First issue of The Vermilion printed in December of 1903

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THE VERMILION

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A Semi-monthly Paper Edited and Published by the Students of the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute.

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"Ceux Qui Vivent Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent." - V. Hugo

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VOLUME I.     LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1904     NUMBER 4

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Victor Hugo
"Ceux Qui Vivent Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent."
"Those who live are those who fight."

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The previous post is the text found in the header on the cover of the oldest known copy of "The Vermilion."

You are not going to print 3 issues in January and call the first issue of February a by-monthly issue.

I know this is splitting hairs but for all of 2004 the Vermilion has been touting 1904 as the start date. Going back two weeks at a time "The Vermilion started in 1903. Now I don't think they put together a paper during break so I suspect the first issue was mid December 1903 before the break.

The Vermilion start date

	VOLUME	DATE	ISSUE
Projecting back 2 weeks	VOLUME I	DECEMBER 1903	NUMBER 1
Projecting back 2 weeks	VOLUME I	SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904	NUMBER 2
Projecting back 2 weeks	VOLUME I	SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1904	NUMBER 3
Known hardcopy	VOLUME I	SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1904	NUMBER 4

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Likely that first issue was late and came out after X-mas break

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[CajunFun]

"Ceux Qui Vivent Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent."

Was this quotation used on other issues?

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Originally posted by CajunFun
"Ceux Qui Vivent Ce Sont Ceux Qui Luttent."

Was this quotation used on other issues?

On all of the available 1904 spring issues the motto is present.


The quote is missing from the only known issue from 1904-05 and from issues of THE VERMILION for 1905-06

I am going to go out on a limb and say it was present only through the 1903-04 session.