Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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A4 W v mr»A 1 S s s s s s s s N S S s s N s s s N S s s s s s s s s s s s s 1 Henry Lee Prather, A. B., LL. B. I s s s s s s s s s V s s s s s s s s s s s N s N s .. J ™Z ENRY LEE PRATHER was born in 1 888 on a q farm near Odessa, Missouri. He attended j) school at Odessa, finished the grammar and high school. Then he became a student at the University of Missouri, receiving his A.B. degree in igio and his LL.B. degree in 19 12. Slats, as he was known at the University, was very popular with the students and the faculty. He took a great interest in athletics, was president of the Freshman Eaw Class and was elected a mem- ber of Phi Alpha Delta, the honorary law fraternity. From 191 1 to 1912 he was Director of Athletics at Columbia, Mis- souri. In 19 12 he went to S. L. I. I. at Lafayette, Louisiana, and in 19 13 came to L. S. N. Here he has created such a desire for signal achievement in inter-collegiate athletics that under his energetic leadership Normal is forging to the front ranks o f Southern colleges in this respect. (fi)

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DEDICATION DD ma To Coach, who has Won the appreciation and grateful love ot the entire student hotly by his un- tiring e f f o r t s to make Normal count for some- thing in our lives,, this volume is affectionately dedicated. c.)

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AA + rf fX f S s s s, s s s s N s s N s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s In the land cf Natchitoches Towers superb a lordly college, On a broad and green-hilled campus, Once an Indian encampment. Then the Spanish flag waved o ' er it, Afterward the royal lilies Of fair France showed she was victor. Long before there was a college, Thru the trees a white-walled convent Reared its head; the sweet-faced sisters Lived and taught their gentle lessons Where, of old, the cruel Zomach Led his tribe to bloody warfare. Then the convent buildings vanished. In their places here have risen Edifices fair and noble, Where the youth of Louisiana, Seeking for the fount of learning, Find it at the Normal College; Find here, too, a learned professor Versed and skilled in Indian folklore. Many things he has to show them, Many tales of Indian warfare Painted as tho he had lived it. Herewith do we grateful thank For the help that he has given, For the relics he has lent us That we may adorn these pages. Potpourri here tries to show you All activities of students. Fun and frolic, joys and sorrows Meet and mingle in its pages. ElnlDRH him 1 s s s s s s s s s s s s s » s s s v. s s s N s s s s s fl ft (7)