The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-11-14
INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
Attendance Thirty Per Cent
Larger Than Last Year. New
Uniforms Arrived.
Work of Students in Athletics
Attracting Notice Over State.
Music Course a Success.

The largely increased enroll
ment Of students at the South
western Louisiana Industrial In
stitute at the very beginning OF
the term gave encouragement to
the belief that the increase would
be steady thruout the session,
and the Institutes highest
hopes are being realized in this
direction. During the last ten
days six new students have ma
circulated, and the present at
tendance is some thirty per cent
larger than at this time last year.
Already a large number of rooms
in the dormitories have been en-
gagged for the second semester
of the year for new students, and
work on the upper floor of the
girls dormitOry is being rushed to
provide rooms necessary to meet
the increased demand. At the
opening of the second term the
temporary .dormitory, st:
Charles Hotel" now being used
to accommodate the overflow OF
Young ladies', will be used for
Young men, of whom a large num-
Der ire now compelled to live in
town because of lack of space in
the dormitOries.
The new uniforms for the
corps of cadets arrived last week
and the battalion presents a
more imposing appearance now
than before. There are no
longer any awkward squads to
be seen and the good effect OF the
daily drilling is seen not only in
the precision of the military ma
neuvers, but in the more manly
carriage of the boys themselves.
Since the beginning OF ath-
letics in the Institute, the stu
dents have held q high rank in
track and field work in the State.
Now football is demanding its
share of prominence, and the
game Lafayette is putting Up is
attracting attention over the
State.
President E. L. Stephens has
accepted the invitation of the
Southern Educational Associa
ton to deliver an address before
the meeting of that body il
Montgomery, Ala, during tn
holidays. DR.. Stephens viii
speak on the subject of "Techni
cal Education"
The wisdom of adding music
to all courses of study offered b!
the Institute is seen daily in tn
College songs by the entire stu
dent body, the songs sung b.
different classes as they TAX
charge of the morning exercises
and the quartet work beini
done by those whose voice
are especially adapted to it'll. 1
Miller, Albert Boudreaux, Eo
ward Wives and H o. VOorhie
have formed themselves into tn
"Glidden Quartette and mad
their first public appearance
an open meeting of the Avats
Literary Society a short tim
ago.
One of the classes in Agricu
ture is beginning an experk-ael
in the raising of alfalfa under tt
supervision of their teacher '
o. Martin. They hope to be alb
to discover how to make prof
able the raising in Louisiana OF
forage crop which in the Midd
West, is extremely valuable b
cause it may be harvested fro
three to five times a year.
DR.. j. r. Jewell, one OF tt
new members of the faculty. hi
an article in the last number
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