North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Doorways and Corner stones to Learning Locafed approximafely in fhe cenfer of our wonderful sfafe is fhe campus of our beaufiful high school, whose memory is held dear in our hearfs, our alma mafer, Norfh Li'H'le Rock Senior High School. This school is one of fhe mosf sfriking build- ings in fhe sfafe. However, if is nof jusf a build- ing fo fhose who have been privileged enough fo aHend if. To fhem if is an immorfal spirif and a personalify in ifs own righf. Wildcaf Hill is alive wifh fhe spirifs and memories of fhrongs of sfudenfs who have climbed ifs marble sfeps, flocked info ifs large audiforium, rushed fhrough ifs locker lined halls, or grasped fheir educafion in one of NLRHS's friendly classrooms. Maiesfically, fhe main building sfands fall above fhe ofhers, like a king amid his royal sub- jecfs. Hs rich buff brick finish is in clirecf con- frasf wifh fhe beaufiful campus adorned wifh luxurianf shrubbery which surrounds if like a rich carpef.

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4 T Plt 11 PII: ARKANSAS' STATE CAPITOL 1sU1LD1NG A32 0 Y P 719' lb, Y fwo lighf wells, fhrow a genfle glow from oufside info halls, down winding sfairways, and on delicafe hand-furned balusfrades. One mighf find if hard fo believe fhaf wifhin fhese dignified walls a pioneer speaker once sfabbed fo deafh a fellow- legislafor in an argumenf over bounfy on wolf- scalps, and half a dozen men fried fo ride horses up fhe inside spiral sfairs. Progress and growfh broughf abouf changes buf fhe Sfafe House sfands as a reminder of sfages in Arlcansas his- fory never fo be replaced. Pafferned affer fhe Nafional Capifol in Wash- ingfon and recognized as one of fhe mosf beau- fiful in fhe counfry, is fhe presenf Arkansas Sfafe Capifol building. Ideally sifuafed on a lcnoll fac- ing Capifol Avenue, only fhe fruly crifical eye can fully appreciafe fhe fine classical lines of fhis superb archifecfural masferpiece, accenfed by fhe beaufifully landscaped grounds. Alfhough fhe cornersfone of fhe building was laid in I900, fhe building, composed largely of 1' anmy ar s and P1 idly Commi. Bafesville Marble, was nof finally complefed un- fil fhe end of fhe year I9I5. As our governmenf expands, buildings of mod- ern buf harmonious archifecfure are erecfed on Capifol Hill fo house fhese new and needed sfafe deparfmenfs. Housed inside fhis and six ofher sfafe buildings locafed on fhe capifol grounds are magnificenf displays of fhe sfafe's nafural resources fhaf offen capfure fhe wonder of nafive visifors as well as fourisfs. This is fhe seaf of our presenf sfafe gov- ernmenf. A ' The people of The Land of Opporfunifyn are iusfly proud of fhese fhree impressive capifol buildings which exemplify fhe pasf hisfory of fhe growfh and developmenf of a democrafic sfafe born of a democrafic nafion. The complefe and frue sfory of our Wonder Sfafe cannof be relafed by fhe buildings fhem- selves, each wifh ifs own sfory fo be fold in ifs own colorful and impressive way. We musf see fhese wonders in order fo believe.

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