The Lafayette gazette., 1902-04-12
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
Visits Inslustria! Institute-In-
specs the School and ~
Treated to u Lunch by the
Cooking Glass.

dustrial Institute last Wednes-
day. The conn mittee is com
posed of the following members
of the Legislature, representing
both branches of the General
Assent bly,: Senators II. j. Liable
and j. T. Barrett and RepreSen-
tatives James a. Ware, NJ. r.
Breslin and Overton Cade. Re
preventative DunShie of AlgierS
was Il guest of the committee.
Mr.. O. H. Simpson of New Or
leans acted as secretary of the
committee. When the committees
arrived at the Institute tn"
students were lined up in two
rows facing each other. In this
way the visiting Legislators
were given an opportunity to see
the many young men and women
who are taking advantage of the
States generosity to secure the
fine mental and manual training
afforded by the Southwestern.
The mittee, followed by the
student body, then proceeded to
the auditorium where Prof. Son
tags ability as Il musical director
was evidenced by the splendid
manner in which the patriotic
anthem, 'America, was sung
by the boys and girls of the
singing class.
DR.. Stephens made d short
talk. introducing Mr.. James A.
Ware, chairman of the ways and
means committee of the Le@iSla-
ture. Mr.. Ware made a very
sensible speech and concluded
by Introducing Senator Barrett
who spoke of the government :
duty to educate the masses.
Senator Barrett argued that
the duty OF the State is to use
all available funds to educate the
people.
After thorough inspection of
the main building. the dormitory
and workshop, the com mittee, ac-
conpanied by several citizens of
the town, enjoyed d carriage ride
to Pin Hook bridge, where Sher
| if BrouSSard displayed his un-
| erl'ing craftsmanship by shoot
ing off the heads OF several tur-
| ties which We're indulging in
| their MONDAY nap.
! When the party returned from
their very enjoyable little outing
they met in the dining hall Of the
Institute where Miss MaytieId,
assisted by the cooking class,
treated them to a luncheon of
surprising excellence. This
! feature of the days exercises
was not only profoundly inter
eSting to the inner man, but it
proved clearly that this most
valuable branch OF the Industrial
Institute is in Skillful hands and
is doing good work in equipping
the young ladies to properly dis
charge those household duties
which play such an important
part in human affairs. The
members of the committee are
all married men and they We're
no doubt favorably impressed by
this feature OF their reception.
, For obvious reasons married
men are particularly interested
in the culinary branch of dOmes-
tic economy, for they are in a
position to appreciate the sound
philosophy of the great English
author who said that everything
else being equal he preferred to
have a wife who could make a
good soup than one who could
play an Italian opera.
Having completed their work
here the committee left on the
afternoon train on their way to
Natchitoches where they will
visit the Normal.
1t is needless to say that ohe
members of the committee found
everything in thorough order
and expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the marked
progress made in every depart
ment of the Institute. The duty
of this committee is to visit the