Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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LH I L8 P676 1928 •J 7 » f

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Dedication TO RALPH L. ROPP, B.S. whose enthusiasm and high ideals have inspired stu- dents to seel? the finer and higher things in life, whose happiness and optimism have made l ife at the college more pleasant, rvhose sympathy and understanding have rvon the trust of all the students . . . who since his com- ing to Normal in 1923 has proved to he Normal ' s most genial and competent booster, instructor, and friend . . . we, the students of the Stale Normal College, dedicate this volume of the Potpourri to him xvho has truly looked up, and laughed, and loved, and lifted.

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FOREWORD In the old days the winds whispering through the pines caught the war-whoop of the Indian; the song of the pirate; the love and romance of the Spaniard; the debonair nature of the French; the Rosary of the Nun; .... yes, even the familiar songs of the Plantation Mammy. Then came the College .... Today these same Pines are swayed by the joy and song of college students . . . The old order has changed and yielded its place to the new. To acquaint you better with the history of our Cam- pus, and to present the Student Activities of our College . . . this volume of the Potpourri is offered as a rec- ord of Life upon Normal Hill.