Long wanted LSU to be the best university in the nation and during the s, and despite the Great Depression, the number of buildings increased and the number of courses grew and improved. Foreign languages also received greater attention with the completion of the French House in , which provided an immersion program for French language, literature, and culture.
The LSU Cadet Band and football team received special attention from Long and were used as public relations tools for the university and the state. As the decade came to an end, allegations of misuse of these funds began to surface. Student population decreased from a high of 7, in to around 3, by because so many student-age men were off at war.
In , women students outnumbered men for the first time and they began to take more technical courses. Women also joined the Cadet Band for the first time during the war. By , GIs many of whom were married with families, a rarity before the war returning from the war increased the student population to just over 10, and another major building program took place to house and provide classrooms for the new students and their families.
Throughout the s, LSU would continue to grow and began to evolve from a teaching university mainly concerned with agricultural research to an institution where teaching and research went hand in hand. New programs such as nuclear science and computer science also began in s, and Boyd Professorships recognizing faculty excellence began in The building boom that began after World War II continued with the expansion of Tiger Stadium to include more seats and dormitory rooms and completion of much-needed new main library now known as Middleton Library after LSU President Troy Middleton in State law required that African Americans attend historically black colleges such as Southern and Grambling or go to college out of state.
Beginning in , federal court decisions stated that if a comparable graduate program was not available at a historically black college, LSU and other historically white colleges in Louisiana had to allow African Americans to enroll. From until the Civil Rights Act of was passed, potential African American students had to file suit in federal court to show why they should be admitted.
This ruling was expanded to allow undergraduates to enroll under similar conditions in , but A. Tureaud, Jr. The s and s saw many changes in student life on campus. A new spacious student union was completed in that provided meeting and gallery space, a theater, and dining facilities.
Even though LSU was and still is a relatively conservative campus, students began to question established rules and ideas held by the administration, and wanted to have more say in their own lives.
By , the age of majority had been lowered from 21 to 18 and the concept of in loco parentis in the place of the parent ended rendering moot many university rules governing conduct and living arrangements. Students also advocated for a Black Studies program and hiring more African American faculty and administrators.
During the s and s, fueled by tax revenue from the booming oil and petrochemical industries, research flourished in medicine, engineering, nuclear science, computers, fisheries, and agriculture. Hebert Law Center broke away to form separate campuses in and respectively. LSU continued to suffer from sharply declining revenue due to reduced values for oil and gas and was, along with other Louisiana colleges and universities, embroiled in a lengthy federal lawsuit alleging that the state operated a dual system of higher education in violation of the Civil Rights Act.
The lawsuit called into question every program offered by all universities and required court approval for any new funding or academic programs. Both of these events caused uncertainty among the students and faculty as academic programs were cut, fees and tuition increased, and salaries for faculty and staff remained stagnant. By the late s, LSU had begun to recover from the setbacks that began in the s and became a land, sea, and space-grant university with a diverse student body that numbers around 30, Yearly budget cuts beginning in brought about changes in the administrative structure and as in the s, some low-enrollment courses were eliminated.
The agricultural center and law center also reintegrated into the Baton Rouge campus. Despite these recent impediments and increased responsibilities, LSU has embarked on an ambitious program to increase the amount of research grants and contracts, improve student retention and graduation rates, and improve its academic reputation. LSU has persevered through war and peace and through good economic times and bad. Publications Cowan, Barry. Louisiana State University. Arcadia Publishing, Desmond, J.
Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors. Ruffin, Thomas R. LSU Press, Give to LSU Libraries. Search lsu. For Researchers. History of LSU. Additional Reading Publications Cowan, Barry. The Architecture of LSU. LSU is also distinguished by the five historic and beautiful lakes that surround the area, referred to as the "LSU lakes". The campus is home to two Indian mounds created by Native Americans over 5, years ago, located near the northwest corner of campus.
The trademark architecture of the university is characterized by the tan stucco walls, red tile rooftops, and arches. LSU is covered in beautiful landscaping, with crepe myrtles, azaleas, camellias, and the famous oak and magnolia trees providing both shade throughout the campus and a beautiful environment for students. Take a virtual tour of LSU! The university is strong in biological sciences, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, English, French Studies, history, mass communication, mathematics, mechanical engineering, and physics.
Unique offerings reflecting the geography of Louisiana are coastal studies and ecology. The Middleton Library contains special collections in natural history, military history, dialects of France, economics, Louisiana history, and American history. Visitor Center. Parking Garage. Baton Rouge is on the move culturally and economically, with art exhibitions, concerts, a new IBM center and hundreds of restaurants from which to choose.
New Orleans and Cajun country are just an hour's drive away. Visit Baton Rouge.
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