As Campus Journalist, City Judge, Saloom Was an Eyewitness to History
December 08, 2017
December 08, 2017
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Dec. 8 -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette campus issued the following news story:
When Kaliste J. Saloom Jr. entered Southwestern Louisiana Institute in the fall of 1935, he went first to the registrar's office and then to the barber.
It was customary for incoming male freshmen to have their heads shaved. They were then issued beanies - a small, cloth hat branded with the initials SLI - to cover their baldness.
Saloom died Dec. . . .
When Kaliste J. Saloom Jr. entered Southwestern Louisiana Institute in the fall of 1935, he went first to the registrar's office and then to the barber.
It was customary for incoming male freshmen to have their heads shaved. They were then issued beanies - a small, cloth hat branded with the initials SLI - to cover their baldness.
Saloom died Dec. . . .