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==Background==

==Background==

Smith<ref>It is unclear if Smith was named for the fifth [[U.S. President]], [[James Monroe]].</ref> was born near Jonesboro in [[rural]] Jackson Parish in north Louisiana to John Henry Smith and the former Mary Adney Sims. He was educated at [[Valparaiso University]] in Valparaiso,  [[Indiana]] and at LSU, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921. He engaged in graduate studies in 1922 at the [[University of Chicago]] in [[Chicago]],  [[Illinois]]. In 1925, he received a [[Master of Arts]] from [[Columbia University]] Teachers College in [[New York City]]. In 1927, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from Columbia.<ref name=lahist/>

Smith<ref>It is unclear if Smith was named for the fifth [[U.S. President]], [[James Monroe]].</ref> was born near Jonesboro in [[rural]] Jackson Parish in north Louisiana to John Henry Smith and the former Mary Adney Sims. He was educated at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso,  [[Indiana]], and at LSU, from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921. He engaged in graduate studies in 1922 at the [[University of Chicago]] in [[Chicago]],  [[Illinois]]. In 1925, he received a [[Master of Arts]] from [[Columbia University]] Teachers College in [[New York City]]. In 1927, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from Columbia.<ref name=lahist/>

   

   

On July 3, 1914, Smith wed the former Thelma Ford, and the couple had two children, Marjorie Lee Smith (any married name unavailable) and James Monroe Smith, Jr. He taught in rural schools from 1908 to 1910. In 1911-1912, he served on the faculty of Eros High School in the community of Eros in Jackson Parish. He taught in the summer of 1917 at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He was then on the LSU faculty in 1918 and from 1920 to 1923, he was assigned to the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute. He was dean of the ULL college of education from 1923 to 1930, when he was appointed president of LSU during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] During Smith's tenure there, LSU enrollment grew from 2,100 to 8,550 students.<ref name=lahist/><ref name=time/>

On July 3, 1914, Smith wed the former Thelma Ford, and the couple had two children, Marjorie Lee Smith (any married name unavailable) and James Monroe Smith, Jr. He taught in rural schools from 1908 to 1910. In 1911-1912, he served on the faculty of Eros High School in the community of Eros in Jackson Parish. He taught in the summer of 1917 at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. He was then on the LSU faculty in 1918 and from 1920 to 1923, he was assigned to the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as Southwestern Louisiana Institute. He was dean of the ULL college of education from 1923 to 1930, when he was appointed president of LSU during the administration of [[Governor]] [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]] During Smith's tenure there, LSU enrollment grew from 2,100 to 8,550 students.<ref name=lahist/><ref name=time/>