The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-03
MANY BIG EVENTS
MARKED CLOSING
OF ST. CHARLES
Holiday Recess Witnesses
Some Great Doings at the
Famous Institution
FOOTBALL NIGHT
A GREAT SUCCESS
Smith Reelected Captain of
the Football Eleven and
Will Boss the Job Right
Correspondence Star-Progress.

Correspondence Progress.
Grand Coteau, La, Dec. 24.-On
Saturday, December 20, St. Charles
College suspended class work for
two weeks in oroor to enable the
students of the college to be at home
all during the Christmas holidays.
Quite a number of entertaining
events were carried through by the
students on the few days previous to
their departure, and these were at
tended with such success that the
week was unanimously declared by
the students to have been the most
memorable closing week that the col
lege has had for years.
Senior night was as usual the first
of the entertainments scheduled. A
magnificent banquet was spread for
the members of the class of 1920 in
the large library Of the college de-
partment. The entire class was pres
ent in dress uniform. A number of
faculty members were guests of the
class at the banquet. Quite num-
Der of interesting speeches were
made by class members and by some
of the faculty.
Football night followed close on
senior night and proved to be I'M
doubtedly the most successful night
of its kind that the college has ever
had. Fourteen footbll &c" were
awarded that night by the st. Charles
College Athletic Association, with the
Rev. E. A. Diebold, S. j., president
of the college, presiding at the form
al distribution of the letters. The en-
tire student body attended the dis
tribution exercises which were held
in the college auditorium.
In the early evening the football
squad, together with Mr.. Roy, ath-
Ietic director, and Coach Pagan, as
sembled in the library of the college
department for supper spread in
honor of the occasion. LESLEY Gar
diner, football manager, presided
and John Younger was POSTMASTER.
In the midst of the Notification near
" all of the players we're called upon
for speeches on various subjects and
kept the gathering in fit of laugh
ter for almost two hours. LESLEY
Gardiner and Edward Dubuisson,
cheer leader, won frequent and hear
ty applause during their respective
speeches in which they reviewed va
rious aspects of the season and pre-
dicted the achievements of the foot
ball team in the 1920 season. Coach
Fae b, in his address, recalled the
good prk of individual players as
he announced the names of the men
who were to receive their letter and
told the particular reason why the
association was to award letters to
these men. Captain Smith, in the
name Of the team, responded to the
various addresses that had been made
and stated in no unmistakable terms
the attitude of the team regarding
the next season of football. The
election of football captain for the
1920 season then followed, with the
result that Ewell Smith was re-elect-
tatte the position that he has so
successfully filled during the past
season. In a few closing remarks,
Mr.. Roy congratulated Captain Smith
an his reelection and commented In
General on the spirit that had ami
mated the players during the entire
season. He referred to the relations
~ st. Charles College with various
other colleges Of the state who were
their fellow members in the Louisi7
ana Tnter-C Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tiOn and strongly urged a "get-to-
together" spirit in their dealings with