Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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We had a short rest and began again . . . only this time we were called upon to give even more. Dollars and cents composed of three digit numbers, were taken for the privilege of dining in Iberville and being treated at the Infirmary. t-H n

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The beginning was when we arrived and became involved. We were to be full-fledged students in many ways, but we began by giving our names and numbers, majors and classifications, patience and strength, frustration and tears, and receiving disappointments and Sorry it ' s closed. We thought to ourselves, ' Registration — there ' s got to be a better way!

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Next on our guided tour was the bookstore. Where else could you buy a book one minute for $22.50 and as the cash register rang out, have its value depreciate to more than half its worth? We had been introduced to University red-tape, and this was the way we learned How to play the college game. NSU, like so many other universities, had progressed to the new social security classification system for student identification. In the future all individuals will be stamped at birth to eliminate possible error during your educational experience. We soon learned the rules of the game . . . Your number please . . . 435-90-4058 . . . We knew it by heart. ■n MO NORTHWE STATE C