Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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ORDERofBOOKS I. THE COLLEGE II. CLASSES VANITY FAIR IZA 1 IONS Ics

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Sketch o( Louisiana State Normal College irmal Bchool of i 1 by ictmenl In the year I sued for the reception The purpose for which the Institution • the white youth of the state u ;m«l it i the only st I for this BOle pun The Constitution of 1921 chani i to Loul rmal College, altliou h a full four-year course had l . d in 1918 Normal College has ln ion to aearljr 1600 la 1024; it i- now the tenth largest nonn.il i the (Jnlti Daring the forty uroll- ments total 19,700 cording to ■ rorrej ol tl I teachera of the Btate In I mal College I here In ell the other teacher training s hools In Lonisiana combined. tut ion maintains the high standards of all tl a teacher training colleges In entrance requirement , quallfli taff, amount and quality of work required, organisation of Its courses end curricula the - on ■ par with the heel among the teacher training colleges Of the country. The college plant Is veined at approximately 11,000,000 Following squlp ni ' nt of buildings: tiro brick academic buildings, one frame science building, three dormitorli i, one brick dormitory, • • i k li t frame dormitoi dining hail ami dormitory, one brick gymnasium, one concrete laundry building, one one iiru k Infirmary, one concrete dairy building, two frame dwell- ings, three fr.un.- barns, two frame sleeping pavilllons, one frame carpentry and math hop, one frame coal bin. three frame poultry houses, and four cabin Other equipment consists of s library with 20,000 volumes, s school of music with twenty-four pianos, seven laboratories, com rimming pool. 2700 feet of covered walk, water plant with six wells and machinery, water 1 ■•••.. -i on - having Capacity of gallons, two dynamos 100 k w and 7. . k w . three 120 ii p boilers, completi in. complete steam heating system, fire apparatus valued at |4000, 41 it land, dairy composed of slaty-one grade and registered Ji cattle, ninety head DUTOC Jersej hogs, 1 00 head poultry, five head of mules, and ath ;..irk composing ten ■ ■ It would seem from the foregoing that the Stale Normal College is well e |in; hut such, hoe not the case The InstltUtiOl d of a low build lag to take the place of Boyd Hall which is used for the i and which Is itahle tire trap, and a building in which -houhl be housed the iibrar . auditorium. Offices of administration, and liter. Us Tl .tpoiiiu Staff sir ly hope that the staff of the 1 • hook will have the epport unit y and pleasure of placing in the tton sketches oi ■ i Ball ami Administration Building.