The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-11-17
LAFAYETTE INDUSTRIAL
INSTITUTE
Attendance Larger Than
Ever and Still
Growing.
Students Making Good Records
in All Departments.
Lafayette, La. Nov. Is, 1906.

Lafayette, La. Nov. Is, 1906.
The largely increased enroll
meut of students at the South
western Louisiana Industrial ln-
stitute at the very beginning Of
the term gave encouragement to
the belief that the increase would
be steady through the session,
and the Institutes highest hopes
are being realized in this d.
rectiOn. During the last ten days
SIX new students have matricul-
ated, and the present attendance
ia some thirty per cent. larger
than at this time last year. AL
ready large number OF rooms
in the dormltories have been en-
gagged for the second semester of
the year for new students, and
work on the upper foOr of tho
the girls dormitory is beng
rushed to provide rooms neces.
sary to meet the increased de
mand. At the opening of the
second term the temporary dor
mitory, est. Charles Ho' ep' now
being u,ed to accommodate the
overflow Of young ladies, will be
for young men, of whom a large
number arc nov compelled to live
in town because OF lark of space
Ia the dornitOries.
The new uniforms for the corps
of cadets arrived last week,
and the battalion presents more
imposing appearance now than
before. There are no longer any
awkward squads to be seen and
the good effect of the daily drill
ling is seen not only in the pre-
cision of the military maneuvers
but in the more manly carriage
of the boys themselves.
Since the beg ming of ath-
letics in the Institute, the students
have held a high rank in track
and field work in the State.
Now football is demanding it's
share of prominence, and the
game Lafayette is putting up is
attracting attention over the
State. Friday, Nov 6, the strong
team Of the Lake Charles High
School, strengthened by some of
their better local players, fought
up and down the Institute grid
iron without being able to make
a score during either hn,f. but
or their part they prevented their
opp0nets from the scoring. A o
to 0 game of football, under the
new rules which make the game
more spectacular than ever
before, is worth going miles and
miles to STE. Both Dixon Ac.d e.
my and the First troop of
Cavalry, l.. s. F. G, have asked
for a thanksgiving game in New
Orleans with the Institute team
bat the return game with Lake
Charles has already been signed
for that date The next game
will be with the order of Rail
way Clerks, followed by a game
at Jennings with the High
School team.
President E. L. Stephens has
accepted the invitation of the
president Of the Southern Edu-
cational Association to deliver
an address before the meeting of
that body in Montgomery, Ala ,
during the holidays. Dr.. Stephens
will speak on the subject Of "I'ecl-
meal Education"
The wisdom of adding music,
to all courses of study offered
by the Institute, is seen daily in
the entire student body, the songs
sung by the different classes
as they take charge of the
morning exercises and the quar-
tet work being done by those whose
voices are especially adapted to it.
Il. 81. Miller, Albert Boudreaux,
Edward Wives and Fl. O. VOORHEES,
have formed themselves into the
"Glidden Quartet" and made their
first public appearance at an open
meeting of the Avatar Literary
Society a short time ago.
One Of the classes in Agriculture
is beginuig an experiment in
the raising Of alfalfa under tn
supervision of their TEACHER. w