Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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f ' fi- r • • ttir ■ OLD BULLARD HOME AND CONVENT BUILDING L-t f ' , ; ■ ' o - I. ■ FIFTY YEARS OF • PROGRESS • AT NORMAL

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THE DEANS .V AS Dran of Instruction of the Louisiana State Normal, Dr. Ford has won the respect and r i.mtidcnce of the faculty and the student body. He is well qualified for the position he ' holds. He graduated from the Louisiana State Ni rmal in 1910 and received his A.B. degree from the Louisiana State L ' niversity n 1V24. His master ' s and doctor ' s degrees were both received from the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1926 and 19}1 respectively. After .serving as assistant superintendent and chssroom supervisor of Calcasieu Parish from 191} to I92S, he accepted a position as assistant Professor of Education on the Normal faculty. In |9}0 he was associate Professor of Education and Dean of Instruction. In 19M he was appointed to his present position. Dr. Ford has prosed his comjxtency by solving wisely and carefully the many and various problems that have confronted him. This past year Miss Dean Vamado was chosen again to serve as Dean of Women. She entered this college as a student in 189 ), graduating from Normal in 1899. After receiving her A.M. degree from Columbia in 190 , she Ixcame dehnitcly connected with this institution. Miss Vamado was Dean of Women at the State Normal from 1914 to 1922. In 1919 she received a special diploma, teaching history, from Columbia University. From 1923 to 193J Miss N ' arnado was Professor of History, resuming her present position in 1933. Probably no one is qualified to guide the women students so well as she. The situations and problems that arise are the same ones . hc has dealt with in the past years and each time has settled satisfactorily. Miss N ' emado is adapted to her work; she is a conscientious and lovable advisor. Only gratitude and appreciation can be felt in the heart of each woman student for the personal guidance she has received. Profc. ;sor He aid, although new in his present position as Dean of Men and head of the Bureau of Student Activities, has proved his ability to cope with any situation that may arise within his jurisdiction. Not only is he capable of the trust given him as Dean of Men, but he has enthusi- astically attacked each unsolved problem with an unreserved vigor and determination. Professor Heald received his A.B. degree at the Iowa State Teacher ' s College in 1916 and his M.A. degree at the Iowa State Dniveriity in 1923. He has had graduate study at the Louisiana State Uni- versity, attended the summer seiiions of the University of Iowa in 1928 and 1929. acted as super- intendent of the puSIic schools of Iowa and was instructor in the Iowa State Teacher ' s College during the iurnmcrs of 1916 to 1920. Professor Heald started his work at this college in 1923. IWENtTFIGHI

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THE BULLARD HOME HISTORY OF LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL COLLEGE FOUNDING On July 8, 1884, in the state Legislature of Louisiana, a law was passed which provided for the creation of the State Normal School, and a small appropriation was made for its support. The State Board of Education decided that Natchitoches was best suited for the location of the school, and the grounds for- merly used by the Convent of The Sacred Heart were presented them for the site. DEAN VARNADO GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS TTie first building on the site of what is now the campus of the Louisiana State Normal College was a beautiful plantation home built in 1832, and owned by the Bullard family. The four historic columns which remain on the campus were a part of this bui lding. In 1857 the Catholic Order of The Sisters of the Sacred Heart pur- chosed the property from the Bullard estate for a convent and erected a large brick building, later called the Convent Building. During the War between the States the school was suspended, and the building was used a; a hospital. These two buildings were used for many years as the physical plant of the school and many fond memories and stories are recalled by those who went to school and lived in them. In 1894, East Hall was built. This was the dormitory about which many legends have been handed down. On its third floor was supposed to have lived the ghost of a beautiful nun who moved there when the old convent building had been torn down. East was demolished in 1927, and ingenious students undertook the moving of the ghost to old Brown Building, now the music building. Other buildings have followed through the years, and the College is today a modem plant that can be seen from the aerial view on page 35. THIRTY