Lafayette Weekly Call (Lafayette, Indiana) 11 Sep 1897  LAFAYETTE  VIEWED AS SON OF FRANCE   Lafayette Described in His Relations to His Native Land.   Preface:  The following 1897 article from the Lafayette Weekly Call recalls long forgotten history of our city's namesake, the Marquis de Lafayette and the role he played in our nation's history.  Much of the article focuses on the teachings of M adame Pauline Mariotte-Davies, a popular Purdue University Professor of her time.  Dr. Mariotte-Davies gave many speeches in the Greater Lafayette area during her tenure at Purdue. About Dr. Pauline Mariotte-Davies (1849-1930) - Madame Marlotte-Davies, Ph.D., long a much-loved figure at Purdue University and community circles, died at Petoskey Michigan in 1930 at the age of 81. Madame Davies was born in the Madelene Quarter in Paris and received her primary education in a private school from which, after a competitive examination, received a schol...