Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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Table of Contents CENTENNIAL l III HONORS 19 t Edited by Carla Erickson EVENTS 39 Edited by Kristine Leone STUDENT LIFE 66 Edited by Lucy LeBlanc GREEKS 81 jfil Edited by Wilfred Skip Waters ORGANIZATIONS 125 »- Edited by Jan Chatelain ATHLETICS 179 f Edited by Anita Reed ADMINISTRATION 227 t Edited by Shirley LeDuff and Lucy LeBlanc PEOPLE 263 M Edited by Carla Erickson Celebration of a Century III

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— Northwestern State University « Christopher Cross and Hall and Oates performed at NSU. — 1982 Caldwell Hall was destroyed in a late night fire. — 1982 Isabella, Northwestern ' s ghost, was moved from the ruins of Caldwell Hall into the oldest building on campus, the Women ' s Gym on Halloween night at midnight. — 1982 The Fine Arts building opened its doors for NSU students. — 1983 The Louisiana School of Math, Science and the Arts was opened for gifted high school students. — 1983 The university began reorganization under Dr. Orze ' s administration. — 1983 Northwestern ' s first Medieval-Renaissance Festival was held. — 1984 The Demon Mascsot was named Vic, short for Victory, and he also was selected as the best college mascot by the National Cheerleader Association. — 1984 Art Linkletter, famous radio and television personality, spoke to NSU students as part of the Distinguished Lectures Series. — 1984 Northwestern ' s Phi Alpha Theta, an international Student Honor Society in History, won the national Best Chapter Award. — 1984 The Columns The stately columns on the Hill In brooding moonlight gleam like pearl; In winter they are chaste and still; In summer round them vines unfurl. In times of old, I ' ve heard it said, These columns graced a home so fair; And, later, sacred duty had to beautify a convent there. Their tryst they kept, e ' en as the nuns; And Time, their father, them rewards, For still not one its duty shuns, But oft some smiling thought records. And man, by vines for beauty trained, Has helped fulfill the columns ' choice Of giving forth whate ' er they ' ve gained And whispering, through the leaves, their voice. The columns stand upon the Hill A group of four, where birdies nest; In winter they are chaste and still; But wake in spring, in ivy drest. — Sybil Moore. 16 Firemen saved the Columns as Caldwell Hall burned to the background. Celebration of a Century

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OUR LADY OF THE BRACELET by Terri D. Griffin B eauty pageants have always been a part of student life especially here at Northwestern. Since the early 1920 ' s, girls in some way have been honored for their talent, beauty, and poise. And one of these ways was through selecting a group of girls to be Potpourri beauties. The Potpourri dedicated a section of the book to these beauties. The judging, however, varied from year to year. Sometimes the Potpourri would send in the girls ' photos to a well-known producer such as Billy Rose for his judgment. Or a student and faculty committee chose the winners. Or the panel of judges consisted of photographers, professional models, and television personalities. They con- tinued using these procedures for several years. But through these methods each girl chosen possessed charm and beauty. And these qualities were found in the first Lady of the Bracelet, Miss Kahne Dipoala. In 1958, she was chosen from twenty other contestants. The Potpourri staff created this title especially for their Potpourri beauties. And a solid gold bracelet was purchased for Our Lady of the Bracelet to wear when she represented the school in public. That bracelet passed each year to the new queen. The 1959 Potpourri editor John Rabb presented Kahne Dipoala, a senior nursing major, at the AWS Masquerade dance held on October 31, 1958. SHW along with the twenty other contestants had been presented to the students, faculty, and judges early in the evening. The judges were Webb Overlander and Jim Barker, makeup men for Sam Goldwin productions, and Benoni Crouch, a model from John Robert Powers Studios. They judged the girls on poise, facial beauty, figure, and charm. The group was then narrowed down to twelve then eight. These eight were then asked a question concerned with Northwestern or their careers. The other girls chosen were as follows: Virginia Atkinson, freshman secretarial major; Janice Lightfoot, freshman elementary education major; Ann Monkhouse, freshman pre-medicine; Bobbie Sue Craft, senior nursing major; Barbara Law, freshman business education major; Karen Stone, junior nursing major; and Marilyn DeFatta, freshman secretarial science major. For several years following this initial event, few changes were made in the pageant. But in 1971, the Potpourri relinquished it to the Student Union Governing Board, where changes were made. Robert Wilson Jr., director of the Student Union, was able to buy the franchise for the Miss Louisiana Pageant. The LOB Pageant became an exciting event for the young women entering for they knew that whoever won would get to repre- sent Northwestern at the Miss Louisiana Pageant and maybe the Miss America Pageant. But no matter how Miss LOB did, she knew that she would get to represent her school throughout the state. And she would have the privilege to wear the bracelet, which had many new charms added. And she also knew that a new charm was placed on the bracelet for her along with the honor of having a picture of herself placed in the Queens ' Room of the Student Union. The bracelet was at one time kept by the Dean of Women, but the SUGB took responsibility of it so future Ladies of the Bracelet could have the honor of wearing it. Editor ' s note: The information above was compiled from issues of Current Sauce and Potpourri and from interviews with Camille Hawthorne and Lucile Hendricks. Our First Lady of the Bracelet, Kahne Dipoala posed for the 1959 POTPOURRI. t