History of LSU INTRO 1860s - 1920s • The Huey P. Long Fieldhouse, named in honor of the former Louisiana Govenor • The institution opened as the Louisiana and U.S. Senator, was constructed in 1932 State Seminary of Learning near Pineville, and served as the campus' first student 1860 La., on January 2, and subsequently union. The Long Fieldhouse contained 1861 closed June 30, , because of the Civil administrative offices and an outdoor pool War. It reopened on April 1, 1862, but was that was the world's largest at the time. again closed on April 23, 1863, due to the • In 1937, two new athletic venues were THIS IS LSU invasion of the Red River Valley by the completed and expanded. The John M. federal army. Parker Coliseum opened and served as a • The seminary reopened October 2, 1865, but multipurpose arena mostly for livestock was destroyed by fire on October 15, 1869.The shows and rodeos. It was also used for seminary moved to Baton Rouge, reopening commencements and convocations and YERS served as home of the LSU basketball team. A on November 1, 1869, where it has since 1870 Alex Box Stadium also served as the football PL remained. In , the name of the institution was changed to Louisiana State University. practice field. Tiger Stadium received its • The Louisiana State Agricultural & second expansion, adding a north endzone Mechanical College was established in and bringing the capacity to 46,000. New Orleans in 1874. The two institutions • Huey P. Long and Castro Carazo teamed up to co-author notable songs, including were merged on Jan. 2, 1877, and began 1877 "Touchdown for LSU." During his tenure at CHES their first joint session on Oct. 5, . LSU, Carazo compiled one of the most A • In 1886, the federal garrison grounds (now complete university band libraries in America. CO the site of the state capitol) were formally declared the domicile of the University. 1940s Land for the present campus was • The ROTC program, mandatory until 1969, purchased in 1918, and construction began carries on what is perhaps the universities’ in 1922. oldest tradition. The military heritage that 1893 • On Nov. 25, , LSU played its first has been part of the institution since its football game, and three years later LSU beginning has given LSU the nickname, adopted the tiger as the official mascot. REVIEW “Ole War Skule.”In WWII, only Texas A&M 1920s and the military academeis of Annapolis and West Point were equal to the Ole War Skule • With the support of Governor John M. in providing officers to the armed forces. Parker and the approval of a severance tax • In 1943, the LSU Band invited its first coed 1921 during the constitutional convention of , member. the construction of the new campus, known today as Louisiana State University 1950s Agricultural and Mechanical College, began. • In 1950 LSU enrolled its first African PREVIEW 1925 • The Gym-Armory was built in west of American student into its graduate the academic quadrangle for the purpose of program. Throughout the 1950s, air housing the LSU basketball team and other conditioning slowly began to be phased indoor sporting events. Tiger Stadium was into administration and classroom 1924 completed in and on Thanksgiving Day buildings throughout the campus. of that year,Tulane and LSU played the first • A.P. Tureaud, Jr., enrolled, but resigned 1928 game on the new campus. In , upward before the end of the fall term in 1953, while expansion added 10,000 seats to the Brown vs. The Board of Education of RECORDS 12,000-seat stadium. Topeka, Kansas, struck down racial • The formal dedication of the new campus segregation in public schools a year later. 1926 took place on Friday, April 30, .The date • Tiger Stadium was expanded in 1957 with was chosen because on April 30, 1803 the the south endzone providing the final piece Y United States Congress signed the to completely enclose the stadium. The OR Louisiana Purchase documents. enclosure provided not only additional seating but also men's dormitories. 1930s Stadium capacity was now 67,720. HIST • During this time many of LSU's live oaks • The LSU Tiger Football team won the 1958 and magnolias were planted by landscape National Championship, defeating artist Steele Burden for what has become a Clemson, 7-0, in the Sugar Bowl and symbolic part of the great legacy at LSU. finishing with an 11-0 season. The Tigers The live oak trees on LSU's campus have then earned the school’s second national been valued at more than $36 million. title in football in 2004, defeating Through the LSU Foundation's "Endow an Oklahoma 21-14 in the Sugar Bowl. LSU Oak" program, individuals or groups are able to endow live oaks across campus. 1960s • In 1930, the student body adopted the alma • In 1964, a $5.5 million student union was mater that still is in use today. LSU is the built to serve the university in many home of The Southern Review, one of the capacities. The three-story facility includes world's most prestigious literary journals, a 1,315 seat theatre, 333 seat movie cinema, 1935 established in by Robert Penn Warren, bowling lanes, game room and pool hall, Cleanth Brooks, Albert Erskine, and post office, cafeteria, and a craft shop, as MEDIA Charles Pipkin. well as ballrooms and conference rooms for hosting seminars and special events. 216 2004-05 LSU MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE IN History of LSU TRO • Also in 1964, six black students enrolled as • Head Coach Skip Bertman built the LSU undergraduates. baseball program into one of the most • By the end of the decade, rising tensions dominating programs in the country. With THIS IS LSU due to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War National Championships coming in 1991, was mounting. The LSU ROTC program 1993, 1996, and 1897, the Tigers would became a target for protestors, as continue their dynasty into the next century dissatisfaction with the war increased. The by winning their fifth title in 2000. By the pressure increased for LSU to either cancel late 1990s’ the LSU Tiger baseball team its program or make it voluntary. In became known as the "Program of the October 1968, the LSU Faculty Council Decade" by all of college baseball. voted to make the ROTC program • Speaking of dynasties, LSU Head Track & PL voluntary, and on May 26, 1969 the LSU Field Coach Pat Henry managed to reach A Board of Supervisors made it official. major milestones throughout his tenure at YERS 1970s LSU. He has led the Lady Tiger track & field team to 22 National Titles, 12 outdoor and • Former professor T. Harry Williams was 10 indoor, including the 2004 indoor title. honored with the Pulitzer Prize for his • Henry’s men’s teams have won five NCAA 1970 biography of Huey Long in . titles, most recently the 2004 indoor crown. • With the growing popularity of collegiate Henry is the only coach in NCAA history to CO athletics, two new athletic facilities were guide both the men’s and women’s team to 1971 A built and another was expanded. In , NCAA titles in the same year. Under CHES LSU basketball introduced a state-of-the- Henry's direction, the LSU track & field art 15,000-seat multipurpose arena. The program has attained unparalleled success: Assembly Center would eventually be 27 NCAA titles and 19 SEC crowns. named the Pete Maravich Assembly Center and nicknamed "The PMAC" following the 2000s death of LSU basketball and NBA legend • In 2000, LSU opened its home football 1988 REVIEW "Pistol" Pete Maravich in . season to a newly expanded Tiger Stadium. • In 1974, Athletics Director Carl Maddox With an additional 11,600 seats due to the expanded the growing LSU athletic East Upper Deck addition and 70 Tiger Den compound with the addition of a Suites, Tiger Stadium is now the sixth multipurpose sports and recreational largest on-campus arena in college football complex that now bears his name, the Carl with a seating capacity of 91,600. Maddox Fieldhouse. Tiger Stadium was • In 2001, the Lod Cook Hotel and 1978 expanded in by adding 8,000 seats in a Conference Center opened on the LSU PREIVEW new West Upper Deck to lead the Tiger campus giving Tiger fans and visitors a full- football program into the next decade with service hotel on campus. a capacity of nearly 80,000 seats. • In 2002, the $15 million renovation to the • In 1978, LSU was named a sea-grant college Gym-Armory to provide the Cox becoming one of only 25 universities Communication Academic Center for nationwide to be recognized as both a Student-Athletes was completed, giving land-grant and sea-grant institution. LSU student-athletes one of the nation's 1980s top facilites for learning. RECORDS • Pat Henry's track and field dynasty • In 1985, the Natatorium was built for the LSU continues into the 21st century as the Tigers Swimming & Diving program as the United have now captured 27 national titles under States Sports Festival came to Baton Rouge. Henry. Most recently, LSU became the first • James Wharton introduced a new school to win both the men’s and women’s admissions policy that would increase indoor titles in the season season when university admission standards. The both programs captured the crown in 2004. standards would require high school As a University, LSU has accounted for 43 HIST students to complete a list of core national titles and 105 Southeastern requirements throughout their high school Conference titles. OR careers. In 1987, the board of supervisors • Nick Saban, on his way to National Coach approved the proposed admission standards.