It was a fun night.  Some music students played their instruments, a local church brought their bell choir and played the bells, the ballroom dance team (and my friend Smoot Carter) danced on the steps of the memorial tower and then “Santa” told a good ‘ole cajun Christmas story with Mike the Tiger and the cheerleaders gathered around little children.

Louisiana State University, located in Baton Rouge, LA, first opened on January 2, 1860 with William Tecumseh Sherman as Superintendent (now known as Chancellor). The Belltower was erected in 1923, a year after the president’s house was built in 1922 (now a street over).