Alumni Columns Official Publication of Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana
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i: W P^ J. .,-,•1 EUGENE P. WATSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY NATCHITOCHES. LA. ganUKJIeiLHtiJIH Kst'i.-'ji'iii. ^33r «ssrv Alumni Magazine Fall 1992 The Alumni Columns Official publication of Northwestern State University Natchitoches, Louisiana Organized in 1884 A member of the American Alumni Council Volume V Number 1 Fall 1992 Published by Northwestern State University, Editorial Offices located in Prather Coliseum. Entered as second-class matter under Act of Dear Graduates and Friends of Northwestern: August 4. 1912. NSU ALUMNI OFFICER What a wonderful word. It brings warm feelings and thoughts Homecoming! President Tommy Chester to our mind. Going home, re-living old times, seeing old friends, and remember- Arcadia, 1969 ing the happy times of our youth. All of these things go into making up 1st Vice President Parker Wiggins Homecoming at Northwestern. Monroe, 1941 Secretary-Treasurer Elise James This year Homecoming is scheduled for October 24, 1992. Please make plans Natchitoches, 1968 to attend any or all of the events planned for that weekend. Read the agenda in Executive Director Elise James this issue to see what activities you are interested in attending. We hope to have Natchitoches, 1968 something for everybody, from an alumni art exhibit, jambalaya dinner, golf tournament, football game, to special reunions. You may want to plan your own BOARD OF DIRECTORS special reunion with some of your former classmates. If you want to do this please Tommy Chester Arcadia, 1969 contact and I will help you arrangements. love to see people get me make We Danny Dison Bossier City, 1969 together and have fun. Glenn Talbert Shreveport. 1964 For those of you who have not been on the campus for some time, it is as pretty Can-oil Long Tyler, TX 1970 Dale Bernard Lake Charles, 1972 II as you remember it. The grounds are clean and beautifully landscaped. The Raymond Arthur Natchitoches, 1964 grounds crew, supervised by Jerry Smith, does a great job of keeping this campus David Morgan Austin,Tx,1973 the prettiest in the state. Ginger Wiggins Shreveport, 1987 starts with at the The Homecoming Day open house Alumni Center. We want Susan T. Taylor Natchitoches. 1967 you to see what we have done to the old building that most of us remember as the Parker Wiggins Monroe. 1941 president's home. Come by there first, have coffee and look around to get you in the mood for the day. We do hope all of you will attend the alumni luncheon in STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE the Sylvan Friedman Student Union Ballroom at noon. Several special classes Brent Cockrell Natchitoches. La. such as the Class of 1942 will be honored this being their 50th year out of SGA President Northwestern. The Aliiinni Columns is the official There will also be a special dedication of the Child Development Center to publication of Northwestern State Dr. Marie Dunn during the Homecoming activities. Those of you that remember University and is published in this fine lady that gave many years to Northwestern may want to attend the event. winter, spring, summer and fall. With all of the activities planned there must be something that will appeal to you. All events will serve to remind you of wonderful days gone by and help you STAFF to relive those great times. Editor Elise James Please come and spend Homecoming 1992 with us. ArtDirector/Designer Don Sepulvado Staff Writer Sincerely, David West Contributors Jerry Pierce Doug Ireland Penny Singletary Eli.se P. James Photography Director of Development Informational Services and Alumni Affairs I . Dear .\iunini. Homecoming v\cekend is perhaps my lavorite lime at Northwestern each year. because those activities and conversations with alumni always spark such u arm nuMiiorics of our Alma Mater. Getting together at Homecoming allows former students to reminisce about their experiences in the laboratories, classrooms and dormitories and on the playing fields t)l the university that is such a cherished and important part of our lives. I enjoy hearing recollections of shaved heads and freshman beanie caps.. .dancing lo the Demonaires at fraternity and sorority proms. ..picnics at Shell Beach. ..walking lo the old Don and Cane Theaters downtown. ..pep rallies in the auditt)rium... Homecoming parades. ..State Fair weekends in Shreveport... going to the post office to get boxes of brownies from home. ..ping pong games in the old student center.. .meals at Bienville Dining Hall. ..Edna West's great plays in the Fine Arts Building. ..staying up all night cramming for finals. ..leaving girlfriends and boyfriends behind during summer breaks. About the cover: Photographs and We remember some of those administrators that we feared so much as students but memorabiha from North western's Nor- came to respect so deeply over the years. ..John Kyser, Prof Nelken. Dean Fulton. Leonard mal, College, and University years are Nichols. Dean Porter. Otis Crew . George Walker. Dr. Dugdale. Guy Nesom. Dean Jones. used to illustrate the continuity of the col- Dr. Albritten. Hilda Burnham. Robert Easley, Dean Hendrick, Lonela Graves, Red lege experience for so many thousands of Thomas. Arnold Kilpatrick, Rene Bienvenu. The list goes on. students over the previous 108 years of "Campus Life". We invite you to re-live And those wonderful teachers. Far too many to try to mention them all but do/ens Life" experience by attend- your "Campus whose names are called in homecoming conversations. ..Grady Erw in, Alan Crosby, C.G. ing Homecoming on October 24. See the Killen, Yvonne Phillips, John Kidd, Guy Nesom, Ruby Dunckelman, Walter Robinson, schedule of events listed on page 14. Orville Hanchey, Noble Morrison, Doc Marx, John Robson, H.J. Sudbur\. William Be\ er. Caesar Moody, Raymond McCoy, Lisso Simmons, Leonard Fow ler, Kenneth Durr, Jih? Carlucci, Ruth Bruner, Dwight Davis, May Beville, Jannell Rue. Joe Johnson Violet Davion, Ralph Combs, Dwayne Slaughter. Mamie Tarlton, Ora Williams, Mary McEniry Roderick Outland, John Menill, Sarah Clapp, Bert Boyd, Archie Deason, Alfred Ducoumau. George Stokes, Dick Payne, Ora Watson. W.E. Timon. Leroy Miller, Russell Whitlington. Medford Evans, William Culp, LeRoi Eversull, Waldo Dunnington and so many more. At Homecoming, our minds go back to memorable athletic events. The great track and field meets on the old cinder track at Demon Stadium. ..basketball games in the old g\ni that w as packed to capacity every time we played. ..the football rivalries in the Gulf States Conference. ..gymnastics meets.. .synchronized swimming at the natatorium... baseball games on sunny spring afternoons. We remember hundreds of outstanding athletes who wore the purple and white, and we recall so many of the coaches.. .Harr\ Turpin, H. Lee Prather. Cracker Brow n. Walter Ledet, Jack Clayton. Slim Howell. Huey Cranford, Red Thomas, Gene Knecht, .A.L Williams, John Ropp. Glen Gossett, George Doherty and others. When alumni visit the campus, they see dozens of buildings and Index sites that bring back fond memories, but the\ also notice that man\ of the school 's landmarks are gone. Caldwell Hall, Guardia Hall, the Brick Shack. Carondelet, Agnes Morris, Kate Chopin, Audubon, the old fieldhouse, the water tower with the big "N" on it. Campus News page 2 The memories of people, places and events that are evoked at Homecoming are heartw amiing. Plan to be w ith us this year to share those nostalgic thoughts of your days at Northwestern. Profiles/Class Notes .. page 5 Alumni Events page 14 Sincerely. ClL^vY^^ Athletics pagel9 ^ Robert A. .Alost President Northwestern State I niversitv Campus News \nr^ Students at Northwestern are giving new life to oldfilm strips through computer technology. Under a grant provided to the university, students convert film strips used to teach basic math skills to elementary school students to a more modern form that students accustomed to working with computers can better utilize. The project is called Mind Training Systems. "We're taking an out of date technology and reproducing the same product for the computer," said student manager of the project Mike Wilson. "We take the old film strip, record the sound on computer and reproduce the images. When we're through, students will be able to rewatch a lesson as many times as they need to. With a film strip, the whole class would watch it at once and if you missed a part of the lesson or didn't understand something, you couldn't go back." The programs will be u.sed primarily for special education and remedial courses. Having lessons on computer will change the way many students learn. ^ ^Another advantage is that this program is providing jobs for some of our students and putting money in their pockets and that makes it easier for them to get an education, ^ ^ Alumni Columns Campus News "These lessons will have question and answer responses which will allow each student to measure his progress," said associate professor of computer information systems Dr. Claude Simpson. "This method gives the student an instant respon.se to a right or wrong answer. Students are comfortable working with the computer and with the latest technology and this gives them a method that helps them learn and that they can also enjoy working with. "Another advantage is that this program is providing jobs for some of our students and putting money in their pockets and that makes it easier for them to get an education." Under the program, students will convert about 400 films strips to computer disks. The disks will be converted to CD-ROMs, which are similar to compact disks. "The purpose of this project is to produce a product and that's giving us good real life experience." said Wilson. "We're expected to produce a certain amount each day because we have production quotas and deadlines to meet." Janna Baxley, a senior in office administration from Bentley.