The Washington times., 1935-09-14

Harry Costello ana 3 gOOQly
percentage of the 1000 students
at one time or other we're ad
vanced sums of money by him.
Senator Long was an ardent
football fan and keen student of
technical football. Football was his
hobby, and he discarded all activi.
ties, even those pertaining to poll.
tics, when the football season
opened, refusing to take them up
again until the final whistle of
the final game Signaled that the
grid season was over.
Last year, on the occasion of the
student trip to the Louisiana
State-Vanderbilt football game, in
Nashville, Tenn, Senator Long de-
manded of the railroads that they
transport L. S. U. students on the
round trip for ST. So persistent
were his demands that the railroad
acceded, and more than 1000 L.
S. III. students accompanied their
football team to and from the
game at Nashville.
LACKED MONEY
At a mass meeting of students,
on the eve of the departure from
Baton Rouge of several special
trains for the Vanderbilt game,
Senator Long addressed the stu
dents. Midway in his talk he was
interrupted by one student who in
formed the Senator that a num-
ber of students lacked the ST
necessary to make the trip.
SIS that so?" queried Senator
Long. "E''ell, in that case, /
guess it's up to me to see that
you do co."
Whereat he ordered each stu
dent desirous of making the trip
but who lacked funds, to write out
an 0 U on the back of laundry
slip. In exchange for the slips,
Huey loaned the students over
$4,000.
81 got it back, tOO," the Sem
atOr afterward explained, and
he laughed, "but / never before
knew there were so many John
Browns at L. S. u"
Two trips were planned for l..
S. us 150-piece band and for the
student body this year. The first
was to be to New York city for
the Manhattan-L. S. U. grid game
of October IL; the second to
Athens, Ga, for the Georgia-L.
s. U. game in November. Both
trips will be undertaken, T. P.
Heard, L. S. U. director of ath-
letics, announced today.
eve will carry on just as if
the Senator were here" said Mr..
Heard. "That's what he'd want
us to do, and that's what we will
do"
DEPENDED ON HIM
Any number OF students, at the
university with little or no means
available to them, were dependent
on Senator Longs generosity, and
to such an extent that only re-
Gently he caused plans to be
worked out whereby all poor boys
in Louisiana might attend L. S. U.
without cost to them or to their
parents. This plan is to be in.
augurated at the university this
year.
Just a few days ago Senator
Long expressed the hope that
some day IL. S. U. will be in a
position to extend aid to poor
boys and girls from other
States"
However" the Senator OBJ
served, "at the moment we have
all we can do to take care of
the poor youngsters of our own
State"
One matter pertaining to L. S.
U. greatly puzzled Senator Long.
He unsuccessfully sought. a work
able plan through which girls with
little or no means could attend the
university without cost.
He consulted with any number
of educators throughout the United
States in his search for a work.
able plan. but at the time of his
death had not found such a plan.
"It has me puzzled" said
Senator Long the day before he
was aSSaSSinated. "But, one of
these days we'll hit on a plan.
DR.. James Monroe Smith, our
president out at L. S. u, will
find some way to do it, never
fear, and when he finds the plan
we'll Immediately inaugurate
it,"
Senator Long this afternoon was
to have attended a scrimmage ses-
sion especially arranged for him.
L. S. us football players were un-
der a pail as they took the field
for their practice this morning,
and were even more depressed this
afternoon, since this afternoon
was the time set for the scrim-
mage for Huey.