Who Dat? Dat Cajan Crew! Dat's Who

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The oldest reference to the someone or some entity within the University of Louisiana calling itself Cajun or a variation thereof came with 1922-23 Drama Club when they refered to themselves as "Dat Cajan Crew"

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1922 "CAJAN CREW"

CAJAN CREW OFFICERS

James M. Higginbotham	Lafayette, LA	President
Clay Dalferes	Lafayette, LA	Vice-President
Ralph Squires	Morgan City, LA	Secretary
Geneva Prater	Lake Charles, LA	Treasurer
Charles Jagou	Lafayette, LA	Advertising Manager

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE:

Fanny Barstow	Cheneyville, LA
Llewellyn Bourque	Milton, LA
Dorthy Davis	Lafayette, LA
Madge Johnson	Vinton, LA
Daniel Winters	New Iberia, LA

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Louisiana-Acadien Yearbook
1922-23
	Dat Cajan Crew!
	So far as for me younknow i don care but all de same i don see hoccum dose betes at de institute gotta go choose a name like dat, me! Gawd! but day mak me mad yes. Go call deyself de cajan crew-fo wat dey do dat hien? I believe me dey want sass de cajan fo true; dey say iss jes for make play like dat-but i don believe dat non, fo show dey want hinsult de cajan an tant qu' a pour mai i feel like to stap em in de face-de got chiek yes, hien-fo wat dey don pick on somebody else hien? i got pass my heys on dat tout suite. Wat i want know me hoccum dey don call deyself de high monkey monk-Seem like to me das mo funny dan de funney pape. So far as fo me i don see hoccum dey want mak all dose gran embarras tonne're! but dey mak me beancoup mad yas-Ca va jamais faire-C'est pas bon du tout, C'est des bons riens.

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For the record. . . .

UL owns "DAT"


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