190 SEEIN ' THINGS (Apologies to Eugene Field.) ' M not afraid of physics, or of chemistry and such, And all the things that Freshmen fear I like, oh! very much. I used to be so brave and strong, but then there came a breach When I got in the seventh term and wrote a plan to teach. When on my subject-matter I have spent all study hall, And night-time comes with light bell, and nothing done at all, I go to bed at twelve, and see things standing in a row A-looking at me cross-eyed and pointing at me so. Oh, my ! I am so frightened then I do not sleep a mite, Seeing plans, plans, plans, all the long, long night. Sometimes they rear up straight right in the middle of the floor, Or 9tand up on the formal steps right over by the door; Sometimes they creep and move around, a writhing, shapeless mass, Then wave their arms so franticaly, like children in a class. Oh, you cannot imagine what an awful, awful fright The practice teachers have when they ' re a-seeing plans at night! 191 Henry Hyde — What are you fishin ' for, Mr. Williamson? Mr. Williamson — Oh — er — just for recreation. Henry — Well, you won ' t catch any; there ' s nothing but minnows and gars there. Practice Teacher — Do you know Shakespeare well? Carl — Aw, g ' wan! Yuh can ' t kid me. Shakespeare ' s dead! I, stated Mr. Peters, pompoulsy, am a self-made man. I hope so, answered the young woman, in an icicle voice; it cer- tainly would be unkind to blame it on anyone else. Vannie, said Miss Levy, can you tell me how iron was first dis- covered? Yes, ma ' am. Well, tell the class what your information is on the point. I heard father say yesterday that they smelt it. Mr. Davis, what is faith? Well, Sylvan, my boy, Mrs. Davis says that our little Mary sleeps; but I ' ve never seen her do it. Yet, if I believe she does, that ' s faith. Little Mary told little Forest what she termed a little fib. Mary — A fib is the same as a story, and a story is the same as a lie. Forest— No; it ' s not. Mary — Yes, it is; because my father said so, and my father is a professor at the Normal. Forest — I don ' t care if he is. My father is a real-estate man, too, and he knows more about lying than your father. Mr. South ' — Amy, what kind of an adjective is ' facilis ' ? Amy — ' Facilis ' is an adjective of two determinations. Mr. Stopher — Miss Beau, what do you sing? Miss Beau — Second soprano Mr. Stopher — Well, Miss Beau, I ' m glad you told me. 192 PRETTY GIRL QUESTIONS Bessie G. : The best way to protect your complexion out in the gar- den is to plant your seeds in the shade of some nice tree. if: $ 4 s Lelia: Never use a broom for covering seeds; a rake is generally used. % $r Viola: Yes, ding-a-lings will be worn by eighth-termers till grad- uation. After that time they will be discarded, for the Seniors ' heads will be too large for them. First Termer: Green is always becoming to Freshmen. Scheens: Yes, all bows (beaux) will be left off, and skirts let down, on entering the seventh term. Mackie: Smiles are always becoming to teachers, and will still be in the tenth and eleventh terms. Alexa: No, your class flower, the red rose, will not be becoming to your hair; it would hardly show. % % % Callie: Old Dutch Cleanser is always good for the Normal girls ' complexion. 193 PARISH RALLY [The enrollment of the Normal School having reached six hundred on October 4th, a Parish Rally was held.] Silently, silently, Sat we and listened While from the platfoi-m Aswell addressed us: To this house you must come, Tagged with your name and home, Form into parish leagues, Led by a captain. When I shall give the sign, All must rush into line, Follow your leader, And rush for first place! Ours not to make reply, Ours not to reason why; Ours simply to comply With this request. So on that night we came, Tagged with our home and name, Formed into parish leagues, As he had told us. Each captain proudly bore A banner, and waved it o ' er All. Then an awful roar! Pause, and behold us! Girls to the right of us, Girls to the left of us, Girls far behind us, Rumbled and tumbled! Madly we rushed about Uttering an awful shout, In rows of seats, and out, Rushed the Six Hundred. When can the memory fade Of that wild charge we made? All who saw wondered. Honor the charge we made, Honor that parish raid, Noble Six Hundred! 194 STUDY HOUR ETWEEN the twilight and bedtime, When the night is beginning to fall, Comes a pause in the girls ' conversation That is known as the Study Hall. We hear in the chambers above us The sound of Mrs. Keane ' s feet; The noise of a door that is opening, And a voice saying, soft and sweet: Girls, don ' t you know you must study? We must not have any play, Or to-morrow I ' ll have to report you. And what will the President say? We listen again. All is silent; And poor we do little surmise That at the least provocation She ' ll take us again by surprise. At last we are quietly working, But a sudden lonesomeness comes; I must see my friends near the stairway Were they under the enemy ' s guns! And so to their chambers I tiptoe, And after the greetings are o ' er We are deep in the mysteries of rhyming, And don ' t hear the sound of a door. 195 A sudden step on the stairway, A sudden voice from the hall; She sees by the railing unguarded We are not keeping Study Hall. She does not fuss, as she ought to — She is almost too full of care; She only gently reproaches, Her eyes seeing everywhere. Do you think, oh! you who visit, H Because you are really quite small, Such a great wise one as I am Is not a match fpr you all? I have you in my line of vision, And will not let you depart Until I have burdened your conscience, And have eased the cares of my heart. And as she gently reproaches, And tells us it isn ' t fair, That she can ' t watch us and the sick ones, Who, by rights, are under her care, I quietly go back to study, And this vow I solemnly make: That nevermore shall I visit — Unless I the notion take! 196 er P, r$ t Plan 197 Margery — Mr. Stopher, the people back of us in the auditorium are always behind. Mr. Stopher — Why, that ' s perfectly natural. E. (to Freshie) — Do you want to see something swell? Freshie — Oh, yes ! If none of the Faculty see us. E. — Oh, no danger. Just put a sponge in water. Mr. Gott — Sometimes a look is enough to control a child. Sarah — It certainly is. I made a little boy look at me, and he cried. Mr. Davis — Give me the formula for mercuric oxide, Miss Hewette. Miss Hewette— H-O-G. Toots says she has found one boy she likes. (He is too shy to say a word.) Eighth Termer — Oh, Mr. Williamson ! Please tell me when our Irish potatoes will be ripe! Little James — Papa! Mr. A. (behind newspaper) — Ugh? Little James — Papa, why — Mr. A. — There, my son, that will do for this time. I don ' t know whether a man who does good is a good-doer or a do-gooder, or what moths ate before mothballs were invented, or whether a lady doctor dresses to kill, or whether the seat of war is what the standing army sits down on when it is tired. In fact, and briefly, I don ' t know anything about anything about which you are likely to inquire when you set your inter- rogatory mill to grinding. So, now, if you ask another foolish question, away you go to bed ! Understand? Little James — Yes. But, papa, I wasn ' t going to ask anything like that. Won ' t you answer just one question for me, if it isn ' t foolish? Mr. A.— Well? Little James — Then, papa, what I want to know is what did the Dead Sea die of? Mr. A. — Go right upstairs to bed! Go on, this minute! 198 MORTAR BOARD September 24, 1910, is a memorable date in the history of the Louisiana State Normal School, for it was on that day that the Mortar Board, the youngest literary society in school, was organized. The object of this organization was to reduce the membership in the other societies which had grown too large to accom plish the best results. As it was necessary to form a society to prepare the students for more competent work later on, by mutual agreement between the societies and Faculty, all students below the fifth term who were in the S. A. K., E. L. S. and M. C. C. were required to withdraw and form a new society. Having severed their connection with the older societies, the members who withdrew, with the aid of other students in school below the fifth term, earnestly set to work to organize that little society which had already accomplished much good. The society went into permanent organization with Paul Potts as its first president. The Mortar Eoard is yet in its infancy; but, if its members in the future years strive to uplift it as those of the present have done, it is safe to predict that the Louisiana State Normal School will be proud to call the Mortar Board its own. 119 MORTAR BOARD OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Oswald Montegut VICE-PRESIDENT Henri D. Williams SECRETARY Myrtle Hunt TREASURER Gibson Dugas CHORISTER Audie B. Williams EDITOR Lillian Pin man SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Roy Bonds COLORS Black and Gold. FLOWER . Sunflower. ROLL Allen, Helen Anders, G. R. Ane, Victor Annison, S. M. A swell, Corrine Avenger, Ava Aydell, J. J. Babin, Oscar Bains, Emmie Bayne, I. D. Bonds, Roy Ronney, Belle Bonney, Willie L-erthelot, i.iarie Bog -s, htella Breda, Rowena Breda, Winona Bush, Kate Carter, Clyde Carter, Hardy V. Carter, Homer Coats, Eva May Daspit, Edith Davidson, Olive Davis, O. O. Dugas, Gibson Dugas, Ollie Dupree, Claude Fair, Nina Fuller, Laura h uner, Leonora Gayer, Amanda Giddens, mmie Gibson, J. A. Harlan, Henry in ays, Margie Hoarse, i na Humphreys, J. R. Hunt, Myrtle Jones, Oswald Kitterlin, G. L. Lafargue, Bascom Landreau, Joseph Landry, Marie Lasseigne, Carmen Leonard, Hazel Levins, Annie List, Ruth Luckett, Geraldine Marrioneaux, Gertie Marlborough, D. Miller, Pearl Montegut, Oswald Midgett, Lucretia Norckauer, Helen Norred, James Nugent, Lola Orillion, Bertha Pittman, Lillian Poole, Mary Pipes, Bessie Pertuit, Lillie Potts, Paul Robertson, Percy Rollins, Lucien Sawyer, Shirley Smith, Mary Street, Pearl Sherrad, Luther Caire Schutzman, Selma Smith, Winnie Smith, Lucie Steele, Naomie Stevens, Lillie Thorn, W. W. Todd, Owen Voiers, Newton Wakeman, Mary Walsh, Helen Williams, Audie Williams, Florence Williams, Henri D. Wintz, Carrie Wintz, Mamie Wise, Clara Wright, Artie 120 — r— iWi1i iWi i ! i-i t-i«i r it i 121 tewb a n 1 122 123 _ KING ' S DAUGHTERS HE Onward and Upward Circle of King ' s Daugh- ters of the Normal School was organized in No- vember, 1898, by Miss Agnes Morris. For sev- eral years there were regular meetings on Sun- day afternoons, giving good, instructive pro- grammes; but the Circle did not undertake any special work. They helped a few persons in the immediate-neighborhood who were in need. Later they bore the expenses of one poor, honest work- ing girl in school for a year. At the end of this time they secured a summer school for her. Then the Circle assisted another girl until she was made a parish beneficiary. From time to time poor children have been helped so that they could come to school It has been customary for the circle to send a Thanksgiving dinner and a Christmas box to a poor widow and her five children who would otheriwse have little pleasure during these seasons. A committee from the circle usually goes out to this home every Christmas and puts up a tree for the children. This year the circle sent boxes of food and clothing to five needy families. From an entertainment given by the musical faculty and glee clubs in behalf of the circle the sum of thirty dollars was received. This amount will be spent in buying clothes, books and other necessities for some poor children so that they may come to school. The circle usually makes its money by having a committee sell cake, fudge or lemonade to the girls of the club each week. This committee is always successful and seems to enjoy the work. The membership is never very large, but it is composed of girls who love the work and purpose of the King ' s Daughters. 124 KING ' S DAUGHTERS OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Myrtie Clark VICE-PRESIDENT Dot Overbey SECRETARY . ' Jean Hooper TREASURER Blanche Broussard Arant, Launa Boggs, Stella Bordelon, Dora Broussard, Blanche Calhoun, Georgie Christian, Grace Clark, Myrtie Cochran, Mrs. Collins, Patsy Colvin, Aline Dustmann, Anna MEMBERS. Garrott, Eugenie Gilmore, Olive Harper, Euna Henry, Maggie Hooper, Jean Howard, Clara Humphreys, Myrtle Hunt, Mvrtle Keoun, Alma Langford, Mattie Linsley, Florence Lewis, Ruby Luckett, Geraldine McDevitt, Ruby Mcintosh, Maggie Odom, Minnie Overbey, Dot Parry, Maud Richardson, Bettie Skinner, Selma Stevens, Lillie 125 DEVOTIONAL CIRCLE OFFICERS. PRESIDENT Blanche Broussard VICE-PRESIDENT Flavia Gleason SECRETARY Palmire O ' Brien CHORISTER Myrtle Etheridge DEVOTIONAL ROLL. Adair, Mabel Allen, Helen Allen, Willard Albritton, Susie Alpha, Clara Avinger, Ara Bains, Emma Bonny, Willie Brunson, Kate Bondurant, Laura Broussard, R. Blanche Carter, Beulah Calhoun, Georgia Cargill, Ela Dale Causey, Nellie Clark, Myrtie Christian, Grace Collins, Pattie Courtney, Earline Coats, May Crawford, Bessie Davis, Johnnie Davidson, Girlie Dutsch, Katie Ennison, Mary Ethridge, Myrtle Foster, Docia Geyer, Amanda Gibson, Pearl Glaze, Ethel Gleason, Flavia Griffin, Mary M. Hewitte, Josie Henry, Maggie Henry, Nettie Humphreys, Myrtle Hunt, Myrtle Hooper, Jean Jones, Chloe Jones, Ruth King, Mary Kimbrell, Lettie Koonce, Malinda Lampard, Annie Langford, Mattie Lewis, Ruby Lyons, Laura Mathews, Effie McAdams, Lelia McCook, Estelle Mcintosh, Maggie Medlock, Mary Miller, Mabel Morgan, Effie Murphy, Margaret Nabours, Florence Overby, Dot Odom, Minnie O ' Brien, Palmire Parry, Maud Ponder, Arline Pryor, Georgia Rougeot, Emilie Robinson, Minnie Salter, Hattie Simmons, Viola Smith, Mary Smith, Katherine Steele, Fannie Stevens, Lillie Spencer, Olla Tanner, Ollie Taylor, Rose Tucker, Maud Trussell, Ruby Van Hoose, Almeda Watson, Genie Warner, Leta Williams, Martha Williams, Lillie May Woods, Regina Wright, Audie 126 = !••.•, !.!:•;• Imfillifiufl ' JiHi 127 DEVOTIONAL CIRCLE HE Devotional Circle, organized by Miss Trimble in 1898, is a nondenominational religious organiza- tion of club girls which meets every Sunday even- ing. The programme usually consists of Scripture reading, prayer, hymns, religious discussions, music, recitations, and talks rendered by Faculty members. The object of this organiation is not only to draw the girls nearer together, but also to draw them nearer their Creator. 128 - — .— I APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER LIBRARIAN CHORISTER .... Maude Comeaux Carrie Haase Lizzie Marion neaux Lucy Babin Katie Pecquet Olive Davidson Aitkens, Alice Ane, Victoire Angelle, Nita Aycock, Lizzie Abadie, Aline Babin, Lucy Brignac, Louise Banta, May Comeaux, Maud Dardenne, Droa MEMBERS. Daspit, Edith Davidson, Olive Estorge, Louise Field, Anne Girard, Sophie Haase, Carrie Himel, Aline Hoell, Grace McGovern, Mary McMillan, Viola 129 Portal, Marie Reulet, Nathalie Smith, Margaret Soulier, Edna Major, Elsie Marionneaux, Lizzie Schexnayder, Eva Salassie, Lena THE PURPOSE OF A COLLEGE Y. M. C. A. The purpose of the Young Men ' s Christian Association is to bring young men of all sects and creeds of the Christian faith together in fellow- ship; to develop within them the elements of morality and to foster the principles of Christianty, which have been instilled by saintly parents at the family altar; to cultivate moral sentiment among the young of the college which shall make college rules unnecessary for the regulation of the conduct of young men ; to serve as the energizing and vitalizing force which shall direct every phase of enthusiastic and progressive college life ; to foster manhood and create men. Members— H. V. Carter, C. W. Carter, J. W. Hammett, A. M. La Fleur, W. G. Readhimer, W. W. Thorne, E. M. West, J. L. Moody, H. E. Harlan, R. E. Bobbitt, M. S. Pittman, E. C. Peters, J. E. Guardia, J. H. Harrel, D. M. Doughty, J. D. Baynes, D. L. Kitterkin, C. B. Galloway. THE Y. M. C. A. IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL The Louisiana State Normal branch of the Y. M. C. A. was organized twelve years ago, and has been an important factor in the lives of the young men of the institution ever since. After four years of work the organiza- tion disbanded in 1902. Two years later it was reorganized, but again it disbanded. In the fall of 1907 it was again reorganized, but this time on a firmer and more permanent basis, which, strengthened and broadened in 1908, has resulted in excellent uninterrupted work. We sent five delegates to the Tri-State Convention at Ruston in 1908, and two to the Southwestern Students ' Conference at Seabrooke, Tex., in 1910. We feel that we have disbanded and reorganized for the last time. BIBLE STUDY WORK In addition to the devotional exercises special classes are conducted in the study of The Life of Christ and missions. The Bible Class is conducted by Mr. M. S. Pittman and the class in the study of missions by Mr. R. E. Bobbitt. 130 Y. M. C. A. PROGRAM OF DEVOTIONAL MEETINGS Sunday Afternoons, 2 0 ' Clock. Sharp January 29— Mr. Peters: A Standard for College Men February 5— Mr. Harlan: Christ as an Example for Young- Men February 12— Mr. Guardia: Social-Settlement Work in Cities February 19— Mr. Moody: The Prodigal Son. February 26 — Mr. Hanchey: Moses the Lawgiver. March 5— Mr. Doughty: Your Share of the Burden. March 12— Mr. Harrell: Joseph, the Savior of His Peonle March 19— Dr. Pool: College Athletics. March 26— M. Pigott: David, the Shepherd King. April 2 — Mr. Davis: Hvpocrisv of the Pharisee. April 9— Mr. West: Is Your Light Burning? April 16 — Mr. Pittman: Easter Message. April 23— Mr. Kitterlin: Contentment. April 30 — Joint meeting of religious societies. 131 ' !1 v . J| 132 i MUSIC ]33 GLEE CLUB RECITAL Assisted by Miss Pauline Alfonte and the L. S. N. Orchestra. H. W. Stopher, Director; Audie B. Williams, Accompanist. Numbers. Ligt Thine Eyes to the Mountains (from Elijah ) Mendelssohn The Miller ' s Song Zollner Girls ' Glee Club. Far at Sea Nevin M. C. C. Quarette. Bloom on, My Roses (from The Rose Vlaiden ) Cowen (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) Mabel Greene. Little Boy Blue , Parks Girls ' Glee Club. Trio — Hast Thou Wandered? (from The Rose Maiden ) Cowen (With Orchestra Accompaniment.) Dora Ake, Mabel Greene, H. W. Stopher. Thou Who in Might Supreme (from Bohemian Girl ) Balfe Glee Clubs. De Blackslidin ' Brudder Parks Quartette, with Orchestra Accompaniment — Absent Arranged by H. W. Stopher S. A. K. Quarette. Unison Solo — Who Is Sylvia? Schubert (Orchestra Accompaniment Arranged by H. W. Stopher.) Girls ' Glee Club. Serenade — Until the Dawn Parks E. L. S. Quarette. Song of Titania ' s Fairies Mozart Song of the Waves Maher Girls ' Glee Club. Sextette From Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti Susan Lyles, Joanna Porter, J. L. Moody, E. M. West, J. H. Harrell, H. L. Waterbury. Glee Clubs and Orchestra. 134 MHlHMeHESS SSSaaSS SUMMER SCHOOL It was a sunny summer ' s day; The birds called swee tly from far away; The trees were rustling in cooling green, And the lake lay gleaming, sweet, serene; The air was filled with the bees ' mild drone, Faint thro ' the window a velmet moan ; From across the fields I could hear the cry Of the jay who lives in the woods hard by. I just sat there with my senses gone, And the sweetest of day-dreams coming on — That drowsy feeling of restful ease When every sound has a power to please. But, oh ! from somewhere above, aloft, I heard a melody far more soft Than the sweetest notes of a goddess ' lute, Or the dying strains of a fairy ' s flute. It bids me awaken, and live, and rejoice — Ah, no ! ' Tis only the teacher ' s voice : Wake up, you dreamer! and step ip there And prove that A is to B as a square ! And it wasn ' t mild weather, spring nor fall — ' Twas a very hot time for me, that ' s all! 1-iTTil 199 Qufoqmphs ° 3 d fal o- s-s - £ Wv J %; At 200 Qukwimphs 201 i Qutagpflfths l tZyO) iL c , 202 -. . - . . ' , Qutoqmpbs pLa, cr fi I — - 1 , n 1 1 . M M 203 I Qufoqmphs 204 Quiaqmpte 205 fteme F de reader find anyding dot tid not please him, I peg him to re- memper dot it vas poot in to prefent das buch from peing too goot. — Hans Breitmann. lev 206 207 McCLUNG HAS IT Everything in Drugs, Toilet Articles and Stationery Nothing but the Best and at Reasonable Prices NA TCHI TOCHES, LOUISIANA Office: Exchange Bank Building Phone, 72 Natchitoches DR. A. J . BROWNE DENTIST Porcelain Inlays and Crown Somnoforme administered in Extracting Teeth DR. 1. 1. KAFFIE DENTIST Natchitoches, - - - Louisiana Phone, 145 Office in Prudhomme Bldg. 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