Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons Gumbo Yearbook University Archives 1906 Gumbo Yearbook, Class of 1906 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gumbo Recommended Citation Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, "Gumbo Yearbook, Class of 1906" (1906). Gumbo Yearbook. 6. http://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gumbo/6 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Gumbo Yearbook by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. GUMBO ’06 t Dedication In recognition of masterly ability and untiring efforts in the cause of Public Education in Louisiana and of high-minded character and generous spirit, this, the seventh volume of Gumbo, is respectfully dedicated to The Hon. Janies B. Aswell, State Superintendent of Education Hon. J. B Aswell. Biographical Sketch ON. JAMES B. ASW E L L , State Superintendent of Education, was born in Bienville Parish in 1869. He was reared in Jackson Parish and worked on the farm until sixteen years of age. He attended the country schools and the high school at Arcadia; taught a school at Nash, Louisiana, for six summers; was graduated from the Peabody College in 1892; from the University of Nashville, A. B., in 1893, winning the highest honors of the class; from the University of Nashville, A. M., in 1898; did post-graduate work at Chicago University; taught school three years in Calhoun, Louisiana; went to Ruston as Professor of English in the Louisiana Industrial Institute, 1896; went to Natchitoches as Training Teacher and State Institute Conductor, 1897; then to Ruston as President of the Louisiana Industrial Institute for four years; and to Baton Rouge as State Superin tendent of Public Education.