Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ADHINISTI ATICN [ 15 ]

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS With the graduation of the class of 1939, Albert A. Fredericks will com- plete his fifth year as President of the Louisiana State Normal College . . . It seems fitting that we review the outstanding events of his term of office . . , First of all, the enrollment in residence, correspondence, and extension class students has increased 45 per cent under the administration of Presi- dent Fredericks . . . The varied activities of President Fredericks in the educational and social world and his appointment to state-wide committees have popularized the name of NORMAL among influential circles . . . New extra-curricular activities have taken root in the past five years, making the students ' leisure hours interesting ... A vast intramural league in all sports and entertainment has been inaugurated to stimulate competition between the various groups . . . Alumni clubs have been established in numerous cities. The Alumni Columns reaches the homes of graduates all over the South . . . Among the improvements on the State Normal College campus during the past five years are the Richard W. Leche library, a new power and light plant, including a parkway lighting system, three N. Y. A. dormitories, that accommodate over 200 students, reno- vations of all the old buildings on the campus, a new football ' ' bowl, embracing a football field and a quarter-mile cinder track and an extensive roadway and landscaping project . . . Under con- struction as this edition of The Potpourri goes to press are a fine arts building and auditorium, two dormitories for women, a social room, a men ' s dormitory, a stadium, a student center and natatorium, and additions to the infirmary and to the power plant . . . All of these accomplishments have been brought about largely through the keen foresight and untiring energy of our president, a man who has endeared himself to the hearts of students, faculty and administrative staff members, and graduates of the college.