Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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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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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)