Membership in the Thirteen Club is offered to students meeting the following requirements:

• Senior Classification

• All academic credit taken at Southeastern

• A cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or better

• No final course grades below a C

 

The Constitution of THE THIRTEEN CLUB

Southeastern Louisiana University evolved from Hammond Junior College which was founded
in 1925 to provide higher educational opportunities in this immediate area. In the
first year six students had transferred credits from other institutions to make it
possible to earn the state’s two-year teacher certification.

In 1928, Act. No. 136 of the State Legislature authorized Southeastern Louisiana College
to award four-year degrees and admitted Southeastern to the state system of higher
education. In order to provide the fledgling institution with an honor society, and
to provide a lasting gift to the institution, this Depression Era class established
a perpetual honor organization specifically to honor outstanding students who had
taken their entire academic work at Southeastern. The original thirteen members, have
been identified below:

 

Archie Bray – Springfield, LA

Wunzie Conerly – Kentwood, LA

Vera Cook  – Waldheim, LA

Faye Copes – Natalbany, LA

Gladys Higginbotham – Holden, LA

Adah Hinman – Hammond, LA

Stella Kinney – Hammond, LA

Florence Neal –  Hammond, LA

Doris Robertson –  Hammond, LA

Elmer Sanders – Roseland, LA

Ruth Stevens – Hammond, LA

Eleanor Turner – Roseland, LA

Mrs. Aileen Inman Ponchatoula, LA

 

 

Since the founding of THE THIRTEEN CLUB, many honor organizations have been established
on our campus. Most of these are discipline centered and require certain competencies
and/or academic credits for membership.

 

The Thirteen Club is unique to Southeastern Louisiana University. Although the honor
organization is probably not recognized beyond the institution’s academic community,
how pleased those 13 founders would be that their gift is still appreciated by the
Southeastern family.