Oral history.; Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones was born on July 19, 1909, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her mother's family were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, of Creole heritage; her grandmother, Olivia Lewis, spoke only in French. Her father Lamar...
Photograph of mascot Seymour leading a cheer during a football game. Seymour and three helpers are performing a gymnastics stunt. Photograph featured in the 1990 Southerner yearbook, page 128.
Photograph of mascot Seymour arriving at a football game in a limousine during the 1982 season. Jeff Davis brought new dimensions to the character of Seymour. Before Davis, the mascot did little more than prance up and down the sidelines....
Photograph of mascot Seymour dressed in tuxedo and bow tie at homecoming 1996, which celebrated the presidency of Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
Photograph of mascot Seymour leading a cheer during a football game. Seymour and three helpers are performing a gymnastics stunt. Photograph featured in the 1990 Southerner yearbook, page 6.
Photograph of Jeff Smith dressed as Seymour, the Golden Eagle mascot. Smith was selected best mascot in the Southeastern US. Featured in the Student Printz on September 9, 1982.
Photograph of golden eagle Nugget and mascot Seymour looking at each other during a football game. Photograph featured in the 1985 Southerner yearbook on page 352.