Kemble K. Kennedy Sr. scrapbook, 1925-1953.

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Kemble K. Kennedy Sr. scrapbook, 1925-1953.

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This collection spans from 1925 to 1953 and consists of one scrapbook that primarily contains clippings from several different newspapers documenting Kennedy's high school graduation, various awards and honors from Farmerville High and LSU, his ordeal with the "Whangdoodle" scandal, and several obituaries of him. It also contains one letter, a telegram from friends, a summons to appear in court, an executive order suspending him from LSU in 1930, a pledge sheet with signatures to swear to uphold the privacy of the Theta Nu Epsilon fraternity, a handwritten note from one of his ex-fraternity brothers, and a program of "Memorial Exercises before the Supreme Court of Louisiana."

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Kennedy, Kemble K. (Kemble Kenneth), 1903-1952.

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Kemble Kenneth Kennedy was born September 14, 1903 in Farmerville, La. At Louisiana State University, Kennedy majored in law and belonged to three scholastic fraternities: Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, and Mu Sigma Rho. In 1930, Kennedy became embroiled in controversy at LSU stemming from his leadership role in a secret fraternity, Theta Nu Epsilon, and its publication of "Whangdoodle." He was eventually indicted and convicted of criminal libel and circulating obscene matter, whereupon LSU susp...

Mu Sigma Rho (Louisiana State University).

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Pi Sigma Alpha (Louisiana State University).

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Phi Delta Phi (Louisiana State University).

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Law School

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Theta Nu Epsilon (Louisiana State University).

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...